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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
PRESIDENT MADE
 CANADA PLANS
Plans Are All Made There to Receive United States
 Chief Executive
BY FREDERICK A. STORM United Press White Hiuse Core
 snOndent)

BY FREDERICK A. STORM United Press White HiuSe Corre- spondcnO
 Campobello Island, N. B., July 90. --(UP) .--Presid,"t Roosevelt made ready today for a conference Of international significance. Tomor-
 row at Quebec, he will meet With Canada's governor-general and pre- rnier.
 4 special trsin will carry the chief executive from nearby St. Andrews, N. B., to quebec, the summer resi- dence of Lord Tweedsmuir, gover- ior-generf' The train will leave St, Andrews tonight. Mir. Roosevelt told newspaper men that among the subjects of con- versations with Lord Tweedsmuir and Prime Minister Mackenzie King. will be the proposed St. Lawrence
 waterways project, as well as an exchange of ideas on the feasibility of joint action by the two countries in Q broad expansion of the Passa- maquoddy tide-harnessihg develop
 ment.
 Time To Extend
 The Unl | States began the tidc- harnessing in it's on territorial wa ters adjoining New Brunswick but the president indicated that the time mimght come when it would be advisable for an extension of the development to the Canadian line. The 0uoddy project now is at Q standstilI due to the failure of con. gress to appropriate additional (CcntInued on Page O
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AMERICANS NOT
 TO BE ASSISTED
Spain Declines to Furnish Special Train to Get
 Them From Madrid

Washington, July 30.-(UP)-The Spanish government today declined to provide a special train for evacu. ation of Americans and other foreigners from Madrid. In response to the request for such a train by members of the diplomatic corps, the government replied that 1t could offer only two alternatives to the foreigners trapped amid the civil war. It said they might:
 1. Remain in Madrid with the danger of being trapped in serious warfare.
 3. Attempt to reach Mediter- ranean seaports by regular train service.
 Must Transfer Troops
 The Spanish government declared that it's military requirements made it impossible to organize special trains at this time because of the necessity of giving special preference to the transportation of troops, war materials and foodstuffs. The gov- ernment added that no special guar antees of safety or safe conduct were
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Money HolUing h To
 Save Life OfMongrel
Dimes, Quarters, Dollars Pile Up to Keep Dog From Being Legally Executed-ACcused of
 Drowning Boy
BY GLENN A. GREEN
tVjnlted Press staiI Correspondent

NVWIVUM EEUbb DtBW iOVEUDpVshNuttsl
 Drockport, ". F., July 30- tUp) = Dimes, quarters and dollars contrib. lted by dog-loverg iIi doSetls K Ni states, bolStered 2bsyoar. Victoi Foftune,s fight today to save tn life Of his dog, Idaho, c biz Iiongfel pup, accused of drowning . school boy. I !,
 idaho will go on trial" next Wed nesday before Peace Justice Homer 3. Benedict, . crippled little man who never has walked or Swun in his life, but who has big shepherd dog of his own.
 Retains Attorney
 Fortune has retained Harry A. Sessions, Rochester attorney, to reps resent his pet, which allegedly at. lacked i4-yearsold Maxwell Breese and drowned him while the boy was swimming recently. Daniel Hough. ton, 2i, charged that Q week after young Breese was drowned, Idaho also attacked him under similar circumstances.
 The nationwide publicity atten. dant on the dogs trial" for life has become . little too much" for Benedict, from whose final decision there can Dc no appeal.
 "Ill be glad when It's oyer," the Justice of the peace sighed, pulling his dwaFfed, useless legs around on an elevated. swivel chair in his low office.
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TWO THOUSAND
 LOST IN AMBUSH
Rebel Forces Set Trap For LOyaIlsts..N Iachlne Guns
 Rained Fire 3t

Copyright, iesO. by United Prass) Developments today in the spAn- ish revolt: IVY PorpIgnan. y'ronch.g .gpanish Fron- tler--TWo thousand ioyalists TO. ported killed ir rebel machine gun ambush of columns moving to at- tack ZRragoza.
 Perpignan--America and British authorities reported urgently seek ing removal of citizens from Darce- Iona, fearing clash between govern ment forces and left wing extienistE bent on loot.
 Madrid = Government ,decrec6 i.200 mile war zone about MMadrid in readiness for rebel attack.
 Toledo -. Rebels still hold AL caxar, government admits. .saragogR - Rebels organized Tor long siege; townspeople fear ruin of Historic city.
 Field Headquarters, Rebel Army - Rebels give up home Of rein' forcements from south, prepare to attack MaGFid.
 LoyaIlsts Slaughtered
 Perpignan. TrenchY Spanish iron. tier, July 90. - (Up) = Frightfui casualties, which may prove to ex- ceed 2,Oo0 killed, were reported to-
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will greet him when his special train arrives ct Wolfe Cove station at 0:60 Q. m. tomorrow. A military guard of honor will escort him from the station to the citadel, official residence of the governor general.
 Speeches of Welcome
 Speeches of welcome will be made by Lord Tweedsmuir and Premier King to which Mir. Roosevelt will reply briefly. A royal salute Of 2i- guns will be fired. Bands will play the Star Spangled Banner and the Stars and Stripes will be unfuried from the citadel.
 A picked detachment Of Royal Canadian mounted police will act aa the presidents personal body guard during his ten hour stay in the his- toric city.
 Chats concerning "Cabbages and Kings" which President Roosevelt first suggested would be his main topic of conversation during his visit to Lord Tweedsmuir, will giv0 way to subjects of greater iFiterna- tional importance.
 Mutual Development
 Mutual development of hydro- electric power by Canada and the
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INDUSTRIES OF
 CITY HAVE BOOM
John II. 0oss Speaks in High Terms of Condi.
 tiOns in Waterbury

Industrial business in Waterbury at tho present time is better than 1t was in July, 1885, John II. 0oss, vice. e.presiderit. and general superin. tendent of tho scovill Manufactur. ing Company informed tho Demo- crat today. Furthermore, there is no indication of tho usual summer Iblump in the brass manufacturing business here, ho declared, and ace tivlty Is rapidly fighting It's way back to tho level that existed before the 1929 crash.
 MT. dosS' analySis of the brass In. duBtry today iS taken aS on indi- cation of continued good business with increases in volume promised as the weeks roll by. The year | iD90 prolnlses to De the best In sev. oral years, it was gleaned from the interview with the W0llsknoWn gcoviil Manufacturing Company of' ilcial. ls9 Arslf tsf Unusual Business Volume
 Tho volume of business now is unusual, Mir. 0oss pointed out, as thero is usually slump At this time that does not pick Up until September or the first part of october. The recent increase in the price of copper is partly responsible for this sltuation, he said.
 Asked what he meant by tho gradual return to normalcN MT. doss explained that the 1929 busi' ness was super.normal He figures that the nearest previous normal year is 1926 and, he estimates, at the present rapid pace business conditions will be back to that level In . very short period of time.
 No Severe Let.Up
 There has been no severe letsup in business 50 for this summer, MT. doss asserted, and he predicted
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Final Neuvs Flashes
FIFTY POLICE ATTEND FUNERAL

Beverly, Mass, July 30-(UPJ-Ien Amer ican legionnaires today took over police duties while the 50 members of the Beverly police de- partnent attended funeral services for their former chief, John s. Welch, 62. Frank Smith chairman of the legion's civic emergency com mittee, headed the volunteers many of whom previously, have offered themselves for blood transfusions or other service in emergencies Police Chief Joseph c. Murney left only one of ficer on duty-Sergeant James w. Mccarthy Welch died Tuesday. He retired in 1882 after serving on the force for 30 years He was chief 6 years. Burial was at St. Mary's cemetery, Salem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
VISIONS OF DEAD
 GIRLS NOT SEEN
New York Had One Crowd, Phil. Another, But Both
 Were Failures

New York, July 90 - tUP) = The ghost of Magdeline, slain In 1917 by her jealous husband, failed tc walk today for 200 spectators, 2s IlewspApcrinen and Magician Joseph Dunninger cfigAged in . banshee hunt amid Manhattans towering apartment buildings.
 But the femal did stroll for slen- der inoon-faced Emmett Davidson. Q clothing salesman, who claimed ho was secluded for an hour and q half with her while newshawks with cameras and pencils hid on the floor below of the erie deserted tene- ment house she B said to haunt. Dunninger who offers $i0,000 to the man who can produce Q real RleaiIl- Ing ghost, took Davidson aside and tried to hypnotize him.
 900 Spectators
 Two hundred spectators damned the street below the third-story room of the gliding lady" cheer ing and cat-caliing, tho crowd wait. cd most of the night for the appear" ance of the apparation.
 The whole affair began when II. 8. Pretty, c former tenant wrote Dunninger that he had seen Mag" deline four times and that four other people had also seen her.
 At midnight, Dunninger, and the other Sceptics gathered in exactly the same room where Magdeline died.
 The dirty yellow hall walls were peeling. The rickety wooden stars creakcd. There was no electric light and pocket torches threw long shadows.
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6eIAALl aAAe9.
 officially, Jahncke forfeited hh place for falling to attend two iri- teFnatlonal committee meetings without proper reasons. However, the feellngs of jahncke, former AIneri- can assistant secretary of navy, to- ward holding the games in Berlin were believed the main reason why he was dropped from the coinntAit- tee.
 One More Vacant Place
 Replacing him with 1fundAec Stiii left open one more American post on the comfnittee--that of Gen Charles A. eherrlll who died receilt- ly in Berlin. That place temporarily was left open as . token of respect for Gen. Sherrill.
 The committee failed to act upon . sita for tho iD40 Olynipics. sought for botb by Japan and Finland.
 FinlandS delegates presented their case to tho committee this morning while tho Japanese wore to state thGlr reasons for wanting the games
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REFUSED JOBS

Bridgeport. Conn, July 30-tUP) A father of nine children whom.
 police say, spurned WPA assistance
 by refusing several jobs. was ar rested late yesterday. He is Homer Cobb against whom Welfare Super lntendent John J. Gala made come plaint for failure to provide for hls children. Six Of them. Gala said. are at Margaret Ford cottage, wards of the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
LAMBS A. FARLEY CONFIDENT

New York, July 3O.-(UPJ-James A: Farley, national democratic chairman, walked from a two-hour conference with Gov. Herbert H. Lehman and other state leaders today conf dent the national and state tickets would win Tremendous pluralties" in New York next November He scoffed at republican victory forecasts from Topeka. He said Governor Leh- man was confident of reelection and that he had "every reason to be-" ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
2 KILLED BY TRAIN

Windsor Locks, Conn. July S0-- (UPl--A mans body. with head decapltated and one leg severed was found lying near the railroad tracks today. Upon ono arln was tatooed the initials "JC." The man was said by police ao be : feet four inches ln height weighing it5 pounds and about 70 years old. He was seen about the town last night but none could Identify the stranger today Fle la believed to have been struck hy q train.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
GOV. WORKS TO
 CLOSE STRIKE

Hartford. Conn.,, July 30-(UP)-- New efforts to settle the l0-weeks strike at the Remington Rand Typewriting Manufacturing plant in Middletown are being made by Gov. Wilbur L. Cross and State La bor Commissioner Joseph M. Tone 1t was learned today.
 The path being followed. how ever, could not b. immediately ass ce:tained. Neither Gov. Cross's office nor Commissioner Tone would com ment.
 Philip Hewes, executive secretary to the governor. admitted Gross and Tone were working hard on the situ- ation. but said he was not at lib- erty to reveal just what is being done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
WAR ZONE FORMS AROUNDtMADRlD
Great Semicircle M ade Ready For Stonewall De.
 fense Against Attacks
Nv LESTER zTFFREN

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 Madrid, July 30.--(UP)--A great semi. circle of territory west, north end east of Madrid was formally declared Q war zone today in readi- ness for Q stone wall defense of the capital against attackings rebels. Suburb, hamlet, farm and moun- tain village are included In the zone, some 1900 square miles in ex. tent. It runs from Cebreros, 70 miles west of the capital, northward Into the duadarrama Mountains and on around to Alcala De Henares, 20 miles east of the caps ital.
 By the emergency decree creat. ing the zone, the government nliii- tary forces obtain absolute control of every foot of land In the area, Q semi.circle with it's base running
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Boston, July S0.--tUP)--With . 50-foot service record, Colonel Jos seph Atkinson, New England com- mander of the Salvation Army since 1929, will retire August 3i, it was announced today,
 A native of Ireland, he joined tho Salvation Army in South Manches- ter, Conn. He has been an officer for 46 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
PAUL DEAN OUT FOUR WEEKS

St. Louis, July 3O-(UP) Pitcher Paul Dean, of the Cardinals will be unable to test his injured arm in ball game for at least four weeks, Dr. Robert F. Hyland, club surgeon, said today, after examining the star. Dr. Hyland re- sorted that the socket on the right shoulder joint was inflamed. He ordered Dean not to touch ball for ten days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
Royal Welcome WiHBe Him Friday
 When He Visits Quebec
First President of United States to Pay Official Visit to Dominion - Amer
 ican Flag on Citadel

Quecbec, July 20. = (UP) = Government and munic- pal officials completed plans today for the reception ot President Roosevelt who will confer with Lord Tweedsmu
 governor general of Canada and Prime Minister Mackenzie King here tomorrow
 Mr. Roosevelt will be the first president of the United States to pay an official visit to Canada. He will pc Accorded royal welcome Dgntares of church and state
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
ROTH DROWNED

Newton. Mass, July SO.-CUP)-- Phyllis Horrigan, Q. and her sister Alice, s. who left their home yes- terday to cool off under . hose on nearby lawn. went wacing m Charles river instead and drowned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
An1ericdnMen1ber Of Olympic Com.
 Dropped Today
Ernest Lee Jalncke of New Orleans Had Tough Against Sending Team to Berlin-Japan, Fin. land Battle For Next Year

Berlin, July 30. - (uP) Ernest Lee Jahncke 1 of New cottee who participated in the boycott against holding the games in Berlin dropped from the international committee today of the Al A U and head of the American Olympic com mttee who led the American fight for participation in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-30
TOBACCO GROWER DIES

Bloomfield, Conn, July 3O-CUP) John B. Mccormick. 76, well- known tobacco grower and dealer is dead following e heart attack. He was a lifelong democrat. and con aistcntly refused public office.
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TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, July 3O--(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts Tor the current fiscal year to July 2sth. compared with n year ago:
 This Year Expenses Last Year $371. 1.8s3,70i.56 $6s3,S46,ST6.2l s2s4.bsl, ,4Oo.7s s'ep s24s.Sss.sss.si s1Os. soe, ,eSi.s4 s4sS.lSs.5is.OO s2.sso. 700, ,osi.sS ;i,sss.s77.Sis.si
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The Wdihsr

Fair, Cool Tonight
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COT. ATKINSON TO RETIRE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-06

guests of the club for the entire day.
 Loaded Into trolley cars early yes- terday morning, the group arrived at tho shore resort shortly before noon. Just long enough. in fact, to whet their appltttes for o meal which consisted of 1000 sandwiches, 800 bottles of Grade A" milk, 800 bottles of chocolate milk, 1000 bot ties Of pop" and 80 quarts of ice cream,
 After . proper period of rest tho majority Of the group wont bathing while others raced, or played base ball, tho activities being conducted by Walter I, Kinney and James E, CoogAn. Hi0hlight of tho picnic, however, WRs the use of the flying horaes At tho park for two solid hours, An added attraction fur nlshed by Walter l.. Wirth, park superintendent, who also provided the use of the city playgrounds for the outing.
 The races and games found Q number of winners who wero prop erly honored with nearly l0O prizes which the comImitte offered.
 Paid for voluntarily by the mem. hors of the Exchange club, one of . groNp of New Haven service or. gAnisations, the affair was ar. ranged by Frank J. Dahill, general chairman; Herman c, Carr, refresh. ments; pr. Joseph l. Higgins, sports, Lester H.. VanstonN, pfises,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-06
COPS TO ATTEND
 TRAFFIC SCHOOL
Board Authorizes Chief to Send Three Men to
 Harvard School

The request of Superintendent of Police William J. Roach for per- mission to send three department members to the Harvard Trafiic school August l7 to % was grant, cd yesterday afternoon ct . meeting of the board of police commission ers. Superintendent Roach will 60. lect tho men within the next few days.
 Commissioner Harry Minor, chairman of the board, said 1t would cost about SAb for each man attend Ing the school, thls gum to include Q registration fee of Sl0 and living expenses. The school has been rec- commended by the International As- sociatiOn of Police Chiefs, the Con- nectlout Chiefs of Police associa. ton, and the state department of motor vehicles, and 1t is expected that approximately 100 men will bD enrolled for the course. Lieutenant Paul Krenil, nationally known traf- tic expert, will be a member of the faculty. Waterburians sent to the school will later act as police de- partment instructors.
 Applications to join the super numcr0ry force were received from Joseph ziburis, John Hogan, Irving J. Hubbard. Joseph B. Shea, Gerald Ricciardi, Anthony F. Dance, Ralph Desohino and Francis M. Bengal, The resignation of Supernurnerary Policeman Joseph s. Tajaldeen, who has never done regular duty with the department, was accepted. Ta- jildeen has reached the age of Co and no men can be kept on the su- pernumerary list after they reach that age.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-06

Although sanitary supervision has practically eliminated water co Q vehicle for carrying typhoid infec- ton, and milk Is well under coIl- trol as a means of spreading the de sease since co percent of the fluid milk now sold in Connecticut b now pasteurlsed, the typhoid carried still keeps typhoid fever from being wiped from the face of the earth, ace cordlnk to pr. Willard Knowlton, de rector of the Bureau of preventable Diseases of the state department of health.
 In on article appearing the cur- rent issue of the departments monthly bulletin, Dr. Knowlton dis- cusses the typhoid carrier problem in Connecticut, explaining how health authorities make every effort to trace down the source of each typhoid outbreak iii order to prevent carriers from spreading infection He recounts the case of one wo- man, whom he calls Typhoid DorG," who caused . Kiilk-borne outbreak of 30 cases and ten cases among her neighbors before the health officer with the aid of State Police succeeded in bring her Under control.
 Tracing Cancer
 While typhoid may Do spread in rare instances by urinary carriers, most carriers are of the fecal type with the focus of infection usually in the gall bladder with the appen. dix, abcesses, etc, sometimes being the source of the germs. The problem is to locate the carrier, and then through instruction and legally supported orders of the local health officer to prevent him or her from handling food or in other ways pass Ing the infection to others. eoTne- times if the carriers age and corl- dition is such as to make him Of her Q good operative risk, on opera ton to remove the gall bladder or appendix Is recommended. The health officers orders concerning food handling and personal cleanli-
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ness have the force of law when ls- sued to 6 typhoid carrier.
 Carriers Increasing
 For the past ie years. pr. KnoWl- ton stated, an increasing number of carriers has been found iTi Connec- ticut, while cases of the disease have been dropping steadily with only 7e reported ill 1885 with q death rate of 0.o per 100000 Of pope ulation. This does not mean atl in- crease in the number of carriers, but merely an increase in the number found due to more intensive ttives- tigatioa of cases. The number of cases of typhoid fever attributed to carriers is on the iiicraese even though many fewer cases are report cd, the doctor says.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-06
POLICEMAN HELD
 FOR WIFE MURDER

Boston, Aug. e--(Up)--rale and vnnerved, Matthew J. Flaherty, 27, year old rookie policeman, pleaded not guilty when arralgnod in i3righton district court today charged with Inanslaughter in con- nection with the shooting of his pretty bride of two months.
 Judge Thomas II. Connolley con- tlnued the case to August l4, Fla herty remaining free under $b,000 bail which had been furnished by Q relative of his dead wife.
 Mrs. Eleanor Flaherty, 2T, was TO. turning to bed from the bathroom, early yesterday, according to her husband, when, awakened by Q noise, he mistook her for Q burglar and fired three shots from his service revolver. one bullet penetrated her groin and she died two hours later.
 Tn court Flaherty was represented by Attorney John WAlsh of Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-06

Final arrangements for tho an- nuai outing og the Knights Of Lith- uAi1ia Sunday 'At Black Rock park on the Watertown-T -Thomaston road, will be completed at Q special com. mittee meeting tomorrow night ct Che K. of k. club rooms ct 9 o'clock. The committee hes requested all ticket fetArns be made At this time In order that they may plan for the exact number of people to Do in attendance. Fore those without transportation, private cars will be available At tho club Sunday no later than 1 o'clock.
 : During the afternoon those who
 end will enjoy bathing, boating,
 tertainrient, refreshments, lunch, ..eld and track events and Q soft. ball game. water sports will also oc- cupy an important place in the ac- tlvities.
 Members of the committee in charge includes Charles Rimkus, chairman; John LesunAitis, Mary OrintAs, Joseph c. Cookie, Harry Kenausls and Julius VilciaualkAs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-06
COUNTY'S GUESTS
 TAKEN ON OUTING
Youngsters From Home Enjoy Attractions at
 Lighthouse Point

"The biggest and best sunshine special outing ever held" was the vote of 2B0 New Haven County Homo youngsters including Q num- Dor from Waterbury, who returned weary but happy, from the annual picnic conducted yesterday by tho New Haven Exchange Club ct Light. house Point, The, younasters, all from the homo in Allingt0wn, were Orintas, Claire Kalvaltis and Helen MikAlAuskAs are spending several days ct Myrtle Beach.
 Mir, and Mrs. John JenusAltls Of Chlpman street and pr, and Mrs, waiter Selens Of Fox street sailed from New York city yesterday for Bermuda, where they will remain A week, returning to attend the box. ing bout between Jack eharkey and JO0 Louis,