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Matanuska “Campers” Fell Forest Giants And Clear Farmlands For Snug Winter H
n r
In Matanuska Valley, Alaska, future home of a small army of Amer
ican colonists, a ruffed, snow-capped mountain ranfe Is a silent wit
ness of much hustle-bustle, as colonists, aided by transient workers,
speed bulldinf of their homes before snow flies. Headquartes tents for
the workers, located at nearby Palmer, are pictured above.
A* their homes rise shore MsUnnsks’s fertile soil, colonists and work*
ers hhve been digging wells, building roods and clearing land for cul
tivation. Their hard, grinding toil is lightened by roseate dreams of
rich farmlands of the future; add by thrills such as that which oomes
when, as above, a forest giant shivers, sways and comes, crashing down.
The fringe ef timber hemming in Motonusko colony end bristling over
potential colony forms is gradually retesting, os the pioneer clear the
site of superfluous trees and stumps. Comp 8upL George Moland, left,
Is shown superrising a blasting os workers pour powder Into a stump
before attaching the fuse and retesting to safety.
la the valley, more than a hundred heaaea have already been com*
pie ted and made ready for occupancy by the colonists; with 6* others
nearing completion. Soon, 173 colonists and their families will greet
the Alaskan winter, shielded from biting cold in compact, sturdy
houses, similar to the one pictured above, an experimental cabin.
FOUNTAIN PEN
VEXESCHINESE
Board of Education Bans
Use in Primary and Mid
dle-School Grades
Canton, China (UP)—The dlrectoi
of the board of education here hai
baned fountain pens from primary
and middie-school grades on the
grounds that beautiful Chinese
characters cannot be made with a
/ mechanical device.
There is no such thing as a
fountain brush in China, equiva
lent to the modem fountain pen,
and if the Commissioner of Edu
cation and the Mayor of Canton
have anything to say about it, there
never will be such an instrument.
"The Chinese pen-brush has been
used for thousands of years and I
guess it is good enough to keep on
using,” says the director of the
board. "Beautiful Chinese charac
ters, which makes our language such
a work of art, cannot be made with
a fountain pen, and I hope that no
mechanical device will ever be per
fected to destroy the naturally
painted characters which only the
hand movement can achieve.”
The mayor of Canton recently
gave notification to all municipal
school that no credit would be giv
en for any papers handed in not
written with a brush. Teachers are
to take this warning as well and see
to it that all of their corectlons
on papers are also made with the
native brush and not a "foreign
pen.”
IB an effort to wipe out Illiter
acy in Nanking, the ministry of
education has approved a set of
"abbreviated characters” to take the
place of ahe more complicated or
dinary ones now in use. This sim
plification of characters will be
come effective in January. Text
books are being revised to incor
porate the simpler characters and
rules governing their use are being
drawn up by officials of the De
partment of Education.
The possibility of a Chinese type
writer also is frowned upon as “un
artlstic” and "impractical.” Too
many' characters would be required,
it is argued, to make a machine that
would be sufficiently small to oper
ate satisfactorily. To accommodate
piano.
600 chraacters, a Chinese typewriter
would nearly resemble a baby grand
EXPERTS SCAN
ARMOR TRENDS
Armament for Infantrymen
Causes Speculation on
New Equipment Types
New York (UP).—With the pos
sibility of an African war a world
topic, the subject of armament for
the Infantryman has been revived
as armor experts speculate on the
possibility of new types of equip
ment being evolved.
No war has been fought since
the Invention of steel In which
steel armor has not played an Im
portant part, experts agree. Se
crecy surrounding some of the
more modern equipment has come
to light since the World War.
Armorers admit that virtually ev
ery Allied and Central Power test
ed on European fronts steel body
equipment ranging, from visor to
huge torso epcasements, some of
the latter weighing as much as 86
pounds.
Trench Helmet Copied
The trench helmet, worn uni
versally In the World War, h ad Its
direct antecedent in headgear
worn by Saracen warriors during
| the wars with the Christians more
; than 400 years ago. Moving pic
ture studios have conducted ex
tensive research on the history of
armor. Cecil B. DeMille, who pro
duced "The Crusades," had ex
perts make exhaustive studies of
old armament for the foot soldier
and knight. Military men of many
nations likewise delve Into the past
for more modem ideas.
School children admittedly are
not likely to find in history books
many details concerning the life
or armor. For instance, records
show that many soldiers during the
Civil War wore steel Jackets and
link vests; that at least one high
army officer wore an entire suit
of armor during the greater part
of his participation In the French
and Indian War; and that George
Washington was among officers who
wore armor neckplates, In the form
gorgets, during the Revolutionary
War.
Say Armor Is Not Dead
Literally, of course, armor ex
perts and historians concede, there
would be no reason for any coun
try to call In at some future time
armor specimens, many hundreds
of years old, and distribute them
to doughboys.
But authorities are satisfied that
armor Is not yet dead. They have
proof that it did not become obso
lete when the sword and crossbow
were supplanted by gunpowder
and cannon ball. Instead, the
story of armor shows that hand
made steel suffered a setback
against lead bullets only for a
time; that when science pro
pounded a tougher and lighter
steel, interest In armor underwent
a period of revival.
Steel-Jacketed bulletts, however,
succeeded leaden pellets during an
era when authorities report armor
seemed due for a prolonged return
on the battlefield. The fact that
the “tin hat" came out of the last
war gives rise to the belief that
other steel protection may be de
veloped for the future fighting
man.
CHICAGO MAPS
R1VERHARBOR
$4,000,000 Structure to
Permit Shipping After
Draw Bridges Pass
Chicago (UP).—A $4,000,000 trans
fer harbor, designed to permit ship
ping on the Chicago river even
when draw bridges no longer are
operating, Is planned under the di
rection of Hugh E. Young, engineer
for the Chicago planning commis
sion.
The harbor, planned for ship
to-barge and barge-to-shlp trans
fers, will bel ocated at the mouth
of the river in Lake Michigan,
with docks on either side of a
lock to be constructed by the san
itary district.
The sanitary district has set
aside $3,00(MXK) for the lock from
the $58,000,000 assigned by the PWA
to the district to save the city
from pestilence w hen the United
States supreme court mandate
shutting down the flow of water In
the river goes Into force late in 1938.
“The main objective,” A. A.
Sprague, chairman of the com
mission, said, "Is to save what com
merce is using the river when the
sanitary district builds Its lock and
when the bridges are no longer
open.”
The harbore will permit trans
fers from lake or ocean craft to
smaller vessels which can negotiate
the river without the bridges be
ing open, he said.
“A lock at the mouth of the
river to control the flow Is a minor
consideration from the city’s view
point,” he said. “Fixed bridges are
the main object.”
The city Is attempting to avoid
lowering the river’s level, Sprague
SUBSTITUTE
Railway Mail
Clerks
Examinations
For All New Enrbrnd States
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
OCTOBER 28th
MEN 18 TO 35
Salary $1850 First Year
Jtefords More Particular! Write
Franklin Institute
Care of Democrat
Announcing the Opening
OF THE '
SURETY
PAINT And WALLPAPER CO.
59 GRAND ST.
Pormerlj the Union Pinto A Window OImo Ca’i Point and Wall
Paper Department*.
WALLPAPER
SPECIALS
We are still pit ‘ "
unuiual titan
WATERBURY DAY
Be rare to (hop here for point
and wall paper barratn*.
said, because of the many indus
tries which draw water from It.
Most of them would have to
build an entire new pumping sys
tem, he said. v
TIES OF 54 YEARS SEVERED
Springfield, Mo. — (UP) — A
husband can become quarrelsome
and abusive even after a couple
has been married 54 years. Mrs
Mary L. WiWngo testified. She was
awarded a divorce.
POTATO CONTROL
REVISION ASKED
Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 21—(UP)—A
four-point revision of potato control
legislation was urged upon the 1,300
delegates attending the fifteenth an
nual meeting of the Orange League
Federation today by Louis J. Taber
of Columbus, Oflfl notional grange
master.
In the first place, Taber held, the
law needs amending to increase the
limit of potatoes that growers are al
lowed to produce free from penalty.
The five-bushel limit, if adhered to,
will defeat the law, he said. The limit
should be raised to SO bushels or
more.
Secondly, at least a two-thirds
vote of all producers should be re
quired in determining continuation
of control pollcoles.
Thirdly, consumers should be ex
empt from the proposed fine and
penalty they would be subject to for
buying potatoes without stamps and
not In standardized containers.
And last, farmers should be given
the right to sell their own potatoes
at roadside markets on their farms
or directly to consumers without us
ing standard packages or containers.
Train bandits are active In Japan.
FERA PERSONNEL
ONWPAPAYROLL
Transfer of the local FERA per
sonnel to the WPA.haa proceeded
no further than the three projects
taken over last week, William M.
Harris, FERA administrator, said
today. The projects Involve work at
the Chase park sand bank, rip-rap
ping along the Naugatuck river and
several school repair jobs and em
ploy ISO men. The total number to
be transferred Is approximately 900.
BOY TAKES 43 FAIR FRIZES
Tiffin, O.—(UP)—Leon Boucher,
14, ran away with most every prize
In sight at the junior fair held In
connection with the Seneca Coun
ty Fair. He won 27 firsts and 16
second prized.
SI
WATERBURY DAY «
POLLY PERREY’S
ANNIVERSARY PRICES PREVAIL
PRICES CO DOWN! DOWN! DOWN! IN THIS SALE OF SALES! THIS IS YOUR OP
PORTUNITY TO STOCK UP AT THESE VERY LOW PRICES! DARING SALE!
RECAUSE PRICES ARE GOING SKY HIGH! RE HERE EARLY!
129 BANK ST.
( Opposite \
' Howland's /
Waterbury Day Bong!
Just 100
Ladies’ Reg. $2.00 Hairy
CLOTH DRESSES
All Colors.
Sizes 14 to 44.
Made with long
sleeves in 5 beauti
ful styles.
129 BANK ST. (sst)
Waterbury Day
Morning Special
On Sale from 9 A. M.
to Noon Only
FULL SIZE
80x108
RAYON BROCADED
BED SPREADS
Rose, Bine, Green,
Gold and Hello
Limit 1 to Customer.
None Sold to Dealers.
A MESSAGE!
Beginning Tomorrow
Polly Perrey Cele
brates 5 Years in
Waterbury
We hare been faithful to
you! You hare been faith
ful to us! In appreciation
we offer the greatest as
sortment of ralues erer.
Come in and take ad ran
tage! Prices on cottons,
woolens and Silks hare
fjimbed orer 50%. Now is
the time for you to buy.
Thank You!
POLLY PERREY
Famous Manufacturers’
Reg. $1.25 to $1.65
Pure Silk
Full Fashioned
HOSIERY
Pair
Manufacturer*’ Irregulars
GENUINE
MOHAWK
SHEETS
81x90 — Also
Mohawk Valley Cotton Mills
Utica. N. Y.
MOHAWK
Rea. V. >. Pat. Ofllce
| SHEETS and PILLOW CASES
QUALITY OUAHANTKKI)
88
c Ea.
63x99
72x90
72x99
63x90
Limit
2 to a
Customer.
None to
Dealers!
BLOUSE SMACK!
Ladies’ Values to $1.59
SILK & WOOLEN
BLOUSES
In a hundred different styles and
every conceivable color.
Your Choice
For This
Sale
Velvet & Taffeta Included
Ladies' Extra Heavy
Flannel
NIGHT GOWNS
49<
size GOWNS 69c each
REG. 15c READY-TO-USE
COLORED BORDERED
DISH TOWELS
7c ea.
REG. 98c
■ FC. ALL PURE LINEN
LUNCHEON SET
59c set
N Sure-Fit—Reg. $1.39
Heavy Grade
Mattress Covers
e Bound Seams
e Non-rip Comers
e Unbreakable Rubber Buttons
e AH Sixes
SSc «»•
WATERBURY DAY SCOOP
_ Ladies’ & Misses’
Angora Wool
TWIN SETS
In nil the New Footbnll Colon end
Wool Mixed Flannel Skirts. Your
choice
99
Ladles 100% Wool Flnnnel
BATH ROBES
$J-97
Worth nt lenst $1 more
WATERBURY DAY SPECIALS IN
OUR UNDERGARMENT DEPARTMENT
WOOLLY SNUGGIES
19« ea.
PONGEE PUKE SILK
NEGLIGEES
S9<
LADIES' 100% PUKE
SILK SUPS
99«
PAJAMA SALE!
Ladies’
c Flannel
• Silk Pongee
• Plisse Crepes
• Values to $1.29
Your Choice
89
C ea.
Made In many bountiful styles.
REINFORCED
“SEAMSTRONG”
SLIPS
Gunrnntoed no seams to rip
2 For *1
.00
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EXTRA SPECIAL FOR TOMORROW ONLY
* Regular $2.00 Value
Hand Tufted Wool
CANDLEWICK
BEDSPREADS
MADE FULL SIZE
Made la 0 pretty color*
—Made by band In tbe
mountain* of Georgia.
Lln|lt 2 to a customer.
None to dealers.
Reg. 19c
Ironing
Board
Covers
EACH
10c
81 x 90 •• Reg. $1.29 Value
Colored Border
BED SHEETS
• Hemstitched too!
• S Pretty Colon
Pillow Cases to Match, 4 for $1.00
88
SURE-FIT
REVERSIBLE PEPPERELL PRINTS
COMFORT or BLANKET
COVER
» Full Sise • Fast Colon
I Bound Seams • All Colon
$1.39
Each
BLANKET ond COMFORT SALE
LARGE SIZE
Plaid
SHEET BLANKETS
Made In Rose, Blue, Green, Gold
and Lavender.
Worth 79c ea.
2 For $ J»00
FAMOUS "NASHUA MILL”
Part Wool Double
PLAID BLANKETS
Included at same price, Cannon mill Re
versible Blankets.
»1
Regular $3.98
"Palmer” X Heavy Flowered
Sateen Covered
COMFORTERS
$2.49 «a.
Reg. $5.98 All Wool Reversible
Pastel
BLANKETS
$3.68
POLLY PERREY’S WATERBURY DAY
CURTAIN SALE!
Kef. $1.19 Colored Candlewick Dotted
Priscillo Curtains
Full width with wide ruffle.
Mode In Rote, Blue, Orchid, Green,
Bed and Gold.
&9c a pai*
WHAT A BUY!
SPECIAL GROUP!
Cushion-Dotted Priscilla Flat Meshes
and Ginfham Trimmed
COTTAGE SETS
59«
Ref. $1.00 Value
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New Tailored Llvinf Room
CURTAINS
Adjustable Scranton Laces. Fancy
meshes—Celanese, voile and innum
erable fancy weaves. Your choice
99« *
*1.39 Pr.
Brocaded
Damask Drapes
rutty lined, pinch pleated in the fol
[fatty lined, pinch pleated in the fol
lowinf shades: Blue, Rust, Green,
Brown, Red, Rose, Effshell, Mulberry
and Gold. Made complete with tie
hacks and pins ready to hanf.
Others $1.98 up
Wrought Iron
CRANES
29c
NEW
Ref. 91-9L19
DAMASK
CUSHIONS
89c ea.
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