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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
ROOSEVELT MAY
 LEAD BIG DRIVE
Vigorous Campaign k Planned Second Week
 in March on Court
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press StaT Correspondent)
 Washington, Feb. UP) .--The administration prepared today for a vigorous campaign the second week in Elarch to rally support for the supreme court reorganization pro- gram. President Roosevelt is ex- pected to take personal leadership.
 MT. Roosevelt already has sched- uled one of his famous "fireside chats" the night before the senate judiciary committee opens hearings on the plan. There was . persistent but Inconfirmed report that he was considering q speaking tour to wiai public support for 1t.
 Intimates of the White House de- ni.d that the president would un- dertake anything that spectacular. Several senators, however, reported they had heard 1t discussed. A speaking tour for the court plan would be comparable to President Wilson's campaign in behalf of the League of Nations.
 Minister Blamed
 Coagressnaen asserted, meanwhile, they had traced the source Of thou- sands of pink, blue and green pro- test slips against enlargement of the supreme court to the Rev. Ger ald B. Winrod, of Wichita, Kan.
 Representative John J. O'Connor,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
orHayes Demands City Reimbursement
Conn. Railway Lighting Co. Before Public Utilities for Change to Busses Mayor Wants Company to
 Pay for Repaying Work

Decision on the petition of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting ccanpanys for permission to substi- ute brsses for troll ley cars yQtass the local lines as web a oiiaeFa ti]rpuR{ls E out the state was feBefved ryeSt ttIr 2 day afternoon by the Public Utili- ties commission following a lengthy hearing. The hearing. which was largely attended, was featured by ea demand of Mayor Frank Hayes that the 0. R. and l.. company reim- purse the city for the great expense 1t must go to in repavifg thorotigh- fares long neglected because of the poor financial condition of the Con-, necticut company. Mayor Hayes also declared that the wishes of residents in various districts con- corning the setting up of new bus lines should be respected.
 One Route Opposed
 Mayor Hayes made the latter declaration in referring to the plan of the c. R. and L. company to es-, tablish a new bus route through the Overlook Cottage Park section. This route was strongly opposed by a group of more than 75 residents of the area who attended the meeting.
 It was explained by Mayor Hayes that the city welcomes the change to buses but expressed a dislike for the sudden, wholesale change which will leave trolley tracks lying unused in the main thoroughfares of the. municipality. In the past the change, from trolleys to busses has been gradual. Now the change Is to be made on one. large scale.
 City Has Been Delayed
 For years, ,.he added. the city has been desirous of paving the main tlloroughfares but has held up the work because of the Connecticut company. The latter concerns local trolley and bus lines arc now oper- ated by the O. R. and l.. company. The Connecticut company, he ex- plained. was unable to bear its share of the paving work which called for relocating its trolley tracks and so forth. As 8 result, the mayor de-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27

surprisingly in some of the cases. They will be decided by opinions which are the only vehicle the court has for expressing its views, even when it's own power is threatened. For this reason some believe that opinions yet to come down will show the court 50 liberal, as compared with the courts which have preceded 1t, that much of the support for, President Rooseyelts drive will be lost. Others think that a reitera- ton of principles previously laid down and now much criticized, may give new impetus to the campaign for enlarged membership.
 May Avoid Controversy
 Still others think that the trib- unal, in an attempt not to appear to take sides in the current fight. may avoid all controversial issues
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
LOST SCHOONER
 WAS LOCATED

Boston, Feb. 27 7-- (UP)--MiSsing for 48 hours. the propellerless Bos- ton fishing schooner Gossoon was found by the patrol boat Chelan 20 miles east of Cape Cod Light at 2 a. m. today. according to radio ad- vices to district coasj guard head- quarters here. The schooner. with 28 men abroad was being lowed to Boston. the report stated.
 Meanwhile the cutter Faunce, which had participated in the Cos soon hunt, was towing the famous Gloucester fishing schooner Ger trule L. Thebaud to her home port after she became disabled 70 miles norteaSt of Cape Ann.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
PRISON THREATS {
 TO SIT-DOWNERS
District Attorney Fitts Is After Douglas Aircraft ,.'
 Strike Group

Los Angeles, Feb. 27.--(UP)--Two year prison terms for leaders of the sit-down strike in the plant of the Douglas Aircraft Corporation were threatened today by District Attor- ney Buron Pitts. He said he would recommend leniency for the men "who acted on bad advice without malice or criminal intent" Most of the 343 men arrested after they evacuated the plant Thursday night, in the face of preparations of an army of police and deputies to cyac-, uatc them by force, remained in jail, unable to provide the required $l0,000 bail for each one.
 100 Evacuated
 Approximately 100 workers who had occupied the plant of the, Northrop Airplane company. A Douglas subsidiary, evacuated volun- tarily yesterday when Fitts said he would have them indicted oi, charges of forciblc entry and mali cious mischief as were the Douglas The Northrop men were not arrested. Production in both plants was expected to be re- stunned Monday. Dr. Towne Nylan- der. director of the national labor board, announced that to bring company off, cials and officers of the United Au- tomobile Workers, the union of the together in collective would begin in Q few days.
 Willing to Confer
 Officials of both companies eX- pressed willingness to enter the con- ferences. William Busick and Andre J. Schneider. organizers for the committee of industrial organiza- ton with which the Automobile Workers are affiliated. said the, strikes were not over and that picket ing would be continued. All the 343 men arrested at the Douglas plant were arraigned yesterday. CourI clerks had to read the chargef against each man, and 1t tools"sev hours. Only four of the men wery able to obtain the bail fee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
WATERBURY IS FOR PRESIDENT
Sticks By Him in Court : Policies By Almost
 7 Three to One Score

Mr.. President, we're with you" Waterburians continue to say as 'theirssotss 1T the Demo cfat,s poll on tho proposed slaages inssthe u. 3. supreme court fset-up continuc to pour in. The Democrat poll is be- ing conducted ln conjunction with more than 200 other leading papers throughout. the country for the pur- pose of sounding out public senti- iient on the presidents plan to change the sct-up of the bench of tho highest tribunal fin the nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
POLL CLOSES MONDAY

The Democrat prints only { the results In the local polling on tho Supreme Court pro- posed change today. Watch Mondays Democrat for semi- final results. and Tuesdays Democrat. for the final tabu- lation of the entire country in the great nationwide news paper poll, with which the Democrat has been affiliated. The last ballot in the local poll appears in today's Democrat If you have not voted yet, mall or send in your coupon at once as the local poll closes Monday at noon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27

At the present time New Haven has four representatives In the sen- ate. Hartford has only three sem ators and Waterbury has but two. Bridgeport has three senators in the upper branch of the legislature, also. Latest figures in the office of the registrars of voters show that the 18th district in Waterbury has a total registration of 22,725 elec-. tors. District 16. also in Waterbury, has a total of l3,484 voters.
 The bill was introduced on the grounds that there are inequalities of population in the thirty-five senatorial districts of Connecticut. There should be more even repre- sentation, 1t was claimed. The bill, already heard by the judiciary com rnittee, reads:
 Bill As Presented
 "On or before July lst 1887, the governor shall appoint eight persons who shall constitute commission on senatorial districts of Connecti- cut. Said commission shall make a study of the constitution and laws relsting to senatorial districts witn
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The poll is gradually drawing to a close but President Roosevelt con- tinues to have the support of the people of Waterbury and vicinity by more than 2 to 1 margin. The people of this city believe that the president Is right in his plan to re- vainp the United States supreme court and are telling him. through votes in the Democrat poll. that they're with him to the end. President Holds Lead
 Throughout the poll the president has held the overwhelming con- tldence ot the Waterbury people. The latest figures are:
 For ................ l,180
 Opposed ............. 425
 If you have not yet voted, do so right away as the poll is almost ready to close.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
ELMER E. PARKER ENDS HIS WORK ! X .
Closes Desk in Registrars Office When Noon HOur
 Struck Today

After many years of service to the city of Waterbury and with the higilest recommendation for his work for tn. municipality, Elmer Y. Parker closed his desk in the regas- tyars of voters ofiice at noon today. He has been republican clerk in the officc for the past six years but was fired by Town Chairman J, Warren Upsou and Attorney William J. Lar kin. Jr., because iIe was "too old. The ouestior of when life begins and when life ends stil. remains a question.
 Republican Registrar Albert Fal- Ier admitted that llc was sorry to see MT. Parker go. However, he ex- plair,ed, ne must obey the powers "higher ,ip." He has decided on Michael .I'Anthony as MT. Parkers successor.
 Fight Only Just Begun
 But there ths fight begins. The successor must be ratified by the board of aldermen. The latter body viii meet Mondy night and 1t IS very possible that J'Anthony VIII not be ratified.
 There will be no republican clerk in the registrars ofice Monday be- cause, acting under the Larkin- Upsor edict. Parker packed up his belongings today and closed his desk, ending long period of service to the city ranging from clerk or the repistrars' ofice up to the post of city. controller. He filled the latter post for four years during the Sandland administration.
 Criticisms of the action of the q. Q, D. chieftains in firing MT. Parker continued to be heard on all sides today. The criticism is cx- pected to rcyerberate Monday night when the aldermen meet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
RoBs BLIND

Boston, Feb. 27--UP)
 Two thugs beat an un- identified blind man and robbed him of $45 on Ire mont street, R0xbury, ear ly today. yS
 Police took the victim, about 40, to a hospital for treatment of head injuries. He refused to reveal his name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
ROBINSON DIES

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 27 ~ (UP) - Edward 5. Robinson, A, Yale profess sor of psychology and fel- low of Trumbu)l college, died early today from injur- ies suffered Wednesday when run down by a bi- cycle. He suffered a brain concussion and skull frac- ture. The bicycle was rid- den by John E. Lantz, Ko- komo, Ind, q second year student at Berkeley Divin- ity school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
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DIES IN FIRE

Providence, k. l., Feb. .s27
 -(UP)--William H. Kier- nan, 52, retired realtor, was burned to death early today when fire broke out in his home. Bremen found Kier- nan lying fully dressed on the kitchen floor on the second floor. He was the only occupant at the time of the blaze.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
DIES or HEART ATTACK

Plainheid, Conn, Feb. 27--tUP)-7 4 heart attack was believed to have Aused the death of Thomas pey- sbqua, lo, Westerly, R. L,s while ,timming in the Plainfield Coni- 3lnity house pool last night.
 e was 6 member of tho West. mly high school basketball squad iii had gonc to the pool after q 9Mnie with tho 0riswold high school 6eIJeWett City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
City Senatorial Districts VIII Not. Be Changed Here
Judiciary Committee Has Voted UnfavOraby on Measure Called for Eight Man-C Commission to
 ReallOcate Existing Local Districts

Waterburys two existing state senatorial districts will not be changed despite an effort to bring about set
 p of voting lines in the 1887 session of the Connecticut legislature The judiciary committee of which Representa- tive John D. Thos is member has voted unfavoraby on Senate Bill Mo- S87 calling for an eightman commission to reaocate the existing districts according to the latest population figures The measure will be rejected in the ,oS,se mfr rerrseenfatves Tuesday, T s@+
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
APPEAL MADE TO. ALL. GOVERNORS
President Asks States to Fight Dust Storms, Ray.
 aging Floods

BY RICHARD L. HARkNESS United Press White House Corre-
 spondent)
 Washington. Feb. 2 = tU.P) - President Roosevelt, in personal message to all 48 governor, asked every state today to join the federal fight to guard land resources from ruin by dust storms and floods.
 "The nation that destroys its soil destroys ,tself," MT. Roosevelt warn ed in requesting that each state cx- ccutiye sponsor adoption of local soil conservation laws similar to a department of agriculture model bill. The dust storms and floods of the last few years." he wrote in his 48 identical letters, have under scored the importance of programs to control soil erosion. T need not emphasize to you the seriousness of the problem and the desirablity of
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NET INCOME BIG

Portland, Me, Feb. 27-- CUP )--Net income of 12T,148 was earned by tho Maine Central railroad nj January, compared with . deficit Of etiT,8S6 in January, 1856.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
Bay State Startled By Political War -CurLey Hits Back At Accusers
Supreme Court Meets Today For Decisions
Secluded Conference to Study Many Cases, Which May Have Bearing on Present Agitation;
 May Come on Monday
BY JOHN A. REICHMANN United Press Staff Correspondent

gathers in it's secluded conference today to work series of decisions which may vtay affect the outcome of President Roosevets drive to reoganize it. The which the court is working involve issues which to the heart of the battle the role the tribunal is
 to play in the future Many look for the court to act
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Fair, Milder Tonight; Partly Cloudy Sunday
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

Corporal Hamel ;sergeant-at-arms Private Joseph Perugini; historian, Corporal Rizzuiti; sentry, Private Carrier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
DEADY TO PRESIDE
 AT INSTALLATION
Sheridan Guard, C. N. G. Inducting New Staff of
 Officers Saturday

Installation of officers of Sheridan Guard, headquarters company, sec. ond battalion, 102d infantry of the Connecticut National Guard, will take place Saturday night at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Lieut.. William Deadly. president of the guard and company commander, will be installing officer.
 Entertainment and dancing will follow the installation, with arrange mentS in charge of Sergt. Mazza- rella, Sergt. Dussault, Corp. Basta, Corp. Hamel and Private Stein. Re- cent new members of the guard are Privates Vincent Sciullo, William Stein and Eugene Orlando.
 Officers recently elected follow: Vice-president, Staff Sergt. Steven Mazzarella; secretary, Sergt. Arthur Dusseault; treasurer, First Class Private Wilfred Carrier; chaplain, Corporal Ferdinand Rizzuitti; his- torian, Corporal Carl E. Bengston sergeant-at-arms, First Class Private William Gruber; sentry, Private Jo- eph Finnegan; executive committee Lieut.. Wilfred St. Martin. Corporal Robert Hamel and Corp. Patrick Basta.
 Outgoing officers include: Vice. president, Lieut.. St. Martin; secre- tary, Corporal Bengston; treasurer 1 Scrgt. William Christian; chaplain
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

Receivers for the Merchants Trust company today were empowered by Judge Edwin 0. Dickenson in the superior court to lease two proper ties on Cottage Place and Hawkins street for three years, pending other disposition of these assets of the bank,
 The case of Cyril L. Livermore againse Mabel Edwina Astley Liver more, by which the husband seeks custody of minor child during @ pending divorce action, was set over until late today. The child at present, is with the mothers parents in England and the mother came back to the United States tc contest the divorce action of her husband, based on @ cruelty charge She recently was awarded SIP week. ly allowance pending the divorce trial.
 More Information
 In the matter of Antonio Iannit- tio against the Societa- -MontangaH1- csc Di Mutuo Soccorso, Judge Ed- ward Mascolo for the defendant, sought a more specific statement He took issue with terms of the complaint relating to Jaws of the land" and asked particulars regard- plaintiff by the society for which ing the alleged expulsion of the damages and reinstatement arc sought in the suit. After hearing Atty. George J. Crocicchia for the plaintiff in argument against the judges motion, the judge took the matter under advisement.
 Argument was started in four cases involving the administration
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
Authorization Given
 Receivers For Bank
Given Power to Lease Properties of Merchant Trust CO.-Arguments Started on E. B. Kelley Estate

i of the estate of Edward B. Kelley, jr., with NathaniefR. Bronson cor- tending that in the case of Patrick Healey, as administrator, an appeal from probate should be denied and the matter returned to the probate court. John H. Cassidy, oppos- ing, remarked that 1t was "too bad that Q lawyers estate should be involved in so much litigation" and fought the stand of MT. Bronson, saying that those concerned in the case should have reported that the estate was irsolvent" during the time elapsing between 1883 and 1886.
 Assistant States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald sought permission to file @ demurrer to appeal for new trial by Dennis J. Mccarthy of Wa terbury, serving long term at states prison as third offender. The states attorney contended that the statute of limitations had been exceeded, that three years had elapsed since the trial. The court has the demurrer of the plaintiff under consideration with MT. Fitz- gerald's motion.
 Foreclosure
 Foreclosure was granted in the case of the Waterbury Savings Bank against Anna E. Alexander and others with debt at $l4,897 .56 and the law day the first Tuesday in January.
 Counsel offered that there are first, second, and third mortgages on the property, besides an attach- ment and urged early disposition of the matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
Transcript Criticizes
 Nazi Camp MoUen1e1t

Criticizm of the Maxi govern ment and the efforts to establish 8 Pro Nazi camp in Southbury featured the editorial page of the current issue of the Catholic Transcript. The editorial reads as follows:
 World ConquerorS
 The citizens of Southbury will have no Nazi vacation camp in their town. The German-Ameri- can Bund has picked out a plot of ground consisting of no less than TO acres, whereon to es- tablish a vacation home for their prospective Nazists. The citizens of the town will have no such visitors. They are set against welcoming allies of those who have been doing such wicked work in the Fatherland.
 Communist camps we have here in considerable and still growing numbers. We hear nothing of crastic opposition to these pleas ure seekers, because the religion which they have been prosecuting 50 vigorously with such san- guinary results, Is ono that Is without ardent lovers here and elsewhere throughout the country. Ihe slaughter of thirty or forty thousand Spanish priests Is heard here with no thrill of horror. But the Imprisonment of q half dozen Berlin Protestant ministers Is Q crime that cries to Heaven for vengeance.
 Both the Nazists and the Com munists are enemies of God and man. The citizens of Southbury are right in shutting the Bund out of their town. It would prove to be a propaganda center. The final aim of those who would es- tablish such Q workground is to spread the Nazists throughout the United States. Southbury is e Christian settlement-so recorded
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

and so kept from the Revolution down. Four hundred years ought to be enough to give the citizens of that settlement a proprietary right. The Puritans of South bury and Woodbury are as well established as those of Hartford, Windsor, Saybrook, and New Ha- ven. No place for German pag- ans.
 The Nazists ore not immovably opposed to religion. If they are to have any religion it must be Q German religion, or a native re- ligion. The Christianity that comes by way of the Holy Land has no right and no title to @ home in Germany. She has her own deities, and If she is to keep a religion in the future 1t must be German to the core.
 We must not forget that the NaziSts are masterful and tireless propagandists. The HitlerItes are as keen and determined as are the most zealous of the Communists. Go and see them at work. Talk with some of their apostles. Not even Paul, fresh from his exper- fence at Damascus was more bent on making Christ the Saviour the leader of mankind than the Hit- lerites to make Germany the ruler of mankind.
 In the summer of 1883 five men met at Mainz, the capital of the Province of Rhine.Hesse. The name of Hitler came up. It was enough to klndle an eloquent pan- egyric on the lips of the two iia- tiveS. The strangers from America listened with amazement. The gentlemen who represented the Fatherland were most emphatic In setting forth their hope and con- fidence in the glorious things to come-not only to come but at their very door. Germany was entering upon @ glorious new era.
 This change did not come by magic nor by miracle. The people have been educated up to 1t. A few days before the Mainz inter- view we saw the change in the making. At Munich we beheld two hundred and fifty young la dies, from eighteen to thirty, pre- ceded by sixty men, young and old, and led on by five or six uni- formed Hitlerites, who conducted them to Q park where they were instructed in Hitlerism and It's principles. The next day we saw hundreds upon hundreds of chil- dren led to parks by men and women whose business 1t was to teach the little ones how to Do Germans.
 One of the gentlemen whom we were Interviewing told us that he was 0 member of the great new party and that his leaders inc formed him that he had to spend part of his time in educating his fellows. He protested that he could not spare a day or two Q week for the work. He was in- formed that he could pay another for taking his place, for everyone is required to do his share"
 If Q camp K formed at South bury 1t will be for e definite pur- pose. Those who conduct 1t will see to 1t that the young people are educated in Hitlerism and that 1t will be their vocation In life to nronnRnte and RiipDort the Nazi doctrines and principles. They will probably be warned that they should not look abroad for sub- jects upon whom to spend their time, but should begin with those nearest at hand. The Christian citizens of Southbury are resolved that their children will have to submit to no such training. Nazism may be good for Germany, 1t will not go in the United States, and especially in Protestant Southbury.