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The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-10-04

| -ALASK
Rainier beer sells for 10 cents a
bottle in Nome and other beers in
proportion.
Fifteen past masters of Masonry
in Alaska put on the Third degrees
at the Fairbanks temple on the
night of October 2.
Cordova planes are being installed
with two-way radios, TO be used in
case of accident. The planes will
follow beams from a local radio sta
ton
Seldovia is experiencing a good
herring pack, residents from the
westward report. 1t is the first her
ring packed at the port for about
seven years.
Not to be outdone by Seward
with its dog poisoner, Seldovia is
now out on still hunt for villain
who is shooting the cats of the
town with a % rifle.
Charles Isaacs, employed in the
Martin mine in the Willow creek
area, recently sustained injuries
when rocks fell from the roof of
the mine. One struck his head and
another his side.
J. Watson Webb big game hunt
err who recently returned to his
home in the states, took with him
as a trophy of his hunting trip in
the Alaska peninsula region a moose
head with horns spreading 70
inches.
Two large coyotes were shot on
the Seward highway last week by
Jack Prosser. One of the animals
was badly wounded and crawled Oft
and could not be found. The other
was dead. Other coyotes, in small
packs, have been seen near town,
but this is the first kill this fall.
Mrs. Alice Oils drew a three
months sentence at Seward because
she thought she was a steam roller
hn cfp A =
any rate the longer she rolled the
more she exhibited to the decorous
citizens, so to the hoosegow she
went.
Maps, being compiled by the AL
aska Game Commission, showing the
spread of wild life in Alaska, re-
veals game, fur and birds valued at
about $93,000,000 in the Territory.
Spread of wolves and coyotes, which
were first seen Is years ago, now
have spread all over Alaska.
There is a little North Pole in
Ketchikan in the cold storage
plants. The other day the plants
had their doors open. A workman
in response to query said that it
was As degrees below zero in the
plant and was too cold to work. He
was told that he was supposed to
work fast enough to keep warm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hjalmar Anderson
of Skilak Complain that the moose
in their vicinity are fond of their
barley and oats. The fence around
the field is no drawback to the ami
mails, and some of them stand their
ground and defy the farmer to do
his worst. When the COWS are ac-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

belt a man who loved humanity,
 and who led his flock through the
 negro conception of religion. Smart sophiSticates of Broadway and
 Park Avenue-veteran first night
 ers-gasped at the performance of the all-negro troupe when Green
 Pastures started it's lengthy run
 Feb 26, 1880. Few of them, how ever. expected the dramatic per- formance of "De Lawd," and when the final curtain went down, the audience applauded until the actor appeared time and again before the curtain.
 "Gangway," intoned black skinned Gabriel festooned with gilt wing, "Gangway fo' De Lawd God Jehovah" From the wings strode
 De Lawd"-dressed in Prince AL bert coat, white string tie and
 white hair hanging around broad shoulders. It was a slow, dramatic entrance, for Harrison could not conceive of De Lawd" being in a
 hurry. Each gesture he imparted to the character was imbued with | a sense of reverence. He had hes
 itated long before accepting the part in the fear it was sacriiigtous. l "De Lawd" WAS born in London, l Ont, and the death of his father
 when Richard was 10 sent him out l In search of work. A paper boy in Lon-ion. he drifted to the nearest -Detroit-where he was suc- cessfully bell boy, porter and wait CT in that city's hotels,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
SLASH BILLSN IN
 HAUPTMANN CASE
New Jersey Has Started to Cut OutrageOusly High
 Prices

Trenton, N. J., March 14.-(UPJ The state moved to-day to scale down ''outrageously high" bitls submitted by witnesses in the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. It's ace handwriting expert asked a $l2,0OO fee. Bills already SUD-. mitted to the legislative commit tee total $74,106. They are ex- pected o reach $130,000 when all are flied. Handwriting experts demanded fees of more than $46.- oO0., Albert s. Osborne, famous handwriting expert, asked $12,00n Cor his services. His son.. Alheit D., had a bill for $9,655. Other experts fees were Elbridge Stein, $4,S00; John r. Tyrrell, $3.507; Herbert J. Walter, $4,S56: Harry E. Cassidy $3,536 and J. Clark Sell lers. $S,2SSs.
 Attorney General David r. Wi lentz warned that the bills wouli be. measured by the same yardsticn as in he case of a private liti- gant. Wi,entz also emphasized that he would reduce drastically the $4,130 fee asked by pr Louis Schulhofer. German medical ex- pert, who was retained but never called. The expert testimony of Arthur H. Koehler, who traced wood used in the kidnap ladder. was estimated to have cost $12,- 900. As a government employe he is entitled to no fee, only 10 money actually. spent for expenses incident to the trial. The fed- eral goyernmeut's inyestigation tn the LinSbergh case. was estimated to have cost $S00,00O. which in- cIndes the Sl2.OnN KnehiAr item.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
REV CHARLES E.
 COUCHLRv HEARS
 FROM RABBI WISE
Warned About Words That May Start an Anti-
 Jewish Feeling

Syracuse, N. Y, March 14-(UP) -.-Rabbi Stephen s. Wise of New York city, today explained that his warning to Father Charles E. Coughlin to "beware lest you light ly speak words which will feed and fan flames of anti-Jewish feeling" was made because he did not be- lieve it was the Detroit radio priests intention to stir feeling against the jews in the United States.
 "What Father Coughlin said re- lative to international bankers may give rise to an anti-semitism which in justice to him. do not believe he intended" Rabbi Wise explained.
 Whether he wills it or not. in the minds of millions of Ameri- cans he will give rise to the im- tional banker and Jew are inter- changeable. In truth there is only one great international bapkine house-the House of Morgan"
 The Rabbi sounded his warning to Father Coughlin in an address here.
 Father Coughlin, do you think 1t fair, Christian, priestly, to name six international banking firms and make 1t appear that five are Jew ish when you know that the House of Morgan alone is more powerful than those five and all other Jew; ish bankers in the United States and Europe" he asked.
 Do you want to evoke anti Semitism?"
 The Rabbi addressed the priest as though he were in the audience. He did not mention Father Cough lin again in his address.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
DeLalud'OfGre Pastures Fame Died n w. Y. To-day

New York, March 14-UP)- Richard B. Harrison, the kindly negro who won national, fame through his interpretation of "De Lawd" in the play "The Green Pas tures." died today. A week ago Saturday the 70 year old. white haired negro was stricken just be- fore the curtain went up on the matinee performance. His part was assumed by an understudy. Harri- son was taken to Fifth Avenue hos pital. Harrison had played the part of the benevolent deity for five years-1658 consecutive times before he was stricken. At the hos pital, he told friends he was plumb tuckered out"
 Success came to Harrison with a dramatic suddenness that washed away 60 years of life as a news boy, bellboy, waiter. pullman por- ter and Shakespearean reader. He came to Broadway at the age of 65, and five years later was ac- claimed one of the greatest actors |uof the country. His portrayal of De Lawd" in "The Green Pas tures," was so sincere that hard boiled critics raved over each per- formance. Friends said his deep sense of religion gave the ven- erable negro actor his balance in the playa balance that kept the role from becoming . burlesque or travesty.
 ..De Lawd" of Richard Berry Harrison was man of dignity, al-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
TAVERN KEEPER
 LEFT BIG ESTATE

Joseph Kurdirka, former well known Brooklyn tavern keeper, left an estate of $25,263.77 according to the inventory of his worth filed today before Judge Denis J. Slavin in probate court. The largest item in the estate is shown to be equity worth $21,000 in a large block To- cated at 869-885 Bank street.
 Other items in the estate include: Equity in property at 91 Drayer avenue, valued at $2.600; deposit in the West Side Savings bank (now the Waterbury Savings bank {, $406.53; deposit in the Waterbury THust Co.,, SIT; cash in possession of the Fidelity Casualty Co., $500; cash on hand, $4O.24; stock and fixtures in a tavern at SS3 Bank street, $700. MT Kudirka died Jan. 4, 1885.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

 SHUT WORKERS IN

Croskett, Calf. March 14-(UP) With the threat of a bloody clash growing hourly. 250 longshoremen held fast to their picket lines to- day to keep $50 workers impris- oned within the plant of the Cali fornia Hawaiian sugar refinery, largest of its kind in the world. Citizen vigilantes, armed with clubs and shotguns, failed in early efforts to lift the seize. National guard troops may be called to clear the streets of pickets and permit the plant workers to return to their homes. Behind the gates of the six-story plant the workers, many of them women, awaited release. They have been imprisoned since yesterday morning.
 Vigilantes offered to escort them to their homes last night but only 50 accepted. They marched close ly packed past hooting besiegers who had rock piles ominously near at hand. Behind the trouble was a long-standing dispute between the refinery company and theInter- national Longshoremen's associa- tion over unionization of warehouse workers, of which there are about 300 employed by the company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
Blaze Was Raging For an Hour or More Before
 Alarm Was Given
IT STARTED ON THIRD
 FLOOR OF THE BLOCK
Invalid Woman Rescued From That FlOOr==Pass=
 erby Rang the Alarm

Fire, which must have been underway for almost an hour before an alarm was received at 2:56 this morning drove IA families residing at 45 Center street into the street as the blaze threatened to gut completely the five-story building. Damage is estimated at from $15,000 to $20,OO0, and eight companies of fire men were busy at the scene for hours, the last company not leaving until 6:30 o'clock.
 Starting in hird floor apart ment occupied by Frank Mario and Tony Alligine, which they had occr-. pied only since last Friday, the fire swept up through the west side of the building, hemmed in by the west side firewall. Sweeping across the ceiling between kitchen and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
NINETEEN WERE
 ARRESTED IN BIG
 FRENCH SCANDAL
Widow of Banker Stavi- sky, Who Shielded, is
 One of Prisoners

Paris, March 14-UP)-Arlette Simon Stavinsky and IS others were indicted today at the end of long investigation into the as- tonishing frauds of Serge Alex andre Stavisky, suicide banker which led to the gravest riots in recent French history. Arlette Simon Stavisky is the bankers early days of his career and whom, among his many sweethearts, he selected for a wife. Others in- dicted were Deputy Gaston Bon- mayor of Bayonne; Albert Du naure, Stavisky's lawyer; former Deputy Joseph Carat, also former Barry, editor of Volonte; Pierre Darius, editor of Bee Et Ongles; former General Bardi De Fourtou, and 13 of less prominence.
 Some of them have been in prison since the early days of the scandal that followed .Stavisky's s suicide January 4, 1884, in an AL pine villa as detectives entered to arrest him. They will remain there pending disposal of the charges against them. Charges against those held include fraud and re- ceiving stolen goods. They were among hundreds branded publicly as friends of Stavisky, who stole some $30,00O,000 from the French public by means of fraudulent bond and othe rschemes.
 So great was the outcry after Stavisky's belated exposure that many politicians were forced from public life. The government, some of whose members were involved as Stavisky's friends, was hastily reorganized. But popular anger grew and on February 6 there were riots in which a score of per- sons were killed and 1,5O0 wounded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
GREAT BRITAIN SUBJECT FIGHTS
 DEPORTATION
Strachey, Freed U nde f
 $500 Bond Will Continue to Give Lectures

Chicago, March 14.-(UP)-- Evelyn John Strachcey hurried back to Chicago to-day to fight deportation proceedings defining him as a dangerous communist. He told 2,500 persons in Cleveland last night that communism offers a better life."
 Lawyers employed for the youths full British author and former member of parliament by the American Civil Liberties Union planned Ito ask delay of his hear- ing, but anticipated little success.
 Publishers of Strachey's books in which he predicts the downfall of capitalism and the triumph of communism, reported that his ar rest had stimulated sales phenom- onally. Managers of his lecture tour, all but completed when hs was arrested, said they were de- luged with requests for more ap- pearances. Under normal legal procedure, Strachey cannot be de- ported for several months, giving ample time for as many additional lectures on communism as he wishes.
 Strachcy is accused of falsely denying, in seeking entry to the United States, that he is a com munist. He will challenge the government to prove he belongs to the communist party.
 Clarence Darrow, who opposed William Jennings Bryan ill the Scopes monkey case" of Tcnnes- see, intimated as Strachcey orgaa- ized his defense that he might em- erge from seclusion to defend tue right of free speech.
 Strachey last ngiht debated with Herbert Agar, historian and Pulit- ger prize winning author, the ques. tion: Gan Capitalism Be Saved 2" He said it could not. T
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
CHILDREN DIED
 OF POISONING

Princeton, Ky, March 14-(UP) Five small town physicians were summoned today before a jury of bewhiskered farmers and mer- chants to aid the state in the effort to send attractive Nell Baker, 3S year old nurse, to the gallows for murder of. Wanda Cox, 10.
 Six witnesses testified last night in a special session after comple- tion of the jury, that the pretty nurse, confessed sweetheart of the slain child's 43 year old father, made every effort to prevent the post-mortem examination which disclosed that the girl was poisoned.
 Subsequent investigation revealed that death of her sister, Maurelle, IF, was caused by arsenic. The children's father Charles w. Cox, a divinity student turned insurance salesman, will be tried for Wanda's murder later.
 Cox's wife is confined to state asylum.
 Commonwealth Attorney Alvin Lisanby said the state will prove Cox and the nurse plotted to rid themselves of the children, fearing they would reveal their relations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
INSURANCE
 AUTO RATES HEARING
Officials and Actuaries of Insurance Cos. Coming
 to Waterbury
WILL BE HERE FRIDAY
 NIGHT FOR DISCUSSION
Mayor Hayes and Reps. ThOnls and cDermOtt
 Pushed the Probe
BY WILLIAM J. MORlARTY SSneclal Legislative ReDorter)

D1 WAAA<AAM O. MOAeA1AAeA
 Especial Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol, Hartford, March IA - Efforts to have the automobile liability insur- ance rates in Waterbury and Naugatuck reduced, started by Mayor Frank Hayes, Rep resentative John D. Thonls, of Waterbury, and Represent ative William P. McDermott of Naugatuck, have resulted in officials and actuaries of the leading insurance companies of Connecticut promising to come to Waterbury tomorrow night at $ o'clock to discuss the situation.
 The meeting will be held in the aldermanic chamber of the Water bury city hall. The entire board of aldermen of the city of Water bury. the board of warden and burgesses of Naugatuck, Mayor Frank Hayes, Warden John Sheri- dan, end other officials will be present to go over the rates pre- vailing here and to seek ways and means of lowering them.
 The meeting will also be open to the public and large attendance is predicted in view. of the interest in the auto insurance rates pre- vailing in this district.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
PERFECT BRIDGE HANDS FOR FAN

Lancaster, Pa., March 14.-(UP) Four women were gradually re- covering from palpitating hearts today after reporting that each of them had been dealt perfect bridge hand in a single shuttle. The play was at the home of Mrs Walter N. Keylore, the hostess. The cards were shuffled by Vera Kurtz and dealt by Mrs A. c. Tunis. Other players were Mrs Lester Cooper and Mrs Charles Ranck.
 Mrs Tunis had all diamonds. Mrs Ranck all hearts, Mrs Cooper all clubs, and Miss Kurtz all spades. She broke the silence by laying down her hand. Miss Kurtz took solemn oath" that she had given the cards the usual shuttle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
Salary Increase For
 Judge Out
No Provision Made For It in Budget Submitted Tday; May Be Changed Later-Litchfeld County
 Courts Asking An Increase ss4s
BY WILLIAM J. MORIARTY Special, Legislative RepOrtcr)

State Capitol, Hartford, March IA - No appropriation for the recommended increase for Deputy Judge Miles F. McNiff of the Wa terbury Court of Common Pleas is set up in the budget for the Wa terbury court as submitted to the committee on appropriations today by the State Board of Finance and Control.
 The court had submitted bud get calling for $90,20 for the next bienhium. The Board of Finance and Control cut this to $S9,40O, which included the following items: Judge, $15,00O; deputy judge, !$9,OOO; prosecution, $6,000; clerk and assistant, $12,000; clerical as- sistant, $2,400; sheriff's attend- ance, $28,000; jury debentures, $14,OO0; bills of cost, $3,000.
 As can be seen this budget does not include the raise for Judge Me- Mfr. The Judiciary committee re- gently recommended that the dep uty judge of the court get a $6,00O increase for the biennium and for warded this request to the appro- priations. It is expected that the committee will include the amount in the final budget, which will to- tai to $95,400.
 The Litchfield county superior court asks for $29,400 in the first
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
FARLEY TO FILL
 THE VACANCIES

Washington, March 14-(UP)- The Connecticut patronage squab- ble drew Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, Postmaster General James A. Farley and Senators Augustine Lonergan and Francis Maloney into a protracted confer ence yesterday.
 After the meeting Farley an- nounced that he would proceed at once to fill vacancies in the state where the postmasterships have expired. He said no decisions had been reached concerning the Unit ed States marshal or the collector of internal revenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
MARSHAL D. |LAHEY ASKS
 POLICE AID
Frank Mario and Tony Alligene Had Rooms
 Where Fire Started
WERE. NOT FOUND AT
 PRESS HOUR TO-DAY
Suspicious Point to Crap Game Being Conducted
 in the Building

Aid of the police depart ment was sought today by Fire Marshal Dennis J. Lahey as he pressed an investigation of the Center street fire this morning which drove IA fam lilies to the street and did con- siderable damage. Frank Mario and Tony Alligene, res idents of the third floor apart ment in which the fire started, could not be located this morn ing, and Marshal Lahey called on police to SCOUT the city for the two men.
 Mario and Alligene, whom the fire marshal wishes to question about the disastrous blaze, had not been located at press time this af- ternoon despite a diligent search of the city. Mario, said to be a florist, was not at his place of bus mess this morning, according to police. May Be Gambling Room Two large tables and a number of chairs found in the apartment (Continued on Page S.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
MYSTERY PLANE WITH ROBOT FOR
 PILOT IS READY
Two Army Flyers. to Be Passengers Starts To-
 night For Honolulu

(Copyright 1885 by United Press)
 Oakland, Cal, March 14.-(UP). At midnight tonight a mystery airplane, guided by a robot pilot and new directional compass, will leave the Oakland airport for Honolulu with U. S. army flyers as passengers, the United Press learn ed today.
 The United Press informant in- dicated that only weather condi- tions or an order from Washing ton couuntermanding present plans would delay the flight.
 The 2,400-mile over-water trip from the mainland to the Hawaiian Islands will be the supreme test of new blind flying equipment which may revolutionize long distance fly ing and make commercial air routes over large bodies of water more practicable.
 For these days representatives of the U. $. army air corps and the federal department of commerce, bureau of aeronautics, have been testing the special equipment in-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

to one of his neighbors. was ap- parently walking across the trestie when struck by the train, Scat tered all about were the contents of a basket of vegetables and fruit which he was bringing back to his rude Golf Lots shack. He was last seen by fellow squatter. Anthony Boris, at o'clock last night.
 Body Found Early Today
 The body was found by Daniel J. Donahue of Cornwall avenue. Waterville, who was on his way home from the railroad at 4 o'clock this morning. He notified the yardmaster, Lester Larkin of Buck ingham street, who, accompanied by John Hussey of 39 Welton street, made an investigation and summoned police. Motor Patrol man Vincent Begg and Patrolman Jerry Hunitan were rushed to the scene, and pr Edward H. Kirsc'i- baum, medical examiner, was mo- tified..
 The remains were identified by Boris, the squatter who had last seen Norbut alive, and Dr Kirsch- baum gave permission for the re- moval of the body to funeral home.
 Engine Ran Backward
 From the position of the badly .mangled body and the scattered basket of fruit and vegetables, Dr
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
People Fleeing From
 Floods To Saue Liues
Thousands of Residents Along the Mississippi River in Several States Are in Danger - One Little
 Town Excited By 8 Foot Flood
(By United Pressl

Thousands of townspeople and farmers, residents along tributaries of the Mississippi river, today were fleeing for their lives from rising waters that threatened the worst flood conditions in 50 years.
 Government engineers and na- tional guardsmen, stationed along the Black and St Francis rivers in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, sounded a warning. The flood situation in. this area was de- scribed as far worst than the dis asters of 1927 and 1881.
 Water from the hills near the Arkansas state line turned brook lets into raging streams.
 Government engineers predicted the Stl Francis river, within AS hours, twould break over it's 65 miles of levee with a two-foot wall of waters.
 Hundreds of families moved out of the lowlands. Refugees from Dunklin county, lowest elevation in Missouri, were being accommodate ed in Red Cross tents, railroad box-cars and public buildings at Kennett.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
LOTTERY BILLS PRESENTED

Albany, N. Y.. March 14.-(UP) A series of bills legalizing lot- teries as an unemployment relief movement, were introduced today by State Sen James J. Crawford. The senator said their enactment would mean employment for 200.. 900 persons now jobless. Under terms of the proposals, 20 per cent of the revenue collected would be turned over to the state as g direct tax.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
HUEY LONG WAS
 DEFEATED AGAIN
 BY SENATE VOTE
Made Better Showing in His Fight to Stop
 Relief Bill

Washington, March 14.-(UP)- Sen. Huey P. Long, D.. La, today failed in an effort to write into the work-relief bill a provision that $1OO, ,000,0 900 might be used to pro- vide college educations for needy youths.
 The vote was 58 to 27.
 The senate rejected the Long amendment despite a spirited de- fense of it by Sen. Hiram Johnson, R., Cal.
 Johnson declared that the senate should have voice in suggesting methods for spending the proposed $4,8S0,000 appropriation.
 Sen. James F. Byrnes, D.. S.. C.. told the senate that the Long
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