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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

states responsible for it's integrity, there are five, namely: Finland, Esthonia, Latvia, Poland and Ru- mania. Yet the essential political problem to-day is exactly the same as it was in the sixteenth century: the frontier line will remain where it is only if the border states responsible for its maintenance will keep solidarity among themselves.
 Thus we arrive at the underlying principle of the negotiations for the non-aggression pact which have been carried on between Rus sia and Poland for the last ten years-Poland wants a pact which will take into consideration not only her sector of the Russian frontier, but the whole length of the frontier between the Arctic and the Black Sea. Throughout the ten years Russia's policy con- sisted in playing some of her neighbors against the other in or- der to bring about separate poli- tical arrangements which in due course would make breach in the front possible.
 If the non-aggression pact be- tween Poland and Russia now again under discussion is signed, it will not only cement the solid arity of the five neighbors of Rus- sia, but will stabilize the barrier btween the western type of civiliz- ation and the bolshevik world. If the pact is not signed it will mean not only that communist Russia has not abandoned her future pro jects in the west but that she finds too much support from the outside world.
 What is the origin of such sup port?
 When in the summer of 1881 the news was published that Russo- Polish negotiations were to be re- commenced the German press un- animously attacked Foreign Con- missar Litvinoff personally as a traitor of Russian interests. A few weeks ago Herr Ludwig. the fa- nous German author was sent to Moscow in order to persuade Stalin not to sign the aggression pact. /. It is to be regretted that demo- cratic Germany of to-day, just as imperial Germany of yesterday. is inclined to support the interests of Muscovy against the wider inter- ests of peace and of western civil ization. .tf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
POLICE UNCOVER ARSON RING; INSURANCE
 COMPANIES ARE SWINDLED OF SIC, 1000
Waterbury Center Of Activities; One
 Woman Arrested
and Sentencing Reveals Workings of At Least Three Engaged in WOrk-Seek Missing Man

Vernale is said to have received about $500 for furniture he had on the second floor. In both fires, the residents had apparently strong alibis for being absent when the fires were discovered.
 The other fire for which police are attempting to locate the house owner happened on Baldwin street last September. The man who was to collect the insurance on that fire is missing and state po- lice with local police have been conducting an exacting search for him.
 The insurance on the Baldwin street and Gates avenue fires was held up when officials became sus- picious that they were of incendi- ary origin.
 In the Gates avenue fire, the younger Vernale was severely burned and admitted to the hospi- tai where he was confined several weeks. Just prior to the day of the fire, the elder Vernale walked to the hospital himself stating he was not feeling well. Doctors could find nothing wrong with him. Po- lice checking up on the fire found it to have been deliberately set and ordered the Vernales arrested.
 They pleaded not guilty when arraigned on the arson counts but later pleaded guilty. Sentence was deferred and in the meantime, off, cials learned of the activities of the ring. The Vernales assisted off, ficials in good many details and for that reason the sentence on the elder Vernale was not as se- were as it would have been with out his confession. He had already served two prison terms at Wethersfield and would have been considered a third offender with long term facing him.
 Mrs Blekis who was arrested on the bench warrant issued at re- quest of Assistant States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald who prose- cuted the case, had been in court as a states witness earlier in the day to testify should she be need ed.. She was arrested at her home after she left the court house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
DOESN'T PAY TO
 SHOOT AT NEW
 HAVEN POLICE
Harry Engle, Doughnut Man, Got 25 to 40 Years for Shooting l2 Years Ago

New Haven, Conn. Jan 27-(UP) Harry Engle, self-styled Chicago doughnut inventor, was sentenced to-day to-day to serve 25 to 40 years in states prison for shooting two New Haven policemen 12 years ago.
 Superior Court Judge Alfred c Baldwin, in passing sentence, said he considered imposition of the maximum penalty to "remove this man from society forever" but con. sidered Engle's frankness on the witness stand warranted some len. iency.
 Engle shot and wounded Officers James P. Currier and John J. Healy, now detective sergeants.
 Total area of the Hawaiian Is- lands is 6.403 square miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
RAILROADS AND
 UNION MEN ARE
 NOT YET AGREED
Labor Leaders Are Trying Hard to Break Deadlock and Give Roads Their
 Answer

Chicago, Jan 27-UP)-Union leaders today strove to break the deadlock which is holding up &C., ceptance of railroad executives proposals of 10 per cent general wage reduction for 1,900,000 union employes. David B. Robertson union chairman reported no progress had been made in the past 24 hours.
 "The individula unions meet again today in an effort to settle their problem" he said. "All I can say is that we'll certainly not see the railroad presidents to announce our decision until late this after noon-if we do it then" Some ob- servers believed ultimate acceptance of the reduction would be made as predicted. Others suggested a con- ference would fail. The secret vote of o10 unons which have balloted so far was believed to be in favor of the reduction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
MAN MADE HEART KEEPS ANIMAL
 LIVING HOURS
Stanford Professors Me- chaniCal Device Aids
 in Studies

San Francisco. (UP)-Machine Age efficiency has scored another triumph.
 A man-made, mechanical heart has been successfully substituted for living animals own heart.
 The revelation was made during demonstration directed by pr Maurice l.. Fainter, of the Depart ment of Pharmacology of the Stan ford university medical school here.
 Dr Fainter substituted me- chanical heart of his own con- struction in a living animal before the Society for Experimental Bi- ology. keeping the animal used in the experiment alive flor hours
 In describing the use of the me- chanical heart. Dr F. J. Hanzlik, head of the pharmacology depart ment. said:
 After the substitution of the mechanical heart for the animals heart, the blood continued to pulse through the body.
 '"The blood pressure remained normal. By showing responses to narcotics, it enabled us to study their effects. The animal lived for hours"
 The device has been used in studying the reaction of blood ir living animals by Dr Floyd De Eds of the United States depart ment of agriculture. who has been experimenting at the Stanford pharmacology department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

Specimens of the melted snow that he brought home were found to owe their color to a minute or ganism.
 Several other lowly species of plant and animal life impart to snow different shades of red, as well as green and yellow. Broad stretches of yellow snow were found on the ice of the Kara Sea by the Arctic expedition of the Du: d'Orleans; green and blue varieties have been encountered elsewhere.
 Snow colored by dust is another story. Showers of reddish dust, to which southern Europe is much subject, are shown from the Sa- hara, and explain some cases of red snow in the Alps.
 Patches of red snow sometimes occur in the mountains of Wash .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
Convict Makes Escape Before
 He Was Tried

Portland. Me, Jan 27-UP)- George L. Loring, state prison con- vict, escaped last night on the eve of his trial in connection with a s9,OO0 Brunswick payroll hold-up. He made his getaway soon after he arrived here from Thomaston state prison, in custody of Dep- uty Warden G. c. Hopkins, to be lodged in the county jail.
 The deputy warden fired several shots one of which. it was be- lieved. might have wounded the fugitive. Loring was serving one to two-year sentence at the state prison for larceny.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
(polish Jnformation Seryice)

(POlish Information Service)
 The western frontier of Russia constituted always the boundary between the races of the west and the Slavo-Asiatic races of Russia; between the religions which orig mated in Rome and the churches which originated in Constantin- ople; between political system based on ideas of liberty and of "habeas corpus and system based on slavery; between a social system based on the sanctity of private proparty and system of communistic ownership. In other words it is, as it always has been. the frontier between the west and the east, between Europe and Asia.
 During the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries only two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

ington. and Oregon. In July, 1911, vast fields of 1t were found in the Yosemite National park. The snow looked as if carmine ink had been spilled over it. Elsewhere in the same region a white snowfield was reddened, as if with blood, wher- ever the hoofs of the pack mules broke through the crust.
 Apart from the various coloring organism, snow Is known to have extensive flora and fauna. Among it's most remarkable inhabitants
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
SURVEY REVEALS NEED OF AID FOR
 THE DESTITUTE
Agencies Busy Mobilizing Resources for Needy
 Families

New York-CUP)-As stream pie ture showing how widespread un- employment is affecting 34 states and how 95 public and private vel fare agencies in SS cities are mo- biliZing resources to care for in creasing number of destitute fam lilies is made public by the Family Welfare Association of America in the first of series of monthly summaries undertaken at the re- quest of the presidents organiZa- = tion for unemployment relief.
 These inquiries will enable local agencies to take advantage of the best experience in their own and other communities, in making plans for relief this winter.
 Practically all the family welfare agencies participating in the in- quiry report that their burdens during October were heavier than in October. 1880.
 Fifty-four agencies in various parts of the country state that con- ditions are worse because of bank failures. inability to pay taxes, shorter working hours in fact ories. enforced vacations without pay, ex- tended lay-offs in garment and shoe trades. and because there is less work in steel mills, lumber yards, oil fields, sugar factories shipping industries and the railroads.
 One society reports an increase of 30 per cent in the families re- questing help. A 70 per cent in- crease in evictions is reported in another city.
 Food is the chief article of relief for which the money of family well fare agencies is spent this winter, the report reveals. Answers show that items first eliminated in the giving of relief are money for re- creation and incidentals, new clothing. household supplies. gas secure credit for clients from land. electricity and rent. Many agen. cies are making special efforts tc lords and public utility companies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

are the so-called ''snow worms" that are sometimes strewn by the millions over the snowfields and glaciers of high mountain regions.
 They dislike warm sunshine and burrow deep in the snow in the middle of the day. Tiny insects known as springtails may be seen by anybody who looks closely for them-on the surface of melt ing snowfields in any part of the northern United States.
 TOMORROW: Farmers alma macs and the weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
THIRTY KILLED

Tokio. January 27 -(UP) The Nippon Dempo News Agency said today that 30 persons had been re- ported killed in fighting at Harbin between Chinese Eastern Railway
 Guards commanded by General Ting Chow. and troops commanded by Governor Hsichia of kirin province.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

De Saussure, in the 18th century. described its occurrence in the Alps. In 1918 Sir John Ross dis covered the Crimson Cliffs on the northwest coast of Greenland near Cape York. The dark red snow of the cliffs was many feet deep.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
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 States and Europe

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
SENATOR ACCUSES

Washington, January 27-aUPl Senator King. democrat, Utah, charged in the senate bond inves- tigation today that the son-in- law of President Machado of Cuba lose. O'Bregon, received $500.0O0. or one per cent "commisison or rratuity' on $5O.O00.000 loan floated by the Chase National Bank of New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
HARTFORD HAS
 JUST ACQUIRED FEW PAINTING
Wadsworth Anthem e u m
 Has Purchased "Hylas
 and the Nymphs,' a FlOrentine Picture.

New York;. Jan 27-(UP)-The Wadsworth Atheneum of Hartford, Conn, has just acquired I'Hylas and the Nymphs," a fifteenth century Florentine picture by Piero Di Cosi- mo which was one of the famous paintings from the collection of the late Robert H.. Benson of Lon- don, it was annouced today. The purchase was made possible through the generosity of Frank c. Sumner. The amount paid for the famous painting was not made pub |fic. The picture now forms part of the Ella Gallup. Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner collection at the museum.
 Piero was one of the artists who assisted in the painting of the fres- coes of the Sistine chapel in Rome. He turned to mythology for the subject of this picture. however. Hylas, according to Greek legend, wts the son of Therodamus. king of the Dryopians in Thessaly and the favorite of Hercules on the ex- petition in quest of the golden fleece. "Hylas and the Nymphs" is classed by art critics with Piero's "Death of Procris" in the national gallery at London and Mars and Venus in Berlin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
OBITUARY

MAURlTIS-Peter J. Mauritis, age 28 years, of 2S Chipman street, died last night at his home after a long illness. He was we'll and favorably known among the Lith- uanian residents of the city and was a member of St Joseph's church.
 He is survived by his parents, MT and Mrs Andrew Mauritis; and one sister, Mrs August Kankel, all of this city.
 The funeral will be held Satur- day morning at S:3O o'clock from the home to St Joseph's church where a requiem mass will be cell ebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot in Calvary cemetery.
 GEGHAN-Miss Mary M. Geg- hen died last evening at her home 117 Wall street after long illness. She was a native of this city and had resided here all her life. Up until the time of her illness she was employed by the Scovill Mfg Co.
 Miss Geghan is survived by her HotHeF, MrS MdPy C. NeS HdI' tWo sisters, Theresa Geghan and Mrs George Hennan; and four brothers, Joseph, Richard. Matthew and Maurice Geghan.
 The funeral will be held Friday morning at 8:30 o'clock from the home to the Sacred Heart church where solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in old St Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
AL.LMAN

ALTMAN - Anniversary mass of reuuiem will be celebrated Thurs day morning at o'clock at the Immaculate Conception church for the repose of the soul of the late James D. Altman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
MASS NOTICE

mind requiem high mass celebrat- ed Thursday morning at 8 o'clock at St Cecilia's church for the late John J. Shoner of 427 Chipman street extension.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

Funeral services for Charles Alonzo Stone will be held to-mor- TOW afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, 22 Coniston avenue, Rev Os- car Locke officiating, Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery, Water- town, with committal services in charges of King Solomon's lodge of MaSonS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
FUNERALS

The funral of Mrs Mary c kenney will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock from her home, 215 Woodlawn Terrace to St Margaret's church where a mass of requiem will be celebrated at o'clock. Burial will be in old St Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
DIED

this city, January 26, 1882, Miss Mary M. Geghan of II?
 Wali street. Funeral Friday morn ing at 8:30 o'clock to Sacred Heart church. Burial in old St Josseph's
 cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

Increase in petty street thefts in London is ascribed to processions which take hundreds of police away from thief-catching to act as escorts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

MAURITIS-In this city, January 26, 1882, Peter J. Mauritis of 28 Chipmar street. Funeral Satur- day morning to St Joseph's church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

The first institution for coining money in the United States was es- ta blished in 1792.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

Radio waves travel at the ap- proximate rate of 1S6,30O m.les second
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

The funeral of Martin J. Griffin, World War veteran and former resident of this city will be held to- morrow morning at 8:15 o'clock from the Mulville Funeral Home 270 West Main street, to the Sacred Heart church, where mass o1 requiem will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

o'clock. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
 Funeral services for Mrs Jeannie R. Root, assistant clerk of the court of common pleas, took place yesterday at o'clock, at the AL derson funeral home. Rev Henry Baldwin Todd, rector of Trinity church, of1iciated.
 The clerks office and other of- fees in the county building were closed during the funeral hour. The honorary bearers were Judge Fred erick M. Peasley of the superior court, who, while a judge of the old district court, named Mrs Root the assistant clerk of the court; i; Judge Frank P. McEvoy and Judge Arthu E. Ells of the superior court; Judge Francis T. Reeves, Judge Walter D. Makepeace and Judge Harry J. Beardsley, former judges of the old district court and common pleas court; Judge Ed ward J. Finn and Judge Miles M. McNiff, present judges of the court; former Pros Atty U. G. Church and Pros Atty William J. Larkin; Atty John F. McDonough and Atty Michael V. Blansfield. former clerks of the old district court, and William M. Gillette, clerk of the common pleas court.
 The active bearers were J. War ren Upson, J. Joseph Smith, Charles R. Summa, Joseph E. Tal- bot, Max Traurig and Albert J.. Bronsky. The burial was in the family plot in Riverside cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

Total area of the Hawaiian Is- lands is 6.403 square miles.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
OUTBOARD
REGATTA

At banquet held by the
Southeastern Outboard Assocla-
ton last night representatives of
the power boat organizations OF
Virginia, Maryland and D. c.
pledged their full cooperation in
putting over the Bicentennial
regatta to be run on the Tidal
Basin, July 2.
Commodore J. Howard Mitchell
heard his association and its
work praised by E. C. Baltz, COM
modore of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Power Boat Association;
F. A. Hoffman, commodore of
the Havre de Grace Yacht Club;
King Fulton, of Berkeley Hills
Club, Richmond, Va, and James
w. Mulroy, executive secretary of
the National Outboard ASSocia-
ton.
The guests were entertained by
broadcast description of sup
posed outboard race, with sound
effects produced by Needy, Pc
noyer and Rainey. Commodore
Mitchell was the brOadcaSter.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20

| Census plays Naval Hospital and
Boiling Field tackles Patent
Office.
Quantico Marines face three
hard games this week. The Ap.
prentice School from Newport
News, Va, will furnish the oppo-
sition tomorrow night and Friday
the Griffith Consumers of Wash
lngton will be met.
On Sunday the st. Johns Club,
OF Baltimore, will be engaged.
This game is probably the tough
est assignment of the week, as
the Maryland lads have one of
the finest court teams in that
city.
The Bethesda Firemen are set
for their battle with the Laurel
National Guards tonight at $3.50
o'clock at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School gym.
Bob Gaylor, former Maryland
University player, is the star of
the guardsmen.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
DUQUE5NE FIVE
|NEETSG j.

The Duquesne University bas-
keters, who safeguarded their un.
beaten record by snatching a 29-
to-27 game from the Georgetown
U. quint last night in the Tech
High gym, travel out to the
Catholic U. gym to mix with the
Cardinals in a game starting at
$50 o'clock.
Forrest Cotton, C. U. coach,
plans to start Bus Sheary and
Tony Cannizarro at forwards;
Dick Galiher, center, and Lou
Spinelli and Ed White, guards.
The preliminary game between
the C. U. Freshmen and Business
High fiVes begins at tbs O'Clock.
The loss to Duquesne was the
fourth straight for Coach Freddy
Mesmer's Hilltoppers though the
latter have faced sturdy oppoSl-
ton in every game and Vindi.
Gated themselves by improved
play. Duquesne trailed 7 to l3
at the half, but the Pittsburghers
rallied in the second half and
held a 26-to-21 margin as the
game drew to close. The
visitors then began to freeze"
the ball and thus protected their
lead.
The Washington times., 1932-01-20

Gallagher. carrying too m h
weight and seemingly not in
shape, outpointed Weiner in a
vicious 1O-round encounter over
in Alexandria last night and it
was only by a whirlwind squirt
in the last three rounds which
brought victory to the handsome
Irish lad from the Georgetown
district.
Few booed when Referee Heinie
Miller raised Martyrs hand. BY
the way, the mixing was so fast
and furious and the boys wanted
to hit each other so often that
Miller was several times in dan
ger of taking the count himself
Indeed, he was struck in the
mouth twice in the ninth round
when he parted the battlers after
clinch.
Boxes Cautiously
Gallagher, who twice before
had kayoed Weiner, boxed care
fully and was on the alert for
Weiner's left. At tht opening
bell, Weiner tried to sneak over
that dynamic left but Marty
blocked with his right.
Those faithful "Foggy Bottom"
fans, who have followed Marty to
every fight in this vicinity, saw
their favorite on the floor in the
third round. Weiner'S left
reached Gallagher's jaw as Marty
was backing away, the latter be-
ing off balance. Marty fell
against the ropes and then to the
canvas. He got to one knee at
the count of three and rested with
one hand on the ropes. Leaping
to his feet, at nine, he paid deep
respect for that left afterwards,
1t was the only knockdown of the
fight.
Weiner was always a threat
with that left, and was planting
The Washington times., 1932-01-20
VIRGINIA DRILLS
DEFENSE

UNIVERSITY, Va, Jan. 20.
Close guarding was one of the
chief factors in bringing about
Virginia's basketball victories over
two Southern Conference rivals,
". M. I. and Washington and Lee.
Tomorrow night the Cavaliers
have game here with the Mary
land quint that holds the confer
ence title. To stop the scoring
plays of the Old Liners will be a
supreme test Z Virginia's
strength on defense.
The presence on Virginia s
squad of three veteran guards has
aided in holding rival quints in
Chez. Bob Manley, former cap
tain; Bill Thomas, captain of foot
ball last fall, and Sid Young, who
has been alternating in front and
back court play, form a trio of
valuable defensive men.
Thomas has also aided in bring.
ing victories to the Cavaliers in
three of the four games played by
scoring 16 points, an average of
four a contest. On the court
Thomas is just as shifty as on the
gridiron, and he has the knack of
dribbling the ball down the floor
and making short, quick pass
to one of his forward mates.