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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-05
Daughters of Columbus

The Daughters of Columbus '. will hold an entertainment and dance at Liberty hall in May, a definite date to be announced later.
 On the arrangements commit tee are: Chairman, Mrs. Augelli Misss Grace Di Meca, Mrs. Rubina Di Meca, Mrs. c. DiFederic, So- phie Jannacione, Antionetta Val- letta, Mrs. Scarzella, Philomena Daddona, Mrs. Lupone, and Mrs. Perrezzella.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-05

The list declined to the months low of 42.90 at the close on March 31, net loss of per cent, holding however above the years low of Al "A on January 18th. Range of the av- craze for the month was as follows:
 1939-8-7-6-5-4-3 Range
 High, Feb. IS, 1887. .80.67 Low, Dec. 26, 1883. .. .35.06
 Bear Market Low
 May 31. 1892. 3l .34
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-05

ficer, will speak at the next meet ing of the chapter. The committee on arrangements consists of Mich- ael Dizinno, Michael Callahan, Herman Schaffer, James Mar stone, Augustus Flaherty, Clarence Richmeyer, and Ernest Massicotte.
 The auxiliary will also attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-05
Legislative
 Happenings
 Of Interest

State Capitol, Hartford, April 5- Governor Raymond E. Bald win will be the only invited guest when the Veterans Organization of the General Assembly holds its biennial dinner on Thursday, the 18th. Representative Mahaney, of Waterbury, president of the or ganization, is chairman of the arrangements committee.
 Considerable support is being voiced for a pension for Timothy Carney. retired superintendent of the county courthouse at Water b1ry. The proposal will come up at county meeting April IS.
 The crowd in the senate cham Der yesterday was one of the larg- est since the session began in Jan uary. Many Waterburians were among those who saw and heard the Democrats in the upper house defeat the Republican-SociRlist bloc on four successive votes, and send the dual job issue back into the unwilling laps of Governor Raymond E. Baldwin and the Re- publican house leadership.
 Comment about the Capitol is to the effect that Governor Baldwin's radio address Monday night did more to hurt than help his party and himself. The governor ex- pressed himself as antagonistic to the Democrats for their handling of the dual-job issue. Observers felt that the governor was too out spoken, in view of the fact that 1t is his party that has refused to accept the all-inclusive ban on dual jobholding.
 Veteran observers said that Democratic handling of the dual job problem in the senate yester- day revealed excellent strategy. Credited with the Democratic suc- cess were Senator Joseph Downes, party leader in the upper house; State Chairman J. Francis Smith, of Waterbury; Senator George T. Culhane, of Waterbury; and Senator Daniel J. Mccarthy, of Ansonia.
 Lafayette 'Tafe" Main, pictur- esque character from North St0n- ingtOn, was among those present at the hearings on Waterbury bills yesterday afternoon. Also in the chamber were Waterbury's two perennial dissenters. Charley De- BisschOp and Eddie Udelowitz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-05
Market Opens Lower
 With Irregular Mood
Moderate Amount of Margin Selling London Opens
 OuietIy-Firmer Tone Developed Later On

Roebuck 65 3-4 of 1; Interna tional Harvester 52 1-2 of 1 and Conson- dated Edison 29 1-2 of 3-4. Rails, motors, oils and most coppers regis tered fractional declines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-05
Harmony Lodge

The fellowcraft degree will be exemplified at meeting of Har- mOny lodge of Mas0ns in Mason- ic temple tomorrow night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-05

The steeple of St. Mary's church
 in Enfield, England, has been in- sured against damage by aircraft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-05
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES
 The R- z. Griggs Co. |.
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS Bridgeport Gas It. Co.,. 30 B Bridgep't Hydraulic Go. 35 38 Conn. Gas & Coke pfd... 38h 4O1z Conn. It. &5 Power ...... 53 57 Conn. It. & Power 5h%
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 Conn. Power Co. ...... 45 47 Hid. Elect. It. Go. con-. 63R 65h Hid. Gas It. Co. com... 32 35 Illuminating Shares A.. 54 56 New Haven Water Co.,. 65 68 South. N. E. Tel. Co.,. 148 153
 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
 Ann. Hardware Co.,. 9 "A Arrow Hart & Hege. ... 32 34 Bristol Brass Corp. com. 32k 34b Colts Pat. FirS Arms Co. 69 72 Eagle Lock Go. ...... 9h 11M East. Mall. Iron .... 5a 7h Landers, Frary & Clark 9 27 N. Brit. Mach. Go. com. 22k 24h North & Judd Mfg. Co.,. g 25 Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co. Az 6h Remington Arm ...... 2& 3% Scovill Mfg. Go. ...... 20k 22h Stanley Works Go. com. 35h 371s Torrington Go. ........ "A 26 Veeder-Root ....... AZ A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-05

Considerable support is being voiced for a pension for Timothy Carney. retired superintendent of the county courthouse at Water bary. The proposal will come up at a county meeting April IS.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
Cambridge Professor
To Be Speaker
At Dinner

Canon Charles E. Raven, profess
sor of divinity at Cambridge Uni
versity, England, and chaplain to
the King, will be the guest speaker
at dinner tomorrow evening at
the American Association of Uni
versity Women's Club.
AS chairman of the Fellowship of
Reconciliation in Great Britain,
Canon Raven will be one of the few
representatives to speak in this
country for the peace movement of
England. Canon Raven, who served
in the World War, has previously
lectured at Harvard and Columbia
Universities. He is the author of
several books dealing with the peace
movement and religion and in addi-
ton to his office as chaplain to the
King he serves as canon of Ely
Cathedral.
Frederick j. Libby, executive Sec
retary of the National Council for
Prevention of War, will preside.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
MIR. Fred Roy
Host at Dinner

Mr.. Fred Roy was host at dinner
last evening at the Army-Navy Club
at Seventeenth and I streets, when
his guests remained for a motion
picture show after the dinner. The
guests, who were served in private
dining room where the movies
were shown. included the Attache
of the British Embassy and Mrs.
Harold H Sims, Comdr. and Mrs.
Atherton Macondray, Mr.. and Mrs.
NeWbold Noyes, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Flather, Mr. and Mrs. Reber
Littlehales, Mr.. and Mrs Lewis
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall EX-
nicios, Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Hoover,
Mr.. and Mrs. Winslow Vandevanter,
Mrs. Snow Sims. Mrs. Sutherland
Mayo, Mrs. Emory Smith, Mrs.
Langhorne Bond, Mrs. William T..
Mann, Mr.. William Ryna, Mr..
Charles Hume, Mr.. Merritt Swift
and Mr.. Donald Downs.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
Home Economics
Group to Meet

The District of Columbia Home
Economics Association will hold a
dinner meeting at the Y. w. c. A.
at $50 pm. Friday. Miss Anne
Lawrence, supervisor of interior
decorating at local store, will speak
on THE Value and Use of Color in
the Home" Miss Lawrence studied
interior decorating at Cornell and
George Washington Universities, the
New York School of Fine and Ap-
piled Art and in Paris.
Miss Polly Belle Kessinger Of the
University of Maryland Is in charge
of reservations.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
Address to Be Given
By Zionist Leader

Matthew Drosdoff, Zionist leader,
recently returned from the Shekolim
Conference in New York City, will
be guest speaker at cultural meet
ing of Junior Mizrachi on Wednes-
day night in the Bethel Synagogue,
Seventh and Jefferson streets NV.
Misses Rebecca Shapiro and Zelda
Wolfe will be hostesses.
Entertainment will be by Miss
Shirley Jaffee, Mrs. Eve Pollock and
Mrs. Blanche Deckelbaum.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
Chinese
Group Here:
For Play
Cultural Theater
Members Will
Be Entertained

. The members of the Chinese Cul-
tural Theater Group who arrived
yesterday from Princeton number
among them several professors, as
well as number prominent in
other fields besides the drama. Mrs.
Averill Tong, wife of counselor of
the Kwangtung provisional gov
ernment, is the director of the
group and has arranged their pro-
grams as well as the tour in this
country.
The performances which they will
give while in this country are for
the benefit of the work among their
countrymen and women in their
homeland. Mr.. Tong is brother of
Nine. SEE, wife of the first Chinese
Ambassador at Washington Mrs.
Tong broke all Chinese traditions
when she adopted the stage as her
career and was the first woman to
appear on the stage in that country.
She organized the group, having
been member of the Shanghai
Theater Group devoted to the clas-
sical art of more than 1000 years
ago.
Daughter of Former
Ambassador Is Player.
Miss Virginia Chang, one of the
players, is daughter of the former
Chinese Ambassador to Chile and
has been chosen queen of China
town at the San Francisco Exposi-
as refugee Chinese mother in a
motion picture.
Miss Esther Chum, who sings dur
: ing the performances, is the daugh-
ter of Sir Shonsen Chow Chum,
who was knighted by the late King
George v for his work in the Crown
Colony, as the British settlement in
Hong Kong is known.
The men in the group are equally
gifted and prominent, Mr.. Chung
loh Wei and Mr.. Kwang-nee Hfu
being professors in the Ia Tung
National Research Institute. Mr..
Wei plays 80 different Chinese in
struments and is the leading soloist
on the pi-pa, Chinese guitar. Mr.
Hfu, also a gifted musician, plays
the ching, the Chinese harpsichord
and is member of the Chinese Or
ehestra playing ancient Chinese
music.
Mr.. Mel Lan-fang, an outstanding
star of the Chinese theater in Peip-
ing, accompanied the group as
dramatic coach.
The Chinese Ambassador, DR.. HUI
shin, will entertain the group at an
informal buffet supper tomorrow
evening and Wednesday evening
they will give benefit performance
In the Belasco Theater under the
auspices of the Chinese Women's
Association. Tuesday evening the
Ambassador has invited several hun
dred guests to see one of the groups
performances. which will be given in |
Wardman Park Theater.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
Ohio Club BANQUET

At the banquet held by the Ohio
Girls Club at 2400 Sixteenth street
Saturday night, DR.. Richmond, an
Ohioan on the staff of st. Elizabeth S
Hospital, was guest speaker. Mrs.
Ethel J. Hess, former president of
the club, offered the invocation and
Miss Jeanne Rose entertained with
piano selections.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
Lang to Lecture

The Gonzaga Mothers Club will
sponsor a lecture, The Passion
Play by Anton Lang, son of the
famous "Christus' of the Oberam-
mergau play, Saturday at pm
in the Gonzaga Theater, q I
street NV.
Proceeds will be used for the
GonZaga scholarship fund.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
Dance Announced

The Idaho State Society is plan
ming to hold its annual territorial
day dance at the Shoreham Hotel
Friday night, March 81.
Evening star., 1939-03-20

A Touch Of Lovely Woter-eoIor for Your
WoIIs-eoIors and scenes appropriate for
every room. Softly modern in. style, color
and composition; in effective frames Of nat
uroI blending woods and
types. (Shown, $780, n ~
Evening star., 1939-03-20

Whether you drive or walk, CO.
operate for safety.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Burned Slices of Brain Reveal
Hiqh Iron and Calcium Content

disease. 1t decreases greatly in the
degenerative diseases characterized
by an atrophy Of brain matter such
as accompanies advanced age. It
goes up with brain tumors, inflam-
nations such as are caused by
meningitis, or paresis caused by q
syphilitic invasion of the brain cells.
There can be little doubt, said
the doctors, that the degree or
metallization of the brain will be
found to vary with individuals.
Races also may be characterized by
iron brains, calcium brains, and the
like. Metals found in small amounts,
although some of them normally
present may disappear in evapora-
ton, are sodium and magnesium.
Methods recently developed by as
tronomers are used to study the
content of these brain universes.
Their spectra, obtained when they
are placed in an electric spark, are
photographed. The resulting lines
show not only the kinds, but the
amounts, of metals present. This
phase Of the investigation has been
made possible, the exhibitors pointed
out, through the work of DR.. George
r. Harrison of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, whose cata-
logue OF spectrum lines, astronomers
say, is one of the outstanding re-
cent contributions to their own
science. The work has been carried
on in part as w. P. A. project.
They are still far from the stage.
the investigators said, when any in
tellectual or personality factor can
be definitely associated with brain
metals. This must await finer spec
troscopic studies.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

ST. LOUIS, May 17.-White stars
In the brain-luminou ashes of iron
and calcium left behind when slices
of brain were burned-are provid-
ing neurologists with a new ap-
proach to understanding of mental
activity.
This brain astronomy was demon
strated in an exhibit before the
American Medical Association here
today by Drs Abraham Myerson
and Leo Alexander of the Boston
State Hospital. They subject slices
of brain to temperatures of TOO de-
grees Fahrenheit. Most of the ma
telial which has taken part in the
thoughts and dreams of men evap-
crates, leaving behind only the
white ashes of calcium and iron
which formed minute part of the
original substance. These, in ap-
proximately the same configura-
tions they held in the original cells,
are rendered luminous under the
microscope and photographed The
resulting pictures have all the ap-
pearance of photographs of the
heavens taken with powerful tele-
scopes.
The findings to date have much
theoretical significance. Brain mat
ter, the experimenters found, is
rich in metals in proportion to It's
activity. The richest "star fields
Of all appear in the ashes of the
cerebellum, or little BRAIN" which
governs the subconscious co-ordi-
nation of the system 1t is at work
constantly from birth to death. 1t
remains forever on guard, or during
sleep the body would go into ex-
treme contortions and convulsions
The next greatest concentrations of
metals are found in some of the
basal ganglia, which control proc
esses Of the body which can never
cease
The amounts of brain metal, Drs
Myerson and Alexander found, are
greatest in early infancy when the
brain organs are developing and
drop to steady level with adult
life. Curiously enough the frontal
lobes, where much of the intel
lectual activity presumably is con-
centrated, show every little metallic
content.
The metal concentration, they find
varies according to the type of brain
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Col. HIS Kerrick, IS,
Dies in Hot SPRINGS
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, May IT,
The Army and Navy Hospital here
today announced the death Of Col.
Harrison Summers Kerrick, 65,
U. S. A., retired, who established
the first public schools in the
Philippine Islands in 1901.
Col. Kerrick, well known as a
writer on the American flag, died
Monday night.
In 1898 he organized the 3Oth
Volunteers and went to the Philip
pines as captain of the unit, and
subsequently was made lieutenant
in the Regular Army, serving over
seas during the World War with the
9Th Coast Artillery.
Survivors include his widow and
his 91-year-old father, Josiah Ker-
rick, of Minonk, Ill.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Mother, Grandfather
Held in Probe Of
Fire Fatal 10 Baby
Ex-PoIiee Sergeant Is
Charged With Carrying
Concealed Weapon

A former Washington police ser
geant and his 20-year-old daughter
today were held in the Hyattsville,
Md, Jail as material witnesses for an
inquest next Wednesday night into
the death of the girls 3-month- old
baby in a Colmar Manor fire last
Sunday
Mrs. Hazel MacCrea and her
father, w. C. Haislip, formerly at
tached to the 18th police precinct,
were held by Justice of the Peace
Henry H ONeill under $1,000 bond
each for their appearance at the in
quest to be held in the Town Hall
at Colmar Manor. Haislip also was
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon.
Officer c. N. Thomson of the
Prince Georges County police, who
has charge of the investigation, said
he had uncovered circumstances
which led him to believe that the
fire was not an accident.
Ellen Ruth MacCrea, infant
daughter of Mrs. MacCrea, was suf-
focated when the tWo-story dwelling
occupied by Mr.. Haislip and his
daughter burned late Sunday after
noon. Four volunteer flremen from
the metropolitan area of Prince
Georges County were injured fight
ing the flames.
The concealed weapon charge
placed against Mr.. Haislip grew out
of his alleged attempt to draw a
revolver from his pocket while in
the Hyattsville police station late
yesterday. The gun was wrested
from Mr.. Haislip's hand by Sergt
Ralph w. Brown, commandant of
the Hyattsville station.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Death Of Mrs. Brooks
Is Held Suicide

The death Of Mrs. Emma Brooks,
81, found unconscious late Mon
day in the gas-filled kitchen of her
home, 1438 Monroe street NV, was
declared a suicide yesterday by Cor
oner A. Magruder Macdonald.
Mrs. Brooks body was discov-
cred by her husband when he re-
turned from work. Two jets on the
stove were open, and newspapers
had been stuffed into window and
door crevices, police said.
Investigators were informed Mrs.
Brooks had been in i'll health for
some time. She left note to her
husband.
After the fire rescue squad made
futile effort to revive the victim an
Emergency Hospital ambulance
physician pronounced her dead.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Martin O'BoyIe Dies
Of fHeurt Attack

Martin Ignatius O'Boyle, So, presi-
dent of the firm of M. I. OBoyle e.
Son, transporters of petroleum prod
ucts, died today of a heart attack at
his home, 1918 Belmont road NV.
A native of Pennsylvania, Mr..
O'Boyle had been a resident of this
city about IA years. He was a men,
Der of st .Paul's Catholic Church
and the Holy Name Society.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Lillian Mary O'Boyle; a son, Rich
ard M. O'Boyle, Silver Spring, Md,
in the business with him; two
daughters, Mrs. Joseph Weber, Glen
dale, Calf, and Mrs. Frank Grimm,
Silver Spring; a brother, Hugh
O'Boyle, Scranton, Pa, and four
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were to be
announced later.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Longtime Resident
Dies Following Fall

Mrs Margaret McAuliffe, 95, for
the last rs years a resident of this
city, died yesterday in Homeopathic
Hospital from complications result
ing from hip fracture, received
about II days ago when she fell in
her home at 125 Kentucky avenue
Sc.
A native of Ireland, Mrs. McAuliffe
was the widow of Cornelius Nc
Auliffe. She is survived by daugh-
ter, Mrs. Margaret M. Howlin.
Funeral services will be held at
9 am. Friday in Holy Comforter
Catholic Church, following brief
services at the residence. Burial
will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Teacher Dies

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass, May II
R.-Orven Roland Altman, 80, as
sistant professor of political science
at Williams College, died yesterday
In the college inflrmary. He came
here from Harvard in 1925 as an
instructor.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Driver Is Exoneroted
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May IL
James H. Boyd, 10, colored, OF the
100 block of South Fayette street,
was exonerated by the coroner yes
terday in connection with the traffic
death Of Jackson Hoopaugh, retired
soldier, Sunday night. Boyd told
DR.. Llewellyn Powell he had stopped
for a traffic light at River road and
when the signal turned green he
proceeded across the intersection
and the victim walked in front of
his car
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Innocent Man, II Years
In Prison, Voted Pension
Nv the A ssoci O tod press

By the Associated Press.
LANSING, Mich, May 17.-Mich-
yesterday approved a bill providing
12-year pension at $50 a month
for Alexander Ripan, East Chicago
Qnd) cobbler who spent IL years
in Southern Michigan Prison for a
killing of which he was recently
absolved. The bill now goes to the
Senate. Previously Ripan refused a
lifetime job from the State be-
cause he didn't want to leave
friends in East Chicago.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Sells Car to Pay Fine

sPARTANBURG, S. c. R.-A de-
defendant fined $40 by Magistrate
J. w. Davenport for operating an
automobile with faulty brakes de-
cided to sell the car to raise the
money.
1t brought &c. He borrowed the
rest from friends.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Investment Officer Dies

WHEELING, w. Va, May II (P).-
Frederick J. Weis, treasurer of the
Fidelity Investment Association,
died last night. He was born in
Albany, N. Y, 81 years ago.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Darn nf Thanka

JENKINS, ANDREW. The family of the
late ANDREW JENKINS gratefully acknowl-
edse the kindness, thoushtfulness,, floral
tributes and many expressions of sympathy
of their friends, relatives, neghbors and
co-workers at the loss of their loved one.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

of their nature In making q 1881
survey. In the 12-mile western
section between the lake and Brito,
an open roadstead on the Pacific,
the builders would have to dig
through a hilly and comparatively
dry region.
Seventy miles of the route east
ward would lie across Lake Mica
ragua to San Carlos, village of 500
population, where the San Juan
River drains off the waters of the
lake.
The only signs of human life be-
tween San Carlos and the Carib-
bean are Castillo, population 200,
dominated by a ruined Spanish
fort of colonial appearance. and
Greytown, with 300 inhabitants. At
Castillo are rock -streWn rapids
where the currents are so treacher-
Gus that only a man who had spent
his whole life on that stream could
be trusted to take motor launch
through.
At intervals along the wide. usu-
ally placid stream a clearing ap-
pears, with a thatched house and
small planting of banana trees.
The rest of the territory Is COW
cred by high, dense jungle, without
roads. Army engineers found that
mules and horses could not be used
over such terrain. In the region
aoct of Iake Nicarap1la tho rainfal II
reaches 300 inches year.
North of Greytown men some
times had to work in waist-deep
mud to operate the diamond drills
and carry on other operations essen
tial to the survey.
Huge alligators doze in the sun
along the San Juan River and
jaguars and snakes lurk there. Of
the latter, the most deadly is the
fer-de-lance and the rare bush.
master.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Mother Seen Amino
To Keep Baby Given
Father by Court
Mrs. Newman Will Not
Return to Capital,
Sisters Agree

Mrs. Harry Scott Newman will not
return to Washington If it means
giving up her 2O-month-old daugh-
ter, her sisters intimated yesterday.
The sisters, the Misses Ruth and
Louise Wilson Of Cathedral Man.
sions, admitted they had heard from
the 23-year-old mother, who dis
appeared from the city with her
daughter, Joan Carol, on January
10 when Justice Jennings Bailey of
the District Court ordered her ar
rest for contempt of court after she
had ignored a previous court order
to turn over her child to its father,
Harry Scott Newman, an employe
of the Library of Congress.
I'VE got letter from her a week
ago" Louise Wilson said. "She
said she was feeling much better
away from the nervous tension she
had sun cred here"
The sisters agreed Mrs. Newman
probably won't come back" In the
letter, they added, she said she
didn't know what she was going
to do.
They thought 1t likely she would
settle down with the baby in
another city.
An employe Of the General Ac-
counting Once, Mrs. Newman is
Evening star., 1939-02-06

quantity or variety" Secretary Wal
lace said In . radio speech.
I'm spite Of the great accomplish
ments Of private and public effort
to date, we have to admit the exis-
tence Of malnutrition in millions OF
homes. If Government can make q
genuine contribution towards SOL
wing this problem within the next
few years, we shaE have made one
of the greatest steps forward In
modern times"
Secretary Wallace's address was
the first in series on Democracy
in Action" describing Federal par
ticipation In the New York World.
Fair.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

simply listed - "away," according
to on1cials, although the sisters said
they thought she was on emer-
gency sick leave.
No effort IL being made to trace
Mrs. Newman outside the city, the
United States mafshals ONCE said,
because her offense is not extra
ditable. She is safe from arrest
unless she returns to the District,