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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09

Highway construction and recon struction to be accomplished un- der the $3,000,000 appropriation of the town aid act of the 1881 gen. eral assembly passed the 300 mile mark to-day when Highway Com missioner John A. Masdonald an- nounced ten more projects, sealed bids for which will be received at the departments headquarters in the state office building at l p. m. EST, on Monday, September 14.
 In this letting, the towns Of Rocky Hill and Suffield have de- parted from the plan adopted by towns to which town aid work has been previously assigned. Both of these towns have combined their town aid appropriation with their share of this years state aid ap- propriation of 1927 in order to be able to increase the amount of work to be done on the selected roads. This has established a new prece- dent which other towns may fol- low in the future.
 The ten projects announced by Commissioner Macdonald to-day call for the improvement of ap- pTONlIIldtcly tpii -SiA iiiiSo VI hSssN which brings the total length of highway work listed under the town aid act to approximately 315 miles. The new jobs likewise bring the number of towns already cov- cred to 10S, leaving only sixty-one towns to which work must yet be assigned. Seven of the ten projects call for gravel surfacing, while the other three will consist of water bound macadam.
 Teh weeks projects are described as follows:
 State Aid
 with Town Aid Money Applied)
 Town of Rocky Hill: About B. I'll feet of trap rock waterbound macadam on Washington street and River View road.
 Town of Suffield: About 13,650 feet of trap rock waterbound mac adam on North Grand street.
 Town Aid
 Town of Brooklyn: About IT, 800 feet of gravel surface on Allen Hill, Elliott, Stetson and Bush Hill roads and Church street.
 Town of Harwinton: About 15,- 033 feet of gravel surface on Har- mony Hill and Clearview roads and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09
JOSEPH WRIGHT
 MURDER TRIAL
Case of Much Public In- terest to Come Up
 Next Week
OFFICIALS GETTING SET

Fifty jurors. 12 of whom perhaps will be selected to sit on the Wright murder trial, slated to open next week in superior court, will be drawn by Attorney George H. Free man, clerk of the superior court next Monday at New Haven &C., cording to a notice published in the court office to-day. The jurors will all be from New Haven county and will be notified to appear at the opening of the September criminal session next Tuesday in superior court.
 The jurors will serve for the September criminal and civil ses- sions during the eight weeks from the date of their summons. It will be the first jury drawing since court closed in June.
 It is assumed that Joseph Wright charged with the murder of George Duncan in the Wolcott woods in August, will plead not guilty when arraigned and choose a jury trial. In that event, the members form ing the jury will be taken from the 50 jurors to be drawn on Monday.
 The first court action, locally. will be the grand jury hearing. during which the facts of the case will be presented. It is up to the grand jury to return a true bill on first or second degree murder. Wright has been bound over to the superior court from the Wolcott town court where he was arraigned several weeks ago. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09
DEMAND CAPTURED YEGG'
WATT APPEALS
 JAIL SENTENCE
Posts $1,00O Bond After Handed Term of Six
 Months To-day
.SlOO FINE IS IMPOSED

The story of how two young couples were reluctant partici- pants in an automobile chase in which three shots were fired to halt an escaping suspect, of a savage fight on a lonely country road at 12:30 o'clock in the morn ing and of the arrest of Allan Watt, 30, of Marion, on three serious charges was told in police court this morning.
 Charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor, driving while his li- cense was suspended and with re- sistance, Watt was found guilty on all three complaints to-day. As 1t marked the second time within less than years time that Watt had been found guilty of driving while in an alleged intoxicated condition the sentence of the court was mandatory-six months in jail! Judge Meyer suspended sentence on the charge of resist ance, but imposed a fine of $100 and costs for the violation of the motor vehicle law. He added an additional jail sentence of 30 days, but suspended its operation.
 Following adjournment of court Allen succeeded in obtaining bonds of $1,000 and appealed his case to the court of common pleas. The bail was furnished by Mrs Hazel Lathrop of Marion with whose family he has resided in Marion for several months past. It was Watts contention that he took the risk of arrest in operating the auto to come to Waterbury and obtain medicine for five-year old child of Mrs Lathrop, who was taken i'll suddenly Monday evening. He denied that he was under the influence of liquor and claimed that he resisted the ar- resting officers because they at- tackled him with their night-sticks and attempted to beat him up.
 The two young couples who were in the automobile communicated by the police in the chase were not in court. They took part in the three-mile chase in which shots were fired and were specta- tors of the fight that was staged on Spindle Hill, Wolcott early yesterday morning.
 Lieutenant Arthur Warrington and Patrolmen Edward Hayes and Harold Bowling testified against the accused this morning, furnish ing testimony that at the time of his arrest the young man was con- siderably under the influence of liquor.
 The two patrolmen testified that their attention was attracted to Watt as he. was driving in a zig gag fashion along North Main street. Shortly before they spot | ted him in the car they had ob- served him lettering about a. build ing near East Farm street and heard him berating some passer- by.
 As Watt passed the corner of North Main and East Farm streets the officers signalled to him to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09
Buffalo Police Hold Spina, West
 Haven Youth
Wanted Here for Passing Rubber Check-New Haven Seeks Him for Robbing Automobiles of Yale Students Stolen Suit of Clergyman in Making Ttefts

Wanted here for passing a worthless check, in New Haven for robbing cars parked on Yale uni- versity grounds and in Buffalo for the theft of an automobile, one Matthew Spina, 32, of West Ha- ven, Conn, is now under arrest in Buffalo, N. r., and faces a series of charges in three states.
 Spina posed here as clergy man, a corset salesman and on other occasions, as a college pro- lessor. He donned stolen clerical garb when he had a wish to inn press strangers by his religious appearance" On taking very sudden departure from the city he passed a worthless check on the management of the Palace hotel. Trunks and travelling bags con- taining several hundreds dollars worth of stolen garments were re- covered here to-day by members of the detective bureau and iden- tified by Sergeants James Dinnan and James Cooke of the New Ha- ven detective bureau as goods talk en from cars parked in that city and from students attending Yale university.
 It's a long trail over which which Spina has led the police of several cities and it is likely to be a long, long time before the Waterbury authorities will be in a position to press any charges against the young man. The fact, however, that local dicks" un- earthed the assortment of wear ing apparel here, gives prestige to the detective bureau of the Water bury police department. Detec- tives John Calvin, William Foley, Edward McElligott and Cornelius Shannahan took part in the local investigation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09
Town Roads Are
 Given State Aid
MddIebury and Morris Listed With Others as Receiv-
 ing Attention of Highway Department

Harwinton avenue.
 Town of Killingly: About 35.- 450 feet of shaping and surface treating sections of Green Hollow, Wares, North, Mashentuck and Chestnut Hill roads, including an extension of Chestnut Hill road (loose graveD.
 Town of Middlebury: About Ill., 3S2 feet of gravel surface on the Watertown road.
 Town of Morris: About 11,077 feet of gravel surface on the old Benton road and Ball avenue.
 Town of Bedding: About 31,320 feet of gravel surface on Osborne Topstone, Grumman. Limekiln, Sun- set Hill and Watts Store roads, and Peaceable street.
 Town of Union: About 39,140 feet of loose gravel on Stickney HI, old Brown, Rock Meadow, Proulix Corner and Fishpoint roads.
 Town of Wallingford: About g. $50 feet of waterbound macadam on Cook Hill Pond Hill and East Wallingford roads and Burdock avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09

Spina operated successfully for several weeks in New Haven. He managed to elude the police by a very close margin on a number of different occasions. He finally shifted his headquarters to Water bury, registering at the Palace ho- tel. On checking out he issued a check under the name of La Belle. It was drawn on a bank used by a Rev MT Crawford from somewhere in Pennsylvania. It has developed that on @ recent visit to the City of Films, Rev MT Craw- ford was placed in an embarrass- ing position when his travelling bag containing a change of cleri- cal garb and some personal be- longings disappeared from his automobile. T he change of cloth ing furnished the necessities for Spina in assuming one of his various roles.
 Just what success he achieved in Waterbury in posing as minister has yet to be determined. How ever, had Spina been around to- day and available for explanations he would have had some difficulty in reconciling his clerical role with the nature of the merchan- disc taken from his travelling bags. About four dozen corsets and some "unmentionables" in silk were found in the bags. Several suits of mems clothes were also recovered. Spina had to leave town in such a hurry that he did not desire to be encountered by such things in his flight.
 The police checking up on the much active Spina found that he sold two suits of clothes to sec- ond hand store on South Main street and in a local perfumery store he disposed of valuable travelling bag at a very treason able price" After hiding or sell ing what articles he could con- veniently' Spina, decided on com plete change of scenery He checked out of his local headquar- ters, returned to New Haven. "bor- rowed" an automobile and travelled on to Buffalo. Abandoning the New Haven car there he stole an- other machine and went onto Bal timore, where he was placed un- der arrest on a theft charge, but later was turned over to the Buff falo police.
 The New Haven authorities have filed charges against him. In the
 meanwhile the local police are in possession of the corsets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09
CLARA BARTON IS PAID TRIBUTE BY
 UNITED STATES
New England Woman Was Organizer of Red Cross -Philanthropist, Nurse and School Teacher HOnOred

Washington, Sept. 9.-(UP).- The nation paid tribute to-day to Clara Barton-New England phil anthropist, school teacher. nurse, and organizer of the American Red Cross.
 Born on Christmas day, 1921. in the little town of Oxford, Mass, Clara Barton began early her work of aiding humanity. In her own home she struggled for two years to help her brother restore his health. She taught school and founded various free schools In New Jersey.
 When the Civil war began, Clara Barton resigned as a clerk in the government and entered the hos pital service. She tramped over the battlefields of Antietam, Fredericks- burg and Cedar Mountain, feeding the hungry. binding the wounds of the injured and helping to find prisoners.
 Her experiences gave her the de- to carry on, after the war, a systematic search for miss ing soldiers. Using her own money, she identified and marked the graves of more than 12,000 sol diers in the National cemetery at Andersonville. Ga.
 She went to Europe and assisted in establishing hospitals in the Franco -Prussian war. She followed the German army and later was awarded the gold cross of Baden and the iron cross of Germany.
 It was while the Franco-Prussian war was in progress that Clara Barton first visualized formation of an Amercian Red Cross society. Such an organization already was functioning in Europe. Having been conceived by Henri Dumont, a French doctor, in 1862, and form ed a few years later.
 The war nurse reached the age of SO before she succeeded in form ing the American Red Cross in May, 1881. She became its first president and remained in this position until 1904. Now the president of the Uni- ted States is also president of the American Red Cross. The active head is the charman, John Barton Payne.
 1t was at Clara Barton's sugges- tion that the scope of our Red Cross work throughout the world was enlarged to cover relief in dis asters other than war.
 Although nearing old age, she assumed personal direction of many relief drives in such major disasters as the yellow fever pestilence in Florida in 1891: among the Arr menians during the Armenian massacre of 1896; the Spanish-Am- erican war. 1898; in the Anglo Boer war, 1S99-1902; and among the sufferers from the flood at Gall weston in 1900.
 Clara Barton died in 1912 at Glen Echo. Md. Q small settlement near the capital. tst
 Among the most important na- tiona1 and foreign disasters in which the American Red Cross has had a part in recent years are: The northern Ohio tornado of 1924; the mid western tornado in 1925; the Florida hurricane of 1926; the river valley flood of 1921: the earthquake and fire of 1928 which razed Tokyo and Yoko- homa, Japan and che recent Nlca- rasuan earhtuuake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09
THE STATE MOTOR
 VEHICLE DEPT
Making Effort to Protect the Public on the
 Highways
LIST OF OFFENDERS

The state department of motor vehicles Is making a strong effort to protect the public from reckless drivers of vehicles on the highways of Connecticut. Licenses of the fol- lowing named persons have been suspended for one year on charges of violation of the law. The state ment advises people who might see any of these persons driving a car within the time mentioned in the order to notify the department or report to the police.
 The list follows:
 loomfield-Charles A. Williams, Tunxis avenue.
 Bridgeport-Joseph L. Kaspar, 352 Willima street; John Ptro, 16O Hanover street; Joseph B. Yansou, 293 Hamilton street.
 Bristol-Walter Komoroski, 134 Pennington avenue.
 Cheshire = William Laterman, Whitney avenue.
 East Hartford-Vincent Edgar, Cottage street.
 Groton-John J. Casey, 50 For est street.
 Hartford-William J. Kenny, 6 West Clay street; Emerson Ouwel- ant, 59 Orange street; Daniel P. Sullivan, 323 Garden street; Thom- as F. Wallace, 294 Mather street.
 Milford-Paul P. DeBili, Wheel CTS Farms road.
 New Britain-Bernard F. Hy- neck, 2S9 Glen street.
 New London-Lionel H. Conary, 545 Ocean avenue.
 Noroton-Waino Raunio, Cal flanders Point.
 North Haven-Clarence D. Tuck CT, R. F. D.
 Putnam-Armand L. Auger. 1o5 Walnut street.
 sterling-Frederick J. Mcshane. Box 165.
 Waterbury-Henry Gagnon,; R. F. D., Woodtick road.
 Waterville-Bertel Adamson, 66 Dixon street.
 West Hartford-John J. Ken nedy, 41 North Quaker Lane.
 West Haven-John P. Bowen, g Leete street.
 Willimantic-John Buskel. 13 Arnolds Lane.
 Indianapolis, Ind.-Albin Brick son, 416 Illinois boulevard.
 Springfield, Mass. - Leslie J. Hood, 20 Eastern avenue.
 Millburn. N. Y.-Hulbert Young. 5S old Short Hill road.
 New York City-Jack Anderson. 49 West 126th street.
 New Rochelle. N. Y.-Jesse B. Crew, 542 Webster avenue; James T. Cox, 2053 Sth avenue.
 Ossining, N. Y.-Chellis D. Swain. 27 Waller avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09

stop, but ignoring their commands Watt stepped on the gas and sped up North Main street. Boarding the first auto which came along the two policemen gave chase. The pursuit led to Lakewood, to Bucks Hill to Spindle Hill road. At one time Watt, 1t was claimed by the officers, raced at rate esti- mated to have been 50 miles an hour. This fact the defense la ter claimed would indicate that any man, who could operate car at 50 miles an hour along Bucks Hill road was a good driver and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09

surely not intoxicated.
 When finally overtaken the po- lice claimed that Watt abused them in filthy language and showed fight. He was "knocked into" submission. The officers denied that they flashed their guns on overriding the accused. Watt claimed that one of the officers remarked to him, You're not dealing with Jingles Donahue now" referring to an incident in which Watt had battle with Pa trolman John Donahue nearly two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09
RURAL MAIL MAN PAINTS

salem, Kan, (UP)-"shorty" Story, who delivers mail west of here. takes . great pride tn keep- ing his e4-mile mall route @Dpie and span" Recently Story bought SIS worth of paint and gave each of the 12s boxes a coat. He even painted the customers" name on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09

Third-class round-trip railway rates to the mountains and sea- shore in Italy have been reduced as a part of the social welfare work in Italy, the cheapness being indi- cated by the Milano-Venezia rate, which is the equivalent of 95 cents for PCT miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09
PICKLE

FIRST GIRL: have no con- fidence in men.
 SECOND: But why not. aearS
 FIRST: Every time so to q dance with another boy nnd my own boy friend there with another giri.-Tit-B Bits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09

years ago.
 Judge Meyer remarking on tho seriousness of the charges ia- formed the defendant that in view of his past record, he could not believe his story to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-14
CORNEL|A SKINNER
FEATURE ON WRC
Actress to Contribute Orig
inaI Character Sketches
on VaIIee Program.

Cornelia Otis Skinner. daughter OF
the actor Otis Skinner, who also dis
tinguished herself on the stage, will
assist Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut
Yankees in presenting the Sunshine
hour program tonight over WRC and a
network of other National Broadcasting
Co. stations.
Miss Skinner will contribute several
humorous character sketches written by
herself. The orchestral speciality will
be new song, There Must Be a Bright
Tomorrow for Each yesterday of Tears, .
a composition Of convict No. 1928 at
the Michigan State Penitentiary.
Florence Nightingale, the English
woman who raised nursing to the dig
nifty Of profession, is to be the rein
day Party. The musical portion OF the
program features the works Of the
French composer Massenet, whose birth
day anniversary falls on the same day
rs that Of Miss Nightingale.
ViOIinist on Program.
Eugene Ormandy. violinist, will play
Me" as a feature of the Melody Mo-
ments program. Oliver Smith, tenor,
will contribute the Flower Song" from
BiZet's Carmen"
Rudolf Schramm has arranged Spe-
cial program for the semi-weekly broad
cast of his concert orchestra at 10
o'clock. 1t will be dedicated to the
Georgetown Garden Pilgrimage. The
selections include Country Gardens, -
"Trees," Spring Song" of Mendelssohn
and Ketelby's I'm Monastery Garden.
Stanley Smith, star of the stage and
screen, and Frances Shelley of musical
comedy fame will be the principals in
the Radio Roundup program tonight
over WGAL and associated Columbia
BroadcaSting System stations.
Smith will sing two songs, you Said
It" and Learn to Groom" Miss Shell
ley's contributions will be "You Don't
Know What You're Doing" and Now
That You're in MY Arms"
Time Locks the Door," a story de-
plotting how few seconds saved $685.
900 diamond necklace from a gang of
thieves, will be the Hamilton dramati-
Zation.
In the Lutheran hour Dr. Walter A.
Maier of Concordia Theological Semi
nary will discuss THE Ascension of
Modern Life" The musical portion Of
the program will be provided by q
chorus Of 400 voices.
New Dramatic Series.
Damon and PythiaS" will open a
new dramatic series tonight over WJSV.
The drama will be directed by Robert
Downing. who also will take the part of
Pythias. Other members Of the cast
are Eldridge Monroe, ISadore M. Lavine,
Mrs. Mary Hooper, Mrs Mabelle King,
Henry Stearman. Edward j. Newcomb,
j. W. Holman, R. M. Darragh and A.
M. Schwartz. Edgar c. Snyder will act
as announcer for this dramatic series.
to be presented under auspices of the
Grand Lodge, knights of Pythias.
VOL will broadcast tonight a de-
scription of the wrestling matches at the
Washington Auditorium, and a special
program by the Jewish Community Gen.
ter The Kohala Melody Boys, Bob
CARRIERS Orchestra and Estelle Hunt
Dean, soprano, will furnish the sta
tons principal musical features.
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Eve Movements.

Some persons can read much more
rapidly than others and the reason is
that they make the proper use Of their
eyes while the others expend q great
deal of eye energy TO no advantage. In
other words they read improperly. An
apparatus has been invented which
makes a moving picture of the eyes as
they move along the line of print and
by consulting this the operator can tell
the reader where his faults are. The
eye literally dances along the line, max
ing one step after another, and it is
during the stops that the impression Is
made upon the retina. On the average
there are about five pauses to each line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-14

League Of Montgomery County,
Miss Willie Green Day.
4:45-Jean Beaudine.
5:O0-"The Rod and Stream" by
Perry Miller.
5:15-Organ recital.
5:30-Roy Welch's Orchestra.
5:45-F Flashes from The Evening Star
6:OO-T1me and program resume.
6:O2-Merchants' Dinner Concert.
$50" Tale-Lights."
6:46-Daddy and Rollo.
7:O0-Arthur Pryor's Band.
1:15-Sally Sothern Sketches.
7:30-Kaltenborn Edits the News.
7:4S-Dramatic sketch, Time Locks
the Door"
S:00-Salad Dressers, with Brad
Browne, Al Llewelyn and Fred.
die Richs Orchestra.
8:15-Phoenix program.
830-Detective Story Decentralization.
9:00-Lutheran Hour.
9:30-Fortune Builders, with Douglas
Gilbert
9:45-Johnson's Orchestra.
l0:00-Jack Denny'S Orchestra.
Observation-Disclosures Musical Art Gal
lery, Erbin G. Thomas baritone,
and Elizabeth Gardner Coombs
pianist.
1O:3o-Radio Round Up. featuring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-14
Gas Destroys Metal.

Many gases were developed during
the war for one purpose or another, and
one which was designed to attack the
Individual was found to operate in much
more effective and humane manner. 1t
has very rapid corroding action on
metal SO that a gun subjected to the
fumes is rendered utterly useless In q
few hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-14

SOON Funnyland With Uncle Jerry
5:15-One- Time Opportunities.
5:45-Joe Turner'S program.
6.00-Dinner music
6:15-Community Chest program.
630-Studio feature.
645-Musical program.
7:00-EStelle Hunt Dean, soprano.
7:20-NewS flashes.
7:30-Bob CARRIERS Orchestra.
8:00-Mullane's Costumers.
8:30-Program by the Jewish Com
munity Center.
e:00-Kohala Melody Boys.
9;15-Dairy Maids.
9:30-Wrestling matches from the
Washington Auditorium.
Early Program Tomorrow.
:00a-Musical Clock.
8:00a--Birthdays.
8:05a-Musical Clock.
10:00a-Talk by Peggy Clark.
program
10:30a-Victor Herbert Melodies.
IL :00a-Beauty Chat by Bertha Parker.
IL :30a-Preview of Coming Attractions.
IL :00m-Luncheon music
1880 to 1:oo-Paul D. Gable, organist.