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The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

You ought to know this easy way
to relieve constipations headaches,
biliousnesses, sour stomach. bad
breath, loss of appetite or energy.
Spicy and aromatic B L A OK
DRAUGHT, if taken by simple di-
rections at bedtime, usually allows
ample time for sleep; acts GENT
LY but thoroughly nezZt morning.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

B. M. 1.-THE house I have 10
mind. will I be able to get it soon
and will be successful there?
Ans: II is indicated to me that you
there i'm that vicinity III a period
are going to take large house
of the next few months. You Will
meet with reasonable success keep
ing rOOmers.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

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where it is. When your husband
gets a little more money ahead
he can look around for a more de-
sirabIe location and make arrange
ments to move this business. The
summer months will bring about 4
change for the better.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12
5000 Troops
B00mAIexandria
Bv B. EVERETT MOORE

ALEXANDRIA, La.-(ANP)-Ths little city, located
in the Deep deep South nearest the heart of the state OF
louisiana becoming important center In the gigantic
national defense program There four army camps To-
Gated in it's vicinity and in each will be stationed coored
troops number 10000 when the army troop movements
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

I. M. B.-I am unhappy. Should l
stay here with this man L have
been with for the past five years
or get out and try to find another
home. I am not we'll and 1 am los
ing weight. He gives me little
money but not much and / wonder
if I could do better elsewhere?
Ans: If you leave this man-yOu
are going to have tc get out and
WORK FOR A LIVING. 1t seems
to me if you were to get a JOB right
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12
Tiny Bradshaw To
Sing In New York
AS Boy Meets Girl

NEW YORK-tTY)-The Chill.
drews Neighborhood Theatre is
presenting Tiny Bradshaw and hi;
celebrated orchestra en- Easte:
Monday, April IA, at the Renaiss
ance Casino in an Easter Monday
matinee swing session. Boy Meets
Girl is the theme CT the matinee
froltc.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

WASHINGTON D. C.-(ANP)-A proposal for confer
ece on means eseing discrimination against cooed work.
men on army navy construction and in national defense in
dusres being considered labor division of the Office
Production MANAGEMENT
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12
PRINTER WANTED

PRINTER WANTED
PRESSMAN. experienced on cylinder
and platen presses. LINOTYPE Ope
rator. experienced on book and JOB
work. state experienced, age and salary
in letter.
QUALITY PRINTING COMPANY
416 Brook Ave. hichmohu' VII
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

corrupt political machines these
representatives are returned to Of
flee year after year. Under the rule
of seniority, they have secured con
tro' of all important congressional
committees"
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12
Protest Drafting OF
Best Men Leaving All
Races MiSfits Behind

WASHINGTON, d, C-(ANP)-A great hue and cry
raised section the country the workings
of the eeve service system which taking the flower OF Negro
manhood rom professions positions and daily walks Of life leav
ing behind group which apparently is to the social
welfare OF the communities in which they reside
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

Negro workers both sides the dispute that
Dearborn Michigan
its
through line
beaten strikers
continued
ntrkers do battle with
Oing strike
up S155OO0OOO defense (Phonephoos)
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12

Hampton host last week OF out
seniors College Shown above g. to r;
graduate of Hampton Institute and now SEN
Negro
member of the Obern Student Council
the Hampton In
Obein Review Victor
Stone Oben Review and leader of the
Oben Kenneth Clemens
a chemistry senior.
Ohio making Virginia Union University Vr
Rini College and Howard University.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

mile q minute. Actually. the edge
does not saw, but polishes the cut
deeper and deeper.
The diamond dust lost in this way
and in polishing the stones is too
fine to be visible. But once every
three months the cutting room is
cleaned carefully to remove these
particles, lest they become a health
hazard.
Mystery Starts.
Beginning with the Kohinoor and
the superstition that he who owned
this diamond ruled the world, many
Of the great stones have been fol-
lowed by long trails of mystery, in
trigue or assassination.
Mystery already has started with
the Vargas. 1t is the apparent dis
appearance. of the discoverers. These
were two brothers, farmers, Joaquin
and Manoel Evancio.
They picked up the great dia-
mond in the bed of the San Antonio
River, Minas Gereas, Brazil, on Au-
gust 13, 1888. Thinking it just q
stone, they tossed it back.
Then Manoel insisted on a Sec
ond look Later they sold it for
about $l25 900. Mr.. Winston, who
went to South America at the first
news, arrived after the diamond had
been resold to a Belgian syndicate
for $450,000 and shipped to Europe
He could not find the brothers.
The war may have insured the
Vargas a less tragic history than
Evening star., 1941-02-16

and he struck again. This time
the Cullinan split perfectly.
But Mr. Asscher fell in faint
and spent months IN the hospital
His heart was known to be weak
Important Blow.
When Adrian Grassely, here in
New York, raises his rod to strike
the Vargas he will quite literally
be striking a blow which in i'm
portance has been hit only twice be-
fore in mans known history. AL
most anything can happen.
The diamond has to be cleaved
because of popularity in its
crystalline makeup. The Vargas
crystals are like the pages of a
book. They are thin, fiat. eight
sided sheets, pressed tightly to-
gether by volcanic forces, until each
sheet is only about a millionth of
an inch thick.
In the plane in which they lie, it
is impossible to saw. Nothing, not
even another diamond, cuts in that
plane. The cleaving splits between
these leaves. A perfect cleavage
means splitting along a plane which
is much less than a millionth of an
inch thick. An error in angle or
too hard blow might cost a fortune
Across the grain of these diamond
pages" it is possible to saw, but
only with diamond dust. The dust
is mixed with olive oil, on a phos-
phor-bronze, paper thin cutting
wheel, whose edge travels about a
Evening star., 1941-02-16

will be perfect, but few shades
darker can make even this diamond
worth a great deal less.
Stone Is FlawlesS.
This stone is f1aWleSs. The color
appears perfect. But you can't be
sure in advance with Brazilian
stones"
So to date they have made 1000
glass models of the Vargas in Mr..
Winston's Fifth Avenue shop.
Those 1000 have been sawed up
into the sections it is hoped to
make from the Vargas. In this
study the diamond planners have
reduced the probable loss in dust
from saving that customarily takes
about so per cent of rough dia-
mond. Mr.. Winston thinks the
Vargas promises to lose only AZ per
cent, maybe only 40.
Cleaving, when the big stone is
struck with a knife and split in two,
will be the most spectacular mo-
ment. That will be done to the
major bulk of the stone left after
the corner has been sawed off.
Cleaving strains the heart. This
was proved in cleaving the Gull
Imam, the largest diamond ever
found, 11s pounds. In Amsterdam,
1908, February 10, at 2:45 pm, J.
Asscher raised a steel rod over the
knife set in a frame on the Cul-
Imam.
He struck. The steel knife broke
against the diamond. A new knife
Evening star., 1941-02-16

NEW YORK, Feb. IS (P.-The
worlds present largest diamond, the
Presidente Vargas, found two years
ago in Brazil, 1850 carats, is about
to be cut here in New York into
20 great gems.
Third largest diamond ever found,
It is a f1attened oblong about half
the size of a mans palm.
1t looks like ice touched with
sprinkling of frost. Lying fiat IN
che hand, its eight-sided contour
resembles a map of Brazil.
An estimated 100000 is at stake
In the cutting. The stone has been
studied for more than a year. AS
the time draws near, the strain is
extraordinary.
Harry Winston, importer, who ira
veled 10000 miles in the competl-
ton to buy it, finally spent S7OO,-
900 and had it shipped from Amster-
dam in a 70-cent parcel post pack
age, dreams at night he is working
on the big diamond.
Two weeks ago, in a dream, it
turned to muSh in his hand, he
said. He was examining one corner
when this happened, a corner so
interesting that the first operation
on the Vargas will be saving of
this sector, reversing the historic
practice of cleaving a diamond with
a knife as the initial step.
Corner to Become One Gem.
The corner will become one gem.
In Mr.. WinSton's dream this cor
ner softened under his fingers, per-
haps a good omen that when sawed
it will prove up.
Jonas Walvisch had dream, too.
He. with Albert Bierberneit, will
polish the diamonds. The surface
of the great stone will be mapped
with black ink lines, markers for
the cuts, which have to produce
20 solid pyramids. In his dream
these markings turned into perfectly
fitted triangles over the whole stone.
ITO understand the strain Mr..
Winston said, you must realize that
diamond cutters live for a big stone,
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Boards Will Confer
On LIQUOR Licenses

Members of the Board of Educa-
ton will confer with the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board at 2::30 pm
Tuesday to develop an improved
procedure in handling license re-
newals to which schools are opposed
A similar conference last year
ironed out problems relating to new
applications, board members say
but complications have arisen in
the case Of renewals which has
caused both boards difiiculty.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

that Of some Of the other great dia-
monds. For 1t has changed the mar
ket, SO that no single, huge diamond
will be cut. The top gem probably
will not be more than so carats.
The Kohinoor weighed 1876 carats
when less than 100 years ago it was
taken to England to be put in the
crown of England's Queen, where
it still remains.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

ton, with emphasis on washington .
problems, at the Friends Meeting
House at 2111 Florida avenue NV
at pm. Thursday.
The young man, who was WIN
Gandhi on his salt march 10 tlis
sea in 1882, has been in the UnlCe0
States for the last five years.
Evening star., 1941-02-16

but most of them go all their lives
without getting chance at cutting
more than one or two carat sizes.
In this stone every error in angle
means thousands of dollars loss. A
quarter of a million can go that
way.
After the cutting. even if per-
feet, the climax is still to come.
For gem must be polished be-
fore we know the eXactness Of the
color. Colors have been known to
change in the polishing. Blue white
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Follower of Gundhi
Will Lecture Here

Krishnalal Shridharani, Gandhi
follower and author of War With
out Violence" book on Gandhi
methods, will discuss non-violent &C
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27
BOARD MEMBERS
 AT CEREMONIES
Mayor, Dr. COndOn Wit. ness Laying of New Gym.
 nasium Cornerstone

Mayor Vincent A. Scully. members of the board of education and other city ofiicials were on hand yester- day afternoon aS the cornerstone was laid for the new gymnasium at Anderson school. The East End Community Club, whose efforts rec suited finally in city appropria- ton of ,67,000 for the building, was represented by large delegation of ofnceTs and members.
 Among the speakers were the mayor, President Raymond Burke of the community organization, Chair man Thomas P. Ashton of the board of education, Commissioners Helen Hitchcock and Perry Graicerstein, pr, Thomas !, Condon, superintend- ent ot schools; and Lawrence Ken- ny, past president of the club.
 Teh club was also represented by Peter Kelly, vice-preSident; Paul Kunkel, treasurer: Mrs. Helen Leary financial secretary; Miss Helena Mcguire. assistant secretary; also William Cavanaugh, Joseph Bro- phy, Adolph Raymond, Benjamin Mover, Eugene Sullivan and Dr. Ed ward Post, members of the school committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27
TRIP TAKES ONLY
 ABOUT THREE WEEKS

But no man around this port is complaining about thing just now, unless of course it's the great num- Der of big bombs which have been dropped in the town behind these docks.
 A round trip takes only about three weeks and at the end of that time the captain Is always certain of receiving close to 600 pounds ($2,000 which includes bonus money: the mate can figure on at least the $500 which is 200 pounds, while the members of the crew ale ways average 60 pounds.
 When three weeks are up, the bobbers who unload, clean and pack the fish, begin gathering dur ing the late hours of night in the wharf sheds along the quay where the fishing fleet docks. They seldom have definite word that the boats are coming because no longer do these ships use wireless. But usual- ly as on the night I spent from midnight to morning with Gus Key, first mate of the Happy Barmaid- they seem to know when ships will arrive.
 It was a wild night, as thrilling in its own way as any in London during an all-out blitz. Not that there were any bombs along the docks this night. But the boom town atmosphere provided enough flashes of excitement. v
 It started around midnight. The first boat came pumping up to the quay with lots of noise and plenty of swearing. because the only lights were the small red glows from the cigarettes of the men on the docks who were standing by.
 
 INTRODUCTION
 TO GUS KEY
 The first boat made 1t fre and then the Happy Barmaid moved in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27

Teachers, American Legion, veter- ans of Foreign Wars, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Gen. eral Federation of Women;s Clubs, American Red Gross, National Grange. American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, Auto motive Safety Foundation, Amer ican Automobile Association, Amer ican Association of State Highway Officials, Institute of Traffic En- gineers.
 Federal Council of Churches of Christ, Knights of Columbus. B'nai- B'rith, National Society for the Pre- vention of Blindness, National So- ciety for Crippled Children. Q. s. Public Roads Administration, Ma tional Conservation Bureau, Masons, Shriners, odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias. Elks, Eagles. Loyal Order of Moore, Kiwanis, Liens and Optim- ists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27

It was coming too fast, though, and banged into the side of the first. It bounced back and then headed fast for the dock. Automatically every one scattered, but the man at the wheel gave 1t a twist and 50 1t only slammed into the dock.
 That was my introduction to Gus Key. He was the first man of. He made the rope fast, yelled and then with the rest of the crew at his heels headed up through the sheds for the paymaster's office. They had a full boat of that golden fish this night and they knew they had plen- ty coming to them.
 The Captain was the last. He had to check with the foreman of the bobbers who by now were swarming over the Happy Barfnaid in the first stages of unloading. Then fe, too, was off to the shed where I met Gus Key, who is angular, nearly six feet and big-hearted.
 A pub was his first port of cali, where two glasses of beer cost him $20 because two glasses of beer meant two rounds for the house. Then, outside. There was no lack of transportation ct this hour. A fleet of taxis was lined up and Gus Key became the owner of one for the night. Most every unbombed small store which ship- men patronize was keeping open. They knew by morning much of this money would be spent.
 If they were thinking of Gus Key, they were right. Nearly $500 he spent without batting an eye. He has a wife and three chil- dren, which doesn't worry him be- cause, like all the fishermen who work for a company, he has an ar- rangement whereby his wife draws a salary each week for herself and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27
CENTRAL INDEX
 ENJOYS PICNIC
Proceeds of Qnassapaag Party Yesterday to Be
 Used for Equipment

Representatives Of t1Se local draft boards afSd personnel heads Of local factories were guests at the 10th ailI1ua1 picnic and swimming party Of the Central Index Of the Council Of Religious and Social Agencies late yesterday afternoon and early last evening at Lake Qtiassapaug, at the Vacation HOttse,
 Almost 6 attended and proceeds will be used t0 buy equipment for the Central Index, fsutSI Davis headed the arrangements commit tee, assisted by AIlge1iSIe RussO, Mrs. David Hayes, Sarah Ea1I, Alice Peak, Margaret BuI1 ard A9neg Fitzpatrick.
 Attending were.
 Fifth district social security board, Mrs. Margaret VerdOr, c0fl- missioner, Waterbury Antl-T1~ befculoSis League, Mrs. Alice Jack son and Miss Anna Murphy. Wa- terbury Visiting Nurse Association, Mis- Alice Peak, director, Misses Eileen COfstdine, Wf1tfred Ctastl~ ing, Hi1da Ericsson, Margaret Kcr- nedy, r, Thatcher, ', Hunt and Mrs, W. c, LScf1tenstein, volunteer,
 Waterbury Hospital, Misses Rntt1 Davis, Abel McVlckeY and Daphne CoFbett, Central Index, Misses Catherine ROc1lOn, ROsc gantOgO, Ruth WteJaff and Mrs r, ROch0B, Lincoln House Association, Mrs, Mary Doyle Camp, Misses Jean cite Gbinn and ABgeItfe Russo, arId Benjamin GIlfflfI, Waterbury day nursery, Misses Sarah VI, Bali, Su- pefifterdent, Misses Charlotte De- iieFty, Betty C0Iitti, Anne EOIettt, Helen Ctprian0 and Betty Thorpe,
 Department Of public welfare, Misses Marjorie Farley, (A1fce c Fitzgerald, Anna Moran, Mrs, Robert Moran, Mrs, Julia Me- Donald and Mrs, David Hayes and sOn, David; Diocesan EureatI Of Social Service, Misses Agres FItz- patrick, Hd1a Mae MaI01ey ard Rose CIafktn and Mrs, Frank Newc0mb; Corner House asS0cta- ton, Misses Margaret BuIl and Edith Stiles; Waterbury chapter Of the American Rcd Gross, Miss Mary Mazzarella,
 Pearl Street NeigfIb0F11O0d House, Mrs, Leila Alexander and Miss 1reZ Alexander; Chase DtspeBsary, Mrs, Irene PetFccy; juvenile court, Miss Irene Welsh, secretary: Con- fSecticut state unemployment Eerv- ice, Atty. Patrick DcLe0D; seIec. tive service board 1GB, Anthony ecf1iay01e and Misses Mary DWyer afld Mary PennasiJc0>
 Waterbury industries: Miss Mary Reilly, Patent Button Co; Miss Grace Luporgata, L0SnbaFd Bros, inc; Mise Edna Mofr, OakvtIle Ptn Co. afld Misses Gertrude Rosa and E, BFirgmann, Waterbury Mfg, co,
 New Haven bufeau Of old age as~ Sistance, Misses May Martin and Nancy Delaney; New Haven ba- reau Of child welfare, Miss KattI- ertne Eeay; New Haven county tai1, Maurice Shea; Maugatuck day nursery, Mrs, Harry Kre11, super intendent and Mrs, F. TeFYeSs Naugatuck branch of the American Red CrOeS, Miss Marian Keeffe,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27
475Casualties Are Due For July 4th Holiday
Many Forms Of Accidents To Claim Victims-NatiOn.
 al Safety Council Offers Figures

Chicago, June 27.-Four hundred and seventy-five persons will start out to celebrate the Fourth of July this year = and they won't come back.
 They won't come back because, ironically, they are Celebrating day dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
 Some of them will start across the street - never to reach the other side. Others will climb into their cars, step on the gas and >ride to their death. Still others will lose their lives in a split-second of hor- TOT because someone else forgot to be careful.
 None of these people will want to die. None of them will have premonition of tragedy. Every one of them will think, "1t won't happen to mel"
 But 1t will happen to AIS, the Na- tional Safety Council predicts from its surveys and studies of previous Independence Day traffic accidents.
 The council points out, however, that this gloomy forecast need not be fulfilled that none of these people need die if every driver and every pedestrian makes up his mind to avoid an accident by using skill and caution.
 The same caution, the Council said, will prevent the other com mon holiday tragedies--drownings, death and injury from fireworks, from over-exertion and over-expo- sure to sun.
 The highways of the nation will carry the greatest traffic load over the holiday that they have ever borne, the Council said. They will be jam-packed with throngs taking advantage of the three-day vacation
 The Council predicts that more than 30.000,0OO vehicles will travel four billion miles during the Inde- pendence Day weekend. Add to this all-time high the fact that traffic deaths have gone up steadily for many months, that the vacation sea- son will be at its peak and that everybody will, as usual, be in 6 hurry-and the stage is set for a cord-breaking toll.
 Thirty national organizations are joining with the Council in . de- termined effort to cut this toll as much as possible by bringing home to their millions of members and to the public the fact that individual effort by every person can save tragedy and suffering.
 These organizations are:
 National Congress of Parents and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27
FiSh Are Made Of Gold ENGLISH PORT TOWN BECOMES A RIPPIN', "KLONDIKE"
BY PAUL MANNING NEA Service stan Correspondent

An East Coast Seaport, England, Reno in its widest moment could- n't stand up to this war-torn boom town when the fishing boats put in and probably the old Klondike would have been hard pressed.
 Craps and roulette drinks and girls with newly-rich fishermen moving from pub to pub in taxis chartered for the night .. that is the exciting, unbelievable scene today in this famous seaport where a large percentage of the fish supplied to all England is un- loaded.
 A boatload of fish has become as good as a boatload of gold--partic- ularly the unraticned prime fish haddock, halibut and plaice which command the big money in the lush London market.
 For with the demand high and the supply low, a man with his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27
PLENTY OF HARD
 COAL FOR HOMES

New York-Approximately s5 per cent of anthracite production in the United States is used for household heating, according to J. D, DillSon of Anthracite Industries, Inc. He does not expect that wartime econ omy will make any great demands on hard coal as an industrial fuel; about the only extra defense de- mands will be supplying heating re- QuirementS of army barracks and defense housing,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27
SAID THE DEVIL TO HIS WIFE

Said the Devil to his wife. Nations are again at strife. Madness has its flag unfurled. Fears are fluttering through the world Greed and avarice as of old Again are grown overhold. Love of wealth and lust of power Climbeth toward the zenith hour. Thrones are trembling. nations fall, Space is but a spectral wall Seas once thought protective meats Now are skinned by flying boats. Peaks are crossed, deserts flown, Small indeed the world has grown. Only time unchanged remains For allusion,s hopes and pains. Nations once devout and sane Bear the unbeliever's pain. Scornful of the righteous God They rlileth with a pagan rod. And runneth as unbridled horse 10 stumble headlong in their course" '.Those who dealt too much In trust Lieth weeping in the dust Stripped of all they long held dear. The grave alone remains to cheer. Eyes skull bedded far to see Could have spared the grovelling knee. Etouter hearts and stronger arms Could have fiayed invading Swarms. Freedom welded into one Could have crowned Septemher's sun. Yet this hell brewed curse of war WIIl bring myriads to my door. StIIl if mankind did but know, They my power could overthrow. Observance of the Golden Rule Would empty soon my birthstone pool" said the Devil to his wife. slEmfiuns arc again at strife"
 DANIEL B. STRALEY.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-27
BRITAIN COUNTS BOMB HOLES

London CU,P)-The public heard for tine first time of the existence of bomb census officers whose job 1t is to count bomb-hoIcs-salary ef 1900 year-when the votes of Credit" white paper for 1041-1042 was published here. Twenty-ninc are employed by the Ministry of Home Security.