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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
Women File Actions
 To Recover Costs Of Alleged Injuries
Nary E. Brennan Asks Sl5,OOO of s. s. Kresge and Blakeslee Company - Helen Peterson Institutes Litigation Against Charles F. Kenworthy Co, Inc,
 % and JudsOn w. Leyis

result of injuries she suffered in a collision with the defendants truck. Helen U. Peterson of Watertown to- day instituted a $15,000 damage suit against Charles r. Kenworthy Co. Inc. anl Judson W. Lewis in the lo- cal superior court. The plaintiff was injured about the face also and al- leges she will be permanently dis figured.
 Papers in connection with the case were served today by Deputy Sheriff Benjamin Brady. The case is re- turnablc in court the first Tuesday of May according to the complaint as prepared by Attorney Max Tra-rig.
 Tho plaintiff alleges the car in which she was a passenger was pro- ceeding north on Watert0wn avenue on last Sept II. At q point near Morningside avenue and Windsor street the defendants truck, operated by the defendant. Lewis, struck the plaintiffs car q violent blow, the complaint charges.
 The plaintiff suffered q fracture of the right acetabulum and as a re- suit her right knee and right hip will be permanently dislocated in addition to suffering from perma- nent limitation of motion, the com plaint alleges She further charges she sustained cuts about the face and forehead which will leave, pn- slightly scars
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LenOx Swept By
 Disastrous Fire
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the western Massachusetts state line batied all night against the blaze, which started about l:15 n. m. and nt one time threatened to wipe out the entire resort. The fire started in the hotel and soon spread to several surrounding cot- tages. Sparks simultaneously ig- nited the surrounding timber, which burned rapidly. Only q few per- sons were living at the resort, since the regular season does not start un- til June 1, and tt was necessary to call fire companies from Pittsfield, about 20 miles distant; Lee, and stockbridge to aid the local fire- men.
 The AspinwaIi hotel, leading hos telry in the resort, was burned to the ground. It was q 40O-room structure, said by the police to be owned by the Humbert estate of New York city. Only the cartak- CTS were in the place when the fire, Of undetermined origin, started. The police department received no report of deaths or injuries in the blaze, although hazardous conditions were encountered in fighting 1t. Lenox. which is situated about 10 miles from the state line, is one of the favorite resorts Of the Berkshire Hills region. The resort is about mile and half from the city. The fiFe-fighters remained in the wooded part of the resort until dawn extinguighing the fire.
 The AspinwaIi, four-st0ry wood en structure completely furnished in prepareticn for the summer opening
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
FUNERALS

The funeral of Miss Hannah O'Brien took place this morning at 8:15 o'clock from the Muiville funeral home, 270 West Main street to the Immaculate Conception church where mass of requiem was celebrated at o'clock. Burial was in old St Joseph's cemetery. The pailbearers were John Burns, John Bowling. James Shea, Bernard Sullivan. John Weston and John McNulty.
 The funeral of Nick Marchittello is to be held Monday morning at S:16 o'clock from his home, 495 Washington avenue to Our Lady of Mount Carmel church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
 Funeral services for Philip Beach werc held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock nt the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, Rev Arthur r. McKenny and Rev Dr John N. Lewis officiating. Burial was in Riv- erside cemetery. The 102nd Infantry of the C. N. c. was in charge of the military detail. The firing squad in command of Wallace J. Inglis in- ciuded Roland Brady, Leo Cum mings. William Anderson, Paul Call lendar, Gordon Dains. Alfred La- Chance and John J. Sheehan. Taps were sounded by BugIer Earl R. Benson.
 The funeral of Mrs Rose D. (Ber- nier) PiloD, wife of Philip T. Pilon, former residents of Waterbury. is to be held Monday morning from her home, q Hazel street, Hartford to St Anne's church, Hartford, and bur- iai will be in Calvary cetemetry, this city.
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OBITUARY

GUEItRERA-Salva Guerre- ,ra, age 48 years, died at St Mary's hospital last evening after a finger ing illness. He was a native of Italy but came to this country 32 years ago. He has been a resident of this city for the past 23 years coming here from Pennsylvania. MT Guer- rera was a stone cutter in the em- ploy of the Tb omas A. Jackson com- rany for 17 years until the time of his illness.
 He is survived by his wife. Grace: three sons, Domenico, Vincent and Waltham: two daughters, Margaret and Carmelina; his father Domenico, one brother Ralph and one sister, Mrs Peter Boccaccino. all of this city.
 The funeral will be held Monday morning from his home, IA Aetna street to St Lucy's church where a solemn mass of requiem vii. be celebrated at time to be announced later. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
 LUCID-Mrs Bridget Fitzgerald Lucid, widow of Edward Lucid of 10 River street, died at St Mary's hospital last night. She had lived in Waterbury for over 40 years and was well and favorably known. She leaves one daughter, Miss Helen Lucid; one sister, Mrs Mary Hub- bard; two grandchildren, Margaret and Mary Lawior. The funeral ar- engagements are to be announced later.
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JanitOrss and r
 Their Pensions
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fore the end of the week.

fore the end of the week.
 | There Is Q janitor pension sygteflt In effect in Waterburys public schools at the present time. This system was set up by the board of education, with the approval of tho finance board. The need of such system was seen some years ago as 1t was felt that the janitors were entitled to some reward for their service to tho city.
 The reason for appearing before the legislature, however, and ask. Ing that special act be passed creating the system is, it is under stood, to prevent the elimination of the pension plan by any of the fut- urc city boards. What the local boards set up they could take down, 1t Is pointed out. whereas. if the legislature passes special act local meddling would be then impossible.
 Representative Jonn D. Th0ms In- troduced the pension bill for the jaintors. When the matter was brought to his attention the time for filing bills this session had elaps- ed. He, therefore, was obliged to have the bill concerning the pen. sions raised in committee and them tackled on to the mayors proposed charter as an amendment.
 Waterburys strong -mayor char ter and the proposed city manager will be given thorough study dur ing the coming week by the commit tee on cities and boroughs. It is understood that those backing the city manager plan are rushing work on new charter as result of tho news from Hartford that the one proposed by the charter commission is too drastic and unconstitutional In places
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
$30, ,000 DEMANDED IN TWO DAMAGE SUITS
WOMEN VOTERS
 CHECK ASSEMBLY
Seven Out of Eighteen Measures Supported
 Have Passed
FOUR ARE REJECTED

Hartford, April 24 = With ad- journTnent of the 1881 Assem- ply only about three weeks away, the Connecticut s League of Women Voters has been checking up on tho fate Of the measures endorsed and |'opposed on It's legislative program. Out of eighteen measures supported by the League, seven have so far received favorable action, four have been rejected and seven have not yet been acted upon. Of three bills which the League opposed, two wcro rejected and the third is still in com mittee.
 The bills which have ben passed provide for the appointment of a commission to study child welfare: for state aid for special classes for handicapped children; for aconsti- tutional amendment allowing ab- sentee voting; and for the joinder of husband or wife in the adoption of children born out of wedlock. Three other bills supported by the league have received favorable com- fnittee reports One of these, H. E. 243, concerns the powers and duties of the board of directors of the State Farm for Women and contains Q provision whereby mentally defec-
 
 the institution at the end of the three year maximum period of continent allowed by the statutes. The other two bills, s. E. 101 and H. B. 761. concerning teachers pensions have been referred to the appropriations committee on favorable report of the committee on education.
 The league supported the follow ing measures which have been re- jected: Jury service for women; providing a department at the Ches- hire Reformatory for the segrega- ton of feeble-minded de1inquents; authorizing the appointment of the bureau of Child Welfare as the guardian of dependent children; providing that in no case may chil- dren between four and eighteen be kept in an a1mshouse.
 The seven measures still in com mittee include bills changing the method of appointment of the trus- tees of the Connecticut school for Boys. codifying the education laws of the state, establishing an equali- zatiOn grant to towns for educa- ton, providing a f0rty-eight hour week for women in industry, author izing the appointment of tax in- vestigation commission, and two Ulii6 VEOVbuAuB LUT LHc appOiHtISUb of tax assessors and collectors re- spectiyely.
 The league appeared in opposi- ton to H. B. 271 which would have made unlawful to employ 6 woman in any subdivisional governmental position where her husband was re- ceiving more than $175 per mon.h from such a position. The bill was rejected, as was H. B. 888 which sought to deprive the Bureau of Child Welfare of the power to place and supervise county home children. The league joined many other w0- mems and welfare organizations in opposing this bill. The third bill to which the league objected Is still before the labor committee. This is H. B. 949 aboiishing night work limitations for women In restau- rants.
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preached by several publishing com panies 50 far, but is as yet undecid- : ed as to which company to contract with.
 So far, in the space of about four years, MT Gilmartin has had pub- lished three arithmetic books: two grammar school spoilers; speller for high school and colleges: two vocabulary building courses and one vocabulary scale.
 The Newson Company. Scribner's and Prentice Hall are the publish ing companies which have handled his books.
 He is very enthusiastic about the vocabulary measuring test which is almost positive test on the range of ones vocabulary, and through well planned and well arranged test ascertains whether the word supply of the individual approxi. mates 5000 or 15.000 words.
 MT GIlmartin states: ITO measure vocabuIaries precisely is an absolute impossibility. No one recognizes this more wildly that do. having been conducting classes in voca- bulary building among students. business people and teachers for the past twelve years"
 In his test, the author has com piled the list of words by taking the result of Thorndike's Teachers Word Book which contains the 10.- 900 most commonly used words in the English language and carefully studying and analysing 1t. By this method, he obtained the basis for the 10000 scale. He then experi- mented on q long list of words taken n fe books. correspondence and other sources, These words were given in tests. over period of three years, to his different vocabulary classes in an endeayor to obtain an apprOXi- nation of the difficulty of each one.
 The test contains a multiple choice" true and false" test; and then the true and false and null tiple choice" combined with a key to the measuring scale which gives the student almost q perfect Idea of the size of his vocabulary.
 There are 268 words in the test. Upon completing 1t, the result null tiplied by GO is the approximate size of ones recognition" vocabulary which means that one is able to recognize the word.
 For instance, the test contains the WOTu LTuk lHGu tuG btuuEue is to underline the description of the word in the four adjoining words which happen to be In the case mentioned above, "frac- tion," sweet" "song" and broken part"
 The arithmetic books are designed for high, intermediate and slow groups. There are 2,000 problems listed in 1t, and the children arc re- quired to list not only the answer. but the method of obtaining the an- swer. This is the most popular feature of the book which is selling in many cities all over the country.
 In the book, MT Gilmartin has used In many cases the names of fellow principals and teachers in the local schools. He has again in his book Mrs Trophy although John M. Brophy, principal of Driggs school, to whom he has reference. is bachelor.
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not control the machine.
 enced revived hopes to-day when 1. became known that Senator Albert F.. Lavary. republican, Fairfield president pro-tem of the senate, will lead q fight for the measure in the upper branch of the legislature Tuesday. The house defeated the bill cn unfayorable committee report last Tuesday.
 The bill would permit conscien- tious ohjectors to vaccination to ap- pear before town clerks and receive certificates of exemption in towns which make vaccination compulsory for children attending school. A statute authorizes the towns to make such provision.
 Several members of the commit tee on public health and safety, which considered the bill, favored it because they opposed vaccination and several because they opposed the compulsory feature, the United Press was informed. Six committee- ssp4neluAtngAg Senator "a sI.axery signed rnniortty report on the Useasure. n@s The ccinationists have re- cruitcd a goodiy number of their adherants from the ranks of the re- publican majority and a fight in the senate Tuesday might disrupt hith- erto unruffled party harmony.
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Bank Examiner
 DinannO Here
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other banks around the state whose business conduct was not strictly le. gitimate. Examiner Dinanno Is ex. pccted back again Monday morning to wind up the investigation. It is expected that his findings will be turned over to States Attorney Lewis with criminal prosecution to follow.
 Examiner DInnano was repotred to have visited Russo's office on aBnk street yesterday where he Is said to have found the books in a sorry state.
 No trace of the missing Russo was reported at press hour this morning. He told relatives he was going to visit his son in Washington a week ago but checkup with the son res veaIed he had not been there. Some reports have 1t that Russo is on the high seas.
 In the meantime "deposltors" are still going to their lawyers offices to turn over their "deposit" books. There are at least five attorneys 50 far who have books in their pos session showing entries of amounts ranging from $200 to as high as Sl1.000.n It is not known just how much the claims will total because the agency clients are still turning up with books issued by the Russo office.
 From preliminary Investigations officials are of the opinion that Russo was conducting private bank, although he has had no IT, cense for such purposes. He has q charter authorizing the conduct of a money forwarding exchange, how ever. Many of the clients of the of flee deny that they placed their money at the office with the ipten- lions of having t forwarded te the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-25
Simple Crimes Are
 Forfeiting Rights
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in the court he los.s his rights. Even for the theft of Il. providing the person is convicted, the rights of the prisoner are lost.
 After the above convictions the accused persons cannot vote or ex- ercise their citizenship rights in any way. They must first introduce a bill in the legislature asking for the restoration of their rights. They must then appear before the com mittee on forfeited rights. show cause why the rights should be re- stored and then leave 1t up to the senate and house for final de- cision. 1..
 ITO deprive d man of his flights because of a non-support conviction or to take the rights away from a person who has violated the liquor law or has stolen Si is, in my opinion rediculous procedure" said Repre- sentative Hungerford. Changes should be made in the constitution to protect such persons.' ksa
 Judge Epaphroditus Peck of Bris- tol. one of the leading republicans in the house, explains that as far as support is concerned 1t was made a felony because only in this way could the states be able to ex- ecute extradition papers for persons wanted for failure to support their families. However, Judge Peck does not feel that ones rights should be lost because of conviction of this charge.
 Judge Hungerford feels that some distinction should be made so that even if 1t is desirable to maintain the charge of non-support on the list of felonies so that extradition will be made possible persons so convict cd will not lose their rights of citi- zenship.
 Vaccination Again
 Hartford, Conn. April 25-UP) Supporters of the bill for repeal Of compulsory vaccination experi-
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New York. April 25.-Further |tendepcies to weakness and reaction in the market during the past week
 have been largely the result of pro- fessional pressure, successful on &C., count of the fact that the rank and file of the business community have apparently become largely indiffer- ent to price fluctuations. In some ways, this is a wholesome indication, particularly as 1t appears that changes in market conditions from day to day are no. longer reacting upon the volume of business as has sometimes in the past been the case. The situation is in fact to be studied. Judging from all indications, as something that is developing quite independently for the lime being and without very much reference to pre- sent or future changes In the trade outlook. So far as the latter is con- cerned, there has been no alteration in the opinions expressed by tine community with reference to the fu- ture. Business leaders evidently look forward confidently to improve ment; and the trend 1of, affairs as in- dfcated by business indexes Is clear iy such as to point to 3 steadily im- proving level of business volume.
 The outstanding fact about the im- mediate market situation during the past week has been the compara- tive limitation of buying power. There has seemed to be little reflex effect upon the disposition to buy. ns n result of encouraging statements by business leaders, or of faifly satis- factory companions of present with past earnings. This comparative in- difference has paved the way for suc- cess on the part of those who were working to bring about decline. and have given the latter group 2 fairly free field for the exercise. of their depressive tactics. without however bringing out any long stock of con- sequence. There has been continue ton of good demand for high grade securities on the, bond side, but the pressure professionally exorted has tended to repress the development of market support in stocks. The short interest is now largo one. and con- dltionB are such that moderate recov- cry may be looked for at any time If
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prccipftated to the pavement by
 the sudden opening of a sidewalk
 kfap-door has led Mary l.. Brennan
 q Waterbury to institute $15,O00
 Manage suit in superior court
 against the s. 8. Kresge Co and the
 HlakesIee Co. to recover for severe Injuries she sustained. The case is retnrBabfe in court the first Tuesday pf May. Deputy Sheriff John l.. 4ray served the attachment papers
 sfsterday on the secretary of the slate as is necessary when defend nnts like the Kresge Co are out of Iie listed as a Michigan concern. According to the com mplaint, AS drawn by Attorney, William B. Fitz- Eeraid. plaintifrs counsel. the plain tffK was walking along the sidewalk 10 front of the Krcsge store on East Main street when the trapdOor sud- denly opened from the cellar and threw her to the pavement. She al- 14ges that agents of the Blakeslce fO were engaged fin making de- livery of merchandise to the Kresge store and that the defendants' agents caused the doors to be opened without first asccrtaining whether a pedestrian was above. The complaint charges that the doSsy can oniysbe opened from the cbifaf and thatno warning was given th6 plaintiff that the doors were about to be opened.
 The plaintiff sustained severe in- fArnai injuries. multiple contusions of the back and q permanent scar oh the left leg in addition to pro- fbund physical shock and disturb fl1ce to her nervous system.
 Alleging her right knee and right lrip are permanently dislocated as
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General Butler
 in Hot Water
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and insinuated that Premier Musso- llni was a "hit-And-run" driver.
 It inquired of Secretary Adams whether the navy department stands ready to protect the reputation of it's officer. if they are attacked by for- eigners the same as 1t would protect foreigners attacked in speeches by Americans.
 When the interview with the Haitian minister first was called to Buffers attention, he proposed to laugh 1t off as being unworthy of comment. friends here said.
 But his friends, both in civilian and military life. urged him to re- quest an explanation, 1t was said, not only for his own sake but for the honor of numerous individuals and governmental bodies which are equally concerned, if the reported interview is authentic.
 yesttgation, the general asked first that the navy department actually determine if the Haitian minister said what he was reported to have said. That was the manner which the government handled the Mus solini incident" with General Butler, for which he was ordered court martialed and later was cleared with formal reprimand.
 The formal citation which was awarded General Butler with his second congressional medal of honor in connection with Haiti read:
 "On November IT. 1915, it was planned to attack Fort Riviere, Haiti, with force made up of de- tachments from the Fifth, Thir- teenth, Twenty-third companies, and the marine attachments and sailors from the Connecticut. For Riwcre was an old French Bastian fort about 200 feet on the side, with thick walls of brick and stone, the walls being loop-holed.
 ''The original entrance had been on the northern side, but had been blocked. a small breach in the southern wall being used in It's stead"
 Two men entered the fort ahead of General Butler, doing 50 to pre- vent him from being the first, the citation reads.
 "Theirs." 1t continues. Twas de- votfon to him, while his action was devotion to duty. The assault inside the fort was made by twenty-three men with the knowledge that no quarter would be given them"
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$5O,OOO Suit
 By Local Woman
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blow from the rear. the complaint charges. @s
 The plaintiff sustained an inter- cranial lesion and injury to her brain substance involving the left frontal area and a possible lacera- ton of the brain accompanied by hemorrhages. She charges her power of speech has become affected by an injury to the speech center.
 She further alleges she is suffer- ing from paralysis of the face, right arm and right leg in addition to a severe physical and mental shock. It is alleged she will be permanently and totally disabled as result of her injuries.
 The complaint states that the plaintiff at the time of the collision was conducting a child's nursery from which she was earning a com fortabie livelihood. As result of her injuries she charges she will be unable to carry on this nursery.
 The defendant is charged with negligence in permitting the trucks brakes to become defective and out of repair so that the driver could