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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
MISS TOWNSEND'S
 WILL PROBATED
Sister Inherits Estate; Homestead on Cooke St.
 Historic Landmark

The will of the late Emma c. Townsend, member of a family prominent in Waterbury history for many years, provides that her entire estate shall go to her sister, Ellen Townsend. The document was filed with Judge Patrick Healey in pro- bate court today.
 Miss Ellen Townsend declined to act as executrix of the will, and the Bristol Bank and Trust Go. has been named executor. The will was drawn March 21, 1918.
 The Townsend homestead at 59 Cooke street is one of the best known in the city, besides being one of the oldest. Near it were the famous old Clay Pits, and close by Waterbury's first sewer system was installed.
 Miss Emma Townsend was a keen student of the city history, and an active member of the Mattatuck Historical association. A graduate of St. Margaret's school, she many times substituted as a teacher at the institution. She was a lifelong member of the Trinity Church, and for many years soloist in the church choir.
 She died April 20. The size of the estate will not be known until after an appraisal has been completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
CHORTJS HAS 1.10O yOICES

Lorain, O., (UP)-More than g. 800 public school pupils participated in great music festival here. The cantata, Childhood of Hiawatha" featured a combined chorus of l. 100 voices,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08

group of more than 800-is being prepared for the September natu- ralization session to be held in the court of common pleas.
 188 Registered
 The May class, which will be reg istered the 18th day of this month is also slightly above normal, with 188 registered. The 188 men and women of foreign birth, should they meet the necessary requirements for acceptance as citizens, will be given their papers certifying them as eligi- ble for all the benefits accorded na- tives of this country.
 At the present time, while the May 18th class is awaiting final examinations, the September group is rapidly increasing. There are now about 600 registered, and officials anticipate another two hundred to apply.
 Clerk Files Dates
 A normal class is about 150. Com mon pleas court judges preside at the citizenship classes here, while federal examiner puts questions to the applicant. The oath of allegiance is administered by the clerk of the court of common pleas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
PUPILS SELECT
 HIGH SCHOOLS
20 of Bunker Hill Graduat= ing Class to Enter CrOs=
 by Next Fall

The entire graduating class of Bunker Hill school plans to enter high school in the fall, it was an- nounced today by Ralph W. Caring ton, principal. Twenty pupils are going to Crosby high school, five to Wilby, six to Leavenworth, and three to the Waterbury Catholic high.
 Of those planning to enter Crosby. 12 intend to take the college course, four the technology course, and four the classical course.
 Of the Wilby entrants, wto will take the course in bookkeeping, and three the stenographic course. At Leavenworth, one will enroll in the manual training department, while the other six will take the voca- tional course.
 The three Catholic high school entrants will enroll in the com- mercial course.
 The names of the graduating pu- pills and the schools they intend to enter are as follows:
 Crosby-College course, William Muller. Jane Hurlburt, Irma Mac- Kerracher, William Webster, Vim cent Maloney, Ruth Palen, Norman Canfield, Irene Slough, Robert Auray, Mary Harder, Margaret Col linG, Joyce Tierney; technology course, Thomas Kurtz, Robert Man. mel, Elmer Nihols, Whitman Moody; classical course, Joan Dillon, Janice Niyer, Natalie James, Juanita AL bert.
 Wilby-Bookkeepiug course, Carl Gothmurg, Belden DeVito,; stenog- raphic course, Mary Omicioli, Janet MacLen, Shirley Gothburg
 Leavenworth - Manual training course, Ned Mentucci; vocational course, Walter West, Gordon Coop CT, Glenn Jensen, Marshall Burns.
 Catholic high-Commercial course. Madeleine Vanasse, Mary LeUage, Joan Carroll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
BENEFIT SOCIETY
 SPONSORS DINNER
Hebrew Organization Ob= serves 44th Annual
 Event

Almost 600 persons attended the 44th annual dinner of the Hebrew Benefit association at the Beth-El auditorium last night. Fifty-tWo new members and their wives were welcomed at the gathering.
 Atty. Maurice Gruskay was the principal speaker. Others on the speaking program were Abraham Katz, Samuel Green, Jacob Reiner, Alderman Joseph Reiner, Samuel L. Green, Bernard Holczer, Abraham Sherman and Simon Goldman.
 MT. Katz was in charge of ar- engagements by Isadore Kramer, Max Wilenchik, Julius Tarr and Samuel Karnofsky.
 Association officers are: Alder man Reiner, president; Sol Shiller, vice president; Jacob Reiner, fi- nancial secretary; Abraham Sher- man, treasurer, and Benjamin Lev inson, recording secretary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
MEMS LEAGUE

Two members of the Waterbury Good Government association; will describe the city manager form of government which has been pro- posed for Waterbury at the final season meeting of the Mems league of the Second Congregational church Wednesday night at 8 o. clock il Davenport hall. Norman Hovey, the church octet and How ard F. Tracy will provide enter tainment.
 James Littlej0hn was elected president of the Sunday Noon club of the church last week. 9th CT officers are, vice-president, Herbert s. Smith; secretary, Wal ter M. Boyd; treasurer, Robert Ker; 0granist, William E. Me- Bride; song leader, Herbert S. Smith and Charles DOescher; program committee, Rev. Dr John c. Walker, pastor of the church; Rev. JohIi R. C00mbs, associate pastor, and Herbert S. Smith; publicity, Charles Doescher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
Hundreds Of Aliens
 Studying For Tests
 For Naturalization
Over 600 Registered for September Session of Court Authorities Expect at Least 200 More to
 Appear for Papers

Alien residents of Waterbury are engaged in a mad rush to obtain United States citizenship papers due to the new requirements of citizen ship for employment, and eligibility for benefits of old age assistance legislation and other government relief agencies.
 The largest citizenship class ever to be examined in Waterbury = a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
NEWS , 
FIRST CHURCH

The first meeting of the newly formed Junior Girl Scout camp committee was held Sa ,1rday at the scout house of the First Con- gregational church. Plans to as- sist the camp program in various ways were discussed. Girls pres ent included Eleanor Snyder of Troop 4, Barbara Carlin of Troop 5, Frances Winston of Troop 6, Marilyn Miller of Troop r, Bet t y Donahue of Troop IS, Shirley Collins of Troop 19, Nancy Joy of Troop g, Betty Cook of Troop 27, Jane O'Donnell of Troop 31, Betty Lent and Justine O'Donnell of Troop 32, and Eileen Lanouette of Troop 37.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
OAKvILLE CHURCH

Services at the Oakville COngre- gational church last night were conducted by the young people of the Salvation Army Corps, at the invitation of Rev. Oscar l.. Locke. Jean Ruda spoke on "The Spirit of Love in Action" Paul Duren directed the program of vocal and instrumental selections.
 A meeting in the Citadel was under the direction of Mrs. Hugo Wiberg. Public services during the remainder of this month will be under the leadership of Major Charles Wiseman of Nashua, N. H.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
Big Rush Herefor Citizenship Papers
Church Delegates In
 Spring Meeting Here
Session Opens Tomorrow Afternoon at Third Con-
 gregatiOnaI ChurcI1-Frank E. Hess, Moderator

uals. Examanation of James H. Phillips, assistant minister, First church, Waterbury, preparator to his ordination, Sunday, May IA, at 7:30 p. m, at First church, Watre- bury. Especial program being mail- ed churches and individually.
 Recess.
 500 p. m.-Fellowship supper in charge of ladies of Third church.
 6:45-Moving pictures, "Glimpses of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
BUNKER HILL

A reception in honor of 33 new members who joined the church yesterday was held at the Bunker Hill Congregational church imme- diately following the Il o'clock worship Sunday morning at which the pastor, Rev. Alan M. Fairbank, spoke on 'The Celebration of the Holy Communion at the Lords supper"
 The Young Peoples society last evening heard an interesting ad- dress by Miss Grace Weaving, one of their members, on the book Larry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
RAINBOW GIRLS
 PLAN MAY HOP

The Order of Rainbow for Girls will hold its annual May hop Satur- day evening, May 27th, Cliff Slater providing the music. Gertrude Carew heads the committee assisted by Dorothy Phillips, Doris Wilken- bach, Jean Hunter, Mary Foley and June Allen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
HAIR CUT WITH HAT ON

Butte, Mont, (UP)-The following story was kept under the hat" for several days by both parties con- cerned. A customer with betting complex entered barber shop and said: T bet you $5 you can't cut may hair while I am wearing my hat" The barber took the bet, and cut the mans hair so satis- factorily that the wager was paid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
SOUTH FEDERATED

Rev. Harold E. Fey, executive secretary of the Fellowship of Re- conciliation, with headquarters at New York, spoke on Total Faith or Total War" at the South Fed erated church services yesterday morning. MT. Fey was pastor of the Second Baptist church, now a part of the Federated church, from 1922 to 1924.
 The service was conducted by Rev. T. LeRoy Crosby.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
Street Car Blamed for Discharging
Cartridge and Wounding Pedestrian

How a man could be shot on q
downtown street in broad daylight
with several persons walking within
few feet Of him, and yet none
of them seeing anybody shoot at
him--this was the mystery that the
police were called upon to solve
when Christian Knoll received a
bullet wound in the hip while walk
ing through the business section Of
a leading metropolis, reports Will
liam c. Dudgeon in the Detroit
News. $3.50
The first important fact that the
officers discovered was that, while
several had heard the report, none
had seen any flash, indicating that
the bullet must have come quite a
distance. AS Knoll had been shot
in the side next to the pavement
it seemed certain that the shot had
been fred from across the street.
This latter probability was not
borne out, however, by the testi-
mony Of persons who had been
walking on the other side of the
street. In fact, they were all very
positive in their assertions that the
sound of the shot had come from
the side of the street where the
injured man had been at the time
he was shot. i
In their endeavor to reconcile
these seemingly conflicting state
ments, the police were just about
convinced that the shot had been
fired from a passing automobile
when word came from the hospital
that the bullet, when It struck
Knolrs hip, had Been travelling an
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
!, TIPS. to
Gardeners.
Give Flowers a Break

nON'T. put an added burden on
- your flowers by asking them
to grow in conditions to which
they are not suited. Flowers are
like races of humans. Some thrive
in warm, moist climates. : Others,
through the centuries, have be-
come accustomed to intensive
cold.
Certain flowers, for instance,
may be grown successfully in
comparatively cool, semi-shaded
locations. If you have such spots
in your yard, don't plant your
zinnias or petunias there.
Any of the following will prove
more satisfactory, according to
Harry A.. Joy, flower expert: An
nuals = balsam, clarkia, coleus,
nasturtium, pansy, calendula and
vinca; perennials-English daisy,
campanula, columbine, myosotis,
sweet William and viola.
If you live in drouthy sections
or if your flower beds are on
well-drained soil in full sun, try
the following: Annuals-abronia
ageratum, alyssum procunbens,
arctotis, calliopsis, candytuft,
cosmos, four 0'clock, 1upin texen-
sis, petunia, portulaca, stlnfiower,
verbena, and zinnia: perennials-
coreopsis and hollyhock. ts@
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
The Northern Lights

The Northern Lights or Aurora
Borealis is an atmospheric phenom-
enon seen in the northern hemi-
sphere. It appears in the form Of
arcs, rays, bands, patches, etc., in
various colors, across the northern
sky It's cause is not known for
certain but is believed to be some
kind of electrical charge or magnet
ic disturbance. One theory is that
electrons from the sun encounter
such gases as krypton and nitrogen
in the upper rarified atmosphere.
There is some connection between
brilliant auroras and magnetic
storms, also with the number of
sun-spots. The theory of Arrhenius
is that the sun emits a food of
corpuscles of nature similar to
X-rays, cathode rays, electrons,
etc, and that these corpuscles on
approaching the earth are acted
on in the. direction of the lines of
its magnetic force. around which
they describe helices.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
SYNOPSIS

Richard Exon, poor young English
man, befriends elderly Matthew Gering.
who at his death, gives him a statement
claiming he. Gering, Is Rudolph Ebert
an nobility who was betrayed 20 years
before by his twin brother. Ferdinand.
whose sentence for forgery he himself
served. Ferdinand appropriated his title.
property and daughter. Before he dies.
cret. known only to the head Of the
house, to be found in the great tower at
Brief, by q doorway none can ever find.
Exon inherits his uncle's fortune and sets
out to right Gering's wrongs. En- route he
villainous Ferdinand and sees him In con-
ference with Inskip, diamond merchant.
He engages q valet, Winter, who hates
Percy and meets by chance at garage.
John Herrick, who Is linguist and who
wedding. and had visited Brief. Herrick
agrees to aid Exon. They establish head
quarters at Brenda Revoke's farm at Raw.
@en. a few miles from Brief and make their
plans. They find the castle almost mac.
acessibIe. They see a closed car occupied
by Percy Virgil, chauffeur and woman.
Hearing dog scream. they see the chauf.
feur hogging 1t, just as horse with girl
-astride bounds along the path and is felled
10y strung WIRE The girl. unconscious, is
picked up carelessly by the chauffeur and
woman. who then run away, after dropping
her. Exon recues the girl and carries her
to his waiting car. He identifies the girl as
Elizabeth daughter of the disowned Gering.
tells her Of her cousins plot to abduct her
and takes her to Raven, where he tells her
the story Of her father and promises to go
the limit to help her right her fathers
wrongs. Elizabeth wins faith in her bene-
factor. Percy Virgil brings the police to
Raven, announcing that two strangers are
being sought for the kidnapping Of Eliza
beth. Herrick discounts Virgil, tells Of the
mornings adventure, names a man called
Max and hands the police sealed envelope
with the name Of the leader In the abduc-
tion-Percy Virgil. Exon and Herrick sus.
pect Percy Of having sold the family jewels
! through Inskip. All realize the only solution
IL to find the Secret Of Brief. which the
impostor Ferdinand does not know. They
decide to take possession Of the Tower.
Late one night after hard labor they
force their way into the Tower. with Eliza.
beth aiding Exon and Herrick. There they
begin their search for the secret doorway.
working In silence against time. The search
for the secret doorway Is almost hopeless
until they And q sliding panel In q step.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
WHOSE AFRAID?

Mrs. Smith was particularly fond
Of reminding her husband that the
silver was hers, the piano was hers,
and the furniture was hers, and
Smith was getting tired of it.
One night Mrs. Smith was awak-
ened by noises downstairs. She
shook her husband, relates Pear
sons London Weekly.
Henry" she said hoarsely. "Get
up. There are burglars downstairs. :"
"Burglars!" echoed Smith, wear
lily. "Well, let 'em burgle There's
nothing of mine down there"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24

upward course, which would have
been impossible if the shot had
come from the window of a car.
How, then, had the man been
shot? One of the officers discov-
cred the. answer when, in walking
across the avenue, he found an
empty cartridge lying on the street
car track. It had apparently been
discharged when a street car
passed over it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
BANNER SERIAL FICTION
SERIAL FICTION------
She Painted Her Face
a stony 81 eoue and Intrigue BY DoRNFoRD YATES

cell was q great oak stall, plainly
very ancient and finely carved, and
against one wall was q Golfer, also
of oak. There was no other fur
niture.
In the stall was seated manor
what was left of one. His pose was
natural. His head was up and was
leaning against the back Of the stall,
his arms lay along its arms, and
his trunk and his feet were well and
truly planted on oak and stone. His
clothes were those of the Fifteenth
century. His tunic was Of diapered
velvet which the passage of many
years had brought to shreds and tat
tiers, if not to dust, but jeweled
belt was still girding the crumbling
loins and a chain was sunk in the
ruin about the neck. Hose still hung
upon the legs, which were skin and
bone, and a patch, that had been
cap, was still GROWING the thick
fair hair. This was inviolate. The.
face and hands were withered, but
otherwise well preserved and dead.
The eyes, which were wide, had a
curious, sightless look and might
have belonged to man who was
living, but blind; and the whole was
in no way offensive, because, I sup
pose, there was no sign of corrup-
ton, but only OF age. Indeed, had
the hair been white, the figure would
have been full Of dignity: but the
color of the hair was fatal, suggest
ing an old mans efforts to seem to
be young-one Of Times shabbier
jests, for the man had not seen old
age.
On the Golfer were lying three
things. One was a skin Of parch-
mentor part Of a skin. Upon this
had been written Latin, still to
be read. BY its side lay the trans
lation, clearly inscribed upon vel
lum and made at some later date.
And between the two lay massive
signet-ring.
As might have been expected, the
documents told us the truth.
Here sits Ebert, Duke of Austria
and Carinthia, King Of Hungary,
slain by his host and liegeman, Ru-
dolf Of Brief, because he came upon
him defiling his wife.
with the fear of death upon her,
Helen of Brief declared the follow
ing facts:
That the King and she were Sc
cretly married, before he welded
the Queen and before she deceit
fully welded Rudolf of Brief. In
proof whereof she offered her mar
riage lines signed by the Cardinal
Gaddi, lately dead of the plague,
whom God reward,
'"That the first and third of her
children, whom Rudolf believed to
be his, were both the sons Of the
King.
Rudolf made haste to apprise the
Queen of the truth.
"For the sake Of that injured Ia
dy, he undertook, on conditions, to
hold his peace. Between them it
was agreed:
"That he should hold to his witness
the corpse Of the King, himself pro-
viding another to take its place and
be inferred and entombed as though
it were that Of the King.
'"That since Otto, whom he
thought his first-born, was now IN
TRUTH Duke of Austria and Carin-
thia, King Of Hungary, he and his
heirs should FOR EVER hold the
right to call upon the heirs of her
body in any stress, whose help they
shall have WITHOUT FAIL by
showing the Kings great ring,
"That her heirs shall be so in
structed in perpetuity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
High Praise :

An American woman who spent
last summer in Europe tells of her
efforts to say sthank you" to a
waiter who had been particularly
helpful.
"As passed him the tip l started
to say Thank you in German, re-
vised it with bit of French, added
a little Italian, and-well, in the
midst of my laundering, imagine
my chagrin when the waiter sud-
denly interrupted.
Madame, you're doing swell. I"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24

by Rudolfs order, Gollanx, q
chemist of Innsbruck, preserved the
corpse of the King. This he did ac-
cording to a certain prescription
which he had Of learned Venetian
whose son he had saved. His rail-
ment also he dipped against the cor
ruption Of Time.
dated the ninth day Of March
in the year of Our Lord one thou
sand four hundred and thirty-nine
(the King being dead on the sew
enth, having lain in state till now
and to be replaced this mighty
and written down word for word
as my lord Rudolf hath command
ed by his unworthy servant and
clerk
GABRIEL of LITTAI."
ssWhom / slue whites his ink
was welt for he hath a long
tongue and I have need of
boldly as he hath sayed.
RUDOLF OF BRIEF"
The original postscript was labo-
riously written in German and poor
" spelt. The translation was done
in German from first to last, and to
this had been added two lists-one
of the Lords of Brief and one Of
the several Heads of the other
House.
Elizabeth was trembling.
''Oh, Richard, d'you know what
this means?"
SIT means you're a queen" said
/. "But then I knew that before"
''No, no." She dabbed at the
parchment. "That last name there.
Not my grandfather's-the other
Harriet Vincentia Saying, Duchess
of Whelp. She's still alive-and she's
bigger than any queen. She's al
ways known as old Harry Her
mother was English-as mine was,
and if she'll take up my cause -. :"
"She must" said I. "It's case
Of deep calling to deep"
'She's a law to herself" said
Elizabeth, thoughtfully. "But If she
does-well, next time you come to
Brief you won't have to force any
bars
That's right" said I, feebly
enough. With sudden movement,
/ set torch in her hand. "And
now I'll 60 for pen. You must
write your name here at once. Shall
Herrick come DOWN."
''If you please.'
left her there and mounted the
unworn stair.
The thing was absurd and child
ish, but now that I saw what was
coming, my heart sank down. The
trough stuff" was over, and So
my service was done. From now
on, steps would be taken by a lady
Of high degree. Pressure would be
put on the impostor: ways and
means would be used which were
out of my ken. And when the game
had been won, I should be invited
to Brief where servant would
hold the door wide and another
would take my hat. I should be
uSilSTSu-1 mat udu prOkeEl
into the place, to set queen on
her throne. -. And then / should
be presented to Her Grace the Ouch
ess Of Whelp, and the Countess Of
Brief would tell her how good had
been--I that had held a Kings
daughter against my hammering
heart -.
] suppose that my face was be-
traying my state Of mind, for, as !
stepped into the hall, I saw Herrick
throw up his head and clap his
hands to his eyes.
''Oh, ! can't bear It," he groaned.
Don't say that after all this"
ITO BE CONTTNUED)