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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
Bloodshed On Tragic
Scale Is Threatened
Forces Await Orders From Hitler, to Drive Across
Border, Begin Thunder of Guns
BY WEBB MILLER

NOOYyAAShb 1000 Wy OhAtCu AACooJ
Berlin, Sept. Observation-Disclosures
on q tragic scale was imminent to-
day unless Czechoslovakia accepted
the British French agreement to
Adolf Hitler's demand for tbs dis
memberment.
More than 10000 refugees from
the Sudeten German area had join
ed a "free corps" and, armed and
uniformed, were waiting orders To
drive across the frontier. In the
early hours Of Sunday morning,
there had been an attack on the
Sudeten town Of Asch, on the from
tier, in which machine guns, hand
grenades and pistols had been used.
Konrad Henlein, In a proclamation
last night. had said:
1.-THE hour of liberation Is APP
preaching. Hundreds Of thousands
Of Sudeten Germans are joining the
free corps. They will stake their
lives to deliver their homeland from
the Czech yoke"
1t was asserted that Henlein was
travelling constantly between Ger
many and the Sudeten area, brav-
ing arrest by Czechoslocak soldiers
or police.
Planned Disorders
It was indicated that II the Czechs
rejected the British French plan,
the socalled free corps, reinforced
by large bodies Of volunteers" from
Germany would make incursions all
along the frontier TO instigate wide
spread disorders In the guise Of a
revolt. Then, 1t was indicated
Adolf Hitler, as he promised in his
speech q week ago at Nuremberg
would rush troops already poised to
'quell disorder"
Il have not found In Germany one
single person, German or foreign,
who doubts that Hitler will take
action by force unless he obtains
possession OF sudetenland before
long.
It Is true also that I have found
no one who doubted that the Czechs
would fight to prevent dismember-
ment.
Avoidance OF war Is possible only
II appeared, II the Cgechs now real
lie the hopelessness Of their posi-
ton and permit themselves 10 be
"sold down the river"
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
WOMEN JURORS
MUCH THRILLED
Five of Them Selected to
Act in Superior Court
Here This Term

Five women selected today to serve
on the superior court jury here
during the September term, with one
exception admitted that they were
thrilled-nlainly because they are
the first women in New Haven
county and among the first in Con-
necticut to be honored.
Clerk George H. Freeman of SUI
perior court selected the five women
with 20 men to comprise the jury
for the September term, criminal
civil sides. No order has as yet been
issued by Judge Earnest @. Simpson,
as to what day they shall con-
vene. The women are 4
HErs. sara a. 4&ncrafe. houses
wife, Of Hatfield Hill road, Bethany.
Mrs. Gertrude M. Beattie, house,
wife, OF Cheshire. "
Miss Josephine Sullivan, re-
tired secretary Of $50 Olivia street,
Derby.
Mrs. Mary Flanagan, housewife, OF
SO Central avenue, Hamden.
Mrs. Alice Stiles, q housewife, OF
Southbury. She is a sister in law Of
Raymond +. Stiles Of Southbury,
who served on the Waterbury extra
ordinary grand Jury.
The names Of the % men on the
jury will not be announced until
later time.
Never On Inside
Two Of the women, Miss Sullivan
and Mrs. Beattie said that they had
never been on the inside OF
courtroom. Mrs. stiles Of South
bury refused to let the selection
excite or thrill her.
Comments made by the women
Jurors when informed Of their selec-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
Czech Govt. Appeals to
People for Discipline,
Calm at Present
PREPARED TO FIGHT
EVEN SINGLE-HANDED
Govt. Fears If 1t Gives Up
the People Will Put
in Dictator
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD
United Press Staff Correspondent

(Untted Press starr correspondent
Prague, Czechoslovakia,
Sept. 19-CUP)-The govern
ment issued an appeal for
discipline and calm today as
it considered it's irrevocable
decision whether to submit to
dismemberment or to chal-
lenge-perhaps alone-the
German war machine. It gave
no hint of its decision, 1t
promised to safeguard the country's
interests and 1t said that 1t was in
constant contact with friendly ma
tons" But there was no hint Of
compromise. AS the British and
French cabinets met at London and
Paris respectively, and the cabinet
met here under President Eduard
Benes to consider a British-F French
appeal 10 submit to Adolf Hitler's
demands in the Sudeten minority
crisis, 3 government representative
rrepared no Fight
"Ws,l ARE prepared to fight single
handed for every inch of territory
even If 1t means national suicide.
I'VE have not changed our policy.
We can not cede any territory or
accept any plebiscite, which would
mean the same thing. We would
fight first"
Government leaders were deeply
disappointed at what Czechs could
only regard as betrayal. They were
ready to believe not only that Brit
ain and France but Russia would
desert them rather than challenge
Nazi Germany.
The appeal for calm seemed 20
leave room for reluctant accept
ance OF the British French appeal
for sacrifices in the interest OF
peace.
But the general conviction was
that the government would fight
now, when 1t has the strategic Sude-
tic Mountains to defend, rather than
await new threat Of German at
tack with a weakened country. The
hope persisted also that somehow, If
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
THREE DROWNED;
DOG RESCUES ONE

Capreol, Ont, Sept l9-(UP)--A
dog was blamed today for the
drowning OF three persons and at
the same time was credited with
saving the life Of a fourth.
James Bernard, William Meyers,
Philip Kelly and M. Bonnie took the
dog with them when they went SAIL
ing on a lake near here yesterday.
The dog, a heavy animal, lunged
TO one side OF the small boat, caus-
ing 1t to capsize, according to Ber-
nard, the only survivor.
He was fioundering about In the
water, Bernard said, when the dog
seized him by the Gotta collar and
dragged him to shore.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
Mrs. 7hursa Grant
Scott Grand Jury
Is Chosen Today
Several Well Known Local Men on PaneI-Prominent
Attorneys Also on ist-WilI Consider First
Degree Murder in Their Session

Eighteen to comprise grand jury and consider
first degree murder indictment against Mrs hursa Grant
Scott 25 of 80 Sheffield street. in superior court Wednesday
morning. were named today by High Sheriff j. Edward
Slavn Mrs Scott will face the jury on charge Of murder
ing her husband Howard Scott at their home August
Former High Sheriff James E. Geddes of New Haven
predecessor to Sheriff Savin in Office member the jury
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
TREASURY BALANCE

washington. Sept. 10 (UP)--0ox.
ernment expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year through sept.
10th, compared with a year ago..
This Year Expenses Last xenF
1,6B9,3i8,Tf4.f1
$i,ls0, se3,ss4.43 s1,300,s54.2 s9.e %
$7o4. OSs.7ss.s5 ssss.As4.so7.ks
$sss, 71s,1ss.25 ss47,bss.sEs.s
Cash Balance
SO, 007, 779,391.64 x2,eeE,bSe, Dlssa1
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
The Weather

Showers Tonight, Tues.
No Temp. Changes.
Fun weather Report Page 0
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The Washington times., 1938-08-30
Auto Runs Over Man
Asleep in Deep Grass

BOURNE, Mass, Aug. 80 QN.S0.
Home was never like this! So
thought National GU a d m a n
Harold ]. O'Connor, IS, Of Lowell,
when he was rudely awakened to
find an automobile had passed
over his outstretched form.
O'Connor, enjoying an after
noon siesta in the tall grass near
q parking space at the camp,
awoke to find machine, operated
by a civilian visitor, had gone in
reverse and passed over his body.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
Carnival Is Opened
At St, Francis Xavier

The tenth annual carnival OF
st. Francis Xavier's Church was
opened last night by the Rev.
Joseph v. Buckley on the parish
grounds at Twenty-seventh st. and
Pennsylvania Ave. S. E.
The formal opening was at
tended by the ringing Of the bell
in the old parish church, which
during the war served as the
knights of Columbus hut on the
Union Station Plaza. The carnival
will run until September 10, with
special entertainment features
every evening except Sunday.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
in the D.G.S.-WHEATIES
World Series Contest
CONTEST RULES
Read Carefully and Start
Saving Wheoties BOx-Tops

1. Contest opened Tuesday, August 10th, and
will close Saturday, Sept. 18th. 1888.
2. Winner will be the person who turns IN
the GREATEST NUMBER OF WHEATlES
BOX-TOPS.
3. Each box-top must bear the Identification
of the D. G. S. Store Cor stores) IRON
which the package (or packages) oil
WHEATIES was purchased. Box-tops with
out proper identification will NOT Be
COUNTED. No box-tops will be returned.
4, Box-tops of each contestant should pe
wrapped in an individual package with the
name and address of the sender printed
clearly on a separate piece of paper and
enclosed with the box-tops Address boX-
tons to the ID G. S.-WHEATIES WORLD
SERIES CONTEST" 4th and D Streets
s. W., Washington. D. c. Box-tops must
reach the above address by P. M. Satur-
day. September 18th, if delivered. or bear
postmark of September 18th, if mailed.
g. BOx.tOps will not be accepted for the
contest by any ID. g. S. store at any time:
They must be sent or mailed as explained
above on the LAST DAY Of the contest
(Saturday, Sept. 17th).
e. The Judges of the contest will be Arch
Mcdonald popular ballcaster of station
WJSV: Kirk Miller, Sports Writer OF tine
Washington Times, and Shirley PoVich.
featured baseball writer of the Washing
ton Post. The decision of the judges VIII
he final. Winner will be announced Tues-
day. Sept 27th, in this newspaper.
T. d. G. s. Members, their families, employes
or D. G. s. Warehouse employees are NOT
eligible to compete in this contest.
The Washington times., 1938-08-30
EXPERT NAMED
TO LEAD FIGHT
ON POLLUTION
Harrisburg Man Heads
Potomac Program

An expert named by the Ma
tional Resources Committee will
work to eliminate pollution in the
Potomac watershed through Fed
eral and State cooperation.
DR.. Abel Wolman, chairman Of
the water resources committee Of
the National Resources Commit
tee, announced the agency had
retained I. M. Glace, Harrisburg,
Pa, consulting engineer, to coordi-
nate the program.
FIVE-YEAR PLAN
Although refusing to estimate
the time necessary to clear the
Potomac Of the sewage it now
carries, DR.. Wolman said he would
be pleased" if the task could be
accomplished in five years.
"Mr. Glace," he said, twill
provide the four States and the
District with expert service and
will stimulate their efforts to
Gbate pollution.
1.-THE States in the basin now
are working on a compact au-
thorized by Congress. This COM
pact will stipulate that the
standards should be in different
sections of the river. BY stan
dards we mean the chemical
and meteorological content OF
the water.
UP TO STATES
"Then there will be an agree
ment in the compact on the
extent Of sewage treatment to
be carried out in each jurtS-
diction.
zone important thing we hope
to do in this demonstration area
Is show whether pollution abate-
ment can be accomplished with
out Federal policing. The
States already have ample
police power. The question IS,
will they exert it?
"Once the State agree to do
certain things we then can see
whether they will go ahead and
accomplish those things. We
think they will.
FINANCED BY U. S.
"The part Of the Federal Gov
ernment will be to coordinate
the activities of the States and
to assist them through the vari-
Gus departments. Another pur-
pose of the Federal Government
will be to finance them when
necessary" =.
In order to stimulate towns to
seek the PWA allotmentS for sew
age disposal plants, DR.. Wolman
said they must be convinced
"that the sewage treatment. be-
cause of it's public health aspects,
should take precedentS over other
things, such as road construction.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Prohibition Days.

Prohibition Days.
I 60 to see the mountain still
So silent in it's ways
1t does not show the wondrous skill
OF prohibition days.
The visitor in joyous mood
His bottle will produce
And smash it with a gesture rude
And say, "Ah what's the use
OF trying gayly to assume
That liquid glee will smile
Like the wild rose which seemed to bloom
In beauty for awhile?"
The old speakeasy is no more:
The band plays off the key
In hope some customer of yore
Will fascinated be.
The mouse awakened from his dreams
Views with kindly eye
The dancer who so gayly seems
A special step to try.
The cocktail one 50 potent finds
Its self sweetish drink
Which still confuses many minds
If they attempt to think.
And there is oft motion quick
AS wondering we gaze,
But nothing seems to have the kick
OF prohibition days.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Governmental Business. >

Unless the Supreme Court takes
strong stand in. the matter, the long arm
of the tax collector soon will dust off
some OF the glamour with which college
football has been surrounded
True, there are thousands of young
Americans and old grads who will will
ingly bear witness that the star halfback
who sprints sixty yards for touchdown
is merely doing his bit in his own sensa-
tional way for the greater glorifcation
of dear old Siwash. But that, 1t seems,
is an extremely narrow view of the mat
ter, for unless such eminent authorities
as the State of Georgia and the Fifth
Circuit Court Of Appeals are in error,
the sprinting halfback, Notwithstanding
the cheers and the bands, is really en-
gagged in IAN essential governmental
function"
If it is any comfort to those who cling
to the old romantic notions, the Federal
Government can not see it that way. The
latter, of course, is not particularly con-
cerned with the finer and more glamor.
Gus side Of college football, but It does
Evening star., 1938-04-13
have a deep and abiding interest in the

have deep and abiding interest, in the
tax revenues derived therefrom.
That, in fact, is the key to the whole
unhappy business. Ofhcials OF the State
Of Georgia, being also interested in the
monetary aspect Of the matter, have re-
fused to turn over to the Treasury De-
partment the tax on admission tickets
to football games played by Georgia
Tech and the University of Georgia
both institutions being supported by
State funds.
In support Of that position, they ad-
vanced the contention that as matter
OF law the football players at those in
stitutions were engaged In an essential
function OF the State government,
thereby precluding tax by the Federal
Government. The Circuit Court agreed
with that view, but the United States,
envisioning the loss of many thousands
Of tax dollars has asked the Supreme
Court to pass on the question, and that
tribunal has agreed to do so.
Thus has the football player found his
place in the sun, and thus may the
august Supreme Court strike blow for
the preservation of the inalienable right
of Americans to view their Saturday
afternoon idols through the rose -colored
glasses Of press agent idealism.
Evening star., 1938-04-13

which everybody is an actor. To see
and to hear his Boris Godunoff or
Mephistopheles at the Metropolitan was
to take into ones mind and heart an
impression so terribly dynamic with
power as to be altogether indelible. He
sang with force that was titanic. No
other contemporary equalled his realism
AS czar or devil he was immense, cata-
clysmic in his capacity to convince.
Yet he always remained a child. He
was qulxotic, perverse, provocative in
his moods, could be cruel or lovably
gentle and kind as he chose. People
hated him and adored him. In America
as in Russia he could not be catalogued,
defled classification. His gifts were
many; he painted and modelled in clay
with success; he wrote like a cyclone;
he talked with genius Olympian In
character. His peasant environment
clung to him to the end, but he was a
Hlightly peasant, chivalrous in his
rudest mannerisms-a monumental con-
tradiction. No one understood him per-
fectly, he was a puzzle to himself.
But there was no controversy about
him. Though he was the center of a
thousand quarrels, he rose above his
battles-the greatest operatic artist of
his day. possibly the greatest basso that
ever has lived. He dies mourned bv
millions. His memory, however, will
flourish among larger multitude to
which his voice may be only tradition
but to which his romantic personality
will be dear If merely for the color of
its variations.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Deplores Spending for
Fictitious Prosperity
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Lewis Carroll, in the immortal Alice
in Wonderland" describes a grinninp
Cheshire cat slowly vanishing until moth
ing remained but the grin, thereby sub
jecting the imagination to a considerable
strain. And in this modern, political
"Blunderland" our credulity met an even
more difficult test when we were told by
optimistic "Brain-Busters" that our dis
appearing dollars, some eighteen billion
having evaporated since Roosevelt took
Office, would leave the smile of satisfac-
ton upon the countrys countenance. OF
late, however, not only the dollars, but
the grlns, are gone and the National
Kitty is in state of dismay, disap-
pointment and beWilderment. MANY
"meows" are heard but few 'purrs."
To add to the confusion, Gov. Earle
comes forward with the astounding sup-
gestion that an additional nine billion be
spent in the next three years in order to
create fresh Fools Paradise" while
utterly ignoring the fact that former
pump printing produced a solely false
and Fictitious prosperity.
That nation must do all in its power
to alleviate suffering is too obvious for
comment; nevertheless, il the problem of
poverty could be solved by repeated raids
upon the national Treasury, unsound
spending and intalculable waste. the
spectre of want would long since have
been banished from the world.
AS an extra straw is said to have
broken the back OF an already overbur-
dened camel, it does not require much
imagination to picture poor Uncle Sam
dropping In his tracks, If still more extra
billions are saddled to his shoulders.
Who was it that said, Hush, little de-
ficit, don't you cry. You'll be a crisis.
by and by?
Elk. GOLDsBOROuGH.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Chaliapin.

There never can be another Feodor
Chaliapin. He was unique. The mold
from which he came has been broken.
Even If it could be repaired or dupli-
Gated, it would be infeasible to create a
replica of such figure The times to
which he belonged are gone, even the
place to which he was native has van
ished. In the history of music, then,
he must stand alone forever.
And the legend will grow. Chaliapin
was born a giant. His immortality also
is certain to be gargantuan. He had
less skill than Caruso, yet he seemed
to dwarf him. Six feet four inches tall
and built in proportion, with broad
shoulders, stalwart neck, massive arms
and hands, he dominated every stage,
not excluding Broadway-the street In
Evening star., 1938-04-13
A LOndOn-ROme Axis.

Prime Minister Chamberlains de-
termination to deal with the dictators-
policy which drove Mr.. Eden from
otfice-is about to bear its first fruit
Whether it will be bitter or sweet fruit
is another question. When Birmingham
realism" got the upper hand in Down.
ing Street, Mr. Chamberlains plan was
to dcker more or less simultaneously
With Hitler and Mussolini The Austrian
seizure having rudely disillusioned Great
Britain about Germany, London decided
to concentrate on extending the olive
branch to Italy.
Following month of diplomatic ex-
changes the British government is now
dlspatchlng one of its key members,
vigorous young War Minister Leslie
Hore-Bellsha, to pay courtesy CALI on
Premier Mussolini and seal an accord,
which supposedly is all but formally ef-
fectuated. While details are guarded,
the general purport of the entente is
known. From Italys standpoint. its
piece de resistance is recognition of the
Ethiopian conquest. This is to be mani
tested in fashion that must constitute
the bitterest pill John Bull has swal-
lowed for many day, because he plans
to take the initiative to have the League
of Nations Council acknowledge the an
nexaticn of Ethiopia-the same Council
before which Britain once urged the
imposition of sanctions to curb the Ital-
ian aggression. London optimists, OBJ
viously keen to sWeeten the dose, fore
cast ltalys return to the League as a
result OF Geneva's readiness to let Ethi-
opian bygones be bygones.
The Italian understanding will have
many facets Of vital British Importance.
Establishment of mutual rights in the
Mediterranean, cessation Of anti British
propaganda in the Near East, relaxa-
ton of the Libyan military threat to
Egypt and the Sudan, withdrawal of
Italian volunteers" from Spain-but
probably not until Frances victory is
clinched-and pledges of Italian non
aggression along the empire life line past
Gibraltar, Malta and the Suez are the
principal gails which Britain hopes
will come from the Fascist pact.
OvershadoWing all other aspects in
British eyes is the expectation that a
London Rome axis will either supersede
the Berlin Rome axis or weaken it to
the point of relative impotence. Britain's
anxiety to Wean Mussolini away from
Hitler is far more practicable aspra-
tion than before Germany marched to
the Brenner Pass. II Duce was recon-
clled to the idea Of Anschluss. But it
never entered his head that the Nazis
would signalize their bloodless conquest
OF Austria by large-scale military con-
centration on his Alpine border. Mr..
Chamberlain thus finds the German
divisions garrisoned in the Tyrol most
valuable assets in the business he has on
hand with Italy. Partnership in the
rich Anglo-French firm, with all it has
to offer, economically and militarily,
must look pretty good to the Italians, as
they survey the menace at the Brenner.