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The Key West citizen., 1940-10-16
Big GOVERNMENT DEFENSE CONTRACTS
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SMOKE OUT SMALL-TIME RACKETEERS

ny JACK sTIN~ErT. AP Feature Service Writer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19
$25,OOO DAMAGES
 SOUGHT IN SUIT

Winsted, Conn. Dec. 19.-Dam- ages of $25.0O0 are asked by Wil- helmina s. Brown of Harwinton for injuries alleged to have been sus- tained in an automobile accident, against Goldie Sailing of New Haven.
 In her complaint, the plaintiff states that she was driving north on route No. 69 in Bethany the night of Dec. 4, 1889. when the de- fendant, driving south, crossed the white line in the center of the road and collided with her car.
 She suffered three broken ribs, her right leg was broken in three places and she suffered contusions and shock, she alleges. The plaintiff further states that she spent $2,000 for medical and hospital expenses. The action is made returnable to the January term of court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19

find her perfectly sane. Yours is the mind I'd like to examine"
 Over at the 5 O'Clock Club girl suddenly fell from her high stool at the bar, and her limp frame dangled as escorts carried her out Sam Barken, the proprietor, opened his eyes wide and observed: My goodnessl didn't know there was check that big in the jointl"
 Val Guest, the colyum's star cor respondent in the London air raid shelters, reports: "The old women still feeding the pigeons in Trafal- gar Square with the. guns booming over them. Even the birds are useo to them now The newsboy in Piccadilly chalking up: 'Half-1lme Scores: Jerry, 54 down .. The pieces of incendiary bombs fetching anything from a dollar for smarties who pick them up A tin-hatted chocoiate-and-gun vendor doing a roaring trade in the shelters 7. :. The raid during violet thunder storm. After loud thunder crack, an urchin comforIed an old lady with: That wasn't Hitler, lady, that was God, and he won't hurt you The real need of coat with two pairs of pants. One to work ill, the other to sleep in The Savoy Hotel, where, when you book a table, you can book a bed in the shelter. They ask you politely: Will you be staying for the raid, sr?' The ten-cent stores, now fifteen cent The gag badges you can buy with the inscription: Please, don't tell me how nearly you were bombed Well, there goes the all-clear, Walter. I enclose bit of shrapnel. Maybe you can use it for paper weight"
 Paul Waner, the slugging star for Pittsburgh (for 15 years, has been fired. Paul, when he was tops, was reported to have been guaranteed 8 life job ill the ball club owners will . t. Now he joins Babe Ruth in idleness 7. Babe being the player who saved baseball from ruin after the Black Sox scandal It must not be thought, however, that base ball forgets its crow H-getters .. No ,indeedy They are always elect ed to baseball's Hall of Fame.
 That recalls the gab on the Brook lyn teams bench when a. ball player realized that old age was catching up on him One vet said that it showed first in your eyes . Another said that you first felt it in your legs :. Waite Hoyt dis agreed. You first notice it." he said, lin your write-ups."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19

Walnut street; flrehouse for the pas, 12 years, and had been on the fire force for 24 years. He entered the fire department on Dec. 16. 1916.
 He is survived by his wife, Mrs Margaret (McMahon) Began: fou sons, John of Peacedale, R. I. George. Joseph and Albert, all os Waterbury; a daughter, Margaret Began, also of this city, and sis ter, Mrs. Thomas Coogan of St Petersburg, Fla
 The funeral will leave the Mul- vile home to the Church or. the Sacred Heart where Q solemn high mass will be celebrated at g o'clock Burial will be in the family plot Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funera. home today after 3 D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19

Virginia Gayda, Benito's boy, now has chance to show how good an editor he is. All he has to do is explain (to his fellow Italians) whatever became of what he called: "The soft, decadent British Elm pire."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19
DepartInentalHo
 For Private Began
Fire Department to Honor Member Who Died in Action;
 Funeral Services to Be Held Saturday Afternoon

tion. Capt. Richard Sheetan with Private Began had brayed the smoke and flames in climbing to the third floor where the women were and lead them down to the second floor and out through the front stairs.
 Meanwhile he resumed his work in battling the flames with other ffremen and was chopping through the ceiling. He collapsed in the Kitchen and expired before the other members of the department reached his side. Death occurred instantly.
 Deputy Fire Chief Martin, J. Cam pion, supervising the firemen at. the scene, said last night:
 Private Began was doing his duty when stricken. He showed plenty of courage"
 Private Began had been with the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19

Full departmental honors will be paid the late Private John c. Began, who died suddenly yesterday after noon while fighting a fire in Put nam street residence. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 8:15 o'clock from the. MulviIle funeral home, 27O West Main street. Of1cers of the department, mem bers of the board of fire commis- sionerS and the night platoon of the department will attend the serv- ices.
 Private Began collapsed after he had aided in the rescue of two wo- men trapped on third floor apart ment. Dr. Edward H. Kirschbaum, medical examiner, reported death was due to heart attack brought on by smoke, excitement and exer-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19
NON-CHRISTIANS

The worlds non Christian sects have membership totaling 1,l66,- 785, 5000, including a combined total of 350,000,000 in the closely related Chinese religions of ConfusianiSm and Taoism, and Buddhis1n's 230,- 150000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19
ABOUT BANANAS

At maturity, punches of bananas hang from the tree with the irl- ,dividual fingers" pointing upward, which is just the opposite of the way they usually are displayed iu stores.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19
MOST STUDENTS

More than 3O,OO0 students are en- rolled at Columbia University, the largest student body of any single institution. in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19

Frankfurt, Germany, has auto- matic machines which supply print ed weather forecasts for the subse- quent A hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19

Having been rendered useless by .he ban on private automobiles parking lots in Denmark have beer converted into vegeoay4e gaiucl.,.
Evening star., 1940-07-07
Pioneer Advocate of Equal Rights Was
First of Sex Admitted to High Court
Party Seeking Votes for Women Picked
Her Candidate in 1884 at Party
Convention Held in San Francisco

the candidates been women. There
is no use in attempting to avoid the
inevitable
THE Republican party, claiming
to be the party of progress, has little
else but insult for women when they
appear before its conventions and
ask for recognition Note, for in
stance, the resolution on woman
suffrage presented to their conven-
ton on the 5th of June
1T is quite time that we had our
own party, our own platform and
our own nominees.
I'VE shall never have equal rights
until we take them, nor respect until
we command it. Act up to your
convictions of justice and right and
you cannot go far wrong. Yours
truly, BELVA A. LOCKWOOD"
This was the woman who was
nominated for the presidency in
1884 by the women of California.
On the ticket, as vice presidential
candidate, was Mrs. Marietta L. B.
Stow of San Francisco.
congratulations Sent.
1t was not long before congratu-
lations were pouring in on Mrs.
Lockwood. One letter, signed by
Clara s. Foltz, Mary j. Holt. Eliza
beth j. Corbett, M. D., and Marietta
L. Stow, read
Madam: We, undersigned, have
the honor to congratulate you as the
first woman ever nominated for the
highest Office in the gift of nation,
and we further congratulate you
upon the cordial manner in which
the nomination has been received by
both people and press"
Replying to this, Mrs. Lockwood
wrote:
"Mesdames: Your letter of con-
graduation reached me in due time,
and I am proud to have such a
coterie of able women at my back
Nov, without stopping to look
back, let us see what a few earnest,
capable women can do.
do not fail to have a State con-
vention called in California, an
electoral ticket in the field and some
talented woman or man nominated
on the Equal Rights ticket in each
congressional district. Then work
bravely for the election. If we can
get one elector elected on our tickets,
Evening star., 1940-07-07

parties strenuous efforts had been
made by the women for inclusion in
the platforms, then under considera-
ton, of plank recommending Fat
least Some consideration to the wom-
en- of the country, but it fell upon
deaf ears.
Irrespective of this. however, and
strange to say, some of the brightest
minds then working for womens
rights urged their sisters to use their
influence toward the election of
Blaine and Logan and the continual
ton in power of the Republican
party. Some even went so far as
to issue a circular urging the sup
port of the Republican candidates.
Mrs. Lockwood was never a quit
ter, and after reading an article in
the Woman's Herald of Industry.
which seems to have pleased her
greatly, wrote to the editor of that
journal as follows:
washington, D. c., Aug. TO- 1884.
Editor, Woman's Herald of
Industry:
THE August number of your val
liable paper is before me. tt has so
much the true ring of justice and
right in it, without fear or favor,
that I am sure it must do good
wherever 1t goes.
"Why not nominate women for
important places? Is not Victoria
Empress of India? Have we not
among our countrywomen persons
of as much talent and ability? Is
not history full of precedents of
woman rulers? The appointment
of Phoebe Cousins as assistant mar
shal of st. Louis is step in the right
direction. 1t is in keeping with her
education and profession, is suitable,
legal work, and will have softening
and refining influence on the GRIM
inal classes of the City of st. Louis,
and the attaches of the court.
There should be more appointments
OF the same sort.
IF women in the States are not
permitted to vote, there is no law
against their being voted for, and if
elected, filling the highest Office in
the gift of the people.
1.-TWO of the present political
parties which have candidates in
the field believe in woman suffrage.
1t would have been well had some of
Evening star., 1940-07-07
By John CIageff Proctor.

The quadrennial nominate for
the presidency, and the national
elections for that Office, both of
which have had much to do toward
keeping this Republic alive, have
been events of keen interest ever
since this high office was first given
to George Washington, and as
general proposition it is difficult for
any one to predict accurately who
is going to be nominated or who is
going to be elected. for as we have
recently seen. anything might hap
pen, and has happened many times.
OF course, the world knows, or
should know. that the people resid-
Ing in the Capital of the Nation
have substantially nothing to say as
to who shall be the President, aside
from the limited vote accorded them
in the nominating conventions,
which recently amounted to three
out Of total of one thousand votes,
and, strange to say. even these three
delegates have never seen fit to sug-
gest some one from this city, or to
vote for one of their own citizens,
though many of the great men and
women of the country are residents
of Washington.
However upon one occasion, the
unusual did happen-so far as the
District of Columbia is concerned
when the Equal Rights party nomi-
mated Belva Ann Lockwood of this
city as its standard bearer, at its
convention in San Francisco, Calf,
August %, 1884 1t was about this
time that Mrs. Lockwood was put
ting In some heavy licks for woman
suffrage, which was near and dear
to her heart. 1t was year when
various candidates were in the field.
James G. Blaine and John A. Logan
had been selected By the Republican
party. which held its convention in
Chicago. The Democrats chose
Grover Cleveland of New York, and
Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana.
John P St. John represented the
Prohibition party and the Labor
party put in nomination Gen. Ben
jamin F. Butler, who, by the way,
was put in nomination by woman
orator selected for the purpose.
At the conventions of the two big
Evening star., 1940-07-07

into the women's field house the
other day. At first he seemed doubt
full of the merits of the course. After
watching the class for 80 minutes
he decided it would be great for
putting you in condition for foot
ball" and examined his schedule to
see if the course would fit in with
his assigned hours.
"Why, jitterbugging is nothing
compared to this" he suggested.
When the students are not doing
'runs, high skips, slides or recov-
cries" (the jargon of the modern
dancer) they may be found lying on
the grass just outside the women's
field house, where Miss Elizabeth
Andrews, administrative principal of
the Bancroft School in Washington,
links up their physical endeavors to
the educational aspects of the mod
ern dance and its relation to modern
living.
AS an artistic form the modern
dance is not susceptible to exact
definition.
One critic has called it an "out-
ward expression of an inward emo
tion, using the body as a medium of
expression"
Motif in Movement.
According to Miss Humphrey, ex-
ponents of the modern dance can
express the motif of anything that
involves movement, the flight of an
airplane, the power of an engines
drive wheel or some dramatic
theme.
"Of course, it would be impossible
to depict war or it's implications, for
was is so colossal in all its phases
that it would be impossible to por-
tray it on the stage" she said. ITO
attempt to do so would produce a
result so pale that 1t would be far
out of actual comparison with
reality"
Emphasis is placed on the mean
ing of each movement in the modern
dance. Miss Humphrey said that
the slightest deviation may destroy
the entire meaning behind a gesture
She illustrated her point by the
simple technique of forward motion.
THE head must be held erect, the
eyes looking straight ahead, in order
to portray the impression of the urge
to 60 ahead" she explained. "The
stride must be determined, giving
the impression that one is moving
from here to there. If the head Is
dropped for a moment, you lose 90
per cent Of the idea"
The modern dance, as produced
In the United States, Is Q purely
Evening star., 1940-07-07
By John d. Leonard.

To the steady beat OF a TOM
tom, 10 men and IS women, all STU
dents at the University Of Mary
land summer session, are encoun-
tering that much h-discussed form OF
artistic expression, the modern
dance-whose exponents contend
they can express the movement mo-
tit Of almost anything from a rail-
road train to the flow of traffic at a
busy intersection.
Each day, barefoot and clad in
abbreviated costumes to provide
complete freedom of movement,
these dance students twist and bend
their way through a series of back
breaking exercises under the direc-
ton of outstanding leaders in the
field.
It's no sissy" form of art. Take
It on the most emphatic word of
Miss Doris Humphrey, one of the
Nations foremost dance composers,
who has been putting the men and
women through their PAGES. At one
university, she explained, football
players are whipped into condition
Through use of its vigorous routine.
At another the modern dance is a
required course in physical educa-
Eon for men and was employed at a
third by rowing coach to put the
finishing touches on the stroke of
his crew.
"In other words, the modern dance
Is perfect medium for develop
fnent Of sense of rhythm and CO.
ordination of the body muscles" :"
she continued. Every football
coach is aware that the rhythm
involved in playing football de-
mands not only rhythm of team
work but that on the part of the
individual"
., This apparently accounts for the
comparatively large number of men
In the class. Several are high
school physical education instruc-
tors. Others are athletic directors.
One is an art teacher attending
the class to absorb its esthetic as
poets.
rs The woman members of the class
live together at the Alpha Omicron
,Fo Sorority house, where they may
eat, drink and sleep the modern
dance to their hearts content.
5dJ Phase of Education.
Few members of the class plan to
become professional dancers. Most
Of them consider 1t an essential
phase of their education or related
Evening star., 1940-07-07

so that that person will form one of
the electoral college that meets here
in December, this campaign of our
Equal Rights party will pass into the
history of 1884, and become the
entering wedge-the first practical
movement in the history of woman
suffrage, and will be the beginning
of the end. 1t will open a door to
be shut no more forever. and four
years from now will sweep the
country.
Already every newspaper in the
land has caught up the refrain, and
all over the country earnest men
and women are saying, Why not?'
With my best wishes to you ladies,
I remain, yours truly,
"BELVA A. LOCKWOOD"
Surprised BY Action.
At first Mrs. Lockwood was so
taken with surprise at receiving the
nomination that she did not men
ton it to any one. Three days
after its receipt she happened to be
filing some papers in the District
Supreme Court, when, according to
her own words, the following con-
versation took place between M. A.
Clancy, the assistant clerk, and her
self:
Mrs. Lockwood, you ought to
vote for Ben Butler
'Why?' I asked.
. "'Because he Is a woman suffra-
gist, temperance man and a labor
reformer.'
II replied, Clancy, I've got a
nomination myself, and with this
remark I showed Clancy the letter
of notification. Glancing at the
letter, Clancy burst out laughing,
saying: This is the best joke of the
Season!'"
After the election was over, Mrs.
Lockwood sent the following petit
ton to Congress:
ITO the honorable, the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States:
Your petitioner, resident of the
District of Columbia, claiming the
inalienable rights and prerogatives
of an American citizen, conspicuous
among which is the time-honored
right of petition, most respectfully
states:
That at and during the recent
election for President, held in the
United States, your petitioner was
one of the nominees for that re-
sponsible and honorable trust. That
in the States of New Hampshire,
New York, Michigan, Illinois, Mary
land and California, the party whose
Evening star., 1940-07-07

American art form, Miss Humphrey
said, despite the fact that move
ment sprang up throughout the
world at the same time.
1.-The modern dance in this coun-
try is representative of our social
point of view," she said. 'It repre-
sents the new freedom for women
in sports, business and in clothes.
It also represents rights and as
pirations of the American people
and has developed from our own
particular attitude toward life"
Years of Training.
To become professional expo
nent of the modern dance involves
at least five years of intensive
training, according to Miss Hum
phrey, who annually goes on tour
with her famed company of ar
fists. Ballets in the modern man
ner include those with such titles
as "The Race of Life" an inter-
probation of the drawings of James
Thurber, or The Quest" depicting
the life of an artist. In other words,
each of these provides the dra-
matte idea expressed in the form
of the dance.
In charge of the course at the
university is Miss Gwendolyn Drew,
head of the university's department
Of physical education for women.
Miss Drew has been working for
the past year to perfect plans for
the present course, which she feels
is basic part of any educational
program.
"The modern dance is education
al as well as entertaining and is
one of the basic arts in our con-
temporary life," she said. IT do
not feel that so far there has been
sufficient emphasis placed on the
dance as an art in our educational
system"
Each week outstanding authori-
ties on the dance will come to the
university to serve as staff mem
bers. Included on this staff are
Miss Evelyn Davis, director of the
Washington Dance Playhouse; !;
Charles Weidman, dance artist and
teacher; John Martin, dance critic
of the New York Times; Nina
Fonaroff, member of the Martha
Graham dance group, and Henri
eta Greenhood, member of the
Hanya Holm dance group.
It is hoped that as the class de-
velops, program may be present.
ed as a practical demonstration of
the result Of i've hard weeks Of
work.
Evening star., 1940-07-07

nominee your petitioner was, fully
and in all respects complied with
the laws, in placing their electoral
tickets in the field. Your petitioner
begs leave to set forth that, in all
of the aforementioned States, the
electoral tickets, having at their
head, For President, Belva A. Lock-
wood; for Vice President, Marietta
L. Stow did receive the suffrage
and support of good citizens, as fol-
lows: New Hampshire, 379 votes;
New York, 1866 votes: Michigan,
374 votes; Illinois, 1908 votes;
Maryland. 318 votes; California, 734
votes, and the entire electoral vote
of Indiana.
Your petitioner further states
that during the recent session of the
electoral college of the State of In
diana at the capitol thereof, that
after it had cast its vote for Cleve-
land it changed its mind, as it had
an undisputed legal right to do, and
cast its united vote for your petit
toner. Your petitioner, therefore
demands that the vote of Indiana
be counted for her in compliance
with the expressed wish of the elec-
tors of said State. And thus your
petitioner will ever pray"
Votes Received.
In addition to that vote. it is said
the party received one half the elec-
toral vote of Oregon and a large
vote in Pennsylvania, the latter not
being counted aand simply thrown
out. as false votes.
In 1888 the candidates nominated
for President and Vice President,
respectively, were as follows: Dem
ocratic, Grover Cleveland of New
York and Allen Cranberry Thur
man of Ohio, known as the "Old
Roman; Republican, Benjamin
Harrison of Indiana, Levi P. Morton
of New York: Prohibition, Clinton
B. Fisk of New Jersey and John A.
Brooks of Missouri; Union Labor,
A. ]. Streeter of Illinois and Charles
E. Cunningham of Arkansas; United
Labor, Robert H. Cowdrey of Illi-
nois and w. H. T. Wakefield of
Kansas, and Belva A. Lockwood of
Washington, D. C. again headed the
Equal Rights ticket, with Alfred H.
Love of Pennsylvania as running
mate. but the latter declined the
honor.
In this race Mrs. Lockwood did
not figure statistically large in the
results, but the effect was there
and it was manifestly apparent that
the women could not forever be de-