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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
THREE DROWNED
AS THEIR AUTO
SANK IN RIVER
Torrington Man and Two
Men From Kent Were
the Victims as Their
Car Crashed Fence

Kent. Conn. March 21-CUP)-
A battered sedan containing the
bodies OF three men was dragged
from the Housatonic river late
yesterday. Hours before 1t had
careened through highway
fence, toppled down steep en-
bankment and landed In the river
on its wheels, completely SUBJ
merged.
The victims were Edward r.
Malahan, Torrington, owner and
operator of the car, and Gilbert F..
Vincent and Byron Shove. both Of
Kent. Medical Examiner w. NJ.
Barnum Maid the men were
drowned and probably two were
sleeping in the back of the car
when the accident occurred.
Malahan left a wife and three chill
dren, Vincent a wife and four chill
dren and Shove a wife and three
children.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
CIGLIOS DID
NOT FURNISH
WITNESSES
So the Two Brothers Were
Bound Over to Superior
Court Under Bonds of
$500 Each - They
Were Charged With
Burglarizing B arb e r
Shop on East Farm
Street
WOMAN FORFEITS
HER $500 BONDS

Abb witnesses, who were expect
ed to establish the innocence of
Daniel Giglio, "a, of 20 Summer
street and his brother, Patsy Gig
Ito, ~, of 102 Locust street, failed
TO appear In police court this morn
ing. Probable cause was found and
the accused were ordered held for
superior court under bonds of ST.
500. In default Of bail the young
mon were taken to the Few Haven
County jail to await trial.
The two brothers were arrested
Friday evening by Patrolmen Jo-
seph Mccarthy and John DeNardo
following reported "break" In the
barber shop of Tommy Travisano
OF 3s East Farm street.
Saturday morning the defend
ants maintained that they were In
nocent of the charges. They were
granted a. continuance until to-day
to permit them to subpoena wit
nesses. who would establ an alibi
for them. When the cases were
called this morning the deefnse ad-
mitted that II had no additional
testimony to offer.
Caesar Angeloni, 10. Of 70 East
Clay street and William Costello, -
Of 81 North Elm street were taken
into custody last evening and de-
tanned at headquarters on the tech
meal charge of suspicion. This
morning they were accused of tres
passing on private property. No
evidence was recorded to-day the
police holding the accused pending
% more thorough Investigation.
The two accused were taken in
TO custody by the police when they
weee reported seen about st Johns
pafish house carly last evening. OF
late there have been several COM
plants mad about thefts Of clothes
thorities are inclined to believe that
the two accused could help to OK
CONTINUED on Page %
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
FIVE EXPERT SKI
RUNNERS IN THE
CLOSEST RACE
Finished Only rs Seconds
Apart in Smile Dash,
Going at 80 Miles an
Hour

Mt Washington, \. H.. March 81
-(UP) Attaining Il peak speed
estimated at 80 miles per hour, Ave
expert ski runners raced eight
miles from the summit to the base
Of mile-high Mt Washington yes
terday and finished only % seconds
apart. L. G. Blood OF New York
university won in ~ minutes 90
seconds. Second was Niles Brock
ton. New York Swedish club, in IL
minutes 80 seconds; third. Boh
Reed. Nansen Ski club, Berlin, n
H.. IL minutes IS seconds; fourth
ErlIng Herstad. Lebanon, n. H., IL
minutes AZ seconds; and fifth
Fritz Gunsen, Hansen Ski club. IL
minutes 45 seconds.
More than 5000 persons saw
the goggled and helmeted SKI
racers fash across the finish Hne.
ut was like watching q ribbon of
white uncoillng beneath me-" sail
Blood, the winner, In describing
the novel race. II could hear a
roar in my ears and see blur of
black as | came below the timber
line. | could hear peculiar sing
ing sound as the skis rasped over
the snow crystals, and I got the
impression OF the world flying up
to- meet me. as II was falling
from an airplane."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
OVER 1000
PEOPLE ON.
AID ROLL
That Is the Number OF I'M
employed the Mutual
Aid Fund Is Trying to
Help - New Pie Dig Z
Cards to Be Issued

First steps toward launching the
new pledges for the Waterbury
Mutual Aid Unemployment fund
will be taken this afternoon at a
meeting of the relief board In the
Office Of Mayor Frank Hayes. The
meeting was scheduled for $3.50
O'Clock. At the session, 1t was ex-
pected, orders for the printing of
the new pledge cards, to take eff
feet May list, would be issued.
This morning Treasurer Lewis s.
Reed made known the figures for
the past week and the balance on
hand today In the relief fund and
Chairman William M. Harris issued
a report on the number Of persons
now receiving aid.
Today's balance In the fund Is
$15,520.5t. The total a week ago
was $17,724.44. In other words,
the fund took a drop of almost
$4,000 during the past week.
The total number of persons re-
ceiving aid at the present time Ia
2,O15. OF this total, 1871 are ac-
tually working under the SUPER
vision of the relief committee and
204 are unable to work and are
receiving special assistance.
The receipts Of the fund for the
past week totaled $10,06G.71. Dis
bursements amounted to $1o.-
270.64. The 1871 employees actual
~ working are distributed as fol-
lows: Street department. 1924; park
department., 651; health depart
ment, co. school department, ITO;
Calvary cemetery, Sc; Lithuanian
cemetery, 10; Pine Grove cemetery,
20: Isolation hospital, 8; st Mary's
hospital. 10: Waterbury hospital,
az; Girl Scout camp, 20; Y. M. G.
A.. Q; Mattatuck forest, 90; Bunker
Hill. "a; st Johns parish house.
10; st Johns woodlot. 49, Armory,
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
MARY PICKFORD TOLD PRISON
INMATES 1T WAS PRIVILEGE
FOR THEM TO BE IN JAIL

New York, March 2i-(UPl-
Everybody goes to bed early in
Hollywood. the depression brings
out the finer things in life. and its
privilege to be in jail. Mary
Pickford told 900 inmates of the
workhouse on Welfare island here.
The screen star was one OF the sea-
sons Sunday lecture attractions
for the prisoners who listened at
tentiyely but laughed AZ the refer.
ence to the advantages OF living In
jail.
II don't forget the days In New
York when ! used to walk to save
% Nickel" said Mary. II consider
II o great privilege 10 be poor. !
couldn't have done the work In the
pictures have done without know
Ing the truth about life. I look
0s the depression and ssebacks
srf h as you boys and girls have
had here as privilege. II brings
out the finer things. You're getting
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
HE HAD HARBORED KIDNAPPED
SCHOOL BOY so JUDGE GAVE
HIM ONE TO TWENTY YEARS

Warren, o., March 21-(UP)-
John Demarco. OF Youngstown. to-
day was sentenced to from one to
90 years in prison on a charge OF
harboring a kidnapped boy In con-
nection with abduction OF James
DeJute, ~. Niles. o.. school boy.
A plea Of guilty was entered for
Demarco when County Prosecutor
q. Birrell agreed 10 withdraw a
second indictment charging the
man with kidnapping for extortlon.
This charge carried possible life
sentence.
The guilty plea 10 the lesser
charge was offered after Dowell
Hargraves. found with do Marco,
standing guard over James In an
abandoned house near YounRs-
town. was given a life term. Har.
graves was Identified ~ enc OF the
actual kidnapern. DE Marco WAS
accused as a participant In the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21

spiritual exercise for Your mus
cles." At this point everybody
laughed.
II mean 1t. too" said Miss Pick
ford. wagging q finger at the rows
Of figures sitting on tn. high. cold
gseen-gray prison corridor with its
reek OF antiseptics. "Reniember
that for me. will you and thank
God for this experience. I'm with
you boys and girls, and I'm crazy
about YOU" The normal, healthy
life OF the movies sends the actors
T. bed early and they get up early. :"
Mrs Fairbanks said. But motion
picture salaries aren't what they
ufed TO be. Charlie Chaplln's
&C mparatively poor and many &C.
tors and actresses leave the screen
penniless''.
Mary waved a kiss. pulled on
per stylish brown hut 10 Display 3
mhrvel0usly .mnrceIed pisndc head.
got herself Into mink coat ana q
Limousine and vas OF.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
GREAT BRITAIN
MISSED ALL THE
BANK FAILURES
There We're None There
Nor in Canada-But the
Profits OF the Banks De-
CIined

Washington, March I'll -- tCP)
- There has not been Il single
bank failure In Great Britain or
Canada for seven years. the Com
merce Department reported to-
day. In the United States, more
than 1000 banks closed during
1881 alone, involving s1,700,0 00,-
900.
Profits OF Brltish banks declined
some eight per cent last year, the
Commerce Department said. Divi-
dends, however, were curtailed
even less, as the banks had built
up large SURPRISES. Total assets
at the close Of the year were 1925.
8S3,5S0 pounds In 1880. The ratio
Of loans to depositors increased
from 40 to 51.9 per cent
All banking In Great Britain Ia
carried on by five huge lnstitu-
lions. The Midland, Lloyds Bar
clays, Westminster and National
Provincial banks. With headquart-
ers In London. they have moro
than 5000 branches. The Cana
dian system Is the same, except
that there are 10 large banks.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21

kidnapping plot and as guard
over the abducted boy.
Attorneys for DeMarco asked
that the indictment be nolled. Bir-
rell refused. saying he would dis
miss the charge when he leaves
office at the end Of the year. The
defense agreed. Birrell said he
desired TO hold the indictment In
event new evidence is obtained.
James had testified Demareo was
not one OF the men who seized
him on q Niles street as he went
to school.
Judge Lynn y. Griffith sentenced
Demnrco, He also sentenced Hnr-
graves. receiving an increase IN
this kind OF crime, and mentIons
Ing the widespread public anxiety
created by abduction OF the Infant
son Of Col Charles A. LIndberRh.
which occurred just 10 hours be.
fore James was seized.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
THAT STARVING
DOCTOR CALLED
One BIG FAKER
Physician in Hospital Pro-
nOunced Him So-Left
the Hospital Before the
Second Examination

Washington, March 21-UP)-
DIR Frederic F. Wolter, who says
he Is starving himself to death to
attract attention to unemployment
conditions, walked out of a hospi-
tai before q second examination
could be made to establish the
truth of his claim that he has not
eaten for 22 days. DR. Oscar
Hunter of George Washington
university hospital examined VOL
ter Saturday and pronounced him
a "faker." He said tests showed
that Wolter had been taking food
in minute quantities.
Woiter heatedly disputed this
finding and agreed to go to Gallin-
ger hospital. public institution,
for further observation. Less than
"a hours after entering Galiinger,
he went back to his cubicle In the
salvation Army hotel. Hospital au-
thorities declined to discuss the
case except 10 say that WoIter had
eaten nothing while there. WoIter.
who Is 81 years old and holds three
university degrees. declared anew
that he would starve himself 10
death unless he was given work
suitable 10 a man Of scholarly at
tainHaenfs.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
PROPRIETOR OF
ROADHOUSE IS
HELD FOR CRIME
Joseph Journey, Owner of
Resort on Post Road,
Bound Over on Murder
Charge

Easton, Conn, March 2l-(UP)
Joseph Journey, proprietor Of
Journeys Inn, Post road resort at
Bridgeport, pleaded not guilty In
town court here to-day to charge
of numbering Frank Buda, also OF
Bridgeport, and was bound over to
the April term Of criminal superior
court.
Justice of the peace Joseph Il.
Hill heard Ave state witnesses. IN.
Guiding State Trooper Robert Herr,
who investigated the Staying, and
four persons who testified they saw
Journey here the morning of the
murder. Buda's charred body was
found In burned barn. He had
been shot from behind with a shot.
gun. which lay beside the body.
Police suspect he was robbed Of
$1,000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
SOLD STOCKS TO
DEFRAUD AND IS
WELL PUNISHED
Wilbur B. Foshay, Presi-
dent OF Company and
His Vice-President Get
Is Years Each in Prison

Minneapolis, MINI, March 21.-,
(UP)-Wilbur B. Foshay, who
rose from n poor lad to head n
$4,000. 900 enterprise bearing his
name. today was found guilty on
four counts of using the mails to
defraud in connection with stock
sales. He wns sentenced to Is
years In the federal penitentiary
and fined $1,000.
Fl. Fl. Henley. former vice presi-
dent Of the w. b. Foshay company,
was convicted of similar charges
and sentenced to like term. An
11-man jury returned the verdicts
after celebrating since last Thurs
day. Federal Judge Joseph w.
MolyneauX pronounced sentence.
The trial had proceeded by mutual
consent after illness removed the
l2th juror.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
MAYOR CURLEY IS
NOT CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR
Says He Is Not and Would
Refuse the Nomination
II II Was rendered Him

Boston, March 81 (UP) -
Mayor James NJ. Curley OF Boston
today definitely removed himself
from consideration as u possibl,
candidate for the democratic nom
ination as governor of Massachu.
sets. Il am not a candidate for
governor and would not accept the
nomination even though It was
rendered me without q contest" he
said in speech at the opening Of
the Roosevelt-for President head
quarters here today.
Some observers had felt Mayor
Curley might oppose Governor
Joseph Il. Ely for denomination
this year. The mayor Is the
nominal leaders Of the Franklin d
Roosevelt forces In Massa cfusetts.
whereas. Governor Ely has aligned
himself with the Alfred E. Smith
group.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
AUTO CRASHED
INTO TREE and
FOUR ARE DEAD
Victims Were Residents of
Ware, Mass--Driver OF
the Car Saved and Was
Arrested

West Warren. Mass. March 81
-UP)-The death toll of an au-
tomobile accident here yesterday
mounted to four to-day when Will
lard l.. Mccain. 3S. a Ware
plumber, died of injuries at Ware
hospital.
The other Ware residents who
lost their lives were: Richard f..
Mcguire, ~, power lineman; Leo
Carpenter, 20, mill worker; and
Napoleon Roy, 81, gasoline station
proprietor.
Albert and Charles Beausoleii,
brothers, were injured. The for.
mer was held as the driver of the
automobile. which crashed into
a tree. Police said members Of
the party had been drinking.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
Lindberghs Showing
Great Fortitude AS
They Await News
Carrier Pigeon Rumors
and All Other Reports
Closely Checked Up By
Police Fears of Kid
napers Near Home Of
Lindberghs, But Not
One Bit of Evidence
BY BATES RANEY
United Press Staff Correspondent,

tuSu HTtSS sum correspondent.
Hopewell. N. j.. Mar 21.-(UP)
Col and Mrs Charles A. Lind
bergh waited to-day with the great =
est fortitude for some sign from
the persons holding their kidnapped
son while police checked every
avenue available for trace of the
boy.
Police investigation has entered
the fantastic. Dead carrier pigeons
with curiously worded notes at
tached to them. have been found
and the notes sent to police. Mys-
FERROUS movements of persons in
the Hopewell area on the night Of
the kidnapping have been reported.
Police admitted little credence
could be put In many OF the re-
ports, but all were being checked
carefully In the hope Of finding
some trace OF the child stolen from
its crib March |.
Col II. Norman Schwartzko OPT.
superintendent OF New Jersey state
police, issued the following state
ment to the press this morning:
1.-TWO notes carried by carrie.
pigeon have been reported to US
The first one Is alleged to have
been n note In code. This was sup.
posed to have been taken off the
carrier pigeon, which was beaten
by storms and captured by a loca
bootlegger. 1t read approximate,
as follows:
"'All lines unsafe. Kid In zach
making no ports. Well trained car,
outside United States Jurisdiction
Return Bird
1.-THE informant did not see thl,
note and had only the word Of the
unidentified bootlesger to go by.
mo additional information was
available and the informant re.
fused to identify the source Of his
information.
Charles S. Stein, Leighton. Pa,
and Arthur l.. Vaughn. East
Stroudsburg, Pa, brought to these
headquarters dead pigeon with
note folded and attached to the
CONTINUED on Page %
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
GUESTS ESCAPED
AS THEIR HOTEL
BURNED DOWN
Twenty OF Them Fled
When Flames Swept the
Richmond Hotel in That
City in Maine

Richmond. Me. March II -.
tUP) - Twenty guests escaped
when fierce fire. with a 30-mile
wind for a draught. leveled 75-
year-old Richmond hotel and an
unoccupied factory building here
early today, menacing the rest OF
the towns business center.
The hostelry, a three-and-a-half
story wooden structure, burned 30
quickly that guests had to flee In
their nlghtclothes, abandoning
their belongings.
Total loss was estimated at $40.
900.
= The hotel was owned by Charles
Douglas OF Brunswick.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
GOOD TIME. THEN DIED

Fairfield. Conn. March al
tUP) - Pressed by creditors. sam
Erich. brieklayer, called friends
TO his home and gave gay party
lasting we'll into sunday morning
yeviaiiy he bad his guests good.
bye. Hours later neighbour
smeIled gas coming from his apart
nent and found Erich dead. a
suicide.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
Big Bengal Tiger
Under Operation
for LaZiness

New York. March 2l - (UP)--
Cornelius, the big Begnal tiger
living in the lion, house at the Cen.
trail Park Zoo. was to, be operated
on for the third time today, all be.
cause he Is too lazy, and has beer
too lazy the Is years of his life.
It seems that a lazy tiger doesn'l
scratch, his claws grow in. And
when his claws grow in, an oper.
alton is called for. Cornelius will
be treated Tor the ingrown THIRD
claw of the left fore paw.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
BUFFALO BILLS HORSE SHOT

Denver, March 21-(UP)-Bil, great pinto Ara
bian horse that Buffalo Bill used to ride in the circus
was the target of would-be killers bullet sometime
last Friday it revealed to-day as state and city Off
Gals started hunt for the gunan who wounded him
in the neck The horse staggered to the ranch house
of Dick Oliver, Melvin, his fine and massive
shoulders spattered with blood
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
Late Bulletins
ASHES FROM PIPE CAUSED DEATH

Haverhi, Mass, March 21-(UP)-Ashes which
dropped from his pipe started fire that cost Frank H.
Hunt, s3-year-od invalid, his life to-day. Hunt, who
had been invalid for years, sitting in
wheel chair at his home while his wife, JESSIE go read
a newspaper to him. Suddenly Mrs Hunt smeed smoke
and glanced up to discover her husbands blanket are
Hunt was taken to hospital but died of burns few
hours later.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
MISSING PLANE IN OHIO RIVER

Steubenville, o., March 2l-UP)-A transcon-
nenal and western air mail plane, missing since took
off from Columbus, Ohio early to-day for Belts field
McKeesport Pa, found badly damaged in the Ohio
river the Rvervew Country club to-day, the post
mistress reported Search was started for Pilot Hal
George and his passenger Mrs Carl Cole st Louis phys
clan.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
STORE DENTROYED

PassaIc. n. j.. March ei-,uPl
- Fire, which threatened the bus
mess section OF this city.h DEE
stroyed a furniture store. the
frame building adjoining. and two
other stores late yesterday with
loss Estimated today at $4,000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
TEMPORARY TRuCE

Shanghai, March p : tCP)-
China and japan reached IA tenn
porary truce in their conflict over
control of Shanghai today wher
both sides agreed to refer detail.
of a peace pact to a joint commits
sion.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
STARTS NEW ENTERPRISE

Greene, la, March 21-UP)-Shippng lemons,
raised in Iowa, into California is enterprise which
E. G. Van Eman has started Seven lemons were raised
tree here two of which were sent to his daughter
Mrs Joseph Nichols, San Diego, Cal.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
FIREMAN FOUND WIFE DEAD

Merrimac Mass, March 81 (UP)-Respondng to
emergency call along with fellow iremen yesterday,
Howard Deong found his young wife dead following
explosion of heater in the bathroom Of their home
Besides her husband she leaves four children the old
est ID.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
STUDENTS WANT MILLION

Eugene Ore, March 21-(UP)-Would you rather
marry for love and money, 60 years and million
dollars? University of Oregon questonnared
million every time and love BECOME 80 per cent of the
men answered. Women as enthusiastically discouraged
Cupid.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. March 2i--(UP)--
The treasury net balance for March
is was s73S,S09. 06l71.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
IRELAND CANNOT
BE BLAMED FOR
ANY BITTERNESS
President De Valera Says
the Fault Will Not Be
With Irish People if Bit.
terness Is Engendered
British Cabinet Is
Watching Affairs in
Irish Free State
ULSTER BEGINS
TO FEAR EASTER

Dublin. March 21--tUP)-Pres-
idcnt of the executive council
canon de Valera was understood
to-day to have said In a message
to friends In the United States that
II bitterness and difficulties were
revived with Great Britain the
fault will not be with the Irish
people"
The message was said 10 refer
to the recent speech In which
Chancellor Of the Exchequer
Neville Chamberlain expressed
fear that II the Irish Free State
followed de Valera's announced
policies. bitterness would be re-
vived which we hoped had ended
forever"
Cabinet Watching
London, March 21-tUP)
Daily Mail said to-day the cabinet
was watching events In Ireland
closely and would insist that Brit
aims treaty rights be respected.
The government was said to be
holding back an announcement OF
policy in order not to create un
necessary trouble.
Ulster Il Anxious
Belfast, Northern ireland. Marsh
a1-tUP)-The approach OF the
Continued on Page -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-21
Ulster Is Anxious

Belfast. Northern ireland. Marsh
o1-tUP)-The approach, OF the
Continued on Page -
The Washington times., 1932-04-29
Cows Thugs With Gun
Is Held on Deadly
Weapon Charge

John r. Jackson. colored cab
driver, of 1920 S st. N. W.,
yesterday resisted two men
who were attempting to hold
him up, but now he wishes he
had submitted.
One of the hold-up men pro-
duced a gun, Jackson said, and
demanded his money. The
cab driver pleaded with the
robber to lower the gun. The
unSuspecting man did so where
upon Jackson drew his own gun
and held the pair for police.
When police arrived they not
only arrested the suspects, but
took Jackson along and charged
him with carrying deadly
weapon Judge Ralph Given
placed him on probation for
six months.