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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03
DIES OF INJURIES

Boston, Feb. B. (UP)-Harvey
Coney, 10. Of North Reading, whose
lift arm and left leg were amputated
when he fell beneath o milk train
While allegedly attempting 70 steal
ID ride, died at q hospital last night.
ne was injured ct the East Somer-
vile station late yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03
Odd Fellows

With Past Grand George Baro-
MAN of Nosahogan lodge as pres
sling ohlcer and general chair
man, q committee meeting for
the grand lodge session Of Con-
necticut, I. o. o. r., to be held
In Waterbury May 10 and 10, was
held last evening. Plans for the
entertainment OF delegates TO the
meeting, the most important ses-
sion of the year, were discussed.
Chairman Baronian thanked the
members Of the committee for
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% Validate Appointment of Police Officers

members Of the Waterbury Ma
turalist club by Frank Doolittle.
Mr.. Doolittle presented evidence
gathered over a long period TO In
dicate that q large block Of land
was submerged in the Pacific "a
a result Of volcanic action bee
tween $4,000 and $4,000 year1
ago. -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03
FrQternQL
NeUs
Brass City Aerie

Brass City Aerie
Ten candidates will be formally
initiated Thursday evening at a
regular semi-monthly meeting OF
the Brass City Aerie, Fraternal
Order of Eagles. The ceremonies
will be held IN the society's club
rooms OH East Main street. Presi-
dent Stephen Mitchell will pre-
side at the meeting and will name
committee, which will super
wise arrangements for the Or
large class dedicated to Conrad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03
Secretary

Mann, national organizer and one
of the best known fraternalists
in the United States. The time
and place of the induction will
be left tot he discretion of the
committee TO be named by Presi-
dent Mitchell. Thursday, March
4th, is the tentative date selected.
Secretary Clifford A. Peck Is re-
ceiving applications.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03
Sons OF Italy

julius Carissimi, president of a
meeting of Loggia Italia Progress
silva, Sons of Italy, held last night
III Liberty hall, at which time the
members discussed plans for an
Italian community forum. Several
committee reports were also made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03

their efforts and predicted, that
the enthusiastic interest now in
evidence will make the convention
the most outstanding success In
years. Others present at the meet
ing include Floyd Cady, district
deputy grand master of the dis
trict; ]. William Gardner, WILL
lam j. Nation, Louis Pichard, past
grands Of Townsend lodge; Alfred
Wiener, Ralph Webb and p.
Ralph Serafine, past grands of
Nosahogan lodge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03
"Motrix" Shoes For Men,
A Perfectly Moulded
Shape Of The Foot Shoe Is
Bringing Foot Ease And
Foot Comfort To Thou
sends Of Men Through
out The Country
$1,000
ESTABLISHED 1885


There is only one shoe like
"Motvix" end thot would hove
to be another "Motrix" shoe, be-
couss q "Motrix" shoe is built on
scientific onotomie principles.
Long before the moulds OF hun
dreds Of feet were taken to prove
the similarity Of the bone strue-
ture Of the human foot. hospitol
and medicol research deIved into
the post probing the usuoI foot
troubles, ceused for the sreoter
port by imperfect fitting shoes.
The result Of this deep research
brought forth the "Motrix" which
as the name implies is q perfect
mould Of the foot-o shoe which
fits every curve and line Of your
oot-instsod Of your foot odopt-
ing itself 70 the shoe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03
INCREASED FUNDS

Washington, Feb. 3-(UP)--The
senate education and labor COM
mittee today reported favorably a
resolution to give the civil liberties
committee $4,000 to continue In
uuiry into labor conditions IN the
automobile industry. 1t summoned
SEN. M. M. Nicely, d., w. Va, TO a
hearing on his proposal to investi-
gate the strike-torn General Motors
Corp.
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dinner which will be precede the
session must be made by Febru-
airy -.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03

Naturalist Club
"Lemuria, the Sunken CONT
nent Of the Pacific" was the title
of a paper read last night before
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03

Argentina has q new $43,000,O0o
public works program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03

A meeting Of st. Mary's Altar So
ciety will be held at 8 o'clock to-
night In the church hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-03
Naugatuck Donates
$5,O22 For Relief
$4,000 Red Cross Quota Exceeded, But Further Con-
tributions From Town May Be Asked

local quota has been reached for
any sum that is donated is received.
the recent contributors are:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
INSANE KILLER ,
 STILL AT LARGE
One of Patients Who Made Break From Norwich--He
 Is Huge Man

Norwich, Conn, Nov. 1S.-(UP)-- sachusetts and Rhode Island po- lice were asked to be on the look out today for Bpleslaw Dwopakow- ski, insane killer, who escaped from Norwich state hospital Tues day night with five other danger ously insane convicts. Dwojakowski was the only one of the group still at large. He was sighted during the night in the northeastern section of the state and state police telc- types flashed @ warning to out-of- state points to watch for him.
 a Is Huge Man r.s
 Dwojakowski was described as a huge, 200-pound man who was sei1- fenced to Wethersfield states prison for killing a New Haven policeman in 1926. Tn 1924, police said, he engaged in a fatal stabbiig affray at Lisbon. .G tN @', &S
 He was transferred to Norwich when adjudged insane. st s,
 Dwojakowski was believed by tDr. Chester Waterman, superintendent of the asylum, to be the ring leader of the escape group. They locked Up two guards, after 'slugging one over the head with a pipe, gathered up all available clothes; and dashed into the night. ,, V ,s. s
 Three were receptured almost irfi- mediately. Two others were picked
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
CROSBY HIGH TO
 PLAY IN ANSONIA
Football Squad Intended to Rest Up For Wilby But
 Change Minds

Though intending to rest up un- tili the city championship game with Wilby on Thanksgiving morning, the Crosby high school football squad will travel to Ansonia satur- day to meet the very strong Cop per City eleven coached by Art Stewart, whose team seems to he having more trouble off the foot ball field than on 1t. As a favor to the Ansonia school autohrities, Coach Bill Schofield of Crosby agreed to play the ,inscheduled game, which came about due to the rather sudden cancellation of the 'Ansonia Derby contest rated in importance by Ansonia next to the clash with Stamford which took place last week. Therefore, Crosby players being willing to play the game, the Blue and White squad will kick off at Ansonia Saturday afternoon at 2 p. fn., and probably provide one of the best schoolboy games in the state on that date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
STATE DEFICIT
 HAS INCREASED

Hartford, Conn, Nov. is.--WP. = A decrease in the general fund de. ficit of S2,OO0, ,442.07 as of Oct. 3l, ago, was reported to the governor compared with the same date . year today by eIate Finance Commission. CT Edward r. Hail.
 The state deficit now amounts to Sl2,i0S, ,6se.31.
 General receipts for october total- ed Si ,323, ,le3.67, asi increase of el34,. s7S.O7, and expenditures were si,- eei,O4e.es. an increase of eSS0, ,0l2.64.
 The balance in the highway fund october 3i, was Sl 4,08l.77, an iii- crease of e14T,i40,e2. october receipts were ei,Db1, ,4eB.bS, asl increase of 93b, ,S06.2S, and expenditures were S2,S2S, ,S0l.47, an increase of ei4i,- AO2.0l. z
 Thc balance in tA.s lGiddietown bridge fund was 1i.soB TJ4.A and iii tho Merritt parkway fund ee,lis,- #FAAN#t iNi M 1sa N'4S ff 4s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
MOVIE PRODUCER
 HOME IS ROBBED

Hollywood, Nov. 18--(UP)--A $20,- 900 burglary at the mansion of Louis D. Lighton, motion picture producer, was reported by police early today.
 The home was ransacked and jewelray, furs and silver were taken. To carry away the loot, the burg. lars stole an expentive automobile owned by George Templeton. also producer and friend of Lighton.
 iighton makes pictures for Par- amount studio. Among his recent films was Lives a Bengal Lancer"
 Lighton and Templeton were at the movie studio. Servants were in their rooms in the house. They said they did not hear the burglars. They heard the automobile leave but were not alarmed. Not until the producers returned early this morning was the robbery discovered.
 Tine burglars climbed up over rear porch roof, slashed the screen on an open second story window. Loot was carried out the back door.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
KILLS HUSBAND,
 MARRIES WIDOW
Woman Discovers F act After Two Years - Her
 Brother Helped Slayer

St. George, Utah, Nov. iS--(UP) Mrs. Charles Bosshard knew the truth today about her two husbands: her first husband was slain and buried in an abandoned well near her home and for two years she has been married to the man who killed him. teA
 She thought Spencer Malan de- serted her nearly three years ago, leaving her on their sheep ranch with a son, 6 years old. Malan often had threatened to go away when he was angry. So 1t was with bitterness In her heart that she had 6 court give her c divorce from A man who was dead. And very soon she mar. ried Bosshard. who was very kind to her and the boy after Malan dis- appeared.
 Brother Helped In Murder
 Her brother, George schaefier, knew all the time what happened to Malan. He helped Bosshard carry the body to the well. And he was in Jail with Bosshard today. Both were charged with murder.
 It happened cn the night of March l7, io35, after Q dance and drinking party that ended At the Bosshard ranch house. The fact that 1t hap pened out here on an isolated ranch enabled them to dispose of Malafls
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
RAND, BERCOFF
 CASE WITH JURY
They Took Over Evidence Shortly After Noon
 Hour Today

New Haven, Conn, Nov. ls.-(UP) "A federal court jury of ten men and two women retired shortly af. ter noon today to deliberate on the guilt of James H. Rand, Jr., and Pearl Bergoff, accused of violating the Byrnes anti-strike- breaking act.
 The charge of Judge Carroll O.. Hincks was last of trial, after hear ing eight days of evidence. Rand and Bergoff weer accused of traiis- porting 67 strikebreakers from New York to interfeer with orderly pick eting among the more than HOO striking employees.
 U. s. Attorney Robert P. Butler, in the governments summation late yesterday. demanded conviction of both men, declaring their defense that the men were imported as "millwrights" as "contemptuous of your intelligence"
 He asserted the 67 ment were
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
Mayor ThonaasM Nc Coy .Of Pa1vtucket Is Fined
Two City Administration Aides Also Given Fines of $75 Each III Appeal Was Taken-Created
 Trouble on Railway Train
Acme photo.

New London, Conn, Nov. lS.- (UP)--Mayor Thomas P. Mccoy, Pawtucket, R. l., and two city ad- ministration aides, were fined $76 each in police court today on charges of breach of peace growing out of their arrest Nov. 6 on @ Provi- dence-bound train for allegedly using profanity in a dining car. They appealed to common pleas court un- der bond of $200 each.
 Arraigned before Judge Nathan Belcher with Mccoy was City Clerk James A. Donovan and Superintend- ent of the Municipal Garage Joseph Sylvester. They were not put to plea.
 The case went to the January term of common pleas court on a de- murrer filed by Defense Counsel Frank l.. Mcclure, who was asso- ciated with Pawtucket City Solicitor John A. O'Neill. ...
 Finger Printing stopped
 Immediately following the brief hearing police, following 6 routine, attempted to tlngerprint the accused who strenuously objected. Mcclure telephoned City Manager John W. Sheedy, who gave permission for abandoning the procedure ia this specific instance.
 The three ofilcials were accused of having used "vile and profane" lan- guage in Q New Haven" Railroad dining car while returning to Rhode Island after the Yale-Brown game at New Haven.
 As their cases were called today, Prosecutor Max Boyer recited the facts in the complaint and told the court 1t would seem these men ought to have known better. The state recommends that there be made no distinction among the three of them" He recommended a fine of $76 each, without costs.
 Demurrer Entered
 Mcclure immediately entered a demurrer, which, he said, "was &C., tuated by several things"
 One of them, he announced, was e statement made earlier ii1 Q con- ference with Boyer that the state was not prepared to try the entire
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Syracuse courthouse. Labeled deS- perate criminals who would fight to the death rather than return to prison, Oley and Crowley were cap- tured yesterday without a shot or even a tussel. Geary eluded police by leaping from a second floor win- dow of the rooming house in which the three had taken refuge.
 Every Road Blocked
 More than $50 Federal agents and state and local police blocked every road from the city. and patrolled the downtown district in the belief that the pint-sized thug, who en- gineered the prison break Tuesday morning, was hiding In a rooming house or a vacant building.
 We believe that we'll find nm within 6 six-block radius of the house in which we captured Oley and Crowley" said Detective ser geant Arthur B. Holden.
 Police assumed that Geary was armed. A search of the room which Oley and Crowley had occupied, dis- closed two .S8 revolvers under the bed. 2 Scores of "tips," furnished by per- sons who thought they had seen Geary, kept police sirens screaming through the night. Reports Of auto mobile thefts received special at tention, and State Troopers halted sverv car leaving the city. Rail- road Police patrolled tracks ana stations.
 Escape Being Probed
 Two grand jury investigations or the kidnapers' escape were imml- nent. Abraham E. Gold, assistant U, s. attorney, announced that a federal grand jury would indict any
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Break Investigated Detective Lieutenants Connie Shanahan and Joseph Bendler are Investigating the break, which IS the eighth safe-theft to occur in this city during tn past few months. There is striking similarity between the details of the local breaks and those which have harassed police in cities about the state over a similar period of time. New Haven, Waterbury, Naugatuck, Torrington and other surrounding towns have been victimized.
 Novel Way To Enter
 Entrance was gained to the tav- ern in @ novel but also destructive fashion. The thieves apparently backed up their truck near to the door, attached a rope to it and then to the handle and lock of the door. showed the truck into gear and started off, tearing out the entire lock and Q goodly portion of Che door. The door then opened easily.
 Proprietor Noticed VenslxunaS, the proprietor of the tavern told 8 reporter from The Democrat this morning that as ne closed the place q little after mid night he noticed a vehicle driving aWay, and that his suspicious were aroused, He said he went to his house, which is next door to the tavern, and kept a lookout for about half and hour, before going to bed.
 Finds Door Open
 At about l:45 Motor Patrolman John Pannone found the door of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
Newspaper COlunnist Had Prophesied Labor Lead-
 er's Death Days Ago
WRITER REFUSES HIS
 INFORMANT'S NAME
Victim Was Chief of l2,- 900 Men in American
 Federation of Labor
BY WALTER BUNDLE

hx WALAEH NONDAG
 United Press Staff Correspondent,
 Minneapolis, November 18. - (UP) = Patrick J. Cor coran, a prominent north. west labor leader was assas- sinated last night, just as 2 newspaper columnist :. had prophesied he would be. His body was found today near his home under snow which began falling last night. He had been shot once behind the right ear, apparently while he was trying to flee. Nine days ago Cedric Adams, columnist of the Minneapolis Star, published this item:
 T met Q very close friend ef mine in the loop last night tNovember le). He's given me scores of items In the past; some of them have been little scoops, too. And he's never been wrong. Here's one he dropped last night -- you can take 1t for what at's worth: 6 prominent labor leader in Minneapolis will be taken for Q ride within two weeks"
 Adams said the information came from another labor leader, whom he declined to name.
 The columniSt went to the police as soon as he heard of the slayines They questioned him about the rs. ture of his information. He ssaid he did not reveal It's source to the authorities. .n.4- Isr,- N.
 Corcoran was . chief of labor groups comprising approximately l2,000 men, all affiliated with the (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
Charles A. Welton Is
 Fourth Victim OfAuto
That Many Deaths Have Taken Place in City in Same Number of Weeks = WeltOn Struck on
 Cheshire Road, East Farms

Funeral arrangements were coi1i- pleted today for the fourth victim of automobile accidents in Water bury in that many weeks.
 Charles A. Welton, "A, Of Austin road. died at St. Mary's hospital last night at 2 o'clock. of injuries suffered when struck by an auto mobile as he crossed the Chesnire road. in East Farp's. &
 Alleged Driver Released
 Warren Crockett, ss, of North Haven. alleged operator of the ma chine. has been released by Coroner .Jolln T. Monzani, in bonds Of $l,. GOO. A preliminary hearing was cor,ducted at police headquarters ;nnediately after the accident. Brockett told Coroner Monzani that he was employed by tht New Ha- ven Farm Bureau, which IS a suo- sidy of the U. 6. Department or Az 7 ricsilture, By order O. Coroner Monzani. the car which caused the fatal injuries to the elderly man has beer, impounded at the local police headquarters.
 Just One Month
 Yesterday, November l7, was just one month later, to the day, than the first of Waterbury'g four recent automobile deaths. Thomas MAX. well was struck and fatally injured as he walked on Thomaston avenue, october IT.
 dent occurred at Austin road and Cheshire road, as Welton, was eros. sing the highway.
 Allghted From Bus He said thnt Welton had alighted from Q bus Q few minutes before
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

York Central railroad, stiff wears his uniform to court and gets across dull stretches in the testimony by staring at the lawyers brief cases as though he were estimating how much he would charge to check them through to Chicago.
 He testined that he had suspected for some time that his wlfes af. lection for him was waning, but was sure of 1t when he opened his lunch box one day and looked In vain for liverwurst, his faycrite meat. Yesterday Mrs. etiH told her side of the story. ehp said stiM. heeaane [ ybIe htllly.M aftsF he souna.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
DIED SHOPPING EARLY

Boston, Nov. 18-(UP)-Doing his Christmas shopping early got Ralph Broadbent, 23, tangled up with the law today.
 Questioned regarding the theft of articles valued at @400 from the stockroom of the drugstore where he clerked, the youth explained:
 T was going to use 'em for Christmas presents"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
LEONARD ROSA
 IS FINED S10o
Convicted of Being Intoxi- cated While Driving;
 He Takes an Appeal

Leonard Rosa, 36, of 32 Savings street, co-owner of Q local package store, was fined $l00 and costs on Q charge of operating while under the influence of liquor when arraigned in city court today and found guilty by Judge John F. McDonough. Rosa announced that an appeal would be taken, although 475 of the fine was remitted. Bonds for the appeal was set ct $500. s's,, " " Experienced Ofacer
 Patrolman Henry Hayes, who ar rested Rosa at about 5 o'clock, October 2i, on Thonlaston avenue, Waterville, said that he knew Rosa was intoxicated from his "27 years experience as . policeman in such cases" He said that two motorists had complained that the truck Rosa was driving was "all over the road" and that this led him to stop Rosa
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
JAPANESE DRIVE
 TOWARD RANKING
Capital Doomed is Belief of Experts - Americans
 Are Ordered Out
By EDWARD w. BEATTIE, JR. f1Inited Press Staff Correspondent)

(Unlteu FFebS Dthh SVihOoPvSV
 Shanghai, Nov. 1s-(UP)-Japa- nese troops began 8 new advance against Chinese troops west or Shanghai today and foreign mili- tary experts expressed belief that Ranking, the national capital, was doomed.
 A fleet of 70 warships massed in the Yangtze for an advance up the river against Nanking. The sole barrier was the big obstructive boom, composed of junks and other ships, which the Chinese had built to prevent confirmation that this boom, built at Kiangyin, north of Soochow, already had been smashed.
 Foreign army experts regarded with great interest the Japanese plan to advance across Lake Taihu This great lake is some 800 miles in diameter, It lies directly behind soochow, the immediate objective of the Japanese at the center Of the Chinese line. Japanese were re- ported today to be five miles from Soochow.
 Chinese Gunboats Rushed
 Chinese sources said that as soon as 1t was learned that the Japa- nese intended to cross the lake, sev- eral small Chinese gunboats were rushed from the west shore to at- tack them.
 It was learned that the Japanese had seized small craft of every sort between Shanghai and the lake for their drive, taking them through the river, creeks and canals which intersect. Thirty of the launches, 1t was said, were sent specially from
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
MORE AGITATION
 TO AID BUSINESS
Feeling Is Growing Very Brisk in Congress-But
 Filibuster Hurts
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Staff Correspond dent ]

Washington, November ls. -- (UP) -- Congressional agitation for immediate aid to business increased today when Senator Bennett O. Clark, democrat, Missouri, declared that "a clear majority" of the Sem ate favored repeal of the uadis- tributed profits tax.
 Proposals for repeal of the act. rather than revision as recommend. ed by the administration, were first brought to a focus in the Senate by speech of Senator Josiah Bailey, Democrat, N. 0. Bailey took ad- vantage of filibustering against the anti-lynching bill to emphasize yesterday the campaign for ifn- mediate action to encourage busi- ness enterprise.
 Bailey still held the floor as the Senate reassembled today. It was
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there was no more liverwurst and failed to confine his smashing to baggage. Specifically, she said, he committed the following acts:
 "i. He threw me down a flight of i3 stairs and then ran into the Kitchen and got 6 tea kettle and poured scalding water on my back.
 "a. He gave me 20 cents and told me to SO on c big shopping tour.
 "3. He hid behind doors and made passes ct me with his fists.
 "4. He kept e good hard hammer under his pillow and was all the time threatening my fife"
 Airs. eti6 was asked whether her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
ANOTHER PROTEST
 ON GERMAN FARM

Hartford, Conn.,, Nov. 18-(UP)- Governor wilbur L. Cross was re. quested today by the communist party,s state committee "to. use the power and influence of his ofiice" to prevent establishment of . South bury camp by the derman-Aneri- can bund, Q pro-Nazi organization.
 Purchase of the Southbury tract was announced Monday by bund ofilcials.
 I. Wofsy, state secretary, in mak- ing the request public, said estab- lishment of the camp was an "ingo- lent challenge to democracy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
By HARRY FERGUSON

United Press Stan C0frespOndent)
 New York, Nov l8--(UP)--A jury decides today whether Charles A. stiff should collect $260,000 because his wife quit putting liverwurst in iiis lunch box or whether his whole alienation of affections suit is just Q lot of baloney.
 stiff Is suing Oscar Douglas, IT,, cilairl store executive, alleging that hc stole Mrs. stiff's love and made her 60 indifferent that she began substituting q cold potato and egg salad for luscious iivsrwurgt when she fixed iip his lunch.
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