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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
Works Board Holds
 .SDeedv Meeting

The Board of Works last night passed on lesser matters and ad- journed after one of the mildest sessions held in some time. The Board levied assessments on sewers for Herschel Avenue, Over Street, smith Avenue, and Gertrude Ave- nue.
 The request of Herbert Scott Smith for $500 for a snow loader was approved by the board for the Street Department.
 Authorization was also given to install 150 feet of water mains on Highland Avenue and 250 feet of water mains on Welland Avenue.
 Petitions were received from the city clerks office for the installation of electric lights on Fairfield Ave- nue and Rosemount Avenue, and petition for a sidewalk on Longhill Road,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
Pc TOUR THE WATERBURY DECEMBER ON

publishers Nllahes their profession. They wouldn't swap Jobs with Anya one, nut there are exceptlonB , n. w. acflpps wag one Of AIneflcAb most bklllf,ll, successful and influs entlal publishers, Yet before he retired he confessed Co on lnlefs viewer that he infinitely preferred farming Co operating newApapeFs'"
 Close to 900 employees of the Day- ton Daily News and the spring. field Co.) Daily News Cboth owned by James M. Cox, former Governor Of Ohio and Presidential chndidate) gathered in the city room of the Dayton paper for e surprise celes bratlon of the publication Of his book, Journey Through My Years" lust published by Simon and Dchu- bter
 Everyone arrived with a copy, ifi- ciuding Ohlo's Governor, Prank |. Lausche, W hen the authof-pub- fisher got up to express his appre- citation, the fifst thing he said Cas he looked around the room) was. "1 am appalled, that there are 90 MANY on the payrollp
 "Dear Walter, Three great AFners leans figure in this little story. It'B particularly characteristic of Damon and Lardner, who was Q great Wal- ter Johnson adinirer. When Ring was in his last illness Damon went tip Go see him in the hospital When he entered the room, Ring said, Hello, Damon, Damon 90 i'd, Hello Ring And then, after that nothing.
 "Ring, of course, never talked much. So Damon, accommodating him, simply sat by the bed ifl silence. At the end of about a half hour Ring turned over and said, Who was the greatest pitchcer that ever lived, Danon2' Damon said, 'Matty' Ring said, Goodbye. Da- mon said, Goodbye and left. That's all.--Nunnally Johnson"
 To all the Guys and Dolls. The money for the RunyOn Memorial is flooding In. Thanks. A committee of sports writers, editors, cOlumnists, publishers is being formed. At the first meeting soon this group will decide on the Fund chairman, treas- tirer, etc. .. We just learned Run- yOFis wish was for Q room at Me- EnOrial Hospital "fOr newgpapernen victims of cancer;" that ali their bills be paid by the fund. So that Is first on the agenda. The rest of the money viii go to cancer research and the Memorial in his name Newsparermen lin every town and hamletl are invited to serve in this cause. The list of contributions will appear in the N. f. Journal Ameri- can, RunyOn's alma mater But you may send your two-bits or what you can spare to your favOrite cOI- umnist, sports writer or newspaper In your Home Town.
 Respect for the dead by mercy foi the living was Runyon's languaGs The Language of the Heart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
Local Motorists Escape Crash

Two local motorists escaped inc jury in separate accidents on Wol- colt Street in Bristol yesterday morning as their cars skidded and overturned within e few minutes of each other almost in the same spot.
 Drivers were Henry E. Floriari, 3S, of 32o Oak Street, and William Belz, 45, of 95 Willow Street.
 Neither driver was arrested and police said the accidents were caused by icy pavement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
Walter WincheII
 On BrO0dw0y
v,aa. HaN RsVIAsVa esssnsA 0'A Da@ A'rO'

1 The late Capt Patterson always got a wallop out of being q rep0rt- CT. lie would often leave his ptb- fishing duties Go turn up unexpect- edly where news was being made and inform his reporter covering the assignment, Here am, Whats to be doneS Understand now, you're the boss and I'm working for you, What angle do you want me to take7"
 About Q century ago the flrebrand of American Journalism was Q lady named Victoria Woodruff. She published Q sheet that went in for personal Journalism without any holds barred. As @ result, she was beaten, thrown down a flight of stairs and even jailed. But it failed 1 Co stop her dauntlesS and candid reporting Incidentally, at one time this unusual and ambitious lady was candidate for Presl- dentl
 Mag editor Daniel Ellis love let- ter. Mir, Wlnchell merits atten- ton because of the unceasing war he has been waging on intolerance and Americans. He has won Q host of friends and well-wlshcrs all over the country and has made Q great many enemies, We would judge Mir Winchell by the friends he has made, but he would prefer to be judged by the enemies he has acquired during his militant career"
 Ed Howe must be ranked among the top.notch small-town editors. Ills wit and wisdom remains as per- tinent today as 1t ever was. He once explained the value of criticism this way. What people say behind your back is your standing in the coin- munity in which you live"
 Among the things that irk syn- dicated colyumists is the blue-pefl. cil slashing and inept makeup of their colyums in some out-of-town gazettes. This is to remind those editors of an incident in Don Mar quis' career: He turned out a col- yum for a year without attracting any attention. One day he decid- , ed to present his pillar in more attractive format And soon after he changed the makeup of his col. yum it became his papers most popular feature--although the stand- ard of the material in the colyum remained the same.
 James GOr0on Bennett was a superb reconteur. But when asked for proof about the tales he spun he countered with: Remember many @ good story has been spoiled by over-verification.
 Almost everybody connected with newspapers from copy boys to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
NKMaRAPERNrAN STIFF

The masa penetrating analysls of Che deadly fascination of eolyumlne was penned by Don Marquis. "'rhe fact h that while column.writ.. ing ruined me. i loved it. It sapped my vitality, made corns and bNnions on my brain, wrecked my life, and 4 adofed doing lt, During the three years I have quit it have had four or five terrible struggles not to SO back to it, am apt to walk into any newspaper office ln Amer icA At any hour of the day or night and hand c half-doEen columns if didn't watch myself, and give them away for nothing but the pleasure of seeing them in type, I think t Is the most destructive vice to which any writer may become ad- dlcted. and at the same time love it and adore it and yearn for it."
 Jimmy Walker once offered this reporter some shrewd counsel that we have often quoted. To wit; If you make too many friends, soon youll be afraid of hurting some- bodys feelings and you won't be able to write anything about any- body"
 When Mark Twain was running a cruaading gazette, one of his tar- gets told him that he was wasting hts time. one man cannot iln- prove this world he said.
 Twain countered with: Just make yourself honest and there will be one less rascal in the world"
 Another reason for Damon Run. yons reportorial genius was his ability to concentrate under the most difficult conditions. When he was a war correspondent during the initial global fracas a cannon ex- ploded Q few yards from where Damon was typing yarn. But he continued working without batting en eyelash. Only after he had completed his story did he look up and nonchalantly inquire: Did 1 hear something9"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18

James Gor0on Bennett was a superb reconteur. But when asked for proof about the tales he spun he countered with: Remember many @ good story has been spoiled by over-verification."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
Miami Team To
Be Here Aug. 81

Zissen Bowery softball club OF
Miami will play two games in
Key West on Saturday, August
81, at Bayview Park.
It is expected that an All Star
club. of local players will meet
the invaders.
Among, the best local talent to
oppose the Bowerymen at present
are: Sweeting, Castro and j. Mira
as catchers;; Hancock, D. Roberts,
F. Tynes, Parks. Rosam and Vidal
as pitchers; Sterling and Alonzo,
first base; Santana, c. Alhury and
Marsh, second base; M. Herman
DEE, T. Valdez and Lastres, third
base; Navarro, Perez and Hop
kins at short. In the outfield;
Mccarthy, J. Villareal, Machin,
M. Kerr, Aggie, Carey, ]. Ogden,
Skipper" Rueda, with substitutes
Del Vale and Baker for their HIT
ting power.
A team made UP of these play
ers viii give Key West a good
chance against the RoWery invad-
erS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
Sewing Machine Centennial
To Be Noted In September

ticaI to have . shuttle thu wzes
back and forth and . sk<aiaks
needle.
He perfected his improved sns.
sion of the sewing nnchine and
fought fiercely Howe's sQits 60
patent infringement. Tie Qbufk
finally upheld Howe's claims.
however, and Singer took cut .
license under the Howe paleok
paying him $4,000 IN back royal
ties.
In 1863 a corporation was
formed to carry on the Singer
business, and the modern ma
chine of today is an outgrowth Of
that same firm. later followed By
others using essentially the same
principles.
Since that time some 1000 diff
ferent industrial models and
about "a household models Of
sewing machines have been pro-
duced. Sewing machines have
been sold in practically every
country of the world.
The sewing machine hes heon
the basis of the vast garment in
dustry, has provided a new quick
way to make clothes for millions
Of women.
And it an began just a century
ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
Raiders Drop To Second Place
As Tarpons Trounce Them, 81

IL . same shortened to eight
innin@s b rain. the TT. Lauder
dale TaFpons downed the Key
Nest hed Raiders SCI in a Dade
NgAanty Baseball League game
heEe az Municipal Stadium on
ftaeler Avenue yesterday after
aaon. The loss dropped the Raid
fsa 10 second place.
feuna ID Weygant, Tarpon
hnfles. limited the Raiders TO
t&n hits third-inning single by
41Aiils (Dotlo) Villareal and a
sstfnth-inning triple by Manager
Wllliem fButchl Gates, which ac-
fsnnied for the Raiders lone
taily.
hashipfr Sweeting, Raider ace
fAstnnnaeg. went the distance for
shs lecals. giving up five safeties.
one of Tafpons' five hits was a
taeHsenslous homer by Louder,
Nmltsna eenterflelder. with two on
tase in the fifth inning. Sweeting
#faek o1i eight. bat contributed
t# h@ eefeat By issuing six free
N
TaRponx Break Ice"
NuFpaus broke the ice" in the
Ittfe innsog when a walk to Stew
ena q stolen base. and Garnto's
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19

single to center netted them their
first run.
In the fifth, an error, a hit bats
man. and Louder's homer sent
three runners across home plate.
Raiders tailed their lone run
in the seventh on Gates long
triple down the leftfield line. and
Dewitt Roberts long fly to CEN
ter.
TarponS added another in DE
eighth when Larsen drew a walk
and an error and McNeese's sim
gle to right sent him home.
Raiders played without the
services of Ralph FLASH Arnold,
their star shortstop, who will be
lost to the Raiders for the remain
der of the season due to Illness.
Raiders To Miami
Raiders will travel to Miami
Wednesday night for game
there with the Miami Veterans.
They are scheduled to play a dou-
bleheader with Roca Ration here
next Sunday.
Score: r. H. E.
Tarpons - 0o1 03O 01-5 S Q
Raiders 600 600 1O--1 2 4
Weygant and Ml,rff; Sweeting
and Navarro.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
Miami Seaaawks
To Make Circuit
BY Air Travel
fs1eeinI "a The Citlxenl

MIAMI, Flat was announc-
ed last week that many base
ball clubs started postwar travel
by air on a limited basis this
summer but the Miami Seahawks
of the All-America Conference
will become one of the first ma
jor athletic teams in the nation
to travel exclusively by plane
when they compete in the new
pro football circuit this year.
Through this time-saving mode
of travel the Seahawks viii be
able to practice in Miami's warm
climate during the season
They'll remain here during the
week and fly to the scene of their
game each weekend.
Baltimore is First
First city to be invaded from
the air by the Seahawks will be
Baltimore where Coach Jack
Meagher's men meet the Buffalo
Bisons the night of August 80 in
game for the benefit of the
Maryland Department, American
Legion.
Except for the month of Sep
TENDER, when they swing through
the West to play Cleveland, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, the
Seahawks will practice at the
Biscayne Kennel Club grounds or
Miami Stadium annex. In most
instances the Miami club will de-
part for its destination day
prior to the scrap and return to
Miami Immediately following
the game.
Atlanta September
After tiffs with San Francisco
and Los Angeles, the Seahawks
will leave for Atlanta September
% where on the following day
they meet the Brooklyn Dodgers
in a charity game for the benefit
of the Atlanta Variety Clubs Wei
fare fund. They will arrive in
Miami on September 80 to pre-
pare for their home opener Mon
day night, October 7th with San
Francisco.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
LOcal-C Color Music
Promised I'm PuIImaus

CHICAGO. - (AP) - A new
note. in railroading is a plan to
regaie passengers withy tunes
issuing from wire recorders,
which record sounds on wire
spools that can be played like
monograph records.
The Pullman Standard Car
Manufacturing Co. says the pro-
grams will have to be arranged
to ''fit the locale" 1t adds:
Rivers, creeks and waterfalls
may call for sparkling, tinkling
music. Indian country may call
for music with the chanting un-
dertone so characteristic of the
early American Indian folk and
war songs"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
Frog-in-Rock Story
Goes ON the Rock

SYNDEY. Australia.--(Ap)--
The perennial story about frogs
living for ages in solid rock has
cropped up again when men
sinking shafts found a frog in q
rock, but the explanation deflat-
ed the story.
Naturalists pointed out that 10
frog can live long without az
and that experiments have shown
that frogs sealed in stones with
even chink left for air. died
within a few months, They ex-
planned that in some instance
young frogs squeezed into rock
crevices to escape droughts. Mois-
ture trickled down the crack ana
insects and worms sought the
same shelter. providing the frog
with food. The. frogs grew tOo
large to get out and stayed IN
their stone traps until found
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19

B1a Jewellers. now sponsored
- paul J Sher. Duval street jew
sieH win tackle the Flying Eagles
ln 49, opening game Of a softball
sinicheader az the Bayview
Fafk field tonight.
ThN should be an interesting
laNl9 IS ne Jewellers will begin
y flse 40 the ladder should they
ceme cat victorious tonight. A
loFN Wiil send them up to third
Niaes However, If they lose the
FiBina Eagles viii 20 into thai
Fisian TIE teams win be fight
- hard tonight 10 place among
en- 80 clubs.
Dewitt lBusierl Roberts Is ex-
uk4aaa - Toe the slab for the
4sAaiafa and Vidal for the Flying
taNlra.
cappers In Action Here
Akassie Cap Inn viii be playing
f.sea first game here since COM
nellnN Ia the softball district
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
PLAYERS LACKED FUNDS

The locals played great ball in
the South Florida district tourna-
ment. Castro caught and hit well.
Blondell Hancock, Valdez, Jr.,
Sterling, Santana, d. Perez, T.
VALDEZ, Mccarthy, Kerr, Machin,
Carey, Perry Mccullough and
Dutch" Goehring-all did their
best. The name of Key West
was placed among the clubs en-
gaging in the semi-finals in 1916.
The boys did not have suffi-
cient funds to start with. Nc
Collough, Hunter and others, such
as Gavilan and Dewey Riggs,
did their part. So did the fans
who donated $14 in a collection
at Bayyiew Park.
All the players are grateful to
those who helped them on their
tournament trip.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
FOLLOWING
THROUGH

AcurLAR

-E-f&lN
A DIFFERENT STORY?
Pan-American nine eliminated
the Key West Bottle Cap Inn in
the district softball tournament
at Miami last week. 1t was to be
expected.
However, players and fans be-
lieve there would have been a
different story had Dewitt BUS
teri Roberts accompanied the club
as moundsman.
Claude Valdez started for the
locals against Pan-American. He
was nervous and wild, walking a
few and then giving up home
run that clinched the game for
the Aviators. Hancock relieved
Valdez in the fourth and allowed
but one hit from there on out.
Pan-American played in Cuba
and Sandy Deas pitched perfect
game in the first of three-game
series. He struck out IA, did not
walk a batter. M. Martin at first
made seven putouts. Final score
was 5 to 0. The clubs used ten
men. ]. Duncha was the short
fielder for Pan-American, and j.
Everett 2b, H. Scott c, Harrell
cf, Smith SIS, M. Martin Id, w.
Martin If, D. Lewis CT, D. Gracy
IF and Sandy Deas p.
The second game was also won
by the Aviators, 8 to 2. Deas
allowed just three hits in this
game and Pertierra gave up only
two to the Aviators.
The last game was won by the
Vedado Tennis club, 4 to /. Crazy
pitched for the Americans and
allowed the Cubans only two
safeties. Pertierra held the Avia-
tors to four hits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
Ward Tyson, Bobbie Kimber
Take Prizes In Blind Boyle

Nagd Tyson won first prize OF
fahs aallars in the Blind Bogie
taufnameRs held over the week
rnsi az the local golf club, and Miss
= ttle Kimber. WAVE, won sec
a pflze q s450. with James
GM8sF taxing third prize Of three
llaFa
Los naedallSt bonors went TO
81 1stk HAYES and Bob Spots
eea ~ifh ga and one stroke
aehn8 IN secoTsd position were
gy knight and Alton Park.
Charlie Is Back
Naek nn the golf course after a
Fsff of 4 number of years was
EHyisF Sails. Mr.. Sails was in
- areisieni some years ago and
siy iniured Ms right knee-cap,
sls naw he IS back booming out
fEH isssg drives. Charlie is one
~ Hse yery few golfers ever to
Hf ga M. q in one shot. lie is
faseksf about IL. declaring that
hufricane-wind" was behind
An ~ hat IS il may, Charlie
ls#s give the bali a long ride.
Hsw They Scored
faiinNinR are The individual
rEnsN
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
Two SOftball Games Scheduled
For Bayview Park Tonight

tournament at Miami last week
when they take on Roy's Auto
Parts in the second contest of the
evening.
E. Sweeting will pitch and Joe
Fleitas will catch for the Me-
chanics. Hancock and Castro will
form the battery for the Bottlers.
Opening battle will get under
way at 7:30 o'clock and the Sec
ond at 8 o'clock.
Standings of the clubs in the
Class A league, which show credit
for one won game given each
club when the Square Deal Mar
ket disbanded:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
Neighbors Give House
To Homeless Widow

CHERRY VALLEY, IH.-tAP)
Mrs. Rupert Baxter, a widow
with six children, was notified
she would have to move from
the house she rented because
it had been sold. She had no
place to go.
Word of her plight spread
swiftly through this village of
900 population. Citizens contrib
uted $4,000, bought a lot and barn
and converted the property into
a neat five-room residence for
her.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
Boys Single Shot
Kills 3 kanaaroOs

TAMWORTH, Australia.--(AP)
One bullet, fired by a school
boy, killed three kangaroos near
Tamworth. Using homemade
ammunition the boy fired a 80
rifle at . group of the animals.
Two kangaroos standing in line
were killed outright and a third,
struck by a piece of lead rico
chetting from the second victim,
died later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
ROmanian Resorters
Taxed for Party Fund

BUCHAREST, Romania.-(AP)
Visitors to the seaside resort
of Carmen Sylvia got surprise
when the mayor declared a two
day fiesta to raise election funds
for the government parties Dem
ooratic Bloc. A charge amounting
to 40 percent was added to the
price of everything. Hotels and
restaurants Obliged. Druggists
surcharged aspirins. At night low
ers promenading on the cliff road
had to pay tolls. Some 10000
visitors thus contributed about
$4,000 to government election
funds. Opposition-party- pleasure
seekers were not amused.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19

"And what" asked the chief
of the cannibal islands, in his
kindest tones, was your business
before you were captured by my
menu"
Il was a newspaperman," ans
wered the captive.
"An editor?"
mo, merely police reporter. :"
"Cheer up, young man! Pro-
motion awaits you. After dinner
you shall be editor-in-chief!"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-19
|Ap Newsfeofures

14Ea ANWWSA~AAA4@1
1t was just 100 years ago, on
September 10, 1916, that a pow
Ierty-stricken young machinist
from Massachusetts received a
patent on the. first practical sew
| ing machine.
His name was Elias Howe, Jr.,
and his invention was perfected
after years of study, work, and
repeated failures. II was in 1889,
when Howe was an understood
youth of 90, that he overheard a
conversation between two men
and his employer in a Boston ma
chine shop about the fortune that
would cone to the man who in
vented sewing machine.
Previously a number of at
tenpts had been made to invent
| a machine to sew>cloth or leather,
the first crude model having been
made by an Englishman, Thomas
Saint, as early as 1890, but never
put to any practical use.
Later, in 1889, a poor Frenfh
tailor named Barthelemy Thi-
inonnier worked out a machine
which made a chain stitch by
means of a hooked needle like a
crochet hook. He attempted to
market his handmade wooden ma
chine, but its manufacture was
halted by the revolution of 1848.
Still another inventor, New
York Quaker named Walter Hunt,
made a sewing machine about
1884, but financial difficulties and
the hostility of the observers,
who feared they would be put out
Eof work discouraged him. He sold
the invention for a trifle, and it
was never developed to its full
commercial possibilities.
So. though others had blazed
the trail before him. the inven-
ton Of the first practical, COM
rnercial sewing machine. grand
daddy Of our modern high
speesl marvels. is credited to
Elias Howe.
This young man, son of a Mas
sachusetts farmer and miller,
started working in earnest on his
invention about 1843, when he
worked out the idea of using two
threads and a shuttle to form
stitch. By October. 1874, he had
constructed a crude working
model. but he needed financial
assistance to build an accurate
model of metal.
He enlisted the aid of former
ischoolmate, George Fisher, and
finally produced the model on
which he received a patent in
1916.
Orders for the new machine
were slow in coming in, however.
Manufacturers feared it would
throw all the hand sewers out of
work. Discouraged, young Howe
sent his brother, Amasa, to Lon
don with model of the machine.
Amasa sold the British rights to
an English corset maker for $50
port1ds, plus the offer of job to
the inventor at three pounds a
week.
Returning to America after
year in England, Elias found that
news of the success of the sewing
machine in England had reached
America, and that several manu-
facturers were using machines,
based ON his model. There fol-
lowed a long series of suits for
patent infringement, and at last
Howe was awarded his just dues,
founded the Howe Sewing Ma
chine Company and found his
royalties mounting to as much as
1000 a week.
Then another inventor en-
tered the picture. He was Isaac
M. finger. who watched the
Howe machine. with its rotary
shuttle and curved needle. and
decided it would be more prac-