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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
GIRL KILLED BY
 WATERBURY TRAIN
Caught on Trestle Near
 Willimantic; Two Other Girls Escape

willimantic, Conn, Aug. 6--UP) "A i3-year.old girl was killed he stantly today on 6 railroad trestle and two companions escaped a sim. liar fate when they lay prone be- side the tracks while 6 Boston to Waterbury passenger train passed over their bodies. The victim was Pauline verceseuilie, whose body was dragged 50 feet before the train was brought to 6 stop. The two other girls were Rose and Marie John, sisters, age 10 and Q, respectively The three were on their way to q swimming hole and crossing the trestle when the train whistled its approach. Rose and Marie threw themselves on the narrow ties be. side the rails. f gH
 Pauline, panic.stricken, was un- able to move. Engineer Edward Bruce, Putnam, applied the brakes but was unable to stop the train before 1t struck the girl. Her man. glcd body was carried on the tender the length of the bridge. which sDans tie Nachaue river.
 Tie overfaIiG of the train passed cVcr thc flattencd bodies of her confpahions Who were unhurt. but badly frightened,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
Same Murder Weapon Had Been Used for Each
 Tragic Death
TRAGEDY TOOK PLACE
 IN PITTSBURG SUBURB
Older Brother Returns Home to Find Bodies of
 Four Victims

Pittsburgh, August 6. = (UP) = Twenty year old Bernard Gregor, of Grafton, a suburb, shot and killed his widowed mother and his two sisters today, then ended his own life, police reported. The dead: Mrs. Anna Gregor, 47; Betty, 25, and Mary Ann Gregor, IS; Bernard Gregor, 20. The bodies were found in the Gregor's modest home in suburban Grafton by Frank Gregor, another son, when he returned from work at q. m. His mother, in nightdress, lay on Q bed in her room. His sisters were huddled on bed they shared. The body of Bernard, fully clothed, was on the floor at the foot of his sisters bed. A l2-gauge shotgun lay alongside his outstreched hand.
 Homicide detectives believe Gre- gor shot his mother as she slept All were shot through the head.
 Older Brother Finds Dead
 Frank 0regor prepared his break fast upon his return home. Then he went upstairs. Through the open door of his sisters bedroom he saw Bernard on the floor.
 Get up," he said. "You're not fooling anybody
 < Then he saw the shotgun and bodies Of .his, sisters on the. bed. He | ran to his mothers hedroofn. She 1 too. was dead. N iF Prank went to the home of Her. man schutte, next door 1leighbor echutte called police.
 Police believed the shooting oc. cured about 5:30 .. m. Mrs. Schutte said she was aroused at that time by . noise resembling "woodchop- ping"
 Neighbor Heard It
 q got up and looked around, but saw nothing to arouse my suspic- ions," she told police. T was getting ready to get back in bed when l heard a thud, which seemed to come from the Gregors home"
 Investigators said they learned that Bernard had been in i'll health and jobless for several months. His father died last February.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
BOMBS DROP ON
 BRITISH VESSEL
Slightly Damaged, Puts Into Port; Madrid Ter.
 rificalIy Bombarded

London, Aug. 6.-(UP)-Owners of the steam tankship British Corporal announced today that the vessed was bombed for an hour this morning by three monoplanes whose identity was not determined. The vessel suffered only slight damage, the owners said. and there were no casualties among the 70 crew mem. bers.
 The British Corporal was bombed while steaming in the Mediterranean 30 miles west of Algiers. She put into Algiers, although the port was not on it's route from the Persian Gulf to London. for whatever re- pairs prove necessary.
 The owners, after receiving mes- sage from the ship at Algiers, said they understood a bomb fell near the British Corporal. damaging It's radio receiving apparatus.
 The first message from the vessel said. Receiver broken--c concussior. !"
 During the bombing the ship was in the main steamship line between the Straits of Gibraltar and not far from where a British destroyer
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
MOSCOW WRITER
 MAKING CHARGES
Holy Pontiff, Others Come Under Criticism for Spy.
 ing on Russia

Moscow, Aug. 6.-(Ur)-Izyestia official government organ, accused the Pope today of maintaining q spy school and supplying spies in states bordering on Russia. Tho newspaper revealed that numerous espionage trials of priests are irl progress or impending and indicated that death penalties will be imposed The 1zvestia article was signed by an unidentified writer, B. Kandidov It said:
 Special School
 "The head of the Roman Catholic church does not confine himself tc anti-Soviet attacks. There exists iu Rome a special school, 'Russicum' in which unemployed white guards are trained as spies and anti-So. viet propagandists. This institution supplies agents to the secret ser. vices of a number of states border ing our eastern and western from tierS." The article continued:
 Priests Enlisting
 "The active participation of priests in enlisting terrorists and ssboteurs has been revealed by the military collegium of the supreme court iri Investigating cases of monarchists and terrorists.
 Catholic spies are no less active than their Orthodox brethern. Trials of the Polish priests skalski, slo- skan, Sokolovski, Lovensko and oth. CTS have shown that the secret ser. vice of our western neighborine
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
HOUSING CRITIC GIVEN SPANKING
Experts Have Taken Issue With Mouthpiece of One
 Political Group

Experts on housing and health conditions in Waterbury took issue today with the mouthpiece of poe litical group for an attack on the national administration based on Waterbury's seeking of federal funds for low-cost housing project.
 That such action by Mayor Prank Hayes as his appointment of Will liam M. Harris. republican secretary of the Lincoln House, to seek funds for Waterbury at Washington, should become political fodder was deplored by many civic-minded res- idents.
 Shortage of Heuses "A problem such as shortage Of 1000 homes ii Wat1fnufy should b1 of humanitarian concern to the en- tire community and not c Beifishiy- deduced reason for . political at- tack" commented Mrs. Margaret Verdon. superintendent of the wei- fare department.
 Mrs. verdons view supported by . coneensus of opinions offered by groups in every department of civic life today.
 Cause of Controversy
 Reason for attempted controversy is Waterbury's seeking of federal funds under the pending Wagner housing bill. This measure, defeated In original form in the senate this week, would provide spending of s7oo. .000,000 in many cities through out the country under the protected Housing Authority. to provide we'll
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
HOLLYWOOD FOR BOOER'S SOCIETY

Hollywood, Aug. 6.-UP) .-The Society of Booers paid commercial advertisements in motion picture theaters, which made its noisy debut in Little Rock. Ark. this week, drew cheers today from Hollywood.
 It should be the writing on the wall for theater-iowners all over the country, Arthur Hornblow. IT, Paramount studio producer. said.
 He said . survey shows that many fans are being driven from theatres because they are forced to sit through lengthy film ads.
 T discovered" he said. "that fin some theatres in California. oregon and Washington, paying patrons are forced to sit through almost an hour of paid advertising. They had to sec these ads before the running of the featured attraction"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
Japan Lands Marines
 h Chinese Interior
Far Up Yangtze River at Hankow -. Her Citizens Need Protection-~7, COG Americans in 5Westnsss
 Join Chinese Legion
BY H. R. EKrNs

tUnited Press Staff Correspondent Shanghai, Aug. 6.-(UP)-Japan pleading acute danger to its citizens, landed marines today at Hankow, far up the Yangtze river in the heart of Central China, and made dramatic preparations to evacuate civilians. Three United States river gunboats stood by to safeguard any of the 200 Americans in the city en- dangered. Japanese news agency re- ports related Q tense situation which caused a decision by the commander of the lith Japanese torpedo boat flotilla to declare "a state of ern- ergency" and k nd his marines 600 miles up the angtze river and 600 miles south of e fighting zone in North China. ~ ,
 Japanese ex-service men among the residents of Hankow were mobi- lized, the reports said, to aid ma- rines in safeguarding and evacuat- ing civilians.
 Sending Residents Away
 Residents were ordered to assem. ble at the Japanese wharf.
 Five hundred Japanese women and children, dispatches said, left in two river ships for Shanghai, at the mouth of the river.
 Plans were made for the 800 men remaining to concentrate at the wharf and if necessary board a Jap- anese ship which was to be tower into midstream, in event of emer. gency. while the marine and mo- bilized ex-service men cover the withdrawal and themselves retired to Japanese warships. Japanese re- ports of the situation were excited, as if a crisis impended. Communi. cations with Hankow were congest- ed.
 Blanket Boycott
 Part of the Japanese anxiety seemed due to a blanket boycott slapped on them by student or. ganizers who caInpaigned against purchase of enemy" goods by the Chinese.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
TWO THIRDS CITY TAXES ARE PAID.
Second Installment Is Not Due Until Coming of
 October

Two.thirds of this years taxes have already been paid though the second installment for 1887 Is not due till October. according to 6 chart prepared by Controller Dan- iel i. Leary. The chart was pre- sented to the board of finance yes- terday afternoon for study. Tax collections have been kept at c re. markedly high average, the chart shows.
 The citys total tax levy for isse taxes. payable in 1887, k eo,io2,- 35O.2e. Of this, . total Of eS,3eo.- 3oo.i0 has been received. leaving Si,Sii .ee0.ie or 34.0 per cent, yet to be collected.
 The tax collection average in 1886 was 96.i per cent. This represents tax payments of e4,eie. .0o2.6S. with only sies,ie4.s4 yet due. The io3e collection average was e6A, with e4.eoo.0i0.63 collected. and only Si87,6222i outstanding.
 oe.7 Percent ef Fetal
 Collections for 1884 are 06.7 per- cent oI ttte tOt4t uuG AOH t1ob yCuEs The sum of eS,3S3. .245el has been collected, with ei72,03406 still due. Comparatively small amounts are due osi taxes payable from 1888 back to 1928.
 The present administration has been conducting steady. systematic drive for the collection Of back taxes and the results have been most gratifying. Collections for ie2e and 1880 are now at 60 per cent. while other years closely approach that figure.
 The chart shows that many hum dreds of thousands of dollars of back taxes have been collected by the Hayes administration. For in- stance more than ei,000.O00 in taxes. due in io32 and unpaid at the end of that year. have been collected to date. Similarly, more than ei,000,- 600 in taxes due in 1888 has been gathered during the city's drive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

mass of requiem will be sung at 6 o'clock. Burial will be in Norwich. The bodies of Mrs. Catherine Daley, n, of 325 North Main street; her daughter-in-law, Mrs. James Daley, and the latter's two daughters, Mar garet and Barbara Daley, were brought tothis city yesterdy.
 Was Driver of Car
 Mir. Daley was the driver of a passenger car which was crushed into fragments when struck by a 12.ton milk truck and trailer at Livingston Manor, near Liberty. N. r., Wednesday afternoon. The driver of the truck, John J. Morin. s being held on homicide charge Tor a hearing before the Sullivan county grand jury. He escaped with minor injuries. Shirley Daley. s, was thrown clear of the wreckage. Sllo suffered c crushed leg and other injuries but Is expected to live.
 The Daleys were en route to Me agara Falls when the crash oc- cured. The truck apparently went out of control, hit the passenger car, then struck bank and rolled over on the DaleyS sedan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
PATIENTS ELOPE

London, Aug. 6--(UP)- Ernest Hubbard, 26, and Winifred Mary Hardin, 32, have eloped from Brookwood mental hospital where they were patients, police said today, after a two year secret romance during which they com municated by note passing and lip reading in church.
 They escaped Monday. If they can remain at lib- erty IA days, they will be free unless they are re-cer. tified as needing treatment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
DriUers, Helpers or Conner Co. On Strike
They Refused FUFlss Dseause Nianage Refussd to Fire an EmpIoye Who Had Been Expelled
 From Their Union

Truck drivers and helpers eIn. ployed by the H. W. Conner Co, Inc. went on strike this morning when James P. Healey. president of the company. refused to fire a man said by the other workers to ha .e been expelled from their union for non- payment of dues. The strike was called by the Waterbury local, International Union of Tear.isters, Chauffeuer and Helpers, an A. P. of L. affiliate.
 Mir. Healey said that the truck driver in question, Harry ThibeauIt. had secured another position last week and had given his notice last Saturday. He was to end his work with the Conner O., tomorrow night. The union, however, insist cd that the man be discharged ct once, MT. Heaiey said.
 Strike Notice Last Night
 The strike notice was given the company last night by Edmund Naylor, business agent for the union and an active figure in the wide- spread trucking strike of two years ago Mir. Naylor told reporters today, however, that the strike is in charge of Rudolph Tata. who, he said, Is ofiicial delegate for the union.
 One of the major enterprises of the Conner Co. Is that of delivering part of the beer sold by the Water bury Brewing O., of which Daniel J. Leary is president. Officials of the brewery made 1t clear that the strike is not directed against that firm, and said that regular deliveries of beer were being made.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
Mrs Mary BOccawsini Died at Philadelphia Hospital
 Early This Morning
INSIDE FEW SECONDS
 BABY WAS EXTRACTED
Father Was Not Present at Birth-Reluetantly Had
 Agreed to Operation
BY ROBERT vERMTLLTON United Press Staff CorrespondentD

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 Philadelphia, August 6. - (UP) = Surgeons performed a Caesarian operation on the dead body of Mrs. Mary Boc- cawsini in Philadelphia Gen. eral hospital early today and brought into life a baby girl. The mother had died a few seconds before of tubercular meningitis. Mans surgery eliminated a duel between two forces of nature - one creative, the other destructive that had been raging within Mrs. Boccawsini,s frail body for hours. While the fneningi. tis virus crept toward her brain to kill her, her reproductive functions fought to give birth to her baby normally.
 At s:i5 .. m. (E.D.T.) today, the destructive force won. The surgi- cal instruments had been sterilized, and pr. John Corbit, resident ob- stetrician, his assistant and nurses were waiting. Sixty second later, the life that had been condemned with Mrs. Boccawsini's life, was saved by science. Mad
 Breathcs With Difficulty Mrs. Roccawsinis temperature was i09,4 degrees ct death. Her baby w6S boFn with aa l,ikn tenfpet4tere small and frail, and began hrsath$ ing with difficulty.
 "The baby is expected to live z Dr. Corbit announced. "She iS llav- ing trouble breathing, but oxygen C being administered to her"
 The baby could not be weighed ak once, but she was estimated to weigh between three and four pounds.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
MRS. ROOSEVELT

oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. e,--(UP)-. Mrs. Edith Kermit Roosevelt. widow of President Theodore Roosevelt spends her 7eth birthday today at s beach picnic gifen in her honor @ the Wome1,s Republican club of kyster Bay. Mrs. Roosevelt has re-
 naed in this Leng Island village since 1887. Her husband died ie
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
EMILE DIONNE
 IS RECOVERING

Callander. Ont, Aug. e-(uP)- Emilie. iniddleweight star of the Dionne quintupiets. was definite ly on the mend" the Dafoe ntir- yery said today.
 Since Monday Emile has been suffering from e"a mild upper respir. atory infection" "a plain sore throat. She will have to remain in the nursery's isolation ward few days, pr. Allan Roy Dafoe said.
 She Is definitely better" he said, but as . precaution against the sore throat spreading to her four sisters. she will Dc kept apart from them for c little longer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
POST BURNS

Fall River, Mass, Aug. 6 -(UP)-A two-alarm fire early today virtually de- stroyed the 2K, story wood. en Linden.street school. house used as headquarters of Private Joseph Francis Post, Veterans of Foreign wars.
 Damage was estimated at $10,000.
 No one was in the build- ing at the time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
Late NelUs Flashes
MAYORS MOTHER

Somerville, Mass, Aug. 6 -(UP)-Mrs. Alice M. Ha- gan, 62, mother of former Mayor James E. Hagan of Somerville, died of heart disease enroute home from confession at St. Clements church last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
James y Daley Is Latest Victim or Highway Tragedy
His Mother, Wife, Two of Children Already Dead; Funerals of All Five Victims Will Be Held
 Tomorrow Morning

James J. Daley 32, of New Haven died this morning at Liberty N Y the fifth victim of tragic auto crash which also brought death to his mother his wife and two of his children. Another child seriously injured but is expected to The funeral for all five of the victims home of Mrs Kely 325 North Main street. the Church of the Immaculate Conception, where solemn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
TO HONOR CoNNERY

Nahant, Mass, Aug. 6--(UP)-- Copies of q resolution proposing that the Cape cod National guard camp be named iIi honor Uf the late Con- eressmarl William 2. COnnery Of Lynn were fnaiIed to national iegis- iators today by Mortimer c. Robins American Legion snat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Aug. e---(UP)--Cov- ernment receipts and expenses for the current fiscal year through Aug. 4th, compared with q year ago: s
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
The Wsothef

Partly Cloudy For Tonight, Saturday.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-05

Tn contrast, this country in pre- war years was willing to let Euro snean nations have their own naval race. but today's U. s. policy calls for q navy second to none and enualed only by Great Britains.
 Appropriations for the next fis- cal. year will give the War and Navy Departments about a billion dollars, which is more than three times as much as the war machine cost in the last pre-war year or 1916.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-05

time tanks made a speed of about four miles an hour, the new light combat tanks can do 40. They travel on four wheels for level ground and are convertible to a caterpillar tread on rough terrain.
 Biggest single improvement in infantry equipment is the develop Inent of the new Semi-automatic shoulder rife, cross between 8 re- beating rife and a machine gun.
 As to personnel, the number of enlisted men in the army has in- creased from 102,O00 in 1916 to 158,- 900. The National Guard has i1- creased from 132,000 to 168,000.
 More significantly from the stand point of the future, the number of officers has risen from 5000 to 12,- GOO and there is now an Officers Reserve Corps, of 115,000 which did not exist before the war. This years appropriation for the army is $378, ,0O0, 900, as compared with $165,- 100000 in 1916.
 The number of general staff ofii-. cers has been increased enormous ly as result of World War exper- fence. Also with 8 view to more efficiency, the country has been di- vided into four army areas and nine corps areas.
 NAVY STRENGTHENED
 The navy, which cost the country
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-05

$l54, ,O00, ,0OO. in 1916, received appro- priations of $53o. o.OO0, ,oo0 for 1937. A large increase in size, plus nor- nal progress in engineering, repre- sents most of the change since 1917.
 Maximum speed of battleships has been increased from 21 knots to 27 knots in 20 years. Range of the navy,s big guns has been increased from 10 miles to about twice that distance. Aircraft carriers also have come into the picture in a big way. The navy entered the war with 54 planes. Now 1t has 970 with 1705 or- dered.
 Its strength boosted somewhat by preparedness measures, the navy had 58 armored ships of 845,000 tons in 1917, with IA of 467, ,O00 tons un- der construction. Five battle cruisers of 176,000 tons under construction in 1917 were not completed, as the Eavy turned to building small boats for submarine warfare.
 Today's navy includes 15 capital ships of 464,000 tons under age, with two of 10000 tons under construc- cion; three aircraft carriers of &C., GOO ton, with three being built; 16 cruisers of 152.000 tons, with two of 10000 tons under construction; 32 destroyers (43,000 tons), with 54 building (85,000 rons), and 158 over age .(178,000 tons): 25 submarines, 17 under construction and 54 over
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-05
BY RODNEY BUTCHER . .terhury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Washington, April 5-It 13 months after America declared war on Germany before American army struck the first American blow the western front
 The miarynava machine of the United States was not prepared for war in April 1917-certainy not for foreign soil.
 Tt effectively today thanks the elsons carefully mobilization of industry and man power.
 vastly efficient and deadly Arrlanes improved increased number yearly until place the machine makes comparison with their roles of the last almost absurd
 United States still getting along without large standing isolation from other major and the
 willingness Congress maintain of uch size that could he used invasion responsible for that