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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22

During the private audience at Berchtesgaden, both Hitler and von Ribbentrop berated Ciano, shouted, nagged and scolded him like a school boy.
 Count Ciano did his best to urge cautious policy toward Po- land and Danzig. He made it ab- solutely clear that Italy did not want war, did not even want to risk war. And it was this which brought the storm of abuse upon his head.
 More important than this per- sonal alteration, of course, is the fact that no highups in the Italian government want war. This in- cludes the King, the Grown Prince, General Badoglio, hero of Ethi- opia, and General Balbo, who flew an air squadron to Chicago and now is governor of Libya.
 However, it looks as if Italy would have to fight. Chief factor is the presence of German off, ficers all through the Italian army. Even top sergeants have been placed by the German high command in key Italian army posts. Apparently the Nazis feared the loyalty of their allies long ago. But today they need not fear, for the Italians are hog tied by their own axis.
 UvALDE CRoNIEs
 Vice President Garner has de- voted friends on Capitol Hill, but his oldest and dearest are three Uvalde neighbors in whose quiet and unpolitical comradeship he is now delightfully."- basking.
 They are Ross Brumfield, 58- year old garage owner; Bee" Morrison, retired rancher; and Pete" Wolcott, county judge, which office Garner held before he began his congressional career Al years ago.
 Of the three, Brumfield is the closest to Garner. The two have been intimates for nearly 30 years. and when Garner returned to his home a few weeks ago, Brumfield met him in San Antonio and drove him to Uvalde. The two men make frequent camping trips in Gamers old Model-T Ford, with canoe lashed on top and the rear of the car piled high with rods, guns and cooking gear.
 Garner always does the cooking, an is very proud of it. He claims he can make the best coffee and flap-jacks in Texas.
 Brumfield is the only one who calls Garner "Johnny"-except Mrs. Garner, who does so only in private. When others are present she calls her husband Mister Garner. Other Uvalde neighbors call him John, while only his congressional friends say "Jack".
 Brumfield knows little about politics and is not interested. The two men talk chiefly about local affairs, neighbors, crops, fishing, hunting and business deals-par- ticularly about their respective skill as anglers and huntsmen.
 Johnny" is a fair cook" says Brumfield, but not as good as he says he is. And he is total loss as a shot. I'm the one that does all the shooting. All he does is the retrieving"
 Brumfield also kids Garner about being a "one-speech man." "Yes, sir," he grins, Johnny is like this ranger who was sent to put down a riot, and when asked why he hadn't brought some men along replied, Hell, there's only one riot here, ain't there?' That's the way Johnny is; one campaign, one speech" G-MEN IN LOUISIANA
 John Rogge, energetic young as- sistant attorney general, is work ing hard to obtain convictions of the Louisiana political gang, but some of the G-men helping him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22
Views of The Press

ing is reminder that true Chris tian character reflects itself in the saintly life here on the earth and in kindly human relationships here below as well as in contemplation of the hereafter.
 Such a man and such a priest was the Reverend Peter Hugh McClean whom Bridgeport was proud to call citizen and whose death brings mourning to all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22

by your proposal. Well, you see, I'm a man who's always been his own boss. Look here-Ill sell you some interest in the Saline Bank-at my own price. I'll be big hearted, MT. Rockefeller, and let you have a few acres at a thousand times what I paid 12 years ago. I'm told I have an immortal soul. Hou much is it worth to you in Standard Oil certificates What? No offers? Well, I'll be going, gentle men,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22

clans have been overshadowed by modern science stories. The latest ot these comes from an Englis profess sor describing claims in the tropical coral reefs, which are foru feet long and weigh more than 100 pounds.
 The professor did not report on the edibility of the tropical giants. and the superiority of New Eng 2 lands quahogs for chowder making remains unquestioned. As yet there Is not proof that the bigger and bet ter guage may be applied to the low ly bivalve mollusks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22
Selected Poem
NOTHING OF THIS

re MacDermott in the Poets Corner
 Hartford Times) Nothing of this
 l may take with me The locusts's scent
 When the night is still The constant drip
 Of dark water falling From the high blue brow Of the hill. Knowing full well
 For loves frail endeavor, Hard is the road and long, l would walk the way Of this night forever, Your voice in my heart A song; The warm sweet night That holds one face only; The white moon curved To single kiss shall be lonely Lonely-lonely- Taking nothing of this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22
Questions
 and Answers
Ry FREDERICK Aa. KERRY


 Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu. reau at Warrington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un. dertakon. 30 sure all mail is ad. dressed Co the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU l0l? Thirteenth Street.
 THE EDITOR
 e. Can Miliza Korjus sing high "C"?
 A. Yes, also "G", above it.
 e. What percentage of the steel produced in the United States is used in the automotive industry? A. In 1887 it was 20.04 percent. o. What were the so called grandfather clauses" in the consti- tutions of southern states? A. Provisions in the constitutions prescribing that persons right to vote was based on his descent from a voter. The purpose was to prevent negroes from taking part in elections. It usually read: "No person shall vote in this state If he is unable to read and write, unless his father or grand father was a voter before 1867." Tn 1914 the U. s. supreme court declared such clauses were in conflict with the Fifteenth Amendment.
 Q. was born in Pennsylvania and wish to get copy of my birth certi- 1cate. To whom should apply? A. State records of births, mar riages and deaths in Pennsylvania began January 1, 1906. Write to the State Registrar, Harrisburg, Pa. If you were born prior to that time, you may be able to get a record of your age from the Census Bureau in Washington. Send self-addressed, stamped envelope to our Service Bu- reau, 1913 18th St., Washington, D. o. for a Census age application blank.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22

Bruce Cation, Democrat, Washington and NEA Service correspondent, to sample the real America behind the Washington front. His daily stories are as enlightening as his regular contribu- tions from Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22
HIGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
American Nabob Vs. Rockefeller


 Curtis Larkins had a Midas touch. Everything, it seemed, turned to gold under his hand. But there was no magic about Larkins. Driving hard bar gains, ruthless.y wiping out those who oppose him, Lar kins stalks d o m n l y through the pages of Holmes Alexander's ew novel American Nabob" (Harpers:
 $2.50). Battling for oil in
 his West Virginia domain,
 Larkins finds Standard oil
 against him. The following
 depicts his meeting with
 Rockefeller:
 T need not waste time telling you what you already know, MT. Larkins. The Standard Oil Company has been called combination. We prefer the word alliance. We have been &C., cused of monopoly, but a better term is unity. What we are doing is for the best interests of the en- tire industry ..
 We have come to buy your re- finery. Our adjusters will set an equitable price on it. We will pay you either in money or in Standard Oil Company stock"
 MT. Rockefeller spoke without turning his head.
 we strongly advise you to &C., cept the stock"
 And if I don't take either" ask- ed Curtis maliciously.
 That" said MT. Flager, would be a most unfortunate decision. We have-let us say-very friendly rel ations with the railroad companies. We can well afford to sell petroleum cheaper than an independent com- pany can operate ."
 No, thank you, gentlemen" Cur tis crowed. T am deeply touched
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22

LOtlOOllcT LSuS of the trenches and dug-o u t s a n d anti-air- craft posts and air raid shelters that have de- molished every p article of beauty in the once = lovely Hyde Park. Or when he hears the Parisian describe the un- slightly precau- tiOnS against
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Aug % = Central Park in summertime. A land- scaped stage set for rowing imag- nations. How serene New York Ter must feel when he hears the
 k~n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22
Washington Merry-Go-Round :.
D R E W PEARSON ROBERT S. ALLEN

WASHINGTON tween Hitler his Foreign Minister Rbbenrop and the Italian Foreign which tee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22

war at Versailles or in the parks banking the Champs Elysees.
 But here in the winding, abor- cal glens and meadows and woodlands of Central Park, peo- pie play and rest and saunter, without that nervous glance up- .ward to the sky.
 Central Park in summertime is a democratic paradise. On the Mall, Edwin Franko Goldman's band now stirs a music-loving throng and in the many bridle paths, equestrians canter along until the wee hours in the morn- ing.
 The park knows no social bar riers. Nursemaids and kitchen drudges rub shoulders on the same bench with the Park Avenue ty- coon and dowagers who have come out to walk and mediate. The children, poor and rich, ca- vort in the playgrounds and the lake filled with those nautically and romantically inclined.
 In the heart of the city, Central Park might be million miles away, for how the verdant green contrasts with the soot and grey of the dust-laden metropolis.
 To hear a leaf rustic is a strange sound in New Workers ears and in Central Park such rustling is gentle soothing music. Here is plethora of lovers lanes, too, and last but not least, the zoo. Gen. tral Park in the summertime in- spires the fashioning of plots in the gentle mood. For it is not merely the humidity but the hu- manity that brings folk together here.
 NO WAY FOR A
 LADY TO ACT
 Frank Buck, the Bring Elm Back Alive" man, isn't saying much about the Amazonian caper which provided few observers with amused giggles the other night-and well he shouldn't. It seems that Bucks "Jungleland" out at the Fair is hailed as mecca for great, big he-men who are not afraid to stare lion down or stir up the tiger.
 Well, recently 8 lady stepped up to the exit gate and demanded that she be let in. The khaki-clad pith-helmeted attendant said she couldn't. So the damsel hauled off with haymaker and knocked him down. Then another daunt- less, intrepid big-game hunter came runnin' and received simi- lar treatment from the brawny- muscled Amazon. But this did not appear to assuage her at all. She ran inside the encampment and bit deeply into the trunk of one of MT. Bucks most sensitive ele- plants. Then she fled before Fair police could be mustered. Is that the resistance to danger that Bucks safari followers put up in the jungle depths?
 TRADE" ANGERED
 BY EXPOSE
 In one of the most spectacular exhibits of summertime Broadway. the Odditorium, they are showing how gambling could be crooked fixed in some of the most seem- ingly reputable casinos. In charge Of this expose is gentleman named I. B. Mccoy, who used to be a croupier aboard the notorius gambling ships that have just been pinched and interned of Los An- geles.
 Mccoy with a true feeling of reform is showing the works" - how the roulette wheel can be controlled by the slight pressure of a fingernail, how the dice can be magnetized to produce any nu- merica! combination - and so forth. But here is the joker: of late, when Mccoy has completed his days work, he has to slink out the rear exit and make for home incognito. Because he has re- ceived various threats in the mail from such characters as feel that he is exposing and sabotaging their racket!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, We have definite ly decided"; say, "definitive-
 ly."

o. Who was Grand Marshal at George Washington's first inaugura- ton?
 A. Colonel Morgan Lewis, of New York, who was chief of staff to Gen. eral Gates during the Revolution. Later he was governor of New York, 1804-1807. c. When do crayfish mate and spawn?
 A. Generally they mate in the early fall snd spawn in the spring.
 Q. Who won the John Newherry Medal for the best Children's book in 1888?
 A. Elizabeth Enright, for "Thim- ble Summer"
 c. How many states use sales tax tokens? A. Their use is mandatory in four states, and optional in ten. Tokens now are used in eight or nine states. @. When is Indian Summer? A. It is a short season of p.sesart weather in the Central and *trantts coast states, usually in October O. November and, rarely, in December, If you want a copy of our book let, HOME MADE WINES" send to The Waterbury Democrats
 Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirt-
 eenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22

@. What percentage of the steel produced in the United States is used in the automotive industry?
 A. In 1887 it was 2004 percent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22
THE EDITOR

o. Can Miliza Korjus sing high "C"?
 A. Yes, also "G", above it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22

Copyright, 1899, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26
Buckner Admits
Lack of KNOWLEDGE

NEW YORK, June 26. CUP)-
William P. Buckner, jr., the play
boy broker, admitted today that
despite his meagre knowledge of
securities and financing he was
elected chairman of the Bondhold-
ers Protective committee formed to
recover money invested in Philip
pine railway bonds.
Buclner, friend of Motion Picture
and stage stars, testified in his own
defense against mail fraud charges
in connection with the alleged ST.
100000 Philippine railway bond
sWindle.
He said that he was elected
chairman of the committee over
his own protests, but afterward had
learned much" about the manipu-
lation of finances.
Buckner and four others are be-
ing tried before Federal Judge Hen
ry W. Goddard.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26
Official
Notice
Press Reports Say
Prohibition Rule
To Be Enforced

MEXICALI, June 26. =
Cali we know is what we
read in the papers.
This was MeXicali's stand
today on press reports from
Mexico City that liquor would be
prohibited in border towns. Saloons
here were still open and saloon
keepers said they had not been no.
titled to close.
Wire reports from the capital
Sunday said prohibition will be
enforced in industrial, mining and
agricultural centers. Mexicali pos
sibly would come in the latter cate
CORY, considering that one of the
Agrarian communities is located
within a short distance of the city.
At the chamber of commerce of
ficials were puzzled and non-com-
initial.
I'VE don't know anything more
than these press reports a spokes-
man for Alberto Moreno. secretary,
said. >
There has been nothing official
Continued on Page 8. Col -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26
Burgunder Goes on Trial With Right
To Cross. Examine States Witnesses

PHOENIX, June 26. (UP)-Robert
Burgunder, charged with the slay-
ings of two automobile statesmen.
went on trial for his life today
guaranteed 1.-The right to cross ex-
anime" witnesses.
An affidavit of bias and prejudice
disqualified Judge Howard c..
Speakman from trying Burgunder's
case and he was ordered to trial
before Judge Arthur T. LaPrade on
the single count of numbering Jack
Peterson, one of the statesmen.
The % year old former student
who spoke at his college debating
class here on "the perfect crime"
said he was not ready to go on
trial as his own counsel and re-
queSted c. T. Mckinney be reap
pointed his attorney,
will I still have the right to
cross examine the Witnesses" Bur-
gunder asked.
Yes, Judge LaPrade said Let
the record show you've had plenty
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26

in a formal protest by Shlgenorl'
Tashiro, Japanese consul general,
to British Consul General Edgar
G.. Jameson.
Tashiro said that not only were
Britons exaggerating incidents here
but were assuming an arrogant"
attitude purposely to cause trouble.
He mentioned specifically as one
exaggerated, distorted and fabri-
Gated" incident the statement
about indignity suffered by a Brit
ish lady and an insult offered to
a British subject
This was assumed to concern the
stripping Saturday by Chinese
woman, in the presence of a Japa-
nese sentry, of Mrs. D. Finlay, Ger
man-born British subject. 1t was
asserted that Mrs. Finlay was strip
ped until she wore only a girdle
and that at the same time her
husband, a native of Glasgow, was
stripped naked in an outer room in
the presence of Chinese and for
eigners of both sexes.
TaShiro also complained that
British concession policemen had
assaulted Chinese policemen and
had released two drunken British
policemen whose names had been
taken because they a beat a Chi
nese Shopkeeper outside the con-
cesSion.
The situation at Swatow, where
japanese first ordered foreign war
ships to get out and then said that
they would permit shipping to en-
ter, took a turn for the worse to-
day.
japanese authorities isolated the
British dock area of SWatow with
barbed wire entanglements and SEN
tries. They still permitted ships to
enter the harbor. But there were
no laborerS at the docks so ships
could not unload Further, the Japa-
nese subjected cargoes to minute
search. They said they would per-
nit legitimate freight to land
but they refused entry to war
material'-whose nature they did
not specify.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26
Truce in Lumber
Strike Expected

LOS ANGELES, June 26. (UP)-
Federal mediators today expected
definite action" on proposals to
end a strike of 5000 lumber and
Sawmill workers in Los Angeles
county when the arbitrators again
meet with union and employer rep
resentatives.
Lyman N. SLsley, federal concilia-
tor, reported that definite prog
ress" had been made toward settle
ment of the strike and the dispute
may be ended in the next two
days.
The strikers walked off their jobs
nine days ago after employers re-
fused to meet their demands for a
40 hour week and at the same pay
they now receive for a Al hour
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26
Committee 0kays
Amendment

WASHINGTON. June 26. up
The senate judiciary committee to-
day approved, 9 to 7, a constitu-
tional amendment proposed by ad-
vocates of the Townsend pension
plan.
Introduced by Sen. Charles o.
Andrews, D., Fla, the amendment
provides that congress shall have
the power to levy taxes for old
age assistance"
The committee rejected, 9 to 7,
another amendment by Andrews
which would require selection of
justices of the supreme court on a
geographical basis. so that each
would represent a different judicial
circuit.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26

An eleventh-hour suggestion that
a two-lane subway beneath the
railway tracks on Main street in
Ell Centro be substituted for the
four lane plan that was set aside
last week died a quick death Mon
day.
Dr.. l.. I. Hewes of the U. S. Bur-
eau of Public Roads indicated to
City Engineer Phil knights by long
distance telephone that he felt a
four-lane underpass was necessary
to solve the city's traffic problem
and that anything smaller would
be unsatisfactory.
Knights call was made after
hints from state highway commits
sioners in Imperial Valley over the
weekend that they might consider
a subway which would cost no
more than the $250,000 set aside for
a State street subway, which was
denied. Engineers estimated a
four-lane subway at Main street
would require nearly a half mil
lion.
At the same time, DR.. Hewes
gave new assurances that some dis
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26
Valley Free From
Critical Accident
During Weekend
Seven Killed in State
By Traffic Crashes
During Holiday

While Imperial Valley OBJ
served a weekend free from
critical automobile accidents,
seven were killed in motor
vehicle crashes in other parts
of the state, a United Press survey
showed
A soft drink truck was wrecked
at the junction of the Yuma-Cal-
exico highways east of Holtville
Sunday night. Broken bottles we're
scattered along the highway for
more than a quarter of a mile. No
one was injured. Highway patrol
headquarters in Ell Centre awaited
details of the accident which was
covered by patrolmen stationed
at Winterhaven.
Five persons were victims of
'Contilr,eG on Page 8; Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26

published about their families.
Cassini, grandson of Count Ar
turo Cassini, Tsarist Russian am
bassador to the United States be-
fore the World war, said he also
was beaten and threatened with
emaSculation.
He swore out warrents for the
arrest of Ian Montgomery 38, his
brother, Colin Montgomery, %, and
Alexander Calvert, 81, members of
socially prominent Virginia fami-
lies. He charged them with assault
and battery.
Cassini said the attack apparently
was caused by comments in his
column, Petit Point" which he
writes daily for the Washington
Times Herald.
On May 81, he .eported in the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26
YarneN Provides
Gunboat to Guard
American Citizens
Japan Pushes Campaign
To Force Foreigners
Out of Chinese Areas

TSINGTAO, China, June
26. (UP) = Admiral Harry
E. Yarnell, American navy
commander-in-chief in the
Far East, advised Consul
General John K. Caldwell at Tien-
tsin today that he was sending a
warship to Peitasho, north of Tien-
tsin, July l.
Peitasho is popular summer
resort and numerous Americans are
summering there.
American consular authorities
meanwhile prepared a protest to
against recent airplane
bombings which endangered Amer
leans.
The protest was caused by the
bombing of the China inland mis-
sion at Hanchung, in Shensi prov
ince.
The mission was struck and Ruby
Continued on Page 8; Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26

column: THE reason why a Mrs.
Montgomery, from Warrenton, has
been invited to the party for King
George and Queen Elizabeth at
the British embassy is because her
brother was a tutor for the British
royal family and he requested the
invitation for his sister. But Mr..
Montgomery who is Scotsman,
feels very Inundated, for only his
wife was invited
Night Police Chief T. F.. Staf-
ford, who talked with the column
ist after the accident, said that
Cassini "cIainls TO have been hit,
but there was no evidence of it,"
Stafford said he noted only "a few
feathers ana Unat oil instead of
pure tar had been used on him.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-26

fOn the tfOntler outbreaks, SAID Iflab
Russian planes had heavily bombed
new japanese airdromes and bar
racks, causing extensive casualties.
and that the japanese were REIN
forcing their air force at many
places in Manchukuo
1t was added that there were
frequent air alarms in Manchukuo
Japan had Tor days been alleging
attacks by Outer Mongolian-actu-
ally Russian-airplanes, and Russia
retorted yesterday with a detailed
statement of alleged attacks by
japanese Manchukuan airplanes
and troops on Outer Mongolian air
and land forces.
Outer Mongolia is an indepen-
dent Soviet republic under Russian
protection, and nominally at least.
the air forces called Russian"
were Outer Mongolian ones.
AS the neutral dispatches arrived
here, the Japanese government dis
closed that for a year Japanese
Manchukuan authorities had been
trying alleged Communists arrested
in big roundup March Is, 1898.
and that 10 had been executed,
seven sentenced to life imprison-
ment and 81 others given prison
terms of from five to 20 years.
1t was believed also that so alleg-
ed bandits, arrested with the Com
munists,' had been executed.
The Japanese army in Manchu-
kuo, in an official statement. said
that 1t had shot down 124 Soviet
planes since May 20, and added
that it was ready to repulse all
| invaSionS."
Russia gave its story for the first
time today in an official Tass news
agency communique issued at Mos
COW.
1t was asserted in this commu-
nique that in one battle alone the
japanese Manchukuans lost 400
killed and that in three -airplane
fights the Japanese -Manchukuans
lost SO planes against % for the
Outer Mongolians.