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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-20
Santa Claus Is Hurt

front-of-the--" His eyes closed and he lay still.
 "Alice--help me = take him to the hospital" Jerry stammered,
 She helped him lift Brown into the car. They drove of in terri- fled silence to the hospital.
 News travelled fast through the small town. Santa Claus Brown was Q favorlte character. When Alice and Jerry came out of the hospital, there was an axious crowd outside waiting for news, As Jerry appeared, hostile niurmurS ran through the crowd in 6 rising tone.
 Listen, Brown isn't dead" Jerry pleaded defensively. He isn't going to die, I'm out getting q little fresh air-in minute I'm going to give him blood trans- fusion"
 Another murmur went through the crowd, less hostile this time.
 Mrs. Brown appeared on the hospital steps. Mrs. Deakin and MT. Middleton rushed up to her from the street,
 No need for you to bother phonlng your daughter, Mrs Brown said Mrs, Deakin ex- citedly, 1T called Up over my own phone-long distance--and l don't want you to mind the charges either-70 cents for three minutes. Somebody there Is going to get in touch with her, and send her here as soon aS possible. But from what they said I don't think she's doing quite as well as yoii---"
 Mrs, Brown interrupted her.
 Her daddy will be so happy If she gets here in time. Did you tell them to have her fy--get here as soon as she can9"
 "Yes, I told them all that" re- piled Mrs, Deakin sententiously. "They said they'd get her right away, Anything else you want me to do--even If 1t involves the cost of long distance telephoning, I'll be most glad to do 1t for you"
 Thank you so much" said Mrs, Brown, I'm going back to papa now, l felt -. little faint h there" She stihed . sob,
 She walked past Jerry without word or glance and entered the hospital.
 As Jerry and Alice turned to follow her in, a clock struck i2, Christmas bells rang out, fnerrily at first, but gradually they became deep and sorrowful, more and more like a dirge,
 Two hours later Jerry and Alice left the hospital; the street was deserted except for tho few people who Still stood nearby waiting.
 Jerry, shaken and weak, made an attempt to be brave.
 "Well knock santa Claus down - then l try to make him -- all well again"
 Alice, walking silently, dogsedly ahead of him, did not answer.
 "0osh -- they love him in this town" Jerry went on. "Wouldn't get that turn out if I got hit by q car, Funny thing, he's just q night watohman--gets 6 punk sal- ary probably--llveS In that lousy boarding house of yours, but they come out in gangs to pray for him.
 "When I was = little boy - used to think he was the real Nc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-20
CRANluM CRACK ERS
OLD UNIVERSITIES

Some of the worlds famous ufii- versities date back for hundreds of years. Many famous scholars have been associated with these institu- tons through the ages. From the brief. descriptive data in each group below, tell which school iS indicated:
 1. Tn Buckinghamshire, Eng. land; founded by Henry VI in i44o; intended aS e preparatory school for Kings college.
 2. Founded in ii40-ii70 texact date unknown) by King Philip IT: outgrowth of Cathedral School of Notre Dame.
 3. Pounded in 1864 by King casi- mir III; endowed by Duke of Lith- uania in l4oo; attended by Coper- nieus.
 (. Opened in 147o by bull from Pope Sixtus ".
 6. Pounded In 1882 by charter granted by James VI of Scotland,
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-20
Q SERIAL STORY
CAST or CHARACTERS

&m0A VG &@AeNeNthS@&N~ SANTA CLAUS BROWN - be. loved friend of an children. ALICE BANKS - Q pretty, young school teacher
 JERRY DONALDSON - pam. perOd son of the city'S richest merchant.
 BETTY CARTER - awaits the coming of Santa Claus.
 YESTERDAY; Mir. Donaldson anKrlly orders Jerry Co start work the day following Christmas In the Palals Royale, He Is through spending money on his son, Mrs. Brown leaves Alice, goes tO CarteES' tO wait the return of santa Claus Brown. He Is late. N is almost midnight when Betty awakenS, sees Mir, Brown coming down the street, She can hear his reindeer on the roof,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-20

Tho leathery, white thatched Adirondack guide didn't get a shot, But he was mighty disap. pointed by his 7.year.old grand- son, Thomas Stalnback. Young Tom sighted seven bucks and felled none,
 Tom Peacock has hunted almost every kind of wild game Ia North America shnee aS c boy he bowled over himself and a deer at oppo- site ends of a kicking flint-lock musket. He likes to recall times past when he hunted elk to feed railroad work gangs in the Vest moose in Canada, bear and moun- tain lions In the Rockies, or deer tn his home country.
 He once shot four Colorado elk with three shots, He explained.
 Into the Wild West
 T was about 34 years old when felt the call West, I worked for the McKen4ies killing elk and deer for the railroad laborers who were shoveiing the train road into undeveloped territory near Lead vile, Col.
 "This day there was & call for game and started out with a heavy A6.90 rifle.
 Starting an Elk, took one shot ct the animal, Two more jumped from Q little guleh at the crack and I shot at them, using one shot on each, When I found 'em all saw that I had killed two with my last shot and one each with the first bullets"
 Peacock said Q few minutes later he heard a noise from near by.
 1T saw e cinnamon bear facing be - big onei I put one of the stubs Into him, but he kept on coming. I fired twice more before he turned down Q gulch, smashing down small dead trees as he went
 Missed Bears Charge
 T followed him. When I was SC yards off, he charged again. mi: time I fired four shots. He kept right on coming. figured Ton Peacock was in for a good cuffing but the bear went right on by.
 "Next day we went looking fol him on horseback and brough him home. He weighed about i,20l pounds and carried seven siugs O lead"
 Peacock was born in 1852. Hi farmer leiehbor was John Brown theh fiery abolitionist, who Is bur led on the farm near Lake Placid Brown led the abortive raid ol Harper's Ferry before the Civi War and was executed for 1t. Pea cock later helped Browns widoy with her having to pay for som furniture he bought from her.
 Used Fiint-E.ock Musket
 He shot his first deer at i3. Fl spled the animal eating turnips Il his garden and reached for hi flint-lock musket. used by one Q the Harpers' Ferry raiders. It va loaded with shot he made by drip ping molten lead into Q pan of coll water.
 "The gun knecksd me sprawl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-20
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St. Louis Foir Stamp Was Mckinley Memorial

Was Mekinley Memorial pRESIDENT WILLIAM McKIN. \ LEY signed the congressional legislation that made the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Mo, possible, but he never saw the fair, Mckinley was fatally wounded by an assassin three years before the exposition opened. Tho U. S. 5-eent stamp, above, of the Louisiana Purchase Commemorative Issue, bearing his portrait, became q memorial to the President.
 The Io-cent value of the U. s. Famous Americans series will be printed in scpia Instead of salmon color. The other values will re. tain the usual colors i-cent, green; Recent, carmine; 3-cent. violet; and 6-cent, blue,
 Turkey has released a new series of four stamps marking completion of railway service from tstanbul to Derzuoum, on the Russian border.
 
 Argentina has announced . series of stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Pan. American Union. No details as to designs, values nor release dates were given.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-20
Hunter, 87, Keeps Fest
 For All Game, Any Trail
BY HARRY L. FREEDMAN United Press Stan Correspondent)

saanae Lake N Y Dec 2(uP)- old Tom pea cock went deer hunting this usual He toted his packbase hked the load his back and with companions his
Evening star., 1939-09-13

There are ways of making you speak,
Ahtea snapped. She summoned two
guards Chain him to that stake" she
commanded, land lay on your lashes until
his tongue is loosened." The leather of
the cruel whips bit deep into Kailuk's S
flesh, but he uttered not word
Evening star., 1939-09-13
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.


Rough Brother North Wind hur-
ried up one big cloud after an
other, and late in the afternoon
white, feathery flakes came drift
ing down out of the sky. Peter Rab-
bit sat tight in the dear Old Briar
Patch. All night he remained squat
ting just inside the entrance to an
old hole Johnny Chuck's grandfa-
ther had dug long time ago in the
middle of the dear Old Briar Patch.
Some time before morning the snow
stopped falling and then Rough
Brother North Wind worked as hard
to blow away the clouds as he had
to bring them.
When jolly, round, bright Mr.. Sun
began his daily climb up in the
blue, blue sky he looked down on
world of white. It seemed as If
every little snowflake twinkled back
at every Jolly Little Sunbeam. 1t
was ali very lovely, and Peter Rab-
bit rejoiced as he scampered forth
in quest of his breakfast.
He started first for the weedy
field where the day before he had
found Dotty the Tree Sparrow and
Slaty the Junco. They were there
before him, not seeming to mind
the snow in the least and having
the very best of good times as they
picked seeds from the tops Of the
weeds which showed above the
snoWs
Evening star., 1939-09-13

Bapy's ear is alers open like a cup,
waitin' to hab you pour in a secret
or two.
Evening star., 1939-09-13
Man Proves Magnet
For Hit-Run Drivers
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GEORGETOWN, KY. Bleeding
from a head cut, Robert McGeorge,
26, staggered into lunchroom on
highway near here and said he
was struck by truck while walking.
He received first aid treatment
and again set out on foot. A few
minutes later he was struck by an
automobile. McGeorge regaiped
consciousness in a Georgetown hos
pital.
He said neither of the drivers who
struck him stopped to give aid.
Evening star., 1939-09-13
BY Edqor Berqen
BY Alfred AndrioIo


The ape-man had no fear that Kailuk
would betray him. Kailuk would die rath-
er than be disloyal. But the valiant jungle
lord refused to purchase loyalty at the
price of his friends unbearable suffering.
Why do you not question me, Ahtea?"
Tarzan demanded boldly.
Evening star., 1939-09-13

knew that there is no other small
bird which is so largely white. Peter
had his usual question ready.
"Are you going to spend the win
ter here, Snowflake?" he cried.
Snowflake was so busy getting his
breakfast that he did not reply at
once. Peter noticed that instead of
Evening star., 1939-09-13

1t was natural enough that Kailuk
should be suspected as the source OF the
mutiny plot. 1t was he who had, at Tar
zan's request, spread word of the plan
among the slaves of the jewel pits. But
when Ahtea questioned him. he answered
stolidly, "Kailuk will not speak,
Evening star., 1939-09-13

hopping he walked or ran. Pres
emily he paused long enough to reply
to Peters question. IF the snow
has come to stay all winter, per-
haps I'll stay" said he. Il can't
understand how folks can be con-
tented where there is no snow and
ice. You don't catch me going way
Evening star., 1939-09-13

eye and on each shoulder was a
little patch of this same rusty
brown. The inner tail feathers were
black, and the outer half Of the
long wing feathers were black. 9th
erwise he was dressed all in white.
It was Snowflake the Snow Bunt-
ing. Peter knew him instantly. He
Evening star., 1939-09-13
BY Mormon Marsh
ADVERTISEMENT.

down South. Why, when the nest.
ing season comes around, I follow
Jack Frost clear up to where he
spends the summer. I nest way up
on the shore of the Polar Sea, but
of course you don't know where that
Is, Peter Rabbit"
Peter confessed that he didn't.
Evening star., 1939-09-13

Ahtea called halt That is only the
beginning, Kailuk. I give you one more
chance. Speak, or the lashes will tear the
flesh from your bones" Kailuks lips quiv-
cred. He can't stand any more" O'Rourke
whispered to TarZan. Soon he'll speak
and give us away"
Evening star., 1939-09-13

At once Peter discovered that
they were not alone. Quite as busy
seeking seeds as were Dotty and
Slaty was a bird just little big
ger. The top of his head and back
were a rusty brown and on his back
were streaks of black. Back Of each
Evening star., 1939-09-13
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Etiquette

K. Lit is not good manners at
the end of a meal to push the plate
away, lean back, and say, as if dis
agreeable task has been completed,
I'm through" Laying down the
fork or spoon indicates that one
has finished the meal Dishes
should be allowed to remain in their
places until removed.
Evening star., 1939-09-13

and spell the word
called for in the opposite
removed from you have eeeo-Ou correctly
youha a for rental
Answer to Yesterdays Letter Out.
Letter-Out
(C) COIDLY-DOLLY Citte girls companion).
(O) PAROLES-PEARLS gems
CB) BATTERS-TREATS (peaSureS).
(R) TORSO-SOOT (chmneyS contents.
(A) SEAIER-LEERS (drty looks.
Evening star., 1939-09-13
Points for Parents

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
1t is usually more advisable to al
lou youth to clarity their thinking
through their oDn talking than 1t is
to to-ce them to listen to US as Ue
talk.
Evening star., 1939-09-13
Bruin TwizzIers
By PROF. ]. d. FLINT.

Dy TnOT. j. d TL1NH'
ugh! ugh!, we no savy great
American Brain Twizzler but me
savvy Indian tribes. Me go gettum." "
So spoke great Chief Rusty Brain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
METHODIST

MEIHOU1ST
 Rev. William M. Nesbit, Ph.D. 9:45 a. m.-Sunday school (Our ideal is Intelligent Christianity 11:00 a. m.-Public Worship. Ser mon topic: ''The Shortest Verse In the Bible". Communion for All Christians.
 TOO p. m.-A Get-Together Meet for All Our Young People. Dr. and Mrs. Nesbit wish to spend a Pleasant Hour with all the young people of our Congrega- ton and Sunday School. Monday, June 5-
 800 p. m.-Meeting of Finance
 Committee at the home of MT. Marshall H. Long, 35 Elm wood street. Wednesday. June T.
 3:30 p. m.-Dr. Nesbit will meet with the Preparatory Mem- bership Class.
 Final Session of the Leadership Training School at Hillside Congregational church. Friday, June T. 500 to TOO p. m. = Strawberry Supper served by the Ladies Aid Society. Chairman, Mrs. Johnson. Dining Room com- mittee, Mrs. Gibbud and Mrs. OMeara.
 Sunday (June 11th) will be Chil- dren's Day. There will be delight full program by the Sunday school. The pastor will bring us children's $ day message.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
EVANGELIST HERE FOR TALK MONDAY
Rev. Dr. K. H. Walker Re- vival Meeting Guest at
 Zion Church

Tomorrow Rev. A. A. Perry, pas tor of the Mount Olive A. M. E.. Zion church, will speak on the topic 'The Keys to the Kingdom" :" In the evening Rev. J. Van Cat ledge of Plainville, will speak. Holy Communion will be served at both services.
 Monday evening at o'clock an old time revival meeting will begin at the church. It will be conducted by Dr. R. H. Walker of Trenton, s. c. Dr. Walker is 8 National Evangelist, who comes well recom- mended.
 He will preach from such sub jects as Hell and Heaven, which he holds are here on earth.
 If you are sick, distressed, bur- dened, troubled, weak and in need of more spiritual power; if you have been failure in life, and want to have permanent success. Rev. MT. Perry urges you to hear this man of God.
 Dr. Walkers conversion was a mysterious, having been a man of the world: having travelled nearly all over the world, having all kinds of experience, he claimed that God laid his hands upon him and when he was almost at the point of death, he prayed and God healed his body and saved his soul. He has been giving his life in untiring service to God ever since.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03

Waterbury Is probably as hetero- geneous a city as this country boasts and that fact is the inspiration be- hind the idea about which this arr ticle Is written.
 The leaders of the various ethnic groups in Waterbury met some time ago and decided to do something to foster a spirit of racial friendship in this city. It is all very well to be- moan the racial hatreds which are rampant in other lands, but should we not do something positive to pre- clude the possibility of such state of affairs in America? To decry a condition is not to alleviate it.
 Consequently, these leaders of the various national clubs enlisted others in the cause and formed g committee to arrange an interna.- tional music festival which has been in rehearsal for some time and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03

in which the mass may be said: Latin, Greek, Syriac. Chaldaic, Arabian, Ethiopian, Slavonic, Ru- thenian, Bulgarian, Armenian. Coptic and Rumanian.
 Q. Can Judaism be considered the creation of any one man, as in the origin of Christianity, for instance?
 A. According to Samuel O. Co., hon, "Judiasm is the creation not of any one master-be he Moses, Ezra or Hillel-but rather of the collective spirit of the entire Jew ish people. Its sacred days. for in- stance, are not connected with the birth or death of any one person. age, as in the case of Christianity, but are bound up with the destin- ies of the Jewish people. The an- cient pilgrim festivals products of an agricultural economy. in the first instance-have bocem com memorative of outstanding events in the life of Israel"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
MEMBERSHIP ROLL CALL TO BE HELD

The annual roll call of member ship will be held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Advent Christian Church on Cherry street. The choir will sing o Taste and See How Gracious the Lord Is by John Goss and Rev. Joseph John son, pastor, will speak on Faith That Works.
 Rev. Matthew G. Madden, pastor of the Union Congregational church in Mill Plain, will speak at the eve- ming worship tomorrow at ' p. m. He will be assisted by the Young Peoples Society. A special solo 'The Prayer Perfect will be offered by Annetta Sufferan of Naugatuck.
 The pastor has designated the current month as Loyalty month and urges each parishioner to be loyal to as many church services as they possibly can.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03

beck, Mrs. Emma Oppelat. Alternates-Miss Edith Wollschla- ger, Mrs. Anna Grieco.
 New Britain-Mrs. Minnie Lumpp Mrs. Theresa Finance, Mrs. Eva Arneth, Mrs. Elizabeth Maerz, Mrs A. Frank, Mrs. Mary Schliecher Mrs. Martha Rival.
 Alternates-Mrs. M. Unterweger, Mrs. M. Frank. Wallingford - Mrs. Lena Beau- champ, Mrs. Tillie Zemke, Mrs. Anna Perkins, Mrs. Rose Dubial, Mrs. Frances Hewitt, Mrs. Elizabeth Payden.
 Waterbury = Mrs. Dora Seibert, Mrs. Catherine Frey, Mrs. L. Mer- kle, Mrs. Gertrude S. Wollschla- ger, Miss Barbara Craft, Mrs. Mary Gerard, Mrs. Lena Walters, Mrs. Josephine Craft, Mrs. Marjorie Hummell.
 New Haven Branch - Mrs. F. Ruckholft, Mrs. M. Wilhulusen, Miss A. Krause, Mrs. Florence Rein hardt, Mrs. J. E. Dunn, Mrs. R. Cuny and Mrs. M. Perlowski.
 Bridgeport Branch - Mrs. Agnes Walker, Mrs. c. Quaka, Mrs. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
Methodist
FIRST METHODIST Morning Worship 10:30

FIRST METHODIST
 Morning Worship 10:30
 Organ prelude Hymn % Worship The King" Call to Worship by the Choir
 Silent Prayer Choir Anthem-"Jubilate Deo,' Responsive-23rd Sunday.
 Hymn Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven"
 Pastoral Prayer
 Offertory
 Quartet
 Sermon by Rev. John J. Snavely Hymn Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus"
 Benediction
 Organ Postlude
 Church school 12 noon.
 Epworth League 500.
 Union Evening Service at First Congregational church 7;3o. Events of the Week, June 4 to 10 Tuesday, June 6-2:30 W.C.T.U. meeting. Mrs. T. A. Horton will have charge of the Flower Mission Program 3:45 Children's Mission Band Party. Games and refreshments.
 500 The last meeting of the Standard Bearer-Queen Esther So- ciety will be 8 steak roast at the home of Barbara Buckmaster, l09 Robert street.
 wednesday, June 7-11:00 Wom- ans Missionary Society will hold their annual meeting and election of officers at the home of Mrs. Rob- bert Eggleton in Bucks Hill. There is to be covered luncheon at noon. Meet at the church at take bus at Il a. m. There will be play Tt Happened in 70 Years" including the following people: Mrs. George Condit, Mrs. w. Grierson, Mrs. Geo. Futile, Mrs. Clayton Brown, Mrs. Robert Eggleton, Mrs. Thomas Fin lay, and Maude and Alice Eggleton. FOO Boy Scouts.
 Thursday. June 8-Rummage Sale in the morning in charge of Mrs. w. Clarke.
 2:30 Ladies' Aid Society last reg ular meeting for the summer.
 Friday, June 9-3:00 Sunshine society.
 500 Choir rehearsal. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
400 To Participate
 In Festival June 15l
Ten Racial Groups Ready for Buckingham Hall Pro-
 granl-American Home Tableau Planned

which will be presented June IS, at Buckingham hall. There are ten groups, representing the French, German, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Lith- uanian, Negro, Polish, Russian and Swedish nationalitieS, participating in the festival. In all, about four hundred persons will join tn the program.
 Isn't it Father Flanagan of Boys Town fame who says that "a really bad boy never existed2" Well, the committee working on the Water bury International Music Festival has somewhat the same idea con- cerning nations. Each group, there fore, will present a short program consisting of folk-songs and . folk dance performed in native costume. The purpose of these folk-songs and dances is to foster an interest, on the part of the younger generation particularly, in the cultural and musical traditions of their fore fathers and, at the same time, to provide other groups with an un- derstanding of these traditions.
 The whole program is designed to emphasize the racial freedom which exists in the United States of America and nowhere else. To achieve that purpose the festival will open with tableau represent ing life in an average American home, with all groups united off- stage singing '"The Star-Spangled Banner" Next will come what might aptly be termed '"The Parade of the Nations, with each group coming forward to present its portion of the program. Just as all nationalities have combined to form the true American stock, so too, all groups will combine in the closing number to re-echo the theme of the festival The racial freedom of friendships which are an integral part of the American tradition. In this tableau, a girl from each group, dressed in native costume, will gather around a central figure. representing Liberty. while all the other members of the chorus join in singing America"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
CHURCH HOLDING
 REUNION SUNDAY
Seven Ivy Trees to Be Planted at Bunker Hill
 Tomorrow

The planting of seven ivy trees around the Bunker Hill Congrega- tional church will feature the Re- union Sunday program at that church tomorrow morning.
 Rev. w. Moreton Owen, pastor- emeritus, will speak recalling un- usual happenings if years by-gone which affected his parish. A let ter will be read by Rev. John w. Slight, professor at Haverford Col lege and a former pastor at the church.
 Rev. Alan M. Fairbank, present pastor, will speak on The Value of the Past The Young Peoples So- ciety will hold their installation of officers conducted by George Brown and Mrs. Gordon Wells.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03

o. What is the difference be- tween the German Evangelical church and the Confessional church as constituted in Germany today?
 A. The Confessional church, or properly, the Confessional Synod, is that part of the German Evan gelical church which stands reso- lutely for the independence of the church in all doctrinal matters. It is from this group, headed by the imprisoned Martin Niemoeller, that the Nads receive their strongest opposition. Recent esti- mates have revealed that approx imately 50 per cent of the Evan gelical clergy are in sympathy with the Confessional group.
 o. In how many languages may the Roman Catholic mass be celebrated?
 A. There are twelve languages