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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-25

W. J. MacHann of New Milford was awarded compensation amount ing to 9476 today by Compensation Commissioner James M. Lynch in full settlement of his claim against Mary Bates of Lake Waramaug, New Preston. Maciiann on July lst, 1881, injured the back of his left hand and was given temporary corn- pcnsation. He then claimed perm. anent injuries as c result of the ac. cident. Today's award closes the case.
 Thomas Mahan of Naugatuek was awarded Si0i.o0 for 8 and one. third per cent loss of the use of the second finger of his right hand aS Q result of an injury sustained at the plant of the U. g. Rubber pro- ducts Company, Inc, of Naugatuck.
 Local Claim
 Otty Kanny of 834 North Main street, this city, who sustained sec- ond degree burns to his right hand, wrist and forearm while working for the A. r. Taylor Company, waS granted compensation ct the rate of
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 any rate change becomes effective, The principal reductions applicable to the domestic customers will Do as follows:
 On the No. rate, which is the rate in use by over 20 per cent of the residential customers, ell energy in oxcoss of 20 XVII, which is being billed ct the present time ct { cents, will be billed ct 8 i-2 cents instead, Q reduction in this particular block of i2 i-2 percent
 On tho No. 2 domestic rate at the present time oil XVII ore billed ct 3 cents per XVII. Under the new rate the first 100 XVII will be billed at 3 cents but oil In excess of 100 XVII will be billed ct 2 i-2 cents DOT XVII. When service is used for electric cooking, however, all XVII In excess of 100 will Do billed at 2 cents per XVII, instead oi 2 Ia cents, as ct present.
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cd, caused Q cabinet crisis. It almost wrecked the strong Radical party and cast Q shadow upon the repu- tations of several of It's more prom inont members.
 Paper Outlines Arguments
 "El Sol" commented that lin . regime of liberty of expression, the denunciation of criminal acts com- initted by the use of political in. fiuence would have gone to the courts without parliament having to occupy itself with anything ex- cept granting of denying permis. sion to the courts to try the depu- ties. But since this public denuncia. ton was impossible, those injured went to parliament, which almost became converted into c police court for crimes of its deputies.
 "The censorship is tho impru- dent maidservant Of imnrudent men," the paper said. Tt can never prevent thoughts and pos litical action from producing their manifestation Whether 1t is liked or not, liberty is consuhstan- tial with democratic regimes and It's usO cannot Do restricted iin- moderately. The long period of lack of freedom of expression in Spain resulted in clandestine literature, insidious manifestations and calumnies.
 Good sense counsels that mos snents of reaction should not be prolonged excessively because they produce the paradoxical case of converting the remedy into Q grave illness. The gravest reproach against the censorship b that it could not prevent anything. All that had to happen, happened" !" El Sol stated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-25
RUBBER STRIKE SPREAD OUT.
Akron Workers May Ex. tend It tO Other Plants
 if Necessary

Akron, O., Feb. aD-CUP)-gtrik- CTS who clcsed the four plants of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber coiia- pany hinted at an imminent oxten- aioii of their strike Co All of the AkrOn rubber industry today while many feared an outbreak of dght- ing between plckets and sheriifs deputies around hte Goodyear plant Sheri6 James n. Flower was bev lieved Co plan enforcing 0 court or- der limiting plckets teddy. While the strikers reduced the number of pickets Co give a sezafnblAnco ot colzl- plAnce with the order, large reserves were available should Flower At- tempt Go convoy non-striklng work CTS Into the closed plants.
 Spread When Necessary
 The executive board of the Rub- Der Workera' International early to- day authorized extension of tho strike to the plants of the Goodrich, yirestone, and General Rubber ooti1- panies "when such move ts vltally necessary to the success of the strike" Flower kept his plans secret but he kept in service several hun. dred special deputies reenforcing his regular force. Police Chief Frank Boss ordered patroimen who report- cd last night to remain on duty In. definitely and his day shift reported an hour earlier than usual. Flower and his deputies went to the closed Goodyear plants yesterday to read Q court order limiting pickets at each entrance. Re was greeted by boos and cat-calls and withdrew Later the strikers voluntarily TO. duced their piokets to the required number, but kept . large body in reserve. The strike began in pro- test against the discharge of 70 vet- eran workers . week ago Monday.
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(Continued from Page iJ rogted n, ,4eo.persons. Many of them were engaged in shaking soap cock tails.
 OAor. All Thelr Own
 Tn most instances the, revenue agents followed their noses to the stills, which have an cdor all their own. The bootieggeFg lately have taken another leaf out Of the gcicri- tic notebook and installed air con- ditioning plants.
 Theso plants filter ell fumes from the stills either through washed air, or through charcoal ccntainerg. This process, authorities adimitteds hes folled the treasury's Dleuths. If they can't snifK c still blocks away, they have precious little chance Of locating t.
 The treasury's only hope in thWagting the new method lies isi tho research of it's chemists. They are seeking 6 new denattirant for alco- hoi which viii not De susceptible to esnuisificaticn. There now gre about 50 denaturing fcymtiia, but only about half . dozen iu general use. Nearly aII Of the latter fnixtures may be removed from alcohol now in lite tie more than t takes to read this dispatch.
 Must Make Them SlI
 The federal chemists must develop a nauseous xaixture which will not Kill drinkers, only make them iIl 1t must iIGve the same boiling point as alcohcI. 90 it cannot bc distilled
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ARREST USERS OF
 1886 MARKERS
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tCoutlHueu yFOm Suko A1 car bearing the new number plates and raised tho question of the legal status of such cars on tho highway, It was pointed out that drivers Of cars bearing ie30 plates may find themselves !r difficulty in court though they are entirely. biameless of accidents in which they become involved. InaSmuch as tho registra- tons are legally recognized as oi March 1, such motorists have nc right to Do on the highway, 1t iA believed.
 Beginning tomorrow, tho branch office of the state department of motor vehicles on Watertown ave- nue will lengthen office hours in ac- cordance with annual custom. Wed- negday, Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday of this week, the office will be open from 0 in the morning until c o'clock in tho evening, 1t was an- nounced today.
 Business Picked Up
 While no comparative figures were available this morning, authoritiea said that business at the ofiice hero had picked Up considerabley thiH week and is believed to Do at least equal that for the same period last year.
 Tn response to hundreds of in- quiries, officials asked that the fact once more he stressed that drivers licenses do ilos expire until the last day of April and that renewals will not Dc issued before March 20. New licenses must be obtained between that period and May 1.
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Atty. Gen. WiLentz
 Speeds Back Home
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agrees to one, but the present course of his inquiry has been Q matter Of concern to members of the prosecu- ton. Tn some quarters 1t was hold that the governor, by issuing Q statement yesterday asserting that Whited was lying" virtually com. initted himself to ct least the con. alteration of another respite. At the time of the first reprieve the legality of the move was questioned, since the New Jersey jaw on tho powers of Q governor to postpone death by execution Is unclear. WiientI, it was said, is prepared to argue, should the occasion arise, that tho time limit for executive clemency has expired. It was eln. phasised, however, that he would not oppose c reprieve should new evidence be found.
 one noteworthy item in the re- cent history of the case was tho exceptional cheerfulness of Mrs, Anna Hauptmann whom she emerged from c visit to her husband in the death house yesterday. Sho seemed happier than in weeks and sfnilingly adimonished reporters not to "mix up" what Q. Lloyd Fisher, chief Of defense, was saying.
 Fisher, ct the time, was asserting that the transcript of Whited's qles- tioning by Governor Hoffman Sat- urday would supply ample cause for Q grand jury investigation of the veracity of the witness.
 Attack On Governor
 Assemblyman J. parnell Thomas, republican, Bergen county, and Assembiynaan Charles D. oeddes, republican, Union county, Snado the iegislatiye attack on Hoffman.
 While 500 members of the work ers' alliance paraded outside the statehouse to dramatize . demand for relief, 0eddes asserted that If the governor would pay more at. tention to state affairs the reliei issue would Do solved" Thomas added that the governor should take his office more seriously and give up his will Q tho wisp adea ci justice"
 Thomas Muir, blind republican as- semblyman, defended Hoffman.
 q resent v!llification of our gov- ernor,v he said. T think he's one of the finest inen who ever sAt Il, the executive char in front Of thii building"
 The galleries applauded for two minutes.
 some legislator shouted Ion the bili:" meaning that debate Of the measure before the assembly shoulo be resumed.
 "fIow would you like to 60 N hcli7" Muir shouted.
 The galleries booed. Muir subsideo on demand of the chair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-25

when the Lefts ruled the Repub- 1ic during its first two years, on all. embracing so-called "law of defense wns utilized to curb free speech and free press. 4 total of ii0 newspa. pers were suspended. The monarch. 1st newspapers could not publish ats 1acks upon the regime and the Limitations also extended to the pub. lication of photographs of former King Alfonso and members of the royal family. The title of king they prohibited in the press. He was re. 4erred to as Don Alfonso do Borbon 4 cheer for the monarchy was, and gtlll is, considered suhversive shout ing and may result in arrest foS tho guilty royaiist.
 Rigid Censorship In 1898
 when the Rights moved Into pow. nF in December, 1888, an anarchist. eyndicaiist uprising occurred and from that time until January, io30 constitutional guarantees were part. ly or totally suspended. A socialist revolt In october, io34, brought onG of tho most rigid censorships in Flu. T0po. Press cables were edited with out tho sender being advised. ineffl. cient organization of the censor. ship augmented the di1tculties fol tho national and foreign press.
 Tn the end the censorship proved 6 boomerang and resulted in polit. tcal ttoubles 1t was designed tc avoid.
 Premier Manuel Porteia restored constitutional guarantees and lift. ed the censorship in January. He permitted the most complete free. dom possible under the circunl. stances, in fact, the most complete in almost i've years. However, gov. ornment intervention still exists in cable company offices in accordance with national regulations. All press and private communications still must pass official interventors who, if in doubt, can consult higher aus thoEities aS to whether any dispatch is e be censored It must Do ads 1mitted that the interyentors arc do. slsting from censorship as much as possible.
 Some Editions Confscated
 4 political campaign has led va. xioug newspapers Co go beyond the bounds. The Madrid Left Republic can newspaper, La Libertad, was ccnhscated four times in l7 days because 1t published articles alleged- W offensive to judicial authorities cr because they ailegedly might cause disturbances. "El Sociaiista," |" socialist organ, suffered several cons fiscations for similar reasons 50 that the freedom of tho press Is not as complete as that in the United States. Several Right wing dailieg havA suffered fines.
 Tho independent, austere Madrid newspaper, "lGl sol," in Q review Of tho history of the censorship dur. ing tho past two years, pointed out that Q notorious gambling scandal was revealed by the socialist daily, but the edition was confiseated by orders of the censorship under the Jurisdiction of the minister of in. terior, then c member of the radical patty. Tho scandal involved tho con. cesSion of gambling privileges to . Mexican, Daniel Strauss. Although in TO. lily only some ei0,000 seemed to have changed hands, the affair, when given official status by tho government c year after 1t happen-
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Five Compensation
 Claims Awarded Here
New Milford Man Given Damages for Recent Accident
 Other Agreements Filed Today

Slees weekly. for the period of diS- ability.
 While working for tho U. 8. Rub- ber Products Company, Inc, Of Naugatuok, Nancy Eanelll of the borough suffered chemical dermati- tis on the face, hands and arms. She was granted @e.22, weekly, for the period of !neapaoitation.
 William Jester of. Tosrington, while working for fnnes Brothers Of Thomaston, sustained Q leoerstion of the right thumb. Commissioner Lynch granted him % weekly, for c period of iB weeks, . total of eiS6.
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GOV. TALMADCE IS
 UP AGAINST IT
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 practically immediately, had count- cd on obtaining it by & military cour vl'etat yesterday, and ran instead into Q voritablo labyrinth of legal barriers.
 Adjt. Gen. Lindley W. Camp end Q handful of national guardsfnen itl inusti busted etatO Treasurer George D. Hamilton and State Comptroller William 3. Harrison from their capitol ofaoes. Talmadge thought that by depoging tho elected oificialg, enemies of his regime, and appointing sympathetic tenants in their places, he could command funds that tho legislature did not appropriate for io30 expenses.
 Removed All Monies
 Hamilton slammed shut the treas. ury department vault as General Camp and his men entered the ofsice. He whiried . time lock that sealed records and cash in the vault for " hours. Out of the oflce ho took oil collateral posted by state depositories as surety for state deposits, and put it in tho Federal Reserve Bank in his own name. Then he telographed oil banks holding state funds that they honor cheeks or warrants drawn by his Talmadge successor, J. D. Daniel, lat your peril"
 Harrison stabbed at Talmadge plans in another direction. Any cit- izen who paid taxes to any ono but himself or his agents, he warned in c statement sent to oil newspapers, would risk having to pay tho tex twice. c. B. CArreker, Talmadge ap- pointed. as his successor, "has no lawful authority to receive taxes,. Harrison asserted.
 Acute Case Of Nerves
 Taimadge exhibited aii acute case of nerves As he sought remedies for his political ailments. Instead of the jovial exuberance he normally ex- hibits, he several times showed irri- tation ct c press conference yester- day, and stretched his suspendef bands almost to arm length in OK. aggeration of his famous gesture.
 The legislature procipitatcd the situation in which Taiimadge finds himself by adjourning in . fevered squabble last year without passing appropriation bills. Talmadge ye- fused to call 1t into special session and assured tho public that If the legislators won't execute its func- tionD, I will"
 Refused tO Fay
 He attempted to initiate his plar last week by requisitioning ei30,00l from the treasury. He gAid that hf had provided for i030 funds bS proclamation declaring that Burplui funds of io32 to 1o36 still were avails able for use. Hamilton and Harrison said they weren't and refused to pay
 TAimadge kept his own counso today about his next step. Hamilton and Harrison sat close to Q corps 0i lawyers and announced they would resist any attack. They ccntempiat. cd . quo wArraiito court action tc obtain an injunction busting theii deposers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-25
GERMAN YOUTHS
 WILL BE PICKED

Cologne, Germany, Feb. 2s-(UP) Five hundred young men betweei, go and 30 years of age will be pick- ed soon for conversion into the Mazi type ok Ideal man.
 Just what the type wouid be wa not specified, but it was said the training would De spartan, that epe- cial emphasis would be placed on tests of courage and that candi' dates viii be trained in energetic and authoritative behavior.
 Men selected for the COiifBe will be trained ct three old eagtles el vOgeigang, cr0essiFisee and Son. th0gen. Graduates will Do appointed pFofessionaI sunctionaries of tht Nazi party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-25
PERMANENT SECRETARY

Mlddietown, Feb |, sb-(UP)--Ap- pointn1ent Of Miss Virginia Blood, baFien, ag permanent secretary 0f the Young Republican league Of Connecticut stata study cosninistee hes been announced by state chair- man CasIos D. Ellis, Jf. The cciSl- inittee, scheduled to meet at JzaFt- ford March a, tas been assigned is questions deaiing with gtase end fla- tionai problems. Fills gaid Ho de- ciined to disclose the nature Of the subjects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-25

held was ono of three, police said the other two having eluded them
 Girl Tlpper Vanlshes
 4 fashionabiy-clad girl of about 20, who tipped" police she could clear ID Sunday nights Si2,80C Keith. Boston theatcr holdup ap- parently had vanished without trace today.
 The mystery giri, wearing seals skin coat, telephoned headquarteri last night from Q South Boston store. but dropped tho receiver and left hurriedly when she saw . mar peoring through . window. When last seen by the store proprietor she was walking rapidly from tho store with the strange man close al her hecig.
 Police have captured the alleged leader of the bandit trio that Sa' through 6 show ct the downtown theater Sunday night, then held uI three men and woman iFi tht treasurerB office and escaped Witf iloliday-weekend receipts.
 Identified by F0ur
 Tho suspect, who ailegcdly haI Confesscd his part in the robbery 4g Baby. faced Charles MalkewicS 22, of South Boston. Arrested lesI than five hours after the robbery ho subsequently, was positively iden' tlfied by all four victims.
 He roportedIy named ThoI1a (Gpike) Mceweeney, %, a1d Phi i Caputto, %, both Of New York, O hig accompliceg, but police believ' Che missing bandits actually wer' Boston men. Hidden behind pic lures, under rugs ai1d under mat' 1 tFesses at Malkewicz's home, polic' said they found 12,76o, aliegediy hi share in the robbery.
 Mystery Telephone CaIi
 It was early last night that Lieu tenant Frank McNab ct headquaft { ere received the telephofis call iron fhe fiygterious girl. She sAid:
 'Tf yoli send aE officer right eva! { t0 1ef M street, South Boston, VII give him aiI the details on the RK( hoIdup case which Will eisan ''l < ehe eaee."
 The voice stopped.
 geixeafYt Edward keliey with HBpup from the TeCentiy-fo lsnViig squadron" sped to the store slieFe they found the telephone Fe naiver Qana1ing. A police guard va Ndfted All uiaf7t ia ta1e district,
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be found guilty of perjury, the va lidity of oil the case against Haupt- mann would be In doubt. It was on the strength of Whited's testimony that he saw Hauptmann in the VI. cinity of the Lindhergh estate that Hauptmann was extradited from New York to New Jersey for trial.
 Reprieve Battle Looms
 Tho governor has said frequently that he will not grant another rec prieve unless Wilentz suggests or
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iigates the teacher to present ell available facts in controversial is- sues 90 that Q realistic and accur. ate picture Of American life and problems may be presented to the student, without wishing upon them the personal opinion or bias of any individual or group.
 Thus only can students learn to reach conclusions through critical thinking untFammeied by pressure or propaganda.
 we pledge the fuiI strength ci OUT organization to uphold every effcrt for the maintenance Of the principle Of academic freedom aG thus defined"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-25
PAN RELA AKES CONTROL OVER PRESS BUT FORD|DS
 ATTACKS ON STATE HEADS
Censorship Least Rigid In Five Years; Some Editions Still COnfiscased; News For
 Foreign Papers Must Pass Inspection
BY LESTER ZIFFREN United Press Staff Correspondent

MADRID Feb 25--(UP)-FTeedom Of speech partly m completely denied in the past five in Span has been restored, with conditions.
 Orators at political mass meetings permitted com pet freedom unless they attack the president of the Repu c or other high authorities The rule holds for the
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(Continucd from Page i.) judge and Judge Jennings of Bristol iB understood to Do tho one who will handle the requests of Attor. ncy Lewis for such papers.
 Interest Created.
 Waterburians were highly inter. ested in the report of pending bench warrants. Everybody was in doubt as to tho real nature of the proposed warrants, whether they were for gambling, vice or other- wise. States Attorney Lewis office said that he would Do back in Wa- terbury late this afternoon.
 While 1t was not known definite y where either the states attorney or county detective had gone, t was stated on good authority that they were together today in the otit.of.town trip.
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away. Finally t must not turn to soap.
 1T the government esn develop such [ formula, tgeaelisy experts said they believed # would 90 SoF bOWafd ending the flood of bootleg liquor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-25

Five women delegates attended the recent confeFence Of tractor Cp. ,eFntofS at Moscow, Kuseia.