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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
GRAZIANI WILL
 MAKE NEW DRIVE
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NNOIIJu1NCN 4AObA ' 06S ." to Geneva not to participate in the league meeting on the 1talian-Eth- iopian war but to act as observers in any conferences of the Locarno nations on the Rhineland problem. However, Baron Pompeo Oloisi, chief delegate, will be able to ex- plain Italy's position on peace ne- gotiationS.
 For Direct Peace
 The view is held with increasing conviction that Premier Benito Mussolini may establish peace by direct negotiations with Ethiopia. This is because it is hoped that the Ethiopian defense is collapsing and that Emperor Halle Selassie must sue for peace soon.
 If the collopse does not come from the drive in northern Ethi- opia, it is held, 1t must come when Graziani occupied Jijiga and Har- ar, the great headquarters in the east.
 Italians Cleaning Up
 Rome, April 7- (UP)-Steady Italian progress in cleaning up the fleeing remnants of Emperor Halle Selassie,s army was reported today in war communique No. 178 from Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Italian commander-in-chief. It said:
 South of Korem, the Italian troops continue to pursue the en- emy, who are retreating towards Cobba. The last Ethiopian rear guards were reached and dispersed yesterday by a column of the Fri trean army corps. The ompping up continues.
 "The emperor's radio station and numerous motor vehicles were among the abundant material cap- tured."
 Gave Assurance
 London, April 7-(UP)-Italy has given renewed assurances to Great Britain that Italian armed forces will refrain from bombing Adds Ababa and Diredawa Ethiopia, it was announced today.
 Fulvio Suvich, Italian undersec- retary of foreign affairs, gave the assurance yesterday to Sir Eric Drummond, British Ambassador when the latter, recalling Italys promises of last Oct. 21 that the two towns would not be bombed from the air, made strong repre- sentations against the recent bombing of Addis Ababa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
Last Victim Dies

As the concealed 300-pound weight fell downward, Siemborski's body was shot up into the air, far above the floor of the 30-feet high chamber. Then, like fading rocket, the body rushed downard with a snap and dangled few feet above the floor. There was hushed silence in the room where 31 witnesses, among them eight newspapermen, were seated in benches very much like church pews. After minutes passed, during which guards held the limp body and kept it from sway ing, Dr. Foster Priddy, prison phy- sician, and Dr. Harold Howard, Wethersfield medical examiner, stepped up to the body, listened a moment with their stethescope, and nodded. The state had exacted its penalty.
 In another minute the body was lowered to the floor. An under takers basket was brought in from the next room, the body was placed inside. The basket cover was placed on, and attendants carried Siem- borskis remains from the execu- ton chamber.
 AS reporters arrived at the prison to witness the execution, one of the first sights was the hearse standing in the driveway, ready and wait ing.
 His Last FareWeIlS
 After being refused clemency by the board of pardons yesterday af- ternoon, Siemborski had been grant, ed several hours to say farewell to his mother and sisters. He had de- clined the usual farewell meal and sat silently and despairingly in the cell just across the corridor from the death chamber. Father Grady was with him during the last hours.
 The witnesses were marched from the warden's office through long passageways to the death chamber. They were just stated when the con- demned man was led in, had time for that one strange look about the room and was swung to his death for the killing of Patrolman Walter Koella in a daylight robbery at New Haven March 5, 1885.
 Ghastly Efficiency
 There was kind of ghastly effi- ciency about the guards as they swiftly prepared Siemborski for the moose. It seemed as if each move- ment had been carefully released
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
Mass Funerals OF
 Tornado Victims
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l;atior al Guardsmen arrested 1l persons for footing.
 J. Ernest Palmour, Jr., was made general chairman of Q central re- lief committee that was organized to direct rehabilitation of this city of 10000.
 Feed, ClOthe Needy
 s'Our first aim will be to feed and clothe the needy" Palmour said.
 Next we will pull down the dan- gerous buildings that may topple over. Our third objective is to get all the bodies out of the ruins"
 Six emergency hospitals here e ed for hundreds of injured. Two trains took additional injured to Atlanta, two persons dying en route Clarence Ellis and Martina Rey- holds, a negro. J. M. Schefneld, and Mrs. Becky Patterson, died in an Atlanta hospital. There were ap- proximately 75 injured in eight At. lanta hospitals.
 The devastated area was quar- i te- of a mile wide and three and , one half miles long, comprising al- most half of the city. Red Cross Worker Crane said that his work CTS had counted personally 632 totally wrecked buildings and that undoubtedly" there were many more.
 Among the dead were several leading citizens, including City Commissioner J. H. Richardson. City Manager Fred Roarke was struck and injured by a wind- propelled brick, and City Commis- sioner and Mayor pro tenn A. w. Bell wei, the only municipal au- thorities functioning.
 Funerals for the identified dead will begin today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
45 MILES AN HOUR

Hartford, Conn, April 7-(UP)-- Connecticut will retain its 45-mile- an hour speed limit until further notice. the state traffic commission has decided. At a meeting yester- day, there was discussion of raising the limit to 50 miles an hour. Mo- tor Vehicle Commissioner Michael A. Connor said he thought 1t inad- visable to raise 1t at this time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
RED CROSS REPORT

Washington, April 7.-UP)-Re- ports to the Red Cross indicated to- day that 392 persons had been killed in tornados which struck the south Sunday and Monday.
 Reports for the period beginning when tornadic winds first struck southern states last week, estimated that 429 persons had been killed, 727
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
CITY WILL PAY
 PENSION TAX SOON
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1st. However, the law grants 30 days grace to all communities. Wa terbury, Bridgeport and Hartford are among the larger cities of the state which will turn in their assess ments before the period of grace has elapsed. Most of the small towns have paid their assessments already but the size of their respective as- sessments is small in comparison to those of the larger communities.
 Several Thousand Short
 Waterbury's collections on the 1886 old age tax are still several thousand dollars behind the assess ment levied against the state by the state tax commissioner. Neverthe- less, the city will pay its bill to the state and take steps soon to collect fro mthe delinquents who have not complied with the state statute levying a $3 annual tax against all residents in Connecticut between the ages of 21 and 60 years.
 Original Assessment
 Originally the city's assessment was $130,00O but the state tax com missioner later came through with a larger assessment, jumping the amount to slightly over $l31, ,000. Controller Daniel J. Leary and City Treasurer Edward L. Futile will draw the check on the municipal treasury within the next week or ten days. So far, cities. towns and boroughs of Connecticut have paid $1, ,3O0,0o0 into the state treasury in the form of old age pension assess ments. The city of Hartford, which was assessed $215,6 ,665.96 as it's share of the $2,1O0,000 old age assistance tax to be collected in 1936, sent in a check for $176, ,792.50, deducting $36, ,873.46 for the cost of collecting the tax. The check has been re- jected.
 Local officials stated today that they had not considered such step.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
ECUADOR MET ITALY

Rome, April 7-(UP) = Ecuador has notified the Italian government that it is suspending sanctions against Italy, it was announced of- ficially today. Ecuador's action is important because 1t is a member of the League council end hence on the committee of IS which meets at Geneva tomorrow to discuss the Italian -Ethionian war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07

the water is declared safe, author ities asid, it may be several weeks before broken water mains and house plumbing will be adequate again to serve the city.
 Several cases of illness, including dysentery and intestinal forms of influenza, already were ascribed to use of contaminated water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
BY BROOKS SMITH


 (Copyright, 1886, by United Press)
 Tupelo, Miss, April - (UP) -
 The death toll in the tornado which laid waste two-thirds of this city of 5000 mounted to 206 at least e tentatively identified today. More 2 than 1900 were injured.
 Tupelo's death list passed 200 when additional bodies were found < in debris and several injured died
 at various hospitals.
 : Gov. Hugh White, here to direct . relief personally, appealed to the federal government for funds. Var : ious relief agencies, led by the Red
 Cross, went into action to collect
 private contributions.
 The National Guardsmen, enforc- ing martial law under civil author
 ity, arrested several men for loot ing and instituted a military pass ! system for residents of the devas- !. tated area - almost two-thirds ot < this city of 7,500 persons. 1 Relief From Capital 1. A Red Cross airplane was en ]. route to Tupelo from Washington : wiht medicines and new man , power to fight the threat of disease z inherent in a contaminated and : inadequate water supply. A special l. train already had brought all the 2 available physicians and nurses ]. fxom Memphis.
 Electric lights were reestablished : last night before the early darkness 1. of rainy day plotted out the hor-
 TOTS visible at every turn, "A hours
 after the tornado struck. r- Scenes in the emergency hospitals . were appalling. In vacant store rooms physicians steriliZed, stitched
 and dressed injuries of hundreds
 for whom there was no room in i. normal hospitals. Only the most
 critically injured, 9 or 30. could be
 given the sanitation and rest neces-
 SGry to insure safety in treatment
 of their wounds.
 SpIjnters Hit Them
 One of the most common injuries was that og scores of persons struck 5 by storm driven splinters that tm- bedded themselves in the flesh. One : United Press correspondent saw a ]. woman impaled by a splintered !. porch pillar.
 ]. The Lee county courthouse was !. the chief hospital. Men, women l. lnd children lay in rows on the : noor, on desks, and on chairs plac- i. d side by side. Few had adequate i. coverings.
 i. Several bodies, mostly of negroes, . were taken from the city reservoir , and workmen dragged it again to- !. day in quest of others. Even after
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
STRIKERS ARRESTED

Lynn, Mass, Aprl T- (UP) = Three men were arrested today af- ter allegedly overturning an auto- mobile owned by an Arlington pri- vate detective in front of the Agoos Leather Company. These were the first Lynn arrests in the North Shore Leather Workers strike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
FAMOUS DANCING
 STAR DIES TODAY
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musical comedy of it's decade.
 Her earliest years were spent on tour. Her cradle always reFosed in corner of her parents dressing room in the theaters they played. As soon as she was able to walk, she was sent to live for a while with her grandmother in Tennessee. There she learned to dance and sing with negro children.
 TrOuped with Parents
 She began trouping with her par ents at five, billed as Miss Sugar. plum," one of the five Columbians. She made her debut at Dayton, O., and for 10 years travelled through every state in the Union, England, France, Germany, Belgium, Swift zerland, Cuba and Australia.
 Lee Schubert, theatrical producer, saw her in London in 1913 and im- mediately signed her for "The Pass ing Show of 1914" Her experience in this major show led to ''The Pass ing Show of 1915," 'The Show of Wonders" and "The Passing Show of 1917"
 Florenz Ziegfeld, master show man, noticed the pirouetting toe dancer and decided he had to have her in ''The ziegfeld Follies." He sandwiched her act in between in his 1918 shows. She handled the role well but attracted only slight atten- tion.
 Star in "SaIIy"
 On December 21, 1920, she ap- peared as the star of Sally" and immediately took New York by storm. The play ran for two years on Broadway, and then toured the country 10 rtwo more years. Mari lyn had fulfilled her childhood boast.
 Later she appeared in Sunny" "Rosalie" and Smiles" Marilyn entered the movies in 1929, playing her old role in a screen version of Sally After her success in musi- cal comedy, Charles Dillingham; en- gagged her for the title role in Peter Pan." The public liked Marilyn as the boy who never grew up."
 In 1883, Marilyn left Hollywood and went back to Broadway. Her vehicle was "As Thousands Cheer" Again she was a success.
 Married Three Times
 She was married three times. Her first husband was Frank Carter, who played with her in the "Ziegfeld Follies" in 1920. Less than year later he was killed in an automobile accident. In July, 1922, she married the late Jack Pickford, motion pie ture star and brother of Mary Pick ford.
 Before this marriage there was an acriminous argument. Ziegfeld did not want her to marry Pickford, and to discourage the marriage, made remarks about his character. But Marilyn married Pickford with the remark, Flo Ziegfeld may choose my show, but not my husband"
 Four years later they separated, and in 1927 Marilyn was granted a Paris divorce.
 Eloped in 1884
 In October, 1884, Marilyn eloped to Harrison, N. Y, and was married to Chester OB'rien, who appeared with her as a chorus man in "As Thousands Cheer" O'Brien had been dismissed after an argument during the run of the show, and coming to his defense, Miss Miller immediately handed in her notice. She was replaced by Dorothy Stone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
srRENGTHEN FRONTIER

Vienna, April 7-(UP) The gov- ernment has strengthened Austria's frontier guards as precaution be- cause the smuggling of arms, eith- CT direct from Germany or from Germany through Czechoslovakia, has suddenly increased, an official source said today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07

Australia and New Zealand are discussing new air services to con- nect the two islands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
CRIMINAL TERM
 OPENED TODAY

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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-01
SUCCESSFUL

The mems dinner and program
at Bethesda Wednesday afternoon
and evening was provocative Of
many surprises - most of them
pleasant. The dinner itself was
wonderfully cooked, competently
served, the dining room artistical-
ly decorated, and the women,
though delightfully."- treated, were
yet disappointed that there was no
fault to be found. The evenings
program, again without feminine
help, proved amusing, entertaining,
and all that had been promised.
AS a finale, the women declared
that the men were all right, and
promised never again to say diff
ferently. A mems club was quick
ly organized at the close of the
evenings program. Officers were
chosen, and Pastor w. e. Wadling-
ton named supervisor.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-01
INJURED IN
AUTO CRASH

J. E. Stewart, well known Min
neapolitan, 2915 Columbus Ave
nue., was badly shaken up Wednes-
day, April %, when an auto in
which he was riding collided with
another at Fourth Avenue and
18th Street.
Mr.. Stewart was returning from
the Elks Rest with George w. Hall,
driver, and E. Shannon, passenger,
in the wrecked machine. The in
jured man was taken to his home,
where he is being treated by DR..
w. D. Brown. While badly shaken
in the accident, his condition is
not thought to be serious.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-01

the girls like it. >. Who was the
girl LLOYD CLARK wanted to
take out on the porch and kiss?
The girl said, 'T'm sorry, but l
don't kiss" Well, well. =.
ANNE HORRIS was out on the
porch trying to truck. Maybe, ]
better not say TRYING because
she WAS trucking. One sweet
JULIET, dressed in black lace, was
hurrying to grab her Romeo. She
rushed madly towards him, and,
in some way or other, her lovely
dress split all down the side. Poor
Juliet had to wear a coat the rest
of the evening. BILL SIMMS
seems to be making a lot of
trouble for DAN CUPID these
days. Poor Dams arrows are get
ting crooked trying to aim at the
right girl. SIR NORMAN
Light came in kinda late, but
he wasn't slow in asking the little
girlies to dance. d.. Well enough
for the party. TELA BURT is
calling on RUTH BALTIMORE
these days. -.
So, I'll be shopping along, folks.
Yours inquisitively,
TVS
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-01

appreciation for guidance and in
spiration received from Alpha Phi
Alpha.
Raymond Cannon, former gen.
eral president of the fraternity,
sketched the growth of Mu Chap
ter and exhibited many interest
ing chapter relics, pictures, souve-
Mrs and records. Jasper Gibbs
spoke on "reminiscences" and
Gale Hilyer on "Recollections."
John Hickman spoke at length on
the spiritual benefits of fraternal-
ism.
There were thirty men present
at the meeting, of which three
were pledges and three visiting
brothers, namely: Arnold Walker,
Hadley Hartshorne, and Lawrence
Whitman of Epsilon Lambda Chap
ter, st. Louis.
One minute of silent tribute was
observed in honor of brothers of
Mu that have passed to their re-
ward. With the lights dimmed,
and shades of evening gathering,
the group banded, and sang the
Alpha hymn. After the serving of
refreshments, the meeting closed.
Already plans are being assembled
for a spectacular twenty-ffth or
Silver Anniversary in 1887.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-01
PHYLLIS wHEATLEY NOTES

A successful athletic banquet
was held last Wednesday in honor
of the teams which brought cham
pionships to Wheatley. Mr.. VIM.
M. Smith brought fine report on
the "Role of Youth in the Work
of the National Negro Congress. +"
Rev. D. P. Young delivered an in
spring message to our youth as
he depicted lessons from the
Playfelds." Miss Brown offered
some pertinent remarks, and Mr..
Leo Bohanon presented the tro-
plies. Dancing followed.
The Senior Diamondball team
will play under the name of Bor-
der Lites in the Park Board
League. Jerseys are being pur-
chased for their use.
A Baseball school was conducted
last Thursday for boys interested
in that sport. Ed Burke, assis-
tant coach at University of Mime
sofa, led the teachers. VIM. Fox
and Bobby Marshall, old-time ball
players, were indispensable, for
they gave out points on general
play and strategy that the younger
players never even dreamed ex-
listed.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-01
HALLE @. BROWN
COMMUNITY HOUSE

The warmth of Old King Sol is
bringing the little tots on the out
side where they can be seen daily
drinking their orange juice and
running up and down in the sun,
fully enjoying the joys of child
hood. The playground is entirely
their little world from $500 a. m.
until HOO a. m, when it is time
to come indoors for lunch and then
to bed.
Alas and lack-a-day, the time
has been set for the Spring review
which this year is to be a Spanish
extravaganza, "Belle of BARGE
Iona" 1t is reported that two eve
nings in June will be given over
to the production of the affair,
June II and II. Great preparations
are being made for the well organ
| lied rehearsals and practice
periods.
Hazel Warricks and Beatrice
Schuck participated in the Festi-
val of Nations program at the city
auditorium. Charlotte Crump,
Helen Powell, Doris Coins and Eva
Lee, all members of the "Y" Sup
per Club. assisted in the sale of
programs.
The Senior Y's Owls sold ice
cream in the Belgian Market Place.
Halle @. Brown always partici-
pates fully in city-wide activities.
The Supper Club had a most
entertaining evening at its last
meeting when there was a 100 per
cent attendance and a very good
supper and program. Charlotte and
Doris were co-chairmen for Sat
urday's supper. These girls are
making plans for camping trip.
The playground has been opened
for after school hours, and the
children are swapping the play
ground. Mr.. Rozelle, Patrick and
Miss jeffrey Vassar and Woodfrod
are doing the playground work I'M
til the summer playground opens.
The Sunday afternoon Forum
was well attended when the A.
K. AS gave their Founders day
program. Miss Vida Parker pre-
sided.
The Director of the Community
House would urge that members
of the community put forth every
effort to attend the activities of
Health Week at Halle @. during
the week of May 8 to 10th.
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Man Freed On
Serious Charge

William Brown, 1901 18th Ave.
S., went on trial in District Court
before Judge Hall Thursday, April
%, charged with carnal knowledge
with Virginia Prentice, white, age
10, the penalty of which charge
carries, if found guilty, from z to
30 years. Brown was found not
guilty and was ably represented by
Harry L. Scott, attorney.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-01
MU CHAPTER OF ALPHA PHI
ALPHA FRATERNITY
CELEBRATES FOUNDING


The twenty-fourth anniversary of
the founding of Mu Chapter, Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, was cele-
brated at DR.. Earl Weber's home
on Sunday, April 26. Mu was
founded at the University of Min
nesota in April, 1912.
The meeting was called to order
by John M. Patton, secretary. At
ter the fraternity prayer, Charles
w. Washington introduced John r.
Lawrence, Jr., president, who gave
a commendable account of the
progress made by Mu under his
presidency. The president then
introduced four of the ten original
founders, who live in the Twin
Cities. They were Gale Hilyer,
John Hickman, Jr., Jasper Gibbs,
Jr., and Raymond W. Cannon. An
other founder, L. C. Vale of Min
neapolis, unable to be present, sent
his regrets and fluctuations.
DR.. Earl Weber and Leon Smith
read congratulatory messages
from Alphas of all sections of the
United States. One such message
came from Frederick L. Parker,
a Mu founder, living in Chicago at
the present time.
William r. Simms, former pres
ident of the Sphinx club, Alpha
pledge club, expressed the clubs
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-01

Milady club presents dancing
classes of Phyllis Wheatley
House, May 10, at Citizens Aid
Bldg, Eighth Street and Fourth
Avenue South. Mark the date.