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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19
AGREEMENTS FILED

The following compensation agree ments were approved teddy by Ccni- missioner James M. Lynch:
 ToFrington Mfg. O.. Tcrrington. and Salvatore Audia, intunry to chest and thumb. es weekly, begin- ming Jan. 90.
 Phillips Dairy Corp. Cherry street, and Everett M. Taylor, 2s 0reen- bow street. hernia. el4 weekly bee ginning Feb. 70.
 Watevtown Asfg. co. and Angelo Innicello. OAkyille, strained arm, eii.Di weekly, beginning Dec. 3.
 WasertoWn Mfg. co. and Frank Bensavage. WntegEoWu, infection and burns. left arln, eli.sS weekly beginning Jan. z.
 Rlsdon Mfg. O.. Naugatuck, end Stanley JankOwxki, % nadley street. Naugatuck, left humb iii- jury. ele9o weekly beginning Jaa. Szs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19
focused Assassin
 Of Editor Freed
GoOntlnusd from PAge D

4nked Judge eelover for 70 just
 Ad fair trial"
 Later he Invited friends to .
 hoopinn" celebration party. Blum
 areld had been iil jail since two
 anxs after Liggett was assassinated He niaht of December
 Governor Floyd Olson, accused by #xn. Llegett of conplicity in the
 murder, announced the search for fha slayer would continue unabated.
 ME. Liggett said she would sell immediately the Midwest American, weekly newspaper, in which she coris tlnued attacks on the underworld and kleh state officials after her hus- hnnds death.
 eI would prefer to stay here and i1Rht it out. to carry on the prin- rlpies which cost my husband his Mle, even if 1t meant my death" n'se said. "But I have two children io think of. They are in danger. For their sake, must flee. l may so 1o New York to live with my pars ents, but do not wish to disclose now just where I will go."
 Children on Farm
 The Liggett children, Marda, 10, who saw her father drop with i've machine gun siugs in his back, and Wallace. 12, have been living on a farm in Wisconsin.
 n would be bounded and bounded hy the gang if remained in Min- f1oapolls," Mrs. Liggett said. They wouldn't give me moments peace. Every move l make is watched now.
 T was not greatly surprised ct the verdict in view of the attitude of the Minneapolis police department. one couldn't expect to do anything about Q murder which was ordered by Gov- efnor olson"
 After identifying Blumenfeld as flle man with the "1eering, grinning face" who killed her husband. Mrs. Llggett testified the staying either was ordered or permitted by Gov- erncr olson"
 History of Case
 Assassination of Walter Liggett on December Q created 6 furore that reached to the highest ofiicialdom of Minnesota. In his militant weekly paper, the Midwest American, Lig- eett had charged prevalence of vice, crime and political corruption. He was an outspoken critic Of Governor VIosd B. olson. For months his naper had demanded the governors impeachment. Even with the arrest of Blumenfeld a few hours after the crime, the demand for a complete investigation of the murder was car. ried to the state legislature, the gov- ernor and to the federal department of Justice. The latter refused to act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19

(C0ntinued from Page IJ called by the company. took his place at the ladder. The physician was preceded by Fireman George Collins. who roped himself securely to a girder and held other rope to help support the doctor. Collins also held a storage battery lamp. which vas the only source of illu- imitation.
 Thur. it was necessary for Dr. Long to clutch a rope with his right hand. while performing the ainpu- tation with his left hand through the small aperture in the cabs side.
 Anxisus About Arm.
 sIs my arm gone. DOc?" asked Mccoy when Dr. Long stuck his head through the hole to get the lay of the land.
 "weT sec" the doctor replied. "Just take 1t easy"
 "It's awful cold. Mccoy said. The temperature was near zero outside aud it wasn't much warmer within the cab.
 "Yes. 1t Is cold. But you'll be out of here pretty quick" the doctor assured him.
 Before pr. Long could begin the seemingly impossible task of aIu- pulaaing with only one free hand and his left hand. at that-there was a cry from below. A priest had arrived to administer the last rites.
 Priest Aseenas ladder.
 @ ur. Long dcscendsd axd ths
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19
FAMILY BURNED
 BUT ESCAPED

Woburn, Mass. Feb. 19--(UP)-A mother and father and their four children were burned severely and i've members of another family af- fected by smoke when fire follow ing an explosion damaged two- family dwelling here today. Forced to drop from second story windows into snowbanlxs to escape death, MT. and Mrs. Alexander Love and their children Lois. il, Shirley, 9, George, ' and Albert, 2, ell suffered burns on the heads and arms.
 The father made his daughters jump from their bedroom windows. The mother had George jump from his window and then she dropped Albert, the baby, into the snow. The parents, too, had to leave by wih- dows. Love had to break into the downstairs flat to Mir. and Mrs Frank Covello to assist them and their three children, including Q slx-month -old baby, out. All were affected severely by smoke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19
Hockey Victory Starts America 7osvard Defeat

Rev. Edwin P. Carey of St. Petcr's Church took his place on the ladder and gave Mccoy the final Bacra- ments. Then Dr. Long returned to his precarious perch and began the operation.
 The extreme cold was both friend and enemy to Dr. Long. Though he and his patient suffered from ex- poseure, the zero weather acted as Q natural tourniquet, causing tho blood to congreal and stemming the How which in warmer temperature might have brought death to Me- coy.
 T don't see how you're going to get me out of here, even after the arm is off," observed Mccoy as the doctor worked.
 "WeIl get you out ok," pr. Long told him. Don't worry about that"
 As the amputation progressed, morphine and whiskey were admin istered to Mccoy, but even before this the patient felt little pain be- cause, the doctor explained, his arm was held above his head and the weather was 50 extremely cold.
 Despite the biting cold of e raw wind, Dr Long doffed his fur coat, demoved his packet, and rolled up his shirtsleeves. He used a haclssaw and lance for instruments, . bed- sheet for bandages, and Q gremans rope for Q tourniquet.
 Doctor Handicapped.
 Dr. Long was seriously handicap ped, not only by the awkward posi- ton in which he was forced to operate, but also by the fact that some of McCoy's clothing had been virtually ground into the flesh as the girder pinioned him to the roof. Tn removing the arm the doc- tor had to use all possible care tc prevent infection.
 Mccoy had suffered Q gash on the forehead that penetrated to the bone, but he was 90 intent upon be- ing freed from his prison that moi once did he refer to this lesser inc jury.
 WAlGB AASOOyo 0kssh Ae40 USCAk AO~ moved at the shoulder, Dr. Long applied surgical snaps to the bleed- ing points. Then the patient wal squeezed through the narrow aper- ture. . rope bound around his mid section and he was lowered head first, down the ladder.
 Tn an ambulance enrCute to St Joseph's hospital, Mccoy remarked: Guess my feet are frostbitten."
 At the hospital. pr. Long com pleted the operation, trimming the stump and taking additional pre- cautions against hemorrhages and infection.
 "I think he has at least an even change of pulling through" the doc tor, graduate of Boston Uniyer- sityis Medical school. said when he had completed his work.
 Fireman Collins, without whose help Dr. Long said the operation could not have been performed tainted from exhaustion immedi- ately after the ainputation was completed and would have plunged to the ground had he not been roped to 6 beam. Fellow firemen rescued him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19
Pile Sufferers
Can Yos Answer Thess Qaestisn

Do you know why external reme- dies 90 seldom give quick perma- nent raliefg
 Way cutting does not remove the cAuseg
 Do you know the cause of Piles "a internalg
 That there ts congestion of blood im the lower hoWel-the veins nab- by, the parts llfelesag
 Do you know that there ta a harmless internal remedy for ttch- Ing. bleeding or proTtuning piles discovered hy pr. !. S LeonhaF0k known as siEM-RogD that is Guar. ameeea.
 HEM-RoIp banishss piles by re moving the cause It stimulates the circulation in the lower bowol-- drives out hse thick Impure hiood. and restores the affected parts.
 ftEM~NUlD ts SO successful tn even che most stubborn cases that Aposheehriea Hall Co. and all good 9Fm@.lHlB advise every sufferer e set a bottle pf IifsM-Rorp Tablets tu4aE-emke them a9 airoc9e0--4hen lf not completely anelszlod with re- suIta yOur n1oaey back.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19
BEST FOR NAVY

Washington, Feb. l0-(UP)--Act- ing Secretary of Navy Henry L.. Roosevelt insisted today that battle- ships of 35,000 tons were best for the United States navy, despite an appeal by France for . lower ton- mage limit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19
FOOD, FUEL FOR
 FROZEN PEOPLE
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 snow-covered townships in southern Wisconsin. Several dogs, four cows and three hogs have died after be- ing bitten by stray infected dog. All dogs were ordered locked up for % days. The sub-zero wave halted wholesale trading in fresh fruits and vegetables in Chicago. Temperatures were too low to permit opening of ears of produce from Florida, Cali fornia and Texas. Prices of all vegetables have advanced sharply.
 Lost Pilot Reports
 Clyde Ice, Watcrtown, s. D., pilot missing since Sunday after taking of on a relief expedition from Pierre, reported at newly estab- lished relief base at the Black Hills airport at Deadwood. Ice and two other pilots awaited safe flying con- ditiOnS to answer half dozen emergency calls for physicians in the blizzard-stricken Black Hills re- zion. The mercury climbed to near zero but a forecast of more snow menaced southwestern South Da- kota. Authorities said the University of South Dakota, closed for two weeks, would reopen Monday. Rural schools remained closed in all parts of the north and central west. All city schools were closed at Madison. Wis, to conserve fuel for homes and hospitals.
 New Drifts Block Roads
 New drifts blocked roads and rail- road tracks in northwestern Iowa, western Minnesota and South Da- kota. The Milwaukee roads Olym- plan from Seattle was more than 2s hours late after bucking drifts in Montana and Minnesota. Twenty five motorists were nnarooned for II days in a roadhouse just 20 miles from Milwaukee. Among them was the Louis Zimmerman family of Hartford, Wis, which set out for California, Feb. 6. The low reading of 46 degrees below zero was report ed yesterday at Little Falls. Minn., setting an ali-time record. Detroits 9 below and Chicag0's l4 below set new records for the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19
WOMAN FOUND DEAD

Boston, Feb. lD-(up)--The fully clothed body Of Airs. Catherine Brown. CT, was found today in a Roxbury vacant lot. where she ap- parently had fallen on ice while taking e short-cut home.
 BIo0dstAins had led police Co coEl- sider 6 foul play theory. but this was discounted later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19
CABINET RESIGNS

Madrid, Feb. le-(UP)-The Cen- trist cabinet of Premier Manuel Lortela valladares resigned today to make room for @ left wing govern ment as Q result of the leftist vic- tory in Sundays general election.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-19

to have started either from aia over- heated furnace or defective wiring.
 Three mlerEns summoned 100 dre- men. The old building. mostly pf wood, like kindllng wood and in 20 minutes the flames had burned through all three stories. The buiId- ing was gutted.
 The building housed several other lodge examinations, jeweIry store, hardware store end barber shop.
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FIVE COLUMBUS
 FIREMEN DEAD

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DOCTOR CUTS SOFF
 ARM HIGH IN AIR

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Linen Dept. Special Mommea An Pure Llnen PoasAne Weave Table Cloths In green and white and red and white chooka. Finished sire B0xB0 inches. Reg. price @l,So. Department MMM special price. each ., WWC
Evening star., 1936-07-14

sembly of Fourth Degree Knights Of
Columbus, Frank ]. Rafferty,. and
their wives.
Francis A. McCann and James p.
McKeon are co-chairmen Of the Ar
rangements Committee. Other mem
bers of the committee are Robert F.
Handley, tickets; James F. Kehoe, re-
ception; Ted Moseley, entertainment;
Joseph J. Degnan, door, and more
than 100 members Of the five local
councils of the organization.
Entertainment will include floor
Evening star., 1936-07-14

lumbus, will be honored at an In.
augural ball to be given by the or
ganization tomorrow evening at the
Indian Spring Country Club.
Guests of honor, besides Plant and
Mrs. Plant, will be Grand knight Of
the Washington Council Julian T..
Cromelin, Grand Knight of Keane
Council George r. Ellis, Grand knight
of Carroll Council Joseph A. O'Con-
nell, Grand Knight of the Potomac
Council Charles J. Considine, faithful
navigator, Washington General As
Evening star., 1936-07-14
Teaches in Bed SO Years.

Though confined to bed 80 years
with paralysis, Jose Reuther, 81, Of
Petropolis, Brazil, conducts . grade
school for q children. buys and sells
on commission and writes newspaper
and magazine articles.
Evening star., 1936-07-14

show and dancing, with music by .
local orchestra. A buffet supper will
be served.
Evening star., 1936-07-14
K. OF c. WILL HONOR
WI. PLANT AT BALL

Other Officials Also to Be Guests
at Event Wednesday
Evening.
Walter I. Plant, newly elected
State deputy of the knights of Co.
Evening star., 1936-07-14

This item hos been thoroughly
checked by our Msrehendiss
Board for Fashion. Quality
and Price. IL is. In their
opinion. q guaranteed value.
Evening star., 1936-03-19

banned from the streets by order Of
Mayor Daniel Shields.
The mayor, asserting he had re-
ceived many reports of looting, swore
In $50 special officers to aid State
troopers and highway patrolmen In
guarding abandoned homes and busi-
ness houses.
False reports during the night that
the Quemahoning Dam had broken
kept the city in a state of alarm.
The changing Of bells, blaring of
burglar alarms and shouts Of THE
dam is, out" on one occasion sent the
city's residents on a mad dash to the
highlands.
They didn't stop to seek verification
of the alarm. They didn't stop to save
possessions. nor to gather food and
other supplies.
They merely ran.
Town Is Emptied.
Minutes later the town had been
emptied of all but a few oficers
patrolling the flooded streets where
waters had ragged through second
story windows.
Then, with all persons out of dan
ger, the State police decided to make
certain-warned all residents to re-
main away from homes.
Most of the residents complied.
Many Of them were reared here and
had heard from childhood stories Of
that great wall Of water which swept
down the valley and killed more than
1000 persons, Al years ago. Today.
the city again presented picture Of
destruction.
Debris and mud covered the streets.
Mixed into the silt was glass from
windows shattered by the pressure Of
the waters.
Houses leaned crazily on their
foundations. Automobiles lay on their
tops or sides. A grand piano leaned
against a heap Of splintered lumber
and twisted steel.
Only five persons were believed dead.
Three deaths were recorded definitely.
Officers said they were investigating
reports of two other deaths.
City in Darkness.
Power service is down. Only candles
and flares lighted the stricken town
during the night.
Red Cross workers, city, State and
Evening star., 1936-03-19
BOAT PASSENGERS
FERRIED ASHORE
Harbor Police Aid Norfolk Ar
rivals When Pier Is
SUBMERGED,

The pier OF the Norfolk Washington
Steamship Co. on Water street SOUTH
west submerged. the IS passengers ar
irving on the Nortland from Norfolk
this morning were taken ashore In
small boats and the harbor precinct
police launch.
Nearly two hours were required to
ferry the passengers ashore from the
Northland. which anchored out in the
stream. Baggage and automobiles
were left aboard until the waters recede
sufficiently to permit the boat to dock.
During the transfer, the wharf on
which the passengers were being
landed also became covered with water
and police had to take the passengers
to a second pier. More than a dozen
woman passengers had to climb four
foot rail around the second dock.
The boat was As minutes late, Capt.
George NOVEL; explained, to the force
Of the current and to the necessity for
lodging houses, trees and bridge
timbers brough down from upstream.
The harbor precinct police launch
was busy during the night and this
morning, aiding boat owners and tow
ing back craft torn from their buoys
or moorings by the current.
Evening star., 1936-03-19
S,vollen Riper Like Big Serpent
Clutching Valleys Landmarks
AirpInne Vie, of FIOOd.Ridden PO.
ton,ac LowIands Sho,Us Only Ripple
at FaLs-ROads Severed.

Alexandria. It is over the first-fiool
windows Of q riverside factory. There
is q cemetery toward which yellow
fingers are reaching. The white
gravestones seem like beads strung
by q child.
Hams Point is no longer to be seen
One building stands out solitary. The
East Potomac golf course Is a morass
Of yellow ponds and puddles.
Bladensburg, around the Peace
Cross. Is entirely flooded Water, in
some cases, Is up to the first floor
windows. The Maryland countryside
between Bladensburg and Hyattsville
is a series Of yellow ponds. The Ana
costa is trying to ape its big brother
Potomac.
Up and down the Potomac the
little riverside settlements, with their
red roofs and lawns, where the first
touches OF Spring green are making
their appearance. look for all the world
like the doll villages Of a rich little
girls playroom. They are as fragile
as doll houses in the grips of the
two rivers.
1t Is scene OF desolati and de-
sertion. There is not human being
to be seen, except on the highways.
Apparently everybody got away from
the submerged houses on time. The
coming of the water was slow, calm
and relentless. The Potomac proceed
ed leisurely about its business.
Evening star., 1936-03-19

The end Of winter is a
bad time for common, winter ills.
That's when they affect you most
and are hardest to get rid Of.
One reason is that during the
past months Of rigorous weather,
of hard work, Of. too little exercise
Evening star., 1936-03-19
Federal agencies promised immediate

Federal agencies promised immediate
aid.
Medical supplies, blankets, food and
clothing are on the way, plans for re-
building shattered homes are being
made.
But 1t will be days, maybe weeks
officers said, before Johnstown is re-
stored to normal.
Old-timers, likening the flood to the
disaster of 1889, said the stage of the
Conemaugh came within 3 feet Of the
high mark reached then.
All public buildings were thrown
open on orders of Mayor Shields t.:
provide shelter. But they were cold
and without lights. The churches also
opened their doors to all comers.
While the refugees awaited a chance
to return to their homes, officers
listed these known dead:
Russell Delisda, Is, swept from q
bridge.
Danny Jallacher, 81, street car mo-
tnrman. drowned after his canoe cap
sized while he sought to rescue his
father and mother from their flooded
home.
F. w. Buchanan, so, former grand
exalted ruler Of the Pennsylvania Elks
Lodge, swept downstream while police
sought to rescue him.
Evening star., 1936-03-19
REFUGEES RETURN
TO JOHNST0WN
Food, Water and Medical
Supplies Rushed to 10, 900
in Devastated City.

Copyright. 1885. BY the Associated Press. }
JOHNSTOWN, Pa, March 19.-Ten
thousand bedraggled flood refugees
struggled back to their homes in devas-
tated Johnstown today after passing
a sleeplesS night in emergency shell
ters or open highlands.
The general return began despite
recommendations of some State troop
ers that residents stay away from
flood area homes until tonight.
Offlcers had issued their requests
because of the overloaded condition OF
the Quemahoning Dam and because OF
widespread suffering from hunger and
cold.
Buses gathered from all available
sources aided in the return as the
waters receded greatly from their crest
of 16 feet.
Homes Destroyed.
Many refugees found their homes
damaged or destroyed by torrents
which surged through first and second
story windows Those families went
to school houses, fire stations and pri-
vate homes until they can rebuild.
Conveys of trucks moved toward the
stricken city. They crept over high
ways, still covered in some places with
water, bearing food, medical supplies
and clothing.
Additional prompt aid was promised
by relief agencies.
More than 10000 persons, hungry
cold and cherries, were in need of re-
lief. Most were refugees returning
from the highlands about the city.
Some measure Of relief from the
threatened bursting of the Quemahon-
ing Dam was indicated when an en-
ploye of the Bell Telephone Co. re-
ported its food gates had been opened,
allowing the waters behind it to fall
feet.
Troopers Guard Dam.
Earlier, State troopers said the wat
ers In the vast Quemahoning Reser-
voir-7 miles long and to 3 miles
wide-were flowing over the top Of the
steel-concrete dam
State troopers stood guard all last
night to give an alarm If the dam
should break and all pedestrians were
Evening star., 1936-03-19
This time of year
you need good
general resistance!

get plenty of vitamin A, which
contributes to good general resist.
anee. You will also get extra Vita.
min D to help make up for lack Of
sunshine at this season.
Each A6ex capsule contains not
less than $500 units of natural vi.
Evening star., 1936-03-19
-FOUR LOSE LIVES
!. THROUGH VIRGINIA
Richmond Prepares for Rec
ord Crest as James
River Climbs.
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, March 1s.-Four per.
sons were dead. property worth more
than 81 900. 900 was destroyed and q
large area of the State was isolated
without power, communications ol
transportation today after 4S hours
Of rain, wind and raging rivers.
The upper Shenandoah Valley was
hardest hit, but today the flood threat
shifted to Richmond, where the James
River was rising steadily. 1t had
reached IS feet at Columbia early last
night.
Deaths directly or indirectly at.
tributed to the storm and food con-
ditions were those Of G. M. Boston
Richmond salesman; ZENITH Patter-
son, 20, Lynchburg fireman and mem.
Der Of q rescue crew; Lewis Wells
elderly Staunton colored man, ant
Edward Worley. s0-year-old Confed.
erate veteran Of Saltville.
Southwest Virginia battled heavy
drifts from q blizzard-like snowstorm
At Tazewell 5000 miners were idle
after 26 inches of snow had blanketed
the workings.
Muddy waters inched toward thu
highest marks for a generation in thu
James and Shenandoah Rivers, whose
tributaries early yesterday disgorgeC
the weight of water from Tuesdays
storm and began to subside.
New Flood High Predicted.
From all along the James came care
full predictions that the river woulC
pass record flood heights Of 1918
Buildings and apartment houses ir
Buchanan were reached by water
Lynchburg's waterfront industries were
paralyzed. and Scottsville's main stree
inundated six feet in fast rise which
began Tuesday night and continued
yesterday.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
necessarily suspended trains over it!
James River division as the biz
stream washed over the tracks al
Warminster and over the bridge ap.
proach at Howardsville. Albemarls
boys captured muskrats as the animal.
climbed to higher ground before tn,
menace of the food.
Richmond's Department Of Public
Safety erected dykes of earth along
Dock Street and said it anticipated 6
23-foot crest in the James River. A. E
Bowers. chief clerk of the Railway
Mail Service at Richmond, announced
plans to use trucks to carry mail a.
far as Columbia and Fork Union.
The Dan River was 13 feet above
normal at Danville at noon under the
impulse Of 3 inches of rain in q
hours.
Route so across the Alleghenies, be-
tween Covington and Lexington, was
reopened late yesterday as waters re-
ceded from a bridge approach al
Sharon, miles east OF Clifton Forge