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SECOND SECTION
WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1935
PAGE THIRTEEN
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Memos qf a Columnist*a Girl Friday.
Dmt W. W.: Wonder bow much troth then te to the etuff we
reoeive on the Clark Gables? I know you uaed the rift rumor again
recently—but I keep bearing It dally...You might have missed the
Tlmee’ comment on your remarke that the Walken had reserved an
apt at a Madieon Ave. place for their return, etc...The Tlmee die*
mlased It with—"not true, at all”.. .Then the St. Morltc claimed the
Walkere, but today’! gazette* agreed the Walken would dwell at the
Chatham on Vanderbilt Ave., which mean* you miaeed It by exactly
half a block! ..The Ooaeten agree that Mae We*t and J. Tlmony
have oop’d—merely bualneu pale now.. .Loretta Young'* bad break 1*
pathetic.. Wonder where all the mnoey *he made went to?...It cure
wae some lucky break for you, mining the gunmen in the barber shop
where Krotnpier and Child were shot. The eupentltlou* will never be
lieve that you have never carried any good luck charm*...Ho, hum,
there were more casualties in the gang wan Wednesday than In all
Ethiopia.
Richard Himber's ad in the theatrical Journal* was clever, I
thought. He reprinted our Friday column of last week, showing his
rating on the radio in No. 4 position, with a score of 1.2.. .The lat
est Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting reveals some of the orches
tras a* follows, I am told: Guy Lombardo (16.2); Wayne King (12.1) i
Eddie Duchin (11.5); Richard Hlmber (16.1); Ray Noble (6.0); Abe
Lyman (6J){ Leo Reiaman (4.6); Horace Heldt (4.2)....L. Hobol says
he has more space to All daily than anybody. He Alls It with 10 pt
on a 12 pt. slug and works 6 days a week.. .Your* Is 8 pt, on 8. And
besides doing 7 columns a week, your radio continuity is practically
another two column*. 8o look at him!
I saw a preview of "3 Kids and a Queen’’ (due at the Roxy next
week). It has lots of applaudience-appeal. Like that ‘‘applaudlence’’?
...Leave it to Minsky’s to get comical. Now that "Porgy and Bess' is
a hit. Minsky's is calling its current frolic: "Porgy and Beans’’...
Heheheh.. How come the Telly didn't think of this: They have Simms
pinch-hitting for Pegler, now .bound for the front. If you were edit
ing .that paper you probably would have burlesked Broun's “It Seems
to Me” title by naming Simms' stuff, “It Simms to Simms.".. .Perhaps
you wouldn't, too.. Lovely Louise Stuart of the Models’ Oulld is being
tested by Para.. .Charlton Andrews has a honey of a plan to dis
courage autograph pests, to wit: Have celebs reply: “My autograph
will be supplied for |1 mailed to my secretary, who will send the money
to my favorite charltyl”
Who’s gonna stage the World’s Fair in New York In '30...Billy
Rose, I hope. He’s tops at that sort'Of thing... Finn’s report on
Walter Lyle, the lad at the gas 'station (who marked the Haupt
mann’s license tag on the ten spot ransom money) con Aids with what
you once reported.. Finn states that Lyle marked down the num
ber as he was afraid the gold certlAeate was outlawed and he, Lyle,
would be cheated.. Lyle told us the reason was thl*: That all gas
station men are responsible for counterfeit coin—and must make it
good when they are stuck. And that all gas station attendants take
down the license tags (and write it on the money) when it i* more
than 81. ■ -Ho that they can Aght It out with the passer if stuck...
Who is right? Finn or you? I’m afraid you.
Did you read about that musician Asa Ethridge? The hlt-and
runner, who raced from the scene Tuesday night (2:10 a. m.) . Hap
. pened near the Tavern on West Drive in Park . Radio Patrol Cops
Wm. O’Brien and Francis Pryai of 22nd Precinct (that’s the entire
park) had to do 65 to catch Ethridge, who said he left the scene be
cause he was “sick to his stomach".. I should think so.. Didn't even
stop to help his victim, who has fractured right leg and abrasions,
scalp wounds. Left him to be run over, perhaps, by following ma
chines.. Well, it's good to know one of these birds was caught!...
He works in the band at Arrowhead.. .This Is what stumps me, how
ever. I asked officers what punishment is given to hlt-and-runners...
They said he probably would have hi* license revoked for a year...
Goodgahd, is that all?...And for two weeks all papers have preached
sermons, with editorial pictures about them I.. .Perhaps there Is no
such thing a*>the power of the press, after all...Or can't musicians
read anything but music?
Now about thlM General Sherrill fellow, who declared publicly
that there were only one or two Joo*h athlete* of any significance In
the Olympic*.. Look up the record* of the World New* Service In
1032...Hebrew athlete* were credited with 116 Olympic point*, they
took six flr*ta, five aecond* and neveral place point*. There were 47
Jewish competitor* from all nation*. The German Jew* *cored 8
per cent of the German ecore (they repreMnted only 1 per cent of
the German population). American Jew* Mored almo*t 6 per cent
of the victorious V. H. score...At any rate Joe Kane report* a hot
Interview with a dress manufacturer, who Anally Ham Goldwyn’d
“Oh stop thl* nonsense—and let'* talk turtle”
Does the NoUe-Abatement committee consider the soap box ora
tions a nolsy-nulsance, and why don’t they7...I heard a city sanita
tion truck roar up Amsterdam Ave. the other 2 a. m., never heard
such a thunderous sleep disturber lit my life*. *Did you know, too, that
a lot of false Are alarms are because heavy truck rumbling along
start the delicate Are box mechanisms? They do—cops told me...
Reed Lawton, radio singer, Is playing host to Lady Kempton. niece of
Lord Reading. He knows her husband—so it’s all okay. Hear any
thing about a rift between Jed Harris and his producer? Nellie
Revell says toss orchids at May Slnghl Breen for helping Dorothea
An tel, who Is bedridden .Joseph Moran, president of Patrolmen*
Benevolent association, says thanks on behalf of all policemen for
trying to get back their pay cuts. They are waiting the decision .now
In court.
There I* another guy u*lng jour name—and asking for coin
(•mail sums) to get you to free-mentlon people, eto. He I* being
hunted for by some gullible*, wbb don’t want him pinched—merely
killed a little . Hock Comm. McKensle ha* Informed the V. N. Naval
IteMrve Aviation Base at Floyd Bennett Field they must leave
there by Nov. 15. If the ou*ter goes through the Navy Dept, prob
ably will have to remove from N. Y., an Important wartime defense
. Now here Is something to make you a little sick; 1 have all the
correspondence In thl* matter for confirmation: The Commanding
Officer at Fort Jay, Governor'* Island, was requested to supply a
band to play hymn* and “Tap*” In a tribute at Floyd Bennett Field
for Wiley Poet where a monument was being unveiled for Wiley on
Hept. 14 . Many Important flyer* attended Fort Jay was sorry but
order* forbade It.. A dosen famous band leader* ducked It. . Isn't
that disgraceful?.,. And typical of the phoneylsm you’ve yelled stout
for years? . They couldn’t even get anybody to bugle “Tap*"!!!
—Your Girl Friday.
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Veterans Commission Faces New Problem
..... .—. ■
Ex-Servicemen Desert
Soldiers’ Home, Camps
Seeking Employment
Warning Given That State Fund Committee Will Be
Unable to Assist in Event of Men Becoming City
Charges—Advise Buddies to Remain “As Is"
Veterana leaving soldiers’ homes
or veterans' camps to seek employ
ment will become city charges and
will not be cared for by the state
veterans’ administration, Robert F.
Blrt said today, Mr. Blrt, chairman
of the Waterbury committee for the
administration of the state veterans’
fund attended a meeting in Hart
ford yesterday atw hlch several de
cisions of vital importance to Con
necticut veterans were made.
Inmates of the camps and of the
soldiers home are leaving by scores
In hopes w obtaining employment
In their native cities, Mr, Blrt said.
In recent weeks the problem has
become serious. Chairmen of the
various city committees attending
the meeting jresterdap unanimously
reported a heavy Influx of veterans
returning from camps and Institu
thus.
Expectation
Apparently Influenced by accounts
of Improvement In business the
men are returning to their homes
In the expectation of flndlng Im
mediate employment. Unsuccessful
In their attempt to locate work
they apply to fund chairmen for
financial assistance; There Is noth
ing to prevent them asking for fur
loughs or even discharge*. If they
so desire. The decision announced
HUGE WATERSHEDS
ASSETSTO STATE
One-Fourth of Whole Area
Provides Drainage For
Public Systems
High on the list of Connecticut's
many and valued natural assets are
spacious watersheds spread widely
over the state, which provide drain
age for the numerous public water
supply reservoirs. Only about 145
square miles of Connecticut's area
Is water, either In lakes or rivers,
but nearly one-fourth of the total
area of 4,500 square miles Is
classed as watershed providing
drainage for public water supplies,
so that the state's reservoirs are
well fed. ,
The watersheds which furnish
the supply of water for the reser
voirs are both natural and artificial.
Much of the watershed area In the
state Is In the latter class, having
been made available for drainage
by the hand of man. Through the
means. of difficult construction
work, tne state’s water supply pub
lic utilities have often diverted the
course of rivers and streams from
their natural beds, so that their
drainage areas might be utilised in
flooding the reservoirs. In building
Its new North Branford develop
ment at Lake Oalllard, for Instance,
the New Haven Water Company
constructed a large tunnel by which
the drainage for many additional
miles of watershed was carried into
the supply basin. 1
All watersheds are scrupulously
guarded, both by the utilities and
by state and local health author
ities. Habitations In the drainage
area must be equipped for sewage
and garbuge disposal und have such
means of sanitation that all chance
of polluting the supply Is elim
inated. The watersheds are posted
and patrolled to prevent chance
pollution by plcknlckers, hunters,
pampers and others, and to prevent
bathing both In the reservoirs und
their tributary streams.
MINISTERSPLAN
FORUMON PEACE
Sunday evening at the Second
Congregational church a Socratlc
Forum will be held to discuss the
Peace Plebesclte. The meeting will
tgi sponsored by the Waterbury
Ministers’ Association and an Invi
tation lAts been extended to all
Protestant churches of the city to
unite at this service.
Music will be furnished by the
combined choirs of the various
churches. Among the speakers will
be Clarke Elchelbergcr, director of
the League of Nations Association
of New York, Major Edward L,
White or New Haven, Attorney
Chase Kimball and Frederic O.
Smedley, Rev. Dr. John N. Lewis,
rector of St. John's Episcopal
church, and Rev. Dr. John C, Wal
ker, rector of the Second Congrega
tional church.
RECORD ATTENDANCE
AT GERMAN SUPPER
More than 1,300 suppers were
served at Temple Hall late yester
day afternoon and last night by the
members of Bt. Elisabeth's society
of St. Cecilia's churoh. The num
ber of persons served was said to be
the largest since Oerman suppers
were Inaugurated here about thirty
years ago. Many out of town guests
were In attendance, and Mrs. John
Herrmann acted at the head of the
arrangements committee.
MALLETTE HURT
Also Mellette, 40, of 05 Oak
street, suffered chin and face lac
erations last night when struck on
North Main street by a car operat
ed by Marvin Mason of Thomaston
Mason, reporting the acoldent to
police, e&d that he took Mellette
b» Waterbury hospital. He was dis
charged after treatment.
BOBER F. BIRT
Chairman
yesterday by whlc hthe men will In
the future be referred to the pub
lic welfare departments of their re
spective cities, followed a confer
ence with Governor Cross.
Peace Time Vets
Another announcement at yester
day's session affects peace time vet
erans. These men may now be ad
mitted to the veterans' hosjltal at
Newington If they can prove serv
ice- connected disability. They
must, however, be suffering from
the same ailment for which they
were discharged. The hospital at
Newington Is taxed almost to capac
ity, It was disclosed. Only three
beds are available at present.
FATHER OF BALL
STAR DIES HERE
A heart attack early this morning
took the life of James O’Toole, 61),
of the State Hotel, South Main
street, wel-known local figure and
father of Bay O’Toole, local ama
teur baseball player. Heart failure
was given as the causc of death by
Harold Morrill, assistant medical
examiner, who was called in on the
Cose.
Last night Mr. A'Toole attended a
club meeting at Garden hall, then
returned to the hotel, where he had
made his home for the past year.
He went to bed at 10 o’clock, but at
midnight he came to the lobby of
the hotel to say he was ill. He died
a few minutes later.
Mr. O'Toole was formerly em
ployed by Kelly link cry and for the
past ten years lind been a baker
at the Mohican company.
He Is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. George Berkley, Mrs.
Frank Until and Mrs. Frunk Glea
son; one son, Ray; five sisters, Mrs
William Strubell, Mrs. Elisha
Whalen, Mrs. Frederick Steinert,
Mrs. Della Ackerman and Miss
Elisabeth O’Toole, six grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held from the
home of his daughter, Mrs. George
Berkley of 14 ItldgewiHxl street on
Monday morning at 0 o’clock to Bt.
Margaret's church where a solemn
mass of requiem will be celebrated
at 0:46. Burial will be In Calvary
cemetery.
FAMILY RE-UNITKO
AFTER 38 YEARN
Independence, Mo. (UP).—The
Newton family, consisting of u
father, three daughters and onu son
held Its first reunion In 38 year*
here recently.
WPA EFFICIENCY
NOT CRITICIZED
Harris Believes Speed-up
Necessary to End Fed
eral Dole December 1
“If It's going to "be done, they’ve
got to work faster then they are
now.” Till* statement waa made to
day by William M. Harrl*. Water
bury relief administrator, In answer
to a question as to the probability
of ending the federal dole by De
cember 1.
“Originally It was supposed to
have been ended by November 1,"
Mr. Harris pointed out. “There's no
question In my mind but that It can
be done if things are speeded up
considerably.”
Over a national radio hookup last
night President Roosevelt predicted
that the direct relief dole would be
ended some time during the coming
month and that more than 2.000,000
persons now on relief rolls would be
transferred to work relief payrolls.
In Connecticut however the transi
tion of the FERA to the WPA has
been slow and within the past few
days has been sharply criticised by
Mr. Harris.
He said today that hi? criticism
was not Intended to reflect on the
competency of the state WPA, but
was directed chiefly at the slowness
with which It moved.
“There’s no reason why local
projects should not be taken over
at once,” he said. "The sewer Jobs
have been approved; they should be
In operation as WPA project* now.”
The local relief administrator
agrees with the president’s state
ment that employment on Industrial
payrolls has reached the highest
point since 1030. "That’s the situa
tion In Waterbury,” Mr. Harris said.
JEWISH COUNCIL
TO GATHER HERE
State Meeting of War Vet
erans’ Slated for Water
bury November 12
The state Council meeting of Jew
ish War Veterans* of Connecticut
will be held In the Roosevelt lodge
rooms of the Knights of Pythias
on North Main street Tuesday,
November 12, with every city In the
state being represented, It was an
nounced at the Joint meeting of the
J. W. V. of David Fannlck Post,
No. 01 and the Ladies' Auxiliary
last evening,
A feature of the meeting last
evening was the announcement that
on Sunday, November 3, monu
ments In memory of the late At
torney Herman Engeltnun, a mem
ber of the David Fannlclc Post, and
the late Mrs. Shapiro, mother of
Morris Shapiro und a member of
the auxiliary, will be unveiled. All
members were Instructed to report
on that day at the Urass City ceme
tery with regulation caps.
At the state council meeting over
100 delegates are expected. A gen
eral discussion of the past year's
work of various posts will be dis
cussed and suggestions for the bet
terment of each the ensuing year
offered.
Plans for the gala military ball to
be sponsored by Fannlck Post were
discussed and a satisfactory report
on proceedings to date given by the
committee. Louis Rulger, William
Schneer, Jack Rutman and Dr,
Louis Weinberg comprise the ticket
and entertainment committee while
Dr, Morris Robbins will be In
charge of the reception committee
and Hyman Helfand, Moo Hhaplrn
and Holly Freedman will care for
refreshments.
To gain .forgiveness of her moth
er, who had refused to grant her
permission to become a parachut
ist, Anno Bhlsmareva flew In an air
plane from Moscow, Russia, to
above her home In a village near
Kallinln and dropped by parachute
to her home-and absolution.
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JAMES F. WALSH
Captain James F. Walsh of thla
city, commanding officer at Camp
Hook, Danbury, and former Nairn
manager of the Remington Rand
company In New Haven, wax In
command of a detachment of 3X0
Connecticut youth* who left thla
morning by Npeclal train for
Oregon. The men will be a**lgn
ed to foreNtry project* with head
quarter* at Albany and Junction
City, Oregon. They are all re
cruit* who have enrolled In the
laat month, *ome of them from
Waterbury. Captain Walxh, an
army rexerve officer, after a per
iod of Npeclal training at Camp
Deven*. Nerved in variou* camp*
throughout the *tate. He realdea
at 3K Watervllle *treet
The following local youth* have
been accepted for Nervier and
will leave Monday morning at
6:30 o'clock for phyxlral exam
ination* at New Haven: Leonard
Santora, Jo*cph Marino, Francl*
Mahoney, Fhlllp Ercoli, Frank
Moffo, Thoma* Tulacro, Peter
Guarlno.
NEW REPUBLICAN
CLUB ORGANIZING
Local republican* anxlou* to have
the g.o.p. headquarter* on Harrison
avenue kept open permanently will
gather Saturday night nt the party
headquarter* to dl*cu*s the matter.
A large group of republican* met
la*t night and urged that the quar
etr* bo maintained the year round.
Oeorge Perkin* wa* temporary
chairman of last night’* gathering
and Anthony J. Worth acted a*
temporary secretary. Jame* A.
White, secretary of the town com
mittee, and Edward Udelowltz are
member* of the group'* temporary
executive commltoe. It 1* planned
to start a Waterbury Republican
club.
Soviet film* are to be shown in
Oreece this season for the first time
Delhi 1* to have the most power
ful broadcasting station in India.
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Mrs. Morris Joseloff |
Heads Health Center;
Former Waterburian Treasurer of Executive Commit* i
tee of Maternal Institution in Hartford L 1
Mr*. Morris JoselofT of Hartford,
former Waterburlan, 1* treasurer of
the executive committee of the new
ly opened Maternal Health Center
In the Capital City the statu* of
which Is to be probed from a legal
standpoint. The Maternal Health
Center, one Of about 200 birth con
trol clinics In the country afflllated
with the American Birth Control
League, Is the first Institution of
Its kind to be opened In Connecti
cut, hence In the question of le
gality now raised. Prosecutor Nich
olas P. Rago Is now studying the
statutes.
The clinic, according to Mrs. A.
Morgan Pease, chairman of the ex
cceutlve committee, serves only
married women with health and
economic handicaps and only pa
tients sent by doctors and social
workers are accepted. Attorney Lu
cius F. Robinson. Jr., Is the legal
advisor of the clinic and according
to him there Is no transgression up
on the state's antl-blrth control
laws taking place at the Maternal
Health Center.
Dr. Hilda Crosby, the doctor In
charge of the clinic, was at one time
on the staff of a women's hospital
In China as teacher of obstetrics.
Many leading men and women of
Hartford are listed as sponsors, di
rectors and advisers of the clinic.
According to Prosecutor Kago,
who has received complaints, there
Is a possibility that section 6240 of
the general statute* pertaining tg
the issuance of birth control in*
formation may be being violated.
On the other hand Attorney Robe
lnson claims that there la no viola
tion in the handling of the Center'd
business.
THREE-ACT COMEDY
TO BE GIVEN HERE
Naugatuck, Oct. 28.—Preparation*
for the three-act comedy “Her*
Comes Patricia” to be given by St.
Michael's Dramatic club In the par
ish house Friday, Nov. 1 are well
underway. Mrs. Molly Macaulay
and Elmer Schmitz have charge of
direction with Mr. Schmitz being In
charge of setting and decorations.
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