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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

controlled moisture" which appar- ently has succeeded in the Belle Fourche country, can guarantee an- nual crops throughout most of western South Dakota.
 Many major irrigation projects are under consideration: work has begun on several others. Most of the projects are dams.
 In. Dewey and other western counties well-watering is consid- cred feasible. Along the Missouri river pumping projects are being mapped.
 Federal Agencies Aid.
 The South Dakota Reclamation i Association in Rapid City has talk en the lead in experimental and promotion work. The association, in cooperation with federal agen- cies, has conducted many surveys and investigations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
CRANDALL CHOSEN
 LEGION CHARM

The Canadian Legion named WtI~ come Crandall as chairman Of tlss executive committee ct Q mest'. of the post held last night in cls Legion hall on Bank street. CE1c1 elected to the group were GsQr6z Vigent, Duncan Rose, Edward Peters, Thomas Dimock, Donald Macdonald, Samuel Levin and Har~ ry White.
 Elected delegates to the state command were MT. Crandall and MT. Dimock. Edmund Peters was chosen as hall renting agent and MT. Crandall director of post pub licity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

also were numerous. On the Pine Ridge Indian reservation dams and centrifugal pumping equipment pro- duced good crops last summer.
 In Dewey county at least 30 test wells have been dug into a 160,0OO.- acre basin to determine feasibility of extensive well irrigation opera tions. Similar experiments were un- der way in the Mclaughlin country and Cheyenne river reservation and near Edgemont.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
WANTS TO DIRECT

Robert Ryan, former Dartmouth boxing champion, who plays a Red Coat in North West Mounted Po- lice,' Cecil B. De Miles Gary Coo per and Madeleine Carroll starring epic, is planning to direct films. He is studying under Max Rein hardt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
ODDITY

Before William Boyd signed con- tract to appear as Hopalong Cas- sidy in the series for Harry Sher- man. he had starred in 3 pictures. He has just completed "In Old Colo rado." That picture is the thirty third in which he has starred as Hopalong Cassidy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
SOUTH DAKOTA
 RECLAIMS SOIL
Controlled Moisture Guar. antees Annual Crops in
 Western State

Pierre, s. D., Dec. 13.-CUP)- South Dakota's dust bowl is looking to irrigation to reclai mthousands of acres of farmland laid waste by a decade of drouths and dust storms.
 Farm leaders said they believed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

The events leading to the collapse I of France will be discussed by Ed mond Taylor, veteran newspaper man, at the Wilby auditorium We'd nesday night at o'clock under the auspices of the Waterbury Teachers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

A hand containing IS playing cards of one suit occurs only once in every ei6.O00 900 900 900 deals, by mathematical odds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

Lecturer association. MT. Taylor's talk is en- titled Lessons From the French Collapse"
 The second speaker in the lecture series sponsored by the association, MT. Taylor, recently returned to the
Evening star., 1940-09-16

to remain in Washington because
he and the President did not be-
lieve both of them should be away
from the Capitol at the same time
Undersecretary Of State Sumner
Welles was asked to go to the serv-
ices in Jasper as representative of
the State Department. The PreSi-
dent will return to the White House
on Wednesday.
The journey will mark the third
time the President has attended
the funeral of Speaker since the
start of his administration He
went to Illinois for services for
Henry T. Rainey in 1884 and to
Tennessee two years later for joseph
w. ByrnS' funeral.
Mr.. Bankhead had been carrying
on his active life during the past
year in the face of poor health.
The Speaker had given the keynote
speech at the Democratic conven-
ton in Chicago and had insisted
on doing his part in the President S
campaign for reelection, in spite
of his doctors warnings.
Last Tuesday Speaker Bankhead
had gone to Baltimore to address
a political rally to mark the open
ing of the presidential and con-
greSsional campaign there. He was
taken i'll in a hotel before he could
deliver his speech.
SorionSnaSC nf 11InaSS rnnnoaIad
DR.. George W. Calver, Capitol
physician, announced at the time
that Mr.. Bankhead had suffered an
"eXcruciating attack of sciatica." !"
But after the Speakers death the
doctor revealed that the illness had
in reality been caused by ruptured
blood vessel.
The physician said he had pur-
poSely concealed the seriousness of
the illness because the Speaker was
alert and able to read newspapers.
He was afraid that Mr.. Bankhead
would learn of his critical condition.
Another hemorrhage occurred Sat-
urday afternoon and Mr.. Bankhead
began to sink rapidly
Mrs Bankhead. Mrs. Hoyt and
Senator Bankhead were at his side
as he died. Tallulah Bankhead, who
In private life is Mrs. John Emery,
arrived an hour later from Prince
ton, NJ j.. where she had been ap-
pearing in The Little Foxes"
Mr.. Bankhead was 66 years old
and had served continuously in the
House since 1916. He had risen to
the Craftsmanship of the House Rules
Committee and in 1884 was elected
majority leader. He was elevated to
the Speakers chair on June 4. 1886
Friends had proposed MIN as
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the presidency this
year, but he had refused to allow
his name to be presented against
President Roosevelt. He was placed
in nomination at the Chicago con-
vention for the vice presidency, and
lost to Secretary of Agriculture Wall
lace after an exciting race.
The Speaker was twice married,
his first wife dying a few years after
the birth of the two daughters. He
married a second time just a
short time before being elected to
Congress.
He was a lawyer, having gradu-
ated from the University of Alabama
and from the Georgetown Law
School. He practiced for short
time in New York City, then re-
turned to his home to begin the ca
reer which climaxed with his elec.
tion - Speaker.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
WASHINGTON, c, MONDAY
House Chooses Sam Royburn
Speaker to Succeed Bonkheud
No Opposition Offered to Majority Leoder
In Solemn Election Ceremony

House members, with the body OF
their late Speaker, Representative
William B. Bankhead of Alabama,
lying In state before them. today
elected as his successor the man
who shared with him the job of
charting the course of New Deal
legislation-Majority Leader Sam
Rayburn of Texas.
The ceremonies, in marked con-
trast with similar elections in the
past, were carried out with utmost
Solemnity.
House Clerk South Trimble raped
the House to order and announced
that in the absence Of Speaker it
had become his Sad and painful
duty" officially to inform the nlenl-
bers Of the death early yesterday Of
Representative Bankhead.
America has lost one of its great
est Statesmen and officials" he said
in a voice choked with emotion.
AS he finished, Representative Nc
Cormack, Democrat, of Massa-
chusetts offered a resolution provid-
ing for the election of Representative
Rayburn as Speaker. 1t was adopted
unanimously.
Rayburn Assumes Off1ce.
Mr.. Mccormack prefaced the in
PRODUCTION of the resolution, how
ever, with brief statement in
which he pointed out that in view
of the unfortunate circumstances
in which the House finds itself
without a Speaker, 1t would be
necessary to proceed with the elec-
ton Of a successor to Representa-
tive Bankhead.
On adoption OF the resolution,
Mr.. Trimble appointed committee
of three members consisting OF Rep
resentatives Mccormack, Doughton
of North Carolina and Minority
Leader Martin Of Massachusetts
to escort the new Speaker to the
dias.
Representative SABBATH Of Illinois,
dean of the House and chairman of
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Policeman Stops Fight,
Faces Charge in Death
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JERSEY CITY. Sept. 16.-Patrol-
man Joseph Lawlor. 38. was in Jail
today on manslaughter charge
which his superiors said never would
have been brought had he arrested
q man involved in a fight.
But because he struck Walter
OBrien, 40. to break up the fight
and then ended the matter by shak-
Ing hands, he must answer for
O'Briens death Saturday night.
Acting Police Chief Charles Wilson
said
Knocked down, O'Brien suffered
skull fracture, but did not collapse
Immediately. Wilson ruled Lawlor
should have intervened only to make
an arrest.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Hull
Continued From First Page)

tCOnClnueQ from First Page.t
for Speaker Bankhead at the Capt.
tol.
Mr.. Hull's statement read:
The assertions which Mr.. Willkie
made are untrue and make it evi-
dent that he is grossly ignorant Of
the history of the last few years
The President has never commu-
nicated by telephone with either
Premier Mussolini or Chancellor
Hitler.
"All the President has ever urged
upon the nations involved has been
in accordance with the provisions of
the Kellogg pact, which provides for
pacific solution Of controversies as
they arise.
Urged Peaceful Solution.
'Tn September, 1888, he specifically
urged in messages made public i'm
mediatelv that a peaceful solution
be found through negotiations in
which all the nations involved would
be represented. including Czecho-
Slovakia, and that such negotiations
be undertaken by all nations on an
equal basis, with none of them
under the threat Of aggression"
1t was pointed out that the
Munich Pact, which was concluded
not on neutral territory and in which
Czecho- -Slovakia had no voice, did
not meet the conditions set out by
Mr.. Roosevelt, although this appeal
by the President apparently was
what Mr.. Willkie had in mind in
his charge.
In his September 27. 1898. message
to Hitler, Mr.. Roosevelt urged that
negotiations Should continue with
out interruption until fair and con-
Structive solution is reached" in
order to prevent an unnecessary
and "unjustifiable" general war
which was threatening to break out
then-as it did a year later.
Solely for Settlement.
Mr.. Roosevelt emphasized then
that he did not undertake to pass
on the merits of differences between
Germany and Czecho-Slovakia. his
appeal being solely for "a peaceful
settlement"
He suggested that nothing stood
in the way of widening the scope
Of negotiations then going on Into
a conference Of all the nations di-
rectly interested" pointing out that
such a meeting to be held imme-
diately-in some neutral spot in
Europe-would offer the opportunity
for this and correlated questions to
be solved in spirit of justice, of
fair dealing and, in all human prob
ability, with greater permanence."
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Premier's Party Coins
In Swedish Election
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 16.-The ON
cial Scandinavian wireless reported
in broadcast today that prelimi-
nary figures showed q gain Of 10
seats by the Social Democratic
Labor party, headed by Premier
Hanson, while all other parties
lost, in yesterdays general election
of 230 members of the Lower House
OF the Swedish Parliament.
Preliminary figures showed the
Social-Democratic party elected 134
members, the Conservatives ~, the
Farmers Union %, the Peoples s
party %, the Communists 8 and the
Socialists none.
A partial election of Upper House
members, according to preliminary
returns, shows that body made up
of IS Social-DemocratS, 3 Conserv-
atives, "a Farmers Union, IS
Peoples party members and Com
munist.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Bride Watches Husband
Leap . Floors to Death
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16-Anita
Rosenberg sat Mortified yesterday
as her estranged husband. Louis,
25 suddenly jumped up from a
chair on the roof garden of a 23-
story hotel where she lived, ran
to the parapet and jumped to his
death.
Police called 1t suicide after Mrs.
Rosenberg, a bride of nine months,
said she had informed her hus-
band, a salesman, that she would
not Immediately answer his pleas
for a reconciliation. They had been
separated q month.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
:16 Injured in New York
By Sudden Truin Stop
BY the Associated Press.

6y the ASSOCIATED PreSs.
s.. NEW YORK, Sept. l6.-Sixteen
persons were injured, one seriously,
yesterday when New York Central
Train No. from Chicago stopped
suddenly few blocks out of Grand
Central Terminal when signal light
turned red.
Virtually all had been standing in
the aisle preparatory to alighting
and were thrown to the floor by the
jarring stop. Many passengers were
delegates returning tfrom Saturday
nights meeting of the State Com
mittee of the American Labor PARTY
at Utica.
Carmine Caccavalle, IS, of the
Bronx, one of the delegates, suffered
conclusion Of the brain. The other
victims were treated for minor in.
turies.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

Station to transport Mr.. Bankhead's s
body to Jasper.
The Rev. James Shera Montgom-
cry. chaplain of the House, was
designated to conduct the funeral
services here Adjournment of the
House for three days will follow
completion of the rites.
Death came 10 Speaker Bankhead
about l:30 am. Sunday, just a few
days after he had been stricken in
Baltimore. His death was attrib-
uted to ruptured blood vessel in
his abdomen.
News RadiOed to President.
News of Speaker Bankhead's death
was radioed to President Roosevelt,
who was cruising down the Poto-
mac. The Chief Executive said that
in the Speakers death every Amer
lean loses tried and proven friend
of our system of government"
This message was echoed hundreds
Of times in the tributes which poured
in to the Bankhead apartment in
the Mayflower where his widow and
two daughters-Tallulah and Mrs.
Hoyt-awaited the hour for the fu-
neral There was a steady stream
of callers at the apartment.
Col. H. NJ Bankhead, brother of
the Speaker, arrived this morning
from Ottawa, where he is CONNER
cial attache at the American Lega-
ton. He joined Senator Bankhead,
the Speakers other brother, at the
service.
Burial rites in Jasper will be held
at 2:.30 pm. tomorrow from the
First Methodist Church, where Mr..
Bankhead had been a member for
many years. DR.. T. L. Mcdonald,
pastor of the church, will conduct
the services. The body will lie in
state at the church before the rites.
The Speaker will be buried in
quiet, little Oak Hill Cemetery on
the family plot where rests the body
of his father, Senator John H,
Bankhead.
Gov Frank M Dixon of Alabama
authorized 80 officers and 27O men
of the National Guard to assist in
handling crowds at the services
Mayor j. G. Burton of Jasper said
municipal Offices and business would
remain closed all day. The Mayor,
a close friend of Mr.. Bankhead's for
Is years, said:
Il think he knew by name Just
about everybody in Walker County.
Every one of those people are
grived by his death. It's a sore blow
to all of us who loved him."
Airport Dedication Postponed.
The President. in going to Ala
bama, will travel on another train
from the one which will bear Mr..
Bankhead's body. Dedicatory ex-
erciseS for the new Washington Air
port, at which the President was
to have spoken tomorrow, were post
poned.
The Presidents train was to leave
as the second section of the official
funeral train.
Members of the cabinet and the
three administrators of Govern
ment agencies with a semi-cabinet
status were invited to accompany
the President to the funeral. Henry
A. Wallace, former Secretary of
Agriculture, telephoned the White
House that he would 60 to Jasper
from Des Moines, Iowa, where he
was on a speaking tour as Demo-
cratic vice presidential candidate.
Secretary Of State Hull planned
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Weather Conditions Last - Hour,

Neathef
The tropical storm was central at 30
am about $50 miles southeast of Nam
tucket. Mass moving north-northea stward
about 81 miles per hour. attended by gales
over a wide area and by winds of huri-
cane force over a small area near its
center The indications are that the
storm center will reach Southwestern Nova
Scotia late this afternoon or early to-
night Caution is advised vessels in the
path Of the storm.
Pressure remains low from the Dakotas
and Montana southwestward to California
and Arizona. Havre, Mont, l005.S milli-
bars t29.70 inchesl. and Hythe Calf.
1905 millibars (29.11 inches). Pressure
remains high from the Lower Mississippi
Valley and the East Gulf States northward
to the Upper Mississippi Valley and the
Lake region. and thence eastward to Maine,
and from eastward over the ocean, Alpena,
Mich. 1O234 millibars 3022 inches).
Pressure is relatively hieh along the coast
,,, TO Washinston san Tatoosh IsIsnd 10I4s
occurred in portions OF the Middle Atlantic
States. Southern New England. Western
New York. South Dakota and the Northern
Rocky Mountain and Northern Plateau
region. and the interior of the North Pacific
States. Temperature changes have been
slight as rule. except in the West Gulf
States and from Montana eastward to
Minnesota. where the weather has become
warmer.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Bunkheud
Continued From First Page)


fore the casket had been wheeled
in and placed in the we'll of the
chamber just in front OF the dais
from which Mr.. Bankhead had often
gaveled the members to order and
ruled on parliamentary questions
Florists came a few minutes later
and covered the casket with a
blanket of white aSterS through
which was threaded strands of green
fern! The centerpiece was spray
of lilies.
Back of the casket stood row of
potted palms and behind them were
numerous sprays of dahlias, lilies
red roses, chrysanthemums, asters
and gladioE.
Prior to the funeral service how
ever, the House went through the
formality of naming Majority Leader
Rayburn as Speaker. Even before
resolution to that effect was
adopted Representative Steagall,
chairman of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee and a long time
friend of Mr.. Bankhead, paid a
brief tribute to him.
Representative Steagall told the
House the death of Speaker Bank
head was not the loss of the House
alone but also that Of the Nation.
He was a great speaker" Mr..
Steagall declared, "and the duties
to his party were his last under
taking"
63 Members Appointed.
The House then, on motion of Mr..
Steagall, adopted a resolution in
viting the President and as many
members of the Senate as could ar
range to do so, to attend the funeral
services for Mr.. Bankhead in Jas
per. Ala. Announcement that the
President would go had already
been made at the White House.
The resolution also called for ap-
pointment of SO House members to
accompany the body to Jasper and
ofncialy represent the House at the
services. This committee will be
headed by Speaker Rayburn.
The other members follow:
Representatiyes-Martin, Steagall.
Boykin, Hobbs, Starnes, Jarman,
Patrick, Sparkman, Grant, SABBATH,
Taylor, Colo: Doughton, Summers,
Texas; Vincent. Georgia; Bland,
Jones, Texas; Knutson, Lea, Calf. !;
Crosser, Crowther, Cullen, Drewry,
Romjue, Rankin, Bloom, Cannon,
Woodruff Taber, Reese, Tenn:
Robson, Kentucky; McAndrews,
Cochran, Cox. Eaton, New Jersey :;
Mrs. Norton, Warren, Guyer, Kan
saS; johnson, Oklahoma; McCor-
mack, Cooper, Smith, West Virginia; :;
Cole, Maryland; Boland, May,
Spence, Wolcott, Caldwell, Dingell,
Robinson, Utah: Scrugham. Nevada; :;
Smith, Washington; Terry, Arkan-
sas; Carlson, Kansas; Crawford
Michigan; Gearhart, Houston, Nc
Laushlin. Case, Harrington. Shep-
pard, Jones, Ohio, and Lewis, Ohio.
In addition, the Senate has Sc
lected "a of its members to accom-
pany the BODY. They are:
Senators, Andrews, Ashurst, Bank
head, Barkley, Bilbo, Bulow, Burke,
Chandler, Clark Of Idaho, Clark of
Missouri, Connally, Ellender, Guf1y,
McKellar, Overton. Pepper, Russell,
Truman, Wheeler, Davis. White,
Wiley, La Toilette and ShipsteAd.
A special train waited at Union
Evening star., 1940-09-16
News of Death Received
With Regret in Canada

OTTAWA. Sept. Is (P,-News of
the death of Speaker Bankhead was
heard with regret in Official circles
here
Prime Minister Mackenzie King,
In behalf of the government of
Canada, instructed Loring Christie,
Canadian Minister in Washington.
to convey a message of sympathy to
President Roosevelt
Mr.. Christie was instructed also
TO convey message of sympathy to
Mr.. Bankheads family and attend
the funeral services.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
U. S. Ambulance Takes
French Wounded Home
BY the Associated Press.


V1CHY, France, Sept. 16.-Ten
American ambulances with Amer
lean drivers left Vichy today to
bring some of Frances war wounded
back to the unoccupied zone.
Those to be removed include the
most seriously wounded whom the
Germans informed France would be
set free. The number was not known.
The ambulance drivers served
the American Volunteer Ambulance
Corps during the war and are utiliz-
ing the same ambulances for the
present errand.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Four Killed at CROSSING
BY the Associated Press.

VAN VERT. Ohio, Sept. 16-Four
persons were killed here today when
a Pennsylvania passenger train
struck an automobile at a down.
town crossing. The dead were Robert
Heuck, jr., %; his sisters, Nancy,
13. and Janet, 10, and a nurse, Mrs.
Clementine Sutton, all of Cincinnati
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Virqinion Killed by Train

Evans Wright, 16, Of Rectortown,
Va, was killed by freight train
yesterday less than 100 yards from
his home. Police said he apparently
was sitting on the tracks and failed
to hear the approaching train in
time.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Congress in Brief
TODAY,

Senate.
Leaders press for vote on excess
profits tax bill.
John w. Davis and others testify
on presidential tenure before Judi
ciary Subcommittee.
House:
Holds funeral services for Speaker
Bankhead,
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Z to Go to Hamilton COLLEGE,

Scott R. Brewer, 1877 Custer road.
Bethesda, Nd, and Robert H. ms
ley, 67l0 Meadow lane, Chevy Chase,
are among 100 freshmen who will
enter Hamilton College. Clinton N.
Y, Thursday, it was learned today.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Report for the Last - Hours.

Record fer Last "a Hours.
Vrom noon yesterday to noon todayJ
Hishest. rs. 3 pm. yesterday. Year ago,
80,
Lowest. 13, $50 am today. Year ago,
IS.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest 100, on July -.
Lowest. z. on January 20.
Humidity for Last Fl Hours
From noon yesterday to noon today.J
Highest 90 per cent. at am today
Lowest, 81 per cent, at pm. yesterday.
River Report.
Potomac River slightly cloudy; Shenan-
doah clear at Harpers Ferry; Potomac
slishtly muddy at Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the

urnishe Bureau)
of cooler tonight
lowest gentle northey winds
Vgna-Geneay tonight and tomorrow some
wha cooler
west virenia-Far and continued tonight
Evening star., 1940-09-16

Spain produces annually about
S 900 tons of honey and 1000 tons
Of beeSwax.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
The Sun and Moon
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches n the
Capital tcur.tut month TO dateD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-26
WORDEN AGREES
TO SIS MONTHLY
Temporary Agreement Is
Reached With Wife Aft
er Court Hearing

Judge Frank p. McEvoy held a
hearing this morning in the case OF
William Worden, charged by his
wife with non-support. Worden has
been ordered by the court to pay his
wife $40 a week, and she claimed
that for some time he had failed to
make these payments. Worden tes-
titled he had been employed only
irregularly since the court order
was issued, that he had had to pay
money for medicine and doctors
bills for his daughter, who Is in his
custody, and that 1t had been i'm
possible for him to continue pay
ments regularly.
A temporary agreement was fin
ally reached between Attorney Irv-
ing w. Pasternak, representing the
plaintiff, and Worden, who agreed
to pay $25 a month. Judge Frank p.
McEvoy pointed out to Worden that
this did not affect the court order
now standing, but was merely a
means by which he might purge
himself Of contempt of court.