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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
CORONER SMITH
 FREES. .N!O0lNAIN
Holds Him Not Responsible for Fatal Accident to
 Anna O'Brien

Deputy Coroner Walter W. smytn., In d finding Issued today. holds that Francis Noonan, of B Gordon street, was not criminaliy re- snonsible for the accident which resulte in fetal injuries for Mrs' Anfla O'Brien, g5S. The deputy cor. o,,er finds that Noonan was driving has car at sa slow rate of speed at the time Of the accident, ana tnat he was operating carefully.
 Mrs. O,Brien was injured May z. and was thought to be not seriously hurt. Pulmonary emboligIn dsvei' osed. however, and she died June l6
 The only witnesses examined aI Y the inquest were Noonan and Frank Rabenko, of 2s Hill street.
 Deputy coroner smyth says in his finding: ...
 on the night of May 2nd. ieSS at about iO:4S o'clock the deceased was crossin1 North Main street about fifty yards south of Spencer avenue. At this time Francis Noonan, properly licensed oper"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
ESTATES OF TWO
 BROTHERS B ALIKE
Pster, Finton Keefe Left Same Amount--Inven.
 tories Are Filed

Estates of exactly the same aKnount wore left by two brothers, who died here several years ago According to inventories of their es- tate nled with Judge Dennis J, Slavin in probate court today. The estates are those of Peter and Tifa- to,S Keofe, members of Q prominent washington Hill family, Rnd life- long residents of that section. Both men left exactly Si0,000 each.
 Peter Keefe died Jan. 26, l0S3, and IFinton Keefe died Feb. il, 10S2, but the filing of the inventories was held up until this time due to de- iay in settling the estate of their brother, Martin Keefe, who also died some years ago.
 One Item Only
 There is only one Item in the Ein- ton Keefe estate inventory. It lists property on Washington street, and sets the value ct Si0,o00.
 The inventory of the estate oi Peter Keefe lists the following Property on Washington street, 96,- 000: property on south street, e2,. 000; equity in three other pieces oi property, @26 each; equity in prop' erty on sylvan avenue. S326; prop erty on Pritchard's lane, Milford SiO0; two mortgages of ei,S40T0; five shares, Diamond Bottling Co. SIPS: Merchants Trust co. stock and Merchants' Trust %. deposit no value: cash on hand, e00.2i.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
LITTLE BOY IS DEAD FROM FALL
Two and One Half Year Old Lad Tumbled Off High
 Veranda

Authorities today blamed the ter- rifilc heat of the past few days for the death this morning of two and half year old John Salvatore, son of Mir. and Mrs. Samuel Salvatore, of % Giles street. The youngsteE died ct St. Mary's hospital ct 6:SC o'clock this morning of injuries sus- tained last night when he toppled from the third-story veranda of hii home. The tot was allowed Co play on the veranda because Of tho heat and was to be put to bed after he had cooled off c bit. Tn some Snan- ner he clambered over tho railing of the porch and fell to, tho ground 26 feet below.
 NolehbOrs Picked Him Up
 Two neighbors, Charles KennedS and Vincent Roainno, rushed him tc St. MaIyas hospital. xoAsSwAs auiaeoEl. sciouS whe nadlnitted and wal found ohAve c fractured skull. pr Edward Fl. KirschbauEi, medical ex- aminer investigated the case thii morning. 'A
 The boy iS survived by his parents, Q brother, Samuel Jr, and two sls. ters, Marie and Josephine. .N.o
 The body was removed to the La porta Funeral PaFlors, 20i South Main street. Funeral arrangements ore incomplete.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
BALDWIN ST. IS SET FOR JULY 21ST Public Utilities Comm. Will
 Listen to Petition of City of Waterbury WANT NEW HAVEN ROAD TO SETTLE City Desires to Begin Work on Bridge in Very
 Near Future

The state public utilities commission has set down July Fist as the date for Q hearing on the petition filed by the City of Waterbury ask. ing for permission to erect the proposed new Baldwin street bridge and seeking to have the New Haven Railroad ordered to pay part of the costs of the construction. The city's petition was filed recently, and the hearing date was announced. today. The hearing VIII be held at the state office building, Hartford, ct i0:50 c. Ti1., on the 2ist'
 Tn It's petition, prepared by Cor poratlon Counsel Charles s. O'Con' nor the city stated that 1t wal desired to begin work on the new bridge in the near future. The city contends that the railroad coIl' pany should pay . fair proportior of the total cost of the new struc' tlre. N w
 The bridge will replace the pres ent Ecoviii's bridge, on Baldwin street, rear Mil, River and Bridge streets. The bridge crosses the Mac River and the tracks of tho New Haven railroad. J. M Sfslt... < ..
 The petition by the clty tcilowsl TO tho lEonorAhl0 Ruhlle utilakieI Commission of tho State of Oonnec'
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
UNEMPLOYED OF 7.
 PENN. SUFFERING

Harrisburg, July II = (U.P) -
 Pennsyivania's faif-Inillicn unem-
 ployed. discounted by hunger and
 heat, faced dire want today follow ing e weekend adjournment of
 their legislators. without an agree ment on relief taxes.
 Of the i7s.6OO families dependent
 upon the state emergency relief board for support. only tho cash re- lief recipients of Allegheny County have received aid today. They got the last eTb.O00 of the final ea.OOO.O 1000 stop-gap appropria- tlon approved by the legislature which raised to ee7l6,2il the otal of temporary provisions for the job- less dole made since the legisiature
 was called Into special session May IA.
 Without funds for support Of hlz
 charges. state Relief Admlnlslratos Kari De 66slwcinitx wah working closely with County poor dlrectofi and local charity organizations e tide tlle needy over the crisis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
Three Prospects For Senator In Fifteenth
Former Senator Joseph A. lackett Sees POssibilitie
 in Attorneys Harold Green or Harry Spellman; -.r..rpreiefs Himself tO Remain Background ''

Former Senator Joseph A. Hackett and Attorneys Harold Green ant Harry epeIlman are being prom!. nently mentioned for the democrat' ic nomination in.the 18th senatorial district. one of the trio may bt drafted for the place on the demo- cratic ticket in the place of Senator George T. .Culhane, incumbent, wht served during the i93O session.
 Senator Culhane has announced his candidacy for renominaticn fin the 18th. He ran once before for the post in the 18th and was dc. feated. Former Senator Hackett whom interviewed today said that he would like to see Attorneys Green or Spellman considered scri. ously for the place on the ticket instead of himself.
 Statement of Haekett
 Furthermore, Attorney t 1AAcket' said that Inc would not accept th' senatorial nomination in the iDtt district unless approached by Lieu. tenant-d Governor Frank Hayes.
 The administration IS casting around, endeavoring to ascertain public sentiment. While Senator Culhane, has been c democrat, ac. cording to record, for the past tws years, he Is considered an opponent of the present democratic admins tration and a protege of the inde' pendent democratic group whict joined last year with the regular republicails in an effort to split uE the democrat vote and oust th' Hayes administration.
 Will Back Culhanc w
 Independent democrats are mak. ing 1t plain right now that they will back Culhane for the senatorial post even if he is not handed the place on the ticket by the regular ad- ministration forces. Chargeg are being made that Senator Culhant contributed financially to the inde- pendent democratic campaign last
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
THANKSGIVING
 TURKEYS ARE HIT

Canton, N. Y, July ii.-(UP).- A mysterious disease threatened to- day to cut heavily into the i0S0 crop of Thanksgiving turkeys.
 The disease, within Q space of c few minutes, 1t was said, reduces healthy turkeys to almost "neshieSs" birds.
 This northern New York area is the greatest turkey raising section in the state. Eg
 Post mortems on about 30 birds have revealed nothing to indicate the nature of the disease. Eight ale Ing turkeys were shipped to the state college of agriculture ct Ithaca for observation, but succumbed be- fore arriving.
 Morton Adams, St. Lawrence county farm bureau manager, be- disease, . strange Tnalady of the lieves the ailment might be quails caecum or blind gut, recently dis- covered in California, for which there Is no known cure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
leAtN WOMAN KILLED, THREE ARE HURT

Milford, Conn.,, July ll!-(UP).-- Miss Frances J. Beere, 65, an aii- tique dealer, was injured fatally and three others were hurt when an automobile in which she was riding was struck broadside by a truck on the Milford turnpike late yesterday.
 Frank x. Mills, Nichols, driver of the passenger car, suffered two broken wrists, broken nose and fractured ribs. He was held on 2 reckless driving charge.
 Mrs. Frank L. Farrell, Bridgeport, riding in Mills car, suffered 2 broken arm. The truck driver, ponl- mick Franco, %. New Haven. wa taken to a hospital suffering iron shock and head injuries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
 Many Federal, State Oflis ciaIs Present Links New York BOrOughs ROOSEVELT REGIME
 GAVE $44,zOO,OOO' Its Spans Reach Over East, Harlem Rivers for
 I7h Miles
BY FREDERICK A. STORM

BY FREDERICK A. STORM United Press Staff Correspendentl
 New York, July 1l-(UP) - President Roosevelt, par ticipating in the dedication today of New York's' new $6O, ,300,000 tri-borough bridge, declared that federal and local governments, tc survive, must provide "rea- sonable and constant help" to meet the problems arising from the increasing ccmplexity of life.
 Immediately after the exercises. ct which dozen federal, state and city officials spoke to thousands gathered under Q blistering sun, tho huge bridge was thrown open 70 traffic. one of the first projects aided by the public works adminis- tration set up by the Roosevelt ad- ministration, which advanced e4s,-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11

Northern New England Escapes
 Un.y northern New England and the west coast escaped the torture of a glaring sun bursting pavements in Illinois and Indiana, warping the gigantic girders of New York citys bridges, souring milk before 1t could be brought to market, filling nos" pitals with sufferers. Weather fore- casters predicted ,at least two more days of the terrific heat.
 Scattered Showers Expected
 Scattered showers may fall today or tonight in western South Do" kota, northern Minnesota and north- ern Michigan. Cooler weather may follow in those areas Sunday. For the rest of the nation there was not the slightest hope that they may escape from the dry, sizzling heat which has transformed, the farms of S,00O,0c0 YnidweSterns into great expenses of gray dust and brown stubble.
 The heat spread into the cas Thursday and enyulfed the soutl Friday. New records were set fol prolonged drought and high tenn peratures. Today 1t covered all bu I the ffIngcS of the nation.
 Aberdeen, 6. D., and Jamestown N. D., withered under liS degrees 1 Baltimore Thermometers recorded or unprecedented i0e.4. Chicago report ed iO4, Minneapolis i00.3, Ithaca N. Y.. l0S, Lexington, Ky. lQS.l Cincinnati, O., and Washington D. O., ioS, and Bismarck, N' D.. i04.
 In the south were lo9 at Mont- goinery, Ala, 95 at Birmingham and e6 in scores of Georgia cities.
 Ss Days Without Rain
 Indianapolis, sweitering at loS, passed It's 3oth consecutive day without rain. Hoopeston, H., hnish- ed Q week in which the thermoin- 'eter passed i02 daily.
 The black clouds which brought relief in scattered communities left property damage in their wake Lightning killed Parker Watley in Sparta, Tenn, and Q violent tnun- derstorm In Kendallville, Ind, shat tered plate glass windows and blew down power lines.
 Scores died during the day from the heat, or drowned trying to es- cape 1t. Fatalities were particularly (Continued on Page lSJ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
LABOR FORCES
 ARE TURBULENT
Green Almost Insists on Insurgents Surrender;
 Lewis Sees Otherwise

Washington, July il - (U.P) - Peace. .makers of the American Fed- eration of Labor turned today to private efforts to prevent Q split in iabor's ranks due to the insurrection of i2 powerful unions led by John L. Lewis.
 It was learned that one plan for compromise action by the federation executive council had been discuss cd unofsicially and that perhaps two such proposals would be presented to the council before 6 final decision on suspension of the rebel unions.
 In the face of an uficoinpromising statement by President William Green that only surrender ot the insurgents would be satisfactory to the council, . conciliation committee headed by George Harrison contin- ued study of the possibility Of de. laying or preventing . final split In the federation.
 Leaders seeking consultation ap- (Continued on Page iS.)'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
PRESIDENT AT

Aboard Special Train. Washing ton. July ii - CUPD - President Roosevelt left Washington aboard a special train at 2:30 a. m. tS:SO q. m. EDTl today to help dedicate the new e60,s0O.000 Triborough bridge In New York and then 70 pegin 3 vacation of nearly q month.
 The president will speak briefly at the exercises opening New Xorka |new connecting link between oneenk Manhattan and Bronx boFougnh and confer on political subjects, ne' fore he goes oil to Hyde Park. witil
 Mayor Wioreilo ~. IAGuardia enc uov. Herbert H. Lehman.
 fle was scheduled % arrive if New Ynrk et nsan Q. m. tEnEl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11

their parents call for dinner Barbara Carlson, 6, and Jean Carlson, {, who live on the second floor of Mir. Poulsens home, and Magiiyn Ferguson, 6, and John Fer guscn, II, residents of the same address, were playing on the ve. randa just before the runaway car came tearing down Steuben street across Bunker Hill avenue, up on to the sidewalk, through the hedges and right into the veranda of tho three-story dwelling.
 The Carlson children had just an- swered their mothers call to come upstairs to dinner and were climb- Ing the stairs when they heard the crash. The impact was 30 great. neighbors at the lower end ot Bunker avenue heard the crash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
GIRL KILLED IN
 FATHERS AUTO

Manchester, Conn. July il.-(Up) .-Yvonne Vo0rhees. iB. West Hart ford. succumbed at Q hospital last alkht from a skull fracture suffered when her fathers automobile cul- lIdad with truck.
 Claude II. VOorhees. an insurance company counsel. and his wife. were injured seriously,
 They were euroute to CenleFviile. fnss.' io visit friends over the week. end when the accident occurred NslAre add Vo0Fhees cut out of nne l1 naEs another eaF.
 f8snry Lucas. %. Norwich the ff|.tk driver. alsu ana taken 70 the kssnllaI suffering minor Injuries
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
FORMER BOROUGH
 CITIZEN DROWNED
Roger c. Blanchard Met Death at Block Island
 Last Night
Special to the Dsmocratl

NREFNNA-~A .
 NauEatuck, Conn. July i.--Resi- dents of this borough were saddened today to learn of the death by drowning last night of Roger O.. Blanchard, 24, of 2T Pond street, New Haven. Blanchard was weil- known here, where he was employ ed for some years as a chemical engineer. While employed here he lived at the Naugatuck Y. M. c. A.
 Blanchard was drowned while on a vacation at Block Island. Up to carly this morning coast guardsmen had been unable to recover his body. The tragedy occurred at Black Rock Beach, where the water is unusually rough and dangerous.
 Blanchard was accompanied on his trip by Arthur Lindahl ana Frank Dargan of the borough. who. lt was reported today. also had nar- row escapes from drowning. Both are well known here and Ltndahi IS also e resident of the Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
GERMANY SIGNS
 UP WITH AUSTRIA
Hitler Has Agreed to Keep Hands Off-Peace of
 Europe Assured
By RICHARD I.. MIG MILAN (Copyrlght, l936, by United Press)

"
 Vienna, July ll-fUF)-oermany and Austria made peace today. end- ing many years of strife over NaEi attempts to rule this land
 Chancellor Adolf Hitlers agree ment to keep hands off Austria was confided to Austrian Chancellor Kurt schusnigg. by Col. vcn rapen. reich minister to Vienna. It may d,astIcally alter Eu npean political alignments and vert the threat Of a European war. The agreement was reached in conferences conducted immediately after Papen arrived from consultations with Mltler et Der Fuelfefs villa at Berehless Raden, Germany. Papen conferred
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
Final Nelus Flashes
TWO WOMEN STRIKERS JAILED

Middetown, Conn, July ll.--!y UPJ.,lIWO women strikers, Mrs. Adele Glowaski and Mrs. Constantina Fazzino, both of Portland, were sentenced to SO days in jail each today as resUs 0H Remincton- Rand. Inc, employees Both posted $500 bonds in police court on appeals. They were alleged to have intimidated AdolPh Bas- tura, Portland, by stopping his automobile while he was enroute to work and to have torn ms shirt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
STRUCK. KILLED

Bonneville, Mass. July ii-luPp Mrs. Mary A. Buckley, 70, ot Troy. N. N. was struck and killed by Q street car heye last night.
 Mrs. Buckley hsd been visiting Inc mother Of her dauahter-iIi' law. fer son Is manager Of Q Troy ne lnmirmnce company omce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
NATIONAL GUARDsMAN KILLED

Falmouth, Mass, July lI.-UFl-A na- tiona quardsman was killed by bolt of light ninr which struck a tent at the Military keserva- tiorI here today. The victim was John Y. HarT1' son of Boston. Several other guardsmen were stunned by the shock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
Four Children ln Close Call From
 Serious Injury
Playing on Veranda of Home on Steuben Street; 1, Parents Called Them to Dinner Just Left
 When Runaway Car Crashed Veranda

Four children three girls and boy, residents of S2 Banker Hill avenue narrowly escaped serious injuries at 11:30 o'clock this morning when 1929 Chevrolet coupe
 owned by Ernest Conte an insurance man of S1 Spring street. rolled from the top of Seben street. across Bunker
 Hill avenue into the home of C. L. Pousen crashing into the veranda where the children had just left to answer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
AMERICAN TENNIS PLAYERS WIN

Paris, July ll.-(UPI-Amerlca lncEeaseu it's lead to 40 in the annual tennis tournament u;th Tranca todav in Roland GarrOs Stadium when Donald Budre of Oakland Cal, defeated Marcel Bernard 6-l, 4-6, 6-4. The United States won the opening three singles matches Of the three-day tournament yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
$6O, 300 900 Bridge IT Me1v York 7hrolOn Open Early This Afternoon
Terrific Heat WaUes Have Nation In Grasp
Almost 400 Victims Perish in Various ZOnes-Ihere Is No Hope Held Out for Next Two Days at
 Least-NearIy 400 Dead Reported
BY WILLIAM F. McTLRATH tCouyrieht, l0S6, by United PresS)

Chicago July Il - (UP) = Threefourths of America % was encuIfed today in killing heat. The United states from he Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic reeed m Tecoro smashing eeratures which have taken K eaTy 4OS osrs r~orth u,lISS s of farm crops into worta,rs dust
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
Denlocr0t Record
 93 At 12 O'Clock

"AnOther scorcher" was Che popular greeting of the day. The cit. was in Its fourth day of intense heat with the mer. curry promising once more to hlt O. 70 over the 1OO-degree mark. Temperatures on the Democrats recording .her' Tnometer were as follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11
The Wsathsr

Continued Warm Saturday, Sunday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11

EinnE Edition
 Closing StOcks Lote NesOs EIasl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-11

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The Coolidge examiner., 1936-01-31
THE STORY OF JENNIE
AND WILBUR

Jennie and Wilbur were poor
put honest.
2-Their folks were short on
money but long on principles.
3-They tried to guide their chill
dren Alright, and always emphasized
courage
4-"Be brave and resOlute as you
go through life" the father used to
tell them. Never compromise.
5-"Fear," their mother told them
ever so often, lis pagan and has no
place in the character of a real man
or woman"
6-There was hardly day that
Jennie and Wilbur were not lee
tured on courage and it's Importance
in life.
7-Often their parents would put
them to some test calculated to
strengthen their backbone and rid
! them of inhibitions.
'S-Wilbur as a little boy was
often sent on long trips at night
through the dark, and Jennie was
made to sleep in a dingy attic room
away from the others in the house
hold so she would shake off all
nervousness and fright.
9-Their parents once rented a
haunted house for the summer just
to show the kiddieS it was all super
Stition.
10-Everything possible was done
to make them resolute, bold and un-
afraid.
11-They let Jennie go on lion
hunt with an African expedition
when she was only sixteen, and
during a summer vacation Wilbur
got a job driving one of those pow
der wagons labeled Dangerous.
High Explosives"
12-By the time they had reached
the age of twenty Jennie and Will
bur were pretty hard. They
weren't afraid of anything. Timid-
ity was foreign to their natures.
13-And it all prOfted them
greatly.
14-For they became public links
golfers.
15-And what is more, they
played Saturdays and Sundays with
out steel helmets, leather vests or
shin guards.
MORAIr-You can't Overempha-
size any quality in character build
ing.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-01-31
RIGHT MEANING OF
WORDS TEST

Checks the words which properly
complete the following sentences:
Mandrake is. .......a duck.
an herb. .... "a japanese. ..... title
..... "a pill. la farming utensil
A fetlOck is. -. something used
to seal doors. .......a distance of
ground, nautically speaking......an
old-fashiOned gun used in the colo
NAL wars. ........ part of a horse.
A modicum is.....,a college de-
gree. 80. a small house on the deck
of a boat. Ia bird. ....a small
quantity.
A sampan is......a Chinese boat
"a type of cloth. .....a char
acter in nursery stories, viz: the
Japanese sampan. cooking
utenSil.
A winnOwer is. .......a man who
has lost his wife. .....a person who
is always complaining or whining
....... someone who winnOws.
Occur de Lion was. ... AN animal
trainer. the name of a best sell
er.. the oldest lion in the Hagen
back Zoo. IA great English king.
A Chippendale is. .....a breed of
dog. "a flimsy lace garment. -.
a type of race horse. Ia piece of
furniture.