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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

 stalled in the dualmotored' low wing Douglass abin plane DOT rowed for the experiments.
 Two flights were made yester- day. It was indicated that they were successful.
 Immediately after an afternoon test Eugene Vidal, aeronautics pu- reau director, announced he was leaving then for Washington to re- port on the resuults. It was under stood that the Ego ahead to Homo iulu'' order would follow his or ficial report. J
 Wheeler field at Honolulu was prepared. to receive the plane. Spe- ciai preparations also were made at the Oakland airport for the takeoff. "M ,I. :,
 The plane will carry full load of 1,G00 gallons of gasoline, enough for $3,000 milesyof flying. .
 The passengers probably will in- clude Capt. Albert Hegenberger and Capt. Clayton Bissell of the U. S. army air corps and Russell snow, presenting the commerce department. Six other army men, radio operators and technical ex- perts. also are available.
 The plane has board equipment for mixing a forced landing at sea, for dumping the gasoline load 1T necessary, and for special radio communications. It also carries lire rafts and a supply of food.
 Except for blackened windows to keep out the suun and prevent interference with tho tests-and for a loop antenna attached to US stream lined cabin, the plane IS no different from the type usually used in commercial passenger flying. Hagenberger, who flew, across the Pacific in q Fokker transport in 1926 in the first successful Cali forria to- Hawaii flight. was en- thusiastic about the automatic ny ing equipment. and the compass. "I,he principle of the compass is simple" he explained. "Hou tune in on station and as long as you stay in your course the indicator needle doesn't move.
 of you veer off so does the needle, to the right or the left as the case may be. When you get over q station, the needle vibrates violently. It's great stuff for blind flying"
 Vidal envisioned the new equip ment as permitting g plane to ny from ship to ship across large bodies of water as easily as planes now Ky from station to station on land. The pilot i'll starting out would set his compass with the ra- dio of a ship possibly 700 or 500 miles out. The robot pilot would keep the lanes on the course thus set. After passing ov the first of the stepping stones." new bear ing, from a ship or station another TOO or 800 miles beyond, would be set. Tn successive steps the plane would make the oyer-water flight by. its repeated contact with the ships or with special beacons and stations which may be a later de- velopment of the commerce depart ment plans.
 Although independent or the Pan America IAirways, plans to de- velop q trans Pacific flying serv- ice frem California to China this summer. the tests now being made are expected to influence the com mercial company's selection ot planes and equiptnent.
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Fourteen Families
 Forced Out By Fire
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early as 2:15. Miss Healey was awakened by the smell ot smoke and went downstairs, where she reused another tenant. They could see no fire, however. Miss Healey then went to the apartment occupied by Mario and Alligine, and knocked on the door. No one answered, and the fire must have been raging furiously inside by this time. shortly after Miss Healey returned to her own apart ment, she heard shouts of Fire, and wss able to snatch only q few valuables befor9 rushing out to the street.
 Where Fire Started
 The fire started in crevice be. low folding doors between the kitchen and living room of the apartment occupied by Mario and Alligene. The only apartments affected directly by the blaze were those immediately above and one on the same floor, in the rear. The apartment on the west side of the pied by Mrs Charles .Esten and three children, Catherine, Grace and Beatrice, ranging from 10 to 15 years of age. The fourth and fifth floor apartments on the west side were occupied by Mir and Mrs Jack Spencer, Miss Healey and MT and Mrs George Conrad. Que fourth floor apartment IS vacant.
 Other tenants in the building in- cluded: MT and Mrs Albert Oakley MT and Mrs Louis Richardson and son, Frank, 10; Mir and Mrs John Dalton and daughter, Lorraine, all on the second floor: Mir and Mrs Hugo Enderes on the third floor: on the fourth floor, Mrs J. Hark- ness and son, Andrew Rau: fifth floor, MT and Mrs Charles Rosasco and Mir and Mrs Harry Dean.
 Apartments Flooded
 Apartments on the east side, hough esca ping the fire, were dam aged considerably by water and smoke. Bremen managed to confine the blaze to the apart ments on the west side of the cor ridor, and to protect neignboring buildings.
 Many of the apartment dwellers sought refuge in hotels after tEe fire, while others went to the homes of friends. The last com pany of firemen did not leave the scene until 6:2s this morning. The alarm was answered by Engines 1, 2, 3, 6 and 10, the headquarters chemical and Trucks 1 and 3, made up of firemen from headquarters, Burton street, East Main street, Willow street and Brooklyn sta tions.
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dining room of the two mems apartment, the fire went east and west on the west side of the build Ing on the fourth floor, vert through to the fifth and top floor and went through on to the roof. The building is owned by tte Hecksher Realty Go of which John I. Walsh, chairman of the board of education, is the president. Mr Walsh's office is on the second floor of the building.
 Invalid Woman Rescued
 Mrs John Keefe, an invalid only recently released from the hosr;- tai, was rescued from her smoko- filled apartment on the third floor by two unknown youths, who first carried her to Mir Walsh's office below, then carried her to the back of the building where two firemen and a policeman carried her to the street. She was taken to the home of neighbors, where she was re- ported resting comfortably to-day.
 During the fire, Lieut. James Mulville and Patrolman Eli Bou- langer were knocked down and thoroughly soaked when a. hose coupling broke. The two policemen were not injured, but had to change their clothing and were temporarily removed from duty.
 Most of the loss will be suffered by MT Walsh. and the realty com pany, since the majority of the apartments are rented furnished. Furniture in the apartment of Miss Mary Healey, on the top floor, owned by the woman herself, was almost completely destroyed, with a loss of at least several hundred dollars. Mrs Thorpe's restaurant and the China Shop, both located on the first floor, suffered considerably from smoke and wa- ter damage.
 Tenants Smelled Smoke
 Though the alarm was rung ip by . passerby from Box 3S at 2:6C, Miss Healey and other residents of the building had smelled smoke as
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ONE OF STRIKES
 WAS SETTLED
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 alleged refusal of the company to agree in writing to recognize the shop council as a collective bar the committee as officers of the union.
 Samuel M. Stone, president of the concern, issued statement in which he declared "the company believes that a point had been reached where the management could not yield without surrender ing responsibilities which it had no right to relinquish. The man. agement was satisfied that the po- sition taken by the joint council did not constitute fair treatment to those of it's employees who arc not members of union. Although no substantial question of wages, hours, or working conditions was in dispute, the joint council saw fit to call a strike"
 Stone said the plant would re- main open flor anyone who wants to. work"
 President William E. Kuehnel of the Hartford central labor union has called an executive board meeting for tonight to determine whether general sympathetic strike should be called.
 At Washington, President Green of the American Federation of La Dor, was quoted as saying "the la bor board rendered decision. The workers appealed to the Colt com pany to carry out the decision. The company refused. The work CTS faced the alternative of either completely surrendering to the company or going on a strike. I approve of the procedure 100 per cent"
 Calvert MacGruger, general counsel of the labor relations board, said the board had no way to compel the company to live up to it's decision and it's only recourse would be to recommend it's Blue Eagle be taken away and the case referred to other government agencies for further and more de- cisive action.
 The strike Of 325 Thompsonville weavers who protested the hiring
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YALE MEN LIKE
 THE BRUNETTES

New Haven, Conn. March fS-- (UP)-Yale men are gentlemen but nevertheless, they prefer brun- cites. A Yale Daily News survey revealed the preference of the av- craze undergraduate.
 "A brunette. medium in height and on the slim side. She likes to dance, smoke and she takes one or two cocktails-no more. She wears colorful finger-nail polish with lips to match: her clothes are smart but not conspicuous. She ifs not the muscular athletic type, but she does like to swim. ride and play golf. She would like to marry, but prefers a career for a few years first"
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LAHEY
 ASKS POLICE AID

Continued from Page f.) led Investigators this morning to suspect that the apartment, rent ed by the men only last Friday. might be being used, as a gambling headquarters. Albert Oakley, 1anitor of the building, said he had his suspicious aroused a few days ago when stranger in the build ing asked him, Where's the crap game?"
 Marshal Lahey will seek to learn from the two men, when they are located. why they gave no alarm when the fire started, but instead let 1t rage until the whole vest side of the building was threatened. Smoke was smelled by one occu- pant at 2:15. but the alarm was rung in by a passerby at 2:56. The fire marshal believes that the men were in their apartment when the fire started. @
 No cause has yet been de- termined |. for the blaze, which started alongside folding doors Tn the Mario-Alligene place. .'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
FAMILIES EVACUATED

Cairo, III, March 14.-UP) -4stl National guardsmen and rivefst forces of five states fought frane.. tically against time today to evaeaf uate hundreds of families from river lands menaced with flood: unequalled since the Mississippi tore through thousands of acres in 1927.
 Both the Ohio and Mississippi threatened to go over their banks momentarily. Army engineers said the rain-swollen Mississippi will, be seven feet over flood stage at Cairo by Saturday.
 Four companies of national2 guardsmen worked in the 15,0OOr acre Mingo basin of Missouri to \ rescue families and livestock inns, periled by the St Francis river.s F which smashed a Stoddard couna. ty levee. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
IITTLE TOWN ENCIRCLED

Success, Ark, March 14.-UP)-e This little town of 250 persons ; was trapped by water eight fe@k.< deep today when the flood menaces { increased on Mississippi tributarxt rivers in southeastern Missouri ana eastern Arkansas.
 Many persons had to break { through the roofs of their homes to escape the rapidly rising f1ood34 waters and attract attention of the !. rescuers.' Mayor E. w. Cochrane told the United Press. .<
 The town, on the east side of Current and Little Black rivers waa-s isolated except by boat, raft of-s telephone.
 {, Rivers usually small, wereJ broadened six or eight miles, with, practically all the rich farmingss lands in the township covered hEi. water, the mayor said. ssa
 Farm lands, including thouv sands of acres of wheat, are covery5 5 ed with water at least 4 feet deep~ he added. 4lg
 Mayor Cochrane believed the wheat crop would be practically destroyed, but some observers held hopes it would partially recover.
 In the town, 200 refugees were crowded 8 to 20 families in one house and 50 homes in the town and about 300 in the township were flooded. -,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

of 30 apprentices at the Bigelow-,g ' Sanford Carpent company, was to- go before the state labor commis-, sioner today. More than HOO car-Ss pet workers last night voted sup-s- port of the walkout. r,
 Weavers contended unemployed-- = and experienced workers should be- given work in preference to begin-t nerS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
Lynch Present at Hearins

Attorney J. Gregory Lynch of Waterbury appeared before the committee on contested elections at it's hearing today as counsel for Fred R. Scotill, democrat, of Corn wall. MT Scovill ran for repre-. sentative in Cornwall last fall. He claims that upon recount of votes it was shown he had been elected. Despite this the two repub- lican candidates flor representative
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were declared elected and are now serving in the house. They are Lionel Kugeman and Harry E. Chamberlain. When his claim was turned down he prepared bill in which the committee is urged to raviaIX his case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
Mant ErnnIormcnt Burea,i.

Today the committee on labor IS holding hearing on the bill cali. ing for establishment of q state employment bureau at Torrington.' The bill was introduced by Rep. James Hogan of Torrington.
 Vets Present Today.
 Many representatives of Water
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
Mahancy Made Auditor.

Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney of Wa terbury this afternoon was nom mated for the position of county auditor at the meeting of the New Haven county legislators. Nomina- tion is equivalent to election. as each party is entitled to one audi tor. The republican nominee for auditor was Rep Seth Beecher of Seymour A tentative budget was expected to be prepared before the session ended with early reports indicating that it woul abe lower than that of this present bien1ium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

Decatur, H., March -URIs= James Ward, we'll known minUfs- league umpire, who died here yes-- terday from injuries received in an automobile wreck three weeks. ago, will be buried near his hometE in Fitchbrg, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
GOLDEN MILLER WON

Cheltenham, Eng, March 14.- UP).-Miss Dorothy Paget's Col den Miller. winner of last years grand national steeplechase and favorite this year, today won the Cheltenham gold cup jumping race for the fourth straight year. Jock" Whitneys Thomond II finisher in second place. and Mrs Ambros Clark Kellsboro Jack, third. Five horses started. The gold cup event is considered a grand national trial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

Winston Salem, N. C.. March IA -(UPO.-Hearing on a proposed settlement of the $25,000,000 es- tate of the late Zachary Smith Reynolds, young tobacco heir. was recessed upon converting of court today until 2:30 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

Wholesale value of cosmetics manufactured in this country in 1929 approximatcd $2O0,O00,OOO: stheiF retail value was flxeds at np- ugoxImateiy e37B,00O,0OD.ts.
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Nlenorialize Congress.

Memorializc Congress.
 Next Thursday the committee on federal relations will discuss the bill of Senator George T. Culhane of Waterbury liZing Con gress upon the matter of making Pulaski day a national holiday.
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PEOPLE FLEEING 2
 FROM THE FLOODS
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n
 The St Francis today was twp7e feet higher than tho 1927 fioodE crest. Thousands of workmen werB repairinE- tho soggy 25-year-old levees. Four companies of national guardsmen patrolled the area aid--F ing families In moving from tho thousands of acres almost certain to be flooded. ysls
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SALARY INCREASE
 NOT INCLUDED
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year and $29,700 in the second year of the coming biennium acc cording to figures just submitted to the state board of finance and con- trol. This board, however, has recommended to the appropriations committee that the budget be set att $29,2S0 for both years. The Lit6hheld county court of common pleas on the civil side has set a budget of $2O,800 for the biennium which the board approves as well as the budget for the criminal side Of $54,OOO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

Gasoline Retailers Present
 The Waterbury Gasoline Retail CTS association met last night in Waterbury to name delegates to attend this afternoons hearing be- fore the motor vehicles committee on several bills of Senator Francis w. Hogan of Torrington. The bills set back the deadline of expiration of registrations and licenses thirty days.
 Among those present from Wat ,erbury today were Frank x. Keefe, Michael Gilson, Lawrence Montambault, George Gaughan, Christopher Ryan, Walter Beebe, l.. D. Lagasse, B. F. Hudson, Will liam Robert, Benjamin True, Thomas Fleming, Ray Garnsey and M. r. Bradshaw, .t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14

Today the insurance company officials assured Reps. Thoms and McDermott that they were pre- pared to furnish all the statistics necessary to show the number of fatalities and accidents. as well as the claim frequency, amount or claims paid, etc.
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HUEY LONG IS DEFEATED AGAIN

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PLANE
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SQUATTER AT GOLF
 LOTS WAS KILLED

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BiII Set Back

blu bet BUICK
 The bill of Senator George T. Culhane of Waterbury concerning the reOpenink or elimination of closed banks will not be heard by the. committee on banks next Thursday as originally scheduled, but will be heard Friday, April 12.
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still Seeking Candidate

DUEIH 6DCKEHB OHHUIUHtC
 The republican legislators of Litchfield county failed to agree on their choice of candidate for county commissioner at the caucus held yesterday afternoon. As a re- suit another caucus will be held on. Wednesday, March 20. Oppon-, erits of Rep. Asahel Mitchell of Woodbury, one of the county com missioners whose terms expire this year, are seeking a strong candidate to pit against the vet eran county leader.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
Chain Store Hearing

OWtIH StOEC 1ltHFIuS Chain store owners and man. agers from all over the state were present at the hearing before the finance committee this afternoon. to speak against the measure that would impose a license fee of from $1O to $50 on every chain store operated in Connecticut.
 Forfeited Rights
 A. hearing on the bill to restore feited rights. Rep John D. Thoms of Waterbury was held this after noon before the committee on for feited right. Rep John D. Thoms introduced the bill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-25
|PLATT ESTATE
 INVENTORY FILED

(Continued from Page l.l two-thirds interest was placed at $4OO, 900.
 On the westerly side of Phoenix avenue realty holdings were valued at $42,667.
 Other pieces listed were wood- lawn Terrace, $25,000; Cables ave- nue, $6,250; Bradleyville road. $6,500; Field street, $l2,OO0; 34-S8 Willow street, $35,000; Willow street and Plaza avenue, business block. $5O,OO0; 65 Fairview street, $7,500; West Main and Colley streets, $1O,000; Canal street, Brass City Lumber company site, $30,- poo; East Aurora street $20,000; South Main street, Platts Mills, $1.O00; land bordering on the Wa terbury- -NaugatucY town lines, $10,- 900; South Main street, Platts Mills $4,O00.
 Municipal and town bonds of the City of Waterbury, Hartford, New Haven, Bristol, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Middletown, Portland, Norwich, West Hartford and other communities were listed. Liberty and treasury bonds were also in- cluded, as were the following com panies. Connecticut Light & Power, $2l,922,22; s. N. B. Telephone Company, $34.65s.3S; Scovills' $2o.- 944.44.
 Principal stocks: 4s0 American Tel. 6 Tel, $49,500; 1250 Ameri- can Hardware Company, $22.1S7.- 50; Chemical Bank, $22,77O; 500 Conn. Service. $20,S50; 575 New Haven Water Co., $31,500; 300 Platt Brothers. $45,00O: PA Plume & Atwood, $S,512; 1900 scovir Company. $24,3o0; 400 S. N. E. Tel. CO, $42,00O; 37S0 Patent But ton Co.,, $100,170.
 Bank deposits: Colonial Trust Co.,, $135.S2; Waterbury Savings Bank. $32,713.47, $4,774.16, $26,- 323.96; Waterbury Trust company, $33,42S.5S; Colonial Trust Co.,, $33,471.40; Waterbury National Bank, $12,439.77; Colonial Trust Co.,, $6,739.61; Colonial Trust Co.,, certificates of deposit, Irving Platt building, $13,454.S1 also $42,622.03. About thirty pieces of personal jewelry effects were listed with a value of $l,407. The miscellaneous included office furnishings and sew eral unpaid rentals for a total of | $4.6S4.13.
 The Platt Brothers company and the Patent Button company were two concerns in which the Platt family has been interested for many Tears. The family name has been connected with them since theii organization.
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COL. ROGERS OF
 OIL FAME DIES
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married Count Ludwig Salm Won Hoogstraten.
 Millicent, now the wife of Arr turo Peralta Ramos, millionaire Argentine cattle baron, was said to have been waiting at the Rog- CTS Lon Island estate, "the Port of Missing Men," when her father died.
 A son, Henry, Jr., also survices as do three grandchildren, Peter Salm, whose father Is Count Salm, and Mrs. Ramos two sons by the South American, Arturoa Henry and Paul Jamie.
 Student of History
 Colonel Rogers was a student Of American military history and his hobby was early American sailing vessels, particularly whalers. His New England ancestors were prom inent in the early shipping and whaling industries. He was of genial but rather retiring disposi- tion, but entertained extensively and was a frequent visitor to Europe.
 Colonel Rogers, who inherited a vast fortune in 109 - when the Standard Oil Company was in it's ascendancy married his first wife, Miss Mary Benjamin. in 1900. They had two children, Millicent and Henry, Jr.
 He Married Again
 They were divorced in Holland in 1929 and in the same year Rogers married Mrs. Marguerite Won Baum Savell Miles of Philadelphia, widow of Basil Miles. That mar riage terminated with a sensational divorce in Reno in 133 in which some doubt was cast on the ances- try of the beautiful Viennese whom Rogers had married after a whirl- wind romance in Paris.
 A short time later Rogers an- nounced his engagement to the twice married Pauline Van Der voort. former wife of the late Carl K. Dresser of Tulsa, Okla. They were married in August at the ex- elusive Pierce estate on Long Island.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-25

NSOUIlNueu from rage L. his department would continue to enforce the motor vehicle laws. The superintendent said that mos tor patrolmen and men on street beats are under orders to be on constant watch for possible ''tipsy" drivers.
 There seemed no doubt but that Superintendent McLeans statement was directed at the leniency often shown drunken drivers in court, and at the claim that after convic- tion some drivers receive their h- censes back sooner than others.
 Commissioner Connor pointed out in Hartford yesterday that 54 operators licenses have been sus- pended for drunken driving in the past week, though some of the cases had been accommodating for some time. He said he hoped the cocktail bar might eliminate steady drinking" but in com menting on the situation said, "There Is no use lodging this problem"