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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
Fitzpatrick Claim Refuted By Local
 329 Typo Union

The Waterbury Local, 329, In- ternational TypOgraph h i cal Union, is not sympathizing nor entertaining an appeal for sup port for the Waterbury News paper Guild, 1t was stated today by George Kelly of Naugatuck, secretary treasurer of the local union. In this fiat statement MT. Kelly was joined by Ed ward Byrnes, chairman of the Waterbury Democrat chapel of the I. T. U.
 Under the rules of the Typo graphical Union in 8 situation similar to that existing between the Guild and the Waterbury Democrat 1t is compelled to re- main neutral. If this were not sufficient, the fact that the Guild is a CIO aitiliate and the Typographical Union an A. F. of L. member would probably have considerable influence on keeping the two unions apart.
 This is in contradiction to claims, credited to Raymond J. Fitzpatrick, in Sundays Wat erbury Republican who sought to show that the union was &C., tually in sympathy with the strikers. Both MT. Kelly and MT. Byrnes stated emphatically that they never gave him any reason to make such a claim nor to adopt such an attitude.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
TRUCK DRIVERS
 KEEP UP STRIKE
They Have Cracked Down on Hartford Area to
 Close Everything

Hartford, Conn.,, Sept. 27-(UP)-- The spreading Eastern Connecticut Truck Drivers strike 6apprp pachea . .crisiS today ps union lead deta s'efeck- ed down" on the Hartford area, shutting off meat and food produce deliveries. Only milk, bakery and newspaper deliveries were permitted, it was announced at union head quarters. Union leaders asserted close to 500 local drivers were added to strike ranks as result of the latest move, designed to force truck firm owners into agreeing to a closed shop.
 200 Special Deputies
 Two hundred special deputies sworn in Sunday by Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy, patrolled city streets to prevent violence.
 we are going to clamp down on practically everything" one strike leader said, adding new rush of applications for union membership resulted from spread of the strike today.
 All fruit produce houses, centered on Connecticut boulevard, were re- ported closed and retail establish ments almost immediately began to feel the pinch of lack of supplies.
 Wholesale meat houses, depart
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

New York, Sept. 27-(Up)-For- tune magazine announced today that the results of its 10th quarter ly survey showed that Henry Ford lis still by far the most popular in- dustrial parsonage in America, and John L. Lewis by far the most un- popular"
 The magazine also declared that factory labor agrees with execu- tives, minor salaried workers, and farm labor, that Lewis committee for Industrial Organization is fore ing workers to join it or lose their johs." ..4a
 "Ford received sos per cent of all the votes recorded for hLe most popular figure than l2 times as many as Walter P. Chrysler, who stood second," the magazine said. Lewis stood 18th in popularity"
 Next to Ford and Chrysler in popu- larity, the magazine listed. John D. Rockefeller Jr.. Tom M. Girdler, George F. Johnson, Charles M. HchWab. Milton s. Hershey, Owen D. Young. AifFed F. sloan Jr.s the late
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
VAN DEVANTER TO
 CANCEL SPEECH

Ellicott City, Mr., Sept. 27-(UP) Willis Van Devanter, retired jus tice of the supreme court, said today that because of personal reasons" he has cancelled his scheduled ad~ dress before the American Bar As- sociation convention at Kansas City.
 Van Devanter said he had advised bar association officials that he would be unable to fill his speaking engagement. The retired justice said that on his return from his western vacation he found so many personal matters requiring his at tentoin that he could not spare the time to go to Kansas City.
 Van Devanter had been scheduled to address the bar meeting on the same day that Justice Hugo L. Black, his supreme court successor, arrives in this country from a Euro pean vacation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
NEW PRESIDENT
 OF YALE OCT. 8

New Haven, Con-, Sept. 27-(U.P) -Yale's fifteenth president, Profess sor Charles Seymour, will be in- ducted into office as the successor of James Rowalnd Angell, retired, during 18th century ceremonies to be held October 8 at Battell Chapel university announcement said to- day. .
 Governor Wilbur L. Cross, dean emeritus of the graduate school and an ex-ofiicio member of the corpo- ration, has been designated as pre- siding fellow for the occasion.
 Following the inauguration, Sey- mour will deliver his first public ad- dress as head of the university, in the presence of members of the corporation, faculty, alumni board, associate fellow of the undergradu- ate colleges, representatives of the student body and of the state and city governments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
AUGUST MEYER TO DEATH
Loses Life as His Summer Home at Lake Hitchcock
 Is Destroyed

August J. Meyer, '71, better known among friends and business &C., quaintances as Major Myer, was burned to death late last night when g. fire, origin as yet unknown, con- stunned his summer home at Lake Hitchcock.
 The cottage was located on the west side of the first lake and was owned by James Sincaster of g Brewster street, Waterbury. MT. Meyer had used the cottage during the summer months but expected to return to Waterbury this week, where he was accustomed to live at the Hodson Hotel in Exchange place.
 A. F. Taylor EmplOye
 Mr., Meyer was employed at the A.. ?. Taylor company, painters and decorators, 97 North Main street ever since he came to Waterbury from Hartford 14 years ago. He was an expert upholsterer and furniture re- pairer and was regarded as c flfst. class worker in his field.
 Before coming to Waterbury he had served on the Hartford board of aldermen, as a democratic nlenl- ber. He was also an assessor. He is survived by two brothers, William and Henry, both residents of Hart ford.
 Had Good Start
 The fire was well under way when discovered by residents of Fairvlew street. John "Chick" Kelley, sports editor of The Waterbury American, and William Klitka, 6 member of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
(By United Press)

Seven violent deaths occurred In Connecticut over the week end, two of which were attributable to auto mobile accidents.
 James Skidgell, 8l, Stony Creek, died at 8 New Haven hospital after being struck near his home by an automobile operated by Charles Barnes, Stony Creek.
 Joseph McCann, 72, Manchester, was injured fatally by an automo- bile driven by David Morrison, 8 few after his wife had purchased their home at public action during the disposal of the Cheney Brothers bill properties.
 A concrete retaining wall collapsed and killed Algot S. Oberg, 56, at Bristol.
 Medical Examiner Cyrus A. Pen- dleton said Albert Karzseroski, 05, Colchester, killed himself with a shotgr: blast because he feared he was dying from cancer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
Seuen Violent Deaths Take
 PZaceIn Conn. AtWeek-End

Failing health was believed to have caused Richard H. Christoph, Il, to end his life by inhaling illum- mating gas at his New Haven home.
 Former Hartford Alderman and Assessor August J. Meyer was burned to death when fire destroyed his cottage at Lake Hitchcock, Wolcott. Neighbors who discoveed the blaze broke down the door but were un- able to reach him. He lived at Wa terbury.
 The death of Anthony zura, 54, Tariffville tobacco worker, seriously injured in fist fight, was attributed by the medical examiner to heart seizure. Police held Joseph Rudak who they said, admitted striking zura on the head with 6 bottle.
 The body of Harry Jackson, g. who disappeared August T, was found in a wooded section of East Haven Saturday night. Medical Examiner Dr. Robert Taylor said death was due to an 0verdoes of drugs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
BRITAIN MAKES
 MANY ARRESTS

Jerusalem, Sept. 27-(UP)-One hundred and twenty persons, includ- ing several prominent citizens, were arrested today in connection with the assassination of two British sub- ject~.
 The situation was so intense that authorities were reported consider ing the advisability of martial law for the northern district of Pales- tine.
 Lewis Andrews, Nazareth district commissioner, and hsi bodyguard, Peter McEwan, were shot from am- bush in Nazareth by three men, two
 of them reportedly Arabs and the third a "fellah", or peasant.
 The attack was unprecedented since British occupation of Pales- tine. The Arab supreme committee met in urgent session and issued a manifesto condemning the assassins and expressing condolences to the victims families. A curfew was in- posed in Nazareth and police Spurred efforts to catch the killers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
CONGRESS J |: MAY MAY !.
 NOT BE CALLED
President Not Decided on Special Session Just at
 Present Time
BY LYLE c. WILSON

United resS Staff Correspondent
 Aboard President Roosevelt's Special Train en route Seattle Sept. N-(UP)-PreSident Roosevelt lnov- ed westward across Iraho today with a substantial part of his next Con- gressional program formulated and with Q special session this autumn still possible, or even likely
 The President has not revealed his intentions with respect to a special session, but an early call to Congress was believed likely when the legislators adjourned Aug. 2l after junking some of the New Deal program and postponing other phases of it.. Then came charges that associate justice Hugo L. Black is life member of the Ku Klux Klan.
 Some observers believed that MT. Roosevelt would be reluctant to summon congress now owing to the certainty of severe and organized criticism of his first choice for the Supreme Court, if not an active movement to remove the new pudist from the bench.
 Montana Is In View
 Next Sunday the President will pass thruogh Montana, home of Senator Burton w. Wheeler, 8 leau- CT with Sen. Joseph o. OMahoney of Wyoming of the democratic inc surgents. Whether Wheeler will be in the state, and if SO whether he will be received aboard, is one of the political questions to be are ranged within a week. The senator has been speaking in this part of the country in criticism of the New Deal and appears to be carrying his feud farather than O'AGahoney.
 Six days out of Hyde Park to- day, the precise reason for this hur- ried transcontinental journey had not been revealed. The official an- nouncement was that MT. Roosevelt was going to Seattle to see his daughter, Mrs. John Boettiger, her two children, "6istie" and "Buzzie"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

entrance to the building.
 Whereas last Friday the truck driver refused to pass through the picket line, Saturday the driver kept his truck moving into the areaway and made delivery without further interference.
 Publisher RefuteS Guild
 E. Vincent Maloney, publisher of the Waterbury Democrat, reiterated his statements Of last week in which he said that the company was ready and willing at all times to confer and deal with the Guild, as bar gaining agent for the editorial room employees in a plant where eigthy- two men and women are employed, contrary to Guild statements that he refuses to bargain in good faith.
 Lest Guild FOrgets
 If refusing to accept certain Guild stipulations, after granting wage increases to eight Guild em- ployes that will add 5000 to our payroll alone, not to mention ar ranging working hours so that not one employe of the eight will be
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
Magazine Prints SurUey OF Popular Unpopular Men

Edward A. Filene, President Roose- welt, William s. Knudsen, Myron O. Taylor, the Du Fonts, Lewis, Walter s. Clifford and J. P. Morgan.
 The magazine announced that in another survey, Ford stood second to Lewis on the vote for the most url- popular man in industry. Lewis re- ceived BOA per cent of all the votes for the most unpopular figure, while Ford received TIT per cent"
 In addition to showing the execu- tiveS and workers believed that the c. I. O. used compulsion to increase its membership, the magazine said that "the public believes: :.
 "1-That plants affected by strik- CTS should be kept open to give non- strikers work.
 "2-That the federal government has been inefficient in the present labor crisis.
 "3-That all classes alike prefer committees of employers and em- ployes as mediators in labor disputes.
 ~4-That mo one, not even labor and the unemployed, has much sym- pathy with WPA strikes"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

by the Democratic senator to pres- ent his record" Reply to the lat ter's allegations concerning tax figures and spending by the city will be made tonight by City Con- troller Daniel J. Leary, speaking over Stations WATR and VERY at SIS o'clock.
 Alderman SciullO Speaks
 Speaking over Station WATR yes- terday noon, Alderman Charles Sciullo, president of the Italian Democratic club, told his listeners that the record of the administra- ton presents an irrefutable array of accomplishments in fine conduct of cityS affairs. He pointed to the support and cooperation given by Americans of Italian extraction dur ing the last four elections and urged that an even better showing be made at the polls next week.
 Constable Italo Deltino, speaking over the same station at 2:45 o'clock, warned voters of Italian ex- traction ito beware of promises of johs by the Independent Democrats, saying that these promises are just bait and cannot be fulfilled"
 "The voters of Italian extraction in Waterbury owe it to themselves, the Italian people of Waterbury, and to the city itself, to vote the straight Democratic ticket, October 5th," he declared.
 Russian Independents
 Members of the Russian Indepen-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
Last Week Erroneous Re- port Came in That Even
 Fooled LlOyds TODAY'S STORY IS
 MORE LIKE TRUTH Yacht Has Been Lost for Two Weeks Since Break J
 ing Its Tow

London, Sept. 27-(UP)- A British steamship flashed word today that it had sighted the yacht Endeavour I, missing at sea for two weeks, off the southwest tip of Ireland. A report, subse- quently denied, was received last week that Endeavour l, 1884 challenger for the Americas Cup, was safe. But today the Valentia, Ire land, agent of Lloyd's agency, re- ceived from the British tank steam ship Cheyenne the message: "ll:l2 a. m. Endeavour 260 miles southwest Fastnet. Alcock, master" It was two weeks to the day after the yacht parted from a tow line $40 miles of Newport, R. l., on her way home to England. Fastnet Rock and Light are the southwest tip of the Irish Free State and the position given is about 360 miles west of Brest, France-on the last stage Of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
Adolf Hitler To Back Up Premier Mussolini
Will Fight Against Demands of Britain, France That All Foreign Volunteers Be Withdrawn
 From Spanish Civil War
By FREDERICK c. oEcHsNER


 United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Berlin, Sept. 27-(UP)--Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. has decided to support Premier Beniko MUssolini in 0 re. jection of British. Trench demands that foreign volunteers be with drawn from the Spanish civil war Italian sources said today as the caital prepared to give an uproar- ious welcome to the Nazi-fascist leaders.
 It was said that Hitler agreed with Mussolini that 1t would be iIn- practicable to withdraw volunteers. But at the same time, it was added, Hitler cautioned Mussolini against sending further men or munitions to aid the Spanish Nationalists, and warned him that he should not count too strongly on German aid if a Mediterranean conflagration were started through strong" policy.
 Occasion Is Triumph
 Hours in advance of the entry of Mussolini to Berlin as the guest of his political cousin the fuehrer, it was evident that the occasion was to be made triumph, with politics subordinated to pageantry.
 Mussolini Saturday saw scores of thousands of Hitler's Nazis Inassed at Munich. Yesterday he saw the pick of the German army at ma neuvers along the Baltic coast. This morning he visited the great Krupp works at Essen, called the smithy of the German armaments industry.
 This afternoon Berlin prepared to give Mussolini a welcome on @ scale such as never had been &C., corded any foreign visitor to Berlin. All day Italian and German Nazi
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
KIDNAPPING OF
 CHARLES ROSS 5;
 e- Atg 4sA
Another Chicago Mystery to Be Solved; Aged Man
 in Poor Health
BY w. F. McILRATH

United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 Chicago, Sept. 27-(UP)-Police traced all telephone calls into the home of wealthy Charles c. Ross, 72, a retired manufacturer of valen- tines, today for clue to the per- petrators and the motive behind his apparent Kidnapping. Three pro- fessed kidnapers forced Ross from his car on a lonely suburban road Saturday night and drove off with him. Nothing has been heard from him-or about him-Since. The kid napers asked Ross secretary, who was with him, whether Ross could stand touch for $250, ,000" but did not make a specific ransom demand.
 Has Weak Heart
 The wife of the retired greeting card and valentine manufacturer said Ross suffered from @ weak heart and high blood pressure. and shock or undue excitement might jeopardize his life. Otherwise, she said, he probably will "get along" with his abductors.
 He's probably playing bridge with them by this time," she said.
 w. H. Johnson, acting head of the Chicago division of the federal bur- eau of investigation, refused to say whether G-men had been called into the case.
 Mrs. Ross remained in the Ross eight-room hotel apartment await ing possible communication from her husband or the abductorS.
 Police tapped" the telephone line into the Ross home and traced in- coming calls. Squad cars patrolled the neighborhood.
 No Clues Admitted
 Capt. Dan Gilbert. chief of the states attorney police, admitted of- ficers had no clues in the case ex-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
MOTHER OF TWO
 STARS IS DEAD

Lawrence, Mass, Sept. 27-(UP) Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Church here tomorrow for Mrs. Mary c. Callahan, mother of two former college football cap- tains, who died at her New York home Saturday night. Burial will be in the Immaculate Conception cemetery.
 Mrs. Callahan was the mother of John T. Callahan. twice captain of the Yale team, now securities ex- change commission counsel, and Henry A. Callahan, who once cap- tained the Princeton team.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
6, ..ICI'',. i, Q. .ISCALLED
 COMM M MUNIST|C
John P. Frey of American Federation Accuses
 Them of Terrorism
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Denver, Colo, Sept. 27-(UP)-- John c. Frey, American Federation of Labor department leader, sum- moned his unionists today to crush the terrorism that threatened to cost workers the legal right to bargain collectively.
 He said the 0. I, o, was "com- munistic".
 Frey told the 2eth annual con- vention of the Metal Trades depart ment that the John L. Lewis unions had forfeited" much of administra- ton support in the last year and that they were lon the downgrade because of public condemnation of their tactics"
 A. F. of L. Convention
 Frey's speech opened the A. F. of L. convention campaign to expel the Lewis unions and disclosed the grounds on which that campaign will be fought.
 He criticised the National Labor Relations board for favoring the O. I. o. in some cases and said that the Wagner act should be changed to curb the boards powers.
 Allegedly irresponsible and terror istic methods of the 0. I. O. have created the threat that state and federal legislation will be enacted to curb union activity and put labor under an unfair and unjustified" handicap, he said.
 More Charges Made
 He charged that the communist party, supplemented" by the Lewis faction, was plotting to gain control of A. F. of L. unions; that the 0. I. o. had "succumbed" to communistic influence and that Lewis plans to extend his efforts to a definite po-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
INSANE MAN HAS
 MADE HIS ESCAPE

Danvers, Mass, Sept. 27-(UP)- Police of eight northeastern states were asked today to watch for George Stopford, 57, of Revere, who escaped from the violent ward of Danvers State Hospital early yes- terday. A guard was posted at his Revere home. Elias Friedberg, 67, of Amesbury, who fled with Stop ford, was recaptured late yesterday when he applied for admission to a Boston hospital.
 The pair escaped by breaking the lock on their door and smashing a firSt-fioor window.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
GUARDIANSHIP OF
 C. 0. P. DOUBTFUL
Former Senator HarwoOd Is Leading Rep. C. s.
 BiSSell of Suffield
By GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR.


 United Press Staff CorrespOndent) Hartford, Conn, Sept. 2T-(UP)- Republican leaders, while admitting former State Senator Benjamin B. Harwood, Chester, held a lead over Rep. Charles s. Bissell, Sufheld, for the state committee chairmanship, were fearful today the job might go to some dark horse" candidate. Weekend developments presented the following situation:
 Harwood, with an apparent ma jority of the 70 votes. sent word to the Bissell forces, which are sup- ported by Maj. John Buckley, Union, "As long as I have four votes in Middlesex county, I'm staying in."
 BisseIl Chances DwlndIe
 Bissell's chances were declared dwindling because of reports he is 8 stalking horse" for Buckley. The same surge of opposition that caused Buckley, former member of the State Liquor Control commission, to with draw as @ candidate, was refiecting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
Late NelUs Bulletins
CHIEF SUICIDES

Acushnet, Mass, Sept. 27 -(UP)-Fire Chief Au- gust St. Jean of Acushnet was found dead, apparently a suicide, in the gas-filled repair shop of the fire sta tion early today. A tube extended from a jet to his mouth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
JAPANESE BOMB
 MORE F:I|E|:'R|cELf.
Ranking, Canton Again
 Smashed; Fishing Fleet , Is Sent to Bottom
By EARL LEAF
United Press stan Correspondent, :,


 United Press staff Correspondent) Shanghai, Sept. 27-(UP)--Japan, relentlessly increasing the scope and intensity of her drive, bombed Man. king and Canton anew today and opened 8 mass assault all along the Shanghi front.
 Communication with Nanking was broken twice by mid-afternoon as fleets of Japanese bombers, seeking to terrorize the capital, struck again after 24-hour respite.
 Big fleets rained bombs over the whole Canton area.
 Most Fer0clous Drive
 Coincidently with @ new drive on the Shanghai front, which reports indicated to be the most ferocious of the entire war, three great Jap anese planes dropped 550-pound bombs in the North Railroad station section of Shanghai, adjoining the International settlement. So terri fic was the concussion that thou sands in the settlement fled to shell ter, fearing that the foreign area was the target.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
BOLDEST THIEF

New York, Sept. 27- (UP)S fhe boldest thieves in recent Brooklyn history boarded the United States navy destroyer Talburt in the navy yard, jimmied a heavy metal door to the paymaster's quarters and took the $2,OO0 payroll from a strong box, it was disclosed today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
Campaign Enters Closing Week Of Party Arguments
Democrats, Fusionists Tighten Up Their Lines for Final Drive Alderman Charles SciuIo Spoke
 Yesterday on Record of Administration

One week eft Democrats and Fusionist today directed their efforts for victory at the polls October to series of passed back and forth by the opposing candidates with all of the racial groups involved by intensive solicitation for solid showing of their constituents Rpercussion of the challenge of Mayor Frank Hayes to Senator George Gull hane Fusion candidate took the form of further promise
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27
FILENE DIES

Paris, Sept. 27-(UP)- The body of Edward A. Fi- lene, noted Boston mer- chant, will be cremated and his ashes sent to the Unit ed States, it was announced today.
 Filene died early Sunday after. weeks illness of pneu- monia.