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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
STEPFATHER IS
SHOT TO DEATH

jacksonville, CAL, Dec. 4(UP)-
Marie Minghetti, IS, told police to-
day that she shot and killed her
stepfather, George Spencer, A, while
he slept this morning because he
was mean to his family and beat
U.S."
The girl told Police Chief Matt
Graves her stepfather came home
last night intoxicated and quar-
relied with his family.
IT thought about him all night"
the girl told Police Chief Graves.
early this morning decided to do
It,"
$50 got up and dressed without
waking Ruth and Jimmy" her
young brother and sister, "or my
mother. And I did It,"
She said she took IL gauge shot
gun, went to the rear room where
her stepfather was sleeping and shot
him. Then she awakened her
mother, who had not heard the shot.
The mother told the girl to go to
police headquarters and confess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
FORMER MAYOR Is
ON WITNESS STAND
Leo B. Santangelo Testi-
fed in RemingtOn-Rand
Case at MiddletOWn

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 4-(UP)-
Former Mayor Leo B. Santangelo,
Middletown, described himself at a
national labor relations board hear
ing today as an unsuspecting victim
of a strike technique" to force him
to support the Remington Rand
company In the early days Of Its
labor difficulties.
Santangelo, who said he never
before had been involved in a
strike" told Trial Examiner Charles
A. Wood he had received several
"very threatening" kilograms from
Rand, in which the typewriter mag
nate said he would move the fac
tory unless he got support"
II was ignorant about strike tech
nique," said the former city OH
cial. II never dreamed about IT,"
In answer to q question by Wood
WAS Rand at any time constructive
other than indicating the need for
police" Santangelo replied mo"
He said he attended several con-
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cials OF the same bank on grounds
that misprision (concealmenD Of a
felony was a misdemeanor under
Vermont law and hence not In the
Jurisdiction of county court.
Smith, who did not seek reelection,
ends his two-ycar term as governor
In January.
Treasurer Lathrop Baldwin Of the
Marble Savings bank, convicted OF
perjury In connection with alleged
$l24,OO0 embezzlement by q former
bank bookkeeper. was fined 5000 on
each OF two counts and given q
years suspended sentence yesterday
He appealed and was released In
$1,000 bail by Judge Buttles.
Also arrested during the past
three were Vice-President Samuel
Howard and Trustee Bert Stafford
Of the Marble bank. Both were
charged with misprision Of felony
II was claimed that the thefts, In
Guiding the alleged embeszlement oil
Former Bookkeeper John J. Cocklin
pho two weeks ago was convicted or
70 charges Of larceny, occurred ovei
q period OF approximately six years
prior 70 1882.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
Spanish War Turning
Out Different Tales
Rebels Claim Bombing of Madrid Again Today, Inn
proving Positons-Loyasts Say Terrific Artil=
lery Attacks Drove Back Enemy
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD
United Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
With Rebels, Outside Madrid, Dec
4-UP)-Rebel flyers renewed their
aerial attack on Madrid today, drop
ping 500-pound bombs on the forti-
fled area between the model prison
and the royal palace.
Twice fleets of rebel bomberS, pro-
tected by fast pursuit ships, flew
over the area loosing their heaviest
bombs In an effort to wipe out 10y
alist machine gun nests which were
firing into rebel trenches.
Rebel officers reported their pur-
suit ships had shot down two loyal
list bombers that crashed IN flames
in the heart of Madrid.
Meanwhile, insurgent infantry
catching a brief rest after the 49,
hour attack yesterday and early to-
day, strengthened its positions
around the suburban towns OF Poz-
uelo, Tetuan, Las Victorias and be-
yond University City.
Rebel Artillery Active
Rebel artillery continued TO bonn
bard loyalist positions in the forth
fed section of the Spanish capital
Intelligence reports said there
were two foreign columns operating
in Madrid-one of Russians and the
other an international column-both
composed of trained soldiers. many
of whom fought in the World war.
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GIRLS PROTEST
NO INCREASE

New Bedford, Mass. Dec. 4-(UP)
Girl employees of the winding and
Keeling departments OF the New
Bedford Rayon company have pro-
tested not being included In 10
per cent wage increase granted 400
other employees. The 100 girls are
paid on piece work. At meeting
lest night. conference was ar
ranged with the management to-
morrow to discuss demands, Later
the girls will vote on acceptance Of
anticipated offers Of the company.
Under q compromise agreement,
other employees Of the company were
granted the increase. The union
had demanded a IS per cent In
areaSe ON threat OF striking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04

The political pot in democratic
circles In Connecticut continued to
boil today ss the time for organiz-
ing the 1887 state senate neared.
Mayor Hayes has asserted his right
to pick the clerk of the upper body
of the legislature and his priority
In this phase has been agreed to by
Governor Cross and National Com
mitteeman David E. FITZGERALD.
Test Of Strength
Because Of this fact, it is very pos
sible that .ny political alignment
between Lieutenant-G Governor Hayes
and Mayor Spellacy will not be evi-
dent when the test Of strength De-
tween Governor Cross, U. 8. SEN
ator Francis T. Maloney and Ma
tional Committeeman FITZGERALD and
the forces headed by Mayor Spell
lacy takes place at the coming
caucus Of the 1887 democratic sena-
tors.
MalOney, Lonergan Split
At the same time the split between
Senator Maloney and U. s. Senator
Augustine Lonergan Is becoming
more and more evident. The latter,
senior senator from Connecticut,
announced yesterday IN Washing
ton, D. O., that he will be q candi-
date for denomination In 1888, two
q 3 a. - +. ~ as.i =
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
Winston Churchill Backs Up King in His
Battle; He Would Form New
Cabinet If Baldwin Quits
GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH
PEOPLE WOULD BE JUDGES
BY WEBB MILLER
Copyright, 1886, by United Press)

London, Dec 4-(UP)-King Edward VIII has
decided to fight for his right to marry Mrs: Wallis
Simpson rather than abdicate at once. In his battle
to prevent the cabinet from forcing him off the throne
the king has the support, usually unimpeachable
sources revealed today, of Winston Churchill, the
brilliant conservative member of parliament who is
said to have offered to form new cabinet should
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin resign.
Greatest of Historic Fights
How long the youthful monarch intends to play out
his cards may depends in part popular sentiment in the
current crisis But any appears that historic
fight probably the greatest in Engands long history in
the making All other English kings who have defed their
ministers have lost-some of them their heads.
Queen Mary Will Retire
The kings decision to fight reliable said, was
communicated to other members of the royal family with
the result that Queen Mary threatened to into strict
to leave the country the king marries Mrs Simpson The
queens threat presumably she would become sor
|rowful recluse, never again to be seen in public
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
SALESLADY

Northampton, Ma S s.,
Dec. 4(UP)-Mrs. Grace
Coolidge, widow of former
President Calvin Coolidge,
turned saleswOman for a
day.
Dressed in a blue smOck,
she worked industriOusly
behind the Christmas gift
booth at the annual Christ
mass fair of Edwards
church yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
81 BOMBERS

Madrid, Dec. 4-(UP)-
A fleet of 81 Rebel bomb
ing planes flew over Madrid
at 2 p. m. in perfect forma-
ton. 1t was the biggest
display of Rebel aerial
strength in the siege, but
no bombs were dropped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04

Baldwin informed commons that
a morganatic marriage Is contrary
to English law and any one the
king marries automatically becomes
queen.
Since the government has taken
an irrevocable stand against Mrs.
Simpsons becoming queen, the king
would have no choice but to give
up his throne and empire If he
persists in marrying her.
Compromise Door Closed
The prime minister thus closed
the door to any compromise by
which the king might marry Mrs,
Simpson privately, not as his queen,
and still retain the throne.
Since the king seems determined
to marry Mrs. Simpson, the only
alternative apparently would be for
him to abdicate.
Baldwin admitted that legislation
could be passed whereby the kings
wife would not become queen blu,
said, "the government Is not pre-
pared to introduce such legisla-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
Lieut.. Coz. Hayes
Supports Senator
Candidacy
ate; He Also Denies That He Took Walk Out on
Governor CrOss-Not Speaking for Spellacy

Lieutenant Governor Frank Hayes declared today to
the Democrat that he favorable to the naming of Senator
Joseph Lawor of this city president pro tempore of
the state senate His declaration indicates that there not
a solid lineup with the program of senate appointments
proposed by Mayor Thomas speacy of Hartford Mayor
Hayes also denied that he had taken and actual
wakou on Governor Wilbur L. Cross at any conference in
the executive chambers at the CAPITOL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
Late Nelus
Flashes
DAUGHTER DIES

Stoneham, Mass, Dec. A
- (UP) - A Watertown
young woman lost her life
and her mother was Sc
riously hurt when their au-
tomobile was struck and
overturned by another car
on the Fellsway today.
Miss Mary Toomey, %,
was pronounced dead on ar
rival at a hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
RUSSIA, JAPAN
BUYING PLANES
Spending Millions in Amer
lea to Prepare for Ger
man, Soviet, Japan War
BY HOBART c. MONTEE

(COpyright 1885 by Unite0 freSS)
Washington. Dec. 4.-UP)-So-
Wet Russia and Japan are buying
American airplanes at fast-grow-
ing pace in preparation for the
German Russian Japanese war
which militar yexperts now believe
may break out next spring, United
Press was informed today.
Russia, with her enormously
greater resources, is outstripping
Japan in purchases of these planes
at ratio of nearly two to one.
In addition Soviet factories are
turning out hundreds of fighting
planes under forced production
schedule.
Russia Spends $1,0OO.000
During the past 80 days Soviet
airplane purchases in this country
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TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Dec. 4-UP)-Gov-
eminent expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year to Dec. 2. as
compared with year ago:
This YenP Expenses Last Year
$2,921,332,562.69 $3,1S6,6S5,9os.s2
s1,sse,O11,s5o,s4 S1.4s7.ss1.75o.o7
n,25s,s2o.s1a.15 $3.50. o2s.25s.55
Cash Balance
s1,441.73O,664.76 sl,4l.S9S,7sS.s9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04
PRESIDENT WAS
ON RETURN TRIP
Off Coast OF Brazil This
Morning-Will Reach
Home Dec. 10 or IA
BY FREDERICK A. STORM
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

united Press starr COrreSpOn0entl
Aboard U. s. S. Chester, Dec 4.
-UP)-President Roosevelt was
off the coast of Brazil today, en-
route home from his visit to South
America which he is confident will
produce united front against war
in the western hemisphere. Mr..
Roosevelt will land December IA or
IS at Charleston, S. c., and pro-
coed from there by train directly
to Washington, having abandoned
his previous plan to land at Mobile.
Ala. and go to Washington by way
Of Warm Springs, Ga.
The cruisers Indianapolis and
Chester will put In at Port Au
Spain, Trinidad, for fuel, on the
way home.
The President was expected to go
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Queen Mary Threatens To Quit
Palace In Retirement; Duchess,
Duke Of York T0Leaue Country
Stanley Baldwin Has
Challenged Royalty
Practically Orders King Edward to Abdicate-MOst
Historic Session of Parliament Ever Held;
Tense Feeling Exists in All England
BY WEBB MILLER
Copyright, 1886, by United Press

London, December 4. - CUP - Prime Minister
Stanley Baldwin faced historic session of parliament
today and threw cearcut challenge to King Edward VIII
to drop his plans marry Mrs Wallis Simpson abdicate
There could be misaking the meaning of the blunt
country squire who heads His Maiestys government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-04

The King was believed 70 be at
Fort Belvedere, his country resi-
dence where he has spent so many
happy hours with Mrs. Simpson and
mutual friends. In view Of his re-
ported decision to fight 1t out, he
was not expected to follow her to
France.
If the king has decided to refuse
to abdicate and marry Mrs. Simp-
son, the resignation Of the Bald
win cabinet would follow tmmedi-
ately.
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The Weather

Generally Fair Tonight;
Saturday Fair, Colder
Fun weather Report Page II.
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The Washington times., 1936-10-13
PWA IS SUED
ON PLAN FOR
POWER LINE
Tennessee Firm Asks
Court to Ban Wires
for IVA Current

Charging conspiracy and CO.
ercion, the West Tennessee Power
and Light Company, of Jackson
City. Tenn. today appealed to the
United States District Court Tor
an injunction to prevent the PWA
from disburSing a $4,000 auoca-
ton of it's funds to enable the
town of Jackson City to construct
a distribution system for the
handling of iva electric current.
Justice Joseph w. Cox signed a
temporary order, effective until
October %, restraining the dis
bursement of the fund, of which
$299, 900 is an an outright grant.
Counsel for the power company
said that within that time applica-
ton will be made for a prelimi-
nary injunction which will stay
the hand of the Government
agencies until a final hearing of
the suit can be held.
Price Cuts Cited
The power company, with a
$1,500,000 plant investment in
Madison county. informs the
court it's franchise does not ex-
pire until January /, 1868, and
that during the past 10 years it
has reduced by so per cent the
price of electric energy to con-
Sumers.
Notwithstanding the efficient
and economical distribution of
current to Jackson City con-
Sumers, it is complained that the
city is about to construct a dis
tribution system with PWA funds
and will purchase IVA current
to resell to residents of the city.
u. S. Competition
1t is pointed out that the cur
rent to be sold the town through
transmission line already
erected is not surplus current
from Wilson Dam, but will be
power which will be produced in
a steam-driven generating plant,
thus placing the Government in
active competition in the business
Of manufacturing electric energy.
The claim is further made that
the entire PWA program is un-
constitutional. violating the rights
of the plaintiffs under the Fifth
Amendment to the Constitution
and the grant to be made the
municipality cannot relieve un-
employment, since those en-
ployed on the project could not
be furnished from among the
skilled laborers of the city.
-NOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
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opposite way I am going, delayed
our take-off until $40 a. m.
The little silver two-Seater
piloted by Mr.. Mai Luen BhonSoo-
san, who learned how to fly in st.
Louis, headed northeast into the
quarter of the withdrawing"
as the flyers say-but not grabbing
nearly so much as 1.
TAPPING, in Kwangsi province Of
Southern China, where rebellious
provincial army leaders are still
threatening to rise in civil war
against the central Chinese gov
eminent, was our first objective.
Pilot Gets Worried
Dawn found us sailing Serenely
northward over French Indo-
Chinese jungleS, where tigers and
great constructor snakes lie in wait
for little girls.
But when the Semi-tropical sun
rose high in the heavens, the
Siamese pilot began to show signs
of worry. He looked first over one
side of the cockpit, then the other.
No TAPPING!
For an hour and a half he
looked, circling and recircling, los
ing valuable minutes, while
thought of the President Pierce,
steam up, ready to sail from Hong
kong.
Finally the pilot shrugged his
shoulders and nosed down for a
landing-while thoughts of ban
dts, kidnapings, murders, and
revolutions whizzed through my
head.
Bump! bump! splash! we
thumped down in the middle of a
rice field. The plane was not dam
aged-but in second I thought
all my worse fears about Kwangsi
province were realized.
Appearing like gnomes from the
ground, about 900 chattering ma.
tives, nearly naked, surrounded
the plane. They spoke no English.
of course, and could not under.
stand Siamese.
We waved our arms, made signs
with our fingers, played handles, "
and finally made them understand
that we were lost. In half an
hour of this game, we were finally
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
TWO ARE HELD
IN OPERATION
CLUB RAID
Doctor, Nurse Seized
After Girl Reveals
Strange SetuP

NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 13 G.N.S0.
4 gray.haired surgeon and his
pretty nurse faced arraignment in
Newark family court today follow.
ing a raid on a strange club in
which illegal operations allegedly
were performed on nearly $500
women.
Police seized a large black book
containing the membership roster.
Here, in addition to names, ad.
dresses, and descriptions Of the
members. detectives were surprised
to find photographs of the women
as we'll. In most cases there were
three photographs of each woman.
One showed her in street attire,
one in underclothing, and one
entirely in the nude.
The arrested physician Is DR..
George Harley, 66. The nurse Is
Anna Green, an attractive 28-year-
old brunette. DR.. Harley has been
arrested thrice previously on il
legal operation charges. He never
was convicted.
Because of elaborate precautions
taken at the large sanitarium, its
operations were not detected until
19-year-old girl was taken i'll
and rushed to City Hospital. Re
luctantly she told the secret of the
place which led to the raid last
night.
VOTE AMERICAN
Photographers Meet
The annual business meeting Of
the Washington Photographic So
ciety will be held tomorrow night
at the Mount Pleasant Library.
Reports of officers will be pre-
Sented and new officers elected
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
BY ERIC FRIEDHEIM
International News Service

The United States, Great Britain
and France went on new gold
standard" today by agreeing to
sell each other gold through the
channels of their currency Stabili-
cation funds.
The pact is an outgrowth Of the
recent sterilization agreement
which the three governments hope
to use as foundation for perma-
nent stability in foreign exchange.
Under the new pact, the United
States will sell gold for immediate
export to the sterilization funds
of France and England at price
Of $35 per fine ounce plus one
quarter per cent handling charge.
This agreement, will be operated
on a 24-hour basis, each country
having the privilege Of altering or
revoking the pact on a day
notice. Britain and France Will
sell gold to the United States sub
ject to terms and conditions that
this Government deems advantage
GUS to its interest.
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau said other nations
can join in the agreement by
complying with the same condl-
tions. He added:
"The international Specu-
lator, responsible to no one
and recognizing no flag in
the conduct of his business,
will in the future not be able
by rapidly shifting his funds
from market to market to
reap private advantage through
stimulating chaos in foreign
exchanges"
MOrgenthau explained that
through sterilization fund opera
tionS the three countries accumu.
late considerable quantities OF
each others paper currency:
"This happens because each
country operates its own stabili-
zatiOn fund to equalize its own
currency by buying and selling
exchange in terms of other
currencies. BY that 1 mean,
America buys francs and sterl-
ing. In London they would
be buying dollars or francs.
mo country wishes through
these operations to accumulate
too much paper currency Of
the other countries and there
fore we propose to permit
each countries paper money
into gold, with the price being
fixed each day.
"This represents a divorce
ment of the control Of the for
eign exchange market from the
few individual International
spectators. The responsible
governments Of the people will
now cooperate to assure a mini
mum exchange fluctuatiOn. 1t
is in effect a new-type gold
standard"
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
Dot KiIgallen Catches
Ship for Manila

directed to Fort Bayard. What a
sensible sound that had in this
Oriental bedlam!
So after a take-off that thought
would wreck the plane, we arrived
at Fort Bayard, an English settle
ment on the edge Of the China
Sea. two hours behind time.
Natives Worried
We found Hongkong all right
but were two hours late there also.
We landed at the Royal Air Force
field at Kaitak, Hongkong Island,
at 4:45 p. m. (3:45 A. NJ, E. S. IT,.
Imagine my surprise to find a
large crowd waiting there for me,
and my pleasure at realizing these
strangers were actually worried
about the hardness of an Ameri-
can they had never seen before
But I had no time for pleas
antries. I said goodby to my
pilot and hoped into a car with
out further ado-for Leo Kieran,
on the first section" of our aerial
train from Bankok, was ahead of
me-and dashed across Hong.
kong's alleys to ShipSide.
In twinkling 1 was under the
American Flag again, on the Dol.
lar liner, for the first time since I
left New York September 80.
The hurry and the hustle was
oyer-but this. the slowest part of
the journeys the most impor.
tant.
Kieran is aboard the President
Pierce. Now, if the same winds
that delayed the Hawaii Clipper,
holding her in Manila for H. R.
Ekins-just keep here there a day
longer, there'll be new life in this
race.
Nearly Arrested
Since 1 did have to make one
forced landing on this long trip
I'm glad it came just after, and
not before, we emerged from the
tangled green carpet of the Siam
csc and Indo-C Chinese jungle.
A French-speaking native police.
man took me to the station : -
not having proper Identification
papers, but the police commission
er had heard that some girl was
flying around the world, so he
let me off.