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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11
UNDER SCRUTINY

MIRA Chairman Donald Rich- berg has come under the scrut- iny Of the senate munitions Investigating committee.
 The committee is quietly checking on information that Richberg secretly intervened in behalf of the Colt Firearms company now under fire before the national labor relations board.
 Tic Hartford, Conn.,, firm re- gently was held guilty by the NLRB of violating Section "a. As a result the NRA directed the "jcrking" of the BLUE EAGLE.
 Under the law, government agencies may not purchase sup plies from concerns which lose their BLUE EAGLE.
 It is the practice in the MIRA, in withdrawing a BLUE EAGLE, to send formal notice to all ,in- terested government bodies in- forming them of the fact.
 Such q communication was prepared concerning the Colt company. But it is reported that Richberg stepped in and barred it's distribution.
 Whether he assumed this pre- rogative with the approval of the other six board members is not known.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11

Gandhi recently entered upon another month of silence We wish certain public figures in this country would follow his example.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11
Test Your Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these tess anesti0ns9 Turn Co last page tor the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11

TupAr's CUsiMUN ERisUs Never say, aIlc contemplated on q trip to Europe; say ''contcinplatcd . trip, etc."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11
ONE TEST

ONE TEST
 Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Boston blue blood undersecre- tary of the treasury, was little stufnped the other day when q group of twenty Princeton un- dergraduates walked into his press conference.
 The students were members of a "study group making a tour of government departments.
 This is Q bit awkward" Coolidge whispered to Herber. Gaston, treasury press chief. How am I going to distinguish between the correspondents and the students?"
 "Oh, that is easy" grinned Gaston, former ace newsman. You can tell by the nature of the questions asked. The stu. dents will know a lot more than the reporters" G
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11

o. What was the lowest record ed tefnperature ih the Cnitss States during the winter of 1884, 36?
 A. Fifty degrees below sero at Grantsburg, Wisconsin, January ,23, 1885.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11

A. St. Augustine. Florida. founded in i56s.
 O. From what was the name of Sing Sing prison derived2
 A. The prison was named for the town of Sing Sins, since changed to Ossining, which was supposed to have been named for John Sing Sing, a friendly Indian who lived in the locality in the early days of the settlement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11

Q. Which is the oldest city in the United States?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11
THE KEIILEY CASE

tANTHoNY) East End.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11

two-way radio system for the po- lice department?
 A. Boston, Mass.
The Washington times., 1935-11-21
100000 PHONE
RATE CUT DUE

Revised rate schedules, which
will bring about a yearly rate re-
duction of 100000 will be sub
mitted in the near future to the
Public Utilities Commission by the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company.
This indication followed a con.
ference between Ralph A. Van
OrSdel, counsel, and John A. Re-
mon, general manager of the COM
pany, with Chairman Riley E. e.
gen, of the commission.
Neither company officials nor
commission members would dis
cusS the conference.
The reduction probably will be
made in charges for private
branch exchanges, household
extensions and other brackets of
extra service, and in the field
of nuisance" charges.
The Washington times., 1935-11-21
SAFETY DRIVE
PLANNED BY
PRESIDENT
international News Service

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At the suggestion Of President
Roosevelt, Secretary of Commerce
Roper today made plans for a con-
ference next month to seek ways
Of reducing the nations accident
toll.
Declaring that accidents pro
vide "our braveSt" national
problem, the President suggested
that Roper gather together here
men prominent in civic and acci'
dent-prevention lines to exchange
their views. Roper appointed
Senator A. Harry Moore Of New
Jersey as chairman of the confer
ence, along with the following
committee heads:
Henry r. Meimann, Niles, Mich,
cause and remedies; Senator Ar
thur Capper, Kansas, rural and
home accidents; Thomas j. Wat
son, New York, urban street safety;
W. Averill Hartman, cooperation
with, common carriers; John l..
Lovett, Detroit, automotive indus.
try cooperation.
Representative Everett O'Neal,
Kentucky, uniform traffic regula-
tions; Barron g. Collier, New
York, education; Fred M. Ross
land, Newark, cooperation with
safety groups; Senator William
Gibbs McAdoo, California, air
safety: Walter Parker, New
Orleans, sea safety; DR.. E. L.
Corbett, Milwaukee, drivers train
ing and law enforcement.
Roper outlined the steps that
can be Immediately taken as
follows:
/. Formation Of plan whereby
Commerce Department and local
governments can gather and give
out accurate statistics on fatal
and nonfatal accidents.
2. Determination of chief causes
Of major accidents and methods
Of prevention.
Roper said that uniform traf-
fic regulations are the outStand-
ing need in highway and street
prevention activities.
The Washington times., 1935-11-21

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15

Chicago, April-Dizzy Dean at- tributes his failure to win single exhibition game and having his ears pinned back more than once this spring to the fact that the chips weren't down.
 Now that we're playing for keeps, I'll blow 'em down." says the great right-hander.
 It takes the opening bell to swing many star ball players into full stride. Entire clubs frequent, ly require the same urge. When Rogers Hornsby remarked about how much more pepper the Browns exhibited than the Giants in a Florida exhibition year ago, Bill Terry replied, were saving that for the start of the season."
 Young Joe Vosmik and the Cleveland Indians then proceeded to make the then world champion New York outfit look like the Hoosick Falls firemen in a long series of exhibition games, but the Giants weren't beaten out of the National league pennant until the final day. The best the Brown could do in the American League was sixth. while the Tribe finished a scraggly third.
 Brooklyn bagged the Grapefruit 1 league title this spring, but nobody is picking the Dodgers to top the senior hoop on Sept 29.
 
 Gehrig and Goslin Require Pressure.
 Joe Mccarthy didn't lay awake | nights while Lou Gehrig was hit ting something like .054 in the | early going in Dixie.
 A time or two around the park | in a sweatshirt puts Gehrig in shape, and he never could see any sense in wasting homeruns at Wa terfront Park, St. Petersburg, and | way stations. When the gong sounds, the Yankee bomber begins bunting the ball against American league fences.
 Goose Goslin's performances at Lakeland and on the Detroit clubs trip north was nothing to excite the bottle and bun throwers of Nayin field. Games must count in the standings to interest the Gold en Goose, a courageous veteran whose efficiency increases with pressude.
 Al Simmons batting was mild sensation with the White Sox this spring. Simmons is expected to smite the sphere for magnificent distances, but his flying start was as unusual as unfavorable weather in southern California.
 Simmons rem ined at Hot Springs during a good part of the conditioning period while with Philadelphia to ward off 0 recur- rence of rheumatic condition In his ankles, and joined the AAAAAAA's as they mayed north- ward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
WOMEN SHOW UP MEN COMPETITORS
 IN DINGHY RACES

New London, Conn. April 15- (U.P.)-Women pilots captured first place in two of four divisions in the first national regatta of the North America Dinghy Association Sunday and finished well in front in point scoring.
 Mrs Helen Hill, Larchmort, N. r., took first place in Class A with 139 points, taking eight first places, two seconds and third. c. H. AL word, East Hartford and Albert H.. Erdman, Jr, Hartford, came in sec ond and third respectively.
 Mrs H. Stanton Smith, Provi- dence, R. T., was first in Class B, winning nine of the eleven races in that division for 51 points. Henry L.. Kaiser, Jr, New London, and Miss Mary Emery, Boston, were second and third.
 Cornelius Shields, Larchmont, N. captured the Class c honors. win ming seven of twelve events for 65 points. George Raysey, New York City, was second and Frank Campbell, Larchmont, third.
 William Dyer, Providence, took ten of eleven first in the Class D division for 43 points, and was trailed by W. W. Swan, New York City, and Dr E. l.. Douglas, Groton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
asebaH Plans For City And Valley Leagues Make Progress
Junior Baseball
 Loop To Form

At least six junior amateur teams i'm the city are expect- cd tO send representatives to a meeting which has been called for Wednesday night in the park department office in the City Hall for the pur- pose of organizing another local baseball circuit. The Public Parks loop at its re- organization session last week decided to remain an eight club outfit while severalOther teams, looking fora fran chisc, failed to secure one.
 With at least four more diamonds available on Sum- days, 1t is quite proba ble that another Sunday circuit could function. The league would be Of the same caIiber as the Parks league. If a half dozen aggrcgations can be secured the league will be put fin operation around Decoration day.
 The meeting Wednesday night will be called at 8 o. clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
TODANS SPORTAPARADE. :. kAA&Rh@aBlD
BY HENRY McLEMoRE

New York, April 15- U.P.) Putting the sports shot here and there: Pennington, N. J., which passed out of the headlines with Hauptmann, will bounce back into them with trotting races this sum- mer and we asked six guys how to spell "Hauptmann" before we got the right answer such Is notoriety a statistician says the average age of ball players is 2S Les Tietje of the Chicago White Sox soon will take his place among the great right hand hurl- CTS of all time, they say Babe he owns a Japanese vase more than a thousand years old.
 Also, the Babe recently ran sec- ond to President Roosevelt as the nations most prominent citizen in a school poll in Texas Mickey Cochrane is in favor of all clubs staying in their southern camps until a day or two before the opening of the baseball season, and thus discontinue the transforming tours though their fighting days are over, Knute Hansen and ooSh ANSlddlI "oll 1I1l6S !. they're working in New York restaurants Baltimore finish- ed in the cellar of the Internation- al League last season for the first time.
 Gene and Joe
 Those who say Max Baer is the best heavyweight since Dempsey's heyday, forget a guy named Tun- ney Eddie Josephs, called by Tunney the gamest man he ever met. recently repaid the compli- ment :" Tunney would slice Baer with left jabs and straight right hands into a T. K. O. at least ." Josephs said "Tunney might even knock him cold. Baer would never land those roundhouse swings on any boxer as smart as | Tunney."
 Tim Clark, still remembered for his tackle play at Harvard. is among the best of the indoor polo ists Billy Southworth has quit tending bar in Brooklyn to manage the Asheville Club |. Dick Bartell of the Giants went through the entire spring without spoking anybody =. Jim Henry is the most convincing of the wrestling emoters he cries when in alleged pain Bill Til- den says Gene Mako. the coast ten his phenom, has only one fault cockiness Bill should talk Jack Britton and Harlem Tommy Murphy coach the Cath ollie Boys Club Boxing Team indicating that the boys won't lack proper teaching.
 James J. Braddock has shown his gameness again by squaring off with a real Baer from the circus at the Garden James J. showed a lump of sugar into the bears mouth with an imitation left jab the photographers were so far away that some of them missed the picture. They're betting now that Hubbell and Schumacher of the Giants will win more games than the Deans of the Cardinals this season Babe is as man. ager of the Braves by July is the tip.
 Bill Nichols of the western polo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
R HARRY CRIMSON

Lou ChioZza, recruit second baseman of the Phillies, certainly could not have been mistaken for a spring daisy year ago, but came along when it counted to be one of the finds of the year.
 Heilmann All-America
 Ont While Training.
 Harry Heilmann, bracketed with Hornsby as the foremost right hand hitter developed in the mod ern game, perhaps was the most striking example of a luminary who could not take spring exhibi- ion games seriously. Heilmann's pop-ups quickly were strengthened into line drives and a near 400 average or better when the clubs got on the way.
 Ty Cobb always said that three weeks of training was sufficient for any ball player. Eddie Roush, who was a perennial holdout, and others found ways to shorten up the grind.
 Hits that are cracked in spring training tra la are much better saved for the fall, which is when Dizzy Dean will get even with some of the blokes who took such keen delight in making him duck his own fast ball in preseason
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
JARVIS AWARDED
 BASKETBALL LETTER

At the Third Annual Bryant College Basketball banquet. held in the Mahogany room of the Hotel Dreyfus in Providence, Clarence Jarvis of 256 Circular avenue. Wa terbury. was awarded his major in- signe for having been regular member of the squad during the 1934-1935 season.
 The guests of honor, who also addressed those assembled, includ- ed Dr Frederick w. Marvel, direc- tor of Athletics of Brown univer- sity, and John E. Farrell, gradu- ate manager of Athletics ot Provi- dence college.
 Coach John r. Winans awarded the insignia. 1t was definitely an- nounced at the dinner that the new Stratton gymnasium, located on the campus, will be ready for occu- pancy at the beginning of the fall term.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
.IRISH-AEMRICANS
 WILL NOT ENTER
 CLUB THIS SEASON
Managers Meet Tonight to Rename Casey-VaI-
 ley Loop May lz

Officials and managers of the City Amateur baseball league will gather at the central YMCA to. night at o'clock to talk over plans for the 1895 season. It i1 believed that George V. Casey will be retained as president of the cir. cult and that the same six clubs that performed last season will participate again. Those in the know have reason to believe that all the ballyhoo relative to the stand of the Irish-Americans has been thrown to the winds and that the Shamrocks will not be repre- sented on the diamond for at least another year. It was ruInored that that Bill C1eary and Fay Vincent they would be interested and also had been approached to handle the nine. The baseball interests fell flat at a meeting of the club held last week.
 The offset of the Irish now make it possible that the Sacred Hearts, defending champions, North End Thomas club, Brooklyn A. c. Rec. reations, Tribunes and Washing ton Hills will compete and be reps resented at tonight's meeting. Offi- cials Casey, Matt Dunphy, John Howard and James Lee are also expected to be seated.
 Valley League Meets
 Eight clubs were accepted into the Naugatuck Valley league at a session of the officials and man. { agers held in Watertown yesterday afternoon and the season will open with all teams playing on diamonds about the valley on Sunday after noon, May 18th. The meeting was a rather interesting and question: able affair for a time when man. agers of some of last years clubs failed to put in an appearance. Terryville, Waterville, Oakville and Bethlehem were definitely placed on the outside and were replaced with the Naugatuck Rangers, Cheshire Boys club, Torrington and Woodbury, four of the best drawing sites surrounding Water bury. The Washington club was heard from in a statement that the players would play independently during the season. President Charles Bertrand was assigned the task of assigning the umpires and he announced that he will use rotating system and each of the arr bitors will perhaps find himself shifted around from week to week.
 The opening slate was announced as follows: Woodbury at Torrings ton; Hopeville at Cheshire; Nau. gatuck at Thomaston; and Water- town at Litchfield.
 Later On
 An application was received from the north-westers, Tri-State cir- cult for a post season series but the matter was tabled until the next meeting, which will be held on Fri- dayl, May 2rd. Plans for the open- ing games will be completed aA this time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
LONG AND SHORT OF IT

Syracuse, N. Y.-The shortest bowler listetd as an entry in the American Bowling Congress now under way here is J. s, Finch, ot Schenley, Pa., 4 feet inches; ths tallest is s. w. Ginn, 8 feet 4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
LOUGHRAN SCORES K. o.

Lima. Peru, April 15.-UP)- Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia, world light heavyweight champion won 8 ninth round technical knockout over Vincent Parrile of Argentina yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
|NOTRE DAME TEAMSI
 BUSY THIS WEEK IN SIX CONTESTS
Baseball Team in Four Road Games Track
 Team Faces Purdue

Notre Dame, Ind, April 15-Six contests, four of them with Purdue will occupy Notre Dame's spring sports teams this week, with only the tennis team idle.
 The baseball squad meets three opponents in four games on the road, the track team will face Pur- due in a dual meet here next Sat- urday, and the golf team opens its season with Purdue at Lafayette Saturday. The members of these three teams will pass up their Eas- ter vacations in order to compete.
 Coach Jake Kline's baseball team which opened it's season here a. gainst Ohio State yesterday, will meet Purdue at Lafayette Tuesday and Wednesday. The team will hop to Kalamazoo to meet the pow erful Western State Teachers nine Thursday, and will go to Chicago to play the Maroons Saturday.
 This four-game splurge will test to the limit, and perhaps beyond 1t the ability of Kline's untried pitch ing staff. Matt Thernes, right handler and football monogram winner, isthe only returning hurler who won a letter last season. Also trying to fool the batters are Joe Beach, southpaw outfielder of last season; Bill Tuomey, reserve hur- Ter from 1884; Gerald Van Wagner, sophomore football player; and Os- car Rydell, sophomore southpaw.
 Real Rivalry.
 The track squad will have all 1t can handle in Purdue, although tho Irish apepar to be slight favorites because of the fact that they will be competing on their home field. Duane Purvis, one of the best jave- Ii nthrowers in the country, will give the acid test to John Levicki, Notre Dame sophmore, in the lat ter's first competition under Notre Dame colors. Levicki shot the shaft out some 209 feet as a freshman last spring and appears to be a menace to the American record.
 The golf team, undefeated the past two seasons. is top-heavy favorite to defeat Purdue at La fayette Saturday. Capt John Banks, former western junior champ, and Winfield Day, Jr., Chicago junior champion and quarter-finalist in the national amateur last year, will head the team. Bill Cole, 1898 state college champion. has returned to school and is eligible this spring. Pat Malloy, junior star who quali- fled in last years national intercol- legiate, will be the fourth man on the Notre Dame team.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
INTERNATIONAL RING
 MEET AT BOSTON

Boston. April 15 - (U.P,)-An International Amateur Boxing tour nament will be held at Boston Gar den, pril 29, with the pick of Irish. Canadian and American simon pures competing in five weight classes.
 The invading teams will number five boxers each, representing the 126. 135. 147, 160 and heavyweight divisions, while the American team will comprise 10 battlers.
 The event will be sponsored by the Irish American A. A. and A. A. IT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
Five Track Meets
 on Wesleyan List

Middletown, Conn.,, April 15.- The Wesleyan University depart ment of physical education an- nounced today that the track meet with Amherst. which was sched- uled for May at Middletown. has been changed to May at Middle town, at the request of Amherst.
 The revised varsity track sched- ule is as follows:
 April 20-Boston University at Middietown.
 April 27-Middlebury at Middle town.
 May 3-Amherst at, Middletown.
 May 11-WilIiams at Williams town.
 May 25-Trinity at Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-15
Medica Continues
 Class in Water

Detroit, April 15-UP)-Jack Medica, University of Washington swimming star and holder of 12 of 16 world marks in the free style, last night needed only a fifth of a second to tie his own world record of 3:O4.44 in the 300-yard free style at the D. Y. c. pool.
 Ray Kay, D. A. c. set two Amer ican breaststroke marks. He was timed in 7:02 for 500 yards, bet tering the mark of 7:18.6 set by Nelson Willard, Yale, in 1880. The time of 7:41.6 lowered the Ameri- can 500-meter mark of 500, also held by Willard.