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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
BAD TEN DOLLAR
 BILL PASSED TO
 TAX COLLECTOR
Clerk in Office Discovered It-Taxpayer Came By
 It InnOcently

Joseph Osarka of 67 Burton street went to the office of the tax collector in the city hall this mor- ming to pay taxes of $200. but be- fore he left he had paid $210, $10 more than he had counted on. The extra $10 was needed when it was found that bill of that denomina- tion offered to Miss Mary Cava- naugh, clerk at the office. was counterfeit.
 Miss Cavanaugh was sorting through the bills. mostly small ones. when she noticed that one S10 bill looked suspicious. She no- tifed Patrolman Patrick Foley, who in turn summoned Lieut.. De- tective Joseph Stevens. Lieut.. Stew ems saw that the bill was decidedly counterfeit and took it into his possession for investigation.
 Got Bill Innocently
 Lieut.. Stevens said that Osarka had come by the bill innocently. The man was unable to recall defi- nitely where he had received the counterfeit, having secured part of the money from bank and the re- mainder from savings which The kept at home.
 The bogus bill was of the same variety as the several which have been discovered here in recent weeks. It was described by police as flair" imitation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
Women Who Quilted Nine Husbands fingers RelatiDes

she signed the codicil, leaving the bulk of her fortune and her estates to Mrs Nary, a cash bequest to Ol- son, and a trust fund for Dr. Mack.
 One mysterious feature concern ing Dr. Welch's death, according to the contestants, involves a letter sent her by the Rev. Clyde Frazier, Titusville minister. The letter, un- opened, was returned to Rev. Fra zier with the word deceased" written on the envelope. Yet this was four days prior to the woman physician's death.
 Florida authorities already are investigating the case.
 Between 1882 and 1926, Dr. Welch successively became the bride of: Thomas J. Lord. Boston socialite.
 Washington Irving Bishop, whom she deserted 24 minutes after the wedding.
 Charles T. Chase. Haverhill Shoe manufacturer.
 B, B. Spicer, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad official.
 George Flagler. New York.
 A distant relative named Mack, from Toronto.
 George Gruby. Boston.
 Charles l.. Walton, Titusville publisher. who had been her sis- ter's husband.
 Commodore Charles A. Welch. who was nearly 90 at the time or marriage.
 Dr welch oullived all nine hus- bands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31

Boston, May 31 - )-The body of Dr. Helen G. F. Welch, 6s- year-old Boston Physician who died in Florida in 1882 after she had survived nine husbands, may be exhumed shortly to establish the cause of death.
 Contestants of her $300,000 will have been asked that her body be removed from a grave in Wood- lawn cemetery, Everett, for be- lated autopsy. Attorney-General Paul A. Dever and District-Att ney Warren l.. Bishop of Middle sex County have the request under consideration.
 According to the death certifi- cate, Dr. Welch succumbed to pneumonia at Riverside hospital, Jacksonville. Fla, May IT. 1882. The contestants claim death came suddenly while she appeared to be recovering. N
 Dr. Welch lived most of her life in greater Boston. She had a sum- mer home at Egypt. on the south shore. and a winter residence at Titusville, Fla,
 Under codicil dated few days before her death. her estate would be shared by niece, Mrs. James F. Nary of Egypt; brother, pr. Charles o. Gibson Mack of North Weymouth. and Olaf olson, vice. president of the old Colony Trust Company of Boston.
 The contestants claim that pr. Wcleh was of unsound mind when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
JOSEPH BLONDIN
 ASSAULTED BY
 FRANK BYRNES
StillsOn Road Residents Have Fracas = Police
 Court Case Continued

Joseph Blondin of Stillson road suffered yesterday a deep gash across his left eye that may cause him to lose sight in that optic when allegedly struck by a club wielded by Frank Byrnes, 27, also of Stillson road, after a dispute about trespassing on private prop erty in the vicinity of The Pines, on Wolcott road. Arrested on a warrant secured by Blondin, Byrnes was arraigned in city court this morning on charges of assault and breach of the peace, Judge John F. McGrath ordering that the case be continued till June 10th, when it will be definitely known whether Blpndin will suffer the loss of the sight of the eye.
 Were Trespassing
 Blondin testified this morning that Byrnes and a young woman were trespassing on private prop erty yesterday and he ordered them off. The two left the prop erty, he said only to have Byrnes begin taunting him and daring Blondin to have him arrested Blondin claimed he told Byrnes that he would have him arrested and that Byrnes started to go with him so that a policeman might be called. As they were walking, he testified. Byrnes suddenly dropped back, picked up heavy club from the ground and struck him across the eye with it.
 Byrnes admitted yielding the club, but declared he did so only after Blondin had struck him and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
l5O GUESTS WERE
 FOOD POISONED

Boston. May 31 (UP) - About 150 persons who attended dinner at the South Boston Yacht Club were taken to a hospital CT treated by physicians today for food poisoning. The condition of Miss Frances Mullen, 19, of Bos- ton, was reported the most serious. Others held~at City Hospital were Harold Fields, 30. Norman Hughes, IS. Margaret Mullen, 26, James Norris. 2S, Helen Stanton, 29, and Thomas J. Watson. S6, all of Bos- ton. Attaches said all would re- cover. t
 "Opening day" festivities ended abruptly when about half of the 800 guests began to suffer nausea
 and stomach pains. They were taken to the hospital or to offices of physicians in taxicabs and pri- vate automobiles. The dinner menu was turkey, lobster, peas, po- tatoes, ice cream, coffee, and ale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
WILL
 DIE TOGETHER
First Double Execution in Gas Chamber-GOver-
 nor Not to Interfere

Canon City, Colo, May S1.-(UP) Barring a last minute reprieve and Gov. Edwin c. Johnson has said there will be none-John and Louis Pacheco, Mexican brothers, will go to their deaths tonight in Colorados first double execution by gas.
 The brothers killed Clifford Smith, Larimer county ranger, and Robert Griffin, his young helper, more than a year ago.
 An appeal to the state supreme court from the death sentence was received unfavorably, and Cover nor Johnson announced he did not intend to extend executive clem- ency.
 The brothers will enter the lethal chamber at the state penitentiary at about p. m. They will sit side by side in two of the three chairs in the chamber,
 Both young men today appeared resigned to their fate. They sang, or talked quietly with Lee Belongia, another condemned slayer who will die in June.
 They refused an offer of Warden Roy Best to permit members of their families to pay them a last visit, saying they feared it would affect their nerves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
FIVE CHILDREN
 ARESUFFOCATED
Gas Stove Exploded, Trap= ping Them - Parents,
 One Child Escaped

Long, Branch, Ont, May S1- (UP)-Five children were suffocat- ed today when a gas stove in the house in which they lived explod- ed, turning the building into a pyre. Their parents and one child escaped. The dead are: Billy Scott, IS months. Isabell Scott, 4 years. Bobby Scott, years. Vera Scott, IF years. Victor Scott, IS years.
 MT. and Mrs. John Scott, the parents, and Douglas Scott, three years, escaped when the father broke the glass in second story window, lowered his wife to the ground, and then jumped to safety. Flames prevented his repeated eff forts to re-enter. One child, found dead few feet from the front room, had apparently attempted to crawl to safety. The other four, trapped in the upper story, were suffocated. Bremen and doctors, summoned to the scene, said the children had all died of suffocation, the flames not reaching them be- fore the heavy smoke had snuffed out their lives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
Retail Stores To Keep NRA Code For Present
Officers Who Have Been Directing Codes End Duties at Once Chairman Sugenheimer of Mer-
 chants Advises Continuance of Codes

The Local Retail Code Authority which has directed the supervision of MIRA codes in local retail stores, was wiped out of existence of- ficially this morning in an order from Washington signed by Rich ard Neustadt of the National Retail Code Authority. The order, which goes into effect immediately, in formed the LRCA that it was no longer in existence and that it's of- ficers no longer held official MIRA capacities but urged that the of- ficers, as individuals, continue ef- forts to have local merchants who were under compulsory codes fol- low voluntarily the provisions of the respective codes unnder which they were operating.
 Ends Two MIRA Posts
 Receipt of the order from Wash ington automatically ended the posts of Ralph Paine, chairman, and Frank Green, secretary, of the Local Retail Code Authority. Both men, however, informally and un- officially asked that local business men cooperate by continuing vol untarily under MIRA code provi- sions, MT. Paine speaking in his capacity of president of the How land Hughes Co.,, and member cf the Waterbury Merchants bureau,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
BOSTON CATCHER
 UNDER ARREST

Philadelphia, May 31.-UP)- Al Spohrer, Boston Braves catcher, was free under bail to-day follow ing arrest on charges of non-sup- port preferred by his wife, Mrs. Grace Spohrer.
 . The warrant was issued in Media. Spohrer was arrested in his hotel room but furnished bail in time to play with the Braves against the Phillies yesterday.
 It was the second time Spohrer has been arrested on charges filed by his wife. He was held briefly on similar charges when his team came here year ago.
 Spohrer gave his age as 32 and address as Hotel Touraine, Bos- ton.
 The Spohrers have been es- tranged for more than year, both having filed suits for divorce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
LABOR FORCES IN CONNECTICUT
 ISSUE THREAT
Manufacturers Who Quit MIRA Provisions to Have
 Strike on Hands

New London, Conn, May 51.-s (UP)-The Connecticut Federation of Labor to-day held strike threat over manufacturers who deserted the minimum hours and maximum pay provisions of the defeated MIRA. President T. was now marking time and wait-. ing for the first move to desert the codes.'
 Manufacturers are too smart to start anything now, he said, but during the next two or three weeks plenty of them will try to get back to the old order" - He said the Connecticut Federation had re- ceived blanket order from tfs National Federation to deal severe ly with such cases and to strike if necessary.
 Discuss Situation
 Dang revealed that Thomas Mo. Mahon, president of the United Textile Workers of America and Vice President Horace Ri- viere, of the New England districty to go over the general situation were to confer at Providence today and devise steps to be taken should there be move away from the codes and an attempt to increase working hours from the present 40-hour week.
 "The NRA," he said, twas never perfect but it at least set up maxi mum hours and minimum pay. We intend to fight for those provisions.
 Personally I believe passage of the Wagner bill and the S0-hour week bill alone will save the coun- try from chaos"
 H said there had been several cases of wage cutting and extend- ing hours in the state but said he believed they were mostly due to misunderstanding
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
||MANHUNT TO
 START FOR. KIDNAPERS.
Shortly After Noon an Army of Federal Men
 Begin Search
PARENTS OF VICTIM
 BECOME DESPERATE
Time Limit Has Expired, :. So Government Men Will
 Now Take Trail
BY WILFRED' BROWN United Press staff Correspondent

" 1AE DK1OWN United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Tacoma, Wash, May 31 = (UP) = Federal manhunters mobilized from all parts of the country moved today un- der the potent 'Lindbergh'' law to take full charge of the search for Kidnapped George Weyerhaeuser.
 The Department of Justice men revealed that they will wait only a few hours after noon today when the 9-year-old boys abduction technically becomes for the first time a federal offense. before unleashing all their forces. Principal object of their search will be Alvin Karpes, fugitive pub lie enemy No. 1.
 Faced with an ultimatum which might easily put an end to nego- tions with the kidnapers, the child's family desperately appealed again for instructions that would enable them to pay $200,00O already packed and ready for de- livery to the boys captors.
 No Contact Is Made
 Georges millionaire father, J. P. Weyerhaeuser, said despairingiy that, despite his assurances in advertisements and in public utterances of willingness to pay, the kidnapers have not com
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES SAVE
 RECOVERY ACT
Lawyers Believe COrdOzO and Stone Have Shown
 Way to Rescue MIRA
BY JOHN A. RRICHMANN Copyright 1885 By United Press)

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 Washington, May 31-(UP)- Some New Deal legal experts saw today in the opinion of two United States supreme court justices a pos sible method of saving the funda- mentals of MIRA.
 If the lawyers are correct and President Roosevelt should be per- suaded to their viewpoint, a new era may rise strong enough to stand the test of constitutionality. It would be narrower in scope but hours and wage standards would be secured by it against what New Dealers call the degrading prac- tices of chiselers.
 The potentially vital opinion is the document in which Justices Benjamin N. Cardozo and Harlan F. Stone concurred in the ruling.
 Cardozo Did Writing
 Cardozo did the writing. So pre- cisely did he word it in the Eng fish which once caused him to be called the writer of "the finest English prose since Alexander Hamilton" that lawyers studying the opinion from the viewpoint oi it's possible design to point the way out of a dilema say it reads like a textbook"
 It is suspected that Cardozo and Stone, liberals both, may have in- tended to guide the New Deal in it: present crisis.
 Inspired by this belief lawyers are drafting a measure in con formity with their suggestions Whether it ever will get beyond th' rough draft stage depends on many
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
SOUTH MAY HAVE
 CODE. TROUBLE
Employers Are Expected to Lower Wages-This
 Will Mean Strikes

Atlanta, May 31-CU.P.)-Spo- radio instances of wage cuts, length ening of working days in the south following the downfall of MIRA to- day met the threat of widespread strikes. We are willing to coop crate, conciliate and arbitrate where we can, but If employers arbitrarily lower wages and extend working hours, we'll fight" A. Steve Nance, president of the Georgia Federation of Labor. said. Negroes. according to reports to southern labor headquarters, were first victims of some employers in slashing wages and increasing working hours. While there were some instances of reverses to pre- code conditions. for the most part employers, especially those of a large number of workers, main- tained code provisions.
 A few scattered strikes already have developed in the south due to employers rejecting MIRA condi- tions. Twenty workers at the Prin- cess Manufacturing Company, of Atlanta, makers of women's gar- ments, struck when piece work pay was reduced from $1.80 dozen to $1.50 and hours increased. Workers of the Piedmont Shirt Company, Greenville, S. C., walked out when wages were cut 25 per cent and hours increased, but returned pending further negotiations.
 The Walton Cotton Mill Com pany, of Monroe, Ga., employing 440 workers, was closed yesterday by strike because the mill man. agement allegedly discharged union men after the MIRA decision. Henry Tichenor. president of the mills, denied that Union utilization caused the discharge of some workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
THREE NATIONS
 DRAW CLOSER

London, May 1-CU.P0-Con- sultations with France, Italy and Germany are reaching point where more intimate exchange of views will be desirable, Sir John Simon, foreign minister, said in the house of commons to-day. Simon explained that number of com plicated factors delayed talks on armaments.
 He said he believed that Great Britains big air defense program would aid rather than injure the prospect of agreement.
 Adolf Hitler's recent declara- tion, Simon said, showed that Ger many was prepared. to discuss an air defensce league and limitation of air fleets. Repudiation of indis- criminate aerial bombing, he said, would bring nearer the abolition ''of one of the most terrible and haunting dangers threatening the security of the world"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
COP. GOVERNORS
 ARE TO CONFER

Springfield, H., May S1-(UP)- All eight of the republican gover- nors now holding office in America have been invited to the party's s midwestern grass roots confer ence, it was announced today.
 Officially the convention will rep resent only nine midwestern states but indications were today that un- official delegates from many oth- CT sections would attend.
 The invitations to governors went to. California, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Vermont and Michigan. Of these states only Kansas is includ- ed in the nucleus of nine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
90, 900 Are Reported Dead By Earthquake
Districts in India Laid Waste-WOrd Famous Fruit Gardens Said to Be Destroyed -FOrty-three
 British Airmen Among Victims

Karachi, India, May 31 - (UP) = Reports of gigantic casualty list in an earthquake in the Quetta district of Baluchistan reached Karachi today. One report, un- confirmed, said it was feared there might be 30,000 deaths.
 Tsle extensive, world-famous fruit gardens surrounding Quetta were reported destroyed.
 The congested native section of Quetta was described as a "shambles". Military forces worked under the greatest diffi- culty in rescue work because of the contsant collapse of the unsta- ble structures of the city.
 Strategic Center
 Quetta is the capital of the dis trict of the same name and Of British Baluchistan. Its popula- ton is about 17,100 and that of the district is 4s,oo0.
 As the southernmost of the line of Qualifications and posts on the northwest frontier it has become an important strategic center. It lies in a fertile valley $500 feet above sea level and is ringed by hills rising to 11,00o feet. It is the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
TO ARREST FOUR
 FOR BOMB PLOT
States Attorney Acorn Is After Guilty in Colt
 Strike Affair

Hartford, Conn.,, May 31-Rev- eiation of plot to bomb the Colt Patent Fire Arms Co.,, where more than 1000 workers have been on strike for several months, was made today as States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn prepared to ask issuance of bench warrants charg- ing four men with participating in the dynamiting of the home of Samuel M. Stone, president of the concern, Monday night.
 In custody are Harold c. Taylor, structural building trades alliance secretary; Charles M. Carron. for mer supernumerary policeman: Edward Raffo, Newington, a strik- CT. and Thomas Raymond, em- ploye of a construction company and brother-in-law of Carron.
 Three others were held in con- nection with the stoning of the home of Michael Lynch, South Windsor whose son was employed at the factory.
 They are Clayton Lawler, Leon Dame and William Ray.
 The states attorneys office claimed two attempts were made Sunday night to destroy the Stone home but once the fuse on the bomb extinguished and the second time the men were frightened away by approach of police cruiser car. Monday night the explosion ripped away portion of. the front porch and door of the home while Stone and cousin were seated in a living room.
 shortly after the bombing Taylor appeared at the house with Daniel Hurley, strike leader to express their concern over the incident.
 More than 70 persons were ques- toned by investigators and 1t was believed arrest of others would be asked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
GERMANY ANSWERS

Berlin, May 31-(UP)-Ans- wers to six questions pronounced by the British government have been submitted to London along with proposal from Adolf Hitler for limitation of air forces of the powers. it was said today on re- liable authority. The questions, it was said, were handed by Sir Phipps, British ambassador. last week to Baron Konstantin von Neurath, foreign minister.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31

by cloud bursts which began Weds nesday night and continued through most of yesterday.
 All communication lines to Kis owa, Ebert, Baskerville. and Mon. ument were cut. Fragmentary re- ports indicated heavy property damage and loss of life. Elbers was reported virtually washed away, with at least 12 business buildings and several homes de. stroyed. Last reports from Kiowa, given by telephone operator just before wires to the county seat town failed, said water stood l5 feet deep in the court house and the towns 1855 residents had been ordered to evacuate.
 Only Two Bodies Found
 Only two bodies had been res covered in Colorado Springs; ones that of V. Cimeno, a ranch hand. who was washed from his horse when he rode into the swirling waters of Fountain Creek. Police said a woman was drown- ed when the floods swept her from the limb of a tree. They said a child was drowned when rescuers sought to pull 1t from a second story window.
 Four persons were known to have been washed from the top of a stranded sedan.
 Two others, said to be MT. and Mrs. Fred Philo of Colorado
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
Late Bulletins
ARMY BUDDIES SAVE FLYER J

Montpelier, Ind, May 31.-UP)-Cadet G. S. Buchanan of Selfridge Field today owed his life to his army buddies who warned him by radio that his plane was in flames. Buchanan, flying in mass formation in convoy with six other planes returning from the races at Indian apolis, bailed out and suffered only fractured rib when he dropped into thicket. The plane, whose engine dug four feet into the ground, was wrecked completely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31

spirit Of the democratic members of the house. Expedition of pas sage of the bill is the cause for such action.
 Owing to the fact that the leg islature must adjourn next We'd nesday, Rep. Thoms said that he and his fellow democrats felt that it would be unwise to present any thing that might hold up passage of such an important piece of leg islation as the amended liquor control bill.
 He said, While the bill is not the best that we could have had passed, I believe it is the best measure we can get out in view of the short time for passage of such legislation.
 q will offer no amendments in order to expedite legislation at this time. However, the bill should be amended in my opinion. Fees should be much lower and am also opposed to such stringent, linn itations on the number of places that can be operated according to population"
 The house was preparing this afternoon, for the longest session in the memory of veteran mem
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
NO POLICY CHANGE

New York, May Sl-(UP)-The International Shoe company today announced to employees its wage policy would be changed as q result of the MIRA decision. "Thc decision of the supreme court de- claring tho MIRA unconstitutional has not changed our attitude to- ward our employees and no change is being made in our wage and hour policies" President W. H. Moulton naid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
POPE PIUS 78 TODAY

Vatican City, May 31.-(UP)-Pope Plus XI was 78 years old today and was showered with congratulations from rulers and eminent persons throughout the world. The pope was in excellent health and passed busy day attend ing to his various duties. Only 37 of the 261 popes n the history of the church have enjoyed pontifcate equal to or exceeding his "We hope to have a pontifcate as long as that of Leo XIII or even Plus TX" he recently remarked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
PoIIA NEGRI TALKS

Nice. France. May 3i-(UP)-- Pola Negri confded to newspaper mon at Cap Ferrat today that she intended to marry again, but added it would be premature to disclose her lanec's idoRtity. "iio iu prom. lnont in London society" se said. "we are very much in love-" She said she would not marry for an- 0thor yaar