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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
DEMOCRATS ARE.
 MAKING READY
State Chairman Smith to Call Committee TOgeth.
 CT for Campaign

Democratic State Chairman J, Francis Smith declared today that he would issue a call for the state central committee within a week or so to lay plans for the 1886 cam paign. No date will be set at the meeting for the spring state con- vention, he asserted, and no time will be set, either, for the party primaries that must precede the holding of local conventions at which delegates to the state con- vention will be elected.
 Fill One Vacancy
 One vacancy on the democratic state central committee will be filled at the coming session of that body, Chairman Smith said this morning. The vacancy was caused recently by the death of John P. Gilshenan of Middletown. He rep- resented the 33rd senatorial district on the committee. It is likely, Chairman Smith said today. that the Middletown democrats will rec- ommend Angelo DeToro for the committee post. MT. DeToro is democratic town chairman of Mid- dletown.
 Session In Hartford
 The coming session of the central committee, according to Chairman Smith, will take place in Hartford He added that another meeting of the body will follow quickly which the date and place of the state
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
PROPER HANDED
 TERM IN PRISON
Changed His Plea of Not Guilty Gets From
 One to Six Years

A states prison term of from one to six years was imposed on Ray mond Proper, 24, when he was ar raigned before Judge Frederick M' Peasley in superior court this morn ing. Changing his plea to guilty, af- ter yesterday entering Q plea of not guilty and electing @ jury trial, Proper was sentenced on three counts of breaking and entering, and given nolles on two counts of theft
 Arrested here in November Tor a house break, and bound over Prop CT, came into police tolls again Mon- day, the day before he was to ap- pear at the opening of superior court. He was captured in Q Chesh- ire house after a hunt by armed guards from the state reformatory and bound over from the Cheshire court on breaking and entering count. Yesterday Waterbury po- lice charged Proper with another house break and also lodged two counts of theft against him.
 Sentences Imposed
 A sentence of enc to two years was given Propjer for breaking into the home of John Kerwin, l725 East Main street, in october and stealing suit of clothes, which he sold TOT $2.50.
 Sentence of two years was given him for breaking into the home oi Mrs. Mary Miller, 27 Fuller street and stealing an emerald ring.
 Another two year sentence was given him for breaking into tne Cheshire home, the attempt wnicn brought about his arrest.
 Charges of thefts from homes on Cherry street and West Main street were nolled by the court.
 Qulrk in His Brain
 Attorney A. Henry Weisman counsel for Proper, declared that 6 "ouirk in his brain" led Proper lnto the crimes. He claimed that the loot In all five crimes was worth less than $10O, and suggested that ms client be given a reformatory term
 I'm afraid the reformatory wouldn't help him." said Judge Peasley and imposed the prison terms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
ATTORNEY SHEA
 HAD LEFT PLANE
Memphis Lawyer Met Wife at Airport Stunned to
 Hear of Catastrophe

Memphis, Jan. i-(uP)-Attorney John T. Shea, passenger on the ill- fated airplane, "The southerner, from Nashville to Memphis, was stunned today when informed Of the crash.
 ITO think that all those people have just been with are dead" he said.
 Shea and another passenger left the plane here. Four passengers boarded the ship.
 "There was 0 mother on the ship not more than 30 years old and her little son on the plane" Shea said He was @ lively youngster'"
 Mrs. Samuel Horowitz, 35, of Bos- ton, and her 5-year-old son, seba'
 Shea said the hostess served din- her soon after the plane left Nash- vile. All the passengers were at case. a few engaged in conversation, and the trip to Memphi swas most pleasant.
 Never In Plane Before
 Mrs. Horowitz, Shea said, sat di- rectly in front of him. She had not travelled in Q plane before but in- sisted she was not afraid. But Shea noticed she hardly moved in the hour and 20 minutes between Nash- vile and Memphis, which indicated to him that she was ct least c little nervous.
 Mrs. Shea was at the airport to meet him. She overheard conver- sation among four men who board- ed the plane here.
 (W. s. Hardwicke, Beardstown H., A. D. Chernus, also of Beards- town; N. Porter, Philadelphia; H w. Plato, Laredo, Tex).
 TWO men came to the airport together, she said. T heard ono say he wanted some insurance. HC asked the porter how much 1t would cost fcr $25,000. The porter said $5
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Final Nelvs Flashes
GOV. CURLEY HITS FACULTY

Boston, Jan. 15.--UP)-Governor Curley today viewed without sympathy the actions of two of the faculty of Tufts college who resigned their posts rather than subscribe to the Massa- chusetts teachers oath of allegiance. "When are they going back to Russia?' Curley inquired caustically in commenting on the protests of Professors Earl M. Winslow and Alfred c. Lane, whose resignations were accepted by Tufts trus- tees last night Every public official from the president down takes an oath of allegiance" Curley said. Professors also should, because they are dealing with the most important ele- ment of the nation"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
EYE WITNESS OF
 FATAL AIR CRASH
Describes Horrible Details as He Gazed Upon
 Wrecked Plane
BY CLARK PORTEOUs 1QQR hv TImitaA prAa

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 Goodwin, Ark, Jan. 15-(UP) = I saw parts of human bodies and what remained of @ twin motored Douglas Monoplane, the new, mod ern commercial transport, scattered over four acres of dank, oozing swamp earth.
 The pilot of the liner apparently had warned his passengers to put on their safety belts. Perhaps he thought he could easeS his disabled plane down into swamps without loss of life. Instead the plane came crashing. with the velocity of rock ct and the belts acted like knives, cutting bodies in two.
 First Body Found
 We stumbled across what appear ed to be Q body in pool of swamp water near g cypress stump. We pulled up battered mass of cloth ing and flesh. It was Q body. But 1t had no legs. Yards away we found the legs.
 There were several bodies in this condition. If the clothing of the uper and lower parts matched, the pieces were considered as one and sent out of the swamp by mule and wagon to the side of the U. s. high way to Memphis to Little Rock) several miles distant.
 Eleven Found by Dawn
 By dawn il bodies had been as- sembled and laid out, and the search
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
.AAUPTMANN MAY
 NOT DIE FRIDAY.
Although Court Fights Are Futile, Governor HOff.
 man May Reprieve Him
By JOSEPH S. WASNEY United Press Stan Correspondent)


 Trenton, N. l., Jan. 15-(UP)-' Bruno Richard Hauptmann will apa peal again to the United States su. preme court to save him from elec-. trocution Friday night, his attor-l neys announced today.
 At the same time Attorney 0en- eral David T. Wilentz, Hauptmann's prosecutor, said he had learned on reliable authority" that Gov. Har- old c. Hoffman will grant Haupt- mann Q reprieve if the appeal fails. Hauptmann's attorneys virtually admitted that they believed further court action futile, but planned to fight until the last. The supreme court already has ruled, in ef- feet, that Hauptmann's constitu. tional rights were no; violated in his Remington trial last January and Q lower federal court refused last night to rule on the same ques- ton again.
 The lower court decision was in the form of denial, by Judge J. Warren Davis of the federal cir. cult court of appeals, of q petition for Q write of habeas corpus and an application for 6 stay of execu. ton. The court said the requested action would be Q reversal of the supreme court of e lower court. He said he believed Hauptmann had Q fair trial.
 Governor HIS Only Hope.
 Governor Hoffman thus became Hauptmann's one hope. His only
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
FAMOUS NECKLACE IS SOLD

Chicago, Jan. 15-(UP)-The famous Edith Rockefeller Mccormick emerald necklace, supposedly the finest in existence, was sold to- day for $48O,OOO cash. The sale was authorized by probate court and was made by the Chicago Title and Trust company as executor of the will of Mrs. Mccormick. The name of the purchaser was not disclosed, but it was understood the purchaser lives abroad Mrs. Mccormick orig inally paid $55O,O for the jewels. The largest stone in the necklace weighs 100 carats.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
APPEAL IS MADE FOR MORE JOBS

Hartford, Conn. Jan. l5--(UP)-- An appeal to Washington for funds to handle applications for jobs has been made by Miss Helen Wood, di- rector of the state employment seg- vice, an affiliate of the United States employment service. Persons dropped from WPA rolls, she said, are applying to her department for jobs. we are being swamped, and we have no jobs to give"
 Her service registers all persons on relief who are eligible for work. The department has supplied most of the labor for the WPA program and is preparing to handle a flood of ap- plicati0ns for labor on the new PWA program. Two weeks ago the gov ernment cut in half it's appropria. ton to the Connecticut employment service, forcing three branch oftices to suspend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
PHOTOGRAPHER
 REACHED SCENE
He Was Also an Airplane PilOt-HOrrOr Every.
 where Near Wreck
By MERvIN RosENBUsH JR.
 Photographer, Memphis Press

By MERvIN ROSENBUsH JR.
 Photographer, Memphis Press
 Scimitar) Copyright 1886, By United Press)
 Goodwin, Ark, Jan. 15-(UP)-I am an airplane pilot and words cannot describe the horror I felt when we plunged through the tan- gled underbrush of an Arkansas swamp, ankle deep in icy water, and found the wreckage of the missing plane. M
 When we arrived = searching parties had not been organized. Ambulance crews and scores of cu- rious lined the highway at the point nearest where the plane skinned across the tree tops.
 Our party composed of two re- porters, two ambulance men and a swamp angel" who knew the terri- tory, N.
 They've Found 1t
 We left the road and plunged into the dark. After about thirty min- utes of searching, three pistol shots suddenly rang out near at hand.
 They've found it.". Someone shouted.
 We bore to our left and came upon bits of wreckage.
 The tops of trees torn and dan- gling showed where the huge twin inotored transport had ploughed through. About 200 yards further on, a line of broken trees pointed the way to the wreckage. Y Then we saw the first of the yla- ne,-bits of duralumin and (NAntiniiAd nf1 Page Q)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
ARE
 BACK WORKING
Thirty, Who Left Buckle Co. By Misundersta
 ing, Resumed Jobs !

Thirty employees of the stamp de- pertinent of the Waterbury Buckle Company, who walked out of the shop more than @ week ago because of what company officials termed today a misunderstanding" were back at their work this morning. The walkout last week was said to have been due to the discharge of several workers and the division among those remaining in the room of work formerly done by the dis missed employees.
 Jerome H. LaVigne, secretary and general manager of the company, today said that the news accounts of the walkout last week had exag- gerated the situation. He denied reports that anyone had been dis-
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SEVENTEEN ARE
 DEAD IN CRASH
Most Disastrous CatastrO. phe in the History of
 All Aviation
BY VALCO LYLE
Copyright, 193s, by United Press

Copyright, 1938, by United Press)
 Goodwin, Ark, January l5-(UP) Seventeen mangled bodies-the toll of the worst plane disaster In the history of American commercial aviation were taken from the twisted and bloody wreckage of a crack airliner today and laid out along Q swamp road.
 Immediate investigations began to fix responsibility. The American Air Lines twin motored Douglas lux ury ship crashed last night in Q dense swamp three miles northeast of this farming hamlet, carrying all on board---14 passengers and crew of three-to Q frightful death.
 Crash Called Accidental
 Soon after Lake Little John, de- partment of commerce investigator, arrived from Little Rock, a formal coroner's inquest was held on the scene. The jury decided the crash was purely accidental" All l7 bodies, some unrecognizable, were loaded on ambulances to be taken to Memphis.
 Investigators rounded up natives of the dismal swamp country ad- jacent to the Mississippi river. hop. ing to learn from them something that would lead to partial expla- nation of the disaster.
 John T. Shea, @ Memphis at- torney, said that one of the planes two motors seemed to be operating an,iss when the liner took off from Memphis. Otherwise there was no clue to cause.
 The plane was flying in perfect weather. Its gasoline supply was ample. Its pilot, Jerry Mitchell, had had years of experience and was considered by his employers as one of the best in the business. At least four emergency landing fields were available in the vicinity.
 Reported All We'll
 The plane left Memphis at 7;03 D. m. Fifteen minutes later her co' pilot, Glenn Freeland, reported by radio that all was well. Soon af. terward, natives saw the machine flying low over the main line ot the Rock Island railroad. A few minutes later there was 6 terrific crash in the swamp. Hours later. Q rescue party, after wading through mud and swamp ooze that at times was waist deep, came upon 0 scene nf Understandable horror,
 Pilot Marshall apparently haa warned his passengers. All hao their safety belts adjusted. But so terrific was the crash, that in sev. eral cases the belts had cut bodies in half.
 For several hundred yards the tops of the swamp oaks were sheared off. Bits of fuselage and the com
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
Unconscious Girl Is BackFron1D Drean1land
Six-Day Religious Trance Ended Last Night-Doctors AZ Describe Condition as Iiysterical Twilight State;
 Sub. Conscious Mind in Control
BY LESLIE AVERY
(Unlted Press stan Correspondent


 Dearborn Township, Mich. Jan. i5-(UP)-With Q calm smile for friends; a message of peace for her family, starry-eyed Shirley Tapp, IT, greeted visitors today after her return from the half-world of her six-day religious trance.
 "she is like Joan of Arc" said Mrs. Laverne Tapp, the girls moth CT, T think that Shirley was irl- tended, perhaps, to save her coun. try by making 1t think of God and religion"
 The brown -haired girl regained consciousness last night about 9:30 D. m. for six days and nights. her family said, she has been slain by the power of God" for atonennent of her sins and those of the world. They are members of the full salva- ton union, a religious sect.
 When Shirley opened her eyes
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
500 KILLED IN SUNDAY FIGHT

London, Jan. 15.-1UP)-Five hundred Philippians and approximately 100 Italians were reported today by the Exchange Telegraph cor respondent with the Italian armies to have been killed on Sunday on the opening of an offensive by Gen. Rodolfo Graziani in the Dolo area in Southern Ethiopia The offensive began be- tween Torbi and Bogolmai and in the plain southeast of Malca and Bissjca, the correspond ent said, and was still in progress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
STATE MOTOR RECEIPTS GAIN

Hartford, Conn. Jan. i5.-(UP).- A gain of $S27, 7,739.43 in receipts of the state motor vehicle department over 1884. was shown today in the annual report for 1885, giving the total income as $8,275, ,342.l6. -"t
 The registration of cars last year 374,433, was the largest of any year in the departments history. The same was true of operators liceises of which 44i,7l8 were issued. Ap- plicants for new operators licenses number 4l.2ee. the largest number since 1929.
 A sharp reduction in revenue was anticipated for this year as result Oi the lowering of registration fees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
WAR SECRETS ARE
 TOLD AT HEARING
German Ambassador vOn BernstOrff Told of Sub- marine Work
BY RONALD VAN TINE

(United Press Stan C0rrespOnuent)
 Washington, Jan. IS - (UP) = A frank admissoin by German ar1- bassador Count Won Bernstorff that continued submarine warfare might bring the United States into the World War on the side of the Al- lies was disclosed today by the sen- ate munitions committee.
 The ambassadors statement was culled from secret records of the state department revealed for the first time today by the munitions inquiry committee.
 The committee evidence was pre- sented without the presence of portly, pipe-smoking J. P. Morgan who was excused for the day be- cause the testimony did not concern his firms war time financial deal- ings.
 Sen. Bennett c. Clark, d., Mo-, read to the committee a state de- partment memorandum showing
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
CITY BOARDS NOT
 READY TO START
Organization Will Not Be Completed This Week
 As Was Intended

Organization of the fire, police health and welfare boards. appointed Monday by Mayor Frank Hayes. IS not likely to take place this week, it was stated today at the city hall City Sheriff William J. Roach as- serted, when interviewed, that he had received today only one call for a board meeting. The new finance board members were notified by
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 T want to know what legitimate non-profit organizations are denied time on the radio. I, personally, think there is plenty of wrong going on ever there that the American people and congress should know about"
 Under Connery's resolution, the house committee would be given broad powers to hold public hear. ings. summon witnesses, and sub- poena records. It would be timed primarily at alleged irregularities in licensing stations and the allotment of wave-lengths.'
 Secret Conference
 The resolution follows recent charges that unnamed individuals discussed wave length allotments In the lobby of a local hotel with an anonymous commission member un- der "pressure" tactics. The inquiry would report its fiad- ings and recommendations to the
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The question and answers fol- low: he Q. Are you going to reprieve, Hauptmann.
 A. have made no decision.
 o. Would you feel 1t mandatory upon you to stay the execution should proceedings be pending in the courts on the day of the execu- ton. l A. Not necessarily unless an or- der should issue from some court. Q. Will there be any announces ment today on Q decision on wheth- CT to grant Q reprieve.
 A. When any announcement comes, 1t will be made ct the state house. NV c. Are you continuing your i'm dependent study of the Hauptmann case.
 A. Yes.
 c. Would you grant a reprieve in event Hauptmann confesses.
 A. No answer.
 Hauptmann's lawyers still were
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
BONUS BILL WILL
 PASS THURSDAY
President Roosevelt Will Sign Is General Belief
 at Capital
BY II. o. THOMPSON

Copyright lS3O Dy Uhlteu EEesS'
 Washington, Jan. l5.-(UP).- Enactment into law of the senate soldiers bonus bill was definitely as- sured today on the basis of a sur yey which showed suhcient voting strength to override a presidential veto. President Roosevelt may not veto the bill in the face of the over whelming senate support for 1t. The senate "compromise" bill will be brought up for a vcote tomorrow The end of the l6-year fight over bonus payment may come with far less drama than has attended many of the hot congressional fights over the issue.
 Senate Sustained Veto
 On May g last, after the house had over-ridden the presidents veto of the Patman bonus bill. the sen- ate sustained, 54 to 70, nine short of the necessary e2 to enact the bill into lay. Bonus advocates have picked up at least 10 and probably CContinued on Page sJ
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TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Jan. i5--(UP)--Gov. ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year to Jan. 18th, as compared with q year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $4,0ii, ,S35,262 $3,7G2. 2.v97,s30.62
 Receipts s s2,ois. .G79,slL0s $i.seG, ,o4o.7a714 $i,o9s,l5C,ofl,G $1,7o0,e57, ,oo3.4S
 Cash Balance
 s2. t30, ,0Go, ,G53,O2 S2,ts0. .902,6ii.9a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15

Washington, Jan. l5.-fUP) -Di- rectors of five bureaus to administer the new social security act were ap. pointed today by the social security board. They includued: Robert z. Huse. Cambridge. Mass, assistant director of information bureau.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
Gouer1or Hoffman 7o' Seek Legal AdUice On. His Right 10 RepneDe
Answers Several Questions, But Really Said Nothing -Hauptmam Lawyers Undecided IS
 Tested Out-Keeper Hopeful Bruno May Talk

Trenton, N. J. January IS - (UP) = Governor Harold G Hoffman has asked for legal advice whether he may grant reprieve to Richard Hauptmann and Is con- nuing his independent study of the case 1t was learned at his office today. ~ V,
 It was said Hoffman still had an open mind on the question of whether to grant repreve
 Hoffman agreed to answer five questions submitted py neWspaperrnen .s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15

West Haven, Conn.,, Jan. i6.--- (UP)-Moody over inability to find work and because of the death of his wife e year ago, Joseph Palani- bas, 65, hanged himself to the rail- ing of Q stairway late yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
Connery. OF Mass. Goes After Radio For FaUoritism
Presents Resolution Asking Five Man Probe By Con- gress-Refers to Mexico and Propaganda She Sent
 Out, After Paying $4O,OOO for Its Use

Washington, January IS - (UP) resolution authorizing five congressional investigation into charges of favorts and misconduct in the federal com munications commission introduced in the house to- day by Representative William P. Connery democrat Mas sachusetts chairman of the house labor committee
 bristling denunciation of the commission Connery
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Rain, Cool Tonight; Thursday Fair, Colder Fun weather Report Page 2.
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Smyrna times., 1936-07-23
Two Fires at Harrington

A farm house and its contents
were destroyed by fire of unknown
origin a mile east of Harrington
one night recently. The property
was owned by Mrs. John Ware and
tenanted by Roy Kemp Friends
said the family left home only 80
minutes before the fire was discov-
cred. Loss is estimated at 81 900.
When the fire department arrived
after being misdirected, the build
ing was too far gone to be saved.
A breeze sent sparks away from
the outbuildings. The company re-
sponded to another alarm Friday
morning at the tavern of Amy
Stone. Electric wires caused a
slight fire which was extinguished
by electricians with little damage.
These two alarms were the first in
nearly a month for the Harrington
firemen.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-23

garten appropriation was referred
back to the board with the notice
that there was no money available
for such purpose. Certain approv
ed music books for use in the
schools were approved by the
board. A delegation Of 16 resi-
dents of the Eldorado District in
Sussex County appeared before the
board, asking for a ruling on the
vote taken some weeks back on
consolidation of the Eldorado
School district with Hollymount.
After the hearing the delegation
was given notice that they could
ask for and receive transfers for
their pupils to either Hollymount
or Lewes Special District. Ap-
proval was given of the manner in
which the business manager, j. o.
Adams. of the department had
conducted the finances of the board
when the report was made that an
unexpected balance of $4,000 was
turned back to the state in the
balancing of the books of the de-
partment.