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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
SOCIETY. PLANNING
 CARD TOURNAMENT
Plans to Be Completed Toe morrow Night By Holy
 Name Society Members
WASHINGTON HILL.

The monthly meeting of the St. Francis Xavier Holy Name society will be held tomorrow evening in the church hall. This will be the first meeting of the society since the meetings were adjourned dur ing the summer months. Plans for the annual card tournament will be made and a program for the winter will be drawn up. Joseph Mulcunry, president of the organi- zation will preside at the meeting.
 Meeting Tonight
 The first fall meeting of the Washington Park Community club will be held this evening at o. clock at the community house and all members of the organization are urged to attend to nigkts session. Improvements which are very much in need in the hill section will be one of the important. mat ters to be discussed.
 Tickets will be given to mem- bers of the ball committee at the meeting and all members of the club will be approached first be. lOIc tiiS LlChSlo 6o VII ooAO SO ShN public. It is hoped to make the event, just as successful as the grand opening ball held last year at the opening of the new commit nifty house.
 Hall Being Repaired
 Workmen are now busy making repairs on the church hall and a new heating system is being in- stalled. When alterations are com- pleted the building will be given a painting.
 Census Being Taken
 Rev. James O'Connor and Rev. James Coughlin are now busy talk ing the annual census of the St. Francis parish. The work will be continued until every family in the parish has been reached.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
Tall Tower Topics
FOOTBALL
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

At the turn of the season there is noted much Interest in football games and such We leave for the present summer sports To follow the football player who cavorts Across field sometimes paved with mud Where every man there is out for blood. All the world goes football mad
 Cheering favored teams whether good or bad. Cheers and yells will reach new high With banners furled up to the sky Fur coats will be out you can bet your hat, Mink and seal or just plain cat.
 North and south expect fair quota, East and west and as far as Minnesota. Everybodys set and waiting for the call In the news or on the radio it's all football. t, -Em Elm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
Station Operators
 Claim Disallowed

In decision handed down in the compensation court by Com missioner James M. Lynch the claim of Daniel F. Sullivan of v Wolcott street against L. F. Pow CTS. filling station operator of 115 Porter street, Is dismissed. Sul- livan claimed he sustained hernia while at work for Powers. Com missioner Lynch found that the evidence did not sufficiently SUD- port Sullivan's claim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
BOWLING LEAGUE
 TO BE ORGANIZED
Blessed Sacrament Holy Name Society Plans
 Interesting Program

Plans for providing an interest ing program for the fall and win ter months will be discussed to- morrow evening at a meeting Of the members of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament Holy Name so- ciety. The meeting will be held in the parish hall, with President William Dzinsky, officiating.
 The bowling tournament. which proved such a source of general popularity in former years, will be staged again this season with a. more representative number of members competing. Keen enthus- iasm in the tournament has been already manifested by the younger members of the society, with every indication that the enrolment this year will be the greatest in the history of the parish.
 France proposes to reduce rents and food prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
By RODNEY BUTCHER Democrat Washington
 Cnrreannndenf.


 Correspondent.
 Washington, Sept. 12 Further notes on lobbying:
 The power trust" lobby, which for years has spent more money and hired more lobbyists than any other, probably will join the prohi- bition lobby as a has-been. It's devious, secretive methods are blocked by provision in the util- ity holding company act forbidding anyone paid by a holding company or subsidiary from lobbying with out publicly registering with the SEC.
 You can get a rough idea how many resident lobbyists there are here by counting some 2,500 law yers and law firms listed in the city telephone directory. Several hun dred other lobbyists don't profess to be lawyers. Nobody knows how many, among those who do. ever passed bar exams.
 Sometimes lobbyists start with an ace in the hole. A congressman who voted against the death sen- tence" tells me he made a survey among colleagues who did likewise and found about 85 per cent of them either owned holding com pany securities or had members of their immediate families who owned some.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

man. A company official sent an inter- office memorandum suggest ing compliance with the request, "as, of course, a member of the House naval affairs committee may be very useful in future dealings with the navy"
 About 10000 lawyers and agents (most of them not Washing tonians) are licensed to practice before the Treasury. More than 200 have been disbarred, suspend ed or reprimanded in the past few years by a Treasury committee appointed to enforce ethical standards. The cream of this business is in tax refunds for cor- porations and rebates for huge es- tates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
SPECIAL SERVICE
 FOR EXPOSITION

Special bus service to the East ern States Exposition at Springfield next week (Sept. 15-21) has been announced by the New England Transportation company for the convenience of the residents of Waterbury and nearby towns who plan to visit this well-known annual event.
 Busses will leave on an hourly schedule throughout the week from the railroad station, Tel. 4-2151 or Short Line Terminal, 196 Grand street, Tel. 4-3116, direct to the Ex- position grounds. The round trip fare Is $2.00.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
Obligations Seized Upon

One of the most recent officials to resign and join the brotherhood is former Assistant Attorney Gen. eral William Stanley, who has established law practice and has been representing certain financing companies which want more out of the Federal Housing Administra- ton set-up than they've been get ting.
 Some congressman insist on put ting themselves under obligation to lobbyists. Willard of New York, who recently was yelling so loudly about the Jim Farley stamp scan- dal, requested the United Dry docks company to give some of its sheet metal work to a New York
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
"WindOw Dressing" Helpful

Tn Big Time Lobbyist Arthur Mullen's office, the telephone girl is likely to stick her head in the door and say, MT. Mullen, the att torney general" Maybe it is, for all anyone knows.
 The ship lobby, sometimes con- sidered omnipotent, was beaten when the Sirovich bill providing liability for loss of passenger lives at sea was passed and when the juicy Bland-Copeland subsidy bill was beaten. But it helped defeat an administration substitute for the latter and blocked Senator Blacks effort for early cancella- tion date on allegedly fraudulent ocean mail contracts.
 How seoEnful lobbyists. when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
Sacred Anonymity!

The holier-than-thou atti- tude, doubtless a defense mechanism, is a conspicuous lobbyist characteristic. Ster- ling Joyner, agent for the Submarine trust" wrote his superiors when reporting how he had had certain committeeman appointed and certain claims papers moved up over 5000 other claims" as follows: My reason for not putting this "details of how 1t was done) in writing is out of respect for those who helped, and were so powerful and so friendly. The code of honor between men makes 1t un- ethical to name persons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

not on the witness stand, are of lobby Investigating committees! They say: "If you newspapermen would stay away, the investigation would be over in two days. All those senators are looking for is publicity"
 Copyright. 1928. NEA sarvies. Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
Newspapermen Tempted

A few neWSpapermen have de- serted their trade to take up lob bying. Jim West, who left his job covering Hoover for a press association to become press agent for the republican national com mittee for a while, received $8,400 from shipbuilding companies dur ing the Senate munitions hearings and $7500 from duPont, Reming- ton, and Curtiss- Wright.
 Very rarely correspondent is discovered to be on the secret pay roll of an organization engaged in lobbying or propaganda, where- upon he Is fired from the Senate press gallery If he hasn't formally disclosed the connection.
 A political writer representing a Boston newspaper used to brand such progressives as Norris and Wheeler regularly as "bolsheviks' until it was discovered he was working on the side for the New England Power association, which then hired him as one of its offl- cials. observed him dining with Senator Walsh of Massachusetts at the Carlton not long ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

Dropping in of the many smaller candy and notlon stores located in various spots all over the city we were witness to very amusing incident recently While your writer was busy engaged in conversation with the pro- prietor small boy entered the store and at to that part of the counter where the chance ooards lay Lingering box of tiny chocolates, running his fng- CTS over many of them until finally he chose one and nt ster nresented it to our friend the and was prompty rewarded with bar of candy Then he turned and left the store after paying his penny for the chance "T never saw anything like it, said the proprietor Every time that kid comes in here he walks out with par oI candy after taking only chance This caused % us to walk to the candy box and peer into It. opon s + lads success. While he was busy lingering the candies trying to make up his mind it were his gerna was s color of the contents If the color not the desired one the lad promptly dropped the candy and chose another And so till he found winner There's aa wao soe th ponies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
"Close to the President!"

One of White House Secretary Marvin McIntyre's chief uses to lobbyists who have paraded with him publicly Is that his association with them is likely to give con- gressmen (who sometimes aren't very brighD the idea that the president doesn't mean what he says. Administrationists trying to put over the holding company bill were especially bitter about McIn- tyres social life.
 Holding companies, now to be regulated and in many cases dis solved by the SEC, will find friends on the SEC staff, but hardly on the commission. Wall Street sent a contingent down here to work for the commission-other employees call them "spies"-and there's a natural yen on the part of still others to land good Wall Street berth at the first oppor- tunity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
zAMoRA's SON TEACHES LAW

Valencia, Spain (UP)-Nicete Alcala Zamora, IT,, son of the president of Spain, has been named a member of the law faculty of the University of Valencia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
Cell Is 10 Faces From Chair

Scll 1S 1V + AICS
 From Chair
 One security measure seems to have been assigning Haupt- mann to Cell at the end of the row in the lower tier. Thus 1t is farthest from the main en- trance from the prison yard, but right next to the gray door that leads to the death chamber. For Hauptmann, the Hast mile" would be matter of only about ten paces.
 Four men have walked past Hauptmann through that gray door to eternity. And his nerves did not crack. One man was the closest friend he has had in prison-Kurt Earth, 22, born in Germany, convicted of murder during $2 holdup. They used to talk together in German. When Earth passed Cell 9 on the night of March 22, Hauptmann
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

said, Have faith in God!"
 Three other men were execut- ed in .March-George de Stefa- no, Michael Mule and Connie Scarpone. The terror of two of them during preceding days un- nerved even veteran guards, but apparently did not affect Haupt- mann. When they passed him he called out a single admoni- tion: Pray to God!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
HOUSTON BOOSTS BABY
 BONDS

Houston, Tex.-UP)-Postmas- ter J. s. Griffith has announced that Houston heads Texas in the sale of "baby" bonds, with a total of $475,95O. He has set goal of $1,000.000 for 1885.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

Greyhounds follow game by sight and ear instead of scent They are one of. the oldest dogs known and are remarkable for their swiftness and keen vision.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

The most curious feature of the nose of the proboscis monkey is that it continues to grow through out the animals life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
By PAUL HARRISON

TRENTON, N. J.-If Bru- A no Richard Hauptmann goes to the electric chair for the murder of the Lindbergh baby there is no one who doubts that he will walk that "last mile" without having added a word to what is left of the Kidnapping mystery.
 Each morning since last Feb ruary 16, when guards are astir and dawn filters through the frosted skylight outside his cell, Hauptmann has awakened to check a new day on his calen- dar. He does this impassively enough. Calmly, too, he has torn off the leaves of seven spent months, until they are only few chapters left in his book of time-September, October. No- vember, December. Or will there be December? Hauptmann doesn't seem to worry about it.
 He says good morning to his guards. and sometimes asks what kind of day it will be. He hated the pitiless summer heat that beat down on the little brick death house in the prison yard. He dresses in blue denim trousers, blue cotton shirt, socks, heavy shoes. Watched by vigilant guards, he is allowed to shave himself, and does so regularly and fastidiously. Food Is handed him on paper plates, accompanied by stiff paper forks and spoons of the type sold for picnicking. Throughout his confinement. Hauptmann's appetite has been excellent. Has Gained
 About 5 Pounds
 "He hasn't had a moment of illness" said Col. Mark o. Kim berling, the prison warden. Sleeps well, and manages to get a reasonable amount of exer- else in his cell. Our doctor goes to the death house every day, and he says Hauptmann probably has gained five pounds in weight. The man certainly doesn't seem to be especially worried; all along l have noticed that he either must be very confident of an appeal, or else is completely philosophi- cal about his fate"
 Colonel Kimberling assumed his post as warden a few days after Hauptmann was received at the prison as Convict No. 1740O. So Hauptmann was in Cell 9 when the new warden spent two and a half hours in the death house dur ing his inspection rounds one eve- ming. He wanted to see what 1t was like, he explained, and so re- mained there to talk with guards and inmates.
 Here is what it is like: Along one wall is a wide corridor with a door and there is an opaque skylight. Against the other wall are two tiers of cells, nine in each tier. They are extra large cells, twelve feet square. Between each is a solid partition. None has a window.
 New Jersey considers it's death house escape-proof. In 1919 a condemned man did succeed in climbing man did succeed in climbing through the skylight, but was still within the prison and immediately was recaptur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
New Companions HODeful. Too

INV :
 According to Colonel Kim berling, Hauptmann's neighbors in the death house now are Wil- liam Henry Jones, a Negro, a Jew named Zied, and an Italian, Fa- vorito. The latter recently re- ceived last-minute reprieve, and appeals are pending in the cases of the other two.
 Zied and Hauptmann do most of the talking, the warden says, although their cells are not ad- joining. In fact, the cubicle next to Cell 9 is vacant. Hauptmann can play checkers With zied, how ever-each man having board
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
How Has He Been Spending His Da,s Ln The Shadow or Death? =. BRUNO HAUPTMANN
 1.-THE MAN IN CELL 9


and calling the moves back and
 forth. Keepers play cards and checkers with the condemned men, too, the latter seating them selves next the bars and reaching through them to take trick or crown a king.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

ed. Extra guards are said to have been assigned to watch Hauptmann, but Colonel Kimber- ling declines to discuss any spe- cial security measures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

BEES CHOOSE HIVE SHOP
 Montesano, Wash. = (UP) - A swarm of bees made their head quarters at the Bee Hive Coffee shop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
Wrote Story Of His Life

Of His Life
 Hauptmann is allowed no spe- cial food or candy, according to the warden. He buys cigarets from the prison store, and smokes almost nuously-virtually his only betrayal of nervousness. He has not done much reading, nor is there any record that he has requested any special books ex- cept Bible.
 For several months he largely occupied himself with writing an autobiography, which he hoped could be printed and sold to swell his defense fund. The manu- script came to me all written in German longhand," said Colonel Kimberling. T had the whole thing translated, and 1t amounted to 218 typewriter pages-about 60,000 words. Hauptmann seems able to express himself quite in- telligently in German. No, the Board of Prison Managers has not yet released the manuscript for publication"
 Prisoners in the death house are not permitted to leave their cells for exercise, and so Haupt- mann's face has the usual prison pallor. He is permitted to write six letters and receive two each month. Mrs. Anna Hauptmann- visits him twice month but fre- quently has exceeded that off cial limit by going in with c. Lloyd Fisher, defense attorney, whose calls are not restricted. Mrs. Emma Gloeckner, his sister, has seen him twice. He has not seen his son, Manfred, but Col onel Kimberling doubts that such a visit could be prevented if the prisoner should insist upon it. Visitors Are
 Restricted
 Hauptmann occasionally chats with the Methodist chaplain of the prison, the Rev. John Goor- ley, but has chosen as his spirit ner, of New York, a Lutheran minister. Dr. Werner comes to Trenton once a week and talks with Hauptmann about half an hour. No visitors other than those named will be admitted. Hauptmann cannot be seen or in- terviewed by the press.
 There is a radio in the corfi- dor, controlled by the keepers and turned off at 10 o'clock each evening. Hauptmann always re- quests musical programs. Dur ing the early weeks of his con- finement he wrote the words and music of a song-"a sort of love song" is the only available de- scription of it. He tried to organ ize a death-house quartet. but didn't get much cooperation.
 His cell contains a bunk, with mattresses and blankets. a table, a chair, and toilet facilities. On one wall are pasted about fifteen pictures of his wife and child. He is not allowed to read news papers, but some of the pictures are reproductions clipped from newspapers and admitted on Mrs. Hauptmann's special petition.
 And then there is the calen- dar, with only four leaves left.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

Critics of the shag aOould do '0eu to consult the dictionary and check the aoord "dcmce. Heres w"ot Mr. Webster has to say ot the defanat'oms seTags 0 rhuthm; measured leapimg, tripplng, or steppamg commonly unison soith music hand eqp?g % GGo GT ol"er or ,ros,n erotiom The definition has several other naeangs having to do acth the more grqcefM methods of dcmcig and so it appears ough light tGntastsc Jnnc;mn nhe shoooinq Rhythm aoas originated by the cambas but no native a0oud feel proud to 'oness h;s attended hop G one M e weSsfsr 5sS tpsn @st hnme foreseem the shaq and made auooamces for such vhem he sat doaOm to q0re At any rate the younger 0emeratio, proved that it has plenty of amb't'om
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
AnszUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 1. No.
 2. English artist and book illustrator.
 3. Ju-jitsu.
 4. Mississippi. $. Canada has the Imper- ial gallon of four quarts, that is 20 per cent larger than the u. s. gallon.
 6. CIavichOrd.
 2. Mercury.
 6. The AppaIachians. 9. The diamond (carboD). 10. Montana.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

OLD SEWING MACHINE USED
 Verona, Mo.-(UP)-Mrs. Ella Berry. seamstress, still is using a sewing machine she bought Al years ago for $19.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12
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Power Trust Lobby on It's Last Legs .. Many Lured by Big Money Into Plugging" Game .. 10000 Lawyers in Capital Get Their ''Bit" Holier Than Thou Attitude Is Amusing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

Barbs Perhaps at least thereU be harmomy tn the League of Nations assembly room ct Geneva A meacs ten, reveas is been changed to concert hau.
 Folloavig the death of NRA, the National Recovery Administration it s agatnst further repro dctions of the brd HOaOever opponents mdy und0ubt edlv hiss Ie an standardization speech out sanding republican, points out yoM poy $18O today for some things that three years ago cost yo~ doar That is if you had the dollar. When fish began popping through faucets in Bronr hoes thousands complained fo ths soater department What did they expect, kip pe,6d herring?..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

Heard in passirg. The old school house ts mear Cogsaveu Taverm in Washimgton Conn., one oJ tne 'ap been purchased by Mary and Ann Barry public school teachers s ety. Ths Doys es Ghets dns He dle,nisles it meet Momday St. Amthomys Church, LitchfeM The bride-to-be is Miss Lam We'r Readers of the Toaoer oo have in ther possession or knoao others havmg them, aoheechars and craos t@et oreat kinduess by contacting ths departemt We com pace au the soheelchars and cribs ava'o6le Cdn or send gor name and address to the ToOer ana oTTon9e
 emts ,nu he made to collect then The is most ayOrthu and cOn,mendable one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-12

Here's your route Legionnares planning to motor to St. Louis Mo- later this month for the national convention of the American Legion can save time ana trouble bv cutting out this route Good fast roads, free from congestion plus plenty of scenic and historic assured to make the ,4 trip p more m wooGbry
 hore vou ion the U S. Route 6. Follow this right into New York state and across Bear Mountain bridge Turn south after crossing the bridge Route POP meet Follow this to Hacketstown and Route "A from this latter place to Easton, Pa .. From Easton the westward course is U s. 22 to Alexandria Pa. :. South from sera via IT. S. 119 into Greensburg . Southwest from .ere on Routes 71 and 31 to Washington Pa. West from here on U S. 40 all the across Ohio and h. diana and right into St. Lous
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-18
RETRIAL PLEA
DENIED, HITCH
PLANS APPEAL
Embodiment Case May Be
Taken to Supreme
Court, Is Hint.

Appeal to the Indiana Supreme
Court is being considered today by
counsel for Ralph Hitch, former
Marion County chief deputy sheriff
who is serving an Indiana State
Prison term for embezzling public
funds.
Intention to appeal was an
nounced yesterday by Hitch's coun-
sci, Ira M Holmes, after a motion
for a new trial had been overruled
by Special Judge E. E. McFerren.
Irregularities in drawing the jury,
alleged errors by the Court in not
giving certain defense instructions
and in modifying others were cited
in the new trial motion
Special Judge McFerren, denying
another hearing, expressed his con-
viction that the state had "a fair
and valid charge"