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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
B States, One
 Territory, Spend
 Millions At Fair

New Thirty three American commcnwealths and one territory, Puerto Rico, have appropriated ap- proximately $6,788,000 to exhibit at the New York Worlds Fair 1889 according to a check-up just com pleted by officials of the Exposition. New York, the hostess state, leads all commonwealths with an appro- priation of $2,400,000 for a perma- nent marine amphitheater and state exhibit.
 Other leading state participants with the sums earmarked for their displays are:
 Arkansas ($70,000); Connecticut $45,000); Massachusetts ($75 ,00O; New Hampshire ($3O,00O; Vermont t$36,500); Rhode Island ($25,00O); Florida $1,0O0,000); Illinois ($100,- OO0); Maine ($50,0O0); Missouri ($25O,OO0); North Carolina ($125,- OO0); Ohio ($130,000); Pennsylvania ($437, ,000); Utah ($50,000); Virginia ($35, ,000); Tennessee ($50000; Washington ($120,OOO); West Vir- ginia ($50,000); New Jersey ($150,- O00); New Mexico ($35 ,O00; Arizona (sG5 ,OOO; Nevada .($35,OOO, and Georgia (amount large but not ,specified). Puerto's exhibit on $4,- 500 square feet will cost $1Oo,000.
 Eleven commonwealths will oc- cupy separate pavilions. The others will lease space in the Court of States, erected by the Fair itself. Florida, with 10000 square feet, has building virtually completed on Fountain Lake. Its features will in- clude representations of Florida's bathing beaches, phosphate mines, and animal life. A mature Florida orange grove, moreover, has been moved to the Exposition from its southern soil for tranSplantation. Pennsylvania building will be a replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. This building will shelter cultural, historical and in- dustrial displays. Other states plan- ming especially elaborate, colorful dioramas of their respective advan- tages are: Washington, Missouri, Ohio, Utah, Illinois, Ohio, West Vir- ginia, and New Jersey. A joint ex- hibit by five New England States Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island-will reveal a typical water front scene with a 135-foot schooner at mooring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
EASTER DAWN

Soon comes the dawn where angel-Watchers wait. The damsked wings of night have scared away, And mortal eyes bewildered by the light Behold the empty tomb on Easter-day. And there heath Heavens silver sky they kneel And pray in whispers for faiths sweet repose All this miracle of love, alone:
 The silent grave where Christ the Lord arose. o Thou who changed earth's bitterness and pain, Your Sacrifice ennobled lites cold clay; Yours the unconquerable desire
 That brought rebirth and wiped mans tears away Look upward now intone your songs of hope The hyacinth comes forth with spicy bloom, An all mysterious advent,Ter,
 To welcome Spring in Easter's joyous room. The ploWman sees the meadow change 10 green As Nature sings her resurrection hymn; For Christ is risen in the hearts of men, And Earth rejoices in the love of Him.
 -GeEge L. Lee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
Goss, Coe Head Lists
 Of High Salaried Men
Fifty in Waterbury TOrrngtOn Area Earned More Than
 $l5,OOO for l937 Says Treasury Department

president, $22,50O; Charles E. Hart, Jr., Middlebury, s19,000; Fred A. Jackie $18,5O0; Sherman H. Perry Watertown, $16,O0O.
 Ralph L. French received $2O,0O0 salary as president treasurer, Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Com pany, James R. Sheldon, 5000. as president, Waterbury Clock Com pany; Thomas B. Doe. New York, salary and bonus, $15,000 as vice. president, Waterbury Tool Com pany: w. E. Field, $17,500, as pres ident, Mattatuck Manufacturing Companly; W. M. Goss, $26, 400, as vice-president, Scovill Manufactur- ing Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
ITALIAN SCOUTS
 OFFER EGG HUNT
Boys and Girls Plan An= nual Event in Oakville
 This Afternoon {

The annual Easter egg hunt of the Boy and Girl Scouts of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Lucia's Farm in Oakville. The both troops expect about 75 mem- bers to meet at the church where transportation will be provided.
 .Softball, boxing, potato and bar rel races and many other competi- tive games will be enjoyed, the fea- ture of which will be a softball tilt between the boys and girls. Prizes will be given the winners in the egg hunt and sports games.
 The committee in charge of the affair includes: Lena Capristo, Rose Santro and Edith Barbieri, and Jimmy Fazzino, Frank Bonaldi, Tony DiMaria and William Sabetta.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

served, English style, and Sir Louis Beale hopes to have the Coldstream Guard band here for the occasion.
 The royal party will enter the United States at Niagara Falls and proceed direct to Washington. Their visit to New York will be on their way back to Canada. When the King and Queen have finished their tour of the Fair, they will return to their train and head for Hyde Park where they may spend the night at the summer home of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
 After breakfast the next morning ing, they will resume their journey re-entering Canada near Sher- brooke, Quebec. Two days through the eastern maritime province, and their visit to North America will be at an end. They sail from Halifax on June 15, reaching home or June 22.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
BY ELMER w. LOWER NEA Service Staff Correspondent

Q. Were there two sizes of three-cent pieces coined in the United States? E. B., Water bury.
 A. Yes, the smaller one, with the star, is made of silver and the larger one, with the head of Liberty, is the nickel three cent piece.
 0. Do gold coins command premium? H. T. J., Water town.
 A. Yes. All gold coins now command premium, if they are not mutilated.
 o. I have a gold dollar dated 1852. Has this date any special value? It has a small hole above the head with a gold ring in it. Mrs. c. M., Waterbury.
 A. The gold dollar dated 1852 is quite common and if in per- feet condition is worth a little more than double it's face value -but-with hole in it, it isn't a collectors piece any more.
 0. I have a cigarbOx full of Indian cents. Can you tell me if any of the dates are scarce and worth any dough? N. C.. Cheshire.
 A. The Indian cents that are rare and command a pre- mium are the 1864 with the "L' on the ribbon, the 1871. the 1872. and the 1909 "s". Other dates that are scarce and command a small pre- mium are the 1861, the dates from 1866 to 1876 inclusive, and the 1908 "s".
 o. I have large copper cent. The date is worn of, but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
lspcciaI to The Democratl


 Washington, April 8 - The treas ury departments report on salaries of some of the Waterbury officials who received in. excess of $l5.O00 compensation for 1897 was made public late yesterday by the House Ways and Means committee.
 Headed by the late Edward O. Goss, who received $60, 900 and John A. Coe, $54,000 as president of the American Brass Company, there are about 50 persons in the Waterbury Torrington area who earned in the high income brackets for 1887.
 Among these are William J. Pape, president treasurer of the Repub- lican and American, $36,000;. Row. ley w. Phillips, chairman of the board of the R. F. Griggs Company $18,020; Daniel J. Leary, president treasurer of the Diamond Ginger Ale, Inc, $20,000.
 Other salaries paid by the Amer ican Brass Company, include: Clark s. Judd, vice. president, $40,000; Cliff ford F. Hollister, vice-president, $40,000; James R. Coe, mechanical superintendent $21 900; John A. Coe, Jr., general sales manager $16,500; Franklin E. Weaver, sales manager, $24,000; Elton s. Wayland, assist ant sales manager, $16,000.
 Fulton Markets, Inc, salaries in- cluded: Martin Greenblatt, president Charles Greenblatt, treasurer; and Lewis Greenblett, secretary, $31, 800 each.
 Austin L. Adams received $16,50O as president of the Colonial Trust; F. G. Loehmann, $20,000, as pres ident of Loehmann Chevrolet Go. Inc, John H. Goss, $35, 5,O0O, as vice. president of Scovill Manufacturing Company.
 Other salaries included: David c Griggs, $18,000, as president, Water bury Farrel Foundry and Machine Company, Calvin J. Kazanjian Woodbury, $1800O, as president of Peter Paul, Inc, Naugatuck; Leav- enworth P. Sperry, $30,OOO, as treas urer, Scovill Manufacturing Com pany, F. T. Reeves, $22,000 as sec- retary, Scovill Manufacturing Com pany and Bonnet Bronson $16,200 as vice-president, Scovill Manufact- uring Company.
 Irwin w. Day received $18,000 sal ary as vice-president, Connecticut Light and Power Company, and the Chase Brass and Copper Company Inc, paid Robert L. Coe, vice-pres- 1 ident, 25,000; Richard D. Ely, vice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
C-O-I-N-S
Everyone Has an Old Coin or an Odd One. Queries as to Their Value Bring Forth Fund of
 Surprising Facts on U. s. Currency.

the head, with a cap in back of it, is very clear. Is this the rare 1799 cent? H. c. O., Naug- atuck.
 A. Definitely not. The fact that it has the cap in back of the head proves this fact. The last year of this type, with the Liberty Cap, was 1796.
 Q. What is the meaning of the letter, 'F" under the date of the buffalo nickel? Mrs. G. II. R., Waterbury.
 A. The letter "F" appears under the date of the buffalo nickel as the signature of the engraver, J. E. Fraser.
 o. I have a Columbian half dollar with the head of Colum- bus on it, dated 1893. Is it worth anything. Mrs. J. T. R. Waterbury.
 A. Unless it is in perfect con- dition, it is worth only its face value of 50 cents. In perfect mint condition it is worth only a few cents more. There were over a million and a half coined.
 Queries on coins may be addressed to this paper and will be answered in this col umn, once a week. No letters will be answered. Writers are requested to sign at least their initials to all cOmmuni- cations. The next series of questions and answers will appear one week from today. Address letters to COINS, care of The Waterbury Dem Ocrat, 57 Grand St., Water bury, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
= Visit to British Exhibit at New York
 Fair Should Cure Royal HOmeSickneSS

The forthcoming visit of King
 George VI and Queen Elizabeth
 to New York City, and the end
 of their trip through North
 America are discussed in this
 sixth article, the final one of a
 series.
 BY ELMER W. LOWER NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 New York, April 8-The broad, gaily decorated grounds of the Worlds Fair will take precedence over the salons of ultra select Man hattan hosteSses when King George VI and his Queen Elizabeth visit this city.
 Social leaders of Park Avenue, Long Island and Westchester are publicly silent about their disap- pointment in not having occasion to haul out their best lace banquet sets and gold service. Tea table chit-chat, however, has it that they are doing plenty of private grumb- ling.
 The royal party will give Manhat- tan but fleeting glance in it's one- day stand here. During that time their No. 1 host is certain to be Grover Whalen, ex-official greeter and omnipresent guiding genius of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

Editor Tall Tower Topics. certainly trust that you honor with presence at our 94t annual opening of Lake Compounce Easter Sunday night, and am enclosing the customary complimentary "Oakleys, Estate Available name bands not too plentiful at this season the year. but after considerable amount negotiation finally able to line up list of attrac- tons which should appeal to the most asdious discipline of terpschorean art In other words schedule for the next Sunday nights consists of Harry James for the opener, Charlie Barnet Gray Gordon Tommy Dorsey course to bring Lake Compounce this coming summer all of the best dance attractions in America So here's hoping that you get often to enjoy some o1 ths fine music Sincerely Julian Norton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

Albert DiLorenzo soph at Georgetown Medical is spending the spring with his Easton Avenue par ents Al brought aoxg his sethoscope in case you want to listen to your heart beat Freddy Richmond has gone for colorfu jazz bows which make the gals take
 second peep Christine DelDonno is recuperatllng Machnch is hoping Easter will be rainles for she'll be all dolled up in her holiday fnery She's proud of her new hat Seems it's named after flower Kenny Spadoa, Connecticut State Junior and Hennie Kock soph at the school of learning arrived home in time the Easter parade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

"Skeets" Carroll, of Uncle Sam's most popular carriers is now opening his mail at St. Marys Hospital where Kid Grippe has him down temporarily. Mill dred Dunne supervisor of the Chase Park House. is undergoing treatment at the same institution Rev. Edgar Jackson pastor of the ThOmastOn Methodist Church. recently won place of renOwn in having one of his sermons published in the leading ministers journals of the country. Jimmy Garrett of 2O2 Bank Street dropped in yesterday with another gener Ous batch of tinfOil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
CAMERA CLAN MEETS
 TUESDAY EVENING

A meeting of the Waterbury Camera Clan will be held Tues day night at the Mattatuck Histor- ical society building on West Main street.
 On the program is general dis cussion or1 the subject, ''The Ideal Camera" All members are asked to bring their cameras.
 Prints will be displayed by mem- bers at the following meeting, April 25.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
AnssOers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 l. Galleys.
 2. Thirty-two. 3. Louisiana. 4. Sam Snead. 5. Words that are alike in sound but unlike in sense. 6. United Automobile Work CTS.
 :. Photosphere. 8. New Hampshire. 3. Eighth round. 10. Gene Markcy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

Here and there. The New York Historical Society has just opened it's new and modernized museum ana museum has been closed since April 1887 One of the choice exhibitions is collection of vehicles of the 18th century the Fahnestock collection featuring it. The road coach Pioneer used by the Coaching Club of New York on it's 1-2 hour trip from the old Holland House. Y to the Ardsey Club Ardsley is among these pieces nation to have paid for and erected monument in memory of it's original inhabitants, the Indians. monument to the Tunxis Indians of Pennington stands on the north bank of the Pennington River in what is known as the reservation area. petition to observe December as school holiday faces the State Board of Education. This is the day which Elihu Burrtt was born in New Britain back in 1810 Scholar of fame Burritt organized the first peace con gress at Paris Victor Hugo presiding it. "Old Peppersass the first locomotive made in this country will be feature of New York's World Fair The engine which once climbed Mount Washington in New Hampshire being taken to N. Y part of the White Mountain State exhibit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
EASTER
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

got me flowers to straw Thy way, got me bougts of many tree; But Thou vast up by break of day, And broughtst Thy sweets along with Thee. The sun arising in the East,
 Though he give light, and tn East perfume, If they should offer to contest With Thy arising they presume. Yet though my flowers be lost, they say heart can never come too late Teach 1t to sing Thy praiseSt this day, And then this day my heart shall date.
 George Herbert-1633
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

Best wishes to Johnnie McFIugh genial proxy of the Irish Republican forces hospitazed at Waterbury Hos pita and preparing for major operation. Baldwin Street brighter these nights since Chris Harmon n- stalled those lights in the front windows of his popular grill. Mike Bansield of Waterburys legal Forces healthy and sunburned after his winters sOjOurn in Florida
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
Todays Answers te
 cR ANsUM CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

l. A haloid substance is one re- sembling salt. 2. Another name for MeSopo- tamia is Iraq.
 3. Imogen is the heroine ol Shakespeare's "Cymbeline." 4. "The Wasp of Twickenham' was Alexander Pope. ANSWERS TO TODAY'S LENTEN
 QUESTION
 Act. 1924 is the one and only place in the Bible where Easter is referred to by name
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Flinter of Walnut Street have christened their eight pound eleven ounces Of male nap piness Donald Joseph. Mrs. Flinter is the former Margaret CapulanO. Joe Runvidge, popular local athlete receiving visitors at the Waterbury Hospital Another operation his injured knee is the of his hospitalizatiOn Peter Flammia, Wilby senior, is a whizz at mathematical problems Rosemary Garrity is going mile minute on the pink coat shes making for her sister Beatrice Berube all set TOT Easter with permanent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
STAR ATHLETE

Fred MacMurray, currently star ring in Paramount's Invitation to Happiness" won 10 letters as high school athlete in Beaver Dam. Wis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08
The boys held their weekly meet ing last evening in the parish hall. Routine business was transacted.

The districts of Manica and So- fala, in Portuguese East Africa, will revert to full State control in 1941.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-08

o. I have a large copper cent. The date is worn off, but
Smyrna times., 1939-09-21

The Smyrna Soft Ball League
closed the season Saturday after
noon when the Roxy Team who
had won the championship, played
an All Star team made up of the
pick of the League" on the High
School Athletic Field. Ward and
Thackaberry composed the battery
for the Roxy Champions and two
sets of batteries, Lovegrove and
Hopkins and Parker and Hutchi-
son, served the picked nine" Sew
eral hundred people gathered to
witness the contest which was won
by the Roxy Champions by the
close score of to 6. At the close
of the contest Mayor William E.
Matthews, on behalf of the League
officials, presented the Roxy
Champion Team with a silver
trophy in honor of their splendid
success not only thru the seasons
work they put up but in winning
Saturdays game over a picked
nine of the seasons best. The
contest Saturday closed the season
baseball games and there were con-
gratulations and good wishes that
the teams would line up again next
year with more force and vigor
than ever. The Soft Ball League
sponsored by Prof Francis Gebhart
Smyrna times., 1939-09-21
HIGHWAY ACT is
HIT IN LAW SUIT
Republicans Named in Law
Required to Show Author
ity for Holding Posts
DEMOCRATS CONTEST

Quo warranto proceedings were
filed in Superior Court Monday by
Hugh NJ. Morris and S. Samuel
Arsht, Democratic attorneys, assail-
ing the validity of the law reorgan-
izing the State Highway Depart
ment. Ralph w. Emerson, Donald
P. Ross, and Charles D. Abbott
named in the law as members of
the department, are the defendants
in the action. The suit requires
that the defendants show by what
authority they hold the offices. It
charges that since September 6
they have ''usurped, held, used, ard
exercised the powers" of the Offices
without legal right, and that Char
les w. Cullen, A. F. Fader, F. V.
DUPONT. ]. Henry Hazel, and Gov.
Richard c. McMullen were and
still are the duly constituted and
qualified members" The law named
Emerson, Abbott, and Ross as adj
ditional members and removed the
Governor as a member A stipula-
tion agreed to by the Democratic
counsel and former-Atty.-Gen. P.
(Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1939-09-21
ROXY SOFT BALL CHAMPIONS
WIN OVER ALL STAR TEAM BY 7-6

Magistrate E. w. Hutchison and
others, enjoyed fine summer sport
and brought about friendly rivalry
between the four or fine teams in
the field. Next year they propose
to hold night games. Already a
fund of 5000 or more has been sub
scribed to install lights, similar to
those on the Dover baseball field,
that will make night playing a
real joy and sport. A committee
has been appointed to start the in
stallation of these lights as soon as
spring weather, fit for baseball
playing, opens. This innovation is
expected to elicit more interest and
draw larger crowds. The League
made it a rule at the opening of
the past season to charge no ad-
mission and make the contest free
for all. Notwithstanding this, base
ball fans contributed to the $500
fund as well as to expenses for soft
balls, bats, &c. Having these base
ball contests makes for something
doing" in Smyrna and the promo
tion of good feeling in sport cir
cles. The games have been con-
Quoted with decorum and many
ladies as well as prominent citizens
of Smyrna, have taken a keen in
terest in the contests.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-21
10Th
CENTURY CLUB
Miss Vivian Blendt Wins With
Essay "The Place of a WO-
mans Club in Community
RECEIVES HIGH HONOR

Last spring the Smyrna Twen-
tieth Century Club offered a prize
to the senior girl who should sub
NIT the best essay on the subject
The place of a Woman's Club in
Our Community" Several very in
teresting and helpful essays were
entered in the contest. The club
has already adopted some of the
suggestions as a part of the work
for the coming season. The text
of the winning essay, written by
Miss Vivian Blendt, follows:
The Place of a Woman's Club In
Our Community
Nothing is easier than fault
finding; no talent, no self-denial, no
brains, no character are required
to set up in the grumbling busi-
ness.
So then, I will not begin with
grumbling. will say, however,
that there is a much wider field of
action and more chance for a
CONTINUED on Pare Ffvel
Smyrna times., 1939-09-21
NOTES OF SMYRNA GRANGE
Getting Ready For the Variety
Club and Booster Night Program

Smyrna Grange meeting was
opened at SIS Thursday evening
by the Worthy Master Arthur Mof-
fit. Sister Alice Corris is hoping
to start the variety club this Thurs
day. Any member or friend wish
ing to join, get in touch with her
or some member Further plans
were made for the Booster Night
program September 28th which
will be a minstrel show. The pub
lie is cordially invited. No admis-
sion charge Everyone that is TAX
ing part are urged to be present
this Thursday evening for practice.
Sister Helen Deakyne and Brother
Heinold gave some more interest
ing subjects by noted speakers at
the Lectures Conference at Penn
State College In profound sorrow
the Smyrna Grange announces the
death of a member Brother Will
liam L. Reynolds, Blackbird.