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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

Dr Harold J. Curran. chairman of the testimonial to be given to Rev John Burke, former pastor called a meeting of the various St Thomas hall at 8:15 o'clock. charge is urged to attend.
 To Instruct Voters
 A meeting of the Polish -Ameri- can Political Club will be held at the Pleasant street hall this eve ming at 2 o'clock to instruct mem.- bers in voting and to make final plans for the town election.
 Knights of Columbus
 iAtlaptic Council. Knights of Columbus. board of governors, held meeting last evening at the K. of c. home on Park street.
 Funeral Services
 The funeral services for Miss Jessie Thomas. who died at her home on Main street Sunday was held this afternoon from the home of her mother, Mrs Cora Thomas at ? o'clock. Rev Edward D. Haines. pastor of the Congrega- tional church officiated. Inter ment was in Hillside cemetery with E. G. Hotchkiss in charge.
 lsabeIla's to Hold SOcial
 Following the regular meeting oi the McGivney Circi. Daughters of sabella. to be held this evening at the K. of c. home. a card party and social time will be enjoyed oy the members and friends.
 Held Meeting at Hitchcock Lake
 Francis Davis. manager of the Fulton grocery store. and Fred .: Flynn, IF. attended a meeting or the employees held at Hitchcock Lake Monday evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

MrS Anthony DaodOna, Mrs $. Dt- Nunzio, Mrs Patsy Avoletta.
 Oak Leaf Patrol Meeting
 A meeting of the. sOak Leaf Patrol a patrol of first class scouts was called at the home of Roger Lowrey last evening to make plans for the coming year Officers were elected: F. L. Robert Fenn, A. P. |. Raymond Cum mings.
 Plans were made for an over- night hike to be held-in the near future.
 The members attending were: George Collier Norton Decker. Robert Fenn, Raymond Cummings Victor Carey. Robert Lowrey. John MacMurtrie, Kenneth Flisher, AL len Cutler. and Assistant Scout master Roger Lowrey. Briefs The members of the Young Peoples Fellowship Society of All Saints church will meet at the church hall tonight at 7:15 o'clock.
 MT and Mrs Henry Chapman of Falls avenue entertained over the weekend, Donald Lowe, radio an- nouncer of WEAF New York, Miss Lillian Trotter of New York and MT and Mrs Louis Chamberlain of Waterbury. Mrs Chamberlain is the daughter of Mir and Mrs Chap man.
 lThe members of the executive committee of the Mems Club of the Congregational church will meet at the church hall tonight at 1880 o'clock, to make plans for the coming season. Members of this committee are: Louis Beres, Ralph Wheeler, Ralph Clinton, Howard Ande, Lucius Snyder. Frank Men, etrcy, Oscar L. Locke, Walter Krantz, Loren Chase and Grover Baldwin.
 The Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational church will meet at the church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p. m.-
 A rehearsal will be held this evening of Cowboy Jack" a four act comedy, written by Walter Monconis at the All Saints church hall. This play will be directed by Walter Cummings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
BY ELMER C. WALzER Tinted Prpss Financial E,f7if0r

N
 New York, Sept. 25 = (UP) = The advance was resumed on the stock market today after an inter- ruption to consolidate gains in the preceding session. The list had ad- vances ranging to points and volume increased on the recovery.
 Early in the day the list was irregular. Further selling in U. s. Smelling was an adverse influence just as 1t was yesterday. Later this issue rallied along with the general list. Railroad stocks and bonds were strong spots nj their respec- tive sections.
 Eastern railroad issues were up along with the others although gains were held to around point. Most of them registered substantial recoveries from early lows. New York Central moved up from 20% to 22z and others made corre- spending rallies.
 Steel shares responded to inn provement in the industry. U. S.. Steel touched 31 7-8 in the morn ing and then reached 34 1-2 where it was up points from the pre- vious close. National steel made a new low for the year at 34 1-2 and then received nearly points. Bethlehem gained a point net.
 Silver shares were depressed for time when U. s. smelting sold down to Ill 1-2. It came back 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
AUXILIARY PLANS
 ]: FOR FALL SEASON
Meeting Slated To-day; !. Bridge Instructions to Start Tonight
WATERFOWL
CorrespOndent-A. R. Deian0 Phone WatertOwn 200

The auxiliary of the Congrega- fional church will meet this after ternoon at 8 o'clock. This is the first fall meeting and the afternoon will be devoted to a social timc The following program has been asranged: Solos by Mrs Sydney Ifadley and Mrs Glenn Sweet; vio- lin selections by Mrs Albert Fus- onie; reading of poetry by Rev Clarence Wells and a French-Can- adien story read in dialect by Duane l.. Robinson.
 The first in series of gatherings of the Community Bridge club will be held this evening in the Girls club roomse in the Community building at 7:30 o'clock.
 w. Harry Byfnes of Oakville will give instructions in contract bridge from 7:30 until p. m. From 8 D. m. until 10 D. m. he will conduct a. public tournament.
 Mrs Estella Mattoon of Cutler street celebrated her S2nd birthday Sunday. During the day Mrs Mat toon had several callers including ; Mrs Frank Mattoon, Miss Minerva Mattoon, Miss Sybil Mattoon, Ed ward Mattoon and Clement Hol- ! brook of Thomaston, MT and Mrs 1 Austin Isham and Miss Estella nsham of Woodbury; MT and Mrs Arthur Tanner of Warren; Mrs Francis Clough, Miss Florence lCiough and Rowland Clough of Middlebury; MT and Mrs B. P. l Hudson, MT and Mrs T. Clifford fAtwood and daughter, Janice; MT and Mrs Seymour Smith and chill Ftiren, Carolyn, Bobby, Teddy and Shirley, MT and Mrs Linus Mat Itoon, Mrs Donald Spinney and fhaughter. Joyce, of Watertown. | Friendship temple, Pythian Sis- Iters, will meet at o'clock this esening in Columbia hall. lA-s
 A~The Ladies' Benevolent society lpf the Congregational church will meet at 12:30 tomorrow in the EpAapel.
 --The women's Home Missionary nUciety of the Methodist church t-l&1uy IlSWAtI SouhSAir oahoiiAhS Girls, will meet Wednesday even ing at o'clock in Columbia hall loa Sunset avenue.
 { ah - t.4 e F~-Troop 1, Boy Scouts, will meet tkx 7:30 p. m. in the parish house fomorrow evening.
 chapter, Order of Eastern Star will meet Wednesday it 7:45 in Masonic temple. ! ...Mr and Mrs Garrett and family have moved from the Judson house on Woodruff avenue to Hartford. is
 Curtiss Hickox, son of MT and Mrs Frank Hickox of Cutler Knoll, left Sunday to enter Tufts medi- eal school, Boston.
 .mArthur Hickox, son of MT and Mrs Frank Hickox of Cutler Knoll left last week to enter Woos- ter school for boys in Danbury.
 Henry Mattoon, Jr. son of Mrs Henry Mattoon of the Northfield road has left to resume his studies at Yale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
BY JULIUS FRANDSEN 1884 by United Press


 ', Washington, Sept a25-(UP)- Bruno Hauptmann's footprints come close to matching those found iff the mud under the Lindbergh fiursery window the night of the Kidnapping, the United Press learned today.
 sa This fact was established today by authoritative sources in con- stant touch with the government effort to link Hauptmann to the Abduction of the Lindbergh baby as vel as the collection of $50,000 ransom.
 ,A Whether the footprint evidence is conclusive enough to take to court was not disclosed. A perfect 1ffatch of the prints would draw tighter around Hauptmann the chain of evidence connecting him with what Attorney General Homer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
PA. ROCKEFELLER
 DIES IN NEW YORK
Nephew of JOEn D.-FOr- tune Rated Among First
 Ten in Nation

New York. Sept 25 - (U.PO - Percy A. Rockefeller, 56, nephew of John D. Rockefeller, ST, and one of the most prominent stock market operators in the United States, died to-day his office an- nounced.
 A famous figure in the financial world, Rockefeller w&s one of the least known members of his fam fly.
 He was the owner of one of Americas most famous fortunes, director in about 50 corporations, and dominating stockholder in the nations second largest bank.
 Yet despite his wealth. social position, and prominence in Wall street, Rockefeller was quiet and retiring. Cool headed in his mani- fold financial operations. he in- creased his share of the $100,O00.- 900 estate of his father, the late William G. Rockefeller, co-found- CT of the oil fortune with his bro- ther, John D., into one of the 10 ranking fortunes of America.
 A graduate of Yale, class of 1900 he married the former Isabel Still man or KNeW OTh d yOai iaSSA' Four daughters and one son were born of the marriage.
 Greenwich, Conn, Sept 25. (UP) Percy A. Rockefeller and mem bers of his family closed their sum- mer home here last Friday when he went to New York city on the advice of physicians to enter Doc tors hospital for treatment to re- lieve a chronic stomach disorder.
 It was reported he suffered from ulcers and an operation was per- formed from which he failed to rally. Members of his family were at the bedside when the end came.
 Rockefeller owned one of the most magnificent estates in this wealthy society center. His proper ty alone was assessed for $1.400,- 900 and his spacious estate was a showplace m the ultra fashionable section of the town conspicuously set apart from the many other estates of prominent national figures.
 He took little par. in the social and civic fife of the community and occupied his residence only during the few warm summer months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
Governor Ely Pays
 Rooseuelt Tribute

Boston, Sept 25. = (UP)- Though he has been an out standing critic of New Deal poli- cies, Governor Ely paid glowing tribute to President Roosevelt, last night, in an address before the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions.
 ''It seems fitting that we should recognize the ruler of our land as a great humanitarian whose eyes constantly look out across the great breadth of this nation so that he may properly view the hardships of his people and see with his extended vision their needs for relief," the gov- ernOr declared.
 He then raised his glass of water and exclaimed: 'To him I offer a toast-the president of the United States"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
75 PER CENT. CF
 WORKERS BACK

Boston. Sept. 25 (UP) - Nearly 75 per cent of New Eng lands 160.00O textile strikers are back at work. it was estimated today. Within a week. it is believ. ed. most of the remainder will have been absorbed.
 A movement by disgruntled union members to force the closing of the American Printing company nt Fall River because Of alleged discrimination appeared near fall ure today
 After n cafs.meeting last night |, was saId thnt nt feast 800 pickets would he on duty at the plant this morning, but only dosen appear. ed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
|@ EAGUARDIA SET TO GIVE VERSION

New York, Sept. 25 - (UPl - Mayor F. H. LaGuardia was ex- pected today to give his version of a-controversy with Police Commis- sfoner John F. O'Ryan, who relin- uuished his post last night after issuing a bristling statement ac- csssing the mayor of encouraging crime and disorder.
 f -O'Ryan resigned last Friday but formally quit his post by turning in. his badge, not to the mayor as is the custom, but to Chief Police Clerk F. V. Finn.
 Chief Inspector Lewis J. Valen- tine, whom O'Ryan retired on a S6,000 annual pension as his last official act, vii be sworn in as c5mmissioner today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

minutes, 55 seconds on the second leg.
 Positions were plotted on Argo at 2:3S p. m. showing Rainbow's lead to be about 500 yards. En- deavour's big spinnaker was draw ing well, however. She was cutting along on the breeze, once more faced with the prospect of gruel- ling stern chase for home against the quick-thinking American skip per.
 Rainbow was approximately 9 IA miles from home at 3:05 D. m. and leading Endeavour by about 500 yards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
Coins Registered To
 3 Points; Volume Up
u. s. Smelling Sales Again Adverse Influence RaiI-
 roads, Bonds Again Strong Spots

points from that figure and other silvers made good recoveries. To- bacco shares were higher especially the cigar group where General Cigar equaled its 1884 high. Co1-. unnbia Pictures made a new high for the year in a strong amusement group. American telephone gained more than 2 points in the corn- indications.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
TWO IMPLICATED
 INV STEER DEATH?

.Northheld. Mass, Sept. 25 - (UP)-Police today considered the possibility that the shotgun slay- inx of the Rev Elliott Speer was d two-man job. While 1t was first believed that the Mount Vernon school headmaster was victim of a lone killer. detectives said today there were indications that at least two persons were implicated. They believed both were local residents, familiar with the campus and probably acquainted with Rev Speer.
 A secret police "iIne-up" in the school mess hall last night lent a .dromatic touch to the investiga. fion. As 100 faculty members and 500 students ate supper they were gnknowinely serutinized by wo- &sn witness whose name was Withheld.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES
 The E. E. GrigRs O.
PUBLIC. UTILITY STOCKS

PUBLIC. UTILITY STOCKS
 Bid Asked Bridgeport Gas It co. S7 40 Bridgep't Hydraulic Co 2S 31 Conn Elec Service i. 40 42 Conn Gas & Coke com Conn Gas & Coke pfd AZ 50 Conn It & Pow 5A %
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 pfd ..............l ll4 connectciut Power Go s61A 3Sh Conn Ky" & Ltg Co com AT 52 Conn Ky & Ltg Co pfd 47 51 Hid Elect It Co com 49h 5lh Hid Gas It Co com.s. A Illuminating Shares A 40J 42 New Haven Water Co 6S II South N D Tel lCol.. 100 1O4
 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Ann Hardware Co.,. 17h 1914 Bristol Brass Corp com 20 22 Colts Pat Fire Arms Go 19h 2lh Eagle Lock Go ...... 28 3l Landers Frary & Clark S0h S2h New Brit, Mach Co
 com ..... ..''s Niles-Bement-Pond
 North & Judd Mfg CO. 161s 18h Peck Stow & Wilcox Co 3 5 Remington Arms .... 3 Scovill Mfg Co. 18h 19b Stanley Works Go com 16 IS Torrington Co ...... 62 GA
 INSURANCE STOCKS Aetna Fire Insurance. 39h 41h Aetna Life Insurance. 15h Fh Automobile Insurance. 19h 21h Connecticut General. "A 26 Hartford Fire Insur.. 51 53 Home Insurance. .... 25 27 National Fire Insur.. 52 54 Phoenix Fire Insur :. 63 66 Travellers Insurance. .405 415
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
LATE REALTY NEWS

The following real estate trans- actions have been filed at the office of the town clerk:
 Mortgage Deeds Ella L. Brown to the Home Owners Loan Corp. property on Stevens street. $1.3Si.3S.
 Mortgage Releases Waterbury Savings Bank to Ella l.. Brown.
 Quit Claim Deeds James R. Lawlor to Mary C. Mccarthy.
 Welton Foust to Nettie Foust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
MELON THIEVES SENTENCED

Celburne, Tex-(UP)-County Judge T. E. Darcy has sentenced four youths here, caught hooking" watermelons in a farmers patch. to attend Sunday school ''every Sunday" A fifth was given tho same sentence for finding some money and keeping it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

sEimA, Q. tUPi--A two-day ceie. bfatlon of Llma's new tin.OuO mu- slcipal airport drew aV.ooo prF'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
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onds at the first turn and added nearly three minutes around the second buoy, total gain of three
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
WOMEN'S CLUB TO
 HOLD CARD PARTY
Games to Be Played Thurs day AfternOOnO. E. s.
 Meets Tonight
CHESHIRE NEWS CorrpesOndent-- Catucci
 Phone 310

A card party under the auspices of the Women's Club will be held Thursday afternoon in the home of Mrs Butler of West Cheshire.
 John Davis Skilton returned on Sunday after a summer trip to Europe.
 Donald Hastie, son of MT and Mrs Donald Hastie, entered Clark university, Worcester, Mass, Mon- day.
 Crescent Chapter, o. E. S., will meet tonight in Grange hall at 8 o'clock.
 The Junior Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church will hold a card party Friday evening the 28th in the home of Misses Gladys and Marjorie Collins.
 Mrs W c. Daley is spending a week at her cottage. Short Beach. closing it for the winter.
 The autumn meeting of the Wo- mans Auxiliary of the Episcopal church in the New Haven arch deaconry will be held in New Ha- ven, Thursday, September 27th, at 19:30 o'clock. The morning scs- sion will be conducted by Mrs Thomas J. shannon of Ansonia. educational secretary of the dio- cese. Luncheoen will be served to those who have made reserva- tions. Several members of the auxiliary of st Peters church will attend.
 Miss Sylvia Tyack. chairman of the social committee, directed the faculty reception held at the nor maj school. New Haven recently
 Gertrude Cullen, who is in St Mary's hospital, Waterbury. is recovering nicely from the appen- dix operation performed Saturday.
 The Junior Ladies' Aid society of the Congregational church win meet with Mrs s. F. Hall, Walling- ford road. Thursday evening.
 Marion Rebekah lodge will hold a meeting in odd Fellows hall on night. Birthday night will be observed the program be- ing in charge of Mrs IneZ Sher- man and Mrs Mildred Trethowan.
 MT and Mrs Mark Bishop an- nounce the birth of daughter. M n riefta vesferdav nn0rninC
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

Donald Hastie, son of MT and Mrs Donald Elastic, entered Clark university, Worcester, Mass. Mon- day. Y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

Crescent Chapter, o. E. S., will meet tonight in Grange hall at s o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

John Davis Skilton returned on Sunday after 8 summer trip to Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

A card party under the auspices of the Women's Club will be held Thursday afternoon in the home of Mrs Butler of West Cheshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
Mary Sforza Feted
 At Surprise Shower
CapewelI Avenue Girl Receives Many Gifts - WEAF
 Announcer Guest of Chapmans
OAKVILLE

Correspondent-Mae Wnia babn 1877 wa,ertown Ayenue
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25
TO
 CHOOSE OFFICERS
Election to Be Held To- night-Jessie Thomas
 Buried
THOMASTON
CorrcsIh,sstcnt. \. c. Flynn Phs,1e 6SS or s6.S

purpose of electing officers. A supper will be served at o'clock in the banquet rooms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

The Junior Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church will hold a card party Friday evening the 28th in the home of Misses Gladys and Marjorie Collins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

Mrs Anthony Daddona, Mrs E. D Nunzio, Mrs Patsy Avoletta.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-25

A rehearsal will be held this evening of Cowboy Jack" four act comedy, written by Walter Monconis at the All Saints church hall. This play will be directed by Walter Cummings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-21
KIDNAP DRIVE IS
 YEAR OLD TO-DAY
Since Urschel Was Cap= tured l6 Men and WOm=
 en Were Convicted

Oklahoma City, July 21-CU.P.) J The Kidnapping of Charles F. Ur- schel-the crime that led to the first organized federal drive against the snatch racket'-was perpet- rated a year ago tonight.
 To-day 16 men and women. con- victed for the crime that aroused the nation, are serving time in fed eral prisons. Federal agents still are attempting to unravel all it's notifications including the where abouts of approximately $S0,000 of the ransom money.
 Leaders of the Kidnapping outfit were George (Machine Gun) Kelly, Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates. They are all serving life sentences at Leavenworth penitentiary.
 Two hundred thousand dollars was paid in ransom by the family of the oil tycoon. Presumably ESQ., 900 Kelly's share was recovered on a Texas farm. Other portions were recovered in St Paul and Minnea- polls. Forty thousand dollars was found elsewhere. The big question mark is what Bates did with his reported $SO,00 0share. He refuses to tell.
 First important break" in the cast came when Bailey, fugitive from the Kansas State prison, was arrested in Paradise, Tex, farm. home of R. G. Boss" Shannon. From that point unraveling of the case was swift and Heavey sen- fenced followed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-21
SAN FRANCISCO GROWING QUIET
General Strike Dead, the Teamsters Are Forcing
 Arbitration Plan
By MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY l United Press Staff CorreSpondent)

By MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY
 United Press Staff Correspondent)
 San Francisco, July 21.-(UP)- This city which week ago was plunging headlong toward indus trial chaos, today, was rushing as rapidly back toward peace. Union teamsters dealt what may be the final blow, forcing striking maritime unions to arbitrate their paralyZing strike against Pacific coast shipping, when they voted last night to return to work.
 Postmaster General James A. Farley and Senator Robert Wag- ner, head of the National Labor Board, arrived to join General Hugh Johnson, MIRA chief, and the
 presidents mediation board i'll working out what they hope will
 be final details of settlement of all remaining labor disputes. Longshoremen, chief factor in the maritime strike, will vote to- day on the question of accepting arbitration.
 Other maritime unions were re- ported in favor of ending the strike.
 Arbitration For All There were predictions that by Monday or Tuesday all labor diffi- culties in the San Francisco area would be in the hands of arbitra- tion boards and the men would be back at work, completing the re- storation of normal conditions. Meantime as an aftermath of the devastating general strike which (Continued on Page 2.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-21
FOUR YOUTHS IN
 AUTO ACCIDENT
Conn Boys on the Way to PrOvidence--TWO Are
 Seriously Hurt

Foster, R. l., July 21-(U.P.)- Four Connecticut youths were in- jured, two perhaps fatally, here early to-day when the light road ster in which they were travelling toward Providence hit an obstruc- tion in the highway and overturn- ed.
 The injured: Benjamin Lavoie. 19, Pineville, the driver, skull frac- ture. Walter Stone, 16, Attawaugan possible skull fracture, spinal in juries. broken collarbone. Eugene Aubin, 19, Attawaugan, shock, cuts and bruises. Hector Lamoureux, IS Ballouville, shock, cuts and bruises.
 Passing motorists picked up the victims, two of whom were uncon- scious, and took them to Rhode Is- land hospital, Providence, where the names of Lavoie and Stone were put on the danger list.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-21
TWO PRISONERS
 ARE RECAPTURED
One Surrounded - Three Lifers Escaped From
 Maine State Prison

Thomaston, Me-, July 21-UP) Two of three life-term convicts who escaped from state prison here last night by scaling a wall were recaptured today without q struggle. The third was believed surrounded in woods by a posse and his capture was regarded as only a matter of hours. All three men were convicted murderers and all were trusties.
 Allen H. Twitchell, 39, and Archie L'Italien, 33, were recap tured separately by Warden Ray mond E. Thurston and Deputy Warden G. c. Hopkins near a grade crossing on the Waldoboro road, 10 miles southwest of here Neither offered resistance.
 The man still at large was James M. Mitchell, 25. He was given life sentence in 1880 after staying a young girl at Portland and stuffing her body into a fur mace. Twitchell hass erved II years and I'Italien, nine years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-21
EARTHQUAKE AT
 PANAMA TO-DAY
Extensive Property Dam=
 age Reported - Ten Houses Put Down

Port Armuelles. Panama, July 21 = (Via Tropical Radio to United Press) A violent earth quake occurred here at 5:45 a. m. (EST) today, causing extensive property damage.
 Early reports indicated that no one was seriously hurt. About 10 houses were partly ruined.
 The United Fruit Company's dock was practically destroyed. Three banana conveyors. huge trolley-like devices which transfer the fruit from the dock to ships was wrecked.
 Port Armuelles, located on the Pacific side of Panama, has about 100 inhabitants, mostly employees of the United Fruit Company.
 It is the company's principal port in that section for the ship ment of bananas northward from the ChiriQui plantations.