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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
CARTER ESTATE
 IS S12,598.16
Frederic Carter Died Last April-Inventory Filed
 in Court Today

An estate of si2,6esie was left by the late Frederic Carter, an inven- tory filed ct the office of Probate Judge Dennis, J. Slayin reveals to- day. Mir Garter, wiloAwas the young est son of the late Attorney and Mrs. Calvin II. Garter prominent in this city many years ago, died last April A.
 Stocks and bonds represent the larger part of the estate, there being $5.S8S.00 worth of bonds, and $4,- 0iO.75 in stocks. Personal notes amounted to $960, and books were valued at $i60. Three lots and . bungalow at Blatty. Nevada were listed but not included in the in- ventory figures.
 Stocks are as Follows
 10 shares Torrington Company, $i.i35. .00; 35 shares Acme Wire Com- pany, q ,6e0.00; 12 shares Texas Cor poration, $794.50; 2 shares Texas Corp, $6i .00; 10 shares United Ver- de Ext. S6l.00: $500 shares Kutz- Canon oil & Gas $ii9.25; 5000 shares Triumph Gold, $s7.5o; 2,ooo shares Donna Juanita Mines, $500; 1000 shares B. E. Walter Oil & Gas, se5o: l4 shares Spectators Club A. Units. $35.0o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
CHINESE HAPPY
 ONE WHOLE DAY
Japanese Masters of Peip. ing at Present--Declara
 ton of War Feared z
BY JOHN R. MORRIS

United Press Stan Correspondesit)
 Shanghai, July 2y.-(UP) .--Re- sponsible Chinese sources expressed fear today that e break in diplo- matic relations with Japan, tire step immediate precedent to a formal state of war, might be imminent. Foreign Minister Wang ChungHuI was said to be doing all he could to avert this grave contingency. The executive Yuan or committee of the nation government met to consider the situation.
 Day of Glory Ends
 China's day of glory was over. The message of the great cities celebrat- ed with fireworks yesterday the re- ported victories of their troops over the hated Japanese. Today they realibed sorrowfully that a dream one which they had known all along must be fantasy-was over. The Japanese were masters of Peiping, the old Manchu capital. The city gates, which authorities h a d slammed in the face of important Japanese troops who demanded en- trance, were reopened this morn ing.
 Mayor Favors Japanese
 Gen. Chang Tze-C Chung. mayor of Tientsin. apparently had suc- ceeded in seizing authority in be- half of the Japanese ot whom c has been friendly for years. It was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
State Farm Prisoner Was Captured Today
Edward J. Donon Fled From Farm Yesterday-State Policeman Nailed Him at Point of Gun
 at East Windsor

Enfield, Conn. July 2o--(UP)-- Edward J. Donlon, escaped state farm prisoner, was captured today at East Windsor by 8 state police man in Q road patrol car. Donlon, waking along the highway. didged into Q clump of bushes when he saw the car approaching. He surren- dered to Officer Harry Levitt with out resistance. Donlon, serving a four year term for arson, fled from the farm yesterday while working in berry patch. Bloodhounds brought from Rhode Island tracked him to East Windsor where state police scattered forces over a wide area. Attired in the khaki uniform of the farm prisonres Donlon beat his way through the woods last night, police said, apparently find- ing shelter in a barn or farm out building.
 Saw Khaki Clad Man
 Odicer Levitt said he noticed the khaki clad figure trudging along the side of the main highway this morning and gave chase when Don- lon ran into the underbruSh.
 He was taken to the state prison at Wethersfield where he was ques- toned by Warden Ralph W. Walker and temporarily placed in solitary confinement. It was expected an
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
JUCOSLAVIA IN
 DANGEROUS MOOD
Religious War Threatens as Funeral of Patriarch
 Is Being Held

Belgrade, Jugoslavia, July &C., (Up)-Jugoslavia was dangerously near a religious war today as mourning thousands participated in the funeral of the late Patriarch Varnave, head of the Greek Ortho- dox church. Relations between the government and church were strain ed over proposed concordat with the Vatican. The Orthodox church contends the concordat, already ap- proved by the lower house of par lament, would grant exceptional privileges to Roman Catholics and undermine the Orthodox church The grief in Belgrade appeared even greater than that of three years ago when the nation-a monarchy of l4,000, 900 Greats. Serbs and Slov- enes created by the World War paid homage to King Alexander, as- sassinated in Marseilles.
 Exploiting Death
 The Orthodox clergy was charged with exploiting Varnave's death tc the fullest on the theory that the blood of martyrs is the seed of the church" The entire city was ill mourning. Black flags 1ioateo everywhere. Black crepe dominated displays in shop windows. Butcher shops even displayed black sausages Funeral services began with a re- ligious ceremony at the cathedra where Varnave's body had been ly- ing in state in glass cofiin. Int king was represented by one of hi
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
Thieves Attempting to Break Into. Home of
 Jerome R. LaVigne
OFFICERS TESTING
 MACHINE AT TIME
Broadcast Flashed d to Motor Patrolmen--But
 Thieves Got Scared Off

Test operations of the Wa terbury police radio system were turned into an actual broadcast of a police mes sage to a squad car last night, when thieves at- tempted to break into the home of Jerome R. LaVigne, secretary and general man. ager of the Waterbury Buckle Company, at 71 Tower Road. Sergeant George Chatfield and his assistant, Officer Edward Sullivan were working on the tests when the complaint was registered with the desk officer. Immediately Officer Sullivan was given the signal to take over the transmitter and broadcast the message of the break to Motor Patrolmen James Wagner and Thomas Phalen.
 Although the system is yet in the experimental and test stages, and not ready for being officially an- nounced in readiness, 1t was a fitting inauguration.
 The one disappointment was in the fact that the would-be thief became alarmed and fled before the police arrived, in spite of their quick answer to the call.
 Albert 0. Lsisher, of Q Tower road. telephoned Captain Hrgh Fiaherty at headquarters that man was trying to get into the NAvigne home, where the family is absent on va- cation. By radio broadcast from station WMPW, Motor Patrolmen James Wagner and Thomas Phelaii. who were. cruising on East Farm street, were informed by radio call of the break. and they sped to the scene. At the same time Detective Anthony Mariano was dispatched 70 the scene from detective head quarters.
 No trace of the would-be burglar could be found. and police reported that he did not gain admittance to the house. Mir. Lusher said he heard & noise ct the LaVigne house ane
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
BUFFALO STRIKE
 IS PARTLY ENDED

Buffalo, N. r., July 29-(UP)- One thousand produce truck driv- CTS and warehouse workers return to their jobs today to end the more critical of two strikes that have paralyzed the movement of meats and staple foodstuffs and sent pric- es skyward.
 The drivers and warehousemen- members of an American Fedora ton of labor union-accepted an agreement providing for a modified form of closed shop, higher wages and shorter hours.
 The agreement called for recog- milton of the A. F. of L. as the em- ployes' collective bargaining agen- cy: a 5 per cent pay increase for those who have received none since March 1: a 52 1-2 cent an hour minimum for men employees: wage increases for girls who are earning a minimum of $l1 weekly and a maximum of SIS; and a 44-hour working week.
 The city still was threatened, however, by meat shortage as a result of the walkout of 1,200 pack ing company workers, whose union is a committee for industrial or- ganization affiliate. Little progress was reported in settlement at- tempts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29

Paris, July 29.-(UP)-Mme. Ma deleine Fontages. self-proclaims d former mistress of Premier Musso- lini of Italy. received a suspended sentence of one year in prison today At the conclusion of her secret trial on charges of shooting Count Charles Pineton De Chambrun.
 The trial. held in secret because judges feared the vivid brunei might talk too freely of her alleged love affair with Il Duce, lasted one hour and 55 minutes. It was held In the 10th correctional court without a fury. The court also assessed a i0O-franc fine against Mme. Fon- tanges and added one-franc assess ment as damages for Chambrun who she accused of wrecKing a three months romance with Mussoiini by telling him poisonous lies".
 The president of the court. re. calling her tearfulu remarks at a previous police magistrates hearing, admonlshed the defendant: Re. member tine partial regret you ex- pressed during that hearing Don't forget the promises ito he dsscreeD you made then"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
Mn,e. Madeleine Fontanges
 Giuen Suspended Sentence

The specific charges against Mime. Fontanges accused her of assault and battery and of failure to de- clare the small revolver with which she shot the former French Ambas- sador to Rome last March IT. The damages" suffered by Chambrun which cost Mime. Fontanges the one-franc assessment included a minor wound in the groin and col- tmns of newspaper publicity. After the shooting, which occurred as Chambrun started. to board the Brussels express at the Nord rail- way station. Mime. Fontanges storm ed: He shattered my unforgettable hours of love with Mussolini. I'm sorry did not kill him."
 Police evidence" today included some 300 photographs of Il Duce, many of them autographed. The photographs. along with diary which recounted love affairs with other prominent Europeans. were found in Mime. Fontanges' apart ment. Mme. Fontanges had accused Chambrun of attempting to steal a few kisses for himself after break ing up her "Idyl" with the Italian strong man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
Thomas Edluin Elder Declared Not Guilty
Famous Mount Hernion School Feud Ended By Jury After 5N Hours of DeIiberatiOn- Morton
 Has Nothing to Say

Greenfield, Mass, July 29.-CUP) White haired former Dean Thom- as Edwin Elder, 65, of Mount Her. mon school, exonerated of murder ous assault on a one-time colleague, was to return to the seclusion of his Alton, N. H., poultry farm today.
 A Franklin county jury of trades- men and farmers that deliberated 5 i-4 hours acquitted Elder last night on two indictments charging assault on s. Allen Norton, 66, re- tired cashier of Mount Hermon.
 Had he been convicted, Elder would have faced a possible maxi- mum sentence of 30 years in state prison and a $l,000 fine.
 The charges grew out of Norton's complaint that Elder threatened him with a shotgun in his garage here the night of May 25. The for- mer dean testified that he spent the night at the Eagle hotel in Keene, N. H.
 Court Room Crowded
 The courtroom was crowded when the jurors filed into the jury box to render their verdict. Extra court officers were on duty to keep cor- riders clear. Elder, dressed in the rumpled blue worsted suit he had worn throughout the trial. stood only few feet from Foreman Or vile c. Brown.
 He smiled slightly as Brown an- nounced a verdict of mot guilty" on the first count-aSsault with intent to murder.
 He turned and laughed happily when the same verdict was returned on the second count-assault putt ting Norton ''in fear of bodily harm"
 4 rush of spectators for the doors was curbed by Superior Judge Thomas J. Hammond. Tapping fer order, he Strenly announced:
 Order in Court
 "There will be no demonstration in the courtroom. The sheriff will maintain decorum." Seconds later the clerk of court informed Elder that he was released from $l0,000
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
TWO ROBBERS OF
 TRIO ARE CAUGHT

New Milford. Conn.,. July 29- (UP)-State police spread wide hunt today for the third member of a trio of robbers, two of whom were captured during the night after al- legedly breaking into Chase's Grille on the Danbury pike.
 Authorities held Miss Florence Bellows, q. Williamstown, Mass, and Harold Thomas, g, also be- iieved from Massachusetts, on a breaking and entering charge, and spread a dragnet for Robert Burke. said to be the third person in the party.
 Thomas and Burke, police said. have records in the Bay State. The captured couple, it was reported, admitted several other breaks in this vicinity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
Shells, Machine Gun Bullets Screamed or Whined Through City-Japanese
 Air Bombs Follow
15TH U. s. INFANTRY GUARDS
 AMERICAN GOVT. BUILDINGS
By EARL LEAF United Press Staff Correspondent

Tientsin, July 29.-(UP)-Chinese troops and police attacking Japanese stronghods in frenzy of rage and hate that blinded them to fear, turned Tientsin into battlefield today.
 State of Emergency Imposed
 In and the city, at every place where Japanese soldiers were centered dsorganized Chinese took the offensive Sternest martial its equivalent state of emergency, imposed in all foreign concessions.
 18th U. S. Infantry On Guard
 Officers and men of the 18th United States Infantry guarded American government buildings at the army compound in the former German concession immediately south of the British concession The 18th totals 1000 Half of these at the camp at Chinwangtao on the coast 140 miles northeast of Tentsin
 Keep In Touch With Peiping
 American army authorities were in continuous uncaton with Peping by wireless Troops and marines of other countries guarded their concessions behind hastily thrown LID Qualifications,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
STATE POLICE
 PROBING STORY

Hartford. Conn. July 2e-(UP)- State police today investigated the stories of two New Britain youths who said they were stabbed late last night by man they gave ride from Bloomfield to Hartford.
 Eddie Raczkowski. 22, one of the boys, was in a serious condition at Hartford hospital from knife wounds in the abdomen aud should CT. The extent of the injuries of Gustave Mazur. i9. stabbed in a shoulder. was not yet determined by hospital authorities.
 Tho youths were on their way home after attending a Bloomfield dance when they said they picked up the man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
FIVE CONGRESS
 BILLS IN VIEW
House, Senate Leaders May Hold Off Battle For
 Adjournment
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS
nited Press Staff Corresponds ent)

(Untted Press Staff C0rrcgp0ndent) Washington, July 23.-(UP)- Strong sentiment for prompt ad- journment of congress crystalized on Capitol Hill today despite presi- dental demands for enactment of a revised fiye-point legislative pro- gram. &
 Republican and conservative democrats took the lead in demand ing that congress "close up shop and go home" within the next few days. a .,L l.. met an hour early to speed action on the wages-hours bill. Only last night house and senate leaders, conferring with President Roosevelt, had decided to hold congress in session long enough to act on ct least five measures:
 1. The Black Connery wages and hours bill.
 2. The Wagner housing bill.
 3. The bill revising procedure in lower federal courts.
 1. Tax "loophole plugging" legis- lation.
 s. A sugar quota bill.
 Should Adjourn
 Typical of the attitude of "pro- adjournment"- senators was that of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
EGYPT CROWNS
 'YOUTHtSklNG
First Independent Sover. eign of Nation..D Descend-
 ant of an Albanian
By PAUL s. TAYLOR

United Press Stan COrrespondenO
 Cairo, Egypt. July 2e-tUP)--King Farouk I was enthroned on his 18th birthday today as the first inde- pendent sovereign of Egypt in four centuries and one of the worlds youngest rulers.
 Two millions persons cheered the ta '. handsome youth as he rode in tho rayol carriage to parliament whtre, in the presence of the queen mother. the royal princes and prin- cesses and high government officials. he took the oath ito respect and obey the Egyptian constitution maintain the prestige of the coun- try and defend its territory"
 Cairo,s normal population was doubled by the influx of visitors. Multi-colored lights. festoons. ban- ners and flags decorated the route of the kings ride to the parliament building.
 Albanian Descendant
 The olive-skinned youth. descend ant of an Albanian adventurer who fought Napoleon, left the throne immediately after taking the oath. returning to the palace of Abdine to receive the thanks of the commit tees of the two chambers of parlia- ment.
 Banquets, receptions and a radio broadcast to the national will com plete the days activities for the athletic youth who becomes ruler over i4000,000 persons and Egypt's most powerful monarch since the nameluke kings were crushed by the Ottoman Empire 400 years ago.
 King Farouk I was born, acord- ing to the modern calendar, on Feb. ii. 1920. But under the Moslem calendar he became IS today-the constitutional minimum age for an
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
BOXER IS HELD

Lynn, Mass. July 29-(UP)- Louis Grieco, i9, Revere boxer. to- day was ordered held under $7500 bail pending hearing Aug i2 on a charge of participating in $447 holdup two days ago.
 Police arrested Grieco last night on c tip that he was one of four Runmen who robbed David Levine and his wife Lena in their Lynn meat market
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
YALE GRADUATE
 HANGS HIMSELF

Newbury, Mass, July 29.-(UP)- After scrawling a farewell note which failed to explain his act, James w. Hall. 8, Yale graduate, former Boston bond salesman, and local roadhouse proprietor, banked himself to a tree in the yard of his home here today.
 The note instructed his wife Rosa mond as to how to conduct the Plum Turnpike restaurant which they had operated together.
 Besides his wife Hall.-a 1926 Yale graduate, leaves two daughters and two sisters. one of whom is Mrs T. c. P. Martin of Westport, Conn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
HOLLYWOOD BLAST

Hollywood, July 29 - (UP)-An explosion of 50 pounds of black powder and thousands of blank cart ridges used in movie battle scenes left part of United Artists motion picture lot in ruins today.
 The blast and fire Oc- cured after actors had left the studio last night. Dam- age was estimated at $15,- 900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
Late Neus
 Flashes
THREE BURNED

Montreal, July 29-(UP) Three men were burned to death and one woman was injured when fire de- stroyed a rooming house today.
 Bremen believed that others might still be in the burning building which at 9 a. m. had not been brought under control.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29

Shells, machine gun bullets and snipers' bullets screamed or whined through the city and occasionally there was the ear shattering roar of c Japanese airplane bomb.
 Flames burst up from the neigh borhood of the east railroad station, the post office, municipal buildings and the headquarters of the peace preservation corps or militarized police in the wake of the airplane bombs.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
Chinese Troops Frenzied With Rage--Hey Hrow HemseLDes Against Japanese StronghoLds
Britain, Warns Japan AboutAnnexingChina
British Government Does Not Want Any More Chinese Provinces Taken Away - China Will Fight to
 Last Man Says Leader

London July 29. = (UP) - Great Britain has warned Japan that the British does not approve further attempts to detach Chinese provinces from the Nanking government, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden revealed in guarded disclosure today in the house Of commons. Wedgwood Benn, liberal asked buntly during question "Has the foreign secretary made 1t clear to the Japanese government that do not approve
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, July 2s-(UP)- Gov ernment receipts and expenses for the current fiscal year through July 27. compared with q year ago: This Year Expenses Lnmt Year $536,T7s,544.45 $35e.7e7,12 ss5O.sss, ,iss.s7 s25l.os7.4so.os $lss.7ss.4ll.os sio7.7ss.ss2.si
 Cash Balance
 s2.s2O,227.oo2.ss ss.sss.74s.4os.sI sI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29

of any further attempt to detach provinces from the Nanking govern ment?"
 "Yes," Eden replied,
 Then the foreign secretary added hastily:
 Prom our various declarations, the honorable member will be able to see that we very much regret the situation, more so as we were hop ing for improvement of relations In the Far East generally, which we cannot hope for while present con- ditions persist"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-29
AMERICAS POSITION

Washington, July 29.-(UP)- President Roosevelt met early to- day with Secretary of State Cordell Hull and American Ambassador-at-
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7he Weather

Generally Fair for To-
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-19
CAPITALIZING ON HELIUM

Investigation thus far has failed to determine the exact cause of the recent arship Hndenburg dlsas- ter It is probable now that the for the ex- posion causing the tragedy will be definitely determined Official inquiry has revealed several plausible reasons but the experts admit failure to put their fingers on the real
 General blame is placed the use of hydrogen a highly inflammable gas which has been preferred by the Germans due its greater lifting power and the fact that they have been unable to get heum which also is used in airshps has less lifting power but on which the United States government has q monopoly The Sheppard-Hil bill now before Con- eless would permit the sale of helum at cost to other than government users but the fate of the Hinden- burg may have bearing on that proposal. How much of bearing remains to be seen. However, the most immediate result of the disaster probably will be the effect it will have on proposal that the United States continue it's work with lighter than-air craft
 Younger officers of the Navy have been urging that the government again carry on its work in ths field despite the loss of the Shenandoah Akron and Macon They argue that destruction of those air. ships was due to structural defects rather than to the general explosive cause attributed to the linden burg They hold that with the American control of heium airshps can be made successful.
 Equally vigorous in their opposition to such a policy are some of the high ranking Navy officials who see no merit in airship program.
 Had there been no Hindenburg disaster it is pro- babe that the arship building question would have remained dormant one but with attention drawr to the United States only supply of hem there may again be efforts launched toward capitanz;ng On il through construction of lighter -than-ar craft
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-19

cult to recall Where have they all gone and what oi the movements they sponsored?
 They have gone to the political valhalla of third party movements. The men themselves around their private pursuits to be sure, but speak of the movements which they launched to save the people from this. that and the other It is the his tory of third party movements down throughout poli
 cal life They flash for brief time the poli- tcal skies a few months before every election and then fade like the setting sun.
 It may be that they serve a purpose. It is pro- oable that such movements do whip up a certain amount of political interest But political and he third party movement far apart the poles md the record of years would indicate there is little chance of them getting much closer together.