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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
NO PRIORITY NOTICE
 FOR SILK FIRM

Superintendent Joseph H. Clover of the Heminway & Bartlett Silk Company of Watertown told the Democrat this morning his firm has not received any orders which would affect the manufacture of silk goods by that company.
 MT. Glover was asked if the firm had received priority notice in con- nection with the order issued last weekend by Edward R. Stettinius, priorities director of the office of production management, which for- bids "either the delivery or the ac- ceptance of raw silk except by au- thorization of the director of pri- orities."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30

Venerable horse cabs are reap- bearing in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
BUTTERFLY vs. THISTLE

The painted lady butterfly owes its wide distribution to the fact that 1t thrives on a plant which has been most successful in gaining a foot hold throughout the world. This is the thistle whose seeds travel 1000 miles or more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
LATE REALTY NOTES

The following papers in connec- ton with real estate transactions have been filed at the ofilce oi Town Clerk Mary c. Kilmartin:
 WARRANTY DEEDS
 William E. Bordner to Basil 3. Pitcher, property on Stafford street.
 Ivan |. Adams to Basil B. Pitcher. property on Stafford
 QUIT CLAIM DEED
 Angelo and Mary N. santa Maria to Mary Dohxenfsi santa Maria, property on Walnut Street Rxtenslon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
BANK ALTERATION
 PERMIT RECEIVED

Inspector John T. Harley today issued building permits to the Wa terbury Savings Bank, to make al- terations for extra stores and a new front on property at 32 Gen. ter street at an estimated cost of $5,000, and to add steel fire es- cape at 407 West Main street, for $500.
 Stanley Oslowski received per- mission to erect three small stor- age sheds on Grillytown road, for $200.
 Permission was granted John Barker to erect a one-car garade at 27 North Beacon street, for $40
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
Street Dept. Employees Present Wage Demand
to Cents Increase Sought Guarantee of 44-EiOur
 Week Also One of Requests

City employees of the street. wa ter and sewer departments, through a delegation from the State, Coun- ty and Municipal Workers union co. I. O. yesterday presented de- mands for 3 to 5 cents an hour
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30

The Front Page restaurant, at 20 Bank street, "a particular place for particular people" today opened to the public its new cocktail lounge and bar, a blend of modernistic and conservative features.
 For the past month the manage ment of the restaurant has been working on the enlargement of it's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
MoToRBoATs

There are more than S00,00O reg istered notorboatS in the United States, and 1t is estimated there may be 100000 unregistered boats and 100000 outboard motors in use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30

facilities, which can now accom- inodate approximately 200 persons. The cocktail lounge alone is large enough for 50 or 60 people.
 The barroon1, which fronts on Bank street and has it's own en- trance in addition to the one which the restaurants patrons are accus- toned to use, is air-conditioned, as
Evening star., 1941-07-13

D.J
Never, since the Yankees landed on its
south coast 43 years ago. has the island
Of Puerto Rico seen such feverish activity
as is taking place today. Millions Of
dollars are pouring into the vast defense
system that must make the island-and
the Panama Canal-safe from possible
Axis attack.
But while this work is rushed through
apace, another campaign Is underway
not 50 feverish but nonetheless vitality i'm
portant. 1t is campaign to make the
1000 900 citizens Of our far-from-p pros
porous Caribbean possession safe from
the attack Of poverty. And the main
factor in the campaign Is, strangely
enough, an orchid. It's name is Vanilla
planifolia-which most of us know as
just plain vanilla.
In this product, scientists and eco
nomic planners in Puerto Rico and in
the Department of Agriculture in Wash
ington foresee a crop which, once intro
duced on paying basis, promises big
things. Some of the more enthusiastic
claim 1t may one day even replace king
Sugar Cane" Like its colorful sister, the
fiower-shop orchid, the vanilla plant
ranks among the most profitable crops
known to horticulturists. 1t attains ma
turity in three years and continues to
bear, barring the appearance OF root rot,
for many years. The plant grows we'll
in shaded sections of Puerto Rico's
mountains, where even in the so-called
dry season there is an abundance of rain
Greatly increased planting under the di-
rection of the Mayaguez Federal Expert
ment Station already is underway in
three sections of the island.
At present. most of the worlds supply
Of vanilla lies idle on the docks and
plantations Of Madagascar. War has
put a stop to its shipment abroad. In
the event Germany takes over the is
land, the Nazis will sell Madagascar's
rich vanilla store in their own queer
way Of doing business. That Is why
Puerto Ricos scientists are working day
and night to establish a crop.
Puerto Rico has known what It Is to
lose world markets. It's coffee, thriving
crop before the last war, was world
renowned. A great hurricane destroyed
it, and by the time rehabilitation was
underway and replanting began to pro-
duce for export, the market was lost. 1t
has never been recovered. On these
same uplands where once grew coffee,
the vanilla is Towering.
The vanilla project here is divided into
three parts. Scientists are seeking the
cause and cure Of root rot, which at
tacks the plant at the peak Of It's life;
they are working on methods. both old
and modern, Of curing the bean 70 pro-
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Puerto Rico Hopes to Find
New Prosperity in Vanilla
By Malcolm d. Lamborne, Jr.

}. L0mOOfne, Jf.
duce the best vanilla; and they are doing
their best to convince planters that sugar
cane is not the end and means of Puerto
Rico's existence.
In this last they have the greatest
obstacle to hurdle. Sugar is the No.
crop Of the island and has been since
the days of Spanish Conquistadores.
Agriculturists here have no delusions
about their task of educating the is
landers who, although possessing the
soil and climate for great range of food
products, import q vast majority from
the mainland.
A single pound of cured vanilla beans
brings $40 on the market today, explains
Miss Francisco E. Arana, an island -edu-
Gated chemist with the experimental sta
ton. From pound of these beans can
be taken about two and q half gallons
Of extract. Little wonder they call it
one of the most profitable crops known
to man.
1.-The fragrant vanilla Is native
American plant. Its use was discovered
and practiced by the Aztecs," Miss Arana
said
The unripe vanilla pod, she explained,
has no aroma, but it develops during q
process Of curing. The pods will cure If
left on the vines, but they are usually
split, causing loss of contents and de-
tracing from their value. As a result,
the beans are picked for curing when
mature or just as they begin to ripen.
Evening star., 1941-07-13

was also the ONCE of the clerk of the
market, John Waters, who held this po-
Sition for 80 years or more. The Auxil-
iary Guard, organized in 1912, long under
the command of John H. Goddard, had
its headquarters here until the present
Metropolitan Police was created in 1861.
From the beginning and for several
decades later, the market was protected
from destruction by fire by small hand
engine into which the water was poured
from leather buckets passed down line
of men from the nearest pump or cistern.
This engine was kept in small build
ing on the east side of Ninth street, a
little south of Pennsylvania avenue, and
fire company known as the Phoenix
used it. In 1889, two-story brick en-
gine house, with a hall on the second
floor, was erected for the Perseverance
Fire Company in the center Of Eighth
street at the south side of the Avenue.
This building was surmounted by a
cupola in which was installed a fine
toned bell.
Corporation Laws.
The corporation laws at this period,
respecting people of color, slaves or free,
required them to be in their homes by
10 o'clock at night in summer and 9
O'Clock in winter, and this bell struck
those hours. Many families not in
cluded in the scope of ordinance thought
these hours good ones for their own
children to retire by, and accordingly
applied them to the young folk of their
household, and when the bell pealed out
youngsters what taps means to our SOL
dier boys today. This engine house was
destroyed by fire in 1855.
In the Harrison-Van Buren presiden-
tial campaign of 184O log cabin was
erected in the vicinity of the engine
house. The cabin was decked with coon
skins, with live coon or two and other
insignia of Tippecanoe, and had on tap
a barrel of hard cider which was lib
orally patronized. Apparently music had
its political charm in those days as it
does today, for it is said that at the
meetings held here every night fiddler
was engaged in scraping out the tune
Of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" In the
parking to the north of old market, our
grandparents may have seen their first
circus, which had its tents here in 1880.
But though the grand finale of the
original Center Market came about
rather Unexpectedly on December 10,
1870, yet by many it was not seriously
regretted, for, after all, its smouldering
ruins represented only the ashes Of
lot of nondescript frame buildings and
Evening star., 1941-07-13

sheds that had become an eyesore. OF
the burning of this old market one ac-
count says in part:
About 1855 o'clock yesterday morning
a forked tongue Of flame was observed
leaping forth from the roof of the main
market building, apparently from
point on the north wall about 80 feet
from the Ninth street entrance. Within
few seconds sheet of fire burst forth
and spread with lightning rapidity all
over the building, then attacking the
pitch roof of the temporary addition
across Eighth street. quickly communi-
Gated to the main building from Eighth
to Seventh street.
I'm 10 minutes the entire structure,
extending from Ninth to Seventh street,
was perfect mass of fame and smoke,
while the locality for two blocks around
was lighted up as by the glare OF a
MONDAY sun. The sheds on the south
extending as far south as the fish
market sheds, the flames taking in their
course the old watch-house, which was
speedily a mass OF ruins.
LAS soon as the first fire was seen,
Special Officer Thomas Young ran to the
Central guardhouse to cause an alarm
to be turned in from box 25 The police
telegraph, as usual, was out of order,
and no communication could be had with
headquarters. Officers ran out to strike
the next nearest box, but some Of their
confreres were before them, and as
stated at headquarters boxes "a Bank
Of Washington and 20 Seventh and E
streets were rang in simultaneously, 20
being obtained by the instrument first.
The alarm was struck for that box, and
soon the changing gongs Of the engines
were heard from the four quarters of
the city.
Franklin No 2, Union No. /, and
Columbia No. 3 got to work on the west
ern side of the building, while South
Washington No. was stationed by Chief
Holmes to work on the Seventh street
side to protect the property on the east
side of that street, as well as to fight
the flames which rapidly approached
from the west. The steamer Henry Ad-
olson, from Georgetown, was on the
ground, and did good service.
"The flremen worked like Trojans, and
heavy streams of water from their hose
were soon distributed upon the burning
mass, but without avail. The immense
area covered by the flames was too great
for our department to cover, and not
withstanding the great exertion, it was
impossible to stay the progress Of the
Evening star., 1941-07-13

District of Columbia National Guard,
and we'll does the writer particularly
recall when the guard turned out to
take part in the Spanish American War.
Apparently the local boys were on
their toes just waiting for the Presi-
dents call and Immediately responded
with 1900 strong marching from the
armory with hearts beating to the
tunes of Yankee Doodle" Dixie" and
The Girl 1 Left Behind Me"
The boys got great sendoff from the
large crowd that had assembled at the
Pennsylvania avenue entrance to the
armory, and the main body was soon
on its way to the Soldiers Home
grounds, where it was planned TO pitch
its temporary camp, while a smaller
detachment was marching up the Con-
duit road to guard the Washington
Aqueduct.
Mistake In Orders.
However, like the King of France, who
marched up the hill and then marched
down again, so did our soldier boys
upon this occasion, for a mistake in
OEOclS Ildu DCcll IHduC dilu tiIC IVY
were ordered back to their armory.
September 9. 1898. saw different set
of men marching up the Avenue from
those who had passed in review on May
q. What they suffered and endured
during their few months in the Army,
only one who saw them on their
return to Washington can possibly
have an idea.
On June 10, 1880, President Hoover
signed the joint resolution providing for
the closing of the Center Market by
January 1, 1881, and a few weeks after
this the wreckers had begun tearing
down the building, the last portion to 60
being the tower at the northeast corner
Of the market, which was dynamited on
February IS.
Just prior to this, Philander johnson,
The Stars poet for many years, penned
the following lines:
THE OLD MARKET HOUSE.
The good old market house we knew
With smiles or with a frown,
Fate deemed it something to pursue
And tried to burn 1t down!
But it natural way will go.
Upon the ancient site
Like a great tomb at last will show
New walls of splendid height.
And in memoriam we'll tell
OF beef and fish and fowl
And various other things they sell
Where hungry buyers prowl;
OF blossoms gay and spices sweet
And simple friendly chah
Upon your monument complete
We'll write your epitaph.
The citizens who recollect
The days Of long ago
Kind thought Of you will not neglect
Amid the statelier show
And laughter, mingled with sigh,
Will mention memories dear
And say, Good friend, in days gone by
The Market House Stood Here!"
Evening star., 1941-07-13

Lett pie,o of the old wholesale market Vhich was
located to the est of Center Market the Constitution
side of the present Internal ReUenue Building.
1t Dds removed about 1881.
Belop: The old Center Market removed in 1881 on
the site of the National Archiues Building The Seventh
street side is at the lett NTH the Pennsylvania Avenue
side ohich also housed the National Guard Armory at
the right.
Evening star., 1941-07-13

Continuing the series OF the personal
adventures OF members OF the r. C..
A. F. in England, Flight 1t. W. J.
Bundy OF Regina prites this article on
experiences as member of the first
army cooperation squadron OF the
r. c. A.F.
Evening star., 1941-07-13

toes, apples ETC., on horseback, and in
forgetting jug of whisky. The tobacco,
Of which there was a large quantity
shipped more particularly from George
town to Europe, was brought to market
in way that may appear strange to
many who have never seen 1t. 1t was
done in this manner: The hogshead
containing the tobacco had hole bored
In each head, and an axle run through
from one end to the other To this axle
shaft was attached something like the
shaft of cart. To this a horse was
hitched and the tobacco brought to town,
up and down hills, over stones, etc. 1t
looked precisely like the roller with which
the streets are now rolled"
Sold Live Fish.
And another early writer tells us: "One
Of the great attractions of the Center
Market was the fact that many fish
dealers sold fish alive. When the fsh
were caught in the Potomac, or else
where, they were brought in live boxes,
and 1t was no unusual sight to see fish
jumping about the fish stands as pro-
spective purchasers inspected them. If
40 sale was made the fish were simply
dumped back into the baskets and then
into the live boxes, which were floating
In the canal, only Is feet south of the
market. The stock could be kept alive
as long as desired or until sold, and the
method had many advantages over cold
storage, the chief of which was its in
expensiveness."
On the Avenue side of the market
site was erected, about 1925. what was
known as the Scale House or Watch
House, the lower part Of which was
used tor weighing pork, butter, etc. Here
Evening star., 1941-09-28
HouqIund
Continued From First Page.)

there's the trace of a frown. An
eyebrow arches-something in that
letter surprises her.
IT see somebody wrote to Miss
Montez,' says Franchot Tone to
John Carroll. Yeah" replies Car
roll. shes a panic Don't happen
to have her telephone number, do
you?'
Miss Montez is being PACED for
the telephone. She sweeps to the
phone.
Not so much attention to Miss
Montez and little more attention
to your spinach" says Baby Sandy's
mother to the child-at the same
time not missing anything herself.
An actress, best not identified,
meows, Look at that Montez-she's s
putting on a three ring circus. I
wonder who writes her material"
Maria is having an important
conversation, that's easy to see.
Now she hangs up and talks to the
head waiter. She is in pet There
were not enough peas in her pea
soup.
Miss Montez Is leaving. She
sweeps from the room There she
goes, in green.
And suddenly the dining room has
lost its sparkle, the food has lost
its zest. The curtain has fallen on
another Montez performance.
Evening star., 1941-09-28

Mickey Rooney IN
Life Begins for Andy
HnI,, -
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Now a Punching Bag
He Only Thought
He Was a Comic
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne hSSOCldIeQ flekS.
HOLLYWOOD.
Jack Carson is the comedy star
OF a radio program.
$50 naturally" he drawls, II
thought maybe could be a come
dian in the movies. OF course,
'adidnt expect to be the star right
away.
so what happens7 Mostly I'm
cast as a heavy. Once in a while
; ] get line that gets laugh. But
chiefly I'm standing there playing
punching bag.
Guys see me coming and unwind
to lay one on my chin. Jimmy
Stewart did it In Destry Rides
/. Again Douglas Fairbanks, jr., did
1t in Having Wonderful Time Bill
., Powell did it Love Crazy Jimmy
. Cagney did it in strawberry Blond
and liked it SO well he did it again
In The Bride Came c. o. D.
: 'I've had sore jaw for weeks.
II Nov what happens? I not only
have to take one on the button
from 250-opund Peter Whitney in
New Orleans Blues, but those silly
writer's have me asking for it.
I'm not that crazy"
Evening star., 1941-09-28

Clark Gable and Rosa
lind Russell in They
Met in Bombay"
Evening star., 1941-09-28
It's a Fine Career,
But It's Not for
Their Offspring
HOLLYWOOD.

The stage and the movies have
e treated Allyn Joslyn well, but he
I doesn't want his son or daughter
. to follow his footsteps.
He believes acting involves too
Z many hardships, too many difficult
ties, too many heartbreaks.
: Both Joslyn and his wife, the for
r. ner Dorothy Jockel, have been on
the stage for many years. But If
= they can prevent it. their heir, due
some months hence, will not act for
a living.
''I feel so strongly about it," JOS
lyn said. that I'd like, if I could, to
take out insurance against the con-
tingency."
Evening star., 1941-09-28

John Wayne and
Betty Field in HShep-
herd of the Hills"
Evening star., 1941-09-28
All Mr.. Cobb Needs
Is Cooperation
From the Horse
5y the Associated Press


HOLLYWOOD.
Leo Garlic tells this one:
He invited Irwin S. Cobb to his
ranch. Cobb spent fairly unsuc-
cessful day on horseback. When it
was over, the portly humorist in
dulged in a little self -evaluation:
mo matter what the horse does, I
canter,"
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week
SATURDAY
"A Dangerous Game"

and
Gangs Of Sonora"
Fredric March and
Martha Scott in "One
Foot in ua.un-
Evening star., 1941-09-28

Blackle.
John Wayne and
Betty Field In "Shep-
herd OF the Hills.
"A Woman's Face"
and
"A Man Betrayed. "
Abbott and Costello
and Andrers Sisters in
Hold That Ghost. y
Juanita Granville and
Dan Daily. jr., in
Down in San Diego"
william Boyd and
Russell Hayden in
Wide Open Town.
Doctors Don't Tell
Afiu
jungle Cavalcade."
Robert Montgomery.
Claude Rains. Here
Comes Mr.. Jordan. !"
Abbott and Costello
and Andrews Sisters
in Hold That Ghost. =
Billy the Kid"
and
: Blonde Inspiration. "
John Wayne and
Betty Field in "Shep-
herd OF the Hills. =
Out OF the Fog
and
Bachelor Daddy"
Jungle Cavalcade"
- and
"TwT in a Taxi"
John Wayne and
Betty Field in 'Shep-
herd of the Hills
Lew Ayres and Lione'
Barrymore. DIR. Kill
dare's Wedding Day
"Ringside Maisie"
and The Ofhcer
and the Lady
Mickey Rooney. judy
Garland. Life Begin!
for Andy HARDY
Mary Martin and Dor
Ameche in kiss tht
Boys Goodbye"
George Raft and
Marlene Dietrich in
Man Power. -
Ann Sothern and
George Murphy in
"Ringside Maisie.'
Evening star., 1941-09-28

Blonde Inspiration. ".
John Wayne and
Betty Field in "Shep-I
herd of the Hilis."
Evening star., 1941-09-28

Mickey Rooney. Judy
Garland. Life Begins
for Andy Hardy"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-20

ODETR0TT, Mich, Feb. 10
Thirty years Of advertising
well directed" are being cele-
brated by the Campbell-Ewald
Company during February, for
Il was In this month In 1911 that
the company was incorporated
ut Lansing. Michigan.
This anniversary makes this
advertising agency the oldest In
Detroit, and one Of the few
&gencies in the country to have
retained its corporate identity
and its directing head for 50
long q perior.
During each of these years
the company has had an average
yearly billing of more than $10,-
100000, despite the fact that 1t
did not reach an annual bill
ing of a million dollars until
many years after 1t was organ
ICED.
A large percentage of this
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-20

Thoilond and In
Properties 'PeGe
Ualississd MiIitssy - lllus
Asked % Price Tor NJ eiG1l

oSHANHAI, Feb. 20-@E
Reports circulating In Chinese
circles supposedly in close touch
with japanese sources in Shang-
hal said today that Japan had
made sweeping military and
economic demands on Thailand
(Siam) and French lndo-C China
In their peace conference" In
Tokyo.
delegates from ThaAland and
lndo- China have been In Tokyo
for some time attempting to
work out peace terms In the
border dispute which led 70 UNI
declared warfare.
IAN armistice was reached
under Japanese mediation and
peace negotiations begun IN To-
kyo. Reports from Vichy TWO
days ego saad the negotiations
had been suspended because Of
q Thai incursion across the Me-
kong river.
previous reports that the
japanese had exscted or would
exact concessions q I price for
her mediation In the conflict
were met BY protestations BY
japanese officials that their only
motive was o restore peace.)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-20
B of(pr'esIideni
Successes 70 Clark
Will 30 Named Tuesday

"a successor to Ralph w.
Clark, president Of the Mount
Clemens Board Of Commerce,
will be selected on Tuesday, It
was announced today.
Six new directors were elect
ed by the membership Tuesday.
They are: "A. +. Houghten, Don
G. Miller, DR.. Joseph n. Scher,
Paul w. Schanher, Roland La
Pointe, and Charles 3. Doll, Jr.
Retiring directors besides
Clark are: Henry w. Tryloff,
Carl Blomeyer, John Ullrich,
c. H. Malbin and Clarence Yer
nier.
The II holdover directors
are: Fred Miller, Joseph Cody,
Lawrence Kruse, Fred Kend-
rick, Reuben King. Macy =. Wat
kins, Roscoe H. Heck1man,
william r. Kibble, Hugh n.
Neale. George Harsreaves, Er-
nest Copeland. and Harold
Green.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-20

money has been spent each year
in newspapers, for Mr.. H. T.
Ewald, the president OF the COM
pany, Is q firm believer In this
medium Of advertising.
To-day. the newspaper, one
Of the oldest mediums of ad-
vertising. continues as q truly
great and powerful force to sell
goods" he states, land will con-
tinue to be q spearhead Of most
advertising effort as long - 1t
remains q free press.
"While each advertising cam
paign should have Q tailor-made
merchandising and advertising
suit, the merchandisers Of few
commodities of general use can
afford to ignore the tremendous
cleavage power Of newspapers,
weekly as well as daily.
II often think of newspaper
advertising as an electric switch
that actually turns on the light