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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16
SISTERHOOD ENDS
 SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Three Articles Given For Decorations on Beth
 Israel Sefer TOrah

In memory of the late Meyer Green blatt, three articles, silver handles, breast plate and embroidered man. tel lamp, were presented for the decoration of the Sefer Torah by Mrs. Meyer Greenblatt last night at the final meeting of the season of the Beth Israel Sisterhood, at Beth Israel synagogue. The program was attended by more than 200 who en- 3aged afterwards in group singing. Refreshments were served.
 Rabbi Moses D. Sheinkopf accept ed the articles as sacred possessions of the synagogue and Mrs. Green blatt and Martin Greenblatt, a son, decorated hte Sefer Torah with the gifts. Morris Kaplan led a prayer for the late MT. Greenblatt and Rabbi Sheinkopf discussed the significance of the symbols and of the ritual.
 The synagogue president, Abra- ham Matzkin, opened the program
 Women in Japan have. neither legal status nor individual rights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16
HEART DISEASE TRACED BY M.D'S.
} Doctors Align It With Lung Trouble-Medical
 Assn. Hears Talk
BY ROGER JOHNSON
 United Press Staff Corrcspondent)

n
 San Francisco, lure 16.-(UP) .- Heart disease, which statistics show to be the greatest single cause of death in the United States, often can be traced directly to lung trou- ble, three Los Angeles doctors told the American Medical association convention today.
 Dr. Donald E. Griggs, Dr. Newton G. Evans and Dr. Charles B. Cog gin of the Los Angeles General hos pital presented surveys of many fatal cases of heart disease showing that it cvincided frequently with chest ailments which were caused by occupational hazards.
 The doctors emphasized that tu- berculoSis and pneumoconiosiS, a lung disease caused by inhalation of minute particles such as sand and rock dust. are especially dangerous to the hearts functions.
 Tt was found in reviewing rec ords of 18,000 autopsies at the Los Angeles General hospital that these diseases of the lung frequently were associated with enlargement of the right side of the heart and heart failure" the doctors report said.
 While heart disease has taken its toll, advances have been made in the treatment of heart irregularities which sometimes are the forerun- ners of 8 chronic, dangerous con- dition.
 Dr. George E. Fahr, Minneapolis mentioned especially digitalis, a remedy for regulation of heart disturbance known as fibrillation, irl which the individual fibers of the heart muscles take up their own rhythm to produce irregular heart and pulse beats.
 "Quinidine, close relative ot quinine. is valuable in the treat ment of 'flutter,' a condition irl which the heart beats are uniform but extremely rapid" Dr. Fahr said He recommended quinidine for the type of "flutter" that occurs at in- tervals, beginning and ceasing abruptly, known technically as par oxysmal tachycardinia.
 The theory that sinus disease starts at infancy was explained to the convention by a Denver physi- clan. Dr. Walter Wasson.
 Studies of newborn infants show that the sinuses at birth are filled with material which must be remov- ed," Dr. Wasson said. This process l takes from two to five weeks ano cn the degree of clearing depends the future development of sinus dis ease".
 Observation of the disease in chil- dren showed their sinuSes suffered a definite lack of air supply be- ginning about October and con- tinuing until warm weather return ed, indicating such children should be kept in a warm climate. he said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16
COMPENSATION FOR
 VICTIMS WID0 W
Town of Beacon Falls to Pay Award of $2,184;
 Agreements Filed

Payment of $2184 by the town of Beacon Falls to Mrs. Martha Chnni- elinski of Beacon Falls is provided in an award issued today by Com penSation Commissioner James M. Lynch.
 Mrs Chmielinski is the widow of Valerie Chmielinski who died April 29 as result of an injury sustained April 8, while working for the town of Beacon Falls. He died of 8 head injury sustained when the stone boat he was riding struck a tree.
 The award provides for the pay- ment of $7 weekly for 312 weeks, be- ginning April 30. It also provides $200 be paid the Buckmiller funeral home for funeral expenses.
 Other agreements filed today are as follows:
 Plume & Atwood Co.,, and Edward Perbeck, Thomaston, loss of left eye, Sl206 for POS weeks, beginning May 12.
 Scovill Mfg. Go. and Jack Proc ko, 2120 North Main street, hernia, $11.28 for six weeks.
 Waterbury Farrel Boundary and Earl Kurtz. Irving place, finger in- jury, $21 for 25 1-3 weeks.
 Scovill Mfg. Co.,, and Joseph Le- Rose, IT West Liberty street, $16.90 for II 1-4 weeks, arm injury. total $190.12.
 The state flower of Pennsylvania .1, IL r.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16

Cong. J. Joseph Smith, of Wa terbury, will be the principal speaker today at the 62nd annual convention of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical association at Eastern Point. With William J. Ounphy, of Waterbury, president of the association, presiding, the convention opened yesterday with more than 200 druggists in attend ance.
 The annual elections are being held this afternoon following 8 business session this morning at which reports of officers and repre- Sentatives of local associat tions were heard. Vice President Frank c. Gross of Glenbrook is expected to succeed MT. Dunphy as state president. Isadore Stoll submitted the report of the Waterbury asso- citation. Among other speakers at today's sessions will be attorney General Charles J. Mclaughlin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16
REP. TINKHAM
 OFF FOR AFRICA

Boston, June 16-(UP)-U.S. Rep- resentative George Holden Tinkham of Boston, Republican who since 1915 has represented a Democratic district without campaigning, to- day vas en route to Africa.
 As in past elections, he will not take the stump this year.
 Its been hard session of con- gress and I need the rest" he said as he boarded plane for New York. "The minute I start for Af- rica, that moment I'll stop worry ing. I don't worry smother bit until I come back in two months"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16
COURT BUSINESSES
 STATES CHARGE

Upon recommendation of States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald in superior court yesterday afternoon, Judge Ernest A. Inglis entered a nolle in favor of Fred Cross, 53, who was accused of embezzlement by agent. The charge was preferred by local wholesale house, which had hired Gross as salesman and collector.
 Public Defender William w. Gager represented Gross. The case was the final in his IS years of service as public defender for this district. Immediately after the nolle was en- tered he announced that his resig- nation had been forwarded to Su- preme Court Chief Justice William M. Maltbie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16

Sixty-four eigth-grade students of St. Mary's Parochial School will be recipients of diplomas at annual commencement exercises next Mon- day evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion.
 Rev. Francis M. O'Shea, principal of the school and pastor of the church, will confer the sheepskins while the address to the graduates will be delivered by Rev. John J. Byrnes.
 Margaret Mary O'Connor, Marie Winifred Kyle, Lucille Theresa Fo- garty, Maurice Patrick Walsh, Rita
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16
WAREHOUSE DESTROYED

Brcckton, Mas, June 16.-(UP)- A spectacular two-alarm fire de- stroyed one-story annex of the United Storage Warehouse & Fur niture Company. Inc, early today with loss estimated at $17,000. The blaze started in mattresses stored in the building and burst through the roof threatening to ignite the adjacent main three-story wooden building containing thousands of dollars worth of furniture and rugs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16

Mary Quirk, Catharine Anne Dowl-
 ing, Patricia Margaret Mclaughlin, Rosemary Rita Sullivan, Edward Richard Pagan, Elizabeth Margaret Lawson, Eleanor Mary Seidel, John Joseph Butler, Mary Christine Don- nelly. Francis Joseph Healey. Mi chael John Killian, Teresa Rubino, Margaret Pauline Brown, Frederick Joseph Erwin, Ruth Mary Fallon, Jean Mary Doucette, James Thom- as Kearney, Blanche Mary Crave line, Jacqueline Marie Loiselle. Ed ward James Champagne. Edward George Thiel, Joseph Edward Mo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16

Boston, June 16-CUP) Weather forecast:
 Maine, Rhode Island and Massa- chusetts-Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday. Probably showers and slightly warmer on coast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16
Full Weather Report

Connccticut-OccnsionnI showers tonight md Friday. Not much change In temperature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16

The state flower of Pennsylvania is the mountain laurel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16

Women in Japan have, neither legal status nor individual rights.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
'STORK DERBY
 AWARDS MADE
 TO 4 MOTHERS
Executors of Strange Will Finally Give Out
 $l00, ,000Fortunes

TORONTO, Ontario, May 31. - The executors of the "Stork Derby will of Charles Vance Millar, an- nounce that litiga tion arising over the bizarre contest has terminated and fortunes of $lOO,OOO each have been deposited to the credit of the four Toronto mothers adjudged win nerS.
 Two mothers, who failed to estab- fish legal claims, to the share of the estate, Mrs. Lillian Kenny and Mrs. Pauline Mae Clark, each re- ceived $12,500. It is understood that the winning mothers agreed to the payments on condition that the two women, Mrs. Kenny and Mrs. Clark, drop the appeals pending in the courts.
 The four mothers awarded $100,- 900 each are Mrs. Katherine Ma gal Mrs. Annie Smith, Mrs. Isabelle Morgan and Mrs. Alice Timlick.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
SUPREME COURT GIVES DECISION
 IN LABOR CASE

WASHINGTON. May 31. = The Supreme Court today held that the National Labor Relations Board may withdraw from the Third Cir cult Court of Appeals in Philadelph- ia, the litigation involving the order directing the Republic Steel to rein state 5000 striking employees.
 Justice Roberts delivered the op- inion that reversed the decision of the Circuit Court Judges in refusing permission to withdraw the litiga- tion and directing the Board to pro- ceed by filing transcript of the records.
 Justices Butler and McReynolds dissented and Cardoza did not par ticipate.
 The decision said the Circuit Court was without jurisdiction in the matter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31

sas from 1914 to 1917, when his ser vices were again sought by the gen. eral board as the World War began
 In 1919 Admiral Shoemaker was named commander of battleship di- vision A. Atlantic fleet, then com mander of battleship force 1, Allan tic fleet and on July 1, 1919, he was transferred to Pacific coast waters as commander of battleship division 3. About year later he was placed in charge of the 14th naval district in Hawaii.
 Director of War Plans
 Next came a commission as Vice Admiral and Commander of the bat tie force, Pacific fleet. Two years later Admiral Shoemaker was made director of war plans and opera tions of the navy department, and on June ', 1924, he became chief of the bureau of navigation.
 Established Courses
 He established the aviation course at the Naval Academy for midship- men and the finishing courses for graduate ensigns at the Hampton Roads and San Diego naval sta- tions, for final selection of aviators to take the course at the Pensacola air station. Shoemaker saw the training courses become very suc- cessful in providing expert naval pilots.
 He also established the reserve officers training courses at six lead- ing universities, advocated before Congress an increase in pay for submarine service, which was grant ed, and obtained congressional ap- proval for improvements in the sta tus of naval reserves, especially in the merchant marine service.
 He was married to Jennie D. Cheeseman June 2, 1896. They had a son and two daughters.
 Admiral Shoemaker was a mem Der of the Army and Navy and Chevy Chase clubs of Washington. DC, The New York Yacht Club, and the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. After his retirement he made his home in California.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
Argument Easy m Washington When Proposal Nude for '. s.
 To Get Into Priunte Business
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, May 31. One way to get into an argument in these woods is to propose govern ment operation of business, but the government already is in one busi- ness and is making money at it.
 Back in World War times the government put some money into the barge business to relieve the overladen railroads. When the war ended the business went to pot, but in 1924 Congress started it off again under the title of the h. land Waterways Corporation. You should see it now.
 President and board chairman is General T. o. Ashburn, who looks and talks like Cappy Kicks and occupies trifle of space in the old munitions building out by the Lincoln memorial. He was put in charge of the business from the start and declares that, honest to goodness Che didn't say goodness) he had to lift some of the barges out of the bottom of the Mississippi where they had sunk from disuse and lack of care.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
ALASKA BOUND STEAMER TIED
 UP IN SEATTLE
Longshoremen Refuse oGo Through Masters, Mates
 and Pilots Picket Line

SEATTLE, May 31.-Pickets of the Masters, Mates and Pilots stop ped work on the Steamship North Coast in union controversy with the Northland Transportation Com pany over quarters in the vessel.
 Longshoremen refused to go through the lines.
 The North Coast, formely the Carabobo, is scheduled to sail at 3 o'clock tomorrow night for Alaska on the first voyage since being re- conditioned.
 A conference is scheduled to take place this afternoon between the Masters, Mates and Pilots and company officials.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
HUNDREDS ARE
 KILLED BY AN
 INSURCENT RAID
Women, Children, Mostly Victims, When Bombs
 Drop on Market Square

BARCELONA, May 31.-At least 430 persons were killed in an In- surgent air raid early this forenoon on the town of Granollers, 16 miles north of here.
 Authorities believe that 100 more may be found in the ruins of build ings.
 Forty bombs were dropped by five trimotored bombers.
 Twelve bombs plunged into the Market Square at the most crowded hour. The victims were mostly women and children.
 The town had a prewar popula- ton of about 1000 persons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
BOYS DEATH MAY ALWAYS
 BE MYSTERY
Long Row of Questions Un- answered in Killing of
 Kidnapped Lad

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, May 31.- The possibility that garroting might have been the primary cause for the death of kidnapped Peter Levine, aged 12, is suggested by Dr. Amos Squire, West Chester County Medi- cal examiner who emphasized how ever, that its conclusion might never be established
 A long row of other questions that may never be answered stand also before those Investigating the tragic mystery.
 The boys headless body, wire bound, hands and feet also missing. was washed ashore on Long Island Sound Sunday, three months more than a day since he disappeared. Identification was made from the clothing.
 The ransom payment of $60,000 originally demanded by the kid napers was finally whittled down to $30,000, which the father, Attor- ney Murray Levine, stood ready to pay as he waited sadly for a con- tact with the abductors which never came.
 A brief funeral service was held yesterday.
 Investigators have one apparent conclusion that the boys body was dropped at sea either from row. boat or yacht and a check of all boat houses has begun.
 Federal Investigators, at the time of the abduction were requested to Hay off the case, by the boys father.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
so. CALIFORNIA
 GIVEN SHAKEUP,
 EARLY MORNING
Thousands Are Awakened from Slumbers in Wide
 Section None Injured

LOS. ANGELES, Gal, May 31.-- Three distinct earthquakes rocked Southern California early today but no injured persons are reported.
 Thousands were awakened by the shocks which were felt in an area 220 miles long, from Santa Bar bara to San Diego and inland to the Mojave Desert.
 Damage, according to early fore noon reports, has been limited to broken windows. B .EASPsirxz .,:bkgqjbgfgwkyqj
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
ALASKA MINER
 DIES, TACOMA
Injuries Received in Mys- terious Manner, Po-
 lice Declare

TACOMA, Wash, May 31-James Halloran, 72, Ketchikan, Alaska, miner, died in a hospital here last night from injuries received under mysterious circumstances. He was found in an alley downtown.
 The Tacoma police believe Hal loran was the victim of hit and run driver. No arrests have been made.
 Funeral services will be held here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
TRUITT REPORTS. ADJUSTMENT NEAR
 ON SCHOOL LANDS

Attorney General James s. Truitt returned from the Westward on the Yukon after attending to Terri torial matters at Seward, Anchor age and Palmer He reported that an adjustment has virtually been made in the school land controversy near Palmer. The trouble arose over the settlement on lands set aside for school purposes. Under the law. sections Is and 36 of every town ship is reserved for school purposes, but during the colonization at Mat anuska settlement was made on some of these reserved lands over the protest of the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
Director of '. s. Battleship. Conroy Serrice During World
 War, Passes Away, Mare IsIand

VALLEJO, Cal, May 31. Rear Admiral William R. Shoemaker, who directed the United States Navy's battleship conveys for the troop ships during the World War, died yesterday at the Mare Island Navy Yard hospital.
 A brilliant naval strategist, Rear Admiral William R. Shoemaker was awars.sd the Distinguished Service Medal for the efficiency of the bat tleship convoy service in the World War. His advice on other naval as poets of the conflict brought him the Navy Cross.
 When, as Chief of Staff of the Bureau of Navigation A d m ir a l Shoemaker retired in 1927 at the age limit, Curtis D. Wilbur, Secre- tary of the Navy, entered upon his service record this notation:
 Admiral Shoemaker's service as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation has been very satisfactorily to the whole force. It is a very difficult post to fill and to have done so to the satisfaction of the Naval Serv- ice, to have convinced the men and officers that a square deal was al- ways intended and usually given, is indeed an accomplishment of which one may be proud In matters of discipline he tempered justice with mercy"
 Father in Service
 William Rawle Shoemaker was born February 10, 1863, on Staten Island, NY, the son of Captain Commandant Charles F. and Mary Augusta tCole) Shoemaker. The father was an officer of the United States revenue service, which later became the coast guard.
 At IT young Shoemaker entered the U. s. Naval Academy, graduat- ing in 1884 Quick of hand and mind, he stood first in the fencing class in each of his four years at the academy. He also was rated good boxer, oarsman and golfer.
 After his graduation he took an intensive course in electricity at Johns Hopkins University, and then entered upon his naval duties as an ensign in 1894
 Through All Grades
 Shoemaker rose through all grades until he wore the gold braid of rear admiral, receiving that ap- pointment December 24, 1917.
 He saw service in the Spanish American war, carrying out naval operations on the north coast of Cuba. In the Philippine insurrec- tion he commanded the gunboat Arayat, operating against the in- surgents in the islands of Samar and Leite. He transp the eI Walker expedition to the east coast of Samar and later displayed hero ism in aiding the rescue and return of the expeditions survivors to Leite. For his bravery he was com mended by the commander-in-ch -chief and the Secretary of the Navy.
 On General Board
 Shoemaker had charge of the en- listed personnel of the navy from 1907-09, then commanded the scout cruiser Chester in 1910 as escort for General Leonard Wood, special ambassador to Buenos Aires. Upon his return he became Chief of Staff of the Atlantic fleet and then a member of the General Board of the Navy, in charge of the war plans section, his duties including lectures at the Naval War College on "stra- tegy of the Pacific"
 He commanded the U.S.S. Arkan-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
TWO CHINESE CITIES GIVEN
 AIR BOMBING
Hankow and Canton Again Subjected to Shells-4
 Planes Shot Down

SHANGHAI, May 31.-Japanese bombers, in a mass offensive, at tackled Hankow and Canton again today Both cities are vital Chinese transportation centers.
 Chinese officials estimate that 600 civilians were killed at Canton.
 Four Japanese planes are report ed to have been shot down during the air raid over Hankow
 The Doiharas Division is still en- circled by Chinese at Lenfeng des- pite desparate Japanese counter at tacks to rescue the large force
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
MANY KILLED
 IN ACCIDENTS
 OvERHOLIDAYS
Nearly Three Hundred Kill ed Tn 45 States, A.P.
 Report Shows

CHICAGO, H., May 31.-Nearly 300 persons met violent deaths in the Nation during the three-day Memorial Day holiday.
 Reports from 45 States tabulated by the Associated Press show 2 total of 297 deaths compared to 356 for the same period last year.
 Traffic accidents are responsible for TIA deaths
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
NAVY PATROL BOMBERS ARE
 SITKA BOUND
Squadron VP-l9 Hoppe d Of from Seattle for
 North Early Today

SEATTLE, May 31. = Six patrol bombers of Squadron VP-19 left at 7:10 o'clock this morning on a projected nonstop flight to Sitka, the Naval base, with It. Comdr. D. c. Allen in command.
 Squadron VP-17, at Sitka since last March, will return here later this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
FOUR COME IN
 ON ESTEBETH

The motorship Estebeth brought in four passengers yesterday from the islands.
 Fron Tenakee, Mrs. E. J. Irvine; from Hidden Falls. H. Nelson: from Angoon, Hattie Kascko and child.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
RANSOM MONEY DROPPED

PRINCETON, May 31.-A packet containing $1O,OOO in small bills has been dropped on a county road, ransom demanded for the release of the Cash boy.
 This much has been revealed to the authorities.
 Cash, Senior, on solitary drive. and under the glare of blinking headlights, dropped the package, early this morning, it was learned. Signals were exchanged between Cash and the alleged kidnapers.
 Cash returned home highly pleas ed and believing his son would be returned within short time, pos sibly by noon today.
 As 3:30 o'clock came this after noon, and no sign of the boy, grave fears were felt for the boys safety. It is reported Mrs. Cash is pros trated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
Chinook Salmon Fail to Run, Oregon Coast

ASTORIA, Oregon, May 31. Chinook salmon are not running and no explanation is given by gill; netters and cannery officials. The situation is the most serious that ever confronted the industry during spring run.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-31
BUSINESS EXPANDS


 Congress listed the value of the business when he took over at $10,- 100000. General Ashburn says 1t wasn't worth more than $2000,000 In 1929, $15,00O,OO0 was appropri- ated for new towboats and barges to help extend the service along more Mississippi tributaries as well as along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
 He started out with 800 men em- ployed and a handful of towboats and barges and has since expand ed the operation to 3,200 miles of river and coastal waters, using 29 towboats and 256 steel barges of 500 to 5000 tons capacity and has a payroll of 3,600 employees.
 Congress authorized the corpora tion to operate until it put the line on it's feet and then to sell to private operators. But so many re- strictions were put on the sale that General Ashburn seems to believe selling out is well nigh impossi- ble. A primary requisite is that the business is to be sold in units which will insure that the less profitable lines will not be abandoned but will continue to have support from earnings of the best lines. Best pay ing of all is the Mississippi chan mel line.
 A private bid for the line was put in last year but nothing came of it. President Roosevelt is op-
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