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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
Personal

MT. and Mrs. George Ottinger of North Riverside street are in Phila- delphia where they attended the funeral of MT. Ottinger'S sister w..1o died suddenly New Years Day.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Urban have returned to their home on Bank street after spending several days in New York City.
 Miss Laura Ryan has resumed her studies at Trinity College after spending the holiday recess with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ryan of Buckingham street. MT. and Mrs. John German of Baldwin street have had as their guest for several days Miss Marion Planter of Newark, N. J.
 Miss Mary Fogarty has returned to Trinity College after spending some time with her mother, Mrs. Loretta Fogarty of Crescent street.
 MT. and Mrs. William Haskins of North Main street are spending a few days i'l New York.
 Miss Ruth Chapman of Coniston avenue is spending several days in New York City where she is regis tered at the Hotel Commodore.
 MT and Mrs. F. Randolph Book of Homer street have returned after visiting Mrs. Books parents, MT and Mrs. John Phillips of Putnam.
 MT. and Mrs. Elmer E. Wilson of Colonial avenue have been spend Ing several days as the guests of Merritt Slaight of Woodnaven, L. I.
 Misses Loretta Hall and Dorothy Foster of Washington avenue are spending several days in New York city.
 Mir. and Mrs. Floyd Garter have returned to their home on High land avenue after spending several days with relatives in Springfield.
 MT. and Mrs. William T. Leggett of Windsor street have been enter taining their daughter, Miss Ruth M. Leggett of Westport and her fiance, Robert Friends of Hornell, N. Y.
 MT, and Mrs. Charles Largay and family formerly of Buckingham street have taken up their new residence on Hillside avenue.
 Miss Helena Thompson of East Main street is spending few days in New York city.
 George Lincoln has returned to his home on Hill street after spend- ing the weekend in Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
Ladies Aid Society
 Holds Initial Meeting

Mrs. Lewis Sage presided at the first meeting of the New Year of the Ladies' Aid Society of the St. Paul's M. E. church yesterday after noon at the home of Mrs. Clara Plant of East Farm street. Mrs. Laura Westover was a guest at the meeting.
 Plans were completed for a clam chowder supper February g at the church. The next meeting of the society will be held January IS at the home of Mrs. Frank Meisinger on North Main street.
 Attending yesterdays meeting were: Mrs. Robert Bulk, Mrs. Emma Kippen, Mrs. Newton Leas, Mrs. Frank Meisinger, Mrs. Wilson Mil Ter, ST., Mrs. Asa Smith Mrs. Clara Plant, Mrs. Lillian Warner Mrs. Walter Oldroyd. Mrs. Louis Sage, Mrs. Henry Kuntz and Mrs. Hugh Sutherland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05

six on the hand were those who bid it. Those who stopped short fulfilled a game contract with an overtrick.
 The first trick was ruffed, and trump led to dummy. A diamond return was ruffed in the North hand, and another trump returned. Then dummy's last diamond was ruffed out, effectively blocking a diamond exit when the throw-in occurred.
 AS the cards lie, either East or West could be made the victim of an end play, but North played for what appeared to be the safer line. East had followed to two spades. He had bid hearts at the range of two, probably indicating a five-card suit headed by the queen, and he had followed to three rounds of diamonds. He might or might not hold three clubs. On the other hand, West was known to have only one spade. He could hold but one or two hearts at most, and if he held the high club after the ace and king, his return could not mat ter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
Personal
s. Margaret's Confraternity Holds Meeting And SociaL

social was enjoyed and a program oi entertainment was presented. Mrs B. Buckley gave two recitations "Old Ironsides" and "Curfew." Ar Irish dance was done by Mrs. Henry Smithwick and Mrs. James Coyle rendered a solo. A duet, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was sung by Mrs. Patrick Troy and Mrs James Hosier.
 A luncheon was served by the committee in charge which included Mrs. Patrick Troy, Mrs. B. Buckley Mrs. James Coyle, Mrs. James Hos fer and Mrs. Henry Smithwick.
 The following committee was ap- pointed for next month: Mrs. John Joy, Mrs. Eugene Burns, Mrs. Pat rick McVerry and Miss Grace Walsh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
Santa Maria Circle '. Plans Minstrel

A St. Patrick's day entertain ment and minstrel show will be pre- sented by Santa Maria circle Daugh- ters of Isabella, plans having been made at a meeting of the organi- zation last night at Hibernian hall. Mrs. Joseph Dunn will act as direc- tor of the show. Rehearsals will start soon.
 The committee in charge includes Mrs. James Cook, Mrs. George Mil- Ter, Miss Bea Shea, Mrs. George Deconinck, Miss Marjorie Quilter, Mrs. Martha Campion. Mrs. George Ayotte, Mrs. Mary Gould and Miss Margaret Frageau. Twelve applica- tions for membership were accepted. Mrs. Mary O'Rourke presided.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05

Plans fer future activities were made at a meeting of St. Margaret's Rosary confraternity held at the parish hall Tuesday evening. A funmage sale to be held in about two weeks was among the events planned.
 Rev. J. Oliver Cronan, chaplain of the society, presided at the meeting and gave an interesting talk to the members.
 Following the business meeting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
Engagements
KINSELLA-HUBBARD

Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kinsella of Ten Acre Road, New Britain, an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Kinsella, to Harry Bacon Hubbard, 2d, son of MT. and Mrs. George S. Hubbard of Woodland avenue, Hartford.
 Miss Kinsella studied at the Katharine Gibbs School in Boston and at Tufts Medical School. Her fiance was graduated from Connec- ticut State College and is employed by the Federal Government as g forester in Putnam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
Business And Professional Club Arranges Euents

The month of January will be la busy one according to the Sched- ule of events announced at a meet ing of the Waterbury Business and Professional club held last evening at their rooms, 296 West Main street.
 Starting the activities will be a supper meeting on Monday evening at 6:15 o'clock. The subject of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
CONTRACT BRIDGE
 By VIM. E. MCKINNEY Secretary of the American Bridge League
Locate Cards in Defense Hands to Avoid Defeat in
 Slam Contract

Perhaps fortune does favor the brave. Today's hand was played in a recent duplicate at the Laurelton Bridge Club in New York, con- ducted by Mrs. Robert B. Fuller, president of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Contract Bridge League. The only players to make
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
Sorority Holds Its
 Regular Meeting

The Emanon sorority held its weekly meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Ernestine Gan non of Vermont street. Business plans were discussed and luncheon was served. Those present were Harriet Marinan, Muriel Earring ton, Mary Gladney, Ruth Kenny, Joan Altman and Ernestine Gan non. The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Harriet Mari nan of Walnut avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
CLIvE LIVES ROLE

E. E. Olive has played the sup porting role of "Tenny" in dozen Bulldog Drummond" pictures made on Hollywood, including the 'ltest Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police" 1" In which John Howard plays the leading role.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
Contract Bridge
CORNELL CONTRACT CLI1R

A new series of Wednesday after noon sessions of the Cornell Con- tract club conducted by Mrs. John c. Moriarty started yesterday with the following as high scorers: North and South: Mrs. Joseph McArdle and Mrs. Joseph Montambault, l25 1-2 Mrs. Ambrose Guilfoile and Mrs. Joseph McNellis, IF 1-2 and East and West: Mrs. Matthew Doyle and Mrs. John Dillon, 146 l-2 and Mrs. E. J. Nelson and Mrs. B. Cameron 130 1-2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05
POWELL ON RANCH

William Powell is spending the rest of the year at friends desert ranch before reporting back to M-G-M for his next Thin Man" picture with Myrna Loy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-05

North cashed the ace and king of hearts, then the ace and king of clubs. West won the third club lead, but the return gave declarer a discard in one hand and ruff in the other.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09
Speaking Of Sports
Baseball's Best
Pilots PLAYED
Average Game
By ROBERT McsHANE

A MOTHER major American cri-
sis developed not long ago when
Columbia Lou" Gehrig benched
himself after establishing what may
be an all-time record for consecu-
i've games. Plainly the iron man
was nearing the end of the trail.
Huge, salty tears were shed over
Gehrig's impending doom. What did
baseball intend to do for the man
VINO has done SO much for II? Who
would reward him with manag eri-
al job? Forgotten was the fact that
Gehrig hasn't yet retired, that he
isn't decrepit individual requiring
a guiding hand to steer him to the
closest relief agency.
But the American sports-loving
public is like that. Let one of its
heroes start slipping and the hue
and cry is nation wide. He must
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09

best light-heavy Warner Broth
ers expect to sign Spencer Tracy to
play the lead role in 1.-THE Life of
Knute Rockne" The Philadel-
phia White Elephants were renamed
the Athletics when Connie Mack
took over the club in May, 1901
Loyola university of Chicago
has won AZ of its last 43 home bas-
ketball games i. E. ]. Delehanty
is the only player who has won
batting championships in both ma
jor leagues. He won the National
league title in 1899 with percent
age of .408 and the American league
championship in 1902 with 1873
Though the New York Giants won
26 consecutive games to establish
record in 1916 they did not win the
pennant The Green Bay Pack.
ers are increasing the capacity OF
their stadium for the third straight
year.
Rsisassd by western Newspaper un,oa.I
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09
AH-American Game
Gets Spotlight

Joe E. Brown, left, film and RI lilo
star, after urging members of TIE
house immigration and naturaliza-
ton committee to act favorab,y on
a proposal to admit $1,000 German
refugee children to the U. S., found
time to join in trio presentation of
'Play Baseball, the All-American
Came" a song written by Rep.
Louis c. Rabaut. right, Of Mich;gc-.
Center: Rep. Charles Kramer of
California.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09
Jack of All Trades

DNE OF baseball's sensations
though not for his playing abil-
ity-is Morris (Moe) Berg, scholar,
gentleman and catcher for the Bos-
ton Red Sox.
Not that Moe isn't a good base
ball player. He is. But he's such
versatile individual that his ac-
complishments in other fields tend
to awe the average onlooker.
To begin with. Moe can talk fast
and furiously in five different lam
guages, and has a working kn0wl-
edge Of about a dozen more. He
studied Romance languages at
Princeton. graduating in 1928. He
originally planned on going to the
Sorbonne in Paris to study phonet-
les, but decided to finance his con-
tinued education by playing ball
with Brooklyn. He played the sum-
mer OF 1928 and then went to Paris.
When he came back the follow
ing summer the Dodgers weren't
particularly impressed. The winter
spent in study hadn't helped his hit
ting, so he was sold to Minneapo-
lis. From Minneapolis he went to
Reading in the International league,
and from there to the Chicago White
Sox in 1925.
Deciding on further education,
Moe enrolled in the law school Of
Columbia university. He passed
the New York state bar examina-
tons in 1923. His comprehensive
knowledge was ably demonstrated
recently when he appeared on a quiz
program over nationwide h0okup.
He astonished even his fellow broad
casters with his rapid-fire answers
to the brain-stumping questions.
In addition to his other accom-
plishments, Moe is familiar with the
scores of several operas, and is
lover of the drama. A real gourmet,
he knows the best restaurants in
all the cities on the big league route.
Moe, despite his amazing versatil-
ity, Is primarily a baseball player.
He doesn't want to be known as
lawyer or linguist, he wants to be
looked upon as conscientious,
Woodworking catcher.
He played on the 1888 Washington
team, under Manager Joe Cronin,
and Cronin, Berg's boss now on the
Red Sox, will attest to Berg's value
to the team which won the Ameri-
can League championship. He
plays steady, consistently good
game, and though no second Babe
Ruth, manages to be dangerous
hitter in a pinch.
Nor does he play baseball for
the money involved. He has been
a well-paid player, and in addition,
is a member of a New York law
firm, and director of two New Jer-
sey manufacturing plants.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09

was postponed, but
Sisler made his one
pitch, then caught a
train for home
Bad news item:
Tommy Farr says
he is coming back to
America to fight
Max Baer again
Billy Conn recently
announced that he
will not become a
heavyweight fighter.
but will content HIM
self with being the
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09

anOther race {.
Carl Hubben nev-
er argues with
unpires, believ-
ing it to be bad
luck. That's prob
ably the reason
Umpire George
Magerkurth says
Hubbell is the
easiest player in
baseball to get
along with
Manuel Salvo,
G j a n t pitcher,
was a 1oorwalk-
err in a San Fran
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09

CARL VAN DOREN denies there
~ is any new barbarism" in the
world and says that what allied us
is the same old barbarism. There
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09

CARL VAN DOREN denies there
~ is any new barbarism" in the
world and says that what allied US
is the same old barbarism. There
MI p..L.-:. is a reminder
Holds a Spell continuity in
Ouer Van Dyke the choice of
w. S. Van Dyke
to direct the filming of Sinclair
Lewis at Can't Happen Here"
Not that there is anything bar
barous about Mr.. Van Dyke, but.
as we recall it, he got his start help
ing direct D. w. Griffith's film. EN-
tolerance" which was a tolerably
complete roundup of the old bar
barism. That was "a years ago, and
the Sinclair Lewis opus picks up
right where Messrs. Griffith and
Van Dyke left off, without missing
a flicker.
In the worlds fair time can
sule, Mr.. Van Dyke might be
memorialized as the man who
calls Greta Carlo "Kid" and
gets away with it-or as the
man who once spanked Lupe
Veiez when she went tempera.
mental on the lot. They call
him the hard-boiled director
with the velvet touch. He is a
rugged, weather-beaten six-foot-
er, q newsboy, miner, logger,
stage-driver, expressman, gro
Gerry clerk and laborer before he
went to Hollywood.
He got a toe-hold in Hollywood by
selling a few scripts. At first he
was one of many of Griffith's as
sistants, later one of his aces. Pro-
ducers like him because he goes
straight through without water or
feed. He used to make full-length
serial in nine days and Western
in three, writing his script as he
worked. He did many jungle and
South Sea films, such as Grader
Horn" and white Shadows
His father, San Diego Judge
and . cousin of the late Henry
Van Dyke, died when the boy
was eight years old. RustlinE
hard to help his mother support
the family accounts for his YER
satility and his skill In type
Characterization.
Consolidated Features-wNu servicsJ
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-In 1914, S. S. Nc
Clure published his autobiog-
raphy. As he was only 81 at the
time, it was sort of juvenile prank
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09

cisco department store during his
off seasons there George Sis
Ter, member of baseball's Hall of
Fame, recently travelled thousand
miles to deliver one pitch. Guest
of honor at a Wichita semi-pro
game, Sisler arrived from St. Louis
during driving rain. The game
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09

be rewarded. What can we do for
him? The fact that the big sports
figure may make more in a week
than the average person does in
year is seemingly beside the point.
II was a black mark against base
ball, according to calamity h0wlers,
that Babe Ruth wasn't given a man.
ayers job when he retired. He was
the games most cOl0rful figure,
packing the stands wherever he ap-
peared and giving the best years Of
his life to the diamond wars. Ruth
was the highest paid baseball play
er in history, signing contracts at a
top price Of $50, 600 per year.
Unsung Heroes
Overlooked is the fact that each
year a lot of fast, smart ballplayers
go by the boards. They, too, have
devoted their best years to the
game, but when the final day rolls
around they cast an agonized eye
over the bank book and wonder
where they're going to open filling
station or lunch counter.
There seems to be some good rea-
son why great baseball stars aren't
usually picked when managers are
appointed. Some of them have, such
as Iris Speaker, Cobb and Walter
johnson. But they didn't last. The
most successful managers seem to
be those men who were good play
ers, but not great ones.
Connie Mack, the most widely
known, was once a catcher-and
good one. But experts don't rate
him with King and Bresnahan.
Oscar Witt, Cleveland manager,
was formerly major league infeld-
er. He isn't remembered for his
outstanding ability as player.
Rather he was reliable performer
who played a steady game.
Joe Mccarthy, the most success
full manager in baseball, could never
make the grade in the big-league.
Success Stories
Casey Stengel and Jimmy Dykes
were better than the average ball
player in their best years, but nei-
tner OF tuem WcTC WOIlu OCdtcES.
Since they shed their uniforms
they've been doing better than all
right. Del Baker of the Tigers was
a catcher in his day, but didn't do
SO well in the majors.
With so many players of average
ability making the grade as man.
ayers, it seems more than coinci-
dence that the stars fail in an exec
utive capacity. 1t seems, though,
waste of sympathy to shed tears
over a great man whose playing
career is drawing to close. He
has made money, has a host OF
friends and admirers and has led
the kind of an existence he wanted.
Because baseball doesn't offer him
a managers job it doesn't mean that
moguls of the game are hard-heart.
ed wretches, casting off man when
his usefulness is over. A man may
be a great ball player, but lack the
essential qualifications Of a good
manager.
Fortunately. ball club owners real
Ire that.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09

NEW YORK.-In 1914, S. S. Nc
! ' Clure published his autobiog-
raphy. As he was only 81 at the
time, it was sort of juvenile prank
Mcclure. Early n and serI p9o5si ~.
Autobiography tended. Now, at
But a Prologue g. s,h ne lis, is buster .lsi:a
ing books and digging into social
problems, and the word is that
next September he will revive his
McClure's Magazine.
Two years ago, the whippy lit
tie Irishman, with the rumpled
hair and the rumpled suit, wrote
q piece in which he indicated
that the disquieting noises of the
capitalist system were just body
squeaks and that the engine was
still all right. His idea is to 20
on from here, instead Of backing
up, and it Is to be assumed that
will be his take-Off for the re-
vived magazine. After 60 years
OF battling for civic righteous
ness he concludes that the
United States Constitution Is a
changeless and Interchangeable
document, which will in time set
everything right II we just stay
within its ground rules.
Still cracking with aphorisms and
Greek quotations in his ninth dec
ade, he might be reminiscent-talk-
ing about Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Theodore Roosevelt, William Dean
Howells, Gilbert Parker, Robert
Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling,
Arthur Conan Doyle, James M. Bar
rie, ct al. But he is chock-full of
today, and yesterday is just SO much
ink through the printing press. All
the above and many others like
them were his business and social
intimates.
In 1866, when he was nine
years old, his parents, of a FAM
lily OF farmers and carpenters,
brought him to a prairie farm
in Indiana. He sold 81 micro
scopes on the street corners Of
Minneapolis, st. Paul, Duluth,
and Chicago; worked his way
through Knox college; got ST.
a-week job editing The Wheel
man for the Pope Manufacture
ing company, started his syn
dictate, and, in 1893, McClure's
Magazine, in that other doleful
day when his friends all said:
"The funerals tomorrow" He
says he is just getting wound up.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-06-09
Sport Shorts

A FTER losing the first heat in
1 = which she started, Nancy
Hawks, first trotting horse to beat
2:05, won As straight and never lost
Evening star., 1939-07-06
Ex.Suprerne Court
Clerk Arrested
On Check Charge
Washington Attorney
Accused Of Obtaining
SAIL in New York
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, July GA man who
said he prepared the legal briefs for
the cases killing the N. r. A. and the
Guffey Coal Act while working as
law clerk for Chief Justice Charles
Evans Hughes was arrested yester-
day on charge of passing bad
checks totaling $471.
He was booked as John Reynolds
Robertson, IS, and said he was an
attorney of Washington, D. C. He
was arrested by Detectives Stephen
Buckley and Hugh Fox and Will
liam McDermott, credit manager of
the Waldorf Hotel, claimed
he had paid bills with worthless
checks.
Detective Fox said that the man
admitted the checks were bad and
that he had signed them with the
name of Henry Root Stern. lawyer
and former treasurer of the New
York Republican State Committee.
Arrest Declared First. ~
The detective said he asked the
prisoner if he had cashed fake
checks before and the answer was:
Il did. 1 signed Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes name to
checks. I signed Chief Justice Will
liam Howard Taft's name to checks.
l signed Mr.. Stern's name to checks
before; also Paul Cravath's name"
Paul Cravath is nationally
known attorney.
Continuing, according to Detective
Fox, the prisoner said:
'1've never been arrested before.
I've always covered up on those
checks, or made good somehow. If
you give me a chance now I can
make good on these present checks.
I have plenty of money in Wash
ington bank"
Blames Drinking for Plight.
Following his arrest in the Plaza
Hotel, where he had received medi-
cal care for alcoholism, Robertson
Evening star., 1939-07-06
Hotels May Close

Lack of foreign tourists may COM
pei several hotels in Naples, Italy
to close.