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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-11
First French Army
 Landed At Newport
Rochambeau and Men Later Aided Americans at Siege
 of Yorktown

were attached to washington's army as volunteers, these were men un- der the command of D'Estaing at the unfortunate seige of Savannah. They took part in no other battle in America.
 The French alliance certainly was an important factor in the ulti- mate success of the Americans. Un- der the leadership of George Wash ington, with the example of his iA- domitable courage ever before them, the Continentals and militiamen had waged long, wearisome strug- gle against a great nation. Now they were to be aided by a powerful ally, strong enough to help write a glo- riouse finis to the Revolutionary war.
 The plight fo the Americans may be seen from the following excerpt from Rochambeau's memoirs. Af- ter speaking of the disaster at Sa- vannah, the Comte writes:
 "The unexpected result of this ex- petition, projected at New York, the i'll success of an attack against Carolina, and the depreciation of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-11

In 70 years there has been no re- publican vice e-president renominated, and none ever has been reelected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-11
Foreclosure
 Proceedings
Three Receivers Are Nam= ed for Different Estates
 Yesterday

Attorney w. T. keavney, Jr, has been named receiver of property at IA Orange street and at 2,104 East Main street, which is involved in foreclosure proceedings brought by Thomas Whalen against Daniel Fe- ola and others. A. Robert Sanditz has been appointed receiver of property on Sagamore avenue in volved in a foreclosure suit brought by Sanditz and Traurig az. inst Homer R. Bernier. Harry Hornstein has been selected as temporary re- ceiver for Hoffman and Chadys, Inc, wholesale grocers. Stockholders have instituted dissolution proceedings and a hearing will take place in the superior court on Tuesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-11
WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT. SATURDAY. JULY II. ls
D'HARA SPEAKER AT REMINGTON DEDICATION
Dibner Company Employees
 To Hold Picnic Monday

About 100 employees of I. Dibner company on Canal street will hold picnic at Lake Quassapaug. A pro- gram of events has been arranged for the day. The committee on ar engagements includes Mrs. Benjamin Lyons, Mrs. Angelo Mangariello, Mrs. Carmen DiGiamono and Miss Laura CaSSarinO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-11
Lawrence Gordon Files
 Petition In Bankruptcy

Lawrence C. Gordon, a gasoline
 station attendant of this city, yes-
 terday filed a petition in bankruptcy ] with the United States district court in New Haven. He estimated his lia-
 bilities at 1,353.65. He has no as- i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-11
YOUNG TRAVELLER

London.-Little Diana Savage is known as Duchess Diana now be- cause of her travelling experiences. At the age of six she has made a round trip of 1000 miles from Lon don to Vancouver, B. C., unaccom- panied Instructions for her care were issued to clerks and a stew ardess on the boats, and she made the whole journey without whim- per.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12
By JOE MCDONALD fWriftem for NEA Seevace)

fCopyrieht, 1881, NEA Service, Inc. ) Reno.-"Reno is wide open and we don't give Q boot what people here do so long as they don't inter- fere with the affairs and right of others.
 we want people from all parts of the country who feel that their desire to celebrate or be happy in their home towns .is cramped by hypocritical laws and customs to come to reno and enjoy themselves wit hus.
 eve are not going to stand for any racketeering and our gambling games are going to be run on the square. We invite people to come here, but that doesn't mean that we are inviting crooks, buns and hi- jackers and the country's riff-raff, | because we are not. We have q ci iackerjack police force to deal with
 any of this sort"
 Mayor E. E. Roberts, bluff, out spoken executive of the "wickedest city in America" just elected for the third time, thus sums up his at- | titude of ultra-liberalism.
 He started as a country school teacher, became a divorce lawyer, then jumped to a leading Nevada
 
 i and finally mayor of Reno, publicly advertised as the most wide-open city in the country, the keystone of the nations divorce industry. CuriOs Decorate Office Sitting in his amazing office with walls plastered with curios of the wild and woolly west, he grows en- thusiastic whenever the Reno that
 was, and is to be, is mentioned. In a way, the strangely decorated walls
 around him express his philosophy. "You see that pair of deuces over | there," he says, as he points to cards
 in frames. Those little two-spots
 were worth just $15,000 to man | in the 70's. Then up there-that
 pair of aces-they won $37,000 over
 pair of jacks in Goldfield quar- ter of a century ago. Tex Rickard
 sat in that game and Walter Mack was in it too. Every card you see
 has story and I treasure them as they are memories to me, memories of Nevada of the early days" He tells the story of Walter l Mack. Mack, says the mayor, was an honest gambler. He didn't have to show "color" of his currency to
 bet. When Walter held up one fin-
 ger to denote $1,000 as his wager
 on a turn of the cards, the gesture
 was as good as gold. Mack died in
 little shack out in the desert; all he left was trunkful of playing cards. He willed them to Roberts. Guns Hide Grim Stories The ceiling of Mayor Roberts of- flee is spotted with playing cards, held there with tacks. Guns, pistols and derringers are jammed into racks in the corners. There are notches on some of the guns. They have their stories, too, of murders and cattle rustlers and highwaymen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

clubs which West covers, dummy winning with the ace. Now proceed from there and remember that by applying real clever bridge, six spades can be made.
 Following is the solution of the above hand:
 West opens the four of hearts. East covers dummy's ten with the jack, South, the declarer, winning with the ace. South leads the jack of clubs. Vests best play is to cover with the ace. If dummy were to re- turn the queen of clubs and discard a diamond, and then try to lead the ace and king of diamonds, he would have to ruff tie third diamond with the jack of trump to shut out the ten spot from West. Then when East got in with the ace of spades, he would lead another club and Vests ten would be sure to make.
 If declarer leads a small club from dummy and trumps in his own hand and then leads another trump, East will win with the ace and lead club. This play will also stop the declarer.
 The proper play for declarer Is to lead the king of spades from dummy, East will win with the ace and the declarer should play the seven spot, not the three, West following with the four. East cannot lead heart or the declarer will finesse. If he leads diamond all of the diamonds will bet set up. If he leads a club, the declarer will win both club tricks, discarding two diamonds from his own hand. He will then lead the ace of diamonds and a small diamond, trumping in his hand. The king of hearts will then be led and the re- maining club in dummy discarded. The declarer will then pick up West's s two spades, winning the last spade in dummy with the queen. and all good.
 East's best defense is to lead the deuce of spades, declarer should play the eight spot, again preserving the three. Vests proper defense is to cover with the ten spot forcing de- clarer to win in the dummy with the queen. Declarer will then lead the queen of clubs from dummy, dis | carding a diamond from his own hand, lead the ace and king of dia- | monds from dummy, and then the jack of diamonds, trumping in his own hand with the nine of spades. The king of hearts will be led and won in the dummy with the six spot.
 Declarer's two losing hearts are dis cardet on dummy's two good dia-
 monds. The last club in dummy Is trrsnped by declarer's jack.
 If West does not cover with the ten of spades when East returns the deuce, declarer's eight will hold the trick. A diamond should be led to dummy, diamond discarded on the queen of clubs, another diamond re- returned and the third diamond
 ruffed with the jack of spades. Then the small spade led to dummy's queen.
 l We trust that all of our readers
 were successful in solving this prob
 lem before reading the above solu- tion.
 ] lCopyright. 1891. NEA sarvics. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

Miss Dorothy Reckhan of 39 Vol
 colt street was among the local
 girls who attended the annual spring dance given by Albertus
 Magnus college in New Haven Fri
 her escort, Frank Martin of Wood day evening. Miss Reclaim had as | street.
 l Mrs John Clausen recently enter i tained at a silver tea at her home for the following guests: Mrs Albin Rose, Miss Jennie Hallenborg, Mrs c. l.. Hallenborg, Mrs N. F. Swen- son, Mrs Hulda Grahn, Mrs Alma Carlson, Mrs Anna Johnson. Mrs Charles Lindell, Mrs Emil Johnson, Mrs Carl Anderson, Mrs Axel For sell, Mrs Hjalmar Peterson, Mrs Albert Benson, Mrs Celia Strom, Mrs Gustave Grandell Mrs John Grandell, Mrs c. J. Anderson. Mrs c. A. Stenholm. Mrs William Swan son, Mrs John Bachman, Mrs John Larson, Miss Mae Larson, Mrs Vic- tor Johnson. Mrs Wilhi1mina Wal lin, Mrs Robert Anderson, Mrs B. c. Isaacson, Mrs Sven Anderson, Mrs Arvid Swenson, Mrs Carl Carl son, Mrs Fred Norling Mrs Fred Larson, Mrs c. H. Thomas, Mrs Alfred Cedarholm, Mrs Herman Johnson, Mrs Andrew Anderson and , Mrs Helen M. Stanley.
 Mrs George Oser Mrs Max Hart, Mrs s. Sirkin. Mrs Morris Siller, Mrs Aaron Solomon, Mrs M. Spend- CT, Mrs I. Singer, Mrs Margolis, Mrs Stutman, Mrs Schryer. Mrs Ginsberg and Mrs Singer will be delegates to the Connecticut Hadassah Regional Union conference which will be held in Stamford, Conn, tomorrow. Invitations have been issued by Mir and Mrs Irving Hall Chase of Rose Hill for the wedding reception of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Mather Chase and Edward Thomas Carmody. son of MT and Mrs Ter ence F. Carmody of Watertown, on Friday afternoon, May 29th, at 4:30 o'clock at Rose Hill. The wedding ceremony is to be private. Miss Chase was graduated from Saint Margaret's school and the Bennett School of Applied Art in Millbrook, N. Y, and has studied music in Paris. She was presented to the Court of St James in 1927. MT Car mody prepared at the Canterbury school for Yale from which he was graduated in 1927. Last June he graduated from the Yale Law school and is now with the law firm of Carmody & Thoms.
 There will be special meeting of Division 5, A. o. H.. this evening at o'clock. Following the meeting Old Timers night will be held and all old timers are invited to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12
SOCIAL .. PERSONAL

Many people from out of town will be entertained by box-holderg at the seventh annual New Haven horse shoe, which takes place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Arena, and each of the three evenings o1 the show will be marked by numer- ous dinner parties, while the ofiicial entertainments will include special affairs for judge and . big luncheon given by the association Saturday ai the Lawn club, with Governor Will bur l.. Cross and Mayor Thomas A. Fully as guests of honor. Forty boxes have been subscribed for, and prac- tically every New Haven subscriber will have a series of gay parties and a number of guests from other points; while exhibitors and others from out of town will be in New Haven with parties of friends through the show and over the week. end. The guests of MT. and Mrs. John Denny of Southbury will in- clude Mayor Frank Hayes of Water bury, MT. and Mrs. D. Gray Maxwell of Fairfield, John Richards of Fair field, MT. and Mrs. Fellows Thomp- son of New Haven, Daniel Northrup of New Haven, Malcolm Linsley of Woodbury, MT. and Mrs. John Mo- Gowan of Bethel. MT. and Mrs. Denny will entertain at dinner at the Hotel Taft on Friday evening, preceding the second performance of the show.
 ly rendered a surprise miscellaneous shower Friday evening at the home of Miss Alice Bannett. A delicious supper was served. Miss Fernan- deg was the recipient of many beau- tiful gifts.
 The guests included: Miss Anna Fernandez, Miss Alice Bannett, Miss Gertrude Schieffer, Miss Anne Shel- ley, Miss Anna Ricciardi, Miss Helen Soluri, Miss Eleanor Lynch, Miss Dorothy Austin, Miss Alexine Bar rere, Miss Anna Maloney, Miss Betty 'Maloney, Miss Rose Place, Miss Eve- lyn Soluri, Miss Florence Meehan Miss Dorothy Bessett, Miss Jennie Brown. Miss Gladys Staples, Miss Elizabeth Biancardi. Miss Mary Florence Biancardi, Miss Edith Di- ana, Mrs Adolph Raymond, Mrs Louis Bannett, Mrs David Gagne Mrs Ramona Bannett, Mrs Lawrence Blanc, Mrs Esther Gabellone, Mrs Arthur Blair, Mrs John Barrere, Mrs T1eona McGrath, Mrs Mary Gilbert Mrs Jack Burnett, Mrs S. Maloney, Mrs William Brown. Mrs James Creighton, Mrs R. Biancardi, and Mrs A. Soluri.
 MT. and Mrs. Willard Sands Hem- inway of New York spent last week. end with MT. Heminway's parents, MT. and Mrs. B. Ravens Heminway of Watertown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12
Reno's Wide Open But Won't Permit Racketeemg
 Or Crooked Gambling, Says Mayor Of ssWickedest City
Elected For Son And Cmo Ang His Office Walls Interesting Were Lost On The Turn Card

1 ica's divorce oasis, he's trying tt bring back some of the departed
 It's what the people want. They want gambling, and it's probable aces worth $37,000 will turn up again. The mayor would have it that way.
 Began as School Teacher Mayor Roberts iS of the old west. Tn 1896 he came to Nevada from
 California. At Empire. 2 little town on the Carson river. he became teacher in an old school which has since gone the way of ghost cities of the old west. But every year he has a reunion at his ranch and
 sometimes as many as 35 former pu-
 While teaching school Roberts be- gan the study of law. Admitted to the bar, he ran for district attorney and was elected. This started his po- litical career in 1900. He showed his independence by policies counter to the wishes of political leaders. But people liked him. He seemed to symbolize the rough and ready west, with it's hearty handclasps and open handed attitude.
 Nominated for congress on the re- publican ticket, he campaigned the state and was elected. Four times he was returned to congress but in !191S he met defeat in attempting to wrest the senatorial seat from Sen- ator Charles B. Henderson. He then settled in Reno as lawyer. Becomes Reno's Mayor By 1928 his law practice was firm ly established. His love for political combat called him again. He ran for mayor against two prominent Reno men. He was elected once and then a second time. His recent vic- tory was his third.
 In a recent election Roberts, with his fingers on the modern Nevada pulse, startled the nation by coming out with platform that shocked even blase metropolitanites. 'If I could have it my way I'd have a barrel of liquor on every cor ner and dipper so everybody could have a drink" declared the mayor. That typified his attitude. He fla vored gambling legalized vice, speak easies and .'do as you please" pol icy .. And they said he couldn't win, that even wicked Reno wouldn't stand for such platform.
 The largest vote in the history of Reno was cast and Roberts was re- elected by big majority. He nailed
 pictures of his two opponents to the wall of his office and settled back to
 work. ,,o n.nt the town wide open," Mayor Roberts chuckled. Doesn't the election re-
 suit prove it?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12
WORLD RENOWNED
 VIOLINIST DIED
 IN BELGIUM HOME

Brussels, Belgium, May 13. (UP) Eugene Ysaye, world renowned violinist and former conductor of the Cincinnati symphony orchestra, died to-day at the age of 72.
 Ysaye ranked with the finest mas ters of the violin and was endowed with extraordinary tenperamental power as an interpreter. 70
 He was born at Liege. Belgium, July 16, 1858, the son of Nicholas and Theresa Sottiau Ysaye. He be- gan his musical studies under his father, who was an orchestra con- ductor, Later he came under the tutelage of R. Massart at the Con- 1 servatoire in Brussels.
 After acquiring artistic polish from the noted composers Wieniaw- ski and Vieuxtemps. Ysaye went on the concert stage. He played in Ger many in 1879 and the next year became leader of Bilse's orchestra in Berlin.
 For the next six years, Faye made frequent appearances in Paris and London, he returned to the Brussels Conservatoire in 1886 as violin pro- lessor. while there he instituted the celebrated orchestra concerts of which he was manager and con- ductor.
 He first appeared as conductor be- fore London audience in 1900. The sonata concerts in which he played with Raoul Pugo, noted French pianist. became outstanding events of the musical seasons in Paris and Brussels.
 During the war he came to Amer ica, where he subsequently, conduct ed the Cincinnati symphony orches- tra from 1918 to 1922.
 Ysaye was the recipient of many orders and decorations, including the French Legion of Honor. His compositions include "Poeme Ele- giaque" for violin and orchestra and pieces for violin, violincello and other stringed instruments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

Champagne bottle corks dangle from the chandeliers, birds nests hang in one corner of the room, handbills, postcards and scores of pictures cover the wall paper.
 There's a picture of Pitcher Wal ter Johnson, the mayors son-in-law. old mining camps in boom times are also represented. Other photographs show Roberts signing important doc uments. Newspaper clippings, poems, pages from books-they're glued and tackled all over. Then there are deerheads, stuffed snakes, potted plants, stuffed birds killed on the mayors private preserve, Indian mortars and grinding stones, sam ples of gold ore-the list is endless.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

Nicholas Grillo the Milldale Rose Specialist and florist makes the an nouncement to-day that all this week he is holding his annual rose bush sale at his extensive rose gar- dens at Milldale. MT Grillo will be remembered as the florist who few years back created the rose known the country over as the "Grillodale" and which is now in demand wher-
 ever grown. It comes in very delicate pink and also in snow white. It is a very hardy rose and ' is an addition to any rose garder
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12
ANYTHING BUT DISHES.

' Beaumont, Texas.-Dirty dishes caused the downfall of one youth here. He was paroled recently in juvenile court on his plea of guilty to a charge of theft. He was ar rested shortly after on the same charge. He said that he had to wash too many dishes and wanted to be put in the reformatory so he could escape the job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

which IS always welcome.
 A special price is offered on hardy two and three year old plants for the remainder of the week. Other strong plants in two and three year old bushes in such roses as the Briar- |cliffe Premier Supreme and Mrs Coolidge are offered for sale at four for $l.00 during this sale. The Grillo Rose Gardens are located ir Milldale. Watch for the sign and turn to left at foot of Southingtor Mountain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12
BRIDGE
BY. VIM. F.. MCKINNEY Secretary American Bridge League

Secretary American Bridge League
 The following interesting hand was given to the writer by Cyril E. Hep burn of Philadelphia, a well recog- nized tournament player.
 If you would like to while away an evening, lay the cards out and en- deayor to play the hand double dum- my for six spades in the South po- sition with the four of hearts open ing by West. One thing, however, that you must not do is to lead a spade from the South hand and finesse through Vests ten spot. It might make the problem a little more easy to solve. but this would not be good bridge.
 The writer will even give you this South wins the first heart trick with the ace and then leads the jack of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

Miss Dorothy Chase of Prospect street is spending several days in New York where she will attend the opening of the Pierre roof of the Hotel Pierre tonight. Mrs Irving H. Chase will leave tomorrow to spend a few days as the guest of Mrs Thomas Ewing, Jr, of New York.
 Mir and Mrs John Riley and daughter, Margaret, of Orchard street have returned from visiting Michael Riley, a student at La Salette seminary, Altamont. N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

, of the Carlson Furniture company Naugy high baseball team will
 journey to Bridgeport this afternoon to meet Central high nine. It is moi valley league contest. On next saturday the locals will meet the Ansonia high team in a Valley lcague contest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

night at o'clock in the parish house.
 Insurance adjusters were in the borough yesterday looking over the ruins of the Tolles block which was destroyed by ire last Friday night, completely destroying the building and furniture contents the property
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

''See that old oxen yoke there," says Mayor Roberts. That came from the desert and was found re- gently by the bleached bones of oxen that died back in the f1fties."
 His office is scrapbook with all the pages open. It helps to visualize his attitude towards life and to re- call memories of the early days he knew well. Now. in modern Amer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12

There will be special meeting of Division 5, A. o. H.. this evening at o'clock. Following the meeting Old Timers night will be held and all old timers are invited to attend.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-12

The Seward Weekly Gate way Ia the best f6-rase Weekly in the Territcfy
 of Alaska
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-12
ESCAPED CONNECTS AT LIBERTY ONLY
 FUR l FEW HOURS
THREE RECAPTURED EARLY; OTHER THREE KILLED
 THEMSELES

LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Dec. 12. (P-Three of the six prisoners who escaped from the Federal pris- on here yesterday morning by ab- ducting Warden Thomas White, were recaptured after a gun right yesterday afternoon and returned to the penitentiary. The other three are reported to have been surround ed at a place near the Bell school house. eight miles west of here. The latter three are said to be be-. sieged by a posse of soldiers and civilian officers.
 An ambulance brought two wounded guards from the school house battle. It is reported that Assistant Deputy Warden James Calvin, prison guard, was wound ed by one of the conyicts. Calvin was wounded when he escaped the convicts as they were changing automobiles but did not escape un- scathed as one of the convicts shot at him and Calvin received bad arm wound and several body wounds.
 Galvin's arm was injured to such an extent that 1t was found neces- Sary to have it amputated. Calvin is in a serious condition and has been returned here.
 A later message from the Bell school area said that the three other prisoners who were still at large and who were holding off an armed posse are said to have shot them selves rather than face recapture. They shot themselves in the farm house where they held the owners captive and a.s a posse of 500 per- sons rained shots and tear gas bombs at the farm house.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-12
MATRIMONIAL RACKET
 KILLER FOUND GUILTY

CLARKESBURG, W. Va Dec. II. P-Harry F. Powers, was con- victed of murder in the first de- gree for the matrimonial racket" staying of Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke at Northboro, Massachu- setts. Mrs. Pressler was a divorcee.
 The verdict carries the manda- tory sentence of hanging.
 The jury deliberated one hour and s minutes.
 Powers was accused of five kill ings but was tried on only one count. Powers chewed gum calml- as the verdict was read and he showed no emotion. Arguments were made for a new trial Sat- urday.