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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
LIQUIDATION PLEASING TO
 EPOSITORS
JUST TWO DOGS AND ONE TRIED TO
 RESCUE OTHER

St Paul, M.nn. Dec i4-WPJ --As small, ynondcscrlpt dog. swam across tlse Mississippi riv- CT. today. A layer Of fec at the sgntcr's edge slated downward under llis weight and he was unable sO scramble upon 1t.
 For several minutes llc tllresale1 about which persons watched from the bridge above. The dog's efforts grew more fec blc. ~ M
 Whom 1t seemed he was about to give up, n large police dog tr0fted to the edge of the ica' and scixcd the smaller dog by the neck. The larger dog had dragged tho smaller dog half way up tho icc when the icc broke and both dogs slipped f into the water. The, police dog swnfa about seeking new place to climb from the water.
 Workmen of n nearby whole sale house manned boat and rescued bOt:s dcgs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Auburn Priso on Riot Was The Cause Of Trial
 George Small Studied Law In Prison - Judge Scores Tie Jury For Giving Them Verdict

sAuburn, New York, Dec 24.- (UP) George Small and Arthur Barry, notorious jewel thief, were acquitted to-day of riot charges in connection with the Auburn prison riot of 1929, Small acting as de- fense attorney. The jury an- nounced its verdict after delibcr- ating 19 hours.
 The acquittal was a victory for a self f-taught lawyer -- Small, who poured over legal tonnes in his Au- burn prison cell and conducted his own defense during the two-weck trial.
 Max Goldman was counsel for Barry. the suave thief who con- cealed himself from police for three years until he was captured few. weeks ago in New Jersey and brought back to Auburn. g,
 Barry and Small were charged
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
EXAMINATION OF DIPHTHERIA
 { CULTURES
Health Officer Godfrey Made Report Today Of The Number That Were Examined During Year

3t Fs ~ x Q .
 Diphtheria cultures numbering CTS were examined during 1882 by the laboratory connected with the city health department, according to the annual report of that branch of the city government made nuh- lie to-day by pr Edward J. God frey, municipal health officer. Miss Attracta Murray is In charge of the laboratory work and complied the report made public by pr Godfrey. The latter highly com- piimented Miss Murray on the 7cx- tent and success of the work car- rled out by her during 1882.
 During the year CTS idiphthcrla cultures were examined, II were found positive and 667 were found negative. The laboratory report also discloses many other inter- esting and important features.
 Throughout 1882 the selection of blood donors for the hospitals s (Continued on Page 2)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
THREE INJURED
 AND MANY FLED
 IN BOSTON FIRE
Three Alarm Blaze Swept a s Story Tenement Apartment - 50 Cana- rieS Were SmOthered

Boston, Dec 24-(UP)-Three persons were injured and nearly 50 others, including. Is children. were rescued or forced to flee when a three alarm fire swept five-story tenement house in the south end today. Loss was placed at $20,000.
 More than 50 canaries in breed ing establishment on the top floor were smothered to death when fire- men were unable to reach them.
 Fireman William Jeffers. David Coset. 36, and Timothy Sheehan. 17,< were cut by flying glass and suffered smoke inhalation. They were taken to City hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
EXPLOSION IN
 ILLINOIS MINE
 TRAPS 52 MEN
Not Known How Many
 Were Killed-Air is Bee
 ing Purified in Order to
 Save the Rest

Moweaqua, III, Dec 24--(UP)--I A cave-in following an explosion today in the Moweaqua Coal com- pany's mine here trapped 52 min- CTS in underground passages a mile from the shaft. The blast blocks all escape from the rooms in which the men had just gone to work. It could not be learned whether any had been killed or injured.
 Mine officials said air was being pumped down. to the men. The officials expressed belief all those trapped would be brought alivc.;'
 All the trapped miners are mem bers of the Progressive Miners of America. rival union to the United Mine Workers of America
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
CONVICT LAWYER
 GETS HIMSELF AND
 CHU M AC CQUITT TED
ONE cOUR JUDGE COULDM [ GRASP
 CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

New Haven, Conn, Dec 24-- IUP)-Justicc isIi't always tempered by the Christmas spirit.
 Anna Frank, @. and Mary Mini0ni, 34, both of New Haven, learned tliat much to- day when they appeartsl be- fore City Court Judgc Stanley Dunn on n sh0plifting charge.
 Defense counsel for the wO- men said they were attracted by hand bags fnd couldn't rc- sist the temptation.
 q suppose they probably were overcome by the Christi mas spirit" said Judge Dunn.
 Sn,ilingly. counsel answered, "UndOubtcdIy so."
 "I am sorry to say I am not" snapped Jndgc' Dunn and fined the woman a total 4of $35. .ssssss ,st
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
CALABRESE
 HAS HIRED
 ATTORNEY
Man Accused of the Mur- der of Mrs Jennie Leach Has Engaged Attorney Joseph A. Hackett to Defend Him

There is likely to be little talk of murder" in the death of Mrs Jennie Leach. 25. whose body was found last Monday night in q sand pit off the Plank road. The affair will be referred to in the future as the accidental death of an unfor- tunate woman. Whether John Calabrcse, 31, held as a suspect in the case, since he reported the wo- mans death to the police and ad- mitted that he was with her at the time of her demise, will receive any sympathy for his weeks con- finement or whether the police will be credited with an investigation that was badly "bunglcd" from the start, will be a matter of opinion:
 Calabrese has offered as his albi
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Receiver for Merchants Trust co Getting Many Appi z ations . From Those Who Had Money in the Bank to Try Out the New Plan
 NEW PROGRAM.
 FULLY ExPL AIMED

The receiver for the Merchants Trust Co is being flooded with re- quests fr6m depositors of the closed bank who are anxious t6 take, advantage of the new liquida- ton plan which has worked sues cessfully in three instances. The new plan is beneficial both to the depositors and the receiver.
 Here in brief, is the idea: A de- posit0r has several thousand dol- lars on deposit In the closed Mcr- chants Trust Co. Rather than wait until the ultimate liquida- ton of the banks assets for full payment of his accounts. the de-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
.MIDSHIPMAN ON ! WAY HOMEWARD
 MET HIS DEATH
Auto Crashed Into Stand ing Freight in the Fog Two Comrades Were Injured

Wrens, Ga, Dec 24-- (UP)-- one midshipman at the U. s. Naval Academy at Annapolis was killed instantly and five fellow students were injured. three critically, when the automobile in which they were riding crashed into a freight train standing across the highway one mile south of here today. Dense fog obscured sight of the train.
 John Allen Smith, Albany, Ga, was killed instantly in the colli- sion. The group was enroute to his home to spend the holidays.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
DENTIST MURDERS OLD LADY PATIENT
 AND DISAPPEARED
JACK DEM EY IS
 STILL LIKED! l! Bl
 ESfEL;LE E TAYLOR

BoItlmOrc. Md, Dec 24- (uP)--Esfcll, Taylor was go busy hnying Chrlstapns presents for JHek Dempsey Ter dl- vorccd husband, tlanf she ,al- most missed the train that brought her here from New York, slic said today.
 Possibility of n rcc0ncIIation was fOrcsecn when she said she had dinner with tho fOr- incr heavyweight bOxing champion .'befOrc l began my shopping tOur.
 She asserted she still cOn- sldcrcd Dempsey "tlsc sweiicst man In the world"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Thomas E. Hallinan To
 Be Given Reappo ointment

of the party on that body includ- Ing Town Chairman John H.. Cfary ana Thomas Shannahan. MT Haliinan is now chairman of the board and MT Grary is secretary, The republican members of the board are ex- Mayor William II. Sandiand and Arthur Nelson. MT Nelson's term expires in 1884 while thnt of Mir Shannahan, expires In 1895. The term of ex.Mayor Sand land expires in 1886 while that Of Mir Crary comes to an end In 1881.
 When the board reorganizes i'i March following the reappointment of Mir Hallinan 1t is expected that Giles Anderson will be rechosen clerk of the board. He has held that position under several admin |istrations. .s.sss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Roosevelt Will Have Familiar - Faces at Capital

Albany, N. Y., Dec 24-(UP) )-- Five members of the executive mansion stan will accompany Pres dient-elect and Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt to the White House March {, 1t was revealed today.
 They are Martin Snyder, Mir Rooseveit's chauffeur; McDutfle. his valet; Mary Foster. Mrs Roos- cvelt's personal maid: Ida Allen. cook, and Elizabeth Ward, Kitchen maid.
 1T am sorry to leave the rest. Mrs Roosevelt said, you see. ber come very fond of people"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
ROBBED PRIEST
 OF MUCH MONEY

Paris. Dec. 24-UP)-Police have requested American authori- ties to arrest criminal said to be from Boston or New York, who, they say, Is head of an interna- tional ring composed of members of the late Jack Legs) Diamonds gan.
 The suspect crossed to the Unit ed States on the Bremen, Dec. 9, after swindling Father McCauley. 0 Liverpool priest, out of $S3.200 entrusted to him for investment, the police reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24

Thomas Hallinan. whose term of office on the board Of tax commis- sioners expires on March ist. 1883. will be reappointcd for another five-year term shortly after the New Year, 1t was learned on good authority to-day. Mayor Frank Hayes, who has the power of mak- ing the appointment. is4 under. stood as being ready to dispose of the, matter during January. MT Hal1fnan is a democrat and has held d position on the tax commits sioners' board throughout the Guilfoile and Hayes administra- ton. He was named by ex- Mayor Francis F. GuiIfoile.
 The democrats have majority ' on the board. the other members
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24

Harrison lost to William A. Con- ley by 20 votes. The latter was certified by the state board of c:iE- vassers last week by order of Superior Court Judge Frank r. McEvoy who ruled favorably On Conley's mandamus action to ccni-s pei certification.
 The election of Gonley gave the democrats majority of one in tiie state senate.
 The decision. written by Chief Justice William NJ. Maltbic. statcI the trial court was correct in not recognizing as sufficient groun..s for it to order recanvass. in. difference between the numbers checked upon the registry lists a1d the numbers recorded upon tiln voting machines as having voted ] Harrison had claimed there was q wide. discrepancy between the machines and lists. enough to have swayed the election to him. { Referring to Harrison's charsc that the moderator had ''inlprop- CT motives, in refusing to order a recanvass, the court said: %
 While 1t docs not appear in the record why the respondent re fused to recancass the vote. it-1naS we'll have because shc deemed Inc difference between the number of persons checked upon the registry lists in tho different districts and the number recorded upon the machines as having voted was, under the circumstanccs. insdffi- cient to show a discrepancy in tlle returns.
 we cannot say that his IT. fusal to make a recanvass indi- cates Improper motives or ip- fluenccs. plain disregard of duty, gross abuse of power or violation of the law" & E
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Supreme Court Has Killed All Chances
 To Defeat Conley
NEGRO SPRINTING CHAMPION MAY BE
 DEPUTY SHERIFF

Detroit, Dec 24-UP)- Eddie TOlan, University of Michigan Negro sprinter and Olympic champion, may have q chance to test his speed against fugitivcs from the law, Mayor Frank Murphy has dis closed.
 ToIan, thanked by city Offl- cials for the prominence his athletic achievements brought the city and state, cOuntcred with a request for a job to help him care for his poverty stricken family.
 Shcriff-clcct Thomas c. Will COX has offered to appoint TOlan a deputy sheriff. Mur- phy said Friday. If he acc cepts, he will receive $2,3OO a year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
WATERBURY WAS. VERY BUSY
 FOR CHRISTMAS
Streets Crowded And Stores We'll Filled Asl Shoppers Did Their Bit 10 Help Business

Waterbury's entire citizenry was busy to-day putting the final touches on their plans for obscrv- ing Christfnas day, tomorrow. Streets were crowded by shoppers and stores were filled to capacity as thousands or people rushed about making their iast-ninutc purchases.
 To-day's weather on the eve Of ChristYnas was ideal and was the cause of much comment, Last nfgl,ts rain served 10 wash away much of the snow that had lain 0n fhe gronnd, since the storm of last
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
TRUMPETER FROM CROSBY HIGH TO
 PLAY CAR IS

Christmas carols will be played from the tower of the Second church by Patsy Petit, trumpeter from Crosby high school orchestra this evening at 8 o'clock, and again to- morrow evening at 6:30 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
(yHRfATNrAs .SVEATFifIR

Wnshingt0Ti, Dec 24--l Uf'l --r--- santa Clais' will find clouds. some l rain and rising tempcraturcs on | |Christyliaa owe along the Atlantte sen board tho weather bureau safd today. z {: (
 New EugIand and middle Atietir tic stnte gepefaiiy will have high tcmperaturSa but rnin on Chrtst. ' YpaeI the report said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
MRS NATHAN DEAD

Philadelphia, Dec 24-UP)- Mrs Ella Nathan. mother of George Jean Nathan, author and critic. and sister of the late Samuel Nixon and Charles Nirdinger, theatrical men, died here yesterday. She had been III several months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
.lIICH PRIEST IS HELD

Montreal, Dec 24.--l UI )--+t )vlla Girard, who toid police he was high priest of the sect of Crucified Onese was held here today charged with oficiating at marriage without proper au- thority. z s ,s sssss. 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
BRYAN MANAGER DEAD

Washington, Dec 24.--( )---CoI. Frank k. Morgan, 78, newspaperman who managed ,119, tie first and second presidential campaigns of Will liam Jennings Bryan, died here today after an operation. 0 M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Frederick w. Harrison, Republican, Was Denied Recount and Appeal From Ruling of Judge McEvOy Dis missed

Hartford, Conn. Dec. UP)-Fredeiick w. Harrison of Bridgeport candidate for state senator from tho Fist district denied recount of November election turns by the state supreme court of errors today.
 Harrison's appeal from superior court ruling to the same effect was dismissed by the higher court
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Final News Flashes
NO CRIME NEWS USED

. Boston, Dec "A. - CUP )---For the ninth sue cessive years the Boston Traveller today published page free of crime news. On page one were 10 Christmas stories and a Christmas picture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
REP. BUTLER VERY ILL

Washington, Dec "A. UP )-Rep. Butler, republican,, Ore, remained in serious condition at Providence hospital today suffering from pneu- monia. He was. reported by his physician as t'holding his own. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
ALIMONY CLUB CHOSE PICTURE

New York, Dec 24--- (UP)-The forty-seven members of the New York Alimony club now lano1Iishnp in iail chose as their Christmas pres ent a showing of the film They Just Had To Get Married with Zazu Pitts and Slim Summervile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
SWEPT BY TORNADO

N England Ark, Dec 24.-- UP)--EngIand Ark, scene of food riots two years ago. was swept ' bv a tornado today. Twelve persons were injured
 and l4 houses demolished. Many trees were up-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
ICREENyyICH WOMAN IN LICHT

Marseilles, France, Dec z4.--( UT l---MrS J. JeWett James, Greenwich, Conn, aviatrlx, left for Rome today in her tri-motor plane, Windward III. 9 s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24
Markets at a Glance

Stocks firm in dull pre-holday market Bonds higher; U. S. Government issues at new highs. Curb stocks irregular in narrow range. Chicago stocks quiet and mixed.
 Foreign exchange mixed; sterling of slightly Wheat dull around previous closing levels corn and oats steady. TIM Ca- D. C.. D<.~-a a.eM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-24

Occasional Rains Tonight
 and On Sunday
Evening star., 1932-06-19
Loss of i. S. War Debts Held Certainty;
Moratorium and Lausanne Failure Seen

there are governments strong enough
to accept some such temporary adjust
ment as that Of Locarno, and thus get
the political obstacles out of the way,
there is literally nothing doing" IN the
way of economic and financial recovery
in Europe. And for two years the bar
riers to any such truce have been
mounting, not falling. Franco-G German
relations today are at the least worse
than at any moment since the occupa-
tion of the Ruhr.
But France today is, at all events,
financially better off than either the
United States or Britain. While Amer
leans and the British have billions at
stake in private loans to Germany.
France has practically nothing. And If
conditions in Germany continue with
out material improvement Tor another
year not only Germans, but most Euro
peans, believe the result will be Red
revolution Bruening was the last card
of republican Germany. The present
grotesuue fusion of soldier Junker and
industrialist is a patent effort to pre-
vent communistic upheaval by an ap-
peal to the old forces which sustained
the Hohenzollern regime. But, like
Bruening, Papen has to get help from
outside to prevail, and against him he
has not only all the contemporary sus-
picions which Bruening's foreign policy
awakened in France, but all the old
suspicious surviving from the days Of
the HohenZollerns.
War Goes On.
Looking back over the events Of the
past year, then, 1t is plain that Herbert
Hoover has had the same experience
tcr rntIr
Wilson had with his peace proposals
16 Years earlier Both ventures failed
for the same reason, that the European
nations in conflict set their own objec-
tives above all else. In 1916 the worlds
stake was peace. In 1881 it was pros
perity or, perhaps more exactly, SOL
vency. But in both cases the war con-
tinued. Today the struggle between
France and Germany over the conflict
ing interests of security and treaty re-
vision is every whit as uncOmpromising
as that of the World War. And now,
as before. the contestants are equally
unconcerned with American rights or
material interests And now, as then,
the sole choice Of America is to get
into the melee and insure the success
Of one or the other of the nations in
shock or stay out and suffer the losses
incidental to the struggle.
The basic mistake the critics Of the
President and of the Congress OF the
United States make is in assuming that
il both would only consent to the can
collation. of the war debts the creditors
of Germany would agree to scrap rep
arations and the march back to pros
perity would begin promptly. But moth
ing is less exact Mr. Hoover, at great
political risk to himself tried the mora
torium. with results now clear And
cancellation would produce identical re-
suits or lack of results. For the basic
troubles in Europe are neither economic
nor financial. but political. War debts
and reparations are already dead. They
are. in fact. henceforth mere bookkeep-
ing items But the war in Europe con-
tinues and must now. unless every sign
fails go to finish again, as it did be-
fore in the stage which lasted from 1914
to 1918.
tcopyrght. 1927
Evening star., 1932-06-19
HONORED NOVELIST
ALWAYS PUNCTUAL
E. V. Lucas. on British List. Makes
Appointments on Odd Minutes
and Keeps Them.
By Gable to The Star,

By Gable to The Star.
LONDON, June 18 (NANAD.-One
of the most popular awards in the new
honors list is that of companion of
honor, which has been given to E. v.
Lucas. the novelist and essayist. who
has made life SO much more worth
living to tourists by his series of de-
lightful travel books. "A Wanderer In
Paris "A Wanderer in Rome" and
SO on.
Mr.. Lucas is chairman Of Methuen's.
the publishers, and has been a member
OF the Royal Commission on Historical
Monuments since 1928. He declares,
however, that the honor he most great
ly prizes is that Of being made men,
ber Of the Sussex County Cricket Club
at the age Of 7.
Perhaps the most characteristic quail
ity of "E. "" is his orderliness of mind,
one Of the results of which is meticu-
lous punctuality. He invariably makes
appointments not at. for instance. 3
O'Clock or $780, but at 03 or 1927, his
theory being that an odd minute be-
comes fixed in the mind. And If his
appointment is for 1927, he is there at
1927 and not at 1923.
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Evening star., 1932-06-19
SCOTT CENTENARY
TO BE CELEBRATED
Two on Kings List Connected
Directly With Family of
Famous Novelist.
By Gable to The Star.

BY Gable to The Star.
LONDON, June 18 (NAN.A)-The
Kings birthday honors list contains the
names Of two people connected with
Sir Walter Scott, the centenary Of
whose death is being celebrated this
Summer.
The novelist's great-great-grandson,
Gen. Maxwell-Scott, becomes the new
Sir Walter and will live at Abbotsford,
having inherited the estate through the
female line. The original barOnetcy
expired with the first Sir Walters son.
James Fitzalan Hope, who is to end
a distinguished parliamentary career in
the House Of Lords, has a direct con-
nection with the home of Sir Walter
Scott, though he cannot claim descent
from the novelist.
Meanwhile the Scott centenary cele-
brations are under way. Already, plays
about the great novelist have been
given. and on Tuesday masque con-
SlStlng chiefly OF well known episodes
from the Waverley novels will be given
in Edinburgh.
Further Scott celebrations will in
clude an exhibition of portraits and
manuscripts in the Scottish National
Gallery from July l to September 80;
a pageant given by Edinburgh school
children in the Waverley market from
September 2l to "a: a service in st.
Giles Cathedral. Edinburgh. on Sep
tember 81 tth0 actual date of the CEN
tenary). and a ceremony at Dryburgh
Abbey where Sir Walter was buried, on
September 23
1t also is hoped that lectureship in
Scottish literature will be established
In the University of Edinburgh in con-
nection with the chair of English lit
erature
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Evening star., 1932-06-19
CALMER PERIOD SEEN
IN LIQUOR REGULATION
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 18-Catholic stu
dents from universities over the Ma
ton adopted resolution at a conven-
ton yesterday declaring they believed
present trends forecast a calmer period
when liquor regulation will be removed
from politics and restored to common
sense"
The resolution said the Catholic
Church is firm in its demand for tenn
perance. but added that in recent years
prohibitionists have sometimes been SO
engrossed in the folly of prohibition
that sometimes the Catholic position
was wrongfully interpreted as favoring
liquor or even the saloon"
THE Catholic Church." the resolu-
ton said, seeks not to make men
righteous by statutory enactments. but
rests its whole hope on sound motives
which the individual reason approves
and the individual will is inspired to
carry into effect"
Evening star., 1932-06-19
BRUENING WELCOMED
Former Chancellor Max es First Ap-
pearance Since Custer.

MAINZ. Germany, June 18 CP.-
Making his first public address since
he was ousted from the chancellorship,
DR.. Heinrich Bruening received a tre-
mendous welcome last night when he
appeared before a HesSian election cam
paign meeting. He was greeted as the
savior of Germany"
The campaign has resurected a slo-
gan of the 1906 election-"From the
commandments sabers We shall not
finch" This Is reference to the mill
tary character OF the Won Papen cab
met
In defense Of his administration. DR.
Bruening declared it was the goal of
his Centrist party to bring about
united Germany.