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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
STATES GIVE TO
PLYMOUTH FEAST
First Pilgrims Thanksgiv.
ing to Be Reenacted
at Plymouth

Plymouth. Mass, Nov. 20.-CUP)
Eighty "Pilgrims' and Indians"
In this town where the first Thanks
giving was celebrated more than 800
years ago will sit down tomorrow
to a national Thanksgiving dinner
TO which 46 OF the 40 states have
contributed native foods.
So delighted were the Indians
with the original Thanksgiving
feast served them by the Puritans
that they hung around two extra
days forging themselves on what
remained Of the ducks, Holsters and
wild turkeys.
But the guests will have TO tarry
longer than that TO make much I'M
preston on tomorrow's super boun-
tiful menu which ranges from Texas
pink grapefruit to Montana's Chedda
cheese, and from New Mexico's pinto
beans to South Dakota's smoker
catfish.
Two governors-neither identified
failed to send gifts in response
to requests from the Plymouth
Junior Chamber of Commerce. One
One of these governors, in the
south, replied that his state could
not contribute because no money
was available for such a purpose
The other governor. In mid-western
state, answered neither the request
nor a follow-up letter.
The dinner will be served during a
pageant which depicts the first
Thanksgiving. Memorial hall has
been converted into woodland set
ting, with log cabin, trees a well
sweep and a carpet of leaves and
pine needles to simulate the original
scene.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
BOSTON TUCBOAT
NEARLY SEVERED
Danish Freighter's Pro.
pelIOr Ranlmed Boat
With Stern

Everett, Mass, Nov. 2e-(UP)-
The Boston Tugboat Edwin l.. Pills
bury was cut nearly In half by the
propeller Of the Danish Freighter
Christian Sass while assisting the
vessel to Its dock In the Mystic riv-
er today.
Witnesses said the Sass veered
suddenly as II approached the dock,
forced the tug onto mud flats and
then swung around, ramming the
smaller boat with It's stern.
Tug Captain Theodore Thorsten-
sen and his crew OF seven escaped
unhurt In q life boat as the tug
filled with water and rolled to Its
side on the flats. The tug was owned
by the Boston Towboat company.
The Sass, apparently unchanged
later was edged to It's dock at the
Monsanto Chemical company to UNI
load a cargo Of bauxite ore from
British Guiana.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
HERBERT Green
RECEIVES GIFT
Groom of Tomorrow Hon.
Ored at Testimonial Dim
ner Last Night

Herbert Green, who will be mar
ried to Miss Mary Butler at the
Sacred Heart Church tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, was presented
purse at testimonial dinner last
evening at Mill Plain Grill.
Clifford Mcfiale acted as toast.
master and presented the honored
guest with purse on behalf Of the
guests attending.
Speakers included George Dews,
Jack Oonnes, John Cavanaugh, j..
Rigney, Russell Austin, and Jim
Harmon.
Persent we're: Russell Austin. Billy
Batters, George Barrett, Howard
Dews, George Dews, Jim Harmon,
Tim Horrigan, Jack Oonnes, John
Cavanaugh, Bob Butler, George
Walsh, Jackie Walsh, Teddy Dris-
coll, Douglas Austin, Joseph Austin
John Mcclure, Charlie Butler, j
Rieney, James Egai1, Dave Cook
Howard Pritchard, Chris. Horrigan
Paul LeDuc, Eddie anderson, Jack
Condor, Tom Delaney, Larry En-
niger, Bill Dzinsky, Earl Kelly, Bill
Kulman.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
GOVERNOR HAS
SAY ON FUNDS
Highway, Public Works
Depts Expenditures Are
Put in His Control

Hartford, Conn, Nov 90 (UP)-
Expenditures Of the highway and
public works departments, except
those specifically allocated by the
General Assembly, were brought un-
der control Of the governor today
for the first time.
An opinion Of Attorney General
Francis A. Pallotti declared the
governor lis legally required 10 APP
prove the ALLEGATION Of funds" Of
both agencies, and that 1T Is neces-
sary that the requests for allotments
Of such funds 60 through the usual
budgetary procedure"
AS result OF this ruling, all pro-
jects hereafter must be submitted
TO the governor for approval and
the chief executive can, II he de.
sires, reduce appropriations to what
he believes q sufficient amount.
In the past gubernatorial sanction
OF expenditures was not always
sought. nor was there O legal basis
TO compel the heads Of either de.
partment to obtain approval other
than their own.
The highway department pos
sesses q fund separate from the gen.
eral fund Of the state--one which
the governor believes should be
available as q source Of borrowing
by the administration TO elimina te
necessity Of issuing short-term notes
or bonds.
The public works department OBJ
tains an appropriation from the
General Assembly but designs It's
own program Of expenditures.
Concerning q question whether
the highway department was legal
ly entitled TO dispose OF surplus real
estate unneeded for road purposes.
the attorney general ruled that the
highway commissioner must obtain
the advice and consent Of the COM
missioner OF finance and control
before disposing Of the property.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
Over 100 Ready For
Service; City Ready
For Big Collections
Imprisonment in County Jail Faces Taxpayers Not
Paying[ersonaI Taxes Being Concentrated on
First, Then Property, Old Age Assistance Levy

An additional IS tax warrants were given today to
City Sheriff Angelo j. Nardona the driver for collection
of overdue taxes personal property continued The
sheriff now has received than 100 warrants for
service and the persons named In them face imprisonment
owe the city Tax Collector William A. Ennis today asked
that be made clear that Of the notices demanding
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
AGGRESSION SEEN
AS SOVIET POLICY

Vatican City, Nov. 29-CUP)-Rus-
sian denunciation Of the non-aa-
gression pact with Finland proves
that the Soviets are FLOWING a poll
icy Of aggression, the Osservatore
Romano. official Vatican newspaper.
said today.
"Moscow's denunciation of the
non-aggression pact blocks the path
to a friendly solution and proves
that Moscow is following an agrees
sive policy" the newspaper said.
Already 1t has been seen what SIM
liar pacts concluded by Moscow with
Poland and the Baltic states were
worth. In the face of the Soviet
menace, Finland has been forced to
intensity her defenses."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
EARL BROWDER IS
SPEAKER AT YALE
Students Were Attentive
to His Words, But Noisy
in Their Reception

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 90
(UP)-Earl Browder, general Sec
rotary OF the Communist party In
the United States, spoke on the
Yale University campus yesterday.
Browder addressed an UNDER
graduate gathering sponsored by
the Yale Peace Council, q student
organization, at Strathcona. Hall
Students at Harvard, Dartmouth,
and Princeton, like the Yale
students, had invited him to speak
on their campuses but had been
oyerruled by their faculties.
Yale students formed an atten-
tive II noisy audience. The hall
seated only $50, but students were
perched In oil the windows, crowded
the aisles. and hundreds were
massed outside.
Browder, roundly applauded when
he was introduced, prefaced his
address with the statement that
this opportunity reflects not the
influence Of he Communist party
IN Yale, but the bill OF rights and
the constitution OF the United
States OF America" That brought
more applause.
America, Imperialist War
He spoke on America and the
imperialist war;" telling the under
graduates that certain groups were
stirring UP hatred against the
Communists because they warn the
nations OF the world that II their
ruling statesmen cannot bring
peace the people may take the de-
cision out Of their hands"
Referring to his indictment on
a charge OF passport fraud-the
reason given for refusing him per-
mission to speak at other uniyer-
sities-he said the charges were
very thin, "but any stick is good
enough to beat the Communist
with today, when powerful forces
want above all to silence the only
organized voice that denounces the
imperialist war and organizes the
people to keep America out of A."
Admits Pseudonyms
las for the charge that travel.
ed, years ago, under pseudonyms
II VIII really be interesting when Il
Is disclosed how many highly re.
spected business men, jurists anc
statesmen have similarly Travelled
without any action taken agains1
them"
Students inside the building an,
OUT gave the Yale cheer. Voice,
crying "comrade" mingled witt
Donald Duck "quacks." Somebod,
threw a penny on the stage. an;
Browder smiled.
When he asserted that the Com,
munists and the Soviet Union wer,
interested only In peace. he brough
down the house with laughter
mingled with boots.
During a question period after tn
speech, he was booed when M
described the Nazi-Sovlet pact .,
"just an agreement not to flghl
each other."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29

New York Novelette,: He was a
newspaperman. making $75 q week
She was a model He knew
he loved her, and he thought she
loved him SO they were mar
ried But she preferred dia-
monds and furs to the love he could
give her, and got q divorce :. {.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
THIEF RUBs IT IN

Boston, Nov. 40 (UP) - When
William Covington of Roxbury re-
turned from work Monday and
found SIT stolen from his best suit
Of clothes, he dismissed the matter
with a shrug and did not report the
theft to police.
But yesterday he quickly lost hts
good nature when he discovered the
thief had returned and taken the
suit.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
FORMER ATTORNEY DIES

Stafford Springs. Conn.,. Nov. 90
tUP)-Funeral services will be held
Friday for Frank w. Harris, so, for
mer assistant district attorney at
Syracuse. N. Y, who died late yes
terday after a long illness.
Harris was associated with the
Equitable Life Insurance Co.. Nor
walk for the past 10 years He was
assistant district attorney at syra-
cuse from 1913 10 1917.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29

were sent out several
ago. These notices will not
be repeated, he said, and those who
received them and have failed to
make payment face being served
with warrants.
Payments Being Made
Many Of those named in warrants
and many others who have received
demands from the tax collector have
come to the city hall to make pay
inents during the past three days.
Most Of the accounts are small,
the taxes having been levied against
or personal effects.
On completion Of the drive for
collection Of back taxes on personal
authorities will concern
trate on collection Of back taxes Oh
real estate, and on overdue personal
and old age assistance taxes.
Deputy sheriffs Aid
Sheriff Nardona has secured the
services Of a half dozen deputy
sheriffs In serving the warrants
against the delinquents. The sher-
If himself is serving a number Of
warrants out Of town.
More than 100000 Is owed the
city In back taxes on real estate
and personal property. and city
finances will be greatly benefited
If a good part Of that sum can be
collected. Overdue water rents, as
sessments and miscellaneous billings
bring the total sum due the city TO
more than $4,000 1000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
Is More Warrants Out In Back Tax Drive
WE THANK THEE. LORD
By CLARENCE HAWKES.


Dear Lord, we thank Thee that this day,
Amid world Of strife,
Where brave men die, while women pray,
We live normal life.
With hope and peace throughout the land,
Where every man may live
A life that's full and free and grand
And all men tolerance give.
There is no black-out here, Thank God;
. Ours is free untrammelled sod.
God make us grateful for all good,
Instruct us in Thy truth,
In noisy town, or solitude,
In age or callow youth.
God keep our nation in the path
That leads to love and peace,
Let us not taste the Grapes of Wrath,
The fate Of Rome and Greece.
Let war and carnage pass us by,
With peace on earth and in the sky.
Let US remember in this hour,
Our brothers Ger the sea,
Who bend beneath the War Lords power,
In utter misery.
God bless them all and speed the day,
When wars will be forgot,
For brotherhood we hourly pray,
With love in every heart.
For hope and peace across the sea-
One God, one faith and charity.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
EVA De LOI HAS
CASE CONTINUED

Eva DeLoi, %, Of 500 Hamilton
avenue, arrested Sept. rs on a
charge Of breach Of the peace, was
given a continuance until January
l6, by Judge John L. Gaffney.
Motion for the continuance was
granted to Prosecutor Michael j.
Galullo after he explained that Miss
DeIoi Is connected with a case that
will be tried in superior court early
in January.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-29
FRED SWITCHES SIDES

Although he has appeared on the
screen in previous pictures as a law
yer, Fred MacMurray changes to
the other side for the first time in
Paramount's Remember the Night
where in he plays a prosecuting at
torney In a case involving Barbara
Staflwyck
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-10

Selznick's cast for the film version
Of Margaret Mitchell's novel is head
ed by Vivien Leigh, as Scarlett o.
Hara; Clark Gable, a. Rhett Butler;
Leslie Howard, as Ashley Wilkes,
and Olivia de Havilland, as Melanie
Wilkes. The picture, to be directed
BY George Cukor, will be filmed in
technicolor.
For hei role as maid, Butterfls
has more than stage experSfice.
While she was studying to be Nurse
at the Lincoln Training School in
the Bronx. she worked AS a domestic.
After giving up the idea of nursing
Butterfly found a job III a factory.
and OH the side served as a reporter
for the Harlem Eagle. She alway
harbored the idea she could act,
she took part in any amateur theat
iical that came along.
Butterfly was born in Tampa
Florida, and has lived in Augusta
Georgia; Babylon, Long Island and
New York City.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-10

as a change of name. Since these
old records do not necessarily show
the correct present address of those
entitlf.. to refund it is necessary
t. make an application, if this has
not been done by giving the address
to which the check should be sent.
and address at which service was
furnished for each period of time.
23,335 have made application
from which the company to date
,ent out 1886 refunds in the
AMOUNT of $105,1340o, the 15,076
emaining applications will receive
.bout 1884, 10000 as soon as the
company can finish calcula ting the
mounts due and prepare the checks.
5hecks are being sent in order Of
eceirt of application as near as
possible, unless unusual search is
necessary to find old records or
legal procedure is evolved.
Brown emphasized that d second
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-10
COLORED ACTRESS In CAST
OF GONE WITH THE WIND"

HOLLYWOOD Butterfly Nc
Queen, heroine of New York's Har-
lem because of her meteoric rise
from factory work to success on the
Broadway stage, yesterday came to
Hollywood to become Scarlett O.
Hara's personal maid, Prissy, IN
David o. Selznick's "GoRe With the
Wind"
Tt is Butterfly's first motion pic
ture assignment Just two years
ago, this girl who is still in her
teens was folding, pressing and
packing underwear in a New York
factory. But when George Abbott
was casting an all-colored show,
Brown Sugar." Butterfly, whose
actual name is Thelma, boldly ap-
piled for one of the roles and landed
it. This led to the role of Jenny,
the maid, in Brother Rat" and
another prominent part in What ii
Life the show she left so she could
play in "Gone With the Wind
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-10

make IN application at once, unless
this. aas been done. Applications
that have been made are now being
worked in Columbus and the status
of each case can not be told at this
time. Applications can just as cas-
lily be handled BY telephone. The
number is HEmlock 4051.
.44o.31 is the total amount
placed in Dayton business channels
since December 18TH, by I4,443 re-
funds, Brown announced. The
checks now being issued are based
on an old group Of records the COM
pany retained pending the settle
ment of it's rate case since 1926.
New records are made when changes
take place in a subscribers billing,
even If service il continuous. such
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-10

national banks to make loans for
capital use in business and manu-
featuring for q period up to as long
as ten years, under proper safe
guards, with the right to redisconnt
such paper with the Federal Re
serve Bank. The Brown Bill is PER-
missive only, but will give The oppor-
tunity for banks to loan, and small
businesses and industry to borrow
money for capital purposes under
far more favorable circumstances
for all concerned than now exists.
Members of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee, to which the Bill
has been referred, state that the
measure will open new field for
the use of surplus monies now idle
in the banks; will benefit small busi-
nesses and individuals, which have
been finding it hard to obtain capital
for expansion and growth; and
should be Of benefit in reviying
business and offering additional EN-
ployment.
The Ways and Means Committee
of the House has before it a number
Of bills incorporating various PEN
sion plans, including the Townsend
Plan, the General Welfare Plan, and
others. The Committee is also Civ
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-10

ing consideration To the Presidents
recommendation for the wide extern
sion off Social Security benefits
under the present Social Security
Act. Hearings on those matters are
attracting large crowds and much
discussion Of tho. various proposals
can be heard on every hand.
n Il
During January Washington ex.
rerieneed every kind of weather
from balmy Spring days to bowling
billiards. aud deep SHOWS; but wealth.
er conditions seemingly make bu,
little difference TO tourists who pass
about Washington iii continuous
parade. Daily, from early morning
until late at night, crowds visit the
Capitol, the Supreme Court Build.
ing, the White House, Lincoln Mem
oIial, and Washingtonss Monument
Popular interest in the seat of gov.
crnment and things that go on there,
is worthwhile, at that.
*&M
Congressman Clarence j. Brown
Of the Seventh Ohio District, will de-
liver the principal address at the
F'iftieth Annual Lincoln Day Ban
quet to be held by the Germantown
Republican Club at Philadelphia on
Monday evening February 18th.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-10
I)E,,A TIL

Continued from Page 0nel
Coast Of Africa, he assumed the
pastorate of Messiah Baptist church,
Brockton, Mass, and in l32i-22
served as president Of the Associa-
tion Of Colleges for Negro Youth.
An authority on the history Of
the Negro, he was the author of
many standard textbooks, some Of
which are used widely IN colored
and white institutions. These in-
clude "A Short History Of the
American Negro "A New Survey
Of English Literature" "Thc Negro
in Literature and Art" Women OF
Achievement" and many others.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-10
5000 PHONE REF FlJND CHECKS AR.
RIVING IN DAYTON EACH WEEK
Checks Now Going Out To Those
Having Made Appli cations

DAYTON--The Ohio Bell Tele-
phone Company has speeded up the
issuance of refund checks SO that
they are going out at the rate Of
500 each week. 15,076 applications
are still on hand and it will take at
least 3 weeks to complete this job
was announced to-day by JP. M.
Brown, company representative in
charge of the refund bureau.
31,780 applications are still want
ed by the company. M.ny persons
are under the impression they have
nothing to do but wait for the check
to arrive, Brown said. Anyone who
had service from 1926 to 1881 and
who has not received q refund check,
nor made an application for the full
period service was used is asked to
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-02-10
CALVIN'S DIGEST
Bv FLOYD j. CALVIN
listed by Editor &c Pubiisher)

telenhone interests, must be made TO
give more employment to Negro
workers, and to Negro women work
ers. Trained Negro women Simply
must find more outlets for their tai
ent and ability than school teaching
and social service.
Individual Negroes can aid this
program by resolutely standing be-
hind all picket lines which seek TO
force entry into avenues Of employ
ment now denied the group, partlcu-
Iarly where the group IS large per-
cent of the consumers of such enter
prises. This method has proved eff
fective in several northern cities,
and must be used even more ylgor-
ously to force new openings.
Let Negro men not make the mis-
take of fighting for themselves alones
and forgetting to carry their women
with them. All should go up to-
gether.
Insurance Counsellor
We wish to commend the 4Tnsur-
ance Counsellor, new publication
devoted to the interests of estate
builders, which is edited by Miss
Jean Murrell Strobe from 1880 East
10th Street, Cleveland, @. A 3d.
page monthly, it is filled with inter-
esting and pertinent information
| on insurance business and Negro
| business in general.
/ President M. G. Clarke Of the
Dunbar Mutual Insurance Society
of Cleveland, in introducing the
| Editor, says:
/ Every Negro insurance man
knows that the National Negro In
surance Association more than justi-
fies its existence. IT serves as q
clearing house for the dissemination
of information of statistical and ae-
turial value to its members Its CO.
] operative advertising program, es.
necially during National Negro In
surance Week, has been probably
tie most important agent in informing
the insuring public about the signif-
icance of our business.
As a result Of frequent inter.
views and of our personal acquaint.
ance, | offer this professional bio
graphical sketch of your editor. Mrs
STROBE is one of our very best pre-
pared young women. She was edu
Gated in the Cleveland public schools
and was graduated from Western
Reserve University. Even before
the birth of her magazine, she was q
member of the Fourth Estate. hav
ing served as Il reporter for severa
newspapers . Her only connection
with any of our companies is as {
policyholder Her interest is ii
the presentation of practical, con
cisely stated aids in insurance sales
manship for the man on the fiele
and in the development Of a moderr
national advertising program among
the companies
And we also urge our busines.
men to support this worthy enter
prise.