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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
REV DIR BUILDING
 OF GREENWICH
 ELECTED BISHOP
High Church Elements Won the Battle = Dr Budlong Has Not Yet Accepted Bishopric

Hartford. Conn, Sept 10-(UP) High church" clements in the diocesan convention of the Epis- copal diocese of Connecticut were credited to-day with election of the Rev Dr Frederick Brandy Bud- long of Greenwich, bishop coadju- tor over the Rev Dr Howard Chandler Robbins of New York.
 Although Dr Budlong is not as- sociated with the Thigh church" group, the latter was said to have supported his candidacy because of pr Robbins recent opposition to Bishop William Manning, high church leader, in several church questions. including the divorce canon.
 pr Budlong did not accept the office at once. If he becomes bishop coadjutor he will leave what is said to be the highest paid rectorship in the United States. that of Christ church at Green wich, paying $12,500 a year, for a post with a salary of $7,500.
 Dr Budlong is 50 years old, mar ried and father of one son. a freshman at Yale college this year. He was born at Camden. N.. T.. and attended Hobart college and the University of Pittsburg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
TWO WALL STREET FIRMS INDULGE
 IN NEW DISPUTE
J. P. Morgan and Co and the Irving Trust Co Are at Odds Over Spelling of One Word

New York. Sept 1O-CUP)- Wall street business rivalry has extended to the field of plain spell ing. The feudists are J. P. Nor gon & Co. and the Irving Trust company. The Irving Trust, at No. 1 Wall street, hung out sign mo- tifying the public that 1t owns part of the sidewalk, and that although the public is allowed to walk there on, the privilege is 'revocable" at will.
 Whereupon the house of Morgan which owns probably the largest sidewalk frontage in town at 23 Wall street. hung out sign to the same effect, but setting forth that the privilege is "revokable" at will. The. Irving Trust has Dr Frank H. Vizetelly. photographer, for authority. But J. P. Morgan & Go. with proper dignity and majesty. produced the American Pathological society.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
More Paralysis
 Patients Given
 Release To-day
SUPERIOR COURT
 CRIMINAL SIDE
 OPENS TUESDAY
There Are AT Cases on the Docket and Joseph Wright Is Heading the List

Joseph Wright of North Main charged with murder heads the docket of 47 criminal cases to come before the superior court at the opening of the September term of court next Tuesday mornng. Indi- cations that the trial will com mence next week was given to-day with the announcement that States Attorney Lawrence L. Lewis will ask Judge Newell Jennings to-mor- row to order the grand jury of IS men to report at the Waterbury house next Wednesday morning.
 Judge Jennings will come to Wa terbury tomorrow to preside over the first short calendar session of the season. Both States Attorney Lewis and Public Defender Will liam w. Gager. appearing for Wright are expected to go into con- ference with Judge Jennings on the Wright case before court opens.
 High Sheriff James Geddes is ex- pected to have the grand jury here next Wednesday morning to hear the facts of the case. It is up to that body to bring in an indictment of either first or second degree murder. Trial of the case is expect ed to follow immediately after the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
No New Cases Were Re- portedLittle Maureen Carroll, Daughter of Mir and Mrs Harry Car- roll, 6SO East Main Street, Died To-day From Disease
REPORTS GIVEN
 OUT BY STATE

The decline of infantile paralysis continued today with the release of five cases. bringing the active num- Der to 30, the lowest in the past two months. No new cases were reported today, but the deaths were brought to the total of thir- teen by the demise of eleven year old Noreen Carroll, daughter of Mir and Mrs Harry Carroll of 6S0 East Main street.
 The Carroll child was ad- mitted to St Mary's hospital on Labor day and her condition rapid- Iy became worse. She died at 3:45 5'clock this morning. The Me- Kenna tot was taken out of the respirator yesterday and the Car roll girl was put in. but this gave her no relief.
 Health officials said today that if the decline continues as 1t is going along at the present time, schools will be opened on the 18th of this month.
 Many releases are scheduled for the coming week and the condi- tion is rapidly being cleared up. This is true of most of the cities in the state.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
MYSTERY ENSHROUDS MURDER OF POLICE CHIEF AND SOME
 ADMIRING WOMEN ARE IN IT

Bernardsville. N. J.. Sept 10.- (UP)-Letters from admiring wo- men to Charles Cavanaugh. hand some police chief who was slain from ambush Tuesday. are re- garded by Prosecutor c. A. Cram mer of Somerset county as ''side issue" in the investigation. After a day spent studying the possi- biiity that cavgnaugh was shot by a jealous husband. Cranmer an- nounced late last night that he had returned to his original theory that bootleggers who had been victims of the police chiefs raids were responsible for his death.
 Cavanaugh was known as an "in- corruptible" police chief. sparing no one in hIs dry raids. He raid- cd the sneakeasy Of his own brother. Frank. and subsequently secured conviction which result cd In $500 fine and 30 days in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
Me Cormick And Hubbard
 Families To Be United In
 Marriage This Afternoon
A Hours After the En- gagement Announced, Muriel McCormick, the Granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller and Eli. sha Dyer Hubbard of Mid dletown, Conn, Were Wed

Bar Harbor. Me. Sept 10-(UP) --Only 24 hours after their en- gagement was announced. Muriel Mccormick. 30. granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller. and Elisha Dyer Hubbard, 53. of Middletown. Conn, a World war veteran, were to be married here to-day.
 The Rev William E. Patterson, rector of St Savior's Episcopal church, was to officiate at the cer- emony. to be attended by only a few close friends of the couple at Deep Cove" summer home of MT and Mrs George A. McKinlock of Chicago.
 News of the impending marriage of one of Americas wealthiest heiresses and the gentleman farm- CT of Connecticut came as a sur prise to Bar Harbor's summer col- ony. Miss Mccormick has been vacationing here while Hubbard has been at the Indian Point sum- mer home of his brother, E. Kent
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
EDUCATION HAS
 INCREASED MUCH
 IN THIS COUNTRY

Washington, September 10 - (UP) - The increase of education in the United States in the last 10 years, both among the young and the old. is shown in a census bureau analysis published today.
 Of 38,3S7,032 persons from to 20 years of age. total of 26. S4s.- 639, or 69.9 per cent were report ed in the April. 1880. census. ss having attended school at some time since September. 1929. This compares with 64.3 per cent in school in 1920.
 Most notable was the great in- crease in the number of those over 21 who are going to school to pick up the education they missed when growing up. There were 1.0S4.- 782 in this class in 1880, compared with 334,7S9 in 1920,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
YOUNG ELOPER
 SURRENDERED
 TO THE POLICE

Manchester. Conn.,, September 10 = (UP) - Wilbur Tedford, young radio repairman. claimed today he spent night in a Boston police station while authorities were seeking him on charge of steal ing an automobile. Tedford sur- rendered to police here late last night, having hitch-hiked from Boston.
 Hilda Anderson. IT, with whom he eloped to be married at Hull, Mass, and her friend, Mary Arson, IS. returned home last night in the care of social service workers Hilda had decided at the last mos ment she did not want to marry Tedford. Tedford is alleged to have stolen an automobile here and taken the girls to Hull. near Bos- tOn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
TAG YOU'RE IT SAYS BUREAU TO
 JULIUS KLEIN
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Couldn't See How They Could Tag Fish-He Found Out

Washington. Sept. 10.-(UP).- Assistant Secretary of Commerce Julius Klein laughed when he heard that the bureau of fisheries planned to tag fish in the Atlantic ocean.
 "The laugh is on me-" he said to-day.
 Klein, who couldn't see how the work could be done successfully in a body of water as large as the At- lantic ocean, went fishing with sev- eral companions while on his vaca- ton in Maine. The first cod he pull ed over the side of his boat bore the number S3,41S" of the bu- reau. Two others were caught, each with number. Klein gave the tags to the bureau when he returned here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10

jail for both Frank and his bar tender, Samuel Pastrich.
 The letters. 10 in number. were signed with initials and were post ed in Boston and Morristown, but beyond this. information Cranmer declined to reveal anything about them. They were found in the home of Clyde Wolf. head of the Suburban Protective association, who is under arrest charged with obstructing justice. Wolfs de- tective agency provides special guards for the estates of wealthy persons surrounding Bernardsville. Detectives who went to Wolfs home said they found the letters hidden under rugs and carpets. Wolf was held in ball after re- ports reached the prosecutor he had questioned a number of per- sons about the murder and had told them to keep still of any body else asks you anything"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
PERSHINC WILL
 BE 7l YEARS OF
 AGE ON SUNDAY
Welcomes Visitors at His Office in War Dept, But Refuses to Discuss War Experiences

Washington. Sept 1O-(UP)- Erect. soldierly as when 13 years ago he sat in general headquarters in France directing the destinies of two million eager young Ameri- cans, General John J. Pershing sat to-day, in 'civvies," at his big ma hogany desk in the war depart ment and contemplated the pass ing of the years. He will be 71 next Sunday.
 Far from the fields of France sits Pershing-affable, kindly, but military. He welcomes visitors, but he refuses to discuss his ex- periences. Asked if he did not have rather vivid recollections of his 18th birthday, when the allies were we'll under way in way in their final brilliant dash against the exhausted Germans. he said:
 "Of course do. but I don't want to discuss them"
 The general is going home to Nebraska to spend his anniversary with his sister and son. He will return in time to greet his old comrade-at-arms, Marshal Petatn, of France, at the Yorktown ses- quicentennial next month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
TWO MAN POLICE FORCE FORCED TO
 GET TELEPHONES
The Force Didn't See the Need of It, But Mayor Says Put Them in or Resign

Byron. III. Sept 10-CUP)-By- ron folks felt more at ease today, they knew that if thieves, maraud- CTS. highwaymen or other mis. creants appeared, all they had to do was to telephone to Marshal William Dillon (if by day) or Mar. shal Tom Yuill (if by night).
 Over the unanimous protest of the entire day-and-night two-man police force, Mayor S. c. Thoma- son has ordered the installation of telephones. at town expense, in the homes of Dillon and YuilI.
 They cost too much, and they jangle at night and wake folks up," Dillon complained.
 Its been a week since we made pinch, and that was only a Rock ford gent with a bun on. Whats good of a telephone. Might as well be In a cemetery" Yuill pointed out.
 Put in the telephones or re- sign" the mayor replied.
 The bells rang frequently in the officers homes to-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
Heroic Mother Issued Challenge To Death As
 Nation Watches Result
Chicago Woman Suffers With the Deadly Addi- sons Disease - Race Across Country By Plane and Auto Brought Serum from Buffalo Has Fighting Chance

Chicago, September 10 - (UP) - A pale but courageous mother smiled 8 challenge today to death. temporarily averted at least, by a rare serum rushed here by air plane from Buffalo, N. Y.
 Physicians had said Mrs Andrew Nelson could not live unless a SUD- ply of Cortin. a gland extract, could be found to withstay the ravages of Addison's disease. Mrs Nelson herself had abandoned hope. Her husband and six chill dren were heartsick.
 In answer to a nation wide ap- peal. Dr Frederick A. Hartman of Buffalo yesterday dispatched 200 cubic centimeters of the extract by airplane. One plane scared to Cleveland with the precious cargo. It was taken across the city in speeding police car with a United Press representative guarding it. A Chicago-bound NAT. transport plane relayed 1t to Municipal field here.
 At 80 miles an hour, a police car bearing another United Press rep resentative carried it to the Bill ings Memorial hospital of the Uni versity of Chicago.
 Dr Richard Torpin administered the life-giving compound last night. Death had been halted.
 T had given up hope yesterday" said Mrs Nelson from her hospital cot today. But now I am determ- ined to get we'll. know the serum will do it. I feel better already"
 Andrew Nelson, the husband. and four of his children stood waiting at the airport here when the big silver-winged tri-motored plane glided down.
 ''Thank God that mother is liv- ing in the goth century," he ex- claimed. tears in his eyes.
 Nelson. a carpenter. who has been without regular work for two years and the four children rode in the police squad car to the hos pital and could announce the ar rival of the Cortin with cheery Here it is. mother. you'll get we'll now"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
Democrats To Pull Top Lever For First
 Time In IA Years

Democrats in Waterbury voting October 9th in the city will pull the lever casting ballots for their party the first time they done in l4 years This due fact that democratic governor in office The give the party having office the top lever the voting machines.
 When Simeon Baldwin in office l4 years ago the democrats given top eve But since hen up Governor Cross last November the republicans have held top and the democratic cry has been pull the second lever will have change their battle cry and say pull top ever There is confusion expected in the coming election. however.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
SAVED WEALTHY HEIR FOR MOTHER AND YOUNG WOMAN
 NOW SEEKS HER $1OO,OOO

Boston. Sept 10.-(UP)-A few more details of Mildred Kings purely platonic' part in weaning George Huntington Hartford. 2d. from the wiles of a New York wo- man his mother disiiked were known to-day.
 The demure. titian- haired young pianist. a native of Nashville, Tenn. will not tell the whole story however. until the federal court hearing of her suit against Georges mother. Mrs Henrietta c. Hartford of Newport and New York. for sl0O.0o0.
 Miss King claimed Mrs Hart ford. who controls part of the Atlantic & Pacific stores fortune. first hired her to give George pic ano lessons. But what the wealthy society woman actually wanted. said Miss King, was someone to put the strings Of young Hart ford's heart in tune with his mothers Ideals. She asked the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
DON M0YLE AND ALLEN
 ARE. LOST
More Than 60 Hours Have Passed Since They Left Tokio - May Have Dropped on Island Is
 Only Hope

Seattle Wash, Sept. 10.-(UP). coast guard cutters plunged into heavy northern seas to-day in a search for Don Moyle and Cecil A. Allen, more than 60 hours out on their projected flight from Tokio to Seattle in secondhand monoplane.
 Rumors that large monoplane had landed on an island off the northern coast of British Columbia were unverified, although Canadian police were attempting to confirm the reports.
 The flyers carried a supply of gasoline sufficient only for 49 hours of flight, and since their start from Beach, Japan. last Mon- day, they had been seen only once "a little more than an hour after
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
LITTLE CHILD IS
 ONLY WITNESS TO STRANGE MYSTERY
Five.Year-Old Girl Tells How Two Men Boarded Yacht and Attacked Her Parents

Stamford, Conn, Sept 1o.-(UP) "A halting. disconnected story of her father and mother having been attacked aboard their cabin cruiser Penguin in Long Island sound was told by five-year-old Barbara Col lings when she was found alone to-day aboard the floating yacht.
 She said two. men, one of them armed with a revolver, had board- ed the cruiser and put her par ents, MT and Mrs Benjamin Col lings, overheard.
 The mother, Mrs Lillian Ceilings. was reported to have reached Oys- ter Bay. L. l., in a canoe early to- day. Ceilings. graduate of Yale college in the class of 1916 and a retired business man at the age of 3S, was missing.
 N. L. Noteman, on a fishing trip out of New Rochelle, N. r., dis covered the Penguin and brought 1t to port here.
 Evidence of a terrific struggle was said to have been found
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
SALESMAN WAS
 FOUND DEAD IN
 HIS AUTOMOBILE
Emile HOule Discovered in < Car on Lonely Road at
 Foot of JOhnnycake Mountain

Burlington. Conn. September 10 (UP) = Emile iHoule, 24-year- old used car salesman, was found dead, apparently murdered, in his automobile on a lonely road at the foot of Johnny Cake Mountain to- day
 He had been dead since Tues day, the medical examiner said. He had a bullet in his heart and his nose and one side of his skull had been beaten by a blunt instrument.
 The tragedy was discovered by James Pryor of Waterbury. who was driving on the road on which Houle's car had been parked.
 H. w. Johnson found a .32 cali- bre revolver about 100 yards from the parked car,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
DU BOIS IS NOT GOING
 TO BATTLE
No Contest for Controller in the Republican Con- ventiOn = Looks Like the Machine Has Forced Harmony Into Ranks

Alderman c. Arthur DuBois will not battle for the nomination of controller on the republican ticket at to-night's convention of the To- cal g. o. p. party. Alderman Du- Bois, himself, when interviewed this morning. plainly stated that this mornings story in the Repub- lican concerning a possible contest between he and Harry Coe for the nomination of controller. was en- tirely unfounded. While he is willing to follow the dictates of his party he will enter no contest for the office and MT Coe can have the nomination if he desires 1t.
 Therefore, at to-night's g. o. D.. convention, it is expected that har- mony will reign and that George Tracy will be nominated for mayor with the following supporting
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10

southern girl to interest George in society girls of excellent repute. allegedly promising the reward of adoption or a large sum of money. And according to the pianist Hart ford's infatuation for the New York woman vanished almost af- ter his introduction to a sweet Cam bridge girl" But the re- ward was not forthcoming.
 Emphasizing the impersonal na- ture of her mission. Miss King said. there was no sentiment or love-making involved in 1t. It was purely platonic. I interested him in music and many other things. as we'll as the different girls introduced him to. I was no lure"
 Through her secretary at New port. Mrs Hartford said the King suit was tone of those cases wealthy people have Co put up with" She was reported to De in the seuth op . vacation trin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
PICKETINC GOES ON AT PUTNAM
 BUT QUIETLY
Those Who Tried to Settle Strike Called the Mill Owners Highly Unrea- SOnable

Putnam, Conn. September 10 - (UP) - Peaceful picketing has been resumed at the M. Salzberg and Sons Silk mill as result of the breakdown of negotiations between strike leaders and Charles Salz- berg. representing the owners. Mill officials requested police not to modest the pickets last night and there was no recurrence of the riots which occurred almost night ly prior to the conference.
 State Representative Leon Tal- bot and First Selectman Edward F. Girard. who sought com promise. were deeply disappoint- ed at the failure of negotiations. describing the attitude of mill owners as highly unreasonable".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
Asks Protection
 for American
 Against Chinese

Nice. Sept 10.-fUP)-The United States consul asked police protection to-day for Captain Gib- son Fahnesf ock. prominent in New York and Washington society. af. tr mutiry Of the Chinese crew Vpard his yacht.
 "he Chinese made violent at- . s> on the yachts officers he- ore "olice eame aboard and tuei,s-r th"m The mutiny oc- currpA eff .-uT,A '> .-ntIhes.
 Frhnevs- .n src"f Is one of the -.-ss luv"rious on the Riviera.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
HOOVER IS MUCH
 AFRAID OF BORAH
By RAYMOND CHAPTER

United Press Staff Corresp0ndent)
 Washington, Sept 10-The poli- tical fire-eaters whose acts go best in hard times are doing some pre- liminary turns before such respon- sive. audiences that some of them are expected to break into the na- tional political campaigns next year.
 Two of the foremost, Governors William H. (Alfalfa Bil) Murray of Oklahoma and Huey Long of Louisiana, both democrats, have until recently been regarded with slightly amused tolerance in such sedate political centers as Wash ington. But they are being taken more seriously now. Murray call- ed out troops and stopped over
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
Edward Pyn Is Found Dead In
 Power Plant
Bullet Wound in Head -H Had Been Missing Since 7:3O This Morning Found at Noon Time

Edward Pym, employe of the Chase Rolling Mill Co.,, was found dead from bullet wound in his head in the power plant of the company around 12:30 o. clock this noon Authorities Investigating the inclined to believe the shooting suicide.
 Pym was missed at 7:30 o'clock this morning when last seen making his rounds of the plant When he failed to put in appearance around noon time, search was started for him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
FIRE DEPARTMENT CUT TO ONE MAN

Eldorado H. Sept 10-(UP)-To avert financial crisis the city council has cut the fire department to man. reduced the police force to paroman (who is on duty at night) aM ordered that only onehalf the usual number of street lights shall be used
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
SPEAKEASY TOOK THE SCRIP

Chicago Sept 10-(UP)-The scrip which the school board issued to its employees this in lieu of cash salaries got Adaor Brown into the divorce court According to complaint filed by his wife, Brown found speakeasy where the scrip accepted and he spent three months pay for liquor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
ADAMS OLD ALIBI REVERSED

New York, Sept 0-(UP)--Adams old aibi in the Garden of Eden was reversed here when Mrs Pauline Roth charged with mailing an unexpurgated copy of Lady Chatterlys Lover said her husband had charge of the bookstore operated under her name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
Late Bulletins
OLD PROSECUTOR IS DEAD

New York, Sept 10-(UP)-Ira c. Darrin former district attorney of Queens whose excessive faith in hu man nature caused him to weep at the stories told by convicted felons whom he prosecuted, is dead. He was 72.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
FIRST WIFE OF SINCLAIR LEWIS

New York, Sept 10-(UP)-Mrs Grace Hegger Lewis first wife of the novelist Sinclair Lewis n spired to write her first novel, to be published in book form because she dreadfuly bored of watch ing fish swimming in the waters off Bermuda she said when she arrived here from Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
BURGLAR WENT CUCKOO, TOO

Oklahoma City, Sept 10-(UP)-When prowler attempted to steal cuckoo clock from the home of Mrs Jessie Sinclair the bird cuckooed awakening Mrs Sin clair. She screamed. The burglar fed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
DID FARMER GET REPAID?

OVerton, o.. Sept 1U-(UP)-Mld-nlght VlSltorS stripped rpened peaches from trees Merle Ritters farm here To repay the farmer they milked his cows They kept the milk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
FIVE OF 13 WOMEN FAILED

Evanston, III, Sept 10-(UP)-Five out of 13 wo- men funked automobile driving school examinations. They failed to park between two in space five feet longer than the autos they drove.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
BASS VIOLIN FOUND

Camaiore, Italy, Sept 10-(UP)-A historic and well preserved double bass volin made about 1540 has been found here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-10
COUPLE FLEW TO GOLDEN JUBILEE

Carson City, Nev, Sept 10-(UP)-Captain and Mrs Harry Parr recently flew here from San Francisco to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Parr,