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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-23
Selected Poem
WHERE SUMMER PASSED
(By Glenn Ward Dresbach in The Christian
Science Monitor)

(By Glenn Ward Dresbach in The Christian
Science Monitor)
The wild rose petals drifted down,
Brushed by fading gossamer gown
That left its fragrance on the land.
High wings moved like saraband
Into the hazes far across
The hills, and sudden flights of floss
Had drifted after. Musk and sweet
OF earth stirred where her passing feet
Had touched the sod that keeps its dreams,
And willows showered on the streams
The first gold that would be their last,
To bid her stay-where Summer passed.
She still seemed near when she had gone
Some hidden bloom, some path at dawn.
A stir of light or shadow-stir
Kept something still part OF her.
Even the wistful heart retained
A fragrance--where her dreams remained.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-23

that he fortifies his rostrum with
an American nag, may crate there
to his hearts content, criticizing
anybody anywhere without him
drance.
But the mentors of the class
struggle and foreign policy have
become reticent suddenly and not
onl.n have the orators thinned out,
but the crowds Of listeners have,
too.
The biggest feature at Columbus
Circle just now is an amiable
amateur comedian named Pork
chops Charlie who gives ludicrous
spiels, then passes the hat. He
makes a living out Of it.
OUR FIORELLO
CAN TAKE 1T
That Mayor L,aGuardia, besides
being the most scrupulous, prin-
cipled, tempestuous, oratorical,
outspoken occupant Of City Hall,
also Is one Of its best sports, Is
evidenced by the casual tales that
are passed around in the municipal
headquarters press room.
For the past several months Our
Fiorello has been doing his civic
duties in a summer City Hall on
Long Island hear the gates of the
Worlds Fair. He did not see his
new lodgings until the day he was
scheduled to move there. But
when he did, he was said to have
turned to a newspaperman and
remarked something about an ar
chitectural eyesore. or, the story
goes, did he find much in the in
terror to please him.
But he made no complaints
aloud to his subordinates or to the
folk who billeted him there. He
has been there all summer without
qualnis or quakes-although he
could have transferred his activi-
ties elsewhere at his own say-so.
THERE'S A TIP
IN THIS STORY
1t may comfort well-heeled pa
irons of the Rainbow Room I'd
know that not a cent of their hat
check and cigaret tips Is diverted
to the Rockefellers, who own
Manhattan's swanky and lofty
night club. And there's a nice,
Observation-Disclosures story behind
this.
Three damsels used to check hats
and sell cigarets at the Rainbow
Room. They were Lillian Karkruff,
Irene La Bonte and Irene Bartish,
each drawing down some $18 a
week. One day concessionaire
came around with bid for the
cloakroom rights. The three girls
became panicky. So they went to
the Rockefellers. too, and also
asked for bidding privileges.
And the scions of the late John
D. gave them the cloakroom for
practically nothing, so now they
are the sole proprietors and turn
out a tidy profit from your and
my quarters and dimes. Now only
Llllldl1 IullS ILLS ClOdkTOOL1 4OT
the trio. Miss La Bonte quit to
marry a Rainbow Room patron,
and Miss Bartish couldn't stand
going up and down in the eleva-
tor for IS stories. It made her
ears ring.
EXPENSIVE
TOPPER
That reminds me, in a new
Broadway museum" which dis
plays sundry curioS, there has
just been placed on view an old,
battered felt hat which belongs
to a columnistic confrere of mine.
The label for this exhibit says that
it cost him $13750 in hat check
tips in less than five months. And
he kept an accurate record of the
amounts paid out, on a strip of
ticker tape around the inner hat
rim. Who said this life wasn't
expensive?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-23

The Nazis move fast. They have
already changed the name Gdynia, the
Polish-built seaport on the Baltic cap
tured by the Germans, to Gotenhafen,
which means "harbor of the GothS".
Evidently it was not safe harbor for the
Poles.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-23

lunbus Circle.
Various Demos.
themes abruptly
vanished, taking
their American
flags and folding
stands along
with them. Not
through any le-
gal press ur E.
mind you, for
the police have
not curbed the
full freedom Of
speech In the
Hyde Park Of
New York. Any
one. provided
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-23

It takes European war for many
people to decide what good place the
United States is, nice enough for future
residence, in fact. The natives are re-
turning fast these days and the advan-
tages of European culture will have to
be curtailed for the time being.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-23

trail clearing-point for cultural and prac-
tical studies could be made one Of the
most mutually-valuable things that
could be done in improving inter-Amer-
lean relations.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-23

Autumn starts officially today. You
will feel it in the air, in the change of
viewpoint and the interlarding of foot
ball talk, new shows of the season, and
pulling down of summer Grapes.
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In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Sept. IA wholly
unexpected local aftermath Of the
war was the sudden disappearance
of many soapbox orators from Co
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Washington Merry o-Round :
ID b e w PEARSON
ROBERT 8. ALLEN

the
counting
selling therefore, taking products building
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A Thought for Today

We see then how that by works man Is justl-
fed, and not by faith Only.-James 2:24.
Faith and words are as necessary to our spir1-
tual life as Christians as soul and body are to
our life as men; for faith is the soul OF religion,
and works, the body.-Colton.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-23

Survey, Washington, D. G. Write to
them for q list. A circular telling
where maps and charts Of all kinds
can be obtained will be sent to any
reader upon request to our Service
Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street,
washington, D.. G. Send a self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope.
@. Why are oyster-plants So
called?
A. Because of the oyster flavor
of the long, slender tap-roots.
@. Are there any schools Of col
lege grade in Halifax, Nova Scotia?
A. Yes; Dalhousie University
and the University Of Kings Col
lege.
@. How far is it from Houston to
San Antonio?
A. 215 miles by highway.
@. Where is the University OF
North Dakota?
A. Grand Forks, N. D.
Avs -. xucut c0uv NJ Aur
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, " did not know but
what he was my friend;
omit what"
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"Yf you want q copy Of our
booklet, 1.-THE DOG AND CAT
BOOK send to The Waterbury
MEMORIALS Washington Bureau,
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postage.
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Copyright, 1889. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inco
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@. Where can I purchase sailing
charts issued by the United States?
A. From the Coast and Geodetic
Evening star., 1939-08-15

In the early days of Automobile
racing, on the tracks at Indianapo-
lis, Kansas City and other death
curves. they called him wild Bill
Hickox-and he was plenty wild.
Today. at SO, the former wild
Bill is bit tanned, a scholarly
looking, sedate, dignified gentleman
who wears the neat blue uniform of
a fire chief and who drives a red fire
Wagon-with a coast-to-coast sched-
ule ahead of him.
He is out to make the longest fire
run in history-from the Worlds
Fair in New York to the Worlds
Fair in San Francisco. Once he ar
rives there, Chief HickoX and his
little band of trained fireman will
put out pre-arranged fire-and
they hope to do it in record time
providing "the house is not too big"
For about two hours yesterday
Chief HickoX and his fire crew had
the streets of Washington all to
themselves. They came in from Bal
tlmore and visited the District Build
ing where they met Assistant Chief
Engineer Andrew C. Busch, who re-
ceived them, officially, in the absence
of Fire Chief S. T. Porter. Then
Chief Hickox tuned up" his 200
horse power motor and wheeled his
apparatus out on Maryland ave-
hue NE, where he visited No. 10
Enginehouse, the guest of Battalion
Chief John B. Watt.
They made one more stop, at the
enginehouse on Thirteenth street
between K and L streets, before
making a grand tour of the down.
town sector-the White House. State,
War and Navy Building and other
Evening star., 1939-08-15
$500,0OO U. N. ".
Aid 10 Democrats
In '8 Admitted
Committee Treasurer
Corrects Statement
On Lewis Looms
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The United Mine Workers supplied
about $500,000 for various phases
of the 1896 Democratic campaign,
Treasurer Oliver Quayle of the
Democratic National Committee said
last night.
The National Committee received
$256,250 of the total, including q
loan of $4,000.
Mr.. Quayle said in Pittsburgh last
week that he did not know what
contributions had been made to
local campaigns by John L. Lewis,
head OF the c. I. o. and of the
United Mine Workers, but that all
the National Committee obtained
from him was $4,000, which had
been repaid.
The committee treasurer said last
night his Pittsburgh statement had
been made on the basis of what the
books showed when he took over
the post in April, 1887. He said
check of the prior records disclosed
total U. M. w. outlays of about
$500,000.
House records show the U. M. w.
also contributed $4,000 to the Penn
sylvania Democratic State Com
mittee, $35 900 to the Progressive Ma
tional Committee supporting Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and $14O,87O to
Labor's Nonpartisan League.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

points. Then they set out for Pitts
burgh.
It's all in the interest of publicity
of course; but the former wild Bill
Hickox doesn't care about that, so
long as he has high powered en-
gine under control He expects to
land his fast-f1ying engine in San
Francisco September Is. The party
left the administration building at
the New York Worlds Fair Saturday
at 2:30, and made eleven stops be-
fore arrival in Westinghouse see
the fire fighters in Camden, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore and other points
Beside Chief Hickox on the front
seat, and all dressed up in a firelady S
red uniform, is his wife, the pro-
fessional radio singer, Mae Vellum,
who has a new song for the fans:
The Red-Headed Kid With the
Fireman's Hat"
Members of the crew are profess
sional flremen from the flats of
Long Island: Harry Blowell, mana
ger; William Bensch, foreman, and
Pvts. Edgar Land, Andrew Ruoff
and Adolph Jost.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Deluge Floods Town,
Forest Burns Nearby

BY the Associated Press.
DOVER, Del, Aug. 15.-While a
forest fire was raging at Cheswold,
seven miles way. Dover was deluged
with a heavy rain that continued
for nearly three hours late yester-
day, flooding streets and pouring
water into Easements.
At the municipal water and light
plant workmen had to throw sand
bags along the road to keep the
water out of the building. Much of
the surrounding region did not
share in the rain, although Leipsic
reported slight shower.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Old Theory Proved

ROCHESTER, MINI. (P.-Some-
body brought up the question of why
policemen have big feet. so some
others started a survey. They found
out the policemen's feet were big
gest, all right, but they still don't
know why. The policemen's average
shoe was g size 10, and although
the mailmen walked as much, their
feet averaged 9.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Charity Solicitation
Control Is SOUGHT

Hopes for legislation to provide
control of some kind over charitable
solicitations in the District, to put
an end to charity "racketeers," was
voiced today by two representatives
Of the Council of Social Agencies in
a conference with Assistant Corpo-
ration Counsel Reber Littlehales.
The Office of the corporation coun-
Sci has been directed by the Com
missioners to prepare a proposed
bill on the subject. A tentative draft
will be drawn for the consideration
of Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
Seal at the conclusion of series of
conferences with interested groups.
Among other suggestions made in
the past were proposals for requiring
permits and registration for solicita-
tions. A bill was drawn up early
this year, but was not sent to Con-
gress at the past session because of
lack of unanimity among some
groups over the details.
Those who conferred with Mr..
Littlehales today were Mrs. Pearl B.
Klein, chairman of legislation for
the council, and Mrs. Olive w.
Swinney, secretary of the neighbor-
hood councils of the Council of So
cial Agencies.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
A. FL. Asks Court Block
Driver Shift Injunction

The United States Court of Ap-
peals was asked by the American
Federation of Labor yesterday to
stay District Court Injunction
against the shift Of brewery union
drivers to the teamsters union.
The Federation and the teamsters
told the court that the injunction,
issued by Justice 7. Alan Goldsbor-
ough, "in its implications jeopardizes
the essential order and structure of
the Federation and the organization
of its many AFFILIATED unions"
The petition, filed by Attorneys
Charlton Ogburn, Joseph A. Padway
and Arthur E. Reyman, declared
that the courts action in hating a
transfer Of members ordered by the
Federation gives a union of $4,000.
men a preferred status over a mem
bership of 1000, 900 persons"
1t was further argued that the In
junction holds the Federation can
not determine the trade Jurisdiction
Of any Of its affiliated unions" The
petitioners said that "one OF the
prime and compelling reasons for
the confederation of large unions" is
the necessity for central authority
to peacefully settle jurisdictional
disputes.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Maj. Brown Addresses
Police Chiefs by Phone

In lieu of personal appearance,
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, metropolitan
police superintendent, yesterday ad-
dressed a meeting of the Interna-
tional Association of Police Chiefs In
San Francisco by long distance tele-
phone.
Forced to cancel plans to attend
the convention, Maj. Brown greeted
the delegates through amplifiers set
up in the assembly room and in
vited the association to convene in
Washington next year.
He commented that it is impor-
tant that police chiefs of the Nation
meet in Washington, where they
can be afforded the opportunity of
advice and counsel from the Attor-
ney General. the director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and
the United States Secret Service and
develop most efficient program of
law enforcement throughout the
United States"
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Five Killed as Cars Crash
Heod-on Near Woynesboro

BY the Associated Press.
STAUNTON, Va, Oct. 13.-Two
automobiles smashed head-on and
ended the lives of five persons-four
of whom constituted an entire fam
lily miles east of Waynesboro last
night.
Another was in a serious condition
at a Waynesboro, hospital today.
The dead, all Staunton residents,
were:
Gordon L. Livick, 80, a salesman
and his wife.
The two Livick children, Buddy
8, and Billy, 10.
Catherine Baylor, 26, daughter of
Staunton's city treasurer.
Two other occupants of one of the
cars, that driven by Miss Baylor
escaped death, but the hospital re-
ported Miss Katherine Anderson
10, was dangerously hurt. Sam
Obenchain, 18, her companion, suf-
fered lesser injuries.
The tragic end to the autumn
evening drive in the Virginia valley
1or the IlvlcKS and Miss Baylor was
regarded as the worst motoring ac-
cident in this section since State
police began keeping records.
State Trooper A. r. Bryant said
after a preliminary examination OF
the wreck scene he believed the
Livick car sideswiped one driven by
Warner Taylor of Staunton imme-
diately before it and Miss Baylor's
auto slammed and telescoped
Neither of two occupants of the
Taylor car was hurt.
The force of the collision was
shown with the finding of the
crumpled body of Buddy Livick, who
was not located until an hour OF
more after the crash. Then they
came upon him, lying in field on
the far side of a fence above the
level of the road, about 30 feet from
his fathers torn-up car.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Union Leaders
Post Bond in
Antitrust Case
Arroignment Set
In District Court
Next Friday

Labor leader defendants In the
Governments first antitrust in
dictment in the building industry
posted bonds ranging from $500 to
$1,000 each in District Court today.
They will appear before Justice Pey-
ton Gordon next Friday at 10 am.
for arraignment.
The bonds were posted by the
defendants as follows:
Thomas O'Brien, representative OF
the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen
and Helpers of America, $1,000.
Stuart M. Keyser, recording Sec
retary and business representative
of Local 639 of the brotherhood,
$500.
Charles j. Bell, president and
business representative of Local 639,
$500.
Linwood A. Trainham, secretary
treasurer and business represent
ative of Local 639, $500.
Aubrey w. Stream, business repre-
sentative of Local 639, $500.
The five defendants were photo
graphed and fiingerprinted at the
Identification Bureau of the Metro
politan Police Department before
posting bond at court.
Conspiracy Is Charged.
The indictment, which was the
first returned since Justice Depart
ment lawyers began investigating
building trades in nine principal
cities from New York to Seattle,
charged conspiracy to tie up public
and private construction here by
strikes and boycotts.
The indictment followed weeks of
trouble between the Teamsters and
Operating Engineers Unions over
the right to drive truck concrete
mixers. The teamsterS, who re-
Gently concluded a wage strike, had
threatened to walk out last Monday,
but deferred action pending deci-
sion by international officers in Gin
cinnati.
The Department of Justice, in its
official statement on the case,
pointed out that the indictment
charges a conspiracy on the part of
the defendant to restrain trade
and commerce in materials used in
the construction of building and
other public and private works in
the District
Methods Held Improper.
Sole object of the conspiracy was
said to be to replace members of
the Operating Engineers local with
members of the teamsters' local.
Methods resorted to by the team
sters, it was said by the Justice
Department were unreasonable and
improper" ...-,..-
Result Of the alleged conspiracy
was delay in construction of several
projects here, including the new
Social Security Building and the
Census Building.
While the union and it's officials
compromised the first defendants in
the Justice Departments drive, it
was explained that "these proceed
ings are intended to cover all re-
straints, including labor, contractors,
heavy industries, municipal officials
and ordinances which are in reality
protective tariffs. Labor restraints
are only one element in these in
vestigations."
1t was emphasized that the JUS
tice Department would not interfere
with the Legitimate aims" of local
unions, but intervene where union
acts were ''unwarranted, unreason-
able, and oppressive"
Evening star., 1939-10-13
d. 6. Man Divorces Wife Now
In Russion-O Occupied Poland

The couple was married in Poland
in September, 1912, and he came here
the following year, but the wife
allegedly refused to come. During
the World War, Mr.. Mancewicz
Joined the American Army and was
disabled. He became a resident
here in 1925.
The court was informed that the
couple had not lived together as
man and wife since 1913. The hus-
band filed suit for absolute divorce
in District Court here on Novem-
ber is, 1885. A publication of the
divorce proceedings was ordered
against the wife and a copy mailed
her.
The American Vice Consul in
Warsaw, Poland, William r. Morton,
heard Mrs. Mancewicz swear to her
answer to the divorce suit. The
dispositions taken in Poland in
Polish, were read to Justice Bailey.
After hearing the case, the jurist
made the wife a monthly allowance
of $1782 and granted her counsels
fee here, but severed the bond Of
matrimony.
Evening star., 1939-10-13

Justice Jennings Bailey today
granted Washingtonian an abso-
lutte divorce from his wife, now in
that part of Poland which Russian
troops recently occupied, and di-
rected that the Veterans Admin
istration here send her a monthly
allowance of $17.82 out of the hus-
bands World War disability COM
pensation.
Stanislaw Mancewicz, 1926 Elev-
enth street NV, won the divorce
from Mrs. Emilia Mancewicz of
Grodno, Poland, after dispositions in
Polish-translated by the Interior
Department-had been read to the
court.
Attorney Milton Kaplan, repre-
senting the husband, told the court
that when Mr.. Mancewicz went to
Poland in October, 1881, and asked
his wife to return here with him,
she refused, and instigated an as
sault on him. resulting in the con-
viction of her brother in the Polish
courts for attempting to beat up the
husband.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Catholic U. Law School
Begins Seminar Tonioht

Catholic University Law School
tonight will inaugurate a center for
advanced study of the new Federal
rules of civil procedure. The tradi-
tional lecture method of instruction
has been abandoned in favor of a
seminar or round table discussion
group, which will meet every Friday
evening from to 8 o'clock.
The seminar will be under the
direction of Henry c. Fisher, an. at
torney in the Office of the genera!
counsel of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission. Leading au-
thorities on the new practice from
law school faculties, the bench, the
bar and the Government will par
tlclpate as discussion leaders.
Evening star., 1939-10-13
Highway Survey Speed
Praised. by Whitehurst

Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, director
Of highways, who is in charge of the
extensive survey of highway facilities
in and near the Capital, in CO.
operation with the Bureau of Public
Roads, today congratulated mo-
torists and pedestrians on their
speed ip answering QUESTIONABLE
blanks.
Some ITS, 900 questionnaires 50 far
have been distributed and Capt
Whitehurst has been advised about
70 per cent of those sent out are
being answered and returned. Weeks
OF study will be given to the results
OF the compilation al. data on the
origin and destination Of travellers,
both pedestrians and motorists.