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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-20
Sorority Sponsors
 Party For Children

The sempre in Pactum Sorority held a Christmas party for c group of Children last Monday. Miss Genevieve Sponzo, acted as hostess at this occasion.
 The living room was beautifully decorated in e Christmas spirit, with the Tree decorated with var ious gifts and surprise packages for the children. Surrounding the tree was gifts that Santa had left for the children, and each member of the Sorority.
 The party got under way first by playing various childrens games. After the presents were distributed to everyone, Miss Sponza served a most hearty luncheon. Each child received a grab bag gift containing candy and toys.
 Entertainment was furnished by Miss Nettie Gigante and Dorothy and Evelyn Maggi, and Marie Pisari Children present were; Nettie Gi- gante, Dorothy and Evelyn Magsi, Marie Pisani, Dolores Chillemi, Bet ty Mannello, Donald and Franklyn vassallo, Bobby and Joseph Dam- iafli.
 Members of the Sorority were: Marie Adorno, Violet Capone, Tess Damiani, Marie DeMatteis, Sophie FazZino, Mary 0igante, Connie Place, Mary Palo, Genevieve Spon- a and Cickie Santoro. No meeting will take place next week because of the Christmas Hol- iday. Next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Mary Palo of Waterville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-20
Put your best foot forward with these Holiday Treats

CHRIsTMAs calls for tho best of everything ... and that's doubly true of the Christmas Dinner! You want something super.special for this once.a.yesr occasion. And tho Dessert should be the crowning glory of . perfect meal! What could be more fitting than one of these delightful "Dessert Spe. cials"? You can buy both from your neighborhood dealer who sells Sealtest.approved.Ice Creams. Why not telephone him RosVH
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06
Strange Facts
Underseu Painters
! 9-Day Railroad
ThtOarting Thunder

GENERAL European artists,
- dressed in divers suits and
using weighted equipment and
thick oil colors that do not run
when in contact with water, have
painted pictures while standing on
the bottom of the sea, sometimes
30 feet below the surface.
The worlds longest continuous
railroad journey today is on the
Trans-Siberian Express between
Moscow and Vladivostok, Russia.
Although the distance is only 5,812
miles, the running time is days
and 81 hours.
After IL centuries, the house
leek, Sempervivum tectorum,
common evergreen plant, still is
grown on roofs in many villages
of several European countries to
protect the houses from thunder.
The Peruvian Indians clean
their tall straw hats with white
lead paint, which eventually
makes the hats as rigid and heavy
as steel helmets.
About so years ago, a number
of barbershops in New York city
sold advertising space on their
ceilings.-Collier's.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06

all the trees in the mountains have
been killed and the fungus goes
with them because it will have moth
ing more to live on.
Meanwhile series of co-opera-
tive experiments is being undertake
en- by the college and the depart
ment OF agriculture in an effort to
discover a preventative for the
blight. A variety of chestnut in
Japan and another in China have
been found which appear resistant.
but they are inferior to the Amer
lean variety. However, a few are
being grown on the Raleigh campus
side by side with the fugitives from
the Appalachians and efforts, thus
far unsuccessful, are being made
to produce crosses which will re-
tain the fungus-resisting qualities,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06

Yet, as time went on, he learned
that Edith's faults were tempered
by her fastidiousness. She did not
confuse liberty and license. She
neither smoked nor drank. There
was about her dancing fine and
stately quality which saved it from
sensuousness. Yet when he told her
things, there was always that irri-
tating shrug of the shoulders. ooh.
we'll, I'm not rowdy-you know
that. But like to play around
His pride in her grew-in her bur-
nished hair, the burning blue of her
eyes, her great beauty, the fineness
of her spirit, the integrity of her
character.
Yet he sighed with relief when she
told him of her engagement to Della
field Simms. He loved her, but none
the less he felt the strain of her
presence in his establishment. 1t
would be like sinking back into the
luxury of a feather bed, to take
up the old life where she had en-
tered it.
And Edith, toe, welcomed her
emancipation. "When marry you,"
she told Delafeld, 81 am going to
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06

The slopes of the Appalachians
are spotted with ghost forests.
Little more than generation
ago, perhaps, the most characteris-
tic tree of the region was the chest
nut. 1t was taken as matter of
course.
About 1904 an Oriental fungus
known as endothia parasitica an
peared on the trees in New Eng
land. 1t spread rapidly through the
entire chestnut region, attacking
the bark, girdling the trunk, and
killing the trees. There was moth
ing to be done about it. The spores
OF this fungus were extremely light.
so that every little breeze waited
them into new regions.
Today probably 95 per cent of
the chestnuts are gone. The few
left, which have escaped largely bv
accident, are doomed. But few
years ago few healthy trees were
transported bodily to the campus
of the North Carolina State college
at Raleigh, 200 miles from their
usual habitat and away from the
path of the blight.
For four years, according to
report, writes Thomas R. Henry in
the Washington Star, they have es-
capped infection and remain healthy
and thriving. 1t is hoped that they
will live to become the ancestors of
other great chestnut forests when
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06
Eyesight Needs Vitamin A

One of the first and most char
acteristic symptoms of a deficiency
of vitamin A is what is known as
nyctalopia or night-blindness. This
inability to see clearly in a poor
light, or quickly to recover clarity
of vision after being temporarily
blinded by dazzling glare like that
OF headlights of an automobile, is
asserted to be largely responsible
for the rapidly mounting toll of night
motorcar accidents Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06

break all the rules. In Uncle Fred's
house everything runs by clockwork,
and it is he who winds the clock. {"
Their engagement was one of mu-
tual freedom. Edith did as she
pleased, Delafield did as he pleased.
They rarely clashed. And as the
wedding day approached, they were
pleasantly complacent.
Delafeld, debating a letter one
day to Frederick Towne's stenogra-
pher, spoke of his complacency. He
was writing to Bob Sterling, who
was to be his best man, and who
shared his apartment in New York.
Delafield was an orphan, and had
big money interests. He felt that
Washington was tame compared to
the metropolis. He and Edith were
to live one block east of Fifth Ave-
nue., in a house that he had bought
for her.
When he was in Washington he
occupied desk in Frederick's Of
flee. Lucy Logan took his dictation.
She had been for several years with
Towne. She was twenty three, we'll
groomed, and self-possessed. She
had slender, flexible fingers, and
Delafield liked to look at them. She
had soft brown hair, and her profile.
as she bent over her book. was
clear-cut and composed.
Edith and I are great pals" he
dictated. 81 rather think we are
going to hit it off famously. I'd
hate to have woman hang around
my neck. And I want you for INV
best man. l know it is asking a
lot, but it's just once in a lifetime.
old chap"
Lucy wrote that and waited with
her pencil poised.
That's about ALL" said Delaield.
Lucy shut up her book and rose.
"Wait a minute" Delafeld decid-
ed. II want to add postscript"
Lucy sat down.
"By the way" Delafield dictated.
II wish you'd order the flowers at
Tolley's. White orchids for Edith
Of course. He'll know the right
thing for the bridesmaids-Pll get
Edith to send him the color
scheme"
Lucy's pencil dashed and dotted. |
She looked up, hesitated. "Miss |
rowne doesp't care for orchids"
How do you know" he demand
I'd.
She f1uttered the leaves of her
notebook and found an order from
FoWne to a local florist. "He saws
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

6. The wife of a Revolutionary
soldier, who took her husbands
place at a cannon in the Battle of
Monmouth after he had been
killed.
z. Ambergris comes from the
spermaceti whale.
8. King Nebuchadnezzar.
9. An electrically operated robot
umpire has been invented and
patented by John Dram of Dallas.
Texas.
10. An alloy of copper, zinc and
nickel.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06
QS S658ftB} =
Sentinel Features
CITIZENS RESPONSIBILITY

ME difficult task of retrenchment
in government expenditures can
not be accomplished without the active
interest, encouragement and support of
the citizens of this country. If econo-
mics are to be employed by this gov
ernment-if expenditures are to be re.
duced- will be because such senti.
ment has been created back home and
The demands made upon the Congress
Tor such policy.'-U. S. Senator Pat
Harrison.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06

sion started they would 60 up into
the gallery to view the ceremony.
In. the small room was almost
overpowering fragrance. TIL e
bridesmaids, in the filtered light,
were a blur of rose and blue and
white. There was much laughter,
the sound of the organ through the
thick walls.
Then the ushers came in.
where's Del?"
The bridegroom was, it seemed,
delayed. They waited.
Shall we telephone, Mr.. Towne?"
someone asked at last.
Frederick nodded. . He and his
niece stood apart from the rest.
Edith was smiling but had little to
say. She seemed separated from
the others by the fact of the ap-
preaching mystery.
The laughter had ceased: above
the whispers came the tremulous
echo of the organ.
The usher who had gone to the
telephone returned and drew Towne
aside.
"There's something queer about
it. I can't get Del or Bob. They
may be on the way. But the clerk
seemed reticent."
"I'n go to the phone myself"
said Frederick. "Where is it?''
But he was saved the effort, for
someone, watching at the door, said,
Here they come" and the room
seemed to sigh with relief as Bob
Sterling entered.
No one was with him, and he wore
a worried frown.
"May I speak to you, Mr.. Towne?"
he asked.
Edith was standing by the window
looking out at the old churchyard.
The uneasiness which had infected
the others had not touched her.
Slender and white she stood waiting.
In few minutes Del would walk up
the aisle with her and they would
be married. In her mind that pro-
gram was as fixed as the stars.
And now her uncle approached
and said something. edith, Del
isn't coming"
els he ill.,"
II wish to heaven he were dead"
"What do you mean, Uncle
1'red?"
"I1 tell you-presently. But we
must get away from this
His glance took in the changed
scene. A blight had swept over
hose high young heads. Two. of
ne bridesmaids were crying. The
lshers had withdrawn into a hud-
lied group. The servants were star
what to do.
Somebody got Briggs and the big
ar to the door.
Shut into it, Towne told Edith:
Hes backed out of it. He left
his" He had a note in, his hand.
1t was written to Bob Sterling. Bob
1as with him at breakfast time,
nd when he came back, this was
n DePs dresser"
She read it, her blue eyes hot:
SoAi ~ tlliOuSQ WITH IL, Bob.
know it's a rotten trick, but time
I'LL prove that I am right. And
dith will thank me.
"Del."
She crushed it in her hand.
Where has he gomez"
South, probably, on his yacht"
wasn't there any word for me?"
"No."
.'Is there any other-woman?"
1T looks like it. Bob is utterly
sea. So is everybody else"
All of her but her eyes seemed
oxen. The great bouquet lay at
n feet where she had dropped it.
er hands were clenched.
Towne laid his hand on hers. my
,ar-it's dreadful"
"Don't-"
Don't what?"
"Be sorry"
"But he's c11r-n
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06
Barred

Barred
DO you really mean to say that
Brown has given up drink? Has
he seen at last that whisky is not
good for him."
mo, but the landlord at the tav-
ern has seen that Brown is not
good for any more whiskies."
In Cents
Customer-What is the charge
for this battery?
Electrician-One and half
volts.
Elbow much is that in our
money!"
Make 1t Three
"You say her fathers kicked
you down the front steps three
times?"
well, twice, but I'm calling
again tonight"
Wrong Party
Postman-Is this for you, mad
am? The name is obliterated.
Housewife = No - My names
O'Brien.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06
THE STORY so FAR


attractive Edith Iown had left at the
left
James ~ 80 VS.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06
ASK NE
ANOTHER
The Questions

l. When a gun is fired, do you
see the flash or hear the report
first?
2. What is the difference be-
tween an immigrant and an emf
grant?
8. Where are the Plains of Abra-
ham?
4. What is prestidigitator?
5. Define equilibrium with one
word.
6. Who was Mollie Pitcher?
z. Where does ambergris, used
largely in perfume, come from?
8. Who built the Hanging Gar
dens of Babylon?
9. Has robot umpire been in
vented?
10. What is German silver?
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-07-06
The Answers

L. The flash. Light travels fast
er than sound.
2. An immigrant enters a place
and an emigrant leaves place.
3. Quebec.
4. A juggler or magician.
5. Balance.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
West Wall Fort
system Menaced
By Allied Troops

Continued From Page d
eeme so heavy on both banks of
he Saar river and on the right
,east bank of the Mozelle near
the Luxembourg frontier, that Sec
tions of the WeStwan were in SER
ious danger.
Heavy GERMAN reinforcements
were reported to'have been rushed
to Trier. Saarlouis and Saarbrue-
eken. Other reports said German
seinforcements were arriving op,
posite Strasbourg, on the Rhine.
French troops in the Warndt
forsSt sector were reported to have
passed the CARING -Ludweiler road
1t was reported that farther east
the French had made an import
ant gain between Saarbruecken and
Eornbach.
British and French airplanes
~ere reported cooperating in pound,
ing the German heavy artillery
which had been sent to the Saar
front. -
Usually reliable quarters said
that German air losses on the
western front far exceeded French
losses as reported by the Germans
Rain ana wind slowed fighting
on the western front.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
Germans CIosinq
Pincers on Poles:
Appeal Sent Out
Continued From Page u

Continued From Page i
bombardment of civilians but point
ed out that warfare would neces-
sarily be adapted to whatever mill
tary strategy proved necessary IN
event of German violation OF
agreements regarding bombing OF
open towns.
Berlin announced that series
of arrests had been made in the
protectorate OF Moravia and Bo-
hemia, but denied reports that 400
Czechs had been seized as hos
tages" to prevent sabotage in the
former republic
OF greatest interest in Europe S
international struggle, however, was
the still unclarified position of Rus
sia. With a reported 4,000,0 900 men
under arms. the Soviet government
permitted the newspaper Pravda
to blame the defeat of Poland
on the Warsaw governments al
legged exploitation of minorities.
The newspapers editorial and
dispatches published in Moscow
were believed to be a possible
groundwork for future approval OF
the fourth partitioning of Poland
il not the creation of a new auto
nomous state that could come un-
der Soviet rule.
The editorial, coming at time
when German armies had encir-
cled Warsaw, thrust eastward al
most to Brest Litoysk and were
smashing Polish resistance in the
south around Jwow, appeared at
first glance as a threat to tighten
Russia's new bonds with Germany
Actually, it remained to be seen
whether the Soviets would throw
their man power and material re-
sources toward either the allied
or the Nazi side in the conflict.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
Polish Defense
Falls, Say Nazis
In victoryCIaim
Continued From Page Il

Continued From Page ID
from Lublin to Lwow Demberg)
near Rawaruska,' the announce
ment said. The Vistula river was
crossed at several points north OF
'Sanddomierz.
RaWaruska is less than 40 miles
north of Lwow. Sandomierz is 55
miles southwest of Lublin.
THE first results of the anni-
hilating battle at Radon was caps
ture of 10000 prisoners. including
many generals" the announcement
continued. "One hundred and forty
three guns, and 38 armored cars
were captured,
THE eneircling attack against
Polish divisions near Kutno t57
miles west of Warsaw rolled for
ward. The ring around the Polish
capital was closed yesterday from
the east.
East of Modlin d8 miles north
west OF Warsaw German troops
u oSSCQ WIG 1NdiCW llNCl anu fioo
are nearing the capital from the
north and west. German forces
which crossed the Warsaw-Siedlce
road east of Warsaw, divided,
pushing southwest and also east
and west.
The eighteenth Polish division,
including the division staff, laid
down its arms north of Ostrow-
Azowieka. Six thousand prisoners
and 30 guns were captured.
German forces driving on Brest-
Litovsk lin east central Poland)
quickly are approaching the city.
The last Polish frontier fortifi
cations at SoWiec were captured
yesterday afternoon by East Prus-
sia troops.
Despite unfavorable weather
conditions, the air arm successfully
attacked the east of Warsaw and
along Polish connecting roads back
of that line, where two enemy
planes were shot down.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
Canada Orders
AirpIane Motors

LOS ANGELES. Sept. Ia. CUP)-
Fleet Aircraft, Ltd, of Canada to-
day placed 4 $4,000 order with
Kinner Motors company for SO air.
plane engines.
Although shipment into Canada
is banned under the neutrality act,
the Kiuner company said the Or
ier was accompanied by letter
of credit assuring payment on de-
livery of the engines to Canada or
to a warehouse in the United States.
A spokesman said he understood
the engines would be stored in
this country until whatever future
date the Canadian firm legally may
take delivery.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
Rambling Reporter

Continued From Page i
nal it rains and everything is
dunky."
How about tipping us off to the
signal. Ed. and then we'll lmow
what not to do down here (We just
won't give it,
Visitors
This is positively the last rain
story.
Mrs. Betty Carroll looked out to
see if her front yard was still flood
ed. Water had subsidized leaving
only a small puddle. In the puddle
were two goldfish!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
Rain Cuts Valley
Acreage in Peas

Imperial countys spring pea crop
will be reduced from an average
1000 acres to approximately 1000
acres this year because last weeks
rain storms delayed paintings, ac-
cording TO an estimate from the
agricultural commissioner office
Thursday.
Yearly acreage, combined fall
and spring paintings. will also be
slightly lower than the average of
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14

IMPORTANT, Carefully observe
timing for each method. Measure 2
iepeItablespoons of coffee TO each
cup of water. Vary water slightly
for exact strength desired. Keep
coffee maker clean.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14

around 5000 acres, the estimate
revealed.
Those growers who had ground
ready to plant peas will be able to
move into the fields as soon as they
are dry. Wilkinson brothers of Cali
patria reported but other growers
will be forced to replow.
AS result most growers PLAN
ned short fall deal, and an early
spring deal.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
Griffith Low on
Bid for Big Dam

SACRAMENTO, Sept. ID CUP)-
The Federal Reclamation Bureau
office here announced today Grit
fifth CO., and Bent CO., of Los An
geles. had submitted the low bid for
construction of Friant dam, one of
the principal units of the Central
Valley and power project. Their
offer was $8,715 1853
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
EDISON WARNS
lyARRING NATIONS

WASHINGTON, Sept. ID. (UP)-
Acting Secretary of Navy Charles
Edison said today that any power
attempting to torpedo properly
identified american ships would be
taking a '1ong chance" and that
he did not believe such an attempt
would occur.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
BARUCH DOUBTFUL
OF u. S. NEUTRALITY

WASHINGTON, Sept. ID. up
Bernard NJ. Baruch, who headed the
World war industries board, as
serted today that the ability of the
United States to stay out of he
European war is contingent upon
the unpredictable activities of bel
ligerent nations.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-14
WEATHER

DATA compiled fly observers for
the official united states weather
Bureau station mt El CentrOb
Maximum Wednesday ............... 90
Minimum Thursday ................. 60
Reading at Noon Thursday
Temperature 81
Humidity Observation-Disclosures. 43
Reading at am. Thursday
Temperature ............................... "a
Humidity ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 56
Reading at pm. Wednesday
Temperature 81
Humidity 48
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-29
Zmrzl We slovenskych horach.

Ovcak Ratay nasel ma 1bocl
Krivane mrtveho kamarada 26
leteho pastevce Kajetana PHI
ka z Horneho Vadicova. Mrt-
VIOLA byla dopravena ma cetnic-
kou stanici v Sunochach a pro-
hlednuta 1Tedn1m lekafem.
Ten nenalezl ma mrtvem zadne
stopy nasili a pr pitve bylo
zjisteno, re Pink zmrzl. Ne
kolik dni pred tim utekl z kohl
by kun a Pink Sc vydal do nor,
ably no nasel a privedl zpet.
Nekolik hodin pc jeho odcho-
du spadla husta mlha a prudce
Sc ochladilo. Pink ztratil O.
rientaci a pc dlouhem bloude-
nj 1navou usnul. Mezi tim te-
plota klesla jeste o nekolik
stupnn a Pink zemfel nasled-
KEN t9lesne vycerpanosti a
mrazu. Jeho mrtvola byla ma
lezena teprve pc nekolika
dnech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-29
Osvoboditel Masaryk
m

Cesky narod vzpomnel dru-
heho vyroc1 1mrt1 presidenta
Osvoboditele, T. G.. Masaryka
zasypanfm jeho hrobu ma Ian
skem hrbit1vku tis1ci venci a
kvetinami. I DR.. Emil Hacha,
statnf president protektoratu,
polozil ma hrob presidenta O.
svoboditele venec jmenem ees-
Ike vlady a lidu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-29
Gin.

V Klikarove ma Nepomucku
vyhoTel roln1k Karel Koc1. Mel
znacnou skodu, nebot temer
mic nezachranil. M1stnf cleno-
We Narodn1ho sourucenstvf O.
husili zahy Shy postizene rodi-
ny. Dali sc do prace We vol
nych chvflfch a postavili ma
hradn1 domek. Pr chazeli po-
mahat jednotlivci i z okolnfch
obcf. Material anebo pen1ze
ma stavebnf potTeby vybrali Gle
move Narodniho sourucenstv1
re sedmnacti okoln1ch obcf.
Zbylo i ma nutne domac1 zaT1-
zeni v novem domku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-29

V jaromeTske nemocnici zem-
rela jiz druha dospela osoba
ma detskou obrnu. Novou ODE
tt je 29leta manzelka rolnfka
Anna Pacaltova z Dolan, ktera
pred tydnem privezla do ne
mocnice sve tTflete d1tko, st1ze-
ne detskou obrnou. D1te dosud
zije, avsak ma jiz ochrnuty pa
re a nohy. Matka, ktera one
mocnela pozdeji, podlehla dff-
We. Dalsf vazny prfpad detske
obrny vyskytl Sc v Rychnovsku
u Jaromere, kde onemocnelo
dvoulete d1tko m1stn1ho kola-
re. Byla ucinena rGzna zdra-
votnf opatTenf ma omezenf teto
zhoubne choroby.