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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-19

chairman accepted the invitation to speak for. five minutes, prepared his speech, and then discovered that 1t would not be convenient to go to the broadcasting studio on that evening.
 "Someone suggested to him the possibility of recording his voice so that 1t could be put on the air with out his presence. Without thinking to check as to the network. rule prohibiting use of records or tram scriptions, the chairman had 8 re- cording made and sent the record- ing to Columbia,s Washington ofnce for use on the network.
 '.The chairman was informed oi the rule. Neither the transcription nor the chairman, himself, appeared on the network program.
 ''The chairman made no com plaint.
 ''The fact that Columbia barred 8 recording by the democratic chairman of the federal conmuni- cations commission would hardly seem to support published inferences that our action in the case of Sem ator Vandenberg wes dictated by fear of either the democratic ad- ministration or the federal cona- municat atinns commission e
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(Continued from Page D The crew of the vulcania got into action efficiently and quietly, in or der to avoid any nervousness among the, passengers.
 Fire Was Small One
 It was seen quickly that the fire despite the dense smoke, was a small one. It was extinguished without trouble and Captain Stuparich wire- lessed 8 cancellation of his SOS while rescue ships were just starting toward him. The rescue boats from Naples had not cleared the harbor Within an hour the fire was out completely and Captain Stuparicil wirelessed that he was proceeding on to Parlermo and New York. He was due at Palermo this afternoon Passengers On Board z Passengers on, the liner include Col. Jerome c. Pillow, who is re- turning to Washington after service as military attache of the American embassy at Rome, and his wife.
 The Princess Di Cafpo Reale was another passenger.
 Names of other Americans, listed as from New York. were given here as Mss Ethel Richardson and Da- vid R. Dewey.
 News came from the ship thai
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Continued from Page l) head of the syndicate who pleaded guilty several weeks ago and turned state evidence.
 Those Pleadir.. Guilty
 Pleading guilty today were:
 Joseph Abbotte, 36, Waterbury accused on three counts of trans porting and conspiracy.
 Joseph Petterutti, 28, Providence R. T., three counts of transporting inducement and conspiracy.
 Becky Schwartz, A, West Haven three counts of inducement. 6he pleaded not guilty to five other counts of transportating and con spiracy.
 Mary Taverner, 26, Springfield Mass, five counts of transporting and conspiracy.
 Michael Taverner, 34, Springfield Mass, nine counts of transporting and conspiracy.
 Martin Caprilozzi, 19, Mansfield two counts O. transporting and con- Splracy. ",
 Albert Litone, S1, Mansfield, one count of conspiracy.
 Bocosocini. Toselli, Waterbury, one count of conspiracy.
 Frank and Mary Franco, Mans field, ten counts each of transport ing, induce snt and conspiracy.
 Margaret Goblin, Waterbury, ons count of conspiracy.
 Adeline Pasquini and Arturo Pas quini, IS counts of transporting conspiracy and inducement.
 Catherine Rallis, Springfield Mass, IS counts of transporting, in- ducement and conspiracy.
 Albert Raymond, New York, pre- sented on two counts of transporta- tion, pleaded guilty, as did Anrs Campatello, Worcester, Mass, to fivs counts of transporting. inducenent and conspiracy.
 To date 20 have entered guilty pleas, or more than one-third oi those arrested in the crusade, di- rected by Rhea Whitney. New York supervising agent under J. Edgar Hoover.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-19
King EdtDard GrolUs
 Angry ODer Episode
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proach the king again. Gossip spread fast through London about the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Simpson against Ernest Simpson, former officer in the kings own household regiments-and the gos- sip, if discreet, was unfavorable.
 Refused to Gag Newspapers
 The king, pressed by influential advisers to maintain more secrecy about his friendship with Mrs. Er- nest Simpson, refused today to at- tempt to gag British newspapers desiring to report the American wo- mans divorce court proceedings next week.
 It was understood the kings secretaries asked him whether he would send confidential messages to editors of newspapers and news agencies, requesting them to ignore or soft-pedal the Simpson divorce case when 1t comes up at the Ip- swich AsSizes.
 The king, however, rejected the proposal. A source close to Buck ingham palace told the United Press:
 will Not Suppress News
 "FIis majesty is opposed to ap- pealing to the press to suppress the news of the divorce suit when 1t is heard in court because it might otherwise convey the impression that his majesty is involved in Mrs. Simpsons private affairs"
 The kings action was in line with his steady insistence that his friendship with Mrs. Simpson is no body,s business but his own, despite the surge of gossip which has prompted individual members of parliament to consider making rep resentations to him on the subject
 Many People Shocked
 The more sober-rninded men in politics, and men and women in the more quiet circles of society, are un- derstood to have been shocked al the increasing frankness with which the king has shown his liking for Mrs. Simpson, already 8 divorcee m the United States.
 One story which Is being related is that the king was seen in a west end restaurant lately with his arm around Mrs. Simpson.
 Such talk as this, and the fact that divorcees under previous reigns have been unwelcome at court func- tions, and even barred from pre- sentation, is causing anxiety.
 It is not mereIy because of Mrs Grundyish sentiments that there is oppositoin to the kings friendship Some of the members of parliament
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Roosevelt Trip MayGo
 Through Waterbury
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speak in Fairfield county where re- publicans have said 8 10000 ma jority would be delivered to Landon and Gubernatorial Nominee Arthur M. Brown. This county also is the stronghold of the socialists, the home of Bridgeport's socialist mayor, Jasper, McLeyy,. and on one of the states two republican con- gressman, Schuyler Merritt.
 Son Is MisquOted
 Boston, Oct. 19.-(UP)-James (UP)-James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, reiterated today that he spoke only for himself in advocating 8 constitutional amend ment, to 1egalize principies of the MIRA.
 The Worcester Telegram quoted young Roosevelt as saying at po- htical rally in Gardner Friday that the President, if reelected, would seek a constitutional amendment to make the principles of the MIRA the law of the land" .p
 Governor Ali M. Landon has challenged the President to say whether the administration plans to perpetuate the MIRA.
 If the MIRA had not been knocked out, we would not have had so much unemployment" the news paper quoted young Roosevelt. "The way to correct this is to shorten the hours of labor. Sn order tc accomplish this, the President in- tends to continue the principles o1 the MIRA, going before the people and seeking an amendment to the constitution to make the principles of the MIRA the law of the land"
 What He Did Say
 Young Roosevelt contended, how ever, that he was rlisquoted. In a statement from his office, his re- marks on MIRA, purportedly from g stenographic report, were quoted as giving only his personal views.
 "The answer to the second part of the question is the necessity for shorter hours and better working conditions to eliminate the problem of the unemployed" the statement said. There were the purposes o1 the MIRA. The administration is pledged to carry out the purposes of the MIRA in every constitutional manner.
 Should there be no way ir which these purposes can be ac- complished = which we do not ad- init - I as an individual can see no alternative but to ask the peo- pie for the right to make those purposes constitutional through the congress of the United States"
 Emphasized Statement
 After a speech at Fitchburg last night Roosevelt was asked whether he believed that, in the event his father is reelected, industry and commerce will be inclined to CO., operate with the principles of the MIRA.
 Emphasizing that he was express ly merely his personal opinion Roosevelt replied:
 "As soon as 1t becomes plain that the people as whole wish to have the problem of unemployment per- manently solved and that they sec that the only way to permanently solve 1t, if at all, is to get away from all relief, WPA and all those emergency agencies which provide jobs for the needy, and in order tc do this and in order to accomplish it, 1t is obvious that we must have shorter working hours and better working conditions for men ant women"
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Rodgers Cheated Death In Heroic
 \ Dash; Ten Lost In Dole Derby

of again. Jack Frost and Gordon Scott of Los Angeles suffered a similar fate.
 The Dallas Spirit, piloted by William A. Erwin and A. H. Eich- waldt, took off to search for the missing Dole flyers, but it, too, met doom in the Pacific.
 One of the most dramatic chap ters of the trans-Pacific flight his tory is the radio record of Captain ErWin's brave attempt to save his ship. The world froze on the suc- cession of dots and dasheS which recorded his sos when the heav- fly loaded plane whirled into a spin. It sighed with relief when he messaged that the plane had strengthened out.
 And then a sudden frantic, unforgettable appeal flashed out of the Pacific =. another spin" More dots, a dash. After that, all was silent.
 Col. Arthur Goebel and Lieut.. William Davis flew into Honolulu Aug. IT to claim the $25,0O0 first money. Martin Jensen and Paul Schulter finished second for the $10,000 prize.
 It had been a costly race, but the world was to see more in the conquest of the Pacific yet ahead.
 NEXT: Conquest Sweeps the Pacific. .lt
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Tragedy in Dole Derby

And then, in August of the same year, James D. Dole of Hono- lulu, pineapple king and sports man. laid $35,000 on. the line and announced that it belonged to the first two flyers from North Amer aca to Hawaii. $
 The first flyer to arrive could pocket the $25,0O0 and the rest o. the money would go to the second
 The Dole race was to write one of aviation's most tragic chapters Fifteen gamblers entered. Before it ended, nine men and one wo- xnan had plunged to death. Poor planes. inadequate navigation equipment, fate took their toll.
 Liesitenants George Covell and R. s. Waggoner, Navy, were the xiEst victims. They crashed and their plane burned on the way to the 9taft Arthur V. Rodgers, an- other entrant. also crashed while starting.
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SUPREME COURT
 HELPS NEW DEAL
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circuit court of appeals but the power firms sought to skip this stage and go direct to the supreme court. The high court refused to allow ad- vancement of the case.
 The power suits were brought by the Alabama Power Go. and the Texas Utilities Co, which sought to have their cases argued at the same time the supreme court hears this November similar test of power loans involving the Duke Power Go. In another significant ruling the supreme court, in effect, upheld a Colorado statute prohibiting opera ton of restaurants in any room where merchandising is carried on. The court refused to entertain an appeal against the law brought by s, H. Kress & Go, F. W. Woolworth. Inc, and other chain and drug store firms.
 New Test Asked
 Washington, Oct. 19-(UP)-The supreme court today was asked to add test of the new social security act to its program for the term. Ed ward F. McClennen, Boston attor- ney, sought to intervene as a friend of the court" in three New York state unemployment insurance law cases soon to be argued.
 The court took no immediate &C., tion on McClellenis surprise move. It merely allowed him permission to file motion asking that the court consider the federal social security act.
 The move came without previous warning at the close of today's ses- sion of the court.
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vandenbe.rg Scored

Washington, Oct. 19 -- (UP) = Ralph Beaver Strassburger, repub- lican newspaper publisher of Norris town, Pa, who declared for Presi- dent Roosevelt last week, asked the federal communications commission today whether it would tolerate abuse" of the radio such as he said was 'perpetrated" Saturday night by Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, republican. Michigan.
 The commission gave no immedi- ate indication of whether any ac- tion was intended as a result of the Vandenberg incident.
 Columbia Broadcasting System, over whose stations Vandenberg was speaking, defenoed its action in in voking rule against use of phono- graph records on network programs. The system said the same rule had been invoked only two weeks ago against Aiming s. Prall, chairman of the communications commission. Telegram Sent
 Strassburger, publisher of the NCrristown, Pa. Times Herald, said in a telegram to Commissioner George Henry Payne:
 "Is the federal communications commission going to tolerate such abuse Of radio as was perpetrnted
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REPORTER EKINS
 WINS WORLD RACE
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Wore Same Suit

Wore same Su1C
 Ekins wore the same blue serge suit and gray felt hat in which he left New York IS days ago. Both showed the effects of his constant travel.
 He was tired and said the first thing he wanted was days and days of sleep"
 "It was the constant round of entertainment at every place ] stopped that got me down." he said, "In the air I was comfortable enough"
 A crowd swarmed out on the air. field as the "Sky Chief" came down and cheered the reporter, who, after posing for photographers and news reel men, entered an automobile to drive to the World Telegram building.
 Newsboys Surround Him
 Ekins reached the World-T gram shortly before 11:l5 a. m., ac- companied by 8 delegation from the Explorers Club.
 Newsboys, selling extra editions announcing his arrival in Newark swarmed around the reporter as he had been driven from Newark and Ekins laughingly stopped to buy g newspaper.
 Breaks Old Record
 Ekins' record will break by more than five days the one made in 1928 by John Henry Mears and Capt. c. B. D. Collier who circled the world in g days, using their own plane. It will also break the 21-day record made by the Graf Zeppelin in 1929.
 A welcoming group comprised of officials of the World Telegram ar~ Scripps oHward newspapers: Louis de Florez and James B. Taylor, of- ficial timers for the MA; repre- sentatives of the explorers club and prominent aviation executives gathered at the airport early this morning.
 Accompanied by William Burk- hardt, editor of the San Francisco News, Ekins drove to New York be- hind a police escort. At the World Telegram building he was met by Lee B. Wood, the papers executive editor; c. H. Ravelli, U. S. repre- sentative of the KLM-Royal Dutch Air Lines; c. Marshel Bach, Dutch correspondent, and Lowell Thom- as, of the explorers club.
 After 8 brief radiocast, Ekins will visit city hall where he will meet Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia and present him with letters from Pres ident Manuel Quezon of the Philip pines.
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SWEENEY WILL
 WAS PROBATED
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(ConClnued rom Page 1.) Mary Sweeney, $500; Anna Sweeney, $500; Catherine Sweeney Castle, $500; John Sweeney, $10O.
 Some of Beneficiaries
 The League of the Sacred Heart of the church of the Immaculate Conception is given $25. The same amount is left Rev. Edward Kramer, 154 Nassau street, New York city. Right Reverend Monsignor William Hughes, of Washington, D. C., is also given $25, and similar sum is given the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, Graymoor, Garrison, N. Y. Others to receive $25 are the Catholic Church Extension Society of Chicago, H.; Rev. Edward Mo- Carthy of St. Columbun'S, Nebraska; Rev. James Walsh, Maryknoll, N. Y: Niagara University: Epiphany Apostolic college, of Newburgh, N. Y.
 Balance to Nephew
 The rest of the estate goes to the nephew, Eugene Sweeney. The will, drawn July q, 1928, stipulates that if the estate is not sufficient to pay all bequests that Eugene Sweeney shall be given $5,000 first, and the rest be distributed proportionately. The size of the estate will not be known until after an inventory has been completed.
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.DEPOSTTORS TO
 PRESENT BOOKS
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DepOsitOrs Asked to Hel

With each dividend check issued there Is also printed request from Walter Perry, state bank coimmis- sioner and receiver for the Mer- chants Trust CO, urging the deposi- tors to aid in selling the real estate owned by the bank. Informa- tion regarding this real estate may be secured from Louis Schick ct the office of the Merchants Trust co.
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NCOQCu1ucQ 1TOLI1 SaBG 4J
 broadcast program in which the presidents voice or any other voice is either reproduced on phono- graph record or simulated by an actor" said Edward Klauber, Col umbia executive vice-president. we will neither give time nor sell time to any other party for similar use" !" Klauber said rules against use of recordings are standard network practice" He refuted the state ment of Hill Blackett, republican public relations director, that Col- umbia had made exceptions to this rule. Published inferences that our course is dictated by fear of the present. national administration or that we are dominated by the fed- eral communications commission are wholly unfair" Klauber said.
 Klauber explained confusion caused by late discovery of the na- ture of Vandenberg's debate" and hesitance to disrupt programs at the last minute caused confusion in which some stations. including WGN of Chicago, broadcast the en- tire Vandenberg address. "There is no desire to enter into controversy with the radio people" Blackett said. But the radio services should be as free as the press in broadcasting information of inn portance to the public, and in quot ing the public utterances of the president.
 Blackett's statement that the rule against use of recordings was in- tended to protect artists and com posers under the copyright laws was taken up by Chairman John D. M. Hamilton in another statement from republican headquarters. "Mr. RooSevelt--smooth radio artist that he isis in no sense a member of the organized craft of artists end actors and I cannot imagine that he would claim a copyright on his works publicly uttered as can- didate or a president" Hamilton said,
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on Saturday night by Senator van- denberg?
 "As a member of the public ir whose interest personally the radio is operating, I protest vigorously against the chicanery and decep- tion bordering on fraud on which Senator Vandenberg's interview was based"
 Vandenberg, in his political ad- dress, held 8 interview" with Pres ident Roosevelt in which the presi- dents voice responded on 8 phono- graph record to questions put by Vandenberg.
 The Vandenberg program was cut of some stations of the Columbia Broadcasting System over which 1t was scheduled. This action brought charges of censorship" by republi- can spokeSmen.
 Strassburger Continues
 Strassburger's telegram contin- ued:
 ITO have planned the program in which the senator's carefully framed political questions were interpolated with selected utterances of the pres indent from photograph records was in the first place an intent to de- ceive the public into thinking an actual debate between them was in progress.
 'Tn the case of people tuning in after the broadcast had started and to less sophisticated listeners there must have arisen in the minds of many the conviction that this was piece of cheap dramatics or was actually 8 face-to-face encounter by the president before the microphone and the senator.
 Tt was only after 400 to 500 words of the program had been ut tered that a belated explanation was inserted that the public had been listening to a photographic reproduction of the presidents voice.
 "No such explanation preceded or terminated the program in the places where it might normally have been looked for. Senator Vanden- berg had carefully prepared his questions and alleged answers in- solar as possible to place the presi- dent in the adverse light of incon- siStency and hypocrisy. New Low in Campaign "This was malice-R new low in a campaign marked by misrepresen- tation and lack of restraint.
 T am wiring to you as member of the federal communications com mission because of the vigorous at- titude you have taken in the Cros- ley broadcasting case in Cincinnati O., and in the case of the two Los Angeles stations that edited the presidents speech of the air.
 T hope there will be action" EGG officials said the Vandenbere case was unprecedented in the his tory of radio broadcasting and in dicated they were studying the sit uation. Harry c. Butcher, In charge of the Columbia offlce here, declared that:
 Invoked Before
 '"The Columbia Broadcasting Sys. tem's rule prohibiting the broad. casting of photograph records ol electrical transcriptions on its net work. which received publicity ir connection with the Senator Van denberg broadcast from Chicago Saturday night, also was invoked against the chairman of the fedora, communications commission, Am ming s. Prall, within the past tws weeks.
 '-rhe chairman had been invited by the owners of station KTSA al San Antonio. Texas. to speak in . program oyer the Collimhia network on Sunday evening. October Thl