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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
FATHER OF TWO MILLEN BOYS TO
 BLAME FOR ALL
Another Son Said Parent Acted Like Mailman in
 Their Home
BY MARTIN KANE ,ltnd pFces Staff Correspondent

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 Courthouse Dedham, Mass, May 2i-(UP)-Joscph Millen, gray. haired contractor, today was blamed by one of his sons for the crimes which have placed two other sons on trial for their HVes'
 Harry Milien, 36.year old musl. elan, toBtIfying as the 4ist defenso witness at tho Faber-Millen mur. der trial, pictured his father as \ madman who repeatedly peat ms wife and chiidr0n.
 q think tn. whole situation has been brought nbout by my fathers behavior" said HGrry, who pears no rescmbiancs t9 bis younger pro. thers, Murton and trviDg. They are on trial with Abe Faber, another Boston youth. charged speeincaIy with the murder Of ono or two pV. lIcemen slain in Needham phhh robbery. .a s. ting everyone in tho house, nnFry continued, "When ! was seven or eight years old. was studying the violin and he WAS always strikinR me then, Ue never took into con mdorntion what part Of my body he was striking. ,
 "IIe was always beating up my mother and [ found her n q aeao faint many times. She had 10 hmvs doctor continually ana We nme to pay moro money n doctors p,.n on that account nion0 than m! | family l know of.' A
 This wag '"fami,y day" at th' trIaj, now in t,s sixth week, A SIS for Mrs Mar, Goodman, preceded Ifarry ns witness and tho MI icma' parents were among othei relatives sch sdu dulcd to testify dur' ing tho day. ,..
 Harry recalled one occaslof wben Re was working for his fh'
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
ATTORNEY
 BLACKALL IS IN RACE
Former Resident of This City Mentioned for the
 Lieut. Governor
MAYOR HAYES WAS ANOTHER PROSPECT
Daniel J. Leary Made Good Run for Position Four
 Years Ago

'F Attorney John c. Blackall, . member of the 1888 state senate from Hartford and 3 native of Waterbury, Is being mentioned upstate for the nomination of lieutenant-gov- ernor of the democratic ticket for the fall campaign. A Hartford newspaper account yesterday mentioned Senator Blackall's name and 1t cre- ated considerable interest here.
 Waterbury has been closely iden' tifcd with tho lieutenant governor nomination for tho past few years. Four yours ago Controller Daniel |. Laary ran and was defeated by only i,S00 votes. Ills run was con' sidercd q record and caused wldo. vprcad comment In Connecticut.
 Danlci ,. Lcary Withdrew
 Two yours ago Controller Leary was ugaln mentioned prominently for tho nomlnatoin of lIcutenant- governor and Waterbury was aga'n in tho front as f1r as discussion nt the state convention was concernea
 However, Controller Leary with drew Ut tho New London session and tho nomination went to Thom' as Howes of Pennington.
 Now, with Senator Biackail being mentioned for tho place on the coming ticket. Waterbury Is agntn intereBted, especially in view Of the fact that Mayor Frank Hayos' name is also being prominently tnen' tioned for the gubernatortM nom. ination. Mayor Hayes himself. nus made no statements, however
 1sse democrats are counting upon Governor Cross being ' candidate [ oBuceed himself, and. while therc js no dotinito procurement rom tho governor us to his intentions, therc is a good deal of evidence in / his speeches and actions that no is pro nrIng to 20 before tho people ngnln this fall. Despite al lthe critl. cisms Of his nctionS aB governor py members, of hiB own party, there " no sign of q candidate to context inc nomination with him, nor any roaAon to believe there VIII DO any open opposition in tho convention 10 his rcnominatioR # hc IS willing to stand again.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
MOTOR VEHICLE
 APPEAL HAS WON
Only Two Deaths Reported Over the Week.End
 in This State

Hartford, Conn. May :l--(UP) --Motor Vehicle Michael A. Con- por's appeal to end slaughter" on the highways by careful driving and individual policing, resulted in q marked reduction in fatalities over tho weekend. r,
 over the two preceding holidays i7 lives wero lost, this weekend two deaths wore reported.
 4 hit.and. driver was re. sponsiblo for the death of Frank PopiaskI, 43, Columbia farmland. He suffered skull fracture and both legs broken.
 Mrs. Margaret Carpentino, iS was killed instantly at Hamden when struck by q truck driven by Max Sinoway. North Haven, while crossing q highway with two com- panions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
Joseph Healey Death Zs About Cleared Up
Report of Fight Is Refuted-Detectve Are Confident an Accidental Fall Was Cause of Tragedy, Despite
 the Opinion of Local Medical Examiner

A report that Joseph Hoalcy was engaged in an altercation with an. other man at Grand and Canal streets sevora! hours before his crushed body WAS found in pool of blood outg'de s4 Canal street, has no foundation, detectives said this morning.
 z l, According to the report, Healcy and the man exchanged wordt when Hcaiey objected 10 the fact that the other had taken Mrs lsn.. boi Vanderlip to the movies that afternoon. PoIico said to-day that they had questioned tho man in question and mad found that there was no truth n the rumor.
 lieutenant Detective Joseph stevens said this morning that he is cony lneed that Henley fell accl- dcntnlIy fro nthc third .gtory win. dow Of tho building outside of which his body, the skull shat tered, was found early Thursday morning. Discovery Saturday that . pieco Of wood. found near the body, was part of sign that was directly In tho path of a fall from tho open win How, furnished the last point In the police theory that Healoy suffered the fatal injuries In that way.
 y Coroner John T. Monzani was out of town to day and the official invest tigation will bc held up until Wedn esday. Late Saturday morning ho gave permission for the release of Mrs Vanderiip, who had been held for questioning.
 The police said of tho invcstiga- ton had apparently com etc con' clusion to-day. with detectives sat- isilcd that the full theory accounts for Hcaiey's violent death. Medical Examiner pr Edward Kirschbaum has said previously that he did not believe q fall could lnfiict the in: jurics which an autopsy showed that Heaicy had received.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
30 HURT IN TRUCK RIOT

Minneapolis, May 21- (UP) Flying bricks and police clubs sent 30 injured to hospitals to- day when thousand striking truck driver pick cts and squads of police fought at the city mar ket. Rioting among the pickets began when n,er.. chants loaded perishable foodstuffs in trucks and attempted to run them through the strikers blockade to outlying grocery stores About half of the injured were policemen, struck by bricks hurled by the bowling mob of strikers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
Final Neze,S Flashes
WON AND FED CHILDREN

Dublin May 21-(UP) P)-John Meringer, was given $150,O0O winning ticket in the recent Irish hospital sweepstake, as a tip, was host to more than 700 Dublin children at dinner at the city hall tonight. Meringer was given his ticket by grateful New York customer who was en- raptured by dish of hassenpfeffer which Mer- finger prepared for him. The children at the din- ner were selected by relief workers from poor families. They were welcomed by the Meringer family as hosts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
Wendell Fortune Takes NelU Angle
Strangest Battle in Legal History Reverts Back to Thomas Patrick Morris, Penniless, Painter, Who
 Was Convicted of Conspiracy Against Estate

New York; May 21.--(UP)-The strangest battle for 8 fortune in American legal history shifted to ground to- day with the filing of three affidavs in connection with the fabulous John c. Wendell fortune.
 The affidavs filed in general sessions contained the allegation that Thomas Patrick Norris penniless house painter convicted of conspiracy against the estate is the son of John C. Wendell and Wendels own sister Mary Ellen Aator Wendell. both dead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21

The Wendell estate--probably the largest real estate fortune Tn Amcrica----Is estimated at around $40.000, 900. It has been tho center of . long legal battle since the last of the aged Wendell sisters who died in tho gloomy, tightly locked old mansion of Firth avenue.
 Morris had claimed to be the son of John c. Wendei and, Wen. dels secret bride, Mary Ellen De- vine.
 Two of tho afidavIts were by Mrs. Vernon Brock of Camp Hill. Pa, and Mrs. Race q. Miller of Westminster, Md, who claimed to be third cousins of tho Wendels.
 Horrible Family Secret
 The two sisters aliego their fa. thor, Lewis James Little, an itin- ernnt Pennsylvania herb doctor, delivered the child in the gloomy E'ifth avenue mansion and repeat cdiy, before his death in 1914, told them of tho horrible family secret" Tho herb doctor was sec. ond cousin to John and Mary Wen. dol, according to genealogical chart submitted with the affidavits. /. Tho third affidavit was by Her. bert C. Miller. Mrs. Milicr's hus. band. who corroborated the story of his wife and sister.in.law in every detail and who swoarg he henrd tho story from Doctor" Lit. tics own lips on numerous occa. sioDs.'
 Morris' attorney, Bernard II. Snndior, filed the affidavits in sup. port of Q motion for new trial al. ready pending. Tho attorney asked for immediate hearing.
 The ahidavlts alleged that the herb doctor was called in to de.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
HOMESTEAD HAS
 GOT UNDERWAY

Charleston. W. Va. May 2i. (UP)
 Work started at Red House, near here. to-day on a homestead cofIn- munity in which 150 families will be seif-supporting and win CO., operate in supplying their worldly needs. The project was planned by the federal emergency relief ad- ministration to further rural re. mobilization. Twenty engineers be- gan the work of laying out 150 modern houses. each on ive-acre tract.
 The community will be known as Red House Garden Farms and $400.000 has been set aside for the work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
NEWBURYPORT IN
 NEW FIRE SCARE

Newburyport, Mass. May 2l = (UP)--A firebug - perhaps the same one whose torch caused Sat urday's $1.OOO.O00 conhagration-- attempted early today to burn tenement house in which three families were asleep, police re- yeaIed. Awakened by smoke. MT and Mrs Joseph Thompson. occu- pants of the first floor. traced t to a ceilarway. where they found a bundle of newspapers abiaze. The pyromaniac had entered by the unlocked front door, placed the paper cn the cellar stairs. and ig- nited 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
.FASCISTS ADDED
 NEW ADHERENTS
Bulgaria Has Joined the Army That Was Started
 By Mussolini
By FREDERICK KUH (Uuitcd Press Stan Correspondent

London, May 2l-(UP)--Six million, people were added today to the total of those under fascist rulo. Altogether y121,600.000 now are under the "20th century gov ernments'' for which Benito Mus solInl of Italy set the example when his blackshirts marched on Rome in 1922.
 Bulgaria followed Latvia. at the diagonally opposite corner of Eur. ope, by. only three days into list of fascist nations that already conn priscd Italy. Germany and Austria Tn half a dozen other countries strong fascist movements were a source of anxiety to politicians. notably In Roumania. Even In France and England small but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
BABY WAS STRANCLED

Haverhill, Mass, May 2I-(UP)-SaIly Spiro, seven-month-old daughter of MT and Mrs Fred Spiro. was strangled by her bonnet string when she fell out of her carriage in bedroom of her home. The body was found today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 21--(UP)--tsov- ernment expenses and reipts of the current fiscal year to May 18th, compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year;
 Thss Year Expenses Last Year S6,21f,547,375.l7 $4,561, ,O74, ,4G4.18 ss.ss7.ssi.4si.4o si,74Aiiss475s
 Deficit t
 s3.55s,es5.s93.77 $2.sle.955.21e.ez Cash Balance ..... $2.091 .93S.ef6.7z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
WILL GO TO GRoToN

Washington. May z1--President and Mrs Roosevelt will go to Gro. ton. Mass. Jute 1 to witness the graduation of their youngest son John. from ur0tun school For Boys, the White House announced to-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
Murkets At c GLunce

Stocks drift irregularly in narrow range Bonds dull and irregular. Curb stocks irregular; trading dull. Chicago stocks quiet and mixed. Call money per cent. Foreign exchange irregular. Wheat unchanged to up H; corn up M to of h;
 oats steady. Cotton dips more than 50 cents a bale. Rubber advances to IF points. Silver futures up 10 to 20 points. Bar silver up M at 45M cents aR ounce Copper SH cents pound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
FIVE KILLED IN COLLISION

Tyler Tex, May 21--lUPl-F1ve persons were Killed and sixth critically injured today when truck crashed into a narrow bridge and rolled down 30-foot embankment near Carroll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-21
IN NEW
 PROJECT WITH SOVIET RUSSIA
French. Russian Alliance as Defense Against Ger many-Russia Would Join the League of Nations;
 This Might Start Big Kick By Poland
BY R. D. MCMILLAN United Press stan Corrcspondent)

Paris, May 21-(UP)-Foregn Minister Louis Bar. thou returned from Geneva to-day with project for French Russian defense alliance against Germany cacuated to being about sensational encouragement of European po litical affiliations.
 The plan regarding which Barthou consulted Premier
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Generally Fair Tonight; Thunderbtorms Tuesday vuii wsalhss Rspors Esss 8.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29

The barometric low Alaska and fauno rapidly southern Boring slowly remainder of the Territory except the Arctic Alaska with light showers Berng pressure high but falling Western Canada the Interior and the Gulf of Alaska the Arctic coast and have elsewhere.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29

Chased as a tree and plant pest, mistletoe is outlawed by ordinance in several California cities and its destruction made compulsory
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29
Juneau's Leading Department Store
WAR RESULTS OVER KILLINGS
 CITY ELECTION

KANSAS CITY, March 29.-War- fare was declared on gunmen and hoodlums yesterday. as the after math of four killings and other acts that terrorized the city elec- ton Tuesday in which Little Tammany,' Democratic organiza- ton, crushed the bid of the Citi- zens' Fusion ticket.
 Sheriff Thomas B. Bash, of Jackson County, took a hand in the heated municipal election and ordered arrests in an effort to bring to justice those responsible for numerous instances of gum play, sluggings and kidnapings.
 Sheriff Bash, a Democrat him self, ordered his deputies to ar rest a number of Democratic lead CTS in the Sixteenth Ward where the worst disturbances occurred.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29
ENTERTAINMENT
 FOR CLEE CLUB MEMBERS HERE
w a shin g gto.n U Alumni Make Arrangements
 Glacier Trip, Dancing

Plans for the entertainment of the twenty-one members of the University of Washington Glee Club arriving on the Northland Satur- day, were annou1ced today by Grover Winn, and his alumni com mittees which have been active in making arrangements for party's stay in Juneau. a
 A committee of University of Washington Alumni will meet the boat when it arrives. The men will be taken to the Gastineau Ho- tel, and shortly after, all members of the club who desire will leave for trip to the Glacier, return ing in ample time for their Sat- urday matinee performance at the Capitol Theatre.
 The Governors house has been opened to a committee of Alumni who will hold an informal dancing party there from 10:30 until 12 o'clock Saturday night in honor of the visiting club
 The committee has invited Wash ington alumni from Juneau and Douglas to the affair, and also members of the Juneau and Senior classes from the two schools.
 Sunday morning Curator Rash evaroff will open the museum to the Glee Club members. Concerts will be held both Sunday after noon and evening, and the club members will leave for the south on the Northland either late Sun day night or Monday morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29
13 IN FIELD FOR COUNCIL
 AT KETCHIKAN
(Kescslsaan Chronicle)

Last minute filings for munich pal offices yesterday brought in one candidate opposing F. J. Gill more, incumbent candidate for the office of mayor as well as one more for councilman. E. B. Houghtaling runs for the School Board office mopposed.
 pr. David s. Rowe, local chir- opractor, entered his nomination for the mayorality race, having the signatures of four persons, and r. A. Cloudy entered the race for a council seat, also by petition. There are now IS entrants to the council race. the files having closed at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 Listed alphabetically, the names that will appear on the official ballots on April 8, unless there are withdrawals, are J. s, Burgun, F. A. Cloudy ST, Thomas Davies, Henry Erwick, H. R. Gould, c. H. Hanson, Paul Jones, Lem Mckay, Gust Olsen, H. M. Pedersen J.. H Rolie, o. B. Skidmore ard J. A. Talbot isa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29

nouncements of her marriage on March q, Joseph Irving Young of Hollywood, California.
 Miss Esther Kaser left several weeks ago to attend the wedding and preliminary events in Newberg. MT. Young is connected with the motion picture industry as seen ario writer and director and the newlyweds will make their home in Hollywood.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29
FRED A. HANSEN. ENTERS
 ST. ANS HOSPITAL WITH
 SEVERE CASE, TONSILITIS

Fred A. Hansen, Superintendent of the Copper River and North
 western Railway, who was aboard the Victoria on his way to Cor dova, left the steamer here last evening and entered St. Ann's Hos pital to receive treatment for tonsilitis. He expects to have suf- ficiently recovered to continue to cordova on the Yukon next weex.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29
Business Picking Up
FOOD SALE

Te Girl Scouts will have a Food Sale at the Sanitary Grocery Sat urday, March 31, at 10 am. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29
PENSION ISSUE REACHES COURT; WRIT IS ASKED
 f8
Mrs. Lily Scott, In dian, Seeks Writ Compelling
 Payment of Pension
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ernor's refusal to make the allow ances, and that she has no plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law
 An order is sought from the Court directing Gov. Troy to allow the application and 10 award the petitioner the sum of S70 per month.
 Controversy Is Long
 The controversy over payment of pensions of all kinds is of long standing. It has been fought on the floor of several sessions of the Legislature. and during one ses- sion. Mir Paul, as a House mem Der, gave notice that unless the statutes were changed he would tic up all pension funds At that time, the wording of the laws was chang ed and the crisis was averted.
 At the last session of the Leg islature, an amendment was writ ten into all of the pension laws excluding from their benefits all persons who are eligible to receive aid from the Interior Department Since then the Boards have ruled that Indians are all eligible for Federal assistance and, therefore not entitled to Territorial Pensions
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29

Daily Empire Want Ads ray
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29
HOSPITAL GUILD TO l. MEET ON MONDAY, APR.
 4a 2, AT 2,30 O'CLOCK

On Monday, April 2, at 2:3O o'clock in the afternoon, there will be a special meeting of all mem bers of the Hospital Guild at St, Ann's Hospital. according to Mrs. J. F. Mullen, Secretary.
 All those who belong to the Guild are urged to attend this meeting as number of important matters will be brought up for decision.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29
MISS VIRGINIA MOORE AND
 JOSEPH IRVING, YOUNG ARE
 MARRIED IN NEWBERG, ORE

Friends of Miss Virginia Moore, daughter of MT and Mrs. Robert Jackson Moore of Newberg, Ore gon, who visited the Misses Es- ther and Elizabeth Kaser two years ago, were interested to receive an-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-29
HURJA RESIGNS TO AID EARL EY
 ON COMMITTEE
Quits PWA Post to Accept Berth as Assistant to
 Chairman Farley f
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T am sorry to lose you from the Public Works Administration. 9 the Secretary said in his letter You have been real help in many difficult situations and there has never been time when I could not rely upon you loyally and intelligently to- work for the best interests of the organization of which you were part
 T understand why the Demo- cratic National Committee should want to avail itself of your ser- vices with an important campaign approaching I can not stand in the way of your accepting the ap- pointment that MT Farley has of fered you at headquarters and I accept your resignation with re- gret1
 Business Picking Up
 MT Hurja will direct party af- fairs at committee headquarters in the National Press Building. There will be an increasing amount of work to be handled there as the financial campaign of the com mittee begins and as the Congress Sional campaign develops
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-02-12

Last performances will be given
tonight and tomorrow of Greta
Carlo and John Gilbert, the worlds
most famous screen lovers in the
romantic story of Christina.
And once again Polls will offer
double feature bill starting We'd
nesday that will be the talk Of the
town. Wheeler and Woolsey in
Hips, Hips Hooray," which COM
bines laughter, music and gorgeous
girls in it's tomfoolery Wheeler
and Woolsey are seen as cosmetic
statesmen whose office is the city
street By a stroke of luck, they
find themselves promoting the sale
of Miss Frisby's beauty prepara-
tions. Soon Woolsey is falling in
love whit the dangerous Miss
Frisby, Wheeler is falling in love
with her assistant, Daisy, and the
world is falling in love with fla
vored lipsticks.
clips, Hips, Hooray" features an
aggregation of beautiful blondes,
brunettes and redheads selected for
their beauty of face and figure
which are shown in the spectacu-
larly glittering dance sequences.
With Ruth Fitting, the girls also
participate in vocalizing the cur
rent popular melodies, Keep
Romance Alive" Keep on DOM
What You're Doin'," and "Tired of
1t ALP.
The second feature is 1.-THE
Women in His Life" picture that
will compel the audience to grip
their seats from the first to the last
reels. The picture Is vivid unfold
ing of gripping events in the life
of great metropolitan lawyer
who, though disgraced, saves the
life of an innocent man from a SEN
tence of death after the re-birth of
his own soul.
AS the lawyer, Otto Kruger
scores in one of thepmost dramatic
roles of his career, one which
equals his stage performance in re-
cent hits. The talented supporting
cast, which also registers a memoir
able performance, includes such
popular players as Una Merkel, Ben
Lyon, Isabel Jewell, Roscoe Harms
Irene Harvey and c. Henry Cor
don
The picture is laid in the court.
rooms and legal offices of New
York, in fashionable speakeasies
and notorious waterfront dives, in
hte Tombs and Sing Sing peniten-
tiary.