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Evening star., 1942-03-14

made Of barley flour, butter and
perfumed alcohol which healed
skin blemishes" and cleared the
complexion were all invented by
the alchemists of Nero's court.
Years later the early Britons
derived great pleasure from the
use Of these cosmetics brought
from the East by returning cru
saderS, and In the EliZabethan
era the Virgin Queen, ever q
very vain person, used every
"toiletrie" known to her day, and
in addition introduced the wine
bath, said to induce a ruddy COM
plexion. Mary Queen Of Scots
petitioned for large increase In
her allowance on the grounds
that these baths made such
heavy inroads on her income
that she was left impoverished.
They were, in truth, an expen-
sive luxury, but all the ladies OF
the court who could possibly do
SO followed the Queens example
in this, as in every other inno-
walton. The younger women
sulked and complained bitterly
that they had to content them
selves with baths of milk.
When plaques spread with
great rapidity in many lands.
due, so the physicians thought,
to the general use OF public
baths which had been installed
IN many cities, bathing in Eng
land, Italy and France became a
neglected duty. Heavy odors
such as musk and ambergris were
lavishly used to disguise the lack
OF personal cleanliness. On
every lady's dressing table were
ornate Golfers containing these
crude perfumes, which became
the favorite gift of swains to
sweethearts. Some of these boxes
of gold encrusted with gems, or
OF rich woods heavily carved
were of great value and very
beautiful. Fewer baths and more
pungent perfumes became the
order Of the day, especially in
England.
The ladies Of the French court
imported costly creams from
Spain and Italy to whiten the
skin and soften the hands. Hair
came in for but little considera-
ton during the days Of the Louis
regime, but wigmakers reaped a
harvest, since no person of any
social standing was ever seen in
public without a white wig, and
perukes for men were as care
fully styled and given as much
thought as the elaborately dressed
wigs Of the women. Indeed, when
the Quaker Franklin made his
appearance as our Ambassador
at the French court, his appear
ance showing his own uncov-
cred hair created a sensation.
When Empress Josephine came
from Martinique she brought a
great assortment Of expensive
creams and IT shades OF rouge
and lipstick, all made express
ly for her by her personal
chemist. Seeing in the rush to
emulate the Queen the dawning
Of a new industry, the thrifty
French speedily capitalized on
it, and We'd with each other in
the manufacture Of every sort of
beauty aid. 1t really was not
until then that scientific study
brought about skillful compound
ing of creams and cosmetics and
put the beauty business" on a
commercial basis. Now the max
ing Of creams, lotions, hair dyes.
bleaches and cosmetics of every
kind Is an enterprise Of almost
staggering proportions and fur
nishes employment to thousands
Of people.
Evening star., 1942-03-14

Tenants, unlike customers, are
not always right, fact that fire.
quently is noticed in the Office
of the Administrator of Rent
Control where the troubles of
landlords and their charges are
aired daily. Many of us have
the misguided notion that land
lords are usually in the category
of the villain who forecloses the
mortgage-the one in the old
books-just waiting for a chance
to do in" an innocent victim.
But as any landlord can tell you,
tenants can be very annoying.
One of the first good ideas, and
a very old-fashioned one at that,
is to sit down for a 10 minutes
conversation between tenant and
landlord, to discuss exactly what
both want and incorporate these
details into the lease. Put it in
writing" was your grandfathers
advice and it is also that of the
Rent Administrator. 1t gives you
something to 60 on in case there
ever is an argument, and it now
is generally practiced when one
rents or leases a house, or applies
for an apartment or room in one
of the standard boarding. room
ing or apartment houses here.
In this way the tenant under
stands the rules Of the house be-
fore he moves in. and the land
lord states just what services
will be rendered for the price
paid and what violations will
cause the lease to be terminated.
There are. however. many
people in town, who for patriotic
or financial reasons, or a combi-
nation of both, have opened their
homes to roomers. and who are
not operating on the same basis
as the usual rooming houses.
This causes difficulties on both
sides. The landlord feels that he
is doing his patriotic bit in the
emergency by making available
the extra room in his house for a
fee (and sometimes a fat fee)
while the tenant fails to remem-
ber that he is more in the nature
Of a paying guest and proceeds to
take apartment house liberties in
private home. Then the land
lord gets tired of having incon-
siderate people in his house,
blowing out fuses and coming in
at all hours, and decides to get
rid of his tenant. But he finds
himself up against a ruling of
the Rent Act which says he may
not evict his tenant until he has
given five days notice to the
Rent Control Administrator and
received permission to do so.
Back of this is a sound reason.
Many home owners formerly
made a practice of asking their
roomers to leave on one pretext
or another and then took others
at an increase in rent. This
threw tenants who had fancied
themselves nicely settled out into
a cold, cruel world" in a town
where rooms are hard to find.
Other home owners, in a sudden
burst of patriotism, decided to
open their homes to roomers,
and, not being used to adjusting
themselves to the vagaries of out
siders, found they had changed
their minds after a few weeks.
Many roomers move in with an
assortment Of electrical equip
ment which they promptly plug
In, using all sorts of extensions
and causing such a heavy load on
q line wired only for lighting that
fuses are constantly blown out
and fires often started. Natur-
Evening star., 1942-10-07
Traffic Fatalities Show
Sharp Drop in September

Trafnc accidents, injuries and IA
talities showed marked decrease
last month from September, l94l,
according to a report released yes
terday by Traffic Director William
A. Van Duzer.
Accidents of all types dropped
some 40 Per cent, Mr.. Van Duzer
said. with 801 reported for Septem-
Der Of this year as against 1884 for
September. 194l.
Pedestrians in September of this
year were involved in 155 accidents.
compared to 199 last year, or a %
per cent reduction. Accidents in
volving various types of personal
injuries dropped from 422 last year
to 1874 this year, a drop of about
20 per cent.
Although traffic deaths for the
year as a whole have steadily in
creased over last year, the month
Of September saw fatalities as
against "A for the period in 1941.
Evening star., 1942-10-07

The real novelty was the Dvorak
Quartet, Op. 6l," less familiar than
other of his more popular quartets.
Mozart's "Divertimento No. II, Op.
334" was repeated by request and
between these two numbers was
placed the lovely Debussy Sonata"
for harp, viola and flute.
This diversified program called for
several assisting artists, chief among
whom was Sylvia Meyer, harpist,
and Kenton Terry, flutist. Jerry
Knop and N. Cipriani substituting
for the programmed David HalD
horns, and Lazare Demetry, double
bass, filled out the requirements of
the Mozart "Divertimento." Half
of the personnel of the Guild Quar-
tet is new this year. glamour being
added by the woman violist, Euge-
ME Limberg. Stanley M. Weiner is
at the second violin desk. ably as
sisting Emanuel Zetlin, first violinist,
and Marcel Ancher, founder of the
guild and its cellist.
AS the quartet stands today, the
tonal quality is more uniform and
the ensemble more secure. In fact.
for first attempt together there
was discernable already a sincere
determination for perfection of the
whole and a complete accord in
ideas.
The effect was pronounced in the
Dvorak number which was given a
suavely spirited performance. In
contrast to some other of his works,
Dvorak found and retained through
out an exuberance that is graceful
and fresh even in his treatment of
the folk themes that besprinkle the
work. Its happy quality and the
easy flow of its construction give it
a distinctive character.
The exquisitely delicate stvle of
Debussy's Sonata" was given point
by Miss Meyers brilliant playing of
the harp sections, which provided
body for the poignant melancholy of
the flute excellently performed by
Mr.. Terry. Miss Limberg's rich viola
tone and musical performance bal
anced the playing of the other art
lists and was already a noticeable
contribution to the ensemble of the
Dvorak quartet.
In the changing rhythms and the
weaving of the three varied tonal
colors, Debussy has achieved a de-
tached effect which, while modernlv
expressed. is nevertheless not of the
present-day period.
The concluding number exempli-
ned once again the infinite variety
and lnexhaustible character of Mo-
zarts genius. The "Divertimento."
written in his adolescent years, is a
delightful flight of fancy in which
ne has fortified the string quartet
with the deeper tones of the horns
and double bass. All seven artists
gave 1t a delineation careful in line
and expression. During the inter-
mission etchings by Czech and
Slovak artists, on display in a room
on the foyer, and silver and gold
national emblems were sold for the
benef1t Df the Czechoslovakian Re-
lief Committee by young girls in ma
tive costume.
Evening star., 1942-10-07

will be guest speaker for the Wash
ington Retreat League at its first
meeting of the season at 8:15 pm.
tomorrow at st. Patrick's Hall,
Tenth and G streets NV.
The Rev. John S. Spence, spiritual
director Of the league, will partici-
pate in the meeting.
Evening star., 1942-10-07
N. Y. Flower Show Called OFF

NEW YORK, Oct.y7 R.-A new
casualty Of war is the 30th annual
international Flower Show, which
had been scheduled for March.
The exhibition, seen last year by
25O,OO0 persons, was called OF
by the show committee when
1t agreed that the war had brought
Evening star., 1942-10-07
Mrs. Swinney to Discuss
Wartime Homemoker

Mrs: Olive Walker Swinnev eye
cutiVe secretary of civilian mobiliza-
ton for the Metropolitan Area, will
be principal speaker at a meeting of
the Homemakers Section, District
Home Economics Association. at 2
pm. tomorrow at the WASHINGTON
Gas Light Co. auditorium.
The Wartime Homemaker" will
be the subject of Mrs Swinney's dis
cussion.
Evening star., 1942-10-07

than most chamber music groups in
seeking out the unusual for its pro-
grams and the numbers chosen for
the first concert of the season were
works by Dvorak, Debussy and
Mozart, but from the frequently
overlooked portions of their output.
Evening star., 1942-10-07
New Artists Are Heard
In Chamber Music Guild
Presents Infrequently Played Works
OF Dvorak, Debussy and Mozart
In First Concert of Season
By ALICE EVERSMAN.

successful seasons debut by the Chamber
Guild last night at Amas Temple after its series
barton Oaks The temple where held year
well suited acoustics programs
its capacity night
Evening star., 1942-10-07

The best way to root for victory
is to dig deep into that pocketbook
or purse and buy War Savings
Stamps.
Evening star., 1942-10-07

Retreat League to Hear
Procurotor of G. u.
The Rev. DR.. James A. Magner,
procurator of Catholic University.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-10
OUISLINC APPEALS
 TO ADOLF HITLER
Urges Cessation of Ges- tapO Terror Campaign
 in Norway

London, oct. 1O-(UP)-Patriot resistance is spreading thorugh Nor way and Vidkun Quisling, arch Nor wegian traitor, has appealed to Adolf Hitler to modify the ruthless Ges- tapo terror campaign which is only intensifying opposition, Stockholm reports said today.
 Authorities threatened to extend the state of siege to Hamar, SO miles north of Oslo, when inhabitants demonstrated before German-occu- pied buildings and tore down Ger man posters in protest against exc cutionS, dispatches said.
 Many persons were reported ar- rested at Gran, 40 miles north of the capital, when store of arms was found, it was reported, and in- cidents were occurring in towns along the Swedish frontier.
 A big reward was offered for men who sabotaged an iron mine at Steinkjer, 60 miles north of Trond- helm, 1t was said.
 Stockholm reported that Josef Terboven, German overlord of Nor- way, and Hermann Redeiss. Gestapo chief, had returned to Oslo from Trondheim, possibly to extend the state of emergency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-10
ALLIED PLANES
 BOMB AIRDROMES
Egyptian War Area Sees Renewed Action Over
 Wide Area

Cairo, Oct. 10 - (UP) - Allied planes, in attacks on enemy air. dromes in the Egyptian battle area which started yesterday morning and continued through the night, destroyed many grounded planes and destroyed or damaged 20 which challenged them in air, Q com- munique said today.
 Heavy bombing planes led low- level attack in which enemy air. dromes over a wide area between the Alamein line and Libya were bombed, cannonaded and machine gunned.
 Plane crews saw direct hits which destroyed many grounded planes and damaged many more. And of the fighters which challenged the attacks 10 were downed and 10 damaged.
 Light bombers and long range fighters, attacking an enemy train, destroyed its locomotive and blew up ammunition ears.
 Heavy bombers attacked shipping in e daylight raid on Benshazi, the chief Axis base on the Lihyan coast, the communique said.
 Loss of IA planes was announced In all operations.
 (Qermany and Italy claimed sl Allied planes. An Italian coFn- munique in what was called c brii- liant success said that Italian planes downcd % Allied planes; German fighters, 2s, and anti-aiEcraft snnl nina,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-10
MAIN FIGURE IN
 ODD CASE DEAD

Boston, October 10. = (UP) = A central figure in one of the strang- est cases of mistaken identity in the history of New England crime is dead.
 He was Clement F. Molway, 31, who ,succumbed to a pulmonary all- ment at a Mattapa1 sanatorium last night after long illness
 Mollway and another Boston taxi- cab driver, Louis Berrett, were ar- rested as suspects after g Lynn theater employe was slain by holdup men in 1884, and eight witnesses positively identified them as the killer-bandits.
 Midway and Berrett were on trial for first-degree murder, facing the electric chair if convicted, when police rounded up the notorious Faber-M -Millen gang. College-educated Abraham Faber and his confeder- ates, Murton and Irving Millen, Rox- bury brothers, confessed that they killed the Lynn victim. along with two bank employees in Needham and store clerk in fighting, during a series of holdups,
 Not only were Molway and Ber- rett freed immediately, but the Massachusetts legislature awarded each S2.BO0 damages.
 Rabef and the Mlllen brothers died in the electric chair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-10
BOND SALES
 IN SEPT. HEAVY
.$l,570,915.5O Total Is $l6O,0OO Over August's
 Figure

Chairman J. Francis Smith of the war bond committee reported today that bond sales in September totaled $1,579, ,915.50, an increase of $160, 0,000 over August. Total bond sales here to date are now SIT, 1924, 4,606.10.
 Banks led the way in September sales, disposing of $778, 8,29l.75 in var ious types and denominations of bonds. Industrial issuers sold bonds totaling $286, ,418.75. Sales through the federal reserve amounted to $239,550 during the month. Post of flee sales of bonds and stamps reached a total of $186, 500, while local credit unions sold $89,155 in bonds.
 The September bond campaign was featured by the Salute to Our Heroes drive in which local theaters participated, and in which mer- chants, civic organizations and oth- CTS cooperated. Headquarters were at Liberty House on the Green, and during the month there were many special programs, including visits by movie stars, radio broadcasts, auctions, etc.
 Of the grand total of more than $17000,000 in bonds sold to date, the banks have accounted for more than $11,500, ,Oo0. The post office sales total $3,000,000. industrial issuers over $1 1,550,000, federal reserve $765,- 900, and credit unions $540, 1000.
 Since War Bonds were first of- fered, the Colonial Trust Co. leads the way among the banks in total sales. It has disposed of $3, 843, 100.
 Figures for other banks are as follows:
 Waterbury Savings Bank, $S,O47,- 100.
 Waterbury Trust CO, $689, 1925.
 Waterbury National Bank, $1,694,- 300.
 Citizens & Manufacturers Nation al Bank, $2,040,6
 First Federal Savings & Loan As Sociation, $158,275.
 Waterbury Building & Loan As- sociation, $13,235.50.
 Morris Plan Bank, $17,781.2
 Chairman Smiths report lists fig ures for several factories. Amer ican Brass Go. employees have pur- chased 8 total of $1, ,351, ,050 in bonds. Other figures: Mattatuck Mfg. Co., $37, 7,975; Bristol CO, $106,812.75; Pa- tent Button O.. $19.862.5o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-10
FIRST OF EIGHT
 SHIPS CHRETENED

Boston, Oct. 10-(UP)-The first of eight vessels to be launched dur ing the weekend at New England shipyards has been christened at the Bingham yard of the Bethlehem Steel Co.
 The Special Vessel. sponsored by Mrs. Katrina VangeM, wife of Lt.- Cmdr. Mario c. Vangeh, ofiicer in charge of the plant, slid down the ways yesterday.
 Six more ships will be launched today-two deStroyers at the Fore River plant of the Bethlehem Steel CO, in Quicy, two special ships" at Boston Navy yard, and two subma- rine chasers at the Simms Bros. yard in Dorchester. Tomorrow a de- stroyer will be launched at the Bath Iron Work, Bath, Me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-10
Allied Planes Leave Trail
 Of Wreckage At Rabaul
CHICAGO FEARS
 TOUHY KILLINGS
Notorious Killer of PrOhi- bitiOn Days FIees Prison
 With MObsters
BY ROBERT F. LOUGHRAN

A AVODA1ASA A A1OO MAILMAN
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Chicago, Oct. 10-(UP)- Police feared today that Terrible Roger Touhy and other select murderers and cut-throats from the Statesville prison had succeeded in reaching friends and a hide-out in the local underworld and grimly prepared for a wave of killings in the style of pre-repeal Chicago.
 A car containing three men and travelling 35 miles an hour sped around a state police barricade on the highway at Elmhurst, on the outskirts of Chicago, last night, un- deterred by the hail of bullets state policemen fired after it.
 If the car containued Touhy, he was accompanied by Basil (the OwD Banghart, Al, machipe-gunner of his old gang and as ruthless a murderer as the underworld ever and James O'Connor, 35, a bandit and gunman, who was not a member of the old gang but was believed to have helped Touhy, A, engineer the break from Illinois model" prison yesterday afternoon.
 Four other convicts, all of equal ly desperate stripe, escaped with them and probably have gone their separate ways. Tollhy, and Bang hart were serving 99 year sentences for Kidnapping Jake (the Barber) Factor. O'Connor was in for life for banditry. The other four were Will liam Stewart, 43, serving life as a habitual criminal; St. Clair McIn- cry, serving life as 8 habitual crim- inal; Matthew Nelson, 40, life for Edward Darlak, 32, serv- ing 199 years for murdering Chi cago policeman.
 A new generation has grown up since Touhy and Capone mobsters one another in compe- tion for the beer trade in the north west suburbs, but its members had only to look at Jake the Barber at the moment he learned of Tuohy's escape to know that Terrible Touhy" had been well named. No softly, Jake, but he lost not mo- ment demanding police protection and rushing to his apartment where he probably will stay until Touhy and Banghart who went to prison because of his testimony are re- captured.
 Jake the Barber'S mind flashed back to the court room scene of 1884 when Touhy, sentenced to 99
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-10
Urges Cooperation of Buy- ing Public in Store ClOs=
 ing Tuesday A. M.

Mayor Vincent A. Scully issued a proclamation today urging all-out cooperation with the Merchants Victory Drive on Tuesday morning, at which time all the stores in the city will close for the collection of scrap.
 The mayor asked that the pur- chasing public of Waterbury and the nearby towns cooperate with the merchants in order that the greatest amount of scrap be col lected.
 Scrap is Victory. Metal" the mayor stated in the proclamation. we can help our armed forces by collecting and contributing our use- less metal.
 The mayor said that all the trucking facilities of the city will aid in collecting the metal. When the employees report for work on Tuesday morning, they will be put to work gathering metal from the stores and placing 1t on the side walks for collection. The city trucks, together with many private ly owned vehicles. will then collect the scrap from the curbs and take it to central depot.
 The Merchants Victory Drive is being sponsored by the Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Com merce. At meeting of the execu- tive committee of the bureau on Thursday, a resolution adopting the plan was. passed. Letters have been sent to every merchant in town asking their full cooperation.
 The closing of the stores on Tues day morning will not mean a half holiday, since the employees must re- port for work as usual. The only difference will be that they will col- lect scrap instead of sell merchan- disc.
 Neighborhood scrap depots are continuing to spring up in dffer- ent parts of the city, and are being loaded with scrap almost as fast as they are created. Among the new (Continued on Page 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-10
SENATE WORKS
 ON TAX BILL
Largest Levy on Taxpay- CTS Ever Included in Cur.
 rent Measure
BY JOHN R. BEAL United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

NOHAkCu 1CSS 0kf1A NVkECSpUAUCAbJ
 Washington, Oct. 10 = CUP) = The Senate works overtime today to pass the largest tax bill in his tory which includes the stiffest in- come levies ever imposed on the American taxpayer.
 Foregoing its usual Saturday re- cess and meeting an hour earlier than usual for the fifth consecutive day, the Senate was to complete action on the 5000, 100000 bill be- fore night. Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Ken lucky hoped the job could be done by p. m. (EWT).
 After approving the five per cent incomes of more than $12-a-week and rejecting President Roosevelt's Victory Tax" on individual gross request for higher social security levieS, the Senate had the bill close to passage late yesterday. Leaders learned that Sen. Robert M. Lafol- lette, Prog, Wis, had additional amendents, and postponed final &C., tion.
 Lafollette has three amendments under consideration, and may offer all of them. They are:
 1. Repeal of the present depletion allowance on oil and gas wells and certain mines, in accordance with treasury recommendations, to plug "loopholes" in existing law and raise SPA, 100000 more annually.
 (For oil and gas wells, the present depletion allowance is 27 1-2 per cent: for sulphur mines, g per cent; for metal mire Is per cent; and for coal mines, 5 per cent.)
 2. Increased individual surtaxes, to raise another $208, ,000, 900. La- Toilette wants to ease the rate on the first $500 of taxable income but increase it on the middle and high- CT brackets to a top rate of 84 per cent on income about $200, 900. This compares with 8 top surtax rate in the senate bill of 82 per cent.
 3. Higher estate and gift taxes, to raise an additional $193 600 900. The senate bill makes no change in ex- isting rates.
 LsaFollette claimed the senate, by the victory tax, was "tax- ing the bread of the poor mans table," arguing that the man at tempting to live on 8 little more than SIP a week must give up food
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