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was condemned might have been Q perfect" one but for small town gossip which linked his name with Esther Magill.
 sherman, first met Esther at the Whitinsville machine-shop where both were employed. She found 1t convenient to ride to and from work in his secondhand Packard, and he came to enjoy her company enough to "date" her for roadhouse ren- dezvous and betting parties in Q lovers lane known as Purgatory Chasm.
 Decides on Murder
 It was several months after he first met Esther, according to his confession-and after Q lawyer had advised him he had no grounds for divorce-that he decided to drown his wife, Alice Dudley sher- man, a.
 So on the night of July 20. 1895, he hired Q canoe and padded out onto the black waters of fog- shrouded Lake Singletary, where he had played and learned to swim as Q boy. At his trial Sherman testified that he took his wife ashore where they enjoyed what he called Q Hove feast" and then padded onto the lake again.
 His Death Song
 T padlded for about 100 feet north, And then turned west and went about 200 to 300 fet," the con- fession read. T was singing to my wife in the canoe. My only religion is song. l put my whole heart and soul into 1t. was singing . hymn, When I Consider the Work of Thy Hand
 "When I stopped singing, the thought to murder her came to my mind. I must have been crazy.
 "I deliberately tipped the canoe over, with the intentions of drown- Ing my wife. After the canoe was tipped over I then thought only of saving myself. I turned deliberate- ly around in tho water to get away from the hold that my wife had on tliU oiiouhdGt VI iily oiiAEb, 9lG outlk immediately after I pushed her away. I remained there and saw the bubbles, and this was the last I saw of my wife's body"
 American Tragedy
 The case became known as New England's American Tragedy" be- cause the modus operandi paralleled that of the slayer in Theodore Dreiser's famed novel, "'An Ameri- can Tragedy"
 While, last September. c jury oi Yankees deliberated his fate at Worcester county courthouse for nine hours, the imperturbable Sher- man ate beefsteak and potatoes and apple pie a Ia mode, and then, in q rich baritone. sang for his guards, "When Irish Eyes Are smil- ing" Later he stretched his six foot frame on a courtroom bench and slept soundly until the jurors filed in win the verdict of Guilty as charged"
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 ther ado the "klnd" invitation. Pc. litical analysts in the ranks of both parties feel that Judge Slavin is @ certain bet to retain his office, no matter who should run against him. The lawyers approached have the same idea, and refuse to offer them. selves as martyrs in a hopeless cause.
 Few office-holders in local history have held the esteem and respect of both parties as much es Judge Slavin. During his numerous terms as judge of probate court, which embraces Middlehury and Wolcott as well as Waterbury, Judge Sla- win has won the admiration of members of both parties. Though pressure from the state organization may force the local g. o. p. forces to place q candidate in the field against Judge Hlavin, 1t is already apparent that good candidate will be hard to find, and should the republicans select a nominee the choice may go to some weak. insofar as vote-getting ability is concerned, party worker. It is no secret that several inc fluential republicans leaders have no desire for the local organization to oppose recollection of Judge Sla" vim.
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loyalist ships seemed not to want to fire for fear they might hit the Deutschland. Rebel sources at di. braltar reported that the command ing officer of the Deutschland vis- tied General Francisco Franco, rebel chief.
 2+The Paris newspaper, Oeuvre asserted that letters from Berlin to Italian exiles in Paris said that 36 varnishers of the Breda Airplane factory worked July % and 27 paint ing out insignia of I2 bombing air- planes which left at 1l:30 ?. m. July % for Sardinia and that 18 bomhers left for other airports. French information is that bomb- ing planes of Italian type seen over Morocco were from Sardinia.
 3-The United Press correspond ent at Casabianca, French Moroco. heard reports from Tetuan, Span- ish Morocco, that the rebels ordered 20 planes of Italian and German make.
 1.-The socialist newspaper, Pop ulaire here charged that the famed acrobatic pilot, Michael De Troyat, director of the Breguet Airplane Company. was recruiting aviators for the rebels.
 6-The nationalist newspaper. Jour here, unfriendly to the govern ment, hinted that four French civil planes which 1t said were ent to Madrid to "evacuate refugees" might have been sent really to aid the Spanish government.
 0--Jean Longuet, French socialist leader. urged the Spanish ROverEi-
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MANUFACTURERS
 ASKED TO CONFER

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 In contrast to tho hectic days of a few years ago, commissioners were optimistic of business improvement, SO much 50 in fact that they feel local factories will continue to re- hire at Q rate so satisfactory that the number on projects and on city relief will diminish rapidly. This d. rectly will result in lesser number of projects in the ensuing year. The effect will be city expenditures and taxes will fall sharply, commission CTS predicted.
 Thank Industries
 Mayor Hayes and other board members expressed gratitude to local industries for what they called magnificent cooperation in the de- pression crisis and they were very confident factories would gladly CO., operate by hiring from the PWA payrolls.
 In refreshing conversation, com- missioners said they were informed employment at local factories was well on the road to normalcy and that the day is not far distant when the burden of financing federal pro- jects and crowded city relief rosters will be drastically eliminated.
 Commissioners expressed their pleasure at the prospects of reliev- ing the city of it's crushing burdens in the form of taxes to cover relief and PWA work.
 Controller Leary's letter to the board was as follows:
 Letter of Controller
 July 30, l936. Hon. Frank Hayes, Mayor,
 Waterbury, Conn.
 Dear Sir:-
 I feel compelled at this time to call to your attention the expendi- lures being made by the city of Wa terbury in connection with construc- ton work being carried on under the WpAs
 The original wPA program was
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 $200 worth of personal property which Carter is alleged to have taken out of Swanson's car prior made his escape, further identified to stealing the machine in which he Carter. He said he had seen the man plainly when Patrolman Mar celia flashed his light.
 Mir. Swanson said he had come from 8 friends apartment on Gen. ter street shortly after 11:30 o'clock Sunday night to find that his car had been rifled. On his return from police headquarters with Pa- trolman Marcella, he said, they found the missing articles hidden in a doorway, and the Patrolman Hur- ley, waited for the return of the thief. He said shortly afterward. Carter drove up in the stolen car.
 Henry Audet, employe of the Weston Equipment Company, own- CTS of the stolea sediNl. anc Arthur Weston, identified the bullet-piefced car at police headquarters yesterday.
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rrOw-The Quns Enjoy Real Good Cooling Dip In Their Pool

started in July of last year and was to have been completed by July l, l030. Numerous projects, covering the construction of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, the installation of new water mains and the replacement of water mains, together with other projects calling for the redecorating of various gchoolhouses, frehouseg and other city buildings, were sub- mltted and approved by the govern- rnent. To finance this program, bonds in tho amount of $400,000 were sold to take care of the ex- ponditures incurred up to July i, 1895, in conjunction with the EZRA and, after July 1, 1895, to finance projects carried on under the WPA.
 Again, in the present year, l030, $400000 worth of bonds were sold to finance the city's share of WPA expense.
 The government has continued the WPA organization for another year, and, as the money provided for the sale of bonds was allocated and expended on projects undertak. on before July 1, 1886, 1t will Do nec- essary to provide additional funds if the city is to continue with the various WPA projects now under way and those that will be under taken between now and July l, i037.
 There arc at present employed in Waterbury by the WPA organiza. ton about 1900 people and, If we are to continue to furnish work for these people, some definite program of obtaining money to take care of the purchase of materials and for the rental of the various equipment, which is necessary on these projects, must be set up ct this time.
 Allow me to suggest that this matter is of such importance that 1 deem 1t wise at this time to recon. mend that the board of finance be informed of existing conditions 50 that they may advise mo what course my ofiice is to pursue relative to further expenditures on WPA projects.
 CONTROLLER
 
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PARENTS TO AID
 ACCUSED PAIR
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 T don't think Gladys meant to kill her mother" Macknight said.
 He had to remain in Sie jail lobby e considerable time after seeing his daughter before he could check his tears sufficiently to 60 on the street.
 Cannot Do Much
 The two fathers and the lawyers they have retained will be unable to do much for the prisoners until the grandjury meets September l6. Prosecutor Daniel T. O'Regan, studying statements of the boy and girl as they were transcribed by stenographers to whom they were dictated, said he probably would ask the grand jury to return first dee gree murder indictments.
 MacKnight and the elder Wight man have not met, but their law yers were reported to have cons ferred twice about c joint defense. MacKnight adVmed his daughter, through R. Lewis Kennedy, lawyer, not to "shift the blame on some one not culpabie." When first ar- rested, Gladys asserted that 1t was her sweetheart who welded the hatchet.
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Truck Drivers Haue
 Ended Their Strike
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ing, Miss WeinStock praised the spirit of cooperation shown by both employers and strikers. MT Mooney paid particular tribute to what he termed the "tirelcss efforts of the union committee" and their wiling ness to submit their differences with employees to the state board of meds iation and arbitration.
 What Broke Deadlock
 The appearance of Miss Wein- stock in the city last night as c representative of the ofEice of the secretary of labor in Washington was generally credited this morning with breaking up the deadlock which has existed since the begin- ming of the strike two weeks ago Monday. The meeting today fol- lowed q lengthy session at the post office building last night in which the entire situation was reviewed.
 Companies That Signed
 Following are the companies which signed contracts following this mornings session: Adley Trans- portation company, Byrolly Trans portation company, Consolidated Motor Lines, Grove &s O., Laskas Motor Lines, Seaboard Freight, Laube Interstate, Lombard Broth CTS, Blake Motor Lines or Torrinf- ton, Trudon 6 Platt of Bristol, 0. & B. Transportation company of Bris- tol and Trudon's Overland Express.
 Statements thanking the police and public for their impartial atti- tude and various units of the N. U. s. J.. who supplied refreshments to picheters, were issued by union offi- cials immediately after the agree ment was reached. Tickets were withdrawn at 8 o'clock this morning pending the outcome of the session and 1t is expected the men will re- turn to work this afternoon and toe night.
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By MARY F0UBIsTER

NOVpyEIBHSI AUoUD " OuIbeU ETCbbI
 Rochester, N. r., Aug. 4-(UP)-I am not putting the life of 6 dog above that of Q child when I ask that Idaho Do allowed to live.
 would Do the first person to con- demn this big mongrel pup, the first to ask that he Do destroyed, If thought for Q minute that he was responsible for the death of Max well Breeze.
 But for two weeks I have almost lived with Idaho. nave observed his behavior in every conceivable slt- uation--in water and on land. From my experience of i6 years with dogs of all breeds. I am convinced that Idaho Is not vicious ana not dangor- ous. His charts show him to be per- fectly healthy and normal In every way.
 No PremedItatl0n
 If 1t should be proved that Idaho Is the dog that swan in the barge canal last July {, on the occasion of the drowning of this child, no one will ever convince me that there was any reconciliation on the part of the dog to harm c human being. The dog shows the protective instinct of the airedale and German Shep- herd breeds from which he came.
 Should this dog be found guilty and I do not See how he can---l would recommend that he be al- lowed tn efreedom any normal llv. ing creature Is entitled to, 50 lonp aS that freedom excludes the vlcin. ity of swimming holes or beaches.
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NeuUeU Sherman Has
 Expiated His Crime
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Brandeis, Attorney William w Buckley announced disconsolately:
 We have gone to the end of the road. We have done all we can. ] guess the boy will have to go out on schedule.
 "Judge Brandeis considered that it was Q matter for the state courts and not for the federal courts"
 Led by Warden Francis J. w flanagan, the Il witnesses filed si- 1ently into the death chamber where sharply illuminated stood Massachusetts 35-year-old electric chair. Nearby was gray-haired, hol. 1ow-cheeked Robert Elliott, execu. ti0ner of Bruno Richard Haupt. mann and many another notorious criminal.
 Into Death Chamber
 Preceded by the Rev. William Bradley Whitney, Protestant prison chaplain, Sherman walked into the room.
 sherman, unshaven, his hair un- kempt, his eyes downcaSt, said not a word aS the Chaplain chanted:
 T am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord. He that be- lieveth shall be saved. We bring nothing into this world and we take nothing out. The Lord Riveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord"
 Swiftly guards maneuVered him to the chair. Swiftly Q black handage was placed across his eyes and Q black strap acros shis chin. Four times came the Whirr of motors. Sherman's hands strained at the leather thongs. Smoke curlod up- ward from his head. At the second shock, on eerie sigh escaped his livid lips. His face took on c grisly hue.
 Four physicians applied stetho- scopes to his chest. They nodded. He was dead. Only eight minutes had elapsed since sherman had en- tered the death chamber at l2;02 c. m.
 Surly to End
 Two guards removed Sherman from the chair and carried the body to 6 slab behind Q screen. The weight proved an unexpected bur den and ono guard shook his head in dismay as he and his associate struggled with the body. sherman was the biggest man of the 5l that have died in Massachusetts eelctric chair.
 The voltage was believed to be as high as ever applied to a condemned man in this state. Several hundred curious gathered outside state pris. on during the execution.
 Warden flanagan mailed a letter that Sherman had writetn to his mother-his last requcst-during ht last hours on earth.
 Gossip Unfolded Crime
 The crime for which Sherman
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By IRVING PFLAUM

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 Toledo, Spain, Aug. 4.-(UP)- Beautiful Toledo, where Cervantes wrote and Fl Greco painted, is be- ing hammered to destruction bit by bis the Span!ards who love 1t. Sixty 4-inch artillery shells W re fired, one by one, into the Alcazar, one time palace of the kings, yesterday at the rebels besieged there, in warn- ing of heavier fire to come. Soldiers. civil guardsmen, storm guardsmen and militiamen guard the city's high walls, narrow ridges and strong gates. The old capital of imperial Spain is just another cathedral town that has been the scene of modern war. It is becoming, fortunately slowly, reminiscent of French ca- thedral towns after the German ad- vance in 1914.
 Cannot Be Repaired
 Damage has been done already that can not be repaired, and that will make Toledo more, when the ruins are replaced, of Q modern city and less of a jewel. Gov. Jose Vega, commanding loyalists, gave the or- der for the smelling of the Alcazar yesterday'in hope of persuading the several thousand rebel troops. mill- tary academy cadets, officers and fascists and an unknown number of women and children to evacuate. Vega said that he had to start the smelling because of the continuance of rebel machine gun fire from the fnrtEeas's high wall& Tba vehela re
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Department of Labor, and repre- sontatiVes of tho strikers and their employers.
 Must Give Notice
 Calling for increases of from 50 cents to $2.25 for over the road trips to New York, and varying increases for tho Philadelphia run tho con- tract provides that for ono year both parties shall submit written notices in the event of dissatisfaction, sub- ject to arbitration by the state board of mediation. Flat rates for the New York and Philadelphia runs of $l0.l6 and $i6.60 respec- lively will mean vary increases in the scales now employed by differ ent trucking concerns. It was ex- plained that these rates are closely approached by some already in ef- feet, while other companies are pay ing considerably lower.
 20 Others To Conform
 In addition to the 12 large truck CTS signing the agreements this morning, approximately 20 other smaller firms are expected to con- cur with the agreement later in the day, according to union leaders. Ed- mund J. Naylor, business represent ative of the union, and Rudolph Tata, president, declared that the contracts improve conditions in general" and expressed satisfaction at the successful conclusion of the walkout.
 48 Hour Week
 Providing for a 48 hour week, as compared with the old contract, which had no provision for regulat- ing hours, the new agreement will benefit both platform men and drivers, they pointed out. The con- tract does not provide for a closed shop" and there were no increases in pay for platform men, one of the demands of the union at the meet ing of the mediation board at Hart ford two weeks ago.
 Strikers Represented
 Strikers were represented by a committee of three which included fSr. Naylor, Mir. Tata and Joseph Dunn. Also present at the meeting was James Corrigan of the Central Labor union. sneakine at the neet-
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Legal Notices
LIQUOR PERMIT yWNfsEF nae ADnW e9sA gnrN

This is to give notice that l. An- ehony RamanauskaH, of 620 Wash tngton Ave. Waterbury, Conn, have 7936 with the Liquor Control Com mission for a Tavern Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the prem ases 22l Congress Ave. Waterbury. Conn. The business is owned by Anthony Ramanauskas, of SEQ Washington Ave, Waterbury, Conn. and will be conducted by Anthony Hamanauskas. of 62O Washington Ave. Waterbury, Conn.,. as permit
 ANTHONY RAMANAusKAs.
 Dated Aug. srd, lpse. e.a-il
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loyal to the left wing government and approximating the fascist blackshirt militia of Italy and the brown shirts of Nazi Germany.
DetaIIs 0Y Valencia

and appfoximGtinH tne IeBclbt blackshirt militia of Italy and the brown shirts of Nazi Germany.
 Details oT Valencia
 Details of the fighting ct Valencia, short lived but of major moment, were released by the government this morning. The officers and their il1en--the number was not known seized some barracks and imprisoned those of their fellows who would not join them. The alarm was given. Loyal privates, civil guardsmen, storm guardsmen and nilitlamen surrounded the rebel barracks. Two men were killed and several wound. cd on each side. Tighting ceased ufl- til early morning, apparently. Then the attack by surrounding loyalistB wt.S renewed. Tho rebel officers found themselves fighting loyal sole diers inside the barracks and the organized loyaiist forces outside.
 Rebel OfIlceFs Arrested
 With the aid of several arnored cars, fniiitiamon entered the bar- racks without resistance during the morning, arrested the rebel officers and released the men imprisoned. Valencia now is quiet and that stores, cafes and factories are operating, the government said. Apparently train service to Valencia was suspended pending the suppression of the re- volt. Today more foreigners, includ- ing some Americans, are to leave for the coast, and more are due to leave tomorrow.
 Artillery ylrc HeaFj
 The low rumble of distant artillery iirc was heard in the enVirons of the capital this morning after days Of comparative quiet. It meant the re. sumption of heavy artillery smelling in the mountains north of the city. Fighting was general, 1t was an- Ylounced, along the jagged moun- tain line running from southwest to northeast, and in tho passes through which run the highways to the capital, firing was particularly heavy. It was not, apparently, the major engagement which will decide the fate of the capital and the rebel- lion.
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4 recent French invention which adds to safety of flight is . device which permits the pilot to observe variations In altitude of one meter and more during Q flight of sev. eral kil0metera.
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or Rebels
 On Valencia Failed
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fuse to surrender, and the order for real fire on the Alcazar may come at any time. Then that will be ruined too,
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GEORGE CARTER
 IS BOUND OVER

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FRENCH FEAR OF
 EUROPEAN PEACE

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PROBATE JUDGE
 PUZZLINC COP,

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(ContInued from Page I) surely as though we had killed him ourselves.
 Tn demanding Idahos life be for- feited, I, too, am asking for mercy. It would Do Q for more humane act to kill this dog painleSsly than to imprison 1t for life. Ire must not be allowed to live and cause other par- ents the suffering and heartbreakS that will be ours as long as life lasts
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New York City has approximately 100000 telephones in use. These are served by 163 exchanges.
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 It may seem bit early to be buying Winter Blankets in August but there many good reasons for doing so Assortments are better now, and many of the best values we will not be able to get later for almost daily we are receiving notices from the mills that they have