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Evening star., 1939-04-05

Q. What city has streets of gold?-
L. F. S.
A. Dawson City, Yukon Territory, may
be said to have streets of gold. After
the recovery of the main gold content
OF gravel originally washed down from
above Klondike Valley. hundreds of tons
OF waste in which a trace Of gold still
remained were used to grade the roads
IN and 'around the town. The actual
gold content remaining is, of course,
very small.
9. Where was the Duchess of Windsor
born?-T. s. M.
A. The former Bessie Wallis Wardeld
was born at Monterey, Pa.
Q. How much money u invested IN
baby bonds?-L. r. K. :
A. Latest figures Of the United States
Treasury show that 1852 ,ee2 417 n
invested in these bonds.
q. Where can I obtain q book Of
familiar sayings7-L. L. c..
A. See page AZ OF todays Star.
Evening star., 1939-04-05

@. Do colts legs grow?-P. J. D
A. The Bureau Of Animal Industry
says that the legs Of colts do increase
in length during growth. The legs are
disproportionately long at birth and
grow less than the body, but they do
grow.
Evening star., 1939-04-05

@. Was tariff levied on war supplies
sent to France after the United States
entered the World War?-C. G.
A. Goods sent to France for the use
OF American troops were admitted duty
free.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
DUNLAP TO MEET
 ON
 WOOSTER TABLE
New Scratch Rule in Ef- fect-Ronlano Defeated
 Dunlap

A new face on the person of Hartford Gene Sullivan makes its appearance in town tonight, in con- nection with the 1899 tournament among various pool starts through out the state, when Vincent Dunlap, the Wooster representative in the tourney, meets Sullivan in a 125 point match at the local West Main street room in test that is ex- pected to attract capacity crowd of green table fans, for this, the first local tournament contest.
 Dunlap got of on the wrong foot last night, at Ansonia where he was trimmed, 125 to 99 by Al Romano, each man having high run of 28. At New Britain, Danny Martin was showed under by Dizzy Gregory, l25 to 38.
 New Rule
 Tonight, the new scratch" rule will be in effect, the ruling eliminat- ing much "safe and scratch" play, allowing player to take cue ball fin hand" and to the grass" at the breaking end of the table, shoot at the object ball or if a shot is not probable take the nearest object ball and place 1t on spot in the center of the table to be shot at by the cue ball from any angle behind the grass line.'
 Each player in the tournament plays twice 8 week, once on his home table and once on foreign soil. Martin represents the Layfey- cite parlors of New Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
YMCA Sports
 Exhibit Tonight

A varied program has been, plan ned for the Y members sports ex- hibition at the Central r tonight. Nicholas Hudobencko and his com- mittee have arranged program to feature the following events. Two boxing bouts, the first to be between Harry Hunter and Joe Welb, the second Young Buff and Fred Geg- han. An exhibition of valuting and apparateus work by the gymnastic class, moving pictures which will show Olympic swimming and diving events, 1886 Olympics and novelty events in which the audience will take part.
 Louis Chieffo will act as master of-cermonies and Carl Copeland will furnish the music for the program. The program is scehduled to start at 800 o'clock sharp, and Is free to all members and their friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
State Pocket Pool Match Here Tonight
Those Yankees Just Too Good For Words
By DAN PARKER


 ss besides being the short s end of the score s the games when met nicer bunch of fellows than those Reds The cent cent ana mo m @ @ s San % pace M n % Dsn eso Lind of battle whether in the prize ring the baseball damond to the Reds with their neither
 games, might @ them 'ts t ds no % sss sS them . s the Reds looked upto them like fans Even hard the 1sa1s 'ns '' '''' Rea They could have sn the ness bunch of ovass in the s :is s s ss M se impression s, u that they ehsasd @ sp the Pasass all the superaves dictionary shouting mus sSa clubs be poisoned the diet oss s 1 no % % sse @ @ ias the sg a @ s1s most hustns M wde-awake ls,. Dusiness.1ise a Ii. club
 5 on @ a n in the n when he sent @ i9t iasss with the only few feet away No YanEee ay ys h sp at bag when hs could have looking hand chance gained was of master playing pupil and showing him wherein he course leadership Mccarthy the team work of his great aggregation of athletes the inexause supply M @ s n h ,a system m produces M for the mother club ,Ds reason yos ask Ed Barrow president
 mas pest baseball turf experience of except the Connie sando ball player minor league business manager and almost everything could be in the of baseball m
 Not given baskng lmeght Barrows name doesn't
 Mr. muos n hs ea snas gna mas noa does Though Barrow dictator
 
 m onns Dusy black eyebrows awe-nspng but IS square shooting human being hustle and who believes his services if he fills the bill ~ ~ ' Barrow believes getting the Key positions Yankees are far asad of every other organization annual cy that the yankees are running the will be magnates who refuse to suD as ng as they can sneak handouts from lnese remind me of the wrestling waning that those who the are Killing the gam continue dshng ot ne same old warmed tpe W the honest efforts of themselves then doesn't deserve ~ ' o' ~
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
MATTATUCKS ROLL
 l,938 AT NEW HAVEN

Waterbury Mattatucks, local entry in the Southern Connecticut duck pin league hung up team total of 1888 that may stand up for sea- sons record in beating the New Ha- ven Elks on the latter alleys Sum- day night. Tommy Civitate with a 169 single, and high three strings of 436 was top man, though but ten pins ahead of Harold St, Mary who had a 426 total. Hunters 395 was tops for the Elm City Elks. Sum- mary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
Dial Doings
By JIM PARKER

saets
 Hopes company NBC-WTIC tonight aa 1a DIAL DOlNGS ...
 disagree, think vocalist right there the spa It's time idea into the ash Although the artists on the show the best stale the straight musical repetition after Something's missing the Milton cold while the Gagbuters produce the line thereby almost completely demorized jokes used the pend on speed for their effectiveness Why not bear this in mind for the being ected? Ey cBs thc bloody Sunday evening there should be limit to condition of said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
so. CONN D. PIN LEAGUE
BILLARD MISSIONARY

Charlie Peterson, billiard mis- sionary, visited more than 150 col- leges and universities last season. Attendance at his classes was in ex- cess of 80,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
New York Stations
  WEAF-s6O - WOR--7ie - WJx-7eo = WABO-see
Robert Benchley WABC-We, the People

WABC-We, the People.
 Gabriel Heater 915-WOR-Edwin C. Hill 9:s0-WEAF-Fibber McGee, Molly,
 Donald NoviS, tenor e WOR-Success Session
 WJZ-Merchant Marines
 Conference
 WABC-Bob Crosby's Orch.,
 Helen Ward. songs iO'o0-WEAF-Bob Hopes Variety: woR-Raymond G. Swing WJZ-Foreign Trade Con-
 vention. Cordell Hull
 WABC-Hal Kemp's Orch,
 Bob T Trout, guests l0:15-WOR-Corde Hull, talk l0:30-WEAF-Uncl Walters Dog
 House. Orch. WOR-Mozart Concert: AL
 fred Wallenstein
 WJZ-If Had the Chance WABC-Miss Frances Per- 11:oO-WEAF-Herth trio
 WOR-News; Weather
 WJZ-News; Goodman
 Orch.
 WABC-News 11:15-WEAF-King's testers, trio WOR-Ramona's Orch
 WABC-Bob Chester Orch. 1:So-WEAF-Emery Deutsch's wJz-News; Dance Music WABC-Shep Field Orch. 11:45-WEAF-Emery Deutsch's WOR--Jimmy Dorsey's Orch. Orch. wJz-News; Dance Music WABC-Shep Field Orch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
FAMILIAR FIGURE

Charles T. Nehf of Terre Haute Ind, 82-year-old father of Art Nehf, former big league pitcher, has at- tended every World Series for thirty five years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
l53O--WBRY--9s

F. M.
 4:00-Not So Long Ago 4:15--Al Bernard's Merry Min-
 strels
 4:s0--March of Games 4:45-Rlue. Streak Rhythm En- semble 5:00-To be announced 6:15-Fire Prevention Week Talk 5:30-To be announced 55:aa55-Afternoon Shoppers Program s:i5-Michaei Loring, songs. 6:30--News
 s:45-Broadcasts from Berlin.
 Paris and London 7:00--Correct Time 7:00-Edith Sicco, Songs 7l5--Perry Lafferty Plays 7:30-Chick Kelley Sports M 7:45--An Invitation to the Carnival. S:00--Your Job Reporter S:15--Mariiyn Sault, Songs S:s0-Milt Herth and the Buc- S:b5-European News 9;00--The Good Life--Eorum 9:30--Music for Relaxation. s:t5-Noreen Conner, Songs. 10:0O--Time lO;OO--TIme to shine with Hal
 Kemp'g Orch. and Guests i0:5Q- Judith Arien. SQp9D ies45--P Public Affairs DIsceaelen f1so0--N News |tls15--Bob Chester'b Orch n 1:30~~C4b EalIoWays U41A. f2.eo-@44ck {~4rH 0rr&
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

Bucknell's football team has re- versed the usual order, the back field being heavier than the line. The backs average l90 and the lines men 188 pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

Henry Luebbke, Iowa football player, reduced from 325 to 265 pounds last summer under the d. rection of his coach, Dr. Eddie An derson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
WATR PROGRAMS
1290 KiIOcycles

3:30-Bob Miller's orch. 4:00-Hits and Encores 4:15-Texas Jim Lewis 4:30-Two Keyboards 4:45--Abram Ruvinsky EnsempIe 5 b:00-Mark Love, Bass 5:15--Melody Revue 5:3O-Waterbury Democrat News 5:45-Duke Daly's Orch. 6:00-Yankee News 6:15--Ann Del Crosse. Songs 6:30.-Bill McCune's Orch. 6:45-"You Name It"-Quiz 7:00-Fulton Lewis, Jr., Commen-
 tator 7:15-Sports Page 7:3O-Pearl Harbor Hawaiians 7:45-Concert Master S:O0-The Green Hornet S:30-Morton Gould's Orch. 9:00---Raymond Gram Swing 9:15-Platter Patter 9:30-"Success Session" 1O:0O-Mickey Alpert's Orch. 10:30-Mozart Concerto Series 11:00--Yankee News 11:15--Weather Service 11:30-Dick Jurgen's Orch. 12:00--Sign off A. M.
 8:OO-Yankee News 8:15-Morning Musicale
 8:30-Musical Menu 9:00-Morning Devotions 9:15-ainbow Trio and Organ 9:30-Shoppers' Guide 10:30-Melody Strings 10:45-John Metcalf's Choir Lott 11:oO-Fay Clark-"our Neighbor-
 hood, 11:15-Sally's Sallies 11:30-Keep Fit To Music 11:45-Rutgers Homemakers
 Forum 11:57-European News Bulletins 12:O0-Noonday Musicale P. M.. 12:15-Melodic Moments 12:30-Waterbury Democrat News 12:45-It's Dance Time 1:00-Yankee News 1:15-To be announced 4:00-Hist and encores 4:15-Invitation to Waltz 4:30-Wayne West, Scat Singer 4:45-Rough Riders 5:00-Mark Love, Bass 5:15-Melody Revue 5:3O-Waterbury Democrat News 5:45-Song Shoppers 6:00-Yankee News 6:15-Hits and Bits 6:30-Harold Stokes Orch. 6:45-Supper Melodies 7:O0-Fulton Lewis, Jr., Commen-
 tator
 7:15-"TriaI Blazers of 1940" 7:30-Phone Your Answer 7:45-"Old Fire Chief" drama S:00-Lone Ranger 8:30-Everett Hoagland's Orch. 9:00-Old Heidleburg Concert
 Orch.
 9:1eStandard String Quartet 9:30-Percy Faiths "Cosmopoli-
 tans" 10:00-Raymond Gram Swing 1O:15-Steve Leonard's Orch. 10:27-Musical Interlude 0:30-"Romance in Rhythm 11:O0-Yankee News 11:15-Weather Service II :30-Dick Jurgen's Orch. 12:00-Sign off
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

State Cordn Hull will WATR Mutual Broadcastng System tonight from el5 ess addresses the dinner of the National Trade council
  to be held in the main ball of the Hotel Commodore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

WATR listeners back to her old 6l5 time tonight shem nue winter days Tommy will featured WATR-MBS into the Empire Anita Boyer formerly with will Edythe Wright .WATR Congressman Patman of Texas tomorrow afternoon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

With the baseball will again the afternoon schedule gained listeners last looking meeting her listeners in kitchen For definite info follow Monday Wednesday appear the WATR schedule tonight Bill McCune e3o Albert at 10, and Dick Jugens at II3O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

After tonighs broadcast WATYankee popular GMen in Action program shifts to Monday nights at los Tonight
 story all confidence the arstocrats the underworld will the life history William Elmer Mead dean confidence
 w. Peterson Mead sometimes the Christian Kd his life of when only led the police before finally apprehended face his punishment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
REDUCES 60 POUNDS

OA1 OUO U High single-Spender, 115.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

This problem night cernd Tuesday With many good shows competing with each other
 it's impossible for fans to everything example Green Hornet WATRMBs at g. top notch DMaggio wATRMBs day. NBCWTIC it's Hedts awarded to one of the listeners and NBcwJz it's Information Please with coumni MES offers radios outstanding
 Gram Swing while Gabriel Heaters We the People, anger as guest holds forth triple threat Melody and featuring Shaw Benchey Jimmy Acc lempetons show on NBCWJz Success Session" wATBS Fooer McCiee Molly ar clears somewhat at TO- with Bob Hope having pretty much to themselves only solution to be radio howa full " "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

Totals ...... 329 306 327 962 High Single-P. Ouillette 121 High Three-A. Veillette 314 High Team Total-Madore 1043
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
BEVERAGE BOWLING LEAGUE

Copyright, 1889, King Features syndic
Evening star., 1939-01-23

amendments to be offered would
embody principles approved by the
Federation convention last October.
Major changes proposed include:
A requirement that the board
must grant one craft or class of
workers the right to select its bar
gaining representatives by majority
vote.
Limitation on Power.
A limitation on the boards power
to invalidate union contracts,
coupled with q requirement that
the board notify all interested par
ties before passing on q contract
in dispute.
Establishment Of standard quail
f1cations for N. L. r. B. examiners,
provision to permit af1idavits Of
prejudice to be filed against ex-
aminers, and Qualification Of the
boards power to issue subpoenas.
Elimination of alleged "star
chamber proceedings" by making
case files and records available to
all interested parties.
A 30-day limitation on the time
in which the board may call hear
ings after request Is filed, and a
45-day limitation on the period in
which a case must be decided after
all testimony is taken.
Evening star., 1939-01-23
Four Children Die
As Fire Destroys Home

CARDOVA MINES, Ontario, Jan.
% canadian Press -Four children
were burned to death last night as
fire destroyed the home of David
Johnson. air-compressor operator at
a gold mine. Mrs. johnson and a
fifth child escaped.
The children who lost their lives
as the little frame house burned
were Melburne, IA: Dorothy, 12;
John, 10, and Wallace. 8. Donald,
S, and his mother were sleeping
downstairs, and the others were on
the second floor.
Mrs. johnson suffered severe burns
about her head and back when she
rushed back into the house after
carrying Donald to safety. She
could not get upstairs. An adjoining
house also burned.
The fire was thought to have
started from overheated stovepipes
Evening star., 1939-01-23
Winters Lighter
For Last 20 Years,
Says MetecroIogist

By the Associated Press.
The present generation is
getting winter in light doses,
J. B. Kincer of the Weather Bu-
reau said today.
This winter. he said. is fol-
lowing the general pattern of
the last 20 years-milder
weather. less snow and year.
around temperatures above nor
NAL.
Of the last 20 years, he said,
only 1929 has been appreciably
cooler than normal for the
country as a whole.
THE present winter has been
decidedly above normal he
said. precipitation has been
about normal"
Cold spells of the last few
years have been much shorter
than before the turn of the
century. The reason for the
change? It is just a part of
what meteorologists call the
weather cycle"
Evening star., 1939-01-23
A. P. CameramenW Win
Major Awards al
Annual Exhibit
More Than 500 Pictures
Entered for Prizes
At New York
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Photo-
graphs by Associated Press camera
men won major awards at the fourth
annual exhibit of the New York
Press Photographers Association,
which opened today in the Empire
State Building.
The judges gave A. P. photogra-
pliers two first, two second, one third
and two honorable mention awards
in three out of four classifications
More than 500 pictures were entered.
In the feature picture class, A. p.
photographers made a clean sweep.
Anthony Camerano won first, Harry
Harris second, Murray Becker third
and John Lindsay honorable men,
ton.
Mr.. Harris won first prize in the
sports picture class and Thomas
Sande got honorable mention. Mr..
Harris also won second prize in the
spot news classification.
Mr.. Harris prize winning sports
picture was the nationally-known
fight ballet" a prize-ring shot of
fighter who has just thrown a
punch, missed, been hit and is
whirling toward the canvas in
adagio spirals.
Mr.. Camerano's winning feature
picture showed New York's No. l
debutante glamour girl, Brenda
Frazier, daintily dunking a dough-
nut.
Ralph Morgan. an independent
photographer of Newark, N. j., won
the spot news award with a picture
of Norman Thomas, Socialist leader,
receiving an egg barrage when he
sought to speak at a Newark rally
In the pictorial field, the first
prize went to Arthur Sasse of In
ternational News Photo for his
Mother Waits" a photograph in
the manner of an "old master" oil
painting.
Evening star., 1939-01-23


darkness until help arrived
Persuaded to Make Trip.
The Noakes supplied an odd cir
cumstantial tangent to the acci-
dent Mr.. Noakes had persuaded
his wife to accompany him on the
trip. Mr.. Noakes was a native of
Scranton, Pa, and Princeton
graduate.
The Millers had planned to leave
for Bermuda Friday. but were re-
ported to have postponed their flight
a day because of bad weather.
Miss Smith, owner Of Bermuda
accounting firm, came to New York
on business last Sunday and planned
to return home Thursday. She was
detained until Saturday.
Mrs. Ingham is the former Kath-
crime (Honey) Fox of Wayne, Pa,
where her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Fox, live. Her husband is
an executive of a Hamilton lumber
firm.
OF the crew members, Capt. Alder
son, Richardson and Chapman are
veterans of service on British I'M
perial Airways' empire routes" from
London to Egypt, India, South Al
rica and Australia. Mr.. Chapman
was married a few weeks ago in
Baltimore and Mr.. Williams recently
took his wife to Bermuda to live.
No Time to Don ReIts.
Comdr. Raymond T. McElhgott
of the Coast Guard cutter Cham
plain said the 13 persons had to
take to the water without warning.
They had no time to put on their
life belts" he said. They were
simply holding onto the life belts
in a group. Two OF the men sur
vivors swan toward the Baytown
and it was their cries that the cap
tain Of the Baytown heard"
Seamen regarded it as miracle"
that the Baytown, with no clue to
the survivors whereabouts except
the report the plane gave of its
position before landing, had heard
their cries above the storm. The
small bobbing figures were hidden
by the night.
Capt. Frank H. Spur Of the Bay
town in routine report chronicled
the heroism of his crew in Drawing
the dangerous seas in a lifeboat
Evening star., 1939-01-23
Woman Vunishes in Storm
After Vision of Son in Distress

aside his efforts to dissaude her
and set out with a half-gallon jug
of gasoline in search of the son.
She was several miles from home
when last seen two hours later by
two youths. They said she still
carried the jug and was dressed
warmly against the dense snow
storm.
Mr.. Hueskins tramped all the
next day through heavy snow try
ing to find his wife. Since then
scores have dragged every creek and
combed every section of the woods
and valleys in the area. The hunt
continued today, despite new on
slaughts Of snow and cold.
Detectives theorized Mrs. Hues-
kins may have been walking beside
the road and was buried in a drift
of snow by one of several snow
plows working In the district. Many
of the drifts are shoulder high.
Only the spring thaws will clear
them.
Evening star., 1939-01-23

to pick up-one by one-the drip
ping survivors.
While proceeding to one of the
positions given by radio of the
lost plane at 1890 pm. voices of
survivors were heard calling" he
radioed.
mo, lifeboat, in charge of Chief
Officer o. Andersen, found survivors
floating in rubber life belts and took
them into lifeboat. bringing them
alongside, where they were safely
taken on board
"All survivors are able to travel
by motor car
Over the spot where the Cavalier
sank the American flying boat
Bermuda Clipper circled three times
yesterday en- route to Port Wash
ington from Bermuda. No sign of
the British plane was seen on the
still-stormy seas. A Coast Guard
vessel, however. reported sighting a
green life preserver or cushion near
the scene.
Among the 10 passengers aboard
the Bermuda Clipper on its flight
were the wives of two Cavalier crew
survivors-Mrs. Elizabeth M. Rich
ardson, 26, and Mrs. ELSIE Chap
man. 33-and Capt. Griffith j. Pow
ell, transatlantic flyer and man.
ager of the Bermuda Line of the
British Imperial Anyways.
The wives, who flew here to greet
their husbands, said the accident
scene was terrible to look at"
Capt. Powell described the res
cue by the Baytown's crew as
miraculous" He said he would
probe technical aspects of the ac-
cident" here, but that the formal
investigation probably would be
made at Hamilton, Bermuda.
James Payton, investigator for
the Air Safety Board of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority in Washing
ton, flew here to confer with Capt,
Powell. Since the Cavalier was
foreign-owned and the accident oc-
CURED at sea, no inquiry by the
American Government was ex-
pected.
Although loss of the Cavalier
forced suspension of the British air
services part of the New York
Bermuda schedule, American
AirWays announced the Clipper
would continue its half-fying to
Bermuda Wednesdays and Fridays
and returning Thursdays and Sum-
days.
Other passengers who flew the
route on the Clipper were Otis Skin
ner, 81, of Providence, R. l., be-
lleved to be a relative of the actor
OF the same name; his wife Anne,
81; Frederick j. Hodges, 38, Of Ar
lington, Mass; Miss Doris Black,
20, White Plains, N. Y; Mrs. Anne
Lorber. 40, Baltimore, Md; Joseph
D. Calhoun. 81, of Norwood, Pa,
and Reginald Tell of Bermuda.
Evening star., 1939-01-23
By the Associated Press,

PITTSBURGH, Jan. ga vision
while reading the Bible sent 61-
year-old Mrs. T. P. Hueskins into
a binding snowstorm, where she
vanished while trying to take a Jug
of gasoline to a son she believed
marooned in fuelless motor car.
Hope OF finding her alive was
abandoned today by friends and
neighbors who have secured the
countryside about the Hueskins
home at nearby Tarentum since the
woman disappeared 10 days ago.
Mr.. Hueskins feared his wife had
been buried in a snowdrift.
Deeply religious, Mrs. Hueskins
was reading late at night when she
vlsioned her son by former mar
rlage, Rowland Turner of Youngs-
town, Pa, stranded by lack of gaso-
line while en- route to visit her.
Mr.. Turner was safe at home.
Mr.. Hueskins said his wife waved