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has made no direct move, but Fueh- Ter Adolph Hitler proclaimed Ger man support of Italy against coIn- munist Russian in a speech to the Nad party rally at Nuremberg to- day. ..'
 It was feared that If Russia at- tends the Mediterranean conference, she may appear in the role of &C., cuser of Italy and demand that the powers take direct, stern action against her. Ther would be little chance of the powers agreeing.
 During the weekend it was ap- parent that warlike tension through out Europe was greater than at any time since Great Britain and Italy were at the verge of open was in 1885 during the Ethiopian crisis.
 The situation was sufficiently seri- ous to cause Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to cancel his vacation and hasten from Scotland to Lon- don, to resume charge of affairs this morning.
 Bad News Break
 The news broke that Russia had openly, angrily accused Italy of us- ing her submarines-int the interests of the Spanish nationalists-to tor pedo merchant shipping in violation mot only of the principles of hu- manity but also the most elemen-
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day night on 8 reckless driving charge when his car collided with an automobile driven by Emil Weill, 6S, of 19S Madison street ex.. tension, at East Main street and Meriden road. Mrs. Weill, riding with her husband, suffered lacera- tions and bruises of the face and eye. Motor Patrolmen James Mag ner and John Culleton made the arrest.
 A charge of operating while un- der the influence of liquor was placed against Joseph Beaudoin, 35, of 352 South Main street after his car struck a parked automobile on North Elm street early Sunday. The parked car was owned by Joseph Kelly, 30, of 135 North Main street. Motor Patrolmen John Deeley and Joseph Dunphy made the arrest.
 Frank Cheske, q, of Al East Dover street, and Ettore Distefano, 35, of 23 Pemberton street, ware ar- rested Saturday night after an acci- dent on Meriden road. Distefano's car, allegedly parked on the wrong side of the road, was struck by the other machine. Both cars were badly damaged. Sergt. Charles Me- Weeney charged Cheskey with reck- less driving and Distefano with violating the rules of the road.
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DtlaGR ofilcial interest or participa- tlcn in the measure after he affixed his signature.
 The mandam application which really never reached the heights of being an actual applica- tion- stated that the merit system committee were of the opinion that the board of aldermen were going to refuse their application for the placing of the question on the ma- chimes although it was accompanied by more than the IS per cent of the voters as required of such applica- tion under the city charter.
 Mandamus Details
 The mandamus proceedings were to have been against the board of aldermen and other Waterbury ofh- cialS. Counsel for the merit system association were taciturn about sup- plying information, and when asked what parties other than the alder men were named in the issue, stated that they could not comment.
 Technicalities of the voting laws caused the attorneys little worry us to their standing on the issue. The law states that names of can- didateS in the election must be filed with the office of the secretary of state not les sthan 21 days before the date of the election. Nobody was certain as to whether questions to be placed on the machines were also governed by this ruling.
 Special Meeting Monday
 No meeting of the board of alder men was conducted as scheduled last night due to the Labor day holiday. Mayor Frank Hayes today an- nounced that special meeting of the board would be conducted next Monday night.
 Under the 2l-day ruling, next Tuesday is the deadline for filing the candidates names. If the rul- ing applies to the questions, the merit system attorneys want to know how they can get manda- mus in such short order and have the question filed within the re- quired time.
 Board Stand Secret
 No ofiicial information has at any time been released in regard to the stand of the Board of Aldermen on
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course.
 The warship Ydzumo, which had pulled out from its Ii1oorii1g near the Japanese consulate and gone down the river at dawn to cover the advance, returned and imInedi- ately shot four seaplanes over the river to unload bombs or the Chi- |nese batteries in Pootung.
 Chinese Batteries Busy
 Chinese batteries west of Kiang- wan began shelling West Hongkew, and started fires on Range road, slightly east of Chapoo road.
 Four Japanese bombing planes circled over Kiangwan, extending aerial operations west of the Civic Center.
 Two Japanese warships-one at the Nippon Yusen Kaisha wharf and another at the Wayside wharf, turned their guns eastward toward Pootung, which has been under shell fire since the fighting started. The Idzumo and the five destroyers blazed away at the western Chinese positions.
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Am ericans Are
 Urged To LeaDe
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announcement emphasized the ex- treme gravity of the situation for foreign nationals. Many American business men in Shanghai fiAtly an- nounced they would "take their chances" in the war area rather than abandon their business which in many cases represented lifetime work-to the hazards of war.
 The consulate's warning to Amer jeans in the interior of China was couched in the strongest terms. It advised U. s. citizens to leave areas around Kiangsu and Anhwei prov inces and proceed to Haichew for evacuation, in spite of the fact that the latter city has been under Jap- anese aerial bombardment.
 The warning said in effect that no place was safe in China.
 10000 Jap egulars
 Approximately 10000 Japanese regulars took up positions along the Whangpoo early today, while Jap anese artillery and seaplanes rained a merciless fire on the Chinese lines from the north station to Kiang- wan.
 The army, facing 150,000 Chinese across the Shanghai-Wootung front, and 250,000 additional troops en- trenched along the boggy lake coun- try of the Delta, opened its offen- sive along Jukong Creek, where the Chinese lines have been weakened by withdrawals.
 A United Press correspondent, ob- serving the movements from the top of Sassoon Tower, counted IA bombs dropped within 10 minutes near Kiangwan Village and its race-
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LABOR LEADERS
 WIDENING SPLIT
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Continued from Page D radio networks, Lewis at Pittsburgh, Green at Dallas, Tesxas. The gov- ernment's spokesmen consistently ig- nored labor's internal strife. Chair man J. Warren Madden of the national labor relations board, blamed industrial disputes of the last year on employers who chal- lenged the Wagner labor relations act. Secretary of Labor Frances regretted the plight of middle-aged and aged whom industry will not hire. The condition in industry is generally better she said, 2,0O0, 900 more persons being at work than year ago. President Roosevelt's Labor day statement was Q message to the National Federation of Gov- ernment Employees convention at Springfield, Ill. He said militant tactics" would be "unthinkable" for organized federal workers.
 Green, Lewis Attacks
 Green attacked as "deplorable" the record of the O. I. o. in keep- ing contracts, condemned its sit- down strikes as leading to fascist dictatorship" charged that more than 250 of its organizers are com- munists and called the 3,800000 unionists 1t claims, mostly paper membership" In Pittsburgh Lewis lashed two of the steel companies his steel workers organizing com- mittee struck unsuccessfully last summer-Republic and Bethlehem and all industrial plutocrats who oppose labor" There was no steel union a year ago, hesaid. and now there are 500,0OO members of the 0. I. O.'s steel union. Tt is our privilege to give thanks to labor in western Pennsylvania" he said.
 Paraded Together
 In San Francisco, where the jur- isdictiona1 battle wages most fierce i nthe maritime unions, there was brief armistice. 0. I. O. and A. F. of L. paraded together, but the federation's teamSters summed the march because industrial unionists marched.
 Miss Perkins in a broadcast from Boston, said that before another Labor day her department will have studied the laws and conditions which tend to discriminate against older workers.
 If the age limit policy of many industrial plants continues to spread, she said, "the economic problems of many workers will be- gin at 45 instead of 65 and TO-" She lamented that general hiring policy is to reject for new employment workers over 46 and in some cases as low as 35.
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 Forty-eight states and the Dis- trict of Columbia today reported less than half as many violent deaths as the national safety council had pre- dicted would occur on the Labor day weekend.
 Final compilation of deaths, in- cluding those in outlying districts, and those of persons who lay dying in hospitals as result of weekend injuries, was expected to swell the three-day total well beyond 500. The national safety council had an- nOunced that experience in previous years indicated that 1000 would die in the last holiday weekend of the summer season.
 Auto accidents caused the most deaths-nearly 300. Airplane crashes, suicides, murders, and other violence shot the violent death toll to around 400.
 Cool Weather h Preventive
 Michigan and California each re- ported that more than Q score of persons died in automobile accidents. Cool weather, which discouraged would-be tourists, helped reduce auto fatalities in the rniddle-west.
 James Welborn, 2l, died in Des Moines, 1a., without knowing that . son had been born to his wife. Their automobile crashed into train. The baby, three weeks premature, but husky, was placed beside his un- conscious mother in Broadlawns General hospital in an attempt to arouse her from coma.
 Clarion, Ia., reported the first football fatality this fall-1rvin Nielsen, high school hackfield play. CT, whose head was crushed.
 On Way to Races
 Three Detroit men who had planned to fly to the Cleveland air races were believed to have drowned when their plane crashed into Lake Erie, of Point Peele, Ont.
 Two men were killed and 13 were injured, in an explosion at the Cadina Beach plant of the Astoria Light, Heat and Power company, in New York.
 The body of Nancy Glenn, five, was found face down in 8 muddy pool near Philadelphia. Police be- neved she had been slain.
 W. o. Hollenbach, 23, was killed by 8 stray bullet near Ashton, Ida. A bull gored Columbus Marion, "A, to death near Salt Lake City.
 Walter Hogan, 30, Peoria, H., fell from 8 fishing boat rowed by his seven year old son, became entangled in @ line, and drowned near Canton, Ill.
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(Continued from Page D abrasions of the head. The Famiglietti car struck 8 parked roadster, owned by Martin J. Fla hive of 267 Hill street, and came to rest upside down on the opposite side of the street. Other occupants of the Famiglietti car were Edward Rock, 20, Joseph Lickvala, 24, and Robert Paquette, 2l, all of Oakville Famigliettis car was virtually de- molished, while Flahive's car was badly damaged.
 Accident This Morning
 Philip Despins, ST, of 229 Wash ington street, suffered severe back injury and possible internal in- juries early this morning wher struck by a car operated by John Hoyt of 1306. East Main street, al South Main and Clay streets. Hoyt brought the injured man to St. Mary's hospital. After questioning by police he was arrested on reck- less driving charge.
 Violated Rules of Read A charge of violating the rules of the road was placed against Samuel Sena, 39, of 131 Willow street, after his car collided with an automobile driven by John Hogan, Jr., 24, of 20 Luke street, at Grand and Bank streets yester- day afternoon. Motor Patrolman Alfred Overton made the arrest.
 Drunken Driving Charge
 Joseph Robinson, 42, colored, of 72 Vine street, was arrested on @ drunken driving charge early today when his car siweswipeG a large truck owned by Laube-Interstate Inc. Motor Patrolmen Leo Me- Kenna and Eugene Doherty made the arrest. The accident occurred at South Main and Washington streets.
 Collision Sunday
 A collision at Watertown avenue and Robbins street Sunday morn- ing brought about the arrest of Charles Desaulniers, 32, of A East Main street, Torrington, on a reck- less driving charge. Motor Pa trolmen Raymond Grady and Eu- gene Doherty arrested him after his car struck a machine driven by Stanley Saviskas, 33, of 33S Wilson street.
 Reckless Driving
 Isadore Johnsky, 4S, of A Bron- son street, was charged with reck- less driving after a collision late Sunday night at Huntingdon ave- nue and Brookside road, Motor Patrolmen John Murphy and Ray mond Grady reported, that John- sky's car struck an automobile driven by Gaetano Rinaldi, 45, of 35 White road.
 TOrrinEtOn Man Arrested
 Anthony Falavinskas, 25, of Tor rington, and Joseph DeVito, 24, of 112 Charles street, were arrested early Sunday when their cars col- lided at Washington avenue and Highland avenue. Falavinskas was charged with violating the rules of the road, and DeVito with failure to grant the right of way. Motor Patrolmen Raymond Grady and Eu- gene Doherty made the arrests.
 Another Reckless Driver
 William Trotta, 20, of Davis street, Oakville. was arrested Sum-
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MandnnlusSchemeO On
 Merit System GiDen Up
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the question of the merit system. whether they will order 1t placed on the machines has been a matter of thoughtful conjecture by num- erous factions here since they first filed the petition containing the signature and sanction of more than 5000 Waterbury voters.
 Counsel for the local merit sys- tenn chapter expressed definite opinion today that their measure would be turned down at next Mon- days meeting of the Board of Ale dermen. They said they based their predictions on rumors.
 It has also been opined that Corporation Counsel Charles s. o. Connor would rule that although the petition was in order, the merit system proposal is not legal and could not be workable.
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1t is probable that pay will be re- fused him on the ground that he was not properly appointed.
 Late Registrar Named Clerk
 At today's conference Miss Egan said that in he past the clerk was named by ex-Registrar of Voters Henry O'Connor. MT. O'Conor held that 1t was probable that the power to make the appointment was dele gated to the registrar by the mayor Otherwise, it appears, the. clerk of tho board of registration has been sitting illegally at least since 1881, vixen the new city charter went into effect.
 The clerks duty is to keep a list of the voters who are sworn in. This list is then certified to by the mem- bers of the board of registration and turned over to the town clerk fol safekeeping.
 City Has Not Yet Acted
 It was not known this afternoon whether or not the city administra- ton would seek to have Sheehan re- moved from his post. MT. O'Connor made it clear that he was merely ruling on the question and that he was making no attempt to oust Sheehan from the clerkship.
 Leary, whom Miss Egan refused to reappoint as clerk, today was act ing as representative of Democratic Registrar John Oerwin. He was mo- tified last week by the town clerk that he would not be named this year.
 The corporation counsel's ruling brings up some question of the legal ity of the swearing-in of voters whose names he has recorded. It is believed, however, that certiflcation of the truth and accuracy of his lists by the board of registration will cover any legal loopholes.
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PTCKPOCKET BANK NIGHT

Boston, Sept. 7-(UP)--It was 'bank night" at 6 downtown theater but only for a pickpocket.
 Joseph Gallagher drowsed during the show. Awakened by e panitor ct daybreak, he discovered that his pockets had been emptied of &10O in bills.
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fine one and I am very glad to support you in any way that I can"
 Later this week the hours the test- ing lanes will be open and the sites available to cyclists in all sec tions of the city will be announced. It is planned to hold tests on Mon- day, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and an opportunity will be given youngsters in every section of the city to have their bikes test- ed and to win Q Merit Card.
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 him against the other.
 Ambrose Flynn, 4S, a circus eln- pl0ve, died at DAnhury hospital of injuries suffered when his car Over- turned.
 Richard I. Jensen, IS, Bloomfield, was drowned in Lake CO11kAliaOnd while swimming.
 Anthony Tracai10, 35, New Britain, died at Sound View after suffering . heart attack in the water.
 Fatal Fall from Coaster Antonio FiorCt, 90, Bristol, was Killed when he fell from a roller coaster at Lake Cclnpotnce. John D. walker, 30, Hartford, died at Municipal hospital after being prosttated by the heat.
 Vito Echiavo, i've, Waterbury, was burned to death when his clothing caught fire while he and some com paniOns played with matches. Desire J. Dion, co, Norwich, killed himself by taking gas in his boarding house, according to the medical ex- aIninet.
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versions at will. A diversion as re- gards Russia, some quarters suggest. might bring national unity and end the purge which analyzed last week. A strong stand against Italy in the present crisis, it is also sug- gested, might prove of value.
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A goldfish, frozen atiff fin liquid air, will swim about normally within c few seconds after thawing out.
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zebras are used on Q regular milk route in St. Louis, and a girl does the driving.
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If cut in two a fishworm will form new head or tail on both halves and make two new worms.
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DEMOCRAT WILL
 LAUNCH PLANS

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DORA ECAN HAS
 NAMED STEPHAN

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THIRTEEN DIED
 VIOLENT DEATHS

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MANY ARRESTED
 FOR ACCIDENTS

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-05
MSCR, GAVAN
is DEAD At So

Death today claimed one OF
Washington's most distinguished
clerics and one of the Capitals
most beloved priests, the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Patrick C. Gavan.
Msgr. Gavan, who was IS years
old, died early today at the rectory
of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart,
the great church on Sixteenth
Street where he had served for
many years.
Final rites for the distinguished
prelate will be held in the church
next Tuesday at 1890 o'clock,
with a pontifical requiem mass.
The Most Rev. Michael j. Cur.
ley, archbishop of Baltimore, will
pontificate at the service. Inter.
ment will be in Mt. Olivet Gene
terry.
Although Msgr. Gavan had been
in i'll health for several years, his
death came as a great shock to the
Capital, where he had served for
almost a quarter of century.
CThe story of Msgr. Gavan's
colorful and constructive life will
be found on Page 32.)
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3 NEAR DEATH
IN CAR CRASH

Telescoping their automobile
against the concrete abutment
which separates traffic lanes on
the @ Street Bridge over Rock
Creek Park, two Washingtonians
and a Virginian were critically in
jured early today.
All three Of the men, who were
taken to Emergency Hospital fol-
lowing the accident shortly after
2 a.. M, were still in the emer-
gency room early today, two re-
naming unconscious.
Virtually demolishing the auto
mobile, the impact of the crash
was so terrific the Fire Rescue
Squad had to extricate the in
jured men from the wreckage.
Those injured are John A. Keal,
IS, of Richmond, Va, owner and
operator of the car; George Bald
win, 81, 1865 Kennedy st. N. W.,
and Thomas S. Pitt, a., 239 Con-
cord Ave. N. w.
Keal, a salesman for the Rich
mond Hardware Company. suf-
fered a possible fractured skull. a
broken leg and body injuries. Bald
win was reported to be the most
critically injured, suffering a
possible fractured skull and severe
decorations of the face and scalp.
Pitt, a salesman for the Ruud
Manufacturing Company, of Wash
ington, was the only OF e able to
give police any account of the
accident. He sustained possible
fractured skull, a broken leg and
body injuries.
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3 Plans Studied
InCar FareF Fight

Three plans for Overturning
the action of the Public Utili-
ties Commission in raising
street car fares were under
consideration by citizens TO-
day. They are:
/. Possibility of court action
to enjOin further operation of
the order.
2. Congress iOnal &C.
ton which would limit the
fares of the company along
the lines of the Dirksen bill
which was pending when Con-
gress adjourned.
3. Restoration of the office
Of Peoples Counsel before the
Public Utilities Commission,
which was abandoned follow
ing the resignation of Will
liam A. Roberts.
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Nazis Held Ready
To Seize Austria

LONDON, Nov. S GN.SJ.
Austrian Nazis contemplate an
early movement to obtain virtual
control of the government, accord
ing to reports in diplomatic circles
today.
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, Chan
cellor Hitler'S special foreign
envoy who is now in Rome, is re-
ported seeking Premi;r MusSo'
lini's consent for immediate ex
pansion Of Nazi influence in
Vienna.
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servers as apt to leave the floun.
dering Brussels nine-power treaty
conference on the Far Eastern con-
flict more or less suspended in
nidair, with its job snatched away
from it.
Word as to China's definite re-
action to Hitler's offer was await.
ed from the Chinese embassy here.
AS soon as an affirmative reply is
confirmed the mediation negotia'
lions are expected to begin.
This would bring a cessation OF
the Far Eastern hostilitieS, now in
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LaGuardia Boom
Echoed by Taft

OSTON, Nov. S G.N.S).
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia and
District Attorney-elect Thomas e.
Dewey, of New York, and Mayor
Harold Burton, Cleveland, today
were named as the three outstand-
ing possibilities for the Republi-
can nomination for president by
Charles P. Taft, son Of the late
President.
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Insane ArsOnist
Reported Trapped

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah., Nov
5 GN.S0.-Police squads today
we're reported to have cornered
Clifford Bramble. escaped insane
arsonist. in a woody area south
of the State Mental Hospital at
Provo.
Accused of setting fires which
caused 100000 damage here
and in Sacramento, Bramble es-
capped from the institution last
night.
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Htler?s Bid
ByJapan
By PIERRE J. HDss

BERLIN, Nov. s (f.N.s.) Japan
has accepted Chancellor Adolf
FIitler's sensational offer to act as
mediator in the Sino-Japanese war,
it was understood on reliable au-
thority today.
There were also reports that
China has accepted, although
these were not Immediately con-
firrned.
Hitler's sudden diplomatic coup
was regarded by competent OBJ
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Navy Amphibian
Is Reported Safe

CLEVELAND, Nov. S G.N.SJ.
A Navy amphibian plane, reported
to have fallen in Lake Erie last
night, was moored safely today at
West Sister Island, off Toledo. the
Coast Guard here was advised by
radio.
All aboard the plane were safe,
the Coast Guard reported. The
craft, piloted by a Captain Mar
shall, was from the Naval Reserve
base at Trenton, Mich.
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SEEK COUNSEL
Lily POns to Wed
Andre KOstelanetz

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5
QN.S0.-Lily Pons and Andre
Kostelanetz soon will exchange
marital VOWS.
The diminutive opera star ad,
mitted this when she met the mu.
steal director as he arrived here by
plane today,