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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11

development Of newer methods Of
treating the disease.
with the exception Of 1888, when
the general death rate among the
insured group In the United States
and Canada, combined during the
first four months was SAL per 1000
the 1910 January April death rate Of
0.42 per 1000 was the lowest ever
recorded for that period. Among
the insured wage-earners in Canada
alone, the death rate for the 1910
period was the lowest on record,
while the April rate for all the
policy holders also was the lowest
for April Of any year.
In the same representative cross
section Of the population, conditions
indicate that new low mortality
records by the end Of the year will
be established for the four principal
epidemic disease Of children-measl-
es, scarlet fever, whooping cough
and diphtheria--and for pneumonia,
tuberculosis, infantile diarrhea, ap-
pendicitis, disease Of pregnancy and
childbirth, and homicides.
The rlnfavorable side Of the health
picture for the first four months Of
1040 includes rises In mortality from
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11
Farm Hand Held
In New Milford
Murder Inquiry


..Ridgefleld, July 11-State Police
here today held James Wham a
farmland, for questioning in the
Staying Of Paul Fairhurst, A,
another farmland who died yes
terday, shot to death at the John
SaranO farm in New Milford.
Both Fairhurst and Wham were
employees on the farm.
The police refused to comment
on the case, pending further in
vestigatiOn. Lieut.. Leo Carroll
and Sergt. Henry Palau are in
vestigating.
The death Of Fairhurst was re-
ported yesterday morning when
Wham called police who went to
the farm with DIR. Howard G..
stevens, New Milford medical
examiner. DIR. Snyder said Fair
hurst had been slain. The body
was found at the base of the Gel
lar stairs.
DR.. Stevens reported the farm
house showed signs Of a struggle.
There were several bullet holes in
a refrigerator and in the entrance
to The cellar.
Sarano was reported In New
York at the time of the shoot
ing. Wham's wife was also said to
have been away from the place.
A coroner's inquest was slated
to begin today.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11
BY TOM WOLF
"a gervica STAR rorraannv,ilav,f

Of Mather g. Nesbitt. Here he
first became connected with the
utilities.
In his work defending various
large companies he soon found, as
he later wrote, "that among the
mass Of people a feeling exists
against large corporations. He
reasoned then, as now, that this
was no argument for government
ownership or control. Betrayal
OF trust has stained the records of
some business men," he wrote,
but the same thing Is true of
some public officials"
BY 1926, WILKES record had
gained the notice Of the late B. G.
Cobb, then head of one OF the
companies to which Mather &
Nesbitt was counsel. Willkie still
treasures the copy Of Cobb's letter
to the firms senior partners, which
says: II think he (Willkie) Is q
conner and we should keep
our eye on him."
BECAME UTILITY
HEAD AT Al
In 1929 three large utilities merged
to form the billion dollar Common
wealth g. Southern Corp. B. G. Cobb
became its head. And one of his
first acts was to call for Willkie.
Figure up your income for the past
three years." Cobb told Willkie, "and
I'll double that total as your SAL
airy, If you'll come to New York
as an associate of Judge Weadock
to be general counsel for Com
monwealth & Southern"
Willkie came, but hesitantly. He
wasn't sure he was going to like
New York, with its cold sickness.
He never had any particular
hankering for Wall street and all
its name implied. And even to-
day he delights in Observing that
his Office, on the 21st floor of the
Chase National Bank skyscraper
on Lower Manhattan,s Pine
street, is "a block off Wall Street."
He accents the word "off."
When Cobb resigned because of
illness in 1893, he hand picked
Wendell L. Willkie to succeed
him. The young (then AZ law
yer, who 20 years before had slept
on cot in hotel lobby before
his first law job, was now presi-
dent OF the nations 2lst largest
corporation.
The job he did here brought
him nationwide fame.
NEXT: Corporation President.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11
NO BOND ISSUE
FOR PIPE Line
Mayor SCulIy Also Denies
Report City Planning
Special Tax Levy

Mayor Vincent A. Scully today
dismissed as newspaper talk" re-
ports that a special tax might be
levied or new bonds issued to A.
nance the construction of a second
pipe line to the city from the Wig
wan system.
II haven't even thought of either
possibility" the mayor said.
Congressman j. Joseph Smith, at
the mayors request, is seeking to
have federal authorities list the
building Of new pipe line as a
defense necessity In which case all
the cost would be borne by the gov
eminent. The project would be A.
nanced through one Of the several
appropriations st up to be spent
only for necessary defense work.
The Importance of the new pipe
line as a defense measure is based
on tn fact that many of the city's
factories will play major roles in
manufacturing goods for the army,
navy and air service. During the
World War, when munitions and
war supplies were made here, water
consumption also doubled.
There is no thought whatever of
the city beginning new pipe line
at once and financing it by means
of a special tax, or of asking the
legislature next year to approve a
bond issue to defray the expense,
the mayor stated.
The cost of the project is estim-
ated at 100000. If it were done
as a regular WPA project, the city
would have to pay at least 100000
and probably more, as the spon-
sor's share.
Should the new pipe line be APP
prove das a defense measure, there
would be no cost to the city.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11
Young Lawyer Willkie Called
/ Conner and Came Through

Fourth Of six stories ON the
life Of Wendell WlllIkie.
BY TOM WOLF
NEA Service STAR Correspondent
Young lawyer willkie didn't know
q soul in Akron when he arrived.
There was a convention in town,
and the hotels were full. Willkie
spent his first. night on a cot In q
hotel lobby.
When seasoned counsel Willkie
left for New York 10 years later,
he was listed three different ways
in the Akron phone book, so his
many business and Social friends
could find him-Wendell Lewis
Wilkie "a common mispelling) I;
Lewis wendell Willkie CHS cor
rect name); and the accepted
Wendell Lewis Willkie (Which he
used after a recruiting officer ac-
cidentally inverted his name when
he joined the army.
In Akron, Willkie earned a rep
utation as "the Bill Borah Of Ak
ron," and as a great poker player.
He still loves cards, and frequent
ly plays rummy on his trips. Mrs.
Willkie is the only person who
consistently beats him.
WILKES Akron successes were
doubly impressive because he was
a leader in the fight against the
XII Klux Khan. AS a delegate to
the 1924 Democratic national con-
vention he worked against Nc
Adoo, because of the senator's
Khan backing. So vehement was
Episcopalian Willkie that, think
ing he must be Catholic, a Catho-
lie group once offered him the
marshal's job in their parade.
KHAN OPPOSITION
DANGEROUS STAND
So strong was the Khan In Ohio
in the early '20s that to be openly
against it was dangerous-socially
physically, and in business. Social
ly, 1t never mattered to Willkie. He
has never been country club
man, likes few active sports other
than fishing. Physically, he coulc
take care of himself capably, as his
six-feet-one, 210 pounds still show
In business, there was no one who
overlooked lawyer who could
as Willkie did, triple his Arms
business.
After a brief career with Fire
stone, Willkie joined the law firm
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11

Gordon Farrell, %, col0red Of 1893
Bishop street, charged with statu-
tory offense. was held In $4,000 bond
today, pending trial July IS. The
youth was arrested yesterday by
Detective Lieutenants William F..
Pollard and william Foley.
Defense Attorney Irving Paster-
max asked for q lighter bond, but
his request was refused. The offense
involves q 15-year-old colored girl !
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11
Low Death RATE
FOR PNEUMONIA
Modern Methods Result In
Appreciable Change;
$50 Difference Noted

Outstanding in the almost unpre-
cedentedly good health record es-
tablished by the American people
during the first four months Of 1910
was a drop Of 26 per cent In pneu-
monia mortality among the mil
lions Of Industrial pplicyholders Of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, according to that Com
pany's statisticians. The striking
decline in the pneumonia death
rate, as compared with that for
the corresponding period of 1899,
they say, is the direct result Of the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11
BAD LUCK COMPLETES JOB

Froid, Mont.-(UP)-Ernie Jen-
sven's long trek for the wrecker was
in vain after his car left the road
on turn. tore out two guardposts
and hurtled over ditch before
landing on its top. When he re-
turned with the tow car he found
his automobile had been destroyed
nv fire
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11
TARGETS INSPIRE ARcHERs

Council Bluffs. Ia.-(UP)-Clar.
enee Heating. 20. an archery stand
proprietor, has devised a way OF
dealing with tagging trade. He
added Adolf Hitler. Bcnlt0 Musso-
lini and Josef Stain 10 his group
Of targets. A direct hit on Hltler's
mlistaehe wins 20 shots.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11
VAST COATING OF OIL

A film of oil from passing liners
extends out over the Atlantic
ocean for 500 miles from both
New York and Cherbourg. The
oil is so thick in some areas that
birds have become stuck in it.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11

The new small f1ying-boat
(Grumman) is powered with two
45O-horsepower engines, has speed
of over 200 miles an hour at 5000
feet, service ceiling of $4,000 feet,
and carries four passengers and
crew of two.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11
SCRIP 81 YEARS TOO OLD

Newport, Ark UP)--W. w. Wick
Of Kansas City, Mo-, approached
the jackson county treasurer to OBJ
tar, cash for county scrip. The war
rant was issued in 1875. It was
worn by long handling but still was
legible. It was 81 years too old
to be Of value.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-11

cancer, diabetes, diseases Of the
coronary arteries and chronic
nephritis.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
Failure Seen for
Japanese Peace
Offer 10 China

SHANGHAI. Nov. 18. (UP)-For-
eign and Chinese circles today ex-
pressed belief that Japanese For
eign Minister Yosuke Matsuokas s
reported offer of liberal peace
terms to the Chinese government
at Chungking probably would fail.
partly because of the United States
fllmer policy in the Orient.
1t was recognized generally that
Japan was anxious to disentangle
herself in China, possibly for a
drive to the south. 1t was believed
that Tokyo's terms-however liber-
al they might be considered in ia
pan-Would not be suitable to Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-Shek.
The consensus here today was
that Chungking recently had been
highly encouraged as the result of
Americas firmer policy in the
Orient, particularly Secretary of
Navy Frank Knox's promise of Am
erican aid to China.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
New Method May Speed
". s. Plane Manufacture

est mass producer of aircraft ir
he world"
Both the British and Canadian all
attaches in this country have re-
quested detailed information re-
garding the method with an idea
toward possible use in the allied
warplane manufacture" he said.
In demonstrations before expert
craftsmen of various southern Cali
fornia plants, Pearce has taken the
design of an aircraft fuselage that
under present methods would re-
quire one man a year and nine
months to lay out, and accurately
completed the job in six days.
Present method of lofting, or of
laying out full size drawings of
double curved surfaces of an air.
plane from the dimensions fur
nished by the designer, acts as a
production bottleneck between the
design and actual manufacture of
the plane.
The method, an art rather than
science, requires shuffling and
reshuffling of the unwieldy full
scale drawings until the trained
loftsman's eye tells him the con-
tours are Sweet" Pearce explained.
The old method, borrowed from
the ship building industry, has a
possibility of error relatively un-
important when applied to the hulls
OF vessels but serious in airplanes
subjected to strains of tremendous
flight speeds, Pearce said.
His prime interest, the engineer
said, is that the method be made
available to the government as a
means of stepping up aircraft pro-
duction for national defense. An
army engineer is conducting a de-
tailed inspection of the plan and
Will report to army officials at Day.
ton, O., as to the adviSability of
incorporating the Pearce method in
alrplane contracts let by the army.
Pearce. during Is years of re-
search originally developed the me-
thod for ship building, but was in
Vlted to work it out for aircraft
construction by an aviation eff
cheney engineer.
Those who backed up Pearce's
claims for his system included
Harry Forsvthe, veteran aviation
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18

JANINA, Greece, Nov. 18. (UP)-
The North Greek mountain coun-
try, where brigandage thrives in
peace time, has gone to war against
Italy with a fury whipped up by
the spiritual leader of the region,
70-year-old Bishop Spiridion.
The Bishop is a warrior himself,
a veteran of five Greek wars. He
not only has been blessing the cam
paign against Italy, but has flown
over the front lines in a fighting
plane to encourage the Greeks
fighting spirit.
Newspaper men found the Bishop,
a haWknosed patriarch with long
gray beard in black robes that
seemed to have come out of the
Cid Testament, standing with a
group of khaki-clad Greek officers.
The mountainCers, he said. ARE
simple folk, but terrible when at
! tackled Our women worked beside
the men when the Italians came
They carried munitions, rolled
rocks into the ravines on the re-
treating Italians and at night they
lighted beacons on the mountain
Sides 'evealing the Italian posi-
tionS.''
God Will punish Mussolini for
defying him." the Bishop continued,
"also for desecrating good Friday by
invading Albania, for striking the
Greek people and for sinking the
Helle Greek Warship) on the day
of the feast of the Virgins of
| Tines"
The Bishop mas great influence
among Moslems and Christians
alike, and Greek officers always
have him attend reviews of the
mountain troops. He said the Ii
rama (Albania) radio had urged
Greek Moslems to kill him for stir
ring up a revolt in Albania and
that italian agents had offered
hundreds of dollars for his mur-
der or capture.
mo one has tried to collect the
reward he said. Il am 10 but am
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS. Ell CENTRO, CALF.
Editor Says Nazis
Lost Last Chance

NEW YORK, Nov. 18. (UP)-
Adolf Hitler lost his chance to beat
Britain into submission on Sept.
Is, "the last day. of the mass aerial
attack on London, Ralph Ingersoll,
editor of PM who has just returned
from two weeks in the British capi-
tai, wrote today.
On that day, Ingersoll said in the
first of a series of copyright dis
patches in his newspaper, Britain
was virtually on her knees from
nine days of Blitzkrieg from the
air, London was in flames and Brit
ish pilots and home defense work.
ers were near exhaustion. Britain
was ready for the knockout blow,
he said, but Hitler let his oppor-
tunity slip by. On Sept. Is, he re-
called, the British brought down
more than 200 enemy planes, and
that ended the attempted mass blitz.
-. On the last day of the bat
tie over London (Sept. 49," he
said, che (Hitler) lost the only
chance he will ever have to blitz-
krieg the British into submission"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
BY ROBERT c. MILLER

VAN NUYS, Calf, Nov. 18. CUP)
"A revolutionary method for plan
nlng the streamlining of airplanes
by junking the old "rule of eve"
system was revealed today by it's
inventor, Ward Pearce, 35 year
Old lofting engineer who believes
1t will enable the United States to
produce planes faster and better
than any other nation in the world.
The process, Pearce said, deter
mines on paper by the use of a
straight line, all the true dimen-
Slons and shapes of solids which
have curved surfaces heretofore
considered impossible by designers
and engineers.
Our method" Pearce said, "will
bring about immense savings of
labor, cut to a minimum re-toolinp
expenses, eliminate costly re-work-
ing OF parts and in general revolu-
Clonize the entire industry and
make the United States the great
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18

engineer now associated with
Pearce, Otto Timm of Timm Air
craft corp, Major o. G. Kelley,
army air corps representative at
the Vultee factory; George Tibbett,
also an army inspector at Vultee,
and Walter Sturgis, chief loftsman
at Vultee.
Backed by Forsythe and in COL
liberation with Robert TroW and
John White, Pearce has established
the General Lofting corporation.
The company, with a personnel of
loftsmen from aircraft plants now
in training with Pearce, will seek
contracts to loft planes for the
various southern California air
craft plants.
He said he had offered the idea
to one large aircraft corporation
"but it was rejected by the engin-
eering department on the grounds
that they could neither prove the
right or wrong"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
Jewellers Warned
AGAINST F0rQer

jewelers. of Imperial Valley we're
warned Monday to beware of q
man attempting to cash cashiers
check on a New York City bank.
The checks, usually for $50, are
forgeries, Sheriff Robert w. Ware
said. A man using the name of
Robert l.. Cation cashed one re-
Gently at jewelry store in Los An
geles on the Citizens State Bank of
New York, New York. 1t was sign
ed by o. B. Lindstrom, assistant
cashier.
Cation printed the checks himself,
officers said. The number on the
top of the check Il head office 90
% is a fake number as is the as
slstant cashiers signature.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
Washington Vote
Hits LEGAL SnaI1

SEATTLE. Nov. 10. CUP)--Wash-
ington's gubernatorial election was
tied up today in legal opinions,
challenges of votes and a threat OF
court action.
Mayor Arthur B. Laglie of Seat
tie, Republican, led G. G. Dill. Spo-
kane Democrat and former u. S.
senator, by 5.372 votes with nearly
all absentee votes counted.
Democrats challenged the legal
ity of paper ballots which voters
marked the straight Democratic
ticket and also voted for Langlie.
Counting boards gave the governor
ship vote in those cases to Langlie.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
Singer Who wanted TO be Seen, Not
Heard. Wins Desire the Hard Way;
Once Rk0 Turned Her Down: Not Now

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 18. CUP)-
Inc Old saying about how children
siould be seen and not heard back
1lred on R-K-O Studios today
Ihree years ago they had under
contract taffy-haired beauty nam.
ed Betty Jane Rhodes. They paid
her 5000 week for being heard and
not seen. Her job was to provide
the singing, which isued from the
lips of other lovelies who were sup
posed to warble in the movies-and
couldn't.
They moved their lips Betty Jane
supplied the music and the fans
were fooled. Everybody was happy
except Betty. She wanted to be
seen; not heard.
The maSter-minds no longer
connected with the studio) couldn't
see Betty as an actress So she quit
and went to the radio
She couldn't be seen there, either,
but she figured the people at least
would know she was doing the
slnging-and not some tongue-tied
MISS Gorgeous, as was the case
when she worked for R-K-O.
She sang with Fred Allen, and
Burns and Allen and many another
radio star. Folks everywhere knew
the voice of Betty Jane Rhodes.
The movie studios kept lombard
ing her with offers to make the
music for their bogus sopranos, but
Bpttv .Japa said M moro 1r,I1cica1
ghosting for her. If she couldn't be
seen in the movies, by jimminy,
shed be seen somewhere else. She
got job with southern California;
only television station, acting.
You probably can guess the rest
of the story: R-K-O, now under
new management, needed an act
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
Arizona Closes
Successful Fair

PHOENIX, Nov. 18. CUP)-Work-
ing crews today began tearing down
exhibit booths and stalls at the state
fairgrounds where the Arizona state
fair closed last night after a nine
day run that attracted upwards Of
10000 visitors.
The total attendance mark was
sent soaring yesterday when a last
day crowd estimated at more than
10000 flocked to the grounds to
witness the gala closing day ac-
tivity.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
Man Confessesf 10
Postal Robberies

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18. (UP)-
Charles Darwin de Buse, 33, today
confessed to police that he had
robbed three postoffices in Califor-
bia and Oregon.
The confession, according to po-
lice, was made voluntarily by de
Buse who walked into police head
quarters and informed Detective J.
R. Stephens that he had robbed the
postoffice at Placervule, Cal, about
six months ago and soon afterwards
robbed the postoffices at Trout
dale, Ore, and Banks, Ore.
De Buse said he was confessing
because his conscience bothered
him and he was wet and cold from
tramping around in q rainstorm
last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
Petroleum Firms
President Dies

Ell PASO, Tex, Nov. 18. (UP)-
Funeral arrangements were being
made today for Joshua S. Cosden,
SO year old petroleum company head
who died aboard Southern Pacif-
ic passenger train at Wilcox, Ariz.,
Sunday.
Cosden, president of the Cosden
oil company of Fort Worth, Tex,
died of a heart attack. His secre-
tary, William Hudson, was with
him.
The body was brought to FL Paso
pending arrival of Mrs. Cosden
from New York. Two sons, Joshua,
jr., and Jack, came from Fort
Worth last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18

ress. So it hired Betty Jane-and
there she was today, co-starring
with Tim Holt in rip-snorting
western. It's called Along the Rio
Grande' and its kept Miss Rhodes
SO constantly on horse that she'd
rather stand than sit.
AS soon as SHE'S finished. she
goes into a lead in They Met In
Argentina"-and you can bet your
more today than it did three wears
ear muf1s R-K-O is paying her far
ago, when she would have acted
ior nothing, if the head men only
would have given her the chance
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18

It's all they say, and more~ said
MIR. Sims with enthusiasm. "Airway
outsells every brand in my store! It's
choice coffee, in the bean, hours fresh.
The roasting ovens fill my orders SO
quickly they can use this thrifty bag!"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
PLANE DROPS BOMB
IN JUGOSLAXIA

BELGRADE. Nov. 18. tUP)-An
unidentified airplane dropped
bomb in the river zeta near Danil-
ovgrad, in former Montenegro, early
today and later crashed in the
mountains near Zagarc. according
to reports received here. Four men,
bers of the crew were killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18
RELIGIOUS Patriarch Leads Mountain
Folk Into Battle for Greece, Says
God VIII Punish Fascist Leader

still able to take care of myself.
Anyway, I am accustomed to the
idea of death. I was wounded by
the Turks when I was ii and I have
fought in five wars for God and
Greece"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-18

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