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The Washington times., 1938-07-22
Trading SlOW
On Mixed
Market

NEW YORK, July "a G.N.S)
The stock market continued SpottS
today. with irregular price tend
encies holding sway for the third
straight session. Minus signs were
in the majority through pivotal
groups.
Trading was at a relatively slow
pace, with only 100000 shares
changing hands in the first hour.
Dealings were orderly all the way,
and price changes in most In.
stances were of nominal proper.
tions.
Tobaccos and aviations bucked
the general trend toward slightly
lower levels. American Tobacco
'B" climbed more than q point
to a new 1888 peak, while Philip
Morris gained about as much.
Boeing. Douglas and United Air
craft gained fractions in the avia-
ton section.
Utilities, amusements, mail or
ders, farm implements. motors,
steels and rails were generally
under previous closing levels. A
few issues, as Loew's. DUPONT and
Montgomery Ward, each gave up
about point. but losses elsewhere
were insignificant,
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Malta FeUer Fatal
To Retired Banker

PHILADELP HIA, July az.
Thomas Harvey Dougherty, jr., re-
tired investment banker, died here
yesterday of a disease diagnosed
as malta fever. He was Sc years
old.
Mr.. Dougherty served with the
French army and the American
Ambulance Field Service in
France during the World War.
Afterward he was q captain in
the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Until 1914, when he was thrown
and injured seriously, he starred
at polo at the Philadelphia Coun-
try Club.
The Washington times., 1938-07-22
Bowman SdV1GtOriUn1
Founder Dead at 70

GREENWICH, Conn.,, July az.
DR.. John Edgar Bowman, for 40
years head Of the Bowman Sana-
tarum here, died at his home last
night at the age Of 10. He had
been i'll for two years.
DR.. Bowman came to the United
States from Canada 48 years ago
and founded his sanatorium eight
years later.
Surviving are three sisters, Miss
Jessie Bowman, with whom he
made his home; Mrs. Charles
Bridgeman, of Alymer, Ont; Miss
Mary Bowman Of st. GATHERINGS,
Ont, and two brothers, DR.. George
Bowman and Joseph H. Bowman
Of Ontario.
Funeral services will be held
here tomorrow and burial win be
in Dundas, Ont.
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BY DANToN WALKER
It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity

Billy cabIed a couple young
Doug Corgsn that intrepid but INDECENT youth little spend
endorse toohpaste electric ETC. oncal
photographed taking dip
Riverside Pool Friday None the Ogs
all the Howard Hughes
Bruce Barton aiming at the gubernatOra nomination.
fully he fails he'll return
-Four London daes have requested at the
Hines trial.
the possible gam.
bling that the bars and stores have hidden their slot
machines
Thomas Tommy ManviIle jr, officially "disowned"
the JohnsManve organization its printed report employees
and has been taking tests in Hollywood vocal pupil
of Doris Taub of the Irving Berlin office here Adea St.
John writing play for Sheia Barrett who has just
London Enrc Madriguera has just become uncle
guitar player.
Humphrey Bogart and Mayo Methot tell friends
IN mldAugus Mary Phillips Bogarts eXWe will wed Kenneth
MacKenna Aug IL Seen table Jimmy
Joe DMaggo Tony Canzoner Kid Mccoy and Lew Ambers
Nano Rodrigo Who'll play the rmbas the Harvest Ball
making rumba arrangement of Shine On Harvest Moon"
Harry Rchnan Joey Chicagos Chez
his hackers If
Johnny Brooks former bartender at the SO Club
at the Famous Atkins
have three plays Broadway this fall Betty
to the steamship fortune will
Chapel Theatre, Great Neck, L" 1, next week.
MICS special anticipates major shakep because
OF OF faccal
flight Warner Brothers has rights anything
Leon Turrou eXGan the German spy ring
M permitting Helen Morgan and Eddie Carr will
FVlera revue due July % The Piping Saratoga
Monday with Adelaide Moffett Diane Russell Swami
and Vincent Lopez. ~
at the
papers but species of Hawaiian he sponsoring
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COL. H. c. RIzER
FUNERAL RITES
SET TOMORROW
Youngest Union Colonel
To Rest in Arlington

Funeral services for Col. Henry
c. Rizer, "a. youngest colonel
Of the Civil War, who died yester.
day, will be held at $3.50 a. M,
tomorrow from his home, 1464 Bel
mont st. N. w. Military services
will be held at 1890 a. m. at
Arlington Cemetery Chapel. Burial
will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Only last Memorial Day. &C
companied by a fellow Union
veteran and two Confederate vet.
Grams. he flew over Arlington
Cemetery, strewing flowers over
the graves Of his comrades.
NATIVE OF MARYLAND
Colonel Rizer was born in Cum.
berland, Nd, February /, 1874.
Joining the Union Army when II.
he served througout the war, win.
ming successive promotions.
Studying law, he practiced IS
years. then became publisher and
editor Of the Eureka (Kan)
Herald.
CAME HERE IN 1891
In 1891 he came to washington
to become chief clerk of the U. s.
Geological Survey, retiring from
that post II years ago. Colonel
Rizer made his home with his
daughter, Elsie Rizer Woldike.
He is also survived by another
daughter, Iaabelle Rizer Everett,
Of Austin, Tex, and three grand
children.
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J. C. M'G|NNIS
'98 Veteran Dead at
Mount Alto

James c. McGinnis. Spanish
American War veteran, died yester-
day at Mt. Alto Hospital of heart
disease. He was SO.
Mr.. McGinnis served as a private
in the Fourth Virginia Volunteers,
enlisting in the service on May 7,
1898. He served until April %.
1899.
Born in Virginia, he had lived in
his native State until coming here
IL years ago. He was an interior
decorator, and a member Of
Richard Harding Camp, United
States Spanish War Veterans.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at 1890 a. m. at the w
w. Chambers funeral home, 140t
Chaplin st. N. w. Interment viii
be in Arlington National Gene
terry.
His widow. Mrs. Carrie Smith
Met innis, and q daughter, Mrs
Gertrude Hover, survive.
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H|CHTOWER
Wife of Contractor,
Heart Fails

Mrs. Matte Belle Hightower, "a.
resident of washington for 10
years, died early today at her
home, $40 East Capitol St., Of a
heart ailment.
Mrs. Hightower was born In
Liberty Hall, Monroe county, Ga.
and came here from Miner. Ga.
She was the wife Of James T. High
tower, general contractor.
Besides her husband, she leaves
three sons, Donald L. Of Glendale
Calf; j. w. Hightower. Of Colum
bus, Ca. and Julian A. Of Wash
ington, and four daughters, Mrs
Andrew Brown, Mrs. Leslie LIE
Compile, Mrs. Mary Watkins and
Miss Elizabeth Hightower, all Of
this city. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
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CT YDE LAMOND,
BANKER, DIES
IN ALEXANDRIA
Citizens National Head,
Ex-C0unciIman

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July ~
Clyde C. Lamond. ST., prominent
Alexandria financier and former
member Of the city council, died
early today at his home in Belle
Haven. He had been Ill several
months.
Mr.. Lamond was president of
the Citizens National Bank, elected
April Is, 1897 to succeed the late
Carroll Pierce. He was a former
president Of the Clarendon Trust
Company. and had long been a
director Of both institutions.
He established the Potomac
River Clay Works, a terra Gotta
manufacturing concern, in 1908,
and operated 1t until a few years
ago. He was high-ranking Mason
and was active in civic and church
organizations Of Alexandria for
years.
In 1884, Mr.. Lamond was the
prosecutions star witness in the
impeachment trial Of Lyman M.
Kelley. former chairman of the
Arlington County Board.
Mr.. Lamond represented the
Alexandria Rotary Club at the in
ternational convention in France,
last summer. He was elected to
the city council in 1880, and re-
signed in 1881.
One Of his sons, A. Slater La.
mond, is now city councilman,
and was formerly vice mayor of
Alexandria. His other son, Clyde
C. Lamond, jr.. is president Of the
Young Democratic Club, here.
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Mrs. Barbara M'Intire
Services Tomorrow

Last rites for Mrs. Barbara
McIntire, IS, resident Of Wash.
ington for more than so years,
who died Wednesday following q
lingering illness. will be held to-
morrow at 2 p. m. at the Deal
funeral home, 816 H st. N. e.
Burial will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Mrs. McIntire was born in Vir-
ginia and came to Washington
when Is. She was an active mem
Der of the Wilson Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Surviving are four sons, Irving
Mcntire, Alexandria, Va; Louis
McIntire. Rlverdale, Md, and
David and Everett McIntire, both
Of Washington: a daughter, Miss
Blanche McIntire, of this city; q
brother, Jerome B. Robinson, and
a sister. Mrs. Lucy Carrico.
The Washington times., 1938-07-22
Bar Pays Tribute
At G.. A. King Rites

Members Of the District of
Columbia Bar Association paid
final tribute today to one Of their
Oldest members, George Anderson
King. A delegation of 10 attended
services held at 2 p. m. in Christ
Episcopal Church, Georgetown.
Last rites were conducted by the
Rev. DR.. j. G. Armstrong. Burial
was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
The funeral committee included
H. Hilton Jackson. j. Spalding
Flannery, Spencer Gordon, Wilbur
L. Gray, Charles Happier, George
M, Morris. Godfrey L. Munter
Huston Thompson. Leon Tobriner,
and George F Wilson.
Mr.. King died Tuesday at his
summer residence in Whitefield,
N. H., at the age of 80. He prac-
ticed law here for 81 years and
appeared before the United States
Supreme Court more times than
any other living attorney. His
residence here was at 1911 Twenty
eighth st. N. w.
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DELANEY
Steamship Officials
Funeral Tomorrow

RYE, N. Y. July 22.-George
W. Delaney. vice president, traffic
manager and a director of the
Southern Steamship Company,
who died Thursday at his home in
Plainfield. N. j.. will be buried
here tomorrow. in Greenwood
C e m etery. following funeral
services at the Mamaroneck
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Delaney, who was "a, died
after a years illness.
Born in New York city, Mr.. De-
Lanoy was a member of q family
Of ancient French lineage that
settled in the United States early
in the nineteenth century. His
ancestors were large property
owners in Westchester county, N.
Y. He grew up in Mamaroneck.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Alama Hartman Delaney; four
brothers. Charles H., of Bridge
port, Conn; Oscar P. and Alfred
c., of Mamaroneck. and E. T. De
Lanoy. of England and two sisters,
Mrs. H. M. Flood, of Galveston,
Texas and Mrs. R. G. Brewer, of
Mamaroneck.
The Washington times., 1938-07-22
Morris MichtOn1,
TOv Maker. Expires

NEW YORK, July 22.-Morris
Michtom, SO, one Of the worlds
best known toymakers, died Thurs
day at his home in Brooklyn after
long illness.
Born in Russia. Mr.. Michtom
came to this country pennileSs in
1889. He founded the Ideal Nov
city and Toy Company in 1908
and was instrumental in making
the Teddy Bear" popular in this
country. At the time of his death
he owned the exclusive rights to
manufacture the Shirley Temple"
type Of doll. He was active In the
Zionist movement and was a prom
inent member Of Jewish organize
lions in Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1938-07-22
Leon X. Stevens,
Enqineer, Dies

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y, July %.
Leon K. Stevens, expert on the in
stallation Of steam equipment on
battleshipS. died yesterday at his
home here at the age Of SO.
Mr.. Stevens was a mechinacal
engineer on the construction of
the KenSico Dam. He was asso-
ciated with the M. T. Davidson
Pump Works. Brooklyn. The
United States Navy retained Mr..
Stevens as a consultant.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Susan Coles Stevens; one
son, Allen s. Stevens, of White
| Plains. and two brothers.
The Washington times., 1938-07-22
C.. Jay GOOdnOugh
Dies After Operation

CLEVELAND, July az GN.S).
C. Jay Goodnough, II, Of
Emporium, Pa, former chairman
of the Pennsylvania Public Service
Commission, died in Cleveland
Clinic Hospital early today follow
ing an operation.
His wife was at his bedside at
the time Of death.
Goodnough had entered the
clinic for treatment On July q.
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Births, Deaths
Marriages


Edward and Genevieve Prender. boy
Gilbert and Luella Harrell, boy.
Winter and Gertrude Simpson, boy.
Clifton and Minnie Patterson, boy.
Robert and Mary Macleod, girl.
kasty and Jane Latven, girl.
James and Anna Hirst, girl.
Harold and Evalena Fisher, boy.
Lawrence and Margaret Stuts, boy.
William and Evelyn Light. boy.
William ana Grace Smith, boy.
Hiram ana Cleo Hodges, boy.
James ana Marcella Glennon, girl.
Allan and Mary Redrow, girl.
Raymond and Mildred Sparks, girl.
John and Blanche Chedester, girl.
George and Mary Potterton. boy.
Cameron and Mary Carman, boy.
Harry and Lenore Ford, boy.
Donald and Annie Wagstaff,. boy
Thomas and Alice Clark, girl.
Donald and Fannie Pitts, girl.
Richard and Minnie Cation, boy.
Sheridan and Mary Kleindienst, boy
Wilmer and Mary Dale, boy.
Paul and Catherine Myron. boy.
Thomas and Ruth O'Brien, boy.
Lawrence ana Carolyn Dobbs. girl.
Fred and Frances Blotner, girl.
Lawrence and Theresa Citing, girl.
Louis and Sarah Rosenfeld, girl.
Wilbur and Dorothy Campbell, girl.
The Washington times., 1938-07-22
Washington Stocks

SALES
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio pfd. 9@112h, 3@112h, 10
1924, 6@1123s, 4@112%, 400
112.
AFTER CALL
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10@26,
10@26.
Real Estate Mortgage and Guar.
anty pfd, 10@4l2.
The Washington times., 1938-07-22
The Weather

District of Columbia-Showers
tonight and Saturday; little
change in temperature; gentle
south or southwest winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Show.
erS tonight and Saturday; little
change in temperature.
THE TIDES
High tides today at 1901 q. m.
Low tides today at 9:57 a. m.
and at 9:49 p. m.
High tides tomorrow at 4:o2
a. m. and at 4:32 p. m.
Low tides tomorrow at 1902
a. m. and at 1859 p. m.
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CAPT. HEDEKIN
LAID TO REST

Taps" were sounded today for
Captain David D. Hedekin, 80,
Infantry, U. S. A., in Arlington
National Cemetary. The Rev. Ora
j. Cohee, Army chaplain, conduct
ed the military service.
Captain Hedekin died WedneS.
day at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, OF
injuries suffered in a polo game
last Sunday. He had been station
ed at Fort Mcpherson, Ca, Tor
duty as aide to Brigadier General
Robert o. Van Horn.
His widow, Mrs. Helen Young
Hedekin, Of Fort Mcpherson, Ga;
his parents, Brig. Gen. and Mrs
Charles A. Hedekin of Bethesda,
Nd, and q brother, Capt. Thomas
q, Hedekin, field artillery, survive
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES
DEPARTURES

Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January /. 1898, 622.
Excess of temperature since
July l, 1898, As.
Accumulated deficiency Of pre-
cipitation since January /, 1888,
1872.
Deficiency of precipitation since
July /, 1888, go.
TEMPERATURE SANE DATE
LAST YEAR
Highest. 86; lowest, IS.
TENpFR ArrRwS
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. 0. Answers
Questions on Page 81

Questions on Page 81
/. Six feet. 2. A, e, /. o, u,
and sometimes W and y. 3. %
hours Sc minutes 400 seconds.
4. 102. 5 The best man. 6.
Acadia. Z. Henry Hudson. 8.
Cutlery.
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DEATHS

Elizabeth Campbell, 50, 1872 g st. s. z
Anna Won Klupfsl. 81, 1919 Lamont st,
N. W.
Fred W. watssl. ~. Emergency Hos.
pital.
Ella A. Bassford. II. 2B1S Thirteenth
st. N. W.
Rosa Brocato. II. 1898 Maryland Ave.
N. e.
william Henry Miller. 90. 1855 Grant
George D. HorninE. SS. 3Sls Sixteenth
st. N. W.
Charlie Burns, 81, GallinEer Hospital
GeorsianA Hirsh, ST. 3o1S Seventh st.
8. e.
Acquilla Berry. IS. Home Aged and
Riva Keller. 90, 17sS tani.r Pl. N. W.
Clara Hill, IS, Garfield Hospital.
Erastus B. Huffins, 81, Vet. Adm. Fa.
cility.
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In MemOriam

3 In MemOriam
BEINscHLA, GEORGE En- sad but
IovinT remembrance of my devoted hus
band. GEORGE E. BEIMSCHLA, whc
passed away one year ago today, July
90, 1887.
The face I loved is now laid low.
His loving voice is still.
The hand 80 often clasped in mine
Lies now in deaths cold chill.
I often sit and think of him
When I am all alone,
For memory is the only thing
That grief can call its own.
The Washington times., 1938-07-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Harvey T. Black. 81, Commodore
Hotel, ana Eloise G. wyckoff. 81, 1901
Fairmont St. N. W.
st. N. E., ana Helen D. Keller, 20, 1874
Fifth st. N. e.
Henry A. Prince, 20. 1884 G St. N. E..
and Elizabeth F. Durham, %, $500 Ninth
st. N. W.
Herbert L. Bowling. %, 1893 Thir.
teenth st. N. w, and Anna r. Flood, a.
1401 Fairmont st. N. W.
william s. Sandilands. 80, 301 8 st.
n. E., and Betty Moores, a. 14S4 Girard
St. N. W.
william A. Rotella. IS. and Lillian "
Talley, -, both Of $40 Third st. N. ".
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Florists

GUIDE BROS. CO. Funeral DESIGNS
I212 81. y. W. NY. eye
TTIDT NV Tunerol 9prayu, % up. deL
LGA1 AG4 Florist. o09 @ 81. q. ".
Orchid Flower Shop 1 PIfe2oeHs
Cor. 18th and Eye n. ". RBpublie 1865
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Z Cemetery Lots
WASH. MEM. PK-Masonie Sec..- lots,
will sac. TO quick cash buyer. Pc. 2S16.
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JAMES Con- Thursday.
JAMES c. McGINNIs. the beloved hu0.
band of Carrie Smith Mc6innis and
father of Mrs. Gertrude H. Hover.
Funeral from the ". W. Chambers Co.
funeral home. 1400 Chaplin st. N. ".
ON Monday. July rs. at $50 .. m:
thence to Arlington National Cemetery.
where services will be held at II .. m.
Relatives and friends are invited. In.
ternnent in Arlington National Gene
fArv
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BLAKE, WALTER GERRY-on Friday.
July 20, 1888. WALTER GERR9
BLAKE, beloved husband of Mary Ann
Blake and father of Mary Ann and Lois
Marie and Aubrey W. Blake. Remains
Southeast funeral home, SIT Eleventh
Street Southeast. Notice Of funeral
later
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BERRY, AQUILA-on wednesday, July
90, 1898, AQUIA BERRY, friend of
John n. Conway. Funeral services from
the w. W. Chambers Co. Southeast fl-
neral home, SIT Eleventh St. 8. E., on
Friday, July %, at p. m. Relatives
and friends invited. Interment in Wash.
inRton National Canoatarv
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ROBEY, NELLIE FLETCHER-on Wednegs

ROBEY, NELLIE FLETCHER-on Wedne0.
day July 20. 1898, at her home. $40
East Gusts Avenue. Alexandra, Va.
NELLIE FLETCHER ROBEY, aged SO
years, beloved wife of John F. Robey
and mother of John Fletcher Robey and
Margaret Robey Schwartz. of Washing
home Funeral services on SATURDAY,
July %. at 2 p. M. from Del Ray
Baptist Church, Alexandra, Va. Inter.
ment. Ivy Hill Cemetery. Arrangements
by the Cunningham funeral home, 500
Cameron ST.. Alexandra. Va.
ROsENBLOT, BEssIE-on Thursday July
81, 1898, BESSIE RoSENBLoT, SO
Harry Nelowitz. Mrs. Roscoe Rothschild.
Maurice Henry. Samuel. Fred. Bernard
her late residence. 929 Farragut St.
N. W., on Sunday. July "a. at 10 a. m.
1nterment ohev Sholom Cemetery.
SWEENEY. GREENBURY-on wednes.
day, July 20, 1888, at the residence OF
his SON. Frank Sweeney. Iceland. Nd.
GREENBURY SWEENEY. husband Of
Services at Richie Bros. Funeral Home.
Upper Marlboro. Md. on Saturday, July
%, at 10 q. m, thence to st. Barnabas
Church, Iceland, Md. where services
will be held at II q. m. Interment
church cemetery.
WATZEL, FRED W.-on wednesday, July
90 1888. at Emergency Hospital, FRED
W. wATZEII. beloved husband Of Anna
Watzel. Funeral services at the y: ".
St. N. W., on Friday, July 20. at .
p. m. Relatives and friends invited.
1nterment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
! -
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LIZEAR, MARGARET ELLEN-on Thurs.
Branchville, Nd. MARGARET ELLEN
LIZEAR. beloved wife of the late Eu.
gene W. Lizear and mother Of James
c.. James Arthur and N&ttie Viola
Lizear Funeral services from the W.
W. Chambers Co. suburban funeral
home, 91S Cleveland Ave, Riverdale,
Md. on Saturday, July 30, at 2 .. m.
Relatives and friends are invited In.
terment in Colesville Cemetery. Colesville.
Nd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
SPANISH WAR AT
 CRUCIAL POINT
Continued from Page D

(Contlnued rom Page O
 the northern half of the battle front, to be stained with blood and debris as artillery shells and airplane bombs struck in the lines, dernoral- ized communications. On the south- ern half of the front, the ternpera- ture was below zero at times, and suffering from cold was intense.
 As broken down transportation blocked roads disrupted the flow of rations to the front, the men on both sides consumed the contents of the Christmas boxes sent them, in lieu of meals. r Four Nationalist armies were on the offensive, in what was roughly a converging movement aimed at Barcelona. Lerida was the key point of the drive, with two Nationalist armies moving along the railroads extending from it into Loyalist ter ritory, one road extending through Cervera to Barcelona, the other to Tarragona.
 It was evident from dispatches that the battle was still indeter- mate. It was indicated that the Ma tionalists had no fixed offensive but, as has been the case on other such offensives, were prepared to smash into any part of the Loyal ist line which gave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
WILLOW ST. BUS
 LINE IS EXTENDED
Continued from Page D

residents attended the hearing to express opinions pro and con, and three petitions with a total of 40 signatures were presented in oppo- Sition,
 The application had the approval of the police department, according to the decision
 "The objection to this application centers around limited number of residents of Leffingwell avenue, Melbourne Terrace and Pennington avenue, who very reasonably object to what they properly characterize the intrusion of motor bus service in their neighborhood," says the finding.
 Tt seems, however, that no other solution can be found than to au- thorize the operation of service over the route now requested. The needs of the greater number of people to be served must be held to outweigh the objections of the relatively few" the finding continues.
 Await Arrangements
 Manager Charles H. Chipman Of the 0. R. & L. Company said to- day that the new route would be operated as soon as arrangements yould be completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-24
--- T -77 ' = - St. Nicholas
 Still ReUered


 SiFasbourg. France, Doc. 1l (URJ-A1SAce and Lorraine win celebrate the l6ooth birthday of Santa Claus four years from moRs on Dec. 6, 19a2.
 st Nicholas was born Dec. 6, 3A2 A. D. at Patara in Asia Minor. Since the Middle Ages he has been the most popular saint in France, where more than 400 churches are now named after him, but he is the patron saint of the two eastern provinces. According tO legend In Alsace and Lorraine, he fills with gifts the wooden shoes which children put in the flre- places on Christmas Eve.
 French historians contend that the Santa Claus legend can be traced hack t0 Alsace and Lorraine, where st. Nich- Olas was first revered by chiI- dren as the bearer Of gifts.