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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-07
Caroline Chatfield
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DEAR MISS CHATFIELD:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-07

q. How thick should lawn sods he cutf
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03

10 were born in big cities. The
remainder were born in towns or
in cities Of less than $4,000 popu-
lation.
Of the former farm boys in
Congress five proudly relate that
they were born i'm log cabins;
three were born on western
ranches and one in sawmill
camp. A large majority of the
members are college graduates, al
though SO did not get beyond
grade schools. Some went to col
lege but did not graduate.
Fourteen members were born
in foreign countries. but all came
to the United States while young.
and were educated here. Of these
there are two each from Ger
many, Wales, Scotland and Aus
tria, and one each from Czecho
Slovakia. England, Ireland, Nor
way, Sweden and Canada.
Five members are Women-One
senator and four representatives
There is one Negro member and
one vacancy, caused by the death
of a former member since the
election.
The present session promises tc
be a most interesting one, and
the legislation enacted may have
an important bearing on the pres
idential election of 1910.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03
House, Cleaning

With Grounding Day just
around the corner and folks won
darlng what kind Of a spring we
are going to have, the time has
come to think OF housekeeping
again.
Indeed, we ought to be giving
thought to the subject earlier this
year than ever. If you have a
room to be painted, plaster to be
repaired an odd job of painting
to be done, masonry to be pointed,
steps to be put in order floors to
be refinished, plumbing in need
of attention, a leaky roof that
should be mended, you can get
the work done more cheaply now
than later and you will add to the
opportunities for employment.
Your own particular share of
this relief work may be small
but if a thousand other house
holders join you in having repairs
OF one kind or another made, the
aggregate will be a real factor in
the restoration of prosperity in
this community.
Start your housekeeping
preparations a month early this
spring.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03
Weather Terms

Evidentally it is just as we'll to
know your onions if you expect to
discuss the weather in terms that
meet the approval of professional
weather men. 1t seems the latter
are pretty tOuchy about such
things as the difference. for an
instance, between ice storms and
sleet storms. To the layman they
may seem quite alike, so far at
least as he is affected. But to
the weathermaH ice is ice and
sleet and hail is hail.
After long cold spell, the
Weathermen say, the ground and
the air near it often are below
the freezing point while the upper
air is warm. When rain falls
under these conditions it freezes
to trees, shrubs, wires. streets
and whatever else it touches. The
weathermen grow eXasperated
when this is called a "sleet
storm They say the ice so
formed is glaze" and the storm
that produces it is an "ice storm"
There is sharp distinction.
too, between hail and sleet. True
hail is formed only during warm
weather, usually in connection
with a thunderstorm when verti-
cal air currents are strong. Al
hailstorm cut in two reveals lay
ers of ice and snow.
Sleet is termed raindrop that
falls through cold air and arrives
on the ground as an ice pellet.
Dew is defined as moisture in
the air collected on cool surfaces.
When these surfaces are below
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03
WORK PROGRESSING

The three-quarter completion
mark of the construction Of the
Mount Alto tuberculosis Sana-
forum, partly financed by the
PWA will be reached some time
in February, according to Robert
F. Berner, PWA engineer. Mr..
Berner in his report stated that
an average of between 100 and
120 men for the past year have
been employed on the project
weekly. During the period of
construction 100000 bricks, IA
600 cubic yards Of concrete, 900
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03
The Acid Test

The poet Horace looked upon
the multitude of common people
and spoke of them as pigs.
The Roman Senate looked down
from its place of easy security
upon the fierce struggle for ex-
1stence and called them wolves.
The elect of Egypt and Baby
Ion made war upon their neigh
bors among the nations and sub
jected all their captives to slav-
cry.
There was once a man who
looked upon the masses and call
ed them sheep having no shep-
herd" No wonder the common
people cringing under the sneers
of pig wolf" and "slave" fol-
lowed him gladly. 1t was of such
people that the worlds most en-
during Republic was born. 1t was
to such people that Lincoln at
tributed the love of God. for "He
made so many of them"
The man who aspires to be a
leader and friend of mankind to-
day must open the contents of his
mind and heart to the scrutiny
of the masses. What does he
think Of the people when he has
no need to flatter them? What
does he call them when he is
with the circle of his confidants?
Does he then look upon the
world with a hard light in his
eyes and contempt in his voice?
Is his service to the people simp-
" the lip service that seeks to
win their suffrage?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03
BOONSBORO WATER WORKS

The burgess and council of
Boonsboro have been notified
by the Public Service Commission
to meet with the commissioners
in Baltimore on February 6. to
confer on the question of the
Boonsboro water company plant.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03
uuAMERtCAA-
'lShS"

freezing, frost results instead of
dew. The difference between
rain and snow is said to be similar
when the free air is below the
freezing point as moisture con-
denses the moisture is frozen
into minute ice crystals and
sometimes hundreds of these col
lect to form a single snowflake,
the experts explain. Usually it
takes from eight to ten inches of
snow to equal the moisture in one
inch of water, they add
If you think it is worth while
you might bear these distinctions
in mind as you discuss the wealth
er during the next two months.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03
Makeup of Congress

According to the new congress
sional directory, fewer members
of the present Congress were
born on farms than has been the
case in the past. Only 1876 came
originally from farm homes, while
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03
The Good Old Days

In Odessa, Russia, no pastor
may appear in clothes that reveal
his clerical character. Violation
of this law is punishable by four
months in prison or a fine of a
thousand rubles.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03

tons of structural steel and other
materials from practically every
State in the Nation has been in
corporated III the construction
of the project.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-03

Every four minutes" says a
medical item, "an American dies
Of a disease caused by the com
mon cold" 1t must be very mo-
notonous for the American.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
ACCOUNTANTS BID
 FOR AUDIT WORK

Bids by accountants on the audit of Waterbury's tax books will be opened at special meeting of the budget committee of the board of finance at City Hall Friday night It is planned to have the audit, which will take considerable time, begin as soon as possible.
 Commissioner Major w. Judge, chairman of the committee, has in- vited other members of the board of finance and also members of the board of aldermen to attend the meeting.
 Several out-of-town firms are among those expected to file bids for the contract. Bidders will be given an opportunity to be heard after the opening of the bids be- fore the committee. All bids :-lust be in by 7:30 p. m. Friday.
 At present Tax Collector William A. Ennis is supervising the installa- tion of new card-index system O. tax accounts. This task, which is to be completed by the summer, will bring the tax records up to date. It was recommended by the finance board some months ago.
 Bids for the tax audit were called for by the finance commissioners some weeks ago. The audit will ,in- volve study of many thousands of tax accounts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
Former e" Man Praises Police For Cooperation Startling Stories of Spy Activities Told Members of Kiwanis Club by Leon c. Torrou-Edgar G.
 Hoover Complimented.

dealings with espionage especially.
 But his comments on the effective dissipation of kidnap and white slave rings by the FBI were over shadowed by his story of how the German spy ring in New York was uncovered and broken.
 He traced the first activity when the FBI had inkling of the opera tion of the German spy ring in New York. The first arrest was that of a former U. s. soldier and Agent Torrou, with his background of service, found the investigation easier by his knowledge of how any sol- dier thinks and reacts under ques- tioning.
 First Captive
 At that time, the British Military Intelligence cooperated in the un- covering of the elaborate plot of fictional proportion which Germany had established in New York. The army deserter eventually was dis covered through a message sent abroad from New York which Agent Torrou traced to the ex-soldier, the first captive of the FBI eventually leading the agents to others, then the ringleader, Dr. Ignatz Griebl, successful physician and Army Re- serve officer. Through machina- tions of the Nazi government, Griebl escaped to Germany without pass port, with the officers of the Ger man ship refusing to surrender the spy to French authorities at Cher bourg.
 Commenting to The Democrat on functions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Agent Turrou pointed with pride to the record of 165 out of 156 kidnap cases solved, the only remtining to be cracked" those of the Madison boy, in Wash ington, little Peter Levine, of New Rochelle.
 Boosts Hoover
 He paid especial tribute to Director Edgar G. Hoover, whom he de- scribed as "the guardian of the na- tion." He said that the FBI is un- demanned, however, and that insuf- ficient funds are allocated to meet the present requirements of the con- centration on spy rings and espionage which, he added, will continue and will increase until this country es- tablishes an efficient counter-espi- onage system, with military agen- cies cooperating, sufficient funds to meet the large outlays made avail able to spies of other governments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
NOTED LAWYER ARENA SPEAKER
Public Invited to Hear Samuel LeibOwitz Free
 Sunday Afternoon

The largest Father and Son Day. ever held in Connecticut will take place Sunday afternoon, April g, at the Arena in New Haven, under the auspices of the First Offender Club of America, which Attorney Samuel Leibowitz, noted New York crim- inal lawyer, as the chief speaker.
 The meeting will open at four o'clock, and MT. Leibowitz's topic will be Crime Prevention and Americanism" There will, be a special entertainment provided for the children, including refreshments and vaudeville.
 Other speakers will include Mayor John w. Murphy of New Haven; Attorney David E. FitzGerald, war time mayor; Malcolm Farmer, di- rector of athletics at Yale Univer- sity and Albie Booth, Yale's Mighty Atom, and the only man ever to captain three teams at the University in one year.
 Attorney Leibowitz, who has as- stunned the mantle of the late Clar- ence Darrow, is one of the most colorful figures in the criminal courts of this country. He is an alumnus of Cornell, and invitations have been extended to the alumni of that university to attend Sundays meeting. There is a seating capac- ity of 1000 at the arena. Admission will be free, and parents are urged to bring their children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
FRATERNAL
 NEWS
Sheridan Council

An. important business meeting of Sheridan Council, "A, Knights of Columbus, was held last night il, the Columbus Club with Grand Knight Thomas w. Scadden pre- siding. Reports of outstanding committees were received and ac- cepted.
 Several coming events were dis cussed and plans made, including exemplif1cation of the First and Second Degrees by the council during the month of May.
 The councils annual Commun- ion Breakfast will also be held in May. Deputy Grand Knight Charles Mcdonald is chairman of the committee in charge and will announce details at the next meet ing.
 The annual Bowling League banquet will be held in the club rooms on Saturday evening, May 6, with Past Grand Knight Charles J. Bannon in charge of arrange ments, assisted by Warden Joseph Carolan and Inside Guard Joseph Cronin.
 The council will likewise sponsor 8 Dinner Dance during May, the committee in charge to be named soon by Grand Knight Scadden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
Woman Injured

Mrs. Mary Byrnes, 56, of IA Bufwell avenue, Boston, Mass. was admitted to the Waterbury hospital suffering from a frac- tured left elbow sustained in an automobile accident in Water town today.
 Hospital attaches said Mrs. Byrnes, and her husband, Harry, skidded on the wet pavement on Main street in Watertown, and struck telephone pole.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
Legislative
 Happenings
 Of Interest

State Capitol, Hartford, April 19. New Haven county legislators, at their meeting yesterday, took no ac- tion on the budget for the next bienniun1 but agreed to take it up at meeting May 2. Reductions in number of items will be sought.
 The county meeting turned down request for pension by Timothy Carney, former superintendent of the Waterbury courthouse. Action on the request had been pending for several months.
 The report of the election law revision commission, of which Will liam J. Pape of Waterbury is chairman, is in the hands of Gov. Baldwin. He is expected to make it public within the next flaw days. Existence of the commission will be continued for two more years and more complete report will be sub- mitted to the 1941 General Assem- ply.
 Early action on a number of ap- pOintmcnts by Gov. Baldwin is necessary. Several important posts must be filled by May l with vir- tuadly all the appointments needing confirmation by the assembly before becoming effective.
 One of those whose terms expire next month is Judge Edward J. Finn of the common pleas court at Waterbury. Gov. Baldwin is being urged to reappoint Judge Finn, but several politically-prominent Repub- ncan lawyers in the Brass City have their eyes on the job.
 Senate observers held their breaths yesterday during the vote on the conspiracy bill to see which side would get the ballot of Senator John ThOrnhill, the Republican ir- reconcilable. Uncle John" voted with the Democrats, in favor of broader version of the bill than that recommended by the G. o. F. controlled judiciary committee.
 The house yesterday, under sus- pension of the rules, voted in favor of bills restoring forfeited rights to two Waterbury residents, John B. Benedict and Minnie Caulfield Ben- edict.
 A bill increasing from fTlr to eight the number of bailiffs in Naugatuck was passed by the house at yesterdays session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19

Inquest into the Wolcott auto- 1nobile accident in which Morgan E Culver 22, of R. F. D. 2 was fatal ly injured shortly before 6 o'clock last evening. will be continued this afternoon, it was announced by Deputy Coroner William B. Hen- nessey this morning.
 Michael Churchelow, 24, also of R. F. D. 3. Wolcott, was reported improved today at St. Mary's hos pital where he was admitted suf- 1ering from scalp decorations and 1acerations and abraisionS of the hands and legs.
 The accident occurred at $50 O. clock, when the automobile operated by Culver sideswiped a truck and was struck by another car on the Waterbury Bristol road near Cedar lake in Wolcott. Culver died at 815 o'clock last night at the Bristol hospital. Kenneth Pernerewski, "A, of Long Hill road, and Churchelow occupants of the second car, were taken to St. Mary'S hospital by Senator George T. Culhane and John DiCorpo, assistant city clerk of Waterbury, who were returning from the legislature in Hartford. Pernewski was treated for lacera- tions of the hands and face and discharged. He is well known box CT his ring name being Ken Perry.
 According to a preliminary in- VeStigation conducted by Deputy Coroner at Warmers gace station on the Bristol road last evening the Culver car, southbound, struck the right side of the trucks bumper, veered across the highway, struck the cable fence, and bounded into the path of the Pernewski car, headed north. Both vehicles were extensively damaged.
 John F. Mcdonnell, driver of the sideswiped truck. was ordered held in lieu of $1 OO0 bond as a coroner's prisoner, following the preliminary hearing.
 Officer Raymond Leavenworth of the Wolcott police was the first to investigate the crash, joined later by Officers Francis Krieger and John Kruse. State police under the direction of Lieut.. William Schatz- man of the Beacon Falls barracks, also investigated.
 Mcdonnell told the coroner that, coming out of Averill avenue, he brought his car to full stop. He said that heavy fo gmade visibil- ity very poor. The Culver car, he said, was approaching close to the shoulder of the road, apparently because of the porr visibility. Gull yer tried to swerve away from the rtuck, but his right rear fender struck the trucks bumper, throw
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
- SPOTLIGH7ING- Brass City News
Sl,OOO Needed

An appeal for additional contri- buttons to the Lions club cam paign for funds to care for crip- pied children was made today by William O. Taylor, chairman of the drive committee. The cam paign thus far, he said, is ap- proximately $l,000 behind its schedule.
 The Lions club is seeking :. to raise $3,000 to maintain its farm for crippled children at Bantam lake. This far about $2,000 has been contributed.
 Anthony Nastri and Charles Greenblatt are captains of the two teams taking part in the drive. A report was made by the captains at a meeting of the drive commit te last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
BRENNAN GETS
 HEARING HERE
Decision Reserved in Alp. peal of Farmers Home
 Proprietor

Hearing on the appeal from revo- cation of the liquor license of Fran cis H. Brennan, proprietor of the Farmers Home. East Main Street, was held today by Referee Frederick M. Peasley in the city courtroom at city hall, with the decision reserved and the appellants lawyers directed to file claims of law.
 Attorneys John F. Tobin and Her. man J. Weisman appeared for Brennan with Assistant Attorney General Leo Gaffney representing the liquor commission.
 The license of the appellant was revoked November 5, 1938, when the liquor commission claimed that he. was not operating a restaurant under the interpretation of the liquor laws.
 The defense contends that the claim of the liquor commission is unreasonable and that its action in revocation of the license was unwarranted within the provisions of the liquor laws.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
BEATRICE WOODS
 RECEIVES HONOR
Paintings of Middlebury Resident Accepted for
 National Exhibition

Paintings by Beatrice Woods of Middlebury, Ethel B. Schiller, Kath- erine M. Tilden, Susan B. Keith and Beatrice Kendall of New Haven and many other Connecticut artists are among the pictures from all parts of the United States accept for two national exhibitions at the Studio Guild, 730 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The Guilds Annual Members Exhibition will be on view April 17th to 18th, and the 3rd National Re- volving exhibition, to be held dur ing the New York Worlds Fair, for which entries are still being re- ceived, opens May 1.
 Connecticut is represented in the Studio Guild Members Exhibition by more paintings than any other state. Among the New Haven ar- tiSts Katherine M. Tilden, wife of Professor Charles J. Tilden of Yale, is best known for her watercolor landscapes; Susan B. Keith works in the same field, but in an entirely different style; Ethel B. Schiller has won many honors in important Connecticut and other exhibitions; Beatrice Kendall is known equally well as painter and teacher; Beatrice Woods is a newly elected member of the Studio Guild; and Christine Herter, long known as one of Connecticut's foremost women painters, is the wife of the late William Sergeant Kendall, Dean of the Yale Art School. Other Connec- ticut artists include Leopold Seyf- fert, John Taylor Arms, Chauncey F. Ryder, Sanford B. Low, Guy Wiggins and others equally well known.
 Groups of paintings by several Connecticut artists will also be in- cluded in the Studio Guilds ex- hibition during the Worlds Fair the National Revolving Exhibition, May 1st to September 30th, open to all artists, to which new work will be added from time to time under novel rotation plan. The list of Connecticut exhibits in this show has not yet been completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19

Agents of Uncle Sam's premier protection against massed crime and espionage are concentrating on the growing intensity of spy activi- ties-activities which are presumed to place emissaries of Germany in factories throughout the land, a number in Connecticut. There are spies in Connecticut factories, sbe- yond doubt. There will be spies wherever government orders for munitions, planes and accessories are manufactured.
 Such was substance of one por- tion of the talk given today by Leon G. Turrou, former principal agent of the FBI who last year un- covered the mammoth German spy ring in New York, speaking today at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Waterbury Kiwanis club at Hotel Elton.
 Not a stranger to Waterbury, where he based some of his investi- gations of several years ago which resulted in conviction of AZ persons for violation of the white slave law, MT. Turrou recalled his last stay here.
 Praised Police
 MT. Torrou paid tribute to Wa terbury and state police for their effective cooperation with his group of agents in the white slave ring convictions which saw Waterbury Joe" and others sent to prison for long terms; the raid on Bethany inn; the raid at Wallingford where $72,000 in fines were imposed in ad- dition to jail terms on those found guilty of the white slavery.
 A man of medium stature, at first glance MT. Torrou has the appear ance of former soldier. And so he was, a member of the United States Marines. Born near Paris, MT. Torrou has fluent French and German, as well as ability in other tongues. This linguistic ability has been of great help, he said, in his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-19
Fatality Inquest To
 Be Continued Today
Morgan E. Culver Killed in WOlCOtt Accident Last
 Night; Michael ChurcheIOw Shows Improvement

ing the car across the road, out of control.
 Pernewski told police that he was unable to avoid the Culver car which had bounded in his path directly across the travelled portion of the road.
 An autopsy was performed on Gull yer by Dr. Herman Winters of the Bristol hospital last night, but a medical report of the fatality was not available this noon at the coroner's office.
 Culver, a son of Mir. and Mrs. Robert Culver, was born in Wolcott. He is survived by his parents; three brothers, Gordon, a former Wolcott policeman; Russell and Raymond Culver; also three sisters, one of whom is Mrs. Ernest Williams of Bristol. Relatives said last night that death was the first one in the immediate family. Funeral arrange ments will be announced.