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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
One Of Best Known Of
Older Residents-Lived
Here Sc Years
AMONG FIRST OF
CITY LETTER CARRIERS
Prominent in Fraternal
Bodies; Affiliated With
Irish Organizations

Thomas Luddy, one of the
best known of the older resi-
dents of the city and member
of q prominent family, died
this morning at the home OF
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Eliza
beth Luddy, of 81 Cherry
street, after a brief illness.
A native of County LINER
lex, Ireland, Mr.. Luddy had
been a resident of this city
for Sc years always taking
active part in the various organiza-
lions of the city. He was among
the first letter carriers in the city
and retired from that field 20 years
ago when he entered the employ
of the school department. Since
thsk time he has been affiliated as
janitor of Clark School which has
since been changed In name to Croft
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
MAYOR HAYES TO
TALK WITH HURLEY

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 24.-(UP)
Mayor T. Frank Hayes, Water
bury, planned today to confer with
State WPA Administrator Robert A.
Hurley on alleged inefficient" WPA
methods In the Brass City.
Hayes has threatened to "close
down WPA altogether unless we get
results" He was angered at WPAs
refusal to put 1856 eligible men to
work OH projects.
when project has only ten men
and should have twenty" he said,
1.-THE Job struggles ahead Inefficient
ly and slowly. II costs the city far
more money than 1t should, 1t keeps
streets torn up much longer than
they ought to be, and the failure OF
the WPA TO give the men In our
city proper treatment throws an un-
Justified burden Of expense on the
city,s public welfare department"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
five YEARS old
But WEIGHS 1852
Joe Randazza OF GlOuces-
ter Can Easily Wear His
Fathers Clothes

Gloucester, Mass, December "a
(UP) Joe Randazza, Jr., who
weighs 1852, consumes six Ice cream
sodas at single sitting, and wears
his fathers clothes, celebrated his
fifth birthday anniversary on this
Christmas eve. Affectionately known
as Joe Fat" to fellow residents Of
Gloucester's colony OF fisherfolk, he
received the bumper crop OF gifts
that always are bestowed upon the
nations biggest baby" during his
Joint observance OF his birthday
and the yuletide.
At his birth on December "a. 1881,
Joe weighed seven pounds. But at
six months he was wearing clothes
fit for a ur-year-old. And now
he Is taller than his seven-year-
old sister, Grace, and weighs three
times as much as she does. During
the past month Joe gained II
pounds.
Doctors Are Puzzled
Doctors have examined Joe sew
eral times but none has told his
distraught mother what causes his
weed-like growth. Mrs. Randazza
buys size 40 overalls and mems
trousers and alters them for Joe.
Unlike his English rival. four
year-old, 154-pound Leslie Bowles,
Joe never has been on the stage,
though his mother insists that he
can whistle and sing II there Is no
audience to make him shy. Some
day, she thinks, he might go into
the movies.
What does Joe want to do when
he grows up?
He wants to drive truck - "a
big truck with room for me-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
DIR. HOLCOMB OF
NEW YORK DIES

Garden City, N. Y. Dec. 24-(UP)
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday morning at the Cathedral OF
the Incarnation here for DR.. Henry
v. Holcomb. surgeon. who died at
his home here. SO First street, last
night from heart disease.
Born in Bridgeport. Conn. Dec.
IL, 1877. he came TO Nassau county
~ years ago, practicing first In
Baldwin and later In Hampstead.
He had been In arden City for Is
years.
He had been surgeon at the South
Nassau Community hospital IN
Oceanside. the Mercy hospital at
Hampstead and the Nassau hospital
! at MineolA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
ANXIETY SWEEPS
THROUGH EUROPE
Great Britain, France Ad-
wise Germany to Be
More Prudent
BY FREDERICK KUN

Copyright 1888 Dy united PresS)
London, Dec. 24.--(UP)-A thrill
OF anxiety swept through Europe
today lest the Christmas season be
darkened by some event that would
bring nearer the war which every
country breads.
Germany was the center Of the
fears. They were 80 strong on the
London stock exchange yesterday
that Dawes reparation loan bonds
broke to the lowest price Of 1886.
There were rumors here that
Fuehrer Adolph Hitler take some
action as regards the civil war IL
Spain or as regards Czechoslovakia
which forms a corridor between
Germany and Russia.
It was reported from Paris that
the French government-and the
British government as well-indi-
rectly counseled prudence by Ger
many.
Discussions Going ON
Well informed sources In Berlin
said that discussions Of such prime
Importance were going on among
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
|CITY READY FOR
CHRISTMAS DAY
All Business Will Suspend
While Observance of
Holiday Goes On

Waterbury's citizenry late this az
ternoon had almost completed ar
rangements for observance OF
Christmas Day. Streets were
thronged with last-minute shoppers,
post office windows were crowded
and banks reported heavy, final
rush on the part Of depositors and
business houses seeking change. To-
night, Christmas Eve. will be usher
ed In J a quiet and impressive way.
Christmas tree lights will glow In
the windows of thousands Of Water
bury homes. There will be grad
ual cessation Of the rush that has
been apparent during the past two
weeks. The city will settle down for
period Of quietude.
Business Suspended
Factories, stores, banks, public
buildings and courts will suspend
business tomorrow In observance Of
Christmas Day. Relief agencies In
the city were rushing late this az
ternoon to complete their task OF
getting Christmas baskets to the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
FRIDAY WEATHER

Chicago, Dec. 24-(UP)
"A snowless Christmas
was predicted today for
most of the United States.
Government weather fore
casters said the only snow
in prospect tomorrow is de-
stined for a narrow belt
along the Canadian border.
It will accompany low tenn
peratures in the Dakotas,
Minnesota and Northern
Wisconsin and Michigan.
For the rest of the country,
generally, the outlook was
m lid temperatures and
bright skies. Rain may
fall east of the APP
palachians and in the Paci-
fic northwest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
CONN. GRANT

Washington, Dec. 3D.
(UP)-The Social Security
Board today announced a
federal grant of $685.
O35.18 for public assistance
in Connecticut. The board
has allotted since February
a total of $97,042,032.66.
About 1,439,60O persons
are receiving aid. The
funds will be used in aid
ing the aged, the blind and
dependent children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
AMBULANCE AS
CHRISTMAS GIFT

Truro, Mass. Dec. 24.--(UP)-A
gift that embodies the true spirit OF
Christmas that Of service to man
kind--wiii be presented TO lower
Cape Cod tomorrow by Fire Chief
and Mrs. Richard Magee OF South
Truro. The gift " long-necded am
bulance.
The towns Of Truro. provincetown
and WQllfieet. farthest from hos
pital, win benefit. Free TO all, the
ambulance win be heated IN winter
and air-conditioned IN summer.
A staff OF fireinen will be trained
TO man The ambulance and give
emergency treatment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Dec. 24-(UP)--Gov.
ernment expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year ending Dec.
20. compared with a year ago:
This Year Expenses Last Year
$500. 600,5 1861 ,3O4,227.37
Receipts
s2.1Os.156.O35.19 s1.Ss5.Ss5.s3s.1s
Deficit
s1.295.44i.535.3o $f.785. 1851, 29A25
Cash Balance
1881. 27o.123.sS s2.293.f1s.sOi.7s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
HOLY Pontin Refused
All Pleas To Safeguard
His Failing Strength
Local Truck Driuer Is
Fatally Burned In Cab
George Armstrong, AZ of 778 North Main Street
Crushed in Wreckage of Car Near Fillsdale, N. Y;
Truck Turned Over at Curve

Tragedy struck with grim and heartless swiftness today
to leave Waterbury wife and four children without their
husband and father Christmas Day. George
Armstrong 49, Of 78 North Main street. truck driver for
LaubeInterstae Inc, burned and crushed to death
the vehicle he driving out of control overturned
and caught fire. Passing motorists and heard the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
Late Nelus
Flashes
SHACK FILLED

Quebec, Que, Dec. "a
(UP)-Social service work.
ers, investigating a COM
plant at Stadacona, a few
miles west Of here, found
five men living in a one
room shack with A dogs.
All but two Of the dogs
were suffering from a skin
disease and were confiscat-
ed. - M-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24
BELGIUM coNsCRIPTs MEN

Brussels. Belgium. Dec. 24.-tUP)
The chamber Of deputies approved
a bill today conscripting $4,000 naerl
for military service In 1897. In &C.
cordance with the defense bIdget IN
'wnslu~esl aarlv this MONTH,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-24

school. He was held In high esteem
by present and former members OF
the faculty Of the school.
In Fraternal Bodies
Mr.. Luddy was a member Of st.
Joseph's T. A. B. society. He was
also o charter member Of the old
time Thomas Francis Maher club
which many years ago was one Of
the most active organizations Of the
city. He also was member Of the
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The Weather

Cloudy, Warm Tonight
Snow Late Friday
Full Weather Report Page 3.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
25,43O Polish Jews
Moved 10 Palestine

WARSAW Jan. 6.-The Pales-
tine immigration Bureau an
nounced 25,430 Polish Jews emf
grated to Palestine during 1895.
This total was nearly double the
number for the previous year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
WPA SCHOOLS
RE0PENED

Having reopened five of the 10
nursery schools financed through
District WPA funds today. Com.
missioner George E. Allen. District
works administrator, said he
planned to have the remaining
five schools opened before the end
Of this week.
Inability to obtain from relief
rolls the necessary personnel Of
one teacher, one dietition and one
nurse for each school has retarded
reopening Of the institutions. The
schools are for choldren Of en-
ployed parents and those on relief
rolls.
Schools reopened today are the
Corcoran, Fairbrother and Pea
body, for white children, and the
Bell and Anthony Bowen, for col
ored children. Those to be reopen
ed this week are the S. j. Bowen.
Cook, Deanwood, Harrison and
Seaton schools.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
30 Enter Air.
Cruise to
Miami

Nearly 80 amateur airplane
pilots coming from all parts Of
the country are to gather at the
College Park Airport January 16
preparatory to the start Of the
annual winter cruise of the Ma
tional Sportsman Pilots Associa-
ton to Miami, Fla, on the
eighteenth. Approximately so
planes will make the cruise, max
ing it the largest air caravan Of
its kind ever undertaken. accord
ing to Chez >er H. warrington, IL
oxford ST.. Chevy Chase, Nd,
president of the association.
The trip will oe mace in easy
stages, the first leg being from
College Park to Raleigh, N. C.
The flight to Mia: and back will
take about two weeks. Liberal
stop-overs have been arranged in
the larger cities along the coast.
Prominent Washington amateur
pilots who are to make the cruise
are Chester Warrington, Thomas
Summerville and Vincenzo Cop
pola, Italian attache.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
Store Thief Gets SOS

HAGERSTOWN. Nd, Jan. 6.
While the clerks were cleaning
the snow from the pavement here,
q thief entered a grocery store
and made off with sos in the cash
register. The thief entered from
the rear of the store unnoticed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
CRAZY WOMAN
SUSPECTED
KIDNAPER

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 Q.N.SO.
New York's crowded East Side
had a reallife counterpart today
of one Of those strange Russian
horror stories of the late nine
tenth century.
Several thousand patrolmen
and special officers-the largest
searching party ever assembled in
New York-canvassed every nook
and corner in a 21-mile area IN
desperate hunt for 10-months-
old Jackie Horowitz.
Quiz Insane Woman
The infant is believed to have
been kidnapped and probably
drowned by a demented woman
with a curious hatred Of babies.
While the baby hunt was going
on, detectives we're trying trantl-
cally to get coherent answers to
their questions from a 45-year-old
woman, an inmate of the insane
asylums for 20 years, whom they
are holding at police headquarters
as a suspect in the childs disap-
pearance.
The woman is GuSsie Friedman.
Giggling and toothless she an
swered all questions concerning
the child with eerie laughter.
Shortly after noon yesterday
some one wheeled the baby away
in its. gray and black perambulator
from in front of the tenement
house where it had been placed
by it's mother, Mrs. Max Horowitz.
Checked BY Four Boys
Four high school boys, mem.
bers of the voluntary army OF
searchers. stopped the Friedman
woman as she was wheeling a
baby carriage with two-year-old
Doris Maselin in its toward the
East River at Gouverneur Slip and
turned her over to the police.
She had wheeled the MaSelin
child from in front Of a tenement
house and police believe that an
hour before this Shr trundled the
Horowitz baby from its home and
then pushed the infant-carriage
and all-into the icy river.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
AOVERTIsEMENT
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There is nothing wrong with me
now. AS a blood tonic Sterling
Remedy can't be beat. Every year
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John Sterling Remedy Co., Dept.
229-A, Kansas City, Missouri, will
send a new free book in a plain
envelope, which tells about this
effective home treatment against
disease of the blood. No matter
what the cause nor how far ad-
vanced your case may be. Send
name and address today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
ROBBERY
RING HUNTED

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 GN.SJ.
With eight men, including two
police officers, already under ar.
rest, an international search for a
Japanese fence" and a beautiful
blonde lookout girl" was launched
today in an effort to smash a ST..
000,00 jewel robbery syndicate
said to have been operating be.
tween here and Mexico City.
According to detectives the syn.
dictate is responsible for a half a
dozen jewel robbeires in swank
Southern California hotels during
the past year, in which the loot
averaged between $4,000 and
$4,000.
It also is thought the syndicate
engineered the spectacular $32. 900
holdup Of the gambling ship Monte
Carlo several months ago.
The japanese diamond mer.
chant is said to be a well-known
underworld figure, and it is
thought he received the loot from
the robbers, crossed the interna.
tional border at Mexicali and dis.
posed Of the jewels in Mexico
City.
The girl, said to be a sweetheart
of one of the men, has been re.
ported as sitting outside one of
the hotels as lookout" during a
robbery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
HUNT MYSTERY
MAN IN DEATH
OF DOCTOR

CHICAGO, Jan. 6 Q.N.SO-A
spiritlesS, weak-chinned, grazing
little foot doctor, without much Of
O practice was being grilled by
police today while detectives, far
from satisfied Arthur st. George
Thompson had any connection
with the griSly case, hunted q
mysterious man in white mut-
1ler" as they sought a solution
TO the murder of DR.. SLIDER c.
Peacock, Al, eminent specialist in
Children's diseases.
Thompson, an Intellectual type,
taken into custody lost night, has
admitted, police said today, that
he stormed into the physicians
office one day last September
and accused DR.. Peacock Of pay.
ing attentions to his now eS-
tranged wife, Arlene johnson
Thompson.
Hurried From Office
Thompson admitted scurrying
from the office when the physi-
clan arose from his chair and ap-
preached him in a menacing atti.
tude. The little man, he is Al,
his wife about Is, told of his in
tense jealousy Of the physician,
declaring:
Certainly diSliked that doc
tor. I thought my wife left me
on account of him. But / didn't
have anything to do with his
death-pOSitively I didn't. I can
prove / couldn't have committed
the murder"
Thompson was taken into Gus
tody as the result of a story told
police by his wife. now employed
as a domestic in q Minneapolis
home.
She told police she and her
siSter-in-law, Mrs. Ann johnson,
were in a gay NorthSide cabaret
since closed by police, the after.
noon of June 20, when they met
the two men, one of whom was
introduced as doc Peacock"
She said they drank one cock
OdA al GCA dAAOUAACA, dAAO SNCoo
we were pretty tipsy when we got
home" Her husband was in a
Jealous rage, demanded to know
the identity of the two men, and
she finally told him her drinking
companion had been introduced
to her as doc Peacock" she said.
Mystery Man Hunted
Shown q picture of the child
specialist by Minneapolis police
she said:
"'He does not in any way re-
Semble the Doc Peacock / met
In the cabaret"
However, the chiropodist admit
teddy assumed the physician was
the doc" Peacock he believed
stealing his wife'S affections.
The mysterious man in. the
white muffler" was sought after
o resident in the neighborhood
where the body Of the physician
was found Friday night, told po-
lice that Thursday afternoon a
man wearing a derby hat and a
white muffler wound high around
his neck and chin stepped from
q taxi at the murder site. After
the cab drove away, she said, the
man spent some 10 minutes Scruti-
nizing the building in front Of
which the physicians car and
body were found and the adjacent
vacant lots, then walked rapidly
away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
U. 5. May Transfer
Waxey' TO AICatraz

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 G.N.S).
irving (Waxey Gordon) Wexler,
one-time beer baron, may become
a prison mate of Al Capone at
Alcatraz, according to reports in
Federal circles today.
Wexler. serving 10 years for in
some tax evasion, entered the
Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg,
Pa, nearly two years ago. It was
rumored here that Gordon already
had been transferred from Lewis
burg, but this could not be con-
firmed here. Federal agents said
o statement might be given out at
IewiSburg today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
Educators 10 Hear
John {. Martin Talk

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 6. - Pro
posed legislative matters pertain
ing to schools and teachers will
be outlined to the Alexandria
Education Association here Fri
day night by John E. Martin,
president of the Virginia Educa-
ton Association.
Mr.. Martin, also superintendent
Of public schools of Suffolk, Va,
will address the local group in
the auditorium of the George
Washington High School at 8
p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
2 Fall In Cistern

Mrs. John Vowel and her
mother, Mrs. Bumgardner, were
injured this morning when they
fell in an 8-foot empty cistern at
the Vowel home.
Mrs. Vowel fell in first and
her mother, going to look for her
stumbled and fell in also.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
She Sticks to Horse

SAUGUS. Mass, G.N.SO Diff
ferent is Miss Dora Winchester.
operator of a gasoline filling sta
ton two and a half miles from
her home. Whereas most young
women go to business by automo-
bile, train, trolley or afoot, Miss
Winchester makes the trip on her
black Saddle-horSe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
Consul at New York
Named by Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. Jan.
6.-Gonzalo Carias, son of Presi-
dent Tiburcio Carias Andino, has
been appointed consul general in
New York. Andino, at present a
member of the legation in Wash
ington, will succeed DR.. Roman
Bogran, who recently resigned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
Nurse Tells How
TO Relieve Eczema
Itching

"Bathe the affected surface care
fully with hot water and Resinol
Soap. Pat dry and apply Resinol
Ointment generously. I have used
this treatment often and have seen
it relieve very stubborn cases of
eczema suffering" It subdues the
itching quickly, and is kind to ten
der skin. Resinol Ointment and
Soap are sold by all druggists. For
free sample write Resinol, Dept. 81,
Baltimore, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-06
Stamp Club Talk

Members of the Collectors Club
will hear william H. Beck, presI.
dent of the Baltimore PhilateliC
Society, at Thomson School,
Twelfth and L SITS. N. W., at 8
D. m. tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
PROPOSED CHANGE STRONGLY OPPOSED
B Residents Object to Petition Presented By
 Mrs. Leda BOuley

Decision was reserved by the board of aldermen last night fol- lowing a hearing on a petition of Mrs. Leda Bouley for a change in the zoning law so that four lots at the corner of Wolcott street and Manor avenue may be shifted from the residential to the business zone. Attorney James Mcknight and Mrs. Bouley were the only two appearing in favor of the petition. Thirty two residents of the section, repre- sented by Attorney Thomas r. Mo- Grath, registered opposition.
 Some time ago the board refused a petition of Mrs. Bouley placing property in the Bouley Manor sec ton in the business zone after a fiery hearing. Last nights petition involves only four lots. Attorney McGrath contended that the hear ing was illegal in view of the pre- vious hearing. The board permit ted the hearing to 50 on, however.
 The opponents claimed that theT property would be damaged If a gasoline station or other business place were allowed at the corner of Manor avene and Wolcott street. They also said that if a gas sta ton is opened a traffic hazard will be created. Attorney Mcknight ar gued to the contrary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
FULTON TENNIS
 COURTS ROLLED
Players May Be Able to Use Surfaces Within
 Two Weeks

Word has been received from the park department office that work on the Fulton Park tennis courts has been started and within the next two or three weeks they will be ready for play. The six courts at Fulton will be entirely resurfaced and at the present time crew of men under the direction of Thomas Blair are rolling down the old Sur- face with steam roller. When the courts are leveled, the new surface will be put down.
 Work on the park ball diamond has also been going on for the past week and the entire infield has been graded and rolled. Both of these spots were sources of comment dur ing the past year and the news the courts and diamond will be in ex- cellent condition for the coming summer will be well received by Waterburians.
 It was also announced work is going on at the present time in the other parks. The ball diamond at Washington park is being prepared and at Hamilton, the diamond has been made ready for play and re- ported in good condition.