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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
PRIMIANO PASSES
 BOY SCOUT TESTS
Troop 20 Hopes to Climax Inter-PatrOl Contest Late
 This Month

Anthony Primiano passed his compass tests at the weekly meet ing of Troop 26, Boy Scouts of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, in the Parish hall Friday evening.
 Others who passed tests were: G. Carlassico and Edward Carlassico. rules of safety; J. varlese, knife and hatchet; Jerry D'Ambrosi, first class nature and 14-rnile hike.
 Patrol 21 opened the meeting pre- senting colors. Inspections were conducted by Scoutmaster Carmen DiMaria and Committeeman Wil- liam Russo. Thirty-five members attended and one hundred per cent was recorded in the payment of dues.
 The Inter-patrol contest will not be finished until the end of March. The Lone Eagle Patrol is leading with 643 points, followed by the WPA patrcl with 632. The White Elephants are third with 622 and the Hawks fourth with 600. '
 Each patrol demonstrated the proper method Of saving 8 person who had fallen through the ice. Fire drilling methods were also prac- ticed before the meeting adjourned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
NEW SCHOLARSHIPS
 OFFERED BY YALE
Stipends of $75O to Be Awarded Qualifying
 Science Students

New Haven, Conn.,, March 4 - Yale University this year will award three or more new prize scholarships in science or engineering, carrying stipends up to $750, to applicants who are legal residents of Connecti- cut and who prepared for college .n Connecticut schools, 1t was an- nounced today.
 The awards, made from the Moves D. and Dwight N. Clark Scholarship Fund established in 1888 by bequest from the late Moves D. Clark, Yale, '94 S., of Bethany, will go to stu dents who intend to pursue courses in the Sheffield Scientific School and the School of Engineering. MT. Moves D. Clark, who was civil en- gineer in New Haven and served in the state legislature. prepared for college at Hillhouse High School.
 Selection will be made on the basis of scholastic ability, intellect ual promise, sound character, and evidence of good all-around develop ment. Financial need will also be a consideration in making the awards, and stipends will be determined in relation to the individuals need.
 The three prize scholarships pro- vide up to $750 each in Freshman year and up to $500 in each of the succeeding upperclass years in the Sheffield Scientific School or the School of Engineering, provided the recipients attain honors ranking Candidates not selected for these special Clark Prize Scholarships will be considered automatically for tui- tion-aid grants Up to $450 from the same fund. These are also renewable in the three upperclass years for students maintaining a superior class standing.
 Any boy who is legal resident of Connecticut and who prepared for Yale at a Connecticut school is eligible for one of the three prize scholarships. Application should be made to the Board of Admissions Yale University, New Haven, before March IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
LAWYERS WARNED
 BY JUDGE M'EVOY Cases on Docket Must Be Heard as Scheduled; No
 Delays Expected

Local lawyers have all received notice from Judge Franf P. McEvoy that If they have civil cases pending in the Superior Court, which they have claimed for trial or will claim for trial during the next four weeks the remainder of his term in Water. bury, they must be ready for trial when their cases are called
 The judge has told the lawyers that things moved along pretty swiftly as far as civil matters are concerned since his term opened in Waterbury. He called the lawyers attention to the fact that on few occasions were not ready when 1t came time to start the cases and used tn old excuse that they did not think their case would be reached so soon. He warned the lawyers about using this excuse and told them to be ready.
 There are many cases on the docket and the judgetold the law yers 1t was to their clients and tc their own advantage to have then cases ready. 't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Campaign Opens On
 ''Hate" Propaganda
Federal Council of Churches Sponsoring Nationwide
 Movement to Effect Better Understanding

A nation wide campaign to check misunderstanding, fostered by hate propaganda in the United States, with the stress on better co-opera- tion among religious and racial groups, has been launched by the Federal Council of the, Churches of Christ in America, which represents 143,000 churches throughout the country.
 With the appreciation and en- dorsement of the National Associ- ation of Broadcasters, the campaign is being conducted over local radio stations in towns and cities in every state, through the cooperation of leading clergymen of all denomina- tions in communities from coast to coast, who have been asked to Head the way"
 The campaign, unusual in that it does not present trite appeals for more tolerance, stresses .factual in- formation on the contributions made to American democracy by the peoples of widely different cultures and faiths, which, in other nations of .he world, are oppressed by a medieval intolerance.
 Purpose Outlined
 In announcing the campaign Samuel McCrea Cavert, general sec- retary of the Federal council, said
 "The primary aim of this radio campaign is to lay essential facts before the American public, in or der that, through an educated pub lie opinion, we, as a people, may profit from the example of many less fortunate European peoples liv- ing in countries where democracy has been destroyed by tactics that include the fomenting of racial and religious hatred and oppression
 Dr. Cavert cited the case of anti Semitism. in calling for support of the campaign by "all people of good will interested in community CO., operation and national welfare" Anti-Semitism. he pointed out. is not exclusively a Jewish problem but the concern of the whole com munity, as it has been the fore
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

runner of Catholicism, anti Professionalism and anti-Liberalism Modern anti-Semitism," he said, "has been smoke screen and 'en- tering wedge for attempts to des- troy both democracy and religion
 To hundreds of cooperating clergy, the Federal Council has sup piled a brochure of "factual mate rial" entitled "A Plea for Better Understanding" which offers thir- teen suggested methods of dealing with the problem. Among the sub- ject titles are Some Propaganda Tactics" "The Christian church Speaks Up and Acts" Jews in America" Immigration and Emil gration," and Refugees"
 In a letter to all of the radio sta- tionS in the United States, Neville Miller, President of the National Association of Broadcasters, dis cussed the project, which he termed important" and worthwhile" and urged local stations to take part in the campaign.
 Public Served
 Certainly" he wrote, "there is no greater public service a station can render than to give its facili- ties to bring its listeners closer to- gether in the bonds of understand ing. based upon truth and fact. This, to me, is one of the root-principles of the American system of broad casting"
 MT. Miller also wrote that the NAB had examined the material upon which the Federal Councils campaign was laid and declared it to be ''factual and impartial"
 Tt is informative and 1t is good radio" he added. Tt is material which men of good will in all faiths will welcome. And it is vitally im- portant that this message, educa- tional in scope and patriotic in pur- pose, be gotten across now"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
EN EN.

Suttons Warbler That's the name that is being given to what ornhoogists believe to be the first new species of bird discovered in the United States in twenty years Bird study has been so thorough ill this country
 that there are few species which have not been observed and marked down properly Twenty years ago down in the southern tip of Florida strange bird was observed
 it's habits checked and thus have the Cape Sable sea sparrow Suttons warbler, named after Dr. George Sutton of Cornell University, discovered in West Virginia by Karl w. Haler, ornithoogst at Bethany College He heard what he believed was a Parua warbler singing in the woods but on getting close view of the bird thought it might be yellowhroated warbler Different markings though, convinced him it was an entirely species of warbler. He wrote his ion of whether or not Haer has found true species or merely hybrid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Tod0ys AnswsTs e
 0AMlUM CRACKERS

l. "The Gold Bug: Edgar Allan Poe.
 9. "The Deerslayer": Jame s Fenimore Cooper.
 3. "Rip Van Winkle': Washing ton Irving.
 4. "The Scarlet Letter.: Nath- aniel Hawthorne.
 5. Poor Richards Almanack." ." Benjamin Franklin.
 Questions on Comic Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
MARCH
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

The wind is bowling through pine and larch That's how 1t is in the month of March. Very dirty patches of snow
 Take on color in the sunset glow. The time has not come when we can sing Of the wonder and beauty of early spring, For with plenty of hecks and my goshes One scrambles along, in the old galoshes. March is cussed, March is mean, Now the breeze is mild, now 1t is keen. Spring has not yet come to bat, It's only evidence is the cocky hat Worn regardless, dear oh dear oh When the weather is down to zero. The wind is bowling through pine and larch, Which partly describes the month of March.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Rev. David P. Gaines, pastor of the First Baptist Church. forwards me two tickets for the recital Miss Artiss DeVolt, harpist will offer at his church Thurs day evening at o'clock The famed BOstOnian will be assisted by Miss Gertrude Buttrey viOlnst, and Mrs Frances Beach Carlson, organist Thanks kindly, MT. Gaines. Mary Boyles, rather easy on the eyes, was the center of attraction at the ThOmaStOn Odd Fellows dinner for Bill Gardiner Friday night Her songs and dances met with deafenng applause.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Struttin' 'round' town. Ed Fitzgerald and his partner Harry Platt, crossing Exchange Place and acknowledging greetings from friends Attorney Catherine HanIon with the wind in her hair and rosy cheeks making her as pretty an artists painting Glenn Briotti city sheriff. and Carmne CiprianO, bar rster skipping on to Leavenworth Street avoiding the splash of the muddy pools from the melting snow Art Cipriano since his debut a minstrel director of folding money. On any sunny afternoon, there's always a baby parade on Highland Avenue. My gosh they're all pretty you just want to hug each and every one! (This is no political gestureD .. Louis Berardi, nineteen year old musical find of the year. gazing at guitar in of the local music stores
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
A Picture Editor Recalls SIX MONTHS OF WAR

I T am the
 - Picture Edi- tor. Across my desk come the NEA Service War photos that ap- pear in The Wa terbury Democrat. Now the war is six months old - but 1t seems hardly more than night befOre-laSt that a telephone message from my office aroused me at 1 A. M. Sept. 1)
 and shocked me wide awake with unbelievable news
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
CATS INHERIT S65.OOO

Liverpool, Eng. = (UP)-Alder- man w. Botte of Liverpool. loved cats. He died leaving $65 900 to hE favorite hobby, and a luxury hotel is to be founded which will have l2 large rooms. accommodat- ing 100 or more lost, strayed or starving cats.
 Northern Ireland has banned the felling Of growing trees without of- ficial permission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

The mysterious 'Moodus noises" have returned. At
 irregular intervals this region has been shaken by sharp earth shocks and dull booming sounds have echoed throughout the countryside No ever been able to explain them and even the Indians in precolonia days mysted They thought the place peculiar they gave it it's name meaning "the place of strange noises Shortly before midnight Friday night the noises came back. Loud rumbngs were heard and homes rocked as if whipped by a gale. Townspeople were awakened from their sleep There damage Scien
 st have for years been endeavorng explain the of the noises which last heard eight years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Hot from the grapevine .. Whispers are floating through the air that the dancing sweethearts of the set the date for July. FLASH Paul Moynihan of the buecoat brigade recently had visit from Sir Stork, who left bouncing baby boy at Papa and Mama Moyn hans house. They've already named the lad Timothy
 Josephine Lukaitis and Edith Lattanzio, lovely to look a have been visiting Hartford stage show of late and get big thrill out of seeking the ceebs autogras Sal Martino the towns only about the country, proudly showing his friends letters from Lana Turner the cute redhead who recently merged with Arte Shaw crimson with severe chiding and we're sorry, Jack ole boy. I'm just baadd boooy! If ever you want to witness quick facial change of expression ask Bill Daddona to tell you of his bowling experience with Works Commissioner John Savino
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

When Bob Platt figured he was through with formal education, the agricultural expert assigned to schools in this region begged him to stay on for postgraduate course. Bob taught that expert more about practical farming in one season than most people learn at a COW college in four years.
 Cracked concrete at the ap- preach to the new bridge has local tongues wagging. Wait until our village inspectors get an eye-ful of the frosted plaster at the new training school. Zero weather sneaks in where folks least ex- pect trouble
 DentOn's Den, twin-square por- tals into the rock chamber where outlaws once hid. Forgotten shell ter caves where tramps cooked chickens stolen from nearby farm yards. or boiled jungle stew. Mighty few people know Dentons s
 Den, but our Ed Scovill does, and he goes back there time after time. The Den is beside the rail- road just east of Towantic Station, on the Guntown side of the hill. It's a good hideout and it should publici2ed.
 
 Folks who fancy game sh0uId have known Major Rat. The ajOr lived over Gunt0wn way and he metted passenger pigeons fer 2 living. The height of Woodruff htifl vas good pigeon ground. and the Major often made . net set there. According t0 runner, Major balted his net one day and retired to his blind to await develop nlents. Pigeons eame ln fleeka lhst plotted eMt the sllsl, settled te eat, end the hunter tFip- ped his net. Holding the ropes, trying hard le stem Che flight, the Major vas carried Rieft. Higher sad higher scared the enpnves, whlie lbe MRjeF ellaslg desperately te the slender ropes. rlHaiIy, tile frightened nlal started twisting plsesns seehs and tossing iheRl ever the side. 0Fnauslly, the nel eeetled, exactly ln the center eg tbe Iiat heusflei. Securing She Tepes te . nearby lfee, iile set hunter Glmbhe1 hiN emntivae io Aeafh, hiteha6 % hin eE lsams aa1 Apefll ille fegl of aIae daE piGhine 70 aaaa biF1s Rn9 hnnlln2 iheDl 'A This sns ihs t|sDssi rlnsls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
RY BILL GARRIGUs

The best investment Henry Mo- Carthy ever made was when he sold a $2.00 pair of shoes to a gentleman who was careless about credit. The purchaser never paid for the shoes but he failed to ask for an accommodation on any other deal. ....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Editor. Tall Tower Topics. Enclo

Editor Tall Tower Topics |. Enclosed find two tickets for the 36th anniversary dinner of Naugatuck Aerie, Mo- GAO, FraternaI Order of Eagles, Sunday afternoon, March 10, at o'clock The dinner is being held in conjunction with the Alexander J. Mccarthy class. Mr. Mccarthy initiated in 1916 and served worthy president in 1921. Each member will join in the tribute to Mir. Mccarthy next Sunday by pre- senting candidate to this class Bernard AvcoIIe is chairman of the anniversary dinner. hOping you use these tickets am, FraternaIy yours Cliff ford II. HOtchkiss, IT,, Publicity Chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Johnny Reynolds, third select- man, seldom talks about himself but he provides work for fellow townsmen, keeps his fences up and attends to his portion oi the town roads. Johnny is Democrat, from Georges Hill section of the parish. Years ago a bull caught this tough Yankee far away from the fence, and injured him sadly. When they picked up what was left of MT. Reynolds, the first aid men had to button his jacket to hold him together, but he survived. It's funny how soine men can take it. Johnny Reynolds can take it, and he doesn't have to boast about his ability.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

pr. Orpheus J. Bzzozero is pal Waterbury fire- men will never forget Soon after the fire at pr. Dud- ley Demings home last evening Dr. Bzzozero convert Tables were conveniently set Up and delicious sand wieheS and piping hot coffee served the boys who besides brayng the smoke and Flames Draved the teac erous and indictment weather Mrs Bizz0zer0. by the way was the woman behind the scenes She prepared the eats and Medical Examiner Dr. Edward E. KIrScb- firenen. The extra supply Of meats bread, butter and mustard was transported 10 the Country Club road scene Of the fire, by ex'CommSsboner Tommy Mccar. thy and Francis Fitzpatrick
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

pigeon catch ever made i'm this region. After that, Major Rat re- tired to live on his ill-gOtten gains.
 Kenneth Walton, squire of New Horizons, motored up from New Canaan the other Sunday and lug ged grain uphill to Paradise to feed the partridges. That's just the difference in people. Major Rat would have set Rnares for the Tuffeled grouse: Ken Walton digs down for the grain to feed them.
 An Oxferd resident feund an Irish hired man the Havlngest man he eyer knew. Driving home eF0m BeygllemF, Glle IEishman gtep. ped the team, got Gewn from ihe nest and picked uD c bruised apple fFesH the Eoa6way. When he got back 10 OKfeFd, the appls wag fed te Q pig. Perhaps thst didn't make much difference Co ahe hag, hunlt made nn impression ep tise thrifty kankees.
 Despite ehlliy weather, nons. birds are returning te South DFft- ain, Those MnellSb people from oakdale Manor hays returned fTOin Florida and sam RiaTce is expected, Before long, til0 miiss nlan Village Nill lhAN ellt nlln Cnnd0nh meat SaNon Miil be ahi8 io deliver Iaiions nlsro,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
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Evening star., 1940-11-10
To Nowhere and Return
Bv Joseph Hilton Smuth.

By Joseph Hilton Smyth. NeU York: Cdrrck &
Almost
who discovered after IS that adventures continents
not ultimate With complete candor and good huor
his keep pace spirit
Explaining fantasy in facta terms ee simply and clearly
extraordinary narrative.
pursuing Bohemianism
built the whaling industry ngenue his
5yearod Brooklyn girl named Clara later
descriptive writing
a promise
soldier of that
Richard Harding badly shot
struggling
William Faulkner also Sherwood Anderson Roark
Bradford among others
perpetual alcoholic his course
Harris Cmnceau zoharof
Riviera killing
expedition Balkans broke
Paris bridge
with q hangover boat bound for
Balkans before his perpatec led him
Podded by friendly writer he sent his first short story to
continued until the
with santarum for alcoholics While
there. gained 81 pounds and lost another wife
slide downward and Bowery
effective and he sold 100000 words
months helped purchase
the Living Foreign Observer take the North
History begin publishing detective story
a partner in book publishing house.
breakdown and his autobiography
eminenty readable if necessarily memorable.
FERRIS.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
Do Not Disturb
By Frank Case. N

By Frank Case. NetO York.
Frederick A. Stokes Co.
This is a series of more or less
random witticisms by the owner
and manager of the famous Algon-
quin Hotel of New York City. 1t
makes nice easy reading and is
the sort of thing which can be
opened at any page; you do not need
to keep your place in it. Mr.. Case
has had many famous guests
authors, actors, and artists. He
deals in personal anecdotes about
these personages and most of his
anecdotes are good. He also tells
something of his own career, from
his boyhood days in a then idylic
town called Buffalo down to the
time when he became one Of modern
Babylon's chief hosts. And he al
lows us to look into some OF the
mysteries of hotel keeping-how
breakfast tray finally arrives at
your door, for instance, and why
artichokes are overrated. He has
an undertaking way of being
funny which is really effective.
Whether you are one who just likes
to read about the home life of stage
stars or one who appreciates the
pat making Of an effect, you will
find the book worth half hour
of your idle time. NC. R.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
DoowinkIe, D. A.
By Harry KHngSberg.
York. DinI Press

BY Harry hHngSOeTg. Ne1D
York Dial Press.
The exploits of the astute Mr..
DooWinkle, amateur astronomer and
legaIistic wizard, have been put
into book form here, which will be
a convenience to that gentleman's
admirers who have followed him
through magazine publications, and
a succession of new thrills to read
ers making his acquaintance for
the first time.
John DooWinkle is a lawyer whose
shy, bookish appearance and rabbit
like courtroom manner completely
belle the aggressive efficiency he
displays uncovering crime and mis-
demeanor as prosecutor for the
State. From his position in the
Quarter Sessions Court, the scene,
as rule, for cases distinctly of a
small-fry nature, Doowinkle shows
his genius for working into and
breaking open large-scale rackets.
Such developments, incidentally.
provide the major straining point
of the stories. For after a half
dozen or so instances, whereby
Prosecutor Doowinkle reveals appar-
emily minor crimes to be only the
opening wedge into bigger, more
sinister goings-on, the condolences
acquire family stale aroma.
However, Author Klingsberg CLOSES
that weakness by proving his merit
as a builder of suspenseful action.
Problem and solution he works out
quite tidily and garnishes them with
convincing atmospheric detail
j. w. STEPP.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
The DeI1mer Curse
By Anne Green. Nel0 York
H1rDPr.

BIZ Anne Green. NeU York:
Harper.
This is one more novel in Miss
Green's catch-as-catch-ca formula,
a hodge-podge of beauteous hero
ines, mad adventures, atmosphere
extremely tense and style excessive
ly affected. 1t concerns a young
woman whose family lies under a
curse, and it tells how, by her noble
courage, exquisite beauty and per-
feet soul, she lifted the dreadful
anathema. To make it even more
fun, this young person tells her story
herself. And there is nothing pleas
anter, to the reviewers way OF think
ing. than a novel in which a lady
hands herself a couple of trade
lasts on every page. And spends the
rest of the time assuring readers OF
her little history how modest, un-
affected and Indifferent to the
worlds opinion her little heart is.
Well, there it is, some of 1t in Paris.
some in Virginia. near our own
Washington, all tense =. tense -.
tense so very, very tense
NC. r.
Evening star., 1940-11-10

This is the story of an old-fash-
ioned fire engine.
Three and Three" written and
illustrated by Challis Walker, pub
lished by Coward, McCann. 1t is
an animal story with an amusing
twist.
THE Rabbits Revenge" written
and illustrated by Kurt Wiese, pub
lished by Coward, McCann. This is
really a fine piece of work as far
as pictures go, and the story is all
right, too-animals having fun, Mt
for the very youthful.
Little b." written and illus
trated by Vera Neville, published by
Thomas Nelson. This is the story
of a poor little waif, his puppy
and his tramp friend. The pictures
are extremely nice.
1.-THE Pleasant Pirate" by John
B. L. Goodwin, with pictures by
Warren Chappell, published by
Knopf. This is the story of how a