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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

In a humble log cabin near
limo, Searey County. Ark. doc
tor sat YEARLY beside a bed on
which lay a middle-aged man
and woman. both in a camatose
state. Death was clutching at
Hollis Ray and his wife in spite
of all the physician had been
able TO do.
Suddenly the woman writhed
into heaving commissions that
soon relaxed into a final inertia
of death. Formally the doctor
applied his stethoscope. then
turned to the hushed group Of
mountaineer neighbors:
1.-THE woman has gone 20
rest. But think I can save the
man; 80 you will have TO move
his wife's body to another room"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
Ptomaine Poison
Blamed in Death

BY midnight, due To the pa
ticnce and care of the country
doctor. Hollis Ray was out of
danger: he was told about the
loss of his wife and how for
three days he had lain at the
door OF death.
The patient explained that on
Sunday night he and his wife
had eaten some home canned
green beans. and when they
both got sick shortly after, he
realized they had been poisoned:
he managed to call a neighbor
but could recall nothing further.
Later the following afternoon.
Thursday. Ray Hollis, supported
by two mountaineers, saw his
wife laid TO rest in a humble
grave while the simple. fatalistic
hlllfolk paid their last respects
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
$50 prize)
Agrees II Is Sin

Mrs. Harold Manthey OF De-
troit. Mich. agrees that II Is A
sin 10 have only one child and
recommends three or four for
the ideal family.
Parents who have only one
child usually give the excuse
that they can give that child
more when he has no brothers
or sisters. What do they mean
"a better home? Better
clothes? More parental deVo-
ton: These things cannot take
the place OF brothely and sis
terIy love and companionship.
&eChiidren from large fam
= usually are more generous
Md have more real feeling and
consideration for other people.
have two brothers and two
sisters. NV sisters and have
always shared our clothes ~
well rs our joys and sorrows.
Whenever I have done anything
praiseworthy, my brothers and
sisters have boasted about it
which I couldn't do myself. We
are all extremely fond Of each
other and proud OF each other.
One of my brothers is In the
army, the other II In defense
plant"
Mrs. Harold Manthey-age y,
1920 Liberal avenue, Detroit,
Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

have no truck with pizen, least
of all to put I'm his vittles. Molly,
she was a mighty fine woman"
well, who did poison Ray and
his wife ?" asked Hatchett. "YOu
must know, since you wrote the
state police that a crime had
been committed"
II wrote nothin'," came the
surly reply.
But on their way back to limo
the officers were agreed that
Hatton lied.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
Unusual Creatures

Besides Jamie. the romantic
bandit-lover, Miss Welty has Gre
ated such odd and unforgettable
creatures as-Goat, the half-wit
who can butt his way through
locked doors: Little Harp. the
quaint stickup who carries
around with him in a trunk the
talking head of his brother. Big
Harp, who was decapitated for
his crimes in Rodney Landing;
Rosamond's idealistic and mil
-quotoasty father; her bad, bad
stepmother, who will remind you
of the Mephistophelean Witch
in Snow White" only she's a
ding sight worse and much bet
ter drawn by Miss Welty. This
stepmother's name Is Of all
things, Salome.
Yes. it's a fairy tale, and yet.
like all great fairy tales, IL con-
tains a deal more OF the truth
about our inner life than you'll
often find in tons of so-called
realistic" novels. which do not
in the main portray real life at
all because only writer's with
great imagination can do that,
and Eudora Welty has fmagina.
ton plus.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
A Family Sinks

"All that was left floating was
a blunt snout on which was
emblazoned the sign Of the
Three Bamboos, and presently
this, too, sank slowly into the
blood-stained waters Of Pearl
Harbor."
Mr.. Standish's story is based
on the disintegration of family.
Here are geisha girls in
weighing secrets from officials
throughout Asia and the Pacific.
Here is opium exhausting the
wealth and undermining the
morale of the Chinese. Here are
ingeniously sly diplomats play
ing France against Germany,
colored races against white. in
the most momentous scheme of
insidious intrigue the world has
ever known.
Our present life and death
struggle is but the elimination
OF this incredible racial ambi-
ton, which began In 1883 with
the arrival Of Admiral Perry In
Japanese waters, and reached
its climax In the treacherous at
tack on Pearl Harbor.
THE Three Bamboos" sheds q
clear. cold light upon the COM
plexities of Japanese character.
showing the japanese az they
really are, with their fanatical
hatred or the foreigner and their
boundless ambition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
Tips Off Troo per
To Mystery Probe

The lieutenant picked up the
phone and called Sheriff Oscar
Barnett of Searcy County at
Marshall.
Have you had any homicides
round your way lately?"
mo deaths except accidental
ones" answered the sheriff. "A
man and hiaA wife at limo ate
some homo canned beans and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
BABIES
By Elsie
Robinson

|uOW big is the ideal family?
- Should there be two, five,
eight or more children? Is il
"sin." as Mrs. Halvorson of
North Dakota, said, to have only
one child?
"Not one. two or three. or
any planned number" says John
Roche of Pittsburgh, Pa, but
as many as God himself wishes
TO sendr'
Large families should be
encouraged. We have only to
look Mt the fall of France tn
see how a country Jared that
did not want children, but
wanted only To have n good
time instead. People should
get married with the intention
of having children because this
In what God wants them to do.
"We Americans like n good
time and don't want children
to hold us back. Birth control
IL very popular here and We
have thousands of ,diOts up
holding and encouraging 1t. But
no matter whe Their we are
Catholic, Protestant or Jewish,
we. still have the same God and
He will surely reward IN some
day when we have as many
children as He wishes to send
us"
John I. Roche-age %.
5S07la Walnut street,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

~. Y.
ain my opinion the ideal
family cannot be judged I'm num-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ttEe- Afe- or
ten children, the deafness of any
family Ii judged by the char
acter and upbringing Of the In
dividuaIs there I'm. IL IN one
where the children are taught
tn love and respect each other
and where each Individual IL
permitted 20 exercise his indi-
viduaiity under parental guild
ance. IL il that family where
there IL sufficient income 90 give
the children those comforts
which any present day Ameri-
can child deserves.
In the Ideal family all the
members are content, suffici-
entity clothed and fed, taught
right from wrong, well educated
and. above MI. taught To protect
when nee essary each other
m I'M Der OF his immediate
family.
MATILDA A. HASS-age "a.
61-15 18th street, Flushing,
N Y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

The Robber Bridegroom" l.
not only the best escape book OF
these days, but II II q good book
for any time. I mean that II
possesses the quality which
stamps 1t az a great book-time-
lessness.
No, IL Is not a book for chill
dren; but 1t Is a book for those
who have never lost the child
like craving for wonder and
thrill and who still like wide
awake dream-states of mind.
mo Hiding Place"--Willliam
Seabrook has led the kind of life
1 would not like to lead. There's
too much excitement in it-too
much mental agony and emo
tional rending and tearing.
The Three Bamboos." The
story begins about $50 years ago
with the Fureno family in Japan
during a great typhoon in which
the elder Fureno dashed his fam
lily to bamboo trees instead Of to
oaks. The wind. hail and rain
slashed the Furenos, bent them,
tossed them, but the barnbocs
saved them. The symbol Is
this: that the Japs bend with
the storm, a sort of jujutsu of
the mind. The Furenos then
adopted three bamboos as their
coat-of-arms.
That is where Robert Stand
iSh's unusual novel, The Three
Bamboos" (MacMillan), begins,
as 1 remarked. It ends on that
fatal Sunday morning of Dec.
z, 1941, when three Furenos, in
a bomber, lowered over one Of
our ships, and
Tho bomber struck the water
some zoo yards astern Of the
stricken ship. II there had not
been other sounds to MI tor
tured ears the crash would have
been heard miles away.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
The Ideal Family

The ideal family Is one which
Is not too large TO be adequately
~ed for" is the decision of
Ida A. HasS of Flushing,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

educated man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
Legion Women Plan
Purchase Of Bond
Meat Pie Supper Proves Successful; Lecture By Wildly
Teacher at Civilian Defense Meeting This Evening
w AT ERVILLE
w - . ~ V = y =
COrFUsgondent-Nfrs q. W. HenOn. Telephone S.SAss

Paul's Episcopal church, with Rev.
II. Francis Hine, rector Of Trinity
church, Torrington, as preacher.
Girl Scout Troop No. ~, met yes
terday afternoon in Sprague gym
and completed plans for the mothers
tea next Thursday afternoon IN
place Of the regular meeting. All
mothers OF the girls are invited.
There will be presentation Of ten
derfoot pins and q short entertain
ment. The scouts who serve will
be dressed In uniforms.
At the meeting yesterday, Mrs.
Harold Benson, gave first aid In
struction on bandaging. A review
was held on the scout laws after
which games were played.
Attending were: Betty Craw,
Jean CraW Dorothy Stuart, Maur-
cen Baker, Eleanor DiBlasi, Nancy
Haggerty, Carol Kenney, Carol
Hoadley, Gertrude DiBlasi, Mary
Kelley, Nancy o'Connor, Lois Plat,
Ruth Dubay, Cecile Pocoski, Joan
S,,nier, Mary Edith Tooley, Virginia
Post, Betty Erickson, Thelma Pc
tronio, Shirley Dubay, Adele Elins-
kas, Hazel Clark, Jean Lefevre,
Dorothy Guimond, Loretta Pinto,
Marilyn Truelove, Mrs. Harold Ben
son, and Scout Leader, Mrs. An
thony DlHlasi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
MAJOR ALEXANDER
ASSUMES NEW POST
Assigned to Military Chair
at University of Con-
necticut

Major Newton w. Alexander, for
merly on the wildly High School
faculty, has been assigned as as
sistant professor Of military science
and tactics at the University OF
Connecticut Maj. Alexander has
been on active duty with the U. s..
Army since Nov. IS, 1910. He be-
came q teacher at Wildly In 1928.
Maj. Alexander has been attached
to the military district in Portland,
Maine, where he has been acting
executive and recently was sent to
Fort Benning, Ca, to receive train
ing In the battalion officers school.
After he returned to Portland, he
acted as assistant provost marshal
for Maine and last night he received
his preliminary instructions to 60
to Storrs.
The majors brother, Louis Alex
ander, an alumnus Of the Univer-
sity Of Connecticut from which
Major Alexander graduated, was
the basketball and baseball coach
for years at the university until he
went to the University Of Rochester.
He Is director Of athletics and coach
of the basketball and baseball teams
at Rochester University.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20

Two young British army chaplains
have Just qualified as parachutists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20

Watervills, March 20-The Cas-
per 8. Davis, American Legion
Auxiliary, served o meat pie sup
per Wednesday evening at Forest
ers' Hall, for the purpose OF rails
Ing money with which 10 purchase
Defense Bond.
The meal, prepared and served
by q committee OF Mrs. william
Rooney, Mrs. Frank Carney, Mrs.
Jvhn Rogers, Mrs. John Byrnes.
Mrs. Patrick Moriarty, Mrs. John
Mcmahon, Mrs. Everett Cook, Mrs.
George Caldwell and Mrs. Harry
Simpson, was o complete success,
with the result that Defense Bond
will now be purchased.
Everyone In Waterville Is urged 70
attend the civilian defense meeting
tonight at 8.l5 o'clock at Sprague
school gymnasium when Arthur
Craig, chemistry teacher at Wildly
High School, will lecture on Chem
istry OF Fire" All VINO attended
the three classes Of air raid warden
instruction O week ago at st. MI
chael's parish hall are especially
urged 10 be present tonight, be.
cause this lecture will complete the
course.
Three pictures will also be shown,
"Japs Bomb U. 8. AZ: Connecticut
Answers" and Fighting the Fire
Bomb"
An attendance OF at least 500 Is
desired tonight.
DadarIO HOspltalized
Anthony Dadario Of Thomaston
avenue was taken to st. Mary's
hospital Tuesday afternoon in an
ambulance, after he collapsed OF
his home.
The junior choir Of Grace Meth
odtst church will rehearse tonight
at $50 o'clock, and the senior choir
at 1880. both under the leadership
OF Charles Probert.
The Goodwill Lodge rank team
will confer the rank OF Esquire on
Ave pages, at the regular meeting
Monday night a. 8 o'clock ct Fra
ternity Hall. Rank work will be-
gin at 0 p. m. and the team In
cludes, Arthur Hirst, Leon HALL
Charles Greene, A. X. Warren, VII.
liam X. Warren, Frank Tyrreli,
Harry Lethbridge and Joseph Caron.
Members Of Waterbury lodges have
been in.ited.
DevotlOns Tonight
There will be devotions this eve
ming, with stations Of the cross at
1880 o'clock ct st. Michael's
church.
A special Lenten service win be
held tonight at 8 o'clock, at st.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
Inventory OF.
City Hall To
Be Started
Olsen, Sweeney to Direct
Work; Contents Under
Insured

An inventory of furnish
ings and other contents OF
the city hall will be started
soon by Budget Director
Thorvald e. Olsen and Pur-
chasing Director Martin J.
Sweeney, authorization hav-
Ing been given yesterday by
the Board Of Finance after
Mr.. Olsen had informed
members that contents Of the
city hall building are insured
for only $4,000.
Mr.. Olsen said that obviously the
furnishings and equipment were
worth much more than that sum,
He recommended that q detailed In
ventory be made.
The board was informed that
extra revenues Of about $4,000 in
taxes can be expected, thanks to the
fact that grand list Is almost 100000
higher. than II was estimated when
the budget was being prepared. The
board OF tax commissioners and
apportlonment reported that taxable
property In the city totals $l7S,7S7,-
O6S.
A request by the board OF works
for O 5000 ALLEGATION for WPA san
atary sewer projects was approved
and sent on 70 the board OF alder
men for final action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
Local Greeks Invite
Maloney To Banquet
National Ahepas Secure Francis BiddIe as Principal
Washington, D. c., Dinner Speaker Monday

England, Greece, Russia, China,
Yugoslavia, and Egypt. The am
bassador Of Turkey has also been
invited.
President Coukis announced that
the lScal chapter has already for
,warded its present mark in the
fraternity's national ten million
dollar defense bond campaign for
1912. The three chapters that at
tain the highest ratings from among
the orders $50 chapters will be hon
ored at the banquet. The local
chapters quota for the current drive
is $4,000.
The national banquets Of the
Ahepa are held bi-annually in
Washington and the selected friends
Of the fraternity are invited to at
tend the affair as guests of the
chapters throughout the country.
Many prominent men of the coun-
try are members Of the Ahepa,
among them President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, who Joined In 1880.
Attorney General Biddle's address
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20

win be made before more than hal
Of the members Of Congress, as vel
as noted newspapermen and hlal
government officials.
Previous to his recent appoint
ment to the post Of attorney gen.
era1, Mr.. Biddle was solicitor genera
Of the United States, being appoint.
ed In January, 1910. He is q grad
uate Of Harvard Law $1,000 grad
uating cum laude, In. u. Aftel
some years of private practice ht
was appointed to various govern
ment positions as assistant y. s
attorney, q director in the Federal
Reserve bank, a Judge in the U. s
circuit court of appeals, and as chief
counsel Of the committee investi-
eating the IVA in 19S8-l939. IN
l911-1912 he was private secretary
to Justice Holmes, U. s. supreme
court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20

and the House Of Representatives
will attend the banquet to hear the
encouragement Of the United
States, Francis Biddle, address those
present on the problem Of internal
security during this present war
crisis" stated Mr.. CoukiS. Scores
Of other dignitaries will attend the
banquet also, and over 300 are ex-
pected that evening""
The address Of the attorney-gen-
eral will be broadcast over q ma
tional radio hook-up.
Various representatives Of the
Allied Nations have also been in
vited. Invitations have been ex-
tended to the representatives Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
w o RI D w AR
A YEAR AGO
MARCH 20, 1871

(By United Press)
q. 8. Senate voted S3,S66, 000, 600
appropriation for defenses.
London announced destruction
Of Coventry Cathedral by bombs.
CHINESE BROTHERS
IN U. 8. NAVY
Portland, Ore. (Ur)-The Lee
brothers san Van and Frank See
wanted q crack at the Japs and
Uncle Sam has given them the
chance in his navy. The brothers,
who came to the United states IN
1889, win serve Is mess attendants.
italy claims to stiIl be the worlds
largest grower of almonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
YOUNG PEOPLE
Dine TONIGHT
Rev. Theodore Rooster Of
SOuthingtOn First Bap-
fist Banquet Speaker


The annual Easter banquet Of
the First Baptist Young People will
be held this evening at the church
at Gas. o'clock, featuring as guest
speaker, Rev. Theodore Rooster Of
southington.
Roy Andrews, president Of the
Youth Fellowship, viii preside and
introduce the guest speaker. Lois
Cook heads the invitation commit
tee while Eleanor Arnold Is chair
man Of the decorating committee.
The program has been arranged by
Roberta Finlay.
The Baptist Older Young People
will meet at the church tomorrow
night at Z O'Clock to bowl. They
will meet Sunday evening at 9
o'clock to hear an address by Jerry
Monaghan, local newspaperman.
The church school department
will present results OF their mission
study In the blue room Sunday at 8
o'clock. An exhibit Of projects will
be shown.
Baptist teachers will go to Hart
ford April Is, for the spring meet
ing Of the Connecticut Council Of
Churches at the Asylum Hill Con.
gregational church.
The Baptist primary stair will
meet ct the home Of Ruth Worden
next Tuesday evening. The Child
Study Group will meet at the
church tonight OF 7:30 o'clock. The
topic will be Boys and Girls Need
Each Other.
The last session Of Rev. David p.
Gaines class viii be held Sunday.
The intermediate section viii con-
vene OF 4:S0 and the Juniors ct Sis
The Dorcas class will hold q rum
mage sale April /. Donations may
be left OF the church with the pas.
tor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
EUMMACE SALES
ROUTINE UPSET

Something unusual In the line of
mmage sales occurred last night
the parish house gymnasium Of
10 Second church. Al the height
the sale, just about 10 p. M, Rob-
4 walters, whose wife was a menu
+ Of the arrangements committee
iered all exits closed and an
hlnced:
mo one IS to leave. I'm phoning
the police"
4 woman had complained to him
at her pocKetbook containing
was missing.
Before police arrived the woman
me to Mr.. Walters and told him
had found the missing pocket
bk on the floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
DAN STILES in
FORUM ON SUNDAY
We'll Known Lecturer Re.
J turns to Second Church;
yankees at Work"

Dan stiles, writer, lecturer and
photographer will present one Of
his newest lectures on The Amer
can Scene entitled yankee at
Work" illustrated with natural
color motion pictures on Sunday
evening, March 20 at 1880 D. m. at
khe forum OF the Second Congregas
tionAl church. Dan Stiles Is q pro.
essAonal name adopted by George
Iaig, formerly with the waterbury
Republican. Since his graduation
rom college, Dan stiles has de-
1oted most Of his time to observing
and reporting various phases OF
american life. His field OF activity
have Included the teaching OF
american history, newspaper work,
writing. photography and lecturing,
de entered the professional lecture
Acid Ave years ago.
Not all Americans work IN fac
orios and Offices. Many still work
outdoors, wrestling from the earth
Is many and varied treasures
1omc OF these occupations and IN
iustrles have been carried on in
dluch the same way for two or three
CENTURIES. This lecture-fllfn, Yankee
y Work Is an attempt to depict
pine Of these close to-earth activ-
lies and TO capture the spirit OF
ne men who engage in them.
through the medium OF colored
cotton pictures and commentary
pu see q Vermont farmer and his
hree sons making maple syrup;
ne production OF charcoal In a
bit" as 1t has been done for cen-
hrieS; river fishing for shad; The
Eay Down East worm digging in-
Elstry. A generous portion Of the
I'm IL devoted to logging, log
lives, and the lumber camps Of
brthern Maine. Still another. Sec
on portrays the marble. slate and
ianite quarrying industries.
Dan Stiles programs have been
Ajoyed by every kind OF audience
ON Maine to Minnesota and as
r South as Maryland. I'VE have
Id en- increasing number OF very
casant reactions on, your lecture"
.iteS the director Of a community
rum IN O New England city OF
5000 people. "Your pictures were
nong the finest we have had at
10 forum"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20

Senator Francis Maloney will be
the honor guest Of the local chap
ter Of the Order of Ahepa at the
Ahepa National banquet March %
in Washington, D. c., announced
James p, Coukis, president Of the
chapter.
"Cver $50 members of the Senate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
Nudge" Your Lazy
Liver Tonight!

CONSTIPATION with its headaches.
mental dizziness, half-alive feeling
often result II your liver bile doesn't
now freely everyday into your intestines.
So take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets %
insure gentle yet thorough bowel move
ments. Olive Tablets are simply aDoa-
derfut to stir up liver bile secretion and
tone up muscular intestinal action.
Use, soc, zoe. All drugstores.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-20
PLANE OWNER

Richard Arlen, star Of Para
mounts "Wrecking Crew" for Pro-
ducers Bill Pine and Bill Thomas,
owns twenty-four airplanes and op-
crates flying school.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-22
Am Idea To Save Golf Balls

club employs boys in bathing suits
who wade into the lake for balls.
The charge is only 10 cents. But
the water is almost waist high In
places so naturally not all the
balls landing in it are recovered.
Because of the necessity for con-
serving balls. advice was sought
of Al Watrous, the clubs pro, on
how to avoid the water. His ex-
periences this spring certainly
qualify him as an expert on this
hole. On more than 30 rounds he
has hit only one bali into the lake,
and he had a pretty good excuse
for that miscue.
Learning to smoke a pipe while
playing golf. he had just taken a
big puff on his pipe. Suddenly
everything before him was black
and the ball splashed into the
lake.
IF the lie N close or the drive
IL short" Watrous said. "the
average golfer will be smart II