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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
Civ Hall Welcomes
Crazy Back To Work
Mediterranean Cruise Enjoyable Says Assessors Sec
retary-Describes Parting With Morris Spirit

the untimely and sudden death that
was to follow said Mr. Crazy.
was shocked to hear of his demise.
MIR Spirits death was sudden and
resulted from cerebral hemorr-
hage., He has been buried in Pales-
tine. When he and Mrs Spirit left
Chairman Crary they planned to
spend about two months in the
Holy land. 1t Is understood that
Mrs Spirit is now on her way
home.
The trip from New York to Glib
ralter on the way to the Holy land
was a stormy one, Chairman Crazy
said. After passing Gibralter the
Mediterranean was quiet and the
sailing was smooth. The same was
the case on the way back until
after Gibralter was passed. The At
lantic was stormy once more and
the ship had hard going.
I'VE will take steps Immediately
to prepare for campaign organ
ization," stated Chairman Crazy to-
day. A meeting of the town COM
mittee Is expected very soon at
which permanent officers for the
next two years will be elected. The
present officers are expected to b
reelected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12

Democratic Town Chairman
John IL. Crazy returned to his
duties as secretary of the board
of assessors to-day. He was alb
sent for the past five weeks while
he enjoyed Mediterranean cruise.
He stated when talked with that
the trip was an enjoyable one. He
was heartily welcomed back to
the City Hall this morning.
At the same time 1t was learned
that Mrs Crary, who with their
daughter, Eleanor, accompanied
them on the trip, was resting COM
fortably at the Crazy home on
Walnut street. Mrs Crazy slipped
in the Grand Central Tuesday
afternoon in New York and frac-
tured her ankle. She is now UNI
der treatment at her home.
One Of the interesting features
of Chairman Crary's story Of his
trip was the parting he had in
Haifa with Morris Spirit of this
city, whose death occurred in
Palestine earlier this week. Mr.
Spirit, Chairman Crary stated, was
in the best of health when he left
him.
Shaking hands. Mr. Spirit said:
when you get back to Waterbury
tell all the boys I was asking for
them. Chairman Crary agreed to
do so. "Mr Spirit was in good ma
ture and there was no thought Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
ty Recipient of $92 263 in Taxes From Home Owners
MRS MASSIE Is
MUCH IMPROVED
Sympathy Message From
Former Husband Helped
Her Recovery

London, April IL = (UP)-Mrs
Thalia Fortescue Massie, recover
ing from an attempt at suicide, was
vastly improved today after re-
ceiving relayed message from
Lieutenant Thomas H. .Massie.
U. S. N, here divorced husband,
the Daily Expire IS Genoa corre-
spondent reported.
DIR Emilio Borelli, at whose
nerve clinic Mrs Massie is under
treatment, said that she Frightened
Immediately when the message
was read to her, according to the
Express. Borelli it was added.
said her condition was caused by
memories of the assault and muir
der case in Hawaii of which she
was the central figure.
II would like Lieutenant Massie
to know" Borelli was quoted as
saying, that his message brought
the. greatest pleasure to my pa
tient. I sincerely trust that the
medicine will be repeated. I hope
he will write her. If they could
be reconciled, Mrs Massie's recov-
cry would be swift and complete"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
STUDENTS LEAP
FROM WINDOWS

Brookline, Mass, April 12-(UP)
Ten students of massachusetts,
Institute of Technology were forced
to jump to safety from upper-fioor
bedrooms when fire swept the
three STORY Sigma Alpha Mu fra
ternity House here early today.
Damage was estimated at $1,000.
The fire, starting in the base
ment, ate through the floor and
whipped around the staircase, cut
ting off their escape.
The youths, aroused by the
cracking of the flames, leaped,
lightly clad, from their sleeping
quarters to the ground.
Those in the house at the time
were: Carl Sontheimer, 10, Paris,
France; Eugene Sahud, 20, and
Herbert Bremen, 20, both of Chi
cago; Samuel Paul, 20, Rochester,
N. Y; Norman Pressler, 10, Wash
ington; Richard Rosenberg, 20, and
Morton Hammer, 81, both of Law
renee; Robert Bluestein, 81, and
John Jacobs, 81, both of Wood
mere. N. Y: and Bernard Stillej,
10 of Franklin NJ H.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
GOT BLACKMAH
LETTER IN FALL

Cohasset, Mass. April 12.-(UP)
Mrs Robert Clement Knowles,
young South Shore society matron.
today confirmed a report that her
family had received blackmail
letter-but she Said that all hap
pened months and months ago and
has just about been forgotten"
1--WE received the letter sometime
last fall" she said, but nothing
ever came Of it,"
1t was learned that following re-
ceipt Of the extortion note, said to
have carried a kidnapping threat,
Cohasset police guarded Mrs
Knowles. her husband, and their
eight.month-old SON. day and
night.
Efforts of police to trap the
blackmailers were fruitless
Though Cohasset authorities pro-
fessed ignorance of the supposed
plot, 1t was learned reliably that
the blackmail letter is on file In
the Office Of Police Chief Hector J.
Peiletier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
Theaters Facing
Bright Future

The gloomy ideas advanced by
modern writer's on the theater
were refuted by Allan Wallace,
director of the Civic theater in his
talk at the Lions club luncheon
meeting at the Elton today.
In Mr.. Wallace's opinion the the
alter is entering upon u new and
greater lease of life. Mr. Wallace
explained how organizations SIM
liar to the Civic theater might en-
nance the theater in cities like
waterbury.
1t was announced that the pro-
gram of the April 26 meeting
would be devoted to a talk on the
care of the blind. by Alfred Dibble
of the New Haven Lions club. Miss
Ethel Stevens, a blind patient from
q New Haven institution, will as
sist the speaker in this program. :
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
Hole Office Second
In State In Number
OF Completed Loans
New Haven Unit Exceeds Local Branch Reveals John
n. Burns in Periodical Report To-day - Closed
Banks Here Benefit Greatly By Liquidation

riodical report released this morn
ing by John H. Burns. manager
of the Waterbury branch.
Il Includes SO Towns
The Number of loans closed at
the conclusion of business Tuesday
was 615. total.ng $2,531.142.53.
Approximately SO towns and cities
most of which are in Litchfield
county, are included in the Water
bury district.
Included in the amount paid to
first mortgages, which totals $2,-
16S,411.09, was the amount paid
to banks in the process of liquida-
ton. which was $567,367.89. The
banks benefiting were the Mer-
chants Trust, the Naugatuck Bank
and Trust, the Cheshire bank and
Kazemekas. and company. The
Sanditz & Traurig bank was, de-
MED a loan.
Other Cities Paid
Taxes paid to the city of Wa
terbury on behalf of home owners
amounted to $92,263.94, while
taxes paid to other cities and
towns totalled $41,499.97.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
Federal Agents
Will Probe Break
Take Cash From Postal Drawer AT Dunphy's Drug
StOre-TwO Other Stores Also Entered

Theft of several dollars in cash
from the post Office sub-station at
Dunphy's drug store, 563 East
Main street, last night will bring
U. S. authorities to the city to in
vestigate. Burglars entered the
place shortly after midnight last
night. Leaving merchandise un-
touched. they secured the small
amount of cash from the drawer
of the sub-station, In the center
of the store. Two other breaks last
night were also checked by police
today.
Although local authorities are
now investigating, the fact that
postal money was taken will bring
federal men to this city in an eff
fort to apprehend the culprits. The
investigation will probably be made
by post office inspectors.
The other two burglaries took
place at Del Conte's store. SCI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12

Wolcott street, and Veneziano's
shoe repair shop. 1913 North Elm
street.
Early this afternoon there had
been no definite conclusions as to
what was missing in these places,
although several pairs of shoes
were said to be missing from the
North Elm street shoe repair shop.
The back door Of Dunphy's drug
store had been jimmied open,
while the other two establishments
were entered by forcing the front
door
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
CarmOdy Named
B. & w. Director

Attorney Edward T. Carmody of
the firm of Carmody & Thoms, has
been named to succeed Richard
Van Ripper whose resignation as
director for the Beardsley g. VOL
colt Mfg Co is announced to-day.
Mr. Van Ripper announced that
press of other business prevented
his continuing as director in the
Beardsley & Wolcott Co.
The Beardsley & Wolcott Co is
in receivership but several weeks
ago a plan of reorganization of the
company was approved in superior
court. The reorganization includes
borrowing from the RFC and set
ting up the creditors as trustees
of the new company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
NEW HAVEN MEN
WERE ARRESTED

Wallingford, April 12-(UP)-
Two New Haven men, Abraham
Ginsberg and Samuel Cutler, were
held today on charges of receiving
and purchasing stolen goods as a
result of the arrest of two school
boys who, police said. confessed
stealing from the r. Wallace and
Sons factory here.
The boys, whose names were
withheld, were apprehended at the
factory. They were said to have
told authorities Ginsberg and Cut
Ter agreed to buy the silver from
them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
ONE DEFENDANT
WAS ELIMINATED

4 New Haven, April 12--(UP)--
Ralph Lawton, Stoningt0n. state
distributor for the Pennsylvania
Petroleum Products CO., Provi-
dence, r. l., has been eliminated
az a defendant In the suit of State
Treasurer J. william Hope against
the company to collect state gaso-.
line taxes.
u. s. District Court Judge Edwin
8. Thomas late yesterday sustained
Lawton's demurrer to the COM
plant after he testified he paid
the two-cents gallon tax to the
distributing corporation. The state
seeks $15,067.3S allegedly due
from the Providence concern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
Widow Inherits
Husbands Estate

Mrs Helen Simpson Boomer Is
named sole beneficiary of the es-
tate of George A. Boomer who died
March 28th, according to the will
admitted to probate to-day by
Judge Dennis j. Slavin. The will
was drawn June IL, 1920. Witness
es were Warren d. Plat, John l..
Geist and Benjamin Chatfield.
The will states that Mr. Boomer
gives to his wife, "all estate, real,
personal and mixed. to belong to
her absolutely"
Mr. Boomer was general manager
of the Plume and Atwood Manu-
featuring. Company. His sudden
death was shock to his many as
sociates in local industrial circles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
FUNERALS


The funeral Of Frank Mulesky
took place this morning at lo:So
Leonard street, to st. lJoseph's
church where a solemn mass OF
requiem was celebrated by Rev Jo-
seph Valdambrini, assisted by Rev
Vincent Razaitis and Rev Albert
Bakunas of Pennsylvania. Burial
was In Calvary cemetery with COM
initial services by Rev Joseph
Valdambrini. The pallbearers were:
John Geniolionis, Charles Strikulis,
Anthony Barzilauskas, John Orinas,
Frank Gribinas and Joseph WASH
lauskas.
The funeral of Anthonv ;Rrazaitjs
ciock fron, ths hnn,a M T,rnor ov.-
me- oaLv,iia ~ g. Marv MarJo
iar,s ohrrot, ,hono sa,o, e. s.,
30 roo,,ia,,, ,,as, oa1ehratoS 80 ~ =,
oiooS ~, D. r." T,nn pun;a, ~, :
a., Ga,U ~ ev 49,, .,,.S an,,, ~
-, $500. -, ratkm r,n ~.
Ual,beara,. r ~ 1snonaa Wni,ra,s
Nus, Ma,.new E,uukinas anu
0nas. ". Wisausky OF tne He1emino
socie,y anu oosspI Seru.is, NOM
as oihshas anu 1ohh Macohas'
-,
Inc iuheral OF Mrs Alma
!Cleary1 Fiynn was neld inns morn
ing at o.Io O'Clock from, the Mu!-
Main street to st. Francis Aavier's
church, where a solemn mass OF
requiem was celebrated at o.
clock by Rev James Coughlin as
sisted by Rev James O'Connor and
Rev James Egan. Burial was IN
Calvary cemetery. The pallbcarers
We're: John and Raymond McEvoy'
John Tenant and Michael Cog
gins.
Funeral services for John Sund-
berg will be held tomorrow after
noon at Q o'clock at the Anderson
funeral home, 10 Central avenue.
Rev Carl Stenholm will officiate.
Burial will be In new Pine Grove
cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home today.
Sanderson, 70, proprietor of meat
market In the North End section
for nearly half a century, were
held this afternoon at o'clock al
the Anderson funeral home, 20 Gen.
trail avenue. Burial was In River
side cemetery.
The funeral OF Richard Shear
held (Kid Hershey took place this
afternoon at 1880, from the Reyes
funeral home. 81 Pearl street. to
Zion Baptist church, where services
were held at 2 O'Clock. Rev B. B,
In Fine Grove cemetery.
me funeral Of Mrs Ella (Shan-
iey) Dunn was held this morning
form the Lunny Funeral Home, ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following marriage inten-
lions have been filed at the town
clerks office:
anthony Ariola of ] Morgan
Place and Annunziata Capable or
SIS Charles street.
Phillip Gelinas Of 326 Mill street
and Alice Trepanier Of 10 East Do.
YER street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
$4,000 ROBBERY

Boston, April IL - CUP) =
Cigarettes valued at $4,000 were
stolen during the night by robbers
who raided the Willard Decatur
Inc, warehouse in South Boston,
according to report to police, to-
day.
One hundred and eighty-seven
cases of one brand of cigarettes
and 1913 cases of another were
stolen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12

That the local Office of the Homo
Owners Loan corporation is ex-
ceded only by the New Haven dis
trict In the amount of closed loans
to date. was disclosed in the Pc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12

Brazilian foundries and other
metal working plants are busy try
ing to keep w. with orders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
OBI7UAR Y

STARR - Mrs Mary Elizabeth
Starr, age SO years, died last eve
ninR at her home on Jerome Place
Uneesville, Conn. The body was
removed to the Stewart Funeral
home 219 West Main street from
where the funeral will be held,
time and arrangements to be an
nounced later.
McELROY-Mrs Lucille LaBonte
McElroy, age "a years, formerlysof
this city. died Saturday afternoon
at her home in Mansion Hills,
Hopewell, N. j., after. a brief ILL
ness. Mrs McElroy contracted
scarlet fever from her seven year
old daughter which resulted in her
death.
She is survived by her husband,
James Millenton NIGEL. -; one
daughter, Jean, and one son, James
William McElroy, all Of Newark.
The funeral was held Monday
afternoon in New Jersey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
IN MEMORIAM.

CAREY--In loving memory of our
beloved father and brother, John
Carey. who departed this life. April
18th. 1892.
(Signed)
HIS CHILDREN and BROTHER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12
MASSES.

CURlEY-A ninth anniversary mass
of requiem will be celebrated FRI
day morning at 1880 o'clock, at st
Francis xavier's church, for the
repose of the soul Of the late. Ed
ward Curley.
mass Of requiem will be celebrated
Saturday morning at $3.50 o'clock,
{ at st Margarets Church, for the
repose Of the soul of the late. Pa
trick II. Robinson.
KENNEDY--A months mind mass
of requiem will be celebrated Sat
urday morning at $500 o'clock. at
st Patrick's Church, for the re-
pose of the soul Of the late, James
H. Kennedy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-12

Funeral services for John Sund-
berg will be held tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock at the Anderson
funeral home, 70 Central avenue.
Rev Carl Stenholm will officiate.
Burial will be in new Pine Grove
cemetery. Friends may call al
the funeral home today.
Evening star., 1934-03-25

Moscow's estimation and inclines the
Soviet to support the eleventh-hour
Anglo French effort to save the tot
tering Geneva structure from collapse
in consequence of its demonstrated
futility in the field Of disarmament.
Probably the Soviets reported
League leanings are part and parcel
Of Mr.. Litvinoff's comprehensive for
eign policy, which has made such
long strides during the past year in
the direction Of non-agsression and
recognition pacts all over the world.
To the extent that Soviet adhesion
to the League would denote progress
sive abandonment of the long
preached world revolution" against
capitalist countries, 1t would be an
international development Of signif1-
canoe. But it is extremely doubtful
whether even the accession of Europe's
largest country could at this late stage
infuse into Geneva enough virile
strength to turn it into an effectual
organism. Certainly nothing in the
Leagues recent past justifies any
change in the United States deter
mination to regard 1t an essentially
European institution. continued ab-
stention from which can work no
harm to American interests.
Evening star., 1934-03-25

the early and especially dificult
months had been labored through,
she also had the stimulation of her
victories to urge her on. Detail by
detail she developed her method Of
instruction, and hour by hour she
beheld the proof Of the efficiency
Of her endeavor. The imprisoned
intelligence she was struggling to
reach. she found. was Just as bravely.
just as eagerly striving to respond.
During five decades the bond so
established has grown. The partner.
ship has been institutionalized. As
the handicapped child became wor1l-
an and the teacher began the de-
scent into the sunset, their per-
sonalities have merged into one psy-
Geological entity. Association, mutual
interest, mutual dependence. generous
love have united them. They have
been bracketed in the history Of
their time, and the companionship
has been distinguished by only one
basic difference-Mrs. Macy has had
the three natural powers Of sight.
hearing and speech which Miss Keller
has been denied.
But now the older woman's eyes
have dinmed; she, too, is blind. And
Miss Keller thus has been accorded
the opportunity to repay in some part
the debt she owes to her nberator
and guide. IT goes without saying
that she accepts the responsibility
gladly and gratefully. 1t is privi-
iege she would rather die than be
denied. And as q result the old
phrase about the blind leading the
blind" takes on q new significance.
The strengthened bond which it Inn
plies might be the text of a sermon
which humanity at large would be
inmeasurably advantaged to hear.
Evening star., 1934-03-25
The Strengthened Bond.

Among the truly great women OF
the age Helen keller and Anne Su1li-
van Macy are granted unchallensed
place. They are deservedly famous
Millions hold them in affectionate re-
gard. They have been an inspiration
to multitudes of the distressed and
af1icted. Their story has been told
again and again, but it is tale
whose power to move the human
heart consistently increases as the
years pass.
Miss Keller was a stricken little
child, blind, deaf and mute, when
Mrs. Macy first assumed her care.
The task Of adjusting her to a world
in which most people see, hear and
speak without conscious effort would
not have attracted a less courageous
teacher. But Mrs. Macy had gifts
of Imagination. ingenuity and pa
tience equal to the need. and when
Evening star., 1934-03-25

In accordance with the accepted
theory. Instead, there we're observed
currents Of air apparently from ths
south and this did not 1T In at al.
1t was the elaboration Of the United
State Weather Bureau services, oc.
casioned by the development of avia-
ton. which finally discovered the
truth. This enlarged observation be-
gan in 1928, and while scientists re-
gard SO short a period as has elapsed
since then as only momentary In the
study Of cosmic matters, the findings
have been so positive that they are
reasonably confident they now are on
the right track.
The pilot-balloon work consisted Of
the accumulation Of what Is termed
free-air data. Daily observations were
taken at many stations over a wide
area. The pilot balloons were sent
to explore the air between a 10000
foot level and a 20,000-foot level.
Not before had observations been
made at such lofty attitudes. Only
the advent of high-fying aircraft and
the need for reliable weather data to
guide them stimulated the compre-
hensive accumulation Of facts.
What the pilot balloon instruments
discovered was that, far above the
counterclockwiSe cyclonic currents Of
air which created the prevailing west
winds at the earth's surface over all
this region, there were clockwise anti
cyclonic currents at high level This
was SO firmly established as to be re-
garded as justifying announcement
Of the discovery Of the North Ameri-
can high-level anticyclone.
California in q Lucky Spot.
Now the reason for the effect on
the California climate Is this: Rains
and cloudy weather are caused by the
rising OF surface.hea air and It's
coming in contact with down-pressing
colder air from above. A contrast in
temperatures and moisture contents
is produced in this manner and sharp
contrasts are what make weather. But
rains and cloudy weather are the ex-
ception in California. The explana-
ton seems to be that the hitherto
unknown high-level anticyclone comes
along from the east. blowing In an
opposite direction to the surface
westerly winds, and this anticyclons
sweeps the rising air away constant
ly, thus preventing sharp clashes and
sharp contrasts. The movement Is
too steady. thrusting surface air OF
in one direction and rising air OF in
another. to admit Of an air collision
Of suficient contrast to produce the
kind of weather which CalifornianS
boast they never have.
There is. however, an alteration in
the system which the ssvants now are
studying. To the eastward. in Arizona
and Texas, there are more rains,
Summer downpours of the type known
to the experts as Arizona rains"
Arizona, Of course. is dry region
as compared with most other sections
of the country. but has more rainfall
than California and especially more
Summer thunderstorms. A 1o-year
study OF thunderstorm incidence
showed that at Santa Fe, N Mex.
there were 1872 storms Of the Arizona
type, while in Southern California
there we're 100. San Francisco had
the lowest count for the period
only 10.
Studies thus far. at least, indicate
that Californians are indebted to an
agency Of which they had not known
before-the North American high
level anticyclone.
Evening star., 1934-03-25
Russia Looks at the League

ouSSld AOOhS at GllC 4@Vu uSs
With the sole exception Of the
United States, no country has so con-
sistently and resolutely declined to
consider membership in the League
OF Nations as the Soviet Union. Now
comes word from Moscow that the
reconsider its position and weigh the
advisability OF joining the Geneva
organization. It Is stated that war
dangers held to be threatening the
world from the Soviet's neighbors, re-
spectively on the east and west, Japan
and Germany, are the factors inclin-
ing the Moscow authorities to think
Of the League in friendlier terms.
Those countries happen to be the two
which have deserted the League and
Y:nrAd its future in jeopardy.
Dittator Stain said at the end of
December that in so far as the League.
despite its obvious shortcomings"
might serve as an obstacle to war. 1t
was to that extent of interest in
Soviet eyes. Possibly the fact that
Signor Mussolini, communism's i'm
placable foe. has consigned the League
to the scrap heap gives it luster in