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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-03
THE BLACK
DISP PATCH
SEEN, HEARD
HEARSAY & STUFF
By PETE POsTEL
BY Pc Z PUs ! Fl

CINCIAA ATT lsnmor has II That
i certain young man On John street
having i swell lime eating with
So oaue lady % Belts Street
.se blae will eo along ok, # the
big follow doesn't eet Tipped
Flovd lIatris hasn't hean high to-
ono late elaap it's because his
oootiegsef 1an oat " Lucky Lead,
IS it beea4s " lhe Big eyed lady
on fbe third floor ~ 7a6 Clark St9
Someone should eut about two
acl ~ llelen q tongue she
lalE. much t9o mach Dave Rey-
aal Is nuts about Green River IL
taof The bogs around C4afk ant
utt er afe thinking of ehanging Dan
eefeis naine to Dan e'oofy
a. Brown has the best ears 3 the
hs4hood. fe ean hear the phone
inging three doors town the street,
roo some reason John Lewi+
doesn't like his last name which 8
casey Sstw Russell Goode the
ther dav. he ii d fine looking FELLOW
ghcn hc II sober We hope ON
1Usia Henry gets d break soon
putting his beer We are
rging % ind d straight Jacket 70 fl
iatfie Nc, of Court SCI Look
eat Lane sure loves his liquor
+ tho man with all the ideas il Hooley
RfoNn, lie even talks u himself ii
-he mirror viii Gus Postell ever
h.snge lis walk Wonder whal
,eeamc of all jhe money Won
ler ~lsere Herb Skinner keeps HIM
eli these days, lie hasn't been seer
around The corner for some time, he
must we changed booIies We hope
that &C aud Bus the Lewis boys
viii kiss and make ZIP + the Gill
II Reds continue 70 play the sans
brand Of ball, Bootnose' Smittie
viii Just about chew oft all his fin
gernails, as Nose and himself haye
standing BET everyday with Moss
aking the Reds Who hit 4 GER
tain young lady il the mouth?
Fhe lovingest couple, Wade and
Mamie l'he view from Mt. Auburn
is wonderful Chas. (Wiggie)
Brown II i new conner 10 Clark st
we hope he likes his new location
Ok. stratton Of the Terminal Ret
Caps would gladly give his right arm
for i pint Of 0ld Taylor The
boys seem 10 think TINT il Uncle
! Peter even GIT eight hours sleep i
would kill him We hear that
Grey Eyes has fallen head over heel.
ii love Paul (Deacon1 Moore
Is i swell guy, but he buns around
with George Bronson We old
Black Dispatch tnfofmer will be with
YOU again next week.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-06-03

technical skill, and On their mar
selous memory, playing a two hour
program Of the old masters from
memory, with never an error. In
addition To Beethoven, Chopin and
Greig numbers, Bernice played two
original compositions, by the Wa
ter" and the German Dance"
Dolores played an international suite
Of SIX original compositions, African
Serenadc. Spanish Dance, Polish
minuet, Hungarian Rhapsody, Chin
csc March to Shanghai and Ameri--
can March. She was heartily ap-
plaudcd at the conclusion. At the
end Of the first half Of the program,
q beautiful hoquet Of flowers was
sent to the stage
The sisters were lovely IN cream
satin back crepe trimmed with red,
and Write slippers. Their hair was
done IN curls. Both girls have fine
scholastic records Bernice will
graduate from Senior high school
next February, and Dolores has just
avon d scholarship to the New York
High School Of Music.
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Evening star., 1938-08-11

What! You haven't got yacht?
Never mind - there are other pleas
ant ways of foiling Old Man Sun.
Such as eating light, wholesome,
easily digested foods!
To a lot of wise people, that means
Kellogg's Rice Krispies! And when
you hear those golden.toasted rice
bubbles 60 ''Snap, Crackle, Pop!" in
cool milk Or cream, you'll know the
true meaning of heat'beating crisp
ness! That cheerful, cracking music
Evening star., 1938-08-11

is a treat to the ear, and a hea
invitation to the appetite!
So take your family on a ''crispn
cruise" every single day! Serve R
Krispies at breakfast, lunch and ,
children's evening meal. And 20,
win a rousing vote Of thanks!
Your grocer sells Rice Krispi
ready-to-serve in the wAxTITE int
bag. A Singing Lady Mother Cox
picture and story printed on the pa
age. Made by Kellogg in Battle Cree
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07

by the growing youngster imbued with the scout movement. It is to his word that the scout listens. It's his moral and physical leadership that makes or breaks the troop.
 And while we are pausing to pay our respects to the scoutmaster, let us also heed the fact that Waterbury is expand ing it's scout program. A 170-acre camp site in Plymouth is desired to round out the physical properties of Mattatuck Council, which embraces not merely the city of Waterbury but surrounding towns. $14,400 is needed to purchase this site and to develop it properly. It will repay in human dividends this amount manyfold in the five years after it's purchase. When you think of contributing to the scout drive in Waterbury this year, think in terms of boys reclaimed from the street corners, from bad companions. Think of boys given new incentive in life, one that may mould character that some day will occupy the White House or the governors seat or some other high office. Thinking this your contribution will naturally double or triple itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
A Notable Birthday

Boy Scouts are celebrating a birthday this week. More than a million of them and their leaders throughout the nation, over 2,000 in this city alone, are joining in activities commemorating the found ing of the Scouting movement in America, February 8, 1910, twenty-eight years ago. According to official figures in excess of 7,50O,000 men and boys have taken part in the constructive character influenc- ing citizenship training program which is assisting boys of today to become leaders of tomorrow.
 This year, above all, we think that the nation needs to pay it's respects to scout ing and scouts, but more so to the men behind the movement. And we are think ing right now not so much of the execu- tives and directors as we are of the scoutmaster. He's the contact man; he's the man whose influence is to be felt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
Naval Protection

The nation as whole is obviously will ing to go along with the government in the present plan for increasing our naval strength, but there is naturally some questioning and some criticism. Many patriotic citizens are afraid of militarism or navalism, not because of it's costs, but because of the dangers they think it might get us into.
 Perhaps the dearest statement in de- fense of the plan has been made by Gen. eral Hugh Johnson, speaking not for the government but as private citizen whose professional career and experience prob ably qualify him to speak on such matters about as well as anyone.
 He points out few simple facts like these That for country situated like ours, strong navy is naturally the best defense; that this land is the richest in the world and most invites predatory at tack if undefended; that our own safety demands fleet strong and mobile enough to defend, if necessary, any part of the North American coast including the Caribbean Sea, and to scare potential aggressorS away from South America; that our army is so small as to constitute no menace to any foreign country, and will not be much increased; that such setup is obviously defensive, not offensive, because it would require great navy and great army together to menace any for eign rival
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
A Thought for Today
Rueles Blow No More

Waterbury'S last, but one, ot the CIVIL War survivors, passed away Saturday night following a brief illness. The ga!- lant, upright figure, that was so familiar in our city streets, that was prominently identified with military events for much more than half century, will no longer be seen. For Homer Northrop, grand old man of the Grand Army of the Republic, bugles will blow no more.
 In all civic and patriotic functions Homer Northrop was an important figure in the city and state. It is difficult to imagine a Memorial day without his par ticipation. Always he was to be seen, trim army regimentals, appearing as a speak CT at one of the schools or elsewhere, ms figure erect and his eye keen. Practically all his life was spent in this city, ana ne had the admiration and respect of all clt1- zenry, not alone but his assoclatlon With Civil War events and participation III great battles, but for his alliance With events here of civic nature. Likewise he was prominent in several military organ izations. Organizations and events of military nature always recelVed ms It'll support. He marched in parades until very recently and was pointed out as each new generation came along, as fine type ot Soldier who did well for his country at Five Forks, Appomatox Court House, and in the famous Shenandoah Valley march under General Philip Sheriden.
 AS the Civil War fades into the past and becomes more and more ephemeral we are glad to have had with us such figures as Homer Northrop. He had a long life, great experiences to look back upon, but his going, nonetheless, causes pang Three quarters of century ago he was part of a great war. Taps will be sounded for him tomorrow. Let us keep him in memory, and recall his courage during the long and bitter Civil War His soul goes marching on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07

The investigation by grand jury of the financial transactions connected with the Merritt Parkway is not deviat- ing one bit by reason of the high court decision on the status of Highway Com missioner John A. Macdonald. As matter of fact the two are only distantly related insofar as the job of buying rights of way for all highways is part of the depart ment's work, but is usually entrusted to agents, sometimes private, sometimes state employees. And incidentally we might mention at this point that what seems like ridiculously high prices for land often aren't that. We are not so concerned over the fact that the state may have paid huge sums for land it be- lieved necessary, but that it may have bought too much or been prevailed upon to buy the same property twice as has been alleged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
Here Was Q Shib
Leviathan Is Ghost Ship on Her Last Atlantic Crossing as She Heads for Junk
 Heap in Scotland.
NEW YORK TIMES

| the Vaterland she was the worlds largest ship and the finest; later, re- christened and under our own flag, she achieved the heyday of her glory as a transport during the war. The rest of her career was one largely of illustration, but even the more so because of that her ending brings a lump into the throat, a tear to the eye of all who love ships. For she had endured the vicissitudes of life with the regal dignity that was hers by right, and to the world, passing her by as she fretted at her Ho- boken prison, her bright-work green with red lead and with rust she conveyed some of the majesty or great ships and wide seas.
 To those who saw her in her last days as the riggers and machinists were preparing her for her last and longest voyage, she presented spec- tacle of despair. Gone were her once towering mastS, sundered to make room for her passage beneath the bridges of the Firth of Forth. Her great public rooms were scenes of desolation; ghosts of other days thronged the grand salon; Marie of Rumania had walked these spacious pubic rooms; the Kaiser, before he became the hated war lord of a con- tinent, had presented these ancient paintings by the brush of the Elem iSh painter Gerard de Lairesse; their glowing oils, now subdued by dirt, hidden beneath carelessly flung coverings. The remnants of the Leviathan's once splendid library were perhaps the most nostalgia traces of past greatness. Four or five duSt-covered books, their pages largely unread, their fly-leafs bear ing the publishing dates of 1910 or 1911 berore the Great Tragedy came to the world-books like Der Staat," by Wilson; "The Historic Notebook, :" by Brewer; or "DeutSches Arzneibuch these dated" the Levi" and prov ed even more graphically than all her dust and desolation that she was old. Yes, her day is done, but those who remember her standing in and out of the river, with the flag at the gaff and smoke streaming from her tunnels, will salute her in her pass ing, and say: Here was a ship!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
Catholic Press Month

The secular press reader might do well in giving little consideration to Cath olic Press Month. The daily newspaper has come to be part of ones life, radio notwithstanding. And added to the reading of ones favorite daily newspaper should be we would say, similar and thorough perusal by the Catholic layman of one or more Catholic periodicals. One cannot help but appreciate the time, ef- fort, literary, social and economic equip ment that go into the publishing of such Catholic papers and periodicals as the state organ, The Catholic Transcript, The Commonweal America, The Catholic News, The Catholic World, and many other fine publications. The non-Cath- olic readers of these same are many, and it passes belief at times to discover the number of persons who know little or nothing about publications that should be as much part of their lives as is the secular daily press.
 During this month, Catholic Press Month, it is not amiss to pay respects to this press that strives to give an unbiased accounting of world events, science, the arts and social problems, minus obvious propaganda. Last weeks issue of the Catholic Transcript points out such falla- cieS and misleading statements as one i'll a recent issue of a popular pictorial mag azine in which they credit the Pope with statements not made by him.
 We are happy to state that the Catho- lie Press is doing good honest job, and to quote the Transcript editorial "The Average Catholic paper cannot give an account of events an hour after they have happened. It cannot play'up the sensa- tiOnal and the ScandalouS. It cannot appeal to the purient capacities of curious readers. It can only present the truth, that truth which as Pope Leo declared, church. But if the truth is worth while, then our Catholic press is among the most pressing needs of modern times Would that the average Catholic could be made to believe it'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, r'eD. 7-The unabateC popularity of Walt Disney's master piece, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," continues to jam the wait ing line at the Music Hall in Radio City.
 They say. at the executives en- trance, that there is no danger oi Snow Whites" moving away from tke Music Hall for some time though no film ever has remained there more than three weeks. Ir the public whimsicality, the dwarf Dopey has replaced Mickey Mouse Harpo Marx, Donald buck and Pluto, as an object of affection. In fact, "Dopey" has taken No ranking among Hollywood stars now appearing, either in the flesh or in celluloid, on Broadway.
 Orchestral Avocations
 After playing in the orchestra pit-or on the band stand-inter- mittently, a musicians respite is sacred unto him and he takes his leisure seriously. And if you've wondered where he disappears, or what he does, ask Don Vorhees, an l old hand with the baton. Don ven- lures that selecting parlays for the following afternoon at the race track is the most popular diversion with his men. Musicians are mo- torionsly avid customers of trades men who ply the stage doors. Thus a great deal of commercial traffic goes on in the musicians quarters while you are in the lobby having a smoke, or finishing your scotch and soda. Music makers buy socks, ties shirts, diamond stickpins, etc., from these salesmen.
 Since musicians are, in the main a poor business lot and buy things on the installment pan, good deal of activity in their dressing rooms is devoted to warding of the collection men who want payment or the article returned. Also, recent installments of those pinball ma chimes around town is the source ot worry to musical comedy and cab aret managers.
 Musicians are great addicts of this indoor diversion and ofter must be herded back to their stands after over-staying their intermis- sion. And, incidentally, playing ir the pit band of a Broadway show has served as the stepping stone to fame for such maestri as Benny Goodman and Red Nichols, Tommy Dorsey, Ruminoff and Bunny Ber- rigan, among others.
 
 Sceneless, JObleSs
 The Mercury troupe's production of Julius Caesar" without benefit of scenery, has acted as a challenge to Broadway producers, who are now in search of unique ideas to create talk and help put their plays over.
 In Jed Harris Our Town," the first scene will disclose no scenery and Frank Craven, alone on the stage as the curtain rises, will walk around at will, survey the audience casually and then start off the show 1 with his first line, when and as he pleases. And, although Al Woods may change his mind later on, his play, Censored" is expected to have policemen dashing madly down the aisle, yanking the players of the stage, presumably into patrol wag- oIs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07

New York State is once more making serious effort to establish the pari- mutuels at it's several race-tracks. The Assembly is being confronted with the argument that if it should vote in the mutuels it could cut the present high gasoline taxes considerably. The State tax on gasoline is now four cents. We don't see why pari-mutuels couldn't elim- There are in N. Y. State Saratoga, Elm pire City, Belmont, Aqueduct, and Ja- maica - five tracks. They go full blast
 during their respective meets. Mutuels wouldn't cut attendance or lessen betting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
Selected Poem
LEGEND

LEGEND
 Virginia Brasier in the New York Times.) Whoever started it, none can tell Calling the place a wishing well! Maybe witch or a signing swain, Or lovelorn maid with a moon- touched brain For it isn't a well but an innocent spring In a pasture lot; a bubbly thing Blessed for it's cover and shaded drink And the peppery watercress round its brink But drink and wish by night, and To! Water spiced with star or so Becomes enchanted Cor so they say, Though don't believe it) and anyway My mouth chilled numb in the broad daylight With the self-same taste as it did at night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07

Quietly, so far as the rest of the nation was concerned, the 18th anniversary of Grand Central Stations in New York City was observed last week. How many can remember when the huge terminal was in process of construction. I can. It was quite thrill in those days to pull in through the work going on and realize that soon huge train-shed would cover a vast area and become a silent witness of human drama as millions wrote their story in the station floor in hurrying footsteps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
A Book a Day
Fascism Proves Japan's Difficulty
 BY BRUCE CATION

Japan's drive for an Asiatic en- pire is due neither to the pressure of "oyer-propulation nor to scarcity of foodstuffs. On the contrary, it is the product of two unnecessary and unlovely things: desire for power on the part of her militaristS, and a thirst for greater profits on the part of her big induStrialists and financiers.
 So says James A. B. Scheer, an educator who lived in Japan for many years. in his book, Japan De- fies he World" (Bobbs- Merrill: $2.50).
 What ails Japan, says MT. Scherer, is Fascism pure and simple. Further more, it is Fascism hourishing in its own homeland-for the famous Shogunate, a dictatorial combine which ruled the land for some cen- turies prior to Commodore Perry's arrival, was c Fascis se-up that Mussolini himself might have ad- mired.
 In addition, the author continues, | CllClC Lo CF1dCI4CG lildI bllc lIldoSCS Ol Japan are by no means solidly be- hind their self-appointed masters in the present war. AS long as Feb ruary of 1886, a group of peasant born soldiers revolted in Tokio as a protest against the powers of the ruling clique; last spring, the vot- CTS rejected the clique's political candidates by overwhelming majori- ties.
 How, then, are the people held in line? By the device of emperor worship, says MT. Scherer. The em- peror is puppet, who has no more actual power than the king of Eng land; he ruling clique controls him, and because the bulk of the pop ulace still venerates him as of di- vine origin, it has so far been able to impose its will.
 That it can continue to do so indefinitel, MT. Scherer doubts. Troubles, he says, are piling up; ultimately. they may cause an ex- plosion which will blow the empire asunder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
PreSSCOmment
WITH SHINING MORNING FACE
 (New York Herald -Tribune)

What would grandma and grandpa say if they heard that the state of New York is spending apout $5,00,- 900 yearly to take its children to school and back in buses? In 1864 grandma, then seven or eight, walk ed four miles to school and return every day that drifts could be sur mounted in western New York. Grandpa had to do better than that on the Minnesota frontier, but some times he was sent for; when a pack of wolves was foraging in the neigh borhood, that is. As for papa and mamma, they walked or rode bicy- cles on the same excursion, two miles the round trip, just about, in 1899, looking enviously at the infant classes of the private school passing in a horse drawn bus. The exercise of these two to four miles day, augmented by self-starting games in the Schoolyard at noon and after noon chores at home, spared the school the expense of bus as well as gymnasium.
 AAoAA"AAA5 AAAeloo PAOouStAOAA eto CAlC premise of all things modern, in cluding education, however, it is said to be more economical to herd chil- dren to and from great centralized rural school in motor buses; the whining schoolboy creeping like a snail in them with the governor set at thirty-five miles an hour, more over, recent survey of the state board of regents shows that the average bus route is twelve miles, or about eight more a day than the hardest old fogy would wish on his grandchildren. Boats and horse drawn sleighs are employed in a few cases and in one case the surveyor for the regents had to get up at o'clock to catch bus; and the twen- ty-mile ride he took wasn't always comfortable, either. The road was bumpy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce accessory ak'-ses-er-ry; say, ak-SeS- sorry.

A. Yes; he was active in the in- surrection of 1848 and was arrested, tried for high treason and sentenced to imprisonment for life in Tas- mania. He was pardoned in 1856.
 o. Is hellebore an effective in- Secticide?
 A. If fresh, it is useful in com- batting some caterpillars and other insect enemies of this type, eSpe- cially when they are young. It may be applied as a spray material, at the rate of 1 ounce in gallon of water, or as 8 dust, when 1 ounce is mixed with from to 10 ounces of ir-slaked lime or flour.
 e. Is there a U. s. army school of music in Washington, D. C.?
 A. No; it was discontinued in 1928.
 o. I have seen pictures of men shooting fish with bows and arrows. Where does that custom prevail?
 A. They are regularly used for fishing in New Caledonia and parts of Western Melanesia. The Ameri- can Indians frequently used bows and arrows for tn epurpose. Many aborigines, when they carry no other weapons, use arrows for fish ing.
 e. Are the members of the "Southernaires," who are heard over the radio on Sundays, negroes?
 A. They are negro male quar- tet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-07
'homas Moore's melancholy
2 IIOI1I"k verses

Thomas Moore's melancholy verses
 I feel like one
 Who treads alone
 Some banquet hall deserted;
 Whose lights are fled,
 Whose garlands dead
 And all but he departed are nowhere more applicable than to that little band of Englishmen, Scotchmen and Americans who are now taking the old liner Leviathan once the queen of the western oceans, on her last crossing. There is something infinitely pathetic in the spectacle of once- proud ship going to the sad ship breakers; it is, perhaps, the most ignominious death a ship can die And especially is this true in the case of the Leviathan, for once, as