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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

The complaint of the plaintiff that the defendant promised by her note to pay 95,O00 and interest ct 5 per cent" with the denial by the defendant that there was valuable consideration for said note" Is of- fered as Q special defense.
 Alleged Loan
 The suit was over on alleged loan by Padaigis four years ago to the late husband of the defendant and testimony in the trial by Padaieis was that he reached Into my pants pocket" and gave MT. Kane the money. On May l4, this year, Pa. daigis claimed that Mrs. Kane signed c note for the 5000 lat the Waterbury post office"
 Testimony was that the note was typed on typewriters ct the office of Herman J. Weisman but the local attorney and his office staff denied knowledge of this.
 MT. Hlansfield offers that wit- ness, who was Ill ct the time of the recent trial" will testify that Mrs. Kane was employed at her home at the time when the note was claimed to have been signed" Also, he states, he has definite knowledge that after the trial 0 relative of the plaintiff said the plaintiff had no claim against the defendant but that he wanted to teach her Q les. son because of c public Insult in Q section of Brooklyn"
 Hints Prosecution
 Attorney BlanSheld is questioning validity of tho note and said that he planned having experts examine the paper. Further, he said that he would institute legal proceedings against witnesses through the states attorney office should devel- opments warrant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
RUSSIAN TRAIN
 BURNS IN POLAND

Moscow, Dec, S,--tupl-The TaSs CsovieO News Agency reported to- day that Q Russian train had been halted In Poland and set afire after It's entire crew had been "hrutally searched" under "threat of arms"
 The date of the incident was not stated, but the agency said that the Russian ambassador In Warsaw had been instructed to protest strongly to the Polish government and to demand separations and punishment of those responsible,
 Dispatches from Warsaw said that no information concerning the re- port was available there,
 The train was on route from po- land to Russia,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
sY NA7i~"T c'--TY Coc::''
LOOK. LISTEN, LIVE!

They thought they could beat the train to the crossing-but they didn't. Lucky they were to escape with their lives for the old car was ground up like a pound of ham, burger. It's hard to realize the tre- mendous power of locomotive. Be- fore you drive over the track slow down. look carefully both ways and listen. It's a good plan to stop en- Lirely before crossing. It takes only | few seconds more to insure safety. :t,s much better to stop. look. listen and be safe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
Medical Examiner

Medical Examiner
 Among the principal speakers at tho coming Nursing Institute sponsored by the Connecticut state Nurses Association will bc pr. Edward ". Klrschbaum of this city. The meeting will be held during the coming week at the Waterbury hospital. Formal on. nouncement of the official pros gram and list of speakers will be made shortly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
INTERFERENCE WITH
 COP BAD BUSINESS

Patsy Cammlsa, 90, of l246 Bank street. was arrested in the center last night by PaTolman Albert DereskeViee, when he allcgedly in- terferred with the officer who was making an arrest, Arraigned in city court today he was given Q con. tlnuanee to December 2,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

WateivIile, December 8. -- The Waterbury Federation Of Mems 1llble Glasses held c monthly busi- ncBs meeting Wednesday evening at tho Grace Methodist church. There was an unusually large attendance, with delegations from Meriden, ArSonia, Now Britain and Thoinas- ton, together with representatives from oil city. Federation classes.
 Officers present included, George A. Trowbridge of West Haven, pres- ident of the New England Fedora. ton: David R. Bristol of Moridcf,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

the Chase company, was withdrawn today from superior court, Sohillmg, an enploSe of the Chase company, was injured when e coal car, be- longing to the Connecticut company ran loose on Chase company prop erty, striking his car last March 2,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
Perjury Alleged In
 $5,OOO Note Action
Movement Made to Set $5,l 36 Judgment Aside Writ
 ing Experts to Be Summoned for Tests

Promising to offer evidence that Mrs Maggie Kane, also Maggie Kinney was employed at wltnesss home at the time she was claimed have signed note for $5000 at Waterbury post office stand Attorney Michael V. Blansed today offered motion to set aside judgment in the of Stanley Padalgis against Maggie Kane The Judgment was ordered by Judge Miles R. cff in common pleas court last week for $5, ,136.10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
FIRST TUGBOAT IN DISPUTE

Albany, N. Y. (Up)-Although Robert Fulton invented the steam- boat, he lost a legal decision l25 years ago regarding a patent for the present-day tugboat. Details of the litigation are contained in a recent ly discovered document in the State Library here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
Robinson Bowls Well

The Lucky Six Team Of bowlers met Wednesday evening, but were only represented by five members, However, their enthusiasm was just as keen and honorS of the evening went to M. Robinson for high single of l08 and high three string total of 20B, The scores follow:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
JOSEPH SCHILLlNC'S
 ACTION WITHDRAWN

The recently-settled suit of Jo- seph Schilling for Si6,000 damages from the Connecticut company and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

The Foresters Bowling Team will meet this evening ct ' o'clock at the Waterville Alleys, when hotly contested match is scheduled to take place.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
COURT AIDE
CLEAREDIN
RAID TIP
McMahon Finds Leak
Existed Before BaiIiff
Heard of Plans

Judge John P. Mcmahon Of
Police Court today announced he
has completed his investigation of
the leak" that threatened to halt
the sweeping series of raids on
gambling places Wednesday after
noon.
The judge declared he is salts
fled that Paul MCGEE, his bailiff,
had no connection with giving out
information that a raid was con-
templated.
Word of the raiding plans had
leaked out for several hours before
MCGEE learned of the plans by &C.
cident, the judge said.
Told About Plan
MCGEE learned of the plans
when he telephoned the marshaPs
office to have a deputy sent over to
the court for extra work, and WIS
informed this could not be done as
all the deputies had been ordered
out for q series Of gambling raids.
The investigation was ordered
following conference between
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The Washington times., 1937-03-12
4 MORE HUR7 I
IN TRAFFIC

-Four persons were reported in
jured in traffic accidents here last
night.
Injuries from traffic accidents
to date this year now total more
than 800, as District officials try
vainly to devise some method
which will reduce accidents.
Two men, a woman and a five
year-old child were among those
injured last night. one seriously.
Frank Grande, 26, of 1911 Forty.
fourth st. N. w., was struck at
Fifteenth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest as he was cross
ing the street. He was taken to
the Emergency Hospital suffering
conclusion Of the bran and posi-
BILE fracture of the left leg. Police
say the automobile which struck
him was operated by Franklin
Harper. 70, of 3S46 Cathedral Ave.
N. w.
Five-year-old James Britt, Of 1904
Thirteenth st. N. W., was knocked
down by an automobile police say
was driven by Rufus Massey, a,
of 1905 Eighteenth st. N. W., near
Thirteenth and N Streets North.
west. His condition is reported not
serious.
Theodore Hall, As, of Los Angeles,
Calf, was struck by an automo-
bile while attempting to cross
Union Station Plaza, police say, by
a car driven by Horace Morse, Of
1914 RoSedale st. N. E.
Miss Barbara Moncries, 25, of
Alexandria, Va, was treated
at Emergency Hospital for cuts and
bruises on her forehead and left
leg after the car in which she was
riding collided with another on
Fourteenth Street Southwest, near
the Tidal Basin driveway. She
was in a car being operated by
John Moncries, also of Alexander.
Her condition is not considered as
serious.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
ViCtimized Grocer
And Repeating Thief
In 'HowIing Success

Fun is fun and all that, in the
belief of E. H. Bowie, manager Of
the Sanitary Grocery Store, at
1929 Ninth st., but when a man
holds you up on one Friday and
then comes back at the same time
the next week, the joke begins to
lose a little of its zeSt.
Last Friday, during the middle
of morning, a white man walked
into the store, pointed a gun at
Bowie and extracted $40 from the
till. This morning, exactly a week
later to the hour, the same man
started to come in the store.
Bowie shouted:
Don't you come in here!"
The man turned and ran from
the store. Bowie followed him to
the street and pursued him, shout
ing for police.
The repetitious h holdu pm a n
turned and shouted at Bowie.
Don't call pOlice!"
Bowie thought the man was
about to draw his gun and so he
stopped shouting. In the excite.
ment the man disappeared.
Asked what he was going to do
next Friday, Bowie only said:
do you really think he'll
come back?"
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
HOPE GONE
F0RBUR|ED
ME n IN
W. VA.
Victims Of "Mystery"
Explosion Walled in
By Tons Of Debris

LOGAN, w. Va, March IL
0N.S0 The known death toll
of the terrific explosion in the
Hutchinson Coal Company's mine
at Macbeth, near here, mounted
to three today with the recovery
of the blackened body of Floyd
Fields, and rescue workers held out
no hope that any of the Is miners
still entornbed would be brought
out alive.
Besides Fields, the bodies Of two
other victims of West Virginia'S
latest mine disaster, Joe Frye and
Troy Mccoy, have been removed
to the surface. All three were mar
ried. Mccoy and Fields each had
three children.
Convinced that none Of the Is
men still walled in by tons Of
debris could possibly have survived
suffocation, if they were not killed
outright when the unexplained
blast let go last night, did not
diminish the efforts of rescuers.
Rescuers Push On
Working under direction Of N.
P. Rhinehart, chief Of the State
Mines Department, who rushed
here from Charleston, five rescue
teams Of eight men each pressed
on toward their goal, which they
hoped to reach some time dur
ing the day.
A mine official estimated the
IS victims were about three miles
back from the mouth of the slope
mine and that the rescue teams
had penetrated to within about
300 feet of their tomb.
A company spokesman said:
"Thirty-six men were at
work in the Macbeth mine
when the explosion occurred
about 1880 p. m. yesterday.
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The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Baltimore Rocked
By Mystery Blast

BALTIMORE, March 1.-Two
hundred houses were rocked by
a mysterious explosion in the
western section OF the city here
yesterday. No actual damage was
reported, but the Police and Fire
Departments were deluged by
calls from anxious citizens.
It was first thought that q
minor earthquake had caused the
shock. Officials at Georgetown
University, in Washington, how.
ever, denied this, stating that their
instruments had shown no sign
of a tremor.
Police searched vainly for the
origin of the blast.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
CASE
G0EST0JURY

After listening for q part Of
three days 10 testimony as to what
happened when a waiter at the
Shoreham Hotel allegedly served
Hfiat" champagne to Harry K.
Thaw, formerly Of Pittsburgh and
later the Broadway playboy who
slew Stanford White for love of
Evelyn Nesbitt, a jury in U. S. Dis
trict Court today retired to reach
its verdict on a $4,000 damage
suit brought against Thaw by
Head Waiter Paul Jack.
Jaeck says the m illionaire
"Socked" him. Thaw says the
walters assaulted him when they
sought to eject him from the din
ing room because he protested
against paying for the bottle Of
champagne, the price of which
was included in a dinner party
check for SIS.
AS on the two preceding days,
ThaW was accompanied in court
by two women friends, one OF
them said to be an actress.
In charging the jurors, Justice
Jesse C. Adkins told them that if
they found that Thaw struck the
waiter Intentionally it was an as
sault, as the evidence failed to
show that the dispute over the
check constituted provocation.
The jury was instructed further
that if they found the blow to
have been struck by accident it
was not an assault.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
President CAN Milk
Cow; You Lose, Cecil

Col. James Roosevelt, the sole
White House official on the job
while his father, the President
of the United States, speeds TO-
ward Warm Springs, Ca, today
held a press conference in which
he made public documents con-
tending that the President of
the United States could milk a
COW and in fact had done so
earlier in his career.
The subject was brought up
by the letter addressed to the
President from Cecil Francisco
and Robert G.. Monroe, boys OF
around 9 years of age, residents
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
REGULATING
OF HOURS
p. SOUGHT
Roosevelt Court Plan
Is Constitutional,
He Tells Congress
international News Service

Senator George w. Norris, Ne
braska independent, today urged
Congress to submit to the people
q constitutional amendment giving
Congress power to regulate the
hours and conditions Of labor while
pursuing ''its legislative remedies"
ct the same time.
He mentioned President Roose-
velt's proposal to enlarge the Su-
prerne Court, declared it perfectly
constitutional, but added there
may be serious question as to the
wisdom of such a course"
Norris declared an "intolerable
condition" existed with the SUI
preme Court denying Congress the
power to legislate on some subjects
and with inferior Federal courts
time and again halnstringing con-
gressional enactmentS. In ad-
dressing the Senate, he delivered a
speech prepared for the since post
poned constitutional convention Of
liberals that was to have been held
here next week.
Norris said:
II can see no reason why Con.
gresS should not pursue its legiS-
lative remedies and the remedy
by way of constitutional amend.
Inent at the same time. Con.
gress has not exhausted all its
constitutional authority. 1t is
perfectly reasonable that it
should do this and at the same
time propose to the legislatures
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The Washington times., 1937-03-12
HOTEL MAIDS
WIN RAISE

While the management Of one
downtown hotel was negotiating
with representatives of the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees Alliance
in an effort to iron out the diff
culties which precipitated Wash
ington's first sit-down strike Mon
day at the Willard Hotel, the man
agement of the Hamilton Hotel
was scheduled to give salary in.
creases to % colored chamber
maids who struck early today for
higher pay.
The short.lived strike at the
Hamilton came almost Simultan-
eously with a statement from
Harry P. Sommerville, managing
director of the Willard, that the
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The Washington times., 1937-03-12

of Granton, N. Y. The letter
said:
I'VE, that is Cecil and I,
had a little dispute. He
claimed that you never milked
a COW. said you had. 1
wish you would be so good as
to let us know"
In response, Colonel Roosevelt
replied:
"The President has asked me
to answer your letter of March
3 and to tell you he has milked
COW, having learned when
he was a small boy. However.
he would like to emphasize
that he never claimed to be
an expert and that he is con-
Siderably out of practice"
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
JURORS
GET CASE SOON

"Bookke e eping technicalities
were blamed for the troubles of
Fred B. Rhodes, former president
of the Fidelity Building and Loan
Association, charged with forgery,
as final argument in the case was
nearly ended in United States
District Court today.
Following the closing argument,
Justice Peyton Gordon will give his
instructions to the jury and they
will retire to deliberate the case.
William E. Leahy, defense coun-
sci, said that Rhodes had never
profited from the transactions
charged against him, the transfer
of accounts, but declared that he
had done this with the implied
consent of the depositorS in order
to keep the business going.
Assistant District Attorney John
J. Wilson in his argument declared
the Government does not have to
show actual fraud to prove forgery,
but if it is shown that the forged
instrument is capable of use to de-
fraud, then an offense has beer
committed.
Rhodes is charged with forging
the name of Desire A. Irr, Govern.
ment Printing Office employe, to
a $500 withdrawal slip. Irr was
called to the stand as the final
Government rebuttal witness yes
terday, and denied Rhodes state
ment that Irr had given him per-
mission to use his funds if neceS-
sary.
Irr also denied that he had
opened an account in the associa-
ton to aid Rhodes in controversy
with the comptroller of the cur
rency.
The withdrawal slip was dated
February IA, 1886. four months
before the institution was closed
by order of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Treasury officials, who have
been going over the books of the
association, said they will make an
announcement tomorrow as to
future plans for reopening the
depository.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
POPE SUFFERS
HEART ATTACK

VATICAN CITY, March IL
Pope Plus suffered q
heart attack at IL a. m. today.
The attack caused the Pope to
encounter considerable difficulty
in breathing, it was said, and re.
storatvieS we're given.
News of the attack caused deep
concern at the Vatican, since the
Pope is known to have developed
slight cold and cough-a COM
pliCation extremely dangerous for
a man in the Pontiff's condition.
Today's attack was the worst
setback the Pope had suffered for
several weeks, following a remark
able improvement in the arterio-
ScleroSis and paralysis that had
brought him close to death.
His Holiness had passed a good
night" with several hours Of
sleep, SO the heart attack was
completely unexpected.
Doctors were inclined to blame
the strain of presiding yesterday
over an extraordinary session of
26 cardinals, who planned a world
campaign against communism.
DR.. Aminta Milani, the phySi.
clan who has guided the Pope
through his long suffering, was
close at hand when the Holy
Father was stricken, and directed
administration of restoratives.
Vatican authorities indicated
that there was no immediate dan.
ger the attack would prove fatal.
The setback may, however,
interfere with the Pope's hopes
to play some active part in Holy
Week observations.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
TOWNSEND
GETS JAIL
ANDFINE
Pension Plan Founder
Must Serve 3ODays,
$lOO for Contempt

DR.. Francis A. Townsend was
sentenced to 80 days in the Dis
trist Jail by Justice Peyton Cor
don today following conviction of
contempt of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The charge had its origin in
DIR. Townsend's refusal to answer
questions asked by a House COM
mittee investigating the Town
send revolving old-age pension
plan calling for payment of 5000
a month to pensioners on the con-
dition that the money be spent
in the United States within the
same month.
The court also imposed a $100
fine.
Justice Gordon overruled a mo-
ton by DR.. Townsend's counsel
for q new trial.
DR.. Townsend, through his law.
yers, filed notice of appeal and
was permitted to remain at lib
erty on his present $1,000 bond.
Believes Self GuiltIeSs
DR.. Townsend issued the follow.
ing statement after the court had
pronounced sentence:
II stand convicted before a
United States District Court Of
violating an act of Congress in
failing to appear before a com.
mittee before which 1 did appear.
However incOngruOuS this pO-.
sitiOn in which / appear before
the court, feel certain that be-
fore the bar of public opinion
am guiltlesS Of any wrong
doing.
II walked out, 1t Is true, but
what American citizen would not
have done likewise? For two
and a half days had answered
questions with reference to my
private life, into which the com.
mittee had no right to inquire.
I made no protest e. I thought
that surely there would come a
time when the committee would
consider the plan for industrial
recovery for the Nation and eco
nOmic freedom for the aged,
which 1 was advocating.
WOULD DO 1T AGAIN
II realized then that this com.
mittee of Congress had no inten-
ton of being fair to me; that it
had no intention of performing
a legislative function; that it
was functiOning for the sole pur.
pose of prosecuting me, and en-
deavOring to blaCken my char
acter so that the public would
not take my plan seriously.
realized that I, as representa-
tive of millions of people, though
they be poor and needy, was not
to have the same privilege ac-
corded to me that was accorded
to the money bags of the nation.
1t was then 1 revOlted. told
this committee would not fur
ther stand for the sort of inQuisi-
ton and persecution that had
taken place and walked out.
II would do the same thing
again tomorrow should the Occa-
sion arise under similar circum-
stances"
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
SUBWAY PLAN
HERE PUSHED

Early congressional action on
the Board of Trade proposal to
relieve traffic congestion in Wash
ington by construction of subways
was seen today as both District
and congressional leaders mapped
a program for a complete survey.
District Commissioner George E.
Allen urged immediate action on
the proposal, while Senator Arthur
Capper of Kansas, ranking Repub-
lican member of the Senate Dis
trict C o m m Il t e and one-time
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The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Strike Roll i'm Nation
Rises to 100000

Dference, remained deadlocked over
a demand that the U. A. w. be
recognized as the sole bargaining
agency.
No settlement was in sight as
Chrysler pressed for an injunction
to evict stay-in strikers from plants
they have seized.
Hudson Motor Company, with
10000 idle, likewise broke off
negotiations and no date for
further conference was set.
Loop Lacks Taxis
Representatives Of General Mo-
tors and the United Automobile
Workers Union resumed confer
enceS on a revised draft Of a final
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
WIRE INCENSES
N'REYN0LDS
international News Service

1ntoFnatAOna1 NoWo SSrVlC0
Representative McReynolds CD
Of Tennessee, chairman of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee,
today branded as insulting" a
telegram sent to him by Social
Security Board employees, charg-
ing the neutrality bill he intro
duced in the House is pro-Fascist.
The telegram was sent as the
result of meeting of 500 Social
Security employees, headed by
Walter j. Cowper.
McReynolds declared that Civil
Service employees have no right to
attempt to dictate legislation to
Congress. He said he would de-
mand that the Civil Service Com
mission discipline leaders in the
movement if it had the power.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
H. |. Gates, Writer,
Dead Of Peritonitis

NEW YORK, March IL G.N.S0.
H. L. Gates, SO, novelist and
newspaper writer Of New York and
Los Angeles, was dead here today
of peritonitis. He was born in Co.
lumbus, Ohio, and was formerly
connected with newspapers in st.
Louis, Denver and San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Village Torch Singer
Sues Missing Husband

NEW YORK, March IL GN.SO.
Declaring that her husband,
Harry Byrne, had been missing
since April. 1926. when his aban-
doned automobile was found in
Chicago, Mary Byrne, Greenwich
Village torch singer, today sought
a divorce,
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service

John P. Devaney, president Of
the newly-organized National
Lawyers Guild, today indorsed
President Roosevelt's project to
inject new blood" into the Su-
preme Court as the most con-
servative remedy available" to Sc
cure the progressive legislation
now imperatively needed"
Devaney, a former chief justice
of the Minnesota Supreme Court,
Continued on Page 6, Col. II
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

For Court
Change
International News Service

International News Service
Advocates of President ROOse-
velt's proposal to inject "new
blood" into the Supreme Court
today closed the initial presen-
tation of their case at the
Senate judiciary Committee
hearings. The hearings were
adjourned until Monday, when
the opponents will begin pre-
sentatiOn of their case with
Senator Burton X. Wheeler
3D. of Montana as the first
witness.