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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03
Road Conditions
In Connecticut
Construction, Detours and Olings as Reported By the
State Highway Dept for Week Ending July 2

Lane auckland road are under con-
struction but open to traffic. OPP
tional detour is posted around part
OF the work through Vernon Center.
Somers. Rockville Somers road Is
being oiled for 3 miles.
Route No. III
East Hampton. Marlboro road is
under construction. No delay to
traffic.
Middletown. Middletown Mer-
iden road is being oiled for 3 miles.
Meriden. Meriden Middletown
road is being oiled for miles.
Portland. Portland East Hampton
road is being oiled for 2 miles.
East Hampton, East Hampton
Portland road is being oiled for 3
| miles.
Route No. H.
Durham. North Guilford road is
being oiled for miles.
Guilford. North Guiford road is
being oiled for IL mile.
Route No. 119-
Danbury- Brewster road. Steam
shovel grading and culvert construc-
| ton. No detours.
Route No. 12O---
Bethany. Concrete road is under
COllli Ollci ny
! traffic men.
Route No. 121-
North Canaan. Salisbury road is
| being oiled for 1 miles.
| Route No. 1873
New Milford. Marketable road.
| Concrete pavement and steam SHOW
| ca grading. One-way traffic with
telephone control.
| Torrington. Litchfield road is be-
| ing oiled for 4 miles.
Washington. Litchfield road (New
Preston CUTOFF. Steam shovel grad
! ing on new location. No detours.
/ Washington. Litchfield road
! (Woodville bridge) Steam shovel
grading. One way traffic.
Route No. 13O-
Woodbury.. Bethlehem road is be-
ing oiled for miles.
Route No. 142-
The ewent-Canterbury road in
the towns of Lisbon and Canterbury
is under construction. Grading is
being done and stone surfacing IS
being placed. Traffic can pass.
Route No. 15O-
Lyme. Hamburg road is being
oiled for miles.
Old Lyme. Hamburg road is be-
ing olleu lof HliiSs'
Route No. 153-
Montville. Norwich and Had
lyme road is being oiled for l mile.
Salem. Norwich and Hadlyme
road is being oiled for 2 miles.
Route No. 167-
East Hampton, Haddam and East
Haddam. Haddam Neck East Had
dam road under construction. Open
t. traffic including Leesville bridge.
Route No. 18S--
Montville. Flanders Chesterfield
road is being oiled for l mile.
East Lyme. ers-Chesterteld
| road is being oiled for 2 miles.
Route No. 3O3-
Suffield. Thompsonville road Is
being oiled for l mile.
Route No. 3O7--
East Windsor. From u. S. Route
No. 5 to Scantic church is under
construction. Open to traffic.
East Windsor, Scantic- Broad
Brook road is being oiled for ! LIZ
miles.
Route No. SIS
Stamford. High Ridge road ono.
Stamford avenue). Shoulders under
construction. Traffic controlled by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03
Decision for
the Plaintiff
Judge McNiff Finds Woman
Worthy of Wages

Judgment of $3.50 and costs was
rendered in favor of Aurelie Jodoin
Of Salem, Mass, against Edmund
Jodoin of Beverly, Mass, executor
of the, estate of Alfred Lavigne of
Waterbury, in decision handed
down in the common pleas court
today by Judge Miles F. Me-
Mfr. The suit was brought by the
plaintiff to recover for board, lodg
ing and nursing rendered the wife
of Alfred LaviGne who is also de-
ceased.
The complaint stated the defend-
ant was appointed executor of La
vigne's estate under the latter will
on June %, 1929. The amount due
the plaintiff, according to the plain
tiff was $500. Judge McNiff, in ad-
dtion to the $3.50 allows the plain
tiff $53.15 for u trip to Worcester,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03
net of garden flowers,

quet of garden flowers.
The entire foreman personnel
which worked under him during the
past seven years added atmosphere
to the occasion with their presence,
but all were regretful of having to
continue without him, but happy at
his advancement.
The gusests included: Mr. and Mrs
Schilgen of Naugatuck, Joseph Null
cahy of Waterbury, every foreman
Of his district including, Albert
Oliver of WATERFOWL, William Mar
tin of Terryville, Louis Cowles of
| Southington, Frederick Strong of
| Woodbury., Herman Ring of Middle
| bury, Patrick Bowe of Naugatuck,
Thomas HOLMAN of Ansonia, Will
| lam Healey of Beacon Falls, Archie
Pisano of Waterbury and John b.
| Wakelee of Wolcott, and son John
| B. Wakelee Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

the income of the same family is
100 marks, as compared to 200 in
1929. Instead of having $50 marks
left after rent, taxes and social in
surance are paid, the worker now
starts the month with only ITO
marks to pay for food, clothing,
TRANSFORMATION and recreation.
AS before the home of the work
ingman which has two rooms ana
a kitchen is considered something
of a luxury. A recent trade union
inquiry into how the laborer's wire
lives, showed a grey picture OF MIL
lions of women whose entire ume
and energy is consumed in house.
hold drudgery. A QUESTIONABLE OF
the textile union brought the follow
ing from thousands of women:
I'VE want no children"
The young workers devote their
leisure time chiefly to sports, While
MANY of the older city laborers own
tiny truck gardens in which they
raise a few vegetables and also ind
recreation. The typical industrial
worker is a stay-at-home. He goes
to the movies on an average OF once
a month, partly because he has no
money to go oftener and partly be-
cause the radio has revolutionized
his mode of diversion and recrea-
ton.
Some 100000 employees are in a
slightly better position, but 1000
600 members of the middle-class in
Germany remain and they-accord-
ing to the trade union statistics
are on a lower scale economically
than the manual laborers.
They are professional folk, rent
iers, pensioners, small shop keep
ers, and others who lost their saw
ings during the imitation of the mark
and are now completely uprooted
and adrift.
1t is among this class that the
fascist and communists are most &C
tive. And they get good response.
These families provide fertile soil
for recruits to extremists causes. For
instance, the urban residential dis
tricts are smeared with "for rent
signs, mostly on large apartments
which formerly were occupied by
well-to do families. 1t Is with a
sense of humiliation that they sub
let their once lovely apartments for
anything they can get.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

Road conditions and detours in
the state of Connecticut made nee
essary by highway construction, re-
pairs and oiling, announced by the
Connecticut highway department as
OF July /, 1881:
Route No. us. T.
Milford. Post road cut off is under
construction. No delay to traffic.
Old Saybrook. Bridge construc-
ton at oyster River. Does not de-
lay traffic.
Greenwich. Cos Cob section is be-
ing oiled for mile.
East Lyme. New Haven pike is
being oiled for 2 miles.
Route No. g.
Bolton and Andover. Bolton
Andover road is under construction
but open to traffic. Some delay to
traffic due to working of steam
shovel.
Windham. Bridge over Natchaue
river on the Willimantic-Putna
road Is under construction. Traffic
can pass.
Woodbury. Middlebury road. Con-
crete pavement completed. Shout
ders and railing uncompleted.
Route No. US. d
Bethel. Danbury- Newtown road is
being oiled for l IL miles.
Danbury- road is being
oiled for miles.
Chaplin. Willimantic road is be-
ing oiled for miles.
Windham. Willimantic road is
being oiled for IL miles.
N ew town. Danbury- NeWtoWr
road is being oiled for miles.
Route No. g.
Torrington. Winsted road is un'
der construction. Short detour al
grade crossing.
Colebrook. Colebrook River road
Bridge construction. No detours.
Torrington. Thomaston road is
being oiled for 4 miles.
Route No. 10
Laying concrete on the Middle.
town Saybrook road in the towns oil
Haddam and Chester. One way traf-
Middletown. Hartford-Saybrook
road Is being oiled for miles.
Haddam. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. road
is being oiled for miles.
Essex. Hartford-Saybrook road
ia being oiled for miles.
Route No. 12--
Norwich. Jewett City road is un-
der construction. Grading is being
done. Detour posted via Newent.
PlalnHelQ. NOTWiHH roou ~ S'"s
oiled for 3 Ia miles.
Killingly Norwich road is being
oiled for l Ia mile.
Route No. IL
East Hartford. Bridge over Hook
anum river is under construction
Closed to traffic. Short detoul
posted. u,,,.
Ledyard. Norwich and Westerly
road being oiled for miles.
Norfolk. Canaan road Is being
oiled for miles.
North Canaan. Norfolk road II
being oiled for miles
Preston. Norwich and Westerly
read is being oiled for mile.
Chaplin and Eastford. Chaplin
phoenixville road is under construc'
tfor. Detour posted.
Putnam. Putnam PROVIDENCE
road is under construction. Traht
can pass
Route No. 1OS-
somers. Hazardville- Mashapaue
road is being oiled for 5 miles.
Route No. fOS-- 49,,
Manchester and Vernon. Man
chester r rockville road and Love
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

Haven railroads annual report on
industrial development that SO addi-
tional sidetracks were installed by
industries during that year to con-
meet with the rails of the New Ha-
ven.
OF that number SO We're for new
industries or for Industries which
never previously had had sidetrack
service and the remainder were ex-
tensions or relocations of existing
tracks. The total length of these
So sidetracks amounted to 23,345
feet, equal to approximately four
and a half miles. Sidetracks in eff
feet provide store door delivery and
pick up service.
For the period 1920 to 1890 in
elusive, a total of 754 sidetracks
have been installed by industries
connecting with the New Havens
rails. The total length of these side
tracks aggregated 405,312 feet or
approximately 76 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03
WHAT ONE $500 SLOT MA
CHINE CHECK TURNED
UP AFTER THREE YEARS

The extent of gangland's finan-
cial operations in Chicago and the
part played by the gangsters mem
toned in this story is indicated by
these figures, taken from federal
court records at Chicago. These
incomes are for three years in
each case. The government does
not contend that t hese figures
are complete; they represent
merely the amounts the govern
ment was able to prove.
Ralph CapOne $1.S71, 900. Beer;
Jack Guzik $1,O49.00O, gambling;
Frank Nitti 100000. alcohol; Sam
Guzik $40, 900, slot machines.
All these men were AL Capone's
lieutenants. How much of the
money they collected eventually
went to the big Shot" himself?
They wouldn't tell, preferring 10
go to the penitentiary insetad.
The government was getting
ready to show what Al Capone
got when he suddenly pleaded
guilty and thus evaded a trial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

ing trees for these pests by a rule
and thumb method, that is by a
prescribed schedule, will control
most of the pests, but knowing the
bug when you meet him on the
street and how he works is i'm
portant in knowing what materials
to use and when to use them.
Fruit pests take thousands of dol
lars out of the orchardist's pocket
each year in New Haven county
and war must be waged against
them increasingly from spring to
fall
Representatives from the State
college at Storrs and from the Con-
necticut Agricultural Experiment
Station will attend these meetings
and identify pests found in the Or
chards and make recommendations
for their control.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

traffic men.
Route No. 333-
Old Lyme. Blackhall road is be-
ing oiled for miles.
Route No. 337-
West Haven. Shore road is being
oiled for miles.
Route No. $50
WATERFOWL. Woodbury. road is be-
ing oiled for 2 miles.
Route No. 362-
Suffield. Springfield road is be-
ing oiled for miles.
No Route Numbers.
Cromwell. Station Is road is be-
ing graded for one mile.
Danbury. Clapboard Ridge road
Macadam completed. Work on
shoulders and railing under way
No detours.
Haddam. Rock Landing road is
under construction.
Naugatuck. Two bridges on Rub
Der avenue under construction. Traf-
fic uses temporary bridges.
oxford. Continuation of Quakers
Farms road under construction. NO
delay to traffic.
Redding. Umpawaug Hill road.
Steam shovel grading. No detours.
West Haven. Beach street Is be-
ing oiled for l mile.
West Haven. Forest street is be-
ing oiled for one-half mile.
Note: The oiling described In this
report will be done weather permit
ting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

of consumption, coming in a month
when usual seasonal decrease of
approximately IL per cent is ex-
pected, resulted in an increase in
our adjusted index to a point high
e" than in any month since June of
1920. Actual consumption in May
was practically 10 per cent greater
than in the preceding month. This
large increase in productive activity
Is also reflected in available figures
for wool machinery activity. Prac-
tically all types of machinery. We're
more active in May than in April by
large percentage.
Just as was the case in 1921 it
becomes increasingly evident that
our boot and shoe and textile indus
tries are contributing to an improve
ment in New England industry
which is resulting in New England
beginning her recovery from the de-
preston considerably earlier and at
a more rapid rate than is true in
the country as a whole
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03
MACDONALD AND
UNITED STATES
VERY AGREEABLE
British Premier Says This
Nation Is Greatest Ma
ton in the World at the
Present Time
By HARRY FLORY
United Press Staff Correspondent

London, July 3.-UP)-A pro-
found impression was noticeable
here to-day as a result of Premier
j. Ramsay MacDonald'S speech at
the American society's independence
day dinner, in which he said that
the United States to-day is the
greatest nation on the face of the
earth"
The labor premier's sincere
friendship for America long had
been traditional among his friends
and others. However, none had
| anticipated that he would go so far
as to admit that the United States
was greater than the British en-
pire.
Premier Macdonald said that
| Great Britain and the United States
We're absolutely in hearty agree
ment and that they were going TO
| keep step" together.
In his address to the $50 guests
present at the dinner in the Savoy
| hotel, the premier referred to Presi-
dent Hoover's war debts and repara-
| lions holiday scheme as IAN act OF
great courage"
His move to alleviate and smooth
Europes wounds and unhappiness
showed deep insight" Macdonald
| added.
"The United States" he then de-
| clared, sis the greatest nation that
| now exists on the face of the earth.
If we begin to lift up our heads
and see the way out and see new
hope, 1t is largely due to the wise
and courageous action of the presi-
dent of the United States"
Seldom has a statesman gone so
| far in public statement, in praise
| of another nation or it's leaders. 1t
| was regarded as in line with Premier
MacDonalds policy of Anglo-Amer-
lean unity on which he has built
| during the past two years of his
minisiry's tenure of office.
"a very mysterious link binds us
to each other" he said. at is not
an alliance, not a declaration and
not a treaty. 1t is an extraordinary
laundering after the same sort of
things"
The same note of British-Ame
| can friendship was emphasized by
Senator Guy Golf, who also spoke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03
Ray r. Roberts
Gets Decision
Awarded $40 and Costs
Against Hartford co

Ray r. Roberts of this city was
granted a judgment of $40 and costs
against the Kenyon Bearings & Auto
Parts company of Hartford, in de-
cision rendered in the common pleas
court this morning by Judge Miles
F. McNiff. The suit was brought on
the alleged failure of the defendant
to pay the balance due on an auto
painting job done in July of $780,
by the plaintiff.
Judgment in the same amount
was rendered in the city court
where the case was first tried but
the defendant appealed to the COM
mon pleas court. Judge McNiH
heard the action and awarded the
plaintiff the same judgment. Attor-
ney William X. Lawlor represented
the plaintiff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03
Slow Comparison of
Accounts Links Them

/ But this didn't stump the inves-
| tigators. By tediously checking
! the amounts of Withdrawals and
comparing these amounts with
simultaneous deposits to other ac-
| counts and finding people who got
various checks, the investiga tors
finally tied Ralph to every one Of
these accounts. Where the amounts
were in round numbers it was
hard, but where odd amounts were
involved comparison was easier.
The government then produced
witnesses who testified that Ralph
signed checks by these various
aliases in their presence. More
over, handwriting experts ldentl-
fed the various signature cards
as having been signed by the
same man.
Turning next to the deposits
made to these accounts, the agents
traced these checks back to saloon
keepers who had bought beer from
Ralph. They even produced saloon
keepers who testified to this on the
witness stand. Some of them were
payroll checks that saloon Keepers
had cashed for their customers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03
Clerical Changes In
The Hartford Diocese

The current issue of the Tran
script reports the following clerical
changes: The Rev. David J. Hart
from st. Joseph's church, Chester, to
st. Mary's church, Stamford, as
sistant; the Rev. Franklin J. Corri-
gan to st. Patrick's church, Thomp-
sonville, assistant; the Rev. David M.
O. Keefe to st. Joseph's church, Ches-
ter, with resident at st. Johns school,
Deep River, assistant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

EDITORS NOTE: This is the
third of four exclusive stories on
GLOW They Got AL Capone," who
faces sentence, at Chicago on June
80, to a federal penitentiary. Pre-
vious stories have told how Ca
pone is now insOlvent as the re-
suit of business depression and
federal prosecution of his gang,
and of L. S. District Attorney
George E. q. Johnson, their
nemesis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

THE MEN WHO GOT THE EVIDENCE of huge income
fraud by Al Capone shown here. Chief Irey of
Washington, heads the of the U. Bureau
Revenue; Division Chief Madden Chicago, is in
in Special Agent Wilson is inves
tiSator They are shown Attorney George
E. O. johnson Chicago, whom they
evidence prosecution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03
N. II. Road Built 50
Sidetracks In 1890
SO Installed By New Industries or Concerns Which Had
Previous Service

New Haven, July 3.-Notwith-
standing the general business de-
preston which prevailed during the
year 1880, it is revealed by the New
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

FRIEND: 1 see you are limping
Have you hurt your foot?
NEWRICH: Yes; a fortnight ago
my pocketbook fell on it.-Tit-Bits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

More than 1000 persons recently
made pilgrimage from London to
Lourdes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-03

TOMORROW: How prohibition
agents got their evidence.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
Nick Altrock Says:

PHILADELPHIA, oct. 6.-I
guess it is only going to take Pep
per Martin and almost any Car
dinal pitcher to make suckers out
of the AS and monkeys out OF my
predictions. The way the Ath-
letics' murderers' row batted
against Burleigh Grimes, they
could not even be indicted for
manslaughter. And maybe it isn't
going to be tough on Uncle Nick
if the series closes in st. Louis.
I will have to take freight trains
back to Washington.
It begins to look as If the AS
were depending to win the series
Just on AL Simmons homers.
Yesterdays game had idea!
weather but when Grimes started
operating his splitter. the infield
was covered with mist. At that
Connie Mack could just as well
have sent up his boys to bat with
umbrellas. Unless the AS perk up
in their batting, I don't see how
they can hope to win the series
unless the Cards sign up Hack
Wilson to play centerfield.
Yesterday was the first game OF
the series when they used the
American League bail. About the
only difference l could see it
makes is that the Shibe brothers
pay for the fouls that go into the
grand stand instead OF sam
Breadon.
Uncle Nick is now pretty sure
he will go back to st. Louis as
he still can't see the AS dropping
three straight games. And If
Pangborn and Herndon can fly
1000 miles over water to land
in a town like Wenatchee, Wash,
I don't know what kick I've got
coming for travelling 1000 miles
to St. Louis for some good beer.
The President was at the game
yesterday. He entered the grounds
without any untoward incidents
except One-Eye Connolly tried to
crash the gate right behind him.
One-Eye claimed he was in Hoo
ver's Cabinet and Secretary of
Commerce. The gate keeper told
One-Eye it didn't take Secretary
to handle all the U. S. Commerce
since 1929, and an office boy
could do it instead. Connolly
argued so much they finally made
him Secretary of the Exterior,
throwing him out through Gate
No. 8.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
Hit With Regularity

For instance, there is moth
ing in the wide, wide world to
keep the Cardinals from shoot
ing wild Bill Hallahan back at
the Mackmen today to cinch
their third victory, and we
should say that if Hallahan
does pitch and win, practically
no power on earth can keep
the Cards from trouncing any
pitcher Mack may nominate to-
morrow and end the business or
the SuSquehanna.
And that's exactly the kind
of a club the Cardinals happen
to be. In three brief games
they've hit with regularity and
at present there are no signs of
them putting their clubs away
In the moth balls. It being an
ancient and accepted theory in
baseball that hits are required
to score runs, the big advantage
in this short series, as in any
other, lies with the team that
packs the dynamite, and in this
respect, ladies and gentlemen
meet the st. Louis Cardinals.
!. Meet Pepper Martin and
meet Jimmy Wilson. for in
stance, and also meet frankie
Frisch and Burleigh Grimes as
well as Charlie Colbert, who
have been helping themselves to
hits and today will be back for
more.
Furthermore, for the Athletics
the all-important fact is that
Lefty Grove hasn't been right in
either of the games he has es-
sayed, the one he won, nor the
one he lost. 1t might almost be
said that he has pretty well
floundered his way around this
series, and that isn't a pleasant
spectacle to behold.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
Happens to Best

We folks in baseball, you
see, don't like to see our idols
crumbled, but it comes to them
all. It came to Walter John
son and it came to Christy
Mathewson, and it came to
many others.
So, we say that the AS look
like a tired ball club. Even
that old master. Connie Mack,
seems bewildered and unable to
touch off the spark that once
lgnited the AS to action. This
is an altogether uncomfortable
site for the American League
to hold, but in taking it on the
chin thus far in the series, per-
haps they are simply being re-
paid in their own currency. cur
rency with which they have
flooded the land. as we Say.
since 1927 and the days of old
Pete Alexander.
But one member of the Ath-
leticS can be said to be playing
anything up to form, and that
is AL Simmons, who has been
the only attack the AS have
had to speak Of, as well as a
rampant on the defense. Dykes
contributed two rare fielding
features by stopping and other
wise safely handling two tanta-
lizing twiSters.
However. for general all
around ball-hawking, Charlie
Colbert has been the sensation
of the series. and thus saying,
we bow out for the nonce.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
John Murphy on Hill
For st. Paul in Series

ROCHESTER, Oct. 6.-Johnny
Murphy, former hurting star at
Fordham University may pitch
today for the st. Paul nine, Amer
ican Association flag winners,
against the Rochester Red Wings,
as the little world series is re-
sumed here.
Billy Southworth, pilot of the
International Leaguers, will send
Carmen Hill, former Pittsburgh
Pirate pitcher. against the Saints
in the fifth battle Of the series.
The series to date stands 3 to l
in favor of the Red Wings.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
Grimes Is Sixth
To Pitch 2-Hit Game

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6.-Bur-
leigh Grimes's two-hit world series
performance yesterday was the
sixth in worlds series annals. Ed
Walsh, of White SoX, and Nor
decai Brown, of the Cubs, handed
in two-hit games on consecutive
days in the 1906 series. The six;
1906, october led Walsh,
Chicago White Sox, VS.. Chicago
Cubs, 80.
1906, October 12-M Morde a /
Brown, Cubs, VS.. White Sox, 10.
1918, october 11-Eddie Plank,
Athletics VS.. New York Giants,
81.
. 1914, october 10-Bill James,
Boston Braves, VS.. Athletics, 10.
1921, october 6-Waite Hoyt,
Yankees, VS.. Giants, 30,
1881, october 5-Burlei G h
Grimes, Cardinals, VS.. Athletics,
So.