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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Monday, April First So Beware, Folks!

All trusting residents of the city are hereby warned to be on guard all day Monday for it Is the day when tricksters, punsters and foOl-makers an- nualIy come into limelight. April 1st comes but once a year but that one time always affords the jOkcsters an Oppor- tunity to hav6 n laugh at the expense of their unsuspccting intimates.
 "Mr Trout" will be called regulation number of times at city fish markets and "Mr Fox" will be telephOned duti- fully at the Hamilton Park ZOO. Apprentice boys in the fac tories will be sent on endless crrands throughout the shops looking for pail of steam or bucket of strap oil.
 POckctbOoks will be placed on sidewalks to tempt the pcdes- trains and nice hats that always tempt the foot will be found to be covering a large sized brick. Candy lovers better watch for the sudden generosity of their friends for a bite into a lus- cious looking cream might re- suit in n sudden hot, nasty tasting cOncoction of soap and pepper.
 All of those tricks mem tiOned are always pulled out Of the mothballs for use on April Fools day. Even members Of a family try to have a laugh at the expense of each other. us for instance, when good friend brother tells trusting sister she has run in her stocking and the howl that he lets loose when she terrificdly looks for the nuisance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
EXCELLENT TALENT
 IN LOCAL SCHOOLS
Children Display Marked Ability in Class Room
 Entertainment

During the past months the de- velopment of the idea of class room entertainments in the local elementary schools has been note- worthy. Pupils giving evidence ot talent in any particular line have been encouraged by their teachers to perform at class assemblies and a gratifying number of youthful entertainers has been discovered.
 The latest school to report dra- nlatic activities is Welton, where children of the sixth grade pre- sented a program which included a playlet. songs, recitatfons and mu- sical selections at recent assem- ply. Miss Jane E. Murray is teach ing principal of the school.
 The cast of the playy included Adalino Dos Santos, Candida Gen. tile, Helen Sica, Edward Naylor, Thomas D'Ambrosi, Albert Della Russo, and Vivian McGuire.
 Other numbers on the program were as follows: Trumpet solo, Al bert Ranaudo; song, Albert Co., vino; harmonica selection, Ada lino Dos Santos and Harold Arcn- stein; jokes, Shirley McGuire; song, Helen Sica; tap dance, Mary Goodall; banjo selection, Adalino Dos Santos; poem, Candida Gen. tile; song, Louise Alciero; dance, Aleida Stomps; song, Vivian Mo Guire; jokes, Aleida Stomps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
New Set-Up Reported
 In Gambling Clique
Veteran Promoters "Muscled Out" in Later Arrange
 ment-Decrease in Buglaries Is Significant

Meanwhile, with nearly every slot machine which had been in play now withdrawn, 1t is openly rumored about the city that "ne'v deaP' in the ranks of the slot ma chine operators IS in progress. Re- ports from various sources con- nected with the groups which havo been handling the gambling de- vices are to the effect that tile city's "slots", when they are nut cut again for play by the public, will be handled almost entirely by one individual.
 One man who has been general ly reputed to be the power behind d good part of the city's machines is said to be definitely "out". Ac- quaintances claim that he has more or less openly bewailed his fate and has admitted that efforts on his part to get back lon the inside" have been unsuccessful.
 Independents "Out"
 The same fate Is understood to be the lot of the others who had more than a few machines in oper- ation. The independents, the few who had one or two, or somt times more, slot machines placed in stores and other establishments, are likewise apparently dealt out" of the picture.
 Machines which had beenin play here were withdrawn last fall. ana kept out for considerable length of time. They were back early in the winter, but withdrawn again after another short time. Another period of retirement, and they were restored to play last month, in play openly for several weeks, and then withdrawn once more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
SOCIAL TRENDS
 REPORTS INCREASE
Credit City With Added Number of Relief Cases
 7,945 Here

For the first time since its inl- tial publication, the current issue of "Connecticut Social Trends" of- flcial organ of the Connecticut State Emergency Relief Commits sion, indicates that there has been ar increase in the number of per-
 Individual cases on relief here are listed for January as 7,945, an increase of B per cent over figures for December. December relief cases totalled 5,994, according to the bulletin. The January figures are the latest available.
 Each previous issue of the bIi- lctin has been questioned by Will liam M. Harris, local relief direc- tor, on the grounds that it did not take into account the number of persons employed on the Mutual Aid. For several months statistics given on individual relief cases here fuctuated only slightly be- tween 5,90O and 5000.
 From the latest account therefor 1t is inferred either that the city's needy have increased to an unpre. cedented extent, or that the com- mission is now including the per sonnel of the Mutual Aid in the statistics. Mir Harris could not be reached to-day for a statement or the bulletin.
 The local increase, listed as g per cent, compares with an in- crease of only S.2 for the entire state over December figures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
BILL
 TO ASSIST CITY
Substitute Bonds for Mort gages on Outside
 Schools.

Waterbury will save approxi- mately $209,042 in interest rates by substitute bonds for mortgages and notes on the outside schools which have consolidated with the city school system. The bill has been indorsed by the finance committee of the Legislature and it's passage is assured.
 It provides for the issuance of $339,00O to take care, over a period of IF years, of the debts incurred by the city in the form of mort gages and notes on the outside schools which consolidated with the city school system. The con- templated bond issue will not in- crease the city's bonded debt.
 It was erroneously reported that the interest rate of the bonds would be per cent. As q matter ot fact the bonds will be. sold at the prevailing rate which will nc about per cent. The report of the bonds carrying 6 per cent was confused with the provision of the bill which said the interest raie should not exceed per cent.
 The present interest rate on mortgages for the Bunker Hill, Bucks Hill, Hopeville, East Farms, Rockville, Oronoke and East Noun. tain districts, is $17,666.60 a year. Over period of F years the inc -terest cost alone would be $30O,332.2O.
 But the interest cost on $339,000 for IF years will only be $91,290 if sold on the per cent, coupon rate so that by substituting bonds for the existing mortgages the city will effect saving of $209,042.20s@ The bonds are to be retired at the rate of $20,00O for 16 years and $19,000 on the 17th year.
 The $209,042.20 saved in interest. costs will be applied to the retire. ment of bonds. ss
 Thus, the city at the end of IF years will have retired the $339,.s 900 bonds at cost of only $130,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
FAVORABLE REPORT
 ON $l,5O0 RAISE
Atty O'Connor Expected to Receive Increase-LO-
 cal Bills Heard.

Much speculation is going oh concerning the decision of the com mittee on cities and boroughs of the legislature of the various Wa terbury bills heard fast week in Hartford. While the majority of the bills are expected to receive favorable action at the hands of the committee opinions are about evenly divided on what the decision will be on the proposed measure requiring that bids must be called for on all purchases involving $1,00O or more.
 Yesterday Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor filed with the committee some amendments to the bills changing the methods of reg. istering for the primary and to- be-made lists in Waterbury. He agreed to file the amendments at the hearing last week when tech nical objections were raised by Att torney J. Warren Upson. The amendments are not importan, ones but tend to further strengthen the primary and to-be-made laws.
 Salary Increase
 It is practically an assured fact that the bill granting Corporation Counsel O'Connor Q $1,5O 0raise in pay Will be reported favorably by the committee. Similar action, &C., cording to reports, will be taken by the committee on the bill granting $10 Oannual salaries to the mem bers of the board of aldermen.
 Every effort possible Is being made to have the bill forcing the Park road school district into the second taxation district. Many in the district oppose consolidation. While the city claims that it wants the district in the second district so as to make the bookkeeping of the municipalitq more simple. 1t is reported that there is a greater reason for the introduction of the bill. The city fathers fear, 1t is re- ported from one source, that the Park road school district may at anytime, now, vote to erect a new school and then vote to come into the second taxation district after the structure has been completed. This has been done by many other school districts in Waterbury now in the second taxation district. It was this prcatice that forced the city to ask the legislature for au- thority to issue $339,000 in bonds during the past week to retire the mortgages on the. Bunker Hilf. Bucks Hill, East Mountain, Oro- noke, Hopeville, East Mountain, East Farms and Rockville schools.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Tavern Fire Reveals
 Weakness Of Ruling
Sealed Stairway Would Have Imperled Lives of Ten= ants-Fire Marsfals Opposed to Liquor COm-
 missions Decision

by the flames for, on order of the state liquor commission, the inner stairway connecting the first and second floors of the building had been sealed up.
 Had MT and Mrs Ferrick been in their bedrooms, the fire, most of whose force was in the northwest corner where their sleeping quar- ters are located, they would have had to jump to the ground two stories below. The only exit from the second floor is on the outside of the building, at 8 considerable distance from the bedrooms where the two usually sleep. To get to this exit, the only one from the second floor, they would have had to go through the flaming hallway, which, in view of the intensity of the fire, was an impossible feat.
 Hazard Created
 The liquor commission has been attacked several times in the past for its rulings on entrances and exists. In this particular case, n definite hazard was created through the commissions rule tha. there shall be no access to an up- per floor inside licensed restau- rant. It was in view of this rule that Ferrick had to seal up the stairway from the kitchen to the second floor, leaving the outside stairway the only means of exit from the second story.
 Marshals Opposed
 Fire marshals about the state, led by this city's Dennis J. Lahey, scored the commissions ruling on restaurants and taverns. Taveras are allowed to have no rear en- trance, which, in the eyes of fire officials, created a definite menace to safety in case of fire. The res- taurant ruling was similarly at- tackled, the marshals agreeing that prevention of access from second to ground floors in such establish ments where sleeping quarters were located upstairs, was decided Ivy dangerous.
 MT and Mrs Ferrick were up later than usual, which was to their advantage or they would have been trapped in their rooms by the fire, without anyy chance of saving themselves except by jump ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30

Laws of cause and effect are apparently illustrated by the fact that in the period since slot m;.- chimes were withdrawn a few weeks ago in Waterbury, cases of burglarly and breaking and enter ing have fallen in number to q new low level. During the past week, for instance, not a single "treak" has been reported to police headquarters, whereas not so long ago, while the gambling devices were in operation about the city, an alarming total of crime of this type was reported. Police, of course, did not place the blame for the outbreak of burglaries on the fact that slot machines, with their tempting contents of nickles and quarters, were responsible at the time for the rapidly-growing crime total, but 1t was no secret that at headquarters the fact that the ma chimes were in many places was t.e- llcved to be the reason for the out- break.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
MAD DOG ATTACKS
 LOCAL POLICEMAN
Evidence of Rabies Found By State Officials {; Of=
 ficer Bowling Victim

Discovery that dog who bit Patrolman Harold Bowling We'd nesday morning was afflicted with rabies today brought about a close study of the dog situation here by Warden Coleman O'Loughlin. Meanwhile, Patrolman Bowling. who suffered bites on several fin gers, is still under treatment by Dr E. F. Fitzpatrick, police depart ment surgeon, and may be taken off duty for time to undergo spe- cial treatment.
 Warden O'Loughlin received from Hartford yesterday afternoon the official report that after exam ination of the dogs head the animal was found to have been a victim of rabies. The examination of the dog, which was shot by Patrolman Bowling after it had bitten him, was made by the state department of he th.
 Patrolman Bowling was called on Wednesday morning to the home of Thomas Hayes, z Fleet street. He was asked to take the dog out of the house, the family claiming that the animal was act ing queerly.
 Patrolman Bowling was treated at St Mary's hospital by Dr Fitz- patrick and later given treatment at the doctors office, but has been on duty regularly since Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Urged
 To Join In Protest
Mass Meeting Called for Tuesday Evening at Elks'
 Hall-Fisl and Game Authorities Invited to Attend

Over 2,O0O letters have been mailed to sportsmen in Waterbury and vicinity, urging them to be- come interested and if possible to attend a mass meeting at Elks' hall next Tuesday evening for the purpose of voicing a strong pro- test in the distribution of fish and game. Officers of the Waterbury association are promoting the cam paign. They have extended invita- tions to Arthur l.. Clark, state su- of Fisheries and Game, and to Thomas H. Beck, chairman of the state board. A number of instances may be cited to support the contention of the local group that they have a right to feel aggrieved over what they consider to be an unfair distribu- tion of game purchased by the state and intended for various communities of Connecticut.
 A social is planned following the disposition of the business mat ters which the Waterbury Fish and Game Association intends to produce for discussion. The off cers of the association include William Latimer, president; Peter and Edward J. Kirby, vice-presidents and Andrew J. Cooney, secretary.
 The Appeal
 The letter addressed to hundreds in Waterbury and nearby towns reads as follows:
 Fellow Sportsmen:--
 Unite for your own protec-
 ton - the officers and execu-
 tive committee feel that Wa
 terbury has been sadly neg
 lected in the fair distribution
 of fish and game in our near
 by streams, lakes and bird-cov-
 CTS through lack of interest on
 the part of the sportsmen in
 recent years.
 It was fully demonstrated at
 a meeting of the Naugatuck
 association a few days ago what organization will do -
 they have secured the hunting
 rights on several thousand
 acres of land for the benefit of
 their members, and are pur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Distributors Code
 Authority Official
Waterbury, Torrington Food and Grocery NRA Set=Up
 Formally Approved-ODea Local Chairman

Those formally recognized as constituting the Waterbury local authority are: Thomas O'Dea, Aaron Platt, Arthur Rogers, Frank Pope. w. Markey and John F. Me- Linden.
 Those constituting the Torring- ton code authority are: Delmar D. Bachman, Maurice Parsons, Gerald A. Minor, Edward M. Phelps, Thomas J. O'Neill and Merton E.. Doolittle.
 Although the local group has been functioning for some time, it has been doing so without formal recognition or authorization from Washington. The local authority has been operating under a tenn porary certificate from the Nation si Food and Grocery Distributors Code Authority.
 This recognition did not give the local authority any formal stand ing with the NIRB and was "un- satisfactory for many purposes" 1t was stated.
 Under the formal recognition be- slowed upon the local group 1t will act at the Waterbury and Tor rlngton authority TOT both the re- tail and wholesale food and gro- cery trades. The local authority will act as liaison between the To- cal members and the national authority, will make up its budg- ct, and will assess and collect budget levies upon the local mem- bers, not only for its own support but for the expenses of the district and national authorities.
 The local code authority will have jurisdiction of certain kinds of cases arising within Waterbury and Torrington and involvig mem- hers of either the retailers or wholesalers codes. It will settle trade complaints arising there bat will have no jurisdiction of labor complaints, it was stated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
TELEPHONE GIRLS
 SENT TO HARTFORD

Sixteen Waterbury telephone op- orators have been transferred to the Hartford district during the past week, it was learned to-day. The transfers have been made us q result of the slowing up of toll traffic throughout the state, &C., cording to w. W. Wren, manager of the local district.
 Nobody has been laid off and 1t Is not considered probable that a lay-off will be necessary, Mir Wren said. He declared further that the operators would not necessarily be kept at Hartford, but would prob ably be returned here when an in- crease in the local business war rants it.
 It is the policy of the company to distribute the work as evenly as possible without releasing em- ployes, according to MT Wren. Hc said that there were no wage cuts imposed, but that on the contrary the girls were allowed for in- creased living expenses in Hart ford. He does not believe that any further transfers will be made frnm thA 1noal district.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30

chasing one hundred (10O) pheasants to liberate in a few days, and the state commission is matching them bird for bird. This breeding stock should produce more than a thousand birds (1,O00) to furnish sport for their members next fall. In addition they have several thousand fine trout that they raised in their own rearing pool to be planted shortly in nearby streams which are to be augmented greatly by fish from the state, as the state commission will gladly help those who are willing to help themselves.
 The officers of the Water bury association have called a meeting of all interested in hunting and fishing for Tues day evening, April 2, at 8 o'clock in ElkS hall. Arthur Clark, superintendent of fish, cries and game will be with us. You are invited to come and bring your grievances with you. -lambaste him to your hearts content and ask all the ques- tions you want; let's find out what is the matter with Wa terbury and prescribe a cure. Come and make suggestions let's start a program to make. better hunting and fishing near home. Come to our meeting and protect the sport we love.
 The Executive Committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30

due in a large part to the large amount of sand used by the street department during the winter to cover the streets and avenues fol- lowing ice, snow and sleet storms.
 Mayor Frank Hayes has given his hearty endorsement to the cam paign and urges all residents of the city to cooperate in the movement.
 City Yards Aiding
 The Mutual Aid men, whose services were obtained by Dr God frey, MT Kelley and MT Harris, will work under the supervision of street department foremen. The street department, through Super intendent of Streets and Water Thomas J. Fleming will lend city trucks to beused for carting away the loads shoveled up by the work men.
 During the month of April, Health Officer Dr Godfrey asks that property owners bend every effort to conduct a cleanup cam 1t is suggested that property own paign of their own. In other words, CTS do a bit of back yard cleaning such as removing ashes, tin cans, papers and other debris that has accumulated during the winter.
 Public Dumps
 Dr Godfrey points out that there are two dumps in the city that the public can use. One Is located on Chase avenue, between Waterville and North Main street. The other is on Huntingdon avenue, near the Fairmount bridge. The public is asked to use the dumps and If means are not available for carting away the debris, call to the health department at the city hall will bring the necessary transpor- tation.
 It is also suggested that if any, one fails to take part in the cam paign, they are liable to prosecu- tion because Police Superintend- ent Joseph H. Mclean has given his endorsement to the movement. Neighbors of persons failing to take part in the campaign are urged to call the police department and complain of the nuisance.
 Better Community
 The whole idea is in the interest of better health, it being explained by Dr Godfrey that disease ema- mates from accumulations of debris whether 1t be discarded food, cans, ashes, or carpet sweeper leavings.
 Have you a little tin can in your yard? If so, give 1t a little ride to the nearest dump and you will be doing your part in the cam paign. So state the officials in charge of the movement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Army Of Workers
 To Participate In
 City's Greatest Drive
Mutnal Aid Pledges Cooperation in Campaign to Make Waterbury Cleaner, Healthier Community;
 Property Owners Urged to Assist

One of the biggest cleanup cam baigns in the city's history will take place the week commencing April Sth when an army of 500 men from the Mutual Aid, armed with brooms and brushes go into khe highways and byways of Wa terbufy and, in sweeping cam paign, make the city as clean as the proverbial hounds tooth.
 Arrangements for the cleanup were made by Health, Officer Dr E. J. Godfrey, Thomas P. Kelly, executive secretary to Mayor Frank Hayes, and William M. Harris, head of the Mutual Aid. At dis cussion held by the officials 1t was explained that the streets of the city have become unusually dirty,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
INJURED AT FIRE,
 CAMPION AT HOME
Fire Captain Ordered to Rest Up Following
 Hurts This Week

On orders of fire department surgeon, Dr Edward E. Fitzpatrick, Captain Martin Campion is recov- ering at his home from injuries suffered while directing Waterbury firemen at the Lakeside Tavern blaze Thursday morning. Captain Campion, who was serving as act ing deputy, was injured by falling timbers, being burned about the hands and suffering a nail gash on one hand as well as being bruised about the shoulders and back.
 Captain Campion returned to duty the night of the fire, but Dr Fitzpartick has since ordered him to remain at his home for few days. Captain Joseph Kelly of headquarters is acting deputy in the absence of Captain Campion from the night shift.