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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-06
Legal Notices
GRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

"soalod bids will Do received on S sGtYsdsy g SGl ths doSSeotcus dSSS atsS stats N ns!:Iy syAI. lI.SSS sSSiS ysrS: cf Ss;;sS SsS;;SsS| ssStSs sroIec. WSsk W. E. $. ~ $. sS. TownS Tm~ef of Waterbury and Cheshire, Route No. 70, East Farms, Waterbury to Route 10 in Cheshire, with specifi- cations as follows:
 Blank Run Gravel shall consist of material free from rotten stone, loam, vegetable matter, and excess sand. All material shall be ap. proved by the Engineer for the use
 Samples shall be submitted upon request and location of bank Is to be clearly given so Engineer may inspect same. Quotations shall De made on the basis of the gravel in the bank or storage pile. Banks lo- cated short distance or on this project will be preferable from the point of the State, saving long
 The State Highway Commissioner reserves the right to increase or de: crease the quantities herein called for and to reject any and all bids. Quotation forms may be had upon application at the Connecticut State Highway Department, Purchasea Di- vision, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hart. ford, Connecticut"
 JOHN A. MACDONALD,
 State Highway Commissioner. 7-3 7-6 7-7-3t
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ls Service ssailsna Repairing

FOR QUICK ROAD SERVICE on Tires, Batteries and ignition Trouble, Call 9-600S. Batteries Fecharged, 500 without service. GOAgAfA AUTO SUPPLY. 9Sa-13e East Main @A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-06

1882 Oldsmobile Deluxe Coupe 1882 Pontiac Deluxe Coupe 1885 Dictator Deluxe Sedan (trunk) 1884 Pontiac Deluxe Sedan 1881 Studebaker Roadster GEGHAN MOTORS, Inc. Studebaker Pierce . c. M. c. Trucks
 370 West Main St.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-06
AslemOblles wanted

READY-cash for late model low priced automobiles What have you. Dial 1-tibD CT inquire BiL RllDairick, lo0 West Main o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-06

1929 FORD SPORT COUPE. $50; 1928 Chevrolet Coach, 320; 1927 Essex Coach. eIO. 22O Baldwin St. after 5 ?. m.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
MINERS CHEERED
 FOR PRESIDENT

Washington, Jan. 3l--(UP)--Htin. dreds of coal miners today shouted and stamped in defiance of "the money bags of Wall Street" when Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward P. McOrady appeared before the international convention of United Mine Workers of America.
 Tn an iSnpassioned address to Q hall filled with miners convention delegates McGrady strode to the rnicrophcne and demanded:
 "Do you, as representatives of the greatest labor union of all, stand with the president of the United states?" M
 The miners rose from their chairs and shouted their affirmative an. swer, The brass band gave 9 fan- fare. Delegates jumped up and down and cheered.
 AS the demonstration slibsided, Mcnrady ghouted:s
 Let that be the answer to the money bags of Wall Street" -
 HIS words set of another Wild demonstration Delegates whistIed and stamped their feet Just as they did yesterday when their president, Johfi D, Lewis, defied the American Federation of labor for It's fight on the industrial method of unioniza- ton for which UAdWA stands.
 aif the new deal is socialism be- cause 1t has taken care of the huii- ry and jobless," McOrady ccii- tinued. 'sIet the torles and the rich men cf the nation made the most
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Hauptn1ann Case Has Not Changed One Bit
Attorney General WiIentz Said Today ''It Stands As Is"-AI Interviews, Reports, Statements of
 Governor Present Nothing New

Trenton, N. J., Jan. 3l--(UP)-- The Lindbergh baby murder case stands as is", Attorney General David T. Wilentz said today in a statement which widened the breach between him and Gov. Har- old c. Hoffman.
 Wilentz, successful prosecutor of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the staying of Charles Augustus Lind bergh, Jr., claimed the governor nor anyone else has introduced a fragment of new evidence in the case"
 Governor Hoffman yesterday or- dered the investigation in the Lind- bergh baby case continued because he said he doubted that Haupt- mann, whom he saved from death with a 30 day reprieve, committed the crime alone.
 The attorney generals statement was made after Q conference with Col. H.. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the New Jersey state police, who yesterday received the governors letter directing him to continue the inquiry.
 "All the columns of interviews, statements and published reports by persons interested in behalf of the defense" Wilentz said, "and all the statements of the. governor. includ- ing the letter to Colonel Schwartz kopf contain no fragment of new evidence. The case still stands as ig"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
CONNECTS GIVEN
 NEW SENTENCES

Boston, Jan. 3i.--(UP)-Two long, term convicts received additional sentences ranging up to 20 years each today when they abruptly ended their trial by pleading guilty to charges in connection with aii nbortive state prison outbreak in whic hthree men were slain.
 Those sentenced were Frank Mcriarty, %. of Brookline and Ed- ward McArdle. 24. Of Somervilie.
 Mcriarty, already serving 10 to l6 years for armed robbery, was seri- fenced by Superior Judge John M. Gibbs to ie to 70 years.
 McArdie, now serving g to 10 years for armed robbery and InuEderotis assault, was sentenced to " to 20 years.
 In each case the new sentence will be effective at the expiration Of tho present term.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
TWENTY NEGRO
 CONNECTS DEAD
Met Terrible End, Trapped in Burning Truck-Had
 Started Fire

Rlcotsboro, Ala, Jan. 3l-(UP)-- Twenty Alabama convicts, all ne- groes, were burned to death in 2 convict truck near here today.
 The tragedy occurred when q fire tho Negroes had built inside the truck to warm themselves spread to Q Su-gallcn gasoline drum, re- sulting in an explosion. Two Ne groes leaped through the flames and were carried. apparently near death to c hospital. There were 22 Ne groes and two white guards on the truck, which was en route to Q spot on the Lee highway. some three miles out of town, for construction work. The two guards were said to have escaped.
 Were All Trapped
 The 20 who perished were trapped by the flames which blocked the only exit--a rear door.
 The guard said they ran to the rear of the truck, opened the door, and frantically urged the Negroes to leap through the soaring flames
 Only two responded, the guards said.
 Guards said the drum of gasoline was fired when some of 1t stopped over when the truck skidded on the icy road.
 The flames quickly ran back to the drum itself and ir Q second the inside of the truck was Q flaming furnace scorching the screaming Negro convicts.
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NEW MOVE MADE FOR HAUPTMANN
ills Attorneys Ask Indicts ment of Aged Amandus
 Hockmuth for Perjury

Trenton, N. J., Jan. 3i.-(Up) ~ Attorneys for Bruno Richard Hauptmann sought an indictment of . major state witness on perjury charges today. while Gov. Harold c. Hoffman demanded an answer t0 his charges that many persons" want Hauptmann dead for sinister reasons.
 Col. Norman schwarzkopf, chief of state police whom Hoffman or- dered yesterday to completely re- open his investigation of the kid- naping and murder of the Lind- bergh baby, announced he would confer in Trenton today with At torney General David T. Wilentz. Hauptmann'S prosecutor.
 Both men. accused by unmistak- able inference of dropping the case half solved, refused to reply until they conferred.
 Attack on New Front
 when the governor leuncneu uin fight for Hauptmann, whom he re- prieved from death for 30 days two weeks ago, the Bronx carpenters attorneys attacked on another front. c. Lloyd Fisher, chief of Hauptmann's counsel, mailed c de- mand last night to Anthony M. Hauck, Hunterdon county prosecu- grand jury investigate testimony tor, that Q grand jury investigate testimony given in Hauptrnanf1'9 trial by Amandus Hocmuth, 90. estate at Hopewell from which Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr, was kids naped. He testified that he sew Hauptmann driving a motor car near the Lindbergh home just be- fore the Kidnapping and said Haupt~
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THOS. FINNEGAN
 HAS PASSED ON
We'll Known Citizen for Many Years--Died To-
 day at His Residence

Thomas Finnegan, 65, executive of the old Eagle Brewing company prominent realtor and highly re- ST :cted citizen, succunbed after Q lengthy illness at his home, 20 Gen. tral avenue. this morning. Born in Ireland, he had come to this country as Q young man and ad- vanced himself to an important place in the local business world In the period of more than 40 years that he lived In the Brass City.
 The funeral will take place Mon- day. morning from the home, with a solemn mass of requiem at the Church of the Immaculate Concep- ton, Time of the services will be announced later. Burial will Dc in tne family plot. new St. joseph's cemetery.
 In Many Activities
 From 'lD04 .o 1919, MT. Finnegan served as president of the Eagle Brewing Company. retiring with the coming of prohibition. After that time he busted himself with the management of his real estate hold ings. He served as president of the Cheshire Land Company and was Q former director of the Merchants Trust Company. Active for years Tn the Waterbury Lodge of Elks, he served as e member of the board of trustees over Q long period, and was a trustee at the time of his death. OfIicers of the Elks to-day planned to have, the orders ritual performed
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BEY DEFENSE IS
 CLOSED TODAY
His Lawyers Put Up Plea of Insanity Despite His
 Wild Protests

Rockville, Conn.,. Jan. 3l.--(UP ---The defense of John Bey, on trial for his life as the slayer of all Ellington constable, rested today after psychiatrists characterized the accused as mentally unstable and having the intelligence of a l6-year old child.
 pr. Louis Gold. Hartford psychia- trist who said he examined Bey three times at Holland county jail while he was awaiting trial, testi- fled he was suffering from 70 form of 0 paranoid dementia praecox, and probably did not know what he was doing" when he allegedly mortally wounded the officer last August in a milk shed at the farm of Walter Gerber.
 pr. Gold said he believed Bey "ir- responsible, indispensable and un- reliable.'
 "Bey suffered from delusions of grandeur, saw beauty where none existed and considered himself . king in his own right" the physi. clan said.
 Testimony Corroborated
 pr. George A. Gossar, West Hart ford, who also examined Bey in jail, gave corroborating testimony.
 Previous medical testimony, which Bey interrupted late yesterday by shoutin ghe twas more sane" than the examining doctors who confined him to the insane ward at state prison in 1881, described Bey as an cgocentric.
 The three presiding judges, who will determine whether Bey will Dc sentenced to the electric chair, de- ciared q recess after the dfense rest cd, before hearing the opning ar- guments of the state.
 The startling interruption came during the testimony of pr. George
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Final Nelus Flashes
AWAIT HAS RESIGNED

Washington, Jan. 31.-(UP)-F. G. Await today resigned as first deputy comptroller of the currency to enter into law practice with former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Tom Hewes and another yet unnamed high official Await saved banks of nation. Await and Hewes plan to engage in banking and tax law practice in Washington. Await will leave the treasury Feb. 15, the same day that has been set for the resig- nations of two other treasury officials Under Secretary Thomas Jefferson Coolidge and As sistant Secretary L. w. Robert, Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
Methods For Payment
 or Bonus Not Settled
Patman Claims He Has Enough Votes in Both Houses
 to Put Over His Imitation Plan-That Move May Be Checkmated By Senate
BY EDWARD W. LEWIS

Washington. Jan. 3l.-(UP).-Ad- ministration strategistS sought in Q series of swift moves today to check mate efforts of inflationists to at- tach currency expansion rider to the soldiers bonus appropriation. Senate leaders may circumvent the drive of house infiationists by at- taching the appropriation measure to either the Independent offices or the deficiency appropria- ton bill. Senator Garter Glass. dem- ocrat. Virginia, said. Both the in- dependent offices and the deficiency bills are before the senate appropria- tions committee, of which Glass is chairman. Both already have been passed by the house. Such a move, 1t was pointed out, might avoid . floor fight on efforts of house inc flationists, led by Representative wright Patman, democrat, Texas. to make bonus payment a means Of placing new currency in circulation.
 Patman Claims Votes
 Patman called his bonus steering committee together today to con- sider both the possibility of paying the bonus out of unused treasury gold profits" and by issuance or
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Washington, Jan. 3i-(UP)--Ap- proximately t2eO,0OO.OOO in loans on 1,BOO, 900 bales of cotton falling due F.b. 1 will be continued, the coni- lmodity credit corporation announced today.
 Corporation officials sai dthe i2 cent cotton loans maturing Satur- day would Dc carried past due in order to prevent the cotton from being dumped on the market.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
Senate Committee HdS Upon Form 7hdt WH Block MHation
GOV. LANDON TAKES LEAD
 FROM SEN. BORAH IN OHIO

Cleveland sl-(UP)-Gov Ali Landon of Kansas, has in the state presidential poll conducted by the Ohio Federation of Republican Clubs revealed today Revised ratings showed Gov Landon leading the by nearly 235 Borah had been Knox, publisher continued J. Dickinson of Iowa. jumped fifth to fourth supplanng former President Herbert Hoover, who dropped to seventh
 Dickinson had 9l9 votes Chester Bolton, OhO avOre H. Vandenberg of Michigan sixth with 80l, and Hoover next with 877.
 of the most surprising gains made by Gov Harold G. 18th ninth place Theodore Roosevelt remained eighth the list with 4O1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
BANDITS DROP THEIR LOOT

Worcester, Mass, Jan. 2I.-(UPJ-A sawed-off rolling-pin filled with lead was the only weapon used by two bandits who held up Michael Zieper of the Whitman Creamery today and fled with $500 payroll. One bandit threat ened Zieper with the rolling-pin while the other grabbed two money bags The first robber com mandeered laundry truck whose driver became so excited he crashed into parked car. Both bandits escaped but dropped both bags of loot in flight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
WatertOwn Avenue Scene of Fire-S. 0. s. Gar-
 age Was Gutted
INVESTIGATOR HURLEY
 CAME HERE TODAY
No Suspicious Circunl. stances Said Marshal;
 Damage Is $lO,OOO

Investigation of the fire which damaged several auto- mobiles and almost totally destroyed the sos. garage at 684 Watertown avenue last night at an estimated dam age of $10,000 was being con- ducted by Fire Marshal Den- his Lahey today at the fire department headquarters on Field street. Robert M. Hur- ley, former state police com missioner and now Q special inves- tigator for fire underwriters was present during the investigation, re- suits of which were not disclosed. Asked if there were any suspicious circumstances, Marshal Lahey said there were not.
 The two story wooden building which had been converted into a garage was the home of the Bunker Hill Congregational church until 1924.
 Fire Fighters Handicapped :.
 Handicapped by the near-zero temperature, four companies of firemen battled the blaze while a crowd of several hundred persons, attracted by the flames which could be seen from practically ell sections of the city. looked on. Fireman Augustus Peck was knocked uncoa- scious by Q roof beam, which mar. rowly missed several other men. He was revived and continued to work with the others.
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CONVENTION CITIES GET HELP

Washington, Jan. 31.--(UP)-Work Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins said today he would allot $115,00O to Cleveland to renovate it's convention hall for the socialist and republ- can conventions this summer He also has auditorium to be used by the democrats for their convention. WPA officials emphasized there was no political tinge" to the allocations declaring both projects "were for the cities and not for the parties"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
THREE PERSONS
 KILLED IN CRASH
Train Derailed, Plunged Into Highway-Every.
 body on Board Hurt
BY ROSS DOWNING

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 sunbury, Pa, Jan. 3i.-(UP).-A speeding passenger train leaped It's rails late last night and plunged from an over-pass onto a highway killing three and injuring g. No person on the train escaped hurt
 Wreckage was scattered along the highway for 50 yards and 1t was hours before rescue crews from Sun bury had carried ell the injured to hospitals. The accident / ended a period of more than year during which American railroads had op- erated without losing the life of Q passenger.
 The dead were:
 pr. Guy Rothfuss, 8, Williams port, brother of pr. Paul Rothfuss, deputy secretary of health for Pennsylvania.
 Engineer William Ramp, Tam aqua. Pa.
 Fireman Washington Danshaw, Tamaqua.
 Students on Board
 The train was the williams porter" Q Reading Limited, en route from Williamsport to New York city. Its i8 passengers included i2 students of Bucknell university, Lewisburg, Pa, en route to their homes for brief vacations.
 Only one of the passengers was badly hurt. Physicians feared that Mrs. Cora Cromwell. Williamsport, would die of internal injuries.
 The train was approaching the SusQuehanna river bridge leading into sunbury, rounding sharp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
Will Furnish Money tO Pay Not Only Bonus But
 Farm Bills TO BE ATTACHED ON
 PASSED HOUSE BILLS This Will Check All House Imitation -- Details Of
 Plan Kept Secret
BY EDWARD W. LEWIS United Press Staff Correspondent

United Rress Starr COrrespOncehsN
 Washington, January 31- (UP) = The senate appro~ priations committee today agreed upon a method of pro- viding funds for payment Of the bonus and new farm pro- gram which was expected to head off temporarily at least house imitation threats.
 Appropriations for both the bonus and the farm program, it was agreed, will be offered aa amendments to supply bills which have already passed the house.
 In this manner, 1t was thought tn, rising house imitation movement may be checked. The appropriations committee procedure. however, does not settle the question of whether taxes, imitation or additional bond issues is to be used to provide the
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MOTHER, CHILD
 WERE OVER COME

Maiden, Mass, Jan. 3i-(UP)-A mother and her child were over- come and l2 other persons sickened by fumes which today spread through . two-family house.
 Thomas Keefe. 25, aroused occu. pants after he had awakened chok- ing. Mrs. Vera McWade, T. and her seven-year.old daughter Eva, were carried unconscious to Q neighbor's home, turned into tenn porary hospital. There doctors treated all occupants, eight of them children. WI
 The source of the fumes was in- vestigated by gas company officials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31

In discharging the jury, Judge Pinanski said:
 Gentlemen, have received all of your individual messages and 1 think should warn you that the jury room is no place for fear"
 10 what messages the court al- luded was not made clear immedi. ately. Asked directly for the meaning ot the term individual messages, Judge PinanslSi told newsmen he did not care to amplify the remarks he made in open court.
 George Howard of Chelsea, gov-
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Jury Room Ls NO Place For Fear Ls
 Warming OfJudge
Panel Had Just Come in With Final Report of Dis agreement in Case of Gangster Nller-Each
 Juror Sent Message to Judge

Boston, January 31 - (UP) "A jury which had just reported disagreement after deberating 20 hours over the guilt innocence of alleged gang killer was dis charged by Superior Judge Abraham Pinanski today with the warning that te jury is place for fear
 The trial that of Frank La Tito 39 Revere gambler, charged with the seconddegree murder of Jack Darrsh 33yearod racketeer who shot dead in the doorway of d Revere store November 28 1884.
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N. The N.
 Strange Case Of Mr.. Smith x

Te-dsy MT. James W. Fitz- Patrick AeyOtes his regulsr sesnl-weeIsly column tc an In- trepld interpretation of the recent speech of ex. Governor Alfred \. Smith ili Washing ton at Che Liberty League dinner. hTr. FltePatFlck, like hundreds og ether aGIniFers ean find nc concrete answer for Mir. Smiths right.About face ether than ZAP ls putt ting on Q show for his old friends, She ''peepnI." EEow. ever, turn Co page c ane read fof yourseIf hzF. Eit&RAt- rlCk's personal interpretation and conclusions ef Iaet Eat- ,srday nights BilIionalFe Dinner in to-day's
 DEMOCRAT
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TOTAL DEATHS BY AUTOS

Washington, Jan. 31.-(UP(-.Automobile accidents took S,799 lives in S6 principal cities of the country last year, the department of com merce reported today. This compared with deaths of 9,O6O in 1884. On per capita basis the 1885 accidents killed 23.5 persons of every 100000, compared with PAP persona per 100000 in 1884.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Jan. 3t--(Up,--Gov~ ernment expenses and receipts foe the current fiscal year to Jan. 1e. ms compared with n year ago. Thls Year Expenses Last YeaE S4,22b, ,66O, ,634i0 &4,00b, 464, ,7S7sbE
 Receipts Y s2.ii7.ai5.s5e.ss ss,o53.iss.sea.e1 ,s,ios.s4s,577.s1 s1.s5s,sss,sss.e7
 Cash Balance
 s2.ols.iss,441.ss ss,3so.ies.si7ts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-31
ITALIANS FIGHT
 FROM REDOUBTS
By REYNOLDS PACKARD ((,opyrIght lO38 by United Press)

In Q redoubt on the Makale front, Ethiopia, Jan. 3i-tUP)--Italians on the northern front have completed a seemingly impregnable chain of redoubts, forts. pill boxes and ma chine gun nests in the Makale area of the northern front. From behind the sturdy stone walls of these fcr- tifications heavy mountain artillery is aimed down every valley in this sector, making 1t on apparent im- possibility for the Philippians to at- tempt an advance without being moved down.
 Guns Aimed Exactly
 Delicate range finding and other instruments. and telephonic inter- communication make 1t possible for guns to be aimed exactly in event that the Ethiopians are sighted. From this redoubt I can clearly see without the aid of field glasses the tOothcd peak of Ar1ba Alagi to the south, midway between Hakaic and Lake Asliangl. Tine lower ranges of
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SWEATSHOPS IN CONN. MUST END
Com. Tone Insists State Will Not Be Garbage
 Can of New York

Hartford, Conn.,. Jan. 3l.--(UP).-' State Labor Commissioner Joseph M. Tone, pioneer crusader against sweatshops, warned today that Con- necticut will give harsh treatbment to this industrial garbage from other states" Tone charged private and local employment agencies with "go- ing outside of the state to solicit concerns of the sweatship type to come to Connecticut"
 Menace Grows Worse
 "So great has this menace to de- cent working standards become"
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The Weather

Fair, Colder Tonight;
 Saturday Fair, Mllder Fun Weathsr Rspsrs Page .
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