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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12
Party Will Follow
Auxiliary's Meeting
Lithuanian c. of G. Women Meet TOnight-Rev. Mat
thew PanIIus Dinner Guest in New Britain


4, town hall, Terryville, Sunday after
noon, attended by IS voting dele
gates and over $50 members, rep
resenting various Lithuanian or
CARNATIONS of the State.
Other officers elected were: First
vice president, Joseph Zemaitis, AM
sonia; second vice president, Ed
ward Tamashunas Of Bridgeport;
secretary, Miss Regina Dillon, Ter
ryville; treasurer, Vincent Klimas,
Waterbury. Athletic Director, J0-
seph Sylvester, New Britain; Spir-
itual Director, Rev. E. A. Gradeck,
Waterbury; Healthful Program,
Hedwiga Stulginskas, Waterbury;
Social Director, Marcella Andrikis,
Waterbury.
The meeting voted confidence in
the committee working on an in
surance plan for the group. They
are completing plans for affiliating
with the Roman Catholic Alliance,
national organization.
Miss Ann Ryle of New Britain
was awarded first prize for her
essay, "Sportsmanship" while IN the
poetry division, first prize was div
ide@ between Miss Marcella Aimu-
It's of New Haven and George Btu
rauskas of New Britain.
Stamford was admitted as new
members of the State association,
bringing the total number Of Lith-
uanian organizations in the state
to 26, with total members Of APP
proximately 1000.
1t was voted to hold State wide
communion breakfast at st. Jo-
Seph's church, Waterbury, April 81
after the 10 o'clock mass. At the
Communion breakfast Monsignor
Fulton Sheehan of Washington
University will be guest speaker.
A report was also made on the
sports program Of the state organ
ization, which showed that the bas-
ketball and bowling leagues were
drawing much interest.
1t was also voted to award the
next quarterly meeting to the Tor
rington Lithuanian Catholic club
May 18th.
The meeting was opened by Rev.
Edwin Flynn, pastor of the Immac-
ulate Conception church, who gave
the address of welcome while Sc
lectman William Eustice was guest
of honor and extended the hos
pitality Of the town to the dele
gates.
During the meeting, the c. L. C..
Chronicle was distributed to the
visitors.
Following the meeting, dinner
was served in the Legion rooms fol-
lowed by a program Of entertain
ment and dancing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-12
. CATIONS
/, WASHINGTON
7 COLUMN
Political Bosses
Shout LOudest
For Third Term
By BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Washington Feb. 12.-When you
stop to add it up, the growing "de-
mand" that Roosevelt be candidate
for third term comes chiefly from
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Astronomical Distances
Must Be Re.Surveved

Discovery Of a special bending of
starlight near the time of sunrise
and sunset, due apparently to pecu-
liar waves on top of Earth's atmos-
phere, has been announced at Co
lumbia university.
The discovery affects the basic
measurements as astronomical dis
tances. It shrinks the estimates of
the size of the Milky Way, and indi-
Gates that many stars familiar to the
naked eye are two or three times
nearer than has been believed.
About 5000 stars are affected.
They are the stars whose distances
were supposed to have been accu-
rately measured by ordinary engi-
neering surveying methods. The
nearest of these, such as Proxima
Centauri, the closest star, distance
four and three-tenths light years,
are only slightly affected. But the
error rises rapidly with increasing
distance.
The discovery was made by Prof.
Jan Schilt, head of Columbia's Ru-
therford observatory.
It has long been known that bend
ing occurs when light passes from
empty space into the atmosphere.
But Professor Schilt has found a
new bending.
The twist affects astronomy's
measurements of star distances be-
cause many of these are taken near
sunrise and sunset.
Accurate measurements of these
distances are astronomy's yardstick
for calculating the distances to the
millions of other stars too remote
for surveying.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Dickens Manuscript Is
Purchased by American

The autographed manuscript of
Charles Dickens "The Life of Our
Lord" which he wrote exclusively
for his children in 1846, was sold re-
Gently for FL, 400 ($6,552) to Philip H.
Rosenbach, of Philadelphia, after
bidding duel in a London auction
room. Rosenbach outbid Mrs.
Gladys Storey, author Of Dickens
and Daughter" who said she was
terribly annoyed because she had
intended to purchase the script for
the British museum.
The manuscript has been a pos
session of the Dickens family for
SO years, and was offered for sale
by Lady Dickens, widow Of Sir Hen
ry Fielding Dickens, the eighth Of
the authors 10 children. Sir Henry
was born three years after his IA
Their had devoted a summer vaca-
ton at Lausanne, Switzerland, to
penning the narrative so that his
children might have a simple and
straightforward story of Christ.
After Sir Henry's death in 1888,
his widow accepted an offer for seri-
al reproduction of the work in many
newspapers throughout the world,
and it was translated into Is lam
guages. The manuscript fills as
closely written quarto pages in 10
chapters, and will be brought to
New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Sidewalk News Ticker

Probably the only sidewalk news
ticker in the city has just been
installed at the main entrance Of the
Associated Press building in New
York city. The ticker, exactly like
that used in newspaper offices,
press associations, and other news
gathering agencies, is attached, at
times, to the 285 miles of leased
wire of the Associated Press which
services some 1,400 newspapers
throughout the country. Each min
ute, about IS words flash through
the news ticker. Directly opposite
the ticker will be installed shortly
an Associated Press wire photo ma
chine, which will print news photo
graphs while the passersby watch.
It is the same type of machine that
sends photographs to news gather
ing agencies of the association in go
cities throughout the world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Miracle Drug Advanced
In Fight on Influenza

The possibility that medical sci
ence at last has found a method of
conquering influenza has been dis
closed by the u. S. public health,
service.
The new miracle drug" called
sulfapyridine, already widely used
in treating pneumonia, may come to
be used as preventive of the flu,
according to Miss Margaret Pitt
man, associate bacteriologist at the
National institute Of health.
An eight-months old baby gave the
clue to the sulfapyridine method of
controlling the disease, said Miss
Pittman in her report. The infant
developed an Inflammation of the
eyes and ears and pneumonia. In
addition to pneumonia germs, he
had a heavy infection of the flu
germs in his lungs, throat, eyes and
ears.
DR.. J. H. Mcleod, of Washing
ton, who reported the case, admins
tered sulfapyridine Immediately.
within "a hours the child showed
marked improvement, followed by
rapid and uneventful recovery"
Miss Pittman said.
Such success led institute scien-
lists to begin immediate expert
ments on mice. Their results were
summarized in these statements:
1-Sulfapyridine was effective in
protecting mice against experiment.
al infections Of none-type-specific
hemophilus influenzae (the bacteria
which causes influenza).
2-The drug did not keep the
bacteria from entering the blood
stream, but it apparently retarded
their increase in the blood until the
natural defense forces could over
come the germs.
Two groups of mice were infected
with the bacteria. One group re-
ceived no sulfapyridine. The other
group received varying amounts of
it. All the untreated mice died
promptly, and some of the treated
mice succumbed. In the treated
group, the number which lived was
directly proportional to the amount
of the drug administered, Miss Pitt
man said.
None of those which received only
one milligram of the drug survived
the experiment. In some expert
ments in the series, 100 per cent of
the mice which were given as much
as eight milligrams came through
alive. They apparently were not af-
fected by doses Of the germs 100
times greater than the amount Or
dinarily needed to kill them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Spaghetti Consumption

Forty-five million Italians con-
sumed more than 5000, 900, 900
pounds of spaghetti in 1888, accord
ing to Agostino Agnesi, so-called
spaghetti king of Italy. His factory
turns out enough spaghetti every 48
hours to girdle the globe. Made sole
ly of wheat -four, spaghetti has
leaped into greater prominence in
Italy than ham and eggs in Amer
lea. Between 5000 and 10000 fac
tories are turning out spaghetti at
a mile-a-minute clip from the north
to the south of Italy. Made of the
hardest kerneled wheat, Italian spa
ghetti claims more vitamin E con-
tent than any other food. Italian
food experts have given it more
than 100 different designs, with gas
Economical appeal second to none in
Italy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Shock Of 1900 Volts
Fails TO Kill Workman

Speeches. and unable to move
was the way c. M. Lane, ,43-year-
old lineman of Saltwater, Okla, de-
scribed his experience Of receiving
a 2,300-volt shock.
Lane accidentally came into con-
tact with a live wire while atop a
30-foot pole. Quick thinking by fell
low workers was credited with saw
ing Lanes life.
The men are employees Of a local
power company. Lane, recovering
from body burns, told this story Of
the incident:
II knew what I was into irnmedi-
ately, but / couldn't call out and
couldn't turn loose. felt as if
were swelling and choking. ] could
think of what I wanted to do, but
couldn't do it.
II wanted to buckle my legs and
get away from that wire, but
couldn't move. It's a pretty bad
feeling to be able to think, but not
act.
'Then I heard my helper who
was on the ground, yell: Hey, your
breaches are on fire.
II tried to answer him and tell
him to get help, but I couldn't get
any word out. Soon, however, saw
another worker coming on the run
"By that time must have become
little groggy. I do remember hear
ing the helper on the ground yell,
His safety belt is broken When
heard that / knew very well that ii
wasn't my safety belt that had bro.
ken, but that someone had cut it to
let me down. About the time they
started letting me down, I passed
out"
His fellow-workers filed in the
rest. of the story.
One of them unlocked his own
safety belt, climbed down from his
pole and ran to the pole on which
Lane was perched. At the top of
the pole he threw a rope around
Lane, lassoed the cross-beam on the
pole, then cut Lanes safety belt
With the aid Of the rope he let the
then unconscious Lane safely to the
ground where he was given first
aid, then taken to a hospital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Inventor Of Death Ray
Will Not Reveal Secret

II is possible that "death rays
may some day be used as an awful
weapon of war, but DR.. Antonio Lon
goria, wealthy Cleveland, Ohio. scr
enlist and inventor, who in 1928
perfected death ray" apparatus,
will have nothing to do with recreat-
ing such machine.
This DR.. Longoria made plain in a
recent interview. He recounted that
his apparatus had killed pigeons on
the wing at four miles, and that he
then destroyed the machine because
Of its danger.
''It's quite possible that someone
may stumble across the particular
electric wave / used" DR.. Longoria
said. II found it accidentally my
self, and / certainly am not proud
of the discovery. The machine
killed small animals, and it could
kill human beings just as easily.
.The ray lies in one of the unex-
plored frequency bands in the vicin-
ity of the X-ray. It kills painlessly,
without burning, by changing the
blood to a useless substance-as
light changes silver salts in photog-
rapiiy. But don't like to talk about
it, because it could wreck civiliza-
ton. I'll have nothing to do with 1t.
My hands will be clean"
DR.. Longoria said he first demon
strated his ray while working in
California on colored motion pic
ture process, showing a group Of
scientists that the ray could kill rab-
bits even when the animals were
encased in a thick-walled aluminium
case.
Later, in Cleveland, he demon
strated that the ray would kill
pigeons, he added.
II could assemble such machine
again." DR.. Longoria said, "but I
never shall. / have no drawings.
The plans are in my head alone.
My inventions have brought me
wealth. I am interested now only
in doing something to help civiliza-
ton, which seems to be going back
ward instead Of ahead"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
FARM-GRowN FOODS HAVE
HIGH NUTRITIvE VALUES

Whether food production on the
farm for use on the farm is worth
while from the money angle has
been debated widely, Soil, climate,
and type of farming make real diff
ferences as between farm regions.
Looked at from the health and
nutrition agile, as Hazel X. Stiebling
and Callie Mae Coons discuss it in
the new Yearbook of the Department
of Agriculture, the case for garden
ing, orcharding and dairying for
home consumption is clearer.
Few appreciate fully" say these
food economists of the Bureau of
Home Economics, 1.-The nutritive con-
tributions of farm-furnished food to
the family diet-nutritive values
worth more than the amount of
money involved and not ordinary
purchased even when there is plenty
of money. If, as studies indicate, re-
latively more families have diets
that can be rated as good, this must
be attributed to the use of home
produced food"
In 1898, the Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics estimates, farm
families produced approximately
$1,25O,O00,000 worth of food and
fuel for home consumption. The
estimate is based on prices at which
farmers could sell the food, not at
the prices the farmers would have to
pay in buying similar supplies. In
1897 with market prices generally
higher the money value was some
what larger although the season was
less favorable for gardens and or
chards. But" the food economists
point out, "a decline in market
values does not diminish the use
value of these goods"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
BAD MOTORING WEATHER

In anticipation of bad motoring
weather due to ice and snow, Key
stone Automobile Club points out
causes of skidding, with warn
ing to motorists to be prepared.
Every motorist knows the help
less feeling caused by skidding,"
said George E. Keneipp, Manager of
the Club, "but not every motorist
knows what to do when his car
goes into skid. Insurance against
skidding by set formula is impos-
sible, but information regarding
causes is available so that skids
may be avoided.
perhaps the most important fac
tor in skidding accidents is condi-
ton of tires. A good tread will hold
the car on the road under condi-
lions that would be disastrous to a
car equipped with bald tires. AL
though not guaranteed to prevent
skidding, chains are valuable adj
junct. With or without chains, care
less driving will result in skids.
OlOW QIlFAA6 OA NO-CONCiCu
streets, gentle application of brakes,
using engine in gear as brake,
and careful rounding of curves and
corners is the best advice we can
give motorists. If skid occurs
while car is being driven as de-
scribed the conquences will be far
less serious than if the machine is
travelling at speed that would be
reasonable under dry-road condi-
lions.
1.-THE proper action W h n
going into a skid is to steer in the
direction of the skid and step
cautiously on the gas instead of
the brake. Sudden use of brakes,
frequently a cause of wheel lockage,
will continue the skid. Driving pow
er of the rear wheels is needed to
bring the car out of the skid. Steer
ing in the direction of the skid and
coincident acceleration will straigh-
ten out the car. In any event don't
steer in the opposite to the skid
ding motion, for this results in the
car describing a circle, with great
risk of crashing into approaching
traffic"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Champion Ship Models

Twenty-six-year-old John Stanley
Warren of New London, Conn.,,
claims the worlds championship for
making ship models, with 81 to his
credit, IS of which were completed
in 1886. A New York widow Of a
sea captain and expert ship mod
eler started him on his career in
1882 by giving him her husbands
books on the subject. His 1885 rec
ord left him with Doctors orders to
stop the work or risk seriously inn
pairing his eyesight. A long rest
and he is back at his work again.
In 1885 he often made a model a
week, and averaged five month.
"But it takes SYSTEM" ne said, "like
everything else. I map each model
out on paper, make my own blue
prints, and then follow them
closely"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
RID THE HOME OF ACCIDENT
RISKS

Why not a New Years resolution
to rid the home of those accident
producing hazards?
The suggestion is offered by the
National Conservation Bureau, &C.
cident prevention division of the AS
sociation of Casualty and Surety
Executives, which reminds us that
last year the home came within an
eyelash of equaling traffic as a pro-
Queer of fatal accidents.
1--WE are accustomed to seasonal
house cleanings, and even painting
and renovating campaigns" the Ma
tional Conservation Bureau points
out in a safety bulletin. Then why
not an equally vigorous cleaning up
of those conditions which cause falls,
burns, cuts and other injuries, which
always result in pain and sometimes
in death.
"a better New Years resolution,
and one that is easy to keep, could
not be made.
care floors slippery, the stair
treads worn or cracked? Are there
piles of rubbish in the backyard or
basement? Are fireplaces protected,
sharp tools safely stored away? Are
Poisons kept locked, beyond the
reach of small children? Are there
any loose sockets, frayed electrical
wires or leaky gas appliances? Are
cleaning fluids and matches used
with due caution?
these are few of the items a
safety-conscious householder will
check if she wants to enter the New
Year on a safer foundation in the
home. Most home hazards can be
removed at little or no expense; usu-
ally the only thing needed is a rea-
sonable degree of resolution.
every family head should include
in his or her list of New Years
resolutions one to let home accidents
take a permanent holiday"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Oklahoma Invaders

Two boys on one horse heard q
lot of shooting out on an Oklahoma
hilltop. They galloped the horse
down ravine and out into the line
of fire of a dozen barking 37-milli-
meter guns. The firing was part of
maneuvers of the second battalion
Of the 160th field Artillery, National
Guard. Soldiers stopped firing when
they saw the mounted Invaders"
but not before few shots whistled
close to the scared boys. The boys,
about IL years old, and dressed in
overalls, said they lived on a near
by farm. They would not give their
names because they feared their IA
Their would ''tan our hides"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Tub Replaces Bass Viol
In Texas Hillbilly Band

Homer Wilson, Ell Paso, Texas,
better known as Smokey" couldn't
buy bass viol for his three-man
hillbilly band, so he made one out
of a tin washtub. Now he and his
"Pecos Cowboys" fill engagements
wherever a string band is in de-
mand, and where they go ''Smok-
ey's" ''tub-zula" goes along.
The contraption is made from
household hardware and musical
items-a square washtub, a broom
handle, two bolts, hinge, hook
and standard bass viol string.
Smokey" invented the tub-zula in
Phoenix, Ariz., two years ago, and
since then has worn out three wash
tubs. 1t costs $1.75 to buy another,
and it's got to be square-''has a
better tone than a round one," he
explains.
The Pecos Cowboys turn out mu.
sic from range ballads to the late
popular songs, with Smokey beat
ing out the bass on his stringed
laundry-aid.
To get music from the contrap-
ton, Wilson turns the tub bottom
side up, uses the hinge and bolts to
fasten the broomstick in an upright
position at one edge, and stretches
the viol string from the top of the
handle to a hook fastened in the
center of the tub bottom. BY NOV
ing the broomstick back and forth,
Smokey" changes the curvature of
the tin and the tension of the string
and gets any note in the scale Then
he slaps the bass and the tub-zula
does the rest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05

that they are putting up pretty
strong opposition to the other own
ers of land who grow plums, cher
ries, grapes, citrus fruits, and even
vegetables, big as pumkins and as
lean as celery.
Our Agricultural Department has
been given the go-sign on control of
all crops, but does that mean that
few party chiefs in Washington
are going to centralize the process
of eating. as cited in the case of
apples? The Agricultural Depart
ment would say no-and it would be
correct, because it has picked out
very many other surplus commod-
ities," which are being backed up
with food stamps as extra gifts to
person on relief rolls. The plan is
spreading rapidly and is one Of the
many ways individual responsibility
and initiative are being undermined
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05

In cooperation with highway Of
ficials, the Keystone Automobile
Club urges motorists to slow down
and observe the rules of caution in
passing road construction, repair and
line-painting projects.
Lives of highway workers, it is
asserted, are constantly endangered
by drivers who fail or refuse to
heed Men Working and other
signs indicating the necessity for
slow and careful operation.
Aside from the human aspects of
the situation-which in all con-
science should be enough-the mo-
torist should observe the rules of
safety from selfish standpoint,
realizing that the workers are out
there in hazardous positions to make
the highways safer for his use, !"
said George E. Keneipp, Manager
Of The Club.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Tradition Of kites

According to tradition, kites were
invented by Archytas of Tarentum
four centuries before Christ, but they
have been used by savage tribes Of
Asia from time immemorial, and
kite-fying has been a national pas
time Of the Chinese, Japanese and
other East Indians. The origin OF
kite-fying is obscure, but it is gen.
orally ascribed to religion. The Ko-
reans attribute its origin to a gem
eral, who many hundred years ago,
inspirited his troops by sending up
a kite with q lantern attached. The
soldiers believed It to be a new
star and the sign Of divine help.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
"ONLY FINLAND PAYS"

How often in recent years has the
above caption marked the unique
position of Finland among the 10
nations which contracted debts with
the United States growing out of the
World War!
Left PROSTATE and starving after
gaining it's independence of Russia,
shipments of relief grain and food
stuffs were made to Finland under
a loan authorized by an Act of Con-
gress, February 1919. Not once has
Finland defaulted in her financial
obligations. Contracted to meet a
dire situation, Finland regards the
payment of this debt as sacred.
Now, though compelled to resist
an attack by the same power, as
brutal and aggressor nation, heroic
little Finland deposited $234,693 to
meet her payment due December Is,
1889. President Roosevelt instruct
ed the Secretary of the Treasury,
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., to hold this
sum in a special account until he
has the opportunity to ask Con-
gress's permission to return it to
Finland.
Rep. Frank E. Hook of Michigan
has said he will introduce legisla-
ton making Finland's debt payment
available to her.
The amount Finland was report
ed. to owe the United States at the
end Of November 1889 was $S,233,-
900.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-05
Early q. s. Justice

Great respect for strangers
time was shown 800 years ago by
Massachusetts Bay colony. The
WPA historical records survey
found that the colonial laws of June
6, 1889, provided that the governor
or deputies could hear and deter
mine all actions concerning stran-
gers, either by jury trial or other
wise. This was to dispatch speedily
cases of visitors who could not re-
main to attend ordinary courts of
justice.