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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
POLICE CHIEF IS
 SUING WOMAN IN ISLANDER CASE
WOman's Husband Was De- feated at Election and She Said Some Things About the Chief

Plymouth, Mass, Mar 2o.-(UP)--
 An attachment in the sum of $25,000
 was filed at the registry of deeds
 here to-day in behalf of Police Chief
 Michael l.. Stewart of Scituate in a damage suit in which he charges Margery M. Damon of that town with islander. The action is return able in Plymouth superior court May 4.
 The suit resulted from alleged ut terances of Mrs Damon following the recent town election at Scituate in which her husband was defeated in the selectmen's contest and in which Chief Stewards administration as
 police chief was an issue. Chief
 Stewart alleges that derogatory re- marks by Mrs Damon damaged his reputation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
SUSPECT BANDIT
 ARRESTED IN THE BANK THEFT CASE
Girl Clerk Identified Fred F. Mcdonald of MedfOrd as
 One of the Robbers

Boston, March 25.-UP)-Fred F. Mcdonald, 24, of 35 Wright street, Medford. was arersted in a corridor of Suffolk county court house in Pemberton Square here to- day, charged with being one of two youths who held up two women em- ployes of Milton savings bank Sat- urday and escaped with $126.
 The arrest was made by Police Chief James Travers of Milton, Special Officer Walter Gallagher of that town and Joseph Marshall. Bos- ton special officer. The women bank employees were said to have identified a photograph of McDon- ald as that of one of the bandits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT CLUB
 IS ORGANIZED
The Originators Are Cleve= land Men and They PrO= pose to Start the Boom Early

Columbus, O., March 25-UP)- Articles of incorporation for the Franklin D. Roosevelt-for President club were filed with Secretary Of State Clarence J. Brown today by group of Cleveland men who listed themselves as the incorporators.
 The avowed purpose of the organi- zation. Brown was informed, is to foster and promote the candidacy of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for president of the United States by organizing Roose- velt-for-President clubs throughout Ohio; organizing and conducting campaigns and doing and perform ing such other things and acts as are necessary and incident thereto.
 The incorporators, all from Cleve- land. were Morris Morgenstern. John E. Sweeney, Gus H. Hanna and Rob- ert Friedman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
YOUNG CHAP OF l9 WAS SLAYER
 OF POLICEMAN
Paul Hurley Brought From
 Baltimore to Answer for BrOOkline Officers Death

Brookline, Mass, March 25-UP) Assistant District Attorney Ed mund D. Dewing of Norfolk county stated to-day that Paul Hurley, 19. brought here last night from Balti- more, Md. in connection with the death of Patrolman Joseph O'Brien last August, had confessed to the killing. O'Brien was fatally shot when he confronted two youths whom he suspected of being automo- bile thieves.
 Thomas G. Healey of Pittsburg, Pa., was arrested in New York sev- eral days after the killing. and Hur- ley was apprehended in Baltimore Monday. Dewing said the youths would be tried on first degree mur- der charges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25

An unexpected turn was record ed to-day in the release of Margaret M. Kelley. 24, alleged night club hostess and state's principal witness in th4 kaass oi Edward Moriarty, 33. and 0fsS BnyiH0,y ,y2S who are be-, ing held under bonds of $5,0OO for superior court. Both young men were arraigned in police court yes terday morning on the charges of assault with intent to kill and as sault with intent to commit rape. Probable cause was found on the testimony of Miss Kelley.
 At the conclusion of the hearing Judge T. V. Meyer ordered Miss Kelley detained as a material wit ness. She had been taken into GUS tody on the technical charge of breach of the peace. The case was ordered continued until April 7th under bonds of $2,000 which the young woman was unable to obtain yesterday. This morning, however, with no explanation a nolle was written in the case and Miss Kelley was given her release from the cus-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
Judge Peasley Disqualified In
 Trial Of Case
Torkomian, Sullivan, and DistefanO Were Arraign- ed Before Judge Peasley and Pleaded Not Guilty to the New Charges Sullivan and DistefanO Sang Songs of Joy After Hearing
TORKOMIAN DIDN'T
 SING A LITTLE BIT

Arraigned on bench warrants be- fore Judge Frederick M. Peasley in a crowded superior court room this morning, Baron J. Torkomian, 54. Amerigo Distefano. 23, and James Sullivan, 28, pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and drugging with intent to commit crime. Torkomian elected court trial and Sullivan and Distefano chose jury trials.
 Judge Peasley disqualified him. self to try the cases but set tomor- row morning as the time for arrang- ing for trial of the trio. In the meantime, efforts will be made to secure another superior court judge to hear the cases.
 Isabelle Lituwaitis, 16 year old girl, whose story to police resulted in the charges being laid against the trio, was ordered held as a material witness under bonds of $2.000. She was taken to the New Haven county jail where she will remain until the trial is held.
 After their arraignment in the court room this morning, Torkomi- an,, Sullivan and Distefano were brought to the cells in the basement of the court house. The Baron was given a separate cell. Tn the adjoin- ing cell. Sullivan and Distefano burst (Continued on Page 2.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
SOCIAL WORKERS TO HOLD SESSION
 IN BRIDGEPORT
Twenty-first Annual COn= ventiOn Will Be Held There for Three Days in April

Bridgeport, Conn, March 25.- (UP) ).-Close to 1000 trained social workers are expected to attend the 21st annual convention of the Con- necticut Conference of Social Work at the Stratfield hotel here April 26- 27-27, it was announced to-day. . Problems of social welfare will be discussed by such authorities as Lewis E. Lawes, former warden of Sing Sing prison; Kenneth L.. Mes- senger of the state bureau of child welfare; the Rt. Rev. Maurice r. Mo- Auliffe of Hartford and Robert c. Deming, state director of adult cdu- cation. The annual meetings of the Diocesan Bureau of Social Service. the American Association of Social Workers and the Connecticut Confer ference on Parenthood will be held at the same time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
LONCSHOREMEN
 IN BATTLE WITH
 THE RACKETEERS
Two of the Former Have Been Murdered = Scrap Is for Control of Manhat- tan Freight

New York, March 25.-(UP)- The fight between racketeers and longshoremen for control of the freight traffic in Manhattan result ed to-day in two more shootings. They came after two members of the longshoremen's organization had been murdered.
 Packie St John was taken to Bel 1evue hospital in serious condition with q bullet wound in the ab- domen. He was found at 47th street and 11th avenue. Tom Rooney who sa. he is employed guarding trucks on the waterfront, was shot twice while waiting for a bus at De- lancey street and the East river. The two men killed were Morris Cragan and John Walsh. both ac- tive in longshoremen's work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
ASHES OF WIDOW
 COULD NOT LIE
 BESIDE HUSBAND
Where General George Pickett Is Buried Only Bodies of Men Are Per- mitted

Richmond, Va, March 25-OP) Permission to bury the ashes of the widow of General George Pickett civil war hero, alongside the body of her husband, has been refused by officials of Hollywood cemetery. George Pickett. 3rd, made the re- quest under a clause of the will of the leader of the famous Gettysburg charge. Mrs Pickett had asked that her body be cremated and placed alongside her husband in Holly | wood cemetery.
 The ladies section of the Cemetery association, which has Jurisdiction over the soldiers sections. refused
 the request under a ruling which l -Aet -iA4A IS AA ~~AA-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
INCOME TAXES
 CONTINUE THEIR
 DROP DOWNWARD

Washington. March 25.-(UP)- Continued decreases in income tax returns were shown to-day in the treasury daily statement. Collections for the month up to March 2S were $20A,0OO, ,OO0 less than those of last year to the same date. $313,0S5,292 as contrasted with $517,S03,027.
 Collections on March 23 this year were about half of those on the same day last year. $13.50O.OOO as compared with $26.000,eO
 Income tax collections are whittling slowly at the deficit which still stood to-day, however, at the high figure of $579, 9,O00,0 ,00Q.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
Son Of Secretary
 Mellon Will Start
 Race Horse Stable

I.ear-Admiral Cary T. Grayson. for '1ner personal physician to President Wilson anC well-known sportsman, and the late Samuel E. Ross raised race horses that were known far and wide.
 Young Mellon is expected to es- tablish a stable of his own there when he returns from two-year postgraduate course at Cambridge university, England, in few weeks to enter his fathers banking busi- pess in Pittsburgh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25

Washington, March 25-(UP)- Racing enthusiasts may look for ward to the entry of new colors on the country's tracks with young Paul Mellon. son of the secretary of treasury, planning to gather a string of thoroughbreds at the new estate purchased for him by his father in the Virginia "hoss coun- try"
 The 400-acre tract is part of the famous Blue Ridge farms, where
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
Spring Cleaning
 Has Started at
 the White House

Washington. Mar 25.-UP)- Spring cleaning has begun at the White House.
 While President and Mrs Hoover are away the servants are busy. Rugs are being cleaned and aired; the thousands of volumes in the library are being taken from their places and dusted; the walls are being made to look like new.
 The help has four days for opera tions before Mrs Hoover returns from Asheville to welcome the presi- dent back from his Caribbean vaca- ton trip.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
DIRT ROAD BILL WAS
 APPROVED
C Compromise Measure for S3,OOO,O00 Reported d FavOrably = Democrats Opposed It But Were Voted Down
BY GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR.

BY GEOItUE It. MONNKo' OlN' United Press Staff COrrcspOndcnt.)
 Hartford, Conn, March 25.-CUP) The compromise $3,000,000 dirt road improvement bill was reported favorably in the house of represen- tatives to-day and struck democratic opposition.
 The republican majority however, sufficed to pass the measure on a viva vOce vote after two demo- cratic amendments had been re- jected.
 After Chairman Edward w. Hub-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
Young Son Of Lawyer
 Was Terror Slayer

Burke, an attorney, questioned him for several hours after he was arr rested, but the youth would not add to the short confession which police said he had made.
 Police said Michael admitted he killed former Constable John Brown last December 29, and John Fisher, packing company employe, or January II. Both were slain dur ing holdups.
 Miss Minnie Wende, Fishers com panion when he was slain. identified the Burke boy as the slayer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25

St Johns, Mo, March 25. (UP)- Authorities of western Missouri were astounded to-day over the confession of a 16-year-old boy that he had killed two men, executed numerous holdups. robbed about 10 homes and stolen several automobiles.
 Prosecutor Frank c. Kirtley said first degree murder charge would be made against the boy, Michael Burke, whom other authorities re- ferred to as ''one man crime wave"
 The boys father, Edward C..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
TAM MANY READY FOR
 THE FIGHT
Will Marshal Forces to Meet the Republicans Who Are to Probe City Mayor Walker Has Something to Say

New York, March 25-(UP)- Tammany Hall. which has controlled municipal government of New York city almost continuously since the Revolutionary war. rallied its well- organized forces to-day to combat enemies which once more threaten it's political sway.
 The coming legislative investiga- tion of New York city. ordered yes- terday in the state capital, will sur- pass in its scope any of the numer- ous inquiries which have filled the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
WROTE HIS STORIES IN JAIL

Sweetwater, Tex, March 25-(UP)-When George Parks courthouse of the Sweetwater Reporter jailed recently because of the publication of indictment before arrest had been made he continued to work for his paper. The day that he confined his stories ap peared page one in special "jal section of the Re- porter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
DAUGHTERS MEET.

Hartford, Conn, March 25-(UPl -The 38th annual state conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution opened here today. with representatives of all Connecticut chapters guests of Sarah whitman Hooker Chapter of Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
BETHEL WOMAN 1O2 TO-DAY

Bethel Conn, March 25-(UP)-Mrs Elizabeth Quln- tard quietly observed her 1O2d birthday anniversary at the home of her granddaughter Mrs Charles Ward here to-day She reported cheerful and Gin good health
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
MEN TRAPPED BY TRAP DOOR

Syracuse, N. Y. March 25-(UP)-Two were arrested by federal prohibition agents when they became stuck in trap door of raded place. They said they had practced for three days dropping through the door Both leaped at the time during the raid, however.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
GARRETT JURY STILL OUT

Boston, March 25-(UP)-The jury in the second Garrett extorton trial still deadocked when it went to lunch at to-day. It had had the IS hours and 26 minutes and had devoted 10 hours and II minutes to actual deliberations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
Late Bulletins


New Britain, Conn, March 25-(UP)-Steve Yanke is tall that when he accidentally walked into the front fender of automobile during the driving night ran of his legs snapped and his head poked through the windshield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
STOWAWAYS LOVED THE MUSIC

New York, March 24-(UP)-Slx stoWaWays were cramped in their hiding places the He de France. spring festival with it's lively dance tunes got under way The stowaways edged forward poked their heads out to watch and were caught They will start back to Europe on the same liner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
TROOPERS NAILED BUSY MAN

Carmel, N. Y, March 25-(UP)-State troopers over took Eugene Scotti 19, of Carmel in Bronxve to-day after he aegedy forged the checks of New York Central railroad workers stole himself automobile, picked up girl and left town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
RACKETS ARE LESS IN CHICAGO

Chicago, March 25-(UP)-There are only 53 actVe rackets in Chicago compared to 92 in September 1928 the Employers association reports Bombings how ever are on the increase the 1880 damage being reported as approximately $500O0O against $200000 in 1929
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, March 25.-(UP)-The treasury net balance of March 9 was S664 SSS.05332
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

Willard S. Karn was the player who bid a
psychic no trump on this hand in a recent
championship after West had made a very un-
sound pass which he thought was tricky I'd
trap the opponents. Bid naturally the hand
Is an easy no trump game for East and West
Karn's performance illustrates an importane
principle of the game, whose first objectivs
may be to score as many points as possible
whenever opportunity affords, but whose Sec
ondary purpose is to keep the opponents score
ing as low as possible when they are due to
tally. The combination of his bid and ensuing
play was emphatically in line with the latter
idea.
Karn played low from dummy on the opens
ing lead and took the first trick with the heart
ten. He returned a small heart to the queen
and ace, then led a small one to his nine, West
holding up the king A spade to the ten fen
to Easts king. Back came a club to Vests
king and another club to Easts ace setting M
Karns jack, which won the next trick q
spade put West in with the ace The latter did
not like to open diamonds up to declarer's proba
able tenace holding, so led his last spade Thia
produced tricks for the queen and nine givina
Karn six tricks and limiting his loss to ona
odd-trick. cheap price to pay for preventing
vulnerable game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
Il Lac, a Week

What occurs if after dealer says fGintlN
II bid one heart" OF his opponents asks,
What did yon btd?" and Re ANSWERS: II bid
Spdde?"
This case depends on the intent of the
bidder. If he intended to bid spade, thought
he had bid spade and merely said heart by
mistake, it comes under the heading of inad-
vertent bids or slips of the tongue; the heart
bid is void and the spade bid stands. If how
ever. the player really meant the heart bid when
he made it and then, upon second thought, pre-
ferred spade bid, the heart bid stands, the
spade bid is a bid out of turn. which is void,
and the bidding proceeds in regular order from
the original heart bid except that the partner
of the out-of-turn bidder is barred from any
participation in the bidding
When such thing as this occurs it is well
to call in some disinterested person to look at
the hand of the bidder, and base the decision
on what he finds. When this happened in a
recent championship tournament Lieut. Alfred
M. Gruenther. manager of the event, was
asked about it. He took look at the bidders
hand and ruled that the original bid was one
spade; he found that the bidder had a good
spade suit and only three little hearts. 50 it was
plain that the player really meant to bid a
spade and had merely suffered slip of the
tongue.
Whct occurs il q p5oyer bids a grand slam
in spades and takes all the tricks but it hao-
pens that the last trick tlCo cards are both
treyS OF hearts, there being no deuce in The
deck?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
Reno, and the old W27ld W2en

The divorce colony does not exist as q
colony. Men and women, with the women In
the majority, are to be found in every part OF
town, many of them taking employment while
not Few become permanent residents of Reno
Many Of them are Just plain folks" and it is
the famous or notorious ones who give the color
and reputation to Renos divorce situation
Nevada long ago repealed its State prohibition
law, SO the local authorities do not feel re-
sponsible for enforcing the eighteenth amend
ment. This city has its Little Volstead Act "
but this is seldom applied and then, it seems,
Tor disciplinary purposes only.
The easy divorce business, however, is a form
OF entertainment. vice or whatever YOU wish To
term it, that the boldest of the frontier COM
n4lnities never had. At least newspaper files of
the early day bad towns fail to mention any,
thing about marital wrecks. According to those
who experienced the shootingest era Of Dodge
City, women were always accorded respect, and
there was little shocking Of public morality
. IGHT now the best time is about two min
IN utes per divorce If all the preliminaries
have been taken care of The cut-and-dried
procedure may cost from $50 to $4,000. The
financial rating Of the person seeking relief from
marital difficulties has much to do with the fee
However, Reno gives additional in6ucement for
the divorce business because certain cases are
granted behind closed doors
Reno has q liberal almost as extreme in the
divorce line as is Mayor Roberts on the pro-
hibition and gambling questions. Judge George
A. Bartlett sees no reason why couples not
suitably mated, where incompatibility rules or
where love has flown out the window should
not be legally separated with the greatest dis
patch.
But to get back to the beginning Reno Of
today is just wild" as the Reno of q half
century ago. only the wildness of 1891 is of the
modern type. Legalized gambling goes with
everybody, and no doubt the stakes are much
higher now than they were in the palmy mining
days. Reno's divorce laws have brought her
fame" and with this fame comes fortune, for
some at least. And Reno is getting it while
the getting is good, for this mad age" win not
always continue and Reno realizes that some
time sooner or later the pendulum Of public
thought win swing the other way
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"Somebody said the radio" writes Fred
erick r. Kehoe, that the winners Of all the
championship events in the American Bridge
Leagues national tournament in Asbury Park
recently used the Culbertson system Of bidding.
Is that correct? II So why haven't you said
so in your writings?"
Not one player on any winning team or
pair in that tournament used the system re-
ferred to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
$4,000 900 Tisit Parks

r HE State parks Of the country, now NUMBER
! ing more than 800 were by no means idle
acres last year. Figures gathered by the Ma.
tional Park Service indicate that there were
100000 visitors in the reservations hast year,
making an average Of $4,000 per park. the
parks incidentally, averaged 1000 acres each
although naturally many were much larger
and many much smaller
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

Some friends of the late Wilbur @. White
head may wish to preserve this hand which
is the last slam he ever made. His partner
bid five clubs in the North and he bid six
spades at once, observing the principle he
always liked: Never ask your partner to MAKE
bid which you are able TO make yourself"
Had he bid only five. his partner would have
left it there in this situation West led the
five of diamonds and Whitehead took all of
the tricks for a score of 1850
AT another table in the same duplicate game,
one South player made the risky bid Of seven
spades. against which anybody would lead an
ace. When West. after doubling, did this, he
followed it with a club lead and the contract
was defeated two tricks worth 600 TO the
opponents
Whitley" did not get a clear top on the
board, however. Mrs. Belle F1eischmann and
Capt. Irving Wolfe attained a better result
because after her four clubs he jumped direct
to six clubs which West with his four tTumpS
doubled Capt Wolfe redoubled, and when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
The Neqe Problem

How can North and South prevent East an0
West from making heart game ON this hand.
North being the dealer and East and West
vulnerable?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
Problems 0fPLay

If you had made a psychic third hand bid
of one no trump in the South, West doubled,
East left it in and West led the heart six, how
would you play the following hand?