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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
JEAN BAUER WINS
 CHAMPIONSHIP
Won Golf Title From Her Young TownswOman :.
 By 4 and }

Eastern Point, Conn.,, July IS. - (UP) Miss Jean Bauer, Provi. dence, retained her Shenecossett Country Club championship here to- day by defeating her fellow-towns- woman, Helen Waterhouse. and 3 in an 1s-hole final round match Miss Bauer was 1 up at the end oi the first nine holes, scoring AZ te Miss Warehouses A. The match ended on the 18th hole when they halved the hole with 3's. As on Thursday when she whipped Mrs Glenna Collett Ware i up on the 18th hole, Helen broke down and wept. But this time 1t was not tears of joy.
 The steady, nethodical game of Miss Bauer was too much for the lesser experienced, 19-year-old Miss Watefhouse. Jeans greater tourna- ment experience stood her in good stead on the rain-soaked course.
 They halved the first three holes, and on the fourth Helen went one up when she took Q par 3 to Jeans 4. But Jean came right back to win the next holes to go up. The 7th, sth and 9th holes were halved, and Jean retained her l up advantage at the turn.
 On the 10th, Jean scored . par { to Helen's s. Then the defending champion took the 18th and 14th holes [ ogain her margin of victory
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
MRS. HAPCOOD,
 OTHERS IN COURT

worcester, Mass, July i6-(Up)- Mary Donovan Hapgood, red-haired O. I. o. organizer, and six other pickets pleaded not guilty to peace disturbance charges when arranged in district court today as the last of 800 strikers returned to work at the Reed & Prince Manufacturing company plant. Judge Frank l.. Riley continued their cases to July 2i. It was shortly after arrest of the seven pickets yesterday that strike leader Martin J. Walsh, or ganizer for 0. I. O.'s Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of America, called of the 62-day strike.
 we cannot overcome the com bined opposition of the company, the court injunctio nan dthe po- lice," he said.
 Yesterdays picketing was in de- fiance of an anti-strike injunction granted the Reed 6S Prince man. agement by Superior Judge William A. Burns.
 Four pickets were arrested as they allegedly shouted "scab' at lllnch- bound Ton-strikers. Mrs. Elnpgood was seized when she went to the side of Miss Mary Sullivan. 24, ai police arrested her.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
By LACK AMMAN

Limited Press Stan Correspondent)
 Hartford, Conn. July l6-(UP)-- Stubby, walrus-mustached George w. Smith. leader of the Hartford praying band which prayed the esl- tire night before election, under a hoodlums' barrage, for the defeat of President Roosevelt, warned today "the Lord has taken a hand" in the supreme court reorganization battle.
 "There may be more deaths," he said sadly, in commenting upon the sudden passing of U. s. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, democratic senate majority leader. "All the while, during the big de- bate on the supreme court" Smith, a public stenographer, said. Sen ator Robinson was on the wrong side. It was his desire to pack the court and he was to have been the first one named to 1t after 1t was packed. There may be some further handlings, some further deahs, in this matter before we are through"
 The elderly, thin-haired man deeply religious predicted the day after President Roosevelt's re-elec- ton that ecene great calamity" would result during his second term such as war, pestllence or another severe economic depression. Some oi if already has QccurTeq." nc said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
Praying Band, That Wanted
 Rooseuelt Beaten, Is Back

The night before election, . gang of hoodlums and drunks visited the tiny fiat where Smith and his pray ing band of 10 women and men were huddled. praying for the de- feat of President Roosevelt. The hoodlums hurled rotten eggs at the group and attempted to break up the session. It was nearly 2 6. m. before the band was permitted to pray in peace.
 If necessary" Smith said, i've may pray again all night if the president decides to run for c third term" He called MT. Roosevelt "a playboy in the White House." and "a second James Buchanan, in my judgment" The supreme court re- form program he called 'nefarioris, and he accused the president oi negligence in allowing these things to 60 on which are portentious tc this nation"
 Asked as to whether his predic- ton of calamity" had been borne out in the first few months of Pres. ident Roosevelt's second term, Smith said: T believe some of 1t has. But his four-year term isn't over yet. Smith'se praying band, oompOBec inosetly of women, has been in or. gaiiization for more than decade Meetings are held at each naembeF'' home. eItcrnAteiy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
MACCRATH MADE
 PLEA OF GUILTY
Admits He Had Defrauded Several Merchants;
 Case Continued

Orville MacGrath, 45, of 56S Orange street, New Haven, pleaded guilty today to defrauding 6 num- Der of local merchants by passing worthless checks. Charged with ob- taining money by false pretenses, MacOrath received a days continu- ance under bonds of $l,000. In at least two instances MacGrath de- frauded persons hard of hearing and to whom he had sold hearing aid devices. He said he is employed by the sanitone Corp.
 MacGrath was arrested in New Haven yesterday at the request oi local police. He was returned here by Lieut. Detectives Matthew Ba- landa and Henry Johnson. Police said that MacGrath secured more than si50 by passing bogus checks One of the firms victimized was the Service Shoe store, where he cash cd a worthless $35 check. Restaur- ants and taverns were also defraud- ed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
Desperate ConDicts Escape Texas Prison
They Grab 25-Year-0ld Son of Millionaire Him as Hostage Hours Baird Markham Student
 at Yale, Was Hostage
BY FRANK MacNAUGHTON United Press Staff Correspondent

Sapulpa, Okla, July IS - (UP)- Three desperate convicts fleeing the Texas State Prison Farm released the 25 year old son of an oil mil- lionaire early today and continued their flight toward the Kansas bor- der. They had held him seven hours as hostage.
 The hostage was Baird Markham, Jr., a student at Yale University and son of a member of the Amer ican Petroleum Institute. He had not been harmed and seemed to have enjoyed his experience. He was the second hostage to have been held. by the convicts in their spectacular flight northward from Texas which began July and hai been accompanied by O. trail oi shooting and stolen cars.
 .Radman One of Trio x Tsse convicls were Rate .TraxlcE q killer and bandit and rated D aiitisdzllles zs the soithWests -isc 1. Badmal1, and Fred Tmdoi afit Charley Chapman, byinanen. Ont death accompanied their escape from the Texas Prison Farm al Eastman. a
 Markham was captured by the gunmen near Ada, Okla, and re- leased three miles from here seven hours and 200 miles later. The con- victs had wanted his car. They had taken him along to prevent him giving an alarm,
 "They were going to tie me to a
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HOLY PONTIFF IS FEELING BETTER

Castle Gandolfo, Italy, July 1e-- (UP)--Intimates of the pope re- vealed today that the pontiff, who recently suffered a slight set.back in his health, has been feeling much better since the ceremonies at Lis- ieux, France, last Sunday, when a new church was dedicated to the pope's favorite sanit, Theresa, the Little Flower.
 The pope had been suffering from a recurrence of the trouble with varicose veins in his legs, spells of dizziness, insomnia and fatigue. In talking to q friend, he remarked:
 "gome persons wish to ask St. Theresa for intercession but perhaps she believes 1t more profitable that I should suffer in order to acquire merit for eternal Mfe."
 The pope is considering the pos sibility of remaining at CaStel Gan- aplle through the fan and winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
DAUGHTER WILL
 UPHOLD FATHER
Ruth Knight Doubts That He Tried to Burn Chil-
 dren for Insurance

Lansdowne, Pa, July 16.-tUP)-- Ruth Knight, 9, stood by her 55- year-old father, Albert R. Knight, in Delaware county jail today, anerily. denouneing as ridiculous a charge that he attempted to burn her and her two younger sisters tc death in order to collect el3y 600 in. surancs ca theis lives. -... < E. x. k Knight osce.wealthy oil com paaT executive, was held in default of Sio, 900 bond after he had waived . hearing. He was accused of set- ting fire to his suburban home on May while Ruth, Sue, l9, and May, IT, were asleep. None of his daughters was injured.
 Was Rearrested
 The tall, portly former district sue perintendent of the Gulf oil cori- pany was charged with arson at the time and freed on 5000 bail. Yesterday, after an investigation by Assistant District Attorney William R. Toal, he was re-arrested and the more serious charge was placed against him. He is innocent and I love him." Ruth said. T know these charges are rediculous and absurd" !" Ruth also was held on arson charges at the time of her fathers first arrest, and Toal said the charge
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LAPS, CHINESE
 FOUGHT TO-DAY
Pitched Battle With Re- suits Unknown-BOtIi
 Nations Rush Troops
BY EARL LEAF

United Press Staff Correspondentl
 Tientsin, July l6.--(UP)-Japan- csc soldiers fought a battle on tlse Tientsin- Peiping highway today as Japanese army officers an dChinese officials began negotiations to liquidate the crisis caused by clashes in the Peiping area.
 Japanese sources said that Chin csc troops fired on . Japanese de- tachment camping at Anping, 27 miles southeast of Peiping on the highway.
 The Japanese counter attacked. the dispatch said, and disarmed 100 Chinese. No mention was made of casualties.
 Both Massing Men
 Both armies continued to mass men, and another Japanese destroy CT arrived at Tangku on the coast near here, ready for war If today's negotiations failed.
 that the semi-autonoinou Topci- Chahar political council adniiiiis- tering the affairs of northern China assume responsibility for all North China affairs, particularly as regards Chinese-Japanese relations, to the exclusion of the national Chinese government.
 This the Chinese negotiators re- fused to do.
 The Japanese wished to avoid dis. cussion with the Chinese national government and thus "localize" the incident by putting pressure on the local officials.
 Ready to Meet Japs
 High Chinese officials at Peip- ing asserted that Gen. Surg Cheh Yuan, chairman of the northern administration and commander Of the 2oth army whose men clashed with Japanese troops, was ready and eager to resist the Japanese. He hesitated only, it was added. be-
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Girl Conuicts WiH Dance With Uniuersity Students

Tecumseh, Okla, July l6--(UP)-- Thirty eight girl convicts dance to- night at the state reformatory with 3o men students of three Oklahoma universities in a unique experiment in 'social regeneration"
 Mrs. Creighton B. Burnahrn, training school superintendent, ar- ranged the party and persuaded the state board of affairs to sanction 1t. Not a girl here who would have been here if she had ever had q real chance" she said. They've never had the opportunity to know more than one type of society and that an undesirable ones ''
 We want to equip them to, find c normal place in society when they leave"
 The st dents were chosen care- fully from the University of Okla- lacrna and the Oklahoma Baptist and Oklahoma City universities They will meet the girls in thu large living room of what Is do, sckibcd ~ the ''honor r0ttage" ol
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
THIRD PLANE OF
 SOVIETS TOSTART

Los Angeles, July 16-CU.P0 --So- viet aviation, having demonstrated its ability on long flights over un- chartered areas in two transpolar flights, will send a third plane on a trip over the to pof the world from Moscow to California, 1t was an- nounced today.
 The proposed flight was discussed while the three men who made the record breaking Moscow-San Jac- into flight were receiving the ofiicial greeting of Los Angeles and visiting the movie studios.
 Sigismund Levanevsky, the Rus sian "Lindbergh" will head the next flight, Stanley Shumovsky, United States Aviation advisor of the So- viet government, said. A four.Illo- tored plane will be used.
 The flight probably will start from Moscow, August 5. Shumovsky said. The route will follow that taken by Michael Gromov on this weeks flight until the swing over to Alaska.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
Last FareweHs Said
 To Senator Robinson
Great and Humble Paid Their Tributes to Senate War; riOr-Senate Battlefield Was Transformed
 Into Field of Mourning
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Stan Corresponder

United Press Staff C0rrespondent)
 Washington, July i6.-(UP) The great and humble said a sad fare well today to Joseph Taylor Robin son of Arkansas.
 The senate battlefield from which death took him in the midst of the greatest conflict of his career was transformed into field of mourn ing as President Roosevelt led dig nitaries of the nation at a state funeral in final tribute to "a soldier fallen with his face toward the bat tle."
 "As many are led by the spirit of God, they are the sons of God, ' the Rev. E. Barney Thorne Phil lips, senate chaplain, intoned at the bier of his close friend of many years.
 Enemies, Friends There
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FIRST NEGRO BOY
 IS FOUND GUILTY

Decatur, Ala, July i6.-(UP)-For the third time in six years attorneys prepared today to appeal to the United States supreme court to save the life of one of the "Scottsboro boys"
 Clarence Norris, the rfist of the nine negro defendants to be tried in the present series of trials, waited in jail today for the formal pro- nouncement of sentence. He was found guilty again yesterday by . jury of 12 white men who recom- fnended death.
 Shortly after the verdict convict ing him of raping Mrs. Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, Samuel Lei- bowitz. New York attorney an- nounced:
 "You can say that I am going to appeal this conviction to hell and back"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
He Crashes Head-On With Plan to Scuttle Whole
 Dispute INDIRECTLY BOOSTS
 SENATOR BARKLEY Regrets Advantage Taken of What in Decency Should Be Mourning
BY LYLE c. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, July IS. - (UP)-President Roosevelt'S abrupt fight-to-t -the-finish or ders on judiciary reorganiza- ton smashed head-on today with a congressional move ment to scuttle the court bill and adjourn.
 Adjournment forces were prepared for the rnaneuver by which MT. Roosevelt became the active, aggressive leader of senators who would expand the judiciary.
 Some observers believed Mir. Roosevelt also had boosted Senator Alben w. Barkley, democrat. Ken- lucky, toward the majority leader ship under circumstances which may bring caucus showdown among senate democrats next week not only on the court issue but on New Deal spending and its policies in general.
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Bnt within an hour after the shooting, Dr. Webster died at Home opathic hospital without disclosing the identity of his assailant.
 At loss for motive, police began a check of all his personal effects and scrutinized his professional rec ords,
 Robbery was discarded as a motive, for nothing in the physicians lux uriously- furnished house had been disturbed and $500 in his pockets was intact.
 Beer Bottle, Glass
 An empty beer bottle and a glass were found in the kitchen sink, but police believed they had been used by Dr. Webster previously.
 The slayer fired three shots. One penetrated the doctors abdomen, another lodged in a shoulder and the third ricocheted from stairway into the cellar. Three empty AS caliber shells were found on the hall floor.
 The shooting occurred after Dr. Webster returned from a consulta- ton with another physician Tn Jamestown, 36 miles from this city.
 Police Reconstruct It
 In reconstructifig the shooting, police had two theories:
 i. The assailant entered the house through another door and fired on Dr. Webster as he entered the front vestibule after garaging his auto mobile.
 2. The assailant waited outside the house until Dr. Webster had re- turned, then rang the doorbeil and shot him when he opened the door. Mortally wounded, pr. Webster craWled from the vestibule through the dining room into the buffers pantry, where he telephoned police.
 sitting On Divan
 Officers arrived to find him seated on . pari0r divan. They hurried
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
BUILDING BOOM
 IS INTERRUPTED
Hod Carriers, Common Laborers Tie Up Things
 Here in Naugatuck

Building activity in Waterbury and Naugatuck was at a virtual standstill today following a strike called by the Waterbury local, In- ternational fIod Carriers Building and Common Laborers' Union, ar A. F. of L. affiliate. The strike call was issued last night after rep. resentatives of the workers failed tS come to terms with contractors.
 The union said that 15O or more men in the building trades were not at work today. Contractors said that the strike involved 50 or less workers. Negotiations toward a settlement of the dispute are tc be resumed at a conference this af. ternoon or tongiht.
 Demands Made
 The carriers and laborers seek the establishment of 40-hour week with time and half for overtime A general increase to 6S and 7l cents an hour is sought. The con. tractors last night offered raises te 60 andes cents and hour and agreed to a 50-hour week. This offei was rejected. It was reported thai the contractors submitted also { compromise agreement today but | was not acceptable to the union Another point of dispute Is the pay rate for Saturday. The workers seel time and a half for Saturday work while the employers are willing tc pay only straight time.
 Work Held Up
 Held up today by the strike were work on the Sacred Heart convent, the. addition to the American Brass company office building. the addi- tion to the Waterbury Rolling Mills and the addition to the Peter Paul
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the training school.
 The girls, most of whom are from l6 to 20 years old, also were chos- en carefully. Two hundred in- mates, who failed to qualify, will be forced to remain in their rooms until the dance is over.
 Mrs. Burnhan obtained the free services of the Oklahoma City fire- mans bald. Fruit punch will be served. H 1dio stations will broad cast e desl ption of the affair.
 No speciay dates" were arranged The university students and the girls will "pair off" as they see fit Mrs. Burnham and other refor. fnatory officials will chaperorie. 7
 The girls have decorated the liv- ing room with two murals, one de. picting the legend of Pandora's boz and the other the life of Jeanns D'Arc.
 Mrs. Burnham said the Rirll must Dc excited. because l am"
 The girls are serving sentences mostly for offenscs involving nlornl dGIin0uencV.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
DEATH INQUEST
 OF TWENTY MEN
Coroner Probes ExplO- sion in Sullivan, Ind.,,
 Mine Thursday

Sullivan, Ind, July 16.-(UP).- Coroner Cecil Taylor ordered an in- quest today into the cause of the explosion which shook corridors of the Baker mine 225 feet under ground and killed 20 men.
 Witnesses will include such sur- vivors as Wesley Bond, 38, who called himself "The Miracle Man" when he emerged from the shaft alive.
 There was a dull explosion, like a heavy gust of wind," Bond said. He ran 150 yards before the sec- ond blast knocked him down.
 T crawled where there was some water, tore of piece of my shirt, soaked 1t and held it over by mouth," he said.
 Miners believed accumulated dust or gas formed by recent heavy rains, was ignited by @ miners lamp or a spark from an engine. Smoke still was pouring from the shafts when rsecue workers went down for the bodies.
 Donned Gas Masks
 
 They donned gas masks, and rode in mule drawn carts through the main corridors to room 16 east where the blast occurred. They loaded the bodies onto the mule carts and rode back with them through the black corridors to the elevator shaft.
 When the elevator brought in the bodies, ambulances carried themnl to mortuaries. There, families and relatives identified Raleigh Fair Curt Miller, James James, Pau Hughes, Walter Goodrer, Harry Fedwell, Allen Zaayer, Clayton Set ties, Paul Burch, James Burch Hallie Heidhammer, George Gal lagher, John Walter, Charles Ken- ney, Claude Reynolds, Warren Hill debrand, Earl McDaniels, Lester Alumbaugh, Harry Outs and Oscar Richie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
COMMITTEE OF
 CITIZENS ACTS
Organized at Johnstown to Fight Strikes-H
 Cities Represented

Johnstown. Pa. July ie.-CUP)- A "citizens' national committee organized by delegates from 74 cities, appealed for funds today tc finance . campaign to restore and protect those constitutional rights that have been taken from Amer ican citizens by certain unworthy oficiais." The group was formed at a meeting sponsored by the citi- gems committee of Johnstown, which had been active in protesting actiyi- ties uf John L. Lewis committee for industrial organization in. connec- tion with the strike of Bethlehem Steel Corporation workers.
 Delegates adopted resolutions de- claring that "certain public officials
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PRESIDENT WILL
 FIGHT TO FINISH FOR COURT BILL.
Gibraltar Ringed About With
 Forts Built By Spanish Rebels

London, July 16-(UP)-A Gibaltar dispatch to The Daily Herald asserted today that Spanish Nation alsts under the direction of German experts have a most rnged Gibraltar with Qualifications from which big guns could pour shells on the famous "rock"
 As part of the battery set up, the dispatch said, there searchlghs in the hils and asserted that German experts were now supervising the structon of secret underground Qualifications.
 The dispatch said that British military authorities aware of the forts but did not regard them a permanent menace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
HOT, COLD

Albany, July 16-(UP) Hot weather item:
 Fishing through the ice of Sacandaga reservoir will be prohibited effective Sept. 1, according to a rul- ing today by the conserva- tion department.
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Late Neus Flashes
MONKEY, ORGAN

Glastonbury, Conn.,, July 16-(UP)-Wantel: an or- gan grinder with a monkey.
 The local Council, Knights of Columbus, is- sued this unusual appeal today. The organization needs him for a children's party Aug. II.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
FLYERS KILLED

Rome, July 16-(UP)- Five air force aviators were killed in a night test flight at Ciampino airdrome on the city outskirts, 1t was announced today. Flying a three.motored bomber, they crashed into an Ob. stacle on landing, it was said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
GROToN MAN NAMED

Hartford, Conn, July l6-(UP)- Gov. Wilbur L. Gross today had ap- pointed James A. Ward, Groton, to be a member of the board of trus- tees of the Mystic Oral school for the deaf.
 Ward will serve the unexpired portion of a term ending July l, 1888. He succeeds the late Clark B. Whaley, Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
YSICIAN IN. PROVIDENCE IS SHOT DEAD
Dr. George W. Webster, Chief Obstctrician at iomeO pathic Hospital, FelIed With Bullet in
 Vestibue of Own Home

Providence, R. l. July Is - CUP) pr. George w. Webster S9 chief obstercian at homeopathic hospital early today by mysterious assaant who escaped appar ently without leaving single clue.
 "I tell you all about this shooting if recover" the society doctor told Deputy Police Superintendent Cusick in brief interval before he lapsed into semi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, July 1e--(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts Tor the current fiscal year through July 14, compared with a year Agoi
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