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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

nightfall.
 Yuma's Justice of Peace, Ed M. Wynn, generally is credited with first capitalizing on the statutes which delay marriages in Califor- mia. Vim set himself up as "The Marrying Justice of Peace," hung up a large sign proclaming Free Marriage on a wholesale, cut-rate, speedy basis.
 He got results. From quota of 50 licenses a month before Vim bgan soliciting marriage-seeking couples with advertising and other modern business methods, the Yuma Superior Clerks Office is- sued 1,103 licenses in October this year. About 13,000 licenses will be issued in Yuma in 1889, with pros poets of a 10000 figure being reached in 1940.
 Other Cities Compete
 Other cities, however, have taken notice of Yuma's success. Competi- ton lowered in Salome, Ariz., and Wickenburg as well as many other small towns.
 Salome-no more than "wide spot in the road" between Phoenix and Los Angeles decided to go Yuma one better. Town officials placed the desks of the marriage license clerk and a justice of the peace back to back and announced, in letters two feet high:
 Fastest Marriage Service in the West"
 Salome, formerly a mining 'cen- ter and one-time booming gold field, changed from sleepy village of fewer than 100 persons to a boom- ing community with a paying in- dustry. Everyone in Salome CO., operates to turn out the fastest, most economical" marriage service in the state.
 Marriage Sign 10 Ft. High
 Wickenburg, about 60 miles from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
CERTAIN HARBOR'
 TO BE KRONSTADT

Helsinki, Finland, Jan. 3O-(UP) Official sources refused to identify certain harbor" mentioned in to- days war communique as bombed by Finnish planes but usually re- liable quarters said that it was the big Russian naval base at Kron- stadt, off Leningrad.
 The Kronstadt base is in the easern part of the Gulf of Finland. It is an island and in recent years has been the center of the Russian naval forces.
 Intense activity has been report ed at Kronstadt since shortly before the Finnish was started. There have been several reports that Finnish planes bombed warships, some of which were locked in the ice dur- ing the current cold weather at the Russian base.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Mrs. Anna Lumpkin
 Dies In 62nd Year
Funeral Tomorrow Morning Presidents Birthday
 Party TOnight-Trinity Women Plan PinOchIe
THoM ASToN

Thomaston, Jan. 30-Mrs. Anna (Grilley) Lumpkin, 62, died yester- day morning at the Masonic Home Wallingford, where she had made her home for several years. She was born in Thomaston, the daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mar shall J. Grilley and during her res- idence here had lived in the Grilley homestead at the corner of North Main and Williams stret. She was the widow of Robert Lumpkin. She wa. educated in the local schools and graduated from the Thomaston high school. She was past matron of Electa chapter, Order of Eastern Star and member of Gasceon tenn pie, Pythian sisters. She was a mem- Der of the Congregational church and an active worker there while her health permitted. The only im- mediate survivor is nephew, Er- nest Grille- of Hartford.
 Funeral services will be held We'd nesday morning at Il o'clock at the Masonic home in Wallingford. Additional services will be held at the Hotchkiss funeral home, 46 High street, Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The body will be placed in the Williams memorial vault. Burial will be in Hillside cemetery.
 Funeral services for Michael Keegan, of Quincy, Mass, who died yesterday, will be held Wednesday morning at Quincy, at o'clock. The body will be brought here and placed in Williams memorial vault and buried ir St. Thomas cemetery in the spring. MT. Keegan was born and reared in Thomaston and since leaving here number of years ago had frequently returned to visit relatives anT friends.
 Survivors include his widow; two sisters, Mrs. George Harris of Lake Senepe, N. H.; Mrs. Peter Stone, of Brooklyn, N. Y. and four brothers, Andrew of Waltham, Mass, Frank of Bristol, John of Terryville and Tomas of Plymouth.
 Drive Nets $259
 The drive for funds in the infan-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

There is less unanimity, however, about the part of the new law aimed at remedies which contain drugs that may be habit-forming and dan gerous.
 In some cases the makers have revised their formulas to reduce the quantity of the supposedly dan- gerous drug. In other words, careful labels warning against excessive or long-continuec dosages are agreed to.
 There are cases where the man. ufacturer simply does not agree that his preparation contains a drug which can be harmful and where the administration takes the opposite position and court must decide. WORK AGAINST
 DRUG DANGERS
 The Food and Drug Administra- tion wants it made clear that it is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Stocks Turn Down At
 Noon; Open Irregularly
5-POint Loss in J. l. Case-Steel Shares Hold Up
 Best Recession

I. Case and it extended an initial 2-point loss to points. Interna- tional Harvester was of 3-4 at S5 1-2.-
 Steel shares held better than oth- CT issues. U. s. Steel around noon was at 57 1-8 of 5-8 and Bethlehem 73 1-4 of 1-4. Chrysler lost point. Douglas Aircraft was of more than a point. Coppers, rails, and utili- ties eased small amounts.
 Several preferred stocks were up substantially. Allied Stores pre- ferred sold at 67 1-2 up 3-4; Re- public Steel preferred 89 up 2; and Midland Steel Products preferred IA up 1 1-2. Lehigh Portland Ce- ment preferred dropped 4 IA points to no and Armour preferred new was down l 3-8 at 49. ?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Gretna Greens Spread In Arizona,
 Billboards Stress Quick Nuptials

Phoenix on a highway leading to California, is attracting many mar riage bound couples with a com munity-purchased 10-foothigh, red, white and green electric heart which asserts:
 Marriages at All Hours,
 Day or Night Service"
 Several other Arizona towns, Temple, Mesa, Quartzsite, Chand- Ter, Glendale and Tucson, adver- tise in dail papers, Marriages A Hours Day!
 At Sky Harbor airport in Phoe- nix, marriage chapel" has been built which caters to couples fly ing on transcontinental airlines They can be married between plane stopovers-usually in 10 minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
MARY A. CRANNISS
 WILL IS PROBATED

The will of the late Mary A Granniss of this city has been filed with Judge Patrick J. Healey in the local probate court. Under its pro- visions her entire estate goes to her sister, Minnie E. Grannis and her cousin Ellen F. Leonard. The will sets forth that Ellen F. Leonard is sometimes called "Chatfield."
 The will provided that had the deceased survived her sister and her cousin that $500 be paid to River side Cemetery Corp. and that the balance of the estate go to Sylvia Chatfield Bates of New York City Pauline Bates Brown of Bronxville and Chatf1eld Terry Bates of Schenectady.
 Howard D. Wilcox of Hartford is named eXecutor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
MORE CARE ASKED
 TO PREVENT FIRE
CHESHIRE NEWS
Hubert Rigney Cheshire Phone 3S4

Cheshire, January 30. - Cheshire has had quite a few fires in the last few months. Of course it is realized that at this season of the year (es- pecially because of the long un- broken cold wave we have experi- enced) there are to be expected to a certain extent.
 However, it seems as though more care on the part of some, would lessen the number. Fire, like water, is a good friend and a dangerous enemy. We cannot do without both of them but when they gain the upper hand and becomeAQur master, even though temporarily, we suffer. To be warmed by fire. to have our food cooked by it is . great blessing. but when we are burned or cooked by it, it is another thing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

not trying to keep people from treating their own minor ailments through remedies bought at the drugstore, nor is it seeking to have all the drugs put under the restric- tionS of a physicians prescription.
 It is trying to protect them against dangers. A sort of twilight zone" admittedly exists here, and the pie ture probably won't be entirely clear until some of these test cases have been disposed of.
 Drugs, of course, represent only one item on. the administrations list. Some of the worst exhibits in its famous Chamber of Horrors" came from the field of cosmetics. In this field the new law enabled the ad- ministration to take swift and ef- fective action.
 NEXT: Protection for the buyer Of cosmetics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
FORECLOSURE SUIT
 IS FILED TODAY

Bridgeport, Conn, Jan. 30-(UP)- A superior court foreclosure action was filed today against Walter Liss- bergerm, Norwalk millionaire, who was one of nine persons indicted nearly two years ago in the Merritt Parkway fee-splitting scandal.
 Lissberger sold 6.2 acres of land on the Norwalk- Westport town lines to the state for the parkway right-of way. The Norwalk Savings society, which brought the action, claims this tract was a part of 35 acres which Lissberger and others put up sS se- curity for $20,000 loan in 1884. The society asserted there was an url- paid balance of $14000.
 Mortgage holders on the property were named as co-defendants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Your Income Tax
No. z FORMS FOR MAKING RETURNS

NOs FORMS FOR MAKING RETURNS
 Forms for filing returns of in- come for 1888 have been sent to persons who filed returns last year. Failure to receive a form, however, does not relieve a taxpayer of his obligation to file hi- return and pay the tax on time = on or be- fore March IS if the return is made on the calendar-year basis, as is the case with most individ- uals.
 Forms may be obtained upon re- quest, written or personal, from the offices of collectors and from deputy collectors of internal rev. enue in the larger cities and towns. A person whose net income for 1889 was derived from salary, wages, dividends, interest, and an- nuities and was not in excess of $5,000 should make his return on Form 1040 A. A person whose net income was in excess of $5,000 or, regardless of amount, was derived from business, profession, rents, or sale of property, is required to use Form 1040. Failure to use the proper forms presents difficulties to both the taxpayer and the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue. There fore, it is emphasized that a tax payer who is liable for a return and is engaged in a business or profession is required to use Form 104O.
 The reutrn must be filed with the collector of internal revenue for the district in which the tax payer has his legal residence or principal place of business on or before midnight of March IS, 1940. The tax may be paid in full at the time of filing the return or in four equal installments, due on or before March 15, June 15, Sep tember 15, and December IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
IS SCARLET FEVER
 CASES LISTED HERE

Eighteen cases of scarlet fever were reported to the authorities of the local health department during the past week. Waterbury led the state in the number of new cases. Greenwich with eleven cases was ranked second. In all 82 cases of the disease were reported from the various cities and towns of Connec- ticut.
 Waterbury was also credited in the state health bulletin with re- porting five cases of lobar pneu- monia and one case of measles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
BY BRUCE CATION

Washington Jan. 30.-It was chance when an eX-court reporter teamed up with race track train- e r few years ago and picked up his formula for horse liniment.
 It wasn't chance when he began selling the concoction as remedy for tuberculosis-a powerful "cure" that raised big blisters to prove it's efficacy.
 But it was chance again that the government could put a stop to the business. The mere fact that the remedy was fantastically useless wasn't enough in those days to force it off the market. Finally only be- cause the seller of the nostrum chanced to credit testimonials to a dead patient. the government was able to prove the eX-court reporter KNEW the remedy was useless and wat able to halt the whole business NEW REGULATIONS
 EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR
 It isn't chance now that the Food and Drug administration has worked into the law increasingly stringent regulations to protect the public from dangerous, adulterated or fraudulent foods, drugs or beauty preparations. Final sections of the latest food drug and cosmetics law went into effect Jan. 1.
 Part of the law has been in oper- ation for more than year. Under it the administration has been able to give the kind of service its officials have been aiming at since the first food and drug act was passed in 1906,
 No longer can charlatanS or ig- noramuses mix swamp water and 1icorice and sell the result as sure cure for mankind'S most deadly dis eases.
 Back in 1883, when the famous Tugwell bill was introduced, a storm of protest was raised against its stringent provisions. These were ul- timately modified in the Copeland bill, and in some New Deal quarters there were complaints that the bill had been emasculated. The Food and Drug administration doesn't feel that way.
 HOLD MORE POWER
 OVER PATENT AIDS
 One of the things they like best about the new law is the added powers is gives them in respect to patent medicines.
 "The act recognizes the legitimacy of honest patent medicines" says Dr. P. B. Dunbar, assistant chief of the Food and Drug Administration "The type that is little short of crim- inal, though, is the type which is put out for malignant diseases that can only be treated by physician"
 No reputable drug manufacturer, of course, would protest against that kind of action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Y ADVISORS HOLD COMMITTEE PARLEYS

Three committees of the Advisors association met at Central YMCA last night. The program committee, unde the leadership of Albert Blank chairman, planned for meetings through February, March and April. Raymond DeArman presided over the committee on evaluation and Joseph F. Kushlis headed the com- mittee on youth study.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
TWO SCHOOL BOYS GET CONTINUANCES

Avon, Conn, Jan. 30-UP)-Two school boys, who plotted to bomb a power magazine as an "experi- ment," were under an indefinite court continuance today to allow the probation officer to investigate their background.
 The boys, enrolled at Avon old Farms school, set off homemade bomb in an empty magazine at the Ensign -Bickford Co.,, fuse manu- lecturers, last week. Nearby were other storage sheds containing tons of high explosives.
 Inasmuch as both boys are juven- iles, their names were withheld by the court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
CASES WITHDRAWN IN COURT TODAY

Two cases were withdrawn in the Superior Court this morning, Alice Willetts withdrew $20,000 action against George Brooks. The suit was the result of an automobile accident in Plainville on March 28, 1887.
 The second action withdrawn was one for divorce brought by Mary E.. Wiggins against her husband John Wiggins. Desertion and intollerable cruelty were alleged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
TRACTOR USED TO
 AID SICK MAN

Mount Holly, Vt, Jan. 3O-(UP)- Norman Lord, 27, father of two children, was undergoing emergency treatment for blood poisoning at a relatives home in Chester today after eight men battled for seven hours with a tractor to break four mile trail to his snowbound farm
 The tractor bucked through drifts as high as seven feet yesterday, then returned to tow an ambulance from the highway to the farm and back with the sick man. Lord was strick- en with blood poisoning while recov- ering from pneumonia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

tile paralysis campaign netted $259.50 to date according to reports made last night at the meeting of the committees in charge which are headed by Mrs. Richard Galway. Miss Betty Guernsey, chairman re- ported a collection of $139.5O in the March of Dimes canvass; Supt. of Schools, E. F. Davenport, $99 in the round robin basketball series; and report ofs Albert Ebner on pri- vate donations included: Alexander Gregorek post, Veterans ot Foreign V ars, $5; Italian American Politi- cal club, $5; Seth Thomas Clock $5; Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, $3; Thomaston branch, Conn. Council Catholic Wo- men, $3.
 Rev. Edgar N. Jackson, Selectman E. R. Kaiser and Rep. William C.. Johnston will be among those who will deliver short addresses tonight at the Presidents Birthday Party which is being sponsored by the Wo- mems Democratic club and the Democratic town committee at the Park street hotel. Supper will be served at o'clock and the feature of the table adornment will be a large birthday cake. Entertainment will include vocal selections by Harry Lynch, Mrs. Patrick L. Ryan Mrs. Martin Rogozinski and accord ion solos byb Andrew Knox. Mrs. Agnes Boyce will be pianist and there will be group singing, dancing and general good time. The ad- vance sale of tickets indicates that the affair will be well attended. Mrs. Richard Galway is chairman of the committee in charge.
 A special educational picture on Coffee" was shown this afternoon to pupils of the Grove street school at 2 o'clock and high school pupils at 3 o'clock.
 Pinochle Party
 Mrs. John Braxl and William Park were high scorers at the pin ochle party Saturday night spon- sored by the Hermonsohn Lieder- kranz society at the Duetches hous. Other winners were Mrs. Sneider of Hartford and Jacob Gangloff who scored next to high and Mrs. Gregory Diemer and Earl Wood who were low. Eight tables were in play.
 The Woman's auxiliary of the Trin- fly Episcopal church will hold a pinochle party at the church rooms Friday afternoon. Mrs. Ada Sea- bourne and Mrs. Leonard Smith comprise the committee in charge
 A daughter. Denise Elizabeth, was born Saturday at Waterbury hospi- tai to MT. and Mrs. Lorton Wood of York, Pa. The infant is a grand child of MT. and Mrs. Arthur Wood of Grove street and MT. and Mrs. Robert F. Atwood of Watertown.
 The board of tax review will meet in the selectmen's office in the town building Friday afternoon to abate indebtedness, hear appeals and cor rect the lists of the town. There will also be sessions Feb. 10 and Feb. IT. Members of the board are c. A. Curtiss, James w. Scott and William E. Fumstead.
 The high school basketball team and the reserves will journey to Portland Wednesday night for games with tn, high school teams, there.
 Wednesday afternoon the girls team will play two games in New Milford. Friday night the girls will play Wood bury at Woodbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
TRAFFIC TOLL SIGN IN USE

Spokane, Wash. = (UP) - The city of Spokane has a large sign suspended in front of police head quarters warning motorists and pedestrians of the number of traffic fatalities. Police Chief Ira Martin said he believed it contributed largely to holding the accident toll at a low figure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

New York, Jan. 30-(UP)-Stocks turned down today after an irregu- lar opening. Trading continued quiet.
 Special weakness developed in J
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
The Democrats Service Bulletins
 THOU SHALT CALL HIS NAME JOHN

Or perhaps, Alvin, or Daniel, or Hilary, or Lionel, or Quentin. or Theodore, or what have you? Do you know what they mean? Was. your name selected by your parents for some particular req son, or just because your uncle was named Theobald; or your great-aunt was EIvira? How did it happen that yOu got saddled with Dulcea, when you'd infinite Iy prefer Dolores?
 All given names have a mean ing: they are derived from some language. If you are interested in the meaning of the given
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

names of yourself, your relatives and friends; if you want to se- lect an unusual and meaningful name for the expected baby, or if you wish to step ill where angels fear to tread and help name a relatives new baby, you'll find a wealth of information in the Dictionary of Given Names, giv- ing the meanings and derivatiOns of twelve hundred masculine and feminine first names. You can order your copy of this interest ing booklet from this newspa- per's Washington Service Bureau, by using the coupon below:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

The Woman's auxiliary of the Trin- fly Episcopal church will hold a pinochle party at the church rooms Friday afternoon. Mrs. Ada Sea- bourne and Mrs. Leonard Smith comprise the committee in charge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-22
CIVIL SERVICE
 EXA MIN ATIO N 5

The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the positions listed below. Applications must be on file in the Commis sions office at Washington, D. C., not later than May 8, 1940.
 Senior Inspector, Engineering Materials tMechanicaD $2,600 a year Senior Inspector, Engineering Ma terials CHulls) $2,600 a year, h. spector, Engineering Materials (Me- chanicaD, $2,000 year, Inspector, Engineering Materials (Hulls), $2,- 900 a year The place of employ ment for these positions is the Navy Department for duty in the field wherever assigned. For the positions of Senior Inspector fMechanicaD, ', and Inspector (MechanicaD appli cants must show experience in the inspection andior testing of mechan- ical engineering materials. For Sen for Inspector (Hulls), and Inspector (Hulls), applicants must show ex- perience in the inspection and/or testing of steel shapes, plates, and metal sheets. Substitution of edu- cation, or of other inspectional ex- perience but not both, will be &C., cepted for part of the required ex- perience. Applicants must net have passed their 53rd birthday.
 Associate Entomologist CTaxon- omy), $3,200 a year, for filling the position of Assistant Curator, Ma tional Museum, Smithsonian Insti- tuition, Washington, D. C.; Assist ant Entomologist CTaxonomy), $2,- 600 a year, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Department of Agriculture. For both positions applicants must have completed a 4-year college course leading to a bachelors degree with major study in entomology Except for the sub stitution of certain postgraduate study, applicants for the position oA HcooS4dl lc EdVoiiiOlo5lot luuol dlSO show responsible research exper- fence in classifying and determin- ing the relationships of insects be- longing to the order Colcoptera For the position of Assistant Entomolo- gist, they must show research ex- perience in the taXonomy of Colep- tero or in the taxonomy of Lepid- optera. Applicants must not have passed their 53rd birthday
 Full information may be obtained at 311 Federal Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-22
Gypsy Caravans Are Forbidden
 In German Land

PRAGUE, March 22.-Gypsy car avans are thing of the past here. The government of former Czecho- slovakia clamped down on the wan derlust' of gypsy tribes.
 February l was the deadline for every gypsy to register a perma- nent residence with the police au- thorities. Failure to do so means internment in labor camp. The ordinance was adapted from Ger many where a similar decree has been in effect several years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-22
TAXES HINT

LYONS, Kans., March 9. A hint is all that it takes to start Paul Jones, head of the Kansas Coronado anniversary festivities, a celebration planned for next sum- mer. A Pennsylvanian wrote in and said he would come if he could see a prairie dog town. So Jones plans to mark three such towns along the main highways and to erect signs inviting tour ists to shoot 'em if you can"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-22

Tcday's News Touay-Emplre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-22
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Downtown, Sat, Mar. g., eyeglasses in black leather case. Call at Empire office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-22
SHORT HAUL

sc IA F FHAUSEN, Switzerland March 22.-Inhabitants of German and Swiss Rhine villages separated only by the river, across which they might throw Swiss franc were they not so thrifty, are con- blaming about the mail service.
 There's ground for complaint, for since all letters on the German side must go to distant censorship office first, the average length of time for letters between neighbors is g days.