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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-28
Great Britair, Has
 Apology or Japan
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troops could escape from Nankine only by way of the Yangtze and that therefore efforts were concentrated on the river. Army men did not dream that foreign vessels were In. side the fighting zone, 1t added, par. ticularly because Japanese con. sular officials at Shanghai had re. auested other foreigners on Decem- Der 9 to evacuate their Nationals.
 Saw 10 Large ships
 On December II, the Japanese saw upwards of 10 large ships proceeding up the Yangtse, 1t was said, and the Japanese high commander, believ. ing that the vessels were Chinese ordered troops to fire on them. Be- cause the range was too long, the statement said, the shells fell short and the vessels continued ito the chagrin of all Japanese soldiers"
 Then, 1t was said, the high conl- mander ordered detachment to at- tack the vessels. The detachment marched all night, and arriving as Wuhu on the morning of Decem- Der l2 saw four steamships anchor ed near the southern bank of the river. The detachment saw a burst of smoke which was taken to be @ smoke screen, the statement said, and the order was given to open fire on them.
 Saw Shells Strike
 The Japanese army men saw shells strike the first and second ships, the statement continued, but the ships made of downstream and soon passed out of sight.
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Mayor Fr0nk Hayes
 WiH Appeal Ruling
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that portions of the charter were sansni0uolis." The superior court iu6Rs remarked In his opinion that "tho controller must have assistants .. but the charter, Sections i0i-ll2, makes no mention of assistants ggives the controller) no express power Co appoint such. ."
 Summed up, the decision gave the controller right to hire and fire but, Iatterly, denied the injunction sought to restrain the mayor from removing such employees for cause, Inasmuch as the charter specifically grants the mayor the right to fix all salaries, the situation confronting Afr. Rowland through his potential victory in the superior court is seen as mixed by those who recalled that the present salaries in the con- trolIer,s ofiice are mainly to veterans of long experience and reflect this experience in their amounts.
 Upson Case Recalled
 Also, in general comment today, wns the case brought by J. Warren Upaon, Republican town chairman, and Mfr, Rowland's lawyer, in behalf Of . Republican group two years ago. This matter, charges of malfeasance Of OfElco against several of the regis- trars who were accused of making duplicate primary lists, resulted in acquittal by Judge Dickenson.
 Reversely, in terms of the present matter. MT, Upson and Nathaniel R. Bronson appealed to the supreme court of errors. That body reversed the ruling of Judge Dickenson, in part, finding two of the registrars guilty, clearing the others.
 VIII Restrain Rowland
 Unless Judge Dickenson, in the present case, rules otherwise, the appeal by the corporation counsel will have the effect of restraining Mfr, Rowland until the case is de- cided by the high court, then, If tho decision Is in his favor.
 Division of SpOils
 Meanwhile, the clamor for division of the "spoils" long-sought by Re- puhlicans and more latterly by the fndependent Democrats, finds MT, Rowland In what his intimates have termed, "a tougn spot" For the job of purchasing agent, Mir. Rowland is understood to have remained firm in his choice of John J. Bergin, his campaign manager and business associate.
 But the Republican organization ia equally firm in nomination of Ver- non Hall for the post. It Is under. stood that matters between the con- trolier.elect and the Republican command are at an impasse.
 Edward Cohen Looms Up
 Today, too. the name of Edward Cohen, an accountant, looned out Of the haze of the fury created by the many scores of oflicc.seekers' solici. tataons to the controller.e as nominee for the job of accountant in the office. Practically all of the Re- publican campaign lieutenants and some of the Independent Demo- cratic generals have been "sug- gested" for places from the eleven which may, or may not, be available to Mir. Rowland, pending court ruling.
 Meanwhile, consideration of the appeal may not reach the supreme court docket for several weeks, may require weeks more before an opinion Is given. This will mean that
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One of the ships advanced toward the Japanese forces, the statement said, and the commander, identify. ing 1t as British, ordered fire stop- ped. The ship proved to be the British gunboat Bee, the statement said, and the Bees officers landed and conferred with the Japanese commander.
 The Japanese commander, the statement continued, assured the British commander that the Japanese would not fire on British ships thereafter. However, the British asked that Japanese officers be de. tailed aboard British vessels to as. sure their safety.
 Japanese Declined
 The Japanese declined the request, although one Japanese ofiicer went aboard the Bee for inspection pur- poses, and saw behind the Delta six steamers loaded with Europeans and Americans.
 The statement said the Japanese forces did not know that British warships were in the fighting zone, and therefore the attack was not made with the knowledge that the ships were of British nationality, and was unintentional.
 we sincerely regret that the pres. ent unfortunate affair should have taken place." the statement con- cluded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-28
M. E. O'CONNELL
 IS. BURIED TODAY
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(Continued from Page D han. Tax Collector William Ennis and Senator Joseph II. Lawlor.
 Police Commissioners Present
 The board of police commissioners attended in Q body, the delegation including Chairman Harry Minor and Commissioner Patrick Cronan. Carl Olson, Patrick Perriello, Fred Hungerford, Michael Noonan and Clerk John FitZmaurice.
 Also present were Rev. pr. John N. Lewis, police chaplain: Police Superintendent William J. Roach and Deputy Superintendent Daniel J. Carson.
 The welfare department was rep- resented by Mrs. Margaret Verdon, supervisor; Martin Hayden, Mrs. Mary Camp, Miss Nancy Delaney, Miss Marjorie Farley, Miss Kate Kilmartin and Miss Eleanor Kelly.
 Civic Leaders There
 Among civic leaders attending were Town Chairman John H.. Crary of the Democratic party, John Kilduff, Registrar John T. Derwin, Alderman George Kingston, Charles Earth, Peter Fallon, James Burns, Timothy Horrigan, Archie Haggerty. Attorney Edward Mcdonald and Building Inspector Patrick F. Car lin.
 The Waterbury lodge of Elks was represented by Secretary Frank Green of the Chamber of Coni- merce, Louis Holland, Dennis Buck ley, Frank McCann, Thomas Lawlor, William Dunlavey, John Bowling, Michael Bolan, George Hines, Thoni- as Dunn and Warren Cook.
 The police detail was composed of Sergt. Patrick Hillborg, officer in charge and Patrolmen Joseph Col- lins, James Stack. Paul Moynihan, Thomas Fiore, Anthony Stango, Harold Green, Jerry Kenney, Don- aid Monaghan, John Pannone, Joe seph Delaney, James Sweeney, J0- seph Cavanaugh, Clarence Marsella, William Hunt, John Driscoll, Wil- liam O,Dea, Thomas Dodds, Christi opher OLoughlin, Albert Dereske- vice, Timothy Keanc, John Breen, James Jordan, William Lizak, Mat thew Kosky. Anthony Mole, Albert Chouinard and Frank Leary.
 Active bearers were: Sergts. Ber- nard Burns, George 0ooding. Wal ter Ahearn, John Hayes, William Feeley and Patrick McCabe.
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the several hundred job-seekers who have waited sixteen years to move in ct City Hall must delay their de- signs ct least that length of time longer.
 Gone by the Boards
 Comment today was that the other matter decided in September against a group, mainly Republican, the"pe- tition for the merit system in Wat erbury, has gone by the boards, in a manner of speaking. The political substance of the petition is said to be revealed by the present Republi- can attitude toward job distribution among Inexperienced campaign sup- porters which would mean the oust- ing of eleven employees of the con- trollers' ofilce, some with sixteen and more years service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-28
JAMES INNES OF
 WATERFOWL SUED

Damages of S5,000 are asked in common pleas court suit filed to- day by Albert Leblanc of Bethle- hem against James Innes of Water town. An automobile accident on South Main street, Thomaston, Mo- vember {, 1887, in which the plain- tiff was allegedly injured, is the reason for the claim. Attorney s. s. CaSsel appears for the plaintiff.
 Harriet peasley of Cheshire today
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MRS. WELD DIES

Boston, Dec. 28-(UP)--Mrs. Kate De Rosset Woodbury Weld, 78, first wife of the late conductor of the famous Floradora Sextette, died Sunday in Rome, according to word received here.
 A native of Boston, she was di- vorced from Arthur Cyril Gordon Weld, socially prominent Bostonian nine years after their marriage in 1883. Weld, much- married boulevar- dier, died in the 20s,
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filed foreclosure proceedings in the court of common pleas against AL fred N. and Lora A. Peach. The action involves property on Fair lawn avenue.
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Thomas E. EIderHas
 Not Secured Bail
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I Wednesday.
 At Alton, Police Chief Alfred w. Cooley and New Hampshire State Detective Ralph w. Caswell ques- tioned Mrs. Elder for three hours without finding single discrepancy between the stories told by her and her husband.
 She denied emphatically that Elder had left their room in the Eagle hotel Tuesday night.
 "He retired early because the strain of driving long distance had tired him." Cooley quoted her. "He had been troubled with his heart and 1t was imperative that he have rest. If 1t had not been for the heart trouble, we could have kept on driv- ing and would have reached Alton at about II o'clock"
 Dr. R. E. Wright, Alton physician, told police he had treated Elder for heart trouble and that the former dean was in bed for two weeks. He arose "a day or two be- fore" the trip Tuesday, Dr. Wright said.
 Norton Did Not Appear
 The scheduled meeting of Elder and his accuser failed to materialize yesterday, when Norton did not ap- pear in court here. Both were questioned during the Speer murder inquiry, but police emphasized they had not attempted to link the al- legged attempted shotgun assault and the still-unsolved murder.
 Elder, president of the mems forum at Alton and a parishioner at the Congregational church there, told newsmen who visited him at his cell that Norton's story was entirely unfounded" and said he believed that Norton had imagined" the en- tire episode"
 Norton, who retired last August after 25 years as cashier of Mount Hermon, has told newsmen that he incurred Elders enmity at the school when he threatened to report the former dean for alleged miscon- duct" He never carried out the threat however, Norton said.
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Court Judgeships
 Come TOFOre Again
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nld further stated to the Democrat that no agreement had been reached at the end of conference of democratic leaders at the Capitol yesterday afternoon.
 State Chairman J. Francis Smith of Waterbury was present at yester- days meeting and was also at the Capitol today prepared to sit in on further discussions of ways and means of ironing out the situation. He was not willing to state that a settlement would be reached in time to report out the resolutions next Tuesday.
 National Committeeman Fitzger- aid was very confident in his re- marks to the Democrat that when the judgeships were taken care of they would be linked with the county commissionerships if the house and senate concurred.
 Local Judgeships Up In Air
 However, this weeks session of the legislature, its next to last, ends with no action of minor court judges. The Waterbury judgeships are still very much in the air, par ticuIarly if the general assembly ad- iourns without taking action and Gov. Wilbur l.. Cross makes recess appointments. It is anticipated that his appointments would be a com plete upset of present minor court set-ups.
 O'COnnOr Authorized
 Corporation Counsel Charles s. C'Connor is given authority to re- lease liens on all foreclosure actions of the City of Waterbury under terms of bill reported favorably in the senate today by the committee on cities and boroughs. At the pres- ent time there is considerable doubt as to the legal authority vested in Waterbury officials, such as the Tax Collector, Tax Attorney or Corpora tion Counsel The ball, raised in committee, vests such authority in the Corporation Counsel's office.
 Favorable Reports
 The committee on cities and bor- oughs sent in several favorable re- ports on Waterbury measures today among them one putting all em- ployes of the Waterbury school de- partment, exclusive of teachers, who are protected by their own plan, in the city's retirement system. The Democrat predicted such action two days ago.
 Another bill amcnGs the Water bury charter on col. ecting liens for sewer assessments. Now property owners must pay within 90 days. The time is extended to l20 days and was endorsed by the Hayes admins tration.
 The house got a favorable report on the Wolcott police commission to
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Independents To
 Battle Unions
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and rights of workers.
 The corporations were three of the five large producers who have re- fused contracts to the union. The other two, Bethlehem Steel Corpo- ration and the National Steel com pany, were exempted from the pres ent strike, called Wednesday night, but union officials indicated that they would move against them soon. United States Steel, Jones and Laughlin, and more than 100 smaller producers have signed union con- tracts.
 Peace on Picket Lines
 Comparative peace reigned along the picket lines in the great indus trial areas of Chicago, Cleveland, and Youngstown, and the struggle was spiritual and verbal--a battle of wills and words. Neither side seemed willing to retreat from their position, and each issued statements against the other.
 The union strove to make the strike 100 per cent effective. It was estimated that it had reduced to 20 per cent of normal the operations of the three producers in their major mills, concentrated in northern Ohio and the Chicago district. The three corporations produce approximately one-SiXth of the nations steel.
 The union charged specifically that the Republic had violated both the Wagner act and the federal law fforbidding the transporting of strike-breakers across state borders.
 Why Company Refuses
 The Youngstown Sheet and Tube company, following similar pre- strike statement by republic, distrib- uted to it's 23,O00 employees an ex- plantation of why it would not sign a contract. It said that a contract would be one-sided because of the Responsibility" of the union; that 1t would destroy the freedom of its workers to bargain however they pleased; that the union would use a contract to coerce employees; that it would lead to the closed shop, which deny recognition to superior skill and ambition among workers" !"
 Top executives of the companies were in New York for a meeting of the American Iron & Steel Institute Tom Girdler, president of Republic, third largest producer, and leader in the fight against contract, was elected president of the institute.
 He succeeded President Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel, against which the union threatens to move soon.
 One Company Busy
 Of the companies involved, only Republic kept major units in op- eration. Of the three companies total of 30 important mills, all but six were closed, although smaller fabricating plants scattered outside the big steel districts continued op- erations.
 The Youngstown Sheet & Tube company's declaration to its em- ployes said that the CIO lis de-
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 interest in psychiatric problems un- til one day, while treating case of hysteria, he became fascinated by the vast outlook in the field of psychoanalysis in which Freud then was experimenting on large scale.
 Disliked Each Other
 The two men disliked each other from the beginning, and they be- came bitter enemies and ruthless competitors. In 1911 Adler turned his back on the Freudians and, to- gether with group of followers, founded his Society for Individual Psychology"
 Chief differences between Adler's "individual phychology" and Freud's s'psychoanalysis, which otherwise have much in common. were:
 1-According to Freud, the main spring of subconscfous activities is based on sex Adler, while not deny ing the importance of sex, con- tended that there were many other motives
 2-To Freud the starting point of Q neurosis is the "trauma," lesion of the body or of the soul. Adler believed that neuroSes are caused by the deficiency of a physical organ. Adler believed that this deficiency could be lover compensated" by an exertion of will-power.
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POLICE BECOME
 VERY ANXIOUS
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ent William J. Roach, with the ap- proval of the police board, named a number of acting sergeants". How ever the superintendent has since insisted that the men named are merely officers in charge of squads" and should not be classified as ser- geants. Despite their officially un- certain status, the members of this group are expected to be among those promoted
 Several Promotions
 It has been freely speculated that the detective bureau will have sev- eral promotions. Several of. it's mem- bers are still listed officially as pa- trolmen, though assigned to detec- tive work, and several of them are believed in line for advancement.
 The biggest scramble is for the 10 lieutenanc.es. The posts pay $2,7OO per year, less percent cut. The sergeantcies pay $2,400 less per cent. The bill passed by the general assembly empowered the city to iin- crease the number of lieutenants in the police department from nine to l5, and the snumber of sergeant from 13 to g.
 Policemens friends and friends of their friends have kept the po- Ice commissioners busy pointing out the qualifications of their can- didates for promotion. The promo tions will constitute the largest sin gle group of advances in the po- lice ranks in years"
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pickets took up positions near the mill of the Newton Steel Co.,, Re- public subsidiary. Two score of the pickets drove in automobiles to within a block of that plant. They stopped day-shift workers and told them the plant was going to be closed. It was reported, however, that nearly the entire day shift re- ported for work as usual. The rest of the pickets confronted workers half mile away on the road to the plant.
 Some of the pickets were reported to be from Youngstown, O., plant. Officials advised police and the sheriff's office that they had heard 2,0O0 pickets were expected to come here from Detroit, Toledo and Youngstown. They asked protection for the workers.
 Police estimated that about 200 men and women were in picket lines around Republics Buffalo plant. Martin H. Stearns, spokesman for the plant, asserted that less than 100 of it's 3,200 employees had joined the strike.
 Trade Comment
 General effectiveness of the strike, however, was reflected in trade com- ment. The publication Daily Metal Trade said:
 Strikes at important midwestern steel plants sharply reduced ingot operations at Chicago, Youngstown and Cleveland.
 Consumers are fairly well covered on their early requirements but ac- tive consumption has prevented them from accommodating large plant ostcks. As result, should the steel strike be protracted, consumers will be faced with a shortage of supplies unless they are able to obtain ton- mage from plants not affected"
 The corporations continued to em- phasize their stand that the con- tracts demanded by the c. I. O.. would lead to the closed shop and the check-off and would be unfair to their workers and stockholders. The union said that recognition was essential to protect wage standards
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great company of liberty horses as well as the fiery racers ridden by the intrepid ladies of the big show in dangerous Roman standing com petition.
 There is one girl who raises and trains her own horses,--she is Marion Shufford, one of the youngest and prettiest riders in America. Miss Shufford brides herself on her Knowledge of horses, and she is pos- sessor of many prizes and blue rib- bons captured by her in the south. Then there is that famous Al Hod- geni, Jr. company riders in sensa- tional exhibition of hazardous and unequaled feats of horsemanship. Another feature innovation is the appearance of Reb Russell, the screens foremost western star, with his wonder horse" Rebel" at the head of his congress of rough ride CTS of the world, cowboys, cowgirls, cossacks, Mexicans, and Indians. Reb Russell is the idol of American boys and girls.
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Lovers of horse flesh will be de- lighted with the coming of the Downie Bros. Circus here on We'd Iesday, June 3, under the manage ment of Charles Sparks. There are 65 head of ring stock, peerless, per- forming horses in magnificent dis plays, extending the entire length of the mammoth tent. Many com- panies of praneing. rearing, march ing. drilling beauties are introduced simultaneously in three rings and arena.
 The horse, today, occupies posi- ton equally as important as that of the elephant, where exhibitions are concerned. The motor age, which has driven the horse of the streets. has made no serious threads to the circus. In the performance of Downie Bros. Circus, specimens of many poplar strains occupy the spotlight. Those are super-educated high school groups. beautiful snow white stock for hare-haek riding;
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VALENCIA SHAKEN
 WITH REBEL BOMBS
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 the streets in their night clothes were Norman Thomas, the Ameri- can socialist leader who is visiting Spain, Mrs. Thomas and Colonel Stephen O. Fuqua, United States military attache. They watched the tri-motors sweeping low over the city before dropping their bombs.
 French Bank Hit
 The top floor of the French bank building was burned out. The smell of burning timber and fumes of explosives pervaded the streets, which were filled with curious peo- pie after the bombing ceased, and were still crowded at dawn.
 Because of the warm, bright moon- lit night, some people were in the streets at the time of the raid, but people, were caught asleep by the bombs. Air raid sirens sounded warnings just after the bombing started.
 Valencia's houses are built for a mild climate and offer little pro- lection against bombing. Where hits were made, the buildings were left in a mass of debris, the occu- pants being buried or killed by fly ing shrapnel.
 No One Hurt Aboard
 In the bombing of the harbor, the British merchant ship Pinzon, 1866 tons, of London, was struck. The British consulate said the damage was not serious and no one aboard was injured.
 The raiG was the severest Valen- cia has yet experienced. Six rebel planes flew over the city and sub- urbs, dropping more than 100 bombs.
 The planes dropped incendiary and explosive bombs on the sleeping city. Some houses were destroyed and fires were started.
 Explosions routed people from their beds, and then an uproar air alarm sirens and ambulance sirens kept the city in uproar for hours. The apartment of the British embassy air attache was wrecked but he was absent. A British em- bassay stenographer was blown out of bed but uninjured.
 Page boys from hotels carried dead and wounded to first aid sta- tions in the bright moonlight which favored the raiding planes.
 Fer0cious Battle
 With the Nationalist Army Out side Orduna, Spain, May 2S. - (UP) = Nationalist and loyalist sol- diers, down to the ultimate weapons in warfare, fought ferocious battle on this Bilbao front today with bay- onets, rifle butts and knives.
 During the night the loyalists had put into their lines east of Orduna new troops rushed from Bilbao when the nati0nalists began their attack on the new Orduna