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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
STABBED COURT
 JUSTICE DIES
Judge John F. O'Neil's As- sailant Still Free,
 Still Unknown

New York, May 1-(UP)-Muni- cipal Court Justice John F. O'Neil, stabbed in the back by mysterious assailant on Tuesday, died today in St. Vincent's hospital.
 The 69-year-old justice was stab- bed twice as he stood on a street corner near his home. His assail-. ant, described as short man in a brown polo coal, fled: Bleeding profusely he managed to stagger to his home and then to the hospital, a few doors away.
 An emergency operation and a blood transmission were performed immediately. O'Neil was able to tell District Attorney William o. Dodge, an old friend, that he had no idea who stabbed him and that he knew of no reason why anyone should wish to take his life.
 Detectives made no progress in attempts to solve the case. Mrs. O,Neil reported that her husband had taken some legal papers" from a safe and stuffed them into his pocket before leaving home. No documents were found on him fol- lowing the attack, a fact which sug- gested to police that the assailant might have seized them before flee ing.
 Witnesses said that while O'Neil was standing on the corner, waiting for buss to take him to court, a man stepped up behind him and pounded him twice on the back with the end of a folded newspa- per. The assailant then walked across the street, paused for a glance at his victim and ran off. None attempted to chase him, de- spite the fact that many persons witnessed the attack.
 One theory of detectives was that the case was one of mistaken iden- tity and that the assassin thought he was stabbing someone else. An- other was that the assailant was an unsuccessful litigant in a case tried before ONeil, but clerks in the judges court pointed out that O'Neil had been handling only civil suits involving less than $l,OO0.
 O'Neil was appointed in 1927 by former Mayor James J. Walker, and in November of the same year he was elected to regular 10-year term. He was born in New York city, and at one time was an assist ant district attorney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
LOCAL CASES IN
 SUPREME COURT
Two Motions to Be Argued on Tuesday May II,
 at lO:30 A. M.

Motions in two Waterbury cases will be argued in the supreme court of errors of the state of Connecti- cut on Tuesday, May Il, at 10:30 a. m. (D.S.T) Neither case is ready for actual hearing, but the argu- ments presented next week might have bearing on whether or not they ever will actually be tried in the supreme court.
 The two cases are: The appeal ci the Pacific Fire Insurance Company of Hartford from the judgment oi $1,918.62 by Judge John A. Cornell of Superior Court in favor of Mrs Lillian A. Relyea of this city; and the appeal of George A. France from an order entered in superior court relevant to his compensation claim against William D. Munson
 Motion to Dismiss
 A motion by the plaintiff to dis miss the appeal of the defendant has been entered and will be argued in the case of Relyea against Pacific Fire Insurance Company. Attorney Richardson Bronson, representing Mrs. Relyea, claims that the appeal should be dismissed because the de- fendant failed to prosecute the appeal with due diligence under the rules of co;.rt." According to Att
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
.S25,OOO SUIT. AZ TERMkTH OF COURT APPEAL Girl Who Started Work at IA Claims She Con-
 tracted Tuberculosis COMPENSATION IS
 DENIED BY COURTS Supreme Court Ruled Law Did Not Provide for
 Such Cases

A Waterbury girl who started working in a dress factory here ten years ago at the age of IA, today brought suit for $25,00 in superior court against the operators of that factory, claiming that they created and maintained a nuisance which resulted in the contraction of tubercu- losis, which disease has caused her total incapacita- tion.
 The suit is that of Josephine Madeo against the I. Dibner and Brothers, Incorporated, dressmak- CTS, situated at present on Canal street. It is an outgrowth of a compensation case which was ape proved by Compensation Commis- sioner James M. Lynch who found issues for the girl and granted all
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
Bus Strike Cripples London s Transport
City Fears Other Forms of Transport May Be Af fected- Comes on Eve of Coronation n-Eleven
 Years Ago Great Strike Crippled Country
BY ROBERT DOWSON Limited Press Staff Corresponden

London, May - (UP) - A bus strike crippled London's transport system today while visitors poured into the city from all over the world for the coronation, only 12 days away.
 It was feared that the strike might spread to other forms of transport and leave the metropolis without subways, street cars, or busses.
 Delegates of provincial unions asked 10000 men operating busses in the provinces to join in an un- official strike to support the bus drivers already out in 10 eastern counties.
 Directly involved in London's strike were 25,500 men operating 5000 of London's famous busseS which carry 5,750, 900 persons a day and collect $175,000 in fares.
 They struck on the 11th anniver- sary of the British general strike, the greatest in history. Labor's mood was restive, because of the May day holiday and it was feared that any attempt to operate busses with strike breakers would bring out transport men in other lines. not only here but throughout the country.
 London's strike began at mid- night. It was called to back up the busmen's demand for 714 hour day instead of an 8-hour day. After midnight no busseS left terminals. Crews of busses already out ad- hered to schedule. They took !he late goers home, ran their machines into the terminals and grouped out side the garages listening to speech es by leaders.
 Tn the west end night club dis trict union men distributed leaflets setting forth their demands, and explaining the decision to strike.
 The people who were worried about getting to work were set an example when, in the early morn ing hours, 40 stalwarts set out from London for the annual stock ex- change walk to Brighton, 52 miles away.
 But soon the early workers were converging on London in increas- ing numbers.
 Little knots of the hopeful waited at street corners for busses that did not come. The others scrambled for standing space in the street cars and subways, always jammed
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
HITLER HITS AT CATHOLICS
Challenge Seen in May Day Address on Educa-
 tiOnal Rights
BY FREDERICK c. OECHSNER United Press Staff Correspondent)

BY FREDERICK c. OECHSNER Limited Press Staff Correspondent)
 Berlin, May l-W.P.) = Fuehrer Adolf Hitler led Germany's May Day celebration today with speech which interpreted as a challenge to the Roman Catholic church.
 we alone have the right to edu- cate our youth," he said to 10000 members of the Hitler youth organ ization massed at the Olympic Sta 6ium," and that right we never will give away.
 .'If others think that they may with success disunite the German people again, beginning with our youth, then they are wrong"
 The Nazi campaign of bringing all education under ohlcial control had been a principal point of complaint by the Roman Catholic church. Nazi Encouragement of parochial schools was one of the reasons for the Pope's encyclical on church condi- tions in Germany.
 This speech was the first of two by the Fuehrer. His second engage ment was to address thousands of his storm troopers at the Lustgar- ten, and through them to deliver message to the nation.
 The Nazi May Day was the 10th anniversary of Hitler's first speech in Berlin. Then most people regarded him as an upstart who would soon be forgotten.
 Nazis have taken over the red May Day and made 1t their own labor day.
 A national celebration started at 5 a. m. with a medley of folk music broadcast from Breslau and the radio loud speakers will not be idle until a. m. tomorrow when the May Day program is closed with irl- cidental folk music.
 The indefatigable Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda and public enlightenment, was on the program for three speeches. Bal dur von Schirach, youth leader Heinrich Himmler, supreme chief of secret police, and other leaders were speakers.
 Speeches were broadcast through. out the country and people gathered in the streets to hear them from special loud speakers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
POPE TO LEAVE
 VATICAN TODAY

Vatican City, May 1 - (UP0 - Pope Plus will leave the Vatican to- day by automobile for Castle Gam dolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, for his summer vacation.
 Vatican prelates were reported pleased by the Pontiff,s decision to leave. It was pointed out that the Holy Father has granted large number of audiences recently. fol- lowing his severe illness, and that his personal physician Professor Aminta Milani renewed his requests that the Pope take an extended rest period.
 By staying all summer in the country at the Summer Vatican" the pontiff will benefit from the fresh air and greater chance for re- taxation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
SWINGING GATE
 CAUSE OF SUIT
Alleged to Have Produced Injuries Causing Death
 of Late Mrs. F. Clark

A swinging gate on the property of John D. Bush, of 1538 Baldwin street, was the proximate cause of the death of Mrs. Fanny Clarke, tt is alleged in a $10,000 damages ac- tion filed in the court of common pleas today. Mrs. Marion Robin son, of A Piedmont street, as ad- ministratrix of the estate of Mrs Clarke, who was her mother, has brought the suit against John D. Bush. Attorney Michael V. Blans- field drafted the complaint.
 The gate in question is of the type that swings out, and is situated at the entrance of the property at. 1538 Baldwin street, according to the claims made. There was no latch on the gate, it is alleged.
 Injuries Fatal
 In the complaint set up by the plaintiff 1t is alleged that on May 6, 1886, Mrs. Fanny Clarke was walking on Baldwin street and was invited onto the Bush property by Mrs. John Bush. She entered and after a short conversation made her way towards the exit where the gate is situated. She swung the gate out and prepared to step down to the sidewalk, when, it is claimed. the gate swung back and knocked Mrs. Clarke to the ground, causing her to fracture her left arm ana left hip. In spite of a special opef- ation, the hip bone never knit, ana on November 3, 1886. Mrs. Clarke died, allegedly as a result of the m juries suffered in the fall of May 6.
 MT. Bush is claimed to be negn- gent for allowing the gate to remain without a safety latch. and Mrs. Bush is said to have been negligent in not warning of the dangerous condition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
AUBURN STRIKE
 IS UNSETTLED
Pessimistic Outlook for Week=End = Owners
 Must Attend COnfab
By HOMER JENKS United Press Staff Correspondent

lUnlted FreSS Stan correspondent
 Auburn, Me-, May 1.-(UP)-Ad- mittedly pessimistic, negotiators in the 37-day Lewiston Auburn shoe strike, still deadlocked on three major issues, today planned a week. end rest before resuming confer ences Monday.
 Dr. A. Howard Myers, New Eng land director of the national labor relations board, said continuation of conferences did mot appear hope- full" unless manufacturers, hereto fore represented only by counsel themselves sat down around the conference table with representa- tives of John L. Lewis committed for industrial organization, sponsors of the strike.
 He added, however, that he would continue to participate in peace conferences "as long as the partici- pants themselves feel something can be accomplished"
 Should conferences collapse com- pletely next week, Dr. Myers was expected to issue a formal com- plaint charging the 19 shoe rnanu- lecturers in the Twin Cities" with violation of the Wagner act through
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
Gripping of Industry Threatened By Sudden
 WalkOut Yesterday
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD
 IN DOUBT ON ACTION
2,50O Painters, Scenic Artists, Makeup Men
 Involved in Strike
Hollywood. Nav 1- fu

Hollywood, May l. = (UP) Three unions of movie technicians threw picket lines around the major stu dios today and threatened to cripple the industry by their strike for a union shop.
 The strike caught SO pic lures in production.
 Studios which maintain their own private police forces guarded against vio- lence. The Paramount force. fifth largest body of policemen m California, was doubled.
 Work was impeded in most stu- dios at least temporarily and the various movie colony unions, includ- ing the Screen Actors Guild. to which most high-salaried players belong, called meetings to formu- late their policy.
 Directors of the Screen Actors Guild ended a four -hour conference early today without reaching de- cision, and called a mass meeting of players for Sunday to consider the issue.
 Robert Montgomery presided over the meeting and such stars as Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford, his wife, attended. A spokesman said:
 "Its up to the individual film players whether they want to pass through the picket lines. The ex- ecutive board of the Guild can't advise them. Likewise, 1t Is up to the individual stars and players 1Ha.Ain,aad an paua 0l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
50 Pictures Held Up As Mouie Technicians Picket Major Studios
VALERA TALKS IRISH FREEDOM
PrOclaims Sovereignty in Proposed Constitution;
 Ireland Would Be Fire
BY GEORGE MACDONOUGH United Press Staff Correspondent)

(Un1ted Press Staff C0rreSpOndent)
 Dublin, Irish Free State, May l. (UP) - Ramon De Valera, Ameri- can-born president of the Irish Free State, today offered the Irish peo- pie g play to achieve complete sovereignty and throw off all ties to the British crown within l2 months.
 He made public the long awaited text of the proposed new Irish Free State constitution which must be approved by the Dali Qegislature), then ratified by a plebiscite at next falls general election. It would be- come effective 90 days later.
 Under the new constitution Ire- land is declared a sovereign state named Fire (pronounced "air"), the Gaelic word for Ireland.
 This new nation of Fire would in- clude all of Ireland, its islands and territorial waters, though, for the present, it does not contemplate the inclusion of the six northern Protesant counties of Ulster, which now function as a separate part of the British Empire.
 Fire will be administered by a president, elected for a seven-year term by popular vote. The presi- dent will appoint a prime minister and cabinet limited to from seven to Is persons, upon nomination by a house of representatives.
 The new constitution abolishes all titles of nobility, guarantees free dom of religion while recognizing the Roman Catholic religion as the principal religion.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
DEATH WAS DUE TO
 CARBON MONOXIDE

Windsor, Conn. May 1. = (UP)- Edward J. Brown, Hartford, whose body was found in parked car here last night committed suicide by in- haling carbon monixide gas fumes, Medical Examiner A. P. Pratt said today.
 Brown, an automobile sales agent and filling station proprietor, had been Respondent oyer financial re verses, pr. Pratt said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
GILLETTE FUNERAL
 THIS AFTERNOON

Pennington. Conn. May 1--(U.P.) The Rev. Warren S. Archibald was to conduct a simple Congregationai burial service here today for William Gillette. noted actor and author. who died at Hartford hospital Thursday from g cardiac condition.
 In keeping with one of Gillettes last requests, there were to be no other services than the commitment rites, attended by relatives and . few close friends.
 The body was to be laid at rest in the family plot at Riverside ceme- tery. The famous actor left no im- mediate family and two nieces and a nephew were his nearest relatives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
MOTORIST DIES
 AFTER ACCIDENT

New Haven, Conn, May 1.-(UP) - Charles M. Mueller, 67, Guilford, died at a hospital early today from a skull fracture suffered when his automobile overturned after Q col- lision last night.
 The car was involved with another operated by Arthur Bellis, Branford, who escaped with minor injuries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
Court Plan Hit By TUo Senators
 fl, Conn. Speeches
Sen. Josiah Bailey, Sen. Edmund R. Burke Address { Audiences at Hartford New Haven Last Night; ln- ' dependence of Judiciary Threatened By President

Hartford, Conn, May L. CUP) President Roose- ves proposal to enlarge the Supreme Court was assaed by two democratic U S. senators at meetings here and at New Haven last night.
 The speakers Senator Josiah Bailey North Caro- lima, who spoke to 2OOO gathered at Bushnell Memorial here, and Senator Edmund R. Burke, Nebraska, who appeared before than 1000 persons at New Haven
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
ARRESTS ORDERED

Montreal, May 1-(UP) Prime Minister Maurice Duplessis of Quebec moved to end a d5-day strike of dress workers today by or dering the arrest of two union leaders on a charge of conspiracy against the public order" ''We will not stand for any Communistic influences" he said.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
PEACE THREATENED

Moscow, May 1-(UP)- War Commissar Klementi VorOshilov in a May Day address today declared that world peace was threatened by the Fascist states who stood ready to start "a new world slaughter"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
Late Neus' Flashes
CAMILLA SIGNS

Philadelphia, May 1 = (UP)-Dolph Camilli, slug ging holdout first baseman for the Philadelphia Phil lies, rejoined the. team to- day after accepting club President Gerry Nugent's salary terms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01

&4464 0N44OO1 9OO4UOA 4OAA1s
 Senator Bailey declared adoption of the bill would inevitably com- promise the independence of the ju- diciary, since that consummation is its manifest purpose and immediate consequence.
 'sIf congress is conceded the power to legislate in the name ot the general welfare of the people, then you have the absolutisms against which your fathers rebelled. Fightl It's worth any sacrifice we may make and we can't lose it. To lose that battle is to lose our re- public, and we can't lose the re- public"
 Passage of the bill, he said, would result in a state of national social ism and loss of home rule.
 Senator Burke characterized the proposal as "anti-democratic, aati- constitutional and dangerous"
 T deplore the thoughtless and vicious propaganda against the court which must, if unchecked, under mine 1t and lesesn its influence. A
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
YOUTH DIES AS
 RESULT OF FIGHT

New Haven, Conn, May 1. --(UPl = An intra-cranial hemorrhage. resulting from 6 blow on the head received in . fist fight week ago. caused the death of William For sythe, 10. Seymour, at . hospital last night.
 An unsuccessful operation was per- formed to relieve the pressure on his brain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
HELP! HELP!

Boston, May 1-(UP)--A squad raced from Back Bay police station at midnight to an apartment house from which had come cries O. "Helpl Helpl" Miss Angeline Betts told the cfacers she couldn't under stand what had alarmed her parrot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
roo THRIFTY

Worcester, Mass, May 1-(UP)-- Harry Stone, 6S, and his wife, Dora 6l, deciding to end it all, turned on the gas. Thrifty, stone turned 1t of when he thought enough fumes had escaped. Both were recovering at Q hospital today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
THREE DIE IN
 PLANE CRASH

Phoenix, Ariz, May 1 - (UP0 = The crushed bodies of a 19-year-old girl and her two young companions on a plane ride were taken from the wreckage of the ship in the desert today.
 The dead were: Louise Stevens, 19 Manchester, Massachusetts; Boyer Miller, 24, Detroit, and George Paul, Phoenix. Paul was pilot of the plane. Miss Stevens and Miller were guests at a resort.
 Witnesses said the plane started falling at the end of stunt loop. It crashed late yesterday on the des- ert IT miles southeast of Phoenix.
 Boston, May 1 = (U.P0 = Miss Louise Stevens, 19, one of three vic- tins of an Arizona plane crash, was the debutante daughter of Mrs. John N. Stevens of Manchester-By- the Sea and Boston's Back Bay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
GREER KILLS srARLINGs

Sydney (UPl - Starlings. which are used in various district of Aus txalia 70 keep down caterpillar pla- gues, are paying an awful penalty for their seryices to mankind. Thousand die from eating too many |caterpillars.
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Evening star., 1937-04-27
Windsor Files Suit for Libel
Despite Withdrawal of Book

As Is usual in English libel actions,
no specific damages were asked. That
will be up to the jury, if the case ac-
tually comes to hearing
(Although the Heinemann firm took
the book "out of print" in England,
Dodd, Mead & Co., American publish
ers, announced they would release it in
the. United States despite the British
suit)
The issuance Of today's writ was
normal procedure in England, for the
essence Of libel under the law is pub
lication. The withdrawal of the book
merely indicates good faith and lack Of
malicious intent and does not cancel
the libel, although it may mitigate the
damages.
In the main, the difference between
such cases In England and the United
States is that court procedure is
quicker in England and Englishmen
are quicker to file suit.
Thus the dukes action, in the role
of the private citizen he now has be-
come, is not unusual.
Some legal authorities did not be-
(see W1N16oR, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1937-04-27
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, April 27-Edward of
England pressed a libel suit against
the publisher and author of the book
Coronation Commentary" today in
the face OF apologies from both, de-
termined to protect Wallis Simpson,
his bride-to-be, from unbridled COM
ment by British writer's.
His writ for unspecified damages and
an injunction against publication Of
the best seller was filed today by Allen
& Overy, his London solicitors, against
Author Geoffrey Dennis and Publisher
William Heinemann.
This was despite the fact that
apologies have been preferred and
the book, q critical commentary on
Edwards reign and abdication, with
drawn from circulation.
None Of the principals in the furore
would comment for publication today.
But. 1t was understood, the indirect
reason for the Duke Of Windsor's de-
termination to press the action was
desire to discourage its circulation in
the United States, homeland Of his
betrothed.
Evening star., 1937-04-27
SAFE,
WATERS RECED|NG
Threat of Inundation of
"GoIden Triangle"
Is Ended.
By the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH, April 27.-Pitts-
burgh's three rivers began receding
today, ending the threat of another
inundation Of the downtown golden
triangle" where flood waters caused
millions Of dollars damage on st.
Patrick's day, 1886.
Weather Bureau officials reported
the waters at "the point"-where the
Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio
converge-reacheda a crest of 35l feet
and then receded at one-tenth Of
foot an hour. The rate of recession
was expected to increase rapidly.
Flood stage is Is feet.
The suburbs of Sharpsburg and
Etna turned to the work of sheltering
more than 400 refugees, including
many children. Streets of both COM
munities were under water.
Waters from the swollen streams
surged over river front streets on
the fringe Of the golden triangle"
but caused no damage in the down.
town proper.
Merchants worked most Of the
(See PITTSBURGH, Page A-6.)