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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-19
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VOTED DOWN

Washington, Jan. 10 --
(UP)-The senate today
rode down republican oppo-
sition and voted extension
Of the $4,000, 100000 stab
ilization fund act and the
presidents power to de-
value the dollar.
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KING GREAT GRANDFATHER

Stockholm, Jan. i0--(Up) king
Gustav v became o great-grand-
father for the second time today
when Princess sybilla gave birth
10 daughter.
Princess Hybllla IA the wife OF
Prince dustaf-Adoif, eldest son OF
the crown prince. The daughter
born today N tho second, The first
was born october ~. 1884. King
Qlistaf v 7&
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DEATH OF MINOR
COURTS SOUGHT
Bill That Has Been Up
Before Is Taking An
other Chance to Win
BY GEORGE n. MORRIS, JR.

ny GEVkbUb NJ WHOhbsSsBp JMs
United Press Stan Correspondent)
Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. i9.-(UP)-
Elimination Of minor state courts
and establishment Of 80 district
courts was proposed today In bill
transmitted simultaneously TO the
house and senate by Gov. Wilbur
L. Croas. The bill revived q con-
troversial issue which met defeat In
two previous sessions. 1t was pro-
posed TO divide the state into 80
judicial districts, each having q
judge, prosecutor and assistant
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-19
Vatican High Official
Said Neuritic Pains.
Had Turned Atr0ci0us
Condition Of Holy Pontiff Took Alarm
ing Change Shortly After Noon
Messages Suspended

Vatican City, January 49, - CUP - The Pope has
suffered serious relapse authoritative sources said today
high authority said the neurtic pains in both legs were
simply atrocous and that the Popes general condition
had become decidedly worse so that there was renewed
Aminta Miani had been obliged to suspend ointment
hot towels and packs around the legs because OF
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-19
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Jan. 1D~~(tP)--Gov.
erhinent expenses and receipts for
tho current hacai yrnr ending jan
uary 10. compared with ~ year ago;
This Year Expenses last Year
49, 4.7Gb.Sb ti,037 $50. 0pt.st
Receipts
1881. AGO. bs,aG t3.o3l.772,is9.S7
ti,5aa,a74.so74o ts.ooa. sis. ooAs7
Cash Balance
1859. sc .92b,o6 $2,t2t,29b.aib.7a
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Rep. JohnD.H on1s
Backs Coz. Cross
In Pet Measures
Joined With Majority Leader Swayne Of Darien in
Amending Constitutions TwO.Thirds Vote to
Override Veto Was ThOms Measure
BY WILLIAM J. MORTALITY
Democrat Staff RepOrter)

State Capitol Hartford January 10. Especial to the
Democracy Representative John D. Thoms Of Waterbury
House Minority Leader today joined with Majority Leader
Noah swayne Of Daren In furtherng two OF Governor
Wilbur L. Cross pet Both legislators presented
bills amending the state constitution
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A murder with q mystery story
plot WAS enacted ut q banquet In
the old Manhattan Opera House
In New York City when Frank
Cicero Of Stamford, Conn.,, was
stabbed In the presence Of 100
guests--and not one could name
the culprlt. Above witnesses leave
the scene OF the crime after being
detained for hours by police; at
right. Cicero's body ID carried out;
below, James Amira, hit by plate
thrown In melee that preceded
the stabbing.
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The Weather

Cloudy, Cold, Tonishts
Snow, Rain, Tomorrow
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The Washington times., 1937-08-24
MRS. TEMPLE
KILLED IN FALL

NEW YORK, Aug. "a G.N.S).
Mrs. Florence Temple, As, former
wife Of Walter s. Clifford, presi.
dent Of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, was
killed today when she jumped or
fell from an eleventh floor window
of the Hotel Buckingham.
She married Clifford in 1916 and
divorced him in Reno in 1929. They
had two children, Sherman, 20,
and Richard, IA.
Mrs. Temple, who remarked five
or six years ago, had been at the
hotel for a week and, according
to an attorney for her father, had
been i'll for some time.
"IShe has been in and out Of
sanitariumS for several months"
said the attorney, Ernest
Wheeler.
Mrs. Temples father, w. c. Pit
man, president Of the American
Steel and Copper Plate Co., iden-
titled the body at the morgue.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Fighting RACES
In Shanghai
BY M. C. FORD

SHANGHAI, Aug. "a Q.N.S0.
Heavy new fighting on the
Shanghai front again endangered
foreigners in the international
settlement today as British con-
sular authorities planned to de.
liver a stern warning against re-
petition Of incidents such as
yesterdays Smelling of the Sincere
and Wing On Department Stores
with a loss of $50 lives.
The British conSul-g n eral
awaited orders from London to ap.
proach both Chinese and Japao
nese authorities and point out in
vigorous terms the danger Of in
discriminate warfare inside the
hitherto inviolable international
zone.
Foreign diplomatic representa-
tives launched an investigation IN
an effort to determine origin Of
the shells or bombs which snuffed
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
JAPAN CLAIMS
CHINESE ROU7

PEIPING, Aug, "a U.N.S). jap
anese quarters here claimed today
that the main Chinese army in the
Kalgan area was retreating south
ward following capture of the city
by the Kwantung army.
Chinese irregulars howev
were reported to be threatening
the Japanese base at Changhsin-
ten.
Both armies are encountering
almost impossible roads due to
continued heavy rainfall.
Heavy casualties have been sui
fered by the Chinese, according to
a Japanese dominique.
Japanese troops now are sweep.
ing in a southeastern direction
along the Peiping-Suiyan railway
toward the Nankow Pass, where
$4,000 Chinese troops are reported
to be trapped. The fourth Chi
nese division launched an attack
10 miles west of Nankow in an
attempt to break through the
Japanese lines.
Hand-to-hand fighting has lasted
more than "a hours in pouring
rain, the Japanese maintaining
their positions while airplanes
bombed the Chinese troop con-
centrations.
There was fierce fighting in the
Liangsiang sector, where the Japa-
nese, aided by heavy reinforce.
ments, staged a successful counter.
attack. The Japanese claim that
the Chinese offensive on this front
has been halted, and the Chinese
have been driven into the noun.
tains west of the Peiping- Hankow
railroad.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
BRITISH PLAN
ACCEPTABLE IF
JAPAN AGREES
Bodies Float Down
WhangpOO River

LONDON, Aug. "a (I.N.S.).
The Chinese government is pre-
pared to accept in principle the
British proposal for mutual
withdrawal of armed forces
from the Shanghai area pro.
vided Japan is agreeable, the
Chinese embassy here an.
nounced today.
Japan, however, is not ex.
pected to agree to the proposal.
IN.S.) DR.. C. T. Wang, the
Chinese minister, expressed the
believe in Washington today
that his government would &C.
cept in principle the British
proposal for mutual withdrawal
of Japanese and Chinese troops
from the Shanghai area, pro-
vided Japan will accept.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Guns AnSu1er
Plea for Peace

G.N.s). Guns roared a grim
retort in Shanghai today to the
plea for Sino-Japanese peace
voiced by Secretary Of State
Cordell Hull. Latest develop.
mentS:
/. Foreigners in international
settlement at Shanghai en-
dangered by continued fighting
as British plan stern warning
against repetition Of yesterdays
bloody incidents there.
2. Japanese press dispatches
report Nipponese troops occupy
Nankow Pass in North China.
3. British hold reserves ready
at Hongkong for shipment to
Shanghai If needed.
4. Britain and France fear
Secretary Hulrs peace plea will
fall on deaf ears in Japan. Tokyo
resentS foreign criticism"
5. Horrors of the Smelling Of
Shanghai, with corpses floating
down the Whangpoo River, were
described by an eyewitness.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Italian Soldiers
Sent to Orient

Adds ABABA, Ethiopia, Aug.
"A QN.SO.-Italian troops, sta
toned here to protect II Duce'S
newly-won Fascist empire, departed
today for war-torn Shanghai,
where they will guard Italian lives
and property.
The troops which departed were
the first battalion of the Savoy
Grenadiers, part of the Adds
Ababa garrison. They set out for
MaSsawa, where they will embark
for the Far Eastern trouble zone.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Gem Suspect Held
Under $4,000 Bail

DETROIT, Aug. "a Q.N.SJ.
Toivo Heino, alias Nelson, %,
Fitchhurg, Mass. today was held
under $4,000 bond for a Federal
grand jury, after he pleaded
guilty to transporting $4,000 in
stolen jewelry across a State line.
He was charged with stealing
the gems from a Los Angeles
salesman near Kelso, Wash.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24

Browder announced the starting
Of two more Communist papers,
one in San Francisco and one in
Chicago, to supplement the New
York Communist organize Daily
Worker.
Talking of the C.I.O., he said:
"We find the development Of
the CLIO. has brought forth
leaders and policies which on
the whole are satisfactory to
the Communist party. My i'm
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
kARPIS 'HIDER'
UNDER ARREST

G.N.S). Arrest Of Anthony
Amersbach, accused of harboring
m mberS of the Karpis- Barker
gang, was announced today by
the Federal Bureau Of Investiga.
ton.
Amersbach was taken into Gus
tody at indianapolis following a
protracted hunt. He will face
harboring charges at Cleveland.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Aug. "a
QN.S0. - Anthony Amersbach,
one of the last members of the
notorious Karpis Barker gang,
which staged the 100000 kid
naping of Edward G. Bremen, was
in the hands of "G-men" here to-
day because he took one drink
too many at local tavern.
A squad of Department Of JUS
tice operatives arrested Amers-
bach late last night, according to
H. H. Reinecke, head of local
Omen, who said:
"He was just taking a drink
at a highly respectable North
Side tavern in one of the most
exclusive resident districts in
the city when he was seized.
Although we had reports he was
armed, he offered no re-
SiStance."
The Washington times., 1937-08-24

Beginning at their encampment
in Potomac Park, the marchers,
mostly young people from all the
States in the Union, splashed
through ankle-deep mud in the
park and marched to Seventeenth
Street. then swung uptown to
headquarters of the Works Prog
ress Administration. where they
planned to recite their demands
to Administrator Harry Hopkins.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Bad Weather Hats
Polar Plane Hunt

BARROW, Alaska, Aug. "a
G.N.S0.-Jimmy Mattern, famed
American aviator, and other air.
men anxious to start searching
for Russia'S six missing trans
polar airmen, were still grounded
here today by inclement weather.
News of Sir Hubert wilkins
flight in search of Pilot Sigis-
mund Levanevsky and his five
comrades was received here with
eagernesS.-(See Picture, Page a.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Smelling of Stores
Denied by Japanese

SHANGHAI, Aug. "a GN.SO.
Japanese officials today denied
responsibility for the Smelling that
wrecked the Sincere and Wing
On department stores in the in
ternational settlement, killing
and wounding hundreds of per-
sons.
They stated no Japanese guns
ashore or at sea were being fired
at the time the stores were hit,
thus inferentially blaming Chinese
for the disaster.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
French Papers
Ignore Hull Plea

PARIS, Aug. "a Q.N.SO.-Sec'
rotary of State Cordell Hull's plea
for peace between China and ia
pan was almost totally ignored
by Paris morning newspapers to.
day.
Most of the newspapers pub
lished nothing on it, while q few
others carried brief reports on In.
side pages. Unofficial sources ex-
pressed the opinion it was useless
to plead for Sino-Japanese
peace, since nothing now can pre-
vent an open conflict, even Il war
Is not formally declared.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Yacht Race Bid
Sent President

NEW LONDON, Conn, Aug. "a
GN.SO.-From the office of Re-
gatta Chairman Harry F. Morse,
an invitation went today to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to sail with T. O..
M. Sopwith, British yachtsman,
aboard his Endeovour II in the
Class j races at the first annual
Governors Regatta on Septem-
Der 8.
The invitation, issued by Gov.
ernor Wilbur L. Cross, conveyed
the information that the governor
will be aboard Harold Wander
bits Ranger.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Showers and Cool
Tonight, Tomorrow

Today, tonight, and probably to-
morrow, according to the Weather
Bureau. you can count on rain
whether you like it or not. Cool
weather will continue as dripping
skies shut off the sun and reduce
the temperature.
Official temperature readings
showed a low of GA degrees at 1
o'clock this morning and but little
above this during the day.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Atlantic Air Mail
Makes Bow Nov. /

UN.S). Transatlantic airmail
service will be inaugurated Novem-
Der in spite of the failure Of Con-
greSS to enact legislation sought
by the Post Office Department,
Representative Louis Ludlow CD
Of Indiana said today.
Fear that the service might
have to be postponed for year
was expressed just before Con-
gTess closed.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24

In the area Of the PWA head
quarters, there was no disturb
ance, the marchers respecting the
requests of the Police Department
that there should be no yelling
or singing" because Of the prox-
unity of Emergency Hospital.
Police were attempting to head
the marchers from the direction
Of the White House.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Circus Rider Hurt
In Fall on Stake

NEW YORK, Aug. "a QN.S0.
June Russell, %, pretty eques-
trienne who was impaled on q
stake when her horse slipped in a
circus act on Staten Island, was in
a critical condition today. The
stake plunged through her back.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
RIOTS SPREAD IN POLAND

WARSAW, Aug. "a GN.SJ.
Seven persons were seriously in
jured and many others slightly
hurt in a new outbreak of anti
Semitic rioting today at Branks.
Podlaski, near Bialystock. The
disorders followed a quarrel be-
tween Jewish and Aryan statesmen.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24

preston is that in so far as the
policy of the CLIO. is made by
individual decision of their
leaders, they do not consult any
one outside their ranks.
"The Communist party. how
ever, does exert influence on the
CLIO. rank and file and our
American Federation of Labor
members in both CLIO. and
are extremely influential"
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
4 PLANE CRASH
DEAD BELIEVED
SWEPT TO SEA
Find Only 2 Bodies
Of Naval Airmen

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. "a
ON.S).-Hampered by the great
weight Of the shattered hulk of the
naval flying boat which crashed
in the harbor, killing six Navy air
men and injuring two, salvage
operations progressed slowly today.
Only two of the bodies Of the
dead have been recovered. They
were identified today as r. Fall.
Of Milton, Fla, aviation chief me-
chanicS' mate, and E. K. Bryan,
naval aviation pilot and radioman
third class.
At the naval hospital it was an
nounced the injured were rapidly
recovering.
FOUR BODIES MISSING
T. P. Dougherty, aviation ma
chinist's mate. third class, was suf-
fering from shock and multiple
decorations. j. w. Blackman, avia-
ton ordinance man, second class,
also suffered shock and lacera-
lions.
Both Of the survivors were be-
lieved by Navy officers to have
been hurled through the fuselage
of the 14-ton patrol plane by the
terrific impact when it struck the
water last night.
After working through the
night, salvage crews today had
succeeded in only partially raising
a portion of the big plane from 10
feet of water.
Divers, after a preliminary sur
vey, reported that no bodies ap-
peared to be in the ruined hulk. It
was believed the tides washed
them out into San Diego harbor.
OTHERS WHO DIED
The others who died in the
crash were:
Lieut.. W. C. Dey, jr., SO. of
Portland, oregon.
Lieut.. (jg) F. L. Wallace, 20,
of Youngstown, Ohio.
Lieut.. (jg) w. M. Freshour, %,
former all-American basketball
player, of Piqua, Ohio.
R. M. Purdy, radioman, second
class.
MOTORS MISSING
The consolidated Ply type
plane, attached to patrol squad
ron 2 was engaged in night
flying practice preparatory to a
nonstop mass flight of Navy
planes to Panama in September
when the accident occurred.
Officers at the destroyer base
declared that motors of the giant
plane were missing as it swung
low over the southeastern part Of
San Diego Bay late last night
In making a forced landing, the
plane apparently struck the stern
of a submerged lumber schooner.
The hull of the flying boat was
ripped open. Turning over, it i'm
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
in WPA Army
Parade Peacefully

Chilled and damp, 3OOOodd obess Works Progress Admin
straon demonstrators quietly pleaded their for jobs today
an uneventfu parade through downtown Washington.
Some 600 policemen headed by Major Ernest W. Brown,
superintendent picked inspectors guarded the line of march
The Washington times., 1937-08-24

for daShing hither and yon in a
small Speedboat on his day off,
was picked up by Harbor Police,
Sunday. The charge was fast
boating" an offense under the
u C.-ocAe.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
DRIVE FAVORED

The facts are the President and
his leaders in Congress and in the
cabinet are convinced it would be
foolish not to put on a drive to
enact the Presidents program
which met with such a rebuff in
a Congress which contained so
great a Democratic majority.
Yet there are scores of Southern
members who do not relish coming
back here and discussing the anti
lynching bill, which is political dy-
Mantle and which Southern mem
bers resent.
The matter now being discussed
is just how to get it into the heads
of a conservative, recalcitrant bloc
of Southern (and some Western)
Democrats that unless the New
Deal legislation is enacted the G..
o. P. will be able to laugh itself
into power in the next Congress
sional election. Or nearly so. And
the next election is next year.
Main trouble seems to be the
southern nightmare at the men
ton Of Federal law controlling
wages. This means higher wages
than southern industrialistS think
they can pay; and the southern
industrialist has had considerable
to do with the late events in the
House of Representatives, so it is
charged.
With John Lewis, Of C. I. o.,
suggesting that the Democrats had
better get more forceful leader
ship-or labor had better find a
new party-today'S conference at
the White House takes on consid-
cradle Importance to the party.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Communist Leaders
IndorSe CIO Policies

NEW YORK, Aug "a (LN.S).-Earl Browder Americas No
Communist and Israel Amter, New York State Communist
leader today put the formal stamp of Communist approval
G.. l. o. leaders and policies"
The Washington times., 1937-08-24

Glen Cory, 30, OF 1922 G st.
N. E., forfeited $40 in Police Court
today rather than defend a charge
Of speeding in excess of Is land
miles an hour between Hams
Point and the Tidal Basin water
gate.
A bsAcklaxef with Q pendant.
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Speeding in Boat
Costs D. c.. Man $50

Watch your steppardon, your propeIer-f you do any
cruising in Washington harbor waters these days
The Washington times., 1937-08-24
Farley HINTS
EXTRA SESSION
N NOVEMBER
President, Barley,
Rayburn Confer
By EARL GOODWIN

Looks like an extra session Of
Congress no later than November.
The President called in his two
congressional party lie d. rs at
luncheon today and it is under"
stood they talked over the wisest
course to pursue regarding the
New Deal legislation left high and
dry when a sulky Congress quit in
the heat last Saturday.
The leaders are Senator Barley
Of Kentucky and Representative
Rayburn of Texas.
OFFICIALS SILENT
White House officials will not
say q word about the Presidents
intentions regarding an extra ses-
sion.
However Senator Joseph F. Guf-
fey, of Pennsylvania, trusted Ad-
ministration wheelhorse, today an
nounced he expected President
Roosevelt to call a special session
in November.
Senator Guffey listed the meas
ures to be taken up in this order:
1. The wage-and.hour bill.
2. Agricultural adjustment leg
iSlation.
5. An anti-lynching statute.
There are so many Administra-
ton leaders who are just about
ready to burst unless there is an
extra session, that the news Of
the Presidents wishes in the mat
ter seeps through the official
veneer Of silence.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
SCHOOLSH|PS'
NEEDS ARE TOLD

Closer supervision of state
scholarships in training American
youths for merchant marine and
naval reserve service was urged
last night by Capt. Howard G.
Copeland, U.S.N.R., of the office
Of the Chief of Naval Operations,
before the Massachusetts, School
ship Club of Washington.
Captain Copeland emphasized
the value of the reserve strength
afforded by the Schoolships and
pointed to the large number of
schoolShip graduates who have
distinguished themselves in naval
and maritime history. The meet
ing was held in the wardroom of
the S. S. Cellar Queen, which is
anchored" in the basement of
the home of w. G.. Watt, of the
U. S. photographic Office, in
Lyon Village, Va.
Members of the club are grad
Ilates of the Massachusetts, school
ship, S. S. Nantucket, famous old
square rigger which visited the
washington Navy Yard last spring,
attracting numerous visitors.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

Collins also visited a proposed
site of a new District National
Guard Armory at the foot of East
Capitol Street.
About two dozen new houses
which have been built there, com.
plicating the armory site problem.
The Mississippi Representative
made clear that his inspection of
the proposed site did not presage
inclusion of funds for the struc-
ture in the 1899 District budget.
Other institutions inspected by
Collins included the District Jail.
the D. C. Training School at
Laurel, Md, and Glenn Bale Sana-
torium. He said he will continue
his District tour today.