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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
|HINDU-MOSLEM
 RIOTS KILLING
 MANY IN BOMBAY
AZ Were Dead and 800 In. jured as Deadly Fights Take Place - British Troops Fire Into M0bs

Bombay, May -(UP) The third day of Hindu M oslcm rioiing. murder, pillage. and arson--with British troops firing into fighting mobs has boosted the death toll to 42 with the injured estimated at 500, Twelve more victims were added to tho death roll when fight ing broke out again this morning. Tho entire northern city rescmbled n battle field in which troops were handicapped by the guerilla tac- ties of bloodthirsty crowds.
 The traditional rivalry between HIndus and Moslems fiared Into violence Saturday. touched of when Moslen boys allegedly stoned Hindu homes. street fights began, pedestrians were stoned or tnbbed. houses were get on fire. and soon an entire street was in flames.
 Police said many women and children were in the blazing houses and that numerous occupants pre- ferred to die in the flames rather than rush into the streets and be attacked. Several deaths and in. jurics were caused by persons Jumping to the streets from blazlnR buildings. Reports of the riots spread throughout the city. The police commissioner called on Brit ish troops for aid. The rioters then fought troops and police as well as each other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
Aged Premier Of Japan Was
 Brutally Shot
Wasn't Given a Chance for His Life-Held By Two Assassins and Shot Dead By Another Many Arrests Have Been Made
EXECUTION TO FOLLOW QUICKLY
BY MILES W. VAUGHN United Press Staff COrresENDnticn

Toklo. May 16 =. tUP) -- Assas- sionation of Japan's aged premier by militarists planning dictator ship of Fascist super party" and antl-peace government left them end of brief reign of terror in which government property was bombed, several were wounded, and one policeman was killed
 The assassins raced through Tokio streets in motor cars as they hurled their bombs, throwing the populace Into q panic.
 | Seventy year old premier and the "Old Fox" of Japanest politics, was executed in his homv by six men wearing military unl- forms who battered their way past police guards.
 They called Inukai from room where he was chatting with q vis- itor. Two men held the premier Another fired twice. one bullet en. tering the temple and another penetrating nostrI. The premier died at midnight Sunday.
 One policeman died of wounds received at the premicr's residence Two other policemen, q journalist. and guest of the premier wer" wounded. s5s
 The quiet of q sunny. warm Sunday in Tokio was disturbed by the roar of automobile motors and explosion of bombs. They did Ut. tie damage and apparently were l fContinucd on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
GERALD WALKER
 WILL TAKE REST
 FOR THREE DAYS
He Is the Promising Young CenterfieId of DetrOit- He Has Been Very In. subordinate

Detroit, May 16---UP)-GeralG Walker, promising young center fielder, who is leading the regular Detroit Tiger batters with an av. craze of .34s. Is taking a three.day vacation at home starting to-day because of insubordination. He will rcJoln the club Thursday Tn Chicago.
 "Walkcr loafed on nyball in Washington" Manager Bucky Harris explained before he left foi Philadelphia. "When 1 mentioned the fact to him he got nasty. Not exactly nasty. but sulky.
 "Ho said ho needed sun glasses and l told him he ought 10 buy q pair. He said he didn't have the money and l told him it was ur to the players to buy their glasses didn't like his tone, SO told him to stay home few days"
 Hes n good kid," Harris added with just a little streak of mule
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
CAPTAIN DOLLAR DIED AT HOME
 IN SAN RAFAEL
He Had Risen From Cooks Boy in Canadian Log. ging Camp to Dean of American Shipping

San Rafael Calf. May 16.-- (UP)-Captain Robert $. Dollar, who rose from cooks boy in a Canadian logging camp to become dean of American shipping men, died at his home here today. The dynamic. S8.year old shipping master who was the prototype of Peter E. Kyne's fctional "Cappy Kicks" succumbed to a heart af- niction aggravated by an intestlnal infection and cold. He was strlck- en with the cold on May ]. Com plications so reduced his vitality that his heart was weakened.
 Captain Dollar was chairman Of the board of the Dollar Steamship Lines. Throughout the world wherever ships of the Dollar Mer. chant Marine touched--and there few ports where the familiar "S' sign, had not been seen. the figure of the captain was known. Cap- tain Dollar retired to the family mansion here when his final illness overlook him.
 on Saturday. May 14, members Of the family were summoned. The old gentleman lapsed into n coma. Dr. k. C. Dufiigy, family physician abandoned hope as the aged mans pulse beat rose from 20 to 13O. "His condition iS critical" last bull letin snId. There k virtually no hope for his recovery Mrs Dol lar. who last September 1 l cele- brated with him theri 57th wedding anniversary. was at the bedside. as were their sons and many grandchildren.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
Seattle Has League or
 Its Otpn That Cares For JobLess Men And Women
Unemployed Citizens League Has Become a Power and Defies All State and City Politi- clans - Feeding and Clothing 68,OOO People
By JAMES $. SIIEltllY Cnitcd Press Stan COrrcslHDntIcnt

Seattle, May 1G-Up Prom the ranks of Jobless men and wo- men in Seattle hns grown the un- employed citizens league to be- come factor in city and stale politics.
 Through city-county funds th. league is feeding and clothing about GS,0O0 people from comniis- saries and is rotnting part-timc work in wood yards, shoe rcpnir shops and sewing booths. similar movements are underway at Spo. kane. Tacoma, Yakima and Bell ingham.
 A statewide convention will bs held at Tacoma. May 20. where the entire movement will be unI. fled under one group of officers About 300 or 400 deleaates are expected.
 At tho hcnd Of the Central Fed. eration of the league Is John r Cfonin. 73 year old. tall. lcnp. southerner. who Is putting intn practice many lessons learned when he struggled for a living us n young man on n farm In north eastern Iowa.
 Help the unemployed hclp themselves" Is the leagues watch word.
 Cronin promised the orsnnlzn.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
MYSTERY PLANE
 IS SOMEWHERE
 OVER ATLANTIC
Two Steamships Observed
 It and Plane Was on Its Way to British Isles

London. May t6--(UP)--A my. stery airplane was sighted by two steamships In the Atlantic today, flying from the direction of North America toward the British Isles.
 The ship was q monoplane equip. ped with pontoons.
 The air ministry had no know. ledge of any airplanes maneuver. ing at sea. Other aviation guar. ters and shipping offices could not identify the plane. ~ Tho ship was reported by the American Steamed Ala. over which 1t passed at 11:45 a. m. gmt (7:45 q. m. New York time) flying east. At that time 1t was 1b5 miles from Landsend.
 It had passed the American steamer McKeesport an hour earl- Ter.
 The latest reported position of the plane was 4o.5O north. 9:44 west.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
ABUSES IN FEDERAL AID TO WAR VETERANS SCORED AND
 INVESTIGATION IS DEMANDED

granted to widows and dependents of veterans who were killed or died as a direct result of the war
 That adequate compensation be continued for. those veterans who were in fact disabled or diseased as the result of war service.
 That no compensation be paid for partial disa bilities to those not in need or to those earning more than $1,500 annually.
 That expert medical advice rather than arbitrary compression. al decree be allowed to decide whether medical conditions which developed after the war may have been caused or favored by military service.
 The report sharply, criticized the American Legion lobby in Wasbirgtos and attacked it's pro. gram. especially in reference to its efforts t0 provide wider medical service for veterans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16

Atlantic City. N. J. May 10-- CUP --Mcthodism marshallcd ,ts forces to-day to hold 13 states in the battle against repeal of the 18th amendment, admitting 1t was lighting with It's hack to the wall. outgeneraIed by the vets In the past decade.
 A warning statement by the mems council of the quadrennial general conference was adopted yesterday urging crusade to hold thirteen states until the tide of public opinion can be turned against the opponents of prohibi- ton"
 "The constitutional right and power of thirteen states to veto rec peal has Just now tremendous strategic importance" the council |said. 'UnIeHs we can win our young people forthwith we are lost.
 I've confess the tragic blundef of tenfperance thought and strat-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
TWO YOUTHS HAD LODGED POLICE
 FOR LONG TIME
Went on Trial for Their Lives To-day - One of Them Caught By Ama- teur Detective

Cambridge. Mass. May 16--(UP) Two youths captured after n na- tion-wido manhunt that lasted for months went on trial for their lives in Middlesex superior court here to-day, charged with the first de- gree murder of filling station att tendant.
 Tho defendants were Herman Snyder, 23. captured in Philadel- phia through the efforts of an am- nteur detective, and John ]. Don. mellon, 22, who was arrested In California. They allegedly shot and Killed James M. Riley In m attempted hold-up in Somervillc April Q, 1881.
 A third youth, James T. Garrick, 21. was to have gone on trial. but First Assistant District Attorney Frank c. Volpe moved that only Snyder and Donellon go on trlnl to-day, and Judge Thomas J. Ham. mond granted tho motion.
 A jury was to be empanelled from 145 vcnircmen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
RESCUE LINERS . RESCUED 600 OF
 THE PASSENGERS
French Steamer Georges Philippar on Its Maiden Voyage When the Ship Caught Afire

Marscilles. France, May 1e.--- CUP)--Rescue liners have saved nearly 600 passengers from the steamer Georges Phllippar. aban- doned in 1ames in the Gulf of Aden, the Jetee wireless station was informed today. No inforrna- ton on the number of dead was available. The station reported four liners and three freighters arr rived near the burning vessel and picked up the passengers as they took 10 the boats. The Georges phllippar was q new vessel return ing from her maiden voyage. It was of 2t.502 tons. capable of 17 knots and built especially for tropi- cal travel. The disaster was near fine scene of the burning of the French steafner Asia, laden with Mecca pilgrims. in 1030.
 Wireless message said tho Brit. ish freighter Contractor landed 12o survivors from the Georges philippar at Alden. Othor ships were making for port with rescued passengers, The crew was report. cd saved except for two seamen alone in . lifeboat. Captain Vlcq, of the Georges Philippar. who was rescued by tho Soviet tanker goyietskala. reported the fire start cd in the early morning. The crew fought 1t with the modern fire ap- paratus carried by. the ship but inc flames spread beyond control. Passengers were. awakened and inc s. O. s. sent out at s6:b4 n. m.
 We haven't complete passen- ger list, but it is known that sev- eraj high French colonial officials were aboard from fndo.Chipa." . director of the Messagories Mari. times, owners Of the ship. said. The shlp left Marseiljes on her maiden ypgage February s6. Captain vicq ie bE years old and the longest in service of the lines officers,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
METHODISM HAS ITS BACK TO WALL AND ASKS FOLLOWERS TO
 CONTROL AT LEAST 13 STATES

egy since 1917. Right now thcre is the greatest danger, far greater than we know. of the political de. bacie of the temperance move. ment."
 Tn thls crlsis," the statement said, "Methodism expects every follower of John Wesley 10 do hi. duty" It disclaimed any intention to dictate. but added that "A Methodist iayman who is indiffer. |ent to the cause has forsworn hts birthright. and q Methodist pulpit in which the minister Is no longer free to denouncc restorntio of legalized liquor traffic has ceased 10 be q Methodist pulpit in princi. pie and should cease to disgrace fhe name"
 Professor George Croft Cell. ot the Boston University School of Theology. was the guiding hand lin composing the statement Hs was asslsted by Bishop William r. Anderson. of Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16

New York, May 16--(UP)--A congressional investigation of abuses in federal aid 10 World war veterans was demanded to-day by the New York Academy of Mcdi- cine council which charged that $460, GOO, 900 was wasted annual. ly on those not suffering from war disa biiities It also was charged that governmental favoritism to incompetent veterans in placing them in positions vital to public health threatens the complete breakdown of the government services" The hospital building policy was attacked on the ground that the government had dupli- cated local facilities neediessIy. To assist in cvrtaiiIng expenses and to aid in forming fair readjustments the council offered n7fIe-point program, including:
 That an inquiry be made as to the adequacy of compensation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
Resolutions Will Be
 Adopted On Death Of
 Mrs. Alice R. Mooney
Special Meeting of Demo- cratic State Central Committee Will Be Held This Afternoon - Her Successor Will Also Be Named

Resolutions on the death several months ago of Mrs Alice R. Mooney of this city will be adopted this afternoon at the special meeting of the democratic state central com- mittee in Hartford at the Hotel Bond. Senator Joseph II Lawlor of tkis city will present the reso- lutiJns and they will be immedi- ately adopted. Mrs Mooney's place on the central committee Is tosbe filled by Mrs Gertrude Guilfoile Corden of this city and the other three local members of the com mittee are to be reelected. They are Town Chairman John H. Crary, Senator Lawlor and Town Clerk Dora A. Egan.
 Mrs Mooney's death some months ago caused widespread regret in local and state democratic circles. She occupied the post of state cen tral committeewoman for several years and for three years was vice president of the committed. being succeeded by Mrs Fannie Dixon Welch at the fall convention of the party in 1880 at which Governor Wilbur l.. Cross was nominated.
 Mrs Mooney also attended the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
Controller Leary, Building Inspector Carlin, Ex- Mayor Thon1s, Senator LawIor, Attorney Mar- tin Dunn, w. J. Downey Tax Attorney Guilfoile and Finance COnimis- siOner Jackson Given Places By Democratic State Convention
CONVENTION TO
 DRAW BIG CROWDS

Controller Daniel !. Leary and Building Inspector Patrick Carlin will act as honorory presidents of the democratic state convention which opens in Hartford tonight Ey-Mayor William E. Thoms and Senator Joseph II. Lawlor will serve on the committee on perma. nent Orga nization. Attorney Mar. tin Dunn and William J. Downey. superintendent of Public Welfare will be honorary secretaries and Tax Attorney George R. Gullfoile and Finance Commissioner Charles Jackson will serve on the import ant committee on credentials.
 This was the lineup of the recognition to be given Waterburys delegation to the state convention m the local representatives to. the session left here early this after noon for Hartford. the scene de- Alterations at which delegates to the national convention VIII be elected.
 John II, Crary left for Hartford nG il o'clock this morning to make preliminary arrangements for car ing for the Waterbury delegates. The remaining 35 delegates who will sit in at the convention left tie city curly this afternoon. A. ~ Approximately 100 more water. burians are expected to be on hand tonight when Jouett Shouse. chair. man of the executive committee of the national democratic committee, delivers the keynote speech and when Governor Wilbur l.. Cross ifl n naddress cnlls for harmonious handling of the problems before the conventions.
 This afternoon nt 3 o'clock the V democratic state central committee will meet at the Hotel Bond to adopt the temporary roll or the convention and to approve the var ious arra ngements made TOT tne session, which will take place ln bushnell Memorial hall.
 Tonight's session will open nt 8 o'clock. state Chairman David A wilson will call the meeting td order and then turn the activities over to Governor Cross and MT Shousc. No contests on the dele. gates to the national convention will take place at tonight's session Neither will there Do any fights on the question of who the national commItteeman will be. While sh0use is present the democratic leaders will present q very orderly appearance. But when he Is gone the battle will be on.
 Tomorrow mornings $ essl 0 | promises to be one f-the stormies' in the history of Connecticut dem ocratic conventions. The Smith leaders claim supremacy of ths A convention and 1t is apparent tha' their claims are sound. But tho real fight will be on who the dele (Continued on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
TWELVE MET
 THEIR DEATHS

Boston. May 1G.--(UP) Twelve
 persons were killed in motor Ve- hIcle accidents in Massac husetts
 last week. according to the report
 Of Registrar Morgan T. Ryan. This was two less than in the
 previous week and three less than
 in the corresponding period of 1881.
 Last weeks victims included seven occupants, four pedestria ns, and q bicyclist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
YALE GRADUATES
 HAVE HARD TIME
 GETTING JOBS
In Normal Years 60 Firms
 Would Be After Some of Thenl-This Year Only Nine Have Sought Them

New Haven. May lG-- (UP)-- Tho Yale department of personel is urging all students who have tho financial ability to travel for a year or enter the graduate school.
 Professor stuart Holmes Clem. ent, assistant director of the de. partment, revealed this in announc, ing that graduates were having dir! fculty obtaining positions this year
 Whercas in normal years about 60 firms send representatives to New Haven 10 interview seniors at this season. only nine have done to this year and two of them came merely to keep up contacts nnd good will.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
LOCAL DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES H0N0RED
Many Air Accidents Over Week-End And
 Six Lives Are Lost

Richard Spencer. 2s. Alhambra. Calf. passenger in a plane which crashed at Los Angeles.
 Clark died in m attempt to learn blind flying" He and Lynch were flying the plane from a hooded cockpit when 1t went into spin at 2,000 feet altitude and crashed.
 The death of Brown and his sis- ter raised the toll of air fatalities in the Brown family to four. A brother and brother-in-law had died in two previous crashes.
 Roy Bchrens. Los Angeles, pilot of the plane in which Spencer was killed, and Behrens' brother Ray also n passenger, were seriously | injured In tho accident,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
YOU DON'T HAVE
 TO GET BITE

Cambridge. Mass, May iG CUp) --Arralgned in district court to-day, charged with 'flshlng with, out q license. David Dclory of Belmont protested:
 Judge. had my line in the wa- ter but ] didn't get ni bite. Thcr'i. fore l wasn't fishing"
 You don't have to gel n bite Dr catch fish to be fishing," Iudgp Louis l.. Green advised him. i'm posing q sio fine which. Dolor> paid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
ROSA PONSELLE
 MUST WAIT

New Haven. Conn. May 1G-- UP)--Rosa Ponselle's convales- cence is expected to be long drawn out. according to attaches of St Rnphners hospital. where she un- derwent an operation last Thurs day.
 The nature Of tho operation has not been announced officially but 1t was said her health would be i'm. paired for some time and It was doubted if the soprano could re. turn to the operatic or concert stnge for many weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
n.v IlNITEn pREssl

Six lives were lost in scattered air disasters over the weekend.
 The victims included:
 William A. Clark III, 3s, grand son of the late Senator w. A. Clark of Montana and Jack Lynch, 70, former co-pilot of Col Charles A. Lindbergh, killed in a crash near Cottonwood, Ariz.
 Gordon Brown, 23, Rochester, N. r., and his sister, Mrs Barbara Bowes, 27, St Charles, III. killed near Chicago.
 Richard Crabbs, 25, Orlando. Fla, second lleutenatn in the army air corps from Selfridge Field, Mich, crashed while stunting at Davenport, Ia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16

 CLUES ARE
 FOLLOWED
But the Greatest Concern Just Now Is Who Will Be the Real Boss of All the Police - Nothing Definite as Yet
By DELOS SMITH
 United Press Stan Correspondent )

United Press Stan CorrcspOndcnt)
 Trenton, N. J., May 16-tUP)- Leaders in the futile hunt for the killers of the Lindbergh baby met here to-day to decide who shall direct the investigation and thus end the official quibbling that be. gan the day after the Kidnapping.
 Governor A. Harry Moore. who early retained for his office super" vision over official news releases in the case, called the conference, Among the attendants were two county prosecutors, the attorney generals representative, state po- lice heads, and representative of the department of justice.
 J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the bureau of investigation of the de. partment of justice, Is charged with coordinating the work of his own men, the secret service, the internal revenue agents and post
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
GOT HIS BOUNTY JUST THE SAME

Emporia, Kan, May 16-(UP)-I D. Peet, Hartford farmer brought two crows eggs to Empora, hoping to collect bounty thereon and informed the law had been changed to give rewards only for birds Feet dis gustedy thrust his hands in his pockets and started to walk away. He stopped in amazement Where the eggs had been two young birds. The eggs had been matched by body heat. He marched back and collected twenty cents bounty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
MET HIS DEATH

Bellcfonte. Pa. May 1G--(UP)- Fred Collins. Negro convicted Of killing 22-year-old Elizabeth Hickok, daughter of a Rockview penitentiary psychiatrist here last January 13, was electrocuted at the penitentiary to-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
Late Bulletins
KIDNAPED FAMILY TO ROB BANK

Streator, Ill May l6-UP)-Five bandits held the assistant cashier of the Union National bank and his wife and three children prisoners for 10 hours, then footed the bank vault of between $40000 and $50O00 when time lock released to-day. A ruse to get police out of the city by reporting bad accident six miles west of Streator few minutes before the time lock was released was partly successful.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
ASKS HOOVER TO DISMISS HIM

Washington May 16-(UP)-Senator Norris, re-s publican, Nebraska, to-day demanded that President Hoover dismiss w. Irving Glover second assistant post master General for speech the latter is said to have made in Springfield, Mo, telling Missouri postmasters support the president in the coming campaign or lose their jobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
BRITISH TROOPS FIRED INTO THEM

Bombay India, May 16- -(UP)-Three days of mur- derous strife between Hindus and Moslems during which British troops fired into the rioters to restore or der had resulted in 60 dead and 700 injured tonight To-days casualties 22 dead and 150 injured. Hun dreds of families were fleeing the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
LOST IN MARKET, KILLS HIMSELF

New York May 16-(U )-Respondent over huge stock market losses George A. Wacot 60 year old part ner of the Hunter Manufacturing and Commission O. shot and killed himself to-day in his home His wife, the former Lila E. Nickerson, in the apartment at the time of the suicide but did not hear the shot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
SPEAKER GARNER OFFERS HAT

Washington, May 16-(UP)-Speaker Garner to- day renewed his attack President Hoover for his omy statements with an offer "to buy new hat" for anyone who find that the president in any ten days period does not contradict himself"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-16
DANBURY GIRL FATALLY HURT

Redding, Conn, May 16-(UP)-Thrown from the rumble seat of an automobile which ran off the road Helen Paenessa 13 of Danbury fatally injured to- day. Her sister, Dorothy, who was driving and father Joseph, were slightly injured.