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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-17

Waterville, July 17-Mrs. Florence Peck, district president, made her annual visit to Casper s. Davis, American Legion auxiliary, at meeting Friday night, at Fraternity hall. She addressed the group on general auxiliary work, speaking on the subject of membership. She ex- plained scholarships for World War orphans, toward which each units is asked to contribute.
 Following the meeting social hour took place, when lunch was served which consisted of salads sandwiches, cake, ice cream and punch. The committee in charge included: Mrs. Ella McMahon, Mrs Julia Moriarty and Mrs. Ethel Byrnes.
 Mrs. Della Carney, president of the auxiliary, conducted the meet ing.
 Mrs. Floyd Hart and her two sons, William and Floyd, Jr., of Bridge port, visited Watervillc yesterday, at church, and many other churches, filed slowly past the bier.
 Father Brennan was clad in his purple altar robes, and held huge crucifix in his hands, which were folded at his breast. His silken biret- ta lay near his feet.
 Inspiring Scene
 One of the most inspiring sights of the entire ceremony in honor of Father Brennan was the chanting of the Officc of the Dead by more than 30 priests of the diocese last night. All were on the altar for the service, and the church was filled with spec tators
 Rev. Walter McCrann of South Meriden intoned the Latin prayers, recited from three lessons. The first was by Rev. John Kennedy; second, Rev. Joseph Kinney of Hartford and Waterbury; and third, Rev. Joseph Griffin, of Bloomfield.
 Clergymen taking part included: Father McTeague. Father O'Keefe, Rev. Dr. Cryne, Rev. 0. F. Higgins, Rev. J. Oliver Cronan. Rev. Henry Quinn, Rev. John Dial Rev. Albert Callahan, Rev. Edward Morrison, Rev. James O'Connor, of Meriden; Rev. Frederick Shaeffer, of Bridge port: Rev. Paul Dillon, C.M, of Brooklyn, N. Y, Rev. Joseph Valan- tiejus, Rev. Benjamin GuaronskaS Rev. John McGrath, Of Thomaston, Rev. Albert Taylor, of Naugatuck.
 Rev. Bernard Butcher, and Rev Thomas Griffin, both of Union City; Rev. Michael McVerry, Rev. George Reilly, Rev. Patrick V. Fitzmaurice, of Hartford, Rev. Paul Spodnick, Rev. Edward Farrell, Rev. Edward Zibell, Rev. Bernard Foster, Rev. Rocco Nadile, Rev. Lawrence Skelly, Rev. Francis Monaghan, of Bristol; Rev. William Wirkus and Rev. Frank Murphy.
 Musical Program
 Prof. Robert F. Birt, organist, rendered a program of music from 4 o'clock yesterday until 10 o'clock last night
 The musical program as presented by him at the burial mass today was as follows: The full choir par ticipated.
 Missa Pro DefuntuS Greeorian ........ Joseph Vrankiss Requiem ................ lntroitus
 .................. Kyrie
 ........................ Graduate Tractus ......... Absolve Domino SequenCla ...........,',' DieS lIde Offertory .. Domino Jesu Christe
 Sanctus
 Agnes Del
 Communio ..,..,. Lux Aeternae During Absolution by Bishop Me-
 auliffe)
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-17
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-17
ALBERTUS MACNUS COLLEGE AWARDS
II Scholarships Are An- n0unced Today; 10
 Conn. Girls

New Haven, Conn. July l7-The annual award of the eleven scholar ships which have been established in preparatory schools for members of the entering class at Albertus Magnus College was today announc- ed by Sister Isabel, President of the College. Ten of the recipients rep resent nine Connecticut cities and towns. Three scholarships went to New Haven schools.
 Miss Della Nicoletti of Newburgh, N. Y, won the scholarship offered to Mt. St. Mary Academy of that city.
 The scholarships, which are for the coming school year, are as fol- lows:
 Bassick high school scholarship To Miss Helen Brady, 683 Norman street, Bridgeport, Conn.
 Dr. William F. Verdi scholarship To Miss Patricia Burke, l285 Boule- yard, New Haven, Conn.
 John J. McKeon Scholarship-To Miss Winifred Carocari, 57 Orlando street, West Haven, Conn.
 Thomas J. Walsh scholarship-To Miss Mary Condon, 263 Wakelee avenue, Ansonia, Conn.
 F. Francis Riggs scholarship-To Miss Emma Frances Mccormick, 159 York street, New Haven, Conn.
 Litchfield high school scholarship To Miss Marcella Morse, 8 Mea- dow street, Litchfield, Conn.
 Mt. St. Mary Academy scholar Miss Della Nicoletti, 72 Hasbrouck street, Newburgh, N. Y.
 Derby high school scholarship--To Miss Mae ODell, 103 Hawthorne avenue, Derby, Conn.
 Dr. Stephen J. Maher scholarship To Miss Antoinette Scillia, 337 Blatchley avenue, New Haven, Conn.
 Central high school scholarship To Miss Gladys Testo, 148 Center street, Bridgeport, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-17

During Absolution by Bishop Me-
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 Police Detail Two special squads of policemen headed by Capt, William J. Duggan Sergeant Patrick Foley and Sergeant Edward Aston directed traffic at the church. Lieuts. Patrick Hobert and Patrick Moylan of the vice squad were asso on the scene. Visiting priests vested in the par- ish hall. and were served breakfast, following the mass. at the hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-17
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-17

certificates by Jane O'Donnell, Mary Labor, Elizabeth Maroney and Gladys Stross; boating certificates by Jane O'Donnell and Mary Lalor.
 Trails End
 Red Cross beginners buttons: June Amidon, Grace Eimrath, Bar bara Filler, Pauline Frances, Stella Kolakowski and Geraldine Farra; boating certificate to Barbara Filler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
New Grand Jury Returns
IS Indictments

The new'grand jury handed up is
indictments, its first. today in Dis
trict Court to Justice F. Dickinson
Let's.
James Barrett, 20, and Edward
Murphy, Is, were indicted on q
charge of HOUSEKEEPING and larceny
for allegedly taking $500 feet Of cop
per wire from Pennsylvania Rail-
road car on April 6.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Claude w. Jeffer-
son, John w. Cruz, Henry Deli Gatti
and Constantine j. Perrus, joyrid-
ing; Robert A. Totten, Howard B.
OReilly and William E. Dyson,
grand larceny; James Bell, house.
breaking and larceny: Ernest w.
Lemon and John T. Hogan, assault
with intent to commit robbery; Des-
kin E. Brown, robbery; James Wat
kins, arson; Lloyd Jackson, Charles
Walker and Pauline Hughes, viola
lions Of the numbers law; George
Deal. Elizabeth Deal, Kenneth B.
Norris and Douglas D. Norris, as
sault with dangerous weapon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
Mrs. Mary F. Parks
Dies After Illness

Mrs. Mary Freeman Parks, H.,
wife of a retired architect, died
Monday at her home, 5000 Georgia
street, Chevy Chase, Md, after a
brief illness. She was a native of
Jacksonville, ILL.,, and had made her
home here for. 40 years.
She was an active club woman
and belonged to the Political Study
Club and the Chevy Chase Wom-
ans Club. Before failing in health
two years ago she was active in the
Richard Arnold Chapter of the D.
A. r. She belonged to the All
Saints Episcopal Church in Chevy
Chase.
Besides her husband. Granville H.
Parks. she leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Dorothy Parks Yoder, and q grand
daughter.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in Lees funeral
home. Burial will be private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12

Derby impresses upon every boy a
lesson Of vital importance in the
field of safety. Compulsory in
spection to secure drivers license
was practical experience which will
linger long in the memory. This. to
my mind. was one of the LESSONS of
prime Importance taught the boys.
Sense Of Responsibility.
Il cannot but believe that they
will be better citizens because of the
sense of responsibility instilled by
this method and safer drivers in
years to come because of The Star
American Legion Soap Box Derby"
In extending use of Community
Center Woodshops to Soap Box Derby
candidates for the remainder of
April, Mrs. Peoples announced the
shops would be open from $50 pm.
to $50 pm. on the following
schedule:
Jefferson Junior High School,
Sixth and D streets SW.. Thursdays:
Langley Junior High, First and T
streets NE. Mondays; Powell Junior
High. Hiatt place and Lamont
street NV, Tuesdays: Woodrow
Wilson High, Nebraska avenue and
Chesapeake street NV, Wednes-
days Except tonight; Burrville
School. Division avenue between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
Mrs. Peoples Pledges Her Help
To Boys in Soap Box Derby
Six Woodshops to Be
Open Until May I
For Contestants

Mrs. Elizabeth X. Peoples, director
Of the Community Center Depart
ment of the District schools. today
pledged full cooperation to The
Star-American Legion Soap Box
Derby and announced that six wood
shops operated by the department
would be open until May for boys
who are building cars for the derby.
While these Shops will be available
for only comparatively short time,
they will be of great benefit to early
entrants In the derby who want to
use their facilities at night.
Registration of entries for Wash
ington's second annual Soap Box
Derby was under way today in
Washington and nearby Maryland
and Virginia. Boys 10 to is years
old. inclusive, and living In or near
the Capital are eligible for the derby
which will be held early in July.
The procedure for entry is contained
in the resume of rules carried on this
page.
Purpose and Satisfaction.
Giving her impressions of last
years rain-drenched Soap Box
Derby, run July % on New Hamp-
shire avenue NE, Mrs. Peoples said:
Not even the rain could wash from
the faces of the participants the
steadfast purpose and ecstatic salts
faction written there. 1t was Won
derful to win. 1t was far more
wonderful to participate. Most
wonderful of all was to have pursued
a subject, already alluring and par
TALLY understood. along ever-length-
ening paths of investigation which
promise to have no end.
THE Community Center Depart
ment." Mrs Peoples continued. SIS
proud to have had share in helping
the boys and hopes to increase that
help this year. Six workshops, four
in divisions 1-9 and two in divisions
1913, will be open on schedule for
the purpose. The instructors to a
man are construction experts and
derby enthusiasts. Their advice
may be had by any boy for the
asking.
Last but not least" she said, "the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
Chevy Chase Terrace
Association Elects

H. H. Downes has been elected
president Of the Chevy Chase Ter
race (Md) Community Association
Other officers named are D. L.
Pankhurst, vice president: J. NJ.
McNeill, Secretary-treasurer. and r
D. Beard. delegate to the Bethesda
Fire Board.
H. D. Amiss. Mrs. Mary B. Mohler
and L. w. A'Hearn will represent
the association at the Montgomery
County Civic Federation. with o. F.
Busby, S. @. A. Mcclure and w. r
Dellett as alternate delegates. H
F. Rhodes and E. A. Slater were
appointed to the organizations Ex-
ecutive Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
Federal Employees
1oE Entertain

A variety program, including a
costume review, will be presented
by the Playhouse of Agriculture
Branch, National Federation of Fed
eral Employees. at Agriculture audi
forum Thursday night. April 20.
On the bill will be Mary Mason
director of women's programs for
the National Broadcasting Co.; the
Sons of American Legion Band,
Donna Juanita, handwriting ana
lyst. and two fllms-one of World
War action and the other the work
of the Veterans Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
DERBY WATCHWORDS!

Read the Rules Carefully.
Observe Your Safety Pledge.
Read The Star Regularly for Derby News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12

Hayes street and Bell place NE,
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednes-
days, and Terrell Junior High, New
Jersey avenue and First street NV,
Mondays and Thursdays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
SOAP BOX DERBY RULES

Noe to boys The Star and the American Legion again
sponsoring Soap Box Derby this for the
ingon metropolitan The derby 4 motorles gravity
powered miniature automobiles coaster built and
by boys The winner will Washington national
International finals at Akron. Ohio, in August
These rules guide the WASHINGTON SOAP
BOX DERBY:
Eligibility: Boys not than 10 older than Is
enter boy who has passed his 10th birthday the Of
local Is ineligible You live Washington
Maryland and Virginia Members the immediate family
poyes the Co.,
poyes Of Chevrolet dealers will not be allowed
Rule entry sign your
safety pledge
Washington Alexandria Clarendon, Silver
ve Nd You must be accompanied by guardian
who must also sign Observe letter the rules regulations
dimensions and other building derby
Groups OF boys we'll individuals enter No
giving Chevrolet
and mechanics will be glad to advise you
l. No racing cost than $40.
DERBY WATCHWORDS!
Read the Rules Carefully.
Observe Your Safety Pledge.
Read The Star Regularly for Derby Ne,vs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-12
City News in Brief
TODAY.

Dinner, National sojourners, La
fayette Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner and meeting, Washington
Philatelic Society, Carlton Hotel,
$50 pm.
Meeting, d. c. Chapter, 1zaak
Walton League Of America, Willard
Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Land Law Committee,
American Bar Association, May
flower Hotel, 8 pm.
Card party and dance, Catholic
Daughters of America, Willard Ho-
tel, 10 pm.
Meeting, Past Honored Queens
Society of Jobs Daughters, Ward
man Park Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, American College of
Dentists, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Cosmopolitan Club,
Carlton Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Phi Delta Theta, La
fayette Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon. Kiwanis Club, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, National Press Club,
Press Club, 1890 pm.
Meeting, Cancer Control, Women's
Field Army, Mayflower Hotel, 2 pm.
Reception, Bar Association of the
District Of Columbia, Mayflower Ho-
tel, S pm.
Dinner, Reciprocity Club, May
flower Hotel, $50 pm.
Banquet. National Safety Council,
Mayflower Hotel, 7 pm.
Dinner, Cosmopolitan Club, La
dies Night. Mayflower Hotel, pm.
Dinner, Les Amis d'Escofner, Carl
ton Hotel, 7 pm.
Dinner, Washington Self Help
Exchange, Mayfiower Hotel, 7:30
pm.
Meeting, Federation of Huguenot
Societies, Mayfiower Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Dinner, American Society of Ma
val Engineers, Willard Hotel, 7:30
pm.
Supper meeting, Military Order Of
the World War. Mayflower Hotel,
pm.
Meeting, National Capital Cinema
Club, Raleigh Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Washington Astrological
Association, Raleigh Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Young Friends' Club,
| Raleigh Hotel $50 pm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12
New World to Be Conquered

Every once in while you hear ridicu- lous, croaking old voice saying, Every thing has been done. There are no more frontiers. We are doomed to stagnation and death" It is bitterly untrue. Even if it were true in the physical sense of no more lands to conquer, no more worlds to discover, no more prairies to break to the blow, it could never be true in the realm of economics, or in the world of the spirit. For as our fathers broke the wilderness, so we must break the prob lem of starvation amidst abundance, of poverty amidst riches, of men without work in the midst of world that has so much work to do.
 But even on the physical side, it is not quite true. There is land with "snoW peaks of unsurpassed grandeur, towering from 17,000 to 10000 feet high; chain of great lakes, some of them still unnamed; a new grand canyon, and untold wealth of gold and other minerals" Does it sound like some dream-like Eldorado? It is not It is description of the country surveyed recently by American members of the International Highway Board in planning for the proposed Alaska-Yukon highway. Whichever of several proposed routes is finally adopted, this highway will one day link the Pacific Northwest with Alaska by way of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.
 Representative Warren G. Magnuson, one of the American members of the highway board, summed up the advan- tages of the road: It would form a land lifeline between the United States and Alaska, draw auto tourists, open up vast mineral resources now unexploited, prove of military value, and open up virtu- ally new world. Negotiations are now going on with Canada to find formula for engineering and constructing the road which will be satisfactory to both countries. Here is project which will mutually benefit both, and which can be planned and carried out in the closest cooperation, in welcome contrast to world which is all glover and grab.
 Further, this road will connect with the Pan-American highway, and form an integral part of it, bringing nearer the day when an automobile can travel in peace and safety from Fairbanks to Buenos Aires. It would be costly. But even the top figure of $22,000,000 is far less than the cost of single cruiser. It seems cheap as the price of opening up splendid, beautiful new world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12
Repairs Urged

The way they have in Bridgeport of enliSting state aid when something has to be done in hurry is something that few other Connecticut communities has. Just recently Mayor Jasper McLevy in- formed the State Highway Department that Fairfield Avenue between certain points was in bad condition and required immediate repairing and wouldn't the department get to work on the job right away. As the mayor put it there wasn't 8 worst road" in the state, so far as heavy traffic conditions are concerned.
 Unfortunately for Bridgeport Highway Commissioner William J. Cox didn't jump into action right away. He merely in- formed the city officials that he was aware of conditions of Fairfield avenue and he thought the department would get around to repairing it in 1940. All of which won't set well on the Park City officials shoulders. They have become accustomed to pretty good service from the state of recent years and when you get that kind of service you don't like delays.
 Were other communities in Connecti- cut to adopt the same attitude that Bridgeport does with regard to upkeep of roads and bridges along important h1ghWay routes, the Highway Depart ment might find itself hard pressed to make all the necessary repairs. But that's the price that cities can demand from the state for contributing so heavily to the income of the Motor Vihcle Depart ment and getting so little in return. We incline to the same theory they have in Bridgeport - thousands of dollars in gasoline and motor taxes are just run up on city streets, which are in the main serviced by city taxes. Definite state aid for through streets Is due every town and city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12

According to Richard B. Walsh, publi- cist for the State Development Commis- sion, "the greatest amount of manufact- uring in this state is done in what the Bureau of Census calls Bridgeport-New Haven-Waterbury areas. This area ranks 18th in the United States and is more productive than any single area in the State of Massachusetts. :" The subject was brought up by MT. Walsh in a criti- cism he directed to the Hartford Times recently on an article appearing in that paper which he claims the writer com pletely overlooked the importance of Connecticut industry as compared to that of our neighboring Bay State. The writer industrial areas of the nation in New England and all of these were in Massa- chusetts. MT. Walsh's quoting of the Bureau of Census figures would seem to belle this statement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12
A TASK FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Hartford Coilrant)

The last word on the constitu- tionality of the statute that since 1879 has forbidden the "use" of contraceptives in Connecticut pre- sumbaly will be spoken by the Supreme Court of Errors. Meantime, implications of the ruling of Judge Wynne in the case brought before him in Waterbury ought not to be misunderstood.
 In declaring the act to be uncon- stitutional, he did not infer that any statute against contraception would be contrary to the funda- mental law. On the contrary, he pointed out that mo decent person would deny the laudable objective of mortality and chastity that is sought" What he did say was that . law that forbids patient from seeking and a physician from pre- scribing remedies to prevent injury to health is in his opinion invalid. To be valid, he indicated, Q law must provide "these proper excep- tions" that will enable a physician to deal with a patient as "his con- science and his honest professional judgment" dictate.
 Whether or not the Supreme Court of Errors will on appeal take the same view cannot be surely predicted. Meantime. however, the State has been warned that when ! the General Assembly next convenes 1t may be called upon to write a new statute to take the place of the one now declared unconstitu- tional. Given good temper on all sides, the task ought not be inc superably difhcult.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12
SHADES OF MARK TWAIN! Christian Science Monitor)


 It undoubtedly would interest au- tomobile tourists to learn which route Teddy the toad prefers in his homeward journey from Oak land, Calif., to Harvard, Mass. Ted dy's owner, who attributes homing instincts to all toads, ayers his pet heretofore has hopped home from Chicago. Dallas, and points in New England. On his way across the Rockies will he take the desert highway, hit the Overland Trail, or bounce up through the Redwoods and home via the northern route? Each has its partisanS among trans continental motorists.
 Teddy was . year jumping home from Dallas, his owner relates. A correspondent therefore suggests that before leaving Call.ornia he should be taken to Calaveras coun- ty, where Mark Twains celebrated Jumping frog, "who could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see." was trained. If Teddy's educa- ton were pursued to the logical end, he might equal Lindbergh,s achieve ment and be re-christened, like the laundryman's boy, "One Long Hop."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-12

However, the news is doubly reassuring to us here in the Naugatuck Valley where we might have begun to wonder of recent years if our former activity was as notice able in trade circles Evidently it still is or we would not be linked in the great area bounded by the Naugautck Valley in- dustries on the top of the triangle; Bridge port on one corner; and New Haven on the other. In that area certainly per- son could obtain almost any article he desired in it's finished form. No wonder it is ranked so high in the nations great active centerS.