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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
Brass City Aerie

A special program of events has been arranged for Thursday eve- ning's meeting of Brass City Aerie of Eagles. President Henry Reyes will preside at the session. the ar- rangements for which have been made by 8 committee consisting of Edward J. Foley, secretary; James Donahue, trustee and William H. Harrison. chaplain. The committee on refreshments includes James O'Gorman and James Caffrey.
 Announcement will be made at the meeting concerning plans for the next class initiation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
Boy Injured

Robert Mungani, 10, of 13 Taylor street was admitted to St. MaFy's hospital early this afternoon suffering from lacer- ati0ns about the head and inc juries to his legs. x-rays were taken to determine whether or not the youngster sustained . fracture of the skull when hit by an automobile operated by Vincent Magro of Marley Place. The accident occurred while the youngster was on his way to school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
Turner's

William Lutz, general chairman, sid today that plans are com pleted for the Turner's annual fall dance which will be held Friday and Saturday at 1l8l North Main street, club headquar- ters.
 MT. Lutx is assisted by Alex Drapath, Albert Hummel, Albin Lutx, Herman Mueller. William Schaefer, Ottnar Burebel, Robert Hoebel, Joseph Dimana, Daniel Smith, Walter Schmeer and Philip Ganlente.
 The refreshment committee com. prises, Mrs. Max Kiessling, Mrs. Anna Bernhardt Mrs. Anna Will house, Mrs. Amelia King and Mrs Richard GrOtzenbach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
ROLLER SKATING ROMEO

Lynn. Mass. Oct. 30.-tUPD.-A roller skating romeo" was held by I office today on charges of theft of 5000 in cash and jewelry from homes. Arrested at roller skating rink last night, Frank L. Rice. 20
 was accused Gs at least Is daytime breaks and robberies. Police said he used the loot to take girls roller skating.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30

saxophone solo by Mrs. William Russell. soprano solo by Mrs. Jo- seph Neill, and duets by Mrs. Neill and Marcel Doucette. Mrs. Russell, and Mrs. Taylor were the accom- panists. Refreshments were served in the banquet hall where the tables were decorated in autumn colors under the direction Of Mrs. Felix Rodek.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
Suit Withdrawn

A $500 suit brought by Ther- esq McEvoy against Daniel J. Me- Grath was withdrawn in the su- perior court today.
 The plaintiff alleged that she received a court verdict of $1 ,2o9.98 against the defendant on Dec. 2. 1888 and that only $100 of the award had been paid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
FIFTIErH ANNIVERSARY

Willimantic. Conn, Oct. 30.-(UP)
 The Willimantic State Teachers College will celebrate its 50th birth- day anniversary with special pro- gram ct the school Wednesday. The state board of education will hold its monthly meeting here, and eeyeral professors from Yale, Harvard and New York UniyersiU will sDeak.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
SpOtEghtng
 sCityNews
Assumes Dlfties

Atty. Pasquale De Cicco took up his new duties as secretary to Mayor Patrick M. Perriello this morning between discussing his new duties with the mayor and meeting the many visitors to the mayors office.
 Atty. De Cicco succeeds Charles Foster, the Republican candidate for mayor who submitted his res- ignation last week because of the necessity, he said. of devoting his entire time to running his mayor alty campaign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
MUSIC CLUB HOLDS
 DANCE THIS EVENING

Harry X. Cashin and Harry De- vorken will be judges at the Music Clubs first annual masquerade dance tonight at Temple hall. Frank DelFino and his orchestra will play for dancing which will get underway at 6 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
BY ELMER c. WALZER

New Yorlk, Oct. 30-(UPl-Stocks opened irregular in a narrow range
 with trading quiet today. Bonds were firm. Cotton futures opened un- changed to s points higher. Cur tiss Wright's initial block of 5000 shares at 9, unchanged, featured the opening. U. 6. Steel and Radio Corporation opened q on 1yOOO-slnare blocks at 75 3-8. oil 3-4, and 6, unchanged, respectively. Aviation Corporation opened on 1,4O0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
NEW ORAL sHCO0L

New London. Conn. Oct. 30-UP) Construction of the new $550,O00 oral school, accommodating more than 330 pupils, will be completed by July l, 1t was announced today.
 The building replaces an old frame building which was condemned as unsafe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
Rings Stolen.

A few rings were stolen in . break at the home of Mrs. Percy Bridgeland, 1044 West Main street, during the weekend, acc cording to Detective Lieut.. Will jam F. Pollard. The break was made while the family was away.
 Another break was attempted at . gasoline station at the cor- ner of East Main street and Meriden road last night Lieut.. Pollard and Lieut.. Edward Me- Elligott investigated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
Market Irregular At Opening Of Business
Wright Featured at Start With 5000 Shares Unchanged; Losses Ontnumber Gains in Total Sales
rl,ares ak ' l.2 ,rncIaanaed.

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 Losses outnumbered gains. Those slaowing fractional advances included Pennsylvania Railroad, United Fruit, Montgomery ward. Consolidated Air- craft, Standard oil Of New Jersey, United Aircraft, sperry and Kenne- colt.
 Curtiss.Wright made a new high for the year. Douglas declined l-2 point to 83.
 steels, motors. some utilities and farm shares eased slightly. Trading turned dun with prices holding near initial levels after the opening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
ACCIDENTAL DEATH

New Milford. Conn. Oct. 90. (UP) A verdict of accidental death by carbon mouoxide poisoning was given by the coroner today in the death of Hubert Piper, 31, whose body was found in his car Sunday. The man leaves his widow and three children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30

WmeUeFCK, uuIu6 any WEI Au which the United States is neu- tral, the President shall find that special restrictions placed on the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines or armed mer- chant vessels of a foreign state will serve to maintain peace be- tween the United States and for eign states. 1t shall there after be unlawful for any such submarine or armed merchant vessel to enter a port or terri torial waters of the United States or to depart therefrom."
 From the isolationist group whose fight from the beginning has been based on the feeling that the pres ent administration is strongly pro- ally in its policies-comes sharply pointed comment on the presidents order.
 "Au the submarines are Ger man, and all the armed merchant ships are british" says Senator Downey caustically.
 "An armed merchant ship is as much a ship of war as Subma- rine," says Senator Tobely. ''They may say it is armed for defensive purposes, but 1t can quickly enogh become offensive if 1t spots a Sub- marine. If we are to be really neu- tral we should treat both sides alike"
 And Senator Clark of Missouri re- calls that during the World war Sec retary of State Lansing sent 8 memorandum to Ambassador Page in London urging that Britain dis continue its practice of arming mer- chant vessels, as the practice was threat to American neutrality.
 "Of course it increases our chance of involvement, to give armed mer- chant vessels free use of our ports, '' he says.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
WOULD GIVE UP ROADS

Washington Oct. 90. (UP)- Trustees of the old Colony railroad today asked the interstate conn., merce commission for permission to abandon 12 segments of track total- ling s1 miles known as @the Boston grolp.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
Bitten By Dog

John Burke, !, of 150 Auburn street, yesterday was bitten by . dog on the right leg, according to a police report today. .The young ter was treated at the office of Dr. Herbert J. Corbett, and the dog warden was notified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30

Nearly 25.O0O trees were destroyed in a fire in the King George V Memorial Forest, planted in the Nazareth Hills by subscriptions from Jewery throughout the British em- |pire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30

prevent misuse of the American flag by merchant ships of belligerent na- tionS.
 During the World war, a common ruse by British merchantmen was to fly the American nag when crossing submarine zones.
 This ruse was suggested to Brit ish ship captains by the British gov- ernment ;and that fact--together with the fact that the merchantmen were armed-was cited by the Ger man government as justifying her policy of torpedoing without warning and without regard for nationality.
 For, said the Germans, if @ mer- chant ship flying the American flag might turn out to be an armed Brit ish vessel with a naval gun crew aboard, 1t was too risky for the sub marine commander to come to the surface and go through the custo- mary procedure of search and seiz- ure.
 The American government protest ed repeatedly to the British gov- ernment against this forgery of the flag" as Senator Tobey calls 1t, but without the slightest success.
 For one thing, the British replied that there was nothing illegal about it-for there was no law on the Am ican statute books which forbade a foreign ship to fly the American nag as a ruSe of war.
 BRITISH WOULDN'T
 LISTEN ANY MORE
 In the end, the British simply re- fused to listen to protests any more. On Nov. 3, 1915, in 8 note to Am- bassadir Page turning down a new set of American complaints Lord Grey, the British foreign minister, said:
 T would therefore take the lib- erty of suggesting that your gov- ernment may, on further conSidera- tion of the matter, be willing to de- sist from bringing these reports to the notice of His Majesty's gov- ernment."
 Senator Tobey's point now is that by putting law on the books and providing penalties fo rits violation, the United States would have solid ground under its feet in protesting any misuse of the flag in the pres- ent war.
 We have no protection at all now" he says. We should have statute to set forth the enormity of the offense and we should back it up with proper penalties.
 "How would We enforce it against foreign vessels? Easy-we'd simply bar them from ourt ports if they offended"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
Home Entered

Detective Lieut.. John Calvin last night investigated a com- plaint from Mrs. V. E. SanSouce of 27 Colley street, that her home was entered and ransack- ed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
BANKER DIES

Boston, Oct. 30.-(UP).-Howard Clensent McDuffie, 46, of Lawrence, assistant manager of the foreign di- vision of the First National bank Of Boston, died of heart disease ct Ia hotel here yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
} BRUCE CATIONS
 WASHINGTON COLUMN
Law Puts Armed Ships, Subs In Same Class; Roosevelt Disagrees
By BRUCE CATION

Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent
 30When President Roosevelt issued his order clos begnt did the order This omission he explained ships could be Jumped together "than pears and apples"
 the resolution under which the pr Jumped together like this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
OLDEST SALVATION LAssIE

Auburn, Me, Oct. 30.-(UP).-Mrs. Mary R. Neal Sawyer. 92. believed to be the nations oldest Salvation Army soldier. died yesterday at her home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
TOBEY SEEKS NEW FLAG LAW

Despairi-g of any chance to get the ruling reversed, Senator Tobey has set out to get law which would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-30
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES
 The R. z. Griggs e.
punrIc ur1L1rY STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS
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 5ls% pfd. ........... 1l5 Conn. Power Co. ...... 49 5l Hid. Elect. It. Co. com. 65 67 Hid. Gas It. Co. com. B 35 Illuminating Shares A. GA 66 New Haven Water Co.,. "A 76 South. N. :. Tel. Co.,. 158 165
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
Cassey's~ Case
Is Precedent
Daily Dlspatcn Bureaa,
Tn the Sir walter Hotel.

Raleigh, July l1.-GOVernOr T1oey >
action in granting parole to Herman
Casey, Of Lenior county, whose case
has attracted much interest, has been
generally commended in weekend
capital gossip. ie.
The case made the big headlines a
few weeks ago when petition Tor
clemency was accompanied by sworn
statements that the jury which con-
victed Casey in 1882 entered at that
time into an agreement to ask for
parole after five years. Judge E. H.
Cranmer, trial judge, has said that
he would have set the verdict aside
if he had known about such an
agreement. The instance served to
bring the whole jury system into the
discussion.
Casey was first convicted of mur-
der in the first degree and sentenced
to death in 1880. An appeal to the
Supreme Court was lost. Later ap-
plication was made to the superior
court for a new trial, which motion
was denied. Upon appeal, the Su-
preme Court ordered the superior
court of Lenior county to try the case
again In the second trial, the YER
dict was second degree murder, the
sentence $3.50 years.
The court procedure involved in
the granting of this second trial also
made legal history in North Carolina
and the Casey case" has become a
precedent for many motions for new
trails. Also the jury compromise
agreement at the second trial made
court history.
In his parole order, Governor
Hoey sets out that the prisoners rec
ord has been uniformly good, anc
that counting all the time spent in
jail before and after trial, and credit
ing accumulated good behavior
time, he had served more than half
his sentence. The governor thinks
justice will be served by the parole
which he granted, effective today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
Umstead Speaker. July n:
At Test Farm Field Day
S. T. Peace, of Henderson, To Be Chairman
for the Day; Elaborate Program Arranged tor
Annual Event at Oxford Tobacco Station

club pageant concerning. health and
folk games. Miss Virginia Wilson,
home demonstration agent for
Granville county, will preside over
this program. She will be assisted
by Miss Anamerle Arant, north
western district agent. There will
be prizes for the folk games, and
also in the rolling pin contest for
ladies only"
C. V. Morgan, Granville county
agent, and William B. Jones, aSSiS-
tant county agent, will conduct a
pulling contest through the
use of a dynamometer with various
prizes to be offered. The contest
can be entered by farm teams only.
All prizes will be presented at
the speakers stand in the grove at
o'clock in the afternoon.
There will be various exhibits on
the grounds, including books, all
steel s~..,o, y, agronomy, tobacco
diseases, entomology, feeds and corn
meal, tobacco grading and sorting,
farm implements and farm machin-
cry Various tours will be made
during the afternoon over the test
farm with leaders pointing out
various tobacco experiments in all
the platS.
The central committee for the
day will consist of E. C. Moss, c..
V. Morgan, W.. A. Stands. K. J.
Shaw, F. E. Miller, James F. Bull
lock, A. B. Dean, T. E. Smith, E. H.
Pace and Miss Elizabeth Floyd
The general committee will con-
sist of J. w. Sanders, Vance county
agent, H. K. Sanders, Person county
agent. and w. B. Pace, Durham
county agent.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17

Oxford, July 17-William b. Um-
stead of Durham, former congress-
man from the sixth district, will be
the principal speaker at the lIth
annual field day Thursday, July II,
at the Oxford tobacco experiment
station. The program and demonstra-
tions throughout the day will fea-
ture agricultural, farm and home
improvements.
It is expected that a large crowd
will attend this year as they have
in the past. Farmers from Gran
Vile and adjoining counties and
various other sections Of the tobacco
belt are expected to be present.
The program will begin under
the oak trees at the home OF +. Y
Moss. director of the station, at IL
o'clock Thursday morning. Mr.. MOSS
will call the meeting to order
,"America" will be sung by the
throng under the direction OF w. A
Stands. The pianist will be Mrs
A. w. Graham, Jr. The Invocation
will be given by Rev. c. K. Proc
tor. superintendent Of the Oxford
orphanage.
The visitors will be welcomed by
F. E. Miller of Raleigh, director OF
test farms. He will introduce the
chairman of the day, Sam t. Peace
of Henderson.
'Electricity on the Farm, an ad-
dress, will be given by James Nc
Alister of Roper, district winner OF
the Young Tar Heel Farmers public
speaking contest, who will be intro
duced by R. ]. Peeler of Raleigh,
assistant state supervisor of voca-
tional agriculture. j. P. Vinzant OF
the United States department of
agriculture bureau Of entomology
and plant quarantine, will deliver
an address on "The Recent Out
break of the Tobacco Moth on the
Farm" A quartette will present a
selection. $50
DIR. R. F. Poole, pathologist at the
North Carolina experiment station,
will talk on Tobacco Diseases w.
Kerr Scott, N. c. commissioner
of agriculture, will review the pro-
gress in the state department of agri-
culture. The quartet will sing again,
then former Congressman Umstead
will make the feature address. Mr..
Moss will make announcements,
then all will enjoy dinner.
The afternoon program will be-
gin at 2 o'clock and include a All
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
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| explanations and forecasts Of the
coming jump. Listening, Sarah
Anne felt a little ashamed. This
was such an uneyentful, thing she
did. Not at all brilliant like the
feats Of Bob and Jack and Bernice.
Maybe she did not belong in their
sky. Maybe only the sweep Of the
clouds and the vista Of the stars,
as seen from the earth, was hers.
But this was no time to think Of
that.
They must circle the field three
times, rising higher every evolu-
tion, until they came to the place
where the parachute jump would
be made.
She looked up. Seven miles
above, or $4,000 feet, was as high
as man could climb. Beyond that
the pressure was too great for him
or his ship. But maybe up there
freedom rode the wind. It was Just
here, in the flare and blare Of the
carnival, that the sky. was decep-
tive. You were aloft but not free.
She wished, that Judy would
start up. Z
Then she leaned toward the
radio, over which the announcer's
voice was coming clearly. She came
to swift atten.. on.
The man was saying: I'VE are
honored today to have with us two
distinguished members Of avia-
tion's illustrious company-Robert
Kennedy and Jack Courtney, who
is known to all Of you for his
Tolio-San Francisco hop last
June"
The plane wobbled. So Judy was
experiencing q double somersault in
the region Of her stomach. too. was
she?
That voice continued: .aThe gen.
tlenen came down for gas, on their
way southward, and have consent
ed to- give us the honor Of their
presence. It's lucky for us they
chose this as. their refueling sta
tion. And now, ladies' and gentle
men. II you will again gaze into the
air"
The plane was doing no wob-
bling now. It was going swift and
straight. Sarah Anne saw the
smoldering fire In Judy's eyes.
Together they had dared to
dream that the two aviators had
come to see them, ana ali the men
wanted was to fill their gasoline
tank. Accidental meeting. that
was all.
She must not care. She had made
herself realize that her brave, new
horizon would not hold Bob. Yet,
as the plane came around on that
final circle, Bob's face floated' be-
fore her. Not the face with the mar
rowed, unsympathetic eyes that she
had seen the night she rescued
Corrinne's letters. But the face Of
that early morning in the shadow
Of the church tower when he had
said:
"When all OF this is oyer
let's start friendship from
scratch"
She. tried to Danish that face, to
substitute instead the parade of
small boys and girls who hadn't
! forgotten her. -
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17

Herr Hitler. And it's to head off
the Germans that led congress to
appropriate $340,OOO to dispatch and
expedition thitherward, under Ad-
miral Byrd, to pre-empt claim in
Uncle Samue1s behalf. The only pc
culiar detail is that we've been so
slow about it.
Then country wants to establish
title to a vacant piece of territory,
under International law if that
amounts to anything any longer) the
rule is that it must occupy it and
keep it occupied. So the scheme is
for Admiral Byrd to land about 100
Americans to set up Housekeeping IN
Antafctica in the little municipall-
ties. They're to remain for a year;
then to be relieved by another batch
of 100 or more-if the first bunch
reports that it liked it.
Parenthetically, year would be
enough, I'd guess.
And so on ad infinitum.
The Germans will be forestalled
in this fashion. TheX may 60 to
war about it later, but momentarly
we have 'em off base; we've got
$340, 900 Immediately available, ana
they haven't.
Scandinavia's Prior Right
Norway really has first claim on
the South Pole by reason of Cap
tain Amundsen's first arrival there
The captain had been trying for
years to get, not to the Austral'
but to the Borean pole. Finally ne
made a last desperate effort In the
midst of it he learned that Admiral
Peary had beaten him to it. "Heck'
exclaimed the captain, petulantly.
'.Then I'll discover the South Pole"
And he went right down and dis
covered it.
AS to the South Poles mineral
resources I don't know.
It does have poultry-pengulns'
The Arctic regions have the musk
OK. know DR.. Cook of Arctic fame.
met him in Copenhagen in World
War days. "War," said the "doc, IS
due to peoples strife for land. Now
there's lots of land in the Arctic
regions. Why shouldn't they develop
it?"
"But what" I asked, "would they
do if they got there?"
"Well," answered the "doc," "they
could raise musk OK"
At the South Pole they could raise
How About Weather?
South Polar weather is pretty
darned important
We're in the habit of thinking
that our weather all comes from
the North pole. North and South
Polar weather mix at the Equator
and the mixture is reflected in both
It raises hAdes with trop-
ical storms, and, for all we know
with lot of other terrestrial weather
From the weather bureaus stand,,
"Oint we're fairly well informed
from the northward. But from the
MISUNDERSTANDING
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17
Soviet Raids Are
Reply to Manchoukuo
(COntinued From Page One]'

golian answer to a diplomatic pro-
test filed by Manchoukuo over a
raid yesterday on Furoruji, which
represented the deepest thrust yet
made into Manchoukuo by Mon
go1-SOViet forces.
In the protest over the Furoruji
raid, Manchoukuo authorities threat
ened to bomb Russia's Siberian air
base in retaliation, and some OBJ
servers believed the Mongols bombed
Haluharshan again to show con-
tempt for the threat.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-17

Summary: Runs batted IN: Rober-
son 2; Poole 3; Meadows 2; Bissett
2. Two base hits: Robson, Poole,
Meadows, Bissett, Winstead, Morris.
Three base hit: Poole. Stole bases:
Morris, Reynolds, Meadows. Double
plays: Reynolds to Hearn to Bissett,
2; Bullock to Mitchell, to Stott Base
on balls, off Byrd 2. Struck out:
by Byrd 4; Hinton 4. Hit by pitcher
by Hinton (Meadows). Losing pit
cher Hinton. Time of game: 1855
Umpire: Powell.