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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-21
POST-PRESS BUILDING SECTION
buiiIdinQ
Passes
S150, 900

A $4,000 residence and a $500
bleacher construction job at Gen.
tral high school were started in
Ell Centro during the last week to
boost the building total to $153,l71
since January l.
Though the permit total was far
ahead of the pace in 1898, the
mark was still below the pace of
$162,728 on the same date one year
ago.
Permits issued during the week ::
Edna Harrop, 4th and CONNER
cial, $3.50, alterations. G. G. Bell.
1865 Holt, alterations. $3.50: Frank
Parude, $50 Ell Centre. $2650. resi-
dence; Don Campbell, addition, $50;
grandStands at Central high, $500.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-21
Living Room G comfort is
Moved to The Outdoors

NEW YORK. There's a deep.
rich look of comfort about the love
hest and newest furniture tor gar
den. porch and terrace.
Designers Of chars, tables and
sofas OBVIOUSLY have decided that
the porch or garden is for asset
tin in the sun" rather than for
show.
Not that this years outdoor fur
nishings aren't perfectly handsome.
They are indeed. SO much so that
every family is bound to be en-
aged to make plans for spending
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-21
u.S.Navy Launches
SeapIane Tender

CAMDEN, N. j.. April 20. CUPt--
The 8,0OO-ton U. S. S. CurtiSS. first
American naval vessel constructed
AS seaplane tender, was launched
today at the New York Shipbuild-
ing corporation yards here.
Mrs. H. Sayre Wheeler of Miami
Springs, Fla, sponsored the ship,
named in honor of her former hus-
band, the late Glen Hammond Cur
tiss, aviation pioneer. Curtiss in 1914
designed and built the first multi
notored flying beat and first hea-
vier-than-air flving craft designed
for trnas-Atlantic flight.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-21

most of the summer months out of
the house rather than in It.
ALL SIGGEST:
"RELtX"
But even small wicker-Chairs for
the none -too-spacious porch are
really comfortable. Even the smallest
sofas have soft, thick pillows-cov
cred with waterproof fabrics. to be
sur7. Medium size chaises tongues
u wicker or rattan and cane have
none of the canvas beach chair look
about them. yet are just as condu-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-21
LET'S MAKE IMPERIAL VALLEY
"THE COMMUNITY OF
BEAUTIFUL HOMES"
Defense HALTED
IN RO\ELLI TRIAL

los ANGELES. April %. up
Superior JudeC William G. Palmer
today was considering defense OBJ
-ectors Wrach halted testimony in
tho bribery trIal of William G. Bon
th ana five co-defendants.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-21
MRS. STRICKLER NAMED
TOWNSEND CLUB DELEGATE

Fl Centro Townsend club No. /
Friday night elected Mrs. F S
Strickler delegate to the Fifth Ma
tional convention of the orSanlza-
ton at st, Louis, Mo June 80 10
July D. Mrs. j. H. PritChard Was
made alternate delegate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-21
Security Begins at Home!

A modern home of your own is the finest
and at the same time the most enjoyable Sc
curity family can have Never before has it
been SO easy to build on a modest budget.
Down payments are low. Monthly installments
are like rent. Consult one of our friendly loan
specialists today No obligation. No bonus or
commission FREE FOLDER: Typical FHA.
Loans" Ask for it at any branch.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

when yeu place ysur ruEs In Mr.. p
are sure Of "thero-cleaned" methods
years Of tried and tested experjence. a
process scientifically applied expeIs ali ,
iul a6rasives. restores colors to briEht
OUT harmful effects to the weave.
yeA!s o. wear to your russ. The cost
"oaefste On cleaning and summer sta
Evening star., 1940-05-05

They would abolish the present
Labor Board and set up . new
three-man body, would separate the
judicial and administrative func-
tions Of the board and revise meth
DDS Of procedure.
Mr.. Smith contended the issues
involved In the wage-hour fight and
the coming battle over the labor
law were totally different Mr..
Murdock, however, was much heart
ened by the wage-hour vote.
"The overzealous opponents of
labor legislation were emphatically
given to understand by the wage
hour action" Mr.. Murdock said.
that the House certainly is opposed
to destructive amendments to labor
laws"
The Smith amendments will come
before the House as an alternative
Tor less sweeping amendments pro-
posed by the House Labor Com
mittee.
The latter would add two more
members to the present board, per-
NIT employers to petition for COL
lective bargaining elections, make
employer-employe contracts un-
challengeable for one year and set
up safeguards for craft unions.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON 6, 1s4o--PART
Labor Board Tactics
Are Denounced BY
Ex-senator Reed
Missourion Urges Abolition
Of Agency If One Tenth
Of Charges Are True
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
James A. Reed, former Democratic
Senator from Missouri, denounced
National Labor Relations Board
tactics yesterday as "the sort Of
thing engaged in by racketeers.
He told the special House COM
mittee investigating the board that
the agency ought to be abolished
overnight" If even one-tenth Of the
committees charges against it were
true.
The witness testified he never had
read such a catalogue of improper,
unjudicial, unfair rulings and acts"
as those attributed to the board in
the committees report recommend
Ing sweeping changes in the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act.
During a recital of the expert
ences of his wife's firm, the Dom
nelly Garment Co. of Kansas City,
with both the board and the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, Mr.. Reed referred to in
stances cited in the committee re-
port to show that the board helped
to institute boycotts against COM
panies as "a process of condemna-
tion without hearing"
Charges Lobbying.
"A man or a board that will do
that thing" the Missourian asserted,
furnishes the indubitable evidence
that 1t is prejudicial, motivated by
vindictive motives and is utterly
unfit to sit as judicial tribunal
anywhere under the American flag. "
Declaring that lawyers had been
hired to prevent amendment of the
act and that they had lobbied for the
purpose, Mr.. Reed added:
If that's part of the New Deal,
they had better perform a surgical
operation and cut the cancer out"
After hearing N. Barr Miller, a
review attorney for the board who
said he had never practiced law,
testify he had suggested changes
| which were made in the trial ex-
aminer's report on the Donnelly
case, Mr.. Reed declared it appeared
to him the board had employed
"amateurs."
Inexperience and Incompetence.
Henry Ford can build up for 40
or so years tremendous business" :"
Mr.. Reed said, land pay wages
higher than others but he can be
haled before utterly inexperienced
and incompetent people-boys just
out of law school and girls just out
of colleges, carefully selected for
their views and their prejudices."
Meanwhile, Chairman Smith pre-
dicted his investigating committees
amendments to the Labor Relations
Act would pass the House despite
rejection of proposed revisions of
another keystone of administration
labor policy. the wage-hour law.
On the other hand, Represents
tive Murdock, Democrat, of Utah
took the wage-hour vote to mean
that any amendments to the labor
act would be less sweeping than the
Smith amendments. Mr.. Murdock,
who is member of the Smith COM
mittee. is opposed to the Smith
amendments.
May Come Up Next Week.
The Smith changes, II in all, may
come up in the House next week.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

was disastrous; that the British
troops showed no fighting spirit, the
allies left behind great stores of
valuable equipment, used Norwegian
troops to cover their retreat and
then left them without giving them
q chance to board q British boat.
An army c9pmunique said Ger.
man forcesl Holding Arctic Nsryik
had repulsed attacks from the allies
and that the situation was un.
changed.
AT Andalsnes, south of Trondheiu,.
also abandoned by the British. 1
Norwegian general, 127 officers and
$500 men were said to have sur.
rendered, and 'pacification is pro.
ceeding throughout Norway"
The Norwegian central command.
er, after the British and French left
Namsos. asked for an armistice in
the whole central area.
AN enemy freighter" was report.
ed damaged by bombers In Solberr
Fjord, north of Narvik, and An
enemy submarine" was announced
IS sunk by q German U-boat, after
1t had been bombed by q German
plane. at an undisclosed location.
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Berlin
Continued From First Page :,

forward turrets." said the con,mu.
nique. Half a minute after the
bombs hit, shooting flames f1ared
800 meters high amidst great clouds
OF smoke. After the clouds disap-
peared there was nothing more of
the ship to be seen except debris !"
A single bomb, German experts
said, must have hit a powder maga-
zine on the warship, although 9TH
ers were dropped.
The impression was that the bat
tleship was shielding the departure
OF British troops from Namsos
They embarked Thursday night,
Hastens to Inform Hitler.
NO sooner had the power diver
unit reported the feat to Marshal
Goering than he hurried to the
Reich Chancellery to tell Adolf Hit
Ter about it.
The two decided, then, to with
mold the news until this noon ito
see whether Churchill British First
Lord OF the Admiralty will have
the courage to admit this terrific
loss. Mr.. Churchill, however, said
nothing. ~
For some time we have been
waiting for an opportunity to prove
to the world that even a battleshin
can be sunk by air raiders" said
one man in the know today.
Gen. Erhardt Mich, Secretary
OF State in the Air Ministry. went
personally to Norway with orders
from the Fuehrer and Goerinp that
II and when the hour for the test
came, a battleship must be sunk
come what may.
We are simply amazed, ourselves
tnat the experiment succeeded
without so much as a single loss for
us. Our air force was Determined
70 send wave after wave of power
alvers into action and to continue
tne assault, even If at first. every
at.acklng plane was shot down.
In our fondest dreams we didnr y
tnlnk 1t possible that the Job could
De completed in less than three
minutes without the loss of A single
plane" '"'sAe
Retreat Termed Disastnous
German accounts of the British.
french abandonment of Namsos
ana Central Norway said the retreat
Evening star., 1940-05-05

Bands are to play as usual in
most London parks during the sum-
enA1.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

Over a hundred Junior Leaders Of
the Mattatuck Council will meet to-
morrow at wildly high school for
the councils second annual Junior
Leaders Conference. The program
will start at 10 a. m. and will con-
tinue through the day until 5 p. m.
Council President j. Milton Burial,
Jr., Scout Executive David F. Bah
son, Scout Commissioner Walter H.
Deacon, and guests Phillip M. john
son, assistant scout executive from
Hartford, and Warren e. Brockett,
All Club county agent from New
Haven will be speakers.
Besides the general assemblies
where the theme of the conference
"a Year Round Program in the
'Out-of-Doors," will be emphasized
there will be a recreation period
in the gymnasium and pool, a
luncheon in the high school caf-
eteria, and discussion groups In spe-
cfal interest fields presided over by
experienced Junior Leaders, and
with qualified adult scouters as ad-
visors. These discussion groups will
be as follows:
Subjects Listed
I. 'The Patrol Leader-His job:
chairman, Emmett Nichols, Troop
10, South Federated church. Adj
visor, Field Commissioner Emil
Detlefsen.
2. 1.-THE Scribe-His Functions in
Patrol and Troop; chairman, Fred
Govain, Troop /, st. Johns church.
Advisor, District Commissioner
Frank P. Schwartz.
3. planning a Year Round Pro-
gram in the Out-of- Doors; chair
man, Norman Baril, Troop 10,
Sacred Heart church. Advisor,
Camp Committee Chairman Napol-
con Charbonneau.
4. Scout Advancement Helps in
the Out Door Program; chairman,
John Sutherland, Troop 2, Nauga-
tuck Congregational church. Adj
visor, District Commissioner Cecil
H. Grant.
5. sea Scouting; chairman,
John Nolan, SIS 'Mattatuck", End
Congregational church. Advisor,
Skipper Frank Reinhold, SIS Ely
ing Cloud, WATERFOWL.
6. Explorer Scouting" chair
man, Thomas Brennan, Troop 13
Sacred Heart church. Advisor, AS
sistant Scoutmaster Arol Charbon-
neau.
Z. Scout Leaders Round Table,;
this group is for all scouters at the
conference not otherwise engaged.
Extension of the Boy Scout pro.
gram and the development Of the
new camp in Plymouth are favor
able factors which point to the
success in the coming appeal Of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Session At
Wildly High School
Planned By Council
Guest Speakers to Take Part in Discussions Annual
Appeal for Additional Camp Funds to Open;
SI4,5OO Set as Quota

Mattatuck Council, Boy Scouts,
which opens next Thursday, stated
Past President Walter H. Deacon at
a luncheon meeting of team cap
tins last evening at the Hotel Ell
ton.
Fourteen thousand five hundred
dollars will be the quota desired in
the campaign. The speaker at the
initial dinner meeting next Thurs
day will be Don w. Meyer, New
England regional scout executive
Mr.. Deacon is general chairman OF
the finance campaign committee.
Other committee members are:
Advanced gifts committee. S p
Williams, Jr., chairman; Waterbury
district chairmen, Oscar Warner
west district and Dutton Noble, GEN.
trail and north districts; Harry K
Cashin. east district; and ]. Glenn
Griffith, south district; George j.
Behrendt, Naugatuck; Daniel R.
Hull, Pomperaug district; A. j.
Pope, Oakville; w. Maynard Fleiss,
Southbury.
The following are serving as ma
jors and team captains.
Central district Walter Wal
lace, John McTernan, Jr, Milton
Goss, Perry Bingham, Edward
Wotkyns, William F. German, Jr.,
William Secor, Herbert Bedworth,
Hugh Gilman.
North district - Leroy Gibbs,
Walter Wood, Harold Manning, Ell
lery c. Kilbourn John w. Hum
phrey, Rudolph Hennick, Richard
Senior.
East district: Napoleon Charbon-
neau, James McGrath, Ernest
Christofferson, Michael German,
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'Vendol Brought New Health, ;
Saws This Conn. Resident

cable to do my work with ease
now, and feel good all the TIME.
Advises everyone to try 1t.
There probably has never been a
more popular medicine In this state
than Vendol which has helped lit
erally. thousands Of men and wo-
men, and instead Of dying out. Ven
dol grows in favor as time goes by.
Seems everyone who takes Vendol
likes it and many give public rec
concentrations. For instance:
Mrs. Lionel Mercier, who lives at
1855 State St., Bridgeport. Conn.,,
saws. IT have enjoyed better health
than ever since took Vendol, and
got such excellent results from a
iew bottles that feel fine all the
i!inne, able to do my work with
.sase, and everyone says look bet
80 s.:an in years.
my troubles were due to consti-
patton which kept me in agony
from acid indigestion. sour gasSy
Eit,macli, bloated feeling after eat
ing, and often it seemed ! had a
lump in my throat which couldn't
throw out or swallow. Sometimes
had shooting pains in my stom-
ach and the gas pressure felt 1t
would cut off my breathing.
I'm addition, this constipation
often made me feel dizzy especial
ly when I first got up in the morn
ing. My head would ache and my
tongue was coated. and some days
I'D feel SO tired and weak just
didn't believe ] could 80 TO work.
'.Vendol gave marvellous relief
from my constipation. then all the
other symptoms just passed off and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Junior Scout Leaders In Conference
SUITS WITHDRAWN
in COURT TODAY

-Four suits In whieh total damages
Of 5000 had been sought were
withdrawn in the court Of common
pleas today. Three Of the suits were
companion cases, based on the
same automobile accident.
Rena Greenwood, Blanche LoRus-
so and Geraldine Greenwood with
drew their suits against Benjamin S.
Coe. The first had sped for $500,
the second for $1,000 and IT, third
for $500. The suits were based on
an accident on Columbia boulevard
Oct. 81. 1893. In which the car in
which the plaintiffs were riding was
involved in a collision with a car
owned by the defendant and driver
by Edward D. Coe.
The other suit withdrawn was the
$1,000 action of william E. Wesson
against the Cheshire Chemical Co.
Of Winchester, N. H. The action was
based on an accident on Thomas
ton avenue March 20, 1899.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

I am like q different person now"
Why should you continue to sllf-
fer from these troubles If they are
due to constipation or need Of a
diuretic to your ,kidneys2 Vendol
has relieved men and women all
around you and will do 1t for you,
so don't put It off. Get vendol and
see for yourself the grand relief
you will get.
Give Wendell . chance to help
you. too. Most all leading drug
gists sell Il and IL Is especially rec
commended here by Apothecaries
Hall Co., So Bank St; Rickman's
Drug Store, 4 N. Main ST., Bristol;
The EpoOner Drug Co. Oakville;
Naugatuck Drug Co.. and Donovan's
Pharmacy, in Naugatuck; Lennon
Pharmacy In Thomast0n.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

FRANKLIN Schofield, Sidney Cook.
Gunnar A. Schlander, E. E. VIII
cox.
South district: Irving M. Atkins,
Charles F. Armstrong, Gustave
Metz.
west district: George Towle,
William Curtis, Fred Smith, Ray
Messenger, Albert Loeffler, Robert
Currie, Gordon Weaver, Francis
Green, E. H. Knutson, Charles B.
Slater, Vernon L. Hall, James NC
Kellar, William Schneider, Robert
A. Jones, Walton B. Smith and
Chauncey Ford, Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
In Case You Didn't Know

In Case YOu Didn't Know
Americans are generous with
foreign causes. They've given q
great deal of support to many OF
them, Finland, Spain, Ethiopia,
China, etc. Helping humanity any
where, of course, is fine.
But who remembers the benefit
performance planned for the widows
and families of the Americans who
persisted when the submarine Squa-
ius went down? That benefit was
cancelled because it lacked the
support of the public!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Y. M. A. Notes

william M. Harris, chairman OF
the Y. M. c. A. committee IN
charge of the waterbury Com
munity Forum, will Introduce Miss
Hilary hewitt of England as the
speaker at the Waterbury Women's
Club tonight at 8 o'clock. Miss
Hewitt's topic will be women
in a Changing Europe.
Seventy-six members Of the
Waterbury Public Speaking Club
have paid their dues for the cur
rent year, according to President
Philip M. Won Tobel following .
meeting of the Executive Board
wednesday night. The program
for next Tuesdays Club meeting
will be spelling bee in which all
those present are invited to par
ticipate.
President H. Wesley Leaven-
worth Of the Industrial Foremen's
Club has called a meeting Of the
Board of Governors at the Cen
trail Y. M. C. A. next Monday at
1880 p. m.
Letters went out last night to
those who were present at the
January rs Social of the "Mr. and
Mrs" group at the Y. M. c. A.
announcing a. Mr.. and Mrs. dance
in the Central Y. M. C. A. gym
nasium ON Saturday, February "A.
The Vocabulary Building class
at the Central Y. M. G. A. will
meet on Monday, February IL, and
Thursday, February 20, instead OF
Wednesdays during those two
weeks.
Russell b. Bass, mechanical
engineer Of the Waterbury Man
ufacturing Company, and secre-
tary of the Executive Council of
the Waterbury Chapter Of Ameri-
can Society Of Mechanical Engi-
neers will speak to the Tech Hi-Y
ON Friday evening, February 9 at
7:45 p. m. MIR. Bass will speak on
the topic, "What Waterbury Has
to Offer High School Students TN
the Manufacturing Field.
The program committee arrang-
ing the program Is as follows: Sal
COviello, chairman; Thomas AuriO
and Frank D'Andrea.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
PREDICTION

you win forget when April comes
again
And blood has lost the chill that
Winter brings,
ThereTl be no time for lettering
with pain
Against the lure Of more import
anti hings.
Some lad viii find in your mos.
gracious eyes
The things thought were there
ana know are not 80.
And fools can make pretty Para
disc,
So you should be quite happy
with your lot.
New moons can be as golden as
before,
New lips are sweet-new lanes
are all to find
And ghosts that rise are easy to
ignore
Against the silken rustling Of
tie wind -.
You will forget the breaking of a
vow
Much in the way that I've forgotten
now.
DON VAIN.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

The United States is the leading
selenium producing country of the
world, with Canada ranking Sec
ond in this commodity.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Observation

Observation
What does John Barrymore care
II none of the critics gave his show
four stars, observes Russ Morgan.
All the city editors gave 1t at least
four columns!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
MerciIess Truth

MerciIeSS Truth
Alvin Hamburg. the Chicago wit,
relays the one about the group
who were smoking hop and CAB
bling about the production of
super colossal stage show consist
ing only of male stars . :. One
spoke up: Put Jessel, Jolson, Benny
Crosby, Bernie. Baker. Berle. Hope
and the great Noel Coward on one
stage boys, and there really is
somethingl!l"
Ell say it is" said another.
zone good head of hair!"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
No Wonder!

No Wonder!
Russell Grouse, the co-author Of
the hit, Life With Father" Is a
remarkable tap-dancer = just foE
his own amusement. How did you
ever learn to dancer" we asked him.
Waiting for elevators!" he
grOaned,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Walter WimcIleu
On Broadway
crras. MarE Rsssss.a, Copyright 1884, Daily Mirror Ina
The squeIch Proper

The SqueIch Proper
Damon Runyon was telling about
outstanding welchers and how one
once boosted: "T1l betcna $1,000
you're wrong and the only thing
that win keep me from paying the
bet Tuesday Is II I'm deadl"
Tuesday came, the bet was lost,
but he didn't show up to pay off.
After two weeks passed and the
After two weeks passed and the
welcher kept away from mis- usual
haunts, the other man inserted the
following ad In the obituary coll
umns of a morning paper. 1t of
ficially labeled the rlln-outer as
Broadway's Number Welcher. The
ad: Died. joe Doakes. He bet
me $1,000 and lost. He promised to
pay off unless he was dead, and 50
1t is assumed he is. Omit flow
ers. Everybody else will"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Heheheh

Warner Brothers, of course, are
we'll known, for making prison
movies. Well, an actor, who has
been under contract to the War
ners for year, was asked how he
liked working for them.
"Oh," he said, "it's all right
after you get to be trusty!"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Newspaperman Stuff

Newspaperman Stuff
John Gunther, the historian, says
big-time reporter was Junius b.
Wood, now retired. Wood COW
cred Moscow for a Chicago paper
from 1928 to 1888. His expense ac-
counts were terrific, so when Pub
Usher Knox took over that pape-.
he instructed Wood to include IN
his coverage all the nations bor-
dering the Soviet, as well as Russia
Wood sarcastically cabled back:
"Okay, but may L have a bicycle?"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
In Fewer Words

In Fewer Words
Jackie Elinson writes: II hear
the French have new way Of tor
talring the starving Nazis. Instead
VI leaflets, they are dropping seven
course dinner menus >. The Rus
slams are wearing the wrong uni
forms. What they need are coats
yith bullet-proof backs The
Communists in the United States
oughta be glad they live in a
country where they can stand on a
hox instead of being stretched out
LII one"