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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
GARAGES CHECKED
 FOR HIT-RUN CAR

Garages in and around the city were still being checked by police to- day in an effort to discover traces of the hit-run car which struck and killed Jeremiah Lawlor of 9 Fulton street Tuesday night. Lieut.. Detec- tive William Pollard has been work ing constantly on several leads since MT. Lawlor's body was found early Wednesday morning on Sunnyside avenue, short distance from his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
MATTATUCK CLUB
 ON AIR TONIGHT

The Mattatuck college combined glee clubs will present their first radio broadcast tonight at 6:45 over station WATR. The group is made up of young men and women of the college, directed by the Misses Bet tina Palomba and Rita McCann and John Ladden.
 The program to be presented fol- lows:
 winter Song" ............B .Bullard
 Entire ensemble My Little Banjo" ..... .Dichmont
 Girls group shenandoah" ...... Bartholomew
 Boys group "The Sleigh" .................K Kintz
 Girls group Bells of St. Mary" ......... Lucas
 Entire ensemble.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
NEW HAVEN MUST
 WAIT FOR GILBERT
WatertOwn Is to Press Charge in Connection
 With Holdup

Martin Gilbert, 37, held at Litch. field County Jail pending his trial in Watertown for complicity in the Taft school payroll holdup, will not be released to New Haven police un- til his alleged connection with the robbery is cleared up, Lieutenant William Schatzman of the Beacon Falls barracks said today. A war rant charging him with concealing goods sold on condition was lodged against Gilbert in Litchfield jail to- day, but the man will be held for arraignment in Watertown. The warrant was issued by Philip R. Pastore, assistant city attorney of New Haven yesterday and will serve to bring Gilbert to New Haven for questioning concerning the theft of more than $1 1000 worth of jewelry from a Sylvan avenue rooming house in that city last year. Gilbert will be arraigned in Watertown on charges of robbery with violence Monday night. If he receives a jail sentence the New Haven warrant will be withheld but if he escapes the penalty, the warrant will be returned immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
ITALIANS BOMB AGAIN

Adds Ababa, March I3-tUPI- Italian air forces continued heavy activities in northern Ethiopia t0- day. 4 government communiaul said three planes dropped more than GO bombs on Alamata and the road t0 Lake Ashangi. which leads to- ward Adds Ababa. Damage vat negligible. The northern town 0l Loren was bombed yesterday for the 10th time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
DEATH ENDED
 HAPPY REUNION

Long Beach, Cal, March 13.-- (UP)-Death today separated Wal ter J. Crusch, 28-year old former seaman, and his wife after 6 gay but brief reconciliation.
 A few hours after they celebrat- ed their reunion which followed Q two weeks separation, Mrs. Jeanne
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
Conference Enlivened
 By Religious Issue
PrOtestants, Catholics Comment on Influence ir s Appointment of Probation Officers

Several Waterbury social workers attending the quarterly meeting of the Connecticut Probation Officers Association yesterday at Long Lane Farm among audience of about 30 which heard Judge William Harney of Hartford declare that religious considerations have been made deciding factor in the choice of probation officers in the Wndham County juvenile court"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
YOUTH ADMITS
 TWO HOLD-UPS

Boston, March 13-(UP>-Philip Miragli, 2l-year old South End welfare worker, today confessed, po- lice said, to participation in two holdups in which loot totaled $2,- 300. He allegedly was one of five bandits who held up the Everett Fuel company in Dorchester and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13

Crusch awOke to find her husband dead on the floor. Police said he killed himself by inhaling gas fumes, 'piped" into his mouth through a towel. A note, indicating he was Respondent over unempIoy- ment, instructed that his body be returned to Boston, his former home for burial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13

escaped with $500 several weeks ago On January 18, police quoted Mi- ragli, he and three others robbed Somerville ticket agency of $500. Four men and a woman arrested with Miragli yesterday were being questioned by police.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
PRIZES, DICKENS CHARTER

Madison, Wis.-(UP))-The Dick ems club here, organized Oct. 26 1927, claims to hold the last charter signed by Novelist Charles Dickens daughter, Mrs, Kate Perubni. The charter was hung In the Wisconsin state historical museum in view of ti.is distinction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
LEADS MRS. vARE

Belleair, Fla, March 13-CUP)- Kathryn Hemphill, of Greenville, s. C., playing brilliant golf, was 2-up at the turn today over Mrs. Glenna Collet Ware, of Philadelphia, in the finals of the Belleair women's golf championship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13

emergency military expenditures in connection with the March, 1895. revolution and subsequent develop ments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13

will speak. Frazier Hunt, war cor respondent, will speak at l:30 D. m. and W. W. Chapin of Universal News Service, at 4:30 o'clock.
 Those in New York are Rather inc Mcknight, editor; Arthur Green blatt, business manager; James Healey, James Kaplan, Anita Hart Griffith Bedworth, Jacqueline Will ion, Morton Wilton and Morton Tracy. The group will return home after the close of the convention tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13

Petersburg, Transoaal, reported 112 degrees in the shade at the time this country was having sub-zero weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13

While filling a grave at the end of a funeral service at Lightwater parish church near Woking, Eng land, J. Harding, the sexton, fell dead into the grave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13

Gains in government revenues ir Greece last year were wiped out by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13

Natal has the worst drought known.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13

Britain Is to have new legislation calling for a stricter survey of ves- sells and conditions of work aboard them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
WILLNER CASE
 IS NOT SETTLED

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-13
WATERBURY SAEF FROM FLOOD SCARE

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
LEGISLATIVE GROUP
TO meet TOMORROW
Task of Drafting Security
Bills to Start.

The joint legislative committee of
members from each branch of the
Indiana General Assembly is to
meet tomorrow morning at 10 in the
Indiana Supreme Court room to be-
gin drafting bill or bills to make
existing laws conform to the Fed
eral social security legislation.
The meeting was called yesterday
by Senator Walter Chambers, New
castle publisher, who is to serve as
chairman. Study of proposed bills
to be introduced at special session
has been under way for some time.
Announcement by Gov. McNutt
of the date of the special. session is
said to be contingent on the speed
with which the joint legislative
committee prepares the bills.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
PUBLICITY CHIEF
OF AYRES DEAD
Pneumonia Attack Is Fatal
to Store Executive;
Here Since 1922.

Sydney A. Sullivan, fc- several
years director of publicity for L. S.
Ayres 81 Co., died at $50 this morn
ing at st. Vincent's Hospital. Mr..
Sullivan had been fighting a losing
battle against pneumonia for more
than week.
Funeral services are to be held at
9 Wednesday morning in st. Joan
of Arc Catholic Church, with burial
in Holy Cross Cemetery. The body
is to be at Flanner & Buchanan
Mortuary.
Mr.. Sullivan, who was AZ, was born
in Chicago and had lived at 5325
Central-av He had worked his way
through the various branches of
the department store business dur
ing several years with Marshall
Field & c., in Chicago. He be-
came associated with Ayres on Feb.
20, 1922.
Mr.. Sullivan was educated in Our
Lady of Sorrows grade school and
st. Philips High School in Chicago.
Surviving him are the widow, Mrs.
Angela Sullivan; a son, Tom, g; two
daughters, Sydney, 6, and Peggy,
4; his parents, Mr. and Thomas
Joseph Sullivan, Berwyn, Ill; three
sisters, Sister Mary Corona, Elsdon,
ILL.,; Mrs. R. j. Wiegand, Naperville,
ILL.,, and Miss Mary Jane Sullivan,
Berwyn, and a brother, Paul H.
Sullivan, BerWyn.
Mr.. Sullivan counted among his
friends newspaper men in all parts
of the state and Midwest. He was
q member of the Indianapolis
Literary Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
TRIAL STARTS
IN QU|NNETTE
Staying CASE
Joseph and Pierce Neatly
Alfred, Belle Need for
Pauper Lawyer.
WIDOW IN COURTROOM
Eight Jurors Tentatively
Selected; Defendants
Smile at Counsel.
BY JERRY SHERIDAN
Times staff Writer

GREENFIELD, Ind, Feb. TO-
Neat in carefully pressed black suits
new shoes and rather debonair
neckties, Paul Pierce, 26, and Don
aid Joseph, %, today went on trial
in Circuit Court here for the muir
der of Detective Orville Quinnette
of Indianapolis.
Known as the chair tonic" ban
dts the two today had plastered
down their hair with the same per-
fumed tonic that won them this
sobriquets and once aided police in
linking them to holdup.
In spite of their seeming influ-
ence, thew were assigned pauper
attorney as the trail started. He is
William c.. Ewing of this city and
as he consulted with his two eli
ents they occasionally smiled.
Not as meticlously dressed nor SO
jovial were eight farmers, tenta-
lively seated in the jury box, some
of whom eventually may have to
vote on whether the two defendants
shall die.
Fifty more prospective jurors were
summoned at the morning recess
and Judge Arthur c. VanDuyn in
Dictated he would hurry the proceed
dure SO that jury may be selected
and seated before night.
Widow Among Spectators
Seven relatives of Pierce were in
the half-flled courtroom. Also
present was Mrs. Ruth Quinnette,
the widow of the detective who was
shot Dec. Z in North Side Indian
apolis apartment and died of his
wounds Dec. 18. None of the spec
tators was identified as relative of
Joseph.
Detective Russell Chatham, who
was with Quinnette during the
shooting and who received super
fetal wound from the guns of the
bandits, also was among the spec
tators.
Prosecutor John Wiggin of Han
cock County conducted examination
of witnesses for the state, and indi-
Gated that at least one of the eight
jurors tentatively seated would be
dismissed by peremptory challenge
Detective Quinnette was shot
when he and Detective Chatham
went to the apartment to question
its occupants about the death of Pa
trolman Frank Levy, who was shot
a few days before in Anderson, Ind.
while he made an investigation oil
a car parked on his beat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
JURY SELECTED
IN STERN TRIAL
Lawyer SnoWbound, Taking
of Testimony Delayed
Until Tomorrow.

After selection of a jury in Fed
eral Court today to try the II de-
PENDANTS in the Louis Stern & Co.
mail fraud case, Judge Robert G.
Baltzell adjourned court until $50
tomorrow because one of the de-
PENDANT attorneys was snowbound
in Chicago.
The jury: Joseph Starke, Foun-
tain County, automobile salesman;
Walter j. Haney, Montgomery
County, insurance agent; Chester
Thomas, Madison County, rentals
and insurance; Harold e. Steg, Har-
rison County. farmer; Russell Roth
rock, Harrison County, farmer; E. j.
Glenn, Morgan County, farmer; John
B. Dixon, Morgan County, farmer;
j. B. Bolander, Fayette County,
automobile salesman, Walter Chap
pei, Marion County, retired; Miles
Ellsbury, Bartholomew County,
farmer; Ralph Heilman, Bartholo-
NEW County, farmer, and Earl Long,
Owen County, farmer.
Forty-five indictments against Is
persons have been filed by the gov
eminent. The charges include using
the mails to defraud and obtaining
money under false pretenses by use
of the mails.
About so witnesses have been
called by the government and the
case is expected to last week.
The defendants appearing for trial
besides Stern are A. T. Hunt, r. P.
Henry, Robert Polhamus, Albert
Teeman, Morris Nieman, H. H.
Cleveland, James Mintz, Gerald Ca
poot, H. w. Collins and Sam
Schweitzer.
Still sought are Miss Myrtle
Carbaugh, Earl Warren, Alfred H.
Peterkin and George B. Hoague.
Offices of Louis Stern & c. were
raided last May 20 on orders of
Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer and
State Security Commission officials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
TWINEHAM NAMED
HEAD OF |NFIRMARY
Wife to Be Matron; Ruse
Chosen Physician.

The appointment of James M.
Twineham, las King-av, as super
intendent of the Marion County
Infirmary at a salary of $1428 a
year, was announced today by the
County Commissioners.
Mr.. Twineham's wife is to serve
as matron at salary of $40 a
year, and the present superintend-
ent, DR.. A. O. Ruse, is to be infirn-
airy physician at 5000 a year.
The change in personnel, effective
Saturday, was due to suggestions
that the superintendent live on the
grounds and be acquainted with
farming problems, it was explained.
The State Tax Board Saturday
approved an appropriation of 5000
for physicians services. Mr.. Twine-
ham is Democratic precinct COM
mitteeman in the Nineteenth Ward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
SOVIET ARMY CHIEF
DISCUSSES SECURITY
Paris Visit Linked to Move
for Mutual Aid.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
PARIS, Feb. 10.-A visit to France
by Marshal Michael Tuckhachevsky,
Russia's brilliant army field COM
mander and vice commissar of de-
Tense, marked today the opening
of new chapter in Europe's quest
of security.
While Michael Tuckhachevsky is
talking to French political and mill
tary leaders, the Chamber of Dep
uties will start debate tomorrow on
ratification of the FRENCH Russian
mutual assistance treaty. It is ex-
pected that ratification will be vot-
ed Thursday by large majority.
1t is intended that after the
French Russian treaty is ratified,
there shall be similar treaty be-
tween Russia and Czechoslovakia,
then one between Russia and Ru-
mania.
Together, the treaties will form a
ring almost all around Nazi Ger
many. They will be linked up with
the Little Entente of Runania,
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, and
the Balkan entente comprising
Greece, Yugoslavia, Kumania and
Turkey, in such waJ that in event
of an attack by any nation against
any one. in the group, France and
Russia would get into the argument
at once.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
Pittrnan Flags
Japanese for
Policy in China

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Chair-
man Key Pittn1an of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee de-
nounced Japan's policy toward
China in the Senate today as a
threat to the United States and to
the "open-door" principle.
Mr.. Pittman advocated strong
naval and air forces for the United
States until the time arrives when
there is universal respect for and
obedience to peace treaties"
He charged Japan violated the
nine-power treaty in it's attitude to-
ward China and criticised the jap
anese ambassador, HiroSi Saito, for
comparing Japan's policies to the
Monroe Doctrine.
Quoting a speech attributed to
Vice Admiral Sankichi Takahashi,
Mr.. Pittman commented:
Never in the history Of modern
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
FALL CAUSES DEATH
OF ". B. WHEEL0CK
Ayres Official Dies a
Home; Rites Today.

Funeral services are to be held this
afternoon at 2:30 for William B.
Wheelock, first vice president of l..
S. Ayres & Co., who died Sunday at
his home, 1916 N. Delaware-st.
Mr.. Wheelock, who was 70, had
been i'll several years, and fall re-
Gently in which he suffered frac-
tured hip brought complications
which FASTENED his death.
One of the earlier presidents of
the Merchants Association of In
dianapolis, Mr.. Wheelock was long
active in the business and civic acti-
vities of the city. He served as a
director of the association from
1918 to 1926, succeeding Frederic M.
Ayres when Mr.. Ayres resigned to
enter American Red Cross work in
Washington.
Mr.. Wheelock was born at Og-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
STOCK PRICES GAIN;
STEEL AT NEW HIGH

List Advances on Failure of Court
to Rule on iva.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Stocks ad-
vanced when it was learned the
Supreme Court would not render a
IVA decision today. The list had
turned slightly irregular as traders
awaited ruling on the utilities
case.
Meanwhile the United States
Steel Corp. reported its shipments
of finished steel for January at
721, Ala tons, a new high since June.
1884, and the best January since
1881. Steel common mounted to a
new high at 53s4. up Is, and its
preferred reached rs, up four
points. and new top.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
YOUNG WORKER.
IS INJURED IN
GARAGE BLAST.
Recent Bridegroom Loses
Leg, Arm Is MangIed
by Explosion.
BUILDING IS DAMAGED
Noise Heard a Block Away;
Globe Carriage Co. Is
Scene of MiShap.

Curtis Hall, 21-year-old mechan-
les helper, was critically injured to-
day when a compressed air machine
at the Globe Carriage Co., 1900 Ken
tucky-av, exploded. He was taken
to Methodist Hospital.
So great was the force of the ex-
plosion, that the half-inch steel
plate which formed the storage tank
for the air was flattened out and
blown nearly 35 feet. 1t was so
heavy one man could not lift it.
Mr.. Hall, who works at night and
lives with his bride of three months
at 1902 Kenwood-av, was not farther
than three feet from the tank when
the explosion occurred, investiga-
tors believe.
His left leg was torn off, and his
left arm was mangled. Only one
other employe, Verne McGregor,
1401 Nordyke-av, was in the build
ing when the accident occurred, but
he was considerable distance away
and was uninjured.
Metal Oil Drums Crumpled
The force of the explosion also
wrecked an 8x12 wooden Enclosure
inside the building, and blew the
time clock across the room.
A bucket of paint that had been
on the floor near the tank was
driven through the rear window of
a light truck and paint splattered
the interior.
Two metal oil drums standing
nearby were crumpled. The Fire
Departments first aid squad at
tended the injured man and he was
later rushed to the hospital. The
tank was used to store air for tires.
Other employees said they believed
the safety valve had frozen.
Heard a Block Away
Mr.. Hall had been employed at
the carriage company about a year.
He came here from Bloomfield, Ind,
as di dhis wife.
Hiram Parks, employed in res
taurant a block from the Globe
Co, felt the shock.
Mrs. George H. Schaler, 1901 Ken
tucky-av, confined to her bed with
sickness, suffered shock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
CONSUMER PROTECTION
URGED FOR FARM BILL
Amendment Result of Criticism by
Senator Wagner. New York.

Amendment Result of Criticism by
Senator Wagner, New York.
By Scripps-Honars Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Eforts
to give the consumer more specific
protection in the new farm relief
bill were N prospect as the measure
came up for final Senate debate
today.
Senator Wagner Cd, N. ", who
has criticised the bill from the con-
sumner viewpoint, has conferred with
Donald Montgomery, AAA con-
sumers' counsel, and an amendment
has been drafted which would re-
quire that the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, in taking any steps that would
curtail production, must give due
consideration to normal domestic
consumption during the period
l920-l929.
The amendment also would re-
quire that allowances be made for
changes in export demand, in
creases in population and new
trends in domestic consumption.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
R00SEVELT'S HEALTH
GOOD, SAYS DOCTOR

Condition Better Than It Was
Three Years Ago, Reports Aid.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Cares
of state have agreed with President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was
described by the White House
physician today as being in better
health than when he assumed the
presidency three years ago.
Still wearing his happy smile and
seemingly rnworried by the series Of
New Deal reverses at the hands of
the Supreme Court, the President
prepared for the coming political
campaign in high spirits.
DR.. Ross Mcintyre, White House
physician, revealed today that Mr..
Roosevelt, weighing $50 pounds, is
feeling fine.
1.-The Presidents health" DR..
Mcintyre said, "is better today than
it was when he came to the White
House."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
Hoosier Dies in Blast
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CLINTON, Ind, Feb. 10.-One
miner was killed and three others
injured, one critically, today when
they were trapped in the Northwest
Coal Corp. mine after setting off
dynamite shots.
Ben Pitchkites, 20, Clinton, was
killed instantly.
Joe Rollins, 40, Blanford, was
taken to Vermillion County hospital
in a critical condition. Dan Mum
cilivooh, as, Blanford, and Frank
Pangrazio, 33, Clinton, were hurt
less seriously.
The men were trapped in the
mine after setting the shots when
the cage froze to the bottom of the
shaft and the hosting apparatus
was thrown out of commission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-10
SWIMMER RIDES SHARK,
TRIES SEA cow NEXT
Former Local Life Guard First to
Perform Feat, He Says.

II OTmcT AOCdl LLlc OudTu TlESt W
Perform Feat, He Says.
By United Press
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 10.--Earl Mont
gomery, under water swimming ex-
pert, today claimed the distinction
of being the first person in this
country to ride a shark successfully.
He mounted the seven-and
half-ton fish and chung on for two
and a half minutes while the shark
surged through the water.
Montgomery was unframed, ex-
cept for a small cash on his thigh
received from the sharks scaly hide.
He had no difficulty in approaching
the shark and swimming free after
riding it, he said.
Next Sunday he plans to attempt
to ride a 1200-pound sea cow.
Earl Montgomery formerly was
a life guard at Indianapolis public
and private beaches and at Lake
Wawasee.