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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13
SEVEN VIOLENT
 DEATHS IN CONN.
(By United Press)

Seven persons died violently in Connecticut over the week end.
 Three were drowned, two were filed in automobile accidents, train killed in automobile accidents, train man committed suicide.
 Frederick Donati, 23, New Britain amateur boxer, was drowned while swimming at aBtterson park, Farm ington.
 Seven-year-old Robert Mayer, East Hartford, was drowned while swim ming in the Connecticut river. His body was not found.
 An unidentified person, believed to be eco boy, was drowned in Schreeder's pond, Killingworth.
 Cornelius O'Hara, formerly of Westfeld, Mass, was killed by train while walking along the tracks at Simsbury.
 Clarence Scott, Ridgefield, was killed in an automobile accident near his home.
 Manuel Raposa, East Providence, R. I. suffered fatal injuries when an automobile struck rotary traffic signal at North Stonington.
 Charles L. Newell, 68, Waterbury, committed suicide by hanging, &C., cording to the medical examiner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13

Mary Muraski, vice-president of the Pulaski Federation of Connecticut; Constantine Kavicki, an officer of the Terryville Club, and Ignace Prbycyn, secretary of the state fed- eration.
 Joseph Dzialo, president of the Torrington Club, introduced Ed mund Sawoska as permanent chair man, John Wilczek was general chairman of the committee on ar- engagements.
 The Democratic town chairmen of Litchf1eld County will gather on Wednesday evening at the White Eagle Home on Water Street,fi Tor rington, for teh purpose of com pleting plans for the political cam paign which is to get underway im- mediately. J. Francis Hicks of Win sted will preside at the meeting which will be addressed by num- Der of prominent people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13

and three more points at the Ladies' Dog Club show yesterday in Ded- ham, Mass.
 The eighteen-months-old Terrier rose to the championship class in eight months, his owners failing to show him until he was 10 months old. In winning the six coveted points over the weekend P. J. Rid ing High was declared winner, best of winners and best of breed.
 Connecticut dogs scored well in nearly all of the 13 breeds in which they were entered yesterday at the Dedham Polo and Country Club, coming home with seven best of breeds, four group awards and a number of point scoring and other victories.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13
Variety Of Articles
 Exhibited Largest
 In Several Years
Judges Experience Difficulty in Selecting Final Win- ner in Cake Division; Design Problem Worked
 Out in Doll Contest

Featured by an unusual number of exhibits which reflected popular interest in evidence during the past year, the annual home economics exhibition of the Waterbury Girls Club was formally concluded Satur- day with the public decisions of the judges.
 Articles of food and clothing made by students of the various classes provided problems for the judges in reaching final decisions.
 In the cake department the judges very automatically and very justly selected four winners instead of one. They selected the culinary masterpieces of Dorothy Danaher, Ann Barry, Mary Keefe and Ange- line PalIadino and declared them the four outstanding exhibits of that particular division. The judges of all food exhibits included William V Tobin of the Epicure Shop, Adolph M. Raymond of Reymond's Bakery and Layton A. Rose of Clapp, Rose & Vaughn.
 In judging the clothing exhibits the final decisions rested with Miss Gertrude A. Kennedy, supervisor of sewing at the Leavenworth High School and Miss Rita Bergin, home economies teacher, department of education.
 Club leaders in sewing were Made line E. Monroe, Mrs. Mary Skahan, with Thelma Briglia, junior assis- tant. Leaders in cooking, Marjorie Brooks and Anna Danagher.
 One of the most attractive fea- lures of the sewing exhibit were eleven dolls dressed in costumes of eleven different countries.
 The various accessories even the carved wooden shoes were made by the contestants. The dolls repre- scented special problem in costume design as taught by Madeline E. Monroe, leader.
 The following winners were an- nounced late Saturday by the ofh- ciating judges:
 Seniors
 First prize: Mary Briglia, Mrs. De Stefano, Mrs. Kelly, Anna Spina, Angela Esposita, Mrs. Angeloni, En-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13

An invitation to speak before the International Recreati0nal Conference during it's session in Rome, Italy, has beer; extended to Miss Kathleen Crowley of this city. The honor comes to Miss Crowley in recognition of her efforts and achievements as director of the Waterbury Girls Club. The mark ed success of the varied program of activities sponsored by the local organization has attracted much favorable attention and has been more or less copied in various communities of the country.
 The conference opens in Rome on June 26th. Miss Crowley is ex- pected to make known her inten- tions within the next week. If her official duties will permit, Miss Crowley may accept the invitation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13

ma Picone, Marian Aubry, Frances O'Connell, Mrs. Julia Sullivan, Alice A. Hewitt, Grigida Biondi, Laura Biron, Helena T. Case, Winifred Beckett, Louise Genovese, Jean Kel- ly, Anile Plungis, Catherine Petruzzi, Jenny Rinaldi.
 Second prize: s. Siemiatlaski, Mrs. Carmela Foti, Mary Kaliszwiski, Joan Ranando, Mabel Mulville, Paul. inc Krowchenka, Raff1e Aufiero, Christine Gaglione, Louise Reich enbach, Mary Kema.
 Third prize: Bessie Schifellite, Mrs. Helen Kelasso, Mrs. Theresa Laneville, Josephine Phillipone.
 Juniors
 First prize: Virginia Cone, Claire Dansereau, Bernice Siemiatkoski, Lucy De Stefano Rita Paul. Gene vieve Lingieviry, Doris Couette, Rosemary Hayden, Irene Couette, Elaine Biron, Nancy Crean, Ger maine Dansereau, Eleanor Kemp, Ann M. O'Connor, Mary Gilland, Thelma Briglia, Peggy O'Connor.
 Second prize: Virginia Cone, Mar celia Dansereau, Eileen Fitzpatrick, Colette Pagan, Ruth Patschkoweski, Edith Bocce, Jewell Sullivan, Lillian Briglia, Rosemary Garrity, Therese Dansereau, Elaine Doran, Jeanette Duhamel, Helen La Force.
 Third prize: Josephine Verrastro, Loretta Coulas, Paula Kinniery, Rita Garrity, Marie Porta, Rosemary Pascucci, Marie Fusco, Mary Byrnes, Doris Kalweit, Rita O'Brien Rosalyn Biron, Genevieve Baker, Joyce Me- Grath, Theresa Fleming.
 Prizes awarded for the Special Glass in Costume Design were:
 First prize-Irene Couette, Jean- nette Duhammel, Nancy Green, Hazel Bates, Elaine Biron, Thelma Briglia, Rosemary Garrity.
 Brooklyn Sewing Classes
 First Prize: Theresa Cuillo, Fanny Cortajono, Loretta Brodier, Alice Barribault, Jeannette Barrabault, Angeline eD Sumna.
 Second Prize: Louise Mirablio. Genevieve Grasso, Couinda Fiovlicci, Ida Mirablio, Rose Russo, Louise Colucci, Irma Ffdanzza, Cliothilda Frouricci.
 Third Prize: Jane De Pietro, Gloria De BlaZzio, Anna Moffin, Ma rie Luattro.
 Leavenworth Cooking Glasses
 SENIORS
 First Prize: Angeline Palladino Mary Fitzpatrick, Annette Tarrag- oni, Eleanor Gagnon, Rosemary Giacin, Agnes Nelson, Mary Kales- zewski, Helen Deconinck,
 Second Prize: Eileen Mulvaney Ethel Johnson, Anna Waitke,
 JUNIORS
 First Prize: Airline Bates, Ruth Mueller, Rosemary Hayden, Theresa Brodeur, Eleanor Cocco, Madeline Kelly, Claire Houle, Jane Belcourt Alice Biron, Dorothy Clark, Nancy Long, Theresa Brodeur, Monica Fag- an, Shirley Barlow, Lois Humphrey
 Second Prize: Lucy DiStefano Louise Dergeloh, Patricia Hall, Theresa Conway, Erika Vallines, Joyce Goodale Elivra Marano, Betty Johns.
 Third Prize: Mary Elizabeth Bar rett, Peggy Robinson, Claire Fitzpat- rick.
 Brooklyn Cooking Classes
 First prize: Dorothea Hartnett, Dorothy Danaher, Ann Barry. Mary Keefe, Monica Delaney, Eleanor Zukanskas, Dorothy Cashin, Char olette Messick, Eleanor Karvelis, Helen Verseckas, Eleanor Zukanskas Estelle Whelan, Dorothy Cashin.
 Class making strawberry jam: Mary Keefe, Estelle Whelan, Ann Barry, Monica Delaney ad Dorothy Danaher.
 Second prize: Margaret Stack, Olive McCristle, Leocadi Daphus, Winifred Dalton, Bertha SilkanSkas, Mildred Hychka, Ann Dwyer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13
WILEY GRADS PLAN
 REUNION MEETING

Representatives of various gradu- ating classes of Wilby high school will meet tonight at room 1O9 of the school to make further plans for their general reunion which will be held June 27 at the central Y. M. c. A.
 One of the most able workers on the arrangements committee is Miss Helen Picoski, representing the 1887 class
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13
Marriage Intentions

Sydney H. Judson, 47 Prospect street, and Margaret R. Milius, 104 Oakville avenue.
 Rocco Forgione, 745 Highland avenue, and Pauline DeVito, 792 Highland avenue.
 William Fitzpatrick, 62 Pleasant street, and Frances Strickulis, 390 Washington avenue.
 Bernherd Nelson, 316 Lakeview avenue, and Alice O. D0ckham, AZ Porter street, WatertOwn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13

Celebration of two victories at 8 saengerfest at Danbury by the Concordia Singing society and auxiliary yesterday will be held at a special program tonight at Con- cordia hall. William E. Mueskes, president of the society, an- nounced that friends and mem bers are invited.
 Max Duetzman conducted both singing groups at the Danbury contest.
 The society plans sponsoring an outing June 26 at the Alpha Gun club at Middlebury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13
RIDING HICH' IN
 CHAMPS CLASS
Patsy Browns Boston Terrier Wins Six Points
 in Two Shows

P. J. Riding High, Boston Terrier owned by MT. and Mrs. Patrick Brown of Chestnut avenue, was made champion over the weekend by taking three points at the annual show in Katonka, N. r., Saturday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13

Senior examinations started today in local high schools. At Crosby high school it was announced that recitations in all subjects closed to- day at 1:30 o'clock Recitations in mechanical drawing, free hand
 drawing and expression closed Fri
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13
EASTMAN WINS
 CHESS H0N0RS
Norling and Stanwich Tied for Second Place in
 City Tourney

The city chess tournament, which was conducted jointly by the Water bury Chess club and the YMCA ended Saturday with the possible ex- ception of a tie yet to be played off for second place prize, between Fred Norling, last years champion. and John Stanwich The new cham pion is George K. Cashman, having won four games and lost one. He was also champion in 1882 and 1894.
 The standing in the finals follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13
Full Weather Report

 COnnectfcut-Fair and continued cool tonight. Tuesday fair slightly warmer. Boston, June 13-(UP)-Weather forecast:
 Rhode Island and Massachusetts Fair and continued cool tonight. Tuesday fair and slightly warmeE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13

It Is thought that the Mississippi river valley once was & great inter- for sea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13
ART EXHIBIT

Students of the Waterbury Art school are holding the annual ex- hibition of the school, which opened today at the Mattatuck Historical society building. The exhibition will continue until June 30 and the hours are 10 o'clock to o'clock daily.
 the diversion, stability and personal touch found on the stage of the legitimate theater.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-13

Egypt wants new income tax.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
D, C. SYMPHONY
DRIVE SUCCESS

Ample proof that Washington.
ianS wanted to keep the National
Symphony Orchestra was seen in
the bang.up finish OF the campaign
for a sustaining fund of $4,000,
which scared to $105,579.
L. Corrin Strong, general chair
man, today voiced his apprecla'
ton to individuals and organiza'
tionS which contributed the money
He also had high praise for the
volunteer solicitors.
During the past few weeks"
Strong said, washington has
shown conclusively it recognizes
the value of the National Sym
phony Orchestra in fulfilling
the great cultural needs of the
community.
"The results of the campaign
were achieved only through the
combined efforts of many in
dividuals and agencies. More
than 1000 people took part.
Newspapers carried extensive
articles on the value Of the
symphony and reported progress
of the drive. Radio stations
aided in spreading the appeal for
funds. Department stores had
window signs and street cars
carried signs.
LAS a result the number Of
givers rose to more than $500,
with gifts ranging from 10 cents
to several thousand dollars"
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
Durbin Days
DeaHenG Visits Capital
Today, Tomorrow

Deanna Durbin, Hollywood &C.
tress, will arrive at the Union sta
ton at 1:25 pm, today. for a
two-day sightseeing trip Of Wash,
ington.
At 1:50 pm, she is scheduled
to visit the Senate where she will
be introduced to the Vice PreSi.
dent; at 3:l5, she will meet Secre'
tary Marvin H. Mcintyre at the
White House; at 3:45, she will be
taken on a short motor trip
around the city before going to
the Mayflower Hotel.
Tomorrow, tour of the embas.
sizes has been planned for her and
q trip to Mt. Vernon, before she
leaves, at 3 pm, for New York
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
~ Branch Plans
Anniversary Fete

Plans are being completed by
the Twelfth Street Branch Y. M.
C. A. for celebration Of its eighty
fifth anniversary the week OF
March % to April 5.
The branch is the oldest col.
ored association in the United
States, having been founded by
Anthony Bowen, a Government
worker, here in 1858. AS a fea-
ture the association will conduct
its annual membership drive, with
Joseph H. B. Evans as chairman.
Division chairmen include Thomas
w. Parks and C. Tiffany Toliver.
Emory B. Smith heads the spe-
cial membership committee. Major
Campbell C. johnson is executive
secretary of the branch.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

ldSI nlSuC'
Speaking before the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association, Jesse
C. Sutter, Of the District Suf-
frage Association, exhibited a pro-
posed flag for the District which
he described as follows:
"A District flag with a
yellow background representing
a lemon, a pair of handouts in
one corner showing the extent
of the city's freedom and a
double cross which is self-ex-
planatory, with a black border
indicating that the city is, for all
intents and purposes, dead"
ISAAC CANS MAKES PLEA
Isaac Cans, member of the AL.
coholic Beverage Control Board,
urged national representation at
the annual dinner of General Ac.
counting Office employees. He
said:
THE citizens of Washington
have cried out for more than a
century for the voting privilege.
They will continue their fight
for enfranchisement until they
win.
There have been such mar
velous developments in the
National Capital it really de-
serves greater recognition by
Congress, and the Nation, as to
its city rights; and to show how
the sturdy stock of Washing
tonians has helped in the up
building of a community that
is at once the pride and glory
OF the entire Nation"
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
yesterday wished the District Suf.
frage Association success in its
meeting scheduled for tomorrow
in the Chamber of Commerce
Building.
Activities of the District Suf.
frage Association in its efforts to
obtain national representation for
the District in Congress will be
discussed by Wilbur S. Finch
head of the group, in a broadcast
over Station WJSV from 6:45 to
7 p, m. today.
RECREATION PLANS
Future plans for development Of
recreation in the Southwest sec
tion were outlined by city Off
cials at last nights meeting oi
the Southwest Citizens Associa
ton in Jefferson Junior High
School.
Miss Sibyl Baker, supervisor O.
municipal Fairgrounds, told o
plans for improvement of th'
Hoover and other Fairgrounds
and urged support in needed ap
preparations.
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples, direc
tor of the Community Center De
partment, said that, with the pros
pect of a new Jefferson Juniol
High School, a larger and NOR
important program of recreation
was in progress for the young pee
pie Of the neighborhood.
Major Ernest w. Brown, super
intendent Of police, stressed th1
Importance of police boys. club
as reducers Of juvenile delin
quency.
ASK SAFETY LIGHTS
The Sixteenth Street Highland
Citizens Association, at las
nights meeting in Brightwood, re
quested the director of traffic t.
equip all safety zones within 1t
territory with electric lights, as
protection against speed violatorS
The association opposed q bil
to place a 1c tax on fuel oil, an,
requested repairs to the Sidewall
on Fourteenth Street, between
Kennedy and Longfellow Street
Northwest.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
NEWS WITH MEALS

In some restaurants in Paris up
to-the.minute news bulletins are
printed on the reverse sides Of
menus so that guests can scan
summaries Of the latest world
events between courses.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
LEGION BALL TONIGHT

Nearly 300 persons are expected
to attend the nineteenth annual
ball Of the District of Columbia
Women's Auxiliary of the Amer
lean Legion tonight at the Carl
ton
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

Old.time Mississippi River show.
boats? The thrilling days when Mary
Lou chained herself to the GalliOpe,
Jenny Lind entered New Orleans wear
ing seven DISCUSSES and Adah Isaacs
MenkeR rode naked across the stage
on a black hOrse-and many other
dramatic incidents on "Old Man
River" told by Capt. Louis ROsche in
another inStallment of "Old Man
River" in The American Weekly, with
Sundays Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
Romance of 43 Years Ends in Honeymoon

the Jersey City Second Reformed
Church, where both sang In the
choir for IS years. Diffenbach Is
secretary of the State blind COM
mission.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

Louise Sundermann. Both now
are SO, and Dieffenbach, blind
since the age Of 10, never has
seen his bride.
He first met Miss Sunderman at
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

Jersey City, March II Q.NsS.).
A romance starting 43 years ago
ended in a honeymoon today for
Charles Dieffenbach and Miss
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
Planning Bill
Report in Week

Democratic Leader Rayburn yes.
terday said that the House Rivers
and Harbors Committee will re.
port a regional planning bill with.
in q week. Stripped of all power
features except for setting up OF
q Columbia River power authority.
the measure in its present form
chiefly provides for regional agen-
cieS to study all conservation prob.
lens.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
Vote for Capital
Demanded by 2
Speakers Here
Cans, Sutter AssaH Rule as Unfair;
Citizens Study Recreation
By A. ]. DRIsCoLL

y,
Demands for District representation in Congress made
by prominent suffrage advocates before two organizations
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Potomac Man Acquitted
In Fire Negligence Case
BY stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Dec. "a Cir
cult Court jury yesterday returned
a not guilty verdict In the trial Of
Robert M. Pier of Potomac, on a
charge of allowing a fire OF spread
and burn down a $4,000 house and
several outbuildings on an adjoining
property.
1t was the only not guilty verdict
to date in criminal case during the
November term, which included 72
indictments and 81 criminal appeals
from the Police Court.
Defendants in 80 of the indict-
ments have pleaded or been found
guilty, and in 81 of the 81 criminal
appeals cases guilty verdicts have
been returned. Twenty of the ap-
peal cases have been nolled pressed
by States Attorney James H. Pugh,
and did not go to trial in the Circuit
Court.
Mr.. Pier was convicted of the same
charge in Police Court and given q
six months sentence by Judge Har-
old c. Smith. It was on an appeal
from that verdict that the jury yes
terday found him not guilty.
Testimony showed that he had set
. trash fire near his home last
March 8, which later spread to a field
and whipped by a high wind jumped
across a 3O-foot road to the property
OF j. B. Duley. Their home and sew
eral outbuildings were burned to the
ground. Mr.. Pier testified he had
taken every precautiop to prevent
the fire from spreading.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
|Ex-BIocksmith,
90, Is Ardent
| Rabbit Hunter
~ the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BRIDGETOWN, Md, Dec. Sat
an age when most men are content
to remain close to the hearth, Jacob
B. Gibson, 80, has dispensed with
spectacles and Is going hunting.
The retired village blacksmith,
still with the powerful physique he
acquired in shaping horseshoes, dis
carded his eyeglasses because Of
second sight" he says, and has gone
rabbit hunting every day since the
season opened except for squally
weather days.
Mr.. Gibson's one regret was that
on his birthday anniversary, No
vember 10, the weather was mot
fit"
He brought home four rabbits this
fall and neighbors found three more
which they said had fallen before
his craftsmanship.
A friend recently took him to q
symphony concert but Mr.. Gibson
decided he preferred the music of
q pack of foxhounds."
True to his trade, Mr.. Gibson has
never owned an automobile and dis
likes them.
He and Mrs. Gibson remember
when Bridgetown was slave trad
ing center.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Abraham Lincoln
To Be Presented
Al Georgetown
PIoy Unanimous Choice
For Sesquicentenniol
Celebration

Memories Of q Presidents wartime
visits to Georgetown University will
be recalled Friday evening when the
university's Mask and Bauble Club
presents John Drinkwater's histori-
cal drama, Abraham Lincoln" be-
fore an audience in CASTOR Hall.
It will be the clubs contribution to
Georgetown's sesquicentennial an
niversary celebration.
History records several visits Of
President Lincoln to the little college
on the outskirts Of Georgetown dur
ing the years of the Civil War. The
first time was when he came to re-
view the famous 69th (Irish) Regt-
ment of New York on May 10, 1861,
before its engagement at Bull Run.
The irish regiment was the first
Of a long series of regiments to be
Quartered on the campus until 1866.
Its $500 men occupied all the space
in the Mcguire Building and the
Mulledy Building and tented also on
the campus. Lincoln visited them
in the company Of Secretary of
State Seward and other ofncials.
The New York men were soon fol-
lowed by the 10th Regiment, also
from New York. During the war
some Of the college buildings were
used as hospitals and on several
occasions the sorrow -burdened Lin
coin walked between the rows of
cots. On one of these visits to
Georgetown he fingered to see a
new painting, the Calling of Mat
thew" which had been presented to
the college by Gen. Meade.
Georgetown's colors, blue and
gray, were chosen as a symbol of the
reconciliation of the North and
South. To the Southern cause the
school offered two young men who
became nationally known. One was
Edward Douglas White, a Louisiana
boy who later became United States
Senator and Chief Justice of the
United States. Another was a young
poet, James Ryder Randall, whose
Maryland, My Maryland" became
one of the great war songs of the
South.
With Georgetown stepped in the
tradition of the Civil War and with
its alumni fighting just as hard for
the preservation Of the Union as
some others did for Southern inde-
pendence, Drinkwaters abraham
Lincoln" was the unanimous choice
for the sesquicentennial play.
There will be 54 students in the
cast, with Carl w. Watson, jr., as
Lincoln and William j. Driscoll, IT.,
as Mrs. Lincoln. The latter is presi-
dent Of the dramatic club.
Evening star., 1938-12-04

Dathe, silver filings In its teeth. A
dentist and q veterinarian said so,
too.
Probably, Mr.. Dathe theorized, the
doe bit into some feed containing
silver, and dlled its cavities as it
ate. No one has advanced an alter
native possibility.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Boy, II, Catches EuqIe

UNION, Wash, Dec. 8 R).-Ernie
Ahrens, IL, heard a commotion in
his pen of geese, and found the in
vader was golden eagle, 6 feet from
tip to tip Of wings. With the tech
nique he'd used in catching geese,
Ernie grabbed the eagle by the neck
with one hand, and caught bott,
the birds feet with the other. The
eagle was Gagged; the boy was un-
Scathed.