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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
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tho death cell, consistently has con- tended Hauptmann Is innocent of the crime.
 Although the Rev. Matthieson was away today tt was said at his home that the clergy were request- ed to give their support as Chris tians" to the fight Hauptmann is making against execution.
 LeibowitS Attached
 Hollywood, February 2i = (UP)- Bruno Richard Hauptmann's sister denounced Samuel Leibowitz today for withdrawing from her brothers defense and accused him of "he- traying" the condemned man.
 The sister, Mrs. Emma Gloeckner, in Q statement issued by her attor- ney, Vincent A. Marco, said Lei- bowitz had almost criminally vio- lated the sacred relation between Q lawyer and client"
 Mrs. Qloeckner and Marco both were bitter over Leibowitz's state" inent that he believed Hauptmann guilty.
 "This man, who has saved li2 persons from the electric chair, not only withdrew from the case, but is. sued . statement which committed an almost irreparable injury upon his client.
 When Q lawyer confers with Q client and then violates the conf. dehce of that client by issuing Q public statement saying he believes his client is guilty, he commits the most vicious betrayal within the power of aii attorney.V
 The statement deplored the "ia. competence of coungeP retained for Hauptmann and said that the con- demned man was suffering through failure of his attorneys "to interpret the evidence already of- fered."
 Condon Not Coming
 Panama, Febzruary 2i - (UP)- Dr. John ?. CCondon has no inten- ton of answering questions of 0ov- ernor Harold c. Hoffman of New Jersey regarding his testimony in the Hauptmann case, Mrs. Myra Hacker, his daughter, said today.
 Mrs, Hacker said that Condon was not following developments at Trenton closely, And has heard nothing of any appeals by Haupt. mann's lawyers to return. He may remain here several weeks, she said.
 Condon has spent some time this week traveling in the interior.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
BEAUTY PARL0R
 FOR SENATORS
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sooner or later" Senators were at somewhat of disadvantage, be. cause Of the courtesy due their col. leagues of the other sex, in dis. cuSsing the expense Of installing permanent wave machines, hair dry' CTS, shampoo paraphernalia, mani. cure tables and the whRt.not Of the modern beauty emporium. Reynolds approached that angle gingerly.
 "There waS no provision for lady senators when tho male services were created" he said. "Perhaps furnishing c beauty shop could not Do reconciled with the expenses. 1t would cost probably as much to equip Q beauty shop as 1t does now to service tho 04 male members" Mrs CaFaway Questions
 Mrs. Caraway, whose good nature has never failed her in any senate crisis yet, wanted to konw # the
 men thought that she and Mrs. Long needed beautifying. "Cf course it would be nice," she said of the beauty shop pian, but then, do | DDkN9 VI tiO DSksHtVkb WsksA8 HAbv w ladies of the senate need to go to . beauty shop. Perhaps some of the men would like their hair riarceiled. l I hear it's done" Mrs. Careway said thAt the proprietor of the beauty shop in the senate once building, which Is not run at senate expense, had invited her to use the shop free Of charge. i've been there . number Of times but have always paid" she said. Tt is much more convenient to use Q shop Up here than to 60 downtown"
 The jate Senator Huey Pierce Long made it 6 practice to eschew the free privileges that SO with 6 senate seat Mrs. Long would nat- urally follow that principle, since Di1e has pledged herself to carry en the slaill Kingdsh'D work.
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ington, D. O., and hard-working congressmen had to put their fin. gers into tho affair, Pitt saids, with results about ag usual.
 Sol Bloom Clouds Issue
 Congressman Sol Bloom, who should have been thinking about af- fairs of state instead of Fredericks. burgh's carnival, Pitts added, charg. cd the whole business was screwy. He said that Washington couldn't have thrown c dollar across tho Rappahannock because there were no dollars then, and that even fl there were, tho father of his coun. try wasn't strong enough. Bloom said he'd bet 20-i that Johnson co .ldnt do 1t. "Oh, Ho," retorted Pitts. I'll bot sb,000 Johnson can." He gave the cash to banker John Y. douldman, jr, !n case there were any takers. and then he be. gan to worry. What If Johnson couldn't throw Q dollar that far2 Five thousand dollars is 6 lot Of money.
 They Learn Something
 Pitts and c dozen of his friends ranSacked FrederickSburgh for sil. ver dollars, went out to tho river and learned to their dismay that Q dollar flies through the air like an Australian boomerang. You aim it ct the other side of the river, it sails up like the daring young man, flip-flopS, does an nnelimann roll, and disappears into the waves with c gurgle.
 When Pitts and the other scien- tifiC investigators ran out of dollars, they turned to iron washerS. stlll no luck.
 They looked pretty disconsolate as they walked back home, but by the time they'd reached the old stone block, where Waghington's neigh- bors auctioned slaves, Pitts whis. peTed 6 secret in our ear. The gen- eral air Of disillusionment merely was . stall to lead on CongyessSnai, Bloom.
 They Kept Secret Don't lot the congressman know" Pitts said, but we have confidential Information that Wai. ter Johnsofl already has thrown . dollar fer enough to sci across the RappahAnnock. Ho did t night bee fore last in the light of the moon. And we've got 70 good silver dollars ready for him to use Saturday. Ex- tfasfine dollars they gre, too. 9tgeamlined. We eyeased 'eFn."
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 substance. Although he admitted having lived with the couple. Setter denied any knowledge of their
 Machine Makeup.
 The machine found under the bed was constructed from an electric heater and fastened to Q watch by thin wires and 6 metal clip just opposite the nuFaeral "io". Fire de. partment arson experts said that when the hour hand reached 10 1t made Q contact and turned on the heater. Papers soaked !n inflanilia- bio fluids apparently had been placed around the heater 50 they would ignite when !t was turned on. The parrot, named Jack, was dying when the burned bodies were dis- covered.
 No Money Found
 Barbour conducted c large park ing lot . few doors from his home, which was less than . block from Olympic Auditorium, where wrest- ling and boxing shows are staged. He was believed to have had the receipts taken in following 6 wrest- ling show Wednesday night but nc money was found in the house, lead- ing police to believe that robbery was the motive for the duai staying
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
BURN
 IN SPAIN RIOTS

Madrid, Feb. 2l.-(UP)-A propo- sal for immediate amnesty of thcus- ands of political prisoners was put before the permanent committee of parliament today by the new left wing government of Premier Manuel Azaria. It was hoped that its eract- iient would end e series of disorders throughout the country which have resulted in wrecking Of right wing political headquarters and the sack ing and burning of churches.
 The disorders have occurred ir- cident to left wing celebrations of victory which put them in power, and to demands that the govern ment free all 30,0OO political prison- CTS ct once. It was estimated that since Sundays election, i0 have been killed and oz injured. Ten churches were set afire and two Of them de- stroyed. Fascist, right center and right wing newspapers were at- tackled in nine cities. Censorship prevented the publication isl spain of anything about the church burn- ings or newspaper attacks.
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confirming" that Harred found Redfern; Secondly that Williamsa a denial means nothing" that per. haps Williams was avoiding publio' ity, and that "Harred has seen 6 metal strip on the instrument board marked "Redfern," and final- ly Q detailed story as follows:
 Trip of One Month
 Harred made c trip of ono month by canoe and three weeks afoot and found an Indian village. About 800 naked Indians, communicating through signs, took Harred and his companions to c plane hanging on 6 tree slightly damaged, having been forced down by the leaking EOS tank,
 Tho name Redfern was on the instrument board, pr. Weight con- tinued, tho plane was aluminium colored and the motor was marked "Fokker".
 "Redsern was heavily bearded, the dispatch went on. "He was crippled. His legs and his broken arm were not properly healed. He uses crutches. He is in rags. He was willing to return. He was given pants to wear. The Indians mis. took this for Q false move and wanted to charge. They were called off by Redfern who speaks their dialect. Redfern advised the visitors to wait on c nearby moun- tain for him until on opportunity arose to join them. He was pre- vented by tho Indians who guarded him and considered him God. The plane is considered Q shrine. The party waited four days for Redfern, but he was still heavily guarded. It was decided that there was no use in waiting any longer as the party was not armed for on emergency"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
GIRL SCOUTS AT. WINTER REUNION
Waterbury Girls Among Delegates at New iamp.
 shire Gathering

Amolng the 100 campers who win atetnd the annual mid.wlnter re- union of the Sargent Summer Camps for Girls. of peterhoro, N. H., are the following from Water bury: Edith Krugells and Elise Young.
 The reunion will be held at the Pioneer, Metropolitan Student Headquarters of the Y. W. o. A. In Boston, on February %, under the auspices of Boston Universltys sar- geant Camps and will feature a program of water sports, followed by luncheon and an afternoon of informal entertainment. The prln- cipal speakers will be Ernst Her. mann, director of tho camps; Miss Helen Chandler, head counselor of the junior camp; Miss May rogg, camp representative. Jean Ham son of Hyde Park, and Betty Blood of swampscott, will speak for the campers,
 The morning program of water sports in the pool of the Pioneer will be carried on under the direc- ton of Alice Broadhurst of Water. town, assisted by Aileen Davis, New- ton Center; Mary Elizabeth Kerr, Newton Highlands; Alice Newton, 0eneseo, N. Y. The afternoon pro. gram will feature moving pictures of tho most important events of last years camp, music, and games,
 The guests of honor will include; Dr. Daniel L. Marsh, president of Boston University and Mrs. Marsh: Dean and Mrs. Hermann; Miss RoSamond Coolidge of Cambridge, head counselor of the senior camp; Miss Fogg; Miss Marion Bacon, nu- sic counselor,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
TWO HOLD OUTS
 IN BOSTON BEES

Boston, February 2i - (UP) = Ben CantwelI, veteran right-handed pitcher, has returned the Boston Bees his signed contract from his Sanford, Caiif., home. Cantwell had 6 poor season in 1eS6, being charged with 20 losses.
 Although the bees ace center fielder, Waily Berger, has not yet signed his i036 contract President Bob Quinn does not regard him as c holdout. It is understood that Ber- ger will seek . substantial increase over his io5B salary, said to have been ei2,00O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
SCHOOL BURNS
 IN MOONSOCKE

Woonsocket, R l.. February 2l--. (UP) - A general alarm fire leyeled tho Second Avenue Grammar school eariy today, causing damage esti. mated ct e20,000. Firemen battied to prevent the flames spreading to the Sacred Heart Catholic church and parish house and dwellings n the area.
 Three firemen narrowly escaped injury when tho slate roof of the nine-room wooden structure col- iapsed.
 The fire was discovered by . cab driver. The school was nearly . heIf century old.
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j., Frances Carroll, Bridgeport, and Alice Hudner Daniels, Pittsfield. Mass, ell nieces.
 The residue is then to be divided into eight parts and divided as fol- lows:
 Three-eights to Catherine label Carroll of Bridgeport, c niece.
 Two-eighths to julie Q. Curtin cS Hartford, . niece.
 0ne-eighth to Mrs. Mary Hldner, of Pittsheld, sister.ia.jaw.
 One-eighth to Frances 1. Audner of Waterbury, Q niece.
 One-eighth to Francis HudneT. Waterbury, Q nephew.
 The will was drawn up March 2i, 1oaS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
AGREEMENTS FILED

The following agreements were CD proved ip compensation court to- day by ccmsnlssionsr James ".
 ". T. Gilbert Clock Company, Winsted, infection Of left hand, Winsted, afid Richard AIexandeT, ee90 weekly beginning January (,
 Waterbury Button Company aEd Joseph CiprianO, i4o Bennett eYes iilie, loss of 1-o use Of portion of fins ger 11.Ao weekly for c 1-9 weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
MERRIMAN SCHOOL PUPILS WINNER
Capture First 3 Places in Spelling Contest; Anna
 t Mollica, First

Anna Mollica, b7 River street, c pupil In the seventh grade ct Mer. riman school, won out over Q closs' mate, Eleanor Basile, also of Mer. riman, ct the WATR spelling bet yesterday to take first honors. Thire place was won by Helen Baini oi Merriman giving the lower Bald. win street institution c clean sweep Seven St. Francis pupils were en. tered in yesterdays match, sever from Merriman and ono entran' from St. Mary's. The match wal given under the supervision o! George Duly, studio manager, ir conjunction with The Democrat. The complete list of entrants fol. lows:
 Evelyn Conway, aeS Grove
 street, St. Mary's Thomas Kinsella, l80 Tracy
 avenue, St. Francis. Thomas Dunne, 96 Lounshury
 street, St. Francis. William Scott, 90 Washington
 street. St. Francis. Carol Harrington, 400 Baldwin
 street, St. Francis. Ruth Conway, l3 Lounsbury
 street, St. Francis. Katherine Dunne, eb Lounsbury
 street, St. Francis. Leonard echiavo, 56 Aver street,
 Merriman.
 Rose yalucci. IS sergin street,
 Megriman. Pearl Muccino, il Dergin street,
 Megriman.
 Eleanor 4asiie, il Bergin street,
 Merriman.
 Dorothy Conway, 04 Keefe
 street, St. Francis. Anna Mollica, O7 River street.
 Merriman. Helen Baini, 240 Baldwin street. Merriman.
 Consella Mollica, B7 River street,
 Merriman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
ITALIANS TAKE POSITION

on the northern Ethiopian front have occupied c strong position ct Aderat, south Of Buja in the AnabR
 Rome, Feb. 2i--(uP)-- Italians Aradam neighboFhood, was com- munique No. 133 announced today. Aviation activity on the northern front continues Intense, t was said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21
LEADING PLACES OF
 BUSINESS TO CLOSE
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tomorrow. School children lost afa- other "day off" because the holiday falls on Saturday this year. Many reservations for Washing tons Birthday parties were yeport- cd at hotels and inns in and near Waterbury. Church programs were also being featured today and for tomorrow and Sunday. In the schools to-day special patriotic ex- ercises were conducted.
 Last night Rev. Theodore 0. Bobi- lin of the First Methodist Episcopal church spoke ct the Mount Olive A. M. N. Zion church at 6 Washing ton tea. He declared that George Washington succeeded because he kept himself physically fit. Celebration In View
 Tonight ct the Hamilton park pavilion the eve of Washington'S Birthday will be observed with Q minstrel show by the Sacred Heart Holy Name ciety.
 A childrens show will take place ct the gymnasium of the Kingsbury school this evening under the spon- sorship of the Overlook Cottage Park club. The vOcalistg will he Cecil Dreary, Dolores Boulay, Sonny LaFlamme, Joyce Cestar, Lucille Bercier, Virginia Willard, Irene Johnson, Elaisie Demers, Arlene Cook, Katherine Mastroianni, Eileen Daly, Michael Favale, Shirley La- Flamne, Eleanor Dee, Susie An. dreano, Norma Cucolo, Helen Burns. Ann Deldrosso and Edith Rossi. The dancers will be Mary Boyles, Arlene Cook, Muriel Claatfield, Eleanor Martone, Marion Quick, Shirley LaFlamne, Myrtle Chattield, Marie Fillipalli, Irene Puloski and Elizabeth Dzinski.
 Leap Year Cabaret
 At Davenport hail Q leap.year cabaret will Do conducted by the Junior auxiliary of the Second Con- gregational church. Tomorrow night ct the central "" Q leap year ball will be sponsored by Q group of young women. Tn Buckingham hall the fourth annual masquerade of the Civilta Progressive society will take place and the Sons and Daugh- ters of Hermann will hold 6 ball ct Turn hall
 The birthday of George Washing ton will be observed with an "open house" program tomorrow at the Boys Club, beginning at 0:30 o. clock in the morning and ending at 9 o'clock in the evening. The pro- gram will include boxing, basket ball, chess games, swimming con- tests and entertainment.
 The Ho.. Name societies of the church of Our Lady of Mount Car mel will present @ minstrel show in St. Joseph's hall tonight with John Jannetty as director and John J. Gavino as interlocutor. Parties have been planned, also. The day, in gen- eral, will be fittingly observed.
 A delegation from the Waterbury branch of the National association of Letter Carriers viii attend the 42nd annual state convention at New Haven tomorrow, while aSloth- CT group representing the local branch of the United National As- sociation of Post Office Clerks will be present ct the convention in Bridgeport.
 Delegates to the carriers con- veniton are Thomas Pralen, Wil- liam Dillon, Michael Mclaughlin, B. Lazauslzas, Charles Dun, JO- seph Gallo, John Griffin and Wil- liam 0hent. Local members on the resolution committee are douverneur Davis. John Clarity and John Flaherty. Paul 6taf- strom will be advanced from third to second trustee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21

Cotton spinning and weaving mills of Belgium have sufficient Ors ders to keep them operating at capacity for ct least four months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21

WakkerstrooIn, in remote South Africa, has opened 6 municipal air- port
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-21

Child film stars in England sel- dom receive as much as eioo . week.
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Chinese bandits in Malaya are de- cfeasing their marauding.
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JULIA HUDNER
 WILL IS FILED

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CHAUFFEUR IN DOUBLE MURDER

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JOHNSON TO HURL
 COIN OVER RIVER

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Aviator Redfern Is
 Puzzling Mystery
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Krohg). He intended to hit the coast off the 0uianas and continue southward over the jungle,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-09
We Still Must Pay

Although the full amount of $131 ,000, which the State of Connecticut has set up as Waterbury'S share of the old age pension tax, has not yet been collected, city officials expect to turn this amount over to State Treasurer John s. Addis within the next ten days. Payments are due on April l, but grace period of thirty days is allowed. In the case of larger communities, where there is always diffi- culty in securing prompt 100 per cent tax payments, this leeway will be grate- >fully accepted.
 It is expected that the city will in the long run realize perhaps more than the $131 ,000 old age pension tax but if it does, it will only be after considerable trouble and work, during which various officials will probably be put to considerable ex- pense. Failure to pay the $3 tax within the prescribed period of time automat- ically adds an assessment, which is the city's share for the expense of collection. We sincerely hope that in the very first year it is to go into effect there will not be any deliberate delinquents in Water bury.
 Payments under our state old age pen- sion laws commence next Wednesday. We shall then begin to learn whether or not the statute is going to prove effective as guard against complete dependence of the aged and indigent. Waterbury's record in paying it's just debts to the state is going to be protected. It is up to those eligible for this old age tax, if they have as yet failed to pay, to do so imme- diately. Failure to pay simply means that the city is the loser and everyone of us as taxpayers foot the delinquency bills in the long run.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-09
Congress Is Relieved

If the congressional investigation of the Townsend plan goes on long enough, our congressman are likely to wind up by concluding that what they had feared was going to be raging tornado has been just mild breeze after all. Con- gressmen scare easily. It goes with the job. And when the Townsend business got under way, the noble representatives began to recall the fearsome whip which Wayne B. Wheeler used to crack, and took it for granted that another great eXtra-political organization was coming into being to issue orders to them.
 But now things are looking different. The fine unselfishness of the organiza- tion takes on less beautiful hue in the light of revelations about high fees for organizers. The venerable doctor him. self may be just as devoted as he ever was, but it is pretty apparent that some people in his organization were much more concerned with the loaves and fishes than with the idea of secure old age for the unfortunate.
 And that can be expected to lessen Congress- fears. For what frightened the congressman about this'business was the high moral purpose that hung over it during the time of it's youth A con- gressman can, if pressed, say No. to a lobbyist or a self-seeker; but if you con- front him with an outfit which is sin cerely and intensely devoted to a great Cause, it just isn't in him to get tough.
 The thing to remember, after every thing else is said and done, is that this Townsend movement did voice a great deal of pitiful fear and pathetic hope. Growing old is no part of a joke, Tor many
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Americans. It means the loss of security dependence on someone who may meet that dependence grudgingly, the shadow of poverty across the path.
 Because millions of old people know that fear all too intimately, the Townsend plan drew an amazing response. We have had time, by now, to look at the thing sanely; time to study it's cockeyed economies, time to weigh the somewhat unlovely way in which district organizers collected so much a head for every pathetic hopeful they could bring into the fold. These things are beginning to convince Congress that there is nothing to fear, after all.
 But underneath it all there remain the conditions which gave the Townsend plan it's initial momentum These con- ditions will still exist, no matter how damaging the congressional investiga- tion may prove. The Townsend plan, as a movement, may be crippled to the point of death; the fear and hopelessness that made millions of people embrace it are yet to be dealt with. And it will take more than congressional investigation to set them right.