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Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24

THE United States senate, pos
1 sibly 'standin' in the need of
prayer" does away with piece-work
duplication and puts praying on
. ( he regular
Senate, IN Need, daily schedule.
Puts Daily Task Last year, the
On Its Chaplain occ "a on
prayers by the
official chaplain, the Rev. Re Bar
ney Thorne Phillips cost the govern
ment $500 a prayer. Now the rate
for each will be about SIG, as Mr..
Phillips gets 1850 a year.
The change was brought
about by q resolution by Sena-
tor Nicely, by which the senate
will be opened by prayer on
every calendar day, instead Of
only on Legislative" days as in
the past. The latter are q fic-
ton by which the senate may
free itself from things diurnal,
as effectively as did Joshua.
But, since the senate is entitled
to a good prayer on every real,
not figurative, working day, Il
Is going to get 1t. Possibly as
q tribute to Chaplain Phillips
prayers, the vote on Senator
Neely's resolution was unani-
nous.
While both parties in the senate
have on many occasions claimed
divine guidance and inspiration for
their side, Mr.. Phillips. although a
Republican, appointed by Calvin
Coolidge in 1927, has been strictly
non-partisan. He is distinguished
Episcopalian clergyman, rector of
the Church of the Epiphany of
Washington. and has discharged his
office with simple eloquence and
dignity.
Chaplain Phillips, 63 years
old, Ii . native 81 Springfield,
Ohio, educated at Wittenberg
college and the General Thee
logical seminary. He engaged
In special studies ct Oxford In
1919 and 1911.
. Consolidated News Features.
WSU Ssfvtee.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24

Derby" of 1888, in which almost
100 runners, young and old, started
out on transcontinental run from
Los Angeles to New York, with Pyle
riding comfortably alongside.
This arst derby, billed as . $50. ~
attractioa. with . IS, ooo purse 60
ing 70 tie winner. led 70 numerous
Law suits, which reputedly cost Pyle
&5o. ~. However, friends Of Pyle
maIntaln' that Of an his schemes,
the Dunion Derby was closest to his
heart. that he thoroughly enjoyed
the antics Of his runners. A second
race was held In 1879. and the der
bies universally were voted the
stfangest events IN sports history.
Pyle was also the first to see the
possibilities in professional tennis.
On October Q, 1925. he presented
the late Suzanne Lenglen, Mary X.
Browne, Vincent Richards and other
stars in Madison Square garden as
his initial effort in this field Of &C.
tivity. The gate receipts were an
nounced as 10000.
HE WAS the greatest promoter Of
81 sAnACs OIAuBC SoAo VI INC man
who started him ON his professional
career. 1.-THE greatest promoter
but not the greatest business man.
He had more ideas than any man
I ever knew"
Grange estimated that during the
three years-1925-'2 6- '27-he was
managed by Pyle, the two attracted
100000 at the gate, half of which
went to them. They split the profits,
which would place Oranges earn
ings under Pyle at $250, 900.
In 1928 Grange and Pyle formed
the American Professional Football
league. II was formed after the
National league had refused 10
grant the pair permission to spon-
sor another club in New York. It
was failure, however, as the
league never really got underway.
Both men lost considerable money
on the venture. =..-
Pyle, with the addition Of a little
business sense, would have easily
been the equal Of Tex Richard as
promoter. He was, however, the
most colorful individual in an era of
unusual men. II anything appealed
to his sense of humor he was willing
to take a chance.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24

Pyle and the Chica-
60 Bears launched q
highly successful
tour. Grange gal
loped up and down
football fields in all
parts Of the coun-
try. When they re-
turned to Chicago in
February, 1925. Pyle
and Grange had
harvested m o E e
than 500, 900.
His most unusual
promotion was the
ia m o us "Bunion
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24
Turf Champion
Gets Rundown

Seabiscuit, American turf cham
pion, is Charles S. Towards chief
hope for the S100, 900 Santa Anita
Handicap in March. The Biscuit
was handicap favorite in 1887, but
finished behind Rosemont. A ia
vorite again last year, he finished
behind Stagehand. His greatest tri-
umph was q three-length victory
over War Admiral at Pimlico.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24
Promoter King

Nv HEN c. c. (Cash and CarFy)
Pyle. most spectacular pro-
moter Of the 6nal years Of sports
golden decade, died at his Los An
geles home recently. he left hertz
age OF fantastic ventures fully as
exciting as the widest dime novel.
Pyle's fertile imagination led him
to see the possibilities Of cashing In
ON Harold (RedD Grange's gridiron
ability. He hrst achieved nation
wide attention when he took the
GalIoping Ghost Oh the University
Of Illinois campus and guided his
career in professional football.
During the winter of 1925, with
Grange as the main attraction.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-The wPA barrel
! - isn't like the widows cruise Of
oil in the Bible. They expect to be
scraping the bottom by next June.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24

Rocca and Catcher
Chris Hartje cost
them the tidy little
sum Of $50. 900
with no discount.
Wicker. 30 years
old, Is the only
member Of the re-
Gently purchased
trio who possesses
. big league record.
He was with the
Yankees for . while
in 1881. winning
seven and losing
three H2mAR- The
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24
They Do Come Back

DON'T take too seriously the old
saw that champions never
come back"
Away from the turf for three
years, Jockey Don Meade is now
being sought by owners of the most
pretentious racing stables in Amer
lea. He is the lad who made the
most sensational comeback in turf
history at Hialeah Park, Miami.
Banned by the Florida State Rae
ing commission for wagering on
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24

norSeS other than
the ones he rode,
Meade was thought
to be through. Most
horsemen felt that
the 25-year-old jock
ey would never get
into the limelight
again.
Now Meade has
become . b Q ro.
That's why every.
body wants him. He
has been offered
large bonuses to dy
kn NaIsfApni~ A. ,slA
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24
-Speatins Of Sports
Varied Sports
Show Planned
For Exposition
By ROBERT McSHANE

IN THE distant future, when the
= curtain rings down on San Fran
cisco's Golden Gate exposition, Cal
ifornia will have staged . sports
program huge enough to exhaust
the high powered adjectives Of even
the most fluent publicist of the Gold
en- state. The western Worlds fair
sports show viii be nothing short
of colossal.
Modest natives admit that no ex-
position ever thought sports 50 inn
portant, and none ever lavished
One-third ~ much money and ef-
fort on IN athletic program.
''But this is California, where
sport is more important than any
where else in the world" shyly ad-
mits Major Art McChrystal. direc-
tor Of the program. I'VE won't
have any world champion prize
fights, and no All-Star baseball
game as will the New York fair,
but 80 per cent of our events will
be in the exposition grounds. not
on over town somewhere"
The so-called minor sports Win be
staged in Q swift Succession Of
events, and win include everything
from yacht racing 70 TIE Natisnal
Open championship for horseshoe
pitchers. And perhaps faiI. dlree-
tors are smart m not running q
ehampisnship prise-Aght = Unless
eeatendefs show remarkable I'm.
provement the horseshoe pltehers
weald easily provide more excite
ment.
Indoor polo win be housed In q
coliseum seating 5000 people
around q ring 80 feet long and 100
feet wide. In this coliseum, too.
viii be seen box lacrosse, the anna
teur rage Of Canada.
The N. c. A. A. basketball cham
pionship for west Of the Mississippi
river will be held in the coliseum,
as will an indoor track champion
ship.
The International championship
six-day bicycle races will be held
March u to Is, the National indoor
championship In fencing will be
held in June, the National singles
and doubles In handball May 1870.
the lawn bowling championship
September l0-13 and the volley ball
championship May 1920.
There are other championships to
be determined, but they are too
numerous to mention. The good
major has gone to the trouble of in
venting new sports so that additional
championships can be awarded.
Darned unselfish, these Californians
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24

II won't be necessary for students
to cut classes to 90 fishing il the
new course instituted by Columbia
university's Teachers college proves
popular. The New York school now
includes angling as part Of its camp
leadership course. At the left, DR..
Francois D'Eliscu, instructor, pre-
pares some Of his specimens for
mounting. ResOurcefulness is the
keynote of his lectures.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24
Dodger Purchase

a NNEXATION of three Yankee
a chain baseball players by the
Dodgers was announced recently by
Larry McPhail, general manager of
the Brooklyn club. who stated that
Pitchers Kemp Wicker and Jack La
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24

NEW YORK.-The wPA barrel
y isn't like the widows cruise Of
oil In the Bible. They expect to be
scraping the bottom by next June.
WPA Trouble and when is q
Shooter Finds naturally dis
Relief in Clouds tressing prob
lem, falling
mainly on Dean Brimhall, trouble
shooter and handyman for the
WPA, who looks and talks like Sim
clair Lewis and who used to hunt
bears in Utah. Officially, he is di-
rector of the section on employ
ment problems of the WPA, and
Just now these problems loom up
like the peak range of his native
Rocky mountains.
Ax-grinders, angry congress.
men, union disputants, kiekers,
Axers, utopians, and what not
see Mr.. Brimhall, and, when he
isn't taking this rap, he b e.
porting and editing administra-
ton outputs on labor relations
and employment, making sur
veys ON relief technique, or Tying
In his own plane to some spet
where employment b ebbing.
Reared In the Church Of the Lat
ter Day Saints-his grandfather
trekked west with Brigham Young
he was one Of group Of twelve
Utah business men, Mariner Ec-
cles among them, who craved New
Deal action for some Of their ideas.
Six Of them are stil active. On
the side, he still maintains live
interest in four different concerns
an airplane company, a railroad
company, a lumber business and
extensive real estate interests. Og-
den is his home town.
He hauled coal to pay for his
education at Brigham Young
university, and one winter he
maintained his family nicely
with . shotgun, hunting large
and small game. Under Nc.
Keen Cattell at Columbia uni
versity, he studied experiment
nj psychology and later taught
that subject at Columbia and
Brigham Young. He saw the
Wrights make their first Euro
pean fight and he has been in
terested in flying ever since
flying and hunting. On every
weekend and holiday he's high
in the sky, his plane poised and
pointed toward his beloved
Rockies. But there seems to
be no likelihood Of bis doing q
''wrong-way Corrigan."
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-24

same year he won seven and lost
two for the Newark Bears. member
Of the Yankee string. During the
past year he was with Kansas City,
another Yankee unit, finishing with
nine victories and an equal num-
Der Of defeats.
Hartje and La Rocca also are
Kansas City grads. A lame arm
hampered La Rocca last season,
getting him of to late start. His
final record was six wins and five
defeats. Hartje batted .289 for the
Blues.
A rumor that Branch Hickey,
general manager of the st. Louis
Cardinals, would sever his present
connections and hook up with Nc
Phail in the purchase of the Brook
lyn club was effectively spiked
when Hickey termed the rumor
wild talk with no element of
truth"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
CORPORATIONS
VOTE DIVIDENDS
Three Major Companies In
Industry Have Afiliates
In Waterbury

Three major corporations with
Waterbury affiliates voted dividends
to stockholders at meetings Of d.
rectors In New York yesterday. The
dividends were voted by the Anacon-
da Copper Mining Co., of which the
American Brass Co. Of this city Is
a subsidiary; the Kennecott Copper
Corp, Of which the Chase Brass
g. Copper Co. is a subsidiary; and
the American Dynamic Co., of which
the American Cyanamid and Chem
ical Corp. OF this city Is subsidiary.
The Anaconda directors voted a
dividend Of so cents a share on COM
mon stock. The dividend will be paid
Dec. 81 to stockholders OF record
Dec. 5. This brings total dividends
this year to $1.25 a share, as COM
pared with total OF so cents per
share In 1888. Earlier in the year,
three 25-cent dividends were dis
tributed.
Other Dividends
Dividends were also voted yester-
day for several Anaconda subsidi-
aries, the Chile Copper Co., the
Andes Copper Co., and the Greene
Cananea Copper o.
The Kennecott firm voted a divi-
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
ALICE GERTRUDE
FIELD WILL FILED
Provision For Her Sister,
Adopted Son Is Made
In Document

Provision for q sister and al
adopted son Is made In the will Of
the late Alice Gertrude Field, which
was admitted to probate today BY
Judge Patrick Healey. Miss Field
member of prominent local fam
lily and the author Of a number OF
delicate poems, lived in this city
and Litchfield. She died last
Thursday.
The will provides that all clothing
and jewelry owned by Miss Field
shall go to her sister. Mrs. Emily
Field Kellogg of Waterbury.
Furniture and household effects
are left to the adopted son, Richard
Field. All Miss Fields real estate
in Litchfield Is to be held in trust
for Richard, and he Is to receive
the income until he becomes 80
when he win receive the principal.
Placed In Trust
The residue Of Miss Fields estate
is also to be placed in trust, with
the son to receive the income. When
he reaches the age of IS, he is to re-
ceive one-third Of the principal, and
when he becomes 35 he Is to receive
one-half the principal
In the event that the son dies
without having survivors or leaving
a will. the principal Of the trust
fund Is to be divided into five parts
CONTINUED on Page -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
James II. Dillane Met
Death In Auto Wreck
His Machine Hit Concrete Bridge On White
more Road Last Night

Trooper Maurice Purtell, Of the
Beacon Falls State Police barracks,
and the Middlebury constabulary
today are investigating the automo-
bile accident in which James H
Dillane, n. OF "a stiles street, Wa
terbury, was killed last night.
The accident occurred at 6:45 o.
clock when the machine which Dill
lane was driving crashed into a con-
crete bridge on the Whittemore
road, In the Bradleyville section OF
Middlebury.
Deputy Coroner Miles F. McNiff,
Jr., said today he Is awaiting COM
pletion Of the state police and Mid
dlebury investigation OF the fatality
before he will set a definite time
for his inquest.
Seek witness Of Crash
The investigation revolved today
around an attempt to establish the
Identity Of the motorist who re-
ported the accident to Middlebury
police from house near the scene,
saying he was the driver OF a car
going In the same direction as Dill
lanes vehicle.
Although road marks did not in
dictate that second car was in
volved In the crash, police said the
marks did indicate that the acct
dent occurred when Dillane at
tempted to pass another car as his
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Magnetic Mines Of Germany
Released By Planes--Pa rachutes
Dissolve, Mines Sink To Bottom
PEACE EFFORTS
GIVEN PRAISE
Catholic Hierarchy HOnOrs
Holy Pontiff, President
Roosevelt

Washington, Nov. 23.--(UP)-A
Thanksgiving day statement by the
Roman Catholic church's American
hierarchy today praised peace efforts
OF President Roosevelt and Pope Plus
XII and urged the nations 2l,000,000
Catholics not to become victims Of
hate mongers."
1.-THE first line Of defense against
the involvement Of Our nation in the
misery Of war Is aloofness from emo
tional entanglements," said the
statement on behalf Of two cardin-
ais, II archbishops and 100 bishops.
"From the first moment Of his
pontificate, our holy father, Pope
Plus XII, labored increasingly to
prevent the outbreak Of war when,
despite his entreaties, his prayers
and his diplomatic councils the
dread conflict was finally initiated,
he set himself resolutely to mitigate
Its horrors. For such devotion to
the cause Of peace we desire to offer
the august pont!f the expression Of
our profound gratitude and to rec
ommend that our people, emulating
his example, join In the effort OF
their common father.
Much Gratified
eve note with qualification the
efforts OF our government to save
Europe from the cruelty OF war and
OF its expressed determination 10
pursue the ways Of peace.
I'm the present crisis 1t Is reces-
sary for oil men to devote their
mightiest efforts 10 the reconstruc-
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
HOBO STACKS TO
BE DEMOLISHED
"Squatters Village" Lo-
Gated On Aurora Street
to Be No More

Police today began dismantling
the group Of shacks which consti-
tuted the East Aurora street Squat
tiers village following the .elease
from city court of eight men arrest
ed Tuesday night on charges OF
vagrancy and suspicion of having
participated In at attack on a IA
year-old bog.
The boy, Robert Regar, OF 81 SUI
folk street. was reported "much irii-
proved" at st. Mary,s hospital, and
will probably be discharged today.
In recommending nolles for the
eight squatters In city court, Prose-
cutting Attorney william K. Lawlor
told Judge Theobald E. Conway that
the men possessed several hundred
dollars among ttem, and for that
reason 1t was impossible to hold
them. on vagrancy charges. The
prosecutor said, however, that the
colony Of shacks were public
nuisance and would be destroyed by
action Of the police.
Not To Be Burned
Supt. william j. Roach said the
fire department would not take part
In the !, ork Of doing away with the
crude dwellings because the Use OF
fire In destroying the shocks would
be too dangerous.
The revelation Of the affuencc ex-
listing among men who live In con-
dition Of comparative squalor came
as q distinct surprise to the court.
1t was said that one OF the squat
tiers had as much as 5000 on his per-
son, while the others possessed
amounts ranging from $50 upwards.
Sergt. Bernard Burns, who Is on
desk duty. said that several times
during TIE short period Of their Jail
confinement, the squatters sent out
for cigars, cigarettes and other lux
uries.
Whence Comes the Money
Asked In whao way the ill-kempt,
unshaven and bedraggled men came
to have so much money IN their
possession, officials gave various
answers. 1t was said that the squat
tiers are accustomed TO working on
farms as handy mer during the
summer months and crawling into
their holes when winter sets in,
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
Aerial Warfare Grows
With Great Rapidly
Sirens Sounded In Paris Today But Nothing Happened
Both France, Germany Are Making Claims
of Planes Shot Down
BY RALPH E. HEINZEN
UNITED Press staff Correspondent

Paris, Nov. 23.-(UP)-Intensi
ton Of German aerial activity
brought Nazi warplanes to the Paris
area early today and caused a SIS
minutes air raid alarm. Paris anti
aircraft batteries fired for Is min
utes before the "all clear" signal
was sounded.
The alarm was sounded shortly af-
ter midnight and the all clear sig
nal sounded at a. IN. Search
lights played in the sky and watch
ers who did not rush to bomb proof
refugees saw tracer bombs burst in
the air.
No bombs were dropped and 1t was
not known Immediately whether
French anti-aircraft batteries and
pursuit ships had succeeded in In
tercepting the German planes, be-
lieved to have been on reconnais-
ance
The alarm in the Paris area fol-
lowed renewal of great aerial activ-
ity by both the French and Ger
mans.
Air Fleets Increase
While German and French planes
flew in increasing numbers in fine
weather over the western front, Nazi
ships appeared over northern France
and the French announced that
eight Nazi warplanes had been shot
down. Their report conceded with
British dispatches confirming that
three German planes had been shot
down over British territory since
Monday.
A French communique last night
said that "two enemy submarines
one Of which was discovered by Our
naval air force, have been sunk al
three day intervals by the same
torpedo boat"
The French, 1t was admitted, lost
two planes in fighting on the west.
ern front this week. One French
pilot was killed when his parachute
failed to open.
Cheered by French successes ir
the air, Premier Edouard Daladiel
held important conferences las
night with Minister of the Navy Ce.
sar Campinchi, Air Minister Guy
La Chambre and Minister of Arma.
ments Raoul Dautry. They dis
cussed increasing supplies of arm
aments and efforts to combat Ger.
many's war on the sea and in thu
air.
Industry Mobilization
Dautry, meanwhile. ordered thu
most thorough mobilization OF in
Continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
YOUNG AMERICAN
IN HITLER PLOT
Helmuth Hirsch, Executed
In 1887, One of Three In
Bomb Scheme

Berlin, Nov. 23-(UP)-The Nazi
secret police intensified their inves-
tigation Of the Munich beer cellar
bombing today after Fuehrer Adolf
Hitler's own newspaper, the Voelki-
scher Beobachter, asserted that a
young American had been involved
in series Of bomb plots on Hitler's
life.
The American was Helmuth
Hirsch, 81, who was executed in Ber-
lin on June, 1887, for high treason
and possession of explosives"
When Hirsch was condemned to
death the United States Govern.
ment interviewed without success In
his behalf. Germans now allege that
he worked with Oto Strasser, pioneer
Nazi who broke with Hitler In 1890
and organized the anti-Nazi black
front. Strasser now Is an exile In
Paris.
The Gestapo (Nazi Secret Ponce)
and the German press allege tina,
Strasser organized the Munich
bombing which killed eight Nazis
wounded 60 and missed Hitler by II
minutes, in corporation with the
British Secret Service.
The Nazis are holding Georg e..
ser, German, who they say, con-
fessed to having planted the Munich
beer cellar bomb. They also are
holding Capt. Richard Henry Stew
ems and Sigismund Payne Best, al.
legged British secret service agents
who are charged with having direc-
ted ElserS work.
Rumanian Cabinet Resigns
Bucharest, Nov. 23-(UP) The
Rumanian cabinet, headed by prem
Ter Constantin Argetoianu, resigned
today.
The cabinet had been in office
only since Sept. % when it succeeded
stop-gap government organized
after the assassination of Premier
Armand Calinescu.
The resignation, announced by the
minister OF the royal palace. follow
Continued ON Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
(By United Press)

A majority of United States
families, following the proclamation
of President Roosevelt, observed
Thanksgiving today while the others
looked on holding up their Turkey
dinners for the traditional date next
Thursday.
A survey showed that most Of the
heavily populated states, with the
exception of New England where
the first Thanksgiving was estab-
lished BIG years ago. were amorg
20 observing the holiday today.
Twenty-Five states, including five
that decided to observe both dates,
will celebrate Nov. 80. the last
Thursday of the month.
The split was caused by the presi-
dents decision that an earlier
Thanksgiving would help Christmas
shopping. 1t left most of the larger
cities shut down for the turkey
festivities.
States Observing Day
States observing the holiday today
were Illinois, Louisiana. Mississippi.
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio. Cali
fOrnia. Indiana. New York. Mary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-23
STEAMER CALLS
FOR HELP SEA


Manila, Nov. 23.-(UP)-The
steamer Proteus radioed an appeal
for immediate assistance at 8:45 a
m. EST, today reporting leak in
thee ngine room, according to an
SOS intercepted by the Radio Cor
poration of America. The message
said the crew was abandoning ship
1t gave its position as latitude 2O:33
north, longitude 1O7.5l east. The
position given would place the ship
off the coast Of French Indo- China.
There are three craft which bear
the name Proteus, all of which oper-
In the Far Feast. One is a u. s.
navy tanker, the others British and
Norwegian steamers. The SOS, as
picked up by RCA, said: Have Leak
ing engine crew leaving position
latitude 2O.S3 north latitude lO7.6l
east assistance required"