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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL BANK
 INSTITUTES $500 ACTION.

The Central Industrial Bank has instituted a $500 civil action against Elena Quattrocchi and Raffaele Di Leo in the common pleas court ac- cording to certificate of attachment filed at the town clerks office to- day. The papers state the case Is returnable in court the first Tuesday of June and names property on North Terrace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
PAULINE REED CHAMPION
 SPELLER AT NEW BRITAIN

In the contest at New Britain for the best speller, Pauline Reeds a thirteen year old girl, a student at St. Mary's parochial school, came cut ahead of all competitors. The word which all the rest fumbled was resemblance" Mary got it just right and will represent the Hardware city at the national spelling bee at Wash ington, May 22.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

ployes of local insurance corn- pany and are accused of embezzle- ment. A settlement is anticipated in both cases.
 Mortimer Downey, 26. of 21s illegal use of markers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
Chairman.

MARRIAGE INTENTIONS. Fibre Pettricone of Torrington
 and Edith s. Barbare of 639 Cooke street.
 Walter l.. Selens of 843 Bank street and Marion l.. Harrison of
 164 Geddes terrace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

that the Army; will need great as-
 sistance this year due to the in- creased program as mapped out in answer to the many appeals for help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

Deaths from street accidents in London have doubled in the last 10 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
RED CROSS READY
FOR STORM AID
Porto Rioan Organization Prepared
for Emergency Before
Hurricane.

Red Cross officials here said today
that its Porto Rico organization was
ready to meet any emergency which
might arise.
Before the storm struck, the Porto
Rican Red Cross reported to headquar-
tiers that all chapters on the island had
been informed of the danger and told
to be prepared to cooperate in relief
work.
"All the officers are men who served
in the last Porto Ricap hurricane, and
are well equipped with experience to
handle the situation" Red Cross Of
ficislS said
1t was on September 10. 1928. when
San Juan and large portions Of Porto
Rico were swept by one of the worst
hurricanes of the last decade. Thou
sands Of natives were killed and many
thousands were made Ill because Of the
lack Of food. Sanitary conditions were
d1Stressful and resulted in many deaths.
During the 1928 hurricane, that later
swept into Florida to take many lives
and do much damage, the loss in Porto
Rico was estimated at s85, 000, 000 More
than $4,000 buildings were demolished.
Inc sugar cane crop was reduced to
practically nothing. Congress sppropri-
ated approximately $4,000 900 for relief
to the stricken island.
Since that disaster. Theodore Roose-
welt, jr., replaced Gov. Towner in that
insular possession. and has spent the
last three years in attempting to re-
habiutate the West Indian island.
Porto Rico has been visited by nu-
merouS hurricanes, one Of the most Seri-
Gus OF which was in 1915, when the
battle cruiser Memphis was thrown
nigh and dry up ON the coast Of the
harbor at Sento Domingo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
D. c. ON TELEV|S|ON
RADIO FIRST TIME
Initial Program Given From
Jenkins Studio Last
Night.

washington's first broadcast Of tele-
vision xynchronized with sound took
place last night from the telcvision
studios OF DR. C. Francis Jenkins on the
Brookville pike.
two-hour program Of vocal and IN
strumental music by local artists was
sent out by apparatus which enabled
television fans to hear as well as see the
performers. Simple experiments have
been conducted at the Jenkins trans
hitting station in New York.
Last nights program marked the be-
ginning Of regular nightly sight and
sound" broadcast from the local sta
ton. according to Theodore Belote, who
arranged the test for DR.. jenkins. The
television part of the program was
broadcast on a wave length Of 2,065
kilocycles. allotted to the Jenkins ex-
perimentsl station. W3XK. while the
music went out on a band of ! ,So4 kilo-
cycles
Those who took part in the initial
program included George Clark, vocal
soloist. accompanied at the piano by
Wendell Thorpe; Miss Mildred Battle
whistler and singer. accomps MED by
Miss Helen Campbell: Ellory Stefford.
banjoiSt; George Cook, guitarist, and
8-year-old Joe Chroney singer.
Miss Vera Hunter assisted in the an
nouncing and also sang in the final
number. The studio was filled with in
Vited guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
DRIVER is CLEARED
IN TRAFFIC DEATH
E. B. Mcconnell Held Blameless by
Coroner's Jury-Fatality
Called Accident.
snec,sl Dispatch 70 The star.

Special Dispatch 70 The star.
BLADENSBURG, Md. September II.
Edward B. Mcconnell, 800 block
Franklin street, Washington, D. c., was
freed Of blame in connection with the
death Of Ned w. Foster, 1909 Lincoln
road northeast, In an automobile acct
dent August IS on the Queens Chapel
road by a coroner's Jury meeting last
night in the Bladensburg Fire House.
The fury returned a verdict holding
that Foster, who was riding in the
back seat of a car driven by Mcconnell
came to his death through an UNI
avoidable accident and recommended
that Mcconnell not be held for action
of the Prince Georges County grand
jury.
Foster was killed when the car was
In collision with one driven by Dr.
Maynard Simmons, physician in charge
of Pinehurst Sanitariun1, on the center
Of a sharp curve, q short distance
south Of the sanitarium. DR.. Sim
mons was proceeding toward the sani-
tarium and Mcconnell was travelling
toward Washington. Foster. was in
stantly killed after he apparently had
tried to jump out Of the rear door.
DR.. Simmons testified that McCon-
nell, against whom a warrant charging
him with driving while. drunk was
sworn, appeared in no way intoxicated
after the accident, but was In a highly
nervous condition.
States Attorney Alan Bowie appeared
for the State and J. Enos Ray and
Arthur Keefer for Mcconnell.
Justice of the Peace Robert Altemus
presided over the inquest as acting cor
oner and Constable Carl M. Blanchard
was foreman Of the jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
MOVIE MUSICIANS
STAY AS PACT ENDS
Contract Negotiations Begun Is
Former Agreement With
Owners Expires.

with the expiration Of contracts be-
tween washington theaters and the
Musicians Protective Union last Satur-
day. negotiations were under way this
week between representatives OF Inc
two groups concerning renewal OF the
contracts. Meanwhile, with the excep-
Eion Of few organists, musicians were
continuing their work with the down.
town show houses on status quo basis.
The contract entered into after q
lengthy period of controversy between
the union and the theaters last year
expired September 6. It provided Tor
che maintenance Of orchestraS In three
downtown theaters and for the en-
ploynent of a certain number OF or
raniStS In other theaterS.
Representatives OF groups involved In
the negotiations said today that rela-
tions were Every friendly and that no
major controversial problems stood In
the way Of amicable agreement. The
main points being discussed, it was
stated, involve for the most part work.
Sng conditions, such as overtime hours
and the like, and 1t is understood that
no wage cut or reduction in number OF
employees Is sought by the theaters.
The negotiations are being conducted
between representatives OF the Motion
Picture Theaters Owners Association, OF
which Sidney Lust Is president, and the
Musicians Protective Union. local Of
the American Federation Of Musicians.
THE Fox Theater, however. 1t was stated,
a. represented independently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
HOTELS TO MAINTAIN
RATES DURING FETE
No Advance in Prices Planned for
Bicentennial, Committee
Is Assured.

Assurance OF cooperation by the
Washington hotels and restaurants In
the accommodation of the thousands OF
visitors expected during 1882 incident
to the George Washington Bicentennial
celebration has been given TO the Dis
trict of Columbia Bicentennial Com
mission, 1t was announced today by A
K Shipe. chairman OF the local group
Hospitality Committee.
The local hostelries through the Hotel
Association Of Washington, have given
assurance that hotel rates will not be
raised because of the expected influx of
tourist trade, and similar promises have
come from hotels not afiliated with the
association, Mr.. Shipe said.
Hotels, apartments, boarding houses
and tourists camps will be In a position
to accommodate thousands OF transient
visitors to the Capital in 1882, Mr..
Shipe declared I'VE anticipate no
difficulty in caring for every one who
comes here next year" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
Shooting Bulldog
Held Destroying
Movable Property
Convicted Colored Man
Says He Tried to Move
Animal in Fight.

You have to shoot a bulldog to make
1t unfasten its jaws, Alfred @. Canada,
colored, thought, but a Police Court
jury believed otherwise, 80 the man was
convicted of destroying certain nova
BILE personal property, to wit, one dog"
Judge Ralph Given, before whom the
case was heard, an assistant United
States attorney for years. declared the
case. to be the FIRST Of its kind in Is
years in Police Court.
Upon arriving home from work Au
gust 10, Canada said he found Boston
bulldog. Beans" by name, belonging
to a neighbor, chewing up his setter.
Mike" The latter. he said, was on
the ground and had just about given
up hope of helping himself. Unsuc-
Canada got his shotgun and "let Beans
AS Beans" died Immediately and
without pain, Canada could not be
charged with cruelty to animals. This
put Assistant United States Attorney
M. r. Keogh in a quandary, and the
destroying charge resulted.
The defense attacked the charge on
the ground that by containing the word
movable" the information was meant
to pertain to only inanimate personal
property, but Judge Given said Beans"
was movable" Canada tried to help
his case at this point by saying: "Gawd
knows that dog wasn't movable, Judge"
Canada will be sentenced by Judge
Given September 10. The dog was the
property of Eva Hawkins, colored. 1925
3 street northeast. He was valued at
$40. Mike" Is valued highly by It's
owner as hunter of birds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
GRANT WANTS ROAD.
FILLS TO SETTLE.
Would Wait Through Winter
Before Surfacing Rock
Creek Park Project.

Lieut. Col. U. g. Grant, 3rd, director
OF public buildings and public parks.
inclines to the program Of allowing the
flls In the new highway in the north
end OF Rock Greek Park to settle during
the coming Winter, before surfacing the
roadway, he said today following a cor
ference yesterday with officials OF the
Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
The Maryland authorities are now
constructing their part of the highway
in Rock Creek Valley, and Col. Grant
is anxious to have the part, OF the road
within the District finished as soon as
Is practicable. The contractor now has
finished the rough grading for the high
way in the District, but smooth grading
on the slope has yet to be completed.
Surfacing of the new road. which is
through Rock Creek Park at the
north end near Kalmis road. ana Beach
Drive, will be- started early in the
Spring. Col. Grant said. A temporary
surface Of cinders may be placed on
the roadbed shortly to aid the process
OF settling the fills Of the roadbed.
With the completion OF this new
road. and the completion Of the gaps
In the valley farther south. Washing
tonians will be able to drive from Rock
Creek Valley in Montgomery County.
down to the banks Of the Potomac
River.
Off1cials of the Park Division Of the
ONCE of Public Buildings and Public
Parks, now are putting the finishing
touches on the roadway between Con-
stitution avenue and K street, skirting
the Potomac River.
In the section between p street and
Massachusetts, avenue, in Rock Greek
Valley, the fills there have been per-
mitted to settle during the past Winter
and Spring. and the earth has been
beaten down until firm. by the use OF
trucks and tractors. After the Job is
completed south of K street, paving OF
the section between P street and MaSsa-
chusetts avenue will be started. Bids
for paving the roadways leading to the
Lincoln Memorial will be opened next
Thursday, giving egreSs from the lower
end Of the valley. Due to land pur-
chase negotiations with the Chesapeake
g. Ohio Canal Co.. the section between
K street and Pennsylvania avenue is
temporarily tied up. Land deals are
likewise going forward in the area be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and P
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
ACTUAL WORK NEAR
ON 3 PROJECTS IN
SOUTHWEST AREA
Drawings Completed for
Second Unit in AgricuI-
ture Building.
NEW HEATING PLANT
IS EXPECTED BY JAN. |.
Federal Warehouse Between 7th
and 9th. c and D Streets Also
Being Planned.

Three new Federal projects In South
west Washington are nearing the stage
OF actual construction, and by the late
Fall or first Of the year will be well
started.
Drawings have been completed for
the second unit Of the great extensible
building for the Department OF Agri-
culture, which is to be located on the
site bounded by B and G streets,
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets south
west. This new structure will be con-
nected with and will be an integral
part OF the first unit. which Is now
nearing completion between B and C.
streets, Thirteenth and Thirteen-ar1d
a-nsn streets. Eventually another
third Of the big extensible building will
be constructed along Fourteenth street.
30 that the entire structure will run
between B and C, Twelfth and Four
tenth streets.
Bridge Over Street.
A feature Of the new east part of the
extensible building will be a bridge
leading across B street above the street
level, so as to communicate with the
administration building Of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture on the north side
OF B street. Another bridge is to con-
meet the western third of the extensi-
BILE building to the western wing of the
administration building later on.
The Government Is rapidly getting
possession Of all the property needed
for the east third. between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, and will probably
be In a position TO begin tearing down
the old buildings on the site In No.
vember. Plans for this building have
been completed by the ONCE of the
Supervising Architect Of the Treasury
Department.
A second large Federal project in
the southwest will be the Govern
ment's big heating plant, plans for
which are rapidly going forward, as
the site is being acquired between
Twelfth and Thirteenth. and D
streets southwest, Immediately south
of part of the Agriculture Building.
It is expected that all Of this site will
ne obtained by the first OF December
and demolition will begin around Jan
uary 1.
Warehouse Planned.
The heating plant is to serve not only
all the buildings in the agricultural
group and Smithsonian buildings on the
Mall, but also the buildings in the Fed
eral triangle and many ether Govern
ment structures north of the Mall.
The third big Federal project In the
southwest nearing the building stage Is
the Federal warehouse to be built be-
tween Seventh and Ninth streets, C and
D streets, under direction of Col. U. s.
Grant. 3D., director of the office of
Public Buildings and Public Parks Some
action in regard to this structure Is
anticipated soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
ATLANTIC CITY SESSION
HONORS ATTORNEY HERE
Charles v. INLAY Elected Vice
President by Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws.

Charles v. INLAY, prominent Wash
ington attorney, has been elected vice
president Of the Conference Of Commits
sioners on Uniform State Laws. now
meeting for its forty-first annual con-
vention at Atlantic City, according to
advices received here today.
Judge william M. largest of Harris
burg Pa. has been reelected as prcSi-
dent. while John II. Voorhees, of Sioux
Falls, S. OAK, was renamed secretary
and Bruce W. Sanborn of st. Paul,
Mimi. treasurer.
The conference Is a national body
composed Of commissioners from the
States, territories and insular posses
sionS. It meets annually prior to ses-
sions of the American Bar Association.
and in the city in which the bar asso-
citation convenes. The conferences pur-
pose is the drafting and recommending
to the States Of uniform laws.
INLAY. since 1919. has been one If
the commissioners from the District Of
Columbia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
DEATH OF ICE MAN
IS BLAMED ON FALL
Coroner's Jury Decides John Jo-
seph Mccoy Victim Of Unusual
Accident.

A coroner's jury this afternoon held
that John Joseph Mccoy, 48, an ice
deliveryman, of 1885 Eleventh street,
came to his death Wednesday night as
the result Of fall from q porch at
1910 Blagden Court. Three colored
women, occupants Of the latter address,
testified Mccoy stopped there late We'd
nesday afternoon to ask II they needed
ice. They said he requested a drink Of
water, strangled as he drank 1t and
went out on the porch, topping over
the banniSter onto the pavement below.
Mccoy died at Sibley Hospital several
hours later from . fractured skull. The
colored women called a taxicab and
sent him to his home on Eleventh
street where friend, Robert e. De Lay
with whom Mccoy made his home, had
him transferred to the hospital. Nc
Coy did not regain consciousness long
enough to describe the circumstances of
his injury. The three colored women
were arrested for investigation and re-
leased by the coroner'S verdict this
afternoon.
Mccoy has no relatives in the District
and came here from Detroit, according
% police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
MOTOR|ST SLUGGED
AND ROBBED AFTER
DRIVE TO SUBURB
Three Men Force John o.
Jones to Take Them to
Mt. Rainier, Md.
DESCRIPTION OF BANDITS
IS SUPPLIED BY VICTIM
Trio Takes Two Purses. SIS Cash
and Papers After Attacking
Owner Of Auto.

Three shabbily dressed young men
jumped on the running board of o ca.
operated by John o. Jones, 43, 1867
Columbia road, late last night, threa
ened him with a gun and knife anu
made him drive them to Mount Rainier,
Md, where he was knocked unconscious
with a blow from the gun and robbed
OF SIS and valuable papers
Jones staggered into the twelfth pre-
cinct station shortly before / O'Clock
this morning, drenched in blood, and
police A lookout Immediately W.
broadcast. Jones was able to give de-
scription of all three men.
Allowed to Go Home.
He was taken to Sibley Hospital In =
police Car and treated for a severe
laceration of the scalp caused by the
blow with the gun. Later he was al
lowed to go home.
Jones told police that he was driving
west on Michigan avenue at Ninth
street northeast about Has o'clock last
night when a man with a revolver IN
Of his car and ordered him TO stop
leaped onto the machine.
When he brought his ear to halt
he was ordered to turn about and drlve
to Mount Rainier. Two of the men get
inside. while the man holding the gu,:
rode on the running board for 8 or 10
blocks before also getting into the car
Offered Trio Money.
Jones said that one man held the
point of large knife against his bod.'
and another held the gun to his head
throughout the entire journey.
He said he offered them his money,
but received no answer, the only words
the bandits uttered being to warn him
to keep still and to give brief orders.
Upon reaching the outskirts of
Mount Rainier. Jones related. he was
ordered to stop and get out of his car
Just as he got one foot out. he said
he was struck on the head from be-
hind. He said he had a vague mem
DRY Of running 8 few steps after the
blow and then cola pstng.
Two Pocketbooks Taken.
Jones thinks he lay unconscious fol
about a half hour. When he came TO
he found himself lying on the ground
about 20 yards from his car.
Although weak from shock and loss
Of blood from the scalp wound, he was
able to drive to the twelfth precinct.
Jones reported that two pocketbooks
were taken, although his gold watch
and a valuable ring were not touched.
One OF the pocketbooks contained re-
ceipts for payments on his automobile,
he declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
FEDERAL WORKERS
HONOR 2FROM D. c.
AT SEATTLE SESSION
Luther Steward and Miss
Mentally Again Federation
Head and Secretary.
KANSAS CITY CHOSEN
FOR CONCLAVE OF 1888
Ulrey J. Biller of D. C. Made Sew
enth Vice President and Praised
for Long Service.
Special Dispatch to This Star.

Special Dispatch to This star
SEATTLE, September 1l.-Luther G.
Steward and Miss Gertrude M. NC
Nally, both OF Washington, D. c.. were
reelected yesterday as president and
ecretary-treasurer, respectively, OF the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes. Following the election OF ON
GERS at the eleventh biennial conven-
ton Of the organization here, 1t wss
decided to hold the 1888 conclave In
Kansas City.
The election came as . result OF slls-
pension Of rules and was deviation
from regular procedure on account OF
the impending departure OF several
delegates.
Others Given Once.
John Fitzgerald, New York. was
elected first vice president; Lee r.
Whitney, Milwaukee, second vice pres
ident; Charles L. Wiegand, Baltimore.
third vice president; John P. Thomp-
son, San Francisco, fourth vice presi-
dent; DR.. Walter P. Taylor, Tucson,
Ariz, fifth vice president; John W..
Ross, Hampton Roads; Va, sixts vice
president: Ulrey J. Biller. Washington,
D. c., seventh vice president: William
Rapsher. Philadelphia. eighth vice
president. and George l.. Evans, Den
yer. ninth vice president
Mr.. Bilier who IA a member OF
Washington Union No 2, Of the fed
Grafton, was the recipient Of resolu-
ton OF praise for his long service in
behalf of the organization prior to his
election as a seventh vice president.
Additional resolutions affecting the
we'll being of Government workers
were adopted yesterday as action on
matters before the convention was
speeded up to make way for the cleo
tions. When the convention finally ad-
iourns tomorrow there will be long
program of proposed legislation which
will be presented to the next session of
Congress in December.
These proposals will pertain TO regu-
latory and executive orders on civil
service as well as amendatory legisla-
ton desired relative to reclasSiflcations,
pensions retirement ages, handling Of
the pension funds, optional retirement.
overtime and night pay. and increasing
the maximum wages IN the service.
Federal employees from all over West
ern Washington State joined with the
delegates and visitors last night in q
banquet at the Olympic Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
TIDAL BASIN SEARCH
FOR BODY ABANDONED
Discovery of Glasses and Book,
Containing Name, "Robert Mar
tin" Had Alarmed Police.

Convinced that they have made rea-
sonable effort to locate the body Of a
man, believed drowned yesterday In
the Tidal Basin, police have given up
the quest. For about three hours last
evening United States Park Police and
officers from the hsrbor precinct drag
sed the basin with graphing hooks.
The quest started after Frank Garcia,
sO7 Tenth street. found pair of horn
trimmed glasses south Of the Tidal Basin
about o'clock and black notebook
with the name Robert Martin. IS years
old no home" These articles Garcia
turned over to the police. No one, as
far rs the officers could learn, had
seen o man jump into the water.
Fearful that the man had decided to
drown himself in the basin. police
searched the waters for his body.
Three boats were engaged in the task.
Garcia said he found the articles under
a small bush along the walk south Of
the Tidal Basin, Just down the way
from the one-way traffic sign.