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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
STRACHEY GIVES
 PARTING SHOT

New York, March 90 - (UP) - Evelyn John St Loe Strachey, Brit ish author and advocate of com munism, stood on the deck of the s. s. Berengaria early today and fired parting shot and offered n parting bouquet to America, Through quick side-stepping of the immigration department. he left the country on his own freo will. not as deportee. Daniel W. Mae Cormack. immigration commis- sioner, who had wanted to deport him because he allegedly believes in the overthrow of the govern ment by force, withdrew charges, permitting Strachey to sail volun- tarily.
 'I certainly hope to come back" said Strachey. "I enjoyed it fine. My experiences here made me like America and Americans better than ever before" He added. "of course, no country is to be blamed for its government"
 Strachey said he believed Amer lea was moving toward commun- ism. His lecture tour across the country, during the course of which he was arrested as an undesirable alien, revealed to him strong trends toward acute class consci- ousness and abolition of capitalism. ha aaid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
SHE WASP PRETTY BUT REAL TOUCH
TattOOed as We'll, She Told Driver, Before Thrash-
 ing Him

Chicago, March 3O-(UP)-Shc was young, she was pretty and she wore q swanky fur coat, but s h c didn't have u ticket. Driver George Trumbull wouldn't let her on his St. Louis bound bus.
 "But lock-" she exclaimed swishing q shapely bare leg to the bus top step. Look, I'm tattooed all over"
 Trumbull looked at a red and green skull and crossbones, rcd ard blue cowboy and a wreathed dagger. He read warning of danger" in lurid purple.
 You don't believe I'm that way all over," accused the young wo- man. "Ill show you
 Trumbull blushingly demurrcd.
 And anyway" he inquired, "so what"
 The answer was q right Jab to the nose, a slap on each cheek and two kicks in the shins. Five drivers subdued the aggressor and captur- ed a gun she yanked from q lacey holster.
 A police matron said it was true she was tattooed all over.
 It will entitle her to a ride to. day in a municipal court bus un- less she explains "so what"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Lithua11ianD Democrats Puzzled Ouer Sheriff
Division of Opinion as to the Man Who Should Be Named Deputy to Succeed John Jenusaitis$
 Latter Is Slated to Vacate Position

Difference of opinion over who should receive the appointment Of deputy sheriff among the Lithua- nian democrats of the city is large ly responsible for High Sheriff Elect J. Edward Slavin holding up the announcement of the members of his local staff, 1t has been learned. That Deputy Sheriff John Jenusaitis, republican incumbent, for whom a petition has been circu- lated urging that he be retained, is definitely out, authentic reports also show.
 The fight among the Lithuanian democrats cocerns Al Francis who up to the present time was con! sidered as having the inside track among the Lithuanians in the race for a post as deputy sheriff. A cer- tain group, however, has come out in opposition to Francis, 1t is un- derstood. claiming that other Lith- uanian democrats who have lived in the city for a much longer length of time should be given considera- ton.
 Town Chairman John IT. Crary when talked with admitted that there has been much wranglinB
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
ASSEMBLY WILL SWING INTO THE
 HOME STRETCH
Important Measures Are Still Waiting to Be
 Acted Upon

Hartford. Conn, March 30 (UP) The general assembly has swung into the home stretch, confronted with some of the most important legislation in It's history. Ten weeks remain in which to rush through major bills affecting liquor and milk control, government reorga. nization, old age pension, unem- ployment relief, birth control. jury service for women, an expansive state construction program and ap- pointments to minor courts. The report of the governors special tax study commission garding a revision, of the present setup, sales and income taxes. and completion of the budget are among other considerations. The Judiciary con- mittee has opened the way for early discussion of the governors favorite project, revamping state departments to eliminate overlap ping and cut down expenditures.
 Creation of a commission to study the proposal and report to the governor not later than Jan 1, 1937, has been approved. The com mission would have exhaustive in- vestigatlng powers. Already before the committee are proposals for merging several important dcpart- mentS. One recommends consoli- dation of the state department of agencies and institutions with the welfare department, under the lat ter's name. This branch, which Raymond r. Gates. ofrmcr agen- Cies head, may direct, would su- pervise distribution of the pension funds.
 The Judiciary also is to report shortly on g proposed civil service system for all state employees and abolition of the office of coroner. except at Hartford for state police work.
 The past week saw dumped overheard bills to permit horse racing, ratification of tho federal child labor amendment and q batch of proposals to crack down on the public utilities commission and power companies.
 Regulation of the motor truck industry has been agreed upon by the motor vehicles committe which Is expected to report out bill next week affecting Common" and "contract" carriers.
 The industry will be placed un- der Jurisdiction of the public util- tiles commission as a modified pub lie utillty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30

the estate of Sesaburo Kinoshida. Sawada is attached to the Yoko- hama Specie bank at 120 Broad way. New York. Colonel Kinoshida was an active colonel in the Jap anese legation in New York city.
 Several Officers fin Car
 The colonel was driving a Chew rolet coach from Wallingford to Nav York in the afternoon of last May 9th. In his car were two ad- ditional Japanese army officers. holding the ranks of major.
 Miss O'Connell was a passenger in cocah operated by William E. Flaherty of Hamden. It was raining that afternoon. F'laherty's car skidded on the four way high way and after having made a com plete turn WIS about to start up again when the Japanese CT, ap- proa ching at an allegedly rapid rate of speed. crashed into the Hamden mans car.
 Her Car Demolished
 The car in which the plaintiff was riding was completed demol- ished in the crash and the Jap
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Perfect Murder Mystery h Kansas City Is U1solued

Another mysterious figure was tho unknown man who saved the body from burial in Potters field. James P. McGilley. funeral direc- tor, disclosed that he telephoned instructions for interring the body In Memorial Park cemetery and sent money by special delivery.
 owens body was found in n room from which all identifying articles had been removed. Death was from a fractured skull The youths wrists had been slashed. The body was bound with cord, n moose about the neck.
 A hairpin, n cigaret butt and q scrap of cloth from a necktie or n scarf, were the only clues. No one had been seen to enter or leave the room. The door was locked from the outside, police said. The key was missing.
 McGilley said the man who called about the burial told him owen Just got in q jam." The under taken warned the man he would notify police of the call.
 That's all right" the man said, they're on the wrong track" And that is all the police know. They have received more than a dozen identifications of the body. but all were wrong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Work Relief Jobs Are
 Congress ha Disputes Ouer Wages
3,5OO,OOO Men Could Be Put at Work Right
 Away HANDICAPS THROWN IN WAY OF NEW PROGRAM Last Obstacle Had Been Almost Passed When
 Wrangle Arose

Washington, March 30 - (UP) = Chance of 3,50O,000 men to get work-relief jobs this spring was snarled today in a congress dispute over what part of a dollar spent for public works should go for wages.
 Administration refusal to accept an amendment re- stricting public works proj- ects under a $900,000,000 loan and grant allocation to those where $1 out of every $3 would go directly for labor was voiced by Public Works Administrator Har- old l.. Ickes.
 Ickes and other cabinet mem- bers asserted the amendment would make the $4,8S0, 100000 work-relif measure "unworkable". Tempers, already strained in the two-months fight over the bill in congress, threatened to reach the breaking point.
 May Ignore Ickes Congressional leaders considered ignoring Ickes' objections and rushing the measure through in it's present form to President Roose-. welt. The bill was sent to confer- ence for adjustment of amend- ments attached by the senate in passing the measure which the house approved Jan "A. Sen Carter Glass, d, Va, who sponsored the bill in the senate (Coufinued on Page 1bl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
JIM THORPE HAS
 BECOME CONVICT IN MOVIE SCENE
Giant Hero of Football Field Earns His Living
 at Hollywood

Hollywood, Calif., March 30.-y CUP).--A bunch of tough looking guys in prison garb were gathered around table shooting dice Down at the other end of the set the director was rehearsing a scene for the picture, Safe in Jail," and the extras were killing time until they were called. Con- vet No. 18TH, a giant of a man, looked on amusedly at the game. but cidn't shake when his turn came. The game broke up for lunch, and convict No. 13,11l walked over and was introduced. His name was Jim Thorpe.
 Thorpe, generally recogned as footballs greatest player, has been earning his living for some time playing as an extra In motion pic- lures, averaging about $10 day and working about 8 days week. He Is frienly with mny of the di- rectors. who aid him in getting work fairly regularly. Thorp, now AZ, hasn't played fooball since 1929 when he was with the Chicago Cardinals professional team. He has almost lost interest in the game. and doesn't attend the coll lege games around Los Angeles very often. He weighs 215 pounds, and looks in farily good physical condition.
 "I was out kicking the ball around the other day with some of the kids around my neighbor- hood" said Thorpe. 1T can still kick it and pass 1t but I guess I'm too old to play" Thorpe has three young sons. Phillip, 8. Billy, 6, and Dick 2, but he doesn't en- courage them to play football. Asked what he thought of pres- ent-day football. Thorpe said he enjoyed watching the game but that 1t was little too tame for him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30

Kansas City, Mo, March 30.-- (UP)-Kansas Citys "locked door, murder mystery with its unidenti- fled corpse may be recorded as the perfect crime" police admit ted today.
 A special police homicide squad, assigned to the case three months ago when q nude and mutilated body was found In q hotel bathtub presented what 1t claimed to be tho only plausible theory but were as much in the dark as to the iden- titles of the slayer and his victim.
 According to the theory the youth. who registered at the hotel as Roland T. owen, came to Kan sas City to break off n college en- gagement with Il Kansas City girl. The girls brother, the officers req soned, killed the unfaithful lover.
 Detective Frank Howland and his assistants, Ira Johnson and Will liam Aldrich, admittedly had little on which to base their theory. A wreath of flowers sent to the grave bore q card which said: Love For ever-Loulse,"
 Who is Louise? Police do not know. They have found no one who was even acquainted with Owan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
RICHEBRC TRIES
 TOSTOP STRIKES

Washington. March 30--(UP)--- Donald R. Richberg summoned coal mine operators and union heads into conference today Tor their replies to his proposals for averting a walkout Monday of 36O,00 miners.
 Richberg, new deal coordlnator and chairman of NIRB. proposed that in lieu of a new wages and hours contract. the coal code. con taining wage aid hour provisions, bo extended from April to June 16. the date Of expiration of the present MIRA act.
 While operators prepared to ac- cept the proposal John l.. Lewis, president of the United Mine Work CTS of America. raet with other un- lon officials &o draft labor's heply.
 From an authoritative source it was learned that the union had de- cided to "go along with the presi- dent"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
MORGAN SELLS
 HIS PAINTINGS

New York, March 30-(UP)-- J. F. Morgan has sold anotheP painting, as have the heirs of Otto IL. Kahn. The sales announced to. day bring to 10 the famous paint. ings recently sold abroad from pri. vate American collections.
 The latest to leave for Europe are Morgan's Madonna and Child With Angels" by Fra Angelica, ard the Kahtn estate's Portrait of Guiliano de Medici' by Botticelli. Baron IT. Thyssen- -Bornemisza of Switzerland bought both. He bought the Kahn collection est. Eustace" by Carpaccio only last week. Clarence H. Mackay sold seven Sassetta panels month ago to the National Art Gallery, Lon- don.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Taxable GrandListO or WaterburyRates High
Fifth Largest in the State According to Figures Re- leased This Morning By State Tax Commits
 siOner William II. Hackett

Waterbury's taxable grand list Is the fifth largest Tn the state of Connecticut according to figures released to-day by State Tax Com missioner William II. Hackett at Hartford. This city canes behind Greenwich, New Haven County, of which Waterbury is a part, has the second highest net grand list.
 Hartford has the largest total assessments, the total being $362.- 5S0,972 which, however, is 2 de- crease of about $T500, 900 as com pared with the 1888 figure. The re- port of the tax commissioner deals with 1894 figures.
 Waterbury's taxable grand list figure for 1884 less than q half million smaller than the total for 1883. New Haven has the second largest grand list, the figure being $309,318,915, a decrease of about $87O,0O0 as compared with 1893. Bridgeport comes third with a list of $233,396,455 which is about $1,- 100000 lower than the 1883 total.
 Greenwich Leads City
 Greenwich has higher grand list than Waterbury. The figure there is $176,303,S00 for 1894. or an increase of over $1.500,000 as compared with the 1893 total. Stamford follows Waterbury with a grand list of 145,133,639. New Britain is next with $101, ,785,756.
 Assessors valuations of taxable properties in the 169 towns in Con- necticut in 1894 totalled $2,946,- O00,515, a decrease of approximate ly $18,700,000 under the 1883 as sessments. The decline in the grand lists represents q decrease of less than two-thirds of one per cent while a year ago there was a fall ing off of about $S4, 100000 or 2.77 per cent under the 1882 assess ments,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
STRIKE IS ENDED

Stafford Springs, Conn, March 30 - (UP) - The strike of weav- CTS at the Cyril Johnson Woolen Mill, which started early in Jan uary over a. demand for discharge O 1.-two alleged strike breakers, has been ended by agreement. Tho company announced that employees would be taken back as orders war ranted and many returned today to their looms. The two men, over whom the dispute arose, remained at work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
HEAD.ON CRASH
 TOOK EVOLVES

Burlington. Mass. March 30 = (UP) - A head-on collision be- tween two automobiles here early today resulted in two deaths and serious injuries to two other per- sons. Leon W. Richardson. Lowell salesman and driver of one of the cars, was dead on arrival at hos- pital, and Miss Anna Caulfield, 20. of Lowell. passenger In the other car, died of a broken back.
 Mrs Florence Richardson. wife of the dead man, was In serious condition with several broken ribs. and Edward Cuichard, 2S. of Ros- iindale. who was driving the car in which Miss Caulifeld was riding. was severely lacerated. All four lwere thrown clear Of the wreckage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Late Bulletins
rOM CAMPBELL BLACK WEDS

London, March 30.-(UP)-Tom Campbell Black, co-winner of the England Australia race, today married Miss Florence Desmond, actress. There were many famous stage aviation and mo- ton picture people at St James church, Picca- dilly and Charles B. Cochran, England's lead ing producer, gave the bride away. The engage ment was announced just after the air race. Then came an announcement that it had been broken off, but it was soon resumed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
CITY RESIDENTS
 ARE PAYING HIGH FOR ELECTRICITY
Waterbury and TOrringtOn
 Rates Compared With Others By Cong Smith
fsncclal to Thc Democrat

Washington. D. C., March 30- Residents of Waterbury are paying approximately $1.60 and Torring- ton consumers $1.25 more for 100 KEW of electricity than are the residents of the rural sections of Alcorn county, Miss, Cong J. Jos eph Smith of the fifth district of Connecticut. declared after hearing David F. Lilienthal, director of the Tennessee Valley Authority testify before the house military affairs committee for the past two days.
 The committee has now before 1t for joint consideration and recom- mendation several bills having to do with the IVA, two of the wit nesses being MT Lilienthal and Arr thur l.. Morgan, chairman of the IVA. Cong Smith, a member of (Continued on Page 15)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30

American Federation of Labor. Supporting them were half a dozen or more other influential senators
 The bill to extend the recovery act two years beyond expiration Of the present act on June 16 aban- dons federal attempts to regulate purely intrastate business, but Is designed to strengthen several other provisions of the present act.
 It Is intended, according to its sponsors, only as structure upon which to build 0 now recovery measure that will sustain all ad- vantages of the old law while dis pensing with many controversial clauses.
 Carefully Phrased
 Carefully phrased in order to build up a low that will meet chal-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
POLES ASKED FOR PROTEST

Warsaw, March 30.-(UP) )-Poles in upper Silesia urged the government today to protest to Germany against refusal to give public status to a Polish high school in German Silesia. There was mass meeting of protest at Kattowitz four days ago and feeling has been warm against the German attitude. It was established that stories of riots in the territory were incorrect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
ALYCE WILL MEET JIMMY

Fall River, Mass, March 30-(UP)-Ten- year-old Alyce Jane McHenry, whose upside down stomach has been righted, and 13-year-old Jimmy Nelson, whose inverted stomach prob ably soon will be righted, too, were to meet at Truesdale hospital here this afternoon. It was the nationwide publicity attending the Omaha girls miracle" operation that led indirectly to Jimmy's transcontinental journey from San Jose, Calif, for similar surgery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
RUSSIA STILL IN CONFERENCE

Moscow, March 30.-(UP)-Russia's full entrance into negotiations to end the armament crisis was emphasized today when Maxim Lit vinov and Anthony Eden spent the day discuss Germany's remuneration of the Versailles treaty military clauses. Eden, special British cabinet envoy, and Russia's foreign minister, started their third formal conference this morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Estate OF Japan
 Army Co., Sued
Ansonia Nurse Brings Action for Injuries Received in Crash of Cars on Milford Turnpike Japanese
 Colonel Died of His Hurts

The death of Japanese army colonel in bad automo- bile crash the Milford turnpike last spring had it's after
 ath the superior court at Waterbury to-day when civil action claiming $1O,000 damages filed by Ansona against the administrator of the dead officers estate
 Waterbury lawyer Attorney Vincent A. Miller, brings the suit for the plaintiff Miss Katherine OConne of An sonia The defendant is Renzo Sawada administrator of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-30
Senator Borah Heads Critics OF Nelu NRA
Recovery Act Was Carefully Phrased in Order to Build Up Law That Will Meet All Challenges in
 Its COnstitutiOnality
BY LYLE A. BROOKOVER United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, March 30 - (UP) - The new NRA bill, brought the open for the first tme drew whitening fire from it's critics today They intend forcing major revisions.
 The initial attack led by Senator William B. Borah, republican, Idaho and William Green president of the
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The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Pickups and
Putouts
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON


Jim Pixlee will take charge Of
the George Washington varsity
baSketerS upon his return here
January Is. The G. w. players
assert Geneva College, which the
COlOnials defeated by IL points,
Is a stronger combination than
Indiana, which won from the
ColOnials. The claim of the
G. w. players was somewhat
vindicated when Geneva upset
Long Island U. and City College
Of New York, two of the better
grade of college basketball teams
in the New York area Soccer
is on the decline in Baltimore,
where the game flOuriShed for
years. Maury Nee (heIl prob
ably be a member of the NOtre
Dame varsity next year, says
the Irish will have one of the
greatest elevens in the schools
football history in 1888. To
nights exhibition bout between
Max Baer and Babe Hunt in
Detroit will be broadcast over
VOL. Archie Haley, who gen.
orally dOpeS football teams right,
chose Alabama over Stanford
in the Rose Bowl game. Wres-
tiers are fIOcking to California,
where capacity crowds are at-
tracted.f
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Special Notices

IN THE MATTER OF THE WASHING.
TON AMERICAN LEAGUE BASE
BALL CLUB
we. the President and majority of the
Board of Trustees of the Washington
American League Base Ball Club, hereby
certify that the amount of capital stock
fixed by the charter of said Club is Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars (S2OO. .OOO)
which sum is fully paid in. and the out
standing bonded and other Indebtedness
amounts to about Eighty Thousand Dol
lars $3.50, ,OOOl.
CLARK C. GRIFFITH.
F. B. EYNoN. JR. ''
District of Columbia. to-wit
l, Clark C. Griffith, President of the
Washington American League Base Ball
club, do depose and upon oath say that
the matters and things stated in the fore
going statement, signed by me and a ma
Jority of the Board of Trustees of the
Washington American League Base Ball
Club. are true to the best of my knowl-
edge, information and belief
CLARK c. GRIFFITH.
President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
End day of January. A. D., 1885.
NEENAH LAUB,
(Seai Notary Public. D. O.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
JOINS
FLOOR TOURNEY

Eastern will compete in the
sixth annual University of Rich
mond scholastic basketball carni-
val at Richmond, Va, tomorrow.
Eastern entered it's team today,
making the second Washington
high school five to enter. Cen
tral is the other.
There is a possibility that the
champions of the Washington
and Richmond section will be
scheduled in the finals. This
will be done if the two teams
from that section are successful
in their advancing games.
Eastern is entered in the upper
bracket. Thomas jefferson High,
title holder of Richmond, is in
the lower half. These two teams
are favored to reach the finals.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
HAND|CAPS AID
DUB P|NMEN

Duckpin handicaps are supposed
to give the average or worse
bowler real chance with the
top-notcherS.
They are doing that with telling
success in the Star Yuletide duck
pin tournament roll-off now in
progress at the Lucky Strike.
Last night the handicap aided
C. A. Robinette, Electrical League
pin-mauler, to jump into second
place with 681, marked by a 40
pin handicap. Robinette had
games of 100, 1876, 154, 1875 and
116.
Others for whom the "Spot" was
a gift from heaven are o. Long,
'674; Mitchell, 670; D. Walsh, $50;
L. Pugh. 651; A. Reynolds and j.
Compton, CAT each. All were
fortified by more than 40-pin
handicaps.