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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
VIII. Thompson Will
 Admitted To Probate
Document Provides for Creation of Trust Fund for
 Four Relatives-Pine Grove Cemetery Remembered

for the perpetual care of the Will liam IT. Thompson plot.
 The sum of S2,000 is placed in trust with the net income to be given to a niece, Lena M. Gard ner. of Bridgeport. The niece is |lalso bequeathed the household furniture.
 Another trust fund for S1,00O Is created for the benefit of a sister, Mrs Mary l.. Bronson. Upon the death of these two women the trusts ends and the principal be- comes part of the residue estate.
 The sum of $1,0OO is placed in trust for the use of Bessie Berkley. Upon her death the principal will go to the First Baptist church.
 The residue of the estate with the interest the residue has In the first two trust funds is created into another trust fund for the bene- it of two grandsons, David Thomp- son of Waterbury and William Thompson of Hartford.
 The trustee is directed to give the two grandsons the interest of the trust fund and whatever part of the principal is deemed neces- sary for their educational, business and professional advancement. This trust fund is to continue until the youngest of the two grandsons reaches the age of 25 at which time the trust will end with each grand son inheriting an equal share.
 Should either of the grandsons die before the expiration of the trust his share shall go to his heirs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
POPE PLUS PRIZE
 FOR HARVARD

Vatican City, Dec 1S-(UP)- Prof George BirkhoH of Harvard university was awarded the Pope Plus xI prize of 10000 lire ($S20) yesterday for his book System for Solutions of Differential Equa. tions."
 Four mathematicians, Including two bolshevik professors from Kiev university, competed for the mathematics at Harvard.
 The prize was awarded under the auspices of the papal scientific academy Nuovi Lincei at its annu- al meeting, with the pope presid- ing. The pope personally gave the money for the prize.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
HELD IN ATTACK
 ON YOUNG WOMAN
$5O,OOO Bonds Asked in the Negro Assault in
 Bus Robbery

Pittsield, Mass, Dec 1S-(UP)- District Judge Charles l.. Hubbard to-day found probable cause against James Cole. 20-year-old Springfield Negro, and ordered him held for the January grand jury on criminal assault charge. Bail was continued at $50.000.
 Cole allegedly assaulted Miss Harriet A. Richards of Pittsfield, young beauty parlor operator, at Hancock December 6, after he and Nicholas Waytovitch, IS, a white youth from Springfield, had com mandeered the bus in which the woman was passenger.
 In court to-day Cole waived hearing. He, was represented by Attorney Thomas D. Shea of Springfield. Assistant District At torney Harold R. Goewey of Pitts field represented the common wealth..
 A hearing is scheduled to be held in district court at Lee tomor- row in the case of Waytovitoh, who is in jail under $25.000 bonds. He is charged with stealing the bus, with robbing the driver, and with assaultins and robbing a passenger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
FIRST ATTEMPT OF FOREIGN NATION
 IN STRANGE SUIT
Monaco Sues the State of Mississippi for Default-
 edl Bonds of l84l

Washington, Dec. IS =. (UP) - Diplomatic and financial circles watched with interest today the first attempt of a foreign nation to bring suit against an American state before the United States su- preme court.
 The principality of Monaco, through it's American attorneys, will. seek permission to sue the state of Mississippi for payment of principal and interest on $10O,000 worth of bonds, defaulted in 1841.
 Securities affected are those of the state-chartered Planters bank and the Mississippi Union bank. Backed by the full credit of the state, $7,000,O00 worth of the bonds were sold in foreign lands Tn 1881 and 1888.
 Three foreign holders of the bonds, in order to establish the validity of litigation, turned S100,- 900 worth of the securities over to the Monocoan government. A su- preme court decision allowing suit for judgment would result in a cleared path for settlement of the entire issue, it was believed, and would establish a basis for litiga- ton in the case of eight southern states which have defaulted on pledged obligations.
 The supreme court appeal vii he levelled against Mississippi leg islation of the carpet bag era, when the state, bitter against the north and financially stricken, adopted an amendment to state constitu- ton prohibiting payment of the de- faulted planters and union bonds There was never any doubt but what Mississippi received the money and after the original de- fault, many Mississippians urged -rayment.
 Attorneys for the principality will plead that the amendment itself is unconstitutional. The United States Constitution forbids' state legisla- ton impairing contractual obliga- tions, and the petitioners believe that the Mississippi amendment falls into that category.
 Approximately $2,000,0G0 worth of planters six per cent bonds were gold in the London market between 1881 and 1893. Five years later a s5,000,O00 issue of the Union bank was sold to Nichols BiGdle, Phila- Gelphia banker. who resold them in Europe.
 Interwoyen in the history of the states default are the names of men prominent in history. Daniel Webster reassured bond holders in 1899 when he wrote that states could rid themselves of their ob- ligations by no means other than honest payment of their debts"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
Don't Quote Me
(By United Pressl

|
 Washington. Dec 1S-(U.P.) = One of the happiest people in these United States to-day was Mrs Ma | bel Haley, negro nanny who has been washing dishes and mak- | for many, many years. She has just been hired by Mrs
 Franklin D. Roosevelt as the First
 Lady's personal maid. Mrs Haley worked for the Roose- velt's back in the Wilson admins tration days when F. D. R. was as- sistant secretary of the Navy. She followed with keen interest the events which brought them back to Washington to occupy the White House. but heard nothing directly from them until a telephone call summoned her to the mansion the other day.
 Rather timidly, she approached
 guard at the White House gates
 and asked where the servants en- trance was. Who was she. and what was her business? The guard
 wanted to know. Mrs Haley told him.
 Well, suh." she said, "he took
 me right in the front door, through the hall and upstairs in the eleva- tor. They's called Mrs Roosevelt and told her was on the way and she was waiting for me. we talked a couple of minutes, and she said her personal maid
 had died yesterday and she's just come home from the funeral And
 then she asked if I'd like to take the job.
 .Lawsy, I thought at first ise
 dreaming. It just seemed too good
 to be true. And then she asked me if I'd mind travelling with her. Goodness, just think; going all round the country with Mrs Roose- vaIt"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
ARCHDUKE OTTO
 MIGHT BE KING

Vienna, Dec 1S-(UP)-Many informed persons predicted today that Archduke Otto, 21 year old head of the ancient house of Haps< burg, would be made king of Aus tria within a few months.
 Reliable information was that within the last few days supporters of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss had joined the monarchists, and that Otto's return to the country, followed perhaps by his restoration would be effected soon.
 Otto is son of the late Emperor Karl, who died in exile at Funchal, Madeira, April l, 1922. He traces his ancestry to a duke of Austria who reigned more than HOO years ago
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
DISTILLERS TO
 REFUTE CHARGE
Supervisor Doran Says They Will Make State
 ment on PrOfiteering

Washington. De- IS. (UP\-Dr J. M. Doran, supervisor of the dis tillers code authority, said to-day the distillers expect to clear them- selves of the charge of profiteering this week by filing their liquor price schedules with the federal al- cohol control administration. Were distrillers to offer their limited IT, year-old whiskey to the public it would ot last 15 days, he said.
 Tt would be snapped up by spectators and wealthy people at Dorn said. More important there would be none left for blend- ing purposes to carry us over this freadjustment period while reserve stocks of. aged whiskey are being built up."
 Doran said no ordinary alcohol was used in blending whiskey, but that neutral middle run spirits, one of the purest distillates obtainable, was used. He distinguished be- tween blended whiskey and ''cut whiskey" in which alcohol of ques- tionable origin and purity may . have been used.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
SCULPTOR LIKES
 PRESENT MAN IN
 THE WHITE HOUSE
JO Davidson Says He Is Much Different From
 All Predecessors

New York, Dec 1s-(UP)- President Roosevelt, with. none ot the probias, comp1exes, and inhibi- tions which mark other contempo- rary figures, "Is truly a great man." Jo Davidson, celebrated American sculptor said to-day. Da- vidson has just finished a head of Mir Roosevelt.
 MT Roosevelt's personality IS directed by his sense of humor and his greed for the betterment of mankind, and as such he is an "oddity" among the dozens of world leaders who have posed for Davidson. the artist declared.
 Davidson spent three days in Washington last week. His clay impressions of the president will be cast either in bronze or terra cotta, While MT Roosevelt was posing, we had long talks" Da- vidson confided.
 ."The White House is like home now" he added. You can sit in a . chair. You can smoke. You can converse. It was the first time l had been there since 1914, when did a portrait of President Wilson.
 '.Things were different then,
 
 more formal"
 # K Tire sculptor stroked the famous J Davidson beard and began instruct ing his terrier, Rex, in the niceties of cigaret smoking.
 Firing of this amusement, he praised the art project sponsored by the public works administration.
 "This thing will rear a national art, an anonymous art" he said. s"The temples of Egypt, the Parthe- non frieze, all the great art of the world was done under government supervision. Make all the artists government employees and you will have a homogeneous art.
 You will not have one sculptor tryii< to outdo another on a piece of frieze, for they will be nameless to posterity."
 Tn planning the PWA art project, MT Roosevelt has done a great thing for American art" Davidson concluded. He exhibited, somewhat , proudly. portrait of the president inscribed ITO Jo Davidson, who did grand job and must come back ] soon. From his friend, Franklin A ID. Roosevelt"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
IO'DUFFY EPUT
 UNDER ARREST
General in Charge of the Irish ''Blue Shirts" Is
 Locked Up

Dublin, Dec 1s.-(UP)-south- ern Ireland's political crisis neared It's climax to-day with General owen O'Duffy, leader of the fas- cist blue shirts and an outstanding hero of the rebellion against Great Britain. a prisoner of the De Val- era government. Defying the ban against his organization. O'Duffy, wearing a blue shirt went to Vest port yesterday ot address a mass meeting of followers.
 He was halted on the outskirts of town but escaped into the fields. With a guard of a hundred horsc- men, he entered the town and went to the meeting. His bodyguard overwhelming strong police guard around the meeting hall Achievements of police arrived land. battering their way to the plat form with batons. arrested o'Duffy and three other leaders. President Eamonn De Valera. addressing a meeting at Tralee last night, said:
 "Either we are going to have a democracy or dictatorship in which the faction getting the strongest support and the most weapons will be on top"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
TWO DEAD WOMEN
 ARE IDENTIFIED
Mother Killed Her Daugh= ter and Then Died Her.
 self From Poison

Los Angeles, Dec 1s-(U.P.) - Police to-day closed their inves- tigation into a staying and sui- eide by identifying the victim as Mrs A. E. Eddy and her daughter, Dorothy Eddy, 22, formerly of St Paul and St Louis, Mo. Despond- ent over lack of funds and i'll health, Mrs Eddy shot her daugh- ter through the head, then swal- lowed 8 dose of poison in hotel room here, according to police.
 Identification was established when A. E. Eddy, St Louis bar Der, notified police that the older woman and he had been divorced in 1921. They had registered as Mrs J. H. Schumacher and daugh- ter Mary. Chicago. After shooting the girl as she slept, Mrs Eddy cleansed the body of blood stains. She left a note explaining that "my baby and are so alone. Please do with us what you like" A telegraph blank in the room was addressed to Mrs o. Qualen, 6890 Ottawa street; St Paul.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18

The win of the late William IT. Thompson was admitted today by Judge Dennis ]. Slavin. The will provides for the creation of trust fund for two grandchildren and also for sister and niece. Tho contents of the estate will not be known until the inventory is filed.
 The Citizens & Manufacturers National Bank is named executor of the will which, was drawn July 21, 1892. The same bank is trustee of the various trust funds. Mir Thompson was former super intendent of the insulated wire dc- pertinent of the American Brass Co for 3s years.
 The sum of $10O is left to the Pine Grove Cemetery association
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
DEATH OF AUTHOR E MYSTERIOUS
Louis Joseph Vance Was Fatally Burned in his
 Own Apartment

New York. Dec 1s--(UP)-Louis Joseph Vance, one of Americas better known mystery writers, to- day was tho corpus delecti in . mystery which followers of his tales said was as good or better than any he concocted before his death. Vance was found dead in his hotel room Friday night. Every window and the door were secure ly locked for the inside. The uppen part of his body was badly burned, and 1t was first believed he had fallen to sleep with a lighted cig- aret in his hand which had ignited his clothing.
 Police today launched q new inc vestigation on the basis of evidence which led them to suspect that his death might have been other than an accident. An almost empty ben- zine can was found in his bath room. An autopsy performed yes- terday showed that his head and torso were so badly burned that medical examiners could not un- derstand how the mere burning of his clothing could have caused it.
 Vance's family insisted his death was accidental. Several relatives told police that he had been known to fall asleep while smoking which Tad given them cause for alarm in the past.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
EXTORTION FOR
 GOLF CHAMPION


 Chicago, Dec ie-(UPs--An at tempt to oxtort s1o.ooo from Rob- ert A. Gardner. former national amateur golf champion. on the threat of Kidnapping his 1f-year-old son. was revealed by police today.
 A trap for the extortionlsts failed when a dummy package left at a place designated in a letter was not picked up. Federal authorities working on the case believed the letter the work of amateurs. It was written in pencil and mailed in an envelope addressed in purple ink.
 Gardner won the amateur golf championship in 1909 while a student at Yale and again in 1915. He failed to win the British open golf title by one stroke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
HIGH COURT TO DECIDE.

Washington, Dec. 1S-(UP)- The fate of thousands of prohibit ion law violators who were indicted before repea. will be decided by the supreme court early in the year. This was revealed today when the court announced it would hear ar- guments January IS, on an appeal by the govern ,ent from the action of North Carolina middle district federal court, which dismissed the indictment against two men charg- ed with conspiracy to violate the prohibition law,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
DEAD GIRL NOT
 FULLY KNOWN

Troy, N. r.. Dec 1S-(UP)-Po- lice sought to-day to determine conc1usivcly the identity of a girl burned to death in a Pittsfield, Mass, fire last Thursday.
 Mrs Michael Conley has declared the body is that of her foster daughter, Anna Rita Conley, 15. Several other members of the family corroborated Mrs Conley's assertion. A Troy woman, whose name was not divulged, contended, however, that the victim was a girl known to her as Mary Burns'' who she had employed.
 The girl was burned to death the day she was to have been married.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
SMITH PRAISED
 THE PRESIDENT

New York, Dec. 18-(UP) ~ An address in which former Gov ernor Alfred D. Smith praised President Roosevelt's part in re- peal was interpreted today as in- dicating Smiths disagreement with the administration was over mat ters of principle. and in no way involved personal issues.
 Speaking at the Manhattan club, Smith commended Dr Nicholas Murray Butler and others for their efforts in behalf of repeal, and added:
 "The one man who put over re- peal is now president of the Unit- ed States"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18

of captain when mustered out of service after the World War, drop ped dead today while at work in the factory of the Goodyear Rub- Der Company here.
 ENJOYED
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
ENJOYED FORTUNE
 BUT TWO MONTHS

Boston, Dec 1S-(UP)-Only two months after receiving $110,0G0 under a clients will, John F. Cronin, 61, lawyer and for 22 years Suffolk county clerk for the state supreme court, died Sunday at his Jamaica Plain home. Death was believed due to a cerebral hemor- rhage.
 When Cronin inherited the for tune from the late Miss Nellie E. Johnston, 85 year old Jamaica Plain spinster, he said she left him the money because she didn't have anyone else to leave it to-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
CAPTAIN FALLS DEAD.

Middletown, Conn, Dec. 18-(UP)- William H. Hines, 55, who served in the United States army on the Mexican border, and held the rank
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18

Amelia Earhart says old men should be the first to be called to arms in case of war. Only, they're sure to be hard of hearing.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
H A 8
SPEED LUCK

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Feb.
8 GN.SD.-Across sands of the
famous ocean speedway, where
Sir Malcolm Campbell, daring
English pilot, soon will send his
new $500 horsepower Campbell
Special hurtling toward new
speed laurels, has been written
automobile speed history with
only two fatalities.
In the four years he has been
coming to America with his pow
erful super racers, Campbell per-
sonally has succeeded in hoisting
the land sped record from 206
miles per hour to the present rec
ord of 1886, set last year in the
giant "Bluebird H."
The two drivers killed in races
on the beach were Frank Lock
hart and Lee Bible. Bible was
dashed to death while plotting j.
M. Whites Triplex and Lockhart
met his fate from a tire blowout
two months later.
Campbell has suffered only one
accident, and this was of a minor
nature. In 1928, while plotting
his first Napier racer. The Blue
bird" he encountered soft sand
and was almost thrown from the
machine.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
SAVANT CITIZEN;
|. j. 8. To APPEAL

LIMA, Ohio, Feb. 8 G.NSO
Admission of Prof. John P. Klas-
sen, A, a member of the faculty
at Bluffton College, to United
States citizenship, despite his re-
fusal to take the full oath of al
legiance, will be appealed to the
United States Supreme Court,
Edward j. Kennedy, district i'm
migration officer, declared today.
KlaSsen, a Russian, was granted
citizenship in the Allen County
Common Pleas Court here by
Judge E. E. Everett, although he
refused to swear that he would
bear arms in defense of the
country. Such an oath, Klassen
declared, would violate his reli-
gious principles.
Judge Everett sanctioned Klas-
sens citizenship on the ground
that war, relic of barbarism,
is being outlawed" and that in
view of this. there is no necessity
for demanding an oath to bear
arms in defense of the country.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Furnished Rooms

ALTURAS 1909 10th St N. W-Pleas.
nice double rms So So so 50 wk single,
81. 81 wk.; transient, 81 & 81 so daily.
ST. s. E.. 11O-Four bright and cheer
full housekeeping rooms, private home.
Rent reasonable.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

NEED MONEY QUICKLY?
AUTO BANKERS CO. 9O3 Y. Ave.N W
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
BIRTHS

boy.
E. Ames and Mildren Alden boy.
James r. and Minnie Trimm, boy.
Eugene L. and Mary Tennessee, boy
Julious and Mary Judy, boy.
Farncis and Mary Mcclure, boy,
Delbert and Ella Haynes, boy.
Arthur D. and Cecilia Mack, girl
Carl and Grace Goldblatt, girl.
Elmer and Agnes Rohls, girl.
Buddy NJ. and Myrtle Yates, girl.
Emmett L. and Lillian Lynch, girl
Jacob E. and Pearl Miller, boy.
William and EstelIe Pendergast, boy
Seldom and Elsie Hill. boy.
Thomas and Marian Holmes, boy,
Martin and Mary A. Chase, boy.
Alexander and Bessie Manning. girl
Booker and Lillian Burnett, girl.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
High Court Jurist's
Mother Near Death

MARION, Ind. Feb. 8 UNS).
Mrs. Violette Vandevanter, "a,
mother of Willis Vandevanter, AS
sociate Justice Of the United
States Supreme CSurt, was near
death at her home here today.
Justice Vandevanter arrived yes
terday from Washington to be
at his mothers bedside.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Virginia Colleges
To Hear DR.. Learned

UNIVERSITY, Va, Feb. 8.-Dr.
w. S. Learned of the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching will be the chief
speaker at the annual dinner Of
the Association of Virginia
Colleges tomorrow night at
Richmond.
The dinner will open the
annual two-day conference of the
association.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Wedding Attendants

Mrs. Richard Myers, of Phila-
delphia, will attend as matron
of honor, and Miss Eleanor
Hempstone, daughter of Com
mander Smith Hempstone, U.
S. NJ, and Mrs. Hempstone, of
this city, will be flower girl, at
the marriage of Miss Marion
Adelaide Pomeroy, daughter of
Mrs. George Robert Pomeroy,
and Mr.. Frederick Oliver, son of
Captain frederick Lansing Oil
yer, U. S. NJ, of New York and
Washington, and Mrs. oliver,
which will take place on Satur-
day at 4 o'clock, at the home
of the brides mother, in the
presence of the immediate fam
lilies.
Captain Oliver will be best
man for his son.
Mrs. Theodore G. Joslin, wife
of the Secretary to the Presi-
dent, will be at home this
afternoon at her residence in
Indian Lane when she will be
assisted by Mrs. Walter H.
Newton, Mrs. French Strother,
Mrs. Joel T. Boone, Mrs.
Horace Albright, Mrs. Edwin
Bowman, Mrs. Walker Buel,
Mrs. Junior Owens, Mrs. Edwin
Gableman, Mrs. Charles Ross,
Mrs. Arnold Slade and Mrs.
James P. Schick.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
PrenuptiaI Plans
Are Announced

Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn
and Mr.. Henry Beale Gwynn,
who will be a bridesmaid and
usher respectively in the we'd
ding Of Miss Teresa Saul and
Mr.. w. Gwynne Gardiner, jr.,
will entertain in their honor
at a dinner on Thursday, Feb
ruary % at the Troika. The
guests will include the members
Of the wedding party.
The marriage of Miss Saul
and Mr.. Gardiner will take
place at II o'clock on Tues
day, February % in st. Mat
thew's Church with Mgr. Ed
ward L. Buckley officiating. The
bride will have her sister, Mrs.
Rose Saul Montgomery, as ma
tron of honor and the brides
maids in addition to Miss
Gwynne will be Miss Imo-
gene Lee Gardiner, sister of
the bridegroom-elect, Miss Carol
Grosvenor and Miss Katherine
Egan Murphy.
Mr.. Gardiner will have as his
best man his brother, Mr.. D.
Tracy Gardiner. and the ushers
will be Mr.. Phillip 1. Henisler,
jr., of Baltimore, cousin
Of the bridegroom-elect; Mr..
Gwynn, Mr.. Prescott Gately,
jr., Mr.. John Casey of New
York, and Mr.. Daniel w.
O'Donoghue, jr.
Miss Helen Walker and Miss
Evelyn Walker entertained at
a luncheon yesterday at the
National Woman's Country Club
in honor of Miss Saul. DR..
and Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor
will give a dinner at the Will
lard Saturday evening for Miss
Saul and Mr.. Gardiner land
Miss Patricia Ridsdale will en-
tertain at a dinner at the
Chevy Chase Club on Saturday,
February 18, in honor of the
bride and bridegroom elect,
when the guests will include
the members of the wedding
party.