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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-09
Peace Houers Ouer
 Rome This Morning
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Italy, were received there with scorn and it was indicated they would be rejected.
 Geneva circles also were dubious about the proposals, feeling that they are unfair to Ethiopia, and if adopted, would set 8 precedent whereby any future aggressor could attack a weaker countdy and retain the spells without fear of interna- tional action.
 The naval conference opened in London in the expected atmosphere of pessimism. The divergent views of the powers were only broadly and faintly sketched in the opening speeches of the chief delegates and the conference adjourned to take up controversial subjects at future meetings.
 BY STEWART BROWN
 Copyright 1885 by United Press)
 Rome, Dec. 9-(UP)--A sudden ly developed atmosphere of hope that some way might be found to negotiate settlement of the Ital- laIl-GILIlIOpld1 wal oP4Co0 pAAOA6AA Rome today while the Senate as- sembled to hear a speech by Prem fer Benito Mussolini
 Mussolini strengthened hopes to- day that something may come of the Anglo French efforts to med fate the Ethiopian war when he refrained from any controversial utterances in an appearance before the senate.
 q can assure the senate that Italian interests in Africa will be strenously defended" the premier said.
 That constituted his entire two- minute speech, except for several sentences of thanks for the senate's loyal support.
 Senate Has Confidence
 The senate has unlimited confi- dence in Il Duce ... never as to-day have we been so entirely behind Il Duce."
 The senate adjourned until to- morrow.
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a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Elks, Foresters of America and of the Concordia Singing society.
 Attorney Thoms has been a delegate to four national demo. cratic conventions. He headed the Connecticut delegation that nominated Alfred E. Smith at the 1928 convention in Houston, Texas.
 Attorney Tholns married Miss Harriet J. Dutton in 1898. They have four children, all grown up now to be sure. One son, Att torney John D. Thoms, is state representative at this time. The others are: Miss Elinor Thoms, Frederic Thoms, and Mrs. Mor- gan Burke, who is now residing in New York. Mrs. Burke was christened Fanny after her late grandmother.
 Atty. Thoms weighs 161 pound pounds and is 5 feet nine inches in height. He has blue eyes and hair of silver gray. He enjoys walking and manages to take long strolls daily. He under stands many languages includ- ing German, French, Hebrew, and, of course Greek and Latin. He has been abroad six times visiting the birthplaces of his parents in Scotland and Corn wall, England. He enjoys his pipe more than cigars and cof- fee is his favorite drink. He loves to read novels with 8 ser- ious trend and is entertained by motion pictures based on such themes. His favorite music is the pipe organ and he can play one. He also plays the piano.
 Atty. Thoms worships at the Methodist Episcopal Church on North Main street. He and Mrs. Thoms reside in their own home
 at 60 Fiske street.
 And that, I think, gives you a brief biograph of another of our esteemed neighbors-Will- liam Edward Thoms.
 Adieu until tomorrow. Thank you.
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termined to impose an embargo on oil and other commodities calcu- lated to immobilize Italy's armies and industry if it is not favorable.
 A summary of the proposal was telephoned to Mussolini last night, it was learned, with request that he indicate the extent of his in- terest within 36 hours.
 Premier Pierre Laval and Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign sec- retary, who drafted the proposal, made it in the nature of an ul- timatum. Mussolini must reply be- of nations general staff" meets to set a date for the embargo.
 Of Much Importance
 The Laval-Hoare meeting as- sumed additional importance be- cause:
 1. It was the first time since the outbreak of the crisis nearly a year ago that France and Britain have found themselves in complete agree ment.
 2. It was understood that they agreed that, as soon as conditions were favorable and probably next February, to seek to win Germany back to the league and negotiate an agreement with her for hmita- tion of land and air armaments.
 It was apparent that Laval and Hoare reached agreement on all points to their immediate foreign policy, and that any crisish which may arise will find them acting in close concord.
 The terms of the French-B British proposal are well known-terri- torial concessions to Italy in northern and southeastern Ethiopia Italy to get the towns of Adigrat, and Aduwa in the north, Ethiopia to retain the holy city of Aksum; Ethiopia to get . corridor to the sea: Italy to get colonization rights in fertile territory in southern Ethi- opia; Ethiopia to have the right to seek league protection and aid.
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Today's narration of facts deals with the life history ot another of our neighbors who is held in high eSteem-ex-Mayor and former Judge William E. ThomS, member of the law firm of Carmody and Thoms.
 William Edward Thorns was born in Plymouth, Conn, Dec. 22nd, 1870, the son of William P. and Fanny Ould ThomS. His mother died in 1872 when he was but two years old. His fath- died in 1898. Young Bill ThomS was brought to New Britain when his father labored there as a blacksmith. He attended the Burritt school until he was seven years old and his father trans ferred his labor here. Then he attended the Elm street school and later improved his educa- tion at Waterbury High school. At the age of 13 he went to work as cash boy in Turner's Dry Goods store, formerly on Bank street. His early ambition was to become a lawyer but it was not until 1890 that he entered Yale. Then he devoted his atten- tion to the classic languages. He delivered the salutatory address at the commencement exercises in Latin much to the aStoniSh- ment of his class. No one has attempted to duplicate the feat since that momcntous occasion.
 MT. Thoms taught Greek and Latin at Waterbury High school after leaving Yale and studied law under the guidance of Judge of Probate Robert H. Lowe at the same time. MT. ThomS had among his students at his classes in high school such prominent personages as Archbishop John Gregory Murray, Bishop John J. Dallas, Bishop Joseph E. Me- Carthy, Ex-Mayor Francis P. Guilfoile, Mayor T. Frank Hayes, and Superior Court Judges Arthur F. Ellis and Frank P. McEvoy. They considered him 8 very able teacher ... MT. Thoms was admitted to the bar in 1898. He hung his shingle out immediately. He practiced alone until he became a mem- Der of the law firm of Thoms & Ells. Attorney Carroll c. Hincks later joined the firm. Several years later, when Att torney Ells was appointed to the superior court bench, this par tnership dissolved and Attorney Thoms joined with Attorney Terence F. Carmody in creat- ing the law firm of Carmody 6 Thoms.
 Attorney Thoms was elected tax collector in 1897 and served until 1903. He was elected mayor in 1906 and was reelected for 8 second term. In 1911 he was chosen state representative and served as Democratic leader of the house in 1913. He presided as judge of the local city court during 1913 and 1914. He is Past State Grand Master of the Odd Fellows, Past Grand Chan cellor of the Knights of PvthiaS.
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WAR SECRETARY
 ASKS INCREASE.
Wants Present Air Force Raised to Four Times
 Present Size

Washington, Dec. 9-(UP)-Secre- tary of War George H. Dern today urgently recommended expansion of the arny's fighting air force to almost four times it's present size.
 He proposed an immediate five year program" providing for annual purchase of 800 planes of all types. At conclusion of the period, he said, the army would have about 5000 combat planes, compared with 838 today. The corps would have 8 to- tai of 4,000 ships of all types, com pared with the 1,510 it is expected to have on hand Jan. l.
 The plan was outlined in Dern's annual report. The present air corps strength, he said, is far short of sreasonable requirements"
 Important Part in War
 sThe air element will undoubted- ly play an important part in mod ern warfare" he said. "A sound pre- parednesS policy, therefore, dictates that we should at least equip our selves with enough of the most mod eern fighting planes to repeal an in- yader at the outbreak of hostilities." !"
 Discussing the nations defense generally, Dern declared:
 'tIt is a pity that we should have become so oblivious to the bitter lessons of the World war as to d. low our defense to dwindle until, if another war should be forced upon us, we should, as usual. be unpre- pared for effective action.
 ''In that event, we should find that our so-called economies have in reality been a hideously extrav- agant waste of money and lives"
 He also recommended 2,000 in- crease in army officer personnel and boost of 15,0O0 in the national guard strength.
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WIFE BEAT HER
 HUSBAND DEAD

Los Angeles, Dec. 9-(UP)-Fran- ces Mabel Willys, 38, confessed to- day, police said. that she beat to death her alleged common-law hus- band, Dr. Walter F. Hammond, 50. prominent dentist. Ofhcers quoted her as saying, I'm now the happiest I've been in all my life"
 Police found Hammond's nude body in the house the couple oc- cupied after Miss Willys telephoned them. They quoted her as saying she and Hammond engaged in drunk en fight.
 while I was beating him." she said, according to officers. T thought of the Clara Phillips case. As l hit him with a hammer I said to my self, My name will be in all the headlines"
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a democrat. Hoffman Is repub- lican. The governor has been men, toned frequently as potential re- publican presidential timber.
 Hoffman Replied
 Hoffman replied to Jamieson, without directly referring to him, with a statement that he had no opinion as to the guilt or innocence of Hauptmann but intended to set at rest rumors that police and pro- secutors suppressed pertinent evil dence at Hauptmann's trial in Remington.
 Jamieson was unsparing in crit icism of 8 secret nocturnal visit the governor paid Hauptmann two months ago in the death house and of his announcement last week that Ellis Parker, famous New Jersey de- tective, was Investigating the case.
 "What has taken place has struck a blow at the dignity of our entire system of American criminal juris- prudence" he said. The burden of producing definite proof that jus tice has miscarried now rests upon Governor Hoffman.
 Many responsible citizens believe there exists 8 plan to subject the people of the world, rightfully or wrongfully, but primarily for publi- city purposes, to 8 series of recur- rent explosions that will carry this celebrated case into the press at intervals until the republican na- tional convention meets in June" :.
 Sister Will Help
 Hollywood, Dec. 9-(UP)-Mrs. Emma Gloeckner, sister of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, said today she will go to New York next week to assist in developing new evidence that would "thfow an entirely new light on the Lindhergh Kidnapping case"
 Vincent A. Marco, her attorney left by airplane for Washington yes- terday to investigate 8 clue Mrs. Gloeckner said he and she had un- covered. He planned to inspect records of Hauptmann'S appeal to the United States supreme court and then go to New York to con- suit Mrs. Anna Hauptmann.
 Mrs. Gloeckner said she would meet Marco in New York.
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Parker Is Critical

Parker Is Critical
 Mount Holly, N. J., Dec. 9.-(UF) The method of the prosecution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, con- victed murdered of the Lindbergh baby, was criticized severely in a formal statement today by Ellis H. Parker, widely known local detec- tive.
 The only thing the prosecutors thought of at the Pennington, N. J., trial, he said, was to call Haupt- man "the machine gunner from Germany"
 "If he was in the German army and he fought fair against the enemy, or what they termed the enemy, he should be given credit for it," the statement read, but if he turned his machine against his own people, he would be a traitor"
 The statement was cryptic in parts.
 "The fact he is here in the United States" it wene on, would indicate to ay reasonable man that he didn't relish it. How many American boys who were forced to go to war never came back? They (the prosecution) forgot about that. As far as this particular case is concerned. I have just issued statement I was not going to talk about 1t. As I said be- fore, what investigation I made I did because I was interested in all crime.
 T never butted into a case in my life and neither would L have got- ten in this if I hadn't been invited"
 Earlier in the day, Parker, cele- brated for the many murder cases he had solved. criticized police and others. Parker has stated that he did not believe Hauptmann com- mitteed the crime alone and "he may not even have been implicated in the Kidnapping"
 'The police were on the spot two and one half years after the crime" he said. They needed somebody and Hauptmann was a good victim. His trial was a three ring circus"
 T still feel that there is a great discrepancy between the evidence aud the definite proof of the guilt of Hauptmann. Upon application for new trial or before the court of pardons, which is in no judicial sense a court but board of grace and mercy. a more liberal view may be taken o fthe whole matter"
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tice."
 The president said that in the quest for justice progress has been made-a lasting progress because the people have learned more about effective cooperation in the past two and 8 half years than in the previous 25 years.
 Shows the Contrast The president examined the scale of administration benefits to the farmer while contrasting rural purchasing power now with 1881 and 1883.
 ''The measures to which we turn ed to stop the decline and rout of American agriculture originated in the aspirations of the farmers themselves expressed through the several farm organizations" MT. Roosevelt said.
 q turned to these organizations" he continued, land took their coun- cil and sought to help them to get these purposes embodied in the law of the land. What you wanted and what you and I have endeavored to achieve was to put an end to the destructive forces that were threat ing American Agriculture. Tooth and Claw Rule we sought to stop the rule of tooth and claw that threw farmers into bankruptcy or turned them virtually into serfs forced them to let their buildings, fence and ma chinery deteriorate, made them rob their soil of it's God given fertility, deprived their sons and daughters of a decent opportunity on the farm. To those days, trust, the organized power of the nation has put an end for ever.
 q say the organized power of the nation advisedly, because you and I as Americans who still be- lieve in our republican farm of constitutional government know, as simple fact, that 48 separate sovereign states acting each one as separate unit, never were able and never will be able to legislate or to administer individual laws adequately to balance the agricul- tural life of . nation so greatly dependent on nationally grown crops of many kinds"
 It was not until he reached his concluding paragraphs that he lashed out at the foes of his pro- gram. Here he took up the Cana dian trade treaty.
 Lashed Out At Foes
 "Just as I am confident" he ex- plained, that the great masses of city people are fair-minded. so am sure that the great majority ot American farmers will be fair in their judgment of the new trade agreement"
 If the calamity howlers should happen to be right, you have every assurance that Canada and the United States will join in correct ing inequalities, but I do not be- lieve for single moment that the calamity howlers are right"
 The president asserted that agriculture and industry and bus mess are in overwhelming major 4bAcc CV~VpCAatA1S 1oA N@A justice as never before"
 we who strive for cooperation" he said, among all parts of our great population in every state of the nation, we intend to win through to . better day. We strive for America, and if we succeed, as by Gods help we will. America will point the way towards a better world"
 The president came to Chicago from warm Springs, Ga., aboard a special train. Immediately after luncheon at which mayor Edward J. Kelly was his host. he entrain- ed for South Bend. Ind. to deliver another speeach at Notre Dame University where he will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of laws.
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 Copies of correspondence between Ferguson and the commission were received by the state commission to- day and, according to Secretary Raymond Schneider, will be officially laid before the commissioners "be- fore the day is out"
 Causing Serious Loss
 Federal Chairman Frank R. Me- Ninch, wrote that "it would appear that the severence of these interstate connections is now causing and must inevitably cause serious eco- homie loss to all of the companies involved and ultimately to the peo- pie of the states which they service. While these losses would appear, for the present, to fall primarily upon the stockholders of the companies, the destruction of these interstate connections will impair the reliabil- ity of service and increase the cost of power supplied to domestic, com- mercial and industrial consumers" '"
 Ferguson had declared that "the loss Is to be preferred to the states loss of sovereignty" and added i've are working on ways and means now of restoring the connections without subjecting ourselves to the enormous expense involved in carrying on un- der federal jurisdiction"
 Refused Cooperation
 He said the federal commission shad declined our cooperation and now we are trying to do it with out their cooperation"
 What, if anything, the state com- mission will do, was problematical. Thus far the state body had kept out of the negotiations and it was understood the general attitude of the commissioners was one of non interference"
 Two other power companies, the Central Hudson Gas and Electric Co.,. New York, and the Western Massachusetts companies, also sev- cred their interstate lines and were regarded in the same position as the Connecticut concern.
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YOUNG LAD IS
 SAVED FROM ICE

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 9-(UP)-- Breaking through the thin ice while sliding on Park river, Theodore Walker, ', was saved from drowning by two older boys Sunday afternoon.
 While the youngster struggled to keep afloat, Victory Bushey tied . clthesline around his waist and waded inte the river to his aid. Louis D'Atri, on shore. pulled the pair to safety.
 The exhausted |. boy was taken home in Q police ambulance.
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DEAD OF HURTS

Boston, Dec 9-tUP)-Miss Louise Fellen, 27, of Lynn, who was struck by an automobile last Saturday, died at a hospital today. John w.. Lord. about a, of Pittsburg. Pa, Q Harvard Business school student, who told police he drove the auto mobile which struck the girl. will be held on Q technical charge of manslaughter, authorities said.
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FALLS FROM ROOF

Bloomfield, Dec. e--(UP)-Capt. Martin Dexheimer suffered a se- were back injury when he fell from the roof of a barn while fighting a fire on the farm of George F. Hubbard last night. The fire, be- lieved to have started from Q short circuit in a COW barn, destroyed two barns and a wagon shed. Capt. Dexheimer, of the Blue Hills volun- teer fire department, was taken to Hartford hospital for treatment and observation.
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It was considered highly signi- ficant that the governments news broadcast, shortly before Mussolini addressed the senate, contained the following item:
 Official quarters in Paris express the belief that the proposals this time would be satisfactory for Italian acceptance. It is believed Premier Mussolini will soon instruct Baron Aloisi (Pompeo Aloisi. Italian delegate to the league) to proceed immediately to Geneva" 1 At the senate meeting, Federsoni denounced sanctions as unjust and read 8 resolution prepared by Ad- miral Thaon De Revel attacking sanctions and proclaiming the na- tion's unity with Mussolinis pro- gram in Africa. It was signed by 384 senators.
 Federzoni asked the senators Gas one man to arise and pledge your selves to resist" The senators then donated their gold legislative med- als to the country, as the deputies did on Saturday.
 Among those present was Grown Prince Humbert, the Count of Turin and the Dukes of Aosta, Spo- leto, Ancona and Genoa, all her. editary senators. When the session ended, Mussolini left first, followed by Prince Humbert.
 Has Not Weakened
 The surge of hope for negotia- tions, calculated to delay the ap- plication of further League of Ma tionS penalties against Italy, did not mean that MusSolini's position had weakened.
 Rather Italians believed that Great Britain's attitude had changed markedly in the last few days and that the British government was showing a more friendly under standing of Italy's needs.
 The French British peace for- mula was regarded generally as a notable improvement over previous offers, hence deserving of consid- eratoin. The formula, though the alternative to its acceptance was selection of date for an oil em- bargo was not regarded here as an ultimatum. This part of the situation was minimized. But it was felt that the more generous territorial concessions in Ethiopia might prove to be real and that Italy might find in them room for colonization in fruitful sail. In expectation that Mussolini would address the senate, arrange ments were made to broadcast his speech to 8 number of foreign wireless stations.
 Senators came to Rome with the gold medals given to them upon election, to offer to the government, as did deputies Saturday, for the gold reserve.
 The first bill on the senate's pro- gram was one to cover exceptional expenditures in the East African colonies. Admiral Paolo Thaon Di Revel, president of the senate, was due to speak on his resolution in- troduced in advance of the session.
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Arthur J. Collins, manager of the Waterbury state employment bureau, has been appointed tempo rary manager of the Bridgeport office, pending the appointment of . permanent successor to Beck well J. Larrabee. MT. Larrabee has been promoted to the post of ad- ministrative assistant to Miss Helen Wood, federal and state di- rector of the service at Hartford.
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BY RALPH HEINZEN

Copyright 1885 by United Pressl
 Paris, Dec. 9.-(UP)-France and Great Britain awaited expression of Premier Benito MussoliIii's at- titude toward a final proposal for peaceable negotiation of the Italian-E Ethiopian war to-day, de-
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WILLIAM E. THOMS

Former Mayor of City of Waterbury Member of Prominent Law Firm - Native of Plymouth, Conn. - Has Had Intensely Interesting Career.
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Musical feature films are to be produced in Argentina.
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SUPREME COURT
 DENIES APPEAL
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 raised in the state and federal courts for the protection of this de- fendant."
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GOV. HOFFMAN IS
 BEING ACCUSED

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CONN. POWER co.
 IS DISPUTED

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CONFERENCE ON
 NAVIES TODAY

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