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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
Church Society To
 Hold February Tea

A meeting of the Children of Mary of St. Lucy's parish was held recent ly at the church basement.
 Plans were made for tea to be held on February 9th, between and D. m. at the church auditorium Miss Louise Mazzaferro is in charge of the tickets, Miss Connie Ciaccio is on the refreshment committee, and Miss Laura Orsini, Lena Cara fola and Olga DeNicola in charge of refreshments, Miss Margaret Orsini on the committee for decorations.
 An indoor bazaar is to take place at the church beginning on Febru- ary 18th and continuing for a week. Door prizes will be awarded every night and there will be raffle of a hope chest filled with linens.
 The girls will attend communion in a body at the 8 o'clock mass on Sunday, February 9th, the date set for the tea.
 Robert Marinaro celebrated his sixth birthday on Saturday evening at his home on Highland avenue. Games were played and refresh ments were served. The guest of honor received many gifts from those attending who were: Dolores Briola, Nicholas Autore, Lois Mari naro, Sammy Forgione, Rodney and Robert Martin, Carmela Marinaro, Frank Davino, Mary Bartino, Phyl- lis and Gloria Marinaro, Joseph DelBunon, Martin DeSapio, Mary Codianna, John Spino, Francis Fava, Viola and Antoinette Trum- flo, Lena Forgione, Mary and Nora Trumfio, MT. and Mrs. Jerry Briola, MT. and Mrs. John Autore, MT. and Mrs. J. Marinaro, Mrs. Antoinette Marinaro. Joseph Dabulis enter tained the children with moving pictures.
 Miss Marguerite Roach of West Main street was hostess at a tea given Sunday at her home for Miss Anne Egan of Waterville street, who will be married Jan. r to Herbert Roberge. Misses Josephine and Helen Egan, sisters of the bride-to-be, poured. Miss Roach's guests ipclud- ed Misses Wilma Carroll, Eleanor McGrath, Mary Brophy, Edna Brei- thaupt, Helen Roberts, Mary Ryan, Cam Kennedy, Doris Shea, Joseph inc Egan, Ernestine Stinert, Rita Shea, Helen Egan, Rita Kenney, Eleanor Maloney and Mrs. John Rick.
 Miss Lena Petrok was recently honored at birthday party held at her home. Those attending were: Anna Denaro, Ethel Denaro, Peter Petrok, Jane Primo, Raymond Mar inelli, Adeline Sciarretta,' Josephine Primo, George Marinelli, Louis Pet rok, Ernestine Sciarretta, Nicholas Marinelli of New York, and Anna Petrok, Tony Petrok. MT. and Mrs. Croce Marinelli, Perina Petrok, MT. and Mrs. Bill DeLappo and Lena Petrok. Many beautiful gifts were received. A delicious luncheon was served.
 The Oakville Jolly Makers held their first meeting of 1888 at the home of Josephine Frino.
 Members attending were: Anna Denaro, Ethel Denaro, Jane Frino, Anna Petrok, Lena Petrok, Perina Petrok, Virginia Ramponi, Helen Barolak, Mary Lombardi, Adeline Sciarretta Ernestine Sciarretta, and Josephine Frino
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12

Ten local and three Watertown women were present at the reception and tea given yesterday afternoon by the Connecticut society, Colonial Danes of America, at the home of Mrs. Frederick F. Brewster and Miss Elmina Brewster in New Haven. Among the local representation were Mrs. Rowley w. Phillips, Mrs. Clar- ence P. Cook, Mrs. Julius B. Smith, Mrs. Wilbur P. Bryan, Miss Mar gery Hayden, Mrs. Irving H. Chase, Mrs. Arthur R. Kimball, Mrs. The odore I. Driggs and Mrs. Frank K. English of this city and Mrs. The odore Lilley, Mrs. M. Heminway Merriman and Mrs. Charles B. Buckingham of Watertown, Mrs. Smith, who is state president and Mrs. Phillips, recording secre- tary, attended the dinner given by Mrs. Winchester Bennett in New Haven last night in honor of Mrs. Joseph B. Hutchinson of Philadel- phia, Pa, national president of the Colonial Danes, who with Mrs. Stancy Lloyd, president of the Pennsylvania society, were honor guests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
CONTRACT BRIDGE By VIM. E. MCKINNEY ' Secretary of the American Bridge League

Avoids Crossru to WDeclarer Chooses to Seek Break in Long Diamond Suit and Goes on to Make
 Two OVertricks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12

Miss Gladys Homer of Watertown avenue is spending a week with relatives in Worcester, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
Contract Problem
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12

Mrs. Josephine Spencer of Ches- hire Road entertained the members of her Pinochle Club at her home last evening. Those present were: Mrs. Julia Snyder, Mrs. George Howe, Mrs. Archie Greenwood, Mrs. Walter Wilcox, Mrs. Fred Spencer, Mrs. Phillip Ryan, and Mrs. Edward Mulvaney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12

because the crack-up victim is 2 friend of hers.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
Washington Stocks
SALES

SALES
Capital Traction IS, $500@681s,
After Call
Washington Gas preferred, ESQ
9812.
Washington Gas IS, 1858, $4,000
@1o5k, $1,OOO@1O512, $1,000
105l2.
Chevy Chase Club 414s, $1,000
@10434.
Potomac Electric 51a per cent
preferred, 5@111A, 1O@11124.
Riggs Bank common, 2@295.
1926.
Washington Gas Light com.
mon, 1O@23, 1O@23, 1O@23, 100
%, 1923.
Washington Railway and Elec.
trio preferred, 10@109A, 100
10934, 5@1O934, 2@109A.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
EDISON LEADER

Consolidated Edison was a
leader in the midday rise of the
power group and rose around a
point. North American did nearly
as well.
SteelS moved in relatively mar
row range. United States Steel
fluctuated from small decline to
an equally small gain. Bethlehem
steadied after a fractional drop.
Motor shares we're under some
pressure but ChrySler came back
after a firSt-hour dip. General
Motors was easier.
A lower trend prevailed in the
chemicals, where Allied and Union
Carbide dropped over point
each.
Coppers met further profit
taking after their strength up to
a few days ago. Losses were small.
United States Gypsum fell a point
In theb uilding group.
Tobaccos were weak. Philip
Morris led with a two-point drop.
Most rails were down with the
exception of Atchison and New
York Central, which showed sup
port. fractions eased after their
runup of the last few days.
In the high-priced group East
man Kodak dropped two points
and Westinghouse and Coca-CoIa
gave ground.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
SELLING FURRY.
CHECKS STOCKS.
EFFORT TO RISE.
Crisis in Frame Is Chic
UnSettIing Factor
By LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Jan. IA GNSD,
The stock market drifted lower to-
day in a continuation of the de-
cline of the last few days A firmer
trend was apparent at the open
ing, but a new furry of selling
checked the recovery tendencies.
Losses in the main were not
large, and support developed on
the decline. Trading was moder.
ately active.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14
FRANC STEADIER

The big unsettling influence was
the gravity of the French crisis
after the fall of the Chautemps
government. The franc, however,
was steadier after yesterdays col
lapse.
President Roosevelt's statement
at his press conference that he
wanted elimination of all holding
companies and that he would not
agree to modification of the
'death-sentence" clause in the
utility law created some unsettle-
ment, but had no depressing eject
on the power shares. In fact, the
group moved up after the news
came out.
The Washington times., 1938-01-14

Sesoonos the word for it'll Munolored suits fashion experts
dict the biggest spring fashion vogue And right
bring you brilliant junior mecuousY tailored by mems dos
with the precision and fine detail you find in mems suits In
rdyon and wool mixtures of flannel and wosed to right
under your Link button front styles with plain ocon backs
and dressmoker types with wide Iupes In pearl Cambridge
grey, Oxford brown ton and navy. Sizes II to II.
Floor Young
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01
Studies Shinto

j. w. T. Mason, the American au-
thority on shinto. has arrived In Ja-
pan for further study Of tbs religion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01

trees, the little people of the Green
Forest of that time will have Happy
Jack to thank for the feasts they
will have each year.
Sammy Jay had eaten until he
could eat no more, and had stored
away many for future use. Redhead
the Woodpecker felt very fine and
quite fit to move South when the
weather should become too cold for
comfort. So the place where the
beech trees grew was quite deserted
by all save Whitefoot the Wood
Mouse. You see, his home is close
by and he still hunted for nuts
which the others had overlooked,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01
BY Alfred AndrioIo
BY WiIIord
trademark a oiled
For o 8 Patent Onca
BY Bud Fisher

although his storehouse WAS 50 fun
that he had started to fill another
Whitefoot is thrifty. Best OF all
nothing had happened to any OF
the feasters. Reddy Fox and Mrs
Reddy and Old Man Coyote found
plenty to eat elsewhere. They didn't
60 hungry. Oh. my, no! They wert
simply disappointed, but their dis.
appointment meant that nothing
dreadful happened to the other little
people. So the beechnut feast wa.
a great success. and because OF n
many little people of the Green For
est were better prepared for tn
coming Of Jack Frost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01
he could waste no more time quar-

he could waste no more time quar-
reling.
At last the little brown nuts were
so scarce that they were hardly
worth looking for. Buster Bear and
Lightfoot the Deer no longer came.
They had made the most of their
opportunity, and both were much
fatter as a result. So were all the
members of the Gobbler family and
of the Grouse family. Now they had
scattered in quest of other good
things. Chatterer the Red Squirrel
had filled several storehouses and
really had more beechnuts than he
could possibly use. His cousin,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01

Happy Jack, the Gray Squirrel, had
stored away plenty against the day
Of need, and he had buried many
more, thinking to dig them up later.
Some he undoubtedly would dig up,
but q great many he would forget
all about. They would remain right
where he had buried them until the
coming Of sweet Mistress Spring,
and then from each one would
spring up a tiny beech tree. So,
though he didn't know 1t, Happy
Jack had been the most useful of
all those who had hunted for the
little brown nuts. Years later, when
those tiny trees have Grown 70 big
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01
TwizzIer Answer
BY Fontoine Fox

Here is the way the bum worked
out the design:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01

IT good times lasted always, we
wouldn't half appreciate them. And
after all, a good time is never wholly
OF the past, because always you have
the memory of it, and that is some
thing no one can take away from
you. The thing to do is to make the
most OF a good time while you can.
II one good time lasted always there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01
would be no other good times to
look forward to.

WUuIu De no QUIET BOOu CIMeS 70
look forward to.
OF course, the beechnut feast in
the Green Forest had to come to an
end. With SO many sharp-eyed peo-
pie looking for those sweet, brown,
little beechnuts it wasn't a great
while before most of them had been
found. But while they lasted the
happiest place in all the Green For
est was right under the silver gray
beech trees, especially after the first
day, when Chatterer the Red
Squirrel had made so much unpleas-
antness. He was smart enough to
know that If he would get his share
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-01
Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Good times too soon are of the past;
A pity It's they do not last.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

features were added, and the
papers were moved to their new
81 100000 plant at 1917 H st.
N. w., the most modern news
paper plant in the city.
On August 9 last year, Mrs.
Eleanor Patterson leased both
The Times and The Herald from
Mr.. Hearst, becoming editor and
publisher of both papers, and
under her guidance further gains
have been recorded, until today
they are numbered among the
most important newspapers In
the nation.
From that little beginning by
the unemployed printers. The
Times has grown to have a fam
lily of 1,450 employees.
Forty-four years ago today,
when that first edition came off
the press, one of the printers
was Frank Hughes. He had put
some of his few dollars into the
venture, and he went through
those first trying days.
Today Frank Hughes is still at
work on The Times, the last OF
the original Times family still
actively working .on the paper,
proud of his part in founding the
paper and proud of his long
record of service.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
'F|REMEN SEEK
PAID DRIVERS

ARLINGTON, Va, March 18.
The Arlington County Firemen's
Association announced today it is
renewing its campaign to have
the county employ paid drivers
for fire trucks. Support of civic
organizations and the county
board is being sought for the
move.
The tentative 1938-39 county
budget, which will be the subject
of public hearing at 8 p. m
Wednesday at the courthouse,
does not contain funds for the
employment of fire truck drivers,
Protests against the county
fire chief acting as assistant to
the building and electrical in
spectors, instead of devoting his
entire time to fire department
duties, and to the method OF
handling fire calls through the
courthouse switchboard, were reg
istered by the firemen.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
BOY CHORISTERS
OFFER CONCERTS

Two free concerts by the Boy
ChoiSters of the Immaculate Con-
ception Boys School will be given
at the Church Of the Immaculate
Conception, Eighth and N Sts. N.
W., next Thursday and Friday
evenings at $3.50 p. m. Charles A.
Benson, choirmaster, will direct.
Harry Wheaton Howard, organlst
at the church for SO years, will
accompany.
The Boy Choristers, who range
in age from 8 to 13 years, will
sing classical ballads and excerpts
from grand opera as well as
church music, Mr.. Benson said.
They will be assisted by a male
choir of eight.
The concerts, If successful, will
be followed by others, the Rev.
John X. Cartwright, pastor of the
Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception said. They are free to all
music lovers, regardless of race or
creed.
Among the great composers
whose works will be sung are
Handel, Tosti, Mendelssohn and
Offenbach,
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Milwaukee Leader
Expands Activities

MILWAUKEE,, March 18
GN.SD.-Reorganization and ex-
pansion of the Milwaukee Leader.
only Socialist daily newspaper in
the United States, was announced
today by Elmer A. Krahn, pub
Usher. Paul A. Holmes becomes
editor-in-chief, A. r. Bowler ad-
vertising and sales director, and
M. G. Mathews circulation man
ager. All are Milwaukee resi-
dents. The Leader was founded in
1911 by the late Victor Berger,
Socialist Congressman.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
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CONVICT CLAIMS
COED WAS SLAIN

PITTSBURGH. March 10
UN.S0.-An unconfirmed report
that Ruth Baumgardner, missing
Ohio Wesleyan University coed,
had been slain and then buried in
a hill district garage was received
today by Pittsburgh detectives.
The tip was attributed to a
prisoner named Gleeton in the st.
ClairSville (Ohio) jail.
Miss Baumgardner, %, a senior,
disappeared from the university at
Delaware, Ohio, last May. Accord
ing to the unconfirmed report,
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where and then brought to Pitts
burgh for secret burial.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

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Jail LOdger
Pays Debt

BUS HNELL. ILL.,, March 10
QNS0.-Forty-three years ago .
young man down on his luck re.
ceived two meals and a nights
lodging at the police station here.
Yesterday Mayor Porter received
a letter from John Philliber, Of
New York, with So enclosed.
This ought to about even
the score. with some of the
interest. I'll never forget that
kindness" Philliber wrote.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
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Group to Urge
Anti-Lynching Bill

More than 200 delegates Of the
National Negro Congress will
meet here tomorrow at the White
law Hotel to urge passage Of the
anti-lynching bill. The call was
issued by John Davis, executive
secretary of the congress.
The Rev. Arthur D. Gray pastor
Of Plymouth Congregational
Church will be the principal
speaker at a civic affair dinner at
the Twelfth Street Branch Y. NJ.
C. A., at 7:30 p m. DR.. Gray is
president of the local council Of
the Congress.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

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William Hoffman
FGets RenrOc Award

The name of william Hoffman,
1915 East Capitol ST., was drawn
as the winner Of a case of liquor
given by the Renroc Club.
The drawing was in conjunction
with dance given by the Renroc
Club at the Potomac Boat Club
last night.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
PANIC WAS CAUSE

There had been panic-not a
depression or receSSion-n 1898,
and this. coupled with the intro
duction of mechanical typesetting
machines, had thrown many print
ers out of work.
Frank S. Lerch, member OF
the union, worked alone for six
months on the project Of starting
a paper, and managed to raise
S1,7OO to start "The Peoples News
paper" Then a board of directors
was named and the project
launched.
With this small capital, editorial
and advertising offices Wer e
opened at Tenth and D Streets
Northwest and an arrangement
was made whereby the paper was
set up by hand and printed in the
Star pressroom.
BOUGHT AND SOLD
The paper event broke" with
its first issue, and for weeks there
were no pay days for many; only
q small sum that was apportioned
out to married members Of the
staff. The union took up collec-
tions to meet the necessary ex-
penSes, and publication continued.
About six months later, c. c.
Conn, wealthy musical instrument
manufacturer and member Of Con.
eress. purchased the paper. Find
ing he did not have. the time to
devote to the paper, he traded it
in 1895 to StilSon HutchinS, vet
eran publisher, for a piece of prop,
erty at Fourteenth and H Streets
Northwest.
In the sale it was stipulated that
Af the paper lost more than $4,000
q month Conn would make good
the difference. But he was not
called upon to put UP any money
for The Times started to make
money.
Circulation and advertising grew
rapidly, and at the end Of a year
The Times showed a profit.
GOES TO MUNSEY
HutchinS then started a paper
In Richmond, Va, to assist in the
campaign to elect William Jen
ningS Bryan as President. but lost
$4,000 in the venture, and as 9
result announced he was withdraw
ing from the publishing field anc
offered The Times for sale.
The late Frank A. Munsey &C
quired the paper in 1901 for 5000,
600 cash representing an increase
in value Of the property Of $198,
800 in just seven years since the
printers started the publication
with their $1,700 capital.
It was MunSey who changed the
paper from a morning to an after
noon. publication and moved The
offices to the MunSey Building HI
built on e Street between Thin
teenth and Fourteenth.
In 1917 the paper was pur
chased by the late Arthur Bris
bane, chief editorial writer for tnt
Hearst newspapers, with a stipu
lation that in event he should bt
unable to meet the payments, viii
liam Randolph Hearst should havt
first option on the property.
FURTHER GAINS
In 1918, Mr.. Hearst took ovel
The Times, and in 1922 acquired
The Washington Herald. New