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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
Former Barbara Hutton ls
 Now FuH-Fledged Dane

don and declared 2 Dane by his father.
 The countess did not explain the reason for her abrupt departure. When she arrived, she said that she was here for the Christmas holi- days. A few hours after she left, workers in three Woolworth stores began Q strike that threatened to extend to aii the 126 stores in the metropolitan area. The strikers sent tho following Fadiogranl to the countess: Make c Santa Claus pos- sibie for 5000 Woolworth workers. will you give your employees . Christmas present by iTistructins the Wooiworth management to coficedc c living wage to thousands now exs isting on starvation wages?"
 It required less than five minutes for the countess to renouElce her American citizenship. The court was empty when she appeared with her attorneys Wednesday afternoon. After signing the iieCessary dcCu- mente, she repeated "1 swear" as George Volimer, deputy clerk, read the renunciatior: T hereby abso- iuteiy and entirely ren0uilCe my United states citizenship and all righle and privileges thoreufit0 aps pertaining and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to the United States of America"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
Funds In Fairfield County COP Ranks Bring Charges

secretary of Staet, merely listed rec ceipts of 980, ,600.01 and expenditures of S86, ,70737, without breaking down each total
 He demanded appointment Of Q finance committee to act with the president, but the executive group deferred action until q later date. He characterized the county coIiri. ell as "gOrt of 6 holding company through which c small group, ex- pending only about 5000 in the presidential campaign, seeks to con- trol ali Republican activities in the state"
 Bradley declared an audit would oe made of the financing during the period mentioned by Swayne He denied the charges of "bosSiSin and accused the Swayne faction Of being "stooges" for state leaders outside the county.
 Bradley was c staunch supporter Of Samuel r. Pryor, Jr.. Greenwich for national committeeman. Pryor t,,edged his strength to Bradley tf continue as the county leader. The new audit of the IDJe ac. counts, 1t was declared, would an. SweY GwayneS demand for detailed accounting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
MAUzEROL HELD
 IN RYAN DEATH
State St. Man Responsible
 for Fatal Injuries to X Nellie Ryan

Criminal negligence oa the part of Edward MAuSerol, 20, of iA State street, a ehef. canaed the death oi Mrs. Nellie Ryan, eS, of william street. ct East Mah. and William streets, December 3, says Deputy Coroner Walter w. Smyth in Q finding handed down today. He holds MauEerol crim.nally respon- siblo for the hit-and"rnn killing of the elderly woman, who died . few minutes after being struck by Q speeding car.
 Deputy Coroner Smyth filed Q copy of his finding with Prosecutor Mitchell Meyers of city court. The latter Issued warrant for MauS- erol, who has been free on bonds of $3B00 as Q coroner's prisoner, will be arraigned In city court to- morrow morning.
 Arrest In Each Case l
 Death of Mrs. Ryan after being struck by Q car driven by . skip" driver was one of Q series of such fatalities which aroused tho city some weeks ago. Investigation by the police department accident squad resulted In an rrrest in each case.
 Mauzerol was arrested less than two hours after .Ars. Ryan was fatally injured, being taken into custody by Motor Patrolmen Ray mond Grady and William Dwyer.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
Several City Boards May Receiue Changes
Mayor Hayes Probably Will Alter Make.Up of Boards
 in Order to Carry Out Proposed Plan for General Reorganization

Changes In personnel of tho lm- portant city boards which will make way for numerous appointments by Mayor Frank Hayes in his plan foi general reorganization of many city departMents were indicated Authori. tatively to Tho Democrat today.
 In tho instance Of tho board ol fire commissioned Frank T. Healey now city prosecutor, probably VII not want re.appolntment, 1t was 70, lated. Well.founded report Is thai Frcderick w. Chesson, Republican Waterbury Trust Company offioial and Martin .. Parker, Democrat will rot be re.appointed.
 Carl D. Olson Declines
 Carl D. Olson, vice.president oi the Waterbury Trust Company member of tho board of police com ymlssioners, Is understood to nave declined re.appointment.
 Due to press of his work at Hart- ford, Rep. John D. Thoms, mem: bcr of the board of flnnace, Is snid to be one of those who will not pc re-appointed to this city board
 Bureau of Personnel |,
 Meanwhile, at City Hall, develop ,nents at last nights fight In the board of aldermen over adoption oi gorne of tho ioS8 budgets provisions, found various officials preplexed over the negative votes of Aldermen Francls T. Phillips and George L.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
Huge Truck, Contents. Con,pletelyDestroyed
Owned By First National Stores, Inc-Skidded on Icy Pavement Near South Main, Baldwin Streets;
 Overturns, Burns Up

Fire destroyed 0 seven and 0 half ton truck owned by the First Na- tionai Stores, Inc, after the vehicle skidded and overturned at South Main and Baldwin street at 4:30 o. clock this morning. The driver, Franci Quagliaroli, 32, Of 08 Elm street. Windsor Locks, managed to extricate himself from the wreck age before the flames reached the cab Of the truck. He suffered only Q minor back injury.
 Damage to the truck and contents was estimated at S7,O00. Most of the cargo in the truck, produce and gro- ceries, was destroyed. Firefnen were at the scene for more than two hours.
 Telephone Service IIampered
 Toll telephone service from Nau- gatuck was seriously impaired whesl the burning truck set fire to @ toll cable. Teletypc service Of the Wa terbury and Naugatuck police dc" partmerts was also interrupted. The flames burned the lead cable and destroyed the wires, making neceS- sary the splicing-in of a new io- foot length of cable. Rain hamper ed telephone repairmen, but Rich ard c. Britt, local cable splicing foreman, said 'he expected that the damaged cable would be restored to service this afternoon.
 Blocked Traffic
 Crashing and bursting into flames almost in the .liddlc of the inter- section, the truck so blocked South Main and Baldwin streets that only
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
MRS. SACCO WAS
 BEQUEATHED $50

Dcdhafn, Mass, Dec. l7--(UP) ~ The widow of Nicola sacco will re- ceive $50 and Professor Felix Frank furter of Harvard Law school $500 under the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Qlendowcr Evans of Brooklinc.
 Mrs. Evans, principal contributor to the Sacco-V -Vanzetti defense fund, said ths legacy to Frankfurtcr was "ln slight acknowledgement of the service nc has given not only to me but to the commonwealth in the sacco- -Vanzctti case"
 eacco and Bartolomco Vanzctti. communists, were elcctrocuted in 1927 for staying c paymaster and guard.
 The estate of Mrs. Evans, who died Sunday, was valued at 926Q,- 900. After bcqueathipg 41O000 to relatives, she set aside 1i00,000 to Dc expended flor the assistance or relief of prisoners, cx-prisoncrS or their families, as the trustees Shali determine"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
REFERENDUM NOT
 VERY PLEASING
President Gives an Enl' phatic No" to Any
 Such Proposition

Washington, Dec. l6.-(UP)-- President Roosevelt replied with ail emphatic mo" today when asked whether he thought a national rcf" ercndum on war was consistent with the representative form Of goyern- inent.
 A national referendum before any declaration Of War--except iti case of ilVasion--would Dc provided by the Ludlow proposed amendment to the constitution. A petition fore. ing the Ludlow proposal to the House floor January 10 just has been completed.
 MT. Rooscvclt's sharp no was his only statement on the war referefi- dum issue, When the question was asked he replied simply that the easiest way to answer that question was in the negative and said flobh- ing more.
 MT. RoosevcIts opposition to the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
WALCOTT IS NOT
 GOING TO SPAIN

Hartford, Conn, Dec. l7.-(UP- State Welfare Commissioner Fred- eric Q. Walcott decided today to decline the invitation of Spanish Rebel General SerancisCJ Franco to Investigate relief needs Of spain's civilian population.
 Waicott, former united States senator and war~tiinc relief invcs- tigator in Poland and Belgium said he turned down Francos request "after very careful consideration of all phases of the projected trip"
 "The department of welfare" he said, Ifs facing c difficult and busy winter with every worker going at top speed and no sign of c letsup for several months.
 Therefore, my first consideration must Dc welfare fin the state Of Con- nccticut."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17

ed to on upper floor, where they tried to drill open the safe. Alarmed when tho watchman got free rom His bonds and gave the alarm, they fled from the store through rear door. only few moments before noiicc had the building surrounded,
 Waite and Gentle told police tnat they secreted themselves in Me store at closing timc last night preparatory to the attack on the watchmari. Both had worked m the store as clerks until 9 O'CLOCK
 Credit for Capture
 Credit for the speedy capture oi tyo of tho three holdup men should 10. Chief Inspector Stevens said, to iieut, Detectives John Calvin, John Leary and Joseph Bendler, and De- tactiye Anthony Mafiano and other detectives who aided. Members oi the detective bureau worked on tne investigation all during tho nign' and morning.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
OUSTED COLLEGE
 HEAD LEADS COP
Dr. Glenn Frank Selected as Chairman-Nauga
 tuck Man Named
By PAUL DIX United Press StaR Corrcspondent)

United Press staff Corrcspondent)
 St. Louius, Dec. l7-(UP)-Dr. Glenn Frank, Identified with the lib- eral wing of the Republican party. will head the partys special com mittee to formulate policies with which to combat the New Deal. His appointment will be announced ofii- cially today by John D. M. Hainil- ton, national chairman.
 Frank. former president of the University of Wisconsin, was chosen chairman of the new committee, by the party's executive committee yesterday. It was understood that he had accepted. but in Chicago last night he said: T have no con- nection directly or indirectly with the committee. No one has cofr- municated with me"
 Awaits Announcement
 It was believed that ho was with- holding any public statement pend- ing the official announcement of his appointment. Hamilton refused to deny or confirm news of his ap- pointment, which was given corre- spondents anonymously by Repub- lie anleaders.
 Frank will have the task of guid- ing the program committee of ape
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Bridgeport, Conn, Dec. T.-CUP) A demanded investigation into the method Of handling the funds of the Fairfield County Republican or- gatlization, opened 6 serious breach today in it's leadership.
 Charging that the corrupt prac- ticcS act had been violated and that there was evidence of boss rule run riot" Rep. Noah Swayne, Darjcp, leader of the House and p0- tentiai candidate for governor, lev- ejjcd his accusations against Sen. ator J, Kenneth Bradley, WcStport. Wbo was defeated for the floor leadership in the last general aSs 5embIy session.
 Bradley, president of the National Federation Of Young Republicans and head of the county OrgatIIza" ion, was adinOnisiled by GWayne ..tat "tiJis is . type Of political man. qgcmcnt that catiOtIt bc tolerated any longer"
 gwayne incorporated his charges lfs Q letter Co the organizations eys ecJtIye committee. He declared the financial report Of the 1898 cam paIgn failed to Itesnize each expegi' dItuSe and, when filed with ms
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
JAPAN PROTESTS
 ABOUT SOVIETS

Tokyo, Dec. 17--(UP)--A new pros test alleging that Soviet authOri- ties were annoying JapaneSc rcSl- dents of VladivCstOk was filed wltb the Russian embassy today by the Japanese foreign Cfiicc.
 Tine protest charged that Japa- iicsc citizens were being detained or false charges, including espionage, 4 specific case was mentioned % which 6 "fsyIsteFiOus woman" hand cd c letter Co c Japanese or uSe street The Japanese was arrested ard the letter wag found to cOtIs tain ptiFpCFted military secrets. the protest said, Thc Japanese alleged tlie letter vas spurious and the cvi- dence framed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
CRUDE CROSS AS
 THEIR MEMORIAL

Provincetown, Mass, Dec. l7-- (UP)--A crude cross made of tim- bers from c beached derelict was to Do dedicated today as c memorial to the 70 sailors who perishod 10 years ago In the submarine s-4 dis- aster.
 Tho cross stands in the wind- swept burying ground of the Epis- copai church of st. Mary of the Harbor, where navy officials, rel- atiyes of s-4 victims and Keeper Douglas Shepherd of the Wood End light were to participate in dedi- satory exercises.
 It was Shepherd who on DeceiTl- ber i7, i027, flashed first news that the submarine had been rai1lmed on dsunk 2000 yards off shore by the destroyer Paulding. |
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
REPRESENTATIVE
 IS FOUND DEAD

Nantucket, Mass, Dec. II. (Up) William T. swain, 30. serving ms third term In the Massachusetts ho,ise as q Republican reprosefita. |. five from this island, was found dead in bod at his home today. Death was attributed to . cerebral Born here Dec. 2, 1878. he was the soll Of captain william q. swain, Widely- -kfsown mariner. He retired from the lumber and coal business in 1917 and until his election n ios9 operated Island View Farm. Ae ! was chairman of the legislative Committee on conservation.
 swain as . past master Of Union Lodge of Masctis. .....
 IIe leaves . wife and two sisters, ali of Nantucket.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
KING GEORGE IN
 GRAVE DILEMMA
President De Valera Has Placed Him in Awkward
 Position
-(Acne Telephoto).

London, Doc. IT. (UP) -- King George was placed in an awkard constitutional dilemma today by q letter from President Ramon do Vai- ora of tho Irish Free State asking authorization for appointment of e minister to Italy whose credentials recognize tho King of Italy as Em- peror of Ethiopia.
 The letter was sent direct to Buckingham Palace. Although offi- cialS said tho question of recogni- ton was not Involved, some believed Premier Benito Mussolini was likely to interpret authorization by King George US Emperor of the British Commonwealth as recognition of the Italian conquest.
 Delicate Issue
 The king would hesitate to con- suit the government or his minister's on c matter affecting such c deli- cate constitutional issue. If his minister's sought to dlSsuade him from signing it would raise 6 point as to tho unity Of the empire and foreign policy. Do Valera was said not to consider that tho credentials of the ministre, mentioning the Ital- i6an Emperor of Ethiopia, consti. tutos recognition or conquest but simply recognizes the name taken by tho sovereign.
 Some observers said that since the king signs tho documents the mat- ter can hardly concern the Free state alone and thercofer it placs the British crown in c position Of presumably recognizing the Italian conquest as far as 1t concerns the Free State but not for the rest of the empire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
BELIEVE BOTH
 MEN DROWNED
Officials Cannot Credit Any Escape Through Cur.
 rents of Frisco Bay
BY JOHN U. TERRELL United Press staff Correspondent

United Press staff COrrospOndent)
 San Francisco, Dec. i7-(UP)-- Authorities believed today that two desperate criminals fleeing tho feds orai govefnmont's Devils Island" at ,Alcatras had been drowned in tht swift currents of San Francisco Buy. There was no evidence, how. ever that they had not succeeded In reaching tho mainland to become the first men to escape the "eS- capo-proof" island prison.
 But on tho chance that they had escaped. soldiers. coast guardsmen and policemen blockadod tho bay.
 Police searched the Wharves and docks: soldiers patrollod tho shorc- line around the several forts and army posts: coast guard boats churned through the bay in q binding fog. with guns stripped for action to challenge every suspicious craft in tho waters.
 No One Ever Escaped
 All criminals know Alcatraz as "thc rock" No one had ever cs- capped from the island before, since the department of justice took t over in 1884 and began congregat- ing tho worst men of It's prisons bee hind It's high, rocky walls c mile and G half out ih tho bay.
 Whether Ralph Roc and Theodore Colo from Oklahoma made it safe- ly to shore was problcmatical. War; den James A. Johnston said it was highly improbable that they could have swan through the treacherous currents and that unless c boat picked them up, they probably drowned. t
 They broke c lock on c high wire fence. ieapcd to Q rock ledge and reached the water yesterday after-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17

AJs 4bOWA0AANA v VSJSSba~AA a SSssS of Q Democratic majority by agree- ment of the Republican minority when tho matter of controllers ap' propriations for 1888 came before the board. This wac after a recess ct which nearly @ half hour of executive consideration failed to take the committee of the full board past this item on Page 6 of book let 45 pages long.
 Alderman LoeffIer Against
 With Alderman Francis T. Phil- lips (R.) leading the fight for an amendment, offered by Alderman George L. Kingston (R3, which would send back to the Board Of Fi- nance for further consideration the estimates for the controllers office with view to include provision for auditing there, all Republican mem: bers except William Loeffler backed Controller Elect Rowland in his stand, now under consideration in c Superior Court suit against Mayor Frank Hayes.
 Alderman Loefflerj not nominated by the FusioniSts in primaries last summer for recollection, joined the Democrats, led, as usual, by Alder manic Leader George R. duilio'le <r,.,.t,,,,..a ,n,, x,.ga aA ti /.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
ROBs SCHOOL GIIsL

Bridgeport, Dec. 17-(vP)--Pclicc today sought c youth who accO6tcd Ruth GtefankO, iG, iii c corridor Of Bassick high school, knocked hcf to the floor and fled with her purse containing % cents. The girl told police the youth twisted her wrlst and slapped her face before throwing her tO the floor. He fafi from the building with her pocket book e siae screamed, sne said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
IS EMPLOYES co
 OUT ON STRIKE

Cromwell, Conn, Dec. i7. (uP)-. Fifteen employees in the bulk plant of the Rackliffe oil O., were oi, strike today for c 40-hour week, higher wages, union recognition and Q closed shop.
 The strikers, afiiliated with the committee for Industrial organisa- ton, left their jobs late yesterday.
 Firm officials said the union pre- sented it's demands Tuesday and called the strike in tho midest of Q company investigation of conditions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
First Detailed Story .Of Gallant Battle Put
 Up By yPanay Gun CrelU
COP. Aldermen GaUe Preuiew or Next Year
Plenty of Rurnblngs Heard Last Night as Auditing Items of Controllers Office Came Up for Action;
 Budget Was Finally Adopted

Runblings of the warfare which will develop after the first of the year when eight Republicans take over majority of one in the Board of Aldermen marked that boards meeting last night at which the 1888 budget call
 ing for tax of 31 mills and changes of various auditing items in the controllers office was passed over protest o
 most Republican members and Controller-Eect Sherwood Rougands ohecton from the floor Gone was the peace
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
Make Admission
 or Attempting To Rob Dept. Store
Frank Waite of Naugatuck, Cecil Gentle of GO Grand
 Street Were Quickly Nabbed By Detectives; | Third One of Trio Caught This Afternoon

! Chief Inspector Joseph F. Stevens announced shortlv before o'clock today that the third bandit, % William Mangine, 2s of Webb street. this city, e- ployed in Naugatuck barber shop, had been ar rested. He is being held by Naugatuck police. De- tective Lieutenants William Foley and Connie Shanahan were sent to pick him up.
 Capture of First Two
 Capture of two of the three hodup men who attempted 4o hreak onen a safe at the HowandHughe Company Depae store on Bank street after assauting the night watcnan was announced this afternoon by Chief Inspec. tnr osen Steyens of the Detective Bureau The third eher of the trio was being sought at press hour The Two men held were employees of the store The men under arrest charged with robbery with violence are FTank
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waite, 2i, of Johnson street, Nau. U: gatuck; and Cecil Gentle, 2S, or oe Grand street, formerly of Bridgepof! and Indianapolis. Both admitted taking part in the holdup.
 Janltor Knocked Out
 The bandit trio, surprising the jaslitor, Irving Robinson, 63, ot 4o walnut street, in the basement oi Inc store, struck him over the heao with the butt of a gun, and tieo him to q char. They then proceed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Dec. 'I7--UP).-Gov- ornment expenses and receipts for Inc current fiscal year through Dee. 18th. compared With year aEo: s3, no, 0,646,2t3.77 $3162,9i4,4O4.Sb
 ReceiptH
 s2,722.1O1 ,S7O.46 $f.ss5, 5,e27,t32.ss sSss.S4l,4ocs1 si.sO7ssS.s7i A7' sOs.sCI.14s.cs W,SsS,7iHgss.ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
BY WELDON JAMES Copyright, 1887, by United Press)

(COpyrignt, AvSt Vy O"ases
 Aboard U. S. Gunboat Oahu, at Shanghai, Decera- Der IT. = (UP) - The sink ing of the United States gunboat, Panay, by Japanese airplanes added 8 heroic chapter to the history of the American Navy. The Panay went down fighting gamely to the end. Her men were at their guns, some smeared with blood from their wounds. We, the survivors of the attack on the Panay and three Standard oil steamships, accompanying her, arrived here toe day in the gunboat, Oahu, and the British gunboat, Ladybird, aftefsa two day cruise down the Yanktse, and I am able at last to write Q story which is one to make all Americans proud. We. . handful of civilians, including some from the American embassy staff, had left Ranking ill
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Weldon James, Chief of United Press Bureaus,
 Was Aboard Vessel
COMMANDER HUGHES
 HIT BY FIRST BOMB
Bleeding Officers and Men Fought Against Odds,
 Until Ordered to Quit

Telegraph Editors Note: Vel don James, chief of the United Press Bureau at Nanking. tells today the first detailed story of the attack by Japahese airplanes on the United States gunboat. Panay, and three Standard OH steamships.
 James was one of those aboard the Panay, and he saw the heroic fight that the Panay's men put up against hopeless odds before they had to abandon their ship be- cause 1t was sinking under theSn'
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