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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

At first glance, you might think the editor had pulled a bOner in printing this picture upside down, but if you pause for reflection you'Il see that it doesn't make much difference which way it goes. Three London misses stroll ing through Trafalgar Square aft CT an April shower were so per- sectly mirrOred in rain puddle that the Ap-il-foolish photog- rapher couldn't resist the chance to get things all topsy-turvy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
Defendants Select
 Trial Before Jury
First Case in Present Criminal Term of Superior Court
 Schedules For Next Tuesday

Trial by jury of criminal cases in Superior Court is expected be started next Tuesday according to Judge Among the to be tried by jury are the following in which the accused arraigned yesterday and voiced
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Evening star., 1938-05-06
UNITY FOES CHART
METHODIST FIGHT
Conference al Birmingham
Votes Its Approval of
Church Merger.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. May g.
Southern Methodists today turned to
the task Of merging their church and
sister branches of Methodism into q
unified denomination OF 5000, 900 ad-
herents, while dissenting laymen
charted strategy for a civil court test
Of the merger.
Approval by the quadrennial con-
ference here was the last step for
unification. The Methodist Episcopal
(NorthD and Methodist Protestant
Churches already had sanctioned the
merger.
In q final session yesterday the
Southern Methodists voted $4,000 as
uniting conference expense fund"
Commissions from the three churches
will work jointly to make union a
reality within IL months.
The new Methodist Church" will
be formed of six jurisdictional confer
ences covering the entire United States
and calling for little change from the
present church government.
Practically all of the solid South"
will become a unit in the new or
ganization, with Alabama, Florida.
Georgia. Kentucky. Mississippi, North
Carolina. South Carolina. Tennessee
and Virginia forming the Southeast
ern Jurisdiction.
Arkansas. Louisiana. Missouri, Okla
homa and Texas. also strong in South
ern Methodist membership, will lie in
the South Central Conference with
Kansas. Nebraska and New Mexico
Other Southern Methodist areas
Maryland. West Virginia and the Dis
Evening star., 1938-05-06

>trict OF Columbia-will form q North
eastern jurisdiction with the Eastern
and New England States.
A conference in the Far West and
North Central Jurisdiction in the
Midwest and Great Lakes territory
will complete the geographical make
up Of the new church.
The sixth (CentraD conference will
be administrative and will include or
gani2ed colored Methodism.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

named in 203 indictments returned
by the grand jury, which started its
inquiry last fall. Three were arrested
Wednesday. soon after the indictments
were returned.
The heaviest bail-$40. .000-was set
for Harry Gittle Shooey) Segal, Is.
Deputy attorneys general in charge
Of the investigation said Segal acted
as front" and contact man" for
New York gamblers operating here.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Governor Dispenses Silver.

KLAMATH FALLS. Greg, May 8
R.-Policeman Henry Schortgen,
about to halt a speeding auto. saw
it screech to stop. A hand emerged
and dropped fistful of silver into the
palm Of an elderly hitchhiker.
Schortgen decided the driver had
paid his debt to society, but checked
his license number. 1l1-lf1. 1t was
issued to Gov. Charles Martin.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

indicted on gaming charges by .
special grand jury investigating vice
in Philadelphia.
Only handful Of those arrested
were able to raise the bail set by
Judge L. Stauffer Oliver-ranging from
$4,000 to $4,000 and totaling $685.
900. The others, with the exception
of two detained at Atlantic City and
Camden, N. j., were held In Moya-
mensing Prison.
Judge Oliver turned deaf ear to
pleas of defense attorneys for lower
bail. The troopers, their pockets
bulging with bench warrants, yester-
day rounded up 80 Of the 107 persons
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Heavy Payment.

BISBEE. Ariz.. May (P.-Auto-
mobile Dealer Ed Plumb collected rs
pounds, American money. for q car.
The money was in silver dollars,
1900 Of them, and it required an hour
to count it.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
$525,00O BAIL SET
IN GAMING CHARGES
35 Arrested and " Others Are
Sought in Philadelphia
J Vice Campaign.

By the Asso ciated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. May 6.-Thirty-
five persons were in custody or free
on bail today as State police frightened
. dragnet for 70 other men and women
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Gold mined in the Philippines last
year was 16 per cent greater than in
1895.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Make 80, 6,00O.Mile Trip.

PHILADELPHIA, May 8 R.-rive
years after they left their homes at
Bombay, India. three university grad
yates arrived in Philadelphia today
on bicycles
The 36-000-mile trip was made for
good will and education" said the
travellers, Kaikee Kharas, Russian
Ghandi and Ruttan Shron. They
estimated it would require another
five years to get home.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Sweepstakes and gambling machines
have been outlawed in South Africa.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

Best Granulated Sugar lob psesr ses 45c
MuelIer's Mac. or Spaghetti pkg Sc
Bread & Butter Pickles z jars 27c
0orton "ready-to-fry" Goldfish can 1oc
hormeps Meat 1reat--SPAM can z9c
Jsll-0 or Royal Desserts 3 pkgs 14c
Educator CRAX pkg 14c
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07

was first among the Italian COM
posers, Ravel led the French con-
tingent and Tschaikowsky the Rus
sian.
BroGdiody. sparse aoith mtEstcdl
comedies this season, Is icditing
kopcfully for Cole P0rter's ne0
heigh-hO. called you NeUer Kn0to."
Reports reach US of three prospec.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07

Many of the nost Hssnnsnt pAp-
strels have been gatilesed to their
fathers Primrose, West, Dock.
stader. Mcintyre and Heath, Honey
Boy Evans, Theodore A. Metz,
A.S.C.A.P., but there are still some
veterans left, notably, John W. Vo-
gel and Eddie Leonard. They and
their companies were responsible
for many a geat song hit. It was
Metz who composed the immortal
tune, "A Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight" Until his death q year or
two ago at IS, Metz toiled amid the
cliffs and clefs Of Tin Pan Alley. He
liked to reminisce about his old
song and its national glorification
during the Spanish American War.
Metz wrote the song In 1885 when
he was the conductor of the McIn.
tyre and Heath Minstrels-wrote 1t
on a train passing through Louisi.
ana. He had decided, he once told
US when we found him in his cubby
hole at the e. B. Marks Music Com.
pany, In mid Manhattan. to compose
. march for the street para6>s Of
the troupe.
As the train approached q ham.
Oct called Old Town the company
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07

on, though UGTtOHS sang.
ers featured Il IN UGn-
deUille. A year later.
h0toever, 1t began to
seize the fancy OF the
public. But By this time
It had attracted the at.
tention of Mdy Irscia,
sufficient guarantee OF
any tunes popular Gp-
peal. She featured It at
the old Bij0n Theatre
and 1t became her lead
ing number - such o
leading number that Il
tcGS advertised along
t1ith the name OF the
singer In front OF the
playhouse.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07
q Hu kSt tHc
] uice S o q (
Through"

NJ ore b a n
100000 compo-
sitions 8 were
played on tn e
air In 1886. OF
this total nearly
80 per ce mt.
were written by
Americans. L e {
t b e e a G ] e
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07

SSDe song httS III the
sh0tU: From Alpha to
Omega" "At Long Last
L0ve," the title of tohich
IS undoubtedly inspired
by the former King Ed
scdrd's a dfcGtt0 n
speech and by Candle.
light"
1t has been n,1ny q
long day since candle
light 1Gds hymned By
the S0ngIoriterS. They
prefer moonlight. Most
memorable cdndIeHght
line OccIrS in Paul
DreSSeT'S old ballad,
ION the Banks of the
WdbdSh": - "TArou0h
the sycGmoreS the can.
delights are cleaning"
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07
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noticed q negro cabin burning by
the railroad tracks. Mcintyre. al
ways ready to joke. observed that
there's going to be hot time In
Old Town tonight" Heath heard his
partners remark, and turning to
Metz, said: .That'll make q great
title for your march"
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07

7 oN9EST - and oldest - song
II title in AScAP'S files to date is
sPlant a Waterneion on My Grave
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07
Conquered the World


The song conquered the world.
It was known and shouted and
whistled in every crossroads Of
America. Then he fires died down,
only to blaze again when Theodore
Roosevelt and his iupassioned CO..
horts, in need Of q spirited march
ing tune, which would symboti1e
their zeal and vigor, made II the
theme song Of the Bull sS con
vention In Chicago In 1917. It wss
again revived in the World War.
the doughboys changing the first
line of the chorus to when you see
our Yankee fightin' line"
: The song is thus indelibly woven
with the history OF America, Is .
beloved part OF musical folklore.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07

The estate OF Theodore A. Metz
participates in the royalties divided
each quarter by the American So
ciety of Composers, Authors and
Publishers, which licenses the per.
forming rights OF songs composed.
written or published and copy.
righted BY its members.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07
Barney's Lunch
~ 9Th Ave, - II
Good Luach. Hot Coffee
a hosr Ssrviss

as2o 4th Ave. South. bedrooms.
no, water heat. to close estate. Mr..
Sanger. Bridgeport 1866.
FOR SALE = IL room house, all
modern. $4,000. $150o.00 mortgage,
Terns $4,000 down, 5000 per msnth,
including interest. Taxes $lz2eo year.
Located at I'll Emerson Ave. No. CAT
Twin City Herald, AT. sS3s.
j. Dunn, 242l Dupsnt South, Phone
Ke. N93.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07

No passing has been more oops-
plete in AmerTa tan that of A1s
minstrel show. uarsA ssw yeas ago
minstrels wsoe ssNA,os6 ssSo-
stated wisA .she atHssft He Of
Re nation. Ra1s aRd - movies
have Mial In sA. WtA tsdH
there is a sssat hi 6sssa 1iasa
troupes tosstkg - snd down ti1e
country.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07

Our soldiers in the Spanish Amer
kn Var adopted it In 1898 and gave
It us,dying glory. Nor wasit confined
to S1e Cuban conflict 4 provided
martial inspiration for American
troops in the Boxer Rebellion, where
its words were changed to "A Hot
Time In China Tonight" and for The
British Tommies in the Boer~
who substituted "Ttansvaal" f6f
China" Later, az If to demonstrate
he universality Of its appeal, it fur.
nSeeled the musical motif for the
funeral march Of a Filipino chief.
Twin-City herald., 1938-05-07
Took II Years to Catch On.

Took II Years to Catch o.
And the title It became. ft sces
played for ten years toith0st G'ess-
ing any emotion IN the land sdve -
small boys tChO lined the route ef
the pGrades. Then In 1896 Meta.
done toith tr0Hping. tods operating
a musical agency In Neto York.
Into his Office one day bSrst Joe
Hayden, formerly an end mon totth
the McIntyre aud Heath Hssnstrels.
He had tcritten toords for "A Hst
Time" and ,oopld sell them for SfS.
Metz heard them, tods struck 1Cith
their force and originality and pRr-
chased them.
The song ioGs copyrighted IN MGy
1896 and published. 1t failed to catch
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
GRANTED
IN HINES TRIAL

NEW YORK, Sept. 81 U.N.S).
Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand
Pecora formally transferred the
retrial of James j. Hines to the
Court of General Sessions and
another judge today.
The Judge to preside at the Sec
ond trial of the 61-year-old Tam
many leader is yet to be named
but the expectation is that he
will be Judge Charles Mott, Re
publican, and the senior jurist of
General Sessions.
Although he signed District At
torney Thomas E. Dewey's re-
quest for the Hines transfer, JUS
tice Pecora, who declared a mis-
trial in the first Hines trial, re-
tains the right to pass sentence on
J. Dixie" Davis, George Vein
berg and Harry Schoenhaus, the
three Dutch" Schultz lieuten-
ants who pleaded guilty and
turned States evidence against
Hines,
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
Not a Single
Policeman Found

That night set out to test the
statement of the one great Arab
politician who still defieS the power
of the Multi of Jerusalem, the
eXiled Hal Amin Al HuSSeini, boss
OF the terror.
After midnight I walked with
an EngliShman through the old
Arab city. The moonlight made
the cavernouS tunnels of the sleep
ing bazaars bright at the entrances
and pitchblack within. BY day
they burst with life, but now they
were deserted as a graveyard. A
few stray cats crept noiSeleSSly
across our path. Now and then an
Arab sleeping in a doorway raised
his head to peer at the unaccuS-
toned passerby. But not one po-
licemen did we see in an hours
wandering through Jerusalem.
Jews in Jerusalem are protected
by numbers. Thousands of Jews
on the farms go to bed each night
thinking of the fate that befell
the tiny settlement of Kiryath
Harosheth. I visited this poverty
stricken colony in the valley Of
Jezreel, not far from Haifa. In il
live for the most part Haifa work
ers, and one of them was Samue
GuterInann, 35, with his wife
Lotte, 80, and their little daughter
Bella, 2 years old.
Samuel, baker who had com
from Rumania three years before
had worked so hard and saved s.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

much of his meager earnings that
he was able to buy a one-room
house on tiny plot of land. All
week Samuel worked in Haifa and
on Fridays and Saturdays at home
he served without pay as one OF
the :Clony's night watchmen.
On enc night off he was asleep,
and his wife slept next him with
their baby in her arms. Just be-
fore midnight a group of Arabs
crepC to the door of the little
house. put their rifles next the
heads of the sleeping parents and
the baby, fired, then with knives
cut the threats of all three.
They then set fire to the house,
and ran to the next one where
Mrs. Regina Spigler, 80; her son,
Jacob, II, an[ her daughter, Clara,
S, were sleeping. Afraid to at
tack even a sleeping woman with
out first shooting they shot the
mother and the son, but while
they were cutting the mothers
throat the son staggered away
into the yard, where he fell dead.
They fired at the 5-year-old girl,
but missed her. Miraculously she
escaped, hid IN the tomato patch
back of the house and was saved.
This sort of thing reads duly
in police report, but it makes
you shiver when you stand by
the graves.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
Plot Terrorism
In Holy City

To deal one great smashing
blow at British prestige and Jew
ish security, the Arab bandits, it
is rumored and by some believed
plan to assault Jerusalem. Sew
eral hundred of them, in the garh
of fellahin, peasants, would en-
ter the city by twos and threes
and at a given signal attack, not
merely Jewish homes, but the
Jewish agency's great citadel, the
King David Hotel, the govern
ment offices, shoot, kill, burn rap
idly, then flee.
That is a nightmare not talked
above a whisper, but present ir
the backs of the minds, OF those
who remember, as do all the Jew:
in Palestine, that more than 35(
Jews have been killed in the pas
two years and 1000 wounded BY
Arab bandits.
"Why?" I asked Ragheb Bel A
Nashashibi, is such a terror
poSSible?"
Have you been out at night
In Jerusalem; and did you ever
see a British policeman or any
policeman on the streets after
midnight?" returned the hand
some old Arab leader as he sat
drinking Turkish coffee with me
in the King David Hotel. If you
go out tonight and you see
policeman I want you to go to a
telephone and call me and I will
say 'Ragheb is wrong"
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
Killing DefenseIess
Typical of Arabs

The killing of defenseless women
and children has become a typical
characteristic of the Arab terror.
Little Rachel Raznik, 13, was
sitting in a hut belonging to her
sister in the Gan Hashomron set
tlement when two Arabs, first
peering in to see that she was
alone. shot her in the stomach.
Eight young Jewish girl labor
ers started home from work in
a cart near Rehovoth, accompa,
MED by two Arab laborerS. An
other Arab pulled up on a bicycle,
whispered to the Arab laborerS,
who alighted. A little further on
an Arab leaning against a gate
suddenly whipped out a revolver
and fired two shots. One of them
struck a 16-year-old girl, Rivk a
Lehrer, in the back, and killed
her instantly.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
FiUe Murdered on
Sabbath OUTING

Even more impressive is the
manner in which the entire family
of Benjamin Babayew, 80, his wife
zivia, %, and their 7-year-old
daughter were wiped out in less
than a minute. They were bicy-
cling, Benjamin on one bicycle
with his daughter on the handle
bars, and his wife on another
along the Sharon Road at mid
afternoon on the Sabbath.
Arabs from an orange field
fired one shot. 1t struck the
father in the heao, killing him in
stantly AS he fell, they shot
the child in the stomach. The
mother lost control of her bicycle
and fell to the ground. The Arabs
came out of the grove, took care
full aim and shot her through the
head.
What effect has the terror had
upon the Jews? Are they giving
in? Do they show signs of
quitting? A visit to their front
line on the frontier, deep within
the Arab country, will give the
answer.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
YEAR OF STUDY
BEGUN AT MASS

Opening the scholastic year OF
Notre Dame Academy and High
School and Gonzaga High School,
a solemn high mass of the Holy
Ghost was celebrated in st. Alloy
sius Church today.
More than 1000 students at the
schools and priests and sisters OF
the faculties attended the serv'
ice, at which the blessing of God
was asked for the scholastic year
The Rev. Henri Wiesel, s. j.,
new president of Gonzaga, was
the celebrant, and the sermon to
the students was preached by the
Rev. Joseph Buckley, pastor OF
st. Francis Xavier Church.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
VICE COMMANDERS
~. S. Must
STAY Out"

Los ANGELES, Sept. Fl
(I.N.SD. Gen. Charles F.
Summerall, wartime chief of
staff of the United States
Army who is attending Amer
lean Legion convention, to-
day warned that america
must stay out of wars not
waged against America" He
said:
"If America is to preserve
her existence she must be
armed and must preserve the
fighting spirit that charac-
terized her troops overseas"
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

There are no night resorts, no
night clubs or cabarets. 1t is the
only city in all the Orient without
. trace of public vice. Its holy
character is kept by MoSlem, Jew
and Christian.
Yet Jerusalem is the capital of
the most murderouS country in
the world today and during the
long stiffness of the night at the
borders of each Jewish suburb
armed volunteers stand watch in
the regular period of sentrieS on
duty during war. Five hundred
Jews are ready to take their sta
tions at the alarm. Without them
no Jewish family could sleep, for
the word has gone around that
the Arabs, fed on the success of
their terror, intend to Iaid the
Holy City itself.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

would be necessary, and as no
satisfactory answer was forth
coming, members Of the league
show herein, from actual finan-
cial statements Of the commits
sion for 1897, that no such in.
crease would be reuired, and
further, that a far greater bur.
den would be thrown upon the
taxpayers If the commission
failed to take advantage Of PWA
funds, under which As per cent
of the cleanup expense would be
borne by the United States Gov.
ernment."
FIGURES ARE CITED
"The commission has stated in
the press that $1,600,000 was the
sum required for a complete
cleanup. This would place an
actual obligation of $3.50 900 upon
the taxpayers, the Federal Gov.
making an outright gift
of the remaining cost, which u
$72O, ,OO0."
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

This contention is made by
Abner L. Roe and DR.. William B
Holton, leaders of the Izaak Walton
League campaign to purify the en-.
tire Potomac basin.
Resolutions demanding cleanup
Of Potomac River conditions that
constitute "a serious health men.
ace" were adopted yesterday by
the District Congress Of Parents
and Teachers. Copies are to be
sent to the District Commissioners
OPINION CHALLENGED
Refuting opinions expressed by
representatives Of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission at
q hearing last week that taxes
would have to be double to assure
complete cleanup Of the condi
tions now prevailing, the Walton
Leagues SpokeSmen said yester.
day:
Every effort was made at
that time to have the commits
sion show why such an increase
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

Do not miss the new Housewives
Food Almanac. An article by DR..
Donald A. Laird ON foods to give
school children an appetite. FavOrite
recipe Of the First Lady of New York
:. interesting and unusual facts about
food and also learn how your favo-
rite recipe may mean $5 to you. in
The American Weekly, the magazine
ingtOn Herald. Times.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
washington Times Staff Photo

At the very first sign of a oold-the
first warning Sniflc, sneeze, or nasal
irritation-put few drops of Vicks
Va-tro-nol up each nostril immedi-
ately. This helps to PREVENT the
development of many colds, with all
their misery.
And WHAT'S m0Te-when your head
feels all clogged up from a developed
cold, Va-tro-nol quickly brings com
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
AGREES
ON FOUR AIDES
TO COMMANDER
DisCord Reported il
Choice of Fifth

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 81 WG.N.
SO.-With the major portion of
the pomp and ceremony that goes
with a convention out of the way,
the American Legion executive
committees today prepared to
make their reports to delegates.
Legion leaders were reported to
have definitely decided on four OF
the five regional vice commanders
to reign with Stephen F. Chad
wick of Seattle, generally con-
ceded the 1889 legion commander
ship.
VICE COMMANDERS
Whispered about the legion
headquarters were the names of
Fred Ross of Nevada, Homer C.
Oakley of Wisconsin, James P.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
By H. R. KNICKERBoCKER
Reproduction in
in Part FOrbdden)

JERUSALEM.-Around the city of Jerusalem there regns
sacred quiet 1t the silent city the world at night
There neither the noises of city the sounds of coun
trvside automobiles not the footsteps
of disturb the silence after midnight and only the taro
growing of cock may be heard towards dawn.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

Editors Note: Nearly 1000 persons haze been killed
in the tCo gears of uged by Arabs to drive the JeWs
into the and the British out of PALESTINE H. r. Knck
erbocker noted foreign correspondent reveals IN this
article third of series of -. IN this nstalment the
Pulitzer prize zewnning journalist tells hOw Palestine has
cnlo
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
SPECTACULAR PARADE

Yesterday, with more than a
half million spectators looking on,
$4,000 legionnaireS entertained
with spectacular parade, one Of
the largest ever seen in Los
Angeles.
Tonight a gigantic motion
picture pageant in the coliseum
will climax the entertainment
program for the delegates.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

Crowley of Mississippi and Ed
Wuinn of Maine as sure winners"
for four of the five next vice COM
manderS.
For national chaplain, it was re-
ported that the Rev. j. L. Fritchie,
of Kearney, Neb., was favored.
1t was the area in the heavily
populated New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania section in which
discord purportedly loomed in the
choosing of a fifth vice COM
mander.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
DOUBLING TAXES FOR CLEANUP
OF RIVER POLLUTION DENIED
Could EUen Be Cut Through Use of
PWA Funds, Say Waltonians

Spending eliminate pollution in nearby Maryland
should actually reduce taxes instead Of doubling them