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Evening star., 1934-05-15
Two Star Qualifiers.

A FEW days ago, in the Los An
n geles district, two star qualifiers
who beat today's gun were
Jimmp Thompson and Willie Hunter.
Jimmy Thompson, who halls from
Long Beach, Calf, is the longest hit
ter I have seen in golf.
There may be siege guns with
heavier charges. but Thompson will
do. He Is q powerfully built young
Evening star., 1934-05-15
Germany Already Mobilizing Athletes;
Plans Greatest Plant for 1896 Games
BY TOM WILHELM.
BY the Associated Press.

~ ERLIN, May 15.-Germany's
general staff is mobilizing
n its athletic strength for
IL drive on the Olympic games
of 1896, now that the Ger
man government, through Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler. has approved
plans for what likely will be the
finest athletic plant in the world
when completed.
No sooner were the chancellor's
ideas made known than the well
regimented German sports organi-
cations sent the word down the
line to get out all possible talent.
Because of its highly organized
state German athletics will be able
to reach every hamlet in the Reich.
Two goals are held out to the pros
pective competitors, the district
and national tryouts.
They'll Start This Year.
According to the present plans,
preliminary trials will be held fol-
lowing the lines of the county
meets" in America. These will be
followed by state meets in which
only the smaller division winners
will be eligible In turn these COM
petitions will be enlarged to take
in the ma jor divisions of the nation
as a preliminary to the national
tryouts.
A staff of coaches, trainers, dieti-
hnpT
moned to consider the problems
facing a German athletic team in
the Olympics and plan measures to
be carried out in 1884 and 1885.
1t is planned to put the competi-
tors eligible for the national trials
into a Summer camp early in 1884
at Ettlingen, where the team MEM
bers will be kept on a rigid train
ing and diet schedule. Ettlingen,
ideally situated in Baden. was Sc
lected after an investigation OF
other likely locations.
All Groups Enlisted.
Coaches already have assembled
there and issued a call for distance
and marathon runners to appear in
January for preliminary training
orders. Up until the middle of the
1884 season tri-monthly trials will
be held in every district of the
Reich. These will be used to get a
line on an athletes general form
and minimize the danger of picking
a team member on the basis of one
unusually hot" days performance.
BY the end of 1884 the coaches
hope to have a fairly good line on
prospective timber, which will en-
able them to direct the best men in
Evening star., 1934-05-15
League Races
TUESDAY, MAY Is, 1884.
American

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Detroit, 8; Washington. (6 innings
RAIN.
Chicago, 8: Boston, ..
Cleveland New York. rain.
st. Louls-Philadelphia, rain,
Evening star., 1934-05-15

N YEW YORK, May 15.-f any
M final proof was needed that
VI the British have lost control
/ of golf, the Walker Cup
matches showed that the an
cient game devised or invented by
Scottish shepherds has come under
the complete dominion of the United
States.
Evening star., 1934-05-15

sna
long
Evening star., 1934-05-15
Rough Going Ahead.

: A FTER stopping over in Cincinnati
~ tomorrow for an exhibition
enpapemeOt with the Reds the
Evening star., 1934-05-15

THE Nationals have played far be-
hind their flag winning stride
Evening star., 1934-05-15
CANES TODAY GAMES roMoRRn,

Det. at Wash (3:15l. Open date.
Clev. at N. Y.
st. L. at Phil
Chi at Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
HITLER DENIES
 RESPONSIBILITY
He Sympathizes Wit h None of COmbatants
 in Austria Scrap

London, Feb 17.-(UP)-The Daily Mail to-day published an in- terview secured by It's Berlin cor respondent with Chancellor Adoif Hitler in which the German leader disclaimed any connection with the Austrian uprising and cited his own rise to power in pointing out the futility of violence. "Some people believe that the German National Socialists had something to do with the troubles in Austria" Hitler was quoted by the Mail as saying ''That Is entirely false. We sym pathize neither with Chancellor Dollfuss nor his opponents. Both sides arc wrong In their methods Nothing permanent can be achieved by violence. "Chancellor Dollfuss has been trying to carry out coup d'etat. He infringcd on tho constitution and his methods were doomed to failure from the first.
 Replying to q question ns to whether developments In Austria will affect 0efmanyH attitude to' wards that country, Hitler said;
 Not in the least. IL will follow naturally from tho events that the Austrian governments authority will he increased. Hut On the other hand tho number of Austrian NasiF will he lnereaaed. I nm exprcssina only a private. personal view, hut my conviction Is that the w0rkmeB Of Austria Especially will rally 10 Inc Mast cause na natural roae' ii0n against tho methods Of vl0s fence tho Austrian government hai etseraiAad"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
MASS MEETING IS
 SCENE OF RIOTS
Socialists Tried to Hold Session But COmn1u-
 nists Stole Show

New York, Feb 17.-UP)- Hundreds of communists. socialists and police nursed bruises and grudges today as the aftermath Of yesterdays riot at the Madison Square Garden anti-Dollfuss rally summoned by the socialists. Dozens of chairs were smashed in the pan dcmonium that ensued when near ly 5000 communists forced their way into the mass meeting and. according to socialist leaders, "tried to steal the show" Approximately 20 persons were treated Tor ln- juries.
 Police, who had orders not to interfere with the meeting. finally took a hand when the 1000 social ist ushers found themselves unable to keep order. Unarmed even with nightsticks, the policemen, several hundred in numbers. managed to eject the most pugnacious of the intruders, but order never was re- stored.
 As former Judge Jacob Panken was introduced to speak, an apple was hurled at him. Speaker after speaker was drowned out by the communist chanting of "We'll hang Matthew Woll to a sour apple tree" Woll. vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, who with Mayor r. 1T. LaGuardia, was scheduled to speak, never ap- peared. It was believed he had been apprlsed of the disorder. The mayor also failed to appear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
SEVEN PERSONS WERE KILLED IN
 NEW YORK FIRE
Five-Story Tenement in Ruins-May Be More
 Bodies in Debris

New York, Feb 17-(UP)-Fire ragged through another of Manhat- tan's squalid and crowded tene- ment houses today, taking a known toll of seven dead. One was known to be missing and firemen search ing the debris of what had been a five story building housing a dozen or more families, feared that sev- eral additional bodies would be found. The single stairway was ablaZe and near collapse before a barking dog of one of the tenants aroused his master who gave alarm. All escape was cut off and firemer haufed men. women, and children down ladders.
 The survivors were clad in their night clothing. temperature was no degrees above zero.
 The survvors were taken into tenements nearby and watched their homes and possessions go in flames.
 Fire equipment was massed in all neighboring streets. Bremen fought the blaze for two hours be- fore they could get into the build- ing.
 Water froze almost as soon as 1t felt the nozzles. Within few minutes the front of the building. the sidewalk, and the street was q mass of ice.
 Bodies of the family Wechscl- baum, q father. mother and three children, were found in the base mcnt. They had dropped there when the fourth, third. and second floors collapsed.
 Before the floors collapsed. fire- men found the bodies of woman and her child. They were believed to be those of Mrs Giovannia Terranolo, 52, and Anna Terranolo, II.
 All were so charred identifica- ton was difficult.
 While the fire was at its height tenants ran through fire equip ment screaming hysterically for missing relatives. They were herded back into houses because of their scanty attire. but dashed out again the moment the watch over them was relaxed.
 The chief mourner was Terra nolo. A fireman carried him fore ibly down q ladder with his daugh- ter, Frances, 15. His wife and two other children were inside, ne
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
CHARLES SCHWAB
 SLOWLY RETIRES
Not Quitting Entirely, But His Activities Are Much
 LeSSened

New York, Feb 17--(UP)- Charles M. Scwab. chairman of the board of tho Bethlehem Steel cor poration who reaches his 72nd birthday tomorrow Is "retlring lit- tie by little from active participa- ton in business and social affairs v he said today.
 q am Tightening my load" he said. 1T am not as active in busi- ness as I was. Little by little l am retiring"
 Asked if his retirement from business would affect his conncc- ton with his stel company, Schwab said:
 q will never retire from the Bethlehem Steel company. This is one job that holds the greatest in- terest in life for me. am proud of it. It Is my monument.
 My greatest pleasure in life1now is to continur ass0ciating with the men who helped me build the steel company"
 Schwab said he was 100 per cent with President Roosevelt and his new deal.
 T am an omptimist. I have never lost the feeling that ulti. nately we will have happy and DrosperOuS times"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
SAFE HAD BEEN
 THROWN IN DUMP
No One Wanted It, But It Was Found Filled With
 Riches

New London. Feb 17-(UP)- Louie Lubchansky. junk dealer. purchased the decommissioned yacht Hildcgard and all It's con- tents several months ago. The Hildegard's safe he sold to New London business man for $lb. He was pretty well dIsgusted when the purhcaser returned tho snfe nnd demanded his SIS back hos cause tho safe was locked and Lub' chansky couldn't provide a com binntion.
 The safe was around tho junk yard several weeks. Finaly unable tO restrain his disgust longer. Lub- chnHsky picked up a HiedRo ham. mcr and delivered three resound. Ing blows. It erumpled and out dropped SiO,0 in old. large sized eiO hills and about tb,00O ln ne. KOtinble HeeuritieM rho Hildegnrd had boleny'd Co Edward it. COs' man, LebhnOn,, Pc, millionaire mlne operator. NO explanation Qf how the mOney happened Co Dc 70 lhe safe was lsnmsdLliaiv avAAiabis'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
ATTORNEY JAMES LYNCH IS NAMED
 BY GOV CROSS
Appointed Compensation Commissioner in. Place
 of Frederick Williams

Attorney James M. Lynch of this city has been appointed compensa- tion commissioner for the fifth congressional district to succeed Commissioner Frederick M. Will iiams who earlier in the week rendered his resignation to Gov ernor Wilbur l.. Cross The ap- pointment of Attorney Lynch, who Is prcsidet of the Waterbury Bar association, was decided on late yesterday afternoon by the gov ernor.
 commended that Commissioner Williams be given a pension and this will Le done at the next meet ing of the board of finance and control at Hartford. The post of compensation commissioner pays an annual salary of $5,000.
 Attorney Lynch has been a mcm- Der of the Connecticut bar since 1908 and has practiced all of the time in Waterbury. He is well known throughout the state. He has always been prominent in dem ocratic politics. He was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in Novem- Der. 1868. In 1873 the family re- moved to England and when he was IT years of age the family home was established in Water bury.
 After taking up his abode here. Attorney Lynch learned the print CTS trade at the Waterbury Dem ocrat, which he followed for IS yearS EOr n decade he was at the head of the mechanical department of The Democrat.
 For five years he was foreman of :he Jackson Quick Print com- pany but determining to engage in tho practice of law he began study ing with that end in view in 1900 while foreman at The Democrat. After thorough preliminary read- ing he was able to pas the required examination which won him admis- sion to the bar in June. 1903. He has since practiced here with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
GAMBLING RAID
 CAUGHT 200 MEN
IA State Troopers Did 1t in Lawrence - Two
 Hours to Arrest All

Lawrence, Mass. Feb 17-U.PO 200 men, spectators by telephone and telegraph at Mex ican horse race, were arrested by 14 state troopers late yesterday in a raid on local hall which had been elaboratcly outfitted as bet ting establishment.
 It was the largest gambling raid in the history of the state police. Using two patrol wagons 1t requir- cd two hours to transport the arr rested men to Lawrence police headquarters. Three of them, charged with maintaining a gambl- ing nuisance, were held under $200 ball apiece. The remainder were held under $50 each on charges of being present where gambling was In progress.
 Police seized long blackboards upon which the names of horses and jockeys were posted from every track operating in North America. The establishment also was equipped with special tele- phone and telegraph systems for receipt of odds and results from race tracks; and a cashiers cage for placing and collecting bets.
 Troopers from the Framingham and Concord barracks staged the raid at the direction of Attorney General Joseph F. Warner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
ADMIRAL BYRD
 HASTENS TO BASE
Got Away From Packed Ice and Hurries to
 Little America

|. Aboard the s. s. Bear of Oak land, Bay of Whales, Feb 17.- (UP)-- (via Mackay radio) With another great adventure behind her. this 6O-year-old vessel Is pioughing through moro or less open water toward Little America, s apparently none the worse for q violent battle with pack ice that threatened to freeze her in.
 Having made a number of rec ords, penetrating the unknown 190 miles beyond the record northeast coasting of the British ship Discov- cry and charting 5000 square miles of hitherto unknown seas. Rear Admiral Richard F. Byrd Is anx- ious to reach his base as soon as possible on account of the rapidity with which to bay ice has diEtInte- grated. He fears the difficulty of finding safe mooring for the Bear.
 Three days ago. during her voy. ago of exploration, the Bear be. came surrounded. by q thick, heavy, Jagged ice pack. For hours Cap. tain R. A. J. English. who boasts Arizona as his native state. directed the Bear north, east, south and west, seeking m opening. One cold night, he know, would freeze the vessel in for the winter. t
 Finally. carly Friday morning open water was diseerned on the other side Of point 0f tho pack, Tho passage vas about half q mile wide. English ordered the vessel into tho pack. The Bear rammed lee blocks and showed them aside Often progress was by Inches. It WaH Alsc9ncerling 70 times but there Was no baeklHs ut because of the enager tn the FmddeF from ihf jasged lee. Finally, after hours of AiFwgslInH the ship lNhe nlnnen' we're Into lhe 0Dcn water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
JOHN W. JAEGER MENTIONED FOR
 GUARDIANSHIP
Former Alderman May Take Up Leadership of
 G. 0. P. in City,

With plans going on silently to bring about complete reorganiza- tion of the republican town com mittee, more names were heard of to-day as the possible successors to Attorney T. F. Conway, present chairman. Early this week the name of cx-Mayor William H.. Sandland was forced into the lime light as the result of an endorse ment voted him by the North End Political club. To-day one of those most prominently mentioned was cx-Alderman John w. Jaeger.
 That there will be an attempt to bring about Q complete change in the officers and personnel of the republican town committee, has been predicted by the Democrat for some weeks passed. Work has been going on quietly along this line since the last state election and especially since the defeat Of ex-Alderman Andrew J. Cooney In the recent city polling.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
JAIL OFFICIALS
 SAVED. LIVES OF x
 CONDEMNED MEN
Turned Back Clock and Their PardOns Came
 Later On
BY ROBERT IT. BEST pitcd Press Staff COrrespOndent)

(UnttcO IrcSS StNh SOihSSP'
 Vienna, Feb 17-U.PD - Jail officials, turning back the hands of n clock, saved the lives of six men to-day and gave a picture Of the aftermath of Austria's socialist revolution.
 Fascists courts martial condem- ned the men. who had been found guilty of leading groups of social ists in the four day revolution, to be hanged within six hours.
 They were due to be hanged within three hours under the Fas- cist procedure for dealing with traitors. But jailors. delayed the executions by rctardinE the clock until President Wilhelm Mikias, silent during all the time or the revolution, dispatched orders TOT their pardon.
 Two more socialists were con- demned to death after the pnrdons were issued. It was believed that Miklas would pardon them also.
 Fascist demands for hangings and the presidential refusal to per init court martial sentences to be executed, left the Vienna situation in doubt.
 A spokesman for Miklas in a statement to the United Press said:
 "The recent wild days of politi- cal passions led to violent out
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
MUCH COAL WAS
 GIVEN AWAY TO - NEEDY OF CITY
25OO Tons Were Delivered Under One of New
 Recovery Acts

Two thousand five hundred tons of coal. approximately, have been distributed in Waterbury during the current winter season under the supervision of the FRA, 1t was estimated today by the local ad- ministrator. William M. Harris. This figure was sought as q result of an order received earlier in the week concerning the distribution of various foodstuffs to veterans working for the CWA and another order received yesterday cancclling the distribution of flour to all CWA employees.
 In ali. about 10000 tons of fed eral coal have been distributed to needy families in Connecticut this winter, so far. according to an ac- counting made by Edward R. Potter, FRA distribution director in Connecticut.
 MT Harris. who is voluntarily working as CWA and FRA ad- ministrator in Waterbury. stated today that he estimates that Wa terbury's share of this coal to date has been about 2,50O tons. The coal Is distributed to needy fami- lies In half-ton lots and the list of the needy is tabulatcd through the medium of social welfare agencies. such as the Mutual Aid, the CWA and so forth.
 The coal was furnished by coal dealers In Waterbury. as far as the local distribution was concerned. They collected only small fee for handling the fuel and the federal government agreed to replace the coal given out by the dealers. ship ping 1t into the various sections concerned by the carload.
 Therefore, it is expected that soon the federal government will replace the amount of coal dis tributed in the Waterbury district and take care of the coal dealers in this section.
 Administrator Harris stated this morning that bitter weather. with exceedingly low temperatures. has increased the demand for coal and dealers have found their stock get ting low. The dealers throughout Connecticut have requested re- quested replacement of the supply they gave out immediately and the federal coal Is now on the way to-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
Final Neze,s Flashes
NO HOPE FOR YOUTHS

Boston, Feb 17-(UP)-Both friends and lawyers today had abandoned hope for the lives of three young killer-bandits scheduled to die in the electric chair at state prison early Tuesday for murders committed during filling station hold-ups. Governor Ely, who ruled this week field home for the weekend after making it plain that his decision was final The doomed youths, Jew, Catholic and Protestant, respectively, are Herman (Red) Snyder, 22, and John A. Donnel- lon, "A, both of Boston, and Henry Clay (Harry) Bull, 22, of Brooklyn N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
Health Dept. Giues
 Report On Abattoir
Record for the Year Filed To-day-Both Doctor God- frey and Milk and Food Inspector Keeley
 We'll Satisfied

Butchering work at the munich pal abbatoir increased but inspec- tions dropped off during the past year as compared with figures for 1892, according to statistics issued to-day from the health department by Dr F. J. Godfrey. During 1883 the total number of animals butch cred reached figure of 3,695 as compared with 3,349 for 1882. The inspections in 1888 totalled 2,l4O as against 2,392 for 1882.
 The figures issued to-day cover the entire twelve months of 1933 but only Il of 1892 as the abattoir was not opened until February. 1882. Dr Godfrey and Milk and Food Inspector Peter T. Keeley to- day expressed satisfaction, never theless, with the amount of activ- ity at the slaughter house and de- clared that the reports on the slaughtering and inspecting bear witness to the necessity of such 0 place in Waterbury. Prior to the opening of the abattoir in Febru- ary, 1892, slaughtering was done in Watertown. The new local or dinance now requires that all na- tive meat sold in Waterbury must be inspected and slaughtered at the municipal station.
 The various kinds of animals andst humber butchered and In. sRected during 1898, ,'-were: Cattle. 1I21 butchered, 80 inspected {; calves, 2,551 butchered. 1899 in- spected: sheep, 22 butchcred, in- spected; pigs, none butchered, 671 inspected; kids, 1 butchered, none inspected; swine, none butchered, none inspected.
 For 1892 the figures are: Cattle. 900 butchered. 70 inspected; calves 2,426 butchered, 1875 inspected; sheep, 21 butchered, none inspect ed; pigs, two butchered. 62O in spected; kids. none butchered, three inspected; swine, none butchered, 15 inspected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
VETERANS SEEK AN EMPLOYMENT
 OFFICE IN CITY
Supposed to Be Seven in the State But There
 Is Only One

Possibility of the establishment of veterans employment office in Waterbury, to be affiliated with the local statc-fedcral employment bu- reau, loomed to-day as the result of a demand made in Washington, D. C., by Congressman Willinm Connery. chairman of the house labor committee. At the present time there is only one veterans employment office in the state and that is located In Hartford. Tho new plan. if put into effect, would increase the total to seven.
 The veterans employment ol- fees, If established, would be ne valuable assistance to the statc-' federal bureaus in the handling Des CWA matters. 1t is felt. The Wag- ncr-Peyser bill, which authorized the establishment of the federal employment service. specified that for each employment office set up under the measure there should also be established veterans eIt- ployment office for veterans only.
 Congressman Conncry ciaiirs that this provision has been ig- norcd throughout the country and that he plans to call before hia committee w. Frank Persons. d. rector of the federal employment service to find out why the law x being violated. He feels that Mir Persons Is not giving the veterans
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
OPERATORS OF
 AlRMAIL GIVEN
 BAD KNOCKOUT
Decision of Court Almost Kills Every Hope of
 Saving Contracts
By RONALD C.. VAN TINE United Press Stan Correspondent )

'
 Washington, Feb 17-CUP)- Hopes of air mail operators for Il last minute modification of the drastic governmental cancellation of air mail contracts. e2aporated entirely today in the face of q stinging attack by Senator Huga Black. chairman of the airmail in vestigating committee, and q New York court decision ruling that companies deprived of contracts could not sue the government.
 Meanwhile the army was pre- pared to take over flying the malls midnight Monday and the capital awaited the voluntary appearance of Walter F. Brown, postmaster general in the Hoover cabinet, be- fore Senator Blacks committee. which has made sensational dis closures concerning the financing of some of the companies interest cd in mail contracts.
 Senator Blacks attack last night was upon air. mail contract deal ings under former President Hoov- CT. He charged that "profiteers and stock manipulators" made mill lions through government sub sides.
 Black defended Postmaster General James A. Farley's recent order annulling domestic air line
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