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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

The formulation of plans for a huge membership campaign took place at a meeting of the social committee and sectional team cap tains of St Patrick's Holy Name society at the Lyceum last nig1t' Indiyiduals in each section of the na rish has been selected to ap- nroach non-members and outline fhe activities of the drive. The caE- tains have been instructed to ln- form their prospect that 1t IS nlanned to purchase a billiard ta- He. complete library and Tn gen cral everything that Is needed TOT the installation of a newer ana better community center. It IS only a question of securing a larger membership. -
 Sectional captains include Fran ia Fitz9eraid, Edward Io1tus Michael Kitchen, Francis Hardy' Thomas Lawlor Jr, Cyril Dunphy, James Dineen, Patsy Garvey, Harry K. Ryan, H. P. McGrath, James Barrett. John Kelly. Joseph BOW en. Francis Coughlin and Wliham Powers. tation department of the Scovill Mfg Go outlined the principals needed ne in good organization in a pep talk, stating that for success all must cooperate. He urged those present to forget financial gains, and in general, selfishness ana through the cooperation or all nrosnectiye members enter the so- ciety of their own free will.
 Other talks were given by Micnaei ]. Driscoll, chairman of the men ,i, Lership committee. and Rev "i- liam Wirkus, chaplain.
 The first social for the new class
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

the local sponsor takes the rap. The local sponsor can't run out of town, but has to stay right here permanently and try, to live it down.
 II don't think this is the right time for me to go into particulars or mention names, because my ob- ject is sincerely to protect these organizations which have offended (and others which may offend If not warned), as well as to inform the general public.
 Groups on Short End
 'If the enterprise is on the lever the Chamber of Commerce will know it. Don't get panicked into buying $5 or $1O worth of tickets to some dubious benefit because half-threatening tele- phone salesman insinuates that some group will boycott you. The group, in all probability, knows nothing about what, actually, is being done, nor how the promoters are doing it. The group, you can safely surmise, has the sorry end of a contract which is worth may be $15O to the organization and Q few thousand to the promoters. ITO all organizations in Water- bury, large or small, the Chamber of Commerce, out of its long expe- rience, urges caution in signing such contracts. Don't get on the dotted line. for a glib-talking pro- moter. When he hands you that fountain pen he's handing you a load of grief that may stall be haunting you 10 years from now" MT Green referred in general ter.ns to a group of promoters that came to Waterbury not long ago and signed a ridiculous" contract with an organization that has for years been highly esteemed and re- spected. In order to sell the tick cts for an affair whichs was about as substantial as a cream puff, the salesmen used names of high re- pute, threatening individuals with loss of employment unless tickets were bought. Certain professional men were told, by inference or di- rectly. that the group could bring damaging boycott tactics to bear on them, everybody in the tele- phone book had to put up with some sort of unpleasant Canvas" by these outsiders who were who'll 1y indifferent to the reputation of their local sponsor,
 The result. said MT Green, was that the local organization piled up citywide feeling of resent ment against 1t, which undid, in large part, all the good they. had accomplished over many years of estimable activity In the city.
 s, ''Chicken Feed"
 The point he especially eppha- sized was that. in spite of the fact that this organization knew it was on the spot, it was powerless to get off that painful spot--because it was tied up with contract
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
TWO EZRA PROJECTS
 TO START TUESDAY

 EZRA labor will hereafter be used for the removal of snow from the city's treets. according to an order received at the Field street headquarters authorizing the trans fer. None of the EZRA employees were used after the recent storm. although 125 Mutual Aid men were engaged in the work. It has also been announced that starting March 1. William M. Harris, local administrator. will be in charge of the white collar branch of the EZRA.
 Two new FEEA jobs will begin Tuesday. the largest of them being the construction of storm sewer on Hillside avenue Men will be transferred from the Mutual Aid to the EZRA for this work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

f- ' .sf. J { f..1
 part in bringfng5to the public,s at tcntion the color mad highrigtlts of the Hauptmann trial. station WATR presents a new note in the interpretation of events at Flem- ington, tomorrow afternoons at 2:S0 o'clock when tke;Th dm bnail Thcl- ter of the air lends its dra nnatic staff to Attorney John H. Cassidy in his discussion Of the trial of Bruno Richard Happtmann: '
 Mir Cassidy, considering the case from the point of view sof "a de- great deal Of theaevidence piled Eup by, the state, and 5thoughtTtp be very damaging ,to the S'tief fendant. can be discredited and not to ;, be considered by the jury. The Sc called 'identifyffig witnesses' who have testified that they saw
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
Drive For Members
 Started At Lyceum
Section Captains of St Patrick's Holy Name Society
 Named-St JOseph's Choir Gives Dance Tonight
BROOKLYN NEWS

will take place at the Lyceum next Thursday evening. The entire pres ent body will be in attendance as well as 100 to be initiated. Card teams for a tournament will also be selected from among those pres ent at the social. a,
 Choir Dance r.
 Most prominent of week end events listed will be the, annual dance of the St Joseph's choir at the parish hall this evening. Close to 1000 are expected. Music for the occasion will be provided by a ten piece orchestra under the baton ot Norbert Aleksis. The, event has al ways been a colorful affair. Prizes will be awarded for each of the following events: fox trot waltz and Lithuanian polka. Al awards will be made in cash.
 The committee in charge include: Bernice Zelonas. $, Mrs Stephant, Sapranas, Mary ,Stokna, Adele Lut kus, Harry Kenausis, John Philips John Ambrozaitis and Peter Lag. auskas.
 Meet Monday
 There will be q general meeting of the K. of l.. at the club rooms on Green street Monday evening al 7:3O o'clock. .g },,r>,r ..- The cast of .tlie recent tam club minstrel are advised that there will be a meeting at the club rooms of that organization Tuesday eve ming. 't,c t,7-f. ..,e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
- v s'l|v71 '. 1EVQ Hauptnann Trial On
 WATR: I tomorrow
Attorney Cassidy to Review Evidence for Defense
 Thumbnaill TIeater to Dranlatize Salient Features

the prisoners,here or there at 2 definite time, those witnesses who have supposedly identified Haupt. mann and apparently pointed the finger of guilt at him, are to be the object of Atty Cassidy's attack ir one of the most unique broadcasts to be heard in connection with the trial. , ...
 : Defense Testimony
 As the program opens tomorrow afternoon at 2i30 Mir Cassidy will tell ,of definite ,Nases in which CT. rors in2 Identification have been made. He will cite particularly the autheHtic case of one Irving Green wa1d who was arrested for passing forged money orders and was con. victed after having been identified by our%w Illnesses After Green. waId had been in jail for 8 period the real culprit was apprehendcd He admitted the crimes and Wa: also identified by the same wit. nesses who had sent an innocent man to jail.
 1TO Enact Trial
 James l.. Cantwell, director o1 WATERS Thumbnail Theater ha! taken the actual data from law books and put the highlights of thu case in dramatic form. As MT Gas sidy tells of the case, with occa sional explanatory remarks. .spe cially chosen group of radio play CTS will re-enact actual scenes from this strange miscarriage of justice Then parallel will be drawn be tween these identifications and th' testimony of several witnesses a the Hauptmann trial.
 George Duffy. WATR studio man ager, has elaborated with lame! F. Cantwell in the preparation O the dramatic portion. and at 2:3( tomorrow will produce what prom ises to he Connectlcut's outstand ing radio broadcast thus far 1T 1Q2R N-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
RUSSELL CRAY
 PLANS MINSTREL

The first assembly program of the Russell school Gra-Y club was held yesterday at the !. school. Thomas Casey, president of the club, was chairman of the meeting. The program included a tap dance by Robert Gillis, accompanied by Henry Ellis on the accordion; and songs by John Barrett. William Wilson. Frank Util. Robert Gillis. Conrad Benoit, William Stilwell, Robert Carver, and Thomas Casey. Bill Briggs. club advisor. gave a brief talk
 Parents of Russell school pupils will be invited to attend Q minstrel show to be presented by the club next month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
BULLET NARROWLY
 MISSES TRUCKMAN

A bullet from rife whizzed by his chest as he was driving to- ward this city from Watertown last night, according to a report made to Detective Edward McElli- gott by Vincent Blansfield of 26 Lafayette street last night. The bullet, he said, came in through the open window of the cab Of the truck which he was driving, pass ed close to his chest and broke the windshied glass.
 Watertown authorities took up the case today. since the spot where the incident took place IS on the Watertown side of the town line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
APPROVE TOWNSEND PLAN

Cleveland, (UP)-Thousands of Ohioans already have added their names to congressional petitions asking for action on the Town send old age pension plan, with six Townsend clubs already formed in Cleveland alone. The plan. of pr F. F. Townsend. Long Beach. Cal, calls for pensioning of all citizens over 60 at $200 per month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26
FRlARS TO HOLD
 DANCE TONIGHT
Informal Winter Karnival to Be Held in Central
 Y Gymnasium

Featuring scintillating colored orchesra direct from the Hotel Bond in Hartford, the Putsic Friars Club will offer their sixth annual Winter Karnival informal dance tonight at the Central Y gymnas-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

oust the republican incumbent4 and pick their own officials.
 While this procedure is followed in small communities in the stata 1t is claimed that Naugatuck. witl
 it's present population, should have a permanent fire department
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

Charged with running a gambling house in Enniskillen. Northern Ireland. Patrick Leonard Pleaded that he wa sno worse than church dignjtaries who went around with a piece of :'spotted dog at church bazaars asking people to pay for a chance to guess how many currents were in the cake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

ium at S:30 o'clock. Percy Nell son and his Southern Knights have been engaged to furnish the rhythms which will continue until midnight.
 As an added attraction Chairman Henry Despins has secured Will liam Mastopietro, alias Singing BilP', a feature of radio station WATR, Sonny" LaFlamme, youth full spngster of the same station. who is frequently featured with Uncle Harry on the program, Reading the Daily Democrat Funnies." and Doris Snyder, eccen- tric dancer.
 The committee in charge in- cludes: Frank Cucolo, Victor Mambruno. Edward Evans, Harry Huey, Andy Stavnitsky. John Brown, Chris Poulsen. Eddie Kos loskey. Raymond Snyder, James Coffey, John Kulmann. Nelson Kast, Frank Marsella, George Dil- lon and Eugene Cornell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

Trance will discourage any in- crease in wheat acreage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-26

King George of England will award, each half year, beginning next July, a prize. to be known hs the Kings Medal, to the flight cadet at the Royal Air Force Col lege. Cranwell. who obtains the highest aggregate marks at the final examination.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
MERCURY FALLS TO 13

|perSons homeward bound for the
Christmas holidays.
Many Are Injured
The following persons were in
jured in accidents caused by the
slippery roads.
Thelma Creel, 81, Of 724 Eighth
st. N. E., and Daisy woodward,
20, Of 1716 A st. S. E., taken to
Georgetown Hospital. following an
accident on the Lee Highway near
Falls Church, Va.
Frank Beach, 12, Of 1901 o st.
N. W., taken to Casualty Hospital
from an accident near Waldorf,
Md.
Reubin Barris, %, of 141l
Decatur St. N. W., treated at
Garfield Hospital, following a col
lision at Fifth and P SITS. N. w.
Edwin Hoffman, 80, of 93S New
York Ave. N. W.; Victor Wheeler
26, of Gil H st. N. w, and Grace
Link, 33, of 1880 M st. N. W.,
treated at Casualty Hospital, fol
lowing a three-way collision.
William H. Butler, %. of Merri
field, Va, taken to Georgetown
Hospital, with back injuries and
possible internal injuries follow
ing an accident on the Lee High
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
; of HOpeWeI Dead
Are Identified


HOPEWELL, Va, Dec 23-Only five of the IA
victims of the bus tragedy had been positively
identified early today. They were:
G. A. AlvOrd, 40, the bus driver Raleigh, NJ. C.
Miss Ruby B. Matthews, 28 of 317 North Twenty
ninth St., Richmond, Va.
Capt John Bernard Belch, 81, of City Point, Va.
Mrs. J. w. Massey, Al, HOpewel
Mrs. Ann Williams Duncan, IS, of Pittsboro, N. C.
Six other names found on baggage in the bus were
being checked by police These names were:
Elmer Parham, 35 West One Hundred and Thirty
fourth St., New York city.
Mrs. L. W. Fairfax, 117H Ogden Ave-, Superior,
Wis.
Miss Ruth Goodwin, 1850 Parish Ave-. Bronx N. Y.
Gertrude Fisher, McKenny, Va.
Elizabeth Fisher McKenny, Va.
Miss or Mrs. Andrews, PittsborO N. C.
Miss - Johnson, e. Prince George City, Va.
There has been no Identification whatever in the
case of the two remaining passengers.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23

hour to bring the heavy vehicle
to the surface.
Tragedy Draws Thousands
Five ambulances were waiting.
The bodies were taken to three
mortuaries and the work of
identifying the dead, seven white
women, two white men, and four
colored men, was started.
Several persons tainted as the
bodies were pulled from the
vehicle.
At the Hopewell home of Cap
tain Belch, his widow talked of
his career. his character.
She had been weeping. But in
the presence of a correspondent
for The Washington Times, Mrs.
Gladys Belch stood staunch as
she granted her first interview
after the tragedy.
She mentioned she had been
married to him 10 years. No,
they have no children.
Would the correspondent like to
sit down and get closer to the
stove?
Reactions Of Townsfolk
Yes, Captain Belch was origin
ally thought to be on the bus. He
was late coming home. That led
to fearS-fears of his death-later
proven to be only too true.
The Belchs had moved to this
house-ther new home-only last
April
Among townspeople there were
varied reactions. Everyone was
interested, but some persons acted
as if the bus tragedy were a base
ball game or a motion picture per
formance.
But everyone talked of 1t.
Only IA were inarticulate. They
were the dead.
Expressions on their faces and
the groteSque postureS of their
bodies told without words, the
the suffering they must have
the few moments they
were alive in the water-filled bus.
AS one man put it:
"They had just as much
chance Of getting out of that
bus as so many unwanted kit
tens, bound in q weighted bag
and cast into the river"
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
G-MEN KEEP
CLOSE WATCH
ON MILNE
Youth Not Permitted
To Leave House Nor
Talk to Relatives

WOODSTOCK, N. Y, Dec. %
GN.S0 0.-Unsolved kidnapping of
Caleb J. Milne, 4th, was supple
mented with further mystery to-
day.
The 23-year-old Philadelphia
society actor and writer appeared
to be virtual prisoner in the
home of his mother here.
Why he should be kept in his
room when he is we'll enough to
walk outside, why he is forbidden
to talk to his closest relatives
about his abduction, and why a
Federal agent keeps close wat l
over his room nightly are few of
the unanswered phases of the
bizarre case.
Keep Close Guard
Omen, on guard outside the
Milne home, fatty refused to dis
cuss the case, other than to say
the youth, who disappeared from
his home in New York a week
ago Saturday and then was found
bound and gagged and drugged
with morphine in a ditch near
DoylestoWn, Pa, Wednesday night,
was in good shape physically.
-ln1 -.
came a report that Phillip Nc
Mahon, hotel clerk at Chester,
Pa, had identified a picture of
Milne as that of guest who had
registered at his hotel last Tues
day night.
The guest, according to Nc
Mahon's story, registered at 11:45
p. m. as Harry Mclaughlin. This
was % hours before Milne was
found.
Physician Silent
Illustrative Of the cloak Of Sc
crecy the G-men have thrown
about the case was the reaction
of Mines physician, DR.. Charles
Parson, when he was asked if the
marks Of hypodermic needle on
the youths left arm indicated
numerous injections during his
captivity. He said:
81 can't talk about that"
Federal men were said to be
working on the theory that one
of the kidnapers was a physician
or a man well versed in the use
of medicine.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
CAPITAL MAN
FEARED BUS
VICTIM
Brother Says He Was
In HopeweII;; Seek
Woman's Identity

HOPEWELL. Va, Dec. 23.-New
mystery was added today to the
still unsolved riddle Of the identity
Of nine victims of yesterdays
tragic bus crash when it was
learned exclusively by The Wash
ington Times that a Washington
man may be among the dead.
Hilary Duffy, Of this city, re-
vealed to a correspondent of The
Times that his brother, James
Duffy, 81. of PIG Fourth st. N. E.,
was to arrive here by bus Satur-
day. A special delivery letter told
him of his brothers coming, Mr..
Duffy said. He expressed extreme
anxiety over the missing mans
fate.
The only unidentified white man
is in the Shanko Funeral Home,
where inquiry revealed the body
is that of q man probably 35 or
older" Attaches at the undertak-
ing establishment expressed the
belief the man could not be Duffy,
but an effort was being made to
have the brother view the body.
Meanwhile. complexities arose
as to the identity of two white
women whose bodies were discol-
ored as a result of the long stay
under water. One of the two
women was positively identified
by Mrs. G. L. Hawks, of this city,
as her sister, Mrs. J. j. Cizler, Of
901 Quincy ST., Clarendon, Va,
according to attendants at the
undertaking establishment. Mean
while, another woman answering
the description of Mrs. Cizler was
lying in the Shanko establishment.
A checkup in Clarendon, how
ever, revealed Mrs. Cizler is alive
and well. Efforts to locate her
sister here, and other members of
her family in Hopewell have been
unavailing today.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
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to clear away the one-inch layer
of snow overlaying the ice.
Mishaps were reported from all
sections of the city. as unwary
pedestrians slipped and fell and
motorists skidded on the slippery
streets.
Amongst Coolest
Washington was among the
coolest cities in the country. with
its 13-degree temperature only
three degrees more than the cold.
est spot in the country. Devils
Lake, N. D., recorded 10 degrees,
while the whole country froze and
was covered with snow.
Snow fell from Minnesota to
Georgia, with below freezing tenn
peratureS in the Northwest, North
Central, NewS England and Middle
and South Atlantic States.
Relief agencies were swamped
with shivering men, women and
children, and their housing capac-
ity was taxed as hundreds Of
homeless persons flocked to their
missions when the temperature
sank and the snow continued to
fall.
Highways were piled high with
SnowdriftS and traffic was made
hazardous for the hundreds Of
The Washington times., 1935-12-23

DRIVER SAW THE DANGER,
TRIED IN VAIN TO STOP
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halt the huge vehicle it crashed through the safety gates
at the open draw.
Like the locomotive engineer at his throe-he captain
the bridge of the sinking hipthe pilot Of death plane
he died doing his duty
Something happened. What it nobody knows. One
theory that the brakes "froz failing take hold 1t
can only be assumed that something of this sort
sponsible.
AS word of the holiday carried by the wires to
the country movement to Hopewel began and today
the towns hotels and roomng houses filled to overflow
ing with newspapermen bus officials people and
the curious to the to get the facts simply look
Thousands braved blizzard last night watch the work
of the bus hardly damaged except for broken
Windshield, raised to the surface by derrcks.
Six Investigations Planned
Meanwhile preparations under way for at least six
vestigatons the of the tragedy. They
l. An inquest to be held by City Coroner j. G. Bodow
Q police investigation by Chief of Police George G..
Anderson
g. probe by Commonwealth Attorney John P. Goodwin
4. An inquiry by Mayor D. Lane Elder
s. An investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission
which regulates bus traffic.
g. An investigation by John O. Rhodes r director of the
State Motor Vehicle Department.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
way. near Falls Church, Va.

John Curtis, colored, %, of Up
per Marlboro, Md, injured in an
accident on the Largo Rd., Prince
Georges County. taken to Casualty
Hospital.
Guida C. Callan, 81, Of 3511
Eleventh st. N. W., taken to
Sibley Hospital after she was
struck by an automobile at Fifth
and K Streets Northwest.
Those injured in falls were:
Ethel Berry, 35, of 1919 Thirty
fourth st. N. W., at Georgetown
Hospital; James McKeever, 81, of
Clarendon, Va, taken to George
town Hospital; Robert Gibson,
colored, so, of 1924 Grace st. N.
W.; Leola Miller, 80, of 1885
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
Acacia Personnel
Plan Xmas Party

Employees and officials Of the
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance
Company will attend the Christ
mas party Of the organization to-
morrow at the Wardman Park
Hotel Little Theater.
A one.act play, THE Killer, "
will be presented by a cast of
Acacia employees. William Mont
gomery, president of the company
will speak.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
Supposed Bus Victim
Is Found at Home

A search for information con-
corning the whereabouts of the
James Duffy, supposed to live at
219 Fourth st. N. E., revealed that
there is no such address in Wash
ington.
In answer to a call at the Cizler
home, Clarendon, Mrs. Cizler her
self answered the door.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
Puerto Rico Starts
New Library Work

SAN JUAN, P. R., Dec. %.
The Reconstruction Administra.
tion's $1,000,000 university build.
ing project was inaugurated yes
terday at Rio Piedras with the
laying of the cornerstone Of the
new library by Governor Blanton
II. WinShip.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23

South Capitol ST.; George John
son, colored, 80, of 1242A Third
st. S. W., Casualty Hospital, and
James Anderson, 70, of Bladens-
burg, Md, Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
Treasury Condition

Treasury balance as Of Decem
ber 20, $2,297, ,100,245.92; internal
revenue, SIT, ,122, ,503.82; custom re-
ceiptS, $21,O22,O47.55.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
County Agent Named

WESTMINSTER, Dec. 23.-The
Extension Service announces the
appointment Of Miss Adeline M.
Hoffman as home demonstration
agent for Carroll county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-30

Then Jack Frost fixed the spring
and cried, Hold on! You're off,
now, for your ride" The next thing
that the TIMES knew, they Whizzed
right out through space.
"Hurrayw cried Colby. See US
go. The land, now, is far, far be-
low. III bet that we could beat the
fastest airplane in a race"
Old Santa watched them till they
went right out of sight, and then
he sent Jack Frost to make sure
that his bed was ready for his
snooze.
Il surely am a sleepyhead. My
eyes are heavy" Santa said. why
1 have lost too much sleep, now,
and no more can l lose"
And then he sat down by a tree
and yelled to old Jack Frost, Call
me when everything is in top shape.
Then into bed I'll creep"
Before the old man knew it, ne
was leaning back against the tree.
In just about minute, Santa Claus
was sound asleep.