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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-29
,OOO ASKED FOR
 SIDEWALK FALL

Damages of $1,00o are claimed in a civil action filed today at the common pleas court by Anthony Distasio against the City of Water- bury. The plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries he sustained July 23, 1885, when he tripped and fell over an alleged depression at 122 East Main street. Injuries to his ankle are alleged in the complaint, drawn by Attorney Hugo Guastaferri.
 Floods recently caused heavy crop damage in Southern Manchuria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-29

pose any penalties. But already 39 nations have imposed the arms ern- bargo, g have imposed financial penalties including the leading f. Ylancial countries, 16 are ready to impose the economic boycott.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-29

of the committee to make the launching of the 1936 campaign in this state a notable one. State Chairman Smith is the executive chairman and among the executive vice. -chairmen is Mrs. Nora M. Har- ris of New Haven, vice-chairman of the state central committee and Q former resident of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-29
RDLING PARTY OF GINA MEETS| NOE. 11TOADvANcE DEMOCRACY AND MUD NEW FOREIGN POLICY
KuOmintang Congress, Fifth Since Republican Was Born, Likely to Prove Most MOmentOus for
 Yellow NatiOn's Future History
BY ROBERT N. BERKOv United Press Stan Correspondent

Shanghai, Oct. 29-(UP)-Sessions of the Fifth Kuo- mintang Political Party Congress- scheduled to start at Ranking Nov 12 expected to mark some of the most inn porant developments in Chinese political history since the establishment of the Republic in 1911 In country which has neither Congress Parliament, and in which gov by ballot has been attempted the gathering of the party cheftans has become practically the only
 resson political action in the nation today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-29

would be an important factor with Ethiopia and league nations.
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DEMOCRAT HEADS
 WILL BE PRESENT

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NORTHERN ARMY
 NEAR OBJECTIVE

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British, French m
 Nev Peace Proposal
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portantly that it must be acceptable to Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia.
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BRITISH DOUBTFUL
 ITALY WILL TWIN

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Rome, Oct. 28-- (UP) - Italian somaliland Dubat troops routed Ethiopian warriors in a clash be- tween Gcialaye and Gorrahei and captured 732 rifles, it was annolnc- cd officially today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
OVER 11,OOO BAD TEETH REVEALED
They Were Found By ln- spectOrs in School Chil-
 dren During Past Year

Over eleven thousand defective teeth were discovered in the mouths of local school children during the past year, the annual report of the staff of the city dental clinic made public discloses. In all 11,307 pu- pills were found to be in need of dental attendance. Of this total, 3.971 attractions were found neces- sary.
 The report shows that during the fiscal year just completed 4,033 wis., it's were made to the dental clinic at St. Mary's hospital. The clinic and school visiting activities were under the supervision of Kathleen OHara, D. H., and Emily Steinman. D. H.
 In all 8,196 children's mouths were examined in the schools, also. At the St. Mary's hospital clinic 1,266 new patients were treated dur ing the year and there were 2,I67 return visits made by patients. A total of 857 filings were made. Other treatments amounted to 695. Anesthetics were used as follows: Novocain, 1.754; ethyl chloride, 942; nitrous oxide, 96.
 At the schools the dental hygien- ists referred 1866 children to their family dentists and 1,652 to the dental dispensary. Also. in the schools, lectures were given on oral hygiene, toothbrush drills were conducted, toothbrushes were dis tributed and oral hygiene pamph- lets were given out.
 The schools visited by the dental hygienists were Anderson. Abbott. Bishop. Begnal, Barnard, Bunker Hill, Croft, East Farm, Gaffncy, Duggan, Hamilton, Hendricken, Ma loney, Oronoke, Park Road, Reid vile. Slocum, Sacred Heart, St. Thomas, St. Mary's, SS. Peter aild Paul, Sprague, Tinker, Walsh. Webster, Welton and Woodrow Wilson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
CONVICT SLAYER
 SHOT TO DEATH

Butte, Mont, Dec. 28-(UP)-A policeman last night shot and killed William Henry Knight, 40, ex-convict and suspected slayer of four persons, at the window of 8 Butte residence. Officers surround ed the home of James T. Gilligan. Firing a tear gas barrage ahead of them, they entered. Knight sought to escape through rear window. John Duggan, assistant chief of police, shot him ill the head. Knight was Gilligan's former employer. He went to theplace after Gilligan had gone to work and remained in hid- ing there, threatening the mans wife and children with death if they revealed his whereabouts. Mrs. Gil- ligan told police he admitted to her that he killed Deputy Sheriff Thomas Meehan of Seattle last Mo- vember 10.
 Police said Knight was narcotic addict. When Gilligan returned home, the fugitive sent him out to attempt to get dope for him. officers said. Gilligan told police where to find Knight. Oficers began their hunt for Knight on Christmas day, when he killed Thomas ONeil, Butte policeman. and fatally wound- ed Frank Walsh, a grocery store clerk. Fleeing from Butte. Knight killed Floyd Woods. Hutchens Bridge ranch caretaker. near Ennis. Mont.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
TAVERN ROBBED
 BY TWO BANDITS
Orange St. Place Owned By Frank Karmen Scene
 of the Break

BrandiShing guns, two masked bandits entered the tavern of Frank Karmen at 253 Orange street, after midnight last night. fired three shots in the air to frighten the patrons and bar tender, then rified the cash register of $15. They es- capped in a darkened Dodge sedan, after an enraged patron at the tavern had thrown beer bottle through the car window.
 William Karmen, brother of the owner was in charge of the estab- lishment at the time fixed at 12:15 o'clock. The holdup men, described by police as youthful, one short and the other tall and well built, enc tered.
 Several customers who had been drinking beer at the bar, wheeled around when the larger of the bandits announced, This is a hold. up-get 'ein upi"
 Why They Fired Guns
 Brief hesitancy on the part of the startled patrons and bar tender. prompted the bandits to fire their guns in the air. While the people in the place were recovering their senses, the smaller of the holdup men went to the cash register and snatched up the contents. With the same suddenness of their appear ance, they departed.
 As they jumped into the car and started the motor. one of the pa- irons heaved a beer bottle through the car window. The car roared away into the darkness, headlights out.
 A Dodge sedan, with markers missing, was found shortly after ward in the vicinity of new St. Joseph's cemetery on Hamilton ave- nue. Motor Patro.men Alfred Over ton and John Mcdonnell responded to the call telepi1oned to headquar- ters.
 Members of the detective bureau conducting an Investigation are ex- pected to trace the bandit through the car found near the cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
HAUPTMANN WILL
 KNOW FATE SOON

Trenton, N., J., Dec. 28-(UP)- The New Jersey court of pardons probably will decide Monday when to consider the plea for life of Bruno Richard Hauptmann and whether 1t will permit the condemned man the dramatic personal appeal he is said to desire.
 Only the court of pardons and the improbable possibility of new trial stand between Hauptmann and elec- trocution in the week of January l3.
 Governor Harold c. Hoffma n. as- serting that his attitude toward Hauptmann's impending death for murder of the Lindbergh baby 'still is one of inquiry into various phases of the case" said the pardons court probably will fix a date for hearing Hauptmann's appeal when it meets to consider another case Monday morning.
 Hoffman revealed that within the strict Interpretation of the law, he had not the power to grant a re- prieve. He added, however. that both he and his predecessors had granted technically illegal reprieves and that their action had never been questioned by the courts.
 Governor Hoffman then hinted that should any sensational evi- dence be unearthed at the last mo- ment be would grant reprieye-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
NORMAN PARENT IS GUN CRAZY
Held Without Bail Today for Shooting of Edmund
 Diana Yesterday

Gun crazy" was the way that police today characterized Norman Parent, 9, of Bristol, who was ar- rested early last night in his home city after search since morning by local and Bristol officers who sought him for the shooting of Ed- mund Diana, l9, of 30 Kenyon street. As Diana lay in a still dan gerous condition at St. Mary's hos- pital, detectives working on the case said that the only motive that they had uncovered in the shooting affray was Parents gun mania, and that apparently the. Bristol youth had shot Diana yesterday morning ill movie gangster" display of exhibitiontsm.
 Case Is Continued
 In city court this morning, Parent was given an indefinite continuance and ordered held without bond, pending a change in Diana's condi- tion. Three of five material wit. nesses picked tip by local police yesterday were released, but two others were still held without bond. The two, Ernest LaFontaine. 9. of i18 Meadow street, and Albert Petit, 9, of 43 Union street. are said by police to have been in the car with Parent when, after the shooting, he drove Diana from Meadow street and dumped him out of the car in front of the City Hall. The three witnesses released today were An- gelo Biello, fl, of 118 Meadow street, and his wife. Mary LaFon- taine Biello, fl, and Nick GribaldL 59, of 43 Meadow street.
 Detectives set out this morning on search for the .32 calibre re- volver which Parent allegedly wseld- ed on Diana at 118 Meadow street yesterday morning. Parent told detectives that he threw the gun
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
REV. MATTHEW D.
 TIERNEY IGNORED
Created MonsignOr By Pope Pius-BOrn, Edu-
 cated in Waterbury

Rev. Matthew D. Tierney, pastor of the Church of the Annunciation in Kansas City, Mo, and native of Waterbury, has been informed of his appointment as monsignor by Pope Plus. Monsignor Tierney was born in this city, the son of Dennis H. and Margaret Cassidy Tierney and was educated in the Waterbury schools.
 He received his training for the priesthood at St. Thomas seminary in Hartford. at St. Mary's in Balti- more, where he studied theology and at St. Bonaventures, where he received a degree in philosophy. He was ordained in 1916 at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and cele- brated his first solemn high mass in Waterbury on Christmas day of the same year.
 Monsignor Tierney's first appoint ment was to the Cathedral parish in Kansas City and he was made pastor of the church of the Annun- citation there about 10 years ago. The rank to which he has now been appointed is next to that of bishop.
 Local relatives of Monsignor Tier ney include his mother, Mrs. Mar. garet Tierney, three sisters, Made line and May Tierney, and Mrs, William Moran; and three brothers, Mark A. of this city, John D. of Chicago and Henry s. Tierney of Torrington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
TAX DISTRICTS
 OF CITY UNITED.
Park School Section Has Come in According to
 Vote of Aldermen

Waterbury will become single taxation district next Tuesday at midnight for the first time in local history. Wednesday. January list, the first taxation district will be- come 8 matter of memory. The Park Road school district at that time will be absorbed by the sec ond taxation district in accordance with special act adopted by the 1885 session of the state legislature.
 Municipal bookkeeping methods will be revolutionized and the office of Tax Collector William A. Ennis will follow a more simplifed system of keeping records as . re- suit of the change.
 Aldermen Already Voted
 An aldermanic vote has already been passed forcing the Park Road school district into the second tax ation district. It was the only district remaining in the first or outside" taxation district. Resi- dents of the district, however, 0b- jected to consolidating with the cCCO1lQ OI 441o1uC 02otA 4St oV sAtg legislature passed the law giving the aldermen the right to vote the sec- tion sin" on or before January list.
 Further, as a result of the con- solidation, the 1886 budget is in the most simplified form that 1t was ever in. Consolidation means that all service and contractual charges can be set up against the city in one bulk. Previously and includ~ ing the 1885 budget, charges such as for water, fire and police ser- vice had to be separately listed and charged against the second districts School charges also had to be placed in the budget of the second district. There will be no first diss trict after January 1st and the books of the offices of the coal& troller and tax collector will los half their complicated set-up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
GIRL SUES FOR
 BAD ACCIDENT
Lost Leg When Crushed By Auto; Asks $35,OOO
 in Damages

A four and a half year old girl who had to have two-thirds of her lower leg amputated after being struck by an automobile, is plaintiff in 8 $35,000 civil action instituted today in superior court against the owner and driver of the car. Lucille DiSapio, bringing the action through her father, Carmine, is plaintiff. The suit names Peter Varsallone, owner of the car and Peter Santa lucia, driver of the machine, de- fendants The complaint says the child was seated on the front steps of the lava Brothers bakery shop at 400 Congress avenue at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of November 30th.
 The Varsallone car had been parked some distance above the bakery shop. When Varsallone, who had been away from the machine returned, Santalucia moved over behind the steering wheel and the car was started.
 Injury Takes Place
 The machine veered to the left, as t came down the steep grade, picked up speed, struck a parked bakery truck, went up over the curb. crossed the sidewalk and struck the plaintiff.
 The child was so severely injured and the lower leg so crushed that two-thirds of the lower member, had to be amputated, alleges the complaint. The defendants are charged with negligence in the op- eration of the car; Santalucia, be- cause he had never driven a car before and had no license, and Var sallone because he did not try to stop the machine as it started down grade and because he permitted Santalucia to get behind the steer ing wheel.
 The action is returnable to com- mon pleas court the first Tuesday of January, according to the com plaint prepared by Attorney W. w. Smytt. It is reported there is no insurance on the car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
SENATOR LAWLOR HAS MAN ARRESTED
Ellsworth LawlOr, Resi- dent of Hartford, Was
 Posing as Relative

Charged by Senator Joseph Law Tor with nnasquerading as mem- Der of his family while attempting to shake down" applicants for li- quor permits, Ellsworth Lawlor, 33, of Buckingham street, Hartford, a former Waterburian, was arrested late last night. Arraigned in city court on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, Law Tor this morning was given weeks continuance under bonds of $500.
 Senator Lawlor, who secured the warrant for the accused's arrest, told prosecuting officials that Law Tor was posing as member of his family. The state senator declared that Lawlor had been telling li- quor permit applicants that he would fix it up" for them, and se- cured money from them on the strength of his claim that he was Senator Lawlor's son.
 The specific offense charged to Ellsworth Lawlor in city court is that of securing $25 from Thomas Coppetto of this city on a promise of aiding Coppetto to secure per- init from the state liquor control commission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
THIRTEEN WERE
 HURT IN CRASH

Boston, Dec. 2S-(U.P.)-Thirteen persons were injured, one critically, and about 40 other passengers were shaken when a crowded elevated bus was in collision with a heavy truck and crashed into a pole in South Boston yesterday.
 Miss Domicele Adukonis, 16, of South Boston, suffered a brain con- cussion when an arc light pole, which was snapped at the base. struck her on the head. She had just alighted from the bus.
 According to police. the bus. op- erated by Martin Sharkey of Dor- chester, had stopped to discharge passengers at West Seventh and D. streets when the truck. driven by Russell w. Sherman. 22, of Matta- poisette, crashed into it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
BOSTON, MAINE
 ISDOINC BETTER

Boston, Dec. 28-(UP)-The Bos- ton & Maine railroad today report ed net income of $37,9l1 above fixed charges in November. A year ago the road earned net income of $234, ,686, but the figure included a credit adjustment in operating ex- penses in connection with large PWA expenditures.
 Operating revenues for Novem- Der were $189,596 greater than for November 1884. Expenses were $353. .99O greater than for November 1884. Expenses were $353, ,990 great CT than a year ago, but the PWA credit adjustment last year also was reflected in that figure. Freight revenues were $163,546 nearly 2 per cent better than year ago.
 or the first Il months of 1885 the road had a defecit of $348, ,063, against $4O5, ,456 year ago. Oper- ating revenues for Il months were greater by $1,158,088 than for the previous year, with expenses ex- ceeding last years by $l,180,736.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
NINETY.YEAR-OLD
 BOWLER IS GOOD

Fitchburg, Mass. Dec. 2S-(UP)- Lucius Cook, who was New York City bowling champion in the gay nineties, celebrated his 90th birth day anniversary by bowling 10 strings of candle pins for an aver age of 89.5.
 Cook, a Civil War veteran, started and finished strongly as he bowled strings of 97, 95, 78, S2, 86, S8, 8S, 9S. 96. He got 10 spares and strike.
 Al Goodwin of Fitchburg, who is II, managed to beat Cook by a mar gin of two pins. thanks to Q le7 start and a l02 windup.
 Cook told the keeper ox the alleys he'd be back again on his elst an- niversary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-28
CALEB J. MILNE
 HAS CONFESSED
Admitted to Dept. of Jus= tice Chief He Planned
 Kidnapping

New York, Dec. 28.-(UP).--Caleh J. Milne4th, youthful scion of an aristocratic and wealthy Philadel- phia family, confessed to depart ment of justice agents today that he had faked his own "kidnaping for the sake of publicity. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the bureau of ln- vestigation of the department of justice, himself made the announce ment. To newspapermen assembled at 5 a. m., in the elaborate head quarters of the "G" men in mid- town Manhattan, he said that Milne would be arraigned later today be- fore a federal court on an unspeci- fled charge.
 Suspected AS a Hoax
 The announcement eliminated a "kidnaping" that had been suspect ed as a hoax by authorities and newspapers from the beginning Milne disappeared in New York De- cember IA and was found bound and gagged ill a roadside ditch near Doylestown, Pa., the morning of December l9.
 Federal agents held the 23-year- old aspiring actor and short story writer in an undisclosed place. They had questioned him all night after bringing him here from his mothers home at woodstock, N. Y, at 4 a m., with trembling hand, he put his name to a full confession.
 Hoover came to New York yes- terday. Last night he went to the Paradise restaurant, Broadway cab aret, with Ben Bernie, a well knowr orchestra leader, and Broadway columnist for relaxation" From there, he went to the "G" mens headquarters to make the an- nouncement.
 Not Seeking Ransom
 Young Milne insisted he had had no intention of taking $20.000 ran som for his own release from his wealthy grandfather, Caleb J. Milne 2nd, retired textile manufacturer oi Philadelphia. The elder Milne re- ceived at least one letter demanding that amount in ransom during the time the youth was missing. Young Milne said that all he wanted was publicity, hoping this would gain him an important stage part, a goal for which he had struggled in vain for number of years.
 Hoover said Milne would be ar- raigned by an assistant district at- torney and that the charge was up to the district attorneys office.
 Milne said he had no accom- plices, having put himself into the condition in which he was found eyes and lips taped, wrists bound to knees. He had appeared, then, as if drugged by narcotics and had mumbled in supposed delirium- Don't stick that needle into me
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ITALIANS STOP
 MASS ATTACKS
Wire Entanglements 33H Miles Long Hold Back
 Philippians
By STEWART BROWN Copyright 1885 by United Press


 Rome. Dec. 28-(UP)-Italians on the extrem southern front in Ethiopia have erected line of barbed wire defenses 8 1-2 miles long to frustrate an expected mass attack. press dispatches from Mo gadiscio, Italian Somaliland, said today.
 This news coincided with direct United Press messages from Eritrea which disclosed that a fight an- nounced in communique yester- day-in the Afgaga pass in the north-occurred 20 miles north Of the Italian northern front line.
 It coincided also with new unof- ficial comments which some foreign diplomatic quarters interpreted as diplomatic feelers a suggestion that France might approach Prem fer Benito MusSolini soon after the holidays with new peace suggestions
 Ethiophians Were Ready.
 The press dispatches from Moga- discio were of important signifi- canoe. revealing a situation that showed Philippians massed in great numbers only relatively few miles from the frontier of Italian Som- aliland, and on the offensive.
 Italian regulars and native Dubat troops who are on the southern front have erected, the Mogadiscio dispatches said, a barbed wire en- tanglement wall 10 meters (32.8 feet) deep and 54 kilometres (33h miles) long over stretch of barren land between the Parma and Juba rivers southwest of Dolo.
 Gen. Rodolfo Graziani's men, the dispatches said, erected the gigan- (Continued on Page 9
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RecordCold WaueHas Begun To Disappear
More Than 200 Deaths With Huge Property Loss Left in Its Wake-South Hit Hard, Because
 It Struck Unexpectedly
BY UNITED PRESS

A record cold wave that has caused more than 200 deaths and a huge property loss in three days re- treated today, although snow be- gan falling again on IS states of the middlewest and south.
 Fog increased the hazards of icy roads and streets in the great lakes states and winds of nearly gale force whipped from the north down the Atlantic coast as far as south Carolina. Florida, most of Alaba- ma and Mississippi and southern Louisiana escaped the grip of freez- ing temperatures but the wind in- creased human hardships.
 Snow In Deep South
 Forecasters predicted snow in Tennessee. Mississippi, Alabama and isolated other sections of the deep South. North and Westward, snow was expected in virtually all the re- zion from the Texas panhandle to Canada. Where snow failed, the forecasters said, rain would fall.
 Horticulturists said damage done Florida citrus crops when the tenn
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ITALIANS GIVE EVIDENCE:

Geneva Dec. 28.-(UP)-The league of nations today published Italian evidence in- tended to show that the Ethiopian soldiers are using explosive bullets. The evidence included a letter from Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Italian diplomatic envoy, a copy of medical report on the death of Sergeant Mechanic Dalmazzio Birago and photographs of holes made inside of his plane by the bullet by which he allegedly was wounded.