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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-07
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Household Articles
Price paid by customer $177-Save $4S Unclaimed FURNITURE
 3 Rooms Complete. .$129

Several months ago, we sold these 3 rooms of furniture to young couple who were contemplating going housekeeping. They placed a deposit of $10 and since then paid $4S altogether on the furniture. Unfor- tunately they cannot take the furniture. Therefore, we are willing to allow you the amount which they paid in.
 -18 months to pay.
 Free delivery-Free storage. No payments if sick or unemployed. These 3 rooms include everything you need for the home. A complete Bedroom, Living Room and Kitchen. Even small incidentals such as lamps, rugs, smoking stands, etc., are in- cluded. We know that once you see this furniture you will be thoroughly convinced that it is an unusual value.
 WE'LL SEND A COURTESY AUTO"FOR YOU. NO OBLIGATION Any morning, afternoon or evening that you wish to come to our store we'll send Courtesy Auto" for you, no matter where you live, to bring you to the store and take you back home again. This is free service, so don't hesitate to use it whenever you desire.
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 MAIN STORE-WATERBURY All Stores Open Wed. & Sat. Eyes.
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WOMAN WANTS ROOM-C Conven- tent to St. Mary's Hospital. Write: Box A-142, Waterbury Democrat.
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x AutO Springs. Az1es. Etc

KNEE = Action, rebushed and re- lined; coil springs reset. Water bury Auto Spring O., 38 Brown Place.
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CAMP TERRACE+4-2 five room apartments. Reasonable. Inquire premises.
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REBUILT Sewing Machines and Vaccum Cleaners, $10 up. Terms. Expert repairing, 221 Bank St. 5-1364.
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COLBY ST, 45-4 rooms, newly decorated. price $22. Phone 4-3928.
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Merchandise
Household Articles
OIL BURNER HDOT.

Burners and Supplies, lowest prices Complete Oil Burner Service, all makes. United Tyre Sales O., 2l9 East Main St. Dial 3-1141.
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Rooms, Board, Hotels
Rooms md Boara

BOYS CLUB, Cottage Place -fgIcs rOoma swimming pool. an home cooking. Reception rooms M0d- crate prices.
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Lost and Found

LOST-Brown and white bull ter rier, tan collar, vicinity Lincoln St. Reward. Tel. 3-2492.
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complete the cast. Artur Bodanzky will be the conductor.

Santa Claus will leave his head quarters at one of New York City's department stores and be interviewed by Parks Johnson and WalIy Butterworth during the VOx Pop program on Saturday at 800 p. m., EST, over the NEG Red Network. Arrangements have been completed for Santa to check out of the store early in or
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ONE FAMILY HOUSE near Rey- holds Bridge, Thomaston; large lot. Five rooms near Walnut and Put nam StS. Phone 4-4370.
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ANNEX SPECIAL Furniture Bargains

Good Used Living Room $1Q.5O Suites. Only .............. Walnut Bedroom $01.50 and Suites. Only ........... up Springs. Beds and $2.95 and Mattresses ........... up 4 and 4 Glenwood Dual Range. All white. Used only months. Sold for $189. New G11Ql stove guaranteed. Only =.
 Kitchen Cabinets. s9.s5 OA1y
 Occasional Chairs. s2.s5 Ou1y .''...''. .'..... ..........
 Pearl Grey and White Dual Range. Used only months. Reg. sos $198. New Stove guaranteed ... 3 Pc. Maple Living Room $1QJ50 Suite. Only ..............
 Studio Couches $0.95 clO1u ....s....... .......'..... Good Used Heaters $5!s5
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TRIcr of WATERBuRY, P1BJI ss. PRO BATE COURT, Dec. 7th, 1888. ESTATE of MARY E. AHEARN also called AHERN, late of the town of Waterbury, in said dis trice, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to tested, within said time, will be de- barred recovery. All persons in- debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 KATHRYN STAFSTROM, 12-7-3t Administratrix,
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h Mattresses

YALE MATTRESS co. - 45 Union St. Tel. 3-633O. Your old mattress made over equal tO new. Special prices this week only.
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STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS TRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PRO BATE COURT, Dec. 7th, 1888. ESTATE of MAURICE AHEARN also called AHERN, late of the town of Waterbury, in said dis trict, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said es- tate to exhibit their claims for set clement. Those who neglect to present their accounts. properly at- tested, within said time, will be de- barred a recovery. All persons in- debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 KATHRYN STAFSTROM, . 12-1-3t AdministratriX.
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For Rent Real Esfate

Apartments and Tenements
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LiUe Stock

DOBERMAN-Pinscher pups. Show type. GA. K. S) Good guards for children. Will reserve for Xmas. Phone Naug. 2661., IS Melbourne Court.
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Business Services Rendered

LOUIS A. WALSH ARCHITECT
 III West Main St.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17

stance. only heads Of families may
make the wine. The regulations
take no note Of the strained situa-
ton which might result from find
ing out Just who is the head OF
the family
When the unit decides the ques-
ton, the head of the family is told
not to make more than 200 gallons
of still wine for the use of the
family in a year. The members
of the family must drink the wine
They cannot sell it even if they
do not like it.
Tax exemption does not apply to
a single person unless ne or she
may qualify as the head of a fam
ily, to . married man living apart
from his family. or to two or mo.a
heads Of families operating a win
cry.
The units representatives. even
outline the rules for the head Of
family VINO operates a bonded
winery but still wants to make a
special wine fer his family.
A shortage in personnel hereto
fore prevented a check Of this
class of wine making in Imperial
county. James H. Maloney, head Of
the Unit. said Hereafter rules must
be followed and applications made
10 the Alcohol Tax unit in the
post office building at San Diego
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17
Reporter Tells Typical
STORY of Jewish Family
Under Nozi Persecution

NAMED in Berlin.
The daughter got scant consider
alton at the ministry where she was
employed Her job was gone with
in a few weeks. The son continued
working in a bank which long es-
capped the Nazi "harmonization"
program.
Meanwhile, the family real estate
in south Germany was reassessed
for taxation. The family said the
rate was far beyond the worth Of
the property.
The Philipsohn funds were tied
up at the time and they began ne
gotiating with officials for a lower
assessment on which they might be
able to pay taxes. The authorities
attached all the furniture in their
Berlin apartment. The attachment
was removed only after the daugh-
ter had argued with officials for
many days.
Both the son and daughter might
have left Germany then. but they
had a few Aryan friends in import
ant positions and hoped tc be able
to salvage something from theil
/ holdings. The father, living in Hol-
land, had an income from property
held by his wife in France but wa.
unable to make a new business
start.
Frequent appeals to tax authori-
ties in south Germany brought nC
results. Then, in 1885. the sor
struck a Nazi official during al
argument at the bank where ht
worked. He said the blow climaXet
months of provocation. He resign
ed. Why he was not imprisoned
he never knew. He and his sister
moved to smaller apartment. Boil
we're out of jobs now and could dc
nothing except carry on endless ar.
guments with authorities about Tho
property.
The girl took repeated insult.
from minor officials without rotor
because she feared she would only
make the situation worse
Then, a year ago, their passport!
were confiscated on the eve of theiI
scheduled departure to join theiI
parents abroad. Their furniture anc
money were attached, permanent,
this time. They were told that botl
father and Son--they had mad;
several visits back and forth
were suspected of smuggling for
eign currency out of Germany.
By borrowing from friends, the,
managed to live in boardin,
| house. Ironically, they shared tvp
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17

rooms which formerly had been the
living room of their big Berlin
apartment. One Nazi official eX-
pressed anger that they were able
70 find any money at all, they said.
Friends, particularly their foreign
friends, had special ring for the
door bell so that either the brother
or sister could hurry to the door
and let the visitor in before a
servant saw who was calling. They
hardly ever left the boarding house.
Their conversation was carried on
in whispers. They expected to be
arrested at any hour.
Their father died abroad The
brother and sister went to the off
Gals and asked for passports to
permit them 10 go TO his funeral.
The reply was tat they could have
passports il their mother signed
over to the government all the
property she possessed abroad
They refused even to ask their
mothers opinion. rejecting the pro-
posal. But this summer there sud-
denly came an order to give the
government within 46 hours all the
family silver and few art objects
they still mad hidden away. If they
did. officials said, they would be
given passports. Otherwise they
would 60 to concentration camps.
They talked it over. Both feared
that they would be arrested and
refused passports regardless of what
they did. The risk, they decided
was too great.
One evening they left the house
separately, taking only such prop
erty as they could hide on then
persons. Everything else in Ger
many was abandoned. A few hour.
later they met aboard a train leaV-
ing Berlin. Friends had arranged
an intricate method of getting then
across the frontier.
They made it safely.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE, Jr.
Copyright. 1898, BY United Press

CNPJiA6hts Aooos bs NhAbSu hNt''
BERLIN, Nov. II. CUP)-I first
met the Philipsohns, typical we'll
to-do German Jewish family, seven
years ago
This dispatch might be called a
case history of what has happened
to them since the Nazis came to
power
The name is not actually Philip
sohn, but their story-told to me at
intervals over the years-repreSents
the fate of Germanys old Jewish
families since the World War.
The postwar initiation began
their decline but the final destruc-
ton came this month in the Nazi
whirlWind of retaliation for aSsassi-
nation of a German diplomat by o
Polish jew in Paris.
Before the war Father Philipsohp
was an industrialist in a large
south Rhineland city. His family
had been German for generations.
His wifs's family was part French,
Many of his ancestors had been
public servants. He fought with his
cavalry regiment throughout the
war, was wounded and promoted to
the rank Of colonel
There were three children of
school age during the war. They
lived like all German children of
that troubled time-on turnips and
root coffee.
With peace. the father returned
to business but during the infla-
ton period he suffered severe re-
verses. Whereas the family once
had a Mercedes automobile. went
annually to expensive spas such
as Karlsbad and had box at the
Bayreuth Wagner festival, they
now were reduced to modest cir
cumstances although there was
still plenty on which to live
They moved to Berlin, where
first met them when I was assigned
to this capital by the United Press
One son already had gone to Am
erica and was becoming a United
States citizen The other son and
daughter-both with doctors de-
grees from their fathers university
at Heidelbere-had good jobs.
But when Fuehrer Adolf Hitler
came into power. the father was
convinced that they should start
life anew in another country. He
and the mother went to aneighbor-
ing state, where she was under
medical treatment for nervous
shock. The son and daughter re-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17
jefferson Plans
Service Station
AT Fifth, State

An application for permission to
construct a service station at Fifth
and State streets in El Centric was
approved Wednesday night by the
city council, The application was
made by L. r. jefferson, who later
brought up the possibility Of
amending the city building code.
which would require a Ire wall on
the property, thereby increasing the
building expense. The proposal was
taken under consideration.
The board also approved a resolu-
ton for widening the alley between
Holt and He'll streets from 10 to 90
feet, a move precipitated by a re-
cent suggestion on the part of the
Imperial Irrigation district prepara-
tory to laying lower poles in the
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your common
cough, chest cold, or bronchial irri-
tation. you may get relief now with
Creomulsion. Serious trouble may
be brewing and you cannot afford
to take q chance with any remedy
less potent than Creomulsion, which
goes right to the seat of the trouble
and aids nature to soothe and heal
the inflamed mucous membranes
and to loosen and eXpel germ
laden phlegm.
Even if other remedies have failed,
don't be discouraged, try Creomul-
sion. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money if you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene-
fits obtained. Creomulsion is one
word, ask for it plainly, see that the
name on the bottle is Creomulsion,
and you'll get the genuine product
and the relief you want. (Adv0
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17
Church Attendance
Plea Falls Flat

You can't arrest mel Why I
went to church with Sheriff Robert
Ware!"
This plea, from, the lips of John
Lonergan, accused of drunkenness
in FL Centro and walking out of a
Broadway cafe without the formal
ity of paying for a bottle of beer.
failed to keep him from a sentence
OF $40 fine or 10 days in jail. S,ler-
if Ware. questioned about his
Friendship" with Lonergan. re-
marked
Il don't remember him. but eVi-
dently the church affiliation didn t
do him any good
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17
Townsend Speaker
Scheduled Here

F. A. NutbroWn of Calipatria, an
accredited Townsend speaker, will
discuss THE Progress Of the Town
send Movement in National Al
fairs. at The Ell Centro Townsend
club No. l meeting Friday night.
The meeting will be held in the
music room at Wilson school at 7:3O
D. IN.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17

a tax if the maker will only report
activities to the proper authorities
and, of course, meet a list of re-
quirements
Careful investigation of the do
mestic relations and housekeeping
arrangements of the home wine
maker are made by the alcohol tax
unit to determine # the tax may
or may not be collected. For in
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-17
Easier to Get Married Than Make
Wine al Home Under Rules Imposed
By State Alcohol Taxing Agency

Getting permit to make VINE Tor home use IS as much
trouble getting passport and more difficult than get
ting marriage license.
The state alcohol tax unit has objection the manu-
facure of wine for home consumption and will not demand
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
"Stop Signs"

1 have been listening to con-
versations and reading all the
local newspapers in regard to
the Washington traffic situa-
tion-very amusing indeed.
May I take the liberty of in
forming you that 80 per cent
of the people in Washington
and vicinity do not know the
purpose of stop sign.
would not be writing this
letter today if I had not met up
with one of the local know-it-
all drivers of Washington. I
stopped for a stop sign located
at Arkansas Avenue and Thir-
teenth Street Northwest the
other day and after coming to a
full stop and waiting there for
at least 20 cars to pass the inter
section 1 proceeded across.
The Washington times., 1938-09-26

section yesterday after the Incl
dent afore mentioned took place,
and 80 per cent of the people
driving would not show any
courtesy to people that had al
ready stopped for the sign. In
cidentally, I did not stop at this
intersection just to check the
traffic, I am a real estate sales
men and I am trying to sell a
house at that place.
Trusting that you will see my
point in writing this letter and
take a little time and space in
your paper to express your ex.
pert opinion to the public on this
particular traffic problem, I am
sure rnost mothers and fathers
Of Washington and vicinity
would the~k you.
WILLIAM M. ENGBRETSON,
Alexandria. Va.