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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12

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tional Committeeman Thomas J..
spellacy was present as proxy for
Ufa e. Guthrie while former
Chairman James J, Walsh Of Mer-
iden held the proxy Of Peter j.
Connerton. Ex-Mayor David Z.
Fitzgerald was present as he is a
member and SO was Mr. Palmer of
Oxford. But unlike previous ses-
Aons, these leaders of the "old
Guard" remained quiet although
following the meeting they went
into a private conference.
Vacancies on the central COM
mittee were filled as predicted yes-
terday. No action was taken on
Waterbury's vacancy. Postpone
ment OF this action was reported
as having been decided upon over
q week ago.
The name Of Mr. Wilson was
offered for nomination by Alton
r. Miner of New London and
seconded by Mayor Joseph Dutton
Of Bristol. In seconding the NOM
nation he smilingly remarked
that he was glad to do so even
though he was not zone Of those
consulted by the governor" HIS
remark brought laughter from the
members Of the committee which
was believed to be at the expense
OF the Waterbury absentees.
Mrs Welch, retiring vice. chair
man, nominated Mrs McQueeney.
Secretary Smith, in thanking the
committee for electing him, stated:
II don't know anything about the
old Guard and the New Guard
and don't think I want to.
don't know anything about fights
or differences one person or group
nay have with another or group
and I don't think I want to. l
do not want to be concerned with
such things but merely with the
Job OF seeing that this party Is
victorious In November"
No dates were set for the state
convention or the primaries. How
ever, It Is expected the conven-
ton. will be held early in May in
Hartford with the primaries late
In April. The chair was author
ICED to name q committee Of Ave
to set these dates. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
Lost Lindbergh Baby
Trail Has Changed
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A mysterious prisoner in Tombs
prison interviewed by Morris Ros-
ner under cover agent checking
certain underworld sources for
Colonel Lindbergh.
Announcement by Douglas G..
Thomson, Englewood, close friend
OF the Lindberghs and Of Mrs
l.indbergh's family, the Dwight
Morrows, that he would discuss
today q possible appeal to Governor
A. Harry Moore for u grand jury
Investigation of the kidnapping.
Another direct appeal from the
I.indbergh home, this one issued by
Colonel II. Norman Schwartzkopf,
in command Of state police, for
information of any kind" that
might lead to recovery OF the baby.
Immunity was promised.
The incidents have built up for
some observers this theory:
The baby was Kidnapped by gang
sters or for gangsters. that the
natives OF the badlands section
knew OF certain activities among
"a group OF Brooklyn gangsters who
have had connections In the dis
,rict for months; that the belief
70 appeals TO Salvatore Spitaie and
Irving Bitz. closely allied with the
dominent rum-running ring on
Long Island.
The kidnapers, 1t was suggested,
could have learned Of activities In
the Lindbehgh home by two meth
DDS: direct observation through
glasses from nearby hills, or by
lea la n a
hers Of the household. The Lind
berghs themselves didn't know un-
tlr0bout four hours before the kid
atssHopewell,. instead OF returning
To- Rnglewood us was their custom.
One native Of Badlands fear
.tsrooklyn newcomers made last sum
"" with the Lindberghs. They
planned, this native said. to kid
nap the baby, throw the blame on
another gang, ana thus by force OF
public resentment rid themselves
OF competition without gun play,
Tho story 10 under investigation for
reports have reached police that
certain part-tfme residents OF the
oiotklGL nave VdIioHcu, appaTSHtsys
Spitale and Bite are being tried
now under other names for COM
plieity In a Brooklyn and Long Is.
land gangs rum-running activities.
They know the racket there inside
out, from the immediate boss, Van
ME Higgins. to Owney Madden,
with whom vannie "co-operates"
The second sweetheart OF Sailor
Henry (Red) Johnson Is reported
10 have spent many evenings In
roadhouses in the territory served
by Higgins. spitale, Bite and others
OF the group. Tho girl was quoted
rs saying that johnson boosted"
Of his eloseness to the Lndbergh
household, as many others would
under the same circumstances. The
kidnapping thus could have been
plotted from Information obtained
in laxative moments.
The girl was reported question.
ed at Newark. Deputy Chief Of Po-
lice Brex there replied to queries:
''she does not figure In the Lind
bergh case In any way. She IL not
being held here or any place else.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
COL. LINDBERGH HAD PLANNED TO BECOME
Neuu Yorks First Aerial Commuter
KIDNAPPING May Eagles OF His Country
BY DEXTER H. TEED
(NEA Service Writer)

Hopeweil, N. j., March 12--one
Of the pathetic things about the
Ldndbergh kidnapping 10 the way It
has shattered the pubiicity-shy
Lindbershs' dream Of q retreat, a
haven from the. merciless spot
light.
The searching investigation into
the kidnapping has revealed what
plans they had; plans that now
may never come true.
High up on sourland mountain.
away from the world. they set
their home. Soon Lindbergh would
have been the first aerial commut-
or. Soon he would have had oil
the advantages Of real country life
with New York not much more
than half an hour away by air.
Like Every Mans Dream
He would have lived with his
wife and baby and o few servants
far from the noise and heat and
crowds Of cities. Evenings, with
his shirt collar open, he would sit
on the porch Of the clean, white
Normandy-type, house and look out
across the panorama of Jersey
landscape that stretches away to
the south.
Ills plan was this: Early this
summer the private landing heid
adjoining his home was to be mn.
lshed. From It he would take Off
In his fast plane In the morning
for the Newark airport or Floyd
Bennett field, and would then
reach Manhattan quickly. Business
would occupy his day. At night
he would fly back.
This Is why the .rutted, muddy
roads from Hopewell to his home
were never improved. That is why
he endured being bounced over
bunny, stony roadbeds In an au-
tomobile during the many trips he
has made to and from his home.
Worked on Air Field Himself
Just before the baby was kid
naped he had planned enthusiast
tically to finish his private air field.
During the winter little work had
been done, but with spring around
the corner he expected to hire a
large force OF men and machines.
The day before the kidnapping.
dressed in old clothes, he was out
side looking over the uncompleted
Aging field, which IL so laid out
that a plane could take on against
the prevailing westerly Winds.
often he worked on 1t himself,
setting. stake markers and making
suggestions to surveyors. He en-
joyed that because he could wear
old clothes. Llndbergh never liked
starched shirts.
His interest in the Tying fieid
kept him at home. He seldom
drove to Hopewell, and IL he did
1t was to buy gasoline or other
supplies. Resldents OF the village
saw him occasionally, nodded re-
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Final HOnOrs
Paid to BRAND
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the absolution given by Cardinal
yerdier. Archbishop Of Paris, on
special instructions fro the Pope
Members Of Brands family, Pre-
mier Andre Tardieu, and members
Of the government witnessed the
simple benediction as the Cardinal
aspersed holy water on the oak
coffin,
Tardieu's eulogy Of BRAND con-
secrated the veteran diplomat as
the geratest postwar information
alist. 1t emphasized the blow to
world peace in his passing. De-
spite the cold. 10000 persons In
specially erected stands outside
the foreign office heard the broad
cast eulogy.
In an effort to offset royalists
criticism of Brands receiving the
papal blessing after he had played
an important part in the separa-
ton of church and state in France.
Cardinal Verdier issued the fol-
lowing statement before the cere-
mony:
an the presence of death there
should be universal respect for AL
Christians men, and good Will.
The Cardinal assumed full fespon.
sibility for the ceremony. Fer
many years the Cardinal was .
professor Of morals and IL, there
fore. well aware Of the conditions
under which religious funeral GER
emonies can be given"
After the absoiution ceremony
the body was carried from the
clock room OF the foreign office TO
the gateway inside the high metal
fence surrounding the ministry.
Tardieu then delivered his eulcgy.
Brands family, representatives OF
foreign governments and the
League OF Nations. stood In special
tribunes.
Cold winds blew off the Seine
~ the coffin was placed on z
shrouded hearse, Hundreds OF
repreee ntatiyes OF foreign govern
ments formed In line behind the
coffin.
Spectators stood bnrehsadsd o.
troops began the march past from
the Espianade lnyeiidee toward
the Chamber OF Deputiea. They
lowered their flags In salute ~
they passed the coffin Of the maj
who devoted years OF his life -
aflenpis ~ mske var impesHhies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
PRISONER ATTEMPTS TO BURN H00SE-G0W
Later Found In
Act OF Bleeding
Self To Death
Anthony Strekaukas Given Sixty Days in Jail After
Attempt at Destruction Has Been on Drinking
Orgy and Created Near Riot in Home

Members Of his family offered tes-
timony this morning to the effect
that Anthony, who was only re-
Gently released from jail, was In
a very ugly mood. The young man
was before the court last Monday
in connection with a burglary,
but was vindicated. His brother,
Charles, 30, was taken down to the
county jail last week in default Of
bonds of $1,000. He Is charged
with breaking and entering.
At the request Of Prosecuting
Attorney Emil Hummel who was
Of the opinion that Strelkauskas
needed a respite from his drinking
orgy, Judge Miles F. McNiff COM
mitted the accused to Jail this
morning for period Of sixty days.
Timothy Hanley, "a. Of Baldwin
street and Joseph Suba, 2S. OF
Congress avenue were hned $40
and costs for staging a fight on
Railroad Hill street for the benefit
OF nearly q hundred spectators.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
CONSTABLE HAD
BUSY time BUT
HE WAS VICTOR
Harvard Boys Did Every
thing to Him When He
Tried to Attach Auto

Cambridge, Mass, March H..
(UrP)--When' Constable Edward
A. Specter sought to repossess an
automobile on which a Harvard
sophomore had failed to make o
time payment, these things hap.
pened: ..
Other students jockeyed their
cars 50 that the constable was
fenced In"
Elderly eggs and over-ripe fruit
and vegetables hit the constable
from ali directions as students
loosed commandments from dormi-
tory windows.
Police reserves arrived and the
students clashed with them brief
ly.
William Simpson Of Chicago,
Harvard sophomore, handed Con-
stable Specter a certified check for
$3.50 and drove away in the sport
roadster that caused oil the fuss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
Wotta prisoner!


Failing In his attempts to burn
UP Waterbury's palattal hoose-
gov, the police station, Anthony
Strelkauskas, 20, OF lat Washing
ton avenue wanted to die yester-
day afternoon and ripped off Il
bandage from his wrist and re-
opened rather deep cash. Pa
trolman Thomas Grady rescued
him twice from being suffocated
by smoke when Strelkauskas ap.
piied a match to his overcoat and
endeavored to ignite. the wooden
plank which serves as a bad. Tho
same officer also discovered the at
tempt of the prisoner to bleed to
death and took prompt measures
TO prevent any further efforts at
either destruction Of the Jail or the
prisoner.
In court this morning witnesses
testified that Strelkauskas smashed
two windows In his home and re-
duced the kitchen stove to junk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
Heavy Fine or
Jail Sentences
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N~VAtAhuGu AAVH aBC Az
alarms for the thrill Of seeing fire
apparatus race to the scene, con-
traption was invented which was
thought likely to succeed. There
was little opening in the door
of the fire box. When n person
reached In to pull the hook down
a steel ring would encircle his wrist
and hold him until the arrival of
the IRE companies. II he was I'M
able to show reason why he regis
tered the alarm, he was held and
prosecuted. The idea never be-
came popular and was. abandoned.
Discussing local conditions and
especially q series Of futile runs
within the fast few days. Chief
Hoffman expressed the opinion that
IL q severe sentence was melted out
to an offender when apprehended
the effect would reduce the number
of false alarms most appreciably.
Members Of the police depart
ment have been trying very dill
gently to apprehend the parties re-
sponsible. Last week three alarms
were registered within q few min
uteS Of one another. It may be a
joke TO some people, but the SER
1ousnees Of the offense may be well
Impressed on the guilty parties
when they are caught.
At the Hartford convention q
demonstration was made in fash
Ing messages to policemen cruising
GROUND the city In police cars. The
machines equipped with a receiving
ret caught the orders and commun-
icated with headquarters promptly
Or carried out the instructions
br6aAcask 70 them. The demonstra.
1io1 Of sending messages from q
stationary point 70 q mobile point
mo made With apparatus borrowed
<rcm Detroit. the flrst city 10 adopt
radio methods IN crime prevention
ana detection. Experiments are
now underway 70 perfect q two
gnt System Of radio communiea.
len. rairoimen on motor patrol
iufr Will then be IN position 20
,onrerne with desk efEIcers while
srtin1ne about the city.
Exu6rIE believe that fuffe e .
HD|en6l6 AelA for practical 4pplIea.
|len e radio ~ ese Y peI,es ana
~ 1oaaftmeaf eem1zn1leez 'eh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
Many Nolan Is
Going to Jail
for Thirty Days

Los Angeles, March 12.--(UP)-
The adventure OF Mary Nolan into
the business world with an unsuc-
cessful gown shop ended to-day
with belated payment Of $1,000.
wage claims and q 30-day jail SEN
.tence for the blonde actress and
her husband.
Judge Clement D. Nye sentenced
Miss Nolan to $50 days and her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
League OF Nations Has
Handed Japan Emphatic
Blow In Regard To China
Great Powers Of the World Tell Japanese They Cannot
Hold Any Territory They May Have Acquired
By JOSEPH III. BAIRD
UNITED Press STAFF CORRESPONDENT

washington, 12-(UP)-The powers,
ceptions
Kellogg pacJapan being alleged
voator in mind.
This union achieved the Nations assembly
the legality prv
leges territory gained n
immediate
could
vote--were viewed follows:
United will
recognize government Henry agedy
Chinese
powers to new
obtain China
under the of military occupation. t.7t
The forceu gains instrument diplo
history "Stmson doctrine
leagues action viewed further than the adoption
followed the dispute 1t
which be resurrected In future international
gives diplomacy method
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
FUNERALS

The funeral Of Miss Alice T..
Conway was held this morning at
S:l5 o'clock from the home 80
Wclton street to the Immaculate
Conception church where q mass
of requiem was celebrated at Q
o'clock. A special musical pro-
gram was rendered at the Offer
tory and after the mass by Will
liam O'Brien. Burial was In CAL
vary cemetery. The pallhearers
included: william Quinn, Harold
Ira panier, John Carrington,
Charles Wickwire, wallace Legge.
and Charles Keegan.
The funeral Of Angelo Poletta
was held this morning at 8:15
O'Clock from the Maiorano funeral
home, to Our Lady Of Lourdes
church where a solemn mass OF
requiem was celebrated at . o'clock
by Rev Joseph Valdambrini. Burial
was in Calvary cemetery. The
bearers were Binuccio Santropie.
tro, Salvatore Santipietro, Antonio
Poiletta, Nichola Pciletta, Nicho-
las Rinaidi and Leonardo Mansini.
Funeral services for Miss Alberta
M. Rehm will be held Monday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock at st Johns
Episcopal church with Rev John N.
Lewis and Rev Samuel Budde Of
ficiating. Interment will be in
Grove cemetery, Naugatuck.
Friends may call at the Anderson
funeral home. 20 Central avenue,
this afternoon and Sunday after
noon and evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12

yard. soon to have been play
ground for little Indy. Colonel
Lindbergh expected to bring in
toys, playground apparatus.
Now 1t may be only a dream.
For the crib on the second floor is
empty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
TWO TEACHERS DEAD

Hartford, Conn. March 12--
(UP)-An automobile collision at
East CRANKY last Tuesday has re-
suited in death of two veteran
school teachers. Miss Anna An.
drcws, 81. teacher Of mathematics
here for 40 years, died at Hartford
,ospital last night three days after
The death of her sister.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12

Woods trunks, there were found
cakes OF soap and towels from no.
tells all oyer the world, many Of
them long since razed, and forgot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12

husband. Wallace T. Macrery, Jr.
to $40 days in jail, but suspended
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12

filed notice of appeal after being
denied new trial. Bail was set
at $500 each.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12

MASS NOTICE
KELLY-A first anniversary. mass
Of requiem will be celebrated
Monday morning at Z O'clock, at
the Sacred Heart church, for the
repose of the soul of the late
Lawrence, T. Kelly.
DIED
SULLIvAN-In this CITY, March ~,
1892, Nicholas Thomas Sullivan OF
225 Citizens avenue. Funeral arr
rangements to be announced later.
M0RRIs-In this city. March II.
1882, Mrs Annie (Donovan) Nor
ris OF 1913 sylvan avenue. Funer.
al Monday morning At S:l5 o'clock
to st Francis church. Burial In
Calvary cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
frie nds, relatives and nsighbors and
especially the Waterbury Fire De:
partmenf for their Kindness and
sympathy extended to Us during
our recent Bereavement, the death
Of our beloved husband ana father.
s'fMafsas; CATHERINE MURPHY
AND SON.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
Congressman Are
Much Worried

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-12
J. F. Smith Doesn't
Recognize Division

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green ribbon girdle and she wore
small straw hat of a shade cor
responding to her frock. Her arm
bouquet consisted of purple stock
and snapdragons. The dress of the
brides mother was black satin and
lace and she wore a corsage of gar
denia while the bridegroom's mo-
tiler wore a dress of blue chiffon
and also wore a gardenia corsage.
Following the ceremony, the
home of the bride was the scene
Of a reception for members of the
immediate families and intimate
friends. Out of town guests at
tended from Brooklyn, N. Y, Prov
idence, r. l., Madison, Ansonia,
Somers, Torrington, Watertown,
Litchfield and Stamford.
Mr. Payne and his bride left on
an extended wedding trip, the des-
tination being unannounced. The
bride travelled in costume OF
navy blue with matching accessor-
les. After May Is the couple will
he at home at III Clinton street.
The bride is a graduate of Cros-
by high school and Connecticut
Agricultural college and the bride
groom is a graduate of Crosby high
school and is affiliated with the
Chase companies.
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The Bidding

In the bidding, arbitrary con-
ventions bring about some pecu-
liar situations. The hand was
played at contract. The North and
South players were using the ar
bitrary Boland club convention.
The bid of one club shows three
and one-half tricks and partner.
holding less than two tricks, is
supposed to respond with a dia-
mond. Any other response shows
two quick tricks and the bidding
must then be kept open until
game is arrived at.
South, having the required
three and 'one-half tricks, opened
with a bid of one club. West
overcalled with one heart, North
bid two clubs. This shows that his
suit is clubs and further states
that he holds at least two quick
tricks. East passed and South bid
two diamonds. North went to two
No Trump. South then bid three
diamonds, North bid four clubs
and South bid six clubs. We now
find South with the ace and queen
of clubs alone, playing the hand
at six clubs.
The Play
1t is Vests opening lead and he
plays the queen of spades which
South, the declarer, won with the
king. South's next play is the
ace of clubs, and when East and
West both follow, the queen of
clubs was played and overtaken
in dummy with the king, West dis
carding a heart. Two more rounds
of clubs are led from dummy
East following with two clubs and
the declarer discarding the deuce
and six of diamonds, West dis
carding a spade and a heart. The
ten of diamonds is led from dunn
my and South, the declarer, wins
with the ace. Declarer then plays
his king Of diamonds and dis
cards the seven of spades from
dummy.
AS West has bid hearts, he lis
practically. marked with the kine
and jack of hearts, therefore the
declarer leads the deuce of hearts
West plays the jack and the trick
is won with dummy's ace. The
seven Of hearts is returned from
dummy and declarer plays the
queen of hearts which West wins
with the king, but the ten Of
hearts is now good in dummy al
well as the, ace of spades and ths
eight and seven of clubs.
This gives the declarer his con.
tract of six clubs. .
Copyright. 1881, NEA Service.
Incl.
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SOCIAL

On April 27th, the fourth annual
meeting of the Council of Congre-
gational Women of Connecticut
will be held in the Second Congre-
gationai church of this city. There
will be two sessions, one at 1880
and the other at 2 O'Clock. At the
morning session, reports OF the
years work will be received and
the election of officers will take
place. Following this routine
business will come the Inspiration
al addresses. Among the speak
ers who are to be heard will be
Miss Ruth Cowles of Africa, who
will tell of her experiences as a
nurse in johannesburg, and of her
work among the women and chill
dren and especially the babies In
the slums of that city. Council will
also have the pleasure of welcom-
ing home at this time it's former
president, Miss Amy Welcher of
Hartford, who has been travelling
in Japan and China for some
months where she has had un-
usual opportunities for observing
the life of the people In these
Delegates from all over
the state will attend this meeting,
Among them will be many women
from this vicinity. 1f
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garden this year, but cannot get
a supply OF manure with which
to fertilize-you should first clean
up the land and either pillow or
spade 1t to depth of perhaps
eight inches. Before time to plant
your crops you might make gen.
eral application Of commercial fer
tilizer. FIR example, you might get
four to five per cent nitrogen, 10
per cent phosphoric acid, and six
per cent potash. and apply it at
the. rate of five pounds to each 100
square feet of surface. That would
be at the rate of a little more than
a ton to the acre. This should be
spread broadcast and worked into
the soil during the narrowing or
raking following blowing or spad-
ing.
Your next step in the rertilizing
of your garden would be to apply
a little extra fertilizer along the
rows as you plant the individual
crops, or you might wait until the
crops are started, then side-dress
with fertilizer along the rows.
Guard Against Burning.
Nitrate of soda and sulphate OF
ammonia are used for side-dress-
ing where a very rapid leaf growth
is desired, but you have to be
careful that you do not oyerdo the
application and burn the roots OF
your plants. One pound of either
nitrate of soda or sulphate OF
ammonia is sufficient for row
100 feet long, and even this Is too
much where the rows are closer
than 80 inches apart.
Y Don't apply fertilizer to the TO-
Iiage, but to the soil alongside the
rows. and cultivate or hoe it into
the soil. Sometimes the nitrate is
applied just before a shower or In
advance of a watering SO that 1t
will be dissolved and so into the
soil.
A regular mixed fertilizer can
be used as side-dressing. but be
careful that you do not burn the
roots of your plants.
TOMORROW: Starting early