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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
Richman, Merrill Quarrel Being ReveaLed To Public

which Merrill is q pilot, talked with the flyers together and individually after his arrival in motor boat with supplies and mechanics. Relations appeared more friendly and the flyers, first to make Q round trip crossing of the Atlantic, worked with the mechanics in repairing the ship.
 The Lady Peace" has been drag. ged from the bog where t bounced to a stop Monday afternoon and It's damages appeared less severe than had first been feared.
 Richman said he was quite confi- dent" that they could fly the "Lady Peace" on to New York within 4S hours.
 Later Merrill said that he believed an explanation of the quarrel was due him in aviation circles so that the crash in the Newfoundland bog would not reflect 'on him as . pilot.
 T admit" he said, "that the situ- ation when we headed suddenly into storm about noon on the 18th was such as to scare an inexperienced flyer but I had come through worse and knew could navigate the plane through that without any naishap. While the storm gwirled like 6 ty- phoon and bumped the plane iiEi- comfortably, requiring extreme ex- ertion and concentration O.: the con- trols and ccolncss of judgment, it certainly was the most unsuitable moment for panicky interference.
 "Not for a single instant was tlts plane out of control before thl Humping of the gasoline. Safety re. osiired lower altitude ct which I i'm. l fiiediateiy Alraed. To my ccnsterna' ton Richman einptied a tank asali1sl my protest and wanted to send nE aOgn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
Archibald McNeiL M
 Praise or Republican
Former National Democratic Committeeman From
 Bridgeport Sends Warm Letter to Arthur M. Brown Nominee For Governor

Norwich, Conn, Sept. 17.-(UP)- Former National Democratic Com mitteeman Archibald McNeil, Bridgeport, today wrote Republican Qubernatorial Nominee Arthur M. Brown that mo finer man more ca pablo or better qualified" for the governorship "could be selected than your worthy self"
 Contents of the letter were dis closed here and interpreted as a complete and unqualified endorse ment of the republican standard bearer by McNeil, close friend Of National Democratic Chairman James A. Farley, who last spring withdrew from the race for reelec- ton in favor of David E. Fitz- Gerald, New Haven.
 "Connecticut." he wrote, "has been exceptionally fortunate during the past 100 years in the type of men selected for the governorship and this fine tradition is again exemplified by your nomination for that great office.
 Interests Guarded
 We are fortunate in the knowl- edge that, our interest will be safe- guarded and the states business economically and conscientiously ad- ministered regardless of which can-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
FRENCH FACTORY
 OWNERS TO FIGHT

Paris, Sept. l7-(UP) - Pierre Thiriez, head of the delegation Of employers negotiating with the gov- ernment for settlement of Frances labor troubles said today that fac- tory owners would flight to . finish" to expel workmen who have taken over their plants.
 Some 1,50o workmen have occu- pied the Rhodiacesta silk works ct Lyons, after ejecting the foremen, and are operating 1t under the direc. ton of committee of their own choosing. Some 30,000 laborers have taken over factories at Lille.
 Thiriez, scheduled to meet today with Premier Leon Blum and other members of the popular front" government, was adamant in iiisist- ing that the workers must be elected as the first step to settling the strikes.
 "The present conflict is one of au- thority,' he declared. That explains the justifiable stiffness of the em- ployers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
WALL, UPSON TO |BATILEIT OUT
Torringtofl L awyer to Meet Republican Chair.
 man For Nomination

Republican Town Chairman j.. Warren Upson of Waterbury, can. didate for the 6. o. p. congressional nomination in the fifth district, in- formed the Democrat that he will wage Q spirited contest on the floor of the convention Saturday. The 6. 0. D district convention will open at l0:30 o'clock Saturday morning at The Elton. Attorney Thomas J. Wall of Torrington is the other leading contender for the aomina- ton.
 According to authentic informa- ton Attorney David Cramer of Torrington, who is also seeking the nomination, will throw his delegates to the support of Town Chairman Upson in the event that he, hiin- self, does not gain Q majority on the first ballot. That he will not get . majority vote on the initial balloting Is conceded.
 win Help Wall
 At the same time 1t is under stood that State Representative J.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
5. BENSON UNDER ARREST FOR NEW CRIME Driver, Whose Car Hit, Killed John Rowland,
 Held For Forgery POUGHKEEPSlE ASKS
 HIS PAST RECORD Benson Given Year For Rowland Affair..Served
 Only Seven Months

Earl S. Benson, alleged hit- run drive whose car three years ago fatally injured H. year-old John Rowland, son of Sherwood Rowland, promi- nent local business man and one-tine republican party nominee for city controller, is held at Poughkeepsie, N. r., on a charge of second degree forgery, 1t was disclosed at police headquarters here to- day. Poughkeepsie police authori- ties inquired by teletype for infor- nation on Benson'S past record.
 He was found guilty on a charge of automobile homicide ut a su- perior court session here in March, 1888, and sentenced to states prison for one year by Judge Edwin c. Dickinson. Benson was released after he had served seven months of the sentence.
 The Rowland boy was struck on Columbia boulevard by Q car which sped away from the accident scene and the arrest of Benson two days
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
WOMAN ESCAPES
 ANY INDICTMENT

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. i7-(UP) s-The state today considered press. tng Q manslaughter charge against Mrs. Lena Before, 30, after . su- perior court grand jury failed to lndict her ona murder charge ID connection with the shooting last July of Joseph Luongo, crippled war veteran.
 The jury, deliberating more than seven hours. returned mot . true bill" late yesterday. The state had asked for an indictment on e charge of murder in the firstsd degree. claim ing Luongo, convicted slayer of Mrs. Belfiore'S first husband eight years ego, was killed in retaliation.
 Unless . rnanslaughter charge is preferred, counsel for Mrs. Belfioge said they would ask the court for her release from county Jail where she has been held for two months without bail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
LEFT OPEN.
 FOR COMPROMISE

New York, Sept. l7-(UP)-David Dubinsky, president of the Interna- tional Ladies Garment Workers union and 6 leader in the committee for industrial organization. left the way open today for Q possible com- promise on differences between the CIO and the American Federation of Labor.
 In an address to the biennial con- vention of the United Textile Work CTS of America yesterday, DubinSky said 1t was "still not too late" to arrange 6 compromise between the craft and industrial unionization proponents.
 He later revealed that in the name of the ILdWU, oneof the ten ClO affiliates suspended by the AFOL executive council. he would ask the CIO to send delegates to the national convention of the AFoL at Tampa, Fla., in November.
 Dubinsky made 1t clear in his speech, however, that any settlement of the intra-iabor dispute would have to provide for continuation of the drive to organize the steel ii- dustry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

Musgrave Harbor, N. F., Septem- Der n - (UP) = Details of the quarrel between Harry Richman and Dick Merrill over the dumping Of gasoline during a storm over the Atlantic were obtained today as mechanics rushed here from New York labored to repair the trans Atlantic plane for it's trip on to New York.
 Richman, owner of the Se6,oo0 monoplane, confirmed that he dumped the gasoline over the pro. test of Merrill, 6 transport pilot or many years experience.
 we had HOO gallons of gas on leaving Liverpool" he said. Five hundred miles off Newfoundland we met a gale head wind which nearly forced the plane into the sea. l be. lieye we could have crashed and drowned had the gas not been dumped.
 Tt is true I demanded Merrill to dump the gas and he refused. My object was to tighten the plane and enable Us to successfully battle the gale. Contrary to Merrill and against his protest I dumped over the gasoline, leaving enough to reach Newfoundland"
 Apprised of Richman's statement Merrill looked Up from his work on the plane and said, well, that's one side of 1t and not the whole story of that side either"
 He was reported to have said last night that neither engine trouble nor storm caused the dumping ci tlno gas, but that dumping t caused l the trouble and nearly ended tns flight iFi q plunge into the sea.
 Captain Eddie Rlchenbackef, pres ident Of the Eastern AiElines oE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

More than I,200 Waterburians were included in the milling throng that cheered Father Coughlin and his address. Every walk of life was represented ct the huge turnout for the radio priest. Young people, old people, mothers with babes in arms who received the blessing of their young from the leader of the na- tional ". U. S. J., people well versed an politics, professional men and women and factory workers all greet- ed Father Coughlin. It was declared one of the greatest turnouts the State has ever seen.
 Knox Crowd Comparison
 Waterburians compared the turn- out for Father Coughlin to that for Colonel Frank Knox, g.o.p. vice-pres- ldentiai candidate in this city Q couple of weeks ago. Knox failed Eo bring out more than 5000 per- sons Co his rally although he B cunning for c major national office on Q major national ticket. Father Ccughlin brought out approximately twice that number to his gathering last evening despite the fact that he ls not running for any office on any national ticket. Turthermore, there was an admission price to the gath ering ct which Father Coughlin spoke. There was none at the Knox vaiiy.
 Cheers. Boos Co.Minsled
 Cheers and boos were heard Eir;oughout the evening. Mention of National Democratic Chairman Janaes A. Farley brought forth jeers, not aimed at the radio priest but at the man about whom he was sp0aking. Father Cougbiin de- ciayed that 6 vote for the Roosevelt Administration would be . ballot in eavor of Farley who, he charged,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
CHURCHILL IS
 AFTER SISTER

Metz, France. Sept. l7-(UP) - Winston Churchill, British states man, announced today that he had sent his son Randolph to the Unit ed States to bring back Randolph's sister, Sarah Churchill. Sarah sailed for New York on the Bremen. It was reported she intended to marry Vic Oliver, stage comedian. who is appearing in the United States. oliver in New York said she was just coming 70 see him about Q stage job. The younger Churchill sailed yesterday on the Queen Mary. His father refused to inter- rupt his own vacation and contin- ued his inspection of the Maginct line of Qualifications, c special and rare privilege granted to him by the French government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
Late Bulletins
MASS. MEN SENTENCED.

Ranney, 25 Longmeadow, Mass, was taken to state prison today to begin a two to five years sentence for burglarzing the home of Mrs. Cor. rine Barr June 16, at Enfield. Ranney pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge John Rufus Booth late yesterday. Mrs. Barr was robbed of $6. Two Springfield, Mass, men, Thomas M. Sheehan and William F. Donahue, were sen. fenced to eight months in jail each on charges of soliciting funds for various social organization without permission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
FOUR YOUTHS
 ARE DETAINED

Hamden, Conn, Sept. i7.-(UP) -Four youths detained heie today while police checked their story they stole an automobile ct CathaSn, N. Y., with which to ride around the country.
 They gave their names as Dilbert Haynes, ie, and Albert Franklin. 20. both of Philadelphia: Raymond Parker, 2l, Kingston, N. Y, and Delmoit Collins, i0, Augusta, Me.
 Tine car carried different registra- ton plates cn the front and rear and police said they admitted tak- ing c plate from . car at Pough. keepsie, N. Y:. and being involved in an accident at White Plains \. <.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

charity and criticized "a small mi- nority who seek to profit from the preaching of fear"
 The president addressed civic lead- CTS here to plan an $80, ,0o0,0 ,000 char ity fund to fill community chests m 330 cities. He spoke from the south portico of the White House.
 MT. Roosevelt cited increased na" tional income, payrolls and employ ment supporting his assertion that since the low point of the depress- ion great and substantial progress has been made"
 Confidence Is Back
 "Confidence has returned to the great mass of our people; confi- dence on the part of all except . small minority who seek to profit from the preaching of fear" he said.
 The national income, he said, soon will be double what 1t was at the depression low. Nearly e,o0o,ooo more men and women are employed in private industry and 3.oo0,OoO are employed on government.made work, he said.
 "Factory payrolls for the first quarter of this year were more than $70,000,0o0 greater each week than they were in the first quarter of leS3," he said. Systematic and successful efforts to raise the buy
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
Transfer or Nineteen
 Priests Is Announced
No Pastors Were Affected - Several of Clergy Changed Were Native Sons, or Had Once Served
 Fiere-Assig sign6iefits Were As Assistants sR4s''

 Z Nineteen clerical appointments and transfers, many of them of particular interest to Waterbury, were announced today by Most Rev. Maurice ?. McAuliffe. bishop of Hartford, through the Catholic Transcript. No pastors are involved in the changes, all the assignments being those of assistants.
 The list of appointments is as follows:
 Rev. John ,. Foley from All Hallows' church, Moosup, to St. Paul's church, West Haven. Assistant.
 Rev. Francis J. Sugrue from the Church of the Sacred Heart, Bridgeport, to St. Joseph's church, South Norwalk. Assistant.
 Rev. Nicholas Caron from st. Ann's church, Bristol, to st. Joseph's church, Dayville. Assist ant.
 Rev. Eugene A. Moriarty to St. Ann's church, Devon. Assistant.
 Rev. William F. Meyers from St.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
Asks Volunteers For Aid to Prevent Advance of
 Rebels at Talavera LOYALISTS THREATEN
 TO BOMB ALCAZAR LoyaIist Anarchists Have Seized Santander--Street Fighting is Going On
BY MICHAEL McEwEN

I Copyright, 1886, by United Press)
 Gibraltar, September IT The Spanish government called for 10000 volunteers today in it's urgent effort to stop the great rebel offensive in the Talavera region south west of the capital. All avail able men were mobilized. United Press dispatches indi- cated that the rebels had been halted for the moment at least, by a valiant loyalist counter attack by which the government took Escalona, near its headquar- ters at Santa Olalla. The call for volunteers was made possible by re- ceipt of an important supply of arms from an unnamed source. The Lisbon newspaper Oseculo quoted "informatoin" from rebel headquar- ters that the rebels took Santa Olalla. This report was not con- firimed from any other source, in- cluding rebel. The rebels did claim important advances in the Talavera area generally. Gen. Gonzalo Queipo De Llano, the rebel broad- caster at Seville, asserted that in two days the loyalists lost 800 dead, 1000 wounded and rifles and other water materials, mostly of Mexican manufacture.
 Rebels still Bombing
 Queipo De Llano asserted also that rebel planes bombed Ciudad
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
Radio Priest Was
 GiUen OUati0n Al Union Party Rally
Made Address Last Night at Donovan Field, West Haven Pleaded With Electors to Vote Union
 Ticket, Throw Election Into House

Pleading to the electors of Connecticut to vote for the Union Party ticket and thus throw the selection of president of the United States into the national house of epresenta
 tves charging that the Roosevelt program tends towards communism and declaring that the 16 principles of the U based the teachings of George Washington and Pope Leo XI Rev Charles E. Coughlin famous radio
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
MRS. BOLAN HAS
 BROUGHT SUIT
Asks $2O,OOO Damages For Injuries Sustained in
 Recent Auto Accident

Mrs. Maria c, Bolan, aunt of Mayor Frank Hayes, filed suit in superior court today for damages of S2O,0o0 against GerolaIno Curullo of Oakville, for injuries sustained when a car owne by Curullo crashed Into c machine in which Mrs. Bolan was riding on Watertown avenue the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 1. Mrs. Bolan is still under treatment at St. Mray's hospital, as Is the mayors mother, Mrs. Ellen Seery Hayes, who was also seriously in' jured in the collision. The suit for Mrs. Bolan is brought through At torney Henry J. Weisman.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
THIRTY-SIx DIE
 AS SHIP SINKS
Famous French Explorer is Victim With Thirty.
 Five of Companions

Reykjavik, Iceland, Sept. i7.- (UP)-Two Danish warships sped to Iceland today to investigate the tragedy that killed Dr. Jean Bap- tiste Charcot, famous French Arc- tic explorer, and 35 of his compan- ions on his ship, the Pourquoi-Pas.
 The vessels, the Aegir and the Hvidbjoernan, were expected to take the bodies, which were washed ashore at Borgafjord, to Europe. A raging storm along the treacherous coast of western Iceland sunk the Pourquoi- Pas and sent the explorer and S5 companions to death. One man, Petty Ofilcer Eugene Gouidec, survived. Lashed to e plank, he was washed ashore more dead than alive. Hardy Icelandic fishermen revived him with hot coffee.
 Valuable Data Lost
 With the sunken little three- masted vessel, valuable mass of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
BIG HURRICANE
 MAY HIT SOUTH
One of Most Powerful Ever Recorded Is On Its Way
 From Bermuda

Wilmington, N. O., Sept. l7.-(UP) --The Atlantic coast from the Vir- ginia Capes to Florida battened down today against the expected arrival within l2 hours of the first gales of one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded.
 National headquarters of the American Red Cross mobili2ed emergency workers at Raleigh and Wilmington, N. C., Charleston, 8. O., and Jacksonville, Fla., in fear that a disaster impended greater than that of Labor day, 1895. when the last big hurricane-small compared to the present one-killed more than 400 men in southern Florida.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Sept. i7 (UP)--aov. ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year 10 sept. lbths ns compared with year ago:
 This Year ExpenBeB Last Xe@N i,270,S62,oss.e2 Si,tis,ssesV4v.oi sssl, ,s5O, ,sos.ss s7ss,sss.sss.ss ;4sO,s1s,oO4ss s7s4.so7.2is.ss ss,ssS ,siS.iS si.sas.ssS.ssOsi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
MAIL CARRIER SUICIDES

Bristol, Conn.,. September iT - (UP) - William ?. Benoit, Jr., 0l, granted . sick leave Q month ago from his job as a mail carrier hanged himself in the cellar of his home late yesterday. His widow. a son and two daughters survive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
OLDEST OBLATE PRIEST DIES

Lowell, Mass, Sept 17.-lUP)--The Rev. Alphonse Nolin, O.M.1., 87, oldest priest of the New England Province of the Oblate Fathers, died of heart disease at hospital here last night. A native of Canada, he had been pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church here for 35 years He had been ill since Saturday, when he was stricken While at local newspaper office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
FOOTBALL STAR IS DEAD

Lafayette, Ind, Sept. 17-UP)-Tom McGannon, of Evansville, Purdue university football star died today from burns suffered Sat- blood transmission by physicians at St. Eliza betl's hospital failed to rally the veteran half back and lie died at 6:16 a. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
MRS. LrLLHE DIES

pawnee, okla, September iT = (UPl - Mrs. Gordon w. Lilile, wife Of .pawnee Bill" LillIe. died today from injuries suffered iii an aiitos mobile accident Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
SPAIN HAS APPEALED FOR 10000 MORE MEN
 TO STOP REBEL HORDE
President Appeals To Nation For Charity
Mobilization For Human Needs Was Started at Capital -Partisanship Was TabOO-Distress
 of People Calls For Action
BY RICHARD |. HARKNEsS limited Press Staff Correspondentl

Washington September 17- (UP) - President Roose. welt appealed to the nation today in opening the 1856 mobilization for human needs for revival Of the spirit or
 local charity m,,.u the obicaton of every individual" to contribute to private
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

One Waterbury official stated that . delegation of Brass City ites in attendance numbered about 2,OOQ. This number could not be asceFtalned, however, since there were no district reservations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17
CoughIin HighIights
(BY HENRY P. McGRATHl

VDA AANNASA Es WUOASAAK1T
 Donovan Field, West Haven, September l6 - An ovation' last- ing for five minutes greeted the arrival of Rev. Charles D. Cough lin, pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower at Royal Oak, Mich- igan, and organizer of the Union party. The applause was ace knoweIedged with smiles as the radio priest turned to every sec- ton of the grounds. He arrived at the platform escorted by twelve policemen. /.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

Ills traditional statement that Congress shall have the power to coin and regulate the value of money seems to be one of the standbys of the Union party, for when this declaration came last night applause, shouts and whistles followed. It was complete evidence that the Union party Is adhering to each of the l6 prin. clples of social justice now prob- ably stronger than ever before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

The arrival of Father Coughlln was no secret last night for the sirens of three police motorcycles which escorted him from the Taft hotel, could be heard when the party was several blocks away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

The radio priest returned to former trlumphs In mentioning my friend, the late lamented, General Hugh Johnson, whom he said, managed to slide down tho bannister of the NRA, went
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

In directing his attack against tho International Bankers, Father Coughlin said that some were educ cated In Princeton, others at Penn. sylvania, some at Harvard, when at thls time . voice in the crowd Interrupted with . shout sIEow about YaIe!" The radio priest turned in the direction of said voice and replied, "T'm dealing with facts, not fancles." Ills ready wit was evident throughout the discourse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-17

fEc retaliated with statements that the same people who control the wealth of thls country could regulate the value of foreign coins, therefore gaining control of tho worlds wealth.
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Again referring to the Interna- tional Bankers he said. "They shoot crap with loaded dice and even though it appears they lose, they win."
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