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Evening star., 1938-06-26

the National Capital Area Council,
Boy Scouts Of America, is under the
general direction of the Council Com
mittee on Camping, of which David
E. Mccoy is chairman. with DR.. Walter
H. M. ill and Carlile Bolton-Smith
as subchairmen. Assistant Scout
Executive George c. Freeman is the
Robert r. Bailey and a staff of about
30 men.
One of the outstanding features Of
the camp on Chesapeake Bay is the
rare geological formation found there.
1t attracts scientists from every part
of the world In fact, Thomas Jeffer-
son, noted for his interest In so many
subjects, collected fossils from the
Calvert cliffs. 1t. is said that this was
one of the things that developed his
desire to study geology.
While on an exploring expedition
along the shores of the Chesapeake
Bay in the early l600s a member Of
a party headed by John Smith of
Pocahontas fame picked up on the
beach the fossilized vertebrae OF a
shark that had lived millions of years
before. 1t had washed from its burial
place in the neighboring cliff. This
was the first fossil found in America.
When the party returned to Eng
land and the fossil was exhibited as
evidence of life ages ago. much scep-
ticism was found. especially among
some of the churchmen of that day
They declared that the bone could not
have come out of the age-old cliff, but
if it did it had been put there by the
devil to deceive the unwary.
At intervals for about 10 miles along
the Calvert County shore Of the bay
high clay cliffs rise almost perpen-
dicular from the waters edge. some
times to heighth of more than 20c
feet. In these ellis, whose character
istic formation is studied by biologists
from all over the world and described
as the Calvert Formation, are buried
the evidences Of life, which 1t has been
estimated by Columbia University and
other authorities, existed millions OF
years ago. These estimates are based
on the identification Of the earth
forming these cliffs as the miocene
Evening star., 1938-06-26
By Alice Rogers Hager.

- ANITA MONICA, Calif.-The race
between the development of
public acceptance of planes for
air travel. mail and express and
the advance in. aeronautical equip
ment is on as never before. Two high
points in air history were marked a
few days ago. one here on Glover Field
IN Santa Monica, the other on inland
waters at Seattle. Here the Douglas
aircraft factory took its new anC
largest landplane. the DC4, into the
air for its initial flight and to the
north. coincidentally. on the same day,
the Boeing factory christened the fly
Ing boat that is to give new lease
on life to Pan-American's trans
oceanic battle with the ambitious
planning of other nations
Genius at the drafting boards, in
the wind tunnel laboratories and in
the metal craftsmen's shops has been
amply demonstrated once more by
the emergence of these two ships.
The catch lies in the fact that air.
line traffic Offices look dolefully at
present 21-passenger planes going out
day after day half full and wonder
what on earth they can do to step
up public interest and confidence to
meet the cost demands of twice that
many seats.
However, it will be many months
before the long-range testing pro-
gram on these larger planes has sat-
Nf1ed the builders. the potential buy
ers and the Bureau of Air Commerce
that they are ready to put into serv-
ice. In the meantime. If the Nc
Carran-Lea air commission bill. re-
Gently passed by Congress, has begun
10 function. some Of the bogeys that
have dogged air transport companies
will have been laid to unhallowed rest
and . start made toward ledgers
that will show black ink where red
has been too well known.
PUT no one was doing much wor-
rying about the future on the
day that the DC4 trundled its huge,
Evening star., 1938-06-26

Some Of the leading naturalists in
America have received their inspira-
ton at Camp Roosevelt.
Many Of the l08 Merit Badge sub
jects making up the vocational ex-
ploration program of the Boy Scouts
are studied at the camp together with
as scouting achievements. Camp let
ters may be earned as a result of
Evening star., 1938-06-26

strata which was the earth's surface
from 2 to 20 million years ago.
VERY obiligingly nature has pro-
vided the waves Of the Chesa-
peake Bay, which are steadily eating
the cliffs away at an average rate Of
about one foot per year As a result,
not only fossil vertebrae and other
bones. but thousands of sharks teeth
are washed out of the cliffs each year
and deposited on the shore along this
l0-mile stretch.
Knowing that boy is instinctively
a collector. it scarcely needs stating
that by far the most consistently fasci-
mating pastime at the camp is rowing
the shore in search of sharks teeth
Nor is the search ever unsuccessful
Many Scouts have collected quarts OF
these relics Of past ages which vary in
Evening star., 1938-06-26
By J. Wallace TalIev.
Assistant Scout Erecutipe, Ma
tional Capital Area Council,
Boy Scouts of America.


Boy Scouts of America.
w yHEN Camp Theodore Roose-
\A/ welt, the Boy Scout reserva-
Wv ton on Chesapeake Bay.
opens today for its goth
season, nearly $4,000 worth of new
equipment and Improvements will be
used for the first time.
Always an alluring spot, with its
125 acres of hills and woods and its
half mile of shore line. the camp this
year will have as added features a
$4,000 dining and recreation hail. the
Gift Of Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong: a
new medical building made possible
by DR.. Camp Stanley and other local
physicians: several new boats and
canoes and many other Improvements
Camp Roosevelt is now the largest
boys camp in the South. With the
increased facilities the camp will ac-
commodate nearly 400 Scouts during
each period of two weeks. There are
more than $500 Scouts in the Council
territory which includes the District
of Columbia and 18 counties in Mary
land and Virginia. The 100 Cubs
Of the Council, boys between the ages
ot and IL years, are not included in
t.,e camping program Their expert
ence will come later when they be-
come Scouts.
It is . far cry from the ox-cart days
Of 1914 when the old mess hall was
built to the fine modern building which
has now replaced it. Straight strips of
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Of time The bureau chief and her
assistants try desperately to produce
the right parties and route the new
corners from place to place. in an en-
deavor to utilize available time to the
best advantage. A Frenchman who
was slated to see five or six promi-
nent men in one day called back be-
tween each interview to check on va
rious points and to thank the ladies
for the assistance rendered. American
artists. writer's and other specialists
Evening star., 1938-06-26

qualification in these various subjects.
One of the special opportunities open
to the boys is membership in the camp
honor tribe, the &C. NJ O." During
20 years Of operation nearly 1000
boys and men have qualified for men,
bership.
CAMP THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
which is owned and operated by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
MONDAY TAX RATE
 UNUSUALLY HEAVY
$l Penalty to Be Added to $3Levy on All Eligibles
 After Tomorrow

Old age assistance tax payments totalled $1O2,OOO last night and sev- eral thousand more will be added today as the time limit hears when the $1 added penalty will be imposed. Tomorrow is the last day under which the $3 rate applies and the office at City Hall will be open until g o'clock to help various payers to avoid the penalty.
 Collector George A. Stokes re- marked that yesterdays rush was one of the heaviest on record and that the total added last night does not include payments made by mail yesterday. The mail, he said, has been particularly heavy today.
 Of the 55,000 persons who are on the list as liable for the old age as- sistance tax, several thousand are reported to be there improperly, either below the age requirements or above. Too, there are numerous persons seeking abatement because they are receiving relief.
 But those seeking abatement, whose cases are investigated imme- diately after this application to the Welfare Department, will be liable for the tax plus the penalty if it is determined that the abatement sought is not warranted. Also, no person can obtain motor vehicle reg istration unless payment of the old age assistance tax has been made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
Compensation Agreements

The following agreements in which compensation will be paid weekly during the period of total disability were filed today andap- proved at the office of the com- pensation commissioner:
 General Oil Co.,, and Leonard Garnett, 22 Calvin street. finger injuries, $9.46 beginning Feb. 4.
 Hershey Metal Products CO.,, Derby, and Steve Karasinski, An sonia, finger injuries, $6.49 for 13 l-3 weeks.
 Reymond Baking Co.,, and Frank Crippen, R. F. ID. No. l, Water bury, knee injury, $21 beginning January II.
 George B. Case, Norfolk, and Antonio Vernale, Norfolk, injured left eye, $13.50, beginning Nov. B.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

year. Stay of execution was granted for one week.
 Attorney Francis P. Guilfoile, ap- bearing for Sherman, who was sen- fenced today by Judge Frank P. Mo- Evoy, filed the appeal. Sherman was found guilty of the charge by Judge McEvoy after trial on January 12. The crime allegedly occurred Septem- Der 10, 1887. The United Radio Cor poration was the complaining wit ness.
 Judge McEvoy disregarded an ap- peal by Attorney Guilfoi!c that the sentence be suspended. Tn this case it would not be proper to suspend the sentence" was his only con- ment.
 When the stay of execution was granted, Assistant States Attorney Fitzgerald moved that the bond be increased from $500 to $2,500. MT. Guilfoile objected. Judge McEvoy suggested that the counsel confer and appraise him of their decision before the end of the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
CIO Organizer Assas Old Man Spirit in Local Problems
GIRL STUDENTS
 IN IRISH PLAY
Catholic High Cast Pre- Sents "The Heart of
 Paddy Whack"

Mid a setting of traditional Irish green, and costumes and settings depicting the "Old Sod," students of the Waterbury Catholic high school senior class last night presented "The Heart of Paddy Whack."
 From the manner in which the Irish collens escorted patrons to seats, to the mode in which Paddy Whack made love to None Cairn, everything was Irish. Music during the play was provided by the school orchestra.
 Especially convincing were the presentations given by Rita Dono- hue as Bridget O'Riley; Mary Gull hane, Eileen Flanagan, Eleanor Ford and Mary Blake, as the mem- bers of clashing family clans; Ei- Teen FitzMaurice, as Michael; Mary Brown, his grandmother.
 Also Esther Egan as Paddy Whack and Marjorie Monagan as None Cairn, the two whose love affairs formed the basis of the story.
 In the supporting cast were Mary Fogarty, Martha Siebert, Rosaleen Price, Ann Flanigan and Dorothea Medford. One of the most pleasing moments of the play was in the second act in a garden scene, when a chorus of villagers paused to sing and do a job for Paddy Whack. In the chorus were Catherine O'Neill, Anne Marie LaFleur, Marion Har- mon, Marguerite Darcey, Helen Boxx, Catherine O'Connell, Mary Kenny, Margaret Orsini, Louise Rossi, Eileen Donahue, Irene Ceeley, Enid Ryan, Mary Deegan, Louise Dumond and Eliz Jeth Cruess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

year than it was supposed to.
 Yes, the most crucial days of the finance board are still ahead. And the "Old Man." for whom we are supposed to have real respect and affection is going on a little trip. He's going back to Florida for six weeks.
 We can't figure out the "Old Man. He tells us that he is very much interested in our welfare; but the newspaper tells us he's going away just at time when your well fare and mine is very much at stake.
 'cNot So Hot"
 Just between you and me, I don't think the "Old Man" is so hot. I think the "Old Man" ought to step out of that finance board and give somebody else a chance. He's been at it for 20 years, During that per- iod the city debt has been piling up. It's more than 18 millions of dollars now. We think the "Old Man" should have done something to keep that down. The "Old Man" says we've been going through trying times. So has Bridgeport, so has New Haven, 50 has Hartford, so has Cincinnati. But when it comes to piling up city debt during hard times we, along with the "Old Man" certainly take the cake.
 My frank opinion is that the av- craze high school boy, if at all con- scientious, could have done a better job as a finance commissioner than the "Old Man" has done. The av- craze high school boy knows that two and two make four. Some of our finance commissioners appar- ently didn't know that. The kind of arithmetic they used gave us an $l8,000,000 public debt and got our city into such a mess that we've had to call an out-of-toWn states attor- ney in here to straighten things out.
 The trouble is that you and have had too much faith in that symbol -"The Old Man. We've taken him at his word and held him to be above reproach. We're finding out that he suffers from human frailties just as you and do.
 Debunking
 hope that newspapers will stop printing such rubbish as that ad- vertisement about The Old Man.. It discredits them. A lot more could be accomplished by debunking the "Old Man. He doesn't deserve to be gl flied. I think that has been made clear by what has been said this afternoon.
 The "Old Man" doesn't need our sympathy and let's not give it to him. While some of us are wonder ing where our next meal is coming from and where we are going to gee coal for the kitchen stove, or how we are going to pay our sky-high taxes which too much faith in the "Old Man" has given us-the "Old Man" will be basking on the sands under warm Florida sun. Instead of wasting time sympathizing with the "Old Man." help us to get rid of what the "Old Man" symbolizes. Plan to attend our mass meeting on March 24. This Is a mass meeting for the unemployed and the par tially employed. We promise you that more real effort will be made in your behalf by the Waterbury Brass Workers Union than the old Man" has ever made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
Tourney Postponed
 For Novena Services
Two Weeks Suspension of Play Announced By Holy
 Name Committee e-Dmm Corps Rehearsal Tonight
WASHINGTON HILL

Two weeks of inactivity have been decreed by the officers of the St. Francis Xavier Holy Name so- ciety "45" tournament due to the Novena which opens next Sunday. No games will be played on the two next consecutive Mondays.
 The Fitzmaurice Shamrocks pulled even further away from the pack last night by setting down the Me- Hugh Casters with a 34-29 score. o. Donnell stayed in the running, how ever by winning over Cusick with a 36-27 count. O'Connor took his game from Bowey, 34-29; and Coughlin defeated Frageau 33-30.
 The standing, by virtue cl these scores is as follows: FitzmaIrice o28, O'Donnell, 622; Coughlin Gil; Bowey 6O1; Cusick 600; Frageau 598, O'Connor 587, and McHugh 563.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
.2l RUSSIANS TO
 PROCLAIM GUILT
Sensational Trial Opens Tomorrow; Confessions
 Are RumOred

Moscow, March 1.-CUP)-Twen- ty-one Russian leaders, charged with a list of terrible crimes in the greatest mass trial of a three-year purge, are expected at the outset of their trial tomorrow to take the witt ness stand and proclaim their guilt to the world.
 It was indicated that during their weeks or months of imprisonment all 21former cabinet ministers, am- bassadors. intellectuals, politicians, physicians-had confessed at length and were prepared to confirm these
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
ASH WEDNESDAY
 RITES PLANNED
Catholic Churches to Hold Lenten DevOtiOns for
 Twice a Week

Ash Wednesday, tomorrow, will mark the beginning of the Lenten season. Catholic and Protestant churches of the city will hold fre- quent special services during the penitential period.
 Catholics will receive ashes in churches all over the city tomor- row. Ashes will be given out at morning masses and during special services later in the day..
 Lenten devotionS will be held at most of the Catholic churches in the city once or twice 8 week. The Stations of the Cross will be made weekly, with most of the churches holding the service on Friday.
 Protestant churches will hold special services during the Lenten season. Visiting preachers will be heard weekly in services at several of the churches.
 Regulations for Catholics to fol- low during Lent have been given out by Most Reverend Maurice F. McAuliffe. bishop of the Hartford diocese. They were read at masses in all local Catholic churches Sum- day.
 Lent will end at noon Holy Sat- urday, April 16. Easter Sunday will be celebrated the following day.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
Sherman To Appeal
 Extended Jail Term
Colonial Avenue Man Sentenced Today for Embezzle=
 ment By Agent, Forgery; Judge Disregards Plea

Sentenced to the county jail to- day for six months on a charge of embezzlement by agent and forgery, Reginald Sherman of Colonial ave- nue, through counsel, filed notice of appeal to the supreme court of er- TOTS. It is first appeal from Wat erbury superior court disposition of a criminal case, in more than a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
Basketball

Baldwin Props retained their slim possibility of figuring in the second round championship, by handing a defeat to the Robins. In the other game of last night the Gents of the Hill setback the Tribunes, in one of the most wild-throwing games enacted on the Community House floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

8. m.
 The event is annually one of the highlights of Elks' social pro- gram. It has been attended by large crowds in the past, and an- other capacity turnout of mem- bers and their friends is expected this year.
 The music committee is headed by James Brennan and Leonard Wayne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
confessions in personal statements.

confessions in personal statements.
 The trial is to be held, it is under stood, in the hall of columns of the one time Nobles' club. Members of the military collegium of the su- preme court will decide the fate of the defendants. Interestingly, four of the nine men who presided at the last mass trial, when eight high army men were sentenced to death, have disappeared themselves from public life and it was not even cer- that Vastly Ulrich, president, would be present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday, which is tomor- row, will be appropriately recognized in the Church of St. Francis Xavier. Distribution of ashes will be made following the 7:30 a. m. mass; at 3:45 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
Decorations

Scores of reservations are being made for the annual St. Patrick's night party of the Waterbury lodge of Elks, which will be held at the Elks' hall Thursday, March IT. The general committee is headed by William Cunningham.
 Dinner will be served and va ried program of entertainment will be presented. Dancing and en- tertainment will be enjoyed until
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
Meeting and Rehearsal

The Washington Park Fife and Drum Corps will meet at the Com munity House tonight as usual for their music instructions, which will be followed by rehearsal of ihe cast of the play. Much progress has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

Bognor Lodge in Bognor Regis England, where Queen Victoria spent her childhood holidays, may be razed. M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

Lieut.. William F. Pollard is chairman of the decorations com- mittee. The food committee is in charge of James Courtney. Will liam Cahill is secretary of the general committee.
 The general committee and the various ub-committees have al- ready met several times. Detailed plans for the party have been virtually completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

been made toward preparing tfs play for presentation, but as yet no date has been set.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

A roadbuilding exhibition will be held in The Hague beginning June 18.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

Argentina is threatened with . candid camera craze.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
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 Your viewpoint is changed you get new slant on things in gen. eroI - you're ready for fresh start and just rorin' to go.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-09
Public Health

There is natural opposition, among medical men and laymen, to "Soclal1zed medicine" But the term is confusing. There may be as many definitions as there are groups fearing or favoring the idea. We already have kind of social medicine in our public health depart ments, local and national. We have health work in the public schools. We have public hospitals and clinics and dis pensaries, because it has been found that the health of the whole community de- pends on certain general control measures.
 Huge sums are paid yearly, out of taxes, for the medical care of people who cannot meet the cost themselves. Yet great section of the population still remains without needed medical care, including many individuals and families who are completely self-Supporting when in health. Beginnings have been made here and there to provide cooperative medical insurance, group purchase of the services of doctors, nurses and hospitals. None of these efforts and none of the public health work or the private char ity services have come anywhere near meeting the known need.
 The American Medical Association has undertaken a study of the situation which some doctors think is too narrow in scope. They propose instead study in which economists, socialists and organi- zations representing the paying public would join physicians in solving the great health problem The public foots the bill in the end through taxes, voluntary con- tributions to charity, direct payment for medical service, or through cooperative methods. It might as well find out how to get the best health value for it's money, with due rewards to the medical pro- fession.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-09
Not Together Yet

The terse comments of J. Francis Smith of this city, Democratic State Central Committee Chairman, on the strange state of affairs in the Republl- can party of Connecticut should further confuse the party. Plagued as 1t IS With the spectre of a, State Highway Depart ment no longer manned thoroughly and solidlv bv republican patronage the party shakes vyisibly under the impact of the current probe of Merritt Parkway eX- nenditures in Fairfield County and the criticism of department management ana setup by Public Works Department ."boss'', Robert Hurley.
 The situation was so confusing that the Republican National Committeeman, Samuel Pryor, disowned Highway Com missioner John A. Macdonald and Sald ne was a Democrat. His naive explanation for that was his two appointments to office by Governor Wilbur L. Cross, Democrat. Speaker of the House J. Mortimer Bell of Salisbury, Republican, doesn't make this mistake i'll tactics, put he does usurp the public press for a day to proclaim the fact that Commissioner Macdonald should not be condemned without hearing. He urges withholding judgment until the current probe IS finished.
 All of which is proof indeed that the Republican party in the state is sorely tried. Its leaders are not as one on cur rent events. It realizes that it's last cita- del of patronage is trembling. The prac- tical members of the party know that once reorganization strikes the Highway Department it will spell the end of en- trenched Republioanism in the state gov ernment As State Chairman Smith put it very b1untly the department depended on the House and the House on the de- partment. When one goes so will the other. In view of the fact that this cleo tion year, there should be some stirring battles for seats in our legislative body this fall.