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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-25
FRENCH, GERMANS
in BIG FIGHT
Guns Hammer Away All
Along Entire Rhine
Front

Paris, Sept. 25-(UP) - French
and German big guns hammered at
each others lines along the Rhine
front from Wissembourg south to
the Swiss frontier today in the first
bombardment of the war in that
region.
This whole front, extending for
nearly 125 miles, had been inactive
since the war started, and even
French and German aviators had
stayed on their own side of the
Rhine. Both French and German
observation balloons had gone up
daily. unmolestecl.
Though the bombardment was an
indication of the generally intenSi-
flying atmosphere along the western
front, it was not regarded as being
necessarily significant. And thrita-
tive commentator said that It was
not indicated which side started the
FIRE. 1t was believed possible that
some battery started firing without
orders and tina. as happens In such
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Seventeen Day Siege
F inds Polish Capital
Practically Demolished
NAILS CLAIM
MUCH SUCCESS
British Destroyer Sunk, s
French Planes Shot
Down, Say Germans
BY FREDERICK C. OECHSNER
limited Press Staff COrroe -Ondentl

BY FREDERICK C. OECHSNER
UNITED Press Staff CorrcscOndent)
Berlin, Sept. Is - U.P) Ger
many, preparing to take the war in
the west to Great Britain and
France, announced today that a
German submarine had sunk a
British destroyer. that eight French
airplanes had been shot down on the
western front and that the U-boat
raid against enemy ocean trade
showed good success.
1t had been announced previously
that a ninth British aviator shot
down in an attack on German war
feet bases September 4 had been
buried with military and naval hon.
ors at Wilhelmshaven cemetery.
Germany was understood, believ-
ing its Polish campaign to be about
at an end, to be transferring air.
planes, infantry men and artillery
to the western front.
It was believed that between g
and 40 divisions, $4,000 to 600,00(
men, were now, IN and behind thu
west wall. ~
This mornings communique o
the high command showed for tht
first time, real emphasis on the sit
uation in the west, as regards land
sea and air. 1t said:
"In the east German troop move.
ments toward the line of demarka.
ton with Russia in Poland pro-
ceeded without friction Sunday I'M
der agreement with Russian units.
"Dive bombers repeatedly ane
successfully bombed military objec-
tives at Warsaw.
I'm the west there were isolated
small engagements and artillery &C.
tivity on both sides. Eight French
planes were shot down in an all
battle
"a German submarine sank q
British destroyer The commerce
war showed good success"
Well informed quarters made il
plain that Germany does not in
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WEDDING PLANS
ARE DISRUPTED

New Bedford, Mass, Sept. rs
CUP Miss Emile McGrath, 20, and
her fisherman-f1 ance, William j..
Burke, "a, both of Boston, discussed
plans for their Thanksgiving NOV.
30) wedding and parted Wednesday
as he left Z; sail with the dragger
Cape Ann.
Yesterday the Cape Ann returned
to port prernaturely, its nag at half
mast. Miss McGrath was notified
that Burke had been killed Instant
ly q few hours earlier when caught
in q winch hauling in fish-loaded
ne on South Channel Banks.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-25
HEAL HOFF|CER'
WILL announce
HIS CANDIDACY
Joseph F. Mulville Looms
as His Campaign
Manager
HINGES ON DEFEAT
OF PROPOSED CHARTER
May Lead to Patch-Up of
Democratic Party
Differences

DR.. Edward J. Godfrey, city
health officer, was today re-
ported preparing to an
nounce his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for
mayor. The announcement
is expected to be made in the
near future.
Reports from the same
reliable sources were to the
effect that Joseph F. Null
vile, former secretary of the
Democratic state central committee
will serve as campaign manager
fer DR.. Godfrey.
Primary Is Certainty
The serni-ofiicial news of the God
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-25
FLOYD GIBBONS
dies SUDDENLY
Noted War Correspondent,
Radio Commentator Sue
cumbs to Heart Attack

Stroudsburg, Pa, Sept. Is U.
P.) - Floyd Gibbons, So, war cor
respondent and radio commentator,
died suddenly last night of a heart
attack in his summer home near
here.
Gibbons had reported virtually
every war since 1914, starting with
the activities of Pancho Villa and
the American punitive expedition of
General John j. Pershjng in Mexico.
He covered the World War. the
German and Russian postwar up
heavals, the Moroccan Riffian war,
the Irish rebellion, the 1882 Chinese
Japanese war. the Ethiopian war
and the Spanish Civil war.
At the battle of Chateau Thierry
in the World War he lost his left
eye and started wearing the white
patch which in later years, became
his trade mark" as radio COM
mentator Gibbons, going lover the
top" was struck by a machine gun
bullet that went through his steel
helmet and into his forehead.
A native of Washington, D. c.,
Gibbons was educated at Gonzaga
College and Georgetown University.
He started his newspaper career
on the Minneapolis Daily News in
1907.
In 1912, he went to the Chicago
Tribune, where his colorful style of
reporting won him the assignment
in Mexico.
The tribune sent him to cover the
World War. Gibbons was passen-
ger on the S. S. Laconia when she
was sunk by German submarine
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-25
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Sept. 25-tUP)-Gov-s
eminent expenses and receipts Tor
the current fiscal year through Sept
22nd, compared with a year ago:
This Year Expenses Last Year
S2,261 ,S39,115.05 $2,045,4s14Su.zi
Receipts
$1,s75, Sss, 461.sS s1.44o.6s5.s1s.75
Gross Deficit
1855, 5o5,s5s.72 ,s6o4.s6i,67o.46
Net Deficit
ss7s,s1s.4os72 SUGGESTIONS
Cash Balance
s2,227,5se.224.O5 $3.oss,25o,e2S a
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THE WORLD WAR
| Is YEARS AGO,
| SEPT. Is, 1914
tBy United Press)

tBy United Press)
Australians captured Kaiser
Wilhelm Land, New Guinea.
German offensive ON Western
Front begun between NoyoD ans
Somme with battle of Albert.
Russian troops pressed for
ward into Hungary
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frey candidacy makes a Democratic
primary in this city almost GER
tainty, in the event that the city
manager charter Is defeated at the
referendum here next Tuesday.
Senator George T. Culhane will
probably enter ticket in the pri-
mary, and a third slate is not out
of the question.
DR.. Godfrey is assured of strong
support as he begins his campaign
for the nomination. He has many
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The Weather

Showers Tonight;
Cooler Tuesday
Smyrna times., 1939-03-16
At the Strand Theatre: Nv

At the Strand Theatre: - Hal
Roach's hilarious screen comedy,
Topper Takes A Trip" sequel to
Topper" one of last years big
gest laugh hits, opens on Monday
at the Strand Theatre, with Con-
stance Bennett of the latter pro-
duction again cast in light COM
edy role which permits her to go
through a series of "dematerializa-
tions."
Trade Winds" come to the
Strand Theatre on Wednesday
and Thursday, March 1928 thru
United Artists release, with Fred
tic March and Joan Bennett in the
starring roles. This thrilling and
vet light-hearted screenplay tells
the story Of a detective chase that
leads half way around the world,
and authentic scenes are shown in
the seven different countries in
which portions Of the action take
place. In each of the places visit
ed, there are many scenes in well
known, interesting and pictur-
esquely colorful localities.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-16

DEFENSE introduction of
bill in the House Of Representa-
tives to give the Secretary of War
blanket authority to provide up to
5000 airplanes for the air corps,
started off the legislation on the
defense program. Two other mea-
sures were also introduced for this
purpose. One authorized the ap-
preparation of $32,500,00O for
Army educational orders, and the
other would establish IL new naval
aviation and submarine bases at
the cost of 65 million dollars.
TRADE AGREEMENTS &C. Sec
retary of State, Cordell Hull's re
ciprocal trade agreement policy
will runt a severe test. Not only
will the test come in Congress but
in the markets of the world. The
British-American trade agreement
that went into effect on January
will be watched closely to see il
it will result in an important ex-
pansion of demand. Trade rela-
tions at present between this coun-
try and Argentina are not entirely
satisfactory, especially to that
government, and this will probably
result in a trade agreement be
tween the two countries, to iron
out differences, at least for the
time being This will also be like
ly to apply 10 Brazil.
RAILROADS Chairman Wheel
er, of the Senate Committee on In
terstate Commerce, after a White
House conference said he would
introduce a measure to simplify
reorganization, and repeal a clause
in the ICC act that deals with con
solidation. He stated that he was
still opposed to repeal of the long
and short haul clause even though
railroads advocated its repeal OF
modification In the meantime
Chairman Lea, of the House group
announced that his committee vii
start hearings to work out a pro
Smyrna times., 1939-03-16
which are dissolved away.

which are dissolved away.
Rapid boiling in a small guam
tity of water or steamirg are the
two best ways of cooking veget-
ables to preserve food value. For
ty to IS per cent of the vitamin
content may be dissolved by cook
ing in large quantities of water.
Frying or long baking destroys
much of the vitamin content be-
cause of the high heat.
Vegetables have the best quail
ityfi color and flavor if they are
cooked until just tender rather
than until they are soft and
mushy. Recent studies have
shown that such things as cabbage
are far less likely to cause indiges-
ton when cooked just to doneness
rather than cooked for a long per-
iod of time.
Vegetables cooked until tender
in an uncovered pan will stay
green without the addition of soda
The alkali of soda destroys almost
completely both vitamins B and c.
Fruits and vegetables should be
used as soon after cooking as pos
sible since cooked fruits and veg
etbles on standing rapidly under
20 a marked decrease in their Wit
amin content. For example the
apples in an apple pie which has
stood for 48 hours at room temper
ature will have lost so per cent Of
its vitamin G content. Applesauce
has been reported to lose IA per
cent of it's vitamin @ content in
standing Is minutes after cooking.
The water in which vegetables
are to be cooked should be salted
before the vegetables are put in.
This sailing not only causes a
more uniform seasoning but it
helps prevent vitamin destruction
during cooking.
Cooking to preserve food value
is a part of the true economy of
food purchasing.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-16
J, 11F0oD' OR
p1a pO HEALTH
P-ocsan "a vitality De-
'''' On Proper Food
| pinght Amount
ANAL .urp SPENCER

70 .,.,od, Of preparation
y d ! the greatest Pcs
d q 's'' he i quality and food
viii H. ,..s fruits and veget-
many pS -,sthods will cause a
sone ~ IL II vitamins and
alsh- ,I..v of US insist on
'ands =. ~ md freshest veg
true !. market and then by
CON- .a.ration We destroy
tie rl.Iity which We insist
o0sa "; \; vegetables make 2
s0ss ..s,tioa a to the diet in
'saiu :s 3. and G, minerals
,ass' nss !, ritamins, particularly
~, : + IS the housewife 5
,n !, - that these essential
~ w. ..,i,l, find their way to
10y, s ,oou, table and not
srIs,l 4 1tchen sink.
r,dsI hose valuable vitamins
: go, With the exception
An !. !, 4. can easily be lost in
nj. .,,atign Of fruits and veg
NJ rtsnin c is easily de-
CON-. i beat, by oxygen or by
pect.a n Il is also readily solu-
ltur3 uElg water.
lines3 B is not As readily de-
each y heat but it IS even
ha sSy to be dissolved NJ
d i ratsr Of by alkalis' The
n re also readily dissolved
u Tater.
,...,t \ of raw fruits and veg
sas glrest way to get all
co., Irgnsl food value. A lib
8 4 salads, raw fruits and
abes not only is good
@'' III also makes our meals
IL and colorful.
lices lose much Of their
= n { content when they are
to the air. Storage in q
atr for four days will de-
f.n 80 to 70 per cent Of the
c content Of opened to-
ID. The vitamin G con
liaalge quice is also con
decreased by standing
! sa been squeezed. Incl
The pulp Of the orange
Usually thrown away az
Ea1ng is just as good q
rgure as the quice.
o. vegetables retain the
food value when cooked
Paslng, cutting Or chop
nls down the protecting
VI and causes added losses
u water after peeling and
Increases the amounts
Smyrna times., 1939-03-16
Woman Makes Hobby
Of Pencil Collecting

BIG RAPIDS, MICH. ~ Mrs.
Seth Zetterstedt. Of this city, has
a hobby of collecting pencils-all
sorts, colors and kinds. She has
more than 400.
Some Of the pencils are shaped
like umbrellas, walking canes,
golf clubs. One resembles a gun
in which there is a trigger, stock,
spring and barrel.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-16

b Glndol|
were COO
meeting q
| |ment. b.
| to tnM
4.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Cubs, Chisoxto Open
City Title Series
Under Lights
10000 Expected Tonight,
With French Opposing
Rieney on Mound
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-World Series
or no World Series, the baseball
spotlight in Chicago is focused on
the opening game Of the city series
tonight between the White Sox and
Cubs.
While the Yankees and the Gin
cinnati Reds are battling it out for
the world title, this city's two big
league clubs will be fighting for the
municipal diadem.
Given fair weather, a crowd of
10000 or more may pour into the
White Sox park tonight to see john
ny Rigney and the Cubs Larry
French pitch in the initial game.
This will be the first night game
in the history of the series, started
in 1908.
Since then the Sox have won IS
and the Cubs S. The Sox have won
the last 4.
The series is for the best four
out of seven. The first two are
scheduled for Comiskey Park, then
the third, fourth and, if necessary,
fifth, at Wrigley Field. Should the
series go more than five games the
teams move back to Comiskey Park.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Red|egs Figured
To Win # They
GET Jump
Series With CurdinuIs
Is Criterion; Gotham
Calm Over Ii All
BY JOHN FRYE,


| CINCINNATI, Oct. 4.-With their
Reds standing at the fountain Of
glory In New York, the faithful here
only can line up in front of the
thousands of Scoreboards and radios
and sing:
Come veal or come woe, tonight
we may know"
There is big feeling in this town
that If the Reds can take the first
World Series game from the high
and mighty Yankees, you can slice
the cake. That's going pretty strong
In the face of the dope, but the man
who sat in the bleachers all season
believes to the bottom of his heart
that the Yanks would have hard
time recovering from such a blow
to pride, percentages and predesti-
nation.
Points to st. Louis Series.
It's perfectly sound logic, as far as
that goes, for everybody knows
where the fellow who gets the jump
goes. The only question-and your
devoted bleacherite can't say for
sure himself-is, can they take the
first game?
Another question, hanging on the
right answer to the first, is would
the Reds keep the jump if they got
it? There the D. B. has more on the
ball. He only has to point to the
last st. Louis series, when the Reds
got the jump and, despite some
agonizing hesitation, kept it.
One thing that has your loyal
Red fan completely baffled and in
suited is the attitude of New York
toward the World Series.
He just can't make out a city
of 100000 not in a lather over
something he has kept in his heart
for 20 years. You can't tell him
it's the fourth straight time for
the Yankees, there's a World Fair
going on, and it's big town.
Blase Gotham Irks Him.
All he knows is that there's big
baseball game and he's irked that
somebody isn't taking his Reds part
in it very seriously.
For instance, here the City Coun-
Gil meeting today has been set I'D
an hour so the founding fathers can
listen to the radio.
Here the newsboys are wearing
over their aprons brand-new bibs,
bright red with Beat the Yanks."
Here there is the Joseph Ausden-
moore family of four which drove all
the way from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
just on the wild hope that they could
pick up some series tickets.
Maybe they'll have to plow under
every third penant back East from
now on.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Griffs Get Gehrman,
Albany Hur|e1, as
Lone Draftee
Hos Only l4-13 Record;
Three Ex-Nuts Taken
By Other Clubs
BY staf Correspondent of The Star.

BY staf Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4President
Clark Griffith of the Nationals, af-
ter trying valiantly to land an un-
named third baseman, today settled
for a pitcher as his share of the
booty in the 1899 minor league
baseball draft.
The hurler was Paul Gehrman,
who drafted from the Albany Club
of the Eastern League, where he
won IA games and lost 13. Gehrman
was the property of Birmingham Of
the Southern Association but was
farmed out to Albany.
Gehrman's record reveals that he
pitched 207 innings, gave 201 hits,
112 runs and handed out II bases
on balls.
Three former nationals were
among those drafted by other
major league clubs. Shortstop Alan
Strange, who was traded to st. Louis
for Lyn Larry a few years ago, was
drafted from Seattle by the Browns,
who own him for the second time.
Pitchers Elon Hogsett and Dick Lam
ahan, the latter Washington,
Cd. c. scholastic product, were
drafted by the Athletics and the
Pirates respectively.-F. E. S.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Rags 10 Riches Club
Can C|inch Junior
Series Tonight
By the Associated Press.

by tue Associated PreSS.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Oct. 4.-The
Louisville Colonels of the American
Association, who in one season rose
from rags to riches" came here
today hopeful of winning the big
gest prize minor baseball has to
o1er-the junior World Series
championship.
They have only to win tonight's
game from the Rochester Red Wings
of the International League to cap
ture the title and the major share
of the $16,193.85 players purse.
The Colonels, who finished in the
association cellar last year and in
fourth place this season and then
got hot to triumph in the play
offs, shared the fifth game of the
series last night in Louisville, to
2, to go one up on the Red Wings
and end their two-game winning
streak.
Big Jim Weaver, winner of the
opening game, hurled the Colonels
to victory in the final series con-
test at Louisville, and the Colonels
again found the offerings Of 81
johnson to their liking.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
PAUL DERRINGER....
SO Out of so Sports Writers
Pick Yonks, But Only Three
Fiqure 4-Gume Series

W Clin Bloodsood, Baseball Magazine
w, Whitney n Martin, Associated Press
=. John Carmichael. Chicago Daily News
Six or less for the Yankees, and it might
James C.. isaminger, Philadelphia In
Harvey si Boyle. T Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Paul Mention. Baltimore Evening Sun
Ed Murphy, New York sun-Yanks in
Tom swope, Cincinnati Post-He num-
bled, something about the Reds!
a. Aaia Horvitz; r! Philadelphia Evening Ledger
Warren Brown. Chicago Herald-Exam-
iner-Yankees in four.
Arthur Patterson; ir New York Herald
Bob consdine. New York Mirror-Reds
in five. if Ruffng hops today
j. Roy Stockton. St. Louis Post Dis
Arthur siesel. Boston Traveller-Reds In
Jerry Mitchell, New York Post-Yanks
Burt Whitman. Boston Herald-Yanks in
j.. D. McGlone. Providence Bulletin
Yanks in six.
Talbot Picks Redlexs.
Gayle Talbot, Associated Press-Reds in
Frank Yeutter. Philadelphia Bulletin
Hy Hurwitz. Boston Globe-Reds in fve.
Charles .Dunkley. Associated Press
5J 55o5 French; Toledo sladsmYanky 7. in ave
Dealer-Yanks in six
Garry Schumacher. New York Journal
American-Yanks in six.
Sam Levy. Milwaukee Journal-Yanks in
six.
Sam Nash, Binghamton IN. " Sun
Yanks in five.
George Martin, Scranton Times-Yanks
in six.
-, Charles D; Young. Albany Knickerbocker
Tmes-Yanks in five
Russ Thomas Trenton Times-Reds in
seven.
Herb Barker. Associated Press-Yanks
Joe McCarron. Allentown (Pa) Morning
Call-Yanks in Ave
- Eddie Brietz, Associated Press-Yanks
Sid FEEDER. Associated Press-Yanks in
four.
Gerry Moore Boston olobe-Yanks in
six.
Tommy Holmes. Brooklyn Eaele-You
can't beat the Yankees
Bob Ray. Los Angeles Times-Yanks in
six
Harry Forbes. New York Daily News
Reds in six.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
BY BILL WHITE.
Associated Press Sports, Writer.

NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-The men
who get paid for going to baseball
games are for the most part in
accord with the popular belief that
the New York Yankees will win
their fourth straight World Series
championship.
Polled on the eve of the classic,
SO of so sports writer's liked the
Yanks-all the way from an evasive
THE Yanks, think" to a definite
vote for the defending champions.
That left only IA hardy souls who
had the courage-or the foresight
to pick the National League cham
pions. Nobody was wild enough to
guess the Reds would win the Sc
ries in four straight games. On
the other hand. only three writer's
picked the Yanks to win in four
straight.
Here's how they voted:
Francis E. Stan, washington Star
Yanks in six. -
>, Frank IBuek> oNeil, Washington Times
Herald-Reds even choice.
in four games
Tom. Tom Meany New York world-relesram
Mike Gaven, Newark r-Eagle-Yanks
in seven.
Lou Smith, Cincinnati Enquirer-Reds
in six.
Bill Cunningham Boston Post-Yanks
in six.
John Drohan, Boston Traveler-Reds in
six.
Sid Mercer. New York Journal-Ameri-
can-Yanks in fve.
pnSf-poAS In
six.
Jimmy Burke. Brockton (Mass.) Enter
prise-Yanks in six.
Cy Peterman. Philadelphia inquirer
The Reds in any number they can get
there
Red Smith. Philadelphia Record-Yanks
In five
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Sometimes IIpIoyers Are PACED in Night Clubs

"One of the fellows normally
place got the something
that time the orchestra went the air. So this
grabbed the mike sad Ladies
about will be So-and
SoX' Over a coast-to-coast network,
There fearful this recalled Werbe
waiting for this tome the hotel
One of the laughed renced
the 1885 World Series between the the About
in the morning of the first game he night
club around introducing celebrities
Freddie Lndrom, called ouielder
dunno Freddie really there but the didn't
series odds good
We Wber don't anything that either.
All sticking their knitting
think and radios all night without
hearing about Cincinnati balplayer in night club"
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Hockey Rocks Prevail
With Bluckhowks

CHICAGO. Oct. 4 4{P.-Newcomers
will outnumber the veterans when
the Chicago Blackhawks of the Ma
tional Hockey League depart to-
day for Hibbing, Mimi, and a
months training grind.
Manager Paul Thompson and
President Bill Tobin who will lead
the delegation north disclosed that
only 10 of last seasons players will
be on the bench and that at least
seven of IA new prospects will be
wearing Hawk uniforms.
Evening star., 1939-10-04
Facts About World Series

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Evening star., 1939-10-04
Du Crosse Visits Hilltop

John Da Grossa, assistant coach
at Columbia and formerly assistant
to Lou Little at Georgetown, visited
the Hilltop in the interests of foot
ball paraphernaia he sponsors. Da
Grossa is one of the most prolific
writer's on football in the country
and has compiled numerous charts
and done much research work on
the game.