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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
Permits Issued Show Valuation Of Nearly
 Two Million Dollars
56O Applications Approved During l93S - Employ- ment Here Shows Decline in December Postal
 Receipts Register Gain in Monthly Survey

compared with the month of Novem- Der, and an increase of l.. c. l.. cars received, ATT tons; an increase of carload cars received 16,012 tons; an increase of l.. c. L. cars for- warded, 855 tons; and an increase of carload cars forwarded. 675 tons as compared with the month of De- cember, 1897.
 The total freight tonnage for the year 1888 amounted to: L. c. L. cars received, 26,964 tons; carload cars received, 474, ,243 tons; L. c. l.. cars forwarded, 42,446 tons; carload cards forwarded, 36,601 tons; show ing decrease of L. 0. L. cars re- ceived, 8,743 tons; a decrease of carload cars received, 167, TAO tons; a decrease of l.. c. l.. cars forward ed, 15,314 tons; and a decrease of carload cars forwarded, 41,329 tons as compared with the year, 1887. GAS
 During the month of December there were 84,913,0 3,000 GU. it, of gas consumed, an increase of 4,357 ,000 GU. it. as compared with the month of November, and decrease of g. 401 ,000 GU it. as compared with the month of December, 1897.
 The total gas consumption for the year amounted to 967, ,125, 900 GU. it., a decrease of 46,496,000 GU. it. as compared with the year, 1887. HEALTH
 During the month of December there were 193 cases of communi- cable diseases and 12 deaths re- sulting therefrom, an increase of 43 cases and deaths as compared with the month of November, and an in- crease of IF cases mad 3 deaths as compared with the month of Decem- Der, 1897.
 During the year there was a total of 1,155 cases and 145 deaths re- sulting therefrom, an increase of 238 cases and Il deaths as con- pared with the year, 1887. DEATHS AND BIRTHS
 There were 32 marriages, 95 deaths and 161 births during the month of December, decrease of 37 marriages, an increase of six deaths, and a decrease of three births as compared with the month of November, and an increase of l5 marriages, a decrease of II deaths, and decrease of 32 births as compared with the month of December, 1897.
 There was a total of 594 mar riages, 560 deaths and 2O44 births during the year, a decrease of 62 marriages, an increase of A deaths and an increase of 132 births as compared with the year, 1897.
 NEW FAMILIES There were 2 new families who came to take up their residence in Waterbury during the month of De- cember, making a total of no fam lilies who have moved here during the year, 1898.
 POSTAL RECEIPTS The postal receipts for the month of December amounted to $70,- 039.03, an increase of $29,477.67 es compared with the month of Mo- vember, and an increase of $1,824.3O as compared with the month of December, 1897.
 The total postal receipts for the year amounted to $528, ,679.95 a loss of $41, ,168.10 as compared with the year, 1887
 TELEPHONES
 During the month of December there were 18,799 telephones in use at the end of the month, an in- crease of 79 as compared with the month of November, and an in- crease of 27 as compared with the month of December, 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
Irish-Americans

The Irish American Social Club with William J. Boyle as president will meet on Friday evening. at Canadian Legion Hall at o'clock. Initiation will be held and plans will be made for the St. Patrick's Day banquet. A social and dance will enllnw.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
Myrtle Temple

Officers of Myrtle temple, Pyth- ian Sisters, will be installed Feb- ruary 8 at Speedwell hall. Grand lodge officers will attend both as installing officers and as guests at an entertainment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
Liberty Lodge

Liberty lodge, Masons, held a hash and pancake supper at the meeting last night at Masonic temple. Frederick B. Williams, IT,, presided. Plans for dance Feb. 10, at Chase Country club were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
Franco-Americans

A free dance for members and guests will be held at the Fran co-American Social club hall on South Main street Saturday night. The clubs directors will be in charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
Behind The Lines
Stokes Auxiliary

A special meeting of the auxil- iary of Sylvester Stokes Post, Lithuanian Legion, will be held this evening in old St. Joseph's hall. Officers and. various com- mittee members will discuss plans for the annual banquet of the organization. Providing 8 fav-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
Zindah Grotto

A Valentine social was planned at the meeting last night of Zin- dah Grotto auxiliary at Masonic temple. The affair will be held Feb. 8, according to present plans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
WIFE SELLS GEMS,
 HUSBAND JAILED

Tony Muni, 34, of 1880 North Main street, was sentenced to 30 days in jail today by Judge Edward
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12

The life of automobile tire chains is reduced considerably by sudden hrakinR.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12

orable vote results committees will be named to formulate a fit- ting program for the occasion and invite prominent guest speakers. All members are urged to attend. The meeting is of especial inter- est to all members, Mrs. Anna Matusavage, president, announced today in issuing the call.
Evening star., 1939-01-01

he do 180 words a minute, as a
sprint, but he can do a tap-dance
on the keys, initiating Bill Robin
son. He can initiate horses coming
down the back stretch of a race
track. He can type at the rate of
125 words a minute and recite a
four-stanza verse, "The Statesman" 4"
and he can take that old-time SEN
tence Nov is the time for all good
men to come to the aid of the party
and make it dizzy going over the
keys. He can also put mittens on
his hands, no fingers in the mittens,
blindfold himself and bat this SEN
tence out at the rate of 1856 words a
minute-fast going!.
As it is, Peters hold the world
record for the number of strokes
made on a typewriter in an hours
grind. He set up the mark to 49,
903, exactly 81 strokes faster than
that OF Tangora when he made the
world speed record.
Cortez Peters, who demonstrates
for one of the big typewriter COM
panies, IS product of Dunbar High
School, where his teacher was the
late James c. Wright.
At present, while making plans
for his endurance record, Peters
has a pupil he touts as the coming
champion-Ben Posner, q clerk in
the Navy Department, who won the
amateur championship last year in
Chicago, with 122 words a minute.
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Work Of Tuberculosis
Association Praised

Appreciation of the work which
the Washington tuberculosis Asso-
citation has done during the last
year was expressed yesterday by
DR.. George C. Rutland, District
health officer, in a letter to DR..
James G. Townsend, president of
the organization.
Extending New Year greetings,
DR.. Rutland said:
THE tuberculosis Association de-
serves great credit for the help it
has given the Department of Health
IN developing and promoting tu-
berculosis prevention work in this
community. tuberculosis is still an
outstanding problem here, and
am counting on the continuation of
the cooperation which the asso-
citation has given us in the past"
DR.. Townsend reported that up
to yesterday approximately 4,400, 900
penny Christmas seals had been
paid for, amounting to $4,000. This
still is $4,000 short of the sum
called for by the 1899 budget.
During the next few days, DR..
Townsend said, reminder letter
will go out to those who were mailed
seals on approval but have not sent
checks. He urged more funds to
finance wider compaign of case
finding, in cooperation with the
Health Department, and for other
services, including rehabilitation of
arrested cases, the summer camp
for tuberculous children, medical re-
search and health education.
Evening star., 1939-01-01

on a demonstration that ran her
record up to an unheard-of num-
Der of words q minute for an anna
teur. It was compared with the
record made by Cortez w. Peters,
professional. Immediately he issued
a denial and stated why:
"Grace Phelan and I were in the
same contest in Canada" he said,
"and while she wrote 129 words a
minute for 80 minutes I wrote 1873
words q minute for one full hour.
That is the difference in our speed
and time. And I would have won
the world championship that year
had I not omitted one phrase which
cost me penalty of $50 words.
Otherwise I would have written 142
words q minute. The man who
holds the all-time record Is Alber.
Tangora, with 141. Even with miss
ing that phrase my record is only
three words a minute behind him.
That Peters Is about as fast on q
typewriter as any living being was
proved in a private demonstration
here the other day. Not only can
Evening star., 1939-01-01

and duplication in the distrihGAtap-'
Of power. In some instances, also,
the authority has been able to inte--,
CRATE its generation and tranSnis-
sion facilities with those Of 'prt-.
vately owned systems in the area
to the mutual benefit of the author-
ity. its customers and private utiit-';
ties"
Fertilizer Program Faces Deficit.
At the end Of the 1888 fiscal year
last June 80, 42,188 consumers were
buying T. v. A. power from 81 mu-
inequalities and 10 co-operatives, the
report said. This represented an 1n-
crease of 80 per cent over the pre-
vious year. Domestic consumers in
creased 40 per cent, to "a, 200, almost
half Of whom lived on farms or
In rural communities. .,.
T. v. AS fertilizer program, de-
scribed as the second major objec-
tive Of the T. v. "A. law, faced q
less favorable financial outlook.
Statements accompanying the re-
port showed a deficit-or met ex-
pense" as 1t appeared on the books
of $1,861, 900 for the year ended
June 30, 1888. Budget estimates
indicated the deficits for 1899 and
1910 would be about the same.
1T is believed that the progress
to date. in developing new fertilizer
products and methods of use and
in cheapening the cost of fertilizers
to the farmer, fully justifies the ex-
pense that has been incurred, and
is to be incurred In the next few
years." the report said.
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Wreath 10 Be Placed
On Daquerre Monument

Photographic enthusiasts and Gov
ernment officials will place a wreath
on the Daguerre monument. on the
Mall near the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, at 3 pm. Saturday in observ-
ance Of the centennial of the da-
guerreotype.
The ceremony, which is sponsored
by the Washington Camera Coun-
Gil, is one Of a number Of events
planned locally to celebrate the first
development of the Photographic
principle.
Don Bennett, president of the
sponsoring group, will speak on the
100 years Of Photographic develop
ment at meeting of the Washing
ton Institute of Arts and Sciences
to be held at Wesley Hall, 1903 X
street NV.
Local camera clubs that will par
ticipate in the centennial include
the Arlington, Agriculture, Interior,
Civil Service, Washington Pictorial
lists, Washington Photographic and
Leica Clubs.
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Nunn-bush Workers
Get Chance 10 EIed
Two Directors
Shoe Firm Tokes Step
As New Advance in
Labor Relations
By the Associated Press.

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 31.-The
Nunn-Bush Shoe Co., which guar
antees production workers So weekly
pay checks year, today announced
employees would be given the op-
portunity of electing two from their
ranks to the Board of Directors.
President Henry L. Num- said he
believed the company was pioneer
ing again in taking this step in its
labor relations program. He de-
clared the So pay checks plan a
success, pointing out that for three
and half years-in good times and
bad-his workers have received
wages each week.
1900 Eligible to Vote.
The 1900 employees eligible to vote
will choose one director from the
production force and one from the
retail division. The board then will
have seven members
1T is our belief that the most sue
cessful industries of the future will
give an increasing interest and study
to the necessities Of all the human
elements in business; to that part
that supplies the necessary labor as
well as that part that supplies the
necessary capital" Mr.. Num- said
in statement to stockholders. I'VE
believe that business in the past has
suffered through a neglect of this
very thing"
To Offer Stock.
The management is also conf
dent that through this closer official
association of all the essential ele-
ments of our business will come a
still greater appreciation by workers
OF the problems Of management and
a more constructive cooperation
that will rebound to the greater good
of ALL"
Mr.. Num- said the employee
director proposal would be approved
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Shooting Stars Send
Radio Warning Of
Descent 10 Earth
MeteoroIoeist Says Force
Of DeceIerotion Puts
Waves in Motion
By = STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, Dece. 31.-A
shooting star. hitting the earth's
atmosphere at a speed of between
10 and 80 miles second, sends out
radio waves broadcasting its arrival
which are picked up by objects on
the earths surface, such as rain
spouts, dust particles and the like,
which act as natural receivers.
This explanation was presented
here yesterday by DR.. H. H. Mimi
niger. president of the American
Society for Research in Meteorites,
for the sounds reported to have been
heard with the first appearance of
the celestial visitor, when it Is still
SO miles in the sky.
With Speed of Light.
Actual sound waves would REQUIRE
several seconds to reach the earth.
If a sound is heard at all, DR..
Ninninger pointed out, it must be
from waves travelling with the same
speed as light, which are trans
formed into sound waves. He has
received literally hundreds Of reports
OF this phenomenon which he calls
"etnerial sound" Many cases are
on record where the sound was first
heard inside buildings and in some
instances it was heard before any
light was seen or known about.
Said: DR.. Ninninger: THE OBJ
server Of a meteor is almost certain
to be surrounded by an environment
made up Of objects which are cap
able OF rectifying elector- magnetic
waves and Transforming them into
sound. We may at once recognize
the probability that a meteorite ar
irving from space will carry a very
different electrical potential from
that of the earth. With this differ
ence and with the extremely rapid
deceleration due to friction it would
seem that we have a very favorable
set-up for the sending out of power
ful electromagnetic waves.
"Meteorites invade the atmos-
phere at velocities now estimated at
from 10 to 80 miles second. It
has been calculated that the resist
ance OF the upper atmosphere is
such that by the time such an object
reached level where the pressure
OF the air is equal to one millimeter
OF mercury Its speed would be re-
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Profit Of 100000
On Power Is Seen
IVA. Report
Million Net Forecast
By End Of l940
FiscoI Yeor
By the Associated Press.

~ sAS SAseoSA2teo GIebS.
The Tennessee Valley Authority
predicted yesterday it would show q
pront Of 1900 900 for the present fis-
cal year on its power, navigation and
hood control operations.
This would compare with a deficit
OF 81 1885, 900 reported Tor the year
ended June 80, 1898.
BY the end Of the 1910 fiscal year,
the Authority reported, net income
should exceed 81 ,OOO, 900.
This forecast, contained in the an.
nual report which the T. v. A. made
public, was based almost entirely
on an increase which officials said
they expected in revenue from the
sale of power. y,
1T indicates" the report said,
that starting In 1899 the net income
from power operations should be
sunicient to cover the entire cost of
this program, and provide surplus u
Power Sales Increase.
Power sales for the first five
months Of the current fiscal year
June through November-totaled
$2,110 400, only slightly less than the
81 ,305, ,877 received from this opera
ton in the entire fiscal year of 1898
the report added. Power revenues
for the entire current 0939) fisca,
year were estimated at IS ,OOO, 900
and for 1910 at SC, SOC, 600.
Developments indicate" the re-
port said, that the Authority il
well on its way to disposing of al
the power available at les navigation
and flood control projects without
injury to actual existing investment
In privately owned facilities"
The report attributed the increase
to a diversiflcation of market. Pre-.
viously, T. v. A. relied chiefly or
sales to single utility customer, bu,
during the last year much of the
power was distributed to rural co.
operatives, municipalities and in.
dustries.
AT the same time" the repor,
continued, "the authority carried
forward intensive and largely sue
cessful efforts to avoid competition
Evening star., 1939-01-01

duced to about three miles a Sec
ond. This dimunition would take
place at an elevation of about q
miles. Meteorites often continue
luminous far below this elevation.
The tremendous energy trans
formation represented by such rapid
deceleration must be a source Of
much ETHEREAL disturbance. So it
seems probable that an invading
meteorite becomes a very powerful
sending station, so powerful that
many kinds Of physical objects in
our environment serve as crude re-
ceiving sets.
Other Noises Differ.
The noise reported as Simultane-
Gus with the passage of the meteor
is entirely different from those ex-
ploSive detonations which arrive
some minutes later. The former Is
usually described as swishing, hum
ming, whining or rustling. 1t has
often been compared to the sound
caused by plunging a red hot iron
in cold water. In some cases it
has been likened to the sound Of
frying bacon"
Within the last few months, it
was reportd by DR.. Addie D. Min
ninger, reports have been received
of five of these shooting stars which
have crashed through the roofs Of
houses. One smashed through a
roof in q little town in Missouri
but went no further than the attic,
where it was collected. Another
fell on the roof of a house in India
and bounced off the roof. Another
went through roof In Ukrania.
One reported from the Philippines
went through the roof of garage
and the top and cushion of an en-
closed automobile.
Evening star., 1939-01-01

we believe can prof1tably be stated
at this time.
l. "The freedom and progress Of
science, the possibilities Of applying
the scientific spirit and scientific
methods to national problems, all
the dynamic possibilities of science
for the social good. are inextricably
interviewer with the fate and eff
cheney Of free democratic govern
ment and can only be realized in re-
lationship to the larger problem Of
the improvement and preservation
of free government.
2. Free government is in a des-
perate battle today. Every aspect
of freedom is Observation-Disclosures
of the individual, the press, religion
and science.
3. TO survive, Democracy must
work. In competition with other
forms OF government it must prove
itself a superior system. Probably
nothing else can in the long run
save it.
4. Therefore, we can best defend
Democracy by improving its work.
ings. Merely to praise the virtues
Of the democratic system, merely
to denounce other forms of govern
ment, merely to talk, is not enough
S. "The strengthening of demo-
cratic government calls for a CO.
operative effort on the part Of men
from all fields. The scientist has a
vary definite responsibility in this
respect, but it is not a job for
science exclusively or for any other
one group in American life.
Business men reeling that the
problem of the national economy
and social order rested primarily
on their shoulders, hitherto tried
to carry on alone, but in recent
years many of them have come to
recognize that the Nations problems
are too complex to be satisfactorily
resolved by any one group.
1T would be most unfortunate II
science should make a like mis-
take. The inevitable result of such
q policy, generally followed, Is a
nation divided, with groups in every
corner, confusion and inability to
unite on any program. The plan al
ready mentioned provides for a
united cooperative effort by men
OF science with those Of all other
fields to strengthen and preserve
democratic government and to
attain the other objectivss already
discussed
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Scientists
Continued From First Page.)

should be concerned lest his prog
ress and inventions be used to de-
stroy liberty and civilization itself.
The destruction of whole cities by
airplanes is only one illustration OF
the possibilities in this direction.
The ease with which whole popu-
lations can be kept subServient by
expensive scientific weapons in the
hands OF a tyrannical central gov
ernment is perhaps a less spectacu-
lar but a far more deadly peril to
free government and all it means to
science and progress generally.
Something Definite Needed,
Some scientific circles, conscious
OF these dangers, have been seeking
OF late for some way to implement
their growing social consciousness.
For instance, world federation of
science or a parliament Of science
have been suggested.
However, something much more
definite is needed if this potentially
valuable social consciousness of SCI
entists is to be made effective for
the good of society. Warning was
sounded this week that not in three
centuries has science stood in such
peril of losing its freedom of
thought, its objectivity.
THE time is ripe for a definite
plan to bring the ability, detach-
ment and sense of social RESPONSE
bility in scientific circles to bear
upon the problems OF democracy, to
promote the fuller use and to pre-
vent the misuse of scientific dis
coveries.
I'VE, therefore, wish now to call
to the attention of the association
that a carefully worked out, specific
and adequate plan for these pur-
poses already exists, the result of q
three-year quiet study by 100 lead
ers from almost every field in Amer
lean life, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The group included scien-
lists, businessmen, labor and agri-
cultural leaders, sociologists, law
yers, doctors, railroadmen and 9TH
ers, In cooperation with q congress
sional committee.
General Principles.
There are certain general princi.
pies or aspects relating to It which
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Democratic Women
Sponsoring Tea

A tea, sponsored by Washington
Democratic women, in honor of Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt, will be held
at the Shoreham Hotel at pm
next Saturday in conjunction with
the Democratic National Commit
tees Jackson Day dinner, scheduled
for the same evening.
Mrs. Roosevelt is to make q Ma
tion-wide broadcast from to Sis
pm. from the party. Mrs. Ocie
Heady, national vice president of
the Young Democratic Clubs of
America, is chairman in charge Of
arrangements.
Evening star., 1939-01-01

Az NSo VAAA DSt q
world mark. He
intends to type
125 words a min
ute for a period
of eight hours
without a stop.
Not even time
out for luhch.
Some time ago
Miss G r a c e
P h e ! a n, who
won the anna
teur champion
ship on the type
writer in 1887,
came to Wash
inQtOn and NIT
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Will Hold Reception

The Department of the Potomac
Women's Relief Corps, will hold a
New Years reception in honor OF
Comdr. John NJ Kline, Department
OF the Potomac, Grand Army of the
Republic. from 2 to pm. tomorrow
at the Thomas Circle Club, 1926
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Evening star., 1939-01-01

at the stockholders meeting Janu-
ary 10.
He reported plans are being COM
pleted whereby employees can pur-
chase II ,733 shares Of common stock
at the price the company paid
November 2. 1886. They have SUBJ
scribed for 80 per cent Of it.
Evening star., 1939-01-01

hour 1t was announced as an accom-
plished fact.
Actually, DR.. DuBuy said, the
growth-stimulating action OF thiurea
was first observed about 10 years ago
at another experiment station, but
at the time no further work was
done on it, as plant Psychologists
concentrated their attention on the
various root-growing hormones.
Evening star., 1939-01-01
7ypist Plans Endurance Test
For 8 Hours Without Lunch

Cortez w. Peters, runnerup for
the al-time speed record in typing,
plans to 60 in training shortly for
an endurance contest that he be-