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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
COnvaleSCinq

Former Mayor William B. Thoms, who has been i'll at his home for some weeks, is rapidly recovering. He is expected to resume work at his office within the next week or 10 days.
 The ex-mayor was stricken with a heart ailment, and was ordered to rest at his home until he had completely recovered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

removed from the danger list at Waterbury hospital.
 Croughwell, an employe of Charles A. Templeton, Inc, when a tire which he was repair ing exploded. He suffered a fractured jaw and severe injuries to the head.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

Meeting at Waterbury today, members of the arrangements com- mittee for the Democratic state convention are expected to name Senator Francis T. Maloney, of Meriden, as keynote speaker. While members of the committee would not state definitely that Senator Maloney is the only consideration,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
ROBS MICHAEL'S WINDOW

New Haven. Conn, Aug. II - CU. Po - An early morning prowler smashed display window of Mich aels Jewelry Store today and stole two trays of rings worth about $1,- 900.
 The window, police said, was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
Driver Held

Carmel Melchione, of 59 High street, Naugatuck, was arrested by Motor Patrolman Joseph Lo- vallo at S:30 this morning follow ing an accident at South Main street and Grand streets. Mel chione is charged with reckless driving.
 Patrolman Lovallo reported that Melchione's car struck a machine driven by Anthony Shepley, of Maple Hill road, Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
BRASS WORKERS IN
 SESSION TOMORROW

Members of the American Brass Co. unit of the Waterbury Brass workers union will meet tomorrow night at CIO headquarters, 53 Spencer avenue, to vote on a list
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
Full Weather Report

Boston, Aug. II (UP)-Weather forecast:
 CONNECTICUT - Partly cloudy tonight. Friday fair. Not much change i'm temperature.
 RHODE ISLAND - Partly cloudy possibly preceded by showers to- night. Friday fair Not much change In temperature.
 MASSACHUSETTS cloudy possibly preceded by showers in southeast portion. Warmer on coast tonight. Friday fair. Cooler in northwest portion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
=Spotlighting Brass City News

Truck O., for total of $9,988.
 The original valuation placed on the assets was more than $123, ,0OO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

of proposals to be made to the management of the company.
 The proposals, if approved, will be incorporated into contract to be submitted to the company. The union was recently certified by the National Labor Relations board to represent employees of the plant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
Off ID. |" /"

The name of Joseph Crough- well, 26, of 60 Beecher avenue, who was seriously injured in a freak accident July 25, has been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

There is no record of an air. plane accident being caused by lightning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
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 ESTABLISHED 1883

Our Brilliant $40 Suits Now Dimmed to $34. Just because they cost you $500 less doesn't dim the Iustre of their voIue or the permoneney of their style distinction.
 We concentrate much of our en- erqy on these famous forties-we moke sure of their foundotion- the fobries-MetcoIf pure wor- steds, as serviceobIe as piece of steel.
 Then we make sure of their hand toiloring-hond tailoring which lives to remind you permoneney of shope or drope can't be pressed into a suit - it must be moulded in by hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

broken either with a hammer or g stone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

M i will Pas Command F. Pos Mo- g city, h will b the D. A the
 Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
REV. w. B. STEHL
TO ADDRESS CLASS
Hagerstown Minister Will Deliver
Baccalaureate at Maryland
University.
2. = Staf Correspondent of The Star.

Y stan correspondent OF Inc star.
COLLEGE PARK. Md, May 21.-
The Rev. w B. Stehl of Hagerstown
will deliver the baccalaureate sermon
at the University of Maryland at II
am. next Sunday, Miss Alma H.
Preinkert. registrar. announced today.
Prior to the exercises, Miss Adele
Stamp. dean Of women. will enter
tain senior women at a breakfast in
the university cafeteria at am. Miss
Marie Mount, dean of home economics,
will give dinner for seniors of her
department at the Iron Gate Inn,
Washington, at $50 pm. the following
Tuesday.
Commissions to R. O. T. c. officers
will be awarded at exercises in front
of the Administration Building at
2:30 pm June /. when the annual
assembly will be held for the presenta-
ton of senior honors and awards.
The annual class banquet will be
held at $50 pm Wednesday at the
Beaver Dam Country Club. Following
the banquet the Wardlaw Orchestra
will play for the final Rossburg dance
IN the gymnasium armory.
Other features of the weeks pro-
gram include the junior senior Ger
man, June 2; annual class day exer-
cises, June 3; commencement ball,
June 3.
Commencement exercises will be
held in the coliseum at II a m. June 4.
Luncheon will be served to students
and guests on the campus outside the
dining hall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
By JOHN ]. DAILY.

DR.. William NJ Mann. director Of
the National Geological Park. believes
the time has come when Uncle Sam
should honor great patriotic institu-
ton by the issuance of a circus stamp.
In true circus style. such a stamp
would be printed in the national colors
and show in action little red wagon.
In the four corners of this stamp
would be displayed the great geniuses
of the sawdust lot. P. T. Barnum.
James A. Bailey, John Ringing and
either Forpaugh or Sells.
For IS years." says DR.. Mann,
The Greatest Show on Earth'-and
I mean it's just that-has carried the
Star Spangled Banner to the small
towns and villages of America, as we'll
as the big cities, until it has come to
be looked upon as the greatest Amer
lean attraction. In all that time, no
one has pointed finger Of scorn at
the circus, because the circus is the
cleanest form of fundamentally
made for the children"
Brief History Compiled.
Enthusiastic to have the stamp put
out this year, in celebration of the
55th anniversary of the founding of
Ringing Brothers and Barnum and
Baileys circus, DR.. Mann has COM
piled a brief history of circus days
that will be presented to Postmaster
General James A. Farley either by
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida,
where the circus has winter quarters.
or by Senator Robert M. La Toilette,
jr., of Wisconsin, where the American
circus, as it is now known, was born.
Some historians 60 back to the
little town Of McGregor, Iowa. for
the birth of the Ringing Brothers
show, but DR.. Mann thinks the real
beginning was in Baraboo. Wis. That
Is why he enlists the aid Of Senator
La Toilette.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Rungeling-
later spelled Ringing to this
country seven boys and one girl.
mother Of John Ringing North. who
is now head Of the biggest circus in
the world" Dr. Mann recalls. "Old
man Rungeling, grandfather of this
boy. Johnnie North. who is the
youngest man ever to head such an
attraction. was a harness maker in
Iowa. He moved to Baraboo, Wis.
where five Of his seven boys started
q circus that was later to combine
with all the other big shows. taking
over Barnum and Bailey and all the
other big tops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
u. S. Phosphate
Concern Laid
TOUse in Var

ey the Associated Press.
Informed persons said today the
military importance Of phosphorus
was a factor in the administrations
concern over conservation OF Amer
teas phosphate rock resources.
Agents Of several foreign powers
have visited the Tennessee Valley
area and sites of other American de-
posits, presumably with a view to
making purchases in this country,
these persons said.
Phosphorus is used in making such
instruments Of war as incendiary
bombs, fame-throwing ammunition
and smoke screens.
Both for reasons OF preparedness
and to prevent important supplies
from being stored abroad, 1t was said,
the administration was considering
means of checking exports.
Most of the important deposits of
phosphate rock are in the United
States and Soviet Russia.
The primary cause for concern over
the phosphat situation, however, was
the need for building up the phos-
phorous content Of farm land, admin
istration supporters said.
President Roosevelt has proposed q
congressional study Of the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
UN|ON|STS ROUT
8 FROM VESSEL
Workers Sent by U. S.
Official Chased Ashore and
Crew Sails Four Short.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, May 2l.-Because
81 members of her crew refused to
sail with four non-union men, the
American Hampton Roads Line
steamer Waukegan sailed this after
noon for Baltimore with her crew
short by four men.
The Waukegan arrived yesterday.
completing q round trip voyage to
foreign shores The crew was paid
of In accordance with American
maritime law and four decided they
did not want to remain at their berths.
United States Shipping Commits
sioner E. L. Posey then signed on four
men to take their places, in accord
ance with recent ruling Of the
Maritime Commission. When the men
reported aboard the ship they we're
chased ashore. There was a fight be-
tween two of the men and several
members of the ships crew. One was
reported to have been badly beaten,
but did not require hospital attention.
Commissioner Posey sent four more
men to the ship after the first quartet
were rejected by the crew. The same
treatment was accorded the second
group. Commissioner Posey then is
sued q permit for the ship to sail
with her crew complement incomplete.
Early this afternoon there was
fight among union and non-union
sealnen in the Office of the Sea Serv-
ice Bureau.
Five union seamen were arrested.
accused of assault and beat" They
were bailed in the sum of $36 each
for their appearance in Police Court
Monday
The men arrested were John Hanley,
43; Theodore Melligar. Al: Joseph
Trenton. rs; Ralph Downing. 80, and
H. B. Maycroft. 10, all Of whom gave
Norfolk addresses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
HUSBAND INDICTED .
AFTER wife DIES

Lorenzo D. Collins. "a, Of Patuxent.
Nd. whose wife died in Casualty Hos
pital May 10, was held in the county
Jail at Annapolis last night charged
with her murder, according to an As
ISOLATED Press dispatch.
An indictment was returned yester-
day by an Anne Arundel grand jury
after testimony by physicians who held
an autopsy.
States Attorney Roscoe c. Rowe
said Commissions on the head Of Mrs.
Lola c. Collins, 81, discovered after
she was brought to the hospital, caused
him to order her husbands arrest and
have an autopsy performed by DR..
James Truitt of Glenn Dale, Md, a
Washington physician.
Collins claimed his wife. who was
found by relatives lying in a semi
conscious condition on the front porch
of her home May 6. had been injured
in q fall. Officers Wilbur Wade and
Marvin Jeffrey of the Anne Arundel
County police arrested him despite his
denials that she had been beaten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22

that condemned their violators. And
where normal sex outlets are not to
be had, abnormal ones find easy Justl-
fication.
In such an atmosphere Of cunning,
force, graft and immortality, boys sent
to reformatories or prisons live Tor
year-or for a number Of years
offenders who are reformable
could be more successfully salVaged
outside of prison, by other more So
cially constructive arrangements.
Went to Court.
To the committee 1t was obvious
from this that the place to begin
reform was not in the penal lnstltu-
lions, but in the courts before they
reached the institutions.
So Mr.. Rockefeller and his group
went to night court. About this the
book says:
Although the State seemingly be-
lieves in the possibilities Of reform
after an offenders conviction. 1t never
theless begins with procedures
which initiate against the task OF
reform -
There is no sense Of social, as OPP
posed to legal, responsibility, with
BOYS like these They are treated
instead to the experience of arrest, OF
going to court, of being f1ngerprlnted,
photographed for the rogue's gallery,
handcuffed, transported with others
1prHnG rolls for
% hours a day alone.
When it is over. it is easy to see
that it can have the glow Of lurid
experience upon it. They find them
selves big shots twisted and warped
Special Legal Code.
When Mr.. Rockefeller's committee
and its assisting experts completed its
study, Harrison and Grant advocated
this program for New York and
every big city in the country:
/. A special legal code to cover boys
between the ages of is and 81 years
and q delinquent minors court to
handle cases under this code,
2. A dual system Of disposing OF
these cases through (a) determination
of guilt or innocence by an examining
Judge and CD determination of pun
ishment or treatment on an individual
basis by a special board Of legal,
social and psychiatric experts.
3. Arrangement of prisoners imme-
diately on arrest to avoid the harden
ing" effects OF delays.
In short, the program asked that
the adolescent first offender be given
understanding and chance to re-
deem himself instead Of being "edu-
Gated into chronic criminality.
Mr.. Rockefeller could have stopped
there, for his committees work was
done But he did not stop. He Is
working now with the American Law
Institute to develop legislation to carry
the program into effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
JUDGE STRESSES
NEED Of COURAGE
Baltimore Jurist Addresses
National University
Alumni Banquet.

Courage and independence on the
part of the press and lawyers are es-
sential to the preservation of freedom
in this country. Judge Eugene
ODunne Of the Baltimore Supreme
bench told the National University
Alumni Association at its annual BAN
quet in the Mayflower Hotel last
night.
Asserting that the press in the past
has built up tradition of public
courage" Judge O'Dunne said:
Publicity is often a more powerful
deterrent of wrongdoing than per-
sonal conscience Let us drink to
the health of the press and bar
with that combination justice is safe
and truth will prevail. But it takes
courage of the highest order"
Bastian Chosen President.
Walter M Bastian. former head OF
the District Bar Association, was elect
ed president of the alumni organiza-
ton, succeeding the late w. W. MILAN.
Other officers elected were Mrs Ed
wilma Austin Avery. vice president;
John L. Cassin, secretary, and Fred
erIck P. H. Siddons. treasurer. Grace
Kanode Vickers, Luther Engle. Henry
P. Thomas and Mrs. Pearl Bellman
Klein were elected to the board of
trustees.
Other speakers at the dinner in
cluded Ray L. HUFF, superintendent
of District penal institutions, and
Judge Ellen K Raedy of the Munich
pal Court.
Declaring that courage is sorely
needed in public life, Judge ODunne
said this virtue is the tap root Of
President Roosevelt's power today.
1T is not necessary that he be
right" the speaker said. Sufficient
that he be intelligent, sincere and
have the courage to stand his ground"
Obedience Important.
Stressing the importance Of obedi-
ence to authority. especially in times
of political unrest, Judge O'Dunne
said:
Even if government is not doing
its job as intelligently. as efficiently
and as economically as you would
wish. it is your duty to support au-
thority. uphold its hands and thereby
increase its efficiency, until such
time as change of government is
legally and orderly accomplished"
A feature of the evening was the
presentation of Walter Hoge Wills,
attorney, who was gradu-
ated from National with the class OF
1886.
Entertainment was furnished by
James Flaherty, Marian Robbins and
Patricia Rhine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
Huzen Bares Fooled ambition;
He Wanted to Enter Politics

At college, Mr.. Hazen took, along
with his other studies, course in
engineering
This it developed later, stood him
in good stead. Not long after going
back to Virginia, he started teaching.
but this soon palled and he yearned
for the rod and transit Of the sur
veyor.
After one term of school teaching he
obtained a job as rodman with the
District Engineering Department.
That was in 1889. He has been
connected with the District govern
ment continuously since. Mr.. Hazen
was captain of the first baseball team
at the university to take part in inter-
collegiate play. His team won the
State championship in 1888.
In celebration Of the 50th ami
versary of his graduating class. Mr..
Hazen today raised the class flag on
the campus flagpole and was the
guest at several functions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
DR.. Mann Proposes Issuance
Of Stamp to Honor Circus
Complies Brief History to Be Presented
toFnrley in Move for Celebration of
Rim gling's 55th Anniversary.

year Of the Baraboo invasion by
the Ringlings was 1884. If you visit
John Ringing Norths apartment IN
New York you'll see on the wall q
picture Of his grandfather. Gus
Rungeling, and you could hardly tell
which is the grandson and which
the grandfather, they look 80 much
alike. Picture of the old man was
taken when he was "a, the same age
as John Ringing North.
Fourteen Wagons in First Circus.
THAT first circus. when 1t started
out of Baraboo. had only IA wagons,
q bare handful of animals-and no
elephants. The boys had quite a
job making it go-but they stuck to
it, and today the circus travels In
four train sections. each made up Of
Is cars. Back in the early days they
hired horses in the towns they visited.
First break of good luck was when
John Ringing wrote home to his
father, Business Is good. II 1t
continues as good next year we'll be
able to buy horse"
well, they bought horse after horse,
and elephants. and tigers. and lions.
and almost every kind Of animal there
is on the face OF the earth, including
the greatest gorilla ever captured,
Gargantua.
For the first time in the history Of
the circus it is having labor trouble
and DR.. Mann believes that the only
way to save the circus is for the Ameri-
can people to rally around the old tent
pole. The circus, he points out, has to
fight its way against weather. against
economic conditions, competition from
other attractions, and against the de-
mand Of the American public that
want always to see disproved the old
adage which says there Is nothing
new under the sun.
incidentally. the circus this year
has gone collegiate. John Ringing
North is a Yale graduate, OF the class
of ~, and his younger brother, Henry
North, is of the Yale class Of '3S.
They have with them, in various de-
partments, a number Of Yale gradu-
ates.
If Postmaster General Farley takes
kindly to the stamp idea it will be
issued when the circus is on its way
to the Far West. While in Washing
ton, John Ringing North called upon
President Roosevelt and DR.. Mann be-
lieves the President, because he Is
circus fan, will sign the ofilcial papers
calling for q circus stamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
a, . staf Correspondent of The Star.

nv . GtbT SOITcSpOnucHl VI uc otAEs
COLLEGE PARK, Md. May al
The District OF Columbia's No. Com
missioner has a thwarted ambition,
he revealed while attending the
alumni day celebration at the Uni
versity Of Maryland today.
Melvin c. Hazen. the graduate In
1888. wanted. above all else to get
into politics"
Asked if he hadn't pretty well sue
ceeded in his aim. he remarked:
Being q District Commissioner Is
not politics that's just having
friends
A native Virginian, Mel" Hazen
decided to attend college at the Uni
versity of Maryland because a boy
who came from here spoke very
highly of It,"
While he was at the university
everything was under one roof, ex-
cept the athletic feld-and that was
right in the middle Of the present
campus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
100 TINY PLANES
SOAR IN CONTEST
Carroll Carter Entry Stays
Up for 2.22 Minutes
to Lead Field.

Before thousands of Mortified"
spectators, bright red and gold air.
plane nose-dived to its doom at Sky
haven Airport, near Suitland, Md.
after being in the air less than a
minute.
The spectators shook their heads
sadly and turned to watch another
plane soar into the cloudless blue.
A group of small boys rushed to the
crumpled heap and stood in silence
as the owner of the once-proud flying
machine bent to examine what was
left of his craft.
Il can build it again." he smiled,
and picked up the scattered wreckage.
That was how the less lucky en-
trants In the Southern Atlantic gaso-
line model airplane accepted their fate
as nearly 100 tiny planes took to the
air and went climbing, twisting and
looping to fame or disaster.
Carroll Carter Scores.
Carroll Carter, 1929 Twenty-sixth
street NE, led all the rest In the first
day Of the meet yesterday. CAROLS
plane stayed in the air for 222 min
utes before gliding to a perfect three
point landing in a nearby field. The
contest will continue today with an
other 100 entries expected.
The pilots of the future, many of
whom came from nearby States as
well as the District, talked knowingly
Of fuselage. Widespread, fins and rud-
ders as they kept cautious eye to
the wind and set their tiny motors
spinning.
Before taking off, each craft was
weighed in, most of them tipping the
scales at seven pounds. With a single
ounce of gasoline in their motors, the
planes were set by automatic timers
to run by motor for 80 seconds. After
that. they caught the air currents and
glided around the field.
With no pilot to guide them, some
of the airplanes set their owners a
merry chase. gliding as far as a mile
from the field, narrowly escaping
barns. telegraph wires, houses and
anything else in the way.
Work of Months Vain.
When the planes didn't escape, they
crumpled like so much paper and
often the work of many months was
demolished in single moment. Many
of the planes were made from original
designs, others were constructed from
model airplane kits. Some of them
were "a little of this and bit of that"
Although some of the tiny planes
were making their first flight, many
of them were veterans of scores of
contests. "Miss-hap." the plane owned
by Robert McGregor of Clarksburg,
w. Va, has been in the air Is times.
The grand prize. a gold cup, will be
presented at a banquet tonight by the
Aero Club of Washington Prizes also
will be given by Costello Post and
American Airlines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
WORK WILL START
0NNEWPARKWAY
Virginia to Begin Building
on Both Ends of Link
to Shenandoah.
ry the Associated Press.

Z
RICHMOND, Va, May 2l.-State
Highway Department officials said to-
day new construction should be under
way soon at both ends Of Virginias
share of the Blue Ridge Parkway. con-
Meeting the Shenandoah National
Park with the Great Smoky National
Park in North Carolina.
A. H. Pettigrew, right OF way engi-
neer. said the United States Bureau
of Public Roads probably would adj
vertise soon at Roanoke for bids for
one section from the State line north
toward the Pinnacles O. Dan, for
which right Of way deeds have been
accepted by the Federal Park Service.
Deeds for two additional sections,
connecting with the completed por-
ton south of Roanoke. are in the
hands Of the park service for approval.
Mr.. Pettigrew said rights of way
for the 1l.77-mile section from Love
Post ONCE to Tye River Gap. north
of Roanoke, should be obtained in
about 80 days and turned over to Fed
eral authorities. This section joins
9.47-mile stretch from Love Post ONCE
north to Humpback Gap. for which
road plans are being completed.
Highway department officials should
be ready next week to acquire rights
of way on the latter section, Mr..
Pettigrew said.
State authorities are awaiting Fed
eral revisions on plans for the next
section to the north, 6.92-nile route
between Humpback Gap and Rock
fish Gap.
The portion between Rockflsh Gap
and Jarman's Gap, now under con-
struction, ties onto the southern end
of the Skyline drive.
Plans for development Of the stretch
between Tye River Gap and Roanoke.
Mr.. Pettigrew said, are indefinite.