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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
DR. NIEMIROWER ESCAPED DEATH

Bucharest, Jan. ii-(Up)-- Dr. Josef Niemirower 6e. chief rabbi of Rumania, was slightly wounded in the foot today by Aurel Jones' GU, 90, who tried to assassinate him. Jouescli was arrested. Police were believed to consider him inen- tally unbalanced. He told them he had Q divine mission to kill the chief rabbi. Dr. Niemirower had just left his home for c synagogue when several shots rang out. One bullet struck his coat without harming him, another entered his foot. d, 'g&F @neA as st. Y Despite his wound. he joined others In pursuing Jonescu. Then he left for home, inaided.
 jonescu has been involved before in public incidents. l5e ig said to Do c member of the anti-seniitie or. ganiEationg held responsible for the assassinetiOn Of Premier Ion c. Ducm in ie34, and there were re- ports that tle might have beeia inc spired by anti-Jewitil extreme right wing elements to dO tho shocting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
MAN LOSES LIFE,
 WOMAN INJURED

Boston, Jan 1i--(UP)-one mar lost his fife, woman was perhaps fatally injured, and another man was hurt today when their automo- bile crashed Into Q steel pole on Bowdoin street, Dorchester.
 John '. McPhee, 34, died ct . hospital. The name of Mrs. Eve- iyn Bateman, 26, who suffered Q compound fracture of the skull, was on the danger list.
 After the accident police visited 6 Talbot t-Avenue house and found Stuart McDermott suffering from injuries. Admitting he had been riding in the automobile. he was arrested on Q drunkenness charge and taken to c hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
DOCTOR LONDON
 TO BE STOPPED
Governor Hoffman Ordered Him Taken Into Custody;
 Now on High Seas

Trenton, N. J., Jan. li-(UP)- Dr. John P. Condon, the bewilder- ing "Jafsie" of the Lindbergh kid- naping case who sailed last night for South America, today was or dered taken into custody for ques- tioning regarding discrepancies In his stories. '
 The sensational new turn In the case came as the New Jersey court of pardons deliberated 6 last plea for clemency for the man convicted of the Kidnapping, Bruno Richard Hauptinann.
 The actual order for Condon to be taken into custody was prepared for New Jersey state police by Gov Harold c. Hoffman.
 !. Reprieve ln Sight.
 The action tended to SubStantiatt previous indications that Hoffman intends to grant reprieve that will postpone the execution of Hauptmann, which has been set for next Friday night.
 But unless he has ct least four members of the court O. pardons with him, the governor cannot post pone the execution for more than % days ct the most. And there were many indications Q majority of the court disagreed with Hoffman's contention that Hauptmann was not alone in Kidnapping the Lind. bergh baby and that he should not be executed now.
 Secretary Told It
 The governors determination to have Condon questioned again was announced by Secretary William 8. Conklin. He said:
 Regardless of the result Of this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
CONDEMNED MAN
 AWAITS RULING
Hauptmann Making Final Battle to Save Him.
 self From Chair
BY JOSEPH s. WAsNEY United Press Staff Correspondent

Trenton, N. J., Jan. ii--(UP) - Seven days from death, Bruno Richard Hauptmann makes Q des. perate last stand today against his apparently inevitable fate.
 Supporting his plea with secret evidence that his attorneys describ- ed as sensational, he will beg the state court of pardons. beyond which there is no appeal, to save him from eloctrocution next Friday for murder of Charles A. Lindbcrgh, Jr.
 The courts eight judges assem- bied in e closely guarded room cf the Capitol to hear his plea and his evidence of innocence and in. dicated they would answer him to- night-granting him reprievc, committing his death sentence tu Imprisonment. within possibility. pardoning him - or making irrc. vocable his sentence to die.
 Believe He Will Fall
 Persons close to the court believed his appeal was almost certainly foredoomed to failure.
 As Hauptmann's attorneys assem- bled documentary evidence and wit
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WILHELM WILL
 CHANGE BOARDS
Alderman to Leave Wei. fare and Become New
 Fire Commissioner

Alderman Joseph A. Wilhelm will retire from the board of. public welfare and become Q fire coinfnis- sioncr next week when Mayor Frank Hayes formally makes his board appointments for the i0S6. 1887 term. Alderman Wilhelm will succeed former Alderman Charles Schmidt on the fire board. Both are republicans.
 The shifting of Alderman Wil- helm will leave e second vacancy on the board of public welfare Mayor Hayes has already decided upon Charles Earth, democrat, to succeed School Commissioner Mar. tin ]. Tehan, also c democrat, on tho welfare board. The latter re- signed to assume his new duties on the board of education.
 VIII De Republican
 Tho second appointee to the wel- fare board, to take Alderman WI. helms place, will be republican and also c member of the present board of aldermen. Ex.Alderman Schmidt
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
ANOTHER HOPE
 FOR ENDING WAR
Report From France Says
 Italy Has Joined Such
 Movement
BY RALPH HEINzEN ,ouyrlRlft fN3H by United Press

Oopyright 1vSO Dy Uniteu FFess
 Paris: Jan. 1i--(Up)--A new, strong effort to settle the Italian Ethiopian war seemed imminent to- day, ...4
 Reports indicated that Italy was taking the initiative, through sec cret channels, and that peace terms would represent major concessions
 As the United Press reported yes- terday, Count Charles Do Cham brun, ambassador to Italy, talked ct great length to Premier Pierre Laval. Though 1t was emphasized that be brought no peave overtures from Italy, 1t was understood he told Laval that Premier Benito Mussolini hoped the league of na- tions would consider Italy's need for raw materials and an outlet for It's surplus population.
 Early Conclusion
 Today, Mime. Genevieve Tabouis, unusually well informed political expert of the newspaper, oeuvre, prophesied in detail the early con. clision of the Italian-Ethiopian war. Particular interest attached to her assertions because she forecast accurately other important develop ments in the crsiis.
 On the request of Italy, Mime. Tabouis asserted, 1t was likely that Q neutral commission of inquiry would be sent to Ethiopia, ostensib. ly to investigate methods of war; fare from the Ethiopian side; ac. tually in inquire also into the pos- sibility of making peace, and report
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
CAST IRON STOMACH

Mansfield, O., Jan. 11---tUP)-A chow dog with a "cast -iron" stom- ach, puzzled veterinarians today. The dog, treated after Q box oi tacks which Mrs. H. B. Walker was using to pay c carpet disappeared. rcgurltated % tackS, c steel wash CT. two brass nuts. two thumbs tacks and Q prune pit. The matal- iic diet had not harmed the aiii- nial.
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indication that they would affirm the sentence of death imposed upon him.
 But the sentence of death may not be carried out next Friday, the date fixed by the judge before whom Hauptmann was tried.
 Governor Harold G. Hoffman, Q member of pardons court, went Into the session apparently determined to try to convince his colleagues 10 postpone the execution or commute the sentence to life. Failing in that, as 1t seemed probable he would. many believed Hoffman himsef would grant Q reprieve.
 May Delay 90 Days
 Under New Jersey law, however, the governor could not delay the execution for more than 90 days
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OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX

Palmer, Alaska, Jan 1l-(UP)- out break of smallpox today threatened the Mata- nuska Valley Agricultural Colony, to which the government transported depression victims from from Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota. Two cases were reported. Public health officials placed the colony of 175 families under strict quarantine. , g-,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
FATAL SHEDDING CAR

Hartford. Conn. Jan. ii-tUPl = A skidding car mounted the side- walk and fatally injured Mrs. TEnn- cesca Coppo, oe, widow Cg West Hartford, yesterday. The driver, Nicholvs Maginelii, pending . cor onors inquiry. Medical ExamineI Henry A. Costello pronounced death due to . fractured skull.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11

Hauptmann was questioned at the time by police, she said, but was released. The other gangsterS had left the hotel with the Lindbergh baby before police arrived and there was not sufficient evidence to war; rant HauptEnarn's arrest, she cons
 Under Protection. She said she was under constant police protection at the request of Governor A. Harry Moore for sev- eral months following her "tip.oft' to police.
 "Hauptmann was not the ring
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!. HENRY RORABACK ILL

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 1l.-(UP)--J. Henry Roraback, chairman of the republican state cen tral,cornmittee and national committeeman from Connecticut is i'll at his home with an attack of tonsilitis. Reports that he was dangerously i'll with septic sore throat were denied at his home today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
Women M Conn.
 Has Jumped Into Hauptmann Case
Mrs. John Lynch Told Newspapermen of Montreal
 That She Saw Lindbergh Baby Alive and We'll ! atAtantic City, Two Days After Kidnapping z,
Montreal, Quebec, Janu

\ Montreal, Quebec, January Il - (UP) - Mrs. John LNnch New Haven Conn., told Montreal newspapermen to- day that she saw Charles A. Lindbergh IT, ave and we'll in an Atlantic City Hotel two days after the Kidnapping
 Mrs. Lynch claimed a gang of men, among whom was carried the baby into the hotel She certain of the identity of the child and immediately notified police she -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
Pardon Board Started
 Work -Gou. Hofr11an Ready To Stop Penalty
Should Board Vote CIemency, New Jersey Governor Would Be Saved Reprieve - Attorney General
 Wilentz Is Wild With Anger at Governor
BY JOSEPH S. WAsNEY United Press Staff Correspondent

Trenton, N. j., January Il - (UP) - Eight men met in an inner office of the state capitol today to pass the final judgment of life death Bruno Richard Hauptmann
 The eight constitute the New Jersey court of pardons the court of last resort for the convicted murderer of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr and there was every
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Rain, Cold Tonight; Clearing on Sunday
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The Washington times., 1936-04-08
B0RAHLEAD|NG
INW|SC0NS|N
G. 0. P. POLL
Roosevelt Leading by
J to ! in Ballots; Hoan
Is Reelected

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April 8.
IN.SD-President Roosevelt, Sen.
ator william E. Borah and Mayor
Daniel w. Hoan today commanded
indisputable leads in Wisconsin's
primary election returns.
But President Roosevelt main
tanned a two-to-one lead over Sen
ator Borah.
In the election Of delegates TO
the Republican National Conven.
ton. however, Borah apparently
had won q majority Of the "a
delegates the State will send.
Late tabulations of returns from
1915 Of the States 2,919 precincts
gave President Roosevelt 1898
votes against 1882 for Borah.
Late returns registered steady
gains in the majority by which
Mayor Hoan, Socialist candidate
for reelection, defeated Joseph
J. SINNERS, Democrat and sheriff,
In the municipal election. Com.
plete returns from $50 of the city's
397 precincts gave Hoan 80, 400
votes to $3.50 for SINNERS.
La Toilette Holds Key
La Toilette progressiveS, holding
the key to the final outcome Of
Borah'S first test in the Middle
western agricultural State, ap-
parently were voting 2 to for the
President in the direct preferential
race.
An all-time record vote Of more
than 100000 in Milwaukee and
heavy voting throughout the rest
Of the State was expected. Two
full tickets were presented to Re
publican voters, one Of unin.
structed delegates backed by the
State committee and one pledged
to Borah.
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5orah Supporters Give
$3,51s for Campaign
international News Service

Supporters Of Senator William
E. Borah Of Idaho in his quesA for
the Republican Presidential nomi-
nation contributed $3,518 to the
campaign fund up to March 10.
The report Of contributions,
filed with the clerk Of the House
by Walter Reynolds, Of Washing.
ton. treasurer Of the "Borah for
PRESIDENT" organization, showed
maximum gifts Of $500. 49,.
Salmon O. LevinSon, Chicago
lawyer and reputed co-author OF
the Kellogg peace pact, gave $500.
Other $500 contributions came
from Frederick L. Cole, Of Pasa.
dena, Calf; Oliver c. Haga, OF
Boise, Idaho; Representative Ham
ilton Fish. Of New York, and for
mer Representative Royal c. John
son, Washington lawyer.
Other contributions included:
Benjamin Saunders, Of Washing.
ton, 5000: Charles D. Hamel. Of
Washington, 500: B. Frank Muir.
ply, Of Steubenville, Ohio, SIPS;
John Shepard, Of Boston, 500;
Miss Cora Rubin. Of Washington,
Borah's secretary, 500: Homer
Capehart. Of North Tonawanda,
N. Y, 500; H. c. Jewett. Of Aber-
deem, s. D., 500; Harry Sommers,
of Atlanta, Ca, 500. Small sums
RiVen hy unnamed persons totaled
$93,
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SOUTHLAND
THREATENED
BY FLOODS
Family Of 4 Skids Off
Bridge to Death in
Tennessee Creek

ATLANTA, April 8 0.N.S).
Riding on the heels Of the devas-
tating tornadoes which ragged
through six Southern States Sun
day night and Monday, flood wa
tiers today brought new threats to
many sections Of the Southland.
Although the main valley Of the
Mississippi River is in no imme-
date danger, hundreds Of thou
sands Of acres were flooded in
Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and
the CarolinaS.
Family Drowned
Four deaths have been reported
due to the swollen streams caused
by the torrential rains that &C.
companied the tornado. A man,
his wife and two children were
drowned in the Sweetwater Greek
near Columbia, Tenn, when their
automobile skidded off a bridge
and was enguifed by the surging
waters.
The Tennessee River and its
tributaries have flooded several
small towns, and Chattanooga
was partly under water. In north
east Georgia and Alabama, the
Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chattachoochee
and Alabama rivers had leaped
from their banks to cover the low
lands.
Approximately 200 homes were
evacuated in Rome, Ga, and the
Chattachoochee was expected to
rise to 26 feet at West Point by
noon today. Flood stage at West
Point Is az feet.
Partly Inundated
Boone, N. c., and Columbia and
Greenville, s. c., were partly IL,
undated. Government forecasters
at Memphis, Tenn, predicted 40
foot stage, six feet over flood
level, for Memphis Sunday. How.
ever, they insisted only minor
damage would be felt in the main
Mississippi Valley.
A portion Of the Atlanta-Mont-
gomery highway was under water.
it was reported.
The Washington times., 1936-04-08
GOV. HOFFMAN
SEEKS Indy
PROBE ANEW
Would Welcome u. S.
Investigation Of
Entire Case

TRENTON, N. j., April 8 0.N.SO.
Governor Hoffman today declared
he would welcome a Federal in.
vestigation Of the entire Haupt-
mann case, starting from the time
Of the Lindbergh baby's kidnapping
in March, 1882.
It was rumored around the
State House that a proposal to
that effect will be introduced when
the legislature resumes its sessions
Monday night. Two attempts 70
reopen the case were defeated in
the assembly last Monday.
Report New Arrests
Vague reports that arrests were
imminent in the kidnapping and
alleged torturing of Paul Wendell,
Lindbergh case prisoner, were
heard in New York and Trenton
today, although they were denied
by authorities.
District Attorney Geoghan Of
Brooklyn announced, however,
that he had traced ownership Of
the car in which Wendell was
taken to a sanitorium &c feeble
minded at New Lisbon, N. j.,
after he had allegedly been held
captive in a Brooklyn house.
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would reach o total Of $50. He
held q consultation with doctors
who declared it unlikely more than
10 per cent of their patients would
recover from their injuries.
O'Keefe ordered his National
Guardsmen to shoot to kill" If
they discovered anyone looting
the bodies Of the dead or the
property Of Tupelo citizens.
Governor Hugh White, after q
personal survey Of the stricken
area, called upon Mississippi cit
liens to contribute to the "emer.
gency needs Of Tupelo."
The Washington times., 1936-04-08
US. Doctor TO Operate
On Australian Infant

PHILADELPHIA, April 8 U.N.S3.
From far-off Melbourne, Australia,
3-year-old Kelvin Rodgers will
shortly begin a journey to this
city for a chance to live.
A three-inch nail imbedded in
his right lung will prove fatal,
physicians have agreed, unless it
is removed soon. One of the few
places where the obstruction might
be taken out is the bronchoscopic
clinic Of DR.. Chevalier jackson at
Temple University.
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Fines
Face Probe.
Shoppers
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=
ing turned over wires to the Black
committee though they had re-
fused documents to other Govern
n1ent agencies.
Justice Department Denied
Hanson pointed out that, in one
instance, the F. C. C. denied De-
partment of Justice request that
telephone companies be asked to
tap wires in order that criminals
might be apprehended.
In his brief Hanson declared
the action Of the committee and
the F. c. c. violates the first,
fourth and fifth amendments to
the Constitution, In which free.
dom of the press, freedom from il
legal seizure Of private papers and
due process Of law are guaran-
teed.
He cited numerous cCult deci-
sionS in which the right OF Federal
courCs to review invesrigatory &C
tiv.ties Of Congress was upheId,
and the right of such courts 70
Jurisdiction over actions Of the
Senate committees.
F. C. C. Contests Right
The statement was in opposi.
ton to the contention Of attorneys
for the F. c. C. that the District
Supreme Court has no jurisdiction
in this case, and that the Black
committee and its members are
inviolate from court action.
Hanson declared:
1.-THE fundamental issue In
this case, In 80 far as the COM
mittee ID concerned, Is whether
. Senatorial committee can
commit acts which the Con-
stitution fOrbids and reserve to
itself the sole power to pass
upon the lawfulness Of its acts.
eff we have any Government
agency that can seize private
messages Of two years ago, 1t
can seize messages Of today. He
asserted that such power would
enable any Government agency
or Congress to see as they are
being sent out the stories and
private memoranda Of news
papers and newspaper CORES
pOndentS.
Getting From Under"
The fact that the Senate com
mittee has returned the seized
kilograms to the r. c. c. and
withdrawn q subpoena in connect
ion with the case was termed by
Hanson getting out from under"
He declared that in spite Of this
action the court should decide on
the Hearst case, because If It is
not decided the committee could
attempt similar seizures at. some
future time.
Champion Harris. representing
the Senate Committee, followed
Hanson and told the court it had
no Jurisdiction. Chief Justice
Wheat said the bench had heard
enough on that angle and would
now like to hear from attorneys
from the F. c. c. At this point
court was recessed to reconvene
later in the day.
Earlier in the trial opposing
attorneys and the court agreed
that a Hearst suit enjoining the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany from giving the disputed tele-
grams to the F. c. Can action
that would mean the return Of the
kilograms to Western Union
should be overlooked during the
present trial.
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Dead in TupeIo Tornado
Expected to Reach $50

TUPELO, Miss, April 8 Q.N.S) E.
With more than q score Of visit.
ing ministers assisting. this storm
torn city started to bury its dead
today in homemade, plain pine
boxes.
There were no formal funeral
services for the victims of the tor
nado, nor were hearseS used to
convey the bodies to the GENE
teries. All hearses in the city
are being used as ambulanceS to
rush the seriously injured to hos
pitfalls In nearby cities and towns.
Gen. John O'Keefe early today
estimated that Tupelo'S dead
The Washington times., 1936-04-08
WPA Labor Body
Names M'DOnouuh

Michael ]. McDonough, Of San
Francisco, secretary.treasurer Of
the Building Trade Department
of the American Federation of
Labor, yesterday was appointed by
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins as
a member of the labor policies
board of the Works Progress Ad-
ministration. He succeeds James
Wilson, Cincinnati, resigned.
The Washington times., 1936-04-08
Bowie Track EmpIoye
Stabbed byRobbers

Oliver Hall, colored. %, Of
Baltimore. who is employed at
the Bowie race track, picked up
two other colored men while he
was driving into Washington last
night. The men held him up
and when they found he had no
money one of them stabbed him.
The Washington times., 1936-04-08
Underwood Resigns Friday
International News Service

InternatiOnaI News Service
Representative Underwood CD
Of Ohio, who was appointed a
Federal District Judge, today tele-
graphed his resignation from Con.
gresS to the Sergeant at Arms of
the House, effective at midnight
April 10.
The Washington times., 1936-04-08
GEORGIA DEAD
G0ESAB0VE
zoo MARK
Death List in TupeIo
Expected to Reach
ESQ, Officials Say

GAINESVILLE, Ca, April 8.
G.NSO.-Blood-shot eyes that
have not closed in sleep for 4S
hours watched with horror today
as relief workers, themselves ready
to drop from utter exhaustion,
continued to uncover from Smok-
ing debris charred and broken
bodies, sending the known death
toll from Mondays tornado over
the 2o0-mark.
The American Red Cross an
nounced late last night that 1o1
bodies had been identified. Ten
others remained unidentified.
In addition, five bodies from
which the spark Of life fled Is
Atlanta doctors battled to save
them, were held in Atlanta. Hun
dredS Of others remain in hos
pitfalls here and in Atlanta, and
many are expected to die.
Bodies Among Ruins
The list Of injured was expected
to be enlarged. Doctors who had
labored tirelesSly to treat the in
jured here were called upon to
care for injured, living from five
to ten miles from the city, where
the "backwaSh" from the tornado
wrecked several buildings.
No estimate can be made Of the
number of dead still lying beneath
the ruins Of Gainesville. It may
be days before relief authorities
are able to ascertain definitely the
loss Of life.
It was not until late last night
that the Red Cross was able to
start an official list Of the miss
ing, and within Q few hours the
number had climbed to IS. Nine
of the persons listed among the
missing are children.
Two little bodies, burned almost
beyond recognition, were identi-
fled by Will Teal as those Of two
of his five missing children,
Lillian, 3, and Pauline, 5. Today
the other three children are offic-
tally listed among the missing.
The ever-increaSing number Of
bodies is q major problem. Under
takers working tirelessly to pre-
pare the bodies for burial, have
issued O plea to all Undertakers
within 100 miles Of Gainesville to
send all spare equipment to the
storm-Stricken city.
Rescue crews today continued
to center their search for dead
at the ruins Of the Cooper Manu-
featuring Company's plant, where
more than 100 women and girls
were employed when the storm
struck. Already more than two
score bodies have been dragged
from the ruins, and others are be-
lieved to be lying beneath the
debris.
Cities Offer Food
Mayor w. D. PaImour set up
offices on the ground floor Of
the post office to handle the Of.
ficial end of relief operations. To
his desk poured kilograms and
letters from cities all over the
State offering food and supplies.
Food poured into the town by
the ton, and there appeared to be
no danger Of food shortage to-
day.
-Four trucks Of water arrived
from Buford yesterday, and au-
thorities hoped to have the local
water system operating normally
within a week, thus lessening the
danger of disease.