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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
MYSTERY IN THE
 BRANNEN GIRLS
 DEATH UNSOLVED
Francis Crowley, Driver of Car, and Rudolph Durin= ger Are Sought By the Police

Yonkers, N. Y.. May 1 - (UP)- Police today renewed efforts to find Francis Crowley. sought as driver of the car in which Virginia Bran nen, dance hall hostess was killed. Robert Le Clair, 22 who was on the last ride, identified pistol with which a detective was wounded as Crowley's. Police confronted Le Clair with information that the bull let which wounded the detective was fired from the same gun as the bullet which killed Miss Brannen.
 Le Clair stuck to his original story that the fatal shot was one of five fired by Rudolph Duringer of Ossining, while in the rear of the automobile. Neither Duringer nor Crowley has been traced since the bullet-riddled automobile was found in the Bronx. Miss Brannen's body was found Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
MARION ROBERTS BEING SOUGHT IN
 DIAMOND CASE

Boston, May 1-UP)--Detective Sergeant George V. Augusta was in charge of a police search here to- day for Marion Roberts, New York chorus girl sought for questioning in connection with the recent shoot ing of Jack Legs" Diamond. Miss Roberts, born Marion Strasmick, lived here before going on the stage a few years ago. A telegram from the New York attorney generals office to Boston police headquarters yesterday said Miss Roberts was be- lieved to be in Boston.
 The young woman was said to have breakfasted with Diamond shortly before he was shot in New York hotel last fall. And she was said to have been at Diamonds Acra estate few days before the latest attempt on the gangster's life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
SLAYER OF GIRL WAS
 WET MORE
Coroner Insists That He Alone Killed Emily Kirk ! No Second ManThe Funeral of Killer to Be Held Tomorrow

New Haven, Conn.,. May 1.--=(UP). i. of the Mix district volun- teer fire company of Hamden will act as pallbearers tomorrow at the funeral of William Wetmore, who conn itted suicide Wednesday while under suspicion of being the man who killed Emily Kirk during a so- cial affair at the fire house last Sat- urday night.
 Many of the firemen refuse to be- lieve the simple young farmland, whom they had known since childhood, could have com, mitted the crime, said by authori- ties to be one of the most brutal in Connecticut history. Coroner James J. Corrigan, however, Is prepared to return a formal finding declaring Wetmore assaulted, shot and stoned the attractive girl when she refused
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
ITALIAN FLYER
 MISSING THREE
 WEEKS IS FOUND
Count Di Robbillant and His
 Mechanic Were Located on River Steamer To-day

Sac Paulo, Brazil. May 1--(UP) A search of three weeks for the Italian aviator. Count Di Robiliant, and his mechanic, was ended to- day with both flyers safe on the Paranapenena river, 2 tributary of the Parana river. Di Robillant. who was not hurt, and Mauranta Quar- anta, the mechanic who was slightly injured, were found travelling on the river steamer Rio Pardo. which they had boarded after being forced down in the interior 0f Brazil while on a flight from Sac Paulo.
 The Italian flyer. who has aban- doned his undamaged plane in the interior in order to seek safety. said he had seen many of the searching craft fly overhead as they made their way along the river banks, but was unable to signal to them. Di Robillant said he was making survey for q postal line from Sac Paulo to Cuyaba for the Soa Paulo air syndicate when forced down by motor trouble, in the interior.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
YOUNG HATHAWAY
 BROUGHT BEFORE THE GRAND JURY
Twenty-two Grand Jurors Viii Decide Whether or Not to Indict Him for
 Nurse Murder

Newport. R. l., May 1.-(UP)- Elliott R. Hathaway. alleged strang- Ter of Verna E. Russell, arrived here early to-day to face grand jury pro- ceedings. The youthful suspect was brought here by automobile from Providence county jail in Cranston. 35 miles away, in custody of Deputy Sheriff Frank King of Newport and another deputy.
 Later to-day, 22 grand jurors, in cluding three women, were to be asked to indict Hathaway on a charge of the first degree murder of the student nurse, whose bruised body was found beside a Tiverton lane March "A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
GOV ROOSEVELT
 MAY TAKE SPEEDY
 VOYAGE TO PARIS
His Aged Mother Has Been Taken Very III While on Visit to France

New York. May l - (UP) = Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt prepared today to go to bedside of his mother. who is III, in Paris, pn. iessIhe receives highly favorable re- pofts on Ter condition. ''..'F''
 The governor was ready to substi- tute quick trip to Paris for his plans to vacation in Georgia unless his mother showed immediate inn provement.
 The governor was told in a tele- phone conversation with Paris last night that his mothers condition was not immediately critical but that her age makes influenza dangerous ailment.
 A trip to Paris would not neces- sarily increase the time of the gov ernor's absence since he had planned to stay In Warm Springs. Ga, for three weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
HAITI MINISTER
 REPLIES IN THE
 BUTLER MIDDLE
Didn't Say There Was No Such Fort But Did Say People in Haiti Never Heard of It

Washington, May 1.-(UP)-Sec- retary of State Stimson has been sent the reply of Dantes Bellegarde, Haitian minister, to the secretary $ query regarding Bellegarde's alleged reflections on the military exploits of Major General Smedley D. Butler.
 It was understood the minister denied he told a newspaper reporter that Fort Riviere. which Butler is credited with having captured. did not exist. He had insisted from the beginning of the controversy that he merely said no one in Haiti knew of the existence of this fort, for whose capture Butler received a second medal of honor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
At the Same Time the Committee on Cities and Boroughs Recommended Unfavorable Report on City Man ager Plan
House Chairman Sparks Declared To-day That Neither He Nor His C0rl- mittee Had Taken Sides in the Dispute lejec- ton of City Manager Was an Honest Decision
(By Democrat Staff Man)

Hartford. Conn. May l - A favorable report on Mayor Frank Hayes Strong Mayor city charter for Waterbury was returned to the house today by the committee on cities and boroughs. The repors1 was made by House Chairman Frank J. Sparks of West Hartford who stated that the unfavorable res port of the committee on the city manager bill was in the hands of the clerk of the house this morning. but in view of the fact that contrc-l versial matters are not considered by'' the legislature at Friday's session.. s the matter was carried over until Tuesday of next week. .
 City Managef Gone
 An unfavorable report on the city manager plan of government ssl advocated for Waterbury in the re-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
POLICEMAN WITH "VISIONS' IN JINGLE MURDER IN CHICAGO
 WAS SHOT DEAD YESTERDAY

Chicago. May 1-(UP)-Anthony Ruthy, the man of visions" in the Lingle murder case, was killed at his post and another policeman was be- lieved dying today as the result of a mad shooting spree which a fiee- ing bandit started in the same loop section where Ruthy chased but failed to catch Lingle's slayer on last June g.
 Frank Joraon. 35, who confessed he was the man who killed Ruthy, critically wounded Policeman Pa- trick Durkin. and threw thousands of loop pedestrians into panic at the D. m. rush hour, was captured finally by a steamship line clerk. Ernest Schaeublin.
 Within hour after the shooting, Mayor Anton J. Cermak personally took charge of the case. ordered ''soeedy jilstice." and himseH oues-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
HUSBAND IS SHOT, WIFE HELD WITH
 FORMER CONVICT
John Conlin May Die From Wounds Wife May Go Insane in Her Cell

New York. May (UP) - Hearing was postponed until Friday when Mrs Amy Conlin, 37. and James De Pew. 22. ex-convict, were arraigned today on charges of as- sault and robbery upon John Con- lin, Mrs Conlin's husband. He was shot as he entered the entrance of his Astoria home on April 20.
 Counsel for Mrs Conlin opposed postponement. saying his client would go mad If forced to remain longer in jail where she and De Pew are being held without bail. De Pew made no move to aid Mrs Conlin when she collapsed in court. The prosecution asked for weeks de- lay because Conlin could not leave the hospital flor at least month if he does not succumb to the bullet in his spine. X
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
SH| ,RT FACTORY PAYROLL SEIZED
 IN NEW HAVEN

New Haven, Conn, May 1-(UP) Three men who visited the r. and I. short factory last week were sought to-day for the robbery of the company's $s.29S payroll. The men entered the cashiers office late yes- terday, forced Manager Louis Di Iuglio. a salesman and three girl cashiers against a wall and scooped up the money which had just been brought from the bank.
 Warning them to keep quiet for five minutes or we'll shoot" the trio ripped the telephone from the wall and fled. Last Thursday. according to Di Iuglio, the same three visited the office too look around" but left after beieng told the manager was busy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
CRANK IS AFTER
 t, WOOL MERCHANT
Robert L. Studley of Boston Asked to Help Him or He Will Be Suicide

Wellesley Hills, Mass, May 1.- (UP)-A man whom Robert l.. Studley, Boston wool merchant and president of the Wellesley Trust company. once befriended has re- newed written demands that Studley give him financial assistance, and Studley has asked Wellesley police to prevent the man from entering his estate here.
 Robert A. Cook, attorney for Stud ley, said the letter writer had not threatened Studley. but said he might resort to suicide unless he re- ceived a sum of money from the merchant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

tioned Jordon who early today con- fessed to a coroner's jury that he had shot the policemen and had had robbed several banks.
 Ruthy was the second important character in the famous Lingle case to die within a week. The other was Benny Butler. gangster. who was killed in an auto crash. It was by tapping Buffers telephone wires that investigators learned that Leo V. Brothers was the man they were hunting on charges of slaying Lingle
 It was Ruthy who once identified Frank Foster as the man he chased after IAngle was killed. Later he said Foster was not the man. ex- plaining his previous story by say ing he was subject to visions K rays showed his skull had been cracked in an accident several years before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
NIGHT WATCHMAN
 WASSTRANGGiiED
Two Inmates of Ohio State Hospital Killed Him and One Escaped

Lima, O.. May 1.-(UP)-Louis Kiel, AS, night watchman at Lima State Hospital for Criminal Insane, was strangied to death early to-day by two inmates, one of whom es- capped.
 Kiel.s slayers' were John Powell, 24, of Columbus and Samuel Nelson. 19, Negro, of Cleveland. according to Dr w. H. Vorbau. superintendent of the institution. Powell was caught by other guards as he attempted to escape through high window. Nell son got through. however and is be- ing hunted by city and county off, Cers. .,ne
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
NEW PARTY AIDED
 IN THE DEFEAT !. OF LABOR MEMBER
In British Labor District, the New Party Candidate Pulled Enough Votes 10 Let Conservative Win

Ashton Under Lyme, England, May 1-(UP)-Sir Oswald Mosley's first bid for power. as leader ,o1 the so-cailed new party arousgd speh hostility to-day that a police guard was required to protect him from angry laborites. tESs F
 The disturbances broke out last night when the conservative party candidate, Lieutenant Colonel John Broadbent won the first by-election held since the labor cabinets bud get was presented. He' boiled 12,- 420 votes to defeat the labor can- didate, John W. Gordon and the new party candidate, Allen Young. Gordon boiled 11,005 votes and Young boiled .472-thus permit ting the conservatives to win a con stituency which normally is labor ite Is at' fr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
Helen Wills Moody Will
 Follow Bobby Jones And
 Get Fat Purse In Movies

these shots, however, depends on Mrs Moody. "She is quite willing and even anxious to sign. but wants . little more money than we are offering her." he said.
 "We hope to be able to settle the differences, however, at the confer ence to-day"
 Although Bergerman did not dis-i close how much Mrs Moody had teir standing, it was reliably report ed that she had been offered $125.- 900. Mrs Moody. it was said. wants $25,000 more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
TEST FLIGHT OF
 WORLD AVIATORS
Hugh Herndon and Clyde Pangb0rn Started for Port Au Prince To-day

Miami, Fla, May 1.--(UP)--Hugh Herndon and Clyde Pangborn, left by airplane for Port Au Prince, Haiti, to-day on the first overwater leg of their .'test flight" to Porto Rico which is to put them in prac- tlce for their attempt to fly around the world.
 captain Lswis z, !,;. A Tancey. ra. giyins flight. Herndon and Pangborn plan to attempt q 5.000Ymiie night to Moscow as the first step Of their Journey around the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
FRENCH ISLANDS
 NOT FOR SALE
United States Wanted to Buy a Couple But France Kills the Sale

Paris. May 1-(UP)-If the Unit ed States wants to buy the French Islands of St Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada, they are not for sale.
 The report that the U. $. wished to buy the islands to stop bootleg ging was brought up in the House of Commons at Ottawa yesterday.
 "No French territory Is for sale the minister of colonies told the United Press today. He denied that negotiations for the sale of the Islands had been start ed. trf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
MANIAC IS IN CHARGE
 OF VESSEL
Freighter Off Mexico Flashes Word That Arm=
 ed Mailman Has Taken Command and Crew Is
 Barricaded in Cabins

San Diego. Calif., May 1.-CUP). The picture of mad-man con- trolling a ship, the crew barricaded in cabins to escape his maniacal fury, was visualized by shipping men to-day as, hours passed with no new word from the freighter Santa Ce- celia, which early yesterday issued a call for help.
 The drama of the sea was being enacted off Cape San Lucas. Mex ico, it was believed, as the ship steamed towards Panama from Hon. olulu.
 Efforts of radio stations to contact the ship failed. Operators sat at their keys for hours at a stretch, failing
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

Los Angeles, May IL (UP)- Helen Wills Moody, Internationally famous tennis player, is quite will- ing to follow in the steps of Bobby Jones and sign a motion picture contract, provided her salary de- mands are met, according to Stan ley Bergerman, official of the Uni- versal Studios. Mrs Moody will arr rive here to-day from Berkeley, Cal ifornia. to discuss details of a con- tract with Universal, Bergerman said.
 A series of ten shots is planned, Bergerman, declared. Filming of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
DAY. WAS QUIET
 OVER HERE.
Three Celebrations in New York5,OO0 Troops Out in Colorado But Across the Water There Were Several Clashes
(BY THE UNITED PREss).


 International labor day was cele- brated in all parts of the world to- day with police and troops on guard in many countries to restrict disor- ders to minimum.
 A sharp clash occurred in Ger many, where Communists and Fas- cists engaged in a gun fight n which seven were wounded, a Unit ed Press dispatch said. Tn Berlin policeman was critic ally wounded and about a score of extremists were arrested. < French officials arrested or de- ported similar number Of agita- tors but maintained the calmest att smosphere of any. May Day since the war. Hundreds of persons were re- ported arrested in Japan to pre- vent demonstrations. Police clash (Continued on Page 21)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
GASOLINE TAX IN
 MASS. INCREASED
From Two Cents to Three Cents and This Will Last for Two Years

Boston. May 1-UP)-The tax on gasoline was increased from two cents to three cents per gallon in Massachusetts today.
 This increase, to remain in effect two years, was ordered by the legis- lature to provide funds to finance a highway construction program. The two-cent tax has yielded ap- proximately $10,500,000 a year and the three-cent tax Is expected to increase this revenue to $16.000. 900 annually.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNOR
 MET PRO
He Made Compromise With Republicans and Named Alsop and Colonel Taylor to Public Utilities
 Democrats Caucused' and Made Their Protest
EVERYTHING WAS
 SMOOTHED OVER
By GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR. fIJuiteS3 Prcas stan COrrespOndcnt.)

Hartford, Conn, May I.-( CUP )--- Governor Wilbur L. Cross arrived at a compromise with the republican majority of the general assembly to- day by which Colonel p. L. Taylor of New Haven, and Joseph W. Alsop of Avon were appointed public util- ities commissioners. The cornpro- mise involved the resignation of Commissioner Charles c. Elweli of New Haven. who is suffering from poor heath.
 Democratic legislators held an im- promptu protest meeting and marched to the governors ofiice to denounce the nomination of Colonel Taylor, apparently in the belief the governor had been forced to accept Taylor, former technical engineer of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, in place of Pro- lessor Richard Joyce Smith or Pro- lessor Clyde Olin Fisher, who had been understood to be favorably con-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
BARBER DIES IN
 ELECTRIC CHAIR
Last Minute Appeal to Gov ernOr of Ohio Did Not Save Charles King

Columbus, O., May 1-(UP)- A last minute appeal to the governor having failed, Charles King. S9- year-old barber. went to death in the electric chair last night for the murder of his wife and four of his five children.
 .i. King was charged with asphyxiat- ing his wife and children while they slept on the night of Oct 2S, 1929. A fifth child, asleep in another room was not affected by the gas. King disappeared and was caught about Q year later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
NOTABLES PRESENT

Turin, Italy, May 1.-(UP) the presence of Crown Prince Hum bert and his princess, Marie Jose, and other officials, Count De Vecchi, Italian ambassador to the Holy See, to-day commemorated the tooth an- niversady Of the enthronement of Charles Albert of Savoy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

Wokden's Safe Milk is q real spring tonic if taken daily as . food. The most del,cate can thrive on pastcslrixed sllIlk. Phone 22o for ira-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
GERMAN FLYING BOAT

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, May 1-(UP)-The giant German flying boat DO-x started to-day for Rio Dc Orc, on the coast of Africa, en route to Brazil and New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

Catania. May 1.-(UP) Mon signor Salvatore Fazio. 62, vicar gem eral Of the archdiocese of Catania. died to-day,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 1.(UP)-Ths treasury net balance on April 2s was $344, ,039, ,092.00. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
The AZ eafIaer

Fair and Warmer Tonight;
 Saturday Cloudy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

Prices Never Were Lower
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-22
BEETHOVEN NINTH SYMPHONY
AT STADIUM THURSDAY

The Beethoven Ninth Symphony
will be given at the Stadium con-
certs under the baton of Willem van
Hoogstraten on Thursday and Friday
nights Of this week, preceded by the
"Leonore' Overture No 3. Jeanette
Vreeland, soprano; Nevada van der
Veer, contralto; Nelson Eddy, BARI
tone. and Dan Gridley, tenor, are the
soloists. The chorus will be that of
the Schole Cantormn of New York.
The programs for the rest of the
week follow:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S u t e,
"scheherazade," Rirnsky -Korsakoff;
"A Victory Ball Schelling; Spanish
Caprice, Rimsky -Korsakoff.
saturday-Overture, "Benyenuto
Cellini,' Berlioz; Symphony No. in
z Minor. Dvorak; cFrom the New
World Overture "Chanticleer, Ma
son; Pacific 231, Honegger; Emperor
Waltz, Johann Strauss; Hungarian
Rhapsody No l, List.
Sunday-Fantastic Symphony
Berlicz; Dream Pantomime from
"Hansel and Gretel," Humperdinck
serenade for Strings Zine kleine
Nachtmusik'' Mozart, Francesca
da Rimini" Fantasia, Tchaikovsky
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-22

NEW YORK-The United Front
Committee, elected at the Cooper
Union meeting on June "a, today is
sued call to the fur workers to
elect delegates to a shop conference
which is to take place on Thursday,
July %, at Irving Plaza.
The call speaks about the accom-
plishments secured as a result of the
unity of the workers in the dogline
and other shops that have won i'm
provements in their conditions as
result of the strike. 1t calls on all
workers, irrespective of their polit-
ical views right wingers( left-wing-
ers, Socialists, Communists, regis
cred and non-regisered, Negro and
white, to join the united front and
help spread the struggle for July
raises and union conditions, and elect
delegates to the conference.
VOLTS Strike Breaking.
On Monday morning the fur work.
ers in the thousands carried through
huge picketing demonstration. The
chief strike breaker, Matthew Vol,
who has once more come into the
situation, has modified the entire
police force and detective squads to
terrorize the workers Three Greek
worktrs, De ,Mola, Mattaksas and
Louis Achis, we're arrested this
morning on the picket line. De
Mola was released on $500 bail and
the other two workers were released
on $500 bail each.
Two Needle Trades Workers
Sentenced.
Salvatore Delchi and Thomas Kat
skies, two needle trade workers who
took part in demonstration against
the firm of Needleman 81 Bremmer,
where the Industrial Union is con-
Quoting a strike, we're sentenced to-
day in Jefferson Market Court. Sal
vatore Delchi received five days and
Thomas Katsikes ten days. Fanny
Shook, another worker, was dis
missed. The workers expressed their
readiness to continue the struggle for
building the Industrial Union, re-
gardless of Imprisonment.
Despite these activities of the po-
lice and detectives, additional shops
came down on strike, amongst them
one of the importan Greek shops.
Fur Finishers Meet Tuesday.
A meeting of fur finishers has been
arranged in the office of the union,
131 w. 18th St., Tuesday night right
after work. At this meeting plans
will be discussed for developing the
struggle against finishing contract
ing and for improvements in the con-
ditions of the fur workers.
On Wednesday night there will be
a meeting of all workers from trim
ming shops. The purpose of this
meeting is to spread the strike strug-
gle to the trimming shops.
On Saturday afternoon commit
tee of rank and filters appeared be-
fore the Joint Council The COM
mittee exposed the fake election car
ried through by the company union,