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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
MARATHON CHAMP
KILLED in CRASH

Baltimore, NJ, Dec. lS--(Up)-
Joseph Frank (Pat) Dengis, 81,
United States marathon champion,
was killed Sunday In an airplane
crash near here. The planes owner,
Richard Henry Sohn. n, also was
killed. Both men were employed at
the Glenn L. Martin aircraft factory.
witnesses said the motor cut out at
o low altitude.
Dengis was national and Pan
American champion at the marathon
distance which Is 20 miles. He also
held the record for that distance and
won 10 OF his last IS starts. For the
third consecutive time he won the
national championships at Yonkers,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
HENRY LAPHAM DIES

Boston, Dec. 10 - (U.P.) - Pri.
vate funeral services were held to.
day for Henry q. Lapham, 90, pres.
ident OF the Boston Garden Arena
Corporation, who died OF his Brook.
Line home Saturday night after q
long illness.
Born In Brooklyn, N. Y, he was
formerly president OF the Boston
Athletic Association At his death
he was head Of Laphan. Davis and
Bianchi. Boston investment bank
ing Arm.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

James DeRienxo was elected
president Of the Sturese Lodge
for the fourth consecutive time At
= meeting yesterday afternoon In
Liberty Hall. The nominating COM
mlttee was headed BY DR.. Saverlo
Cerullo who was elected lodge
physician.
Other officers elected were James
Del GObbo, vice.presldent; An.
tonic Galante, financial secretary;
Vincent GuaFini, corresponding
secretary; Felix Guarini, treasur-
or; and Pasquale Famiglietti,
curator.
Installation Of officers will take
take place January 81.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
"Hot" Icebox
Demands Aid

An "overhcated refrigerator"
caused q small blaze which was
put out by four companies Of
flre apparatus shortly after 4
o'cleck this morning In the J.
b J. restaurant, % East Main
street.
Fire officials said the refrig-
crater everheated by shsrt-cir.
cult.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

Wasn't II q grand occasion years
ago when mother lighted the candles
on the Christmas tree. Then We knew
that Christmas had really come, and
that roast duck, plum pudding and
gifts for everybody would soon DO
on the way.
But when we stop To think about
It, we wonder why the house didn't
burn down every time the tree was
lighted. The truth Is that many
houses did burn down. The bell
on the horse-drawn FIRE engine too
frequently changed In disharlnony
with the christmas chimes. Engine
companies looked forward to q busy
season ct the end Of the year.
The use OF lights on Christmas
trees goes back to the old world,
many centuries ago. A Swedish Leg
end tells OF mysterious lights which
cleaned from the branches of q
particular pine tree during the
Christmas season. Other stories as
sociate the lighting Of trees with
shining stars seen through the ever
green trees. When candles were In
vented II was only natural that they
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

Boston, Dee. is--(UP)-Weath.
er forecast
CONNECrIcUT-Cl tonight
and Tuesday, followed BY eccaa.
t0nNl rain Tuesday afternoon and
Night, Net Wsuch change In tesAs
pePRtuPe,
ASSACHUSETTs and RH O u Il
SI.AND.-Cloudy tonight ana Tues.
day followed by occasional rains
Tuesday afternoon or night Not
much change In temperature.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
l 900 More Births Than
Deaths Here In 1899
Health Olicer OOdfrey's Report Shows Vital Stats,
tics; Drop In Communicable Diseases Seen This Year

Waterbury had alas births and 1851 deaths during
the year ending October ST. according to the annual re-
port Of Dr. Edward Godfrey, health officer Deductug
births here TO parents living out OF town. the birth total
was 1885, the death total with deduction Of outofown
ers who died here, was OFT.
More than one-thrd Of the local deaths were caused
bY diseases OF the cuatorY sYtem Cancer caused the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
CLEANED ENGINES

Robert Montgomery got his first
Job In O railroad rcundhouse clean-
ing locomotives.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
STAR SELECTED

Dolores Del Rio, the Charmaine
OF what Price Glory2" and star OF
such pictures as Bird Of Paradise
and more recently Lancer spy
teams with Wallace Berry and Jonp
Howard In "Arouse and BeWare."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

N. Y, last November In the record
time Of two hours, 80 minutes and
asa seconds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
DEATHR UNDER 1 YEAR

A decrease In the number OF In.
fants who died under l year Is
noted, 81 being recorded for this
year compared with 90 for the pre-.
vious year. This gives On infant
mortality rate OF 37.6. 0 decrease OF
so from last year. II can readily
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

A total OF 1915 births were cred.
tied 10 waterbury during last year,
giving us q birth rate OF al, prac-
ticaliy the same rate for the pre-.
vious year. While there has been
no increase IN the number OF births
we are gratihed that the already
low birth rate has not been further
decreased.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Action Scant as Pro
Grid League Cuts
Farley Short
Pirates and Packers
Trode;; First Double
Bill Is Scheduled
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, July %. - The
national professional football league
wound up it's annual summer meet
ing ahead of schedule today after
much conversation but with little
action on trades among the 10
clubs.
President Art Rooney of the Pitts
burgh Pirates traded Tuffy Thomp-
son, former Minnesota halfback, to
the Green Bay Packers for Frank
Butler, ex Notre Dame center.
Rooney also purchased Bernard
Scherer. an end. from the Packers.
Carl l.. Storck of Dayton, acting
president of the league. was named
president until the next meeting in
April, 1910, when the owners will
choose permanent successor to the
late Joe Carr, who founded the
league in 1921.
A double header - the first be-
tween teams of the national league
will be played the night of Aug. 26
by the Pirates and the Packers at
Green Bay, Wis.
President Bert Bell of the Phila-
delphia Eagles moved to reduce the
number of preseason games be-
tween professional and collegiate
all-star teams but action was de-
ferred until the December meeting.
The afternoon session was devoted
entirely to officials who will handle
pro games this fall. Hugh Ray Of
Chicago Interpreted and clarified
minor changes in tke leagues code
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Smith, Anderson Gain
Net Doubles Final
In German Meet
Bottle HenkeI, MenzeI
After Their Win Over
Won Metoxo, Goepfert
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAMBURG, Germany, July 22.-
Gene Smith of Berkeley, Calf, and
Owen Anderson of Hollywood, Calf,
carried the American banner into
the final round of the German in
ternational tennis doubles cham
pionship today when they whipped
the German pair Of George Won
Metaxa and Rolf Goepfert, 81,
2-6, 6A, 1-6, 14-12.
1t was their second victory of the
day, as they had beaten the Italians,
Cavriani and Del Bello. 3-6, 60,
46, 60, Ga, in the quarter
finals.
Face Germans in Fnal.
They will meet Germany's Davis
Cup aces and the singles finalists,
Henner Henkel and Roderich Men,
Eel. in the final.
The Americans received tremen-
dous ovation from the crowd be-
cause of their sportsmanship toward
the end of the last set when Goep-
fert was seized with cramps. They
played all their shots to Metaxa.
The two Americans also advanced
in the mixed doubles tourney when
Smith and Gracyn Wheeler of Santa
Monica, Calf, defeated Miss Florian
and Gies. 3-6, 8-6, 60, and An
derson and Ruth Jarvis of England
beat Del Bello and Miss Manfredi of
Italy, Ga, Ga.
United States Woman Team Bows.
Miss Wheeler and Miss Jarvis
were eliminated from the women's
doubles when they were beaten, IS,
60, by Mrs. Hilda Krahwinkel
Sperling of Denmark and Miss
Schneider.
Henkel, Germany's No. player,
reached the singles final with a Ga,
60, 6-l victory over Koch of Ger
many while Menzel was pushed to
five sets by Goepfert, winning Ga,
1-6, As, 6-4, 60.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Welsh, Shank|and Till
For West Virginia
0pen Net Title
D. c. Champion Fovored
Over Kentuckion for
Final Match Today
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va, July 22.-Bob Shanklin,
Ashland, KY, tennis strategist, TAX
ing time off from his geological
work, won the right today to battle
Barney Welsh of Rockville, Nd, for
the State amateur open title.
Shanklin outsmarted Deacon Par
sons Of Huntington, SO, Ga, 6-3,
in the biggest reversal of the
tournament play. Welsh, defending
champion. called upon his years of
experience to blast Eddie Blickle
from the courts, 6-3, ST. 60.
Welsh Favored by Gallery.
In spite of Shanklin's splendid
court generalship, the gallery favored
Welsh in tomorroW's final.
Twenty -one-year- Marta Bar
nett, Southern titlist, entered the
women's division final with a 6-3,
6-l victory over Naomi Thompson,
1899 Carnegie Tech team captain
The Miami girl is paired against
Catherine Wolf of Elkhart, Ind, for
the title scrap tomorrow.
Reach Semis Without Playing.
Blickle and Shanklin, doubles
partners who have yet to play a
match, will meet Paul Kunkle and
Stacy Hill of Cincinnati in the
semis tomorrow.
Defaults paved the way for Shank
lin and Blickle, while their oppo-
nents downed Sam Nutty and Pat
Griffith OF White Sulphur Springs,
6-3, 60.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Riggs, Cooke, Parker
And Grant Among
Seabright Field
So Men and 81 Women
In Tennis Struggle
Opening Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July 22.-Bobby
Riggs, making his first appearance
at home since winning the all-Eng-
land title at Wimbledon, heads a
field of So of the Nations leading
tennis players in the Seabright, N j.,
tournament opening Monday.
The 21-year-old Chicagoan has
been seeded No. in field that in
cludes Gene Mako, runnerup to Don
Bulge for the national title last
year; ElWood Cooke, beaten by Riggs
in the final at Wimbledon; Frankie
Parker, who has been showing {.
return to form and Bryan Grant.
Atlanta's mighty mite. Space in the
draw also has been left for several
foreign players and it is hoped that
Australia's Adrian Quist and Jack
Crawford will fill two of the
brackets.
Mako was seeded No. 2 followed
by Grant, Cooke, Parker, Gardnar
Mulloy and Wayne Sabin. The un-
seeded list includes such prominent
campaigners as Gerard B. Padesta,
finalist in the Eastern clay courts
championship; Sidney Wood, for
mer Wimbledon champion; Frank
Shields; John Hope Doeg, ex-na-
tional titleholder, and Robert D.
Guernsey, jr., intercollegiate cham
pion.
The field of 80 in the women's sim
giles is headed by Dorothy May
Bundy of Santa Monica, Calf, who
has been seeded No. l with Dorothy
Workman of Los Angeles, No. Q;
Helen Petersen of Stamford, Conn,
No. 3, and Virginia Wolfenden of
San Francisco, No. 4.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Legion Mines Play Two
Bio Games Todoy

Two important games grace the
American Legion Junior baseball
series program today, with the pace
making Cooley Mccullough and
Sergt. Jasper Posts meeting formi-
dable opponents.
Nosing out Fort Stevens with a
story-book finish last week to main
tain its unblemished record, Cooley
Mccullough meets Costello Post.
while Sergt. Jasper opposes Fort
Stevens. Cooley McCullough scored
five runs in seven minutes in time
limit game last week to nose out the
Stevens nine, 81.
Next Sunday the leaders meet in a
game that will decide the second
half championship. The winner will
meet Fort Stevens, first-half title
holder, for the District crown.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Stubener Cracks99
.C|ays, Barely Beats
Morgan al Trap

R. D. PopO Morgan's SO wasn't
quite good enough yesterday as an
other old-timer, Phil Stubener, broke
SO to capture the 1O0-target regi-
tered shoot which featured WASH
ington Gun Clubs regular Saturday
afternoon shoot at its Benning
traps.
Stubener also won the 5O-target
competition with a score of At, which
gave him healthy lead over Nor
gan who picked off only AZ discs in
the initial round. but finished in a
veritable blaze of glory. Second
prize in the 50-target handicap
shoot went to j. r. Groves, jr, who
hung up a mark of 46.
Glass winners were as follows: A
Col j. R. Hall. 96; B-W. F. Bur-
rows, "a; CDR. J. c. Wynkoop, 49,
Yardage trophies were allotted as
follows: II yards. c. L. Jordan, As.
1920. w. F. Burrows, As; 2l-22,
Albert Suttle, As.
Next weeks program will be fea-
tured by the annual shoot for the
Sportswriters' Trophy. Yesterdays
scores:
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Knights Of Columbus
Horse Show Opens
September 80

The fifth annual Knights of Co.
lumbus horse show, sponsored by
the Forest Glen Council, has been
scheduled for September 80 and
October /. at the Meadowbrook
show grounds.
The Columbus show has been
licensed by the American Horse
Show Association, Inc, and will
operate under the rules and regu-
lations of that organization. One of
the feature classes Of the program
will be costume class restricted
to employees of the United States
or District government, with $120
going to the winners. About $1,000
in cash and trophies will be awarded
throughout the show.
The show again will be managed
by Vincent Lester, who is secretary
of the Columbus Horse Show Execu-
tive Committee. Other officers of
this committee are Eugene E. Rup-
pert, chairman; ]. Leo Lynch, vice
chairman; Harry HUM, recording
secretary, and Alfred w. Mersch,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Midwest Dominates
Poll for Grid Stars
To Face Giants
BY the Associated Press.

BY lfe Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 22-The Nation
wide poll to select a squad of COL
lege seniors to play the New York
(pro) Giants in Soldier Field August
80 came to an end tonight, but the
final results will not be known until
Tuesday.
The latest tabulation gave the fol-
lowing leaders:
Ends-Earl Brown, Notre Dame. 504.-
652; Bowden Wyatt. Tennessee: 36S,217;
Roland Young Oklahoma, 351 ,963: Jerome
Holland, Cornell, 349,S73.
Tacklers-Ed Beinor, Notre Dame, 539.-
s16; Joe, Mihal. Purdue. 39s: Bob
Guards-Ralph Heikkinen. Michigan,
All :}94 Francis Twedell. Minnesota 362.-
S07: Ed Book. Iowa State, 341, ,674; Horace
Bell. Minnesota. 326.517.
-Centers-,Charles Brock. Nebraska; 371s-
Quarterbacks Dayey 0Brien. Texas
lor. 34S.693
Halfoacks-Marshall Goldberg, Pitts
burg. SOB, 12S Bronko Smilanich, Arizona.
4S4,293 Bob Macleod. Dartmouth. 4S1,-
S66; Pug Manders, Drake, 455,3O4.
Fulbacks-Howard Weiss. Wisconsin,
592 S04; Larry Buhler, Minnesota, 296,761
Evening star., 1939-07-23
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 22.-Two play
ers who weren't even considered
when the big field began play a week
ago, Gerard (JefD Podesta of Mont
clair, N. j., and Marvin Wachman
of Chicago, today reached the final
round of the Eastern clay court
tennis championships
Podesta, ninth on the seeded list
only because he won the title a
year ago. breezed into the last round
with Ga. IS, 60 victory over
young Billy Gillespie of Atlanta.
Wachman. a Northwestern Univer-
sity player. finally caught up with
the l6year-old "upsetter" of the
tournament, Earl Bartlett, jr.. of
New Orleans, and beat him, IS.
Ga. Ga
The women's doubles champion
ship and the finalists in the other
divisions also were decided today.
Win Women's Doubles Title.
Helen Germaine and Mrs. Tokuko
Nakano won the womens doubles
crown, beating Millicent Hirsh and
Grace Surber, 6-8, 60. 60, in an
all-New York final. Miss Hirsh and
Miss Surber became the singles
flnalists yesterday.
The top-seeded mems doubles
team of Frank Gurnsey, jr, of Or
lando, Fla. and Russell Bobbitt of
Atlanta won their final berth by
beating Dave Brock and Alex Coul-
thard of Palo Alto, Calf, Ga, Ga,
8-6. Their opponents will be Bob
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Podesto and Wochmon, Ignored
At Start, Reach Final Round
OF Eastern Net Tourney

Kamrath of Austin, Tex, and Frank
BoWden of New York, who set back
Dick Mckee of Miami, Fla, and
Jack Mahoney of New York, 60,
Ga. 6-3.
Miss Germaine and Ronald Lubin
of Los Angeles won a place in the
mixed doubles final by beating Mrs
Nakano and Wachman. rs. IS.
They will play Miss Hirsh and Mar
tyn Buxby of Miami, who advanced
yesterday.
Podesta and Wachman took re-
markably similar courses into the
mems final They concentrated on
defensive play. remaining on the
baseline and keeping the ball in
play until their young opponents
made errors.
Bartlett Too Eager.
Podesta was behind in each of the
first two sets. at % and 80 in the
first and at 5-3 in the second, but
his steadiness and control in the
long exchanges proved the deciding
factor. He ran out the last four
games of the final set with ease as
Gillespie, trying to force the play,
committed damaging errors.
Bartlett, who upset Sidney Wood,
the Nations fourth-ranking player,
was within game of winning the
first set, but Wachman recovered
and ran out the match by dint of
dogged retrieving. The harder Bart
lett tried to win points by furiously
rushing to the net, the easier it be-
came for Wachman to pass him with
accurate shots down the sidelines.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
U. 5. Post Takes Hargaden
From GEORGETOWN Prep

Ed Hargaden, coach OF all sports
at Georgetown Prep and former
Georgetown University court star,
has rendered his resignation to ac-
cept a position as educational ad-
wiser with the Department of In
terror, it was learned last night. He
will enter into his new work next
week.
Graduating from Georgetown in
1885, Hargaden spent year with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
before going to the Prep. where over
a period of three years his teams
held their own in all sports despite
a scarcity of material At the Hill
top he played forward on the best
teams of Freddy Mesmer's regime
and three times was selected on the
all-Eastern Conference team
Tommy Keating, another George
town graduate and three-letter man
while at the Hilltop, is slated to
succeed Hargaden as coach at the
Prep. Heating is an alumnus of the
school and extremely popular with
both alumni and undergraduates.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Tru-BIus, CorpeIs Face
In Sufety Benefit

Abe Rosenfeld. sensational Tru-
Blu softball hurler will try novel
stunt tomorrow night when his team
opposes the Carpets Food Products
nine at Ballston, pitching the full
seven innings with his right arm.
Rosenfield normally is southpaw.
= The game, scheduled for $50,
will be played for the benefit of the
Arlington Memorial Hospital fund,
which will receive a percentage Of
the gate receipts. J. S. Saunder,
general superintendent of Sanitary
Grocery Stores, will toss out the
first ball and Harry Carpet, presi-
dent of the company bearing his
name. will try to catch 1t.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Senior ScuIIs Title
Captured by Burk
Sd Year in Row
SiIvio Loser by Length
In National Regatta
Rowed at Detroit
BY the Associated Press.

DETROIT, July 22-Joe Burk, the
blond rowing machine from Penn
A. C. of Philadelphia, won the senior
singles sculls championship for the
third consecutive year today.
Burk, competing in the National
Rowing Regatta here. won by a
length from Frank Silvio of the New
York A. c., who earlier had won the
senior singles quarter mile cham
pionship.
Burk took the lead at the start,
swinging his tiny shell through the
water with 37-beat to open half
length advantage at the quarter. He
increased his edge to length COM
ing into the last quarter and with
stood a bid from Silvio to mark up
his 34th consecutive victory
Doubles Champs Repeat.
The Penn A. c. oarsmen covered
the mile and quarter course in 7:20
in the face of a stiff westerly wind.
Ken Thornburn and Jack Flavelle,
representing the Argonauts of To-
ronto, Ont, overcame bad start to
hold their championship in the
senior 145-pound doubles with a
length and a half victory over the
Ecorse (Mich) Boat Club brother
combination of Bill and Louis Tank.
Frank Symes and Phil Cochrane,
representing the Malta Club of Phil
adelphia. placed third, two lengths
behind Ecorse, with the Detroit
pair of Frank van der Kar and Will
liam Reuter- fourth and Walter
Schmidt and James Brown Of the
Western Rowing Club of st. Louis
last. The winners time was 6:55.
Riley, Dubois Score.
AL Riley and Theo Dubois of the
Winnipeg Club scored two-length
victory over Charles Kahn and John
Kieffer, representing Philadelphia S
Fairmount Rowing Association in the
senior doubles. The time was 6:5825.
Walter Phaumer and Conrad An
derson, Bachelors Barge Club, Phil
adelphia, placed third, with Penn
A. C.'s Tony Gallagher and George
MCGEE fourth and Angler and Fred
Newcomb, Union Boat Club, Boston,
in last place.
BY winning the final race for
senior eights, the West Side Row.
ing Club of Buffalo became official
club champion for the second sue
cessive year.
The Undine Barge Club of Phila-
delphia won the race for eight-oared
shells by length.
The National Associa ton of ANA
teur Oarsmen reelected Henry Penn
Burke of Philadelphia president at
a meeting in conjunction with the
championships.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Co|ored Girls Net Finals
Scheduled Tomorrow

The final rounds of the colored
girls tennis tournament will start
at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at
the Banneker and Anacostia courts.
Section one will play at Banneker
and section two at AnacoStia.
The schedule:
BANNEKER.
Tomorrow.
. oclock-Marion Berkley tBanneker)
Brow tHowsrd5 vs.. Evelyn Lynch fkose
o'clock-Louise Jones tFenton> VS..
(Fenton) VS.. Dorothy Wason (Howar6.
Tuesday.
2 o'clock-Gertrude Wright (Howard)
vs. Amelia wallace 1Monroe), Violet Payne
(Banneker) VS.. Luruke. Toud (Monroe).
Julia Pressman (HowarO VS.. Ruth Dodd
5 o'clock-Mary Dixson tBanneker) VS..
Monroe) VS.. Gertrude willis iBannekerj.
ANACOsTIA.
Tomorrow.
2 o'clock-Augustine Reeder Lincoln)
Incoin) VS.. Louise Smith Randaln:
3 oclock-Lillie- Mae Bergman Ran-
dalD vs.. DOretta IluZnaH tIOEan), MdIy
Redley BARRY Farms) VS.. Ethel Beverly
RandalD.
Tuesday.
2 o'clock-Reginia wilkins tRandalD
VS.. Marion Travers barry Farms). Inez
Cortee (RandalD VS.. Mildred Patterson
Barry Farms), Eta Brown uincoln) VS..
jeanette Brown Oogan).
8 o'clock-Einor Brown Nincoln) vs..
Eunice Proctor BARRY Farmsl, vioht
Brown (lincoln) VS.. verconia Gail Go
Smith BARRY Farms).
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Midget Car Track Test
Due Before lnuuaurul

A dress rehearsal of Tuesday
nights midget auto races is sched-
uled that afternoon at the Capitol
Speedway track. where drivers
entered in the inaugural grind will
send their machines humming
around the oval to test the new sur
face The trials get under way at
4 o'clock.
The warm-up will include an hour
Of real racing. after which fans will
be requested to leave to make room
for cash customers. Virtually the
same field that was here last week
when rain interfered with the OPEN
ing program will compete Tuesday.