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February 17, 1937 Page 11

Fitchburg Sentinel (Newspaper) - February 17, 1937, Fitchburg, Massachusetts FITCHBURG SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1937 mimmiiniumniuuiiiiuiiuimimimii n These Eight Men Look Ahead To Achievements Still To Come! UIH u inn..........nil c i m i i> imiiiiiiiii iiiiiiitiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinm........11 iiiiuiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii iiiiiimiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiuriiiiiiiimiimiiinii uiniiminiiu imiunnmi iiininiu nrtmrniimiiimimimmiiiiiiiiiiiijimiiiimimiiimimiimimm niiininiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiuuiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiuniuiiiuiiniiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiniiiniiiniiiiRinimnniiiniiiiiiniiiiinmiiiiii miimmrnmiiunmmnirauuranniBimimpminmiiriiiiiraiiliiimiiiu Opie Read, 84. Mellow memories of the 52 books he has v-ntten onlv spur rns popular author OP as he continues on the hook will be his 53d So long as a man arean s, he is a cie- being routes t! e friend of Math Twain Tugene Field and Theodoie Rooevtlt Prince Kimimochi Saionji, 88 list of the genio the famous claer statesmen stood lor many jeais at the e'bow of tlie Empe or of Jnpvi erable man is s'lll consulted and his counsels htaid tteie is a goxunment cnsis in He has been -a factor in Japans rroacin Dr. Adolph Lorenz, 82. The sensitive, seaiching hands of this Austnan smgeon bi ought relief and soundness to many a crippled child duung his lifetime of piactice and his still-meiij ejcs biouglu hope with them Though he still he -is just completing his autobiogiaphj Frank B. Kellogff, 80. a long caieef m poli- tics with the most ambitious foil to outlaw uar that has ever been made, in the international tiedtv beais his name, this statesman is still a keen stu- dent of the ielationship between nations, and contlibutes hfs'ex- penenced comments on them Ambrose Swasey, 90. At his desk working day he is in Cleveland, this outstanding manufacturer of telescopes, optical goods and precision machine tools looks ahead to the setting up this summer of his largest telescope at the McDonald Qbseivatoiv in Texas. Heber J Grant, 80. Actne head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lattei-Djy Saints (Mormons) uhose 000 members aie scatteied all the uorld, this patriarch has helped direct its most recent accomplishment, to take care -of its -own people without re- course to public relief. Andrew W. Mellon, 82. Industrialist, financier, public sen ant, this life-long collector of art masterpieces is today in the course of donating his un- surpassed gallery of paintings to the nation as a nucleus of a na- tional collection. He is still ac- tive "one of the world s great fortunes. George Bernard Shaw, 80 His sharp tongue scarcely dulled by the years, this most acute of the playwrights of the begin- ning of this century still man- ages to throw an occasional shock mto interviewers and readers, and Jiis_ English home still a mecca for all hunters of the literary lion. Husband Finds Gracie Allen "Not as Diinib as She Sounds" HOLLYWOOD Feb 17 ing Gracie Aliens husband it- the hardship the public might tlunl she s not as dumb si e sounds "You see, I know shes intelligent explained Husband George today, the fifth anniversary of the couples first brpadcast But some of the listening public believe Gracie is a mental light- weight Burns produced a fan let- ter to attest the fact It read "My friend and I were how crazy you really are He said you weren't crazy at all I were Here's a test I need 85000 and if you are as dumb as I think >ou are you will send it to me His wife, Burns declared is not going to be that crazy. Burns commented at length on thr professional stupidity of Gracii. as motion picture and radio funs kjhv it able But >ou can't be too severe with a moron As it is a lot of motion picture fans pnd radio listeners think Burn5' a pietty mean feltew Another "Black Blizzard" Rages in Oklahoma Today GUYMON, Okla, Feb 17 third black blizzard' m three days raged here today as dust- masked farmers orepa-fd to throw up protective bulwarks of hard clods Visibihtj slumoed to virtualh zero street lights were turned on, and automobi e traffic was at a standstill At Beaver cast of here a lash- ing north wind kicked up the dust into clouds that reduced visibility to half a block JEWS SHOULD BE THANKFUL Clerical Error May Boost City's Tax Rate (Continued tram Page One) "This is one land which all Jew ah people can consider their home of freedom and equality 'Today many nations are busy with a problem of caring for tht'i Jewish populations The prime min- ister of Poland is one of the many officials in central European coun- tries oppressing our people, a race that can trace its ancestry back more than 3000 years It is difficult to understand the attitude of surh men "Neither Life Nor Death" "The treaty at Versailles granted freedom to minority groups >et Po- land, Germany and Rumania have forgotten this clause Today there are 6000000 million Jews m centiai Europe who have neither life im death" Mrs Halpern told of the start of rehabilitation work In Palestine by Jewish people who desired to re- establish Palestine as their home land chapteis during the next quarter of a century." Entertainment Given Pievious to the speaker, Miss Eunice Rosen offered an invoca- tion President Mrs. Harry Levuie of Leominster praised the chapter for its work during the first year of its organization "We have had an excellent response to our requests for funds and our meetings have been well she said, "but I know that during the next year we will progress much further Entertainment was provided by Rose Slobin Berlyn, vocalist and Mrs Aida Fiengold, accompanist, both of Worcester Mrs Benjamin Asher gave a read- ing A skit, "An Evening at was presented by Cora Podonle, Ida Rafer and Irwm Levme. CRASH SINKS ITALIAN SHIP (Continued from Page One) The Luckenbach is" a third as large as the Italian boat Her tonnage is 5987 against only 3773 for the Feltre British arms experts in secrecy They are known, however, to be capable of extraordinary rapid fire The white paper also announced the start of a vast naval building program with the ordered construc- tion of three new capital ships and seven cruisers, to be laid down in the 12-months period starting April 1 Two aircraft cruisers, in addition to two already being built, the pa- per said, were under construction. CITY HALL REPORTS PREDICT PEACE (Continued from Page One) If such a selection is made a split in the Non-Partisan opposifon group has been predicted Others, however, point to a definite align- ment of sufficient council strength in support of the treasurer to retiin him. If an appointment is submitted to the council tonight it is extremely doubtful that confirmation will be secured under suspension of the rules. One objector can prevent action under suspension rules It wmilH thus away by he ex- plained "It is not subject to mod- ification by interpretation in light of the due process clause and other parts of the constitution "At the same tune, it is a safe- guard against dictatorship or mob rule, because Congress could not over-ride the courts veto until af- ter an election in which the issues would be fully discussed Wheeler said he probably would introduce the amendment m the Senate this afternoon. Wheeler will explain the proposal in a radio speech Friday. 4WARDS MOTHER BOY'S CUSTODY (Continued from Page One) Judge Chamberlain refused to allow the divorce libel or counter action. In awarding custodj of the child to the mother, Judge Chamberlain said "Nothing can take the place of a mother's The husband planned to board the boy at a neighbor's house, but this was found b> the court to be unsat- isfactory On recommendation, of Attv The worth of a dollar is what its spender gets for it If and when the farmer must pay treble prices for necessary implements, his dollar is worth a third of what the industrial dollar is He suffers from inflation of a sort The same thing in prin- ciple applies to all who spend Norman Trumbull Carmthers warns, in The Magazine of Wall Street, that higher wages, higher costs, higher, prices and higher cost of living go hand in hand "Virtual- ly every price-raiser can truthfully contend that his own higher costs force him to boost his price The temptation is great to raise it a bit more than costs demand, for the near-term result very likely will be increased profit" As the cycle of higher wages, higher costs, higher prices and higher costs of living go forward, there comes a time when prices of manufactured goods far out-distance consumer purchasing power, de- mand is throttled and "ultimately business volume and commodity prices do a joint nose dive when the jig is up" Demand is insistent to a given point and after that theie is a seeming is some- times called "underconsumption" Strikes bring about cancellation of orders for materials The concern at which the strikers aim is not the only concern which suffers. It is as when a pebble is thrown into a pond The commotion is greatest at the center, but its effect is felt as it moves circularly There is nothing new m any of this The same old natural laws are of force The Institute of Economics of the Brookings Institution has announced these findings: "The drift in the direction of higher prices of manufactured goods is the gravest danger which we face today Whether forced by increasing costs, or embraced as a means of stimulating rapid expansion it is the sure road to an inflationary boom, with its customary spiral of rising prices, wages, costs, and again prices Artificial methods of hastening trade recovery may retard the natu- ral forces for some time, but, soon or late, they assert themselves. And when they do assert themselves it is the consumer who is caught holding the bag At long last he pays the whole price however he may have to stint himself. Cycles occur and recur endlessly. No political pana- ceas can halt them. The important thing is that the public continue to believe Gracie is not quite bright that Burns nevei relax in his role as a sounding board for her outrageous puns and othpr manifestations of a brain upon which life has wrought no con- olutions Eleven years ago Burns and Allen teamed up in vaudeville Six ycais later they went on radio, then mto the movies The act never has been essentially changed Its success depends on Gracie s childlike ignorance So far as 'he public is concerned she never will get any smarter Burns is quite content to remain a stooge "Im not funny" he said 'Folss laugh with me, not at me Another important thing is that he never gets too impatient with his trying partner Exasperation, an at- titude of "what's the use, anyway, with a woman like that is accoot- clencal error mads by I clei ks in the assessors office, threat- I ened todaj Mayor John S Sullivan said to increase Worcester's tax -ate bv S3 Sullivan said the clerks listed as assessable machinery worth that amount, forgetting that the Legisla- ture ended municipal taxation on machinery last year Coach For Northeastern BOSTON, Feb 17 eastern university today announced appointment of James William Dunn of Grove City, Pa, as head football and basketball coach The world's record for throwing a baseball is held by Sheldon Le- jeune He threw the ball more "than 426 feet while playing with Evans- ville. Ind, in 1910 DIANA ROYAL WINDSOR CANDLIU5HT ABieTOCHAT Scledt your Sterling carefully so that it may be a per- manent investment in beauty. If you choose one of the patterns shown above, you mav be sure that it will please you "forever and ever." Every one has fine de- sign, balance, and beautiful finish. They are all open stock at prices surprisingly moderate for Sterling of such craftsmanship. JEWELUIS STATIONERS RICE CO. MAIN ST. F. W. BICE Hadassah m this re-organization Originally their plan had been two- fold, first to develop a medical pro- gram in Palestine and secondly, to carry on -a program, of education among the Jewish people in the United States "Now as we near the close of a quarter of a century of she concluded, "we find that our efforts have not been in The rebuild- ing has been a tremendous task, but we are making steady progress During the past two years we have been, able to transport 1550 children between the ages of 15 and 17 from Germany to Palestine where they receive education and opportunity far beyond that offered in European countries. Parents Suffer Hardships "Although their emigration in many cases means the breaking up of families, yet the parents in Ger- many are willing to subject them- selves to these hardships They know that if their children are brought up in Germany life holds no future 'Under the pi ojects established by the Jewish National Fund, lands in Palestine have been bought and new settlements started There has been a steady immigration to such an ex- tent that houses cannot be built fast enough to care for all the families Schools and universities have been established and work on the new and modern, Rotschild-Hadassah hos- pital has begun. A symphony or- chestra has been formed by Jewish musicians who have fled from other countnes where genius is not recog- nized among our people, "It is a gieat work we are doing and we will do much more with your help and the help of other COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU- SETTS Worcester, ss Probate Court To all persons interested in the estate o! Elmira H Bennett late of Fitchburg in said County, deceased A petition has been presented to said Court for probate of a certain instru- ment purporting to be the last will of said deceased by Lucy E Lowe and Louis S King of Fitchburg in said County praying that thej be appointed executors thereof, without giving a surety on their bonds If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written ap- pearance In said Court at Worcester hie fore ten o clock In the forenoon on the the ninth day of March 1937, the return day of this citation Witness Frederick H Chamberlain Esquire First Judge of said Court this I sixteenth day of February In the jear one thousand nine hundred and Ihirty- seven F JOSEPH DONOHUE Register fl7-23-ml _______ COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHuT SETTS Worcester, n Probate Court To all pcrson-s interested in the estate of Fannie N Estes late of Fitchburg in said County, deceased A petition has been presented to said Court for priibate of a certain instru- ment purporting to be the last will of said deceased by Madeleine M Cox of Fitchburg in said C6unty, praying that she be appointed executor thereof, with- out giving a surety on her bond If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written nppearnnce In said Court at Worcester before ten o clock In the forenoon on the ninth dav of March 1937, the return day of this citation Witness, Frederick H Chamberlain. Esquire First Judge of satjd Court, thli sixteenth day of February, In the thousand hundred und thirty- seven F JOSEPH DONOHUE Register fl7-23-ml Warrior was towing the Feltre The Warrior stood by to render aid to the Feltre's crew, and the coast guard cutter Onondaga was dis- patched from Astoria, Ore Visibility was poor Reports at Astoria, some- 80 miles farther down tha river, said the storm blowing there was by far" the worst of the winter Conditions were as "terrible The Luckenbach was proceeding up-river to Portland and the Feltre was ocean-bound The Luckenbach apparently crunched into the island after the crash, and reports did not indicate that she was in a serious position Earn carried along by a gale a1- most destroyed visibility along the river It was just such a night and somewhat worse when the freighter Iowa with 34 men poked its prow out of the Columbia river's mouth about a year ago and sank Gales sweeping across the river's end velocities estimated up to 9ft miles an hour caught the Iowa, swamped her in tremendous seas and carried ship and crew to the bottom in one of the worst disasters in Pa- cific coast history. CRITICS ATTACK BRITISH PLANS (Continued from Page One) If the appointment is held until the next regular meeting of the council, March 2, and tabled auto- matically, confirmation would not be obtained until March 16 The petition which was circu- lated among the Finnish-speaking people protesting the discharge of two of Mr, Fellows' clerks, was not submitted to the council last night as had been intended. SENATORS DRAFT COMPROMISE PLAN (Continued from Page One) expected by some congressmen to back the Wheeler-Bone compromise Wheeler said he would not oppose additional measures for curbing the supreme court's power, if his pro- posed amendment were adopted He specifically indicated that he might support Norris' plan for requiring a 7 to 2 vote of the court to invalidate acts of Congress Asserting that the Madison amendment had been advocated by many eminent statesmen ever since the union was founded, Wheeler said it was the only proposal which avoided "many criticisms advanced by both liberals and conservatives" "This is the only amendment that the supreme court could not whittle Gardner was appointed by the court to determine the advisability of transferring the son from Westmin- ster to Fitchburg schools Gearan cross examined wit- nesses legarding an argument be- tween Mrs Jamsa and Mrs Eino Winter in the corridor of the court. According to witnesses, an argu- ment ensued at which time Mrs Winter bitterly reproached Mrs Jam- sa for her actions during the time she and her husband lived together Mr Jamsa had planned to board the boy at Mrs Winter's home, Same Old Cycle (Charleston News and Conner) In a time of abundance, stuffs are cheap, an din a time of scarcity, stuffs are dear. It has been always so Higher taxes and higher wages inflate the prices of goods, wares and stuffs Somebody must pay, and that somebody is the consumer. It has been always so When a great strike occurs, every- body employer, the em- ploye, the distributor and the con- sumer. A strike, any strike, causes something of a shortage The em- ploye loses his wages and the em- ployer loses the income from prod- ucts while his overhead for taxes, insurance and maintenance go on Unless this loss is passed on to the consumer, there js more or less peril to the business Never Remaflkaijji Dreamland Financial observers estimated the increased burden on the British tax- payer would average a step-up in the income tax rate to in every of income The average rate now is to Despite the developing opposition, Premier Stanley Baldwin's govern- ment plunged ahead with grim de- termination to make Britain's navy the most up to date m the world, her air force as big as any on the European continent and her small army as efficient as that of any other power. The white paper disclosed perhaps more drastic provisions for the standing army than any other of the services m plan that envjsagel complete mechanization. Although faced with a shortage of steel, iron scrap and raw mate- rials, Britain is hastily building up a huge store of arms and ammuni- tion sufficient to put more than two million soldiers in the field irrunedi- ately it becomes necessary. The plans for the "ready made1' army of is based around a slowly growing nucleus of men in the regular army and in the territorials and reserves. Increased pressure by the war of- fico to make enlistment attractive has not had the effect of speeding recruiting to the extent hoped for, and recent statements by British statesmen have led to the belief a draft might be instituted as a last resort As the first step towards com- plete mechanization one of the most ambitious conversion programs ever undertaken by any was estimated 20000 Tommies will abandon their rifles to shoulder new light-weight types of machine guns, anti-tank guns and trench mortars. 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