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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02

Greenwich. The midnight line, of course. is always 12 hours ahead of
 midday, where the vertical rays of the sun fall. Thus Monday begins just west of the date line and gradually covers the earth, and the whole earth will be covered by Mon- day when the vertical rays of the sun reach London, and the mid- night line has reached the date line again. There are always two days on earth at the same time, except for an instant when the sun is on the meridian of London, or Green wich. A new day is always being born 12 hours ahead, west, of the noon meridian, and an old day ;s always dying l2 hours behind, east of, the noon meridian. There is an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02

 old day dying and a new day being born just opposite the sun, and the new days begins where the old one left off. The old day dies just at the date line, and the sun is over sns ., as, mer'Glsn s.an oI Lon9on . Wnsn a.a me the sun is over the meridian of Lon- don when 8 new day is born on earth.
 When Monday dies just east of the date line. Tuesday is 24 hours old just west of the date line. Tn other words, Wednesday is ready to be born just west of the date line when Monday is ready to die just east of the date line. Two days meet at every place on earth once every 24 hours. except at the date
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02

 the reckoning in the ships log-book. When vessel crosses the line from the western side 1t counts the same day twice, passing from Tuesday back to Monday and having to do Tuesday over again.
 A new day on earth begins at the International Date Line. It also ends there-but 48 hours after 1t begins. After a new day has first appeared on earth, the earth has to revolve twice to get rid of it. It requires 24 hours for day to cover the entire earth, and 20 hours to uncover it. It is 48 hours from the time a day first appears on earth just west of the International Date Line, until it finally leaves the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02

earth just east of the date line.
 Tine day for any given locality on earth begins when 1t is midnight at that place; hence, any given day first begins at midnight on a nar- row strip just west of the date line after midnight, and this strip be- gins to widen westward, thus push ing the midnight line entirely around the earth. The midnight line is the boundary between places having dif- ferent days. Suppose again that 1t was a Monday that began at the date line, then l2 hours after 1t was born the vertical rays of the sun will have reached the date line and the boundary (midnight line) be- tween Sunday and Monday will have been pushed around to London
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02
ROAD 10 ETERN1rY

One thousand young cypress trees were used to border "the road sb Eternity" down which Fred Asla'Ie and Ginger Rogers whirl in spec tacular phantom dance number ill ''Thes Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" The RKO Radio picture < based on the lives of the world s two most famous dancers in the pe- riod just prior to the World war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02
Here's How It Started
CLARENCE A. HOLDEN, STAFF WRITER, The Democrats Washington Service Bureau
HOW LONG IS A DAY?

tude from Greenwich, fixed by gen.
 erai agreement as the place where each calendar day begins. If we imagine 8 traveller starting from London Greenwich on Monday noon and journeying westward as swiftly as the earth turns to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02

Row long does a day last on the earth? Where does each day be- gin? How many days exist over the whole earth at any one time?
 In the mid-Pacific there is hypothetical line coinciding roughly with the 1SOth meridian of longti-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02

Iins where i#e A&fA always HS6 The meeting of tN'o days @t &IE*f on the earth except inc tste Iin1 Is only m0mentary at 4hH f4fe line the difference between kNo daES is always 2z hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02
$1 Cash-$1.50 Monthly

. 5-Piece Extension Breakfast Set. New, attractive design, finished in heat and stain-resisting lace quer. with smart decorations. table and ( matching chairs.
 c 2e-Piece siIverware Set. Grace fully designed. Service for 6. c 32.Piece Set of Dinnerware. Beautifully decorated. Service for 6.
The Valley settler., 1939-03-31

valid evidence of the above tests. Every diseased animal shall be isoloted st once and immediately excluded from the promises. i'll animals failing to pass the tuber~- culin test shall be branded with the letters IT" or "TB" on the
 shoulder, hip or jaw, and removed. at once and slaughtered under the direction of the health officer.
The Valley settler., 1939-03-31

for mi k production and postouri= zotion plants in the Territory of Alaska.
 II. D}FINIrIOES. Iho following definitions shall apply in the intcrpretation and the enforce- ment of. those regulations. IA. .HILK. niGILE"~ is hereby defined to be the lacteal secretion ob- tcirod within fifteen days before ano five days after colvin5, or such lon r oerio7 cs may be necessary to rona7r the milk prccti cally colos rum free; which contains not less than eiuht per cont (8) of solids not fat, oa9 not less than three and ono-f foorth DOT cent (3-1/4) of mi lk fat
 PARAGRAPH 9. TIE. SILT or ADULTS ERATID or ML6&2i}f.ifT-3D !TlK OR MILK PRODUCES P3O -IBITT3D. No person shall within the Territ- ory Of ilGslIc CT It's police
 juris ii ion produce, soil, offor, or expose for sclo, on have in possession with intent to sell, any mi lk or milk rpoGuct which is otu1torotoG or nj branded" "B. GRADE IA" RAW MIX. Grade "L" raw r-ilk, is milk, the avor- T.. oGo bacterial count Of which as dotcrainod unGer paragraph IF" of this ordinance docs not exceed 50, ,OQO per cubic contimetor and which is produced u on dairy ferns conf orming vi tn ell of the following items of sanitation: FIRST: Cows-- Huber culGsis and Other Di so0sos: 4 physical ex- animation ana tubcrculin test of all cows sh2ll bo made befo orc any milk thorofrom is sold, and ot leaGt once eUorE twelve months
The Valley settler., 1939-03-31

l. shoulder, hip or jaw, and removed at once and slaughtered under the direction of the health officer. SECQTD: Dairy Barn Lighting. Such sectt ons of all dairy barns where COWS are kept or mi 1kod shall have at least three square feet of window area for each stonchion, or shall be provided with adequate supplementary artific cial light. THIRD: Dairy Barn: Air Space and ventilation Such sections of all dairy barns where COWS are kept or nj lkea shall have at loost four hundred (4OO) cubic feet of air space per stanchion, and be well ventilated.
 "FOURTH: Dairy Barn Floors: The floors and Gutters of such parts of all dairy barns in Whi ch COWS are kept or liked shall be con- structed of concrete or other equally inpervio GUS and oasily .:. cleanod material approved by the hoalth officer and shall Ue grad ed to drain properly, and sha II be kept clean and in good repair. To horses, pigs, fowls, etc., shall be permitted in parts Of the. barn use6 for dairy purp posos. "TIFTH: Dairy Barn Walls and
 Ceiling: The walls and ceilings of ell Gciry barns shall he wnite- washed at least once evorw two years, or finished in Q lAlnner approved by the health officer, and shall be kept clean cn6 in : good repair. Tn. case there is a second story above the part of the barn in which COWS arc milked, Tho cai c~ c1,c7 7,o ,1o4-
Evening star., 1939-06-02

the fire. National Guardsmen ex-
changed shots with ambushed
groups at two other mines two
weeks ago. There were no casual
ties then, either.
Negotiations between the United
Mine Workers of America &C. I. o.
and the Harlan County Operators
Association, whose AZ mines make
it the largest producing group in the
Nation holding out against a union
shop" contract, were suspended tenn
porarily.
After comforting with State and
Federal conciliators at Frankfort
Gov. A. B. Chandler, who ordered
troops into the tense coal field May
IA Ito protect men who want to
work" reiterated his willingness to
enter the deadlocked negotiations.
They told me it's a deadlock but
not a hopeless one," the Governor
said.
The conciliators-John Conner of
the Labor Department and Emmett
Durrett of the State industrial re-
lations Observation-Disclosures after
a weeks efforts to bring the two
sides together.
Several mines not belonging to
the operators association have
signed contracts. Work has been
resumed, without contract, by
about half of the mines making
up the association.
Evening star., 1939-06-02

mun1ty Chest and other welfare
agencies-to a current National
Emergency Council project in West
Virginia to eliminate overlapping
benefits to welfare clients through an
extensive survey.
Guests of the exchange at the
luncheon meeting were Miss A. Alice
Hill, retiring director of the Public
Assistance Division, Board of Public
Welfare, and Miss Mary Hankins,
assistant director, who also will leave
her post soon. Their service in gen.
eral and cooperation with the ex-
change in particular were lauded by
Allen Pope, chairman of the Ad-
visory Committee, who presided, and
Mrs. Mary F.. c. Leute, secretary.
In her report to the meeting, Mrs.
Leute pointed out a substantial in
crease in the number of welfare
agencies, public and private, of the
Evening star., 1939-06-02
u. S. Information Service Gets
Queries on Clothes, Lighthouse

How does one buy lighthouSe?"
What should one wear to the
Presidents party for the press?"
Such unrelated inquiries as these
are part of the daily grist for the
United States Information Service,
Miss Harriet Root, chief Of the Fed
eral agency, told the annual meeting
of the Social Service Exchange yes
terday at Collingwood, on the Mount
Vernon boulevard below Alexandria,
Va.
Miss Root chose as the subject of
her talk United States Post Office
No. l, Washington, D. c." the
phrase used by President Roosevelt
to indicate the many services per-
formed by the agency.
She outlined the function of the
information service in co-ordinating
Governmental, informative bureaus,
routing ddly-addressed communica-
tions and locating specific employees
whose whereabouts in the Federal
establishments are not known to
officials or friends seeking them.
Miss Root called attention of the
exchange central clearing house
for information concerning Com
Evening star., 1939-06-02
Harlan County Mine
'Sniping' Investigated
By State Troopers
None Injured by Shots
Fired at Non-Contruct
Operating Unit
~ tie Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
HARLAN, KY, June 2.-National
Guardsmen today investigated the
reported "sniping" of a group of
men at a Harlan County mine op-
Grating without union contract
an incident marring a calm of near
ly two weeks in this big soft coal
producing areas labor dispute.
Brig. Gen. Ellerbe Carter, COM
manding the approximately 1900
troops on duty in Harlan County,
said no one was struck by the furry
of shots fired from a mountainside
yesterday at nearby Liggett, site of
the Mahan-E Ellison Coal Corp.
He added that militiamen sta
toned at the mine did not return
Evening star., 1939-06-02

metropolital Prince Georges County.
The house Is on the Christian
Heurich Farm at Hyattsville, Nd,
and was occupied by Harold Straker,
dairy herdsman.
Only Mrs. Straker was In the
house at the time the fire started.
She escaped without injury, then
returned to the burning building to
Evening star., 1939-06-02

save . mother dog and her hve pup
pies.
Firemen were handicapped in
f1ghting the blaze by lack Of water
and a slight breeze blowing across
the flames for a time threatened the
cluster Of large dairy barns.
Evening star., 1939-06-02

Capital area that are cooperating
IN the coordination work of the
exchange.
Operation Of the exchange was
illustrated in a skit presented by
members Of the staff.
Evening star., 1939-06-02
Dwelling on Dairy Forms
Is Destroyed by Fire

A frame dwelling on the Bellevue
Dairy Farms on Ager road was de-
stroyed by fire despite the efforts of
three volunteer fire companies from
Evening star., 1939-06-02
Unificotion Urged

Unif1cation Of Tanganyika and
Kenya, under one Governor, is being
urged by the Tanganyika Defense
League.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
New Iodide Described
As Improved Antiseptic
By the Associated Press.


ATLANTA, Aug. 25.--Spore-form-
ing micro-organisms responsible for
lock-jaw, gas gangrene and other
severe types of infections are killed
quickly and effectively by idocholate
q new compound of iodine and
organic salts, the scientific section
OF the American Pharmaceutical
Association was told today.
The new compound, prepared ex-
perimentally three years ago by DR..
Paul Goodrich of Newark, N. j., is
far more antiseptic and germicidal-
yet less toXic-than tincture of
iodine, is not painful and does not
destroy tissue, DR.. Goodrich said in
paper prepared in cooperation
with H. r. Scherzer.
DR.. Goodrich announced they are
studying organic forms of iodine in
an effort to eliminate its pain, cor
rosiye action, loss of activity in
organic matter and its toxicity.
Iodines superiority over some
bactericidal agents is establish
ed, Dr. Goodrich said, yet its use is
"limited by its disturbing qualities. p"
The new compound has been pre-
pared in effective form as busting
powder and as an ointment, as well
as in solution, the paper reported.
'and we are now studying the use of
gauze pads impregnated with the
solution for first aid and. surgical
use
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Marriage License

Harold g: DeGyereaux; SO. Rochester, N. Y,
and lone lone E Cunning: %. Rochester. N.
Rachel S. Mahoney, %, 1880 st. NV;
Jotn the Be- odSapsr Raphael u J. Miller ssns
NV. and Irma b Hailoran. 80 214 2nd
znbsrr st. ne; hs the Rev. F. F IN MGAdams.
the Rev. c. VI, Oyer. ' ' IL
Lee E5. ) JfnkRo Rob:r,, a5 1919 ish s1 st and
NV; the Rev. = F. Johnston, INST "T!oef ir. st
William @. o'Brien, %. 1900 Wisconsin
aye, NV. and Avis A. Anderson. 25
Hsnrv Hasnu WiSconlSin " Goliins ave. NV; the Rev
Burgess Jenkins: So, 1415 9Th st. NV. and
Fna Flls Hirks 1drn Sc 2sG1 saoI 1Ith st. NV. the
Etson F. Hitchcock; 2a; l4la Newton st
Lanier ri. NV; the Rev. Andrew r.
Meyer R. Goldman. 81. Rochester. N. Y.
and Miriam L. Nachman. 25 622 ouin-
Er C. me a Ff Madson nsa' WIS., aFssn snd
Marsaret F. Hammers, % liz Webster
Evsn st 4obn the r Rev 2ss igHh Hawthorns
. The Rev CHARLES r. oHsra y" ''' s'','
Donald W w., RICHARDSON. st, %; Ioo7 Trying st:
Aspen St St NV; the Rev. Vt' william Mia E. E.
aeorse 8: witbeck; . 1445 Ogden st. n ",
City. Utah; the Rev. Samuel r. Carpen-
ter.
Joseph Y. Gordon, %. 3515 w pl. NV. and
Ethel M. Tevis, 26, 1884 Hall pl. NV;
the Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes;
Arthur G. Lund. 80, 1445 Ogden ST. NV,
and Georgia M. Fills; "a, -17o1 Park
-, rd. NV; the Rev. Jessie R: Smith.
Clarence M. Manson. 80 Columbus Ohio.
and Alice l. Anderson. 80, YOUNGSTOWN,
Ohio: the Rev John R. Edwards
Robert L, Fink. 500 9TH st ne. and Mary
NJ, Risdon. 40, $50 7th St ne; the Rev.
Wilson Holder
Harold w Cave. o. $40 21st st. NV.
and Iva M. Warren. 81. 5417 Nevada
ave. NV. the Rev. R C. Savage.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Communication Trials
Awards Announced

First and second honors in the
annual communication competition
held by the two groups of the Asiatic
Fleet-destroyers and submarines
were announced today by the Navy
Department.
The Destroyer Pillsbury, 1t.
Comdr. Alva J. Spriggs command
ing, won the highest rating during
the fiscal year. Second was the
Barker, commanded by 1t. Comdr.
William H. Wallace.
Among the submarines the first
honors were awarded to the $40,
commanded by 1t Eliot Olsen; sec
ond place. the S-37, 1t. Thomas L.
Greene, commanding.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

Dogfsh, or spiny sharks, are small
sharks, but they are as pugnacious
as can be. They have sharp teeth
and are terribly greedy, attacking
schools OF herring and other valu-
able fish. taking a toll that is con-
siderable.
Adult dogs are 31a feet long and
weigh about pounds; the females
are more portly Some spiny dogs of
record tip the scales at Is pounds
and are they fat!
The general range of the spiny
dogfish is on both sides of the
North Atlantic, as well as the
Mediterranean; on the American
coast from the Gulf of st. Lawrence
and the banks of Newfoundland
south to Cuba 1t has a close rel
ative in the South and North Indian
Oceans.
The color range is from slate to
brown above. decorated with small
white dots on either side from the
pectoral to the anal fin. There are
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Natures Children
Spiny Dogfsh
(Squalus acanthias)

still clouded in mystery. 1t has been
established that they drift south
ward and go to Cuba during the
coolest weather and even farther
south.
Spiny dogflsh have always at
tracted the attention of scientists
as we'll as fishermen, although moth
ing good so far has been expressed
about them They are rovers, and
follow schools of fish hither and yon,
striking terror when their presence
Is noted.
AS we have mentioned, these sea
wolves are bandits that are strong
and voracious. They are swift
swimmers, acting like a pack of
hungry dogs as they surround
mackerel, herring, cod and other
fish. or dash madly among them.
On the hack of the dogfsh there
are sharp spines. which curl around
In bow when it is striking Natur-
ally, it is very difficult to handle
when caught on hook and the
fisherman tries to land the angry
prisoner. Often fishing gear is a
total loss after the dog is finally
captured and conquered.
There are few sharks ever found
in the Gulf of Maine belonging to
the other species. but the dogfish
makes up for their scarcity. 1t is
said that one would have, indeed,
long list of places from Cape Cod
to Cape Sable if an attempt were
made to name them, where these
sharks are we'll known because of
their devastating behavior toward
the fish inhabiting these waters.
Dogishes give birth to their young,
from 8 to II being the average num-
ber. The puppies" are from 9 to
II inches long, and they may be
either autumn or spring babies.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Deaths Reported

William W Mockall. SO. Emergency Hos
s,ssard pl,ai; A cavanaeb, -. 2so4 Rhode
Island ave. ne
Lillian B. Weadon. 81, 1916 Madison
st. NV.
Den. M Jackson. SO. Veterans Admins
tration Hospital
Clarence F. Donohoe. 81. 1743 Webster
st. NV.
Thomas D. Rice, 81. Department of Aeri-
culture Building.
Robert E, Wilson. SO. Emergency Hospital
Infant Bly, Reed. Sibley Hospital
Oolph Torrance IS. Freedmens Hospital
John r: Hawkins, n 1852 @ st NV.
Allen Grimm. So Burwell Hospital
Fields Sharp. 63, 1897 7th St NV
Sadie H. Lightfoot. 81. 917 o st. NV.
sallie Powell. 81. Freedmen's Hospital.
Alice Epps. 3s Providence Hospital
Dorothy Hamilton, 33. Emergency Hospital
Evening star., 1939-08-25
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English
Rv los FRISCH

S. Tack told Mary and me-
is the correct form. BY analyzing
the sentence as follows. the correct
form can easily be determined:
/. Jack told Mary.
2. Jack told me.
3. Jack told Mary and me.
We wouldn't use I in sentence 2.
therefore we shouldn't use in SEN
tence 3.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Bruin TwizzIers
BY PROF. ]. d. FLINT.
Who's Crazy Now?

Today we have one that a lot of
people have asked about, so it's
yours. This is just the little story
OF a man who talked aloud to him
self. His thoughts went something
like this: I'm walking along one
day when I see sign in front of
an asylum which says it is visitors
day. I'm thinking that business
is lousy SO I goes in to visit the
joint, flgurin' that seeing people
even worse off will make me feel
better. Well, I come to the first
cell and I looks in. The guv in
Evening star., 1939-08-25

there is an ex-tax-lawyer who had
cracked under the strain. I ask him
a couple of questions and pretty
soon we're discussin' different things
Pretty soon his mind wanders and
he asks me can I add these things
up: A bakers dozen. the number
of stitches that one in time saves,
the number of sides on a cottage
loaf, the number of days in the
first two weeks of February when
it amt leap year and then divide
that by the number of birds in the
hand that one in the bush is worth.
I thinks to myself this guy is nuts
and then I discovers that I can do
it." Can you?
Answer on Page BIZ.
Evening star., 1939-08-25

a few more scattered over the body.
AS the dog or spiny grows older these
spots fade out.
The spinies found in the Gulf of
Maine usually leave the waters
about the middle of October and
return in May if the temperature is
genial, The winter residence of the
dogish known in these waters is
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Births Reported

Melvin and Whsle Turner girl.
Arthur and Helen Rifle. girl.
John and Mary Speidel. girl
Vincent and Eleanor Tomkins girl.
Harold and Florence Francis. girl.
William and Leona Haslam. girl.
Aloin and Mary Kasulaitis. girl
Charles and Leah Rosenberg: girl.
Horace and Gertrude Gray. girl.
Mark and Ruth Taynton, girl,
George and Nellie Embrev. boy.
William and Rosamond Price. boy.
A Morris and Lillian Schulman. bo.
jay and Catherine Glerum. boy.
Gustav and Nellie Hertz. boy
Leonard and Hilda Kragh. boy
Louis and Floride SpitZhoff. boy.
Carl and Evelyn Perry. boy.
Gerald and Alvah Skulley girl.
Robert and Emma More. girl.
Robert and Mildred Harvey. girl.
Sam and Toula Chipouras, girl
John and Doris Bokar. girl
Woodrow and Mary Oliver, girl.
John and Nellie Thorne, girl.
Amos and Nancy Bagley. girl
Lonnie and Mildred Milstead, boy.
David and Alice Null. boy
James and Mary Murray. boy
John and Hazel Pettitt, boy.
Thomas and Helen Walker. boy.
William and Ruth Summers. boy
John and Florence KNIGHT. boy.
John and Antonette Ayoub. boy.
Eugene and Annetta HYDE. boy.
James and Helen Mitcham.. girl,
Ernest and Willie Smith. boy.
Albert and Naomi Etheridse. boy.
william and Lucille Hardin, girl.
John and Elizabeth Grimes. boy.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
SALESMEN.

SALESMAN, experienced, refrigerators and
major appliances; floor work only; steady
commission. Atlas 713 G st. NV.
TREMENDOUS POPULARITY of Stude-
baker Champions, Commanders and Presi-
dents necessitates our adding 2 additional
men to demonstrate and sell this great
automobile.
II you are industrious, have sales ability
and wish to make a profitable and per-
manent connection, see Mr.. Snyder, Lee L.
Butler, Inc, 1121 21st NV.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Points for Parents
By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

The child Uho is offered a bribe to
do 1Chdt he should do as matter
OF course 11iH continue to use the
method that he has found effective
Evening star., 1939-08-25
Americas Cows

There are about 25,000,0O0 milk
COWS in America. In one year they
produce some Al billion quarts of
milk which, If placed in quart bottles
side by side, would reach go times
around the earth.
Evening star., 1939-08-25
MOTOR TRAVEL,

YOUNG GOVT. EMPLOYE WILL DRIVE
car to California for transportation. Have
references. MR.. WILTON M. KIEFER,
Shepherd 1865 after pm.
DRIVING TO ATLANTIC CITY SATURDAY
noon. returning Sunday night. Take 4
passengers. Also on Labor Day. Shepherd
Evening star., 1939-08-25
SITUATIONS MEN.

ACCOUNTANT, expert; part time bookkeep-
ing, books started. audited. balanced; tax
reports; city refs. Randolph 3131.
CHEF AND CREW. contracted 10 seasons;
served 13 successful seasons; desire to
make change Will appear for interview
on request. Experienced institutions, clubs.
restaurants and hotels. Good references if
required Contact Lurenzie Chandler.
Ocean CITY. Md Mayflower Hotel until
after Labor Day. Phone $50. 26s
MAN young. colored motor cycle operator
or light delivery truck; exp. 1907 5th st.
NV. j. Barnes. 27s