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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
BURNED INN HAD
 BEEN CONDEMNED

Westfield, Mass, Jan. 7-(U.PJ- Fire officials had refused to approve Van Deusen Inn annually. since 1t was built in 1911, it was disclosed to-day as state and local authorities continued their investigation of Sunday nights fire in which seven tenants of the apartment hotel per- ished.
 The buildings interior was of himsy construction with light tim. bered partitions of wallboard and no fire stops in the framework. acccrd- ing to Chief Thomas H. Mahoney. He said two small fire escapes lead- ing only from the third to second floors were inadequate. With re- covery of seven bodies all guests were accounted for. Seven others were still at a hospital suffering from burns. More than 25 persons escaped injury. City officials began an investigation to-day ct the re- quest of Mayor Raymond II. Cow ing. State Fire Marshal stephen 0. 0agrlty has ordered an inquest for January i6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
HAUPTMANN MAY DIE JANUARY 1T
Unless Reprieved By the Board of Pardons;
 Lawyers to Fight

Trenton, N. J., Jan 7-(UP))- State prison attendants indicated today that Bruno Richard Haupt- man will be executed the night of Jan. 17 unless the court of pardons grants him @ reprieve or commuta- ton.
 Principal Keeper Mark O. Kim berlin had set the execution for Jan. IA but postponed 1t shortly af- ter Governor Harold G. Hoffman announced late yesterday that the court of pardons would not meet until Saturday.
 Kimberling said he changed his plans because the legislature con- venes on the l4th, but the late date of the courts meeting was be- lieved to have induneced him.
 Hauptman's attorneys almost cer- tainly will attempt, If the pardons court refuses clemency, to obtain a writ of habes corpus from Q federal court to enable them to make an- other appeal to the supreme court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
SIEMBORSKI HAS
 LOST HIS APPEAL
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Robert Elliott. nationally known executioner, has been tentatively engaged to step on the plunger in one corner of the tan-colored cham Der at the prison. which will send 6iemborskl to his death.
 Ruling of Court.
 The supreme court ruled there were present no extenuating or mitigating circumstances" and de- clsred the staying "wilful and pre- mediated."
 The chief claim of the defense was that there was no premedlta. ton in the crime, that the p0iice- man was shot as Giemborski at- tempted to escape end while both were running.
 Tn this respect. the court quoted portions Of Q decision handed down in the case of Prank di Batista, Hartford. who was hanged Feb. 2i, 1880 for murder.
 "The length Of time necessary to deliberate or to form . specific in' tent to kill need only be time enough to form Q wilful. pFemedi- tated and specific intent to XII bee fore the killing: and C there be such time t Is sufficient no matter how long or how short it may be-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
Ry ELMER Q. wALzER

A4AA~AagANA @Nna~Re
 New York, Jan. 7.-(UP)-Rail. road and utility issues led stock and bond markets higher today. Grains steadied, cotton rallied after Q sharp decline and sugar futures scared. x,
 Action swung on supreme court decisions made and pending. Util- ities were bid up on outlook for an early adverse decision on IVA, which wall street hoped would go the way of AAA. Railroads de. cided to take the rail retirement plan to court and that helped car. riers. Secretary Wallace said the sugar quotas would not be upset and sugar futures shot up 26 points from lows. On the stock market the Dow Jones railroad and utility averages made new highs since 1884. Industrials moved higher. Motor shares rallied. Farm shares recov- cred from lows. Food stocks and issues of other companies directly benefited by elimination of pro- cessing taxes, made good gains. Oils were In demand at slight gains.
 Tn the rails Q new high was made by Atchison at 66 l.4, up 2 1-2. Util- ities to make new tops included Peoples Gas. Public Service of New Jersey, Standard Gas preferred, United corporation and Conmotl- wealth and Southern. Westinghouse Electric scared above 100 for the first time since 1881. It was up more than 4 points.
 U. 8. Steel hit 49 l-2, up l.S, while Bethlehem jumped 2 points. Outlook for further rise in steel op-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
DIDN'T OWN CAR,
 SUES FOR ARREST

Taunton, Jan. 7-(UP)-Claiming he was jailed for week for failure to pay Q $2.l2 automobile tax on a car he didn't own, Walter R. Rush. ton of Seekonk today filed two suits for $l5, ,000 damages each against the Seekonk tax collector and his deputy. Those named were Tax Collector John II. Mclean and his deputy, Herbert S. Titus.
 Rushton charged that Mclean ar- rested him last September 5 without a warrant. Then he was turned over to Titus who took him to the New Bedford jail where he stayed for seven days, more or less" without any court action. Rushton claims that the automobile on which the tax was due was owned by his step- father. John Rushton, and that he himself was not of age and not i- able for assessment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
TEN BILLIONS IN
 AID OF FARMERS

Washington, Jan. 7.-(UP)-Dc- mand that congress approve $l0,- 000, 100000 bill to provide home- steads free of debt for farmers as a substitute for the AAA, was made in the house today by Rep. Hugh Peterson, d., Ga.
 The proposal threw the house into an uproar. Democrats heckled Peterson, while republicans ap- plauded.
 Peterson introduced the same bill at the last session of congress. He asserted 1t was mot backed by brain trusters or the Tammany crowd" and that 1t would meet the challenge thrown to congress by the supreme court AAA decision.
 T wrote 1t myself, in my own of- flee, on a government typewriter" !" he shouted when hecklers demand ed to know who prepared the meas- ure,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
Rails Utilities Led Market Into Higher Ground To-day
Cotton Rallied After Very Sharp Decline
Action Swung on Supreme Court Decisions Made and
 Pending Utilities Expect to Win Also

erations brought demand. Cone munications were up with utilities. international Telephone made Q new top at 14 6-8, up 3-4. American Telephone rose nearly . point as did Western Union.
 Liggett 6 Myers was up 2 points in Q strong tobacco group. Allied Chemical rose more than 3 points on announcement It's was calling its preferred stock. Chrysler had gain of Q point to feature motors. Doug las turned an early loss into Q gain or more than Q point in the aviation shares. Sears-R Roebuck made Q net gain late in the day. The whole list recovered and most closings were at or near highs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07

San Francisco. Jan. 7.-CUP)- The mentality of Miss Ann Cooper Hewitt, 2l-year old sterilized heiress, is the focal point upon which will center the fight against her suit for half a million dollar damages. Missl Hewitt named her mother, two surgeons and state health de. partment psychiatrist defendants in her charge that her mother had her
 terilized. Miss Hewitt is a descend- ant of Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union and a one time pres,. dential candidate. The complaint and accompanying affidavits ale legged years of mistreatment. To these, Miss Hewitt added a personal of being kept a virtual prisoner in luxurious apartments maintained by her frequently-married mother, Mrs, Maryon Bruguierre Denning Dewitt D'Erlanger MccaFter.
 Neryously plucking at . woolly imitation fur coat, she told the en' tire story upon which she will base her claim for damages. The coat, she said, she picked up for a dol' lar" at a cleaning establishment. Mother never loved me" she said. T never had boy friend or Q girl friend. was locked up tn Q room all the time. [ was never given any freedom" Under the will of her inventor-fatheF, Peter Cooper Hewitt of New York, ranked at the time of his death in 1921 as one of the country's wealthiest men. Miss Hewitt was to receive two-thirds of the income from his estate during her iifeSime. Provided bthat she did not remagry. the mother was bequeathed the remaln- ing third.
 The will specified further that fl Miss Hewitt died without issue, her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
Suit or Daughter Against HerMotherLs Strange Case

share of the estate was to go to her mother. In the event she married and had children, her share of the estate passed automatically to them. It was this phase of the will. es. timated to cover an estate of $l0,- 100000. that led Mrs. McCarter to acquiesce in the sterilization opera ton, Russell P. Tyler. Miss Hewitt's attorney, charged. The operation was performed in San Francisco hospital August i8. 1884. with the girl undner the impression that she was undergoing an appendectomy. he said.
 Co-defendants in the actoin arc pr. Tilton E. Tillman, Dr. Samuel c. Boyd, who performed the ster- ilizatoin, and Mrs. Mary 6cally, state department of public health psychiatrist, whose examinations purportedly established Miss Hew- itt's mental age as equivalent to that of Q child of 10 years. Ann's story dwelt principally on the as. serted mistTeatment she received at the hands of her mother, Dee scribing Mrs. McCarters Park Lane apartments in New York. she said:
 "They took up two floors. She'd have a battery Of buttons in her rOoms-the mere pressing Of which would bring her a retinue Of sers wants. one Of the buttons led to rzav R0Ou. Ah0ut or A. m. glio would ring and ring and ring. "I'd go to her room and she'd be drunk and niistreat me, throwing up to me that was love child" Tlie girl was born in 1914, but her par- euss did not wed until 1918. When Hewitts family brought a suit con. testing the will. . court ruled that the marriage made Ann's birth legitimate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07

At the grave the litany of the dead was chanted by the Ferndale choir while committal services were conducted by the officers of the mass.
 The body was led into the church by Mayor Hayes and the three ex- mayors under whom Superintendent Smith served during his long period of public service.
 The active bearers were George Begnal, Thomas Begnal, William J. Dunphy, Martin Hayden, John Kelly and John Fitzgerald.
 The department of welfare, Of which MT. Smith was superinten- dent for Q number of years before assuming his duties at Brookside, was represented by Welfare Com- missioners John J. Kilduff, Joseph wilhelm, Emil Mascolo, Michael c. German, Dr. Edward Adams and William Traurig. MT. Hayden, one of the active bearers, is chief clerk of the department. Others from the welfare department at the funeral were Peter Fallon, Alice Pietro, Elin Sparasso, Genevieve Carolan, Ruth Mitkowsky, Chris Walling- bury, Catherine Burns, Helen Dris- coll, Grace White, Marjorie Farley, Edith Reyes, Ellen Robinson, Mago Sheehan, James Byrnes, Daniel Baldwin, M. J. Mccormack, James Coleman, Simon Alderman, Mrs. Margaret Verdon, department su- pervisor; Mrs. Mary Camp, Eleanor Kelley, Mary Colina, Marion Cav- anaugh and Kate Kilmartin.
 City Officials Present
 Among the City Hall officials in attendance were: Town Clerk Dora A. Egan, Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor, Attorney Ed ward Mcdonald. Assessors John H Crary and Thomas Shannahan, Frank Leary, Claims Attorney Vim cent Scully, City Clerk John P. Fitzmaurice, Superintendent of Police Joseph H. Mclean and Cap- tain Daniel Carson.
 The registrars of voters office was represented by Democratic Regis. trar John T. Derwin and his deputy. Michael P. Slavin, Republican Reg istrar Albert O. Taller. Elmer E. Parker, former Registrar Henry O'Connor and Harry Leary.
 Representing the Torrington Aerie of Eagles were State President John J. Alomemer. Michael Calo Michael Quinn, Rev. Father Hig' gins and Joseph Symonaitis, Jr. Also present representing the Eagles from out of the state were James Teuiin. department auditor. of Bos- ton. State Representative c. I. !. .McElroy of Providence. R. T., and John McElroy Of Providence. R. I.
 The local Eagles were represent cd by John E. Graham. Dennis ShnEgure, James Shea, Jam Row. iey and George Dupre.
 The Waterbury Lodge Of Elks was represented by Attorney Wall ter MOnagan, esteemed leading night, D. r. Buckley. William F. Pollard, Charles c. Bergin, c. P. Hoylan, James 4. Mccarthy, Past Exalted Ruler Frank IF. Bailey James Barnes and Frank R. Camp bell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
Son Celebrates Mass
 For Late M. J. Smith
Ciiys Chief Executives ThrOng St. PatriCk's Church
 for Final Tribute to Late Supt. of BrOOkside

With leaders of every walk of life in attendance repre- sentng civc raerna and religious circles Of Waterbury and elsewhere final tribute paid today to Superntend ent of Brooksde Matthew J. Smith whose death occurred last Friday afternoon following long illness The funeral
 took place this morning from Broode at 1O30 o'clock to St Patrick church at Il o'clock where solemn high mass Of requiem was celebrated Burial in the family plot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
WOOL MARKET.

Boston, Jan. 7-(UP)-The wool market was slower than Q week ago, but prices were very firm on Q moderate volume of business in Q few lines, according to today's rec port of the U. g. Agriculture de- partment.
 A fair quantity of strictly combing 50s, 3-8 blood, territory moved at 75-77 cents, secured basis. Eight months Texas wool was sold at around 77.7e cents, secured basis. A rather unattractive lot of twelve months Texas wool brought 70so0 cents, secured basis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
BOY BADLY HURT

New Haven, Jan. 7-(UP)-Ro- land Billacicco, 2, was reported in a serious condition at hospital to- day from 8 skull fracture suffered in an automobile accident last night. The boy was struck by an automobile operated by Miss Jeanne Budger, West Haven. as he was CT :ssing a roadway. Miss Budger was not arrested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07

Discovery Of the figures was Ee- ported early this afternoon by Harry Davis Of Boone.
 Center ef AAA Werk.
 The college campus is the center Of AAA activities in Iowa.
 Yesterday. when the supreme court ruling was announced, 600 county c0Fn-hog committeeman from throughout the state were An conference with Washington AAA representatives, discussing plans tor the io30 e0rnrh0g program.
 Tie meeting was adjourned when the courts ruling was announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
NOTHING TO REPORT

Rome, Jan. T-fUP)--Marshal PietF0 Bad0ello. in war communiquc No. % from Ethiopia. said today that there was nothing new to ge- port on sltieg front,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07

Increasing scarcity of imported raw materials is causing worry in Italy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07

nnglands Womens Pension league Is demanding pensions for spin- AleFa at 60 without further delay"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
NEW YORK CURB MARKET

Investment Trust Quotations c. I. CULaANB co. iNO
 co Center Street
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
SIX JUSTICES OF
 SUPREME COURT

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Evening star., 1936-05-12
MAGIC TO BE SHOWN
Association to Present Talent al
Wardman Park Nav 81.

A INVOLVEMENT was made today
by Raymond E. Otterback, presi-
dent of the Washington Assembly of
the Society of American Magicians,
that the annual Spring magic show
will be held in the Wardman Park
Theater on the evening of May q.
The show will be staged under the
direction of Harry Fl. Baker, District
manager of the Wilson Line, Inc. who
has been appointed general chairman
of the Entertainment Committee. Mr.
Baker was also in charge of the
National Press Club Midwinter show
and has been working for the past six
weeks on the program.
Many prominent local magicians will
participate, including DR.. Henry r.
Evans, Theodore T. Golden, Joseph
Kuhel, Washington's start first base
man: Dean j. Longfellow, Raymond
E. Otterback, Comdr. c. C. Slayton,
Charles H. Small Frederick H. Untiedt,
Carl D. Shoemaker. Walter A. Free
man and Maj. Kendall J. Fielder, who
will act as master of ceremonies.
The performance will start at $3.50
o'clock and will last nearly two hours.
1t will be attended by friends and in
vited guests of members of the Society
Of American Magicians.
Evening star., 1936-05-12

OF two pictures requiring his starring
attention in Hollywood, and Mrs. Beery
and adopted baby Carol Ann will make
the trip alone Greta Garbo's de-
cision to talk to journalists has rem
dered the startled members of the
fourth estate speechless and question
less Bing Crosby is getting tired
of grooming to his bull in Rhythm
of the Range" According to Bing,
it's bull to him, bull to the bull. and
all bull.
Margaret SULLIVAN, still with q
broken arm, Henry Fonda and Jimmy
Stewart Sauntering down the beach at
Malibu last Sunday afternoon almost
broke up the party at the home Of
Glendon Allvine, new story head at
Paramount. Miss Sullavan's black
and white cocker spaniel puppy-size
10 by inches-picked fight with
Allvine's 3-foot high Irish setter.
Joan Marsh's wire-haired fox terrier
sprang to the defense, and q good
time was had by all. with the excep-
ton of the embarrassed owners Of the
CANNES. P. S.-Miss Marsh left i'm
mediately for New York to repair
her shattered nerves with the COM
panionship of the eligible millionaire
playboy, Jack Duff.
Before Playwright Clifford Odets
came to Hollywood he was asked if he
were looking forward to the assign
ment. who wouldn't?" he retorted.
ITS the first time in my life I've been
offered a vacation-with salary"
Ann Sothern, who likes to ape every
thing British, including the accent,
was last seen on the verandah of the
West Side Tennis Club, knitting a
sweater in horizontal stripes of red.
white and blue, for her one-time
favorite boy friend, Roger Pryor .
Erskine Gwynne returns, reluctantly,
to Hollywood in June to defend the
$4,000 damage suit brought against
him by a young lady with whom he
had an automobile accident
Louis B. Mayer, under medical OBJ
servation in the Mount Sinai Hospital,
New York Dancer Comedian Ray
Bolger will be teamed in straight
role with Eleanor Powell in her second
picture for M-G-M. Miss Powell, due
Evening star., 1936-05-12

Be prepared then for your moneys
worth, since this latest Jock" Whitney
offering Is said to combine the rich
ness of color of "The Trail of the Lone
some Pines" with the subtleneSs Of the
"Cucaracha" with couple of other
things including Charles Collins, latest
dancing star to get a Hollywood break.
Robert Harron, ex-sports writer for
the Boston Transcript and the New
York Evening Post. came in yesterday
to volunteer information about these
things, (Hardie Meakin having warned
him to bring great many pictures)
JIMMY CAGNEY left town night
before last, but Phil Regan re-
manned for the fights last night and
eat hearty dinner around with Gus
Gennerich in the Mayfiower's coffee
shoppe.
Phil had the usual dinner allotted
to a film star-that is. he ate occa-
sionally and signed his name contin-
ually. One fiery waitress came up with
d SllCdk Va lllClluo W NC SiS AiCu dlld NC
fore you knew it. practically the whole
dining room had lined up for more
(Senator and Mrs. Byrnes walked
quietly out, practically unnoticed).
Regan is having a field day since he
left the coast. He is doing that weekly
radio broadcast which formerly the
films would not allow him and has
been signed to do couple of more
pictures for Republic, the company
which recently launched his Laughing
Irish Eyes at the Roxy.
kx*
A CCORDING to Ray Bell, that man
"a Denton, first name Robert. has
"scooped the town" with his Para
mount Newsreel of the flight Of the
German Zeppelin, Hindenburg. The
pictures are now being shown at the
Fox and the Palace.
Seaside Park opens Saturday.
This department has become an en-
thusiastic subscriber to the Bring
Back Dorothy Gill" campaign which
an admirer of Miss Gill and the D'Oyly
Carte Company in New York has
started. Enthusiasm for bring back
the ex-Duchess of "Gondoliers' is
something terrific. Two hundred per-
sons have already said, Bring her
back"-and William Lyon Phelps is at
the head of the list You'd like to
see her back, too, wouldn't you?
Mary Loane and Ruth Lee of the
Three Men on Horse" company are
throwing tea around like nobody's
business backstage at the National this
week. welcoming their many National
Player friends.
And FORREST Orr, by the way. is a
member of the cast of the Players
Club production in New York.
Evening star., 1936-05-12
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Three Men on a Horse" "
at $50 pm.
Palace-"These Three" at 1915,
2:35. 4:55, tbs and 9:35 pm.
Earle-"Thirteen Hours by Air" al
IL am, 1875, APO. 7:05 and $50 pm.
Stage shows at l2:45, $3.50, $40 and
9:05 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Big Brown Eyes" al
10:45 am, 1870, 4:30, 7:05 and 9:55
pm Stage shows at 12:40, $50 6:2C
and s:05 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"The Elk Mrs
Bradford" at 1l:42 am, l:44. 3:46,
SAB. 7:50 and 9:52 pm.
Metropolitan-"Mr. Deeds Goes tc
Town." at 1890 am, 12:35, 2:4o, 4:55
tbs and $50 pm.
"Ecstacy" at 1905, 2:05,
4:05. sos, sos and 1905 pm.
CoIumbia-"Captain January" at
1855 am, 1:55, $50, $50, 7:45 and
GAS pm.
Tivoli-"Little Lord Fauntleroy," at
2, 3:55, 5:45, 7:35 and 9:25 pm.
Ambassador-"T Thirteen Hours by
Air" at 6:15, and $50 pm.
Little-"Little Women" at l1:12
am. 1916. 3:l9, 5:23, 1927 and 9:3l
pm.
Another Face" at 1890
2. $50. 8 and 1890 pm. Stage shows
at las, AIS, 6:45 and 9:l5 pm.
Evening star., 1936-05-12
MusicClubs
Featured in
Fox Annual
Festival to Be Given
On Stage Friday
For Full Week.

NEARLY 1000 musicians, of every
possible type and representing 25
organizations in and near Washing
ton, will participate in the music
festival which Loew's Fox will present
on its stage this Friday for a full
week. 1t ttill be the fifth successive
year that the Fox Theater has spon-
sored this novel, entertaining and
widely received musical festival.
1t will be the third major feature
of a program that will bring John
Boles in person, as we'll as on the
screen in "A Message to Garcia" with
Wallace Beery and Barbara Stanwyck.
The festival itself will be the
theater's contribution to the OBJ
servance of National Music week. Each
organization will present l0-minute
song or instrumental program in con-
nection with each stage show.
AS in previous years, this new Fox
festival has the Endorsement OF the
local Music Federation, of which Mrs.
Gertrude Lyons is president. In the
opinion of many music leaders, this
event is instrumental in bringing
about a general musical appreciation.
as well as encouraging wider
participation in amateur musical
activities by local residents.
Groups embrace singers and In
strumentalists from local schools. COL
leges, churches, music societies and
business organizations. A time pro-
gram listing the day and hour on
which these organizations will appear
will be announced within several days.
Participating organizations are: The
Washington Choral Society. Washing
ton Musical Institute, the Russian
Chorus. Tuesday Evening Music Club,
Alexandria Music Study Club. Mount
Vernon Place M. E. Church Choir,
University of Maryland Glee Clubs,
Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone Co.
Glee Club, American University Glee
Club. the Octavians, Eastern High
School Mixed Chorus, Quartet of the
Washington. Musical Institute, Nc
Kinley High School Boys Glee Clubs,
Ted Loman and the Francis Boys from
the Washington Musical Institute,
Westinghouse High School Senior
Girls Glee Club, the String-wood En-
semble of washington Musical Insti-
tute, the Chadwick Orchestra, the
Hawaiian Ensemble and Sophocles
Pappas.