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The Arizona gleam., 1937-04-30
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BY FLOYD j. CALVIN

speed and agility of body; you
have rendered distinctive service to
your nation and race by your track
and field feats; but now you have
noted the real pressing need of
your group the long, hard fight of
racial organization. You would be
welcome on this front, Mr. Owens.
Ethiopia's ''Fine Flower"
The wanton massacre of the
Flower of Ethiopia" by the Ital-
ians in Adds Ababa recently has
evoked little more than pious re-
grets throughout the world. But
not only was the best brain and
blood, but the hopes Of a nation
were ruthlessly destroyed. The
sons of Ethiopia's Elder Statesmen
the Martin brothers, and young
Hereuy-are no more.
We join with the New Times
and Ethiopia News of London in
bidding a sad farewell to these
young heroes, who not only fought,
but made the supreme sacrifice for
their country.
Do We Want Equality?
In the April Crisis Magazine Mr..
George S. Schuyler, well-know
writer, asks: "Is there really any
great ferment among Negroes for
the full manhood rights guarante-
ed them. by the Constitution Is
the DARK brother overly disturbed
by the circumstance of living in
in what is virtually a vast Jail
where at best he is seldom more
than trusty? Is there any ex-
ternal evidence that he is disposed
to do anything much about it ?"
Mr. Schuyler concludes that.
sin the main, we do not really
want to be free" We wish to cite,
however, efforts being made by
.colored members of various state
legislatures, and of Congressman
Mitchell at Washington, to do
something for the freedom of the
group. We are not in position to
much for ourselves without the aid
of whites; but we can protest in
justice, and the Negro press proves
we are doing that.
Mississippi Answers
The South has a way of answer
ing when consideration is being
given to measures designed to curb
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
Aviator Son OF Mussolini
Married Today In Rome

nant. They had been given a holi-
day for the occasion and many OF
them waited for hours.
So careful were protective ar
rangements. that special passes were
required for resiaants of the vici-
nifty to enter or leave their houses.
The ceremony was completed in
% minutes, with the parish priest,
Don Giovenale Pascucci, officiat-
ing. He had performed the cere-
mony also for Count and Countess
Ciano.
Emerging from the church, the
newly married couple walked past
the guard of honor composed of "a
riflemen of the premier's guard and
IL of the bridegroom's fellow Of
ficers of the Lions head squadron.
The crowd cheered loudly.
Vittorio and his bride drove at
once to st. Peters, In pursuance
with tradition for newly married
people, to pray for happiness. health
and fertility. With them were the
premier, and his wife, the brides
mother and other members of the
party.
Afterward there was wedding
breakfast at the grand hotel. High
government and Fascist party men,
bers and representatives Of the
armed forces were among the guests
! at the church ceremony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
BY JOSEPH b. RAVOTTO
United Press Staff Correspondent


Rome. Feb. 6-CUP)-Lieut. Wit
torio Mussolini. 81 year old aviator
and son of Premier Benito Musso-
lini, married Miss Orsola Buvoli. %,
blonde and pretty, at the small
modern parish church of st. Joseph
adjoining the premier's villa today.
They planned to leave after a
wedding luncheon for the north, to
spend their honeymoon in the lake
region and at Venice, then return
to Rome to live with the premier
at his Villa Colonia.
Vittorio had hoped to go to the
United States to study the motion
picture business, but this plan
seemed doomed.
Premier Mussolini, with Vittorio
and they ounger son Bruno, arrived
at the church at HOS a. m. (5:05
a. m. EST and the wedding cere-
mony was started five minutes Ia
ter.
For more than an hour before
the ceremony, thousands Of picked
blackshirted Fascists militiamen
and hundreds of Balilla, the Junior
Fascists, stood guard in the vicinity
while thousands Of spectators pack
ed the streets for blocks, stopping
traffic.
School children were predomi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
HOLY PONTIFF is
CONGRATULATED
Fifteenth Anniversary of
His Elevation to Throne
of Rome

Vatican City. Feb. Cup. -
Pope Plus was cheered today by
hundreds of messages congratulat-
ing him on the 18th anniversary of
his election to the Papal throne.
4 Vatican spokesman said that
the Pope enjoyed good nights
rest and looked more fit than on
any recent morning.
Messages expressed hope for his
complete recovery from the illness
which has all but incapacitated him
for two months. Most of them, to
his Joy, came from middle class
AMI poor people.
There was no formal celebration
of the anniversary today because it
Is the custom to celebrate instead
the anniversary of a Popes
coronation-on this occasion, Feb
ruary IL.
Elected Feb. 6, 1922
Pope Plus was elected February
6, 1922. to succeed Benedict XIV. He
had been q cardinal less than
year. Today, nearing his Both year,
he seemed emerging, insofar as was
possible. from an illness which only
recently caused immediate anxiety
for his life.
Continued ON Page 49,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
WRITER OF NOTES
BEING SOUGHT

SfN Medfield, Mass, Feb. Cup
With the life Of a three-year-old
boy threatened in $1,000 extortion
plot. federal agents and state and
local police today sought the writer
of notes directed TO a Medfield
state hospital official and a Med :
field mother.
Police commenced fingerprinting
former inmates of the hospital after
finding identical prints on all the
notes.
The notes, 1t was revealed, were
received Jan. 20 by Mrs. Madeline
Smith, wife OF a Boston building
wrecking company employee, and
threatened the life Of their son
Herbert Jr., unless the mother coll
lected $1,000 from Chief Engineer
John Quincy Of the hospital.
Quincy likewise received letter
directing him to give the money to
Mrs. Smith, who was to keep $500
"for her trouble" and deliver the
other $500 to a nearby abandoned
house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
SHADES POND IN
.0Akv|LLE SOLD
Southern New England Ice
Co. Disposes of 1t to
Atty. Henry Weisman

SHADES Pond In Oakville, one OF
the largest bodies of water In the
vicinity Of Waterbury, has been sold
to Attorney A. Henry Weisman OF
this city, 1t was learned today. The
deal also involved approximately 40
acres bordering on two sides of the
pond. The land and pond were the
property Of the Southern New Eng
land Ice Company.
No data as to the price involved
In the transaction was available to-
day but the amount Is said to have
been high in the thousands. It is
believed that the new owner will
develop the land bordering on the
lake.
Disposes Of The Property
The sale of SHADES pond to At
torney Weisman marks the start OF
a drive by the Southern New Eng
land Ice Company. 1t Is understood
to dispose of all Its water property
and also all of its sub-StationS.
There are several sub-stations about
VIC CAtJ AC 4l6llIo Va Viz OOAICClIi
TO the lake at Lakewood are to be
disposed. of very shortly, 1t is re-
lably reported.
The concern will retain only two
pieces Of property in Waterbury UNI
der the proposed program, 1t is re-
ported. They are the artificial ice
manufacturing plant on Cherry
street and the concerns headquar-
tiers ON Watertown avenue.
Other Rights Sold
Some time ago the Southern New
England Ice Company disposed Of
It's land and water rights at Lake
Quassapaug. The SHADES pond sale
serves to further the program Of
selling rights considerably.
The Southern New England Ice
Company a few months ago reor-
ganized under the provisions of sec
ton 77B of the federal bankruptcy
law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
MOUNT HOLYOKE
ALUMNAE SCORED
National President of That
Body Rebukes Oppo=
nents of President
BY HOMER jerks

Copyright 1887 by United Press
Boston, Feb. Cup - Rebuking
"inSurgent alumnae who are more
interested in feminism than in
Mount Holyoke," National President
Maude Titus White Of the Mount
Holyoke Alumnae Association today
called for the "heartiest support" of
the first male president of America S
Oldest women's college.
She found it difficult to believe
that 73-year-old Mary Emma Wool
ley, who retires in June after 81
years as president of Mount Hol-
yoke, supported the action of "a
small group of insurgent alumnae"
who have protested the election of
her successor, DR.. boswell Gray
Ham.
1.-The executive board Of the
Alumnae Association voted Sept. 26
that the question of the election
of Miss Woolley's successor is a
closed ISSUE" Mrs. White told the
United Press from her Watertown,
N. Y, home.
There the controversy should not
be continued In the (alumnae)
quarterly. Furthermore, not only
the quarterly but also the Alumnae
(Continued on Page 15.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
AUTO STRIKE IS
STILL ARGUED
John /. Lewis Has Made
/ Proposition to Heads of
General Motors
BY CYRUS L. sULZBERGER


UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
Detroit, Feb. 6-CUP)-Search for
basis on which 100000 men can
go back to General Motors produc-
ton lines centered today on the
number Of plants In which the
United Automobile Workers shall be
recognized as sole bargaining agent
of the workers, a source close to
the negotiations between corpora
ton executives and representatives
of the union, told the United Press.
After % hours of peace conference
under the watchful eye Of Governor
Frank Murphy, number between
six and 20 was said to represent the
essential difference between John l..
Lewis, chairman of the Committee
for Industrial Organization, and his
colleagues, and william S. Knud-
sen. executive vice president of Gen.
eral Motors and his associates. Once
that was settled, agreement on the
other issues was expected to follow
like the breakup of log jam when
the key log Is dynamited.
Governor Murphy Optimistic
Governor Murphy, the special
mediator of President Roosevelt, re-
manned optimistic despite reported
failure of his attempt last night to
break rapidly stiffening deadlock
on union recognition by calling the
rival leaders to his apartment in
formally. The conference as whole
lContinued on Page Isl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
CHAINED Lover
IS LEFT Alone
Florence Hurlbut Runs Out
on Sweetheart-Leayes
Him Alone


Kansas City, Mo-. February 8. -
uP) - Florence Hurlbut ran out ON
her Sit-dowrl lover today and left
him holding the radiator, so to
speak, back In his uncle's home IN
Excelsior Springs, Miss Hurlbut
left here on the TWA skychief bound
for New York city at 1929 a. m.
1929 a. m, E.S.T.) Harold Hulen,
30 .year-old persistent sutton who
chained himself to radiator In the
lobby of Miss Hurlbut's apartment
house Wednesday, slept serenely
while his fiancee slipped through
a window and fled to Kansas City.
Hulen's uncle, T. E. Crawford, vice.
president OF an Excelsior Springs
bank, worked the ruse that took Miss
Hurlbut away from her besieging
sutton, 1t was learned.
Leaves Him There
Miss Hurlbut went to Crawford's
home yesterday after three days OF
refusing to accept Hulen's proposal
at her own apartment house where
he had besieged her. Hulen sent
friends to find her and then shifted
his dog chain last midnight from the
radiator in the apartment house TO
the radiator In front of the room
Miss Hurlbut occupied at his uncle's
home. Crawford had warned that
he would do something about the
shutdown strike for love "by morning"
If the lovers hadn't reached an
agreement. While Hulen sat con-
fidently outside Miss Hurlbut's door,
Crawford directed her escape, sent
her to Kansas City where tickets
were purchased by a man who
signed the log as "Fizdale" and ac-
companied her on the plane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
so, 900 Children Took Part
In Eucharistic Congress

The most Rev. Santiago Sancho
Bishop of Vigan, said mass for the
children while a simple sermon was
delivered by the most Rev. Francis
X. Ford, Maryknoll missionary Of
Brooklyn. N. Y, now vicar apos-
tolic of Kaying, Kdantung, China
After the sermon, the children re-
ceived communion and recited the
act of consecrating to the Blessed
Virgin, repeating the words In uni
son after a priest.
Breakfast closed the ceremony
Mrs. Manuel Quezon, wife Of the
president of the Philippines, super
vised the meal, helped by Mrs. Ser
gio Osmena, wife of the vice presi-
dent, and Mrs. Manuela Gay, pres
ident of the Catholic Women's
league.
Seven groups of American pill
grims have arrived on the Empress
of Russia. They are:
Extension society. headed by
Bishop Edward r. Hoban Of Rock
ford, ILL.,; Our Sunday Visitor
headed by Bishop John r. Noll Of
Fort Wayne. Indiana: Jesuit mis-
sions, Rev. e. Paul Amy; Society fol
the Propagation ofAthe Faith, Rev
John j. Scally; Dominican Fathers
Rev. Giles Strub: Catholic Daugh-
tiers OF America, Mrs. Fanny Cot
fey, president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
STATE HIGHWAY
DEPT. PROPOSAL

Hartford, Conn, Feb. Cup
The state reorganization commits
sion today proposed to the general
assembly that the state highway
department take over duies of he
Merritt Highway commission and
!. Hartford-East Hartford Bridge
commission.
The commission also recommend
ed abandonment of the state ferries
over the Connecticut river at Rocky
Hill Glastonbury and at Chester
Hadlyme, which are being operated
at loss.
"Since the specifications for the
Merritt Highway" the commission
said, have been determined upon,
and construction is now in progress,
there is no need in our judgment
for continuing the commission.
1.-THE highway department is COM
petent to take care of the highway
and tbs appurtenances and the
state-traffic commission or its sue
cessor agency is available to regu-
late traffic on the highway"
AS for the ferries, the report said ::
The state is not justified IN con-
tinuing the operation OF these Ter
ries for the few users hey serve"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
BY DON, DILLON

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Manila, Feb. --(UP)- Sixty
thousand whitehead boys and girls
dotted Manila's green Luneta park
today. taking part In the fourth
day ceremonies of the 33rd interna-
tional Eucharistic Congress which
was featured by service for chill
dren between z and IA.
Assembled from all over the world
yellow, brown, black and white
the children heard mass and later
had an open-air breakfast.
A Filipino youth crawled on his
hands and knees down the 400-yard
main isle In the center Of the park
toward the altar where he pros
trated himself in prayer.
He Identified himself as Vidal
Vergara, normal school senior,
whom physicians were unable to
help after he became speechless six
years ago from catarrh. Last year
he vowed If God would return his
speech he would initiate Christ's
sacrificial journey during the Eu-
charistic Congress.
He said that after the VOW he
gradually regained his speech.
II believe IL Is all the work q
God" he said. God came into my
life and restored by voice. Hence
forth Il will be devcutly religious"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
PRIDE GAVE HIM
THREE-YEAR TERM

Trenton, N. j., Feb. Cup
Because he was too proud" Hugh
Fleming, 81, of Fall River, Mass.
must serve three years in prison
Judge Phillip Forman, of the Fed
eral District Court imposed SEN
tence.
Fleming was placed an probation
last November after being convicted
of sending a threatening letter Of
Alt G. Nelson, Oakland borough
Councilman, demanding $4,000. He
was given railroad fare to his home
by the parole officer, but went, in
stead, to Atlanta, Ga.
pride is an estimable virtue,
Judge Forman told him. but yau
gave, your solemn word to the court
1t was agreed by all that you should
60 home. Breaking your word was
a bad mistake and almost as bao
as the original offenSe."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
QUEEN OF SHOWS
NEVER SAW ANY

Hanover, N. H.. Feb. Cup
Brown-haired Florence Allen, 49,
year-old Birmingham, Ala, beauty
who never had seen snow until she
came here for the 9th annual
Dartmouth winter carnival ruled to-
day as Queen of SHOWS"
1t was the first time in the his
tory of the carnival that a southern
girl has received the honor.
Miss Allen was chosen during the
outdoor evening pageant last night
by a committee of judges that con-
sisted of three Mary Hitchcock hos
pital staff physicians. She nearly
missed out entirely as she was the
last of 1900 girls to pass under the
archway where the judges presided.
The new queen is guest of Tudor
Wall, Dartmouth senior, of River
side, Calf. She succeeds Miss Ann
Hopkins, Smith College sophomore
and daughter of President Ernest
Martin Hopkins of Dartmouth.
Miss Allen attended Parsons Art
school in New York last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
Local Judges Await
Court Bill
Edward MascoO, John F. McGrath Will Have No
Action in Their Confirmation Until Fate Of
District Measure Is Decided

Nominations of Judges Edward
Mascolo and John F. McGrath for
new two year terms ON the bench
of the local police court will be TAX
en- off the calendar of the senate
early in the coming week and will
be referred to the judiciary COM
mittee for hearings. Similar action
will be taken ON the judgeship NOM
nations involving the town court
of Woicott where there are four
candidates after two posts.
Await District Court
No action will be taken by the
senate, OF house, however, until the
district court bill sponsored by
Governor Wilbur L. Cross has been
put to d vote end either passed or
defeated. Republicans In the house
are known to be strongly opposed to
the bill and there is talk Of "a DEAL
this time with the democrats doing
the offering, If the G. o. p. will sup
port the district court measure.
No Date Is Set
No date mas yet been set for the
hearing on the district court. There
fore no action will be taken on the
town, city and borough court judge
ships for some time, it is expected.
The situation in Wolcott is an I'M
usual one with three republicans
and one republican seeking the two
bench places. Judge Claude v. Bad
ger and Deputy Judge Harvey Hor-
ton, both republicans, are candidates
for reappointment. Former Judge
Harold Logan, a republican, is seek
ing to unseat Judge Badger while
Alfred Affeldt, a democrat, Is after
the deputy judgeship.
Naugatuck Status
The democrats of Naugatuck are
making no attempt this year to UNI
seat the 6. o. p. Judge in that COM
munity, Attorn /" T9:seph Talbot. NO
r. q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
POUzZNER TRIAL
TAKING RECESS

New Haven, Conn.,, Feb. 6-(UP)
Trial of Former City Attorney
Daniel y. Pouzzner, charged with
unethical bar practices, went into
a weekend recess today following
refusal of Superior Court Judge
Edwin C. Dickinson to admit into
evidence records of meetings OF
superior court judges in 1885 when
the New Haven bar investigation
was launched.
Chief Defense Counsel David s.
Day said Oliver Beckwith, Aetna
Life Insurance Co. counsel and
member Of the investigating COM
mittee, will appear as defense
witness at resumption Of the trial
Tuesday.
Day sought TO admit the court
records as evidence to show that
insurance and utility companies al
legedly were behind the bar inves-
tigation. Judge Dickinson, IN refus-
ing to admit them, said they had
no bearing on whether Pouzmer
was guilty of practices unbecoming
to the profession.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06

Last month Waterbury had Ill
automobile accidents. as compared
with total Of 121 for January, 1885.
Also to be considered Is the fact that
the new accident record system at
police headquarters lists accidents
that previously would not have been
recorded.
Made Good Start
The figures OF the accident squad
show that the city has a good start
toward an. excellent record for 1887.
Through The educational program
of the Waterbury Citizens Traffic
Safety Committee and the efforts
Of the accident prevention squad,
Waterbury in, 1886 had the greatest
reduction In auto accidents Of any
city or town in the state.
In January of 1886, the 121 acct
dents included 80 In which pedeS-
TRANS were struck, Z" in which
another car was struck and Is in
which an automobile collided with a
fixed object. There was one fatal
accident, and there were SO persons
injured.
January Accidents
In January of this year, the Ill
accidents included 81 In which a Pc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
JURY TRIAL IN
WILL CONTEST

Dedham. Mass, Feb. 6-W.P9-
Probate Judge Joseph M. McCoole
today had under advisement the
petition of Ellery F. Coffin Of Bal
timore, Id, seeking jury trial in
an attempt to break the 100000
will Of cousin, the late Miss Al
bertha Won Arnim of Brookline.
CONN contended that Carl B.
Ferguson of Auburndale. executor.
was was bequeathed 5000, 900, used
undue influence.
Conn and seven other heirs-at.
law received no mention in the will
The bulk Of the estate was left to
charity. *
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
BILL FOR STATE
TO PAY PAUPERS


Hartford, Conn.,, Feb. 6-(UP) -
The state pauper commission to-
day recommended the state take
over financial support of paupers in
state institutions, who are now sup
ported mainly by funds from local
communities. A bill to this effect
has been introduced in the house
of representatives. THE proposals"
DR.. Charles G. Chakerian, consult
ant to the commission said, ARE
basic and far-reaching. They de-
serve to be studied with the great
est of care. They should be adopted
only If there Is assurance that the
best interests of the state would be
served by such action" Towns pay
an estima ed $4,000 for support OF
paupers at the present time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
THIRD CAUGHT

Hartford. Conn.,, Feb. 6
-(UP) - Word was re-
ceiyed here today that
George Fitzsimmons, Hart
ford, one of four prisoners
who escaped from Hartford
County Jail last December,
has been arrested at Palm
Beach, Fla, on a charge of
vagrancy and is being held
for Connecticut authorities.
Only one of the four prison.
ers who escaped Jail now
remains at large. He is
Charles E. Davis of Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
RECORD NUMBER
OF BILLS PUT in
Senate Had Only Scrap on
Bond Bill-Lieut. Gov.
Hayes Stops II
sY GEORGE r. MoRRIs. JR.

by GEORGE X. NORRIS, JR.
United Press Staff Correspondent
Hartford, Conn. Feb. 6.-CUP).-
With new record established for
the number Of bills introduced, the
General Assembly today prepared
for the business of committee hear
ings and legislation which will
take up the next 16 weeks of the
1887 session. Worn-out clerks
counted 1881 measures in the hop
pers at the close Of Fridays session,
more than 700 more than were in
troduced in the record breaking leg
iS.ature of two years ago. A new
record for single days business
also was set yesterday, when 772
bills rolled down upon the clerks
desks.
Starting Tuesday
Stating next Tuesday, house and
senate committees. meeting together.
will tackle the immense pile OF
measures in committee. 1t probably
will b. month before any of the
major measures are reported out.
Both chambers yesterday. passed.
under suspension of the rules, a bill
Continued OH Page %
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06

have recovered the body of an un-
identified woman who was crushed
when a fall of the building fell on
her." said Major william Schmidt,
night chief of police. I'VE know
there are seven or eight more bodies
in the wreckage."
First Report Wrong
Schmidt said an early report by
second district headquarters that
five bodies had been recovered was
erroneous. The bodies probably
will not be removed before 8 a. m,
he said.
Fifty firemen, police, WPA work.
ers and professional wreckers worked
in the glare OF spotlights among the
still steaming ruins. Police had
only the names of four missing
persons to aid them. They were:
Robert Hawkins, grocery store
manager; Joseph Bacon, grocery
clerk: Mohler G. Breckenridge, tire
shop owner; Mrs. Rose McCrawley,
apartment resident.
Fifteen Injured
Fifteen persons we're injured III
the explosion which demolished a
three-story brick structure at the
Continued on Page l5J
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-06
SHOT PROWLER

New Haven, Conn.,, Feb.
6-(UP)- William Mullin,
"a, was in a serious condi-
ton today at Grace hospi-
tai from gunshot wounds
suffered when he invaded
the home Of Joseph Bal
trus, 81, during the night.
Baltrus told police he shot
Mullin four times when he
discovered him prowling in
his home early today. The
intruder was wounded in
the cheek, neck and should
err.