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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
MASTER MIND OF
SYNDICATE WAS
WITNESS TODAY
Denied He Had Anything to
Do With the Fall River
Robbery

Boston, July 3-(UP)-Carl Ret
itch, suave and Immediately at
tired alleged master mind" of the
Warwick, r. l., "crime syndicate"
denied in federal court today all
knowledge of the $129,OO0 Fall
River mail truck robbery.
Testifying in his own defense he
said, however, that he had been a
rum-runner during prohibition, a
bookmaker of horse race bets and
had been in the "alcohol business"
since repeal.
He said, under examination by
his counsel, Joseph e. Fitzpatrick
of Providence, r. l., that Thomas
Dugan and John Sonny Nc
Clone, both of New York, other de-
PENDANTS, were associated with him
in his post-repeal alcohol racket.
Fisher Was Customer
Joseph Fisher Of Providence,
who changed to guilty his pleas on
indictments in connection with the
robbery yesterday was a custom
err" Rettich testified.
Ibid you, agree to participate.
plan or conspire with yourself,
Fisher McGone or Merola (Andino
Merola, CLAIM gangster) to rob a
mail truck?" he was asked.
mo" Rettich replied.
''Did you know anything about
the robbery until you read about 1t
in the newspapers
mo"
Tells of Whereabouts
Rttich accounted for his where
abouts at the approximate time of
the robbery January % by saying
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
OFFICIALS GET
DELAY BY COURT

Philadelphia, July s-(UP)-
The u. s. circuit court Of appeals
today stayed the imprisonment of
five city officials OF Ashury Park,
N. j., for failure to provide for
part-payment Of O. $1,000, 900
Judgment against the city by nom
resident bondholders.
= John A. Hartpence. Jersey City.
and Former Judge Ward Kramer.
representing the city Of Asbury
Park. asked for the stay pending
outcome Of two appeals In the case.
Mayor Clarence HetricIk and
Councilman John c. pnimateer.
Harry w. Smock, ST.. George w.
Petkinger and Thomas Pratt were
adjudged In contempt OF court on
June IS BY Judge Philip Forman
for failure TO comply with his or
der 20 include e3iB.0 900 In the 1885
municipal budget TO pay tho bond
holders.
they were 70 begin jasi sentences
tomorrow 10 serve until they In
eiuae6 The addIilonal item N The
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
HUEY LONG HAD
ANOTHER SCRAP
AT WASHINGTON
Son OF General Insnlted BIZ
Long Implicated in
the Affair

washington, July SUE -
Senator Huey p. Long lodged i
blow aimedw at him last night BY
Tracy AnselI. son o & General
Samuel A. Anse1l on the Shorehan1
Hotel Terrace, hotel attaches seia
to-day.
Ansell told slightly differene
version of the affair. He denied
any blows were struck during the
alteration. &
II was dancing at the hoee1.
said Ansell, ''when saw Long On
the dance floor near me. IAdanc4a
over to him and made an angry
remark. When I did that Hney'
whirled off over the floor. away
from me.
'At the end of the dance ! want
back to my table and sat doWns
A minuter later I saw Long come
ing toward me with two or thre4
of his henchmen. got up and
moved toward them and Huey Ean
away. s
Henchmen Met AnseII
"one of the henchmen asked me
what the trouble was. 7 said !
was mad at Long. He said. Well,
you're not going to do anythfn9s
are your And told him. NO, be
cause he'd just run away again
"That was all there was 20 ~
A lot of people collected. guess
they thought there was going g
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
.HOUSELOBBY TO
Be GIVEN PROBE
Rebellious Members Want
1t Purged; Utilities May
Have Spent Millions
BY EDWARD w. LEWIS
Omitted Press STAFF CORRESPONDENT


Washington, July Sup
President Roosevelt's legislative
plans were threatened today by a
rebelliouss house which spurned his
utility control bill. but ordered a
lobby inquiry of both sides.
The resounding house defeat, 25S
l147 of the presidents cherished
death sentence" holding company
bill, virtually served notice on the
White House that the democratic
majority hereafter cannot be re-
lied on to rubber stamp administra-
ton legislation.
May Shelve Tax Plans
Endangered by the break in
house democratic ranks are admin
istration plans for continuing the
Tennessee valley authority uncurb-
ed, and passage at this session of
the tax-the-rich program. Leaders
privately want to shelve the tax
program to force early adjourn
mept.
The house utility regulation bill,
opposed by the president, now goes
to the senate. A last ditch admin
istration fight viii be made Mon
day to prevent the senate from>sub-
stituting the house bill for its own.
The death sentence" provision in
the senate or Roosevelt bill was
approved last month by a vote of
As to a..
The lobby inquiry will begin
Monday. It will include an inves-
tigation of both administration lob
bying and the lobby of utility in
terests, described by President
Roosevelt as the most powerful In
Washington.
Resentment OF some members
because Of activities OF White
House representatives prompted
the inquiry resolution. Rep. Ralph
Brewster,. r., Me-, charged on the
house floor that Thomas Corcoran.
young brain truster warned him
that construction Of the Passama-
- -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
STRIKERS DOUBT
THREAT TO CLOSE
DOWN FACTORY
They Claim II Is an Old
Trick Used By Plant
Owners

Activity on the part Of the moro
than 400 strikers of the WATERFOWL
Undcrgarment company continued
as usual to-day despite the of.
fetal announcement from the
firm yesterday that it was clos
ing down permanently. At the
strikers mass meeting this morn
ing in Building Trades hall, speak
ers assured the workers that the
notice of closing was an "old trick
on the part of the employers when
strikes break out.
Reactions Of the local strike
came from Bridgeport to-day,
with labor leaders claiming
they had secured cooperation of
employees of the Bridgeport Shirt
Co., in refusing to finish work sent
out from the local factory. Sixty
workers have already gone OH
strike at the Louise Blouse shop in
the Park City, with the strikers
demanding the return of a wage
cut and better working conditions.
Harry Bronstein, union organizer
who has been busy in Bridgeport,
claimed to-day that 500 dozen gar
ments sent to, Bridgeport by the
local firms for finishing, had been
returned here where employees of
the Bridgeport Shirt Co., refused
to work on the garments.
No Outside Agifators
Bernard Schulz, organizer for
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers union, denies the claim
made by the company yesterday
that outside agitators brought on
the strike. He referred to the fact
that Philip Lipschitz, president of
the firm, is not a resident of the
state of Connecticut. How could
an outsider influence 400 work.
ers?" asked Schulz.
The strikers were at the plant
before 1880 this morning to begin
their daily picketing of the fac
tory. Picketing will be- continued
indefinitely, leaders said.
Mrs. Anna Cross of New Haven.
chairman of the garment workers
union there, spoke today at the
strikers meeting, urging the girls
and women to continue their bat
tie against wage slashes.
Another speaker was August
Cassell of New York, still another
was Edward Tobin.
John Lonergan of the Hartford
A. f. of L. was in Waterbury to-
day, while John Egan, secretary
of the Connecticut Federation OF
Labor, is expected here Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
Final Neuus Flashes
FLOODS REPLACING DUST

Chicago, July 3.-(UP)-ToTential rains
during the last two days in the northwest and
middlewest today left seven dead, scores home
less and property loss estimated at thousands Of
dollars. Creeks and rivers, dry as dust from
drought a year ago, gushed rout of their banks
lands. Six were reported dead over wide area
in the northwest, which extended as far west as
the Bad-Lands of North Dakota. One was dead
in Iowa.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
MAJOR BIDDLE
UNDER ARREST

Westrort, Conn, July 3.-(UP).
Maj. Nicholas Biddfe, York road,
Jenkintown, Pa, who said he was
president OF the Pennsylvania
game commission was arrested
here today for operating his auto
mobile without q license and pass
ing q traffic signal.
Special Constable Herman Miller
stopped his car as Biddle drove
against a red light on the Boston
post road. Mrs. Biddle was with
her husband.
After some delay he posted q
bond Of $14.4o for his appearance
in police court Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03

Under Justice Carew's order,
little Gloria was given to Mrs.
Whitney, one of the wealthiest
women in the world, on week days
and to her mother on weekends
and during the month Of July.
The child is now with Mrs
Vanderbilt at rented estate ST
Smithtown, L. L. heavily guarded
by machine guns and private de-
tectives.
The fight for custody Of little
Gloria began after she failed to
return from a ride with her nurse
and the family chauffeur on Sept.
81, 1894. The chauffeur, Theodore
Beesley, told Mrs. Vanderbilt the
child had been left with her aunt
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
Legal actions came fast after
that. Mrs. Vanderbilt sued for =
writ of Habeas Corpus, charging
Mrs. Whitney was illegalling hold
fNnufinue6 nm Para ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
TOM MOONEY HAS
LOST CASE AGAIN

San Francisco, July SUP -
Tom Mooney, convicted In conz1ec%
ton with the San Francisco pre-
paredness day bombing, was re-
buried a second time by the stat4
supreme court today when the
tribunal refused to permit him q
appear personally during hearings
on his writ Of habeas corpus.
While Mooney continued his rou-.
tine duties in the San Quentin
prison vegetable closet, the courts
seven Justices rejected pleas Of
Frank p. Walsh, the prisoners
New York attorney. thar MOONEY
be brought before the court.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
WORKERS ON WPA
PROJECTS W ILL
GET BEST WAGES
Will Range From SIS to
$94 Per Month High
est in Any County

Because Waterbury lies in New
Haven county which has the largest
population OF any county in the
state. workers on the new WPA
projects will receive the highest
wage rates possible under the. new
system 1t was disclosed today.
Wages paid to WPA labor here
viii range fro $55 to $94 per
month.
The scale tentatively announced
by relief administration officials
several weeks ago has been adopted
for use on all WPA projects with
only a few minor changes which
do not affect Connecticut. Water
bury is included in the first cate
CORY. being located in q county of
more than 100000 population.
Other Connecticut counties to be
included in the high wage class
because Of their population. include
Hartford, Fairfield and New Lon
don.
In Second Category
Three counties will be in the
second category. They include
Litchfield, Windham and Middle
sex, where the scale will run
through the four classifications at
$50, $50, SIS and $50. The lowest
scale in the state will be paid to
Tolland county. where the popula-
ton is only 2S,659. Wages in this
classification range from IS to SIT
per month.
The scales were announced at a
meeting of WPA administrators
from eight states in New York yes
terday. attended by Senator Mat
thew A. DAILY, Connecticut adminis-
traitor. Wages paid for Connecticut
will be on the same basis as that
adopted throughout New England
and New York state.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03

VIDAL Is SUED

Reno, New. July 3.-(UP).-
Mrs. Nina Vidal. daughter Of Sen.
Thomas +. Gore. democrat, Okla
homa, sued Eugene L. Vidal, diroc-
tor OF the bureau OF air commerce.
for divorce today charging cruelty.
She was expected 20 obtain an iin-
contested and secret decree later
Today. h.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
PLENT OF SOLDIERS

Rome, July - (UP) - Pre-
mier Benito Mussolini intends, by
holding the usual big scale army
maneuvers late this summer, to
show that despite the dispatch OF
considerable forces to East Africa
the country's military efficiency
remains intact. 1t was understood
today.
1t is intimatea that the maneuv-
ers will be held in the Bolzano
area of the northermost frontier
The king and crown prince were
expected TO attend.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03

guy Louis is q bum anyway"
Percentage figures for the fight,
which is expected to gross about
100000. were not revealed, al
though Louis held the heavy end
of the split.
VIII Seat $4,000.
Foley said $4,000 seats would be
provided at the Southside Bali
Park, home of the American league
White Sox. ~. sS
The signing, carried out with all
the attendant ceremonies Of a
championship battle build,u
brought together the sober-faced
Detroit negro, the Kingfish and the
latter's sister-manager, Lena.
Louis, who few here from De-
troit after his victory over Primo
Camera in New York, was repre-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
WAS ASSISTED ON BOARD

Southampton, England, July 3.--(UP)--
Mrs. Robert r. Ames of Boston, widow and
mother of the three victims of the Hannah yacht
tragedy, had to be assisted up the gangplank of
the Aquitania as she sailed for the United States
today. Her husband and two sons were drowned
during the recent Newport Bergen yacht race
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
MORE ANTI-JEWISH RIOTINC

Berlin, July UP)-Anti-Jewis riot
ing, which has been prevalent in Berlin in recent
days, broke out again today At Lake Tegele
and forced them swav i from the beach In Her.
mann Platz, q mob picketed Jewish drug store
and forced it to close. .~s4se
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03

Washington, July 81 Associate JUS
tice William Hitz Of the District Of Columbia
court Of appeals, who presided during the trial
and Albert B. Fall, convicted of accepting
bride while secretary Of the interior, died today
Of heart attack.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
Principal Custody OF
Her Daughter Goes 10
Her Aunt Mrs. Whitney
Appellate Division Has Unanimously Sustained the
Supreme Court Decision Case Has Been Bit
terly Contested Since September Fl, 1884
New York. Julv 2 - (JJPl

New York. July - (UP) - The appellate division
today unanimously sustained the supreme court decision
awarding principal custody of 1yearod Gloria Vanderbilt
heiress to her aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney,
An appeal from the lower court rung
mother Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt after sensational
hearings from which press and public barred.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
Boxer Joe Louis
Will Fight King
4 eDinsky Aug. z
Park, Chicago VIII Seat %, OOO-Per-
centage Figures Are Not Given

Chicago July s., (UP) 80 Joe Louis Negro heavy
weight sensation and King Leynsky today signed
tract to fight at Coskey Park here the night of August
Joe Foley held out for 15round bout Louis managers
asked the shorter fight while Levinsky explained that
doesn't make any difference Is rounds because this
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
TREASURY BALANCE

washington, July (UP)(zox-
eminent expenditures and receipts
for July 1st The FIRST day of tim
1886 fiscal year. compared VITA
July LIST year ago as follows:
This Year Expenditures Last X41x
$17s,527,55s.s6 Mona
s15.oss,s41.1s $52.soz. aox.s>
s1ss, 444.317.17 ss2.so2.ee A.
Cash Balance
si.7s5. ESQ. ls5.7i $2.5s<.7 IT,. 7oz. -
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Fair--Warmer Tonight;
Unchanged Thursday
Fun weather Report Page 3.
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Evening star., 1935-06-30
More Tourists Shown.

Tourists in Britain in April totaled
15,205, compared with 1888 In April,
1884.
Evening star., 1935-06-30
POTATO EMBARGO BROKEN.
Shipping Code Adopted by Eastern
Shore Farmers.

PAINTER, Va, June 90 (P-The
Eastern Shore Potato Farmers Council
drew up and adopted shipping code
tonight. which will break the three
day embargo on potato shipments.
Under the terms of the agreement
potatoes may move out of Accomac
and Northampton Counties only under
the following conditions:
/. On a sale confirmed in writing
by the commission merchant at a
price of So or better per barrel f. O. b.
shipping point.
3 BY truck drivers carrying an in
voice showing the destination and
sale price. The invoice to serve as a
pass through the lines.
3. By truckmen buying direct from
the farmer. In such transactions the
farmer may accept S1.90 per barrel
a 10-cent differential, provided the
sale agreement is witnessed by post
master, bank cashier or notary public.
The witness will issue pass to be
honored by the pickets.
4. No No. 2 (culls) potatoes are
to be shipped at all or under any
circumstances at any price.
Evening star., 1935-06-30
LAUNDERER FOUND
TIED, MURDERED
New York Officers Probe Gang
Links-Apartment Mate
Sought.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated PreSS.
NEW YORK, June 29.-The BODY
of a man identified as Joseph Good
glass, tightly trussed with rope, was
found today in Long Island Sound,
near Port Chester, N. Y. Authorities
said he had been murdered.
Goodglass, president of a laundry
company in Brooklyn. had been re-
ported missing by police since April,
and the circumstances of his death
Immediately gave rise 10 official specu-
lation over gangland links.
Some months ago the Brooklyn
laundry industry was torn by labor
and industrial troubles. many of
which, subsequent Investigation dis
closed, were attributable to "muscling
in" efforts of racketeering organiza-
tions.
New York City detectives at once
started a search for acquaintances of
the slain man. They sought to ques-
tion Samuel Scheeber, . milliner, who
shared an apartment with Goodglass
in hotel on Broadway.
Scheeber, police said, reported Good
glass missing on April %. At that
time, he told police, GoodglaSs repre-
sented himself as a salesman and
said his work kept him busy at night.
Evening star., 1935-06-30
BLAND TO PROBE
POTATO BLOCKADE
Eastern Shore Farmers
Agree on Shipping Code
to End Tie-Up.

As efforts to have potato control
bill, said by Its author to have the
Presidents interest" made Senate
Agriculture Committee A. A. A.
amendment, failed yesterday. Repre-
sentative Bland, Democrat, OF Vir-
ginia, said he personally would In
Vestigate the potato growers strike
situation on the Eastern Shore of
Virginia.
Bland prepared to leave tonight,
and said he would be back Monday,
when Representative Warren, Demo-
crat, of NerthsCarolina author of the
bill, said he understood another ef-
fort would be made to have it in
cluded in the Senate committees A.
A. A. amendments.
Meeting alsu Monday will be the
House Agriculture Committee, which
has had the tilI before it for months
The Senate committee was in ses-
sion most OF the day considering
amendments to the A. A. A., and
when a long executive session was
concluded it announced the potato
bill was not included"
Warren sale he understood the
Senate committee would meet again
Monday, and possibly would give the
bill more consideration as a possible
rider on the A. A. A. amendment bill.
At the SAINT time, he said, there
will be an effort to get a favorable
report in the House committee.
Warren sale the bill would do for
potatoes in 1886 what the tobacco
control bill die for that product.
POTATO EMBARGO BROKEN.
Evening star., 1935-06-30
BALTIM0REAN HEADS
TAU PHI SORORITY
Platinum and Diamond Honor
Pin Given Mrs. Emma B. Hop
kins at Installation.

Mrs. Emma B. Hopkins of Balti-
more, Md. was elected president OF
the Tau Phi National Sorority at its
annual convention at the Mayfower
Hotel yesterday.
Other officers elected for the year
we're: Vice president, Miss Marjorie
Berkshire of Chicago, Ill; secretary,
Miss Evelyn Butler of Baltimore;
chaplain, Miss Janet Walker, Troy, N.
Y; treasurer, Miss Evelyn Holcomb
of Washington; sergeant at arms, Miss
Marjorie Berger, Troy, N. Y; custo-
dian, Miss Pauline Abscher, Washing
ton, and editor of the magazine, the
Tattler Page, Mrs. Clara Clements Of
this city.
At the annual convention banquet
last night addresses were made by the
, retiring national president, Miss Mar
tha Bean, toastmistress, and others.
Miss Florence Richardson, chairman
of the Banquet Committee, presented
a corsage of orchids to the outgoing
and incoming national presidents and
roSebuds to Miss Dorothy Ballard,
Washington Council president.
Miss Virginia Ferris of Baltimore,
Junior past national president, acted
as conductreSs in installing the new
officers, presenting the outgoing presi-
dent with a gold star and diamond
and the incoming one with the honor
pin of platinum and diamonds.
The convention closes today with a
tea to be given from 8 to pm. in
the Pan-American room of the May
flower by Miss Bean. At the tea a
new chapter in Washington will be
installed. to be known as Upsilon. It
will be the eighth one in this city.
Evening star., 1935-06-30
R|TCH|E SEESU.S
PRINCIPLE IN PERIL
New Deal Laws Emergency
Measures, but Crisis Is
Past, He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June 90
With the statement that "a funda-
mental principle of American Govern
ment Is at stake" Albert c. Ritchie,
former Governor of Maryland, said
today the time has come when ANY
honest person" Is entitled to disagree
with much that comes out Of Wash
ington these days and still be good
American"
Serving as POSTMASTER at the an
nual banquet Of the Maryland State
Bar Association, in convention here,
the former executive said the Nation
accepted the New Deal statutes as
emergency measures, even though
many of them contravened the Con-
stitution.
THE experimental period is about
over now," he said. 1--WE are face to
face with the fact that in all likeli-
hood there will be an ultimate break
down in our form Of government un-
less from now on we meet our national
problems within, and not without,
those American principles and insti-
tutions prescribed by the Constitution. -
Wonders at Harsh Criticism.
He expressed wonder that those in
high authority in Washington should
sometimes "denounce so readily and
so harshly" the motives Of these who
venture to question any Of the Govern
ments methods for attaining recovery.
Forces are now developing in this
country" he continued, which pro-
feSs to think that the American system
is not worth saving; that 1t has out
lived its usefulness, that it cannot
meet the new problems of the new
day and so it should be scrapped. I
am not one of these. I believe that
such a system of government is worth
saving, and that 1t has within itself
that which can meet the problems of
this or any other day."
Ritchie said the free spirit of the
American people has been back of all
their achievement, and that while
plundering Of the public resources and
private citizens should be eradicated,
this need not lead us to passing death
sentences upon corporate undertakings
which would destroy the good as well
as the bad"
Autocracy Is Feared.
IF We surrender the old to the
new spirit" he concluded, then this
will mean the defeat of the American
theory Of democracy; it will mean that
the American Government will be
autocratic instead of free"
The bar association today elected
George Weems Williams its president,
James w. Chapman, jr.. secretary, and
r. Bennett Darnall, treasurer. All are
from Baltimore.