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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-14

they're going to see. They're going
to get their toes stepped on. If you
ask us. We're still limping from
ingrowing corns suffered at Mr.
Roosevelt's first Inauguration four
years ago, and the admiral insists
this second one Is going to be big
ger still.
He's printed 100000 official pro-
grams, which look like DE Luxe
baseball score cards, for sale at 30
cents each. II they aren't fancy
enough for the carriage trade, there
are available some special. tooled-
leather democratic year books. auto
graphed by the president and decor
ated with gold. These sell for 500
per each, but there doesn't. seem to
be much Of line at the window
yet.
The committee of businessmen, the
ones who gambled the 100000 ex-
pense money, hope to get their cash
back from sale OF tickets for seats
along the line OF march. A good
seat costs $40 flat. A medium one,
around the corner from the presi-
dental reviewing stand, Is $3.50,
while an ordinary seat down the line
Of the starlings' hangout Is $3.50.
There are $4,000 Of these chairs.
mostly rented from o caterer In Bal
timore. and each one Is covered by
aroof. guaranteed TO withstand tons
Of snow. Mr.. Roosevelt insisted on
these roofs. The Weather Rureau
wouldn't say yes and II wouldn't say
no, so the President took no chances
on the spectators catching pneu-
mOnia.
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those used In celebrating field mass.
A small marble slab is inserted in
the center OF the table on which the
eucharist Is consecrated.
New electrical instalments were
effected in the Pope's private apart
ments yesterday. Reliable sources
said that the work was done at the
Pope's request because he hopes to
grant private audiences as he sits in
his new wheel chair. It was UNDER
stood that he planned to institute q
service personnel in the ante-cham-
Der Of his apartments, including
secret chamberlains Of sword and
cape, noble guards and domestics.
Informants warned. despite APP
parent Improvement In his condition
against over-optimism. 1t was said
that unless Cardinal Pacelli. his
secretary OF state. and Prof. Milani,
the physician, succeeded In per-
suading him not to be too active as
q severe relapse might be expected.
The Pope's local condition has i'm
proved, II was said, but his heart
causes anxiety.
As to the varicose condition of
the Pope's legs, It was said that the
left leg. first affected. was improved
measurably partly as the result Of
frequent massage followed by hot
compacts. The right leg, 1t was
said, now causes pain similar TO that
which the Pope suffered In his left
LEG. But the fact that the Pope was
permitted 10 use his wheel chair
yesterday was taken TO mean that
symptoms In the right les are clear-
Ing. : NJ :
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100, 900 Visitors Expected
To Witness Inauguration

Washington, January IA. - (UP)
- The committee which shelled out
100000 for the bunting and the
proof grandstands on Pennsyl-
vania avenue figured today that
100000 folks, mostly democrats, will
come to the capital for President
Roosevelts second Inauguration.
Railroads, hotels, bus lines and
restaurants are expecting q harvest
Of dollars. The town Is flossy with
flags and banners, with the picture
of the president thereon, and every
bodys happy with the possible ex-
ception OF clifford G. Lanham, the
district engineer. He's already got
some guests q million or so star
lings on his hands and he's prom
ised to get rid OF 'em, every one,
before the dawn Of January 20, the
great day.
These feathered public enemies
won't cooperate. They've already
reserved seats In every tree on the
avenue. Nightly Lanham's assist
ants climb these trees, tootle horns,
clap their hands as though they were
at the opera, and scare the pesky
birds away. AS soon as the commo-
ton ends, the starlings fly back TO
their grandstand seats. This Is
making Lanham nervous, as the
time draws near, and the birds. too'
and that's bad because q nervous
startling Is q lot more nuisance than
O calm one.
While Lanham chases starlings.
Admiral Gary T. Qrayson. the IN
augural chairman, lures humans
with glowing reports Of the sight
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MYSTERY OF DEAD
COUPLE UNSOLVED

New Haven, Jan. 14-(UP)-The
mystery as to how a young New
Haven couple met death from car
bon monixide poisoning New Years
eve remained as battling as ever to-
day following questioning Of man
long wanted In connection with the
case.
Miss Marie Hucul, %, and Frank
Kroupa, %, were found dead In their
sedan on Guilford road early New
Years day. Tests revealed the couple
were aSphyxiated, but not in the
spot where the bodies were found.
Joseph Picclo, %, former sutton
Of Miss Hucul, reported at police
headquarters when he learned he
was wanted for questioning, and adj
mitted he tried to date her" four
days before her body was found.
when she said she was going
steady" Piccolo told police, land
didn't want to go out with anybody
else, went on about my business. y
A test by Prof. Yandell Hender-
son. famous Yale university physio-
logist, proved the couple did not
die where they were found, but else
where In some enclosed place.
Henderson sat in the closed Sc
dan for rs minutes with motor run
ming and then emerged without any
iii effects. Monoxide gas In the in
terror Of the car was negligible, he
said.
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Cheap Hooch Sellers
Held For High Court
Mrs. Lena Cammietti Harry Pietrobono Under $4,000
Bonds Each-Judge Mascolo Invoked
Rarely-Used Statute

" Mrs. Lena Cammilletti, AS, and
Harry PietrUB5nc, 40, the Efisgtd
operators Of q dive" at 1856 South
Main street where police say
smoke" was sold for 10 cents a
half-pint, were bound over to the
April criminal term OF superior
court by Judge Edward Mascolo In
city court this morning. Judge Mas
colo invoked q rarely-used statute,
declaring that he believed the city
court could not pass sentence which
would do justice in view OF the
crime of the accused.
Mother Of Nine Children
The woman is the mother OF nine
children and when police raided
her place on previous occasion
they found 13-year old girl tend
ing bar. Police describe the place
as a gathering spot and hangout
for buns. Numerous arrests for
have been made In the
of the place, one policeman
II arrests In that section In
one day during the Christmas hol-
days.
Arrested Many Times
Pietrobono has been arrested sew
eral times here, and once was con-
victed Of liquor law violation
when 1t was testified that men on
the city welfare list traded their
food bags from the charity depart
ment for bottles of Smoke"
Police describe the beverage as a
blend Of cheap alcohol and water.
1t brings on senselessness. and is
dynamite" by officers who
have seen men after drinking 1t.
Judge Mascolo fixed bonds In
each case at $4,000. In lieu of bail,
the man and woman will be held
at the county Jail to await trial in
April.
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WEIR TRIPLETS
DOING NICELY

Providence, r. l.. Jan. l4--(UP)--
Doctors gave the Weir triplets
better than even chance to survive
today.
The babies. all boys and Weighing
total OF nearly 10 pounds. we're
born yesterday to Mrs. James Weir.
Is. whose husband hasn't had q
steady Job since they were married
In 1895.
Two months premature. the in
fants were placed In q special pre-
mature birth nursery at Providence
lying-in hospital with the two
smallest under oxygen tents.
Weir, ~, was "in O foe--a daze"
when informed he had become the
father Of triplets.
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SEVEN YEAR TERM
BUT WILL MARRY

Boston, Jan. 14.-(UP).--With a
honeymoon possible only after the
bridegroom serves q seven-year peni-
Tertiary sentence. Thomas Avino, As,
convicted narcotic ring master
mind and Miss Sadie Wood, 80,
OF Boston's Back Bay were to be
married today.
The wedding. originally planned
as quiet ceremony In New York,
will be the first ever performed In
the federal building offices Of U. s.
Marshal John J Murphy.
Miss Woo, with Avino,s consent,
sought--and received, - permission
for the wedding before Avino's
tran-fer from East Cambridge jail
TO > federal penitentiary.
Avino was sentenced last week on
charges growing out Of t1.00O.000
narcotic ring broken by federal
agents last naapth ~
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Band Leader Simpson
Death 7riaLContinues
Party of Friends With Whom Ellen Sullivan Drank
Beer, With One Exception, Swear She
Was Not intoxicated

Norwich, Conn.,, Jan. 1-(UP) -
A party of friends with whom Ellen
Sullivan, II, slipped beer at New
London beach restaurant. testified
in superior court today, with one
exception, that she was not intoxi-
Gated when she left them to keep q
dae with band leader Robert Simp-
son less than two hours before she
plunged to her death from a second
story window of darkened Dance
land Casino.
Simpson. 23-year- blonde mu-
sician, was accused by the state of
assaulting the attractive young tel
ephone operator and brought to
trial before three judges on charge
OF first degree murder.
Margaret O'Neil, Groton, one OF
the party at Izzy's restaurant, said
one pitcher Of beer was served and
Ellen had taken two glasses. She
and Simpson, the witness said. ar
gued over whether she should take
the second glass, and she told the
(COntinllpd on Page A.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-14
BEAUDRY Girl
AIDS IN ARREST |
l3-Year-Old St. AIMS Pu-
pill Gave Description of
Fiend to Police

The quick thinking of a 10 year
old girl, Gabrielle Beaudry, Of IS
Phoenix avenue, a pupil at st. AIMS
school, was credited by Chief In
spector Joseph Stevens of the detec-
tive bureau today with enabling
local police to capture Melvin
Farmer, 20, Naugatuck, the alleged
assailant who brutality attacked a
nine year old girl and injured her
seriously. Chief Inspector Stevens
was one Of the. first to make a con-
tributioi today to a Joint fund es-
tabliShed by persons Interested in
the case. The fund, to which men,
bers or the general public are In
yited TO contribute, will be. divided
between the Beaudry girl, whose IN
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that he believed IL u farmer s BEST
interests that not guilty plea be
entered, even tentatively. Judge
McEvoy permitted the accused to
elect court trial, with the under
staf1ding that "a change In the
choice could be made.
4 Taken TO County Jail
After his brief appearance in
court, Farmer was taken to New
Haven county jail by Deputy Sher-
IFS James OLeary and Albert
Francis. He had been brought to
superior court from police head
quarters by Lieut.. Detective Will
liam F. Pollard and Detective Ser
geant Henry johnson, who broke"
the case yesterday afternoon, cli-
making an investigation that began
only Saturday.
The nine-year old girl who was
the victim of the revolving attack
was reported in improved condition
at Waterbury hospital today. An
other blood TRANSMISSION was given
her last night, and she Is now be-
lieved TO be out Of danger.
Maximum Penalty
The offense with which Farmer
Is charged carries maximum PEN
atty of a $1,000 fine and imprison-
ment for 30 years. In addition,
the state may prefer additional
charges against the Naugatuck fac
tory worker before he Is brought
to trial later In the January GRIM
inal term Of superior court. Police
say he has confessed to an attempt
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-14
PRESIDENT HAS
JOKE ON CRAYSON
Receives Invitation to Own
Inauguration - Regrets
He Will Be Too Busy

Washington, January IA. - CUP
Upon receiving a formal invita-
ton today to attend his own In
auguration. President Roosevelt
rendered formal land Joking re-
grets that he won't be able to attend
because he'll be too busy.
The President ribbed Admiral
Carey T. Grayson, inaugural chair
man, when he found on his execu-
tive office desk q handsomely en-
graved invitation, which read:
THE honor OF your presence Is re-
quested at the ceremony attending
the Inauguration of the President OF
the United States"
Below, In corner, was this addi-
tional information:
please present the inclosed card
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MEMBER OF JURY
AS EXECUTIONER

Boston, Jan. 14.-UP).-A MUIR
derer should be executed by a men,
Der Of the convicting jury, accord
ing TO DIR. l.. Vernon Briggs, Bos-
ton psychiatrist.
Hiring the hangman "deprives
capital punishment Of any worth
while effect" as a deterrent to GRIM
inals, DR. Briggs told the Young
Peoples Business and Professional
League last night.
knowledge that the executioneer
is KILLING his fellow men for the
monetary reward involved he said,
makes criminals feel their own
murders for gain are no worse"
DR.. Briggs wa" one of the
psychiatrists who testified at the
trial of Abe Faber and the Millen
brothers, executed killed-bandits.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-14
NEW DESTROYER

Kiel, Germany, Jan. ID
(UP)-The first destroyer
un d er Germany's new.
building program was
placed in service today. 1t
was named lie bere-c
Mass by order of Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler, in honor of
the World War torpedo
boat Admiral. Nine others
of the same class are under
preparation for placing in
service. They also will be
named for wartime offic-
ers.
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Late Meus
Flashes
CONVENT BURNS

Rimouski, Quebec, Jan.
14-(UP)-Fire destroyed
the Ursuline convent here
last night forcing 100 girl
students and II nuns to
flee.
The fire, cause of which
was not determined, was
discovered shortly before
midnight by the night
Waterman. The alarm was
sounded and Is minutes la
ter every student and nun
had been accounted for,
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Police Questioned Him For
26 HOurs--BreakS Down
Under Pressure
KILLED HER WHEN
CAUGHT AT THEFT
District Attorney to Press
For Speedy Trial With
Punishment
BY RONALD G. VAN TINE
United Press Staff Correspondent,

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
New York, January IA. -
(UP) - Major Greene, wiry,
33-year-old negro porter, con-
fessed today after police had
questioned him more than
26 hours, that he killed Mrs.
Mary Harriet Case, pretty
college graduate and de-
signer. District Attorney
Charles P. Sullivan of Queens
GUN ty announced that
Greene acknowledged having struck
the 25-year-old matron on the head
with hammer and dumping her
body into the tub in the bathroom
of her Jackson Heights apartment
Monday afternoon. Theft was the
negro's motive. Despite the strong
circumstantial evidence against him,
Greene had insisted for hours that
he never had been in the Case
apartment. mot me, not me, mis-
JcI, Ilc Sdlu OVcT anu OVER again.
Breaks at 3:45 A. M.
At 3:45 a. m. today he broke down
at Manhattan police headquarters.
He was returned to the suburban
Newtown station, from which the
investigation was directed, and dc
tated q confession. His face was
drawn and he could hardly walk. A
detective on either side helped him
up the stairs. %
Sullivan withheld the details. He
said, however, that Greene was adj
United to the Case apartment lust
before" p. m. Monday on the pre-
text that he was going to wash the
windows. When Mrs. Case, a bride
Of little more than year, discov-
cred him in an attempt at thievery.
she was struck down. Sullivan said
the confession was vague on many
details and did not reveal where
Greene obtained the hammer. It
made 1t definite, however, that
Greene was the only person involv-
ed, he said.
Arrested Late Yesterday
The negro was arrested late yes.
terday, SO hours after Frank w.
(COntinued on Page a.
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'CoL0red Porter GnLled
All Night Confesses
In Observation-Disclosures
SUSPECTS HELD
IN BOY'TRACEDY
Blood Stained Auto Picked
Up-MOre Than One In
II. Said Hoover
BY WILLIS DUNIWAY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

UNITED Press STAN Correspondent
Everett, Wash, Jan. IA (UP)-Two
suspects, a blood stained automobile,
and rusty hammer were held by
authorities today as the search for
the degenerate kidnaper slayer Of
10-year -old Charles Mattson moved
relentlessly forward. The search
centered in Everett, near where the
naked body of the little victim was
found Monday In snow bank. The
automobile was virtually established
to be the machine used by the
criminal in disposing of the body,
and there was possibility that the
hammer was the weapon that
smashed the child's skull after he
had been knitted and subjected to
an unnatural assault.
Degenerate, x-COnvict
The two suspects were held at
Olympia. One was known degen-
crate. The other was an ex-convict
and had been partly connected with
the burglary of home near that
of the MattsonS In Tacoma "a
crime that, before the body was
found. had been connected by some
authorities with the kidnapping It.
self. Another man was arrested
here last night, but released after
being questioned. Another report
from Everett police headquarters,
where the 1000 manhunters now
have established their working base,
said that searchers had found a
house where the boy had been held
captive prior to his death.
John Doe Warrant
Meanwhile, at Tacoma, c. G.
spears, federal bureau OF Investigate
ion aide to J. Edgar Hoover, signed
q John Doe warrant for the arrest
/rN.1ttv.s,nI No
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WAR SOON

London, Jan. 14-(UP)
Field Marshal Lord Milne
intimated in a speech last
night that war might come
within five months.
"Y0ur country is in
danger. Some people say
we have five, years in
which to prepare. I would
feel that l was an optimist
If i said we had only five
months from tonight"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-14
AUTO STRIKE IS
IN CONFERENCE
General Motors, u nj o n
Leaders Brought Face to
Face By Gov. Murphy
-'-4'-ssBy L1AKRYFEKGUsON
UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent

by HAMNY' NFEKGUSON
United Press STAFF Correspondent
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 14-(UP)--
First face-to-face negotiations be-
tween General Motors executives
and strike leaders started at 11:12
q. m. today with Gov. Frank Muir
ply as mediator. Murphy sat down
In his Office with both sides In an at
tempt to find basis for negotiations
on the strike which has caused the
closing of "a Of General Motors SO
plants and thrown $4,000 men out
Of work. The governors objective
was to reach an agreement that will
permit resumption Of normal bus
mess activity" and end a threaten
ing situation which caused him to
order more than 1000 National
Guardsmen to Flint.
Homer Martin, president of the
United Automobile Workers, brought
his entire board of strategy to Lam
sing. His advisers In the governors
conference were John Brophy, d.
rector Of the committee for indus
trial organization, and Wyndham
Mortimer, vice-president of the Au-
tomobile Union.
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formation solved the crime. and the
nine year old victim Of the assault
who Is a patient at Waterbury hos
pital.
Tempted by Fiend
The Beaudry girl was accosted by
a man In car on South Main street
last Thursday night, the same night
the nine year old girl was attacked.
The man asked the schoolgirl to
show him the way to Polls theater.
Suspicious, she refused, and the man
offered her a dollar II she would
show him the way. Again she re-
fused, and he offered her five dol
Continued on Page ~
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Meluin Farmer Is
Before Court On
Bench Warrant
tory Rape Has Confessed to His Crime-Little
Victim in Very Serious Condition

Melvin Farmer, 20, of 21O Cherry street. Naugatuck,
who confessed to police yesterday afternoon that bty
assaulted nineyear old girl last Thursday night and
inflicted injuries which sl have the girl in serious condi
ton at Waterbury hospital entered plea of not guilty to
charge Of statutory rape when presented before Judge
Frank McEvoy on bench warrant in superior court at
1890 O'Clock this morning The court granted the request
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-14
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Jan. ID (UP)--Gov-
crnment expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year ending Jan
uary IL, M compared with year
ago:
This Year Expenses Inst Year
$3.768, 520.973.30 $3,o7S,27S,306.
Receipts
s2,295, 900. s9O.s5 $1,000. 4s6,915.06
Deficit
$1,473,5O .Os2.45 $i,975.7o1,39i.92
Cash Balance
$1,oo5,S31,9O1.29 $2,i65,Sos,fb3.54
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of Assistant States Attorney VIII
liam B. Fitzgerald that bonds be
fixed at $4,000.
Public Defender William W..
eager, who was appointed to serve
as Farmers counsel, told the court
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The Weather

Rain, Warm Tonight;
Friday Rain, Colder
Fun Weather Report Page 3.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-27

CONCERT TONIGHT
IN COLONIAL PARK
PROGRAM TO BE RENpEREn
BY KEY WEST HosPI-
TALLY BAND

The Hospitality Band will pre-
sent another concert tonight at 8
o'clock in Colonial Park. The
band is unit of the Federal Mu-
sic Project, under the state super
vision Of DIR. Clarenee Carter
Nice.
Alfredo Barroso viii conduct
the band in the playing of the
following numbers:
1. March, The Ambassador
Laurendeau
2. Selection, Mile Modiste
Herbert
3. Song, Home on the Range
Briegel
d. March, The Coast Defender
Jewell
5. Popular, This Years Kisses
Berlin
6. Popular, Little Old Lady
Charmichael
z. Waltz, Old Chestnuts Lake
8. March, The Thunderer Sousa
8. Star Spangled Banner Key
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-27
LOCAL GROUP
RETURNS FROM
HAVANA TRIP
CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN EN-
TERTAINED ON EVERY
: HAND DURING STAY IN
CUBAN CAPITAL

During our stay in Havana we
had but little time for anything
but to attend the various recep-
tons which had been planned for
US and to attend to the matters
in connection with unvei.ing of the
Marti memorial which constituted
the main object of the commits
sion's visit to Havana, said Coun-
Gilman Clifford Hicks this morn
ing.
Members of the commission who
irettrned on the S. s. Cuba yes
lterday afternoon were Mayor II.
C. Galley, and Councilmen Hicks,
Frank o. Roberts and Armando
-Cobo. 3fi
Mr.. Hicks said that from the
time they landed at Havana last
Monday afternoon until they
sailed yesterday their visit was
one series of entertainments and
receptions. Their visit to Presi-
dent Bru was brief, but very
cordial and courteous.
The. president hoped that he
may find it possible to come to
Key West for the unwilling cere-
monies of the monument on April
10. but if that is impossible will
send representatives.