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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
SCRAMBLE IS ON FOR PROBATION
 OFFICER POST
New Haven County Budget Provides for It-G. 0. P.
 Man to Get It

Reports to the effect that the budget of New Haven County for the coming two years includes an item providing for the paying of a probation officer have caused a spirited scramble among several candidates for the post. While the democrats, 1t Is expected, will have Q majority on the board of coun- ty commissioners after next Octo- Der 1st the post of probation off, cer is expected to go to a repub- 1ican.
 Among those prominently mem toned for the office is Republican Town Chairman Martin J. Wha- len of Wolcott. It is also under stood that there are several other candidates from the New Haven end of the county.
 Democrat to Get Post
 Recently the republicans cau- cused on the question of new coun- ty commissioners to take the places of Henry Hall of 5amden and Dr 1T. H. Gorton of Naugatuck. whose |.terms expire October 1st. Both ar' republicans. They agreed to 'giv' enc of the two posts to a democra and approved of Senator Edmund Gebhardt of New Haven. The othel commissioner will be United State! Marshal Jacob D. Walter of Che shire, a republican, whose fedora post expires next month.
 Therefore, even with two demo- crats and one republican on the board of county commissioners it is understood that the probation officers post will go to republi- can. In fact, 1t is likely that the present board of commissioners. consisting of two republicans and one democrat, will make the ap- pointment before handing over control of the board to the demo- crats.
 Budget Discussion
 The budget of the county will come up for discussion once more at the hands of the legislators of New Haven county next Thursday The tentative figures have already been passed out to the senators and representatives of the county It is possible that the proposed new budget will be adopted next Thursday although it Is also pos sible that a further postponemen. may be voted in order to give some of the legislators more time to study the figures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
RavnondHa111ilton7o To Be Exc ecuted m Texas
Famous Bandit Is Already Under Sentence of Death in State Where He Was Caught-Openly Sneers
 at Texas Jail Where He Is Held

I.allas, Texas, April 6-CUP)-- Public enemy No. 1, Raymond Hamilton, will be electrocuted al the convenience of Texas officials 1t was indicated today. The cap tured bad man, heavily guarded in Dallas escape-proof jail, sneered at the chair and officers alike, as- sorting that his life was by no means ended.
 Murderer and bank robber, Ham, ilton had succeeded to the infa- nous mantle of John Dillinger, Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd and George (Baby Face) Nelson by a process of machine gun elimina- tion. He had boasted he would never be taken alive. But he sur rendered without firing shot when surrounded by officers in the Fort Worth railroad yards yesterday.
 Under Death Sentence
 Hamilton will never be tried for the host of robberies and shootings charged against him since his es- cape from the Huntsville peniten- tiary deathhouse. July 22. He al- ready is under death sentence for the murder of a prison guard. He will be taken to Huntsville and executed at the "convenience' Of the warden.
 Hamilton, in a spectacular crim- inal career that began in childhood has escaped so many jails that ofil- cials took no chances. He was un- der the eyes of guards at all hours. His confident bearing, his inclina- ton to sheer and boast, indicated high hopes that he might manage
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
ELEVEN N-YEAR-OLD BOY WILL DROP
 HIS SWELL IDEAS
Thursday He Attempted d to Carry One Out But It
 Was Costly

Chicago, April 6-(UP)-It took
 fire department, police depart
 ment. the neighbors. two parents
 and $2.000 today to clean up all
 the notifications of "a swell ideasa
 authored by Samuel H. Rinaker,
 Jr. lad of II who prefers the country to the Gold Coast.
 Samuel, whose parents are first water socialites, always has pre- ferred the family home in Lake Forest to their winter quarters on the lake front in town. He visited friends in the suburb Thursday and. somewhat homesick, con-s ceived a daring plan.
 He said goodbyes early and os- tensibly started for Chicago. In- stead, he went to the deserted Lake Forest house. T just thought I'd sleep there." he explained to- day. "It seemed like a swell idea.s Around a. m. he heard a creal on the stairs. A whisper raised his hair bit. A foot shuffled down the hall. Putting one's head under the covers didn't teips he found, so he leaped to a cfosefs The policemen summoned by neigh bors who interpreted lights i'm &x house to mean prowlers didn't 5Is5 him. #
 Samuel couldn't seem to s1@ s: after they left, ev6t& though he was sleeping fully clothed. He found that a burrf- ing light bulb on an extensi0ns cord, tucked between the sheetS at his back, was comforting; he fell asleep. A sneeze awoke him, and he realized practically instantly that he and his bed were afire. A little water from the bathroom fixed that up. Just a trifie upset went to bed in another room.
 When he again awoke 1t was to the tune of sirens. shouts and below. Flames in the next room apprised him of the fact he should have used more water. He betook himself rapidly out a kitchen door while firemeii poured in the front. His father. who is a disciplinarian of the old school, found him under a remote bush. It was then that Samuel learned the fire in bed had taken the seat out of his pants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06

New York, April 6 - (U.P.)- Edwin Arlington Robinson, three times winner of the Pulitzer prize and one of the worlds most dis tinguished poets, died early to-day of a chronic ailment. He had been il several weeks. Robinson had been in a coma since Wednesday when he bade farewell to two old friends, Carty Ranck, a dramatic critic, and George Burnham, a railroad man. A group of friends had waited all night hoping he might regain consciousness, leaving the hospital an hour before he died.
 Born In Maine
 Born at Head Tide, Maine, De- cember 22, 1869. Robinson was one of the greatest literary figures of his generation and critics gen. erally agreed that his would be a permanent place in American ht- erature. Robinson's bearing re- fiected the traditional conservatism of his New England background. His entire personality belied the brilliance of his writing. He was almost unknown to the masses. But he was intensely human. In his latter years he was partly bald, tall stoop-s p-shouldered, moustached. He wore steel trimmed glasses and al- ways carried a stick. He liked a racy story. swore when the occa- sio nmoved him, and took his whiskey straight.
 Won Prize Thrc Times
 He was awarded the annual Pull itzer poetry prize in 1922, 1926' and 1928. His best known works were: "Tristram", "The Man Who Died Twice., "The Glory of the NightingIaes," "The Town Down the River" Matthias at the Door, "Cavcnder's House. "I4ancelot "The Man Against the Sky, and Merlin" These were among his longer works. His work Is repre- sented in practically all anthoio-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
'MILLENS FIGHT
 FOR NEW TRIAL

Boston, April 6-(UP)-Argu- ments on exceptions to Superior Judge Nelson P. Browns denial of a new trial for Murton and Irv- ing Millen, condemned killer-band- it's, will be continued before the full bench of the state supreme court Monday. The Boston broth CTS, with Abe Faber, college honor graduate, are scheduled to die in the electric chair late this month for the machine-gun staying of two Needham policemen in a $15,000 bank holdup February 2, 1884.
 Opening his arguments yester- day, George Stanley Harvey, coun- sel for the Millens, said all evil dence substantiated' his contention that the brothers were mentally deficient, despite the fact they might be able to differentiate be- tween right and wrong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
Adolph Schlosser Of Naugatuck Is Freed
Coroner Finds He Was Not Criminally Responsible for Accident That Caused Death of Francis Pouln,
 Six Year Old Boy, on March 16

Ado1ph Schlosser of 162 Park avenue, Naugatuck, driver of the car which struck and fatally fn- jured six-year old Francis Poulin of Naugatuck on March 10th, is exonerated of any blame for the accident, in finding handed down to-day by Deputy Corner Walter W. Smyth. The deputy coroner finds that the youngster was run- ming to cross the street and that he ran between two parked cars into the side of Schlosser's car.
 Died Days Later
 The Poulin boy died at Water bury hospital six days after he had been injured. Death was credited to intracranial injuries suffered when the lad was knocked to the pavement as he ran into the auto mobile, as 1t proceeded along Rub- Der avenue in Naugatuck.
 Witnesses examined by Deputy Coroner Smyth were Schlosser. Alec Schmitz of IF German street and Ray Melbourne, both of Naugatuck.
 Finding of Coroner
 The deputy coroner describes the accident as follows in his find- ing:
 On the 18th day of March, 1885, at about 12 o'clock noon, Francis Poulin, the deceased, was on the northerly side of Rubber avenue in Naugatuck. At that time Adolph Schlosser of 152 Park avenue was driving a Studebaker car owned by him westerly on Rubber avenue. This is heavily travelled street and Schlosser was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
FATAL STABBINC
 AFTER ARGUMENT

Everett, Mass, April 6-UP)- Victim of fight over 15 cents worth of scrap iron, Albert F. Gull bert, 33, of Everett was dead of stab wounds today. Julius Darrish, 4S, older brother of the late Jack Darrish, slain Chelsea racketeer, was sought in connection with the Killing.
 Police charged that Darrish late yesterday attacked Guilbert and two companions who he claimed were stealing scrap iron from the yard ofthe Bay State Building Wrecking Company.
 Darrish allegedly stabbed Guil- bert in the chest with an ice pick and wounded one of the other two men, who fled without identifying themselves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
GERMANY WILL
 WATCH VOTE IN
 DANZlC SUNDAY
People Will Cast Ballots on Diet-May Favor
 Back to Homeland

Danzig, April -(UP)--Open talk of a plebiscite on Danzig's re- turn to Nazi Germany. was heard today as voters made ready to elect a diet tomorrow on "bcak to Germany" platform. No doubt was left that victory for the NaZi party in the election will be re- garded by Germans as an unoffi- cial plebiscite. with the hope that there may be a real one later. Nazis were confident of a two- thirds victory and hoped for one even more overwhelming. Speeches, parades, meetings and impromptu gatherings in the street besought voters to elect Nazis to the 72 seats in the diet tomorrow.
 Rudolph Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy in the German NaZi party, and one of the reich's leading ora tors, was the principal election speaker last night. He talked to a meeting of Danzig Germans as if they were actually a part of Ger many instead of being under League of Nations rule. He. made two speeches. In the first. to Hit Ter youths and school children, he urged faith in Hitler. His evening speech was devoted almost entirely to foreign politics, and here, too, his appeal was to Danzig voters as Germans.
 Attacking Soviet Russia, he con- trasted the communistic principle of world revolution with Russia's present statements that it wanted peace. Discussing the reasons for Germany's opposition to the pro- posed eastern European security treaty, he asked: Gan the world hold it against Germany if she views with caution all agreements in which Soviet Russia is q par ticipant?'
 He praised efforts of British lead CTS to find d basis for secure peace even when i've can not fight off certain doubt regarding the cir cumstances of the British visit to Moscow" Tt is interesting to read that the representatives of worll revolution" he continued, toasted the king of England-a relative of Czar Nicholas who was got out of the way at Ekaterinburg by representatives of the same revolu- ton in a way most unusual in world history simply because he was a monarch"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
PRESIDENT GETS
 READY TO RETURN

Miami, Fla, April 6-(UP)- President Roosevelt again fished off San Salvador Island today, eager for a record catch in the short time remaining before he de- parts for Washington either to- morrow or Monday.
 Advices to temporary White House offices In Miami said that the president would come in to a convenient port aboard the des- troyer Farragut, which is escorting the yacht Nourmahal.
 Once on land, MT. Roosevelt will motor directly to q special train, which will leave immediately for the capital, where pressing admin istration rpoblems, including hnai action on the $4,S80, 100000 work relief bill, await executive dispos- al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
Poet Edwin Robinson Died Early To-day m Ne1v York

gies and has f/ nd its way into high school a1 college text books. Robinson lposed many of his later poem4 a book-stacekd ta- ble in hiY ast 42nd street attic apartment lis windows looked out over the/ drky East River to Long Island Keyond. A blank wall to the west hid the blocks in which cen- tered the life of the city. Robin sons poetry seemed to mirror this geographical division--to hold him aloof as the classic poet who thriv- ed in an age of jazz.
 Embraced All Forms
 His metier embraced almost every form of poetic expression. Som etimes his verse was simple form; sometimes sonnet. More often it would be @ full ength por- trait, such as he did in Captain Craig" Both honor and criticism sat upon his shoulders lightly. When Yale University conferred the degree, Doctor of Literature. upon him in 1922, he slipped quiet ly out of the Mcdowell Art Col ony in New Hampshire and re- turned unannounced. Criticism was the right of every. individual. he believed. Robinson's brief career al Harvard terminated with the severe illness of hish father. As a youth in New York, he served as timekeeper on the construction oi the city's first subway. In his spare time he wrote poetry.
 Never Married
 Robinson, Q member of the na' tional academy of arts and letters never married. He disliked per. sonal publicity: he refused time and again to lecture or read hii verses publicly. Once he charac' terized himself:
 For many
 Living is mostly for a time
 got dying
 "But for mo
 Years are not ufe."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
CITY GRAND LIST SHOWS MANY ITEMS
Difference Between Auto, Horse Assessments Dee
 notes Trend of Times
MACHINE AGE HAS
 DRIVEN HORSES OUT
ll,976 Houses Listed Show sos More Homes
 Were Built Last Year

The 1884 grand list which is made up of all taxable prop critics in the city, shows that the assessment against all motor vehicles, including pleasure and commercial cars, is $1,980, 0,095, while the 81 horses on the list are assessed but $7, ,065. Not so many years ago the comparison between these two items was not so far apart. Figures from the grand list were obtained today from John H. Crary, secretary of the board of assessors.
 It is also noted that while the number of cars of all kinds are in- creasing each year, the number of horses is decreasing. For instance. there were 95 horses on the 1883 grand list, IA more than in 1884. while the number of motor vehicles was 11,615. The old machine age bugaboo again.
 Major Items on List
 A glimpse of the major items of the grand list for 1894 reveals some interesting information. There are 11,976 houses listed with total assessment against them of $52,937,935. Tn 1883, there were 11,664 houses included on the list,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
SEVEN MILLIONS ARE
 GOING BACK TO WORK BY RELIEF MEASURE
After Months of Fighting Senate Late Yesterday
 Passed Measure
PRESIDENT TO HURRY
 HOME TO SIGN IT
Fourteen to Fifteen Million Will Be Taken From
 Relief Rolls
BY H. o. THOMPSON

bx III. Os IhOhAFSON (UnIted Press Staff Correspondenty
 Washington, April 6 (UP) - New Dealers, armed with the new work-relief bill, were ready today to begin spending at the rate of $11,- 100000 a day to put 7,000,- 900 men back to work. They waited only for President Roosevelt to sign the $4,880,- 0O0,000 measure and make 1t law.
 News that congress had passed the nations greatest peace-tinae appropriation was flashed to Mir Roosevelt aboard the Nourmahai now in Bahamas waters. Back came the word he would start home within a day or two to sign the bill.
 Take Millions Off Dole
 The President personally win direct expenditure of the huge sum which many expect will remove 14,O00,00O to 15,000.000 persona from relief rolls. Thus he will carry out his pledge to substitute pay-checks for the dole.
 MT Roosevelt Is expected to afis nounce personnel of the organixa-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
BIRTH CONTROL BILL WAS GIVEN
 BITTER ATTACK
James w. Fitzpatrick Was One of Assailants |; Many
 Women Present

Characterizing the birth control bill now pending before the legis- lature as "the last gesture of an outworn, discredited, degenerate capitalistic system," James W. Fitz- patrick of this city yesterday after noon appeared before the judiciary committee in Hartford and spoke against passage of the proposed act. Senator Francis w. Hogan of Torrington and Senator John c. Blackall of Hartford, former Wa terburian, were also among those opposing the measure.
 Women predominated at the hearing which was held in the hall of the house due to the large num- Der of persons attending. Senator John F. Lynch of West Haven spoke bitterly against the bill. He represents the 14th senatorial dis trict of which Wolcott, Prospect and Naugatuck are a part.
 Many Local People.
 A large number of Waterburians
 fCnnfipund An DaOn 0N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06

recent history of the social organ ization has come to an abrupt and sudden conclusion. Officers of the lodge who had been negotiating with the company for the erection of a station announced today that no further proceedings will take place and the project will be dropped.
 Expected Debate Fades
 The proceedings had reached the stage where the matter was to be taken up at a general meeting of the lodge. Members who seldom attend a regular meeting were planning to be on hand for tho meeting and to take vote on the project. A lively meeting was an- ticipated.
 On Thursday night, the applica- tion for a gas station was pre- sented to the board of Zoning ap- peals, in the name of U. Horton Warner, secretary of the lodge, but a group of opponents to the prof ect, headed by Dr John Fruin and Andrew Martin, attended the meet ing and vigorously opposed the granting of the application. The board voted to send the applica- tion back to the lodge so that a vote on whether the members de- sired the application to be grant, ed, could be taken.
 Telegram Arrives
 The proceedings had reach that stage when the telegram arrived which prompted the officers to call off the entire proposition.
 The Gulf Refining Co. had been contacted and was ready to enter negotiations for the erection of one of its stations on the front lawn
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
CHURCH ELDERS
 ARE IN CLASH

White Plains, N. Y.. April G. (UP). Church elders and business men clashed today over an issue their wives and children will settle Easter morning. If the ladies' par. ade in old clothes and the young. sters hunt no eggs the Castle Heig t.s Methodist Episcopa! church board will have emerged victorious. It assailed the Easter bunny, candy eggs. greeting cards and ''splendor of clothes" in a.re- port which the Chamber of Com merce immediately termed ''ridic- ulous." The board charged such Easter golngs on were forced upon US by those who profit by it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
PITSEY FREED
 IN BRIDGEPORT

Bridgeport, Conn.,, April G. (UP).-A common pleas court jury acquitted Charles T. Pitsey. for mer education board member, Of accepting gratuities from the City Ice & Coal Co.,, on which charges three other city officials were con- yicted early this year. Pitsey and K. G. Weber, also former board member, appealed fines of $l0O and costs. Dr Philip J. Mclaughlin and Edward P. Quinn paid similar fines.
 It was charged during the earlier trials that the fuel company made deliveries to the homes of the four men who were not charged for them. Weber's appeal still is to be heard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
RING IS BURIED

Vienna, April 6 - CU.Po-The Iffland ring. which since 1914 had been worn by each of Germany's leading actors and handed down to ones on death beds, has ben buried with the late Alexan- der Moissi, 1t was learned to-day. Albert Bassermann was wearing the ring when Molssi died recently, At the cemetery, he took the ring from his finger and cast 1t into Moissi's grave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
COMBINATION BILL DIES

Augusta. Me, April 6-U.P)- A combination sales and income tax bill was killed by the state sen- ate last night after the house had overwhelmingly rejected 1t. Pre- viously the legislature at tbe cur rent session had rejected separate income, sales. intangilbes and stamp tax bills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
HELD FOR SHOOTING

Chicago. April - (U.P)- Thomas Cronin, 30, head of team sters' union recently organized un- der auspices of States Attorney Thomas J. Courtney, was held for grand jury action to-day after shooting to death William Balm fleth, a guest of his wife in their home,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
EXPENSE DEPENDED

New York. April 6-(U.P.) "A $4,2OO weekly item for automobiIs hire for relief executives was de- tended to-day as necessary for efy ficiency in the emergency works bureau which is under investiga- ton by an aldermanic committees. Supervisors and departmental ex. ecutives use a fleet of 59 chauf- feured automobiles, the inquiry re- yealed, M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
CUIIBKRTsoNs GO BY

New York. April 6--(U,P.)-- Tailor-made hands for game or slam boosted the Ely Culbertson's lead over the F. Hal Sims to 14.600 points at the start of the S9th rub Der of their 150-rubber family bridge match to-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
EZks Gas Station Dispute Is Ended
Gulf Refining Company Has Put Quietus on All Argu. ments Company Officials Have Notified Officers
 of Lodge That They Are Not Interested

Negotiations for the proposed gasoline station the Eks property West Main street will be halted definitely and completely the result of telegram received at the lodge from the Gulf Refining Company stating the company is not interested in the proposition was learned by the Democrat today.
 Thus the proposition which has caused contention discussion lodge circles than any other event in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-06
Late Bulletins
FATHER ACCUSES HIS SONS

London, April 6.-(UP)-A News Chronl- cle dispatch from Warsaw reported today that Norman Richthaen, wealthy Netherlander, charged in Warsaw court that his sons Adam and Wilhelm were Chicago gangsters and impll- cated in the Lindbergh Kidnapping. Richthaen, the dispatch said, told the court that his sons asked him for money to escape from the United States in 1883, on the plea that they had partci- pated in the Kidnapping.
 ONLY TOWN DOCTOR STRICKEN
 Corain, Mass, April --(UP)-A myster- ious epidemic which took two lives in this section recently was held indirectly responsible today for the death of Dr John w. Cram, ", the towns only physician. He succumbed to pneumonia yesterday after working around the clock day after day to treat many who were afflicted by the still unidentified disease. State medical author ities are Investigating the epidemic.
 BOY WRITES WILL, THEN DIES
 Philadelphia, April 6.-(UP)-Edward We've, 16, wrote his "last will and testament at his home here and then jumped to his death from bedroom window T leave my stamps to my brother Willie and my chemicals to Joe Kor- deska," he said in his "will." Edward be- queathed his personal effects to other members of the family. His parents could offer no expla- nation of his suicide.