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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12
Turkey Joins Up With. Non-Aggression Group
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was obviously made as soon as feas- ible in order to strengthen the Eu- ropean anti-aggression front.
 Meanwhile, Japan was putting pressure on British, French anl American interests in the Orient.
 Japanese naval men occupied the foreign area of the big South China port of Annoy and a spokesman said that they might find 1t necessary to occupy the foreign area oi Shanghai, in which they now share control with the United States Britain, Italy and France.
 The reasons given by Japan fol moving into Arnoy's foreign area was the necessity of combating Chinese terrorists who have assas- sinated many pro-Japanese officials and the threat to act in Shanghai appeared to be designed to put pressure on foreign officials to wipe out terrorists in the zones they con- trol.
 Agreement With Turkey Coincidentally with the Japanese action, Great Britain and France appeared to be virtually in agree ment with Turkey on the important strategic role which the Istanbu, government would play in the unit. ed front against possible aggression in Europe.
 The new agreement was under. stood to provide for Britain to ait Turkey against any attack in tht Eastern Mediterranean, and fol Turkey to aid Britain in event o. an attack on Egypt. Such ar agreement obviously would be de- signed to guard against future Fascist expansion.
 But at the same time, Turkey would permit passage of British warships through the Dardanelles to aid Rumania and, less directly Poland in event. of German thrust that caused war in Eastern Europe A similar agreement has been reached in principle with France.
 Important Factor
 An important factor in bringing Turkey into the anti-aggression front was that Soviet Russia has been in close touch with the Tur- kish government and would approve the arrangement, indicating that the Moscow regime would also join up.
 Final understandings among the big powers involved in the negotia- tions may come when the post poned League of Nations council meeting starts at Geneva on May 9. The Soviet vice foreign com- missar Vladimir Potemkin will at- tend the meeting at which the ar- engagements may be completed if Russia and Britain are able to get together on terms of cooperation.
 Incidents on the German-Polish frontier, including the shooting of an alleged smuggler and a German who failed to halt upon command of guards, kept European tension at 8 high point after yesterdays declarations by British Prime Min ister Neville Chamberlain and French Premier Edouard Daladier that the two big powers would stand firmly by their pledges to Poland and other smaller nations.
 Chamberlain Was Strong
 The Chamberlain statement was an especially strong declaration in- tended as 8 warning to Germany that Danzig might easily become a cause for war if any attempt were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12
INDIANS DIDN'T
 WANT MANHATTAN

New York, May 12-(UP)-The Indians have had. their chance to take Manhattan Island back, and they don't want it.
 "No!" they shouted. "No want him."
 The offer was made symbolically as part of the Manhattan week cele- bration at the Worlds Fair. Sioux, iPonca, and Otoe tribesmen from the fairs amusement section-none of them descendants of the Indians who sold the island sto white men for $24 in 1e26-took part in page- ane intended to show the historic sale and a magnanimous world of tomorrow offer to return the island, ''now worth $24 ,000, 900. .0OO."
 They had been scheduled to make speeches praising the white fathers development with the present own- CTS. Instead. they lapsed into In- dian gutteral, shouted "No, mo-" and seemed horrified.
 Chief Sugar Brown of the otoes, heading the delegation, was asked. 'What would you do with New York # they really turned it over to you7"
 'T'd give t back to the Indians" l" he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12
FORTIFY AALAND ISLANDS

Helsingfors, Finland, May 12.- (UP)-Germany has agreed to the fertilization of the strategically im- portant Aaland Islands in the Bal tic, 1t was announced today.
 Germany'S notification said that the German government considered 1t important that the neutrality of the Aalands be maintained and eff fectively protected, and therefore approved defense measures "exclu- sively for the purpose of making neutrality secure"
 The islands lie between Finland and Sweden at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia. Thus they com- mand the entrance to the Gulf of Finland and to Leningrad and its great fortress of Kronstadt. Under an international convention of 1921 they had been left unfortified. Both Finland and Sweden claim ed the islands after the World War the league of nations, held that they should be under Finnish sovereignty but with an autonomous regime. It was agreed that they should be neu- tralized and demilitarized. Their chief value is strategic. Held tx other powers, they might be a threat to Finland and Sweden, With them, Germany would have a base to at- tack Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12
ATTORNEY LEWIS
 MADE PRESIDENT
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 Attorney John H. Cassidy was elected chairman of the entertain ment committee. Other committee appointments will be made by At torney Lewis at later date.
 The association members left 1t up to President Lewis to appoint a committee to make arrangements for a testimonial in honor of Attcr- ney John McDonough of Naugatuck. newiy-eiected judge of common pleas court who will succeed Judge Edward I. Finn. Just what form the testimonial will be. win be lest up to the president. The trcasur- er's report for the year was read by Mfr. Gillette and unanimously ac- cepted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12

sations against one another, and exposing murders dating back 10 years.
 Police, meshed in the details of almost 100 local murders committed by the ring, made no attempt to in- vestigate any of the charges but rushed the information to the cities named. A detective, harried by a nights work on the case, said that the nine newly-discovered cases were in Manhattan and Brooklyn boroughs of New York and Jersey City, N. J.
 Shout Threats In Cells
 Credence was given the infornla- tion, by the fact that Morris OouiS the Rabbi Bolber, one of the lead- CTS, is a Brooklyn grocer. He and Herman Petarillo, confined in near by cells, have been shouting threats and imprecations at each other for days.
 They torment each other by shouting:
 "You're going to the electric chair"
 q don't care, I've given enough on you to put you in the chair, too."
 T don't care either, was going to the chair anyway"
 The analyzing of bodies for traces of arsenic was a slow process and the police laboratory was overbur- dened with the evidence already ex- humed. There were more than 60 more bodies to be exhumed here. Confessions from the frenzied pris- oners indicated furthermore, that the murderers had operated in five eastern states for the past 10 years and that victims were buried in a dozen cities.
 Witchcraft Blamed
 The mass questioning of the 24 prisoners yesterday and the arraign- ment of nine of them produced a new barrage of statements and counter-accusations in which "witchcraft" was given part of the blame. Mrs. Josephine Romualdo, mother of two children made this statement through her attorney, Abraham J. Levy, Jr.:
 T am completely innocent (of the poisoning of her husband). It is true that I am a believer in hex and have been all my life. About 10 years ago I went to a doctor because I felt I was losing my husbands love. I was given a powder to put on his necktie, in his hair. and on his shoes.
 "It didn't work and then about two years before my husband died I heard about the reputation of Mrs. Carina Favato who lived in my neighborhood. (Mrs. Favato pleaded guilty to murdering her husband, step-son and friend).
 Put The Eye On Me
 q went to her and told her my husband was acting strange and cool toward me. She put the eye on me and told me was under e spell and that everything would be all right again between me and my husband. She told me to leave it to her. but to send my husband around. did.
 "she gained his confidence by hiring him to do odd jobs around her house. Mrs. Favato fed him. but the treatment didn't work. I went back to her and told her my hus- band was still cool to me.
 "Afrs. Ravato said. now I'm going 10 start q 1ove potion She snoWea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12

Nazi government to purge German academies of all mon -Aryans".
 The edict, he charged, was issued by the
 by the German ministry of science, education and popular culture last November Is to banish Jews from the country's educational system.
 Dr. Edgerton, former president of the American Oriental society and the Linguistic Society of America,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12
YALE PROFESSOR
 DISLIKES NAZIS

New Haven, Conn, May 12.-(UP)
 -Dr. Franklin Edgerton, Yale pro- lessor of sanskrit and comparative philosopsy, disclosed today he had resigned from the Bavarian Acad- emy of Arts and Sciences in Munich because of a secret order of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12

No one food benefits the brain more than another, despite the be- lief that fish is the best brain food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12
POLISH GUARDS KILL

Warsaw, May 12.-(UP)-An off, cial communique said today that Polish guards had killed man of unspecifled nationality and wound- ed 8 German in an incident on the frontier.
 During the night of May 9-10 Polish border guards saw a boat try- ing to cross the Tredowska river, which at that point forms the Ger man border, in the direction of Ger many" said the communique.
 After the boat had refused to halt when called upon to do so, the guards opened fire and killed one occupant and severely wounded the other, who was of German national ity.
 "The dead person was a well known smuggler, engaged in smug- gling persons of German national ity from Poland so they could find employment as agricultural workers in Germany. The person wounded was one of those"
 Newspapers asserted that German agents for weeks had been trying to induce people of German nation ality in Poland to go to Germany as agricultural workers, because of labor scarcity on farms. Those who returned, it was alleged, were then cited as Germans who had fec from Poland because of terrorism. Newspapers backed new cam- paign aimed at the exclusion of Ger. man movie films from Poland. One movie theater which had shown only German films announced that henceforth it would show only Am. erican ones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12

Cleopatra was the lest queen of Egypt.
 There are at least 2s species q flying animals in Australia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-12

was appointed corresponding men1- Der of the academy in February, 1886. He is not a Jew.
 German academies, he said, have been changed into helpless instru- ments of an ignorant and brutal political regime"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
A painted cupboard for a kitchen

A painted cupboard for kitchen.
peasant motifs TO outline the
drawers, then got friend husband
to build shelves above it which she
painted white with accents of or
ange. On these shelves she keeps
her everyday dishes, bright pottery
and some odd pieces of copper.
Even her stove and refrigerator got
peasant motifs painted on their
cleaning white fronts. The chairs
are white with orange seat pads.
But here is the browning touch.
lillian has put III plate rail- all
around the kitchen walls and at
tached a ruffie eff orange cotton to
il. On this she has an assortment
of old-fsshioned kitchen utensils as
well as any unusual foreign utensils
she can lay her hands on. There's
an old coffee mill, for instance. and
an iron waffle griddle. not to men
ton some bright enamel trays that
a missionary-friend in. Korea sent
her.
So now you may depend on it,
Lillian's Kitchen is one OF the show
places of the house. Yet it's as up
to-tbe-minute in equipment as any,
body s-she even has ar electric
dish washer.
Q By Betty weils.--WNu Service.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
Household Hints
o Z
By BETTY WELLS

"VOU should have heard the re-
marks George made when ]
bought q daybed for our bedroom"
writes Gertrude. "About who want
ed to lay around IA the daytime
anyway, and besides that one was
too fancy for him. ever to feel at
home with.
''Oh. it Is q beauty-upholstered
in tufted brocade Of old French
blue[I blew myself to it with q
birthday check from my rich uncle.
"The catch now is that George
has calmly taken possession. He
settles down with a book or his
paper right after supper, and just
try to bulge him. Being a good
wife ! don't remind him of his re-
marks.
'But it's turning out to be case
of the brass andirons-it makes the
rest Of the room look dowdy. So
I'll have to do a bit of redecorat-
ing. The walls are all right-they're
a pale mauve-gray, but the rug is
definitely out, an old worn blue fig
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
Curiosity Killed Cat
Traced to Older Saving

The saying Curiosity killed the
cat" is believed to be a corruption
of the older saying "Care killed the
cat" It is one of the sayings per-
petuated more by sound than sense.
writes a correspondent to the Bos-
ton Herald.
A proverb known in England and
Scotland from time immemorial
says that cat has nine lives, yet
care will wear them out. ''Hang
sorrow. care will kill a cat" occurs
in Christmas" a poem written by
George Wither, who died In 1867.
The same line is attributed to Ben
Jonson, John Taylor and others.
This proverb probably referred
originally to. the fact that cats are
frequently so petted and pampered
that they sicken and die. However,
cats are not usually thought of as
being especially curious.
Why Care killed the cat" was
changed to Curiosity killed the
cat" is a puzzling question. One
writer says plausible explanation
of this change is found In the fact
that one of the figurative senses Of
"cat" is human being who
scratches like cat, particularly a
spiteful or back-biting woman"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
The Little Things

Oh, it's just the little homely
things, the unobtrusive friendly
things, the. "won't-you-let-me-help-
you" things that make our pathway
light. And it's just the jolly, jok-
ing things, the "never-mind-the-
trouble" things, the '1augh-with-me-
it's-funny'' things, that make the
world seem bright. For all the
countless famous things, the won
drous record-breaking things, those
"never-can-be-equalled" things, that
all the papers cite, are not like
little human things, the everyday
encountered" things, the ''just-be-
cause-I-like-you" things that make
us happy-ike. So, here's to all the
little things, the "done-and- then-for-
gotten" things, those "oh-it's-sim-
ply-nothing" things that make life
worth the fight.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
Nautical Crumbling Is
Recalled by Old Salt

Sailors love to grouse, declares
Sir Arthur Rostron, commodore of
the Cunard feet until his retire
ment, in his salty "reminiscences,
Home From the Sea-" Then he
spins this yarn:
Once when in sail the skipper was
in the habit of bringing his wife
along on voyages and she was al
ways full of compassion for the
poor fellows" before the mast. One
Sunday they came aft to see the
captain. The old complaint-bad
food, bad cooking. The captain said
he would look into it. He consulted
his wife. Under her gentle suasion
he decided to give the crew a treat
next Sunday.
This consisted of several fat
geese, the cooking of which was SUI
perintended by the captains wife.
She and the cook did their best and
then sat down waiting for the ap-
plause It did not eventuate. In
stead they heard heated argument
going on forward. and one of the
officers strolled that way to see
what was the matter. The men were
grumblingl
do you think" cried one in dis
gust, 'they would have given US
geese if they could have eaten them
themselves-us? Not hkely,''
Then there is the story about a
skipper who was very keen on clean
illness on board ship, 10 the point of
often being unreasonable and unfair.
One day. In walking round the ship.
he discovered some dust on q small
ledge rather high up. Thinking that
he would teach the responsible ones
sharp lesson. he placed q penny
there The following day. on inspec-
ton, he told the chief steward what
he had done.
II knew that ledge had been dirty
a long time he added; iii is never
attended to-"
With that. he reached up for his
penny and drew down--two half
pennies. Some steward had seen
him ard passed the word along.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
when Your Ears Barr

The popular superstition that
when your ears burn somebody is
talking about you was first men,
toned by the ancient Roman writer,
Pliny, who remarked on it as being
universally believed by the people.
The superstition today says that if
the right ear tingles someone is
speaking well of you, but if the left
ear evil, says London ,Tit-Bits mag
axine. In everyday life it Is quite
usual for person when rebuked
TO blush. So if you are being criti-
cized m your absence you will know
il by the burning OF your ears.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
Effect of Dust en- Sunsets

Sunset colors are caused by the
excess of rays of long wave length,
red and orange chiefly, which pass
more readily over the long path
through the dense lower strata Of
the atmosphere, which must be ira
versed at sunset, than the short
wave length, blue and violet, rays
which are INSTRUCTED not only by
the atmosphere, but also by dust
particles and impurities suspended
in it. The finest sunset colors are
produced when there is the greatest
amount of dust and impurities in
the air through which the sunlight
passes.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17

An Indian once. unacquainted with
the white mans tools, found watch
and for day listened with surprise
and pleasure to its ticking. But
when the ticking stopped. the Indian
looking on the toy no longer with
any satisfaction, sold II to the first
person who offered him p tribe in
exchange. As the bargain was
sealed, the Indian exnltinely OK
claimed, Hal She already died."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
Every Country Has
It's Own Meat Loaf
Expert Gives Two Of Her
Own Favorite, Recipes

livery country has its own fa-|
- vorite meat loaves. Covered
with pastry, It may be called by|
another name. but the mixture r.
self il very much like what we ussj
for loaf. One Of my favorite reci-I
pes comes from Vienna and del
ponds upon sour cream for It's DELI
cate flavor.
Another recipe which I like very
much is probably a sort Of by
brid. It came to me from Wisconstn
and it may have started out IN lie
as German or Scandinavian Gre
alton. The addition Of catsup -
doubtless an American touch. A
brown gravy or tomato sauce may
be served with this loaf. II served
cold you may Like a tartare sauce
with it.
Apple rings or stewed prunes may
be baked around the loaf il Il Is
nodded rather than baked IN bread
pan. Alternate rings of apples and
onions viii give a delicious favor
during the baking and viii then
replace a sauce.
Wisconsin Meat Loaf.
2 pounds lean beef, chopped
" pound chopped salt pork
eggs, slightly beaten
I cup milk
5 tablespoons melted butter
tablespoons catsup
" teaspoon pepper
tablespoon salt
medium sized onion, minced
cup soft bread crumbs
Mix all ingredients together and
shape into a loaf. Cover with strips
of bacon if desired. Bake In q mod
crate oven (375 degrees Fahrenheft)
an hour and half.
Vienna Meat Loaf.
pound ground pork
pound ground beef
"A cup soft bread crumbs
" cup milk
Salt and pepper
egg
8 tablespoons sour cream
To the ground meat add the bread
crumbs, soaked In milk. Season.
Add the egg, and mix thoroughly.
Put the mixture into a loaf pan.
CREASED lightly. Cook one hour in
a moderate oven (375 degrees Fab
renheit) basting occasionally with
4 tablespoons butter melted IN 1
cup of hot water. Twenty minutes
before removing from oven pour
the cream over the meat.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-17
Ruskin's Description Of
The Falls Of the r.

Ruskin's Description Of
The Falls Of the Rhine
The Falls Of the Rhine near
Schafihausen, Switzerland, are 80
feet wide and 100 feet deep. Com
p1fed Win Niagara they are modest
hosed, yet eAeir setting b - inn
peeaGave hit livery spectator win
agfee vilh hu1kih's description:
ssStand 1Uf IN hour beside the
Fnib q Sehailhausen, on the north
tide. where the rapids are long. and
watch how the vault u water first
bends ui,brcken h pure polished We
iocity over tie arching rocks ut the
brow of The cataract. covering them
with q dome of crystal % feet thick,
% swift that It's motion b unseen ex-
cept when . foaln-globe from above
darts over It like ! falling star; and
how the trees are lighted above il
under all their leaves at the instant
that it breaks into foam; and how
all the hollows Of that foam burn
with green FIRE, like so much shat
tering chrysoprase; and how, ever
and anon startling you with its white
fash, a jet Of spray leaps out, hiss
ing. like q rocket bursting in the
wind and driven away in dust, filling
the air with light; and how, through
the curdling wreaths of the restless.
crashing abyss below. the blue Of
the water, paled by the foam in its
body, shows purer than the sky
through white rain cloud: while the
shuddering iris stoops in tremulous
stiffness over all, fading and flush
ing alternately through the chock-
ing spray and shattered sunshine,
hiding itself at last among the thick
golden leaves which toss to and fro
in sympathy with the wild waters,
their dripping masses lifted at in
tervals, like sheaves Of loaded corn,
by some stronger gush from the
cataract, and bowed again upon the
messy rocks as its roar dies away"