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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
Life Prisoner Wins The
 Second Prize In Short
 Story Contest In Boston

are pacing your cell. or sit nervous ly on your bed, or chair, Mike stops at your door. looks thought fully up at you. You cannot resist his silent appeal to forget your worry or heartache. and scratch his head or side.
 "Y0ur next thought is to feed him. A scrap of meat. even n piece of bread. He'll make n great show at eating it--the fat rascal then lick his chops and press against the bars fo rhis farewell scratch.
 Goodbye, MlSe.' you say. and smile softly. From farther down tho tier comes Hello, Mike Ana you smile again. Mike ia on hls cr' rand of mercy"
 Stevens. . robust, dark-fcaturcd youth, has been spending all his prison leisure in literary endeavors' Hehas had several poems pub. lished and has submitted n novel on which he lnbored, IS months to q New York publisher. It's en- titled "Icarth Gatherers," story about the activities of convict after his releaae from prison-''- written by one sentenced to remain behind jail walls for life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24

Boston, May 24--.(UP)--A lifers tribute to Mike" pet cat at Charlestown state prison. has won him second prize in n short story contest conducted by "Our Dumb Animals" publication of the Massa- . chusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals But strang- CT than the award Is the changc seven years behind prison walls seems to have wrought In the writer, Frank Stevens. alas James E. Walters. Incessant house break. ing escapades in which he treated women with bestial disregard made him feared throughout New Eng land as "Thc Lono Wolf" Now nc writes of V mere cnt In these scnu- mental paragraphs;
 Mike is a prison cat. Large, gray and, to the casual observer, typically catlike in his indiference 10 his surroundings. nevertheless Mike has a purpose in life.
 "Work for Mike begins when the men are locked in for the night Silently, unobtruslvcly, ho makes his nightly rounds of the wing. Il you are reading or writing, Mike won't interrupt you. But if you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
PONZI IS AGAIN
 BATTLING FOR
 FREE PARDON

Boston. May 24--UP)-Charles Ponzi, whose fraudulent boney-mak- ing formula sent him to state prison for seven to nine years, has re- quested the release to which he Is entitled" as the result of his tex emplary" conduct over more than two thirds of his minimum term.
 Acting as his own attorney, the wizard" petitloned the state su- preme court for a writ of hnboa3 corpus ordering Warden James L' Hogsett to release him. He also asked for a writ of mandamus di- recting the state parole board to free him.
 Ponzl said the parole board could show no good reason for withholding the parole. He argued that there could be no question about him leading an orderly life' as required by the statutes, since he probably would be in custody of immigration authorities during deportation proceedings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
World War Veterans At Camp Bonus Cave Up
 Stolen Freight Train
BIO of Them Had Cap- tured the Train By "Soapy" Trick-But ( Companies of Illinois State Militia Were on the Way to Spank Them So They Quit Train

Caseyvllle, III. May 24.--(UP)--- Hurried preparations for breaking "camp bonus" where BIO World War veterans had held n Baltimore x Ohio freight train captured yes- terday. were made today as six companies of state militia ap- preached from the north.
 The train which the men cap- tured by military strategy. and proper use of soap on the rails, was released today after Sheriff Jerome Munie promised the men to pro- vide trucks to carry them to Wash ington. Ind.
 The former service men arrived In St Louis Friday aboard Wabash freight which they had "captured" in Council Bluffs. To. Since then they have advanced only 10 miles, all of which they walked.
 One company of natnioal guards men passed through here shortly before a. m., apparently bound for East St Louis, where the guardsmen, mobillzed by order of Acting Governor Fred c. Sterling, intended to concentrate.
 The veterans lined the tracks as the guardsmen sped past. They jeered and waved derlsively at the khakl-clad militiamen who stared solomnly from train windows.
 The Baltimore & Ohio freight train was released after Sheriff Munie, himself an ex-service msu. pleaded with the men mot to cause any trouble for us." The men agreed on condition that he pro- vide them transportation to In- (Cortinued on Page 10.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
MAN WHO KILLED KITCHENER
 STORY AGAIN REVIVED WITH V ARREST OF SPY IN NEW YORK

S. S. Tennyson bound for Brazil
 Search of Craven's room re- veaied abundant press agent ma. terini on Clement Woods book. ''The Man Who Killed Kitchener. He admitted he was trying to sell the book to Hollywood.
 If it's q publicity stunt. ] know nothing about it." Wood said. "Thc last time l saw Duquesne was ifl Martinique about n year ago. He said he didn't intend to como back. | don't know this chap Craven Wood, however, didn't go to head quarters to see Craven.
 The story Woods tells Is that DuqueHne flung n finrc bomb into tho caters off Warwick head from the cabin porthole on tho Hamp- shire conveying Lord Kitchener to Russia, an6 set in motion the "Un. derpea death which ended the em- pire's Idol 10 minutes after the torpedo struck" That was June ., ieie, according to tho Wood story. British authorities. however. dis. credit the story of "rhe Man Who Killed Kitchener"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
LUDICROUS SCENE ENACTED IN NEW JERSEY STATE HOUSE AS
 ASSEMBLY IS CALLED INSANE

the foam from off an imaginary stein of beer That took four hours. 14 minutes of our time and $10,175 of the taxpayers money.
 "Noxt We reduced q hunters li- cense fec from $3 to $1.50 so that the south New Jersey trappers liv- ing on muskrat meat might snve half n cent n day.
 "Then there was tho Facial cream job which cost the taxpny- CTS $13.7S3 because of the debate over whether barbcrs should be permitted to talk politics to their customers or males be permitted to have their pedal extremltlos mnnlcured In ladies' beauty par lors,"
 Quoting from the printed record. McCampbell listed ''only n few ac- compilshments" "The limiting of raecoon hunting. changing the name of n Methodist church and the act exemptipg locomotives from blowing whistles while passing | golf course" Concluding, he said; "AIlow me to observe that this assembly sits here as if this cham her were tho cyclone cellar nj q home for the aged in Kansas."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24

f New York. May 24-- tUPp-- Britiah authorities have been asked to Identify q man arrested here ns n spy and soldier of fortune who escaped 10 years ago undergoing treaiment as q helpless paralytic--- n mai, cited in the book he wns press ngenting. as 'the man who killed Kitchner." The suspect gave his name ns Frank De btnr0rd Craven, critic and actor. Ills asso. ciates said hc represented hlmeelf to Dc the second son Of an Earl. But tho police .blotter recorded him aH TrederIck Joubort Dufucsnc. whose exploits hnve bceD more drnmntIc than tho movies which he was attempting to sell picturs rights in the. book hs represented. as c man arrested on q. warranf charging murder on tfe high seaA."
 Duauesne. according to the rec- ordr, was arrested in 1918 on q variant issued at the request of 70, Clyde Bayiey, British consul. after the death of three seninen ln q bomb explosion on board the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
DOCTORS FORCED INTO NEW JOBS
 BY DEPRESSION
Medical Society of New York Says They Are Hiring Out as Taxi Drivers.

uufyaIo, N. Y., May 24. tUP)--- A number of physicians in large cities have been forced by the de- prossion to work as taxi drivers night watchmen or elevator opera' tors. according to Dr Charles Qor- don Heyd, of New York city, presl.. dent select of tho medical society. of New York state, in convention hero.
 Mot only has the depression de- prived many physiclnnA<o Of liveablo incomes, but it has left many dis oased persons without medical at. tention," Dr Heyd told tho United Press.
 "Ilecords show that at least 20 per cent of famlIIes attended for- merly by physicfnns are now with. out dOctor's care, PhysiclnnB' patient lists have been reduced 1by almost 70 per cent, almost half Of which nre taken, care of by diB- DonsnrIes and free clinics. tt
 "The remaining 20 per cent arc unattendedn
 At tho morning scssions. pr Priscilla White. Boston, told tho delegates that practically all chil- dren affected by diabetes--n dis ease which formerly was invari- ably fatal to youngsters---could Id now Dc cured by treatment with inBtilIn, IW.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
TEST OF PAUPER SETTLEMENT LAW
 HAS STARTED

Bridgeport, Conn, May 24--(U P)--Test of Q 1907 interpretation of the "pauper settlement" law by tho late Marcus Holcomb, former governor then attorney-general, began in Judge Samuel c. Shaw's Common Pleas codrt here today m the suit of the City of Bridgeport ys the Town of Greenwich to re- cover $755.
 The City of Bridgeport mnin' tains 1t is entitled to be reimburs.. cd for money spent in the care and burial of George Hayward, an En- glishman who died here after moy. ing from Greenwich. Bridgeports case is based on Holcomb's ruling that tho town in which m adien first settles upon coming to thih country in his permanent residence,
 Lawyers are following the case vlosely and the case is expected to go to the state supreme court or errors regardless of the decision Of the common pleas court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
Supreme Court
 Of Errors Will Decide Problem
MARRIAGE RACKET IN ENGLAND MAY BE
 BROKEN UP

\. London, May 24-(UP)-An English bO0kinaIscr's clerk who Is reported to nave married 67 women, sometimes at the rate of q or z q day, is being qucs- tloncd by authorities here seek ing to break up the intcrnatf0n' al "marrlngc racket.
 The clerks wholesale rcck- Icssncss was part of the scheme by which hundreds of women ailcgcdIy have entered Great Britain from the continent as bogus wives. !, The British. French, and Belgian govern. mcnts arc expecting to break up thc business.
 The custom is for the hired husband to cross the English channel to some quiet spot where the marriage ts per- formed with q minimum of pub Iicitx. The "husbnnd" later brings the "wife to England and receives n fee ranging from $50 for q second class husband tO s25O for grade "A", with cx. pcnscs Gorrcspondingly high.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
RAISED TARIFFS BRING PROTESTS
 RIGHT AT ONCE

Washington, May a. (UP)--- Protests from abroad because of projected higher tariff rates on copper, oil and lumber swept into the state department today.
 At least i've nations have let the department know, formally or in' formally, that they resent the pro higher rates. In some cases, it was understood, whitten protests have been filed. while in others only informal representation have been made.
 Peru and Chile object 10 the high rates on copper, Mexico to increased tariffs on both petroleum and copper, Venezuela to increase in the oil rate and Canada to Q higher schedule on lumber.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
Babe Ruth Will Not Become Manager Of
 The Boston Red Sox

baseball # he were to be kind enough t0 permit Ruth to go free to become Q club owner. l do not believe it."
 Babe Surprised
 New York, May 24.--( (UP)--h re port thAt Babe Ruth will man. age the Boston Red sox next. sea son is news to me-" the homo run hitter told the United Press to-day. Ruth was told of m un- ere lited dispatch from San Fran- cisco to the effect that he would quit as a New York Yankee star to begin his managerial career.
 Nobody has said word about it to me-" Ruth said. I have made no plans for leaving New York next year or the year nfter thnt,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
AUSTRIANS TRY TO SELL BODIES
 TO UNIVERSITY

Vienna. May 24--UP)-Many Austrians have offered to sell their bodies to the anatomical institute of Vienna university for enough cash to kee bloody and soul togeth- CT during the depression.
 The director of the institute said m average of 40 persons n month sincethe beginning of the year had offered all rights to their bodies aftertheir deaths for n few dollars, needed to kepe them alive now.
 The director cannot accept the offers because he has no allowance for tho purchase of bodies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
.SWEATSHOPS OF CONN CONTINUE
 TO ACCRAVATE
Owners Have Taken Ad.
 vantage of the Hard
 Times to Get Help Cheap
 Mass Stirred Up Too
By GEORGE II. MORRIS. JIs. fUnitcd Press Stan COrrcsp0ndcnt)

by NNOIkoG A1 "s~ssAssSs VI"
 (Unifcd Press staf Corrcspondcnt)
 Hartford, Conn. May 24--(UP) ->-OovornOr Wilbur l.. Cross to-day described the sweatshop conditions in Connecticut as "a very serious sltuation" and suggested it might Do better to substitute some sort Of charity for low grade employ" mont.
 { "somcthing will have to he done," he said In commenting upon the disclosure of sweatshop evils by State Labor Commissioner Jos cDh M. Tone In an interview with the United Press.
 "By the time tho next general assembly c0mos in there will be Legislation framed to cope with the problom,' the governor said.
 Commlssioner Tone had indi' cated hc and his deputy commis- sloner, Frofessor Wesley J.'coup- CT, formerly of Yale. were working on a program of progressive labor Legislation for presentation to the next assembly calculated to raise
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
AMELIA EARHART PUTNAM IGNORED

Washington, May 24-(UP)-The senate to-day passed without debate resolution awarding distin- guished flying cross to Mrs Amelia Earhart Putnam, first woman to make solo flight across the Atlantic ocean. The award was made pursuant to resolution of Senator Walcott republican, Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
Late Bulletins
NEW HAVEN IS THE WORST

New Haxsn,- Conn, May a. (UP) )--Mayor John w. Murphy who was labor leader before his election as mayor last fal announced to-day he planned to confer with State Labor Commissioner Joseph M Tone regard ing improvement of sweatshop conditions in this city Commissioner Tone recently described New Haven as the worst offender among the Connecticut communities over-run by sweatshops driven from New York and Massachusetts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
ABDUCTED HIS OWN CHILDREN

Bridgeport, Conn, May 24-(UP)-Arrest of Abra- ham Hogewoning wealthy Dutch tulip fancier on a charge of abducng his two children from his estranged wfe home was delayed by agreement to-day until after the presentation of evidence in the habeas corpus ton brought in superior court here by Mrs Hogewonng to recover the children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
State Trooper M. Was Found Dead
 in Car Wreckage

Whitehall. N. Y.. May s4-- (UP)--Tho body of Morton Russell TrIpp, of 70" troop, state. police. Troy, was found early to-day ID tho wreckage of his automobile on the Wintehali-Tair Haven. VI, ills machine, investigation dls. closed, had strnck n telegraph pole during the night. IIo was kIlleh Instantly
 T'npp, a trooper loss than q year. was believed enroute to hIs home in North urnnby. VI He was q nntiyU of Granville, Mass. .F
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
HE WAS GIVEN HIS WISH

Lawrence, Mass, May 24-(UP)-Paul ODonnel, 19 of Lynn pleaded guilty to burglary charge to-day and then asked Superior Judge John M Gibbs to send him to state prison rather than Concord reormatory because he "was always getting into fights" during previous term there He sent to state prison for three to eight years for breaking into the Lynn home of Alma Pierce and stealing rings valued at $45O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
IN nANKilupTcY

HtockIolm. sWodent May st.-.- tUp) -- Itreuger q TQp and two af. fIjiated companies f1td bankruptcy prvueedjngu In tho city court toe day, The petition, was granted im' nnediateiy. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
BIRTH CONTROL BADLY BEATEN

Washington, May 24-(UP)-By vote of 20 to the house ways and committee to-day adversely reported the Hancock bill to egalize dissemination of birth control information.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
Asserts Smith Was
 Fifty Times Bigger
 Than His Platform
Another Of Teapot Dome's Oil Scandal
 Men Is Coming Back
AMELIA WILL ENJOY HERSELF FOR
 SOME DAYS

London, May 2l-UP)- Amelia Earllart Putnam expect cd to talk shop" with English aviatriccs at tea this afternoon at the residence of Ambassador Andrew w. Mellon. Miss Ear hart, n guest at the ambassador ial residence since sine arrived here after becoming the first woman to fly the; Atlantic, was up early to-day for more mOrn- ing shopping and private visits to London friends. Several guests were invited to luncheon with Miss Earhart Ut the Mellon residence. She planned to go to Rome later this week to attend tho congress of trans-Ocean flyers and to sail for the United States June 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24

Londonderry, May 21-(UPl Citizens of Londonderry urged the mayor to-day 10 sound out Amelia Earhart Putnam on the possibility of presenting her air plane to Londonderry us n pcr- mancnt memcntO of her trans- Atlantic flight. Miss Earhart had planned to have the machine dismantlcd and shipped to New York. If 1t Is given to the city it would bc placed on permanent exhibition in LODdondcrry's E public park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 24--tUP)--The treasury net balance May Fl was Si57,5S9, ,304.f0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-24

Last Minute News Flashes
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16

of Aimee Semple McPherson Hut ton, had additional trouble to the five thousand dollar verdict given Nurse Murtle St. Pierre in the breach of promise suit, as mem bers of Aimee's Angelus Temple, threatened to remove him from the congregation.
 'I.et them try to oust me" the famous choir singer Hutton said, my wife heads that Temple and she ought to handle little thing like that if it comes up, and be- lieve it or not, so far as that St. Pierre woman is concerned, she cant get a cent. because l have not even a red one
 Aimee who is under the care of a doctor as result of a fall in which she struck her head on a concrete floor, after hearing that Hutton was found guilty of d breach of promise suit and as sessed five thousand dollars as damages, Aimee said, I'm cer- tainly going to stand by my hus- band
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16
ALASKAN MAN APPOINTED
 ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER

JUNEAU, July 13, (P)-The or der transferring the powers and duties of the Alaska Road Com mission and all it's property, un- expended funds, books and etc, from the War Department to the Interior Department, has been re ceived by Governor George Parks as ex-officio commissioner for the Department of Interior and has been given blanket authority and control over roads and trails of the system thruout Alaska.
 Ike Taylor, who for the past II years has been connected with the Alaska Road Commission as it's senior engineer, was designat- ed by the Secretary of the Inter for as Acting Chief Engineer and to have complete charge of oper- ations. The transfer of activities of the Commission will be con- sumated July goth. Engineer Taylor contemplates no changes in the personnel or stations.
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16
JUDGE CORE OPENS COURT

When court convened this morning at II o'clock, Judge Les ter o. Gore, the newly appointed judge for the second division, vice Judge G. J. Lomen resigned, off icially took over his duties and announced that a special term of court would be called August 15. He also instructed Clerk Thos. D. Jenson and Jury Commissioner Thos. Gaffney to prepare names to be drawn from the box Thurs
 day, July IA, when a grand jury and petit jury will be drawn. The grand jury to meet Oct. 3 and the petit jury Oct. 10. There being nothing further to come be- fore the court adjournment was taken until Thursday at Il A. M
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16
HOOVER VETOES BILL
 TO PROVIDE RELIEF FUNDS

WASHINGTON. July 12, (P)- President Hoover vetoed the two billion one hundred million un- employment relief bill Within 15 minutes after he received the message from the Senate and House the veto message was in the hands of newspaper men.
 Hoover again attacked Speaker Gamers plan for individual loans as bad government and dangerous business.
 He said it would mean loans against security for any conceiv- able purpose, on any conceivable security to anybody who wants money"
 Hoover said it would place the government in private business and violate the very principles on which the nation is founded and render insecure its very found ation
 He expressed the hope that Con gress would pass suitable les- isIatiOu
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16
MORE POLITICS

SEATTLE, July 12, (R)-The State Progressive Republican or ganization issued call for a con yention to be held here July 23, to consider the endorsement or Roosevelt for president.
 The call said the purpose Of tbe convention will be to consider tbe proposal to repudiate the can d;dacv of Hoover and endorse ln- dorse instead the candidacy or Roosevelt
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16
PUT LIMIT ON PRICE
 OF ALASKA COAL

WASHINGTON, July 12, (Py- The Senate amended and passed the House bill authorizing the Al aska Railroad to buy coal from two or more Alaska coal compan- ies in order to encourage coal production along the railroad belt and at the same time increase tonnage of the railroad.
 The Senate amendment placed limit price on bituminous grade A at $315 per ton; grade E, at S3.0O: grade F, $2.90.
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16
REYNOLDS JURY RELIEVES
 WIDOW AND CHUM

WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., July 12. (P)-Smith Reynolds, heir to the Reynolds tobacco millions, met death by bullet wound in ficted by a party or parties un- known, the coroners jury decided.
 The jury's indicive verdict has the effect of releasing Libby Hol- man the widow of Reynolds and Albert Walker his secretary and chum. who were held as material witnesses and leaves the case open with the possibility that the grand jury may if it believes the situa- tion warrants, to take action when the grand jury meets tomorrow,
 The verdict was by every mem Der of the jury and was read by the assistant solicitor McMichael.
 The jury heard from Libby Walker, during its six hours session. the strange story of the dark fits of melancholy which seized the young millionaire dur ing which he often had threaten ed to kill himself.
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16
CURTIS SENTENCED TO
 ONE YEAR IN JAIL

BENNINGTON, July Il (P)- John Hughes Curtis who was con- victed of hindering the capture of the Lindbergh baby kidnappers, was sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of one thousand dollars.
 The sentence followed an at tempt by defense counsel to halt action against Curtis.
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16
KING ISLANDERS ARRIVE

Several oomiaks loaded to the guards with the King Island nat ives arrived Nome this morning under sail, the trip being made without incident. Father LaFor- tune and Miss Frances Ross, dau- ghter of MT. and Mrs. Thos. A. Ross, the only two white people to winter there, were among those who arrived.
The Nome nugget., 1932-07-16
WEDNESDAY CFrom Nugget Daily BIlletin.D
ROOSEVELT PARTY DELAYED.

MORRIS COVE. Conn, July 13, (P)-Stroug winds delayed the Roosevelt cruising party was fore ed to accept a tow for the yawl in which the Governor and his three sons were on a weeks Va cation The water was extremely rough. making it probable that the Governor will have to tie up for a day along the coast.