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Evening star., 1932-03-09
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

4SDA4s
Meeting. Washington Philatelic So
ciety, 1913 K street, pm.
Meeting, American University Park
Citizens Association, Hurst Hall, Amer
ican University, pm.
Bingo party, Martha Washington
Lodge, 1909 street, 8 pm.
Meeting, Izaak walton League, Ra-
leigh Hotel, 1880 PM.
Business and professional section
dinner, Women's City Club, 736 Jack
son place, $50 pm.
Meeting, Park View Citizens Associa-
ton, Park View Platoon School, 8 pm.
Meeting, Queen Elizabeth Chapter,
Daughters of the British Empire, 1000 s
street. $50 pm.
Meeting, Geological Society Of Wash
ington, Cosmos Club, 8 pm.
FUTURE.
Luncheon, Advertising Club Of Wash
ington, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow,
1880 pm. DR.. Louise Stanley, De-
partment of Home Economics. Depart
ment Of Agriculture, speaker.
Luncheon. Kiwanis Club, Raleigh Ho-
tel, tomorrow, 1880 pm.
Luncheon, Phi Gamma Delta F.a-
ternity, University Club, tomorrow,
1880 pm.
Luncheon. State Department, UNI
versity Club, tomorrow, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Cornell University Alumni,
University Club, tomorrow, 1880 pm.
Smoker. Cornell Club Of Washington,
Racquet Club. tomorrow 6 pm.
Play, Part Time job" Mackin Club,
auspices Of Drama Guild Tournament,
Eastern Community Center. Seven
teenth and East Capitol streets. tomor-
row, pm.
Dinner, st. Stephens Church, Six
teenth and Newton streets, tomorrow,
Gard party Keane Council. knights
OF Columbus, K. OF O.. Hall, ols Tenth
street, tomorrow. $50 pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
FOUND DEAD IN CREEK

Mans Body Fails to Show Marks
of Violence.
The body of man tentatively iden-
tined as John McJordan, colored, about
60, OF 514 Hobart street, was found
today in Rock Greek below $500 Massa-
chusetts avenue.
The man was lying face down in a
foot and a half of water He was fully
clothed. Police could find no marks of
violence on his body. Identification
was tentatively established by cards and
letters on his person.
The body was removed to the District
Morgue by the fire rescue squad.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
Will Meet at Clarendon.
BALLSTON, Va, March 8 (SpeciaD

The council. composed Of the church
and Sunday school officers of the
Ballston Christian Church, will meet at
the home of Mrs. Joseph Shawhan, 2l8
Strlckler avenue, Clarendon, tonight al
8 o'clock The Missionary Society will
meet at the home of Mrs. o. Robert
Howell, Glebe road and Pershing drive,
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
Eureka Grange to Meet.

CHILLUM, Md, March 9-The
Eureka Grange will meet in Grange
Hall here tomorrow night
Evening star., 1932-03-09

son place, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

Meeting, Park View Citizens Associa-
ton, Park View Platoon School, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

Meeting, Queen Elizabeth Chapter,
Daughters of the British Empire, 1000 S
street, $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

Meeting, American University Park
Citizens Association, Hurst Hall, Amer
ican University, pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

Meeting, Izaak Walton League, Ra-
leigh Hotel, 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

Bingo party, Martha Washington
Lodge, 1909 I street, pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

Meeting. Washington Philatelic So
ciety, 1913 K street, pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

Meeting, Geological Society Of Wash
ington, Cosmos Club, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

Luncheon, Advertising Club of Wash
ington, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow,
1880 pm. DR.. Louise Stanley, De-
partment of Home Economics. Depart
ment of Agriculture. speaker.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

Luncheon, Phi Gamma Delta Fa-
ternity, University Club, tomorrow.
1890 pm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23

growth of plant life. This picture
will show growth of a plant from
start to finish. The lecture Is be-
ing sponsored by the Parish House
association and the Women's
Study club.
State Officers to Attend
Grand Senior Warden Bertis H.
Dunbar of New London and Dis
trict Deputy Grand Patriach B: l..
Milton of Ansonia will pay an Of
fetal visit to Magnolia encamp-
ment, l. o. o. f. to be held to-
morrow night at 8 o'clock in Odd
Fellows hall. An entertainment
program will feature and refresh
ments will be served.
The speakers for the annual
communion breakfast of Ojeda
council. X. of C. to be held in the
Elks' home on Sunday, March s,
are expected to be announced
shortly by the committee of ar
rangements. The members of the
council will receive holy commun-
ion in st Francis church at 8
o'clock and the breakfast will fol-
low. d. Michael Smith is chair
man of the committee. His assist
ants are Howard Brennan, Martin
Lynn, Charles A. Baxter, John
Sheridan, r. T. Parkinson, Joseph
Quinn, Henry Freeman, Charles
LaChance, William Milan. Paul
Beardsley, Roy Bunting, Joseph
Nash, James Murphy, Richard
Kelly, Jr, and Joseph Hearns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23
Waterbury People
Await Thursday
Continued from Page L.

NSOhLlHuCu OIil d5o L'<
know that. That is why they al
ways have supported any move
ment along these lines in the past.
Founders Economy Day Is to De
no ordinary sales event. 1t is
something that has never been at
tempted before. The shoppers
will be amazed to find the quality
of goods and merchandise Of all
descriptions that are being offered
at specially reduced prices on
Thursday. There will be for sale
on Thursday. everything that can
be purchased so that the leanest
Of pocketbooks will get break"
Special plans have been made in
connection with Thursdays event
and details surrounding each firms
program will be announced
through the medium of the Demo-
crat prior to Thursday. The firms
cooperating in the big event hope
to make this banner day of ban
ner year as far as knocking Old
Man Depression for the well-known
count Is concerned. They appreci-
ate the extent to which the cur
rent pocketbook can reach and are
working dOubly hard to make this
day worthwhile for everyone.
Special details of trolley cars and
buses will be put on service for
the convenience of the shop
pers and traffic regulations
will be laid so that easy ac-
cess to the central shopping points
can be had. Everything that will
tend to assist Mr. and Mrs Shopper
will be done so that when the day
is ended, it will be generally con-
coded to have been one of Water
bury's red letter shopping days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23
RELATIVES OF
COOK GIRL ARE
BACK in HARB0R
Mother and Sister of Eliza
beth Cook, Who Died at
Sea, Refuse to Meet or
Talk With Reporters

|. New York, Feb 23-(U. P.) -
Mrs Mabel C. Cook and Louise
Cook, mother and sister of Eliza
beth Barrett Cook, 20year-old
heiress who died mysteriously
aboard the s. S. Chinese Prince
near Gibraltar recently, arrived
aboard the Conte Biancamano from
Italy to-day.
They underwent a three-hour
seige by reporters but refused to
leave their cabin to make any COM
ment whatsoever on the mysterious
circumstances surrounding Eliza
beth's death.
st George Tucker Arnold, Eliza
beth's fiance, rode down the bay on
the revenue cutter loaded with re-
porters to meet the Conte Blanca
mano at quarantine. He refused to
answer questions and once aboard
the ship barricaded himself with
the two women in their cabin.
Elizabeth received a cablegram
falsely announcing Arnold's death
few hours before the Chinese
Prince sailed from Naples for Glib
raltar. She died en- route from a
mysterious cause.
After the reporters had clamored
in the corridor outside the Cooks
stateroom and resorted to numer-
Gus ruses to get at their quarry,
Arnold sent out a note that under
no circumstances would Mrs Cook
discuss her daughters death. AL
bert r. Carroll, Mrs Cooks brother
came aboard when the ship locked
and joined the beseiged party. The
Cooks live in Brookline, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23


of Manchuria where Japanese and
Soviets interests are involved.
white guards, (Czarist exiles)
supported by certain groups of i'm
perialists, are openly planning to
seize Soviet territory in the Far
East" Voroshiloy proclaimed.
East and west they are laying
plans for intervention. They are
preparing public opinion for an at
tack on the Soviet. They are or
ganizing bands of white guards for
the attack"
The warning aroused intense en-
thusiasm throughout the nation.
the EARNED proletariat" was eulo-
giZed everywhere.
Voroshilov described the con-
trast presented between the blood
shed in China and the peace
speeches of bourgeois orators" at
the world disarmament conference
at Geneva.
He emphasized that the Soviet
Union desires peace, but pointed
out the necessity for defending the
slogan of Dictator Josef V. Stain:
1--WE do not want a single inch of
foreign soil, but will not give up a
single inch of our own"
Voroshilov's manifesto was re-
garded as particularly significant
in view of the recent formation of
an independent state in Manchuria
under Japanese influence.
Russia has considerable interest
in Manchuria, being joint operator
with the Chinese government OF
the Chinese Eastern Railway. Con-
troll of Manchuria by a hostile
power would give Russia cause to
fear for her chief eastern seaport
in Vladivostok, and for portions OF
Siberia.
Russia, in event of attack, could
mobilize an army of $4,000 actives
and 4,528,O0O reserves. Its standing
army Is the largest in the world,
contrasting with 60O,9S7 Tor
France, Italy's 404.151, Great Bril-
tains 2O8,573, Japans 100000
and the United States 137,472.
Only the military forces OF
France, with reserves numbering
6,327,502, and Italy, with 5,560,756
reserves top Soviet Russia in total
strength.
The white guards, former men,
bers Of the imperial regime In Rus
STA, are bitter foes of the Soviet.
Recently they have given support
to Japanese military activity in
Manchuria. When Manchuria de-
clared its independence from China
1t was announced that White Rus
slams, who are present there Is con-
siderable numbers, would be
granted citizenship.
| Subsequent movement of Soviet
troops on the Siberian frontier was
explained as being necessary be-
cause of the danger of attack by
white guards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23
APPEALS 500, 900 SUIT
TALK GOES ON
DESPITE SLUMP
Conn Reports More Phone
Calls in 1881 Than
Ever Before
I,559,OOO PER DAY

There's at least one thing that
depression and it's accompanying
ailments can't retard to any great
extent and that's talking. While
the Southern New England Tele-
phone company last year earned a
margin of only $4,000 as COM
pared with $511,000 the year before
and $775,O00 in 1929, statistics
show that Connecticut people did
more talking over the local tele-
phone wires in 1881 than ever be-
fore in the history of the company.
The increased use of the telephone
service came despite the fact that
the net gain in the number of tele-
phones in use in hte state was only
a trife over LOO.
During the recently departed
year, Connecticut's telephone SUBJ
scribers made an average of 1861
900 calls per day, including both
local and toll service. The increase
came in the number of local calls
which amounted to 1,483,000 calls
daily. Toll use declined slightly as
compared with 1880, but neevrthe-
less showed total of 10000 calls
each day either to other states and
other countries. There were eighty
seven transoceanic calls made from
Connecticut during the year.
Although an increase of $1,000
telephone calls per day in state
the size of Connecticut may seem
tremendous, actually 1t Is a slight
gain as compared with the previous
normal trend. Commenting on the
significance Of this departure from
the normal, President Harry c.
Knight in his annual repor tstated:
"On the one hand, this continuance
of traffic so nearly to its previous
high level indicates general recog-
milton of the Importance and value
of telephone service in business and
social life. On the other hand, the
interruption of the normal trend,
which is that Of a substantial in
crease from year to year. has intro
duced very real problems into our
plans and schedules for additional
plant and equipment"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23
and
Dusky Trio
CONTINUED from Page ~

Out of the door raced Mrs New
man wit hPedro DeCastro in pur-
suit. AS he seized hold of the
young woman and demanded his
money he was gripped from be-
hind he claims by a husky colored
gentleman, later to be recognized
as Sam Frisson, 27, of % Spark
street, formerly of South Norwalk.
Mrs Newman is not my wife,
but my gal friend, but it makes no
difference who she is and it would
make no difference anyhow ] would
go to any woman's help when a
man is choking her." exclaimed
Sam.
Alvarez released his hold on Mrs
Newman when Sam released his
grip on him. They proceeded to ar
que it out in the street when Sam
suggested that they return to the
house where they could talk 1t
over in quiet. In the house Alvarez
claimed that he was robbed and
that he was going to ge this money
back somehow. IF you tell any Of
this to the lawyers or cops, I'm 60
ing to kill YOU" Mr. Frisson is al
legged to have said, but Sam claim
ed this morning that he had been
seriously "misquoted."
Miss Robinson taking the witness
stand very frankly states. Judge
have never seen this man here
tomorrow. I didn't see him last
night at all. 1 was drunk. / had
been drinking all day."
II was just walking across the
street to hear the radio when this
man catches me by the neck and
starts to shake me for nothing, and
all the time shouting give me
back my money says Mrs New
man.
II just happen to come along. l
am acquainted with these girls, but
1 knows nothing about this man
nor his money" says Sam.
And the court said: Probable
cause is found and all three may
be held for superior court" Bonds
for Miss Robinson, retired danseuse
were placed at $4,000 for she was
charged with theft from person.
Mrs Neuman who completed the
forward pass was held under bonds
of $1,000 and a similar amount
was named for husky Sam, whose
allege drescue was almost an ex-
pensive as Pedro DeCastro AlVar-
els act in being momentarily
vamped by the little dancing gal
from away down south.
1t was learned to-day in police
circles that Patrolman John Whis-
ton, who has been kept in the Abb
bolt avenue district for several
months and who with Officer Mar
iano made the arrests last evening,
has been instructed to rid that To-
cality of a number of characters
described by Prosecuting Attorney
Emil Hummel las people without
visible means of support, but must
make a living somehow any any,
how"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23
American Flyer Is
Killed By Japanese
fContinued From Page II

ing the japanese 9Th division, re-
manned in the Tazang area, keeping
his headquarters at Buddhist
temple at Thienlo.
1t was obvious before the jap
anese offensive was suspended that
the Nipponese soldiers were maxi
ing little progress through the
flat, muddy country cut by creeks
and canals. Tanks were ineffec-
tive, aerial bombing failed to dis
lodge the 18th route army units.
The Japanese had stated when
their offensive began Saturday
that they expected to encircle the
Chinese defenses by tomorrow.
Tazang was the immediate Jap
anese objective. The action there
envisaged an encircling movement
to surround Chenju, headquarters
of the 18th Chinese route army.
The Japanese opened the fourth
day of their offensive with a heavy
artillery barrage. Brigade head
quarters had been advanced to the
front during the night. General
Uyeda was up in the lines with his
men.
The bombardment began at 10
a. m. and lasted for an hour, with
the Chinese doing their best to
duplicate the firing, at II a. m.
The wave Of green clad Japanese
infantrymen attacked, rushing out
of their lines toward the Chinese
positions. They found the enemy
reinforced and strongly entrenched.
The japanese command decided to
send relnforcements into the Sec
tor before attempting further ad-
vances.
japanese airplanes twice bombed
Hungjiao airdrome, southwest of
the French concession, during the
early morning. Two direct hits
shattered buildings and sent debris
into the air.
The first attack began at $3.50
a. m. when three planes swooped
over the airdrome and let loose
their cargoes Of destruction. Just
before noon, five Japanese bomb
ers and three pursuit planes came
back over Hungjiao and the marks
manship of the bombers smashed
several other buildings.
The Chinese claimed that they
had no airplanes in the airdrome
hangers and that all their ma
chimes had been removed from
Hungjiao a week ago.
An unusual calm descended on
Chapel early in the evening. The
Chinese and Japanese batteries
had exchanged heavy lombard
ments during the day.
The quiet at Chapel contrasted
with the events of the
night before, when the Chinese
moved an eight inch field gun.
mounted on an armored railway
car, near the North Station and
opened fire on the Japanese con-
sulate-general, in the settlement.
The consulate is just around the
corner from the Aston house,
large hotel patronized extensively
by foreigners.
The Chinese continued the fire,
sending shells screaming into the
Whangpoo river and endangering
American and other foreign war
ships. The Italian consul general
protested that the fire endangered
the Italian flagship Libia, the only
Italian war vessel in the harbor,
and the Chinese then withdrew
their gun. They threatened to
bring it back tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23
THE MERCHANTS
TRUST COMPANY
Files Another Motion Con-
corning Assets of the
Institution in Court

Notes totaling $4,000 of the
City of Waterbury, held by the
Merchants Trust Co, are asked to
be included in the original inven-
tory of the Merchants Trust Co
filed several weeks ago, according
to a motion presented in superior
court this morning. The motion
states the Citizens & Manufacture
ers National bank, receiver for the
Merchants Trust Co, discovered
the notes after the original inven-
tory was filed.
The paper states that the notes
along with real estate that is also
asked to be included in the inven-
tory, were in the hands of another
banking institution and not phys
ically in the custody Of the receiv-
er at the time the inventory was
being made up. The real estate
mentioned, is located. at 235-241
Bank street and the paper states,
1T appears to have been conveyed
to the Merchants Trust Co with
certain agreements of repurchase
In connection with it,
The motion will come up for
hearing on Friday morning before
Judge Frederick M. Peasley at the
short calendar session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23

ICOntlnued from Page II
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trouble gaining altitude.
With its fuel load of more than
three tons, this trouble continued
to dog the Lone Star as it nosed
southwark.
Pilot Browne had planned to
drop his heavy landing gear as soon
as he got aloft, but because of
the difficulty of gaining altitude he
retained it. 1t was this original
landing gear which was smashed
in the landing, and not the make
shift gear with which Browne had
hoped to land in Buen6s Aires
about noon Thursday with a new
world distance record to his credit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23
NAUGATUCK
School Board To
Examine Budget
Scheduled to Meet Thursday Nght-A. 0. H. to Cele=
brate St Patrick's Night

needed for many years as the road
was a very narrow one and con-
tanned a number of bad curves.
These curves are being eliminated
as much as possible. This work
is being made possible through
the cooperation of the unemploy-
ment fund.
Honor Washington
The 200th anniversary of the
birth of George Washington was
observed in the borough yesterday
with the suspension of business in
general. The local factories, bust
ness places, banks and postoffice
were closed for the day. Sessions
were held as usual in the public
schools but there were no sessions
in the parochial schools.
Will Leave Hospital
The many friends of Attorney
James L. Dalton of this borough
who has been patient at the Wa
terbury hospital for the past sew
eral weeks will be pleased to learn
that his condition has improved to
such an extent that he expects to
return from the hospital the latter
part of this week.
Howard H. Bristol Of Hillside
avenue, member of the town school
committee who Is also a patient at
the hospital following an operation
for appendicitis is showing steady
improvement and 1t is expected
that he will be able to return to
his home in short time.
Two Home Games This Week
Naugatuck high basketball team
will play two Valley league games
on their home court this week.
Tomorrow night they will oppose
Wildly high in the local Y. M. c. A.
gymnasium and on Saturday night
the Ansonia high team will come
up the valley to meet Coach Foley's
boys.
Naugatuck now leading the val
ley league is expected to hold their
position at the top of the league
as the fans pick them to defeat
both of these opponents.
Lecture Tonight
DR. Arthur w. Pillsbury, natural
list, botanist and specialist in pho
Biography will lecture tonight in the
Gem Opera House on Miracles in
Nature" The lecture will be illus
trated with motion pictures taken
by DIR Pillsbury. One of the pic
lures to be shown will be the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23

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with holiness and sincerity" is es-
sential to a solution of the Sino-
Japanese question.
Simon's statement was in reply to
the insistence of George Lansbury,
labor leader, that the league quick
ly decide on some appropriate ac-
tion." Lansbury mentioned the
possibility of economic measures or
withdrawal of ambassadors to halt
tho fighting.
The foreign secretary declared
that as far as he knew he could alb
solutely contradict the widespread
belief, reported by Lansbury, that
a secret compact existed between
japan and any other power in re-
gard to the Chinese situation. The
British press has carried reports Of
% secret Japanese-Soviet treaty.
And the American press has dis
cussed Japanese understandings
with England and France.
Simons statement was made az
ter Prime Minister j. Ramsay Mac
donald had conferred with King
George at buckingham Palace and
after 1t had been announced that
no steps for resumption of peace
negotiations were contemplated.
Simon declared that the Shang-
hal trouble had reached very SER
ious dimensions which Everybody
caring for the maintenance of peace
must regard with profound dis
trust"
The British policy toward the
Shanghai warfare was outlined by
Simon as follows:
1. Direct and full influence in
conjunction with other powers,
whether members of the league or
not, to support the moral author
ity of the league.
2. From the beginning, Britain
has shown a readiness to tender her
good Offices with the o-her members
of the league or with the United
States or in any other way.
3. Britain to special degree Is
charged with the protection OF
British interests In China.
The government does not yet be-
lieve that evacuation os British sub
jeets from Shanghai is necessary.
There are $3.50 British subjects. in
Guiding 5000 women and chill
dren, in the zone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23
REICHSTAC WAS
CONVENED AFTER
FOUR MONTHS
Police We're Ready to Stop
Any Demonstrations of
Unemployed - Hitler Is
Made Citizen

Berlin, Feb 23-(U. P.) - The
Reichstag convened to-day after a
recess of four months, with strong
forces Of police concealed in the
vicinity of the building in expecta-
ton of demonstrations by the I'M
employed. Groups of deputies in
the Hobbies discussed the presiden-
tial outlook. and the chances Of
Adolph Hitler, Fascist leader,
against President Paul Won Hin
denburg in the presidential cleo
tions next month.
1t was reported on reliable au-
thority to-day that the state Of
Brunswick had appointed Hitler
Professor of political pedagogy at
the technical college, thus endow-
ing him with German citizenship
and enabling him to run for pres
ident. His first classroom lecture,
1t was reported, will be given to-
morrow.