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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-31
Household Articles
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Miscellaneous For Sale

FOR SALE-2000O Norway Naples to IF" in diameter. 8 to 12 it.. Good straight stock. Ideal for street and home planting. Tel. business hours, Hartford 9-1302-M. Gard ner's Nurseries, Rocky Hill, Conn.
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LIQUOR PERMIT NnTr(.E nr nDVUCA TInN

IVY AO@ VI AA 1AN1n AaO.v
 This is to give natice that l, AL fred Nappi. of 51 Irion St., Water bury, Conn.,, have filed an applica- tion dated March 23, 1889, with the Liquor Control Commission for a Package Beer Permit, for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises, 19 Bronson St., Waterbury, Conn. The business is owned by Arthur Nappi, of 51 Irion St., Waterbury, Conn, and will be conducted by AL fred Nappi of 51 Irion St., Water bury, Conn.,, as permittee.
 ALFRED NAPPI, Dated March 2s, 1889. s-24-31-2t STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DIs- TRICT OF WATERBURY, ss. PROBATE COURT, March 18th. ESTATE OF MORRIS zusMAN. late of the town of Waterbury. in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for tue Dis- trict of Waterbury. hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said es- tate to exhibit their claims for set- clement. Those who neglect to pre- sent their accounts, properly att tested, within said time, will be de- barred a recovery. All persons in- debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 DAVID s. ZUSMAN. S-31-St Administrators.
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Announcements
Lost and Found

LOST = Male tiger cat with rat?
 collar. Return to 276 Wolcott St.
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Merchandise
Household Articles
SPECIAL OFFER!

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h Special Notices

GET A RECORDING-Of your own voice on our new machine, soc up. Mecca Music Co.,, 203 Bank St.
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DENTAL PLATES S1
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Personals

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 40 Other Beautiful Cars
 GEGMAN MOTORS, INC. Ford-Mercury-Linc 1844 East Main St. Tel. 3-4185
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PAINTING = Paperhanging, floor refinishing. Tavano. Decorators: 40-44 Scovill St. Tel. 4-0694.
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1888 Ford Convertible Coupe 1887 Ford Deluxe Sedan 1884 Dodge Sedan 1885 Plymouth Sedan 1933 Pontiac Sedan 1886 Chrysler Coupe
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For Rent Real Estote
Apartments and Tenements

102 SOUTH ST.-Six rooms. All im- provements. No heat. Dial 4-4861.
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VERY-Desirable 5 large rooms, small room 2nd floor corner Wood and Oak Sts. Call 4-9405.
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FIVE NICE Large rooms at 240 Cherry St. 2 flights up. Inquire 78 Savings St. 4-5238.
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O. Did horse named BEND OR, owned by the Duke of Vest minister, ever win the English (Ep- som) Derby?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Law Stretched
To Help Youth
In Iron Luna
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BEACON, N. Y, July 1.-THE law
has been stretched SC that a youth
in an iron lung" at Vassar Hos
pital will not have to die next
Thursday-the day he becomes 81.
For seven years and nine months
Birdsall Sweet, son of Beacon real
estate dealer, has been confined in
an artificial respirator or Iron
lung" which enables him to breathe
and survive the ravages of infantile
paralysis.
Without the lung" he would die
in little more than six hours-the
longest period he has been able to
breathe for himself.
AS long as he was a legal minor
the youth has been entitled to
financial help from the State edu-
cation department. and Duchess
County, with his long, hard fight
costing nearly 500 week.
But on reaching his majority, on
Thursday, he would no longer be
legally entitled to aid-unless the
law could be stretched. His father
could not bear the cost alone.
County Judge H. Gordon Flan-
merry, aware of the boys predica-
ment, informed Gov Herbert H.
Lehman. and the Governor called
in his legal advisers, who found
that if they weren't too careful"
in their definition of the law the
State health department could help
out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Pendergast Revealed
As Victim Of Lootinq
OF $500,000 Since II
Politician Involved;
Employees Knew, but Boss
Was Kept in Ignorance
n the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, July u.-Tom
Pendergast, Democratic boss i'm
prisoned for cheating Uncle Sam of
several hundred thousand dollars in
income taxes, himself was robbed of
s5o0,O00 in the last IL years.
The Kansas City Star says audi
tors and Treasury agents have dis
covered a former high political
figure cashed $4,000 in checks on
Pendergast companies. What be-
came of the remainder has not been
established. Employees swear that
Pendergast did not learn of the
footing until just before he entered
prison two months ago.
The looting was done, the Star
says, through bogus invoices sent to
Pendergast company offices by other
firms. Concerns looted were Ready
Mixed Concrete Co., Midwest Paving
Co. and others.
The Star quotes Walter Colburn,
an employe of the companies 10
years, as saying he honored the in
voices on order of Edward Schneider,
secretary treasurer. Schneider COM
mitted suicide in April while Fed
eral agents investigated Fender
CASTS income.
Colburn Wrote the Checks.
Mr.. Colburn declared neither he
nor Schneider ever received a
penny from the looting" and
Schneider never explained where
the money went"
The audit. ordered by stockholders
of the companies. which recently
passed from Pendergasts control,
showed Midwest Paving was looted
of s285 900, Ready Mixed of at least
100000 and two minor companies
of more than $4,000 each.
The Star calls the theft strange,
inexplicable mystery" because his
own men swear Pendergast did not
profit. - History of the thefts
is so long that it has required weeks
OF close scrutiny. ="
1t quotes Mr.. Colburn:
Il wrote those checks on the Mid
west Paving Co. myself and I knew
that they were not legitimate. We
entered them in the cash entry
books as proper eXpenses-ma-
terials, oils, supplies and other
things. -
Why? Schneider asked me to,
I know at this minute Schneider
never received penny of that
money and 1 know Mr. Pendergast
didn't either. Ill swear to that.
That money went somewhere and
don't know where it was. I wish
I did know.
THE Less knew the Better"
I'll tell you why I never inquired.
I figured this way: The less I
knew of that kind of money the
better off I was.
Il do know this: Often an invoice
came in from a big firm and
would see it was false. I would
throw it aside. Then I would get
orders to write the check.
And the check would come back,
from big company, properly in
dorsed, leading me to believe that
company got the money. I know
that somebody in that company
handled the money =.
Il know that Mr.. Pendergast never
knew anything was wrong with his
companies. I went to him before
he went aWay (to DriSon)
Il told him we had this situation
I know it made him sick But he
took it."
Mr.. Colburn said he had told his
entire story to Treasury agents and
had given them all the checks
involved. The agents declined
comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11

Regularly Sis. Less 15%---$I48.75
Regularly S198. Less 15%--$Ib8.25
Regularly S239. Less $780, S203 90
Other Seal.dyed.muskrat Goats at S25O.75,
Regularly S295
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Supper to Aid Church

The Ladies Guild of st. Johns
Lutheran Church, East Riverdale,
Md. will hold a lawn party supper
on the church grounds next Tuesday
at pm. to raise funds for church
improvements. The Rev George H.
Eveler, pastor, is general chairman
assisted by Miss Betty Granholm
and Mrs. Roberta Vaughan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Winship Here to See
Interior Officials
BY the Associated Press.

Blanton Winship, Governor of
Puerto Rico, arrived from New York
yesterday and conferred with terri
tories officials at the Interior De-
partment.
Mr.. Winship said he was awaiting
documents from San Juan to COM
plete his annual report to the Sec
Rotary of the Interior before relin-
gushing the governorship to Ad-
miral William D. Leahy, who will
succeed him September l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Persian Lamb-Bsek and beautifully shaded ar.

Perhaps the coat you have wanted you
will now find at price you'll be glad to
pay Persian pelts so soft, glossy and
tight-curled, styles and prices so attrac-
tive! Grey-beautifully shaded in YER
tical lines-suggests choice that is new
and different!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
DYed-Jdp MInk-sated for bieeer-than-ever season.

No fur lends itself more luxuriously to the
dressmaker touch that is the chief for
next season. Look for shirrings and softly
manipulated shoulder treatment, easy
boxy lines, skins worked in rich herring
bone design or vertically, like real mink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Hudson Sea|-dyed Muskrat

Superior quality selected pelts; 'no-cut"
center skins luxurious in depth of fur and
with far less scanning, in all coats regu-
larry above SITS. The semi-ftted front
and looser back silhouette adapts per-
fectly to women's needs for free comfort
and grace of line!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Mus fashionable Sable and Fisher.dyed

Very select, soft, lustrous skins are used
in these coats-dyed to the rich browns
that fashion forecasts for next Winter
Distinctively styled, fastidiously tailored,
you can rely upon a muskrat coat to serve
you both smartly and durably. Silvery-
sheen Silvertone Muskrats for more
casual wear!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-11
Caracu| Lamb and Kid dyed Black and Grey

Caracul lamb, tailored into dressy after
noon and evening coats and Jackets,
treated like cloth, with shirring, pleating,
fattering folds. Grey Kid recommended
as the smart choice sponsored by
Vogue) for sports and college.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Strike 10 Darken
Entertainment Field
Over j. ). Threatened
Showdown Expected
Labor Day in Actors
JurisdietionoI Fight
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-Actors'
unions, at odds in bitter jurisdic-
tional fight, threatened today to call
a strike next week that would close
theaters on Broadway, movie studios
In Hollywood and possibly darken
film houses throughout the country.
Eleven unions affiliated with the
Associated Actors and Artists Of
America, parent union of actor or
ganizations. will hold meetings in
New York and Hollywood on Sum-
day to vote on a strike to force
the International Alliance of The
atrical Stage Employees (stagehands)
to revoke its charter to the Ameri-
can Federation of Actors and clear
out of the actors field.
The showdown in the dispute is
expected to come Monday, Labor
Day, when Sophie Tucker, president
OF the American Federation of
Actors and self-styled last of the
red-hot mammas." is slated to ap-
pear at the Imperial Theater here
for a rehearsal of Leave 1t to Me"
The musical is scheduled to reopen
Monday night after a midsummer
layoff.
The cast. at the direction of
Actors Equity "a "A unit. is ex-
pected to refuse to work with Miss
Tucker, who was suspended after
her organization obtained a charter
from the stangehands' union.
The stagehands have threatened
to walk out if Miss Tucker is re-
placed by an understudy, and to
call out their members on Broad
way and possibly their projectionists
in movie houses over the country.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Rooseve|t's Uncle Supports
Congress Neutrality Stand
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FAIRHAVEN, Mass, Aug. 81
Declaring he did not believe the
failure Of the last Congress to re-
wise the neutrality law" was alto
gether a mistake, Frederick A. Del
ano, uncle of the President, said yes
terday he was lin favor of giving
greater powers to the executive de-
partment in that line"
Yesterday at his press conference
the President expressed the belief
that failure of Congress to consider
revision of the Neutrality Act was a
contributing factor in the present
European crisis.
Interviewed at the homestead of
the Presidents grandfather, Mr..
Delano asserted: Il think the action
Of the last Congress was a case of
erring on the right side 1t is un-
doubtedly true the people of this
country wish to keep out of foreign
entanglements.
The hope of averting war by
throwing the economic balance to
the democracies, that is by lifting
the embargo even as q cash-and-
carry basis, is perhaps too long q
chance to take. Many Congressman
feel that it is better to keep out al
together. Moreover, they are wary
Of allowing themselves to be pledged
to any line of action in which they
have not had the deciding voice"
The President and the Secretary
Of State were closer to foreign prob
lens, Mr.. Delano concluded, "and
should be allowed to use their dis
cretion more freely in the matter"
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Boys Leg Broken as Truck
Runs Over Box Playhouse

Eight-year-old Henry Lassiter was
under treatment today at Sibley
Hospital for fractured leg, bruises
and shock received late yesterday
when a truck ran over a cardboard
box IN which he and a companion
were playing on sidewalk entrance
to warehouse In the 100 block of
@ street NE.
The driver, William Yates, %, COL
ored, 1340 r street NV, brought
the truck to halt when he heard
the cries of the boys. Connie Perk-
ins, 6, of l27 Quincy place NE,
crawled from the fiattened play
house" uninjured, but Henry was
pulled out and rushed to the hos
pital.
The driver told police his truck
was moving along the sidewalk en-
trance, preparing to back in the
warehouse. when he saw the box, He
said it appeared fiat and he had no
idea any one was inside. One Of
the wheels passed over the con-
tainer.
Young Lassiter lives at l29 Quincy
place NE.
Mr.. Yates was charged with oper-
ating the truck with defective hand
brakes, and William Cohen, 26, of
713 Otis street NV, listed as the
owner of the vehicle, was charged
with permitting the truck to be op-
Grated with bad hand brakes.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
~ the Associated Press.


LONDON, Aug. 31.--Europe's
days Of strain have given the
overseas reporters and camera
men Of the Associated Press their
most trying assignment Of 1899.
The major problems: Diplo-
matte action on a 2-hour basis
among the big powers, troop
notifications curtailing native
employees, censorship restrictions,
clogged and reduced communica-
tions, cooperation in AFRAID
precautions, crippled transporta-
ton and-not the least by any
means-nervous civilian popula-
tions.
Dealing with these difficulties
has been a staff seasoned by ex-
perience in the Chinese-Japanese
War, the Spanish Civil War,
Italy's conquest Of Ethiopia and
the somewhat similar Czecho-
Slovak crisis of 1898.
Long-planned emergency alter
native routes of communication
on the European continent have
been utilized. Numerous wives
and families of stan men have
moved to the United States or to
rural retreats. Employees have
organized their daily routine to
Evening star., 1939-08-31

A black cat that became suddenly
famous yesterday when It crossed
the path of Lord Lothian, the new
British Ambassador. when he called
to present his credentials to Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the White House,
had home today.
1t has been adopted by Thomas F.
Quinlan. White House policeman,
and today regales his granddaughter,
Sarah E. Lyons, 21a years old.
While the cat was named Crisis"
when it appeared at the main en-
trance to the White House, It's new
family prefers the name Peace"
hoping 1t will forecast a settlement
of the European crisis.
The cat was installed today as
permanent member of the Quinlan
family at 4013 Thirteenth street
NV.
On an ordinary afternoon the
timid little feline might have crossed
the doorstep of the Executive Man
sion unnoticed, and gone its way.
But this time it happened to pass
the entrance to the Presidents office
just few minutes after Lord Lo-
THAN had gone in to see Mr.. Roose-
velt.
Alert photographers. waiting to
photograph the new envoy when he
emerged, spied the kitten. It was
Immediately compared with its black
counterpart, the cat which is said
to visit 10 Downing street in Lon
don whenever crisis time comes in
Europe, and the cameramen went
into action.
The cat looked up, bewildered, as
the fashlight bulbs recorded her
against the background Of the White
House doorsteps. But it did not
frighten her away. She decided to
stick around and see what all the
excitement was about.
When the Ambassador came out,
accompanied by George T. Sum-
merlin, chief Of protocol of the
State Department, the cat was still
around, and then its big moment
came.
Lord Lothian stopped and picked
it up. He smiled good-naturedly
as the cameras clicked, then handed
it to the State Department repre-
sentative.
To show that black cats hold no
superstition for him, Lord Lothian
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Russian Parliament
To Act Today on
German Pact
Soviet Extends Term
Of Military Service,
Lowers Age Limit
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. Aug. 3l.-The Supreme
Soviet, Russia's Parliament, decided
today to consider ratification OF
the German-Russian non-aggression
pact at 7:3o o'clock tonight Q1:3o
a m, E. s t., in joint session.
Premier Foreign Minister "
Molotof is expected to report to the
session.
At the same time Defense Com
missar Marshal K. E. Voroshilon
told the delegates that the Soviet
Union is extending the term of
service for aviators, border guards
and on-commissioned infantry
officers from two to three years.
The conscript age also is being
lowered from 20 and 10 for high
school graduates to 10 and l8 years
respectively.
The Soviet Union will abolish ex-
emption from military service of
persons who object on religious
grounds. Voroshiloff said. adding
there had been no such objections
from any of the 1887 or 1888 con-
scripts.
Women who have had medical
training or experience in communi-
cations will be included in military
reserves of the second category and
will be subject to mobilization in
time of war.
Our preparations have been
thorough and on large scale" said
Voroshiloff. Nov when the entire
world is feverishly preparing for
war we shall not be caught un-
awares."
Evening star., 1939-08-31
D. {. Delegate Tells
OF Brazilian Playground

A playground in Sac Paulo, Bra
zil. handling 1000 children during
the day and a like number Of adults
in the evening, was one Of the high
lights of Mrs. Henry w. Draper's
inspection of South American edu-
cational facilities held in connection
with the recent eighth biennial con-
ference Of the World Federation of
Education Associations ending Mon
day.
Mrs. Draper and her husband, su-
pervising principal of the first divi-
sion of the District schools, headed
a party of "a Washingtonians at the
conference, which was attended by
more than TOO delegates from all
over the world. The conference was
held in conjunction with q two
month South American cruise
aboard the S. s. Rotterdam.
enthusiastically describing the
playground, which occupied an en-
tire city block, Mrs. Draper termed
1t IAN example to Washington"
"All the children wore red shorts
and white sport shirts and costumes
were provided by the city to those
who were unable to buy them" she
said. In addition, she continued
free lunches were distributed to
children who could not bring their
own.
The ages of the boys and girls
ranged from 3 to - years, while the
playground was opened to all males
over IL years after 6 pm, she de-
clared.
During the day, from 7 to 10 rec
reation supervisors are scattered
throughout the grounds, and they
too, are dressed in characteristic
uniforms-blue slacks and white
blouses, for both men and women.
The federation was originally in
vited to meet in Rio de Janeiro. but
due to some misinterpretation of
the organizations aims, the invita-
ton was withdrawn so that most of
the meetings had to be held on
board ship.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
IA. P. Gets Crisis News THROUGH
Despite Vexutious Difficulties

eat and sleep at their desks
where necessary.
Once windows have been
screened for blackouts, sandbags
protect large windows and indi-
viduals have been fitted with gas
masks.
In Berlin, for instance, there is
an air-raid shelter in the ONCE
building. In Rome faint blue
lamps, the only outside street
lighting at the moment, remind
the staff of the emergency, but
Italian painters carry on inside
with a scheduled refinishing of
the Office walls.
The Associated Press men at
Danzig and in Slovakia have few
calm hours. Not only the actual
reporting, but keeping open news
channels, is 24-hour job.
Warsaw communicates with
London by alternate and devious
routes which avoid Germany.
Paris sometimes exchanges tips
with London via New York and
staff men on the Mediterranean
have routed dispatches via WASH
ington. Some German news goes
east to get west. But, in spite of
censorships. delays and other
obstacles, the news gets through.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Stores Will Resume
Full Weekly Schedules

Downtown retail stores, which
have been closed all or part of
each Saturday during the summer.
again will start on all-day Saturday
schedules, beginning this week, 1t
was announced yesterday by Ed
ward D. Shaw, secretary Of the
Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation. Stores, however, will be
closed on Labor Day, next Monday.
Coal yards, which have been
closed on Saturdays for the last
three months, Will begin remaining
open for Saturday business ssptem-
Der 9, Mr.. Shaw said.