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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16
Phone Naueatuck 072-2

, c. Schmitz, Miss N. Dellfahey, Mrs
 T. Linskey, Mir and Mrs Albert
 Cox, Mrs c. Lewis, Mrs T. F. Dun-
 ming, Mrs W. Bitle, Mrs N. Gordon,
 Miss Gobbins, Mrs H. NJ. Billings,
 Mrs M. Miller, Mrs Matthies, Mrs Clayton Houseknecht, Mrs Lehr, Mrs Noble Allen, pianist, Mrs W. Clan cy, Harold Brown, Gordon Hunt, xylophonist, Miss Berlc Major, elo-
 cutionist, and Mir and Mrs Fritz
 Klambt.
 Mrs D. Gaylord won the prize for
 card playing. Mrs J. Scanlon won first prize in bowling. The big
 day came to a close at o'clock. Volley Ball Team 10 Bristol The Naugatuck Volley team will journey to Bristol to play the
 Boys Club there tomorrow after.
 noon. The team will leave the Y
 at o'clock. Those making the trip: Elton Abramson, Arthur Durr,
 Russell Weaving, Alex Nolde,
 James Lutze, Nal Thorpe, Edgar
 Wyatt, Fritz Klambt. The game is scheduled for 3:30 o'clock.
 Funeral Of Joseph Lcese The funeral of Joseph Leese of Hunters mountain, who dieo Wednesday, was held this afternoon at o'clock from Gilnack's funeral
 home. Rev Arthur r. Lewis of St. | Michaefs Episcopal church off, ciated. Burial was in Grove ceme- tcry. Acute irritation of the heart
 was given by Dr Harold Johnson,
 medical examiner, as cause of death.
 No Court Cases
 There were no cases before the borough court today for the third
 successive day. However, three mcE | were arrested by state troopers yes- trday and their cases will come up
 Tuesday morning in the local court. They are Theodore Create rex, 3 Finn place. Waterbury, charged with operating motor truck bearing defective signal de- vices, arrested by Trooper Schwartz;
 Jacob Fineberg of Al Day street. New Haven, accused of a similar charge and arrested by Troooper Layden; and James Kasarki of 304 Bradley street, Bridgeport, charged | with operating an overweight truck. also arrested by Trooper Schwartz. Sebastas Moreira of 252 Scott street was arrested by Chicf of Pc flee John Atkinson yesterday aft | crnoon and turned over to 1mmt-
 grafton Inspector Kenny. He Is a
 native of Portugal and charged with violation of the immigration
 laws. He was taken to Hartford by | the inspector and will be question. ed there by immigration officials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16
Federal Judge Has
 ]: Denied Injunction
(Continded from Page II

case. he argued, had no parallel in the other cases.
 Conboy also cited a case in the District of Columbia against Dan- iel c. Roper, when Roper was as- sistant postmaster general, asking an injunction against a threatened cancellation of a mail contract. Tho supreme court of the Dis trict of Columbia, he said, held that any suit for breach of such q | contract would be against the United States, which can not be sued without it's own permission. Smith said that, according to the | route certificate un Ter which VIVA operated, the rate of pay was decided' by the postmaster general. The contract was unusual he said, in that one party placed considerable trust in the other.
 Therefore. how any intelligent argument for an annulment be- cause of fraud can be advanced is beyond comprehension" he said. Judge Knox interrupted at this point to say:
 "Then he can starve you to death. why cant he kill you out right?"
 Smith replied that the airmail operators were not entirely with out rights.
 smith characterized the can cellation of the contracts as lynch law and said that it came as "a bolt from the blue"
 He said that out of the 'enor- nous subsidies" given by the gov ernment. the T. w. A. concern had made only $27,000, and that the government itself had made a profit on the contracts, since Jan. 1884, of approximately $80,000.
 The T. W. A., counsel declared his concern was charged with some prenatal crime,' since the alleged collusive meeting of air plane company heads took place before the birth of our own com pany," which was organized a year after the alleged meeting.
 Did your company have any ancestors at that meeting" Judge Knox asked.
 Judge Knox then suggested that the fundamental question was whether the judicial department had the right to tell the executive department of the federal govern ment how to carry out it's func- tions according to a specific for mula.
 The court recessed for ; min utes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16

Rockford, Ill, Feb 1G.-UP)- Authorities today prepared to dynamite the ice of Rock river in their search for the body of Charles Backus, Jr,. 8. allegedly slapped to death by his father.
 Police claimed a written confes- sion from Backus, Sr. The father. part Indian huckster. was first ac- cused by his two step-daughters and his wife of having killed his sickly son and disposed of tho body.
 Backus led officers to Q recently frozen over alrhole in the middle of the river last night and sobbed He's down there" Tho airhoIo was the spot 10 which Backus brought the body week hg0 last Wedn esday and "chucked' it through the ice.
 Btnte's Attorney Robert r. Nash said the January grand Jury would be summoned to hear the case, 1T the b0y's body was found today. Baekus statement told Of the boys death as f0iiowHi
 When Charlie onne hone he was white and sick My wife and quaFFeled with hlm over chang.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16
WOMEN ARE REAL VICTIMS OF THE
 AUSTRIAN MESS
They Helped to Stop War and Now Are Burying
 Their Dead

Vienna, Feb 16-CUP)-Vienn s working class women, real victims of the socialist revolution and a prime force in ending it, began to- day to pay for their mems part in the fighting.
 Some of them arranged to bury dead, or wounded whether miss ing husband or son ever would re- turn.
 Others wondered where the mon- ey would come from to pay for food and rent.
 The shops were open again to- day and food was plentiful, but buying was light.
 Tens of thousands of women, their bread-winners without pay, did not know whether their men folk had jobs to go back to.
 Women and children played an important part in the revolt. Dur ing the five hour amnesty period that preceded its collapse yester- day, many women persuaded their husbands to give up, and them selves took firearms and ammuni- tion to police stations.
 Today they were appearing tim orously on the streets, nerves taut after four days of strain under shellfire. A few of the great work ers' apartment buildings were wrecked, and families that had lived in them had to double up with relatives, friends and neigh bors.
 To the many stories of the part women and children took in the revolt, another was added today. Witnesses of some of the last fir- ing in the city asserted that chill dren were held in windows of an apartment while men fired over their heads at soldiers and police.
 It was estimated that 30 chill dren and 40 women were killed throughout the. country in the re- volt.
 Iron and steel plants in Czecho-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16
Doctor Gertrude
 Kelly Is Dead

New York, Feb 10-PU) --Dr Gertrude Kelly, 72. piO- nccr woman physician and a leader in Irish republican movements, died today after an illness of several years duration.
 One of the first supporters of Ramon Dc Valera she was president of the Cumann Ma M'Ban, wOmen's republican auxiliary which supported tho abortiye Easter rebellion in 1916. She also organized the Irish White Cross which sent nurses and funds to Ire- land to help the rebels.
 She was president of the American auxiliary of the Irish WOmcn's Council and president of the League of Irish Women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16
PONZI MAKING
 HIS LAST FIGHT

Boston, Feb 16-(U.P.) - Plans for his last-ditch fight against man datory deportation to his native Italy were mapped to-day by Charles PonZi, arch swindler. af- ter immigration authorities had released him for 90 da,s under $1,000 bail.
 Counsellcd by his negro attorney William II. Lewis, and friends, the former ''get-rich-q quick wizard" hoped to find cause why he should be exempt from the customary de- portation as an ex-convict.
 PonZi was paroled from state prison at the end of q seven-yeaT term Wednesday, was immediate-. ly re-arrested by immigration off. cers, and was detained some 30 hours before he could raise the bail.
 Freed. at last, he hurried to Somerville and was reunited with his loyal wife. Rose, spending the night at the home of her relatives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16
CHIMNEY FIRE ON
 WILLOW STREET

A chimney fire in the residence of Isaac P. Kellogg at 59 Willow street was extinguished early this afternoon by members of the fire department. The telephone call was received at 1:12 o'clock. Within fifteen minutes time the apparatus was back in service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16
SCOUTSPLAN FOR
 GOOD TURN IDEA
Movement, Outlined By Roosevelt, Meets Ap=
 prOval of Troops
(Torrlngton Correspondcncc)

Preparations for the completion of the national good turn" move ment are being made by Boy Scout officials of Torrington. This move ment, outlined by President Roose- welt in his broadcast to scouts last week, consists of the collecting of clothing, househuld furniture, and non- -perishable foods to be dis tributed among the needy. The dis tribution will be made in coopera- ton with officials of the Red Cross, city charity department, church and welfare organizations.
 Theodore F. Lorenz, chairman of the movement here, announced that the collection of the various articles will be made Thursday, Feb 22, and Saturday. 24. Each troop chairman is member Of MT LorenZs committee. Each troop will be assigned a section of the city to make the collection. The public is urged to cooperate in this movement.
 Auto Hearings
 Francis w. Hogan, deputy com missioner of motor vehicles, held three hearings in city court room yesterday, one in the case of Ar thur Lamb of sharon, another in the case of Waldo Mascetti, and q third in the case of Balint Gyur- ko, whose car struck and fatally injured John Doty. Lamb was re- gently arraigned in common pleas court on a charge of automobile homicide in Lakeville, and Mas cetti on charge of evading re- sponsibility here.
 s... r. II n h aa G. terday included Lamb. Sergeant Thomas Rose of the Canaan state police barracks and Del Middle brooks. Those in the Mascetti case were Mascetu and Officer Peter Bourquin.
 Fathers and Sons at Y
 Preliminary plans for the YMCA father and son night. to be held Wednesday evening, Feb 2S, were made at a meeting of the general committee in charge "Wednesday evening. About 300 fathers and sons are expected to attend. The program will include q recreation al period for fathers and sons, mu- sical entertainments, short ad' dress and refreshments. The Tor rington Foremen's club and tho UOyb WOTh COiiibithSc St ' cooperating in the affair.
 The committee in charge include: General chairman, James Kelley John Hubbard and M. Hedden; re- treatments. otto Schroeder, oscai Shay. E. Bartrnm. John Allison Kenneth Warner, Lawrence Marola Bruno Bigliazzi. stephen Dahanyoi and William Klambt: music, Oscal snay, S. A. Bubin0. E. F. Good win, Domenic Husher. chnrioI Thiede. Albert Wlnegar' ,,,e. Wa,te' tickets and publicity, Edward Lamphier, James Smith. Louis Bas auin, cierence E. sBittner, charleI Ross. Albert Jasonia, Leonard Al tlmaES Caesar Roasl. Felix cuatt0 Edward T0rsoni recreation, Johi Plafen, Andrew York, Albert Gag nebln. John Hubbard. ilennl unlll Iiubort Annteil. frnd WO0dilln llenso Baxzolo, sainuoi koiii.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16
Last Hour Rally in Market To-day Sent Prices Up
Commodities Firned And Bonds AdUdnced
Spurt of Short Covering in Late Afternoon
 Stocks, Gold Mines and Oils Were FavOrites

curities of $1S6,644,756 were $l99,- 620,517, while current liabilities were $61,121,106.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16

A new railway has just been opened between Hangchow and Yushan, 200 miles apart, in Chind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16

Mrs Rachel Shawcross, daughter of Professor T. II. Huxley, the ia nous scientist, has died at her home in London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16

Iron and steel plants in Czecho- slovakia are working at about one- third of capacity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-16
investment Trust Quotations c. T. CULRaNE CO.. INC.
 6S Center Street

Bid Asked American Founders
 Corp 6% pfd .... IS 22 American Founders
 Corp 7% pfd ..... IS 22 American & General
 Secs A ....... American & General
 Secs Corp $500 pfd 3S 45 Associated National
 Shares oB oB Associated Standard
 Oil Stocks ........ 5as ,6B British Type Invest
 ors Class A ...... 80 1.05 Century Shares ..... 18as 20 Dividend Shares .... 1.2S 1.3O Diversified Truste
 Shares B SR Diversified Truste
 Shares c ......... 3.45 3.75 Diversified Truste
 Shares D ......... 5% bB Equity Corp (DeD
 pfd ........ 23 2S First Custo dian
 Shares ........... 3.35 3.b5 Fixed Trust Shares A 9.29 Fixed Trust Shares B Incorporated Invest
  Independence Trust Shares z.ol z.oZ Int Sec Corp of Amer
 ica 6%, pfd ...... Is 19 Int Sec Corp of Amer
 ica 6. % pfd ..... 15 20 Massachusetts Invest
 ors Trust ........ 1920 2l.62 Nationwide Sec B.. 3.68 3.7S North American Trust
 Shares .........'. 2.65 2.9O Second International Sec A com ....... A 1h Second International Sec 68o pfd ...... 28 34 Spencer Trask Fund. 1874 1914 Trusteed N. Y. Bank Shares ......... 1.4O l.6o Twentieth Cen TIT .. 1855 Twentieth Cen Shares U. S. Elec Light & :, Power r, shares 4 7: 1874 IA Power Shares B !. 2.40 2.0O U. S. & British Int Co $3 pfd ........ l2 Home Loan Bonds Home owners Loan Corp As 1851 .... 95S 95%
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
Small Fines Given
 On Theft Charges
Terryvile Men Pleaded Guilty in Court To-day;
 Motorist Surrenders and is Given Continuance

Fines of $1 and costs and sus- pended jail sentences were given in city court today to Samuel Lyga, 22, and Anthony Porovnik, 21, both of Terryville and both employed by Grove & Co., on theft charges.
 Lyga pleaded guilty to the charge of theft of three coats from a truck on which he was employed as a helper and which was bring ing consignment to New York He was arrested Tuesday by De- tective Sergt. Henry Johnson and Detective John Calvin. In addi- ton to the fine he was given a 30- day suspended sentence.
 Admits Theft
 Poroznik also pleaded guilty, ad- mitting the theft of two automo- bile tires from the trucking com pany, where he is employed as an assistant mechanic. He was arrest ed by Sergt. Johnson and Detective Calvin yesterday after the two missing tires had been found at his home in Terryville. After ques- fioning he was booked on the theft charge. He was given a To-day sentence in addition to the fine.
 Surrendering himself at police headquarters last night. John Car. roll, 27, of 13S Charles street, was given a continuance till May 3 on q charge of taking . motor car without the owners permission.
 Arrested In Faf1fingtOn
 Carroll was arrested in Farming ton Saturady night in car miss ing from this city and was charged with driving while under the in- fiuence of liquor. The missing ma chine was owned by Kenneth Kaiser of Thomaston and had been parked on West Main street.
 David Harris, 29, charged with embezzlement. has his. case con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
BOTTLED WINE
 SUPPLY IS HUGE
Five and One Half Billions Stocked in France
 Warehouses

Paris-(UP)-Despite the deluge of wine that. has poured into the United States, there still Is stock here in metropolitan France of a mere five and a half billion bot ties.
 The exact amount of bottled wine on stock is 5,517,111,50O bottles, and that does not take into account some few thousands hogsheads and tanks of ordinary wine, which, how ever bad, never is ordinary.
 The amount of this wine sub feet. or available, or liable to ex- port, Is about 3.000,000,000, bot ties, the remainder being wine due to be absorbed by serious drinkers here amounting to about 2,624,- 937,00 bottles, mostly from the four principal table wine districts. Another item which somewhat disturbs the French wine grower IS the fact that Algeria has on hand a stock of 1,709,115,400 bottles, which can be marketed in France or abroad, and which being cheap probab ply will find its way into or- dinary wines in France, which are GU twith many vintages and sold for about IS cents a bottle, max ing good table wine for the eco homie householder.
 The long lean years of prohoPi- tion, along with the closing of the Russian market and the stihing of the British market through taxes have left the caves of Champagne still laden with millions of bottles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
Kaceys Will Have
 Convention Class
Plant to Send Candidates to MiddletOwn May 6-Dis-
 trict Deputy Visits Local Council

. state will engage in the third degree at Middletown which will
 be conducted by State Deputy Will
 liam J. Mulligan of Hartford. District Deputy Robert J. Cleary
 of Naugatuck was the guest of | the local council last night. He was loud in his praise of Sheridan Councils activities and declared that 1t was the banner council of his district at the present mo- ment.
 Members of Sheridan Council were invited to attend the install lation ceremonies at New Haven Sunday afternoon when a Colum- bian Squire circle will be formally installed by San Salvador Council, No 1. Invitations were also re- ceived to attend the communion breakfast sponsored by Ojeda Council of Naugatuck in May. A third degree will follow in the af- ternoon.
 Lecturer Patrick Wallace was announced last night as chief coun- cillor of Sheridan Councils circle of Columbian Squires, formation of which is now proceeding. Ap- plications for membership in the same may be made to MT Wallace or to any member of the advisory committee which consists of Grand Knight John F. Robinson, Deputy Grand Knight Cornelius F. Ma loney, Financial Secretary Morti- mer Connor, Recorder William Guilfoile, Chancellor James Col well, Lecturer Patrick Wallace; Chaplain Rev Leo Finn, Advocate Martin J. Parker, Past District Deputy William T. Harrington, and Louis Walsh, past president of the Waterbury Council of Boy Scouts. Boys between the ages of IA and IS are eligible for membership.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
SPECIAL SERVICES
 AT ROSARY SHRINE

Summit, N. J., April 19.--The impressive ceremony of Dominican profession will take place in the Alteration chapel of the nuns at Rosary Shrine, Summit, N. J., on April 27th. One of the nuns is to pronounce her perpetual vows, after the high mass at 9:30. Right Rev Monsignor John J. Dauen- hauer, STD. will preside as dele gate of the Most Rev Thomas j.. Walsh. D. D., bishop of Newark. An appropriate sermon will be de- livered by a prominent Dominican.
 The Novena in preparation for the ground pilgrimage May 9th. will begin Friday, April 27th, at 3:3O p. m. and will close with high mass on May 9th.
 Tuesday, April 24th, is the first of the fifteen Tuesdays in honor of St Dominic. Devotions will be held at the shrine for fifteen con- secutive Tuesdays in honor of the patronal saint of the order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
FRANCE NOT IN
 BALLOON RACE
Absence From Bennett
 Cup Races Will Be
 Conspicuous

Paris. (UP)-BaIioon enthusi- asts are alarmed at the prospect of Frances absence, for the first time on the continent, from the James Gordon Bennett cup race.
 It's not that the cup has lost its glamor to French eyes. French men do not forget that the first balloon to ascend systematically and gyrate in the upper air until the hot smoke with which it was filled cooled off. was French. The granddaddy of Zeppeilns and strathosphere explorers, moreover was covered kaleido-. scopically with wallpaper. also a French invention, as any Ameri- can may guess who has lived in an ordinary Gallic hotel or rooming house.
 The James Gordon Bennett classic itself was born in Paris in 1906, and was won that year by an American. Only one of the races (Stnttgart, 1912) was won by g Frenehtnan (M. Rienaime), and this year there are no pros pectiye French entries because, it is said, there is no money with which to buy balloons.
 However, that may be, the race is to start Sept 22 from Warsaw, the first race of the Fourth Cup (Chicago, 1933) having been won by Captain Francis Hynck, of Po- land.
 The original cup was the long, est disputed. It was not won def initely until 1924, when the Bel gian Demuyter took the race for the third consecutive time in its 13 years of existence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
EXPERTS STUDY
 HEAVY WATER
Scientists Wonder If It Holds Key to Fountain
 of Youth

San Francisco (UP) - Does heavy water, that strange and deadly substance discovered at the University of California g year ago. hold the key to the fountain of youth?
 Two San Francisco scientists pondered this question today as they advanced the hypothesis that heavy water, which inhibits and frequently kills plant life, may be the principal cause of senility.
 The scientists are Dr Ingo ". D. Hackh and Dr E. H. Westling, of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
 They pointed out that tiny amounts of heavy water --- made by using neutrons of hydrogen in stead of the ordinary element in the formula H2O-are taken into the system with regular water and may accumulate there because of a higher evaporation point and a double-weight hydrogen atom.
 If this is true, the scientists pointed out, the heavy water may have the same effect on the hu- man body as 1t does on plant life, causing sluggishness and early senility.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19

tInued till the 21st. The complaint against him was made by his eti-
 Charged with driving while un- der the influence of liquor. Bar tholomew Margiotta, 26, of 46 Webb street, was given a continuance till the 29tf. He was arrested after an accident on Hamilton avenue, near old St. Joseph's cemetery. a few weeks ago.
 Continuance Granted
 A continuance till May 3 wes given Anthony Dudzionis, 47, pf 64S North Riverside street, ac- cused of breach of the peace.
 Contending that she had pur- chased two sweaters which a store detective said she had shop1ifted, Mrs Catherine Flaherty, A, of East Main street. was given a days con- tinuance after she had testified la her own defence in city court to. morrow. Further investigation will be made and additional witnesses secured for the hearing tomorrow.
 Mrs Flaherty was arrested yes- terday afternoon in the Howland- Hughes department store as she was attempting to exchange two sweaters for cash. Marie Hurtean. store detective, alleges that the woman had stolen the sweaters from a counter. put them under her coat, transferred them to a paper bag in a washroonn and then attempted to exchange them.
 Denies Charges
 Denying the charges, Mrs Flaherty testified that she had bought the sweaters in the store, at another counter.
 On the complaint of the store detective, Mrs F1aherty was arr rested by Detective Sergt. Henry Johnson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
JEWELRY WORKERS
 VOTE DANCE-REVUE

Plans for a revue to be staged at Hamilton Park pivilion the 27th were completed last night at g meeting of the Jewelry Workers Union at Moose hall.
 Members of the committee in charge are Henry Orsini, Mrs John Giles, James Caron. Mary Galuppo and Chris Lawlor. In the cast Of performers will be Peg Brown, Danny Barrett, the Mccoy sisters, Francis Pugliese and Thomas Colella.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19

Sheridan Council, Knights of Columbus, will send a class of candidates to the state convention to be held at Middletown, May 6 and z, 1t was announced at the bi-monthly meeting held last night at the club rooms on Grand street. The class, 25 in number, will par ticipate in the complication of the first and second degrees at the Columbus club, Sunday even- ing, April 29, at o'clock.
 Daniel Commerford, chairman of the initiation committee, pre- scented report at last nights meeting and outlined plans for the working of the first and second degrees in this city and the major degree as a feature of the first days program of the state conven- ton. It is expected that over 100 candidates from all over the