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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
CITY DEFENDANT
 IN S5,OOO SUIT
East Main Street Resident Claims Property Dam-
 aged By Catch Basin

fTestimony in the 5000 suit of Albert D. Schiavone against the city of Waterbury was heard in su- perior court this morning by Judge Patrick B. O'Sullivan, and the jury which was impanelledl shortly be- fore the trial opened.
 sSchiavone seeks to recover for damages to his home at 1853 East Main street, allegedly caused by a catch -basin installed adjacent to his property by the city to carry of rain water. He claims that the basin overfiowed upon several occasions, sending large amounts of water into his cellar, causing serious damage including the underpinning of the foundations of the house. Schiavone also seeks an injunction restraining the city from maintaining the nui- sance near his house.
 Attorneys Theodore V. Meyer and Michael J. Galullo represent the plaintiff and Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor and his assist ants, Attorney T. s. Sullivan and Vincent A. Scully are defending the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
CHURCH MEN SEE
 FLOOD PICTURES

Aurelio Greco described the life of Christopher Columbus at the regular meeting of the Holy Name society of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes last evening in the parish hall.
 Staff Sergeant Frank c. Wright of the photo section, Hath observa- tion squadron of the Connecticut National Guards, presented moving pictures of the Cleveland air races and the flood in Hartford last spring. He explained interesting experiences encountered in taking these films and explained how pie lures are taken in the air.
 During the course of his lecture MT. Wright told of the task in rais- ing relief funds and of the response given by the communities in the state which were even greater than anticipated. He told of the scenes in Hartford, Cromwell, Wethersf1eld, Middletown and Windsor. The speaker also told of the many unfortunate episodes of the natives of these communities, several of whom were deprived of their homes and savings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Three Districts In
 Eastern Section Of :. City Sponsor Meeting
Local Democratic Nominees to Attend Both Sessions; Young Democrats Holding Open Meeting at Elton;
 District Workers Meeting Thursday Night

the 11th and 18th districts on Washington avenue.
 Friday nights schedule calls for a rally in Franco-American hall on South Main street sponsored by the French Democratic club. On the same evening the Colored Demo- cratic club will conduct a rally at the Colored Elks' hall on Bishop street.
 Italian Rally
 Saturday night will see the major rally of the week at Buckingham hall with the entire state demo- cratic ticket present. Sunday night the Italian Democratic club will sponsor rally at Waverly inn. The Polish Democratic club will hold rally on the same evening at Pulaski hall at 281 Bank street. The Russian Democratic club will hold its rally Sunday afternoon at 59 Hill street. Plans are still under way for a Lithuanian Democratic club rally.
 Tonight the Colored Republican club will hold a rally at the Pearl Street Community house with Rev. B. w. Crowder as master of cere- monies. The various local candi- dates on the state ticket will be among the speakers. The main ad- dress will be delivered by Ernest Lyons, former ambassador to Li- beria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
DRUGGISTS DINE
 AT WAVERLY INN
New York Vaudeville Troupe to Feature
 Party Tonight

Entertainment by troupe of New York vaudeville performers will be a feature of the annual dinner dance of the Waterbury Druggists association, which will be held at Waverly inn tonight. Several promi- nent pharmaceutical leaders also will take part on the program, as guest speakers.
 President Paul Kunkel, as toast master, will introduce John Vogarel of Boston, president of the National Druggists association; John Sehl, president of the Connecticut Phar- maceutical association; Felix Blank, state pharmacy inspector; and Ar thur Rivard, chief narcotic inspec- tor of Connecticut. Gov. Wilbur l.. Cross and Lieut. Gov. Frank Hayes also have been invited to speak.
 Arrangements have been com- pleted by a committee headed by Isadore Stoll, chairman, and con- sisting of Laurence Farrell, Joseph Delaney, George Kipp, John P. Mar tin, Anthony Depietro, William Ke- hausis, Eugene E. Beadle. ST.. Adolph Shobrinsiy, and Stephen CrOSch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
PRISONER ALLEGES
 HE WAS FRAMED
Court Not Impressed, lm- pose Fine of $lO for
 Theft of Bag

Protests by David Lavigne, 42, an old offender, that he was being framed" failed to impress Judge John F. McGrath in city court this morning and Lavigne was fined $10 and costs. Unable to pay the fine he was taken to jail.
 Lavigne was charged with theft of bag of instruments from the car of Dr. Richard Gilyard while the machine was parked on Field street Sunday afternoon. Most of the in struments were recovered later in some shrubbery near the armory.
 Lavigne denied that he had taken the bag, and accused another man of the theft. The other man, Archie Lewis, 61, held as vagrant, denied any knowledge of the theft and was released.
 Walter Prince, 19, colored, of 235 Abbott avenue, was fined $10 and costs for operating without 8 li- cense and was ordered held for a hearing tomorrow on @ charge of theft of an automobile.
 George Lukasevich, 40, of 70 Pearl street, charged with breach of the peace, received a suspended sen- tence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

James Fitzgerald will join in han ding the Hamilton Park pavilion session. Several hundred persons are expected to attend both rallies which will start of the weeks final drive of the democrats of Waterbury to capture the Brass City for Governor Cross and President Roosevelt.
 District Meeting
 Tomorrow night no rally is sched- uled by the 18th district democratic workers will meet at Franco-Amer- ican hall, fourth district workers will convene at the city court room and the first and second district workers will meet at democratic headquarters on East Main street.
 Thursday night the Jewish Dem ocrHtic club will conduct a rally at tha Waterbury Hebrew institute on Kingsbury street and among the speakers are expected to be Con- gressman-at-Large William M. Cit ron of Middletown and Congress man Samuel Dickstein of New York who last night spoke before the members of Roosevelt lodge, Knights of Pythias.
 20th District
 On Thursday evening. also, the 20th district will meet at the city hall. The 9th district will meet in Waterville. A Wednesday night wo5kers' meeting is scheduled for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
State Leaders Coming
 To Meeting Tonight
Young Democrats Holding Session at Elton; Nominees
 to Attend-BaiIey, OdIum to Address Gathering

The Speakers Bureau of the Con- necticut Democratic State Central Committee officially announced to- day that Attorneys John Bailey and Frank R. Odlum of Hartford had been assigned as guest speakers for an open public meeting in this city. The meeting will be held at The Elton at 8 o'clocK under the aus pices of the Young Democratic Club of Waterbury. Attorney Carmine Cipriano, president, will preside.
 Chairman John H. Crary, of the local democratic town committee, will head the list of local speakers, who will include Judge Dennis J. Slavin of the probate court, Rep- resentatives John D. Thoms and Daniel J. Mahaney, State Senators, George T. Culhane and Joseph A. Lawlor.
 Attorney Bailey, 1ormer judge of the Hartford municipal court, is regional director of New England units of the Young Democrats, while Attorney Odlum is chairman of the democrats state speakers bureau He is also vice-president of the Young Democrats of Connecticut He has spoken in Waterbury on several occasions as Grand Chief Ranger of the ForeSterS of Connec-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Judge Testifes

After being informed that the state had no evidence to present against an alleged yagrant. in city court this morning, Judge John F. McGrath declared, ''The police ought to be brought in if they don't keep this fellow from bother ing people"
 Prosecutor Charles Summa ex- plained that the charge was only technical and the man had been arrested to serve as a witness in another car.
 Maybe I ought to, testify against him." said the judge. He stops me at least twice every day. It seems that I can't go anywher without tripping over him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Counterfeit

Police today issued a warning to merchants to be on the look out for counterfeit $l0 bills, after another one of the spurious notes had been uncovered today. The bill was passed yesterday at the Delmar candy store on East Main street.
 It was pronounced counterfeit when presented at a local bank this morning and police were called in. The bill is fair ini- tation, but it is on extremely heavy paper and hence easily recognizable as queer"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

Two huge democratic rallies are scheduled for tonight. Thr Young Democrats will conduct a gathering at The Eltcl at which loca- and state leaders will be speakers. The democrats of the 18th, 17th and 18th districts win sponsor a meeting of the East End voters at Hamilton Park pavilion. A parade from the Sacred Heart church to the Mad River bridge along East Main street will precede the latter rally.
 Attorney Carmine Cipriano will preside at the Young Democrats meeting. District Chairman John Howard, Robert Mccormack and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
--- : SPOTLIGHTZNG G----
 Brass City News

Ella was detained overnight, while Klepache was released after treat ment.
 The two were riding in a car owned by Miss Grace Serhi, of 95 Griggs street. Miss Serhi had lent the car to her brother, Samuel, to attend a wedding in Meriden in company with Ella and Klep- ache. The brother decided to re- main in Meriden overnight and allowed the other two to take the car.
 They were on their way back they told police, when a passing car forced them to swerve up 8 bank and caused the car to over- turn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

ticut, an honor he held until the last state convention in Derby.
 The public is invited to attend this evenings meeting arranged in connection with the official pro- gram of campaign meetings and rallies of the local democratic town committee. Following their appear ance at The Elton the local demo- cratic nominees will attend a rally at Anderson school.
 Tonight's meeting marks the fourth anniversary of the organiza- tion of the Young Democratic club cs this city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Pennies

Presentation of bags of pennies, which the members have collected during the summer months, to the club treasury for benevolences and similar purposes, will be the nucleus of the program tonight at the Grand street club rooms of the Waterbury Business and Professional Women's club, when it sponsors 8 mystery bag buffet supper.
 Service of the supper will be supervised by the social commit tee. The ways and means ccrn- mittee will be in charge of the program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Two Injured

Vincent Ella, 20,4 of 20 Griggs street, and Alexander KIepache, 20, of 30 Branch street, were treated at St. Marys' hospital last night after the car in which they were riding had overturned on the Meriden- Waterbury highway near Hubbard park in Meriden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
SlO Ride

A taxi ride from TorringtOn to Waterbury last night ended up in city court today as the two pass engers were arraigned for failure to pay their fair.
 Frank COlla, S1, of Bantam, as- stunned the responsibility for hir- ing the cab, and his companion, William Ormsby, 8 negro. 29, of Torrington, was discharged. Cola was given a day to pay the fare of SIC to James Jones, the taxi driver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Gratitude!

Found-the worlds most un- grateful panhandler. :
 From police circles today there leaker out the story of pam handler who halted a pedestrian on Field street a few days ago and asked for money. The pedes- trian obliged with a dime.
 He then stopped to tie his shoe, and as he did, the panhandler, insulted because he'd received only a dime, let fly with punch that gave his benefactor 8 black eye. Police said the pedestrian did not make any complaint.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
S5 for Rolls

Theft of a Decent package of rolls resulted in 8 fine of $5 and costs, a total of $14.5O, for Leon Berube, AZ, of 2S3 Bank street, when he was arraigned in city court today. Berube was arrest this morning by Patrolman Thomas Fibre after having opened a cOntainer in front of 2 chain grocery store on South Main street. @ sl
 The store manager claimed that goods had been taken from in front of the store for the past several months. Berube said he had intended to pay for the rolls later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Democrats naugurate Series of Campaign Rallies Tonig
MASS. PEOPLE
 WILL GET BONUS

Boston, Gel. 2T-UF) = Massa chusetts residents will have s2.DOo. 900 more in their Christmas stock ings this year than in 1885, t vas reported today.
 Massachusetts mutual savings banks announced they had $lis 5OO.0O0 in Christmas Club deposits. There were 275,OOO Christmas Club savers this year compared with 24O,OO0 last year.
 Christmas Club figures for the state tnclIded: Boston, $6.888. .699; Worcester, $625, 900; Springfield, $390, 900; Lowell, $348,OOO; Brockton, '$238, 900; and Lawrence $327.931
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Fined SI00

Douglas MacDermid of 1 Gen. tral avenue was fined $10O for driving while under the influence of liquor and $50 for evading re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, leading character of Rostands play was a real person. He was a French author, who died in 1855. Rostrand's play ;s true to facts in many ways.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

sponsibility by Justice Belle Rus- sell in Justice Court in Haddam last evening. The local man was involved in an accident there October 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
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ESTABLISHED 1885

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 The old UilLage barber had to shaUe him quite rough,
 Who is of old steel blades
 Because he's had quite enough, With his modern ".Shick ShaUer" he nolD struts his stuff"
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-26
MCPHERSON

Miss Mabel Maheu is on the sick
list at this writing. Her friends wish
her a speedy recovery.
Mrs. John Beaudry visited Mrs. Pete
Virgins Friday.
Miss Ida Mariana came last Thurs
day from Duluth to spend week
with her folks.
Mrs. Pete Virgins and children
went to Kerrick Saturday to visit Mr..
and Mrs. Val Barber.
Mrs. Champaign and Mrs. John Beau
dry were visitors at the Pete Virgins
home Monday.
Tuesday afternoon visitors at the
home of Mrs. L. Casadont were Mrs.
Pete Virgins. Mrs. John Beaudry and
Miss Thora Bohlin.
Mrs. Cora Maheu and Earl were in
Duluth Wednesday of last week.
Chas. Peterson went to Isanti Tues
day of last week for a visit with his
sister. He returned home last Thurs
day.
Mrs. John Beaudry was a caller at
the Gust Peterson home Wednesday
of last week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-26
GRONINGEN

Mr.. and Mrs. L. Nystrom and fam
lily visited her father, o. E. Oslund, at
Friesland Sunday.
Mrs. B. Bush and daughter of Du-
luth, are spending a few days visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. Mel
son.
A. w. Haglin took Mr.. Miller and
son to Minneapolis recently to a hos
pital where Mr.. Miller's son will have
an operation. He has been ill for
some time with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Davis recently
moved from the A. w. Haglin farm
to the farm formerly occupied by AL
bert Klein, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pearson of Du-
luth, visited at the S. Haglin home
Tuesday evening.
Glen Miller left for Wisconsin last
week for an extended visit with rel
atives.
Alice Nelson left Friday for her
work at Askov, having spent a week
at her parental home
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-26
KINGSDALE

Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Norstrom and
children visited at the John Aarlie
home Sunday afternoon.
Miss Katy Young accompanied the
c. w. Whitney family Sunday to Clo-
verton, where they attended Sunday
school and church.
Marie, Paul and James Pahos, chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pahos of
Markville, were guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Lund Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Constance Feigum of Dairy
land, spent the weekend with her
cousin, Miss Adeline Feigum.
Floyd E. Rice visited at Duluth with
the c. C. Oman family and Mrs. Floyd
Rice from Friday until Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Haugen were
Sunday dinner guests at the A. Sielitz
home.
Miss Annie Videen spent Sunday
evening at the Oman home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-26
BREMEN TOWNSHIP

Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Breska received
word recently of the death of the lat
ter's father, Mr.. Kriz, of Hopkins. At
this writing funeral arrangements
have not been made. Mr.. and Mrs.
F. ]. Breska left Wednesday morning
for Hopkins.
James Hemza, Gust Urianek and
Lillian and Laddie Stepan spent Sat-
urday evening at the George Jirovec
home. They had nice time playing
cards, etc. On Sunday afternoon
Vlasta Chodora and Lillian and
Blanch Stepan called there.
The Misses Lillian Stepan and
Stazie Jirovec visited Miss Mildred
Anderson's school Friday afternoon.
Miss Mildred Anderson left Friday
evening for her home in Markville
to spend the weekend.
Vivian Sostak spent a few days last
week with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. j. F.. Stepan.
The boys in this neighborhood
shoveled out the road from Chodora's
corner to Jirovec's. They did a good
job.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-26
DENHAM

Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Olson returned
home Tuesday after having spent
about three months travelling south
and west in the United States. They
have visited various places in thir-
teen states.
Eskel Anderson, Ed Weinberg, Otto
Hanson and Jack Forster spent sew
eral days of last week in Minneapolis.
Dolores Rye visited Constance Mil
Ter Sunday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Eskel Anderson WISH
ted at the Ed Weinberg home Sunday
evening.
Gotfred Carlson was Duluth cal
Ter last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Miller, Mar
garet, Bernice and Lorraine Komar
and Henning Gustafson were supper
guests at the Ludwig Westrud home
Sunday evening.
Mr.. McVicker was a business caller
in Minneapolis last week.
Eden Guenther took a trip to the
Twin Cities and from there on to
Charles City, Iowa, last week.
1t is regretfully reported that Nels
Nelson has become totally blind as
result of the burns he suffered
when the home he had shared with
two brothers burned to the ground
December 26. He is being cared for
at Minneapolis hospital.
Mrs. Selmer Hanson and children,
Mrs. Tony Hanson and baby and Miss
Ermgaard Housmann visited at the
Upgren home Sunday afternoon.
The Swede Park Sunday school will
meet next Sunday afternoon at 1870
o'clock at the church. Children of
this community having no church
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-26
ARTHYDE

A surprise birthday party was given
in honor of Mrs. Frank Fleek Wed
nesday afternoon of last week.
Miss Aino Leppinen visited her par
ents from Wednesday until Saturday
when she returned to Minneapolis
where she is employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Ova, the Misses
Irma William and Aino Leppinen
Waldo Leppinen, Burleigh Hutchins,
Leonard Thomson and Lars Christen-
son spent Wednesday evening of last
week at the Emmer home.
Mrs. H. S. Wood visited Mrs. A.
Thomson Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Fenstermaker and
family spent the weekend with his
parents near Aitkin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Nortrup of Elk
River, visited at the August NOrtrup
home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Jarvis attended
the party at the schoolhouse Friday
evening and spent the night with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Hutchins.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Palmquist and
family of Milaca, visited relatives
here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Youngberg
visited her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Hutchins, Sunday afternoon.
Martin Chalstrom visited at the l..
G. Standish home last week.
Business callers in Aitkin Saturday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fleek, Mrs.
F. Roy, James Roy, Walter Larson,
Alfred Johnson, Elmo Leppinen and
r. G. Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. d. NJ Olson and fam
lily visited at the Ova home Sunday.
Myles Coolidge, Adelia Standish,
Lola Olson and Hazel Adams were
home from school at Willow River
for the weekend. Last week Lola
Olson and Adelia Standish walked
home from Willow River.
Miss Irma Williams and Lars Chris
tenson visited at the Miller Christen-
son home Sunday afternoon.
Gladys Roy was taken Sunday to a
Minneapolis hospital where she was
to have an operation for appendicitis
The All Club held it's monthly
meeting at the T. ]. Adams home Sat-
urday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-26
(FrOm Another Correspondent

Mrs. Earl lombard Mrs. Richard
Johnson, Miss Verona Johnson and
Miss Erickson visited at the Ben Mel
son home Thurdsay afternoon, March
18th.
Helen Peterson and Irene lombard
spent Tuesday evening visiting Miss
Alice Nelson who spent the weekend
at her parental home.
Anton Mickelsen of Manitoba, Cam,
and his son, Byron, spent a few days
last week on their farm west of town,
known as the M. c. Mickelsen farm.
George Nelson, who was section
foreman here for many years but now
foreman at Motley, visited friends and
relatives here and at Rutledge the
past week.
Mrs. Ben Nelson and daughter,
Alice, visited Mr.. and Mrs. John Mel
son at Rutledge Tuesday of last week
Robert Miller, who has been very
i'll with pneumonia, was improving
nicely until Saturday when his doctor
| ordered him to be taken to hospital
| A. w. Haglin drove down with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nelson of Rut-
ledge, spent Friday afternoon at the
Ben Nelson home
Geo. Woster was Pine City visitor
last Thursday.
Nels Olson, Chas. Lawrence and
Paul Jensen were Sandstone callers
| Wednesday of last week.
| Louis Zeigler and Ben Nelson were
in Pine City on business Saturday.
c. Cotterell was busy a few days
last week hauling wood while there
was still sleighing.
Willard Nelson called in Rock
Greek Saturday.
Ben Erickson has built a nice set
of buildings on his farm near Elbow
Lake and last week moved his family
and household goods into their new
home
Mr.. Wristimackie and children were
Groningen shoppers Friday.
Mrs. A. Jensen, Paul Jensen and
Miss Edna Jensen were Moose Lake
callers Saturday.
Mrs. Rose Ann Bush and baby
Marge, accompanied Jewel Nelson
from Duluth to spend a few days at
the parental Ben Nelson home.
Miss Anna Nelson and a friend Wis.
tied at Grandma Nelson s Sunday aft
ernOon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-26
LAKE VIEW RIPPLES

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Sawatzky spent
Sunday evening at the w. F. Borchard
home.
Pete Barr and Fred Foss of the
Twin Cities, spent the weekend at
the William Foss home.
Mrs. Herman Foss spent Friday at
the Peter Loftness home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.. Borchard were
Sunday afternoon visitors at the C.
F.. Borchard home.
Esther Sawatzky spent Saturday at
the M. A. Stacy home.
Melvin Rostberg sacked potatoes
at the c. w. Sawatzky and w. F.. Bor-
chard homes Monday
Richard Swanson of Bass Lake,
called at the Peter Loftness home
Saturday.