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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
SWING BAND AT
 PARK TOMORROW
Chas. Barnet Brings POpu- lar Radio Orchestra to
 East End Ballroom

Charles Barnet, in person, famous swing" saxophonist, and his na- tionally popular radio, recording and dance band, will be the attraction at the Hamilton park pavilion Sum- day night. Barnet has just come back from Hollywood after playing the role of orchestra director in the recent Winhcell- Bernie -Slmone pic- ture Love and Hisses," as well as doing musical bit in the revusicaI Sally, Irene and Mary"
 While on the West coast, ne and his saxophone were featured on the coast-to-coast CBS swing session from the Hollywood studios. Since returning East, Barnet and his band have been in great demand. :. They come to Hamilton park direc7 from a six weeks engagement at the famous Raymor ballroom in Boston from which location they| were featured nightly over the N. BI c. airlaneS.
 Musicians everywhere regard Bar net as tops" in the saxophone f1eldI and everywhere he plays the pro-I fessionals turnout to watch him ga through his paces. Dancing SuncI day night gets underway at 8:30 and
 continues until midnight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
CRUSKAY COUNSEL
 FOR FRANK PALKA
Local Lawyer Secured to Try to Avert Mechanics
 Death Sentence

Attorney Maurice Gruskay of this city admitted today that he has been retained by the family of Frank Palka, doomed Bridgeport aviation mechanic, to investigate any possible means of averting the death sentence which will be inn posed February at Wethersfield State Prison"
 Palka has appealed unsuccessful ly to the United States Supreme Court in his attempts to avoid the chair, to which he was sentenced from Bridgeport superior court for the first degree murder of Sergeant Thomas P. Kearney or the Bridge port Police Department.
 Palka's family reside at Buffalo, New York. MT. Gruskay admitted that if any grounds were found he would seek a writ of habeas corpus from the Hartford Superior Court. First indication of the move came from Bridgeport when MT. Gruskay obtained complete records of the transpirations of the case in that court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
Accidents Increase,
 F atalities Decrease
Commissioner Encouraged in Looking Forward to
 l938-Saner Speed Selection at All Times Urged

Though accidents icnreased in number in Connecticut in 1887 over 1886, fatalities showed a decrease, says a bulletin by the state depart- ment of motor vehicles. There were 19,607 accidents last year, as com- pared with 17,086 in 1886.
 Total fatalities last year were 421, while the year before the death toll from auto accidents was 439. Injur- ies last year numbered 13,546 as compared with 12,457 during the previous year.
 The motor vehicle department has issued the following statement:
 A substantial increase in accidents for 1887 over 1886 was recorded with a consequent increase in injuries Paradoxical, however, is the grat- flying decrease in fatalities proving as Connecticut has always main- tained, that the fatality record is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
By NEA Service

Washington, D. O., Jan. 15 If President Roosevelt should name Solicitor General Stanley Reed to the Supreme Court he will have ap- pointed a Kentucky lawyer who, like Lincoln, emerged from a sturdy, weatherbeaten log cabin home. And like Lincoln's, Reeds cabin |, is in Kentucky. But there the resemb- lance ends.
 Lincoln's cabin was an expe- dient of nature, Reeds is a case of taste for simplicity and early Amer ican surroundings. Reeds cabin is a several-roomed log and stone structure, sturdy and framed by trees, modernized and picturesque It was erected before the Civil War and is reached by 8 corkscrew road up 8 mountain overlooking Mays vile and the Ohio river.
 Portly, prince-nezzed Reed was runner-up on the Presidents ap- pointee list when Justice Willis Van Devanter resigned, and Reeds pres tige since has increased command ingly.
 Resigniation of Justice George Sutherland at 75,, therefore, turns the spotlight again on this middle aged government attorney.
 A Staggering Job
 The crisis of the banking emer- gency in 1883 first thrust Reed into the front in the Roosevelt counsels. For several years Reed was attorney for the old Hoover farm board and in 1882 he be- came general counsel for the REC under Hoover. Few men were so intimately acquainted with the legal intricacies of federal banking and finance as was Reed. MT. Roose- welt turned to him and Reed served the President ably as legal expert during and after that historic bank holiday.
 He was slated for a federal judge ship in Kentucky when the Presi- dent decided he should be solicitor general. Reed accepted and thereby plunged himself into a staggering job-the defense of New Deal laws before the U. S. Supreme Court.
 No Gestures, No Show
 His arguments have indicated de- finite liberalism along with a desire to fit New Deal laws into reason able constitutional limitations. He has argued the gold clause case, the AAA, the Wagner Act and many other cases, recently with conspici- ous success.
 No man, except the President, perhaps, has borne a greater strain in the last two years. On the day, for instance, that he appeared be- fore the U. s. Supreme Court to defend the AAA, Reed also argued for the Bandhead cotton law.
 At 2:30 p. m. Chief Justice Hughes called for the case of 'U. s. vs. Hoosac Mills" Up rose Reed, colorless, competent, begin ming in monotone defense of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. No flowers. No showy stuff. No ges- lures.
 Next day, handsome, tremulous- voiced George Wharton Pepper answered, attacking the power of Congress to pass such an act. Vibrant, gesturing, he closed: T am pleading the cause for the America I love, and I pray Almighty God that not in my time will the land of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

Purely personal Mrs. Percival E. Dixon super visor acted as hostess to the teachers of the Weekday Schools of Religion at tea at the First Baptist church and Mrs David P. Gaines Mrs. Mildred Moore poured ... Ruth Houghton Virginia Fenton Lois Borden and Donald Sterner will accompany Miss Etheyn Nichols to Yale Divinity School in New Haven tomor- row to attend the Coaching Conference for Youg peo- ple. Adjutant Hugo Wberg of the Salvation Army is completing plans for the dedication of the Armys quarters Cherry street. The ceremonies will be held January 30 as the clock strikes three. Dolores Gabriel interested spectator at the U S. Rubber Osons Terrible Swedes basketball fray at the Naugatuck Wednesday night. Even snowstorm can't keep the petite Baldwin Street damsel away from hoop attraction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
TWO APPEALS ON l COURT SCHEDULE
Criminal Side of Court of Court of Common Pleas
 in Session Tuesday

Criminal side of the court of com- mon pleas will include trial of two actions next week, both on Tuesday, according to the docket.
 The cases are: John Griffen, charged with operating while under the influence of liquor and without a license; and Carmine Desimone charged with non-support. The Griffin case is continuation from last year, having been appealed from the city court at that time.
 Two other cases, those of Theo- dore Liebriech, charged with assault and breach of the peace; and Michael A. Cianculli, charged with driving under the influence of liquor, will be tried when the com- mon pleas court jury is impaneled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
BOSTON SUBURB THREADED INTO
 WORLDS NEWS
Quincy, Mass, Is Oddly Linked 10 Many Stories
 of Big Events
BY HOMER JENKS United Press Staff Correspondent


 Quincy, Mass, Jan. 15 (U.P) Whether it occurs in India or Aus tralia, the chances are that the next big news story of the year will have some feature that will link it to this Boston suburb.
 This prediction as based on Quincy's record is reviewed by John Herbert, manager and editor of the Quincy Patriot-Ledger, the city's only newspaper.
 Take the war in Spain, for in- stance. Nothing could be farther from Quincy, it seemed.
 But Washington, assigned a hometown boy to direct the evac- uation of American refugees from Madrid. He was Eric c. Wendelin, third secretary of the American embassy. His family still lives in Quincy. Many of the refugees es- capped on the U. s. s. Quincy, 8 cruiser built at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company's Quincy plant.
 When war broke out in China, Herbert was puzzled, but not for long. The American warship Au- gusta was bombed and aboard was Quincy sailor.
 Amelia Earhart Link
 Then there was the search for Amelia Earhart. This story bris- tied with Quincy angles. To begin with, Amelia not only learned to fly at Dennison airport here, but she made the curtains that still grace the airport office windows, and she once peddled hot-dogs there.
 The airplane carrier Lexington, likewise Quincy-built, daily sent hordes of scouting planes search- ing the Pacific for her.
 Even President Roosevelt has Quincy angle. AS assistant secre- tary of the navy during the World War, he went to the Beth lehem plant to supervise launch- ing of destroyers and there met Joseph F.. Kennedy, then a ship yard executive. After he became President, MT. Roosevelt appointed Kennedy chairman of the securl- ties and exchange commission and later head of the maritime com mission.
 Perhaps the biggest news story in recent years was the aodica- ton of King Edward VIII and his subsequent marriage to Wallis Warfield. As the wife of Com mander Winfield Spencer or Ouincy's Victory plant, she lived in the Wollaston section of quincy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
By MAC

The Swedish Royal Postal De- partment is issuing fifty millions of 10 ore stamps and one million of 1 krona stamps as participa- tion in the 250th anniversary of the birth of Emanuel Swedenborg, which is celebrated this year.
 The stamps bear portrait of Swedenborg. His name and the dates 1688-1938 are surrounded by laurel branch. The issue will be available on and after Sweden borg's birthday, which falls on January 29th.
 The SWedenborg Anniversary is to be celebrated internationally. A meeting of six thousand persons will be held in London at the Queens hall on January 18th, un- der the patronage of the King of Sweden. Honorary Vice-Presidents are Prince Arthur of Connaught and the Crown Prince of Sweden. The anniversary will also be com- memorated in Paris, Zurich, Strassbourg and other European cities.
 In America, commemorative ex- erciseS are to be held il; forty cities. Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip will preside at a dinner on Jan- uary 26th, at DelmOnicO'S Hotel in New York City. The speakers will be: Dr. John Dyneley Prince of Columbia UniverSity-The HistOr- ical Scene";
 Dr. Max Mason of California Institute of Technology - ''Mal; and his Physical and Spiritual WOrld";
 Professor Howard w. Haggard of Yale. University-"Swedenborg's Contributions to Physiology;
 Dr. William Adams Brown of Union Theological Seminary - Christian Unity;
 Rev. Charles w. Harvey-"Swe- denborg's Outlook on Religion"
 Several reports have been re- ceived pertaining to the mis- handling of air mail letters in- tended for dispatch from San Francisco to Hawaii, Guam, the Philippine Islands and the Orient. According to the post office re- port, missending of articles for this route is caused by the fact that air-mail articles intended for the trans-Pacif1c route are in- cluded with articles bearing post age for air mail service to the Pacific Coast only, and dispatch from the Pacific Coast by steam ship.
 In connection with the First Day ceremonies of the sale of the King George and Queen Elizabeth stamps in Australia, the Austra- Han Rocket Society received per- mission from the Commissioner of Police of Queensland to carry on a rocket experiment.
 Five hundred copies of the off, cial Government envelopes num- bered 1 to 500 cOnsecutively were posted after the firing at Bris- bane. Each cover bears . violet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

not a proper yardStick by which to measure progress in traffic accident prevention. This is freely admitted now when Connecticut might prop erly claim that by reducing the 1887 death total as compared with 1886 our traffic accident prevention program for 1887 was a success.
 Because of the army of operators licensed, 510,000, the peak registra- tion total of 450,00O, and the sub stantial increase in gasoline con- sumption indicating about 100000 miles of motor vehicle travel in Connecticut during 1887, the statis- tical picture is perfect. The de- tailed report will show lower &C., cident average per vehicle miles, per cars registered, per operators licen- SeS and per population BUT the fact remains the report shows too substantial anNincrease in accidents.
 Commissioner Connor is encour- aged, however, in looking forward to 193S because it Is generally ad- mitted that never before in She history of the state has the public been so TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CONSCIOUS. If this consciousness of the gravity of traffic accidents can be translated into a SUS- TANNED INTEREST, an interest manifested by saner speed selection at all times, particularly during dark hours, and by the exercise of consistent patience and conSidera- tion by all operators for the rights and privileges of other types of traffic, marked progress will be achieved in Connecticut this year in traffic accident prevention.
 The task is to arouse public in- terest to an ACTION POINT and keep it there throughout the year in plain words, SUSTAINED 1N- TEREST.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

En passant With the Snow White and the Seven DWarfs full length animated cartoon barely un-reeed for public view the critics most vehement and enthu to go for other competition. As Rome burned while Nero fiddes. So New York and way stations yearn while Yehudi Menhuin fiddles Sonia Henie, that good little skate, has been to Washington to receive her Cross of St. Olav decoration for her prowess in sports and interpreter of benefit of the ladies the little young lady fox trimmed black velvet suit Pride and Perjudce" by way of the Civic Theatre of Waterbury will have three night stand at the Womens Club the end of this month Orson Welles, radios Shadow" has two successful pays gong m Jul1s caesar m modern style ana dress era which first produced in 1900 if you visualize that far back.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
TECH SCHOOL TO
 SPONSOR SOCIAL
LeavenwOrth High Sports Dance to Be Held in
 Gym This Evening

Entertainment, dancing and re- treatments will complete the bill tonight at the annual sports dance of Leavenworth high school this evening in the school gym. Several hundred are expected to attend.
 John L, Sirica, of the school faculty, is honorary chairman of the committee, and Robert Knick- erbocker and Vincent Pace are CO., chairmen of the arrangements com- mittee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

For the first time in the history of postage stamps, a living Pres ident of the United States has been portrayed on stamp. The Republic of Guatemala has re- leased a souvenir sheet of four stamps, one picturing President Roosevelt. The issue is in con- memoration of the 150th anni- versary of the signing of the Con- stitution, currently being observed, and at the specific request of Rep resentative Sol Bloom, chairman of the Constitution SeSquicenten- nial Committee.
 The stamp has face value of four centavos and is printed in a carmine and brown. Directly be- heath the vignette is small panel with the inscription, "Presidente Roosevelt" and below is still an- other panel with the wording, Good Friend of the Latin-Amer- jeans" in Spanish.
 George Washington is also honored by one of the stamps. The other two picture the Western Hemisphere and the Pan-Amer- ican building, Washington, D. 0.
 Orders and revenue of the Cam adian philatelic sales for the fiscal year which ended March 31, 1887, were substantially below those of the same period ending March 31, 1886. There were 1900 orders placed for S10,877 worth of stamps in 1926-27, figures which were in- creased in succeeding years.
 News releases from "Atex 1888" indicate that the following na- tionally famous philatelists will be judges: Carter Glass, Jr., pres ident of the A. P. S.; James Wal do Fawcett, president of the Washington Philatelic Society; Herbert L. Shatz, president of the Associated Stamp Clubs of South eastern Pennsylvania and Della ware; and Harry M. Konwiser, editor of Postal Markings.
 The exhibition will be held April 1, 2 and 3 at the Colton Manor Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J. Entries close March 1. Numerous exhibits of international importance have been entered to date and the ex- hibition promises to excel those Of previous years. Hans Lagerloef, of New York City. has donated sev- eral gold medals for awards at the exhibition.
 All records were broken in De- cember in the stamp sales to col- lectors through the POstOffice De- partment's Philatelic Agel;cy, ac- cording to a report from the agency. Sales were valued at $12S,- 265.SS. The figure brought the agency's sales for the six months of the fiscal year up to $1,174,- 114.9O the highest for the first six months of any fiscal year since the establishment of the agency in 1921. For the first six months of the last fiscal year the sales amounted to $S5S,O79.29.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
AnstUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6. 1. One; the Moon. 2. The Shannon.
 3. Tennessee.
 4. Rio Grande.
 5. Famous German painter. 6. Mount Vesuvius. ]. Only the female has a proboscis fitted for biting and blOOdsucking.
 s. Joseph Jefferson Mans field of Texas, and Arthur w. AleShire of Ohio.
 g. Violet.
 10. AIexandre Gustave Ei6GeI.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
RIFLE CLUB INSTALLS
 KRITZMEN, GROODY

A meeting of the Wilby Boys Rifle club was held Tuesday after noon and the following officers were installed: President, George Kritz- men; vice-president, Frank Groody; captain, George Crandan; manager, Arnold Smith; and secretary, Don- aid Dugan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
LABOR BUYING
 POWER SURVEYED

New York CUP)-A recently-made survey revealed that on the basis of. prevailing wage standards a market basket of groceries for which an American workman labors IF hours, the Englishman must work 3A hours, the German ? hours, and the Belgian IA hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
Good Evening.
LET'S GO
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

This weekend let's go to the mountains or hills And take part in the many outdoor thrills. Let's skies and sharpen our skates, To the dickens with our in-town dates! Perhaps we'll miss good movie show Or a regular play from the fifteenth row. Dancing at the Hollywood this week let's skip It, Perhaps at these places we also can trip It. You pack your blue suit, I'll take red, If we don't go for sports might as well be deao Stick in few sweaters and extra heavy hose For it's cold up in Hampshire, suppose. Getting cold feet? Be a sport, come on, no aggn, Sink or swim we get the winter sports band wagon
 EN- EN-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
RAY LYMAN TO BE
 IGNORED TONIGHT
Oakville GrOOm-tO=Be Is Guest at K. of C. Testi-
 mOnial Dinner

A bachelor dinner in honor o1 Ray Lyman of Oakville, formei popular Naugatuck athlete, will bi held tonight at the Columbus Club 79 North Main Street. MT. Lymal| will be married Saturday, February 5, to Miss Mary Phalen of HolmeI Avenue.
 Friends of MT. Lyman's in th| Knights of Columbus, the K. of q Bowling League, from NaugatucI and Oakville are arranging for th| dinner.
 MT. Lyman was 8 baseball, foot ball, and basketball star at Nauga| tuck High School some years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

Barbs. . Nazi army officials have instituted campaign of silence training to prevent soldiers from giving away military secrets Presumably they hope other nations will not follow suit Why worry about the future of China? With Chinese armies destroying everything they retreat and Japanese troops finishing the job as they advance there will be China left to worry about. Tap dancer Eleanor Whitney is not in Hollywood studio physician ordered her to eat five meals day. including plenty of milk and eggs. Furniture manufacturers designing chairs exclusively for Bet they won't stay that way long after reaching the choice spot under the reading lamp by the fireplace
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
ELECTRO-PLATERS
 CONVENE AT ELTON

The monthly meeting of the Wa terbury branch, Electro-Platers so- ciety, was held at The Elton last night. Dr. Louis Weisberg of New Jersey delivered a talk on electro plating. It was announced that at the next meeting E. Vincent Davies will speak on the corrosion of plated products. ..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

Stray shots .. Frank B. Gokas is acquiring be- coming coat of tan the beaches of Lake Wales, Flor ida, where he's vacatOning for few weeks Evelyn Racenet, of the mainstays of the WOOdbury High School Girls basketball team will be graduated in June which is sad for WOOdbury hoop fans Her tennis shoes will be hard to fill She and Justine Clark have developed into the best pair of forwards in schoolgirl competition in the state That certainly covers lot of territory just Jus and Evvy do on the chaked sur face.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

1 told about unfair disadvantage to "3O,o00,0o0 farm men, women and children
 Then his arms waved. He showed that emotion.
 s"General welfare This is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

the regimented be substituted for the free!"
 But Not EmotionlesS Reed rose again, pompous in as- pect but not in manner. He said he was just as emotional as Pepper. He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

achet by rocket, 1O-5-37, guaran- teed Australian Rocket Society. No labels were printed for this firing. which had the approval of the Queensland police and was carried out at the Brisbane rife range by permission of the Aus tralian Department of Defense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

Greek to Roman. The Probate Court of WOr- cester recently asked by petitioner for change of name The petition brought by girl who sought to have her first changed from Aphrodite Those who up their mythology will marvel at this proposal Venus and Aphrodite represent prac Venus was Roman goddess of bloom and beauty and the patroness of gardens Aphrodite the Greek goddess of love, beauty and life expressive of the cOsnc power of love- Venus today is stock phrase for beauty but in the mythological days more so than Aphrodite. Proving that even then, the Greeks had name for it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
DISTANCE DISREGARDED

Railroad stations at Batavia, N. Y, and Tipton, Mo, as they ap- peared in the middle 1800's, half a continent apart, were reproduced a block apart on spur railroad line at Chino. Calif., as location back grounds for Frank Lloyd's new Par amount picture, wells Fargo" fea- turing Joe McCrea, Bob Burns and Frances Dee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

The sport of motorcycle reache it's all-time high record lin 1885 i the United States, when 3,250,0( persons attended 789 meets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

Germany has reduced the amount of alcohol required in motor fuels from 10 to 81h per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15

His firm would spend $S5,00O, 900 in plant improvements in expecta- tion of improved business condi- tiOns in 1888, Lamm0t duP0nt, chairman of the big duPOnt chemical firm, pictured on the witness stand, assured the senate unemployment committee at 8 hearing in Washington, D. c. He urged the New Deal cooperate by lifting the fog" of uncertainty which he believes paralyzes busi- ness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-15
Philatelic NezUS

Guatemala Writes History by Dedicating New Stamp to Living President - Carter Glass Chosen as Judge in Atlantic City Exhibition