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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
Giant Star Of The
Courts Is Missing
Since Last Thursday
He Was Eliminated Wednesday From
the Mems Singles Of the French
Tennis Championship Battles
LEFT APARTMENT OF FRIEND
AND WITH NO EXPLANATION

Paris, June Acknowledgements Francis X Shields,
giant New York tennis star who eliminated Wednesday
from the mems singles of the French tennis championships
Shields left the apartment of friend Thursday night
He made explanation for his departure simply leaving
note which bore his New York forwarding address.
The caretaker at the apartment said that Shields left
his baggage and money the apartment and that they would
be forwarded to New York to-day He expressed doubt
reports that Shields ILL., he had appeared in excellent
health
Officials of the French Tennis Federation and fellow
players the championships current at Auteu believed
that Shields had to Berlin to play in tourney there
German tennis officials however said by telephone that
had not gone there
Shields had intended to play in the alEng,and cham
uionships at Wimbledon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
Judge Mascolo
Discharged Him
After Evidence
Peculiar Case Heard in
Court This Morning
With Many. Witnesses
Elizabeth Street Man
Was Accused Of Collect
ing Money Under False
Pretenses
JUDGE WAS NOT
CONVINCED OF GUILT

Private detectives, special inves-
tigators, lawyers and plain collec.
tors, figured In the trial of Arthur
M. White, a., Of Elizabeth street In
police court this morning. He was
arraigned on four counts In which
he was alleged that he obtained
money under false pretenses. Judge
Edward Mascolo decided that he
was not convinced beyond rea-
sonnbte doubt Of the accused's guilt
ana ordered his discharge.
The case OF Ernest DePue, So,
of 81 North Main street, charged
with embezzlement was continued
until June 18th.
xhe charges against White and
DePue were brought as separate
actions, but they became linked
this morning with DePue being
called as state witnes against
White.
o. II. kelsey. president OF the
Epson. Singleton company was the
first state witness called. He iden-
titled four receipts he had received
on payments made to Mr. White,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
MORGAN SWUNG
Is PER CENT OF
ALL PROFITS
More Secrets of Famous
House Were Dug Up
To-day By Persistent
News Diggers
By LYLE q. WILSON

Copyright, 1888, by United Press)
Washington, June 3-(UP)-J.
Pierpont Morgan, one Of 20 men,
bers Of the banking partnership
which bears his name, was re-
vealed today to the United Press
as the possessor of O rs per cent
interest In the firms profits.
Morgan's share in the profits and
his responsibility for liabilities Of
Morgan & Co., have ben among
Wall streets most closely guarded
secrets.
Three years after the death Of the
Elder Morgan the new partnership
was organized in 1915. The young
er Morgan put up so per cent of
the capital in the new firm. He
was assigned rs per cent share
Of the earnings, the United Press
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
CATHOLICS and
SPAIN ARE NOT
ON GOOD TERMS
Recent Edict on Religious
Orders Has Reused
Anger-Pope Plus Made
Vigorous Protest

Strongly protesting the ''anti-
church" measures of the Spanish
government. the Pope said:
"A new and more serious attack
has occurred not merely upon re-
ligion and the church but also up
on those accepted principles of
civic freedom on which the new
Spanish regime pretends to base it.
self.
1--WE fel 1t our duty to raise our
voice anew"
1.-THE war against the church can
not be explained on the ground
that 1t is necessary to safeguard the
republic. but even more than to a
lack Of appreciation Of the Catholic
faith and its beneficent institutions,
II must rather be attributed to the
hatred which secret organizations
that seek the destruction OF all re-
ligious and social order entertain
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
BILLY MULDO0N
SPORTSMAN OF
REPUTE DIES
Famous Years Ago as
Great Wrestler - In
Later Years, Boxing
Commissioner
BY STUART CAMERON
Omitted Press Sports Editorl


New York, June 3.-(UP)-Wil-
liam Muldoon. famous conditioner
Of athletes and prominent men,,
died today In the suburban home
to which he had retired reluctant
ly when the ravages Of old age
finally undermined his great ply
sique.
Muldoon passed his ssth birth.
day In q semi-stupor last May 25.
and since that time he had been
conscious for only a few hours at
q time.
The big house where he died Is
a part of the widely known Null
doom Health Farm at Purchase,
near White Plains In Westchester
county. In recent months he had
lived quietly there with few clients
visiting his gymnasium.
As he slipped into q decline the
once independent grand old man
of boxing relied more and more
upon the services Of Miss Margaret
Farrell, whom he had adopted as
q daughter two years ago. She
served as a practical nurse.
Famous visitors came away
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
HACKETT May
Name LOCAL
man ON STAFF
Orville Lawlor, Son of
Senator Joseph H. Law
lor, May Be in Tax Com.
nliSSiOner'S Office

Orville Lawlor. son Of Senator
Joseph H. Lawlor, is slated for a
place on the staff of the newly
named state tax commissioner.
Senator william Hackett Of New
Haven, according to authentic re.
ports current In Hartford. The
New Haven man was picked as
commissioner for the next four
years by the senate during the past
week. He succeeds Commissioner
William Blodgett.
The local man. Mr. Lawlor, has
long been favorably considered for
a place on the staff of the tax dc.
partment In the event Of Senator
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
Senate Sat Until Nearly
Six O'Clock Last Night
will Meet One Hour
Earlier on Monday
Much Was Done and
Very Much to Be Done

Hartford, Conn. June 8 - (UP)
- The general assembly brought
It's final full week Of the session
to close yesterday afternoon with
another long grind In which the
senate sat until nearly o'clock,
clearing the calendar Of many con-
troversial bills.
The house was In session until 8
o'clock. In adjourning the senate
agreed to convene at 1915 o'clock
Monday. an hour earlier than US
uai. The house will meet at the
usual hour.
The senate. despite frequent
amendments to consider and long
debates. managed to dispose Of the
following measures:
Confirmed the nomination OF
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
FORMER CITIZEN
OF WATERBURY
IS HONORED
Walter Dillon Presented
With Medal By Boys
Club of America for
MeritOriOuS Work

A former Waterburian. Walter
z. Dillon. superintendent Of the
Downtown Boys Club Of Newark.
N. j., Is to be presented with a
medal for meritorious service In
Boys Work at the 27th annual
convention Of the Boys Clubs OF
America. The presentation will be
a feature of the banquet at Hotel
Stevens, Chicago, on next We'd
nesday evening. Many of the fore
most leaders Of boys welfare ac-
tivities in the country, will be pres
ent for the ceremonies. The honor
voted Mr. Dillon will climax 40
years Of service among boys.
To thousands of readers OF nat
(Continued on Page 2.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
MANY SEEKING
POSITIONS IN
LOCAL OFFICE
New Motor Vehicle Official
Is Coming to Waterbury
in Regard to Filling
Positions

Michael A. Conner Of Hartford,
newly appointed state commission
err OF motor vehicles will come to
waterbury some time next week to
confer with heads Of the local
democratic party on the replace
ment Of the present holders of
offices in the local motor vehicle
office,
There are about Is jobs now
held at the Waterbury office, in
Guiding two inspectors jobs, which
are expected to be filled with
democrats instead OF republicans
who now hold the positions.
some of tho positions are con-
sidered good paying Jobs under
present conditions and the new
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
Mattern Plane
Was Not Sighted
Since the Start

North Truro, Mass. June -
(UP)-A poll OF Cape Cod coast
guard stations which sighted Eu-
rope-bound planes In previous
transatlantic flights produced no
reports concerning James Mat
terms plane this morning.
Only one plane was sighted. This
was a high-fying craft seen from
the Highland light signal station
about S:45 a. m. EDIT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03

New York, June 3--(UP) --oifi-
Gals OF the United States Lawn
Tennis association were amazed
to-day to learn OF the disappoar~
ance of Francis Shields. Members
Of the brokerage house Of Dun-
leavy-Cleaves by which he IL en-
ployed also were without direct
news Of Shields.
A report that Shields was en-.
route home to undergo an appendi.
citis operation was circulated here
but friends OF the player did not
believe this. They felt that II an
operation was needed Shields
would not risk a transatlantic voy-
age but would have the operation
done In Paris or Berlin.
Shields IL tall, darkly hand
some young man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
CYRUS CURTIS
GROWS WEAKER
IN CONDITION

Philadelphia. June 3-(UP)-
Cyrus H. X. Curtis. millionaire
newspaper and magazine publisher
was reported somewhat weaker"
to-day by physicians at his home.
The s3-year-old publisher has
been i'll for more than a year. but
his condition now is said to be crit
ical. Members of the family gath
cred at his home to-day. as physi-
clans held little hope for his recov-
cry.
Curtis has been confined to his
home since the death of his second
wife a year ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
Hartford Women
Golfers Proved
Their Supremacy

New Haven. Conn.,, June 3 -
(UP)-The supremacy OF the wo-
mems team of the Hartford Golf
club remained unquestfoned today
for the five golfers yesterday after
noon stroked their way to their
sixth annual title in as many years.
Led by Mrs G. l.. Austin, whose
SO in the afternoon IS holes was
low for the day, the Hartford wo-
men defeated the Indian Hill club
team from Newington. Play was
over the Race Brook Country club
course in Orange.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
Night Session Of
Assembly May Be
Held On Monday
MRS. JELKE IS
GIVEN S6,169
FOR EXPENSES

Providence, II. l., June B.
(UP)--Mrs Eugcnia w. Jelke,
~, estrangcd wife Of +. Frax-
Ter joke, IS, wealthy New
York and Chicago broker, has
been awarded S0,i00 expenses
In connection with their futile
cross suits for divorce, instead
Of tho $4,000 she requested.
Superior Judge Hugh d.
BAKER granted Mrs Jclke $500
for an MISUNDERSTANDING trip
TO Europe, instead OF 5000
requested, and allowed her
$500 for r. j. Bodckcr, a
private detective, instead Of
$4,000. These were the prln.
cipal rcvislons.
After q sensational two.and-a.
hNlf-week trial. Superior Judge
Charles A. Walsh, recently
denied q divorce either to
Jelke or his wife.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
TWO CONVICTS
ELUDE POSSE

Dripping Springs, Okla, June 3.
(UP)-Two fugitive convicts from
the Kansas state Penitentiary early
today eluded a posse OF Oklahoma
and Arkansas officers.
The two stole an automobile
from a farmer near here and fed
westward into the Cookson hills. q
natural fortress for notorious out
laws at a time when officers be-
lieved they were closing In on
thGms
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
Markets At a Glance

Stocks decline fractions to more than points on
heavy profit taking.
Bonds react after early bulge, as traders take
profits.
Curb stocks dip to fractional losses after early RISE
Chicago stocks quiet and easier.
Foreign exchange advances against dollar.
Wheat dips cent; corn and oats ease.
Cotton declines more than dollar bale.
Rubber eases on profit-taking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
GERMAN PRINCE
DEFIES FAMILY
and IS MARRIED

Bonn, Germany. June 8 = (UP)
- Prince wilhelm of Russia. eld-
est son of the former crown
prince, defied his family today
by marrying - Dorothea Won Sal
vati, q commoner. There was a
civil wedding at 10 a. m. and a
simple church service at p. m.
Prince Wilhelm second heir to the
German throne, II it is revived.
wore the uniform of the Steel Hell
met organization of which Is 10 a
member.
Witnesses to the cermony were
the brides brother. q well known
equestrian. and Count Blumenthal.
o friend Of the prince and a lead
ing member of the Steel Helmet or
stahlhelm pxganizatiQps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
SCHOOL FOR BOYS BURNED

Greenwich, Conn, June 3.-(UP)-Flre
early today swept through the three story wood
en- structure which has housed the Brunswick
School for Boys the last q years. Damage. was
estimated at $4,000, covered by insurance.
There was no one in the building
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
SECRETARY HULL is BOSS

Aboard S. S. President Roosevelt, at Sea, June
3.-(UP)- Secretary of State Cordell Hull, as
perhaps the nations leading tariff expert, will
take charge Of economic negotiations for the
United States at the World Economic Conference
at London, it was understood today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
SEVEN KILLED
IN EXPLOSION
AT OIL FIELDS
Ten Blocks Swept at Long
Beach, Cal-Ruins Be.
ing Searched for Bodies
of Victims
BY GEORGE II. BEALE

(CHIteu FrcSs StHH COrrcspOHucHtI
Long Beach, Calf, June D.
(UP)-A smoking, blackened ton
blocks square section OF Signal
Hill. one of the worlds richest oil
fields, was searched for bodies to-
day as authorities sought the toll
of the explosion and fire that
turned the district into holocaust
late yesterday.
The known dead stood at seven
this morning, but more than ~
persons still were missing and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
Final News Flashes
STAMFORD GIRL ELIMINATED

Auteuil, France, June 3.-(UP)-Betty
Nuthall of England defeated Mrs Dorothy An
women's singles play today, leaving Helen
Jacobs of California as the only American in the
tourney
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
FIRST FLYER TO
ATTEMPT DASH
OVER THE OCEAN
James Mattern Got Away
at Dawn To-day on His
Solo Flight Around the
World
BY G. G. NICoLET
United Press STAFF Correspondent

Floyd Bennett Airport. New York
June 3-(U.P.)-James Matern.
transatlantic speed record holder
and oklahoma colonel. took on in
his airplane Century OF Progress at
1921 a. M, Z. D. T. to-day on 4
solo flight round the world.
Mattern is a Texan, smiling cur-
ly haired and confident.
His plane Is the one in which he
and Bennett Griffin, trying a world
fight q year ago, crashed in b
Russian peat bog.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-03
WEATHER is FAVORABLE

st Johns, N. F., June 3.-(UP)-A west
northwest wind and fine clear weather all along
the Newfoundland coast combined to make con-
ditions most favorable today for James Mattern
on the first stage of his solo flight around the
world.
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25

It's difficult to see how, under any
imaginable circumstances, real es-
tate values could sink lower. They've
touched the absolute bottom-now
they're moving up. And construction,
under the spur of recovery plans, is
moving out of the doldrums that
kept the industry at a standstill for
three years, and is reaching sounder
levels.
Bankrupt prices aren't going to be
offered US much longer. In the near
future, we're going to pay twenty or
fifty or a hundred per cent nor to
build and repair than we would have
70 pay now. We're going to pay more
for land, lumber, roofing materials
cement, heating equipment every
thing needed for home building.
Yes, its really the time to build
Opportunity is knocking now more
loudly than it ever knocked before
and thousands Of people with none,
to spend are taking advantage of it
As for those other thousands VIII,
have the money but prefer to "wai
and see, well, they might mediate Oh
the fact that BY the time they do fin,
cut that things are really changing
it will probably be too late to d,
anything about it.
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25
14-CENT WAGE IN
CODE
WILL BE OPPOSED

WASHINGTON, November 81
When the hearing is called Monday
November 20 by N. r. A. officials on
the code for the laundry trade, a
brief opposing the IA cents an hour
wage for colored women workers in
the South will be presented by the
Joint COMMITTEE on National Re
covery. Walter White, secretary Of
the NAACP., which is n of the or
CARNATIONS in the joint committee,
will read the brief. The laundry trade
has divided the country into six
each territory. The country is divid-
ed so that the socalled "black belt'
states are all in one group and have
the lowest wage fer ordinary laundry
workers-14 cents an hour. In the
group just above the lowest, the
wage is 20 cents an hour. The low
group states include North Carolina,
South Carolina, part of Florida, Ala
bama, Georgia, Mississippi. Louis
lana and part of Texas. Under the
proposed code a week would be forty
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25
GIVEN G M FOR BEING
BARRED FROM VIR. PRIMARY

"The court does hold that when a
political party makes use of election
machinery of the State, Judge Spra-
tley said, "and holds its primaries
under and subject to primary laws Of
the State, the conduct of same, and
the participation therein, is subject
to the general laws of the State.
"The party itself cannot, in a
state-conducted primary, deny its
privileges to those who subscribe to
its principles and ~tenets, nor can il
make lawfully discrimination because
of race, color or previous condition
of servitude."
The contention of counsel for the
defense in the case was that the
State Democratic party rules per-
mitted participation at primaries by
white voters only, and that three
judges Of the Hampton Courthouse
precinct had barred Wilson because
he was a Negro.
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25

ing until it's too late to stop or
avoid them. The influence of the sea-
sons is likewise important - in the
first and last quarters of the year
the rate of pedestrian deaths is rs
per cent greater than in the second
Safe walking is something the
and third quarters.
country needs to learn. Last year the
pedestrian death toll came to 1880
"a CHASTITY achievement for care
lessness and ignorance.
REAL ESTATE AT THE BOTTOM
In one Of it's recent releases, the
Company, which makes a business Of
always cautious Standard Statistic
fact-finding uninfluenced by opinion
Or prejudice, reports that real estate
values are extremely Debated, tina
building costs are rising, and tina
| the time is highly opportune for con
~struction as an investment
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25
War Veterans First To Aid
N. A. A. C. p. Silver
Jubilee Fund

NEW YORK, November g1-A
contribution was received this week
from the Negro war veterans ii: Bar
racks No. 8, Veterans Admibistra-
ton Home in Kansas toward the
25th anniversary fund Of the ". "A.
A. c.. p There are 146 veterans in
the barracks and the contribution
was $1.46, a penny for each mag. The
NAACP. is asking during 1854, its
18th year, that a fund be collected
equalling n cent for each Solored
person in the United States. Some
people can give more, many caa give
only the penny, it is expected the
average a penny a head. The Kansas
veterans become the first to send in
their silver jubilee money. Organiza-
tons and individuals who want to aid
this effort may write the Dean Will
lam Pickens Or Miss Mary White
Ovington at the N. A. "A. G.. p, SO
Fifth avenue, New York.
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS

President Roosevelt said of the
Swope proposal that the present time is
not propitious for a change in plan
that "the next few months are expected
to bring forth hundreds Of other plans"
Then he issued a summary Of reports
showing late achievements Of the n. r.
A., including: New employment for q
100000 people; increase in industrial
outlets; a 20 per cent rise in hourly
wages and 40 per sent drop in working
hours. To his defense came distinguish
ed Professor Edwin Seligman, saying
that the depression is actually ending;
that for the first time in history recov-
cry from the bottom is being speeded
consciously and effectively; that there is
no basis for fear of uncontrolled inflat-
ion; that we are in the midst of a social
revolution within the framework of cap
italism, which promises lasting benefits.
Another very important bone of
contention is the securities act. Some OF
the Administrations best friends, as
well as business executives, believe it
needs overhauling, is not only prevent
ing issuance Of worthless securities, but
securities entirely legitimate and most
essential to industry.
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25
N. A. A. C. p. ASKS PRO
lection FOR THIRD
TRIAL

NEW YORK, November PA
telegram urging Governor B. M. Mil
Ter Of Alabama to meet all require
ments Of an extraordinary situation"
at Decatur when the third Scottsboro
trial starts November ~ was sent
today by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
Peoples, 50 9Th Avenue.
Substantial, conservative and re-
liable white citizens of Alabama in
form us that so intense is the feeling
in Alabama that the bringing of the
Scottsboro defendants to trial at this
this time will be practically an in
vitation to a wholesale lynching," the
telegram said.
Walter White, the associations
secretary, said he had been advised
that Judge w. w. Callahan, who will
preside at the trial has refused to
call for state troops to guard a.
gainst mob violence.
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25

Tag-Given Judgment for being bar
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Novem-
Der 22-(CNS)- Denied the privi-
lege Of voting in the August Demo
cratic primary, L. E. Wilson has
been given a judgment against the
three Hampton City election judges
who repulsed him. Judge c. Vernon
Spratley of Elizabeth City County
Circuit Court, gave the decision. The
case, it is said, will be appealed to
the State Supreme Court.
When the case was tried in the
October term of the court a jury
rendered a verdict in favor of the de-
PENDANT election judges. Counsel for
the plaintiff moved to set aside the
verdict, and in today's decision Judge
Spratley upheld the motion.
The judge said a jury would be i'm
paneled, probably in the next term of
the court to assess damages in favor
of the plaintiff Wilson sued for $780,
900.
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25
n. A. A. G. p. RICHMOND
GETS 900
NEW

RICHMOND, Va, November 22-
A campaign by the NAACP. branch
here Melted 900 new members for the
association and a cash total Of ST.
O32.83. In addition a college chapter
was formed at Virginia Union uni
yersity with II charter members.
The Richmond Campaign was mark
ed by the 100 per ZEN membership
OF the st. Luke staff and office
force, agents and district officers Of
the North Carolina Mutual, the
Southern Aid Society, National Ideal,
Richmond Beneficial and Virginia
Mutual life insurance companies.
Churches fraternal and civic organi-
cations and schools gave cooperation.
The mems division led by j. z. Har-
ris reported most membes and mon
ey. Mrs. w.. IT,. Johnson headed the
women. Team captains reporting the
largest number Of memberships were
AA0AiiS, ISoSCoe JACKSON,
j. s. Collins and Lee Jackson. The
whole campaign was under the di-
rection of Mrs. Daisy Z. Lampkin,
gional field secretary Of the N. A A.
c. p, who left at once to start cam
paigns in North Carolina. Dr. j. NJ.
.Tinsley is president Of the Richmond
branch.
The Omaha guide., 1933-11-25
Dun ART
list DESIGNS N. A. A.
C.. p. SEAL ...

NEW YORK, November 21-A
new NAACP. Christmas seal is being
distributed for sale this season which
has been designed by Romeo Beard
en-, young New York artist and car
toonist. The new design shows a
kneeling angel and is done in Christ
mas colors of red and green with a
printed holiday greeting. Mr.. Beard
en- is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Bearden. While he was a student
at Boston university he was art edi-
tor of the student humorous monthly,
the "Beanpot." Lately he has done
work for nationally known mag
azines such as Life" Judge" and
"The New Yorker Mrs. Beardeh, his
mother, is New York correspondent
for the Chicago Defender.
The NAACP. sells the seals each
Christmas to raise funds for the as
~sociation's work. They are suitable
for use on gifts, packages, letters
and greeting cards. They sell for one
cent each and come in books of 200.
Any amount, large or small, may be
secured by sending the required
amount to the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored
People SO Fifth avenue, New York.