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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25

Descendants of the historic Bounty's mutineers, inhabitants program, the Mayor of Hell will of Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific, will be interviewed by shortwave radio on Robert l.. Ripley's first Tuesday Believe It-or-NOt program over the NEG Red Network on Tuesday at 1O:OO p. m., EDST. This will climax the dramatizatiOns of episodes connected with the mutiny and from the later life of Captain Bligh. On the same be interviewed. He is LOrentz Stenvig, Mayor of the village of Hell, Norway, who is making roundtrip of 10000 miles espec- iaIly to appear on Ripley's pro- gram.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25
New York Stations WEAF-sso - WOR-710 - WJz-7So = WABC-sso

7:3O-WEAF-John Herrick, Bari WOR-The Lone Ranger WJZ-Rose Marie, Songs. WABC-Eddie Cantor, Com- edian; Lucy Monroe, So- prano; Fairchild Orch..
 and Others. 7:4o-WEAF-Ang and Hunter
 -Raymond R. Camp,
 Sports Writer.
 WJZ-Variety Musicale. 8:00-W and Allen,
 Comedians.
 WOR-Jones Orch.
 WJZ-NeWman Orch.
 WABC-Lou Holtz, Com
 edian; Connie Boswell,
 Songs; Ted Husing, Sports Commentators; Kay Thomp- son Trio; Timber Orch. 8:30-W WEAF-Symphony Orch,
 Alfred Wallenstein, Con-
 ductor; Margaret Speaks,
 Soprano.
 WOR-Raymond Swing, WJZ-Those We Love WABC-Pick and Pat, Com edians; Edward Rocker,
 Baritone. 8:45-WOR-Arde Orch. 9;0O-WEAF-Life of Victor Her bert.
 woR-News; Gabriel Heat wJZ-Hodak Orch; Rhythm Sextet.
 WABC-Play, Dangerous.
 with Don Ameche and
 Madeleine Carroll. 9:15-WOR-Johnso Family 9:30-WOR-,rhe Witchs Tale. WJZ-To be announced. 10:00-WEAF-Opa Craven, So-
 prano; Male Quartet;
 Marek Weber Orch. WOR-Intelligence Quiz. WJZ-Ea stman School Band
 Frederick Fennell. Conduc- wABC-wayne King Orch. 10:30-WEAF-Variety Show;
 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr, Gertrude Lawrence, Ac-
 tress and Others.
 WOR--Weber Melody Pag-
 cant.
 WJZ-National Radio
 Forum: Restoring Coni-
 dence-Represent
 John O'Connor of New
 York.
 wABC-Brave New World Drama. -WEAF-Dance Music.
 WOR-News; Dance Music. WJZ-News; Dance Music. WABC-Dance Music Gro ll.I0-W w -OHlNeTSlly or NOtr0 Dame Night Program: Songs by Student Body; Glee Club, Badb and Orch. i; Speakers, Elmre Layden, Athletic Director; William Cotter, National President, Alumni Association; Father John F. O'Hara, President of the University; John Mccormack. Tenor. il :3O-WJZ-Fis Jubilee Choir 5-WEAF-Dance Music (To a. m.) A. M
 12:30-Dance Music Gro a. m.) 2:O0-WOR-News (Off at 205
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25
Tall Tower Topics
HOORAY FOR WHAT!
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

I love to think of vioets in Spring, Bursting buds and everything,
 So I give thre cheers with all I've got When someone says-hurray for what! I love to think of summer outings In the midst of political shoutings, Deciding a tulip bed is very good snoe When someone says-hooray for what! love to tWiddle the dialS of the mike, Enjoying some of the music like, But not too much of stuff called hot, Did someone say-hooray for what! So why not be of good cheer if you can, They can't take that from any man, So I give three cheers with all I've got Did someone say-hurray for what!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25

A bi-weekly resume of activities in Washington entitled We Cover and comprising the observations of 30 reporters regular ly assigned to the Capitol will be presented on station WMCA We'd nesdays and Saturdays from 12:45 to 100 p. m. beginning Wednesday. The program, under the auspices Of The Capitol Daily" newspaper of facts concerning legislative matters in Washington, will be presented by Si Paddock, formerly supervisor of adult education for the United States Department of Education.
 Roland Young, the veteran ac-
 tor, and Georges Barrere, the
 fluatist, are Bing Crosby's guests
 Thursday. Roland Young last
 trod the boards of the old Kraft
 Music Hall in July 1887 when
 he and Bob Burns gave an imi-
 tation of Edgar Bergen and
 Charlie Mccarthy because Bing
 wondered how Young talked
 without moving his lips. Young
 is working up another party"
 stunt for this weeks show.
 The colorful eccelsiastical cere- monies attending the installation of Most Reverend Thomas Joseph Walsh, Archbishop of Newark, will be broadcast from Newark's Sacred Heart Cathedral over WOR on We'd nesday from II a. m. to 12 noon, EDST. The imposition of the Fal- Hum, the highlight of the majestic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25

Rosalind Russell, Waterbury's ranking movie star, will be Kate Smiths guest Thursday night of this week. She will appear in an orig inal dramatic skit written especially for her.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25
Editor. Tall Tower Topics

Editor, Tall Tower Topics. Peppers of to Miss Mary O'Nel versatile teacher in the primary de- partment in Washington grammar school for her pro- ducton of Snow White recently at the assembly pro lip Cero revealed the expert dramatic ability of very young persons in the hands of expert instructors Take bow Miss ONeill! Folks on the Hill are Helgh- Ho-ing" for you. . A Washington Hill Admirer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25
To days Answers to CRANIUM CRACKERS
AnSlUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 1. The London Naval Agreement.
 2. St. Lawrence. 3. American Civil War. 4. Famous Belgian viOlinist. 5. MCMXXXIH. 6. The progeny of parents which belong to different species or races.
 !. Crisis.
 8. British West Indies. 9. Jack Johnson. 10. United Rubber Workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

ceremonies, will be made by Most Reverend Amleto Giovanni Cicog- mani, apostolic delegate to the Uni ted States, after which High Pon- tifical mass will be celebrated. Dur ing the Mass, the Schola Cantorum of the Immaculate Conception Sem mary of Darlington, New Jersey, will render hymns according to the liturgy. Father F. B. Fallon of Newark will act as commentator, describing the magnif1cence of the scenes as it progresses within the great cathedral.
 Governor Philip F. LaF FOllette,
 of Wisconsin, who has been at
 odds with President Roosevelt
 over national recovery methods,
 will express his views over the
 WABC- Columbia network Fri
 day, April 29, from 500 to 8:30
 F. M., EDST from the studios of KRNT in Des MOines. The
 talk will be the climax to .
 series of local broadcasts which
 Governor LaFOllette has been
 making in Wisconsin and will
 follow by one day meeting at
 Madison of the Progressive
 party which he leads. It was the
 handful of Wisconsin Progress
 sives who held the balance-of-
 power role in the recent House
 fight over the Government Re-
 organization Bill and whose sur
 prise vote provided the margin
 necessary to defeat administra-
 ton leaders plans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-25

Inside for The Outside Column. Nutmeg writing in the Hartford Times "The Outside Column" of Thurs day night shows much interest in the expression - Abrgador. It picked the word from its use III the current grand jury probe here - Abrgador Dggers Nutmeg nclnes to the belief that there is hidden explanation for of the old word Abrigador in con necton with construction company and hopes that before the probe is the connection will be brought out. Says Nutmeg ''The title, Abrigador Dggers Inc, is printed and spoke gby So far have observed however one has given the slightest indication as to answer to that question If this investigation ends with out m will ill be with the firm. Why then Abrigador? There IS or was section of Waterbury known the Abrgador name from that district And so on for full column As matter of strict fact dispute still arises over origin ot the name Abrlgador It may be lnaan' bury shows how the name could have descended either way. In Spanish, abrigado" means place of shelter or "hiding place" There is little doubt but what the early settlers of Mattatuck had both versions in mind when they accepted the term Abrgador for the partc lar section of the town in the bluff of Pine Hill.
 The Waterbury Branch of the American Associa ton of University Women have scheduled second hand book sale for the benefit of it's Student Loan Fund Wednesday from to p. m. and Thursday from s:so a. m to D. m at ss4 North Main street The
 cited and purchasers will be glad to know that their money will help worthy young people secure an education. Books, fiction and non-fction and a va riety of magazines will be offered.
 Underwood flashes. .. Dan Driscoll has been deeply missed along the automobile mart the past three weeks and I'm sorry to say he's been confined to the Hartford hospital. .Kevin Fitzpatrick again members the Tower with generous batch of tinfoi John swenston and Stanley Dbbe, Boy Scouts of Troop 2 Naugatuck, enjoyed inspection tour of the Democrat Saturday It was pleasure to show them through the plant. Dan Parker, whose interesting column is daily feature the Democrat sports pages renewed acquanances in town Saturday. He spent an ideal day with the rod and reel. Bart Phelan two year-od East Dover streeter honors the Tower with hIJOp hqU Of 9
 Good Night.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
F0RG|VES PALS
FOR CRUC|F|X|0N
Ex.Convict, Found Nailed
to Cross, Refuses to
Identity Pair.
81 the Associated Press.

RENO, New. Aug 27.-Ed Collins,
27-year- former convict who was
found nailed to a cross on a Reno
roadside, refused today to further
identify two one-time pals" who al
legedly put him there because he re-
fused to help them pull a job"
Skip it; I forgive them" Collins
said repeatedly when police pressed
him to describe the two men.
Given a narcotic to ease his pain
after police had pulled his nude body
from the crude wooden cross, Collins
said he had known the two men as
"SWeds and Jse," and that he used
to go around with them little in
Chicago" 10 years ago.
Blames Them for Career.
He blamed the two for having
started him on a career Of crime.
Police Captain B. B. Addenbrooke
said Collins, also known as Chester
Howard. came here only Thursday
from California where he had served
more than six years on San Diego
robbery charge
Lou Gammell, Reno chief of police
said he was investigating the possibil-
ity that Collins engineered the "cruci-
flxion" as matter of religious atone
ment"
Collins said the two men set upon
him as he left the Reno Baptist
Church. His former pals" at first
offered him employment, he said, and
then asked him to help pull q job. -
Planned to Go Straight.
He said he refused and told them
he was going straight" whereupon
one Of them allegedly replied: All
right. if you want to be little Jesus
Christ we'll make one out of you"
Collins said the two men forced him
into an automobile, compelled him to
steal two boards from a lumber yard,
ordered him to strip and then nailed
him to the cross improvised from
the boards
A Negro heard his means and called
police. A l0-penny nail had been
driven through each hand and through
each foot, near the toes.
Physicians said he would recover II
infection did not develop.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
AUTO CRASH KILLS
BRIG. GEN. BEARSS
Marine Officer Well Known for
Exploits Dies in Three
Way Collision.
Ey the Associated Press.

ey tie Associated Press.
COLUMBIA CITY. Ind. Aus. 81
Brig. Gen. Hiking" Hiram Bearss,
retired. widely known for his exploits
in the Marine Corps. was killed near
here today in a three-car crash. He
was So.
Brig. Gen. Bearss. who was given
that rank in the Marine Corps by an
act of Congress two years ago, was
en- route from Chicago to Peru. Ind.
with his nurse. Miss Lillian May West
Of Welland, Ontario. and their car
collided with one driven by Claud T.
Shufeldt of Springfield. Ohio. 1t then
swerved into the car of Joseph An
thony Ambrose. 25. OF GAINESVILLE. Ohio.
Mr.. Ambrose's wife, Mrs. Christina
Ambrose, 20, an expectant mother:
Mrs. Andrew Salahub. %, also of
GAINESVILLE, and Miss West were in
jured.
Gen. Bearss. who held many mill
tary decorations for bravery including
the Congressional Medal of Honor,
first gained his nickname of Hiking
Hiram" in the Philippines. 1t came
from the many forced marches he
ordered for his detachment
He was credited with the single
handed capture of Joaquin, much
wanted Filipino outlaw Another time
his command of Is men was surround
ed by 5000 natives He ordered 10
men at time to crawl through high
weeds and then run back to the de-
tachment to give the impression re-
Inducements were arriving That held
the natives at bay until help actually
came
In the World War Gen. Bearss. then
a colonel, asked for leave from the
front line trenches. He was told he
had to capture a German first So,
taking II men. he led a raiding party
that brought back 80 German prison.
ers without firing shot He got the
leave and so did all his men.
Gen. Bearss enlisted in the Marine
Corps shortly after his graduation
from Depauw University. He has
been in retirement for several years,
but this spring entered politics actively
and won the Republican nomination
for State Senator from Miami and
Howard Counties.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
TWO UNHURT IN CRASH
AT 60 MILES AN HOUR
Policemen in Scout Car Chasing
Speeders Crash Into Auto
Making Left Turn.

Two policemen narrowly escaped
Injury early today when a scout car
In which they we're chasing two speed
ing machines. overturned at so miles
an hour on Benning road NE, near
the power plant
The officers were F. ]. Walsh and
c. H. Hagerty, both attached to No. ii
precinct
The police siren had caused several
machines to pull to the side, but when
the officers attempted to pass another
automobile, which was about to make
left turn. the rear bumper of the
precinct cruiser caught front wheel
Of the turning vehicle.
The wheel of the struck machine
said to have been operated by Arts
Collins. 30. colored, 225 Minnesota
avenue NE. was torn off, and the
impact sent the police car skiddins on
its side.
Earlier traffic story on Page BID
Evening star., 1938-08-28
MAY Y0HE DEAD;
FAMED ACTRESS
Former Owner of Hope Gem
Succumbs in Boston
of Heart Disease.

Bs the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Aug. % Sunday May
Yohe, once famous actress and one
time possessor of the ill-starred Hope
diamond, died early today of heart
disease.
Announcement of her death was
made by her husband, Capt. John A.
Smuts, former officer in the British
Army, who said she succumbed after
being i'll less than a day.
He said she arose yesterday morning
feeling fine," but was stricken during
the day.
Dies at Age Of 50.
Death came at the age of SO to the
woman who had hobnobbed with roy
atty and packed into half century
thrills and excitement enough for a
dozen persons, only to spend her twi-
light years in comparative quiet and
seclusion.
But, even though she had sat at the
right hand of England's most famous
peers and had been friend of King
Edward VII so. too, did she wait on
tables. scrub floors and work as a
chambermaid.
Only this spring. litigation followed
her application for the return of her
American citizenship. lost when she
took her third husband. Capt. Smuts.
But she took her oath in April, when
Evening star., 1938-08-28

Eventually. Mrs. Mclean said, Eva
lyn will work
The younger Evalyn is coming of
age, with or without a debut, with
a wide knowledge of how the other
half lives. Her mother has taken
her along on countless excursions
prompted by her quick sympathy for
the doWn-trodden.
Once Saw New Electric Chair.
whenever I can't sleep. l get up
and put on my hat" Mrs. Mclean
said Il like to visit institutions at
night because they can't be ready for
you. remember once I went to the
jail and they showed me new elec-
trio chair I know Warden Lawes
at Sing Sing well and Id seen sew
eral electric chairs. I was sure this
one wouldn't work.
The next day I told President
Coolidge that the first time they sent
electricity through that chair the
man wouldn't die. He asked about
my visit and said: And didn't they
lock you up, Evalyn?' Nobody did
anything and first time they used
it, it didn't work. They finally had
to kill the poor fellow some other
way"
Mrs Mclean deplored the condi-
ton OF the Washington hospitals. She
told of recent nighttime visit she
and her daughter made at the morgue.
The resting place of the poor and un-
claimed dead was unchanged from
10 years ago, she said.
One man." she exclaimed, has to
be on duty there "a hours in uncom-
Portable quarters and he makes only
500 a month I got him bed and
mattress. four pillows and bottle of
whisky"
After visiting the morgue, Mrs. Nc
Lean said she and Evalyn went on
down to the circus grounds. She had
heard that Tim McCoy's Wild West
Show was stranded here.
Il found out they'd cooked their
last meal" she said. 80 I told one
woman: I'll do for you what did
Ao' oA'S OSAuo diHly. IL SClfu youl
breakfast, lunch and dinner over for
the next four days" She said there
were 30-odd in the crowd, so Evalyn
and went to a restaurant and made
the arrangements.
So many people call on her, Mrs.
Mclean said, that even Rockefeller
couldn't take care of them all. I do
what I can"
Mrs. Mclean. who has been in Ill
health for several years, said she has
devoted most Of her time to her chill
dren. She said she never goes any
where any more-not even to the
White House. There's mo use in
bringing up unhappy memories" she
said, although she admires Mrs. Roose-
velt immensely.
I've loved all the recent First
Ladies'" she said. But Mrs. Roose-
welt is wonderful. love the way she
goes out and does things. She's not
afraid of public opinion"
And neither Is Evalyn Walsh Nc
Lean-or Evalyn Washington Me.
Lean, the daughter.
Evening star., 1938-08-28

all night-people who will 60 away
and laugh next day.
"Of course, some people wonder why
I keep up these big parties here.
Well, they are traditions. I loved
Emily Mclean. my mother-in law,
and l love giving the parties she
started 40 years ago. when I was in
pietais going to dancing class.
DO you realize that year in and
year out the same people Gomez" Her
face clouded. And each year some
familiar faces are missing. I think my
friends love my parties. have all
sorts OF people you know. Great and
small. have everybody I'm sincerely
devoted to.
These parties are really wonderful
in this age when people-young and
old-are turning to cafe life. They're
closing their homes and living in apart
ments. They dress up and pour into
crowded night spots. That's the rea-
son homes are being wrecked
Mrs. Mclean said she hoped to give
the big New Years eve party again this
year. But it won't be, she emphasized,
a coming out party for Evalyn.
She says she won't even receive with
me this year." Mrs. Mclean said. Il
suppose she'll do as 1 did When she
feels and 1 feel that she's old enough,
she'll begin going about.
She isn't a glamour girl at all.
think that's pathetic title. All those
girls care about is excitement. They're
so unhappy. I've had them sit on my
bed and tell me when they were visit
ing. On my infrequent visits to the
Stork Club and New York places like
that. I've seen them-tired, bored
falsely gay"
You know. don't go anywhere. You
never see me at the Heigh-Ho or other
night spots here. Once in a while ]
60 to the movies with Evalyn. We
have wonderful understanding
We're chums. I'll go anywhere she
wants and she knows it,"
Has Entered Designing School.
Mrs. Mclean said that Evalyn, who
has studied at home with a governess
for the past two years, has entered q
designing school here. She hopes tc
60 to London eventually to study, she
said. She hates Paris.
The granddaughter of two of the
Nations wealthiest men has simple
tastes in clothes, and helps design
many Of her ensembles.
We were at Hattie Carnegie's," her
mother said. Hattie Carnegie is one
OF Americas leading clothes designers
Il offered her a silver fox cape. Most
any daughter would have grabbed her
mother around the neck in gratitude
But Evalyn said she didn't think she
was old enough for one. She chose
instead, very simple black fur sports
coat"
1T smelled to heaven when it got
wet" Mrs. Mclean went on. while
we were in Florida I went ahead and
got the silver fox I told her: Now
you wear this when you 60 out on
damp evenings" (Just as other
mothers might say: Don't fall to
wear galoshes."l
Evening star., 1938-08-28

1t was also revealed that the former
toast of Broadway was working as a
e16.50-a-week w. P. A. clerk.
In News Last May.
In May, her name came into the
news when Referee jeremiah F
Connor. in New York. decided that
because May Yohe never was a mother
Robert E. Thomas. %. Hollywood
actor, was not entitled to share in a
trust fund created by the will of Miss
Yohe's one-time mother -in-laU
Mr.. Thomas, in suing for a share of
the estimated Sl60,0O0 left by Mrs.
Mary U. Strong. widow of William l..
Strong, former Mayor of New York.
had contended he was the son of
Putnam Bradlee Strong and his then
wife, the former Miss Yohe.
Born in 1869.
May Yohe was born in 1869 at
Bethlehem, Pa. of humble parentaee
Her family was of the strict Moravian
faith and theaters were "verboten" to
the brieht-eyed lass But she was de-
termined to go on the stage.
She married Lord Francis Hope. heir
to the Dukedom of Newcastle, and it
was then the Hope diamond came into
her life. For her husbands family
owned the blue and sinister diamond
once worn by Nine. de Montespan,
mistress of Frances Louis XIV.
The diamond disappeared. along
with other Hope family jewels, when
Lord Hope was declared bankrupt.
EIoped in 1901.
In 1901 May Yohe eloped with Capt.
Bradlee Putnam Strong, and the fol-
lowing year she was divorced by Lord
Hope. She then married Strong, but
was divorced by him in 1910.
-Four years later came her third
marriage, to Capt. Smuts, with whom
she roamed the United States. ranch
Ing, running an inn at Marlowe. N. H.,
touring in vaudeville on occasion, and
finally retirement in Boston.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
HURRICANE ROARS
TOWARD MEXICO
To Hit Coast North of Tampico.
Brownsville. Expecting
Gale, Boards Up.
le Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 27.-A scar
ing heat wave blanketed the South
today while a West Indian hurricane
In the lower Gulf roared toward the
coast OF Mexico below Brownsville,
Tex.
The Weather Bureau here issued
the following advisory at $50 pm.
Eastern standard time):
Tropical hurricane central at 7::30
pm. Eastern standard time, of coast
about IT'S miles south southeast of
Brownsville, Tex. so to 100 miles of
the Mexican coast, apparently moving
nearly westward IL to IA miles per
hour. Will cause hurricane winds to-
night on the Mexican coast for some
distance north of Tampico and prob
ably gales in vicinity of Brownsville.
with high tides on right side of storm
center on northeast Mexican coast and
at mouth of Rio Grande.
Present precautions should be con-
tinued on lower coast of Texas and in
path of storm until danger passes
Northeast storm warnings continued
south of Corpus Christi, Tex, to
Brownsville.
Residents OF coastal lowlands near
Brownsville fed with their most valu-
able belongings inland. The power
plant and warehouses we're boarded
up, and plans made by city officials
to meet an emergency If the tropical
storm should veer from its present
course and head directly for the lower
Rio Grande Valley.
Evening star., 1938-08-28
NEW YORK BANKER, 81,
DIES AT ORANGE, VA.

William DICKINSON b0ckner,
Native of Virginia, Headed
National City Bank.
By the Associated Press.
ORANGE. Va. Aug. 27.-Wiiliann
Dickinson Buckner, s2-year-old New
York banker. died today at the home
Of his sister, Mrs. w. George Brown,
In Orange.
A native of Orange, Mr.. Bucknef
went as a young man to New York.
where he became president Of the
Bank of Flatbush, In Brooklyn, and
acquired considerable apartment
house property. Later the Brooklyn
bank was merged with the National
City Bank of New York, OF which
Mr. Buckner became president.
He is survived by his sister, Mrs.
Brown; another sister, Miss Lou Buck
ner. and brother. Bailey Buckner
OF Charlottesville, Va.