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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
SEMINARY PLANS
 NEW GYMNASIUM

St. Thomas Seminary in Bloom field, equipped with a handsome baseball diamond but lacking a gymnasium and basketball facilities, will probably have brand new $75,- GOO building to house its indoor &C., tivities very shortly.
 The Seminary, always outstanding in basketball and baseball in this section, will have it's new building constructed as soon as the sufficient amount is raised, and 400 St. Thom- as alumni are now being canvassed in an effort to round out the neces- sary funds.
 The building is to be of granite and in keeping with the collegiate Gothic architecture of the other St. Thomas Seminary buildings.
 Its accommodations are to in clude a 90 by 50 basketball court on the second floor, and other facilities for indoor sports and locker and shower facilities for both the clergy and students there.
 The third floor is to provide gall lery accommodations for those who will watch the St. Thomas basket ball games. There may be a wing added later to provide a swimming pool.
 Those planning the building at St. Thomas said last night that con- struction would be begun as soon as the necessary funds were avail able, and Coach Adrian Brennan, currently directing the powerful St. Thomas Seminary basketball team and one of several coaches who have labored under the handicap of no home" floor, to put classy St. Thomas basketball teams on the West Middle School and Hopkins Street courts, said last night that he thought construction might be begun during next June.
 St. Thomas authorities said that the building would be started as soon as the. financial quota is reached.
 Present plans call for the facing of the building upon the recreation grounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Hartford I'D Marks
 2Oth Anniversary
Various Units of State to Be Represented at Dinner Saturday Evening Cunningham Invited to Attend

ans of the Yankee Division will re- call the days of their service in the World war. The first YD unit land- ed in France, Septmeber 21, 1917. The division had 12,000 casualties, including $500 killed in action, and took 3,200 prisoners. of whom 61 were officers. Cited nine times, five by the French, the division was the first complete American one to reach France and the first to fight without French infantry aid.
 The division was in five major ob- jectives, occupying two defense sec tors, and spent 210 days ill the front line facing the enemy and never lost a foot of ground, though hundreds died ito straighten out the line" in the hour before the Armistice was declared November II. 1918. The di- vision had the first unit ever to be decorated by foreign government, and thousands of Distinguished Service Crosses, Croix de Guerre and two Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded men in the division.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

Joseph w. Cunningham of this city, state commander of the Yan- kee Division Veterans Association, will be one of the guests of honor at the twentieth anniversary din- ner of the Hartford Chapter. YDVA, Saturday night at the Hartford Saengerbund.
 Other guests will include Ray Doucette, national commander ot the YDvA; Lee Redfern, national treasurer; Philip Sanborn, national secretary; Leonard J. Maloney, ot New Haven, past national comman-- der: A. w. Herman of Norwalk, past national commander; and Jerry O'Dlearn of Providence, chairman of the national convention commit tee.
 Colonel Michael A. Connor. state motor vehicles commissioner, will be toastmaster. Joseph P. Foley is head of the Hartford unit.
 Two decades after their entry into the trenches in France, veter-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
JAP PANESE KEEP
 ON GOING AHEAD
Making Nearer Advance to Their Goal -HankOW
 Is Spot Aimed At
By JOHN R. MORRIS United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

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 Shanghai, Feb. 18.-(UP)-Japa- nese reported further advances to- day in their march toward Cheng- chow and their ultimate goal at Hankow despite assertions by Chi nese leaders that Japan activity in Honan Province was merely a maneuver to attract Chinese forces away from the Hsuchow area in the east.
 Chengchow is the junction of the EaSt-WeSt Lunghai Railway and the Peiping -Hhankow road, down which the Japanese hope to drive against the temporary capital at Hankow. Chinese maintained that in order to effect such drive the Japanese first must break Chinese control of the junction of the Lunghai and North and South Tientsin-Nanking line in Kiangsu Province to send sufficient supplies and armaments into the west.
 Forward Thrust A Japanese column was reported to have made g. forward thrust from Fenghiu, opposite the Honan Prov ince capital of Kaifeng, and driven to within 30 miles of the Peiping- Hankow road at Kangwu. Other forces are driving in southward from a northwesterly direction against Chengchow.
 Neutral military observers esti- mated that 25,O0O Chinese troops prepared for a last stand ill de- fense of the railway might be trap ped north of the Yellow river by the surprise thrust of the Japanese from Fengkiu who are proceeding in an effort to cut off the Weihu sector defense, the sole remaining Chinese stronghold north of the Yel- low river.
 It was believed that Chinese attempt at westward retreat would be cut off by the Japanese mov- ing in from the foot of the Shansi Mountains. Japanese planes bomb ed the Yellow river bridge at Cheng- chow in an attempt to prevent any withdrawal south of the river.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Regulation Of Motor
 Vehicles Criticized
States at War With One Another in Enforcing Laws;
 Supreme Court Issues Ruling

permits South Carolina to limit gross weight of trucks to 10000 pounds, while Georgia'S maximum is 39,600 pounds and North Carolina's si 40,- 900 pounds.
 North Dakota has a 5,000-pound limit while South Dakota allows only 20, 900 pounds. The District of Co., lumbia permits gross axle loads of "A, $40 pounrS, as compared with a 16, pound limitation across the line in Virginia and an 18,000-pound maximum in Maryland.
 Similarly, Kentucky limits trucks to length of 261s feet, while West Virginia allows 35-foot length. Nevada permits 60 feet, while neigh boring Arizona has 33-foot re- Striction.
 Similar conditions exist in wary ing degrees along virtually all state borders.
 Justices Opinion Ability of the federal government to facilitate flow of commercial traffic across state borders through injection of uniformity into regula- tions is set forth in opinion pre- sented Monday by Justice Stone. It reads, in part, as follows:
 Congress in the exercise of its plenary power to regulate interstate commerce, may determine whether the burdens imposed on it by state regulation, otherwise permissible are too great and may, by legisla- tion designed to secure uniformity or in other respects to protect the national interest in commerce, cur tail to some extent the states regu- latory power"
 Intervening in the case, the jus tice department declared the South Carolina regulations "are unreason- able burden on interstate commerce in so far as they apply to traffic on the interstate system of federal-aid highways"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
ispecial to The Democratl

N0RCCA1A GU AAC OOnAVNA0VD
 Washington, Feb. 18.-A "neW war between the states" which greatly impedes movement of agricultural and industrial products across state borders may be brought to an end If the federal government follows a course indicated by the supreme court in a decision rendered Feb ruary 14, it was revealed here today.
 With virtually all states at odds with each other in regulation of commercial motor vehicles, the court ruled in the Barnwell vs South Carolina case that the federal gov- ernment can provide set of regu- lations which will sweep aside a mass of conflicting and retaliatory state statutes.
 States Differ
 No two states impose identical linn itations upon motor vehicle sizes and weights, it was shown today by publication of formal study of all state laws on the subject which has just been completed by the National Highway Users Conference. Reveal ing extent of the existing conflict be- tween the states in this field of regulation, the conferences study brings to light conditions which make movement of commercial highway traffic across some state borders almost impossible. Numer- ous cases are cited where states with moderately restrictive provisions border states which impose extreme limitations.
 Mondays supreme court decision deals with one such situation. The law involved in the Barnwell case
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
TEACHERS COLLEGE RATED VERY HIGH
New Britain School Wins Laurels in National
 Testing Program

According to information recent ly sent out by the Cooperative Test Service in New York city, the soph- omores at the Teachers college of Connecticut at New Britain once more received high ratings on the nation wide testing program Spon- sored by the American Council on Education. The tests were admin istered in the spring of 1887 to over five thousand sophomores in liberal arts colleges and in teachers colleg- es. The New Britain students took tests ill eight academic subjects over a period of approximately one week. This is the sixth year in which the New Britain group was rated superior.
 Contemporary Affairs
 The results show that the Con- necticut group, in general, ranked well in the upper half of all stu dents tested. The highest ranking received by the local students was made in Contemporary Affairs ir which examination the average score was exceeded by only eight in- stitutions in total of fifty-one col leges. In history and social science the New Britain SophomoreS were exceeded by only ten of the colleg- eS
 AS far as the students at the loca college are concerned, the result! are in contradiction to the popular notion that teachers college stu dents are mechanically inferior tt those in liberal arts institutions. I this condition ever prevailed, it i! no longer true. On the contrary teachers colleges today seem to b' attracting a generally superior stu dent body.
 Officials at the local college art of the opinion that the high rank. ing of its students may be attributed to the development, over the pas seven years, of program of selec' tive admissions. In Connecticut admission to teacher-traning insti tutions is considered a privilege ant not a right. Since more students seek admission to the college eacf year than can be accommodate with the limited facilities, man. students are rejected for academic or personal deficiencies.
 Studies Attractive
 Furthermore, there is ample evi dence to show that the program o studies has become, in recent years more attractive to graduates of tn Connecticut high schools. The aca demic offerings are comparable t those of other types of colleges With additional buildings ant equipment plus additions to the in structional staff, there is little doub that the New Britain institution would be able to raise its standard to higher level than has hereto fore been possible.
 l The administrative and instruc tional staff are of the opinion tha the record established by student at the Teachers College of Connec
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Market Again Opens With Better Feeling
Steel, Copper Shares Took Lead in Price Advances;
 Non-FerrOus Metals E1igher Led By Am. Smelling

American Smelling, up l IA to 51 IA. Kennecott had 3-4 gain to 38 7-8. Motors strengthened with Chrysler opening 25O0 shares at 5T IA, up 1 IA and General Motors rising 3-8 to 35 3-4. ..
 Rails pushed up moderately, while farm equipments and rubbers mat strong demand. Case had l point gain to 95. U. s. Rubber reached 8 new 1888 high at 32 3-8, up 5-8. 2
 Westinghouse Electric jumped 2 points to 97 IA. Du Pont gained l 3-4 to 12O and Allied Chemical rose 2 points to 164. Oils were quiet and, steady and utilities somewhat softer. Merchandising shares and aircrafts, were firm. Gold shares were irregu-, larly lower. .3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

Chinese soldiers in the ranks with whom I have lived and march ed and retreated for months, declare the fault lies with their officers.
 The hundreds of petty provincial leaders, generals and lesser officers could not get together They needed a strong man to pull them together. And Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was too involved at the time around Shanghai to help.
 The Japanese moved so fast along the "Pinghan" and "Tsinpu" lines is made me dizzy. The Peiping- Suiyuan railway, sole link with northwest China, fell almost with out a struggle.
 Generalisstmmo Chiang ordered Tang En-po to tear up the line, Tang used to be a great burner of villages in the civil war days. But he left the railway for the Japansee open all the way othe Shansi pro- vince.
 How the Shansi troops retreated so fast don't know.
 Wan Fu-lin's troops fled from Kuan and let Paoting be taken.
 Liu Ju-ming came down from Kalgan without fighting.
 Now I hear that Liu Chin has been replaced by Chen Chien, chief of staff, as commander along the Peiping- Hankow line.
 The fighting at Shanghai was glorious, quite different from that on the North China front. The North China leaders needed good staff work. They had plenty of good soldiers. But their maps were out of date.
 Later Generalissimo Chiang struck swiftly to end this by numerous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Frances Pren1iers
 Paid By The Day
That's Because They Come and Go So Rapidly
By MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Staff Cores jondent

Paris, Feb. 15 - Pay Monsieur Hot-Time fifteen dollars for one days work as Prime Minister of France"
 Well. the check for the chief of the cabinet is not made out quite like that, but very nearly. Of course his real name is Camille ChautempS. And Chautemps is sort of hitch ing together of 'chaud" and temps J In other words, French for Hot Time"
 The French statesman is well named. Fate knew what it was about when it let him be born with such a family cognomen. He's al- ways i'll hot spot. His first was the World War, where he served iii the trenches bravely. His next was when he modestly entered politics being elected a Deputy in Parlia- ment for the ancient town of Tours
 Victim of Stavisky Case
 Beaten there for reelection, he bobbed up serenely in the equally ancient Blois. Many times later a minister in the cabinet, he became Premier in 1883, only to fall because of the hot stuff of the StaviSky fi- nancial scandal, which had nothing to do with him, but made his cab inet the goat.
 Succeeding Leon Blum sever months ago once more as Premier the hot stuff about the critical situ' ation of the French franc brough' him down once more.
 And now once again he is Prem. fer. But France has been having so many of them lately that tn, cautious treasury is paying them b! the day instead of by the month It's safer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
YOUTH HELD IN
 SCHOOL FIRES

Bridgeport, Conn, Feb. 18-(UP) -(UP) John Kalman, 9, was held by police today for questioning in connection with a recent series of disastrous school fires.
 Kalrnan was arrested on breach of peace charge late last night, po- Ice said, when he allegedly attempt ed to start fire in an alley.
 The Beardsley and Barnum schools recently were destroyed by fire, and another blaze was discovered in a locker room of Warren Harding high school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
HOW GRACIE STARTED

George Burns and Oracle Allen now featured in Paramount's "Col- lege Swing" were originally a vaude- vile team, with Oracle feeding George for laughs. But audiences laughed at her fiat voice, so the fun ny lines were switched to Oracle, re- sulting in their present phenomenal success.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
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 This was ono e a man street in Teruel, Spain. The most savage fighting of t h e 19 . month = old Iberian war took place arOu n d this sector and left Teruel lit- orally 8 g o S t city, its houses s h a t tere d, its walls plIlyeriZed and its popula- ton gone. Loyal istS captured the town from the Rebels in g. Sur- prise attack dur ing 8 SnOwStOrm. Since then 8 bat tie has been rag ing in, around, above and below Teruel, with the R e b c Is making
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

terrific a tt c m pts to re talk the town.
 LEFT:
 A youthful Rebel S Oldier lays down his gun for 8 moment to rest. The p phO t o was taken on the Te- ruel front, where 8 gigantic battle involving t thou sands of men has been raging off and on to decide W h o s h all hold the city, one of the key-points of the Spanish war. The men shown are manning an advanced position Or the far-fung battlefront which is expected to be the scene of 8 gi- gantic spring Of- fenSive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
HELD RESPONSIBLE

Middletcwn, Conn, Feb. IS - 'U P.)-A coroner's finding today held Christy Nelson. 32, Newington criminally responsible for the auto mobile accident death Sunday of Forrest Perham, IA, West Cromwell
 Perham was pedalling bicycle near his home when he was struck by NielSon'S car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

ticut is source of pride to the peo- pie of the state. The program of public education can be strength ened in no better way than through the quality of teachers who are en- listed in this important service. The investment to the state will event. ually pay generous dividends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
By ELMER c. WALZER United Press Financial EditOr)

New York, Feb. 18-(UP)-Stocks opened higher in active dealings to- day under lead of sGeel and copper shares. Bonds were irregularly high- CT. Cotton futures rose 6 to 10 points to new highs since last September.
 Steels reacted favorably. to reaf- firmation of steel prices for the sec- ond quarter. U. s. Steel opened in a block of 2,500 shares at 55 5-8, up 3-4, and Bethlehem had point gain at 57 3-4.
 Non-ferrous metals were led by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
By JACK BELDEN United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1888, By United Press)

HAWKING MaiD (UP)-The sudden collapse of
  south o Chinese
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Notes From A War Correspondent

EDITORS Beden United Staff in began every following lis experiences in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

When Johannesburg, South Af- rica, reported that an average of three people day needed blood tranfusions, but only one could get it, 800 volunteered to donate their blood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

Heavy floods, causing large gov ernment expenditures for repairs to roads, railways and bridges. are be- lieved to have wiped out Jamaica's expected surplus of $l.l76,00O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

executiorS and widespread reorgani- zation under command of his own generals. But it was too late to save the north.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

Women's shoes are being made of eelSkinS in Australia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

The former troops of Chang Hsueh- Hang, who Kidnapped Genera liSsimo Chiang in December, 1886 have been withdrawn from the front lines. They were accused of cow ardice.
 Gen. Ii Fu-yin, who retreatet without orders, allowing the Jap anese to advance unchecked, was executed by Yen HSi-shan (gover- nor of ShanSi province who himSelI was displayed later).
 A young major complained bitter ly to me about the officers in tht north.
 "They have no brain power anC they run away at the least excuse, the major said. "If I was com manding, I would shoot few o1 them"
 FEN ROUTE TO THE NORTH ERIN Chinese soldiers art pleasant chaps. Though on tht march for days, they said when they saw me "hih ku," which means "ea bitterneSs"-their way of expressing their sympathy for my lot.
 When they learned I was ar American they were extremely pleas ed and said America was China! greatest friend.
 "The Central Country has tht same feelings for the Beautiful Country (America)" they said.
 They wanted to know if tht foundation of the American gov. ernment was based on the three principles promulgated by Dr. Sur Yat-sen, founder of the Chinese Republic.
 said almost the same, Ameri. cans emphasized liberty and equal ity."
 They wanted to know if I believed Russia would help China; what thought of communism; what coun- try had the biggest army; was married; how much money earned a month, and what thought ot Chinese girls.
 Then huddled together in the cold rain, they began to talk about George Washington and the cherry tree.
 SHIHCHIACHUANG = There is not much left of this town. The Japanese driving down the Peip- ing -Hankow line have made it their target for weeks. I am sitting on a rock by the Chengtai railway tracks outside the town waiting to leave for Taiyuan, capital of Shansi.
 Shang Chen is fighting 8 rear guard action a few miles from here. The Japanese may be along soon. There are some soldiers here, all hoping for the train to come. Chengtai station is deserted. The roof is smashed. The buildings across the way lie in a heap no the ground. The tracks are twisted like pretzelS.
 A few soldiers live in 8 freight car near the station. The little camel-like bridge in the center of the town has a gaping hole in 1t Bricks have tumbled down all over the track. There's the train here now. A few people get of. I don't know why they want to come here Firing is still going on. All abroad!
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