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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
LAD, B, IS GIVEN YEARS PROBATION
Frank Zaccagnini Pleads
 Guilty to Breaking and Entering

Arraigned on Q bench warrant before Judge Frederick M. Peasley in superior court, criminal side. Frank zeccagnini. 23, pleaded guil- ty to charges of breaking and enc tering and was given c suspended reformatory sentence today. He was ordered placed on probation for Q year.
 The accused was charged with having broken into a gasoline sta- ton ct East Main and Welton streets in october and to have ob- tAined about e0b from the cash register. He was formerly employed at the station and after the night man closed up for the night, the ac- cused who he'd been seen hanging around the vicinity, entered.
 ze knew where the key was kept to the register nad got away with contents og the machine. His counsel, Attorney Michael V. Blaas- field pleaded for tendency for the youth, ktating it was his first pf- kense and that he was the only
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
DIVORCE REQUESTED
 FOR LOCAL WOMAN

Divorce on grounds of cruelty is recommended for Evelyn Fohl Behr- man of this city against Harry A. Behrman, in 8 report filed in su- perior court today by State Referee Leonard J. Nickerson. The issues were heard by Referee Nickerson at his chambers in Cornwall Dec. 30, 1885.
 The plaintiff and defendant were married Oct. S1, 1880 and the report says the cruelty began on Jan. l, 1881. The referee recommends the payment of $7 weekly to the plain tiff for alimony and support of a minor child,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
l I.azauskas Renamed
 President Of Choir
St. Joseph's Seniors Also Honor Adele Lutkus; COlucci Heads Mount Carmel Holy Name Society
BROOKLYN NEWS

thony Fecito, vice-president; Am prose Maggi, recording secretary; Pasquale Varanelli, financial secre- tary; Charles Amodeo, treasurer, and Ralph Cappelletti, marshal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08

Peter Lauzauskas was reelected president of St. Joseph's senior choir at a meeting last night at the choir headquarters in the Congress avenue school. Mary Adomaitis was elected corresponding secretary. Others chosen were Miss Bernice Zelonas, reappointed vice-president: and Mrs. Matthew MarauliS, treas- urer. The social committee selected consists of Miss Adele Lutkus, preSi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
Celucel Heads Holy Name

Anthony Colucci was elected pres- ident of the Holy Name society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish at a meeting last night in the church recreation hall. He succeeds John A, Sayino, who declined to run for re- election of the junior branch. Rev, Michael J. Lynch. pastor, appeared at the meeting to Inform the nleni- bers he was tranfeFring his duties as chaplain to Rev. Dennis J, Blarelli, assistant pastor. Father Lynch explained his other duties will occupy his time in the future and he viii continue to cooperate as well as he wishes.
 Other officers selected were An- provlder for . family Of four. The attorney pointed out that the money stolen had been returned and that the boy is now working and trying to make good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
Balogna Supper


 The Lithuanian Independent Po- litical club will sponsor a balogna supper and dance to welcome the five societies which recently enter ed the organization. The affair will take place at 48 Green street, Jan uary 25th. The societies represented in addition to the veteran members fo the L. I. F., will be: St. Johns, St. Joseph's, St. Stanislaus, St. Georges and St. Joseph's Brother hood. Bronis Stanis will be in charge of the committee on arrangements for the dinner dance and will be as- sisted 'by Joseph Lucas, secretary; John Adomelis, treasurer, and Pe- ter Valunas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
Youths Admit Money Theft From Stocking
JOSEPH DELGADO
 HIT BY AUTOMOBILE

Joseph Delgado, of 2S5 Abbott avenue, escaped with bruises when struck by a car yesterday. The auto was operated by Miss Ethel Egan, of Willow street, who took Delgado to the of1ce of Dr. Edward Kirsch- baum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
ParamOunts to Meet


 The regular weekly meeting of the Paramount club will be held this evening at the Brooklyn YMCA club rooms. Plans will be complet- ed for social and dance Saturday, February 1. Joseph Stango, presi- dent of the club, has chosen as his topic to be discussed, "The Hall of Fame"
 The membership committee ap- peals to the young men of the Brooklyn community between the ages of IS to 25 for membership to the club by making the following statement: "The Paramount club was organized for the purpose of having 8 better appreciation and understanding among the young men of our community and now its members are seeking to keep that spirit which the club was founded alive, and to exten it. Your member ship to the club will help in fur thering this spirit throughout the community. Frank Raggalia is chairman of the committee. The membership committee and mem- bers the club are: Joseph Stango, president; Frank Raggalia, secre- tary; Domenic Tellerico, treasurer; Edmund and Arthur Brucato, Dom- chic Capozzi, Peter Daddona, Carl Davino, John Di Leo, Stanley Lucas, Frank Maggie, James Sciascia. Ed- ward Sullivan, Frank Di Simon, Frank Viola, Albert KyauSkaS and Armond Marine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08

Lemity Ksinycn IS senior patrol leader and Henry Minicucci is chairman of the troop committee. Other committee members include Ludwig Carasella, Michael Man. fredi and Alexander Menotti.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08

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Evening star., 1936-10-10
Italy on COLOUR
Week to Speed Up
Var Materials
| NaraI Force Raised
to 6O,OOO-BuiId.
ingPlanes Rushed.
HV the Associated Press.

BV the Associated Press.
ROME, October 10.-Premier Mus
solini stepped up the weekly work
schedule to so hours today in a
labor order designed to increase pro-
duction of war materials by 1900
industries.
On II Duce's recommendation the
cabinet raised the number Of naval
enlistments to $4,000 men.
The labor production plan, the pre-
mier said. was designed principally
to increase the output of factories
manufacturing supplies for the air
force and the navy.
The cabinet also decreed formation
of an Air Council. composed of the
highest military air authorities, out
standing aerial engineers, manufac-
turers and scientists, who will be called
into consultation to advise on perfec-
ton of the nations air defense.
" Construction Of airplanes, he as
serted, has reached satisfactory
daily figure, but is not yet SUFFICIENT
according to the pre-established plan.
Airplane Motors Speeded.
He declared new large factories now
are completing their transformation
in order to construct only airplane
motors"
1.-THE whole military preparation of
the nation is being intensified with
the best results" Mussolini told the
cabinet. .-.... ~,
He said the number of cadets for
the air force had been doubled and an
(See TTATY page A-2)
Evening star., 1936-10-10
FOUR TERRORISTS
GET TERMS TODAY
Black Legionnaires Face as Much
as Life Sentences for Kill.
ing Of Poole.
ey the Associated Press.

DETROIT, October 10.-Four
members of the hooded Black Legion
appeared in court today to receive
sentences for second-degree murder
convictions in the roadside killing OF
Charles A. Poole which exposed the
terroristic society in Michigan.
The quartet, who face any sentence
up to and including life Imprisonment,
includes Virgil Morrow, Thomas r.
Craig. Albert Stevens and John s.
Vincent.
Seven other Black Legion members,
convicted BY q jury of first-degree
murder in the execution" Of Poole
as the result Of q false rumor he
mistreated his wife, were given life
Imprisonment sentences yesterday by
Circuit Judge Joseph A. Moynihan.
Two days ago a life term was given
Dayton Dean. who pleaded guilty and
then rs States witness told Of shoot
ing down Poole as the former w. p.
A. worker stood in q ditch along q
lonely road last May.
After sentence was pronounced yes
terday several of the defendants told
the court they had mot had q fair
trial." while one, Harvey Davis,
charged that Prosecutor Duncan Nc
Crae us member Of the Black Legion
and 1t was perjufed trial"
Prosecutor McCrae vigorously denied
! Davs' accusation. terming II . "iie."
Evening star., 1936-10-10
IS O S" of Yacht Off Honolulu
Held Ruse of Drug Smugglers

However, Coast Guard officials IN
San Francisco said q yacht by that
name left Alcantara, Brazil, Au-
gust 16.
The distress signals, first received
last Saturday, said the yacht was in
distress somewhere about 500 miles
south Of Honolulu. Reports later
said 1t was drifting. helpless. about
100 miles q day. It was thought here
there were six persons aboard. The
messages were vague as to the trouble
and did not give accurate informa-
ton as to the yachts position.
Oficials here were at loss to ex-
plain how the yacht, which q check
disclosed had not passed through the
Panama Canal, could have journeyed
from Brazil to mid-Pacific In such q
short time without O navigator capable
of giving the vessels position ac-
curately in the messages.
The signals were heard only by
Army wireless operators at Schofeld
Barracks on the northwestern end OF
this island, Oahu.
Evening star., 1936-10-10
STATE LIQUOR RULE
URGED BY LAND0N
G. O. P. Nominee Charges
New Deal Threatens
Those on Relief.
(Tert OF Landon speech on page A-lJ

(Tert OF Landon speech on page A-lJ
BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, October 10.-Open-
ing three-day personal campaign
for Ohio's 26 presidential ballots, Gov.
All M. Landon reiterated today view
that each State should determine
its own policy on liquor"
Terming prohibition 1.-The great
grandaddy of all the red herrings,"
the Republican nominee said the
liquor question "is not regarded by
any one as an issue" despite what he
said was an administration effort Ito
give the impression that have lodged
issues"
The Kansan's remarks on prohibi-
tion, his first since accepting the
nomination. were made from the rear
platform of his train just after he
had told a breakfast rally of party
workers that the New Deal was EN-
deavoring to coerce thousands Of
workers by threatening those on relief
with destitution unless they vote
right"
ut is trying to poison the minds
of the public by a campaign of
vicious Misrepresentation" he said,
adding:
Can this New Deal machine which
under the cloak of idealism is oper-
ated strictly on the old spoils system
plan be beaten?
II say it can!"
Today, Monday and Tuesday, with
a Sunday interval in Columbus, Lam
don was scheduled to make numer.
Gus rear platform talks in the Buck
eye State with the high point major
speech at Cleveland Monday night.
Asking his rear platform audience
if this were not "the most cockeyed
campaign you ever saw" the Cover
nor predicted this will go down IN
history as the red herring cam
paign."
In referring to prohibition, he said
the New Deal had called attention to
red herrings" in "a not too success
full effort to draw attention away
from the herrings of their own
spawning"
Upon his arrival Landon was greet
ed by Charles p. Taft. an adviser. who
presented his family to the Governor.
At hotel breakfast, Landon ao-
dressed a crowd of party workers that
overflowed a 1000 seating capacity.
Here Landon expanded a prepared
address, which he read, to "congratu-
late Cincinnati on having the out
standing municipal government in the
United States" and on avoiding ma
chine politics.
But on concluding, with clinched
fist raised, he said:
Il have more respect for the ma
chine politician than for the lilly
(See LANDON, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1936-10-10
MOVES
INTO NEBRASKA
Talks in Omaha Tonight.
Discusses Trade in
St. Paul Speech.
(Tert OF Roosevelt speech on page All

Ell OF hOOSeUeI speech OH puge A-f/
BY the Associated Press.
ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN EN-
ROUTE TO OMAHA. october 10
President Roosevelt hit the campaign
trail to Nebraska today after a night
speech at st. Paul in which he as
serted figures on growing conSump-
ton and better farm prices" proved
the New Deal reciprocal tariff program
was benefitting American industry
and agriculture.
The presidential special laid q
southern course through Iowa en- route
to Lincoln, Nebr., for two-hour aft
ernoon stop before proceeding to
Omaha, where the Chief Executive
will deliver an address on agriculture
at 8 pm, Central time. tonight al
the "den" Of Ak-Sar-Ben, a civic or
ganization that gets its name BY
spelling Nebraska in reverse.
1t will be the first nationally broad
cast speech of his 5,00o-mile Western
stumping tour.
En- route to Lincoln the special was
to pick up at Alton, Iowa. Senator
Norris of Nebraska, Republican inde-
pendent supporter Of the New Deal.
Trade in Two Directions.
Addressing q huge outdoor crowd
from the steps of the Minnesota
State capitol last night, the President
declared trade" meant commerce
flowing in two directions. Col. Joe
Nelson of the Minnesota National
Guard estimated 10000 persons heard
the President.
1T is not a one-way street." the
President said, adding every American
ought to remember the home truth
that when America and other nations
lacked up" their tariffs and imposed
embargoes and import quotas, farm
prices throughout the world dropped
to their lowest and world trade al
most ceased to exist"
Without referring to the recent
speech at Minneapolis of his Repub'
lican opponent. Gov. Alf M. Landon
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1936-10-10
Bill for Alcoholic Beverages
Set at 8 Billion Since Repeal

S59.42s gallons and per capita con-
sumption at 35.49 gallons.
Beer production was fixed at 4,4ss.-
384,704 gallons and per capita con-
sumption at LA barrels.
Devoted to the collection and dis
semination of information regarding
alcoholic productions and their rela-
tion to the well-being of the people"
the organization said internal revenue
collected from the trade during the
40-month period was $l,387, ,481 ,432.
The foundation figured the per
capita consumption of absolute al
cohor' in the various beverages at 2.4s
gallons.
1t said liquor drinking had increased
10 per cent and beer drinking 16 per
cent in the fiscal year Of 1896. as com-
pared with the same period last year
while the amount spent by consumers
had increased Al per cent.
Evening star., 1936-10-10
AMNESTY CALLED OFF
Philippine Presidents Action Due
to Recent Violence.

Philippine Presidents Action Due
to Recent Violence.
MANILA. P. l., October 10 R.-
President Manuel Quezon disclosed
today he had withdrawn plans for
amnesty to political prisoners be-
cause of a brief wave OF violence a
week ago.
He had planned to ask the As
sembly authorization to extend general
amnesty to all political prisoners, in
cluding many Sakdal extremists con-
vited in the 1885 rebellion which
claimed So lives.
simultaneously, the interior de-
partment reported it had been in
formed there was great unrest in
some provinces, allegedly because OF
radical activities.
The Governor of Cavite said he
and two town presidents in his prov
ince had been threatened with death
by Sakdals convicted for sedition.
Sakdalistas, Communists and other
organized radical elements denied any
connection with the unrest, or with
bombings and fires in Manila last
Saturday night.
Evening star., 1936-10-10
FINAL RAIL LINK
TO MADRID CUT
BY REBEL BOMBS
Planes Attack Aranjuez,
Severing Lines OF Food
Supplies.
Governments HEADS
ESCAPE is CUT OFF
High Command Indicates Prof.
ected Troop Concentration
Against Ell Escorial. !.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Entering into its thirteenth Ueek
OF bloodshed and menace to the
peace of the 1Uorld, Spanish ctptl
ioar ,uas divided more sharply than
eper into tpo parts, domestic and
international.
Insurgent forces, which hare
captured Toledo. continued to press
onuard to Madrid iDith the high
command reporting swapping OF
the final railUay link from the
capital to the east coast. cutting
of the food supply for troops and
citizens in Madrid and blocking
escape OF government officials in
the event the city is captured.
By the Associated Press.
BURGOS, Spain, October 10-In-
surgent bombardment Of Aranjuez,
important communications center, 29
miles southeast of Madrid, has cut the
only remaining railroad link between
the capital and the eastern coast,
Fascist officials asserted today.
Insurgent bombing planes attacked
Aranjuez and the rail line running
through it, the high command de-
clared. causing great damage on the
Madrid-Valencia Railroad.
The attack was made with double
purpose, Fascist officials said.
BY cutting Madrid of, supplies OF
food for the capital and Socialist
militiamen along the battle fronts
would be blocked from the principal
provincial centers along the eastern
coast.
In addition, the final railway avenue
of escape for fleeing government
officials-in the event the capital falls
to the insurgents-would be destroyed
The only route left toward Valencia
would be the improved highway
running from Madrid southeast
through Aranjuez.
Two Towns Captured.
Insurgent commanders announced
capture of two towns in the sector
south of Avila, where Fascist mop
up squad apparently was in action
San Juan de la Nava and Barraco.
both lie directly west of the stra.
tegic junction point of San Martin
de Valdeiglesias, which fell Thursday
to the Fascists.)
The high command indicated q
projected troop concentration woulc
be centered against El Escorial, Social.
ist-dominated stronghold south of the
Guadarrama Mountains and 81 mile!
northwest of Madrid.
Burgos reports declared the major.
ity of action was taking place in the
sectors Lear Avila, including districts
south and west of the Sierra de Gredo!
and Guadarrama Ranges.
The capture of La Adrada, noun
tain village west Of San Martin, re.
suited in death for Is Fascist warriors
the high command declared, while gov.
ernment defenders were declared X
have lost 300 men.
The Socialists, before retreating
were reported to have killed all of the
towns residents suspected Of Fascist
sympathies.
Evening star., 1936-10-10
By the Assoc,a led Press.

HONOLULU, october 10.-Sus-
pecting smugglers, three Government
agencies joined forces here today to
seek the source Of distress calls which
sent two Coast Guard cutters far out
on the Pacific on a fruitless errand
of mercy.
Army, Navy and Federal commune
cations officers Investigated the pos
sibility that the plea for aid by the
supposedly disabled yacht Margaret
Payne was a hoax to lure the cutters
Itasca and Tiger to sea while narcotic
smugelers landed their contraband In
Hawaii. They also considered the
possibility the messages might nave
been sent by a prankster.
After a three-day search in an
area 500 miles south of here, the
Itasca and Tiger turned back toward
their Hawaiian bases.
Doubt was expressed here that q
| Yacht by the name of Margaret Payne
| existed. Mariners were unable to hnd
the, name listed In Hawaii ship
| registers.
Evening star., 1936-10-10
Ohio, October 10 NP).
- "A stepfatfier charged with

"INDLAY. Ohio, October 10 P).
- "A stepfatfer charged with
padlocking a 10l2 foot log
L chain around the frail body of
IO-year-old Robert Feucht, insisted
today, 7 have always tried to be good
to the boy
William Leeth, general odd-jobs
man, was held in Jail today without
charge while county authorities
sought new home for his stepson,
who trudged to school yesterday drag
ging the 15-foot chain.
Leeth admitted to Probate Judge
Paul Capell that he chained Robert
to a kitchen stove because he ran
away"
Robert. weighing only go pounds.
told the Judge Leeth locked the chain
around his neck because he went into
the kitchen to get piece of pumpkin
pie denied him at meal time.