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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27

"You better talk now, and talk quick" then fired before he could attempt to defend himself.
 Manhunt Has Begun
 As soon as Diana had been sent to the hospital, Chief Inspector Wil- liam P. Keegan immediately set un- derway the greatest manhunt that the city has seen in months. Detec- tives and patrolmen were sent to watch the main roads for Parent, who is known to local police, while other officers sped to Bristol, where police of that town aided them in beginning 8 search for Parent. Early this afternoon, there had been no traces of the alleged gun-toter dis covered, but police were confident that Parent would soon come out of .hiding and would be appre- hended.
 At St. Mary's hospital, examina- tion showed that the bullet from 8 .32 caliber revolver had entered Diana's lung just above the heart. Dr. Edward Claffey, the attending physician, said that Diana was in no immediate danger, but the posi- ton of the bullet made infection of the wound 6 dangerous probability. No attempt was made to remove the bullet, pending the development of x-ray pictures.
 Met In RefOrmatory
 Police said this afternoon that Diana. and Parent had undoubtedly met when both were in the state re- formatory, and that this mornings shooting was apparently the result of an old grudge. Diana's police record shows that he was arrested here five times, the last time being two years ago, when he was brought in on @ charge of breaking and er1- tering. Parents police record was being sent here from Bristol this afternoon.
 Diana was in the house at 120 Meadow street a few minutes before 10 o'clock, or was standing outside, when, according to his story, Parent came up to him, gave the threats and then fired at him from but a foot or two away. Then came the ride to the city hall, where Diana said Parent pushed him out of the car and sped away.
 Followed Senator Lawl0r
 Senator Joseph Lawlor and Pa- trolman Fred Hickey were walking into the police station, and Diana followed them in. He said nothing of his wound and stood back of the two while Senator Lawlor chatted with Capt. Richard LeRoy, desk of- ficer. Diana still said nothing while Senator Lawlor made 8 phone call.
 Then the senator and Patrolman Hickey went upstairs and Diana followed them up. On the stairs, Detective William Foley passed him, but Diana still made no mention of his wound. Arrived upstairs, Diana stood in the corridor few minutes more, then went up to Patrolman Hickey, collapsing in his arms.
 Said It Was Pooling
 While the ambulance was being readied for his trip to the hospital and on the way to the hospital, Diana insisted that he had been shot when Parent and he were fool-
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will be trained at air schools.
 Preuared To Die

Prepared To Die
 Grim warning is given that the crews of German naval planes in time of war will have to be prepared to die in the interest of tactical nec- essity, even though they might be saved.
 The seaplane force is to have its own commander in chief. But when the planes are fighting as @ fleet auxiliary, the admiral in com mand will be the supreme com mander.
 First Carrier In 1886
 Jane's fighting ships, the au- thoritative work, says that Ger many's first aircraft carrier is to be laid down in 1886. AS this is the first of its class in Germany, the book says. Its design has been the subject of long and anxious dis cussion, and has still finally to be settled. ....
 As for fleet equipment for air planes, some ships already are equipped with catapults and planes, Particular attention has been paid to anti-aircraft defense. The three 10000 ton cruisers, called pocket battleships, carry 20 anti-aircraft guns each in addition to 10 machine guns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27
Germany WiH Build
 Big Naual Air Force
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without an air fleet of scout and bombing planes, which should be, as one put 1t, the eyes and ears of the admirals.
 Some of the articles argue that because the navy is to be designed especially strong air force.
 47,OOO Tons Of Carriers
 As a part of the annual, 1t is em- phasized that as part of the navy air strength, @ total of 470o0 tons of aircraft carriers will be built un- der the terms of the German Brit ish agreement-itself violation, or perhaps rather a recognition of the demise of, the Versailles treaty mi- litary clauses.
 The German British agreement is that Germany shall have S5 per cent the naval strength of Great Britain.
 There are to be special squadrons of heavy seaplanes. Some planes will have a new bomb dropping mechanism to ensure efficient, rapid fire. Crews will be picked mostly from the ranks of the navy, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27

aJmes A. clifford was reelected financial secretary of Court Mar tin Heilman chapter, No. S9, FOr- esters of America at the annual meeting of that organization held last night. Mir. Clifford has held this position for more than score of years and has been associated with the organization for more than . quarter of . century.
 Other officers elected were Chief ranger, William J. Klobedanz, ST.; substitute chief danger. N. J. Martone; recording secretary, George Bedding; senior Woodward John K. Jones; jnior Woodward, s. E. Atwood; senior and junior beadle. M. J. Martone, and Dr. E. Johnston, physician and drug gist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27

Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign secretary, Laval referred pointedly to Q recent speech of Premier Benito Mussolini in which he vir- tually ignored the plan. Refers to Italy
 "The Italian government" Laval said, "did not give to its examina- ton of these propositions the nec- essary comprehension, and I add that certain speech did not facili- tate my task"
 The Ethiopian government. he added, reacted against the sacri- fees demanded of 1t. Laval declared he had already ex- plained the conditions of settlement i in a previous speech to parliament, in which he said the proposition conformed to the spirit of the league of nations covenant. Condi- tions, however, he said, have since ] been changed by the resignation or 1 Hoare and the British governments declaration that the plan is dead.
 "It would be necessary for you to know if I did not live up to my ob- legations to the league" Laval said. T declare that at no time have \ failed to live up to our obligations. measures taken by the league, par- France has executed Loyalty the ticuIarly concerning the application of paragraph 3 of article l0. (The punitive article)
 T undertook that France would help Britain if she is attacked by Italy. I want to repeat that public | ly."
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(Continued from Page 1.) degrees below zero, but east of the Mississippi the mercury still was falling.
 Snow Tn Midwest
 Snow flurries were predicted in almost every midwestern and east ern state, and as far south as Ten- nessee, to augment traffic hazards and human hardships that have taken approximately 150 lives since Christmas eve. The rare extent and severity of the cold was dra- matized by deaths of two persons in North Carolina, one in Tennessee and one in New Orleans by freez- ing. The temperature in Raleigh N. O., was 13.
 Thousands of men worked de- spairly through the night in central Florida orchards to save rich crops from frost. Freezing temperatures extended even into the Everglades Smudge pots in hundreds kept pals of smoke drifting through orchards but horticulturists feared material damage was inevitable.
 The Tennessee river froze solidly at Knoxville, 8 phenomenon unre- corded since 1895, and an expected 6 above at Atlanta was the lowest temperature in three years. Chil- dren of the deep south made merry event of the first experience of many of them with ice skates and sleds.
 Ten degrees above zero in New York, 4-minus in Pittsburg, 2 irl Buffalo, g in Philadelphia, and 2 in Baltimore brought suffering to thousands of families. Demands on relief agencies for coal, fuel oil and heavy clothing leaped overnight While the temperature fell a west wind grew to 40 miles an hour and snow fell again on New York streets just cleared of previous fall by 13,000 men.
 Colder in the West
 The midwest gained surcease from the blizzard that disrupted its Christmas traffic, but temperatures remained near yesterdays low levels. Chicago, where a seasonal law of 2 below zero was recorded Wednesday, expected s below today, Oficial readings set night tempera- lures in Minneapolis and St. Paul at 12-minus, Milwaukee 2-minus, Indianapolis 6, Cleveland zero and St. Louis 2.
 The far west shared the cold but with less intensity. Typical vest ern thermometer readings were 90 at Denver, Pat Helena, IS at Salt Lake City, and 48 ct Seattle and San Francisco.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27
MILK FIDDLER OF
 BETHLEHEM FINED
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(Continued from Page 1) as an unquestionable witness, said the accused was driving his machine between 50 and 60 miles an hour. He was standing 200 feet from the intersection, looking down at the recent stone construction project along the Naugatuck river bank, when he heard the roar of car. He turned around and watched 1t continue along to the intersection where the collision occurred.
 Truck Crashed Car
 The witness stated the truck hit the Coskie car, pushed 1t one side, spun around and lodged against a pole. Patrolman John Donahue said the car passed him near Brook lyn, at fast clip.
 He said he blew his whistle and when the truck failed to stop he commendeered another machine and gave chase. He arrived at the scene of the collision, just after the crash.
 Patrolman John Phelan said he arrived just after the crash and tes- tified as to the position of the cars.
 Going Only 35 Miles
 Leslie Parker of Bethlehem, pas senger in Bauba's car. claimed the Coskie machine struck the truck, after the latter was practically through the intersection. He said the Coskie car hit the truck in the rear, caused it to spin around and strike a pole. He fixed the trucks rate of speed at 35 miles per hour.
 The case has been continued seveR times and it is believed the costs of the case will run exceedingly high,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27

aspiring pilots. The course, cost ing $5,000, is a three-year one and includes 300 hours of flying.
 From these students, Imperial Airways hopes to obtain the ma jority of its new pilots, including the crews of the Atlantic piggy back" liners.
 The fleet of 29 flying boats un- der construction by Imperial Air. ways has been described as offer- ing standard of passenger com fort surpassing anything ever attempted.
 Boats Are Two Deckers
 The boats will have two decks with a fully-loaded weight of 17ls tons and will carry load up tc five tons. Four engines mounted in the thickness of the wings will provide top speed of nearly 200 miles an hour, with a cruising speed of about 150 miles.
 The main, or lower, deck is di. vided into five compartments Forward is a cabin accommodate ing seven persons and behind this is a kitchen, small cabin fol three, promenade cabin, after. cabin, and freight compartment.
 During the latter part of 193S the United Aircraft Corporation of America announced that 1t hao granted to the British Airrcaft Manufacturing company. of Han- worth, full manufacturing rights to its latest Sikorsky flying boat.
 The American-type craft, re. gently adopted for the new Cali. fornia Honolulu route, with its nonstop ocean crossing of 2,41t miles, will be built at a new fac. tory near Southampton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27
TWO DEATHS IN
 LOWELL BY COLD

Lowell, Mass, Dec. 27-(U.P0 - Two deaths were attributed to the cold wave here to-day as the tenn perature hovered near zero for a new low this winter.
 James Harding, 70. an inmate of the Chelmsford street hospital, was found frozen to death early to-day in a field behind the hospital.
 Richard Howes, 55, collapsed while driving his automobile to work. He was dead on arrival at a hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27
FRACTURE CAUSED DEATH

New Haven. Conn, Dec. 27.-(UP) A. fractured hip suffered fin . fall from a seat in a trolley car caused the death of Samuel W. Hurlburt, e2. last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27
BRITISH EARMARK HALF BILLION
 TORECAIN AVIATION SUPREMACY RELINQUISHED IN POST WAR ERA
New Intensive Three-Year Construction Program Calls For l,5OO Ships For Home Defense and 700 OverSea Craft
BY EVERETT HOLLIS Limited Press Staff CorreSpondent'

London Dec. 27-(UP)-Great Britain, having launched an ambitious program for expanding the empires air de- lenses well plans for regular transatlantic arpane
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27
MAIL VOLUME GREATER

Washington, Dec. M.-(UP) Christmas mail volume was 10 per cent greater this year than in 1884, Postmaster General James A. Farley announced today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-27
CANADA GALES
 AID BLIZZARDS

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PREMIER LAVAL IN
 ALL DAY BATTLE

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Evening star., 1935-10-17
j. s. PAYS S550,0DO
FOR APARTMENTS
Potomac Park, at Twenty
first and c, to Take Over
flow of P. W. A. Staff.

A purchased price of s550000 was
announced today for the Potomac
Park Apartments. Twenty-frSt and c
streets. taken over by the Federal gov
ernment to accommodate an overflow
at the Public Works Administration.
At the same time. A. E. Demaray,
acting head of the National Parks
Service, revealed the Division of Gov
ernment Space Control will not in
trude into other residential sections.
The Walsh mansion, on MaSsachu-
sets avenue, occupied by the Resettle-
ment Administration, was on the COM
mercial zone line, he explained.
While the need for space is very
urgent and practically all suitable
Office room in the District has been
secured" Demaray said, there is no
intention of violating or transgressing
any District coming ordinances"
The National Park Service will ad-
vertse by Monday for bids to make
alterations in the Potomac Park
Apartments. The work involves tear
ing down partitions to make the
rooms larger, removal of bath rooms
and routine repairs. The work will
be done progressively so floor sections
of the building may be occupied as
repairs are finished.
The apartments will house Secre-
tary Ickes' Housing Division and re-
lieve the congestion in the Interior
Department.
The Government will utilize $4,000
square feet in the apartments for
Office space. This is approximately
IS per cent Of the entire floor space.
Evening star., 1935-10-17
DRASTIC SAFETY
MEASURES URGED
More Police and DiscipIining
of Offenders Advocated
by Col. Crawford.

Only a substantially increased DO
lice force and the strictest discipline
against traffic offenders will efec-
lively curtail automobile accidents
here, Col. Lawrence E. Crawford,
chairman Of the Board of Trades
Traffic Committee, told 1000 busi-
ness men at the boards first Fall
meeting last night.
Measures taken thus far to pre-
vent traffic casualties have no teeth
in them" Col. Crawford told the au-
dience in the Willard Hotel ball
room. He appealed for more punch"
in the drive for highway safety
Public opinion Is not really aroused
and until it is we're kidding our
selves" about the problem, Col Craw-
ford declared.
While directing citizens to "give
full credit to The Star for the work
it has done" in campaigning for
traffic safety, Col Crawford said The
Stars and similar movements could
not do the whole job. Traffic fatali-
ties in the District might be 100 in
stead of the present SO had it not
been for The Stars drive, he said.
Col Crawford urged larger po-
lice force and assignment of plain
clothes men to traffic duty; uniform
ity of sentences for traffic law vio-
lation, and publication of the names
of persons whose driving permits are
revoked for drunken driving.
The District did not exert sufficient
pressure on the last Congress for an
increased police force. Col. Crawford
said. He opposed pedestrian control
laws as "unenforceable," declaring 1t
was unjust to fine pedestrians for
offenses to which "they have not been
educated"
Merrill G. Murray, acting chair
man of the Presidents Committee on
Economic Security, explained some Of
the objectives of the new social Sc
curity act. The measure will con-
tribute, he said, Ito the Nations
whole social stability"
He declared the benefits to be ac-
corded by the act constitute "a more
self-respecting type of relief than that
afforded by haphazard charity" and
complimented the District for being
leader in setting up machinery to
carry out the laws purposes.
Richard Thrush, assistant national
director of first aid and life saving
for the American Red Cross, and
George w. Offutt, speaking for the
Y. M. c. A., made appeals for the
boards support in their respective
membership campaigns now under
way.
Evening star., 1935-10-17
MISS ETHEL PAYNE,
TAK0MA PARK, DIES
Was Educated in D. G. and Ac'
tive in Music and Gut.
door Sports.

Miss Ethel Lois Payne, %, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Gordon
Payne, IL Woodland avenue, Takoma
Park, died yesterday at Montgomery
County Hospital Of complications fol-
lowing an operation.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 2 pm. at Speare's fu-
neral home, 1923 Connecticut avenue.
Burial will be in Congressional Gem
etery.
Miss Payne, who received her edu-
cation in Washington schools, had in
the last few years devoted most of
her time to music and outdoor sports.
She was active in the organization of
several riding and swimming groups.
Besides her father and mother,
Miss Payne is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Ruth Turner, and two brothers,
John Rogers and David Gordon
Payne.
Evening star., 1935-10-17
MRS. JOHANNA KAST

Funeral services for Mrs. Johanna
Kast, go. who died Tuesday, will be
conducted tomorrow at the Church Of
the Nativity by priests for whom Mrs.
Kast had been housekeeper for the
past IL years. Burial will be in St.
Mary's Cemetery.
Surviving are q son, Louis Kast, Of
Bowie, Md. and two daughters, Mary
I. Kast, Middle River, Md, and Mrs.
r. w. Rooney, Kansas City.
Mrs. Kast was native Of Germany,
having come to this country about
rs years ago. Until his death, her
husband, Louis Kast, had been q chef
for many years In Washington hotels.
Evening star., 1935-10-17
F. c. GARDNER FUNERAL
TO BE HELD TOMORROW
Sergt. Jasper Post Legionnaires
Meet Tonight to Pay Tribute
to Comrade.

Funeral services for Frederick c.
Gardner, ~. of 1130 Tenth street,
who died Tuesday in Mount Alto
Hospital, will be held tomorrow at
the Tabler funeral home. 42l7 Ninth
street. followed by requiem mass at
9 am. at the Immaculate Concep.
tion Church.
Tonight at $50 o'clock members
of the Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13.
American Legion, of which Mr.. Gard
ner was a member, will meet at the
funeral home to pay their last re.
spects to their comrade. Mr.. Gard.
ner was a member Of the National
Rehabilitation Committee of the
American Legion.
Burial, with full military honors.
will be held in Arlington National
Cemetery tomorrow after the church
services.
Evening star., 1935-10-17
MURAL, STATUARY
CONTESTS JUDGED
Artists Committee Picking
Works for Postal and
Justice Buildings.

An Advisory Committee Of distin-
guished American artists met at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art today to
Judge a striking array Of paintings
and sculpture submitted by 200 artists
in the Governments national compe-
tition for murals and statuary in the
new Post Office and Justice build
ings.
From the large collection will be
selected 10 paintings and II statues
to augment the major works being
done by more than a dozen outstand-
ing painters and sculptors commits
stoned to execute murals and statuary
without preliminary competition,
Seven Of the paintings and all the
statues in the competition will 60 in
the Post Office Building.
Members of the committee invited
to judge the entries today and to-
morrow are Eugene Speicher, Leon
Kroll, Henry Schnakenberg, Jonas Lie
and Earnest Peixotto, all New York
painters: Bancel La Fargo, painter,
of New Haven, Conn; William Zorach
and Paul Manship. noted sculptors.
and William A. Delano of Delano &
Aldrich, New York, architects of the
Post Office. and c. L. Borie of Zant-
Finger g. Borie. Philadelphia, archi-
tects of the Justice Building.
Announcement of the awards will
be withheld until October 81, it was
stated by Forbes Watson, editor of the
bulletin of the section of paintings
and sculpture, Procurement Division.
Treasury Department. Assisting the
committee was Olin Dows, chief of the
Treasury's art relief project.
The competition is one of series
planned by the section of paintings
and sculpture, under Edward Bruce,
creator of the Public Works of Art
Project, and Edward Rowan, super
intendent of the section. with a view
to decorating Federal buildings under
the Treasury which have money avail
able. There is $175,000 available for
the Post Office and Justice projects.
The plan also calls for encouragement
of American art.
Famous painters. not in the con-
test. who previously were appointed to
execute leading murals in the two edi-
fees ere Leon Kroll, Thomas Benton,
Eugene Savage, Rockwell Kent,
Reginald Marsh, Boardman Robin
son, Maurice Sterne, Henry Varnum
Poor, George Biddle and John Steuart
Curry. Sculptors are Zorach, Man
ship and Alice Decker.
Evening star., 1935-10-17
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Pre-fabricated houses-made of con-
crete slabs by new process-will be
constructed by Rexford G. Tugwells
Resettlement Administration in pro-
viding homes for 5000 families in four
major projects.
Construction Of the first Of the
four major projects has been started
at Berwyn Heights, Md.
Oficials said today that a rapid-f1re
method Of pre-fabricating and assem-
bling the houses has been developed.
A portable factory has been built
by the administration to manufacture
the special concrete slabs, and will
be moved from one location to an
other.
The new method was described as
follows: The factory turns out In
record time hollow concrete slabs 8
Evening star., 1935-10-17
Tue,Uellt0,vn Houses to Be Made
Of Pre-Fabricated Cement Slabs

inches thick and IL feet by 1s feet
in height and length. The slabs are
reinforced with iron or steel and
window spaces are left where needed.
The houses are built to patterns.
Slabs also are made for the roof,
and all are interlocking. After dry
ing, the slabs are put into place
on regular foundations. steel-framed
windows and doors are installed and
the house is ready for occupancy.
The concrete roof is specially treated
to resemble shingles. When the
foundations have been built and the
slabs made ready, officials said, one
house can be erected within a few
hours. 1t was estimated that slabs
for 200 homes can be made in week.
The houses, it was said, will be
Of various designs to add attractive
ness to the communities.