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Evening star., 1938-05-06

other but officially this
Dalader has reduced that mythical
little under the
shoulders depressed by this Of savings
decided
SO changes in their national and international policies
preparing to oil the
BernR other
composition OF
mount importance to the democratic
1t Is unlikely that
be issued at the end Of Hler
la We have explored the various phases Of the
cordial
dictators
developments show what
with brutal rankness doing
From what
discussed
possibilities of limiting them in realistic
Musoni
minds
man regarding the inclusion
want the maintain the regarding
quidated the Czechoslovak question
problems military
that a
land forces Of
which
France Britain
in this country the Germans and the forgetting
might concevaby
championshppng principles
mistake the French
OF Understanding
and the Italian built
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The Capital Parade
Decentralization of Tax Collection and Appeals Is
Scheduled to Reduce Protests.

BY JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER.
painless dentistry
consderate Secretary Of the Treasury Mr. Morgenhau plans
decentral the entire before
Washington the tax collectors will be just
Seriously, the plan will only regretted a
Washington lawyers and lobbyists enng nnonts
disagreed
simple sensible that wonders why thought
before
At present the decide disputes
OF Internal
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POET TO LECTURE
Langston Hughes to Speak At
Church Tuesday Night.

Langston Hughes, colored poet, au-
thor and playwright. will lecture Thurs
day night in the Afro Methodist Epis-
copal Church, on M street near Fiji
teenth NV, on the subject of "A
Negro Poet Looks at the World" Many
prominent citizens are members of a
committee sponsoring the lecture.
Mr.. Hughes is the author of the novel
"Not Without Laughter" and has writ
ten several books of poems as well as q
Broadway hit of two years ago.
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Is concerned, Cne
p r e 8 l d e Mt has
S i m pl y ignored
the bill with the
tacit consent of
m st of tn e
American people.
b e ca use they
know that the
operation of the
bill would mean
not n e u t a | ity
but aid to Japan.
And as far as Eu-
rope is concerned,
the bill did ex-
actly what ought
to have been
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MUSEUM OPENED
Bull Run Battlefield Collection
Is Placed on View.

Is Placed on View.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BULL RUN, Va, May 6-The Bull
Run Battlefield Museum, on the Lee
farm near here, was opened yesterday
by Mr.. and Mrs. Julius T. Richards.
Purchased about a month ago from
William Jef1ries Chewing. jr., of Fred
ericksburg, Va, and Washington, the
exhibit Is housed in a specially pre-
pared building. The collection was
made by Mr.. Chewning's father over a
50-year period and contains thousands
Of mementos from the battlefelds Of
Northern Virginia.
Evening star., 1938-05-06

UKION1 B1OUIIQ IIdII&AID III AIOIIS CIIC
French-Spanish frontiers. The
French ammunition plants which
before the Spanish civil war had
been established in the neighbor-
hood Of the Pyrenees in order to be
sheltered from possible German air
attacks are now as menaced as If
they were along the Rhine 1t ap-
pears that there Is not q single
Spanish mechanic or attendant in
these IL airdromes They are all
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nounced or the
Wagner Act null
lifted or the reg
ulatory power Of
the Government
curtailed.
T he feelings
" h ch prompt
such a point Of
view are UNDER
standable because
business ( &C e S
this year a Diff
cult time in max
ing ends meet or
in keeping the
red ink fro m
splashing eve n
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At the
German manufacture
placed Mount Uia.
Sebastian anarcraf batteries
plies also Pamplona and
these two important cities
government Is
Franco
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Law Promotes
Business and
Labor Feud
Cooperation in Wagner
Act Changes May
Pacify Relations.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

w YHEN business men get to-
gether for the annual meet
w ing of the United States
Chamber of Commerce
they usually hear in the addresses the
things they like to hear-and most Of
them want the administration de-
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TRAFFIC HAZARD WAR
Auto Club Asks Drivers to Report
Signs Hidden by Foliage.

SIYnS d1uuen by 1UIIAge.
The Keystone Automobile Club today
asked Washington motorists to report
to club headquarters the location of
traffic signs and signals which are OBJ
structed by tree foliage, thus creating
traff1c hazard. Information will be
turned over to Clifford Lanham. Dis
trict superintendent of trees and parks.
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IrlHI rtBlUHdI UIIlCe III LOS A1lgeIeS,
with authority over all tax collec-
ton in Southern California and
Arizona. The Office was estab-
lished two months ago under the
supervision of the Notwithstanding
Mr.. Graves. To date, the tax dis
pute rate in the Los Angeles re-
gional Offices has fallen from 400
to 500 cases year. Settlements
have been so accelerated that it's
calculated litigation in the average
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year protest
the has therefore the decision
growing
North
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HE opinions OF the ers page are their o,O not
necessarily TIE Stars Such opinions are presented n
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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Chicago. The technical STAN at
the bureau, being perfectly unac-
quainted with local conditions, is
chilly and more than impersonal.
Collisions with the bureau are said
to be worse for the blood pressure
than any other form of contact
with an often irritating Govern
ment.
Now Mr.. Morgenthau expects
to delegate the bureaus powers to
Ii regional Offices Whenever a
Evening star., 1938-05-06

7 r AIRY BRANDT, who lost q
IL lot of his hair and 1T one
time his shirt in the moving
Il L picture business, heaves large
chunks Of Stag at this or that screen
star. As president Of the Independent
Theater Owners Association, Inc, he
Is an accredited HEAVIER. Hollywood
seismographs record a major disturb
ance. He blasts the producers in a
Black Tom explosion in the Hollywood
Reporter and leaves some of the most
expensive stars just "a rag and a bone
aand hank OF hair" He hints that
some of them have Just about the
pulling power Of q quarantine sign on
the theater.
| He and his brother William own and
| operate 81 theaters. His dossier shows
that. up to few months ago, he had
never been to Hollywood. Never
having been lulled by the California
lotus bloom, the brothers Brandt have
been conspicuous hold-outs in the in
cense professional which has intoned
the stars and the star system. They
have opposed the double bill, bank
| nights and the frantic give-away and
come-on stunts Of recent years They
insist that the only hope for continuing
growth and solvency Of the industry
is In better pictures, economically
produced
They were in their late teens when
they opened their first movin pic
ture tneater, in 1910. 1t was in an
old abandoned f1rehouse. in Clinton
street, New York. 1t had 229 seats.
Two children, or one adult, were adj
mitted for nickel. A big days draw
was s25. Harry looked after the box
Office while William ran the protector.
He turned crank with one hand and
with the other held gunny sack, into
which issued the film.
They borrowed $1,000 from rela.
tives and began branching out. Their
string grew like the VasSar daisy
chain. In the boom years, they had
more money than they knew what to
do with, and sold out to William Fox
for humping big price. They
promptly lost their winnings in the
market, went back to their old depend
able trade and built up their new
chain-still growing. Against that
original S25 take, they stacked up S20,-
600 for a single week of Lost Hori.
zon.'
The Brandt brothers were born on
New York's Lower East Side, near the
Williamsburg Bridge. They've known
lot of mill-run moviegoers in their
day and think they know what the
public wants.
"Fascists Medicine" Opposed.
Dr. Hugh Cabot of the Mayo Clinic,
who, addressing the Group Health
Association, assails the pure fac
cism" of current medical practice. was
for many years an eminent physician
and surgeon of Boston. On several
occasions he has challenged conserva-
tive opinion in the profession. The
present issue involves group medical
practice, which DR.. Cabot advocates.
He joined the Mayo Clinic, and the
/ University OF Minnesota, as professor
of surgery, in 1880. He is 66 years
old, an alumnus OF the Harvard Medi-
cal School. He recently gained news
paper attention by his protest against
'prolonging useless lives"
(Copyrieht 1887
Evening star., 1938-05-06
This Changing World
War Threat Pavcs Way in France for Doeile
Acceptance of Francs Devauation.

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
YATIONS will without
distracted by the harassng internal difficulties
that regulations which
considered totally unacceptable to the
forced without trouble
ordered devaluation Of the franc When cabinets
mentioned such possibility dictated by
such howl from the and the opposition politicians
dare do anything about It,
The woolen stocking Of the French
by the devaluaion Of the
Evening star., 1938-05-06
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

~ONGRESS should never have
I passed the so-called neutrality
Y bill. which from the very be-
ginning was characterized by
this column as an "unneutrality BILL"
and which we predicted back in Feb
ruary, 1887, would very soon rise up
and plague us. AS far as the Far East
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1rahc" by Stabll1zing It, It was
thought that this ended the hectic
period Of the currency's insecurity.
And national security in France
goes hand In hand with financial
security.
Any government suggesting
readjustment of the franc to in
ternational economic conditions was
: thrown out without ceremony. OF
course the franc had to depreciate
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Observers who
with
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Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Harry Brandt's Views
Are Carefully Noted
in Hollywood.
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.

7 r AIRY BRANDT, who lost .
- lot Of his hair and 1T one
time his shirt in the moving
Il DicflIrA hnlsinASS haa u>~ larno
The Washington times., 1938-10-14

50 YEARS AGO When horsecars galloped
at the furious speed of
9 miles per hour, and Corrigan was just good
old Irish name, tiny store bearing the name
of Charles Schwartz, opened it's door to the pub
lie. Mr.. Schwartz began in business in a modest
way, but he founded it on policy far greater in
scope of service and integrity than many other
larger establishments of that day. He knew that
the greatest asset of any business is customer
confidence, and to gain it, he embarked on pol
icy of friendly personal service, high quality
merchandise and personal guarantee. Today
half-century later the same policy is carried
out in store far different in size than the one
of the 8Os Our store now is as modern as to-
morrow with floors of nationally famous mer-
chandise, large staff of courteous and efficient
employees and a reputation that brings us thou
sands of friends each year.
To celebrate our anniversary we've gone to mar
ket and searched out real bargains in fine mer-
chandise, as an added attraction for your at
tending this memorable event.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
SPANISH WAR AT
 CRUCIAL POINT
Great Offensive Now on Near Lerida May End
 Civil Conflict

Hendaye, French-Spanish From tier, Dec. 24.-(UP)-Spanish Na- tionalists took of at dawn today on the second day of an offensive by which they hoped to end the civil war.
 More than 5OO,OOO men-2sO, 900 NationaliSts and 240,000 Loyalists- were engaged in battle on 50-mile front knowing that for either side decisive defeat might mean over whelming disaster.
 In the first days operations the NationaliSts claimed an average gain of T 1-2 miles and the capture of 2,000 men on the front extending southward from Sort to Lerida.
 The LoyaliStS admitted having been thrown back in the early phase of the opening days operations but asserted officially that they recap tured all lost ground and particu- larly that they inflicted severe de- feat on the Italian fascist divisions aiding the insurgents.
 It was battle on scale and of savagery seldom equaled in the 29 months of the most terrible civil war in modern history. The physi- cal enormity of a battle which en- gagged Spaniards and the Arab Mos lens, the Germans and Italians aid- ing the Nationalists, in which every engine of modern warfare was in walked, was emphasized by the condi- tionS under which the battle was be- ing fought.
 The snow which fell softly over
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
COURTHOUSE OF LARGER SIZE BEING SOUGHT Local Bar Assn Taking Steps to Have County | Remedy Condition | ATTORNEY CARMODY ACTS FOR GROUP Legislation for Improve
 ments Here May Be
 Sought During l939

Attorney Terence F. Car mody, chairman of the court house committee of the Waterbury Bar Association, has made arrangements for a conference with County Commissioner Jacob Walters concerning the inadequacies of the local county building and the possibilities of reme- dying the situation. During the past few months, es- pecially due to the Waterbury con- spiracy trial, the lack of facilities of the local courthouse have been displayed, not only by attorneys, but also by counsel for the state, and most important by Judge Earnest c. Simpson in a ruling on a motion to transfer the trial to an- other county.
 Condition FOreseen
 Apparently the condition was AOACOCC4 NY 4CoAAC1AO O U4 I V D Healey of the Waterbury Bar as- sociation, for at the annual meet ing in May he appointed a com mittee to investigate the po5sihil- ities of obtaining either an enlarge ment of the old building or an en- tirely new structure to replace the present one.
 In addition to Chairman Car mody, the committee includes Att torneys Richardson Bronson, L.. Russell Carter, James E. Mcknight and Walter E. Monagan, ST. The committee has met, according to At- torney Carmody and considerable data. setting forth the deficiencies of the building, has been prepared for submission to whom it may concern.
 To Report Back
 Following his conference with Commissioner Walters, who has charge of the Waterbury building, Attorney Carmody will report back to his brother committee members.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
CUNTS DUE FOR
 DISAPPOINTMENT
No Live Puppies Among Presents; To Enjoy Meal
 With Entire Family

Callander, Ont, Dec. 24-(UP)- The poor little rich Dionne quin- tuplets have been very, very-well, passably-good in recent weeks, but nevertheless they won't get the Christmas presents they wanted most, Santa Claus revealed today.
 The four-and-a-half- -year-old Sis- ters, who haven't quite made their first million, wanted some Hive dogs" for Christmas, but Santa put his foot down, albeit with some dif- ficulty." He said he didn't think live dogs were proper playthings for young ladies of their standing.
 Santa, in the person of Dr. Allan Roy DaFoe, their physician, said the girls had wanted dogs ever since their association with some Spaniel pups in their last motion picture. As concession, Dr. Dafoe will give the girls some toy dogs tomorrow but said he doubted if they would be satisfied with any, thing less than the real thing.
 It appeared likely that there might be rumpus, inasmuch as the quintuplets have been giving Santa Claus some very special attention. When Dr. DaFoe dressed up in his Christmas suit for the benefit of photographers, the QuintupletS greeted his arrival at the nursery with squeals and happy assaults on his person.
 But their demeanor quickly chang ed. however, and as though re- hearsed for the scene, they per-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
TWO SWINDLERS SOUGHT HERE
Cashed Bogus Pay Checks on Name of Waterbury
 Clock Company

Two swindlers who successfully cashed scores of bogus pay checks made out in the name of the Water bury Clock co. were being sought today, as police said the amount in volved would probably total $3,00o or more. The checks were all passed Thursday afternoon and night, but were not discovered to be fakes un- til they were presented at banks for payment yesterday afternoon.
 As soon as the bogus checks were discovered, police and the Chamber of Commerce notified all banks and merchants. More than 70 cheeks for amounts ranging from SIS to $22, have thus afr been uncovered, and Chief Inspector Joseph P. Stew ems stated that like amount are still in the hands of tavern keepers and merchants, not having been of fered yet for payment at banks.
 Police were on guard at the Clock Co. this morning as the company cashed the genuine pay checks giv- en to workers. The swindlers, police said, worked swiftly, waiting till the banks closed Thursday, then cash ing the bogus checks in taverns and stores all over the city late Thurs day afternoon and night.
 The fraud was similar to one worked in Torrington some months ago., when 5000 worth of bogus checks drawn in the name of the Torrington Co. were cashed. The culprits were never apprehended.
 Detective Lieutenants Connie Shanahan, William Foley, Edwarc McElligott and other members Oi the detective bureau were working on the case today. General descrip- tions of the men were secured, ano it was obvious that the men were familiar with the city and with many local establishments.
 The fake checks were apparently made from photo-engravings of gen uine paychecks of the Waterbury Clock Go. The names of George H. Close. company treasurer, and the factory paymaster were cleverly forged.
 The bogus checks differed from the genuine ones in that they bore no perforationS at the edge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
PARDONED MAN
 MAY BE SLAYER

Salem, Mass, Dec. 24-(UP)-A pardoned Massachusetts convict al- legedly confessed at dawn that he slew fellow seaman with a bread knife in drunken brawl early today aboard a Philadelphia freighter docked here.
 Arthur w. Mansfield, 36, of Boston was arrested two hours after Sea- man William E. Quinn, 3S, of GIG North 68th street, Philadelphia was killed in the mess room of the collier Colabee. which was dis charging cargo preparatory to sail ing today.
 Police said Mansfield told them that he stabbed Quinn with i've inch, pointed knife used for cutting bread, during an argument as they returned from shore leave at a. m
 Three other seamen aboard the collier, operated by the American Range lines of Philadelphia, wit messed the staying, police said.
 Mansfield made no attempt to es- cape.
 Police said Mansfield admitted under questioning that he was par- doned June 3, 1887 by Governor Charles F. Hurley and the executive council after serving three years of a four-to-six year sentence for an unarmed robbery at Boston.
 He was to be arraigned in Salem district court later today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
CHANGE IN MINOR
 COURTS IS URGED

Hartford, Conn. Dec. 24-tUr} The judicial council today recom- mended to Governor Cross that minor courts should be taken out of politics" by appointing the jHdg- es in the same manner as superiox court judges were named.
 The council said constitutions al amendment may be necessary 1o make the change, but approved the step.
 The sixth report of the council said:
 Our minor courts should be state courts, with uniform rules of practice and procedure and respon- Sible to a common authority.
 ''The trial of cases, civil and criminal, by justices of the peace should be, so far as possible, elin- mated.
 "The council is of the opsnion that more care and time should bs given to the selection of jur0E6. Good jurors are as necessary to filt administration of justice as gotd judges. The jury commissioners as present receive only $l0 annua lIf for performing this most iinportailt function, and necessarily ta2zH work, in some counties at least. 's more or less perfunct0ry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24

10 a. m. Five members of the third venire will also be available, two on Wednesday and three after the first of the year if they be needed.
 Many Challenges
 When the fifth week of the trial starts the state will have available 79 challenges and the defense will have 75. If they so desired, either side could cause the complete ex- haustion of the fourth panel and necessitate the drawing of a fifth.
 During the past four weeks, 268 veniremen have been disqualified after questioning. The defense has disqualified 101, the state 97 and the court 70.
 Upon the completion of the jury of 12, few days will be allowed for the convenience of Special Pros ecutor Alcorn in the transporta- tion of more than 500 exhibits from the Hartford county building to the local scene for presentation at the trial.
 Records Guarded
 Since they were impounded in February and viewed by the grand jury in latter months, the exhibits, including records from the control ler's office, have been under con- Stant guard.
 With the start of the evidence early in January, Special Prosecutor Alcorn is expected to call as an early witness Warren M. Brown, &C., countant, who has reviewed all city records during the grand jury's in- veStigation. His testimony, highly technical, and pertaining to finan- cial transactions of the city, is ex- pected to last for a period of weeks. Testimony of similar nature, and also of considerable length will be given by James Purcell of the con- troller's. office, and also by William J. Armstrong, private accountant hired by Controller Rowland upon his assumption of office.
 Jurors Selected
 The ten jurors selected thus far include: Frank M. Brown, 70, Milford carpenter: Floyd Griswold, 46, North Branford, carpenter; Merton F. Wright, 50, North Bran ford. farmer; Clarence F. Roberts, 43, Oxford, farmer; Milton Caring ton. Beacon Falls, farmer; Edward P. Rowland, 32, Oxford, farmer; Hiram D. w. Darlington, 52, Beth any, farmer; Mrs. Edith P. May nard, A, Guilford, housewife; Ray mond G. Short, 5l, Bethany, labor CT; and Mrs. Bessie L. Twitchell, 6l, Naugatuck. housewife
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
Stepping Stone to Presis dency, Claims Senator
 Lewis of Illinois
APPOINTMENT OF NEW
 WPA BOSS IS LIKED
Senators Resist UnwilI- ingness of Hopkins f0
 COnfide in Them
BY RONALD G. VAN TINE United Press Staff COrrespOndenf

BY RONALD G. VAN TINE United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, December 24l = (UP) - A coalition oi Senate Republicans and conservative Democrats Was forming today to fight Sen ate confirmation of President RooSevelt'S nomination Oi Harry Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce. Prominent Republican leaders, who e. fused comment on speculation that Hopkins promotion constituted a boost toward the 1940 New Deal Democratic presidential nomination. predicted that a .'tactful" campaign would result in the rejection of his appointment.
 Many enemies of Hopkins, hoW- ever, believed that the nomination would be confirmed on the theory that the President should be given wide latitude in the selection Of his cabinet.
 Hopkins will take the oath or his new office early today in tho aEal office of the President. Former Secretary of Commerce Roper;s res- ignation became effective at msd- night.
 Coalition leaders hoped to ob- tain anti-Hopkfns arguments from the report of the Senate Campaign expenditures committee, which re- gently charged that election con tests in Kentucky. Tennessee and Pennsylvania were governed in part by politics in relief. Chairman Sheppard, Democrat, Texas, ordered the committee to meet Monday m an attempt to speed preparation of it's findings.
 T shall insist that MT. Hopkinss s nomination be referred to the Seu- ate Commerce Committee for con sideration so that these charges Of political activity in the Works Prog res administration may be inves~ tigated," said Senate Minority Leader McNary, Republican, Ore gon.
 !. Senator Bailey, Democrat. N. q, will succeed the late General Cope land, Democrat, N. r., as chairman
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