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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
Her Career Is Travelling On Trail of New Stamps
Oklahoma Woman Turned Hobby To Profit
(Acme Telephoto)
By NEA Service

San Juan, Puerto Rico.-Her job is her hobby.
 It's unique job, too. One that takes Mrs. Casimir N. A. de Baj- ligethy (she admits the name is a trifie unusual, tool into far-off places. A tall blonde with blue eyes, she thinks nothing of pack ing suitcase at her home in Tul- sa, Oklahoma, and leaving on a moments notice for romantic Puerto Rico, Alaska, or equally dis tant spots.
 Mrs. De Bajligethy's fate is stuck to stamps instead of stars. When ever a new stamp is issued she is on the hunt like fair Diana. Recently she has been here in San Juan, quaint capital of the beautiful trop- ical island of Puerto Rico, superviS- ing covers the preparation of spec ial covers to go into the collections of stamp fans everywhere.
 Makes Hobby Pay
 In a small room in the basement of the postofhce, she supervised six native women who buSily pasted Puerto Rico's new purple three-cent stamps on envelopes addressed to stamp collectors ill all parts of the world.
 The new stamps, offered for sale recently, are the first to be issued in the thirty-seven years Puerto Rico has belonged to the United States. And the covers, properly cancelled on the first day of iSsu- ance, will become prized philatleic items when they reach their ad- dresses through regular postal chan nels.
 My work is just case of turn ing a hobby into a job," says Mrs. De Bajligethy. "When the depres- sion came along and my husband lost his engineering job, we started thinking about a way to make our stamp hobby profitable. Now we make nice living collecting stamps for other people.
 Mrs. Casimir de Bajligethy
 T do most of the travelling, and my husband takes care of the of flee in Tulsa. Not only do en- joy the work itself, but I enjoy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
Market Had Irregular
 Decline At Opening
Most Leading Stocks Registered Fractional Gains; {;
 Liquors Issues Still GO Down; COppers Better
BY ELMER c. WALLER Limited Press Financial Editor


 New York, Jan. 19.-(UP)-Stocks and bonds made an irregular de- cline at quiet opening today. Cot ton futures opened 2 to points lower.
 Most leading stocks registered fractional advances, including Chry- sler at 60 3-8 up 3-8; General Mo- tors 36 1-8 up IA; Consolidated Edi- son 23 1-2 up IA; Case 92 1-2 up 1-2; Southern Pacific 20 IA up 1-8; eBthlehem Steel 62 7-8 up 5-8; Westinghouse Electric 105 1-2 up |; Phillips Petroleum 40 IA up 3-4; and Anaconda 34 5-8 up IA.
 Liquor issues, recent weak spots because of retail price wars, con- tinued to decline. Hiram Walker lost 3-4 to fl 3-4 on the first transac- tion.
 Gold mining issues were firm with Dome Mines and Alaska Juneau up fractionally. Most Coppers were better.
 Small losses were noted in Con- tinental Oil. Boeing, International Harvester, Standard Oil of New Jer- sey, U. S. Steel, Southern Railway, Youngstown Sheet & Tube. Electric Auto-Lite and National Power & Light,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
LESLIE STAUFFER
 IGNORED AT FETE
WhittemOre Road Lad Cel= ebrates Sixth Birthday
 With Party
MIDDLEBURY Correspondent: Eleanor Read
 Telephone 5-0932

Leslie Stauffer was guest of honor at party given at his home on the Whittemore road Monday afternoon in celebration of his 9th birthday. He received many gifts from those present, who included Ronald Nic- holS, William Reardon, Joyce Mo- green, Mary Krogg, Harry Squires, Howard Watt, Laura, Gertrude and Bernice Nichols and Phyllis Stauf- fer.
 Mrs. Clinton Broadway of North street is planning to leave Saturday for California. She will be accom- panied by Mrs. Harris Whittemore, Mrs. George Lewis and Miss Julia Lewis. They plan to spend two months at Pasadena, and will stop of enroute for a few days visit at Death Valley.
 Rev. and Mrs. Richard Baxter and MT. and Mrs. Seymour HadaWay ot Porte Hill, are planning to attend the 11th annual military dance of the Waterbury chapter, Reserve Officers association of the United States to be held at The Elton Friday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur Baldwin were guests at the wedding of Miss Helen Elizabeth Fischer of Hamden, to Edward Baldwin Krott of Mount Carmel, which took place Saturday afternoon in Trinity church, New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
Manager


 Operation of radio station WBRK, Pittstield, Massachusetts will begin early in February, according to Sam early in February, according to Sam WATR, Waterbury. Harold Thomas, who is president of the WATR Com pany, Inc, is owner also of the Pitts field station and expects to make his home there
 The new station will be affiliated with the Columbia system and will operate from ' a. m. to midnight at 1910 kilocycles. In the daytime it will operate on 250 watts and at night on 100 watts!
 Many of it's programs will be those of the Columbia system. Local tal- ent also will be encouraged, says MT. Elman, and there will be regular news broadcasts. The station will be serviced by Transradio News, whose headquarters are in New York.
 Tower Erected
 The 170-foot radiator (toWer) has been erected on Pittsfield Coal Gas Company property on East
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
MAY TALK WITH
 MRS. ROBINSON

Washington, Jan. 19-CUP)-Sec- retary of State Cordell Hull in- structed the American charge d'af- fairs in Moscow today to seek per- mission to interview Mrs. Ruth Marie Rubens of Philadelphia, held by Soviet authorities as possible accessory in an alleged espionage plot.
 Hull said that although Mrs. Rubens and her husband" were travelling on fraudulent passports under the name of MT. and Mrs. Donald L. Robinson" she is an American and entitled to counsel and protection. The same rule will apply to Robinson if he proves to be an An. erican.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
FIVE GOVERNORS
 SEE PRESIDENT


 Washington, Jan. 19-CUP)-Gov- ernors of five New England states and a representative of the sixth conferred today with President Roosevelt on flood control problems
 They were Cows. George D. Aiken, Vermont: Robert E. Quinn, Rhode Island: Charles F, Hurley, Massa- chusetts; Wilbur L. Cross, Connec~ ticut; Frances P. Murphy. New Hampshire; and F. J. McArdle, representing Gov. Lewis O. BarrowS of Maine.
 It was expected that they would urge the necessity of 100 per cent federal financial cooperation in meeting flood control problems m their states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
CHINESE WOMAN
 JOINS AIR CORPS

Shanghai, Jan. 19- UP) Miss Hilda Yen, niece of Dr. W. w. Yen, former Chinese ambassador to the United States and later ambassa- dor to Russia, has joined the Chin eSe air force, a Chinese newspaper reported today. Miss Yen probably will pilot bombing since she took a postgraduate course in flying at Roosevelt Field, New York. She learned to fly in Italy and received her pilots Icence in the United States.
 She attended Smith College in 1925 and 1926 after preparatory work at the Walnut Hill school in Natick, Mass. She completed her education at Yale, receiving a bache- Tor of arts degree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
BRAVE EMPLOYE
 SAVES COMRADE

Chicopee, Mass, Jan. 19.-(UP)- An employees brawn, endurance and quick thinking were credited to- day with the rescue of Cornelius j.. O'Brien, 47, coal dealer
 When O'Brien, attempting to break frozen mass of coke in an elevator. plunged into pit created a cave-in, James Healey saw the surrounding coke begin to slip, threatening to bury his employer.
 Healey lowered himself into the crevice and braced the pits walls with his body for two hours until firemen extricated O'Brien.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
SETTLEMENT MADE
 IN ACCIDENT SUIT

Two trucking companies today ef- fected settlement of their dispute over cause of an accident which oc- cured September 28, 1886, and liti- gation in the court of common pleas was dropped.
 The suit was that of A. c. Benson against the L. E. Bunnell TranSpor- tation company. Damages of $262 15 were sought. The basis of the suit was a collision between trucks of the plaintiff and defendant, which occurred at a loading platform. Damages to the truck were the basis of the relief claimed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
STATE RECEIVES
 FIRST $75O,OOO

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 19-(UP)- State Treasurer Guy B. Holt said today the state had received $780, 900 of the $2,OO0,000 it requisitioned the federal government to begin payments under the state unem- ployment compensation program. An additional $75000O was. due Feb. l and the balance of $500,000 on March l.
 Benefits probably will begin early next week, according to the state labor department. The $2,0Oo.0O0 was considered insufficient to meet requirements. An additional requisi- tion was expected to be forwarded to Washington within the next few weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
FUNERAL OF NEIL

New York. Jan. 19-(UP)-Funer- al services for the late Edward J. Neil, former associate press sports writer killed while he was cores pOndent in Spain, were held in the Church of the Guardian Angel at II a. m. today Burialu was in Methuen, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
DINNER PROBLEM SOLVED

Bellaire, o. CUP) There was crashing sound upstairs just as Mrs Frank J. Stebbins asked her hus- band what he would like for dinner. Pheasant" yelled Stebbins, upon dashing up to investigate, "one has just flown in through window"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
President

street To comply with regulations of the federal department of aero nautics, two red lights shine from the tower at night.
 The week of the opening, Colllm- bia will carry salute to Pittsfields new station. The program will be devoted to the Berkshires and their scenic, historic and cultural attrac- tions. There will be 93 stations linked with this broadcast.
 Station WBRK will employ staff of about 20 including the staff at the studio Bank Row.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
Card Party Tonight

St. John School Association will held their card party in the school hall tonight at p. m. AS this is the first entertainment given by the association, it is hoped there will be a large attendance. The money will be used for the benefit of the school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19

Elected Town Reeve of Bungay. England, Mrs. E. E. Messenger is the first woman appointed in 1000 years history of the office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19

Germany will buy 100000 cases of citrus fruits grown in Egypt this season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
SCIARRETTA GIRL
 ENTERTAINS CLUB
Jolly Makers Convene al Members Home; Social
 Follows Farley
OAKVILLE Correspondent: Mae Villa Babin 1877 Watertown Avenue

Oakville, Jan. 19-The Jolly Max CTS held their weekly meeting at the home of Miss Ernestine Sciarretta Monday evening. A social period followed the business barley.
 Those attending were: Helen Bar olak, Jane and Josephine Frino, Anna and Ethel Danaro, Perina and Lena Petrok, Adeline and Ernestine Anna Petrok, Virginia Ramponi, Sciarretta, and Mary Lombardi.
 Briefs
 The Mems Club executive com- mittee of the Congregational church will meet this evening at 7::30 o'clock at the parish house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
Mems CIuh


 The Mems Club of All Saints church met at the church hall last evening. Pinochle, cribbage and set back were played. The following results are announced:-
 Pinochle; B. LaVigne & Lake, 2; Wilson & Hoffman 1:Eenn & H. La Vigne, 3; James & Thibault, 0; Windebank & Thibault2; Budge & Baxter, 1; Chase & Lancaster, 2; Flisher & Weidemier, 1; Wilson & Hoffman, 3; Field & Bryan, o.
 Set back: Windebank & B. La Vigne, 2; Feld & Weidemier, l; Hoffman & R. Thibault, 2; Lake & LaVigne, 1; Lancaster & Littlehales 2; Budge & Fisher, 1; Wilson & Baxter, 2; B. Thibault & A. James1: Windebang & B. LaVigne,2: Chase & Bryan, l; Fenn & Chapman,2; Wilson & BaXter,1.
 Cribbage: LaVigne & Littlehales,l; Windebank & Budge 9; Lancaster & Flisher 2; Bryan & James,1; Baxter & Chapman 2; Wilson & Rev. Samwell, l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
Mems Club Supper

The Mems Club monthly supper will be held Friday evening at TOO o'clock at the Congregational church hall. The Reverend John R. Coombs will show pictures slides of his trip to the West Indies and to South America. The usual period of games will be enjoyed following the sup per. Bring a Friend" is the slogan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19
Constitution Meeting"

January 9th 1787, the Constitution of the United States was ratified by the State of Connecticut. To honor this 150th anniversary the Oakville Junior Stamp Club will sponsor a meeting January 24th at the South school auditorium, at 7:30 o'clock. Although this meeting was original ly planned as part of the club activities so much interest was shown that it will be open to the public in crder that they might hear their guest speaker, Judge Raymond E. Baldwin of Stratford, Connect icut. MT. Baldwin is one Of the out standing authorities in the State of Connecticut on the Constitution. His subject will be Our ConStitu- tion," and will not be of phila- telic nature, but one which should interest the public in general. This meeting has been approved by the United States Sesquicentennial Con- Stitution Commission in Washing ton, D. c. and is part of nation wide celebration in it's honor.
 The regular stamp club meeting will take place as usual until 7:15, after which it will be open to the public at 7:30, with an entertain ment by the South school junior high school under the direction of Sumner Libbey, followed by the ad- dress of MT. Baldwin at 800 o'clock. The students of the Waterbury high school, members of the local troops of Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts, the Cadets and the Mems Club of the Union Congregational church will attend in body. There will be no charge of admission, and the public are invited to attend.
 Details of the program of enter tainment will be announced later
Evening star., 1938-03-27

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hour, or less. When this hap ~
pens, dull headaches, loeiness ~
and achy feeling, when caused (ES
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So take the advice of thousands I'M
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You'll be delighted to see how .
wonderful you feel In one. hour,
or lees.
Evening star., 1938-03-27

to break form Of gambling which on
the surface may seem harmless enough
but which in the syndicalized form
1t has now taken Is one Of the most
potentially serious sources Of crime
in the CITY," he said.
"The fact q man puts q dime on
the numbers once in while Is pos
siblely harmless In ITSELF" he con-
tinued, but that Is not where the
danger lies. The danger lies in the
fact that through getting corner
on the vast revenue provided in the
numbers racket, persons outside the
law have amassed a vast sum OF
money. Inevitably, through hi jacking
ana other methods, other persons out
side the law are going to try to set
their share Of this money"
When this happens" he declared,
I'VE will have violence of a sort that
will be hard to cope with because
1t will be among class of people with
no respect for law and against whom
the usual methods of discipline will
be difficult to apply"
Mr.. Pine, once president of the
Barristers, asked that his associates
give their moral, as we'll as material
support to the drive. He emphasized
strongly the necessity for public SYM
pathy with the efforts of his Office.
His program to catch up with pend
ing cases in order to maintain at all
times in the future current docket"
Evening star., 1938-03-27

ANY doctor will tell you it is
"A harmful to allow excess
wastes to accumulate in the in
testinal tract. All zoo often they
cause dull headaches, or make
you feel loey and achy.
And it is so needless to suffer for
hours-with Pluto Water at your
disposal. By simply following
the directions on the bottle,
you'll usually feel like new in
one hour, or less.
Pluto Water gives prompt relief.
Evening star., 1938-03-27

thedral. Beginning at Z pm. there
will be extra trolley service on the
Friendship Heights line, which passes
the cathedral, and extra buses on
Massachusetts, avenue.
The audience will be expected to
join the chorus and the instrumental
lists in singing THE Passion Choral, -
better known as 20 Sacred Head Now
Wounded" theme song of the st. Mat
thew passion. Originally written by
Bernard Of Clairvaux, with music by
Hassler, the choral was harmonized by
Bach for inclusion in his work.
DR.. Thomas P. Martin is president
OF the choral society, Miss Sarah Smith
vice president, Miss Florence Ludy
secretary and Eugene Kenderdine IL
brarian.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Numbers
Continued From First Page.)

domestic servants and the like-par-
ticularly Is there an allurement to the
young and immature; school children
in considerable numbers invest in the
slips which represent chances in Sc
curing prize money"
Three-Year Fight Waged.
The fight of District officials and
civic leaders to get the numbers bill
through Congress dates back more
than three years. This is the second
measure to pass the Senate The first
died in the House District Committee,
and the present bill lay in state of
coma there for a year. until, at the
insistence Of several members, it was
brought to life recently.
The present report, in fact, con-
tanned letter from Leslie c. Gar
nett, then United States attorney, to
Chairman King of the Senate District
Committee, under date of December
"a, 1896. In urging the legislation,
Mr.. Garnett said:
The Supreme Court OF the United
States has held in Francis vs.. United
States that the numbers slips which
are retained by the writer or the
hacker are not lottery tickets or GER
tiflcate. For this reason the police
have been unable to take effective
action against numbers runners or
promoters in whose possession such
slips were found. In many instances
numbers runners carrying thousands
OF such slips have been seen driving
from the District of Columbia to their
headquarters in Maryland yet, since
they were violating no law, the police
have been powerless to arrest them.
1t is believed, however, that the en-
actment of the proposed section s63
(a). making the possession Of such
slips criminal, would give the police
a powerful weapon in such cases and
,sNl would ser seriously cripple the num-
Pine Strengthens Bill.
But to hit at the hackers of the
eoA'AS AAAOiC ideally, NAI 1dIIlStJ SuC.
cessor. District Attorney Pine, wrote in
an amendment to previous section
Of the bill which the committee ac-
cepted. This makes the original slips
kept by numbers operators also evi-
dence OF violating the amended lottery
law
The Pine amendment outlaws "the
possession OF any copy or record Of
any such chance, right or interest, or
OF any such ticket, certificate, bill
token or other device" making these
records evidence that the holder has
set up or is concerned in carrying
on a lottery.
Members of the committee feel the
change will greatly strengthen the law
Those banking the numbers will face
possible penitentiary sentences If a
raiding squad can prove confiscated
books or sheets of figures were actual
records of numbers bets.
This and other minor amendments
Evening star., 1938-03-27
PEACE UN|TSBACK
WORLD PROGRAM
But on Joint U. S. Political
Effort the AZ Bodies
Cannot Agree.

Representatives of AZ American
peace organizations, in session here
Yesterday, split sharply over American
participation in collective efforts to
avoid war, but went on record unan-
imously in favor of broad program
of world economic action to remove
the causes of war.
Unable to agree on policy OF po-
litical cooperation, the 200 delegates
adopted compromise report setting
forth the views of one group supporting
strict isolation and strict enforcement
>of the Neutrality Act and those of
another equally numerous group advo-
eating American participation in COL
lective security measures. A proposal
to delete recommendations for collec-
tive action from the report was de-
feated, l0l to 96.
+ Approving without qualification the
trade treaty policies of Secretary of
State Hull, the delegates went on to
recommend early settlement of the war
debt issue by initiative of President
Roosevelt, expansion of the interna-
tional monetary stabilization agree
ment and early negotiation of a world
pact of economic collaboration set
forth as the ultimate objective in the
recent report by Paul Van Iceland,
former Prime Minister of Belgium, to
the British and French governments.
The action of the group, retaining
in its report the views of the collec-
tive security advocates. while not bind
J. Ing on the various peace organiza tions
represented at the conference, came as
surprise to the leaders because Of
the strength of the collective ac-
ton sentiment it disclosed. This
sentiment was strongly reflected by
representatives of the League of Ma
tions Association and by spokesmen
for the American Federation of Labor
and the Committee for Industrial Or
ganization.
Proceedings Of the conference have
been watched with keen interest by
the State Department, whose observers
were inclined to discount the apparent
trend away from isolation indicated by
the peace organization representatives
Such views, the State Department ex-
perts indicated, would be more likely
to find favor among peace organiza-
tons than in the country at large.
4 The conference was organized by
Ahe National Peace Conference, which
Is the central organization of the A.
organizations devoted to the promo
k-tion of peace.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
REPORTS WIDE USE
OF MOTOR BOATS
H. R. Daniel, Commerce Official,
Estimates Million Will Be in
Operation in Summer.

Motor boating has become one of
the most popular American sports
and it is estimated more than l,000,-
600 motor boats will be in use this
spring and summer, Harry r. Daniel
OF the Commerce Department said yes
terday afternoon in the weekly de
partmental broadcast on American in
dustries, over the Columbia network
Creation of artificial lakes by con-
struction Of Government-built dams
at Boulder, Colo; Bonneville, Oreg,
and in the Tennessee Valley has re-
suited in thousands of new motor boats
and small sail boats being put into use
by pleasure seekers, Mr.. Daniel said
It now is possible to take a small
boat from Trenton. N. j., to Miami.
Fla, more than 1900 miles, without
once venturing into the open sea, as
a result of the completion of the in
Atercoastal waterway, he said.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
PINE RE|TERATES
NUMBERS
Gives Barristers' Reasons
for Determination to
Break Racket.

Honor guest at a luncheon of the
Barristers yesterday at the Willard
Hotel, United States Attorney David
A. Pine reiterated with emphasis the
reasons for his determination to
"break" the numbers racket in WASH
ington.
Speaking to 100 Of the city's lawyers
comprising the club and to judges
OF District Police and Municipal
Courts, Mr. Pine, in one of his several
recent attacks on the numbers game,
asked their sincere" cooperation with
the district attorneys Office lin stamp
ing out form of gambling which in
its present proportions constitutes q
real menace to society"
Don't joke at the efforts of our office
Evening star., 1938-03-27
REHEARSAL TONIGHT
FOR BACH'S PASSION
Choral Society Presents Famed
Work Tomorrow at s PM.
at Cathedral.

Final rehearsal will be held tonight
for presentation of Bach's famous
Passion According to st. Matthew
at Washington Cathedral tomorrow at
8 pm. by the Washington Choral So
ciety. Admission will be free, with
capacity for approximately $500 per-
sons.
Louis A. Potter will direct the re-
hearsal, which will include the 80
members of the National Symphony
Orchestra, soloists of the society, Ly-
man McCrary, organist, and Miss Will
la Semple, pianist.
The committee in charge announced
the Capital Transit Co. will provide
special street car and bus transpor-
tation to and from Washington Ca