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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
NOTICE

Plans and proposal forms are
available and sealed proposals will
be received at the office Of the State
Highway Commissioner, Room No.
SIS, State Office Building, Hartford.
Time, Monday Nay Nay 1nd, isss. FOR The he
construction Of !. the. following
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Concrete and steel bridges for
eliminating the grade crOssing ON
Main Street and about 1879 feet
of reinforced concrete and water
bound nincadan pavement ON the
approaches az siOwn On the plans.
Note:l The State will furnish ce-
ment, reinforced concrete pipe.
bronze lanterns and wiring on this
Note: A certified check or surety
company bond for one-third of the
amount OF the bid must accompany
each proposal unless the contractor
shall have filed with this office an
annual proposal bond. The State
Highway Commissioner reserves the
right tc REJECT any and al bids.
Dated at Hartford. Connecticut.
JofiN A. MACDONALD,
~ ~ ~ STATE HIGHWAY Commr.
J, y ststs onice, pulidi1S. Hartford.
1-AS7vt-p-s 39rsAss.tses sf ss4s- w
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Y. M. c. A. Notes

Frank Farnham, resident OF
Y. M. C. A., will be the speaker at
the Tuesday night April IL dor
mitory mems supper. His subject
will be Experiences in the South
Seas" Mr. Farnham has variety
Of knowledge including the native
costums, experiences in the produc-
ton of South Sea movies. shooting
at whales, and living through a
cyclone.
On Tuesday, April 10, William
Nichol, U. s. government building
inspector, will talk to the dormi-
tory group on experiences in build
ing skyscrapers.
The Y Emeralds will have as
their guest speaker Wednesday
evening at 1880 o'clock, j. Francis
Smith, president of the J. q. Smith
Lumber Co, and city singles tennis
champion. Mr. Smith will speak on
his varied tennis experiences and
also will give an interesting and
educational illustrated demonstra-
ton of the fundamentals of the
game. including grips. stance, TIM
ing, etc. The following clubs are
invited as guests Of the Emeralds
to hear Mr. Smith: Trojans, PATH
finders, Amity club, ~" Dixies.
The members of the dormitory
village of the Y. M. c. A. are CIV
ing their second annual April ca
per on April Is. Tom Casey and
his VITO radio orchestra have
been engaged to furnish the music
The orchestra will also render q
few song numbers, in addition to
which the Barrett twins. popular
local entertainers will put on sew
eral numbers The decoration
scheme will be green cedars ana
laurel around the side walls VIII
black and white overhead. set OF
by colored lamps and spotlights
Dancing from 0 till 1 in the \: M
lC. A. gymnasium. Reservation
may be made at tho Y. NJ. O.. A
The subscription price Of this Tor
mai party covers rcfrcshmentl
and floral favors 10 the lady pat
rons. Tho committee IN charge ]
Ben n. Colder. chairman, Marco
Young, Oscar Peterson, Loui
Drcxler. HAY Richards, itnymon'
Walker. Pierre Lonsbury. l.eonnr.
johnson. Ralph Golfer and Joscpl
%EEE1l I ~"
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LAWYER BARROW
IS PUTTING UP
CLEVER BATTLE
By DAN CAMPBELL
downright 1882 by United Press

Courtroom, Honolulu, T. il.
Anril II --(UP)- An outraged
white woman's husband will tell a
mixed Jury of whites and browns
tne story that IL intended to free
nv acouittal or a hung jury four
Americans charged with the honor
staying of a native, it was believed
to-day.
Clarence barrow and his asso-
ciates were ready for a strong hght
to clear the defendants with an ac-
ouittal in the Staying OF Joe ka-
hlhawai, But it was pointed out
as the trial got under way to-day
that thew could not ignore terri
torfal law which frees defendants
when two trials result In disagree
ment.
Il is costing the territory about
$500 a day to prosecute the case:
I,ife defense, it is estimated, Will
cost $4,000, most of it paid out OF
4 fund raised by navy men here.
There was little prospect OF Sec
ondt trial in case this jury OF seven
whites and five brown men dis
agrees. 49,,
combers at waikiki beach in an
outrigger canoe with Sam Kaha-
i.amoku, brother Of the famous
Duke, continued to refuse an adj
mission that he summoned Mrs
Edward H. williams and John Or
bison here to bolster a Temporary
insanity defense.
1t was known. however, that
visitors were received at Pearl
Harbor navy base where Mrs
Granville Roland Fortescue,. New
York and Washington socialite;
her son-in-law, Lieut. Thomas
III. Massie, and Sailormen z. j..
Lord and A. o, Jones, are held as
'sprisoners at large" during their
trial.
The psychiatrists, 1t was learned
by the United Press, will be used
in plea based on tho unwritten
law. with the claim that Kahaha-
wal actually was killed during an
emitional collapse by one of the
defendants. Dapper, tense 1t Mas
sic will be the star defense witness
possibly hte only one--if this
strategem is carried out.
No statement has come from the
quartet as to what happened last
january when Kahahawai--sus-
.pccted attacker of Mrs Thalia For
tescue Massie; the officers bride
was spirited from the courthouse
Cteps and shot to death.
A frank admission Of all the
facts, even to calling some Of pros
e;utor Kellcy's witnesses, prob-
ably will be made by the defense.
1t IL expected Massie will make an
emotional appeal to the jury on
the sanctity Of his home.
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Twenty-nine P ers sons
Asleep in Three Tene-
ment House When Ter
rifle Blast Brought
Death and Ruin = Half
Ton Safe Driven 100
Feet Through Three
Walls

Springfield, Mass, April Ii
(UP)--The death toll of a my
FERROUS explosion which demolished
and fired a tenement house here
early yesterday mounted to six to-
day. Rose Karam, 6, died Of in
juries at Springfield hospital
latest victim of the blast which
also killed a man and four wc-
men and injured ii other persons,
including Roses 20.year-old sister,
Eva. The dead: Mrs Assad Dab.
dab, So. William Dahdah, AZ, her
son. Mrs Peter Frangeia, IS. Mrs
Mary Boudry, IS. Mrs Albert Sadly,
66. her sister. Rose Karam, 8.
Twenty-nine persons were asleep
house on Ferry street, in the Syrian
colony, when the explosion oc-
Cured. So terrific was the blast
that a half-ton' safe was driven
through three brick walls for dis
lance of 100 feet. Policeman
Harry Lawrence, on duty a. block
away, was felled. Buildings with
in a radius of two miles trembled.
The tenement block was torn in
half and streets for quarter mile
were Uttered with debris.
Fourteen of the sleeping occu-
pants either escaped unassisted or
were rescued by firemen and po-
lice, and suffered only minor hurts.
but the others were trapped in the
wrecked structure, now ablaze.
Firemen, handicapped by the hun
dreds of panic-stricken residents
who flooded the streets, struggled
to save those imprisoned by the
blast and, at the same time, to pre-
vent the flames from sweeping the
congested district.
A hero of the tragedy was Will
liam Dahdah, one of those who
persisted. Thrice he had entered
the wrecked and burning building
to save trapped occupants before
he learned that his mother was still
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Pledge Cards Go
Into Circulation
Next Wednesday
Free Employment Bureau to Open at Chamber OF Com
nlerce Hall Committee Has Balance OF $lS,644
Receipts Past Week in Excess of $4,000

is expected, final arrangements for
the "give-a-job" and "buy, more"
campaign will be perfected and the
free employment bureau will be
in a position to report progress.
Today financial report from
Lewis s. Reed, treasurer of the re-
lief committee, showed a balance
as of $1S,644.23, or almost $500
more than a week ago. Receipts
during last week were $1O,477.5S.
Disbursements were $9,990.01.
The relief list today showed a
total of zoos, of which 1877 per-
sons, unable to work, are receiving
special aid. The remainder, total
ling 1911, are distributed as fol.
lows: Street department, S62; park
department, 617; health depart
ment. 81; school department, ITO;
Calvary cemetery, So; Lithuanian
cemetery, IS; Pine Grove ceme-
terry, %; isolation hospital, s.; ST
Mary's hospital, IA; Waterbury
hospital, 35; Girl Scout camp, 6S:
Y. M. C. A., 10; Mattatuck forest,
81; Bunker Hill playground, "a;
st Johns parish house, 10; st
Johns woodlot, 20; armory, 80:
Lincoln House association, SO;
clothing room, 105; central office,
As; supply base, II.
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By ELMER @. WALLER
limited Press Financial Editor.

New York. April 11--(UP)--
Stocks plumbed new depths since
the outbreak of the World war to-
day and Jagged along without
much change until the end of the
fourth hour approached when q
mild rally from lows set in.
Volume was lighter than recent
sessions. Sales to 1880 p. m. to-
tailed 100000 shares, against L.
100000 shares on Friday in the
corresponding period. On, last Fri
day, sales for the day totaled g.
126.005 shares and the industrial
average broke $50 points.
At 1880 to-day, the industrial
average of Dow, Jones & Company
was down 800 points at 61.2S;
railroad down 1.O6 at 22.73 and
utility down 0.S2- at 24.19
The foregoing were about the
lows for the day They included
Steel common at 33 off | IA and
a new low since 1908; Generol Mo-
tors ii 1-S off / Ia: American
Can 40 3-S off 8; Auburn 4S 3-4
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GENERAL STRIKE
IN GRANADA, SPAIN

Granada, Spain, April 11-(UP)
A general strike in sympathy
with striking bakers was declared
by the Syndicalist Confederation
to day. Most activities of the city
were paralyzed, although street
ours were running. At dawn, four
noise bombs" were exploded In
various, parts OF the city.
Civil guards patrolled the
streets. The governor ordered Sc
we're measures to preserve order.
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SON KEPT BODY
OF MOTHER FOR
FORTY-ONE HOURS

Miami, Fla, April 11-(UP)--
A Miami undertaken today pre-
pared the body Of Mrs Margaret X.
Schuetz for burial, after her son,
Carl 33-year-old theosophy stu
dent, had maintained a 41-hour
vigil over it in the hope that the
spirit would return to her body.
Schuetz said he had carried the
dead woman to sun porch each
day from a bedroom and returned
1t to the bedroom each night, in
the hope the spirit would return.
Schuetz told how he attempted to
preserve the body. His mother had
told him bodies were. kept after
death to await the return OF the
spirit in Germany, her native
country
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Bossy ellis Is
Up Against Suit
on Criminal Libel

Newburyport, Mass. April IL
(UP)-Former Mayor Andrew J..
ssBossy" ellis, must answer to a
criminal libel charge In district
court Wednesday because the lat
eft issue of Asbestos" his weekly
newspaper. allegedly cast refiec-
tions on the character of Frank E.
Corey, newly appointed call fire.
man. As result of Coffey's COM
plant. both ellis and his printer,
s. Edward Webb, received sum-
monses.
ellis has been in court several
times previously and has served a
jail term for violating coming or
dinance.
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Captain Frank
Hawks Improving
From Injuries

Worcester, Mass, April 11-(UP)
improvement was
reported to-day in the condition Of
Captain Frank M. Hawks, famous
speed fiier, who Is recovering at
City hospital from injuries suffered
in a plane crack-up Thursday.
Captain HAwkshad more
comfortable night md MS condi-
lion remains satisfactory" the hos
pita1 said.
Mrs Hawks arrived by train
Saturday from Fort Worth. Texas.
to be with her husband while he
recuperates.
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WATERBURY
PRODUCE
MARKET

FURNISHED by Connecticut DEPART
ment of Agriculture.--B. r.
Storrs, Local Agent.)
Monday, April 11-If planting
intentions, expressed late last
month in reports to the United
states Department Of Agriculture.
are carried out cabbage acreage
this year will be the smallest since
1928. These reports show an in
tended acreage for all sections Of
about 1874 thousand acreas COM
pared with 146 thousand last year,
almost 149 in 1880, nearly 143 IN
1929 and about 1913 in 1928.
. All three sections expect to de-
crease acreage to some extent. The
early states are estimated about
six thousand acres less than last
year, second early areas about
three thousand acres less and late
states about two thousand acres
decrease. compared with 1891
Spinach was selling today at a
wide range Of prices due to wide
variations in quality of offerings.
Iceberg lettuce was also showing
more spread in price ranges be-
cause OF difference Of quality on
sale. New Texas onions were
making UP q larger share OF total
offered, old stock being In iisnt
supply. Scallions were shipped III
and high priced, mostly from
Louisiana.
(UnIess otherwise stated quota.
tions are based on sales OF good
merchantabIe products to retailers
by wholesalers or nearby prouuc-
crs).
AnuIes. Fancy Delicious 1.0O-
2 90 bu., BaIdwins 1.e5-1.SO bu,,
M. 1 DeIicious 1.75-1.9O bu., Bald
wins 1.4O-1 80 bu., Utility, various
varieties 1.1O-f.25 bu., western
boxed, Delicious 2.85 2.15 bu.,
Winesaps. Extra Fancy 2.25-2.5O
In. Fancy 2.OO-2.25 bu.; oranges,
Cal. 3.75-4.5O box, Fla. 4.6O-6.SO
bOx:fTi strawberries, Fla. .27-.SO pr.
VEGETABLES.
Aspararus, shipped in 2.5O-4.0O
crate: beets l.OO-1 10 bu., new .55-
90 doz. bchs.: cabbage 4.OO-4.70
crate: carrots. new 4.5O-5.OO crate;
old washed 2.5O-2.7S bu.; cauii.
flower 1.65 2.fO crate; celery,
hearts 1.2S-1.4O dOz.; dandeIions
1 500 90 bu.; lettuce. iceberg S.&5.
ZOO crate, Boston type 1.2S-1.5O
dox.: onions S.5O-4.5O bu.; parsnips,
washed 1.75-2.OO bu.; potatoes, old
f.iO-f.25 cwt., new 2.OO-&.25 bu.;
dhubarb 1855 1.z5 box; spinach
f.OO-f.50 bu.; scaliions .so-.S5 dox.
'' POULTRY PRODUCTS.
Conn. eggs per dox.; Newinid
farcy 81: Special .35-.35; Extra
.sS-.ss Gathered .e0-.sa; Ecwleid
Medium ..23; mediums 10 : 80;
western .f4..16; Hive, fowl .18-,24
H.. broIlers .sb-.25 H.; dressed
fowl $3.50 H., broiicrs .so-.Sa
~ LIvEsTocK ana MEAT.
fletcher stock, coHs .03-.c1 ID.
calves .O5s0D No.; meats, beef 4 4
20 TO-, veal fila h., lamb ~
10 H.. pork, iuIns .ff-.f1 ib., pork
local dressed .o7~aD ID.
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NSSfSUHHG OtHNCS HttOEUCy
Mr. Fitzgerald is given credit
together with County Detective Ko-
land G. Alling for conducting the
exhaustive search for Alfonso
Russo. former local banker, whose
departure from Waterbury led to
the closing OF his private banking
institution. Many Italian deposit
tors were affected. Russo was
arrested in Southampton, England,
last Friday and arraigned in Lon
don this morning. A presidents
warrant will bring about interna-
tional extradition Of Russo to Wa
terbury.
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vision. the courage, and the wis
dom to present this ticket and this
cabinet to the people of the United
States, it will not only win the next
election. but, by it's achievements,
1t will stay in Washington for the
next 20 years." Malone declared.
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MANysfARes8URlsasD

(uP) ~ Sixteen motor trucks,
seven new automobiles. and Is
used cars were ruined or damaged
here early Sunday when fire de-
stroyed Kelley's garage. Loss was
estimated at $4,000.
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TRUST COLLEAGUE

Shanghai, April 11-UP)-
China prepared today to abandon
negotiations with the Japanese
here and place her case entirely
In the hands of the league of ma
lions. the United Press learned
from authoritative surces.
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FUNERAL OF TEXTILE MAN

Fall River, Mass, April IL
(UP)--Funera services will be
held here wednesday, at 2 p. m.
for William L. 8. Brayton, 60,
widely-known textile man who died
Of pneumonia yesterday.
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THOMAsToN

AUTOMOBILE INsURANCE-4 and
lIght c sgsao cars s sSSSS SrG pss,Is
Tor cyi cars cost for full year
1870. Insure In a big. stock COM
<sts Of SIS. ooo, 900. T. nj. Lyons
and Son. Real Estate and Insur-
aace. Thomaston. Tel isi-s.
<Hr New pontiac skies and Fights
~ 81 display ut w. II: Lyons
f4oW room. Nain street. Thomas
ton. Mould be pleased to demon.
state these great cars: g postal
zr ~ sr'ns s1y p poaea = ri yans
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Paris, April 11.-(UP)-French
police admitted today they had re-
ceived a letter asking them to CO.
operate with Major Charles
Schoeffel but said they did not
know where Schoeffel Is.
London reports that Schoeffel
had followed the trail of the Lind
bergh Kidnapping case to the Con-
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RumOrs That Do
Not Diminish
CONTINUED from Page -

in a plane piloted by Lieutenant
George L. Richard, but Mr. Curtis
himself announced he was going to-
see Colonel Lindbergh.
''In view of your knowledge of
the Norfolk negotiations and yes
terday's sensational news, do you
still believe the Lindbergh baby
will be returned to his parents as
a result of the work of the Nor
folk negotiators?" the dean was
asked. Eyes, absolutely" he an
swered. II still am optimistio, I
certainly am"
Asked If yesterdays news that
Colonel Lindbergh had paid $780,
900 to supposed kidnapers who had
not returned ihs baby and the
news that the serial numbers of
currency used had been made pub
lie was expected to cause the Nor
folk negotiations to fail, Dean
Dobson- Peacock said this question
could not bea answered until Curtis
returned.
do you still believe you have
been working with the actual abb
ductors. Of the baby or with their
representatives" the dean was
asked.
YES" he replied.
Dean Dobson-Peacock said he
understood Admiral Burrage was
visiting friends and said SO far as
he knew Mr. Curtis and Admiral
Burrage were not working together
at this time on Lindbergh negotia-
lions.
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EUROPEAN RUMORs

London, April 11.-(UP)-SeV-
eral London Sunday newspapers
said that Major Charles Schoeffel
of the New Jersey state police had
negotiated successfully with kid
napers or their agents for the re-
turn of the Lindbergh baby, and
that the child would be restored
to its parents isoon.
The Sunday Chronicle, the SUM-
day Referee, and the News of the
World featured the story. They
said Schoeffel might deposit ram
som in London bank.
The Sunday Express added a
story that coded message had
been telephoned to the librarian OF
a public library in a provincial
town with request for DECIDING.
The translated message repeatedly
said:
"Expect arrival Of schoeffel any
time. You will be arrested unless
you depart Immediately. Leave
the package at the nearest place
Cor station). Advise me when you
leave"
The Sunday Express said the
librarian informed local police who
began a search for the person who
telephened the message.
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LIVI1gTOCK anal MEAT.

fletcher stUck. COWS .03..tn id,
"a H., veal fila h., lamb III
10 H.. sorls, iuIns .ff-.is TO-. pork.
local dressed .o7~t,o ID.
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
TOURNEY
RULES DRAWN

Rules were announced yester-
day for the 1882 One-Act Play
Tournament to be held under
Community Center auspices in
the new Roosevelt Auditorium on
March /. Preliminary contests
will be held the week beginning
February 13.
Application blanks are avail
able to all organized drama
groups in the city and registra-
tions must be completed by jan
uary Is. Not more than "a plays
will be accepted for the tourna-
ment, to be taken in the order
of their registration.
All settings are to be Of simple
character. An actor may partici-
pate in only one play Of the
tournament.
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
SRA. DE ABELL|
TELLSOF CHACO

The Bolivian cause in her
struggle with Paraguay for an
outlet to the sea was expounded
yesterday by Sonora Crystal de
Abelli, wife of the former Bo-
livian Minister, before the Young
Women's Council and the Ma.
tional Woman's Party at historic
Alva Belmont House.
Although Sonora Abelli was
scheduled to speak on feminist
conditions in her country. she
digressed from the subject. Sen,
ora Abelli is the former Miss
Crystal Hyland, of Portland, Ore.
Nine. Ynsfran, wife of the
charge d'affaires of Paraguay,
will be invited to address the
group next Sunday, it was an
nounced.
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
BRITAIN To END
TRADE FAVORS

LONDON, Nov. THE British
government will shortly give no
tice of cancellation Of her most
favored nations clauses" in all
trade treaties with foreign powers,
a Whitehall official declared to-
day.
This move was described as an
other natural outcome of the
Ottawa conference where British
made reciprocal trade agreements
with her dominions.
In the future, it was said, Bri-
tain will expect reciprocal tariff
concessions in all trade pacts. This
step is repoited to be strenuously
opposed by free trade members of
the government, especially Walter
Runciman, president Of the board
Of trade, who fought for retention
Of the clauses in order to aid
Britain's dwindling shipping in
dustry. They were overruled.
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
HOOVER FLAYED
! FOR MOB VIEW
ON B. E.F.

President Hoover's extemporane-
Gus declaration in st. Paul last
night-"Thank God, we still have
q Government in Washington
that knows how to deal with a
mob"-was condemned roundly
yesterday as a slur on the B. E. F.
The Presidents attitude toward
the Bonus Expeditionary Force,
which was driven from Washing.
ton last July by Federal troops,
was likened to that of the old
Czarist regime Of Russia when
the peasants cried for bread, by
Senator Henrik Shipstead, of
Minnesota.
Cites Cars Rule
He said:
Undoubtedly the old regime
In Russia under the Car
thanked God for the Cossacks,
but they don't do it any more"
Clarence Darrow. famous attor-
ney and liberal, said the incident
reminded him to the remark Of
Marie Antoinette, shortly before
the French revolution. Darrow
said:
when the lady was told the
people were clamOring for bread,
she said, If they have no bread,
why don't they eat cake
Mr.. Hoover has lived all Of
his known life on cake. He
naturally would have no pa
tience with those who live on
bread.
THINKS ONLY OF RICH
The mob is always made up
OF people we do not like. The
mob to Wendell Phillips was the
mob in brOadclOth.' But the
mob to Hoover is the poor.
"He never had q thought in
his life for any but the rich
and. Of course, the destitute vet
Grams were a mob to him."
r. B. Ellison, national organizer
OF the Khaki Shirts, which sue
ceeded the B. E. F. with a wider
program than immediate cash
payment Of the bonus, said:
PRESIDENT BLAMED
"The B. E. F. never was a mob
until President Hoover made it
one. The organization would
have continued as disciplined
unit had the President seen fit
20 deal with it in q humane
manner.
Through the high-handed
methods Of the President and
his henchmen, it became q
mob not threatening violence,
but a mob Of hungry, men,
women and children fleeing for
their lives before cavalry and
infantry armed with sabers,
DayOnets and gas" -...t-'s,
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
.MORGUE CALLED
HEALTHPER|L

Despite the fact that the Dis
trict Government is spending
100000 on construction work,
now nearing completion, the old
Morgue, built in 1904, is still in
service.
Built at time when the popu-
lation was only 100000, the old
building is declared to be much
too crowded to care for a COM
munity the population of which
is five times that figure. DR.. j.
Ramsay hewitt, who retired as
coroner several months ago, re-
peatedly called the condition to
the attention of the Commis-
SionerS and DR.. j. E. Rogers, pre-
sent coroner repeated it in his
report filed a month ago.
DR.. Rogers asserted that the
present Morgue building is worn
out, inSanitary and detrimental
to the health Of the workers"