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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12
Public Water Systems
 Serve New Customers
89.9@o of Connecticut's Population Now Dependent
 Upon Established SuppIies-InCrease of 27,OOO

In somewhat more than one years time, the number of Connecticut people who are receiving their wa ter supply from the public and semi-public systems in the state has been increased by 27,00O, it is shown in records maintained by the State Department of Health. This increase brings the total number of people now served by tf1e public systems to 1,443,000 or 89.9 per- cent of the 1880 census population of the state, leaving only a little
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12
LOURDES APPOINT
 BIANCO CHAIRMAN

Two committees were appointed last evening at a meeting of the Holy Name society of the church of Our Lady of Lourdes by President Peter DiLeo. Plans for bowling, basketball and volleyball leagues were discussed at the session. Members of the committees fol- low: Sports committee consists of James Bianco and Anthony Farino. The religious and educational com- mittee includes John Petricone and John Greco, Anthony Sebastian was elected publicity chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

more than ten per cent of the Con- necticut population relying on pri- vate supplies for water.
 1O8 Systems
 State Department of Health fig ures show that there is no town in Connecticut with a population of more than 4,0004 which is without some public water supply, and only six towns with populations of more than 2,000 which lack this import ant public facility. The towns re- ceviing public water service are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

stricted by England. Another benefit he saw as the nurturing Jewish cul- ture in the separate state; and a third benefit was described as pos- sibility that sovereign Jewish state would prove an example to the world of a government where no oppression would exist, with equal justice and no rich and no poor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12
Dinner-Dance Closes
 Columbus Day Events
Schools, Banks, Library Observe Holiday Schedule;
 Prominent Speakers on TOnight'S Guests List

dinner and dance at The Elton tonight will be the highght of Waterbury's observance of Columbus Day Sponsored by local Italian societies the affair will be aJ tended by several hundred persons, with distinguished
 citizens guests of honor Schools and banks were closed
 for the holiday today Courts not in session. with the exception of city court which convened usual The City Hall and other public buildings closed, the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12
FORMER OPERA
 MANAGER DIES

London, Oct. 12.-(UP)-Henry Russell, 6s, former manager of the Boston Opera O., died last night He was found dead in his bath.
 Russell was the father of Henry Tosti Russell, United Press staff cor respondent attached to the London bureau.
 He had been under treatment for sciatica for six weeks.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
J0BLESS Will TELL
PLIGHT ON RADIO
Salvation Army Welfare Chief
to Speak for
Employables.

Gilbert S. Decker, welfare officer Of
the Salvation Army, will describe his
organizations part in the war against
poverty tonight in another of the
series of help wanted" broadcasts
over WJSV under sponsorship of the
Community Chest and the Public
Welfare Board. He will have with
him two men who have applied to the
Salvation Army for assistance. They
will tell the full details of their needs.
The broadcast is scheduled for 7:l5
pm. The series is designed to focus
the public's attention on the needs Of
the 5000 employables in the District
who are unable to get either work or
relief
Rev. Laurence j. Shehan, assistant
director of the Catholic Charities,
spoke during the broadcast Wednes-
day evening, saying that. Except
for the beginning of the depression,
when there were not public funds
available for relief purposes, believe
the poor of Washington are worse off
now than they have ever been before. "
Father Shehan joined other welfare
leaders who have spoken on the series
in assigning the cause of the present
crisis to lack of sufficient relief
appropriation for the Public Welfare
Board. Due to this shortage the
board is able to help only the un-
employables and had been forced to
turn down applications from any
family in which there is one employ
able person, regardless OF the family's
circumstances.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
49 LIQUOR DEALERS
CITED ON CREDIT RULE
One-Day Suspension of Permits
Ordered in Nine
Gases.

For failing to pay their bills to
wholesalers within the prescribed time
limits, 49 OF Washington's retail liquor
dealers have been cited by the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board for io-
lation of its "reasona BILE credit" regu-
lation.
Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, acting chair
man Of the board, announced today
that in nine cases the board has Or
dered one-day suspension of permits
for violations of the rules. Each of
the 40 other retailers has been or
dered to appear before the board at
hearings which are being held at the
rate of three or four a day.
Under the credit rule, adopted about
year ago, retailers are required to
pay their wholesale bills within IS
days, and there is a maximum period
of grace of Is additional days.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
Passengers Aid
Truck Driuer, Who
Then Deserts Then,
Find Themselves Strand.
ed as Thanks for As.
sistance Given.

A nonchalant colored truck driver
today accepted the help Of his four
cut and bruised passengers in righting
his truck after a collision and then
drove away without them. They were
treated at Providence Hospital.
The truckman, whose identity was
not learned. was driving four workers
to construction job when in the
4800 block of Nichols avenue south
east his vehicle was in collision with
a milk truck driven by Vincent l..
Thompson, 33, of 1884 U street.
The workers put the truck back on
its wheels. Without word the driver
climbed to the seat and started the
car. The passengers were James
Brown, 81, 427 Ridge street; Theo
Brown, 33, II M street southwest;
Daniel Rollins, 33, 1874 Howinson
street southwest, and William Green,
81. 123 Browns court southwest.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
ACADEMY QUOTA
BOOST APPROVED
Senate Committee Would
Raise Number From
9 to Fl.

The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee today decided the Districts
combined quota of appointments to
West Point and Annapolis should be
increased from 8 to 81 OF the pres
ent quota, 5 are at West Point and 4
at Annapolis.
Senator Reynolds, Democrat, OF
North Carolina announced he will
prepare a bill Immediately, but ex-
planned that the bill will provide only
for increasing the allotment to West
Point. 1t will be up to the Naval
Affairs Committee, he said, to deter
mine whether the number at Annap-
oils should be increased
In recommending that the local
quota be raised to 81, Senator Rey-
nolds said the committee thought the
District of Columbia should be con-
sidered on the same basis as a po-
litical subdivision having two Senators
and one Representative All States
having that degree of representation
IN Congress get 81 appointments now
The Forest Hill Citizens Associa-
ton and group of other organiza-
tions brought the question before the
committee, pointing out that 1C
States Of smaller population thar
Washington have a larger quota al
the two academies.
Chairman Walsh of the Naval AT.
fairs Committee announced later he
thought the decision of the Military
Affairs Committee is fair and just
and said he will sponsor a bill tt
apply it to the Naval Academy.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
WHe's Lost Weight
Unnoticed by Nate,
Sued for DiuOrce
Man Ans,cers Charge His
"Cruelty'' Caused
Reduction.

Answering in District Court today
his wife's charge that his cruel treat
ment caused her to lose weight, Ralph
E. Graninger, a District fireman, as
serted that she had been trying to
reduce, but he had been unable to
notice much result
The wife, Mrs. Emily R. Graninger,
sued for limited divorce recently, al
leging her husband was extremely
cruel to her, causing her to lose con-
siderable weight.
Through Attorney Jean NJ Board
man, Graninger told the court today:
'The truth of the matter is that for
long period of time the plaintiff has
considered herself too plump and she
has been dieting and doing other
things for the purpose of reducing
and acquiring more girlish figure,
but up to the time of their separation
the defendant, at least, has not noticed
that she had achieved any marked de-
gree of success"
Evening star., 1937-03-19
WHITEHURST PLAN
GETS ENDORSEMENT
Flve-Year Program for Highways
Approved by Keystone
Club Board

After hearing Capt. H. c. White
hurst, director Of highways, explain
his proposed 5-year street improve
ment program, the Keystone Automo-
bile Club Advisory Board Wednesday
night indorsed the plan in principle.
Capt. Whitehurst pointed out that
only because of long-range planning
had Connecticut avenue, Thirteenth
street and other important thorough
fares been widened sufficiently to
carry heavy traffic loads.
Details Of the plan will be subject
to changes suggested by further in
vestigation by board members.
Continuation of the clubs crusade
against arrest of motorists for park
ing near conflicting or misleading
signs" was voted, as will the clubs
fight for elimination Of the bottle
neck" at the Bladensburg, Nd, Peace
Gross,
Evening star., 1937-03-19
POWHATAN OWNERS
TO GET SALE OFFER

The offer Of the Roger Smith
hotel chains of Stamford. Conn, to
purchase the Powhatan Hotel here
will be submitted to stockholders of
the Powhatan Hotel Corp within the
next two weeks, Arthur j. Harnett,
managing director of the hotel, said
today.
His statement was made in con-
nection with negotiations in progress
at Richmond for sale of the Washing
ton hotel, which Is owned largely by
Richmond banks. Directors of the
corporation met there yesterday.
THE sale, if consummated, would
involve about S650,OOO," Harnett said.
THE offer cannot be accepted without
the approval of stockholders. 1t will
be submitted to them within two
weeks. If approved, the sale will
be completed Immediately thereafter"
Neither Harnett nor Sherlock Bron-
son, co-receiver of the defunct Ameri-
can Bank & Trust Co. at Richmond
and president of the hotel corpora
ton, would disclose other details of
the proposed sale or the meeting.
The Smith hotel chains principal
holdings are in New York
Evening star., 1937-03-19
NAVAL HOSPITAL
FUND EXPECTEDAT
PRESENT SESSION
Later Action Is Seen for
S1,500,0OO Plant In or
Near Capital.
ITEM FAILS TO WIN
PLACE IN NAVY BILL
Senate Likely to Restore Cost
Limit of $3,5O0,o0O on Ship
Model Basin.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.


Congress may have another oppc
tunlty later this season to act on II
budget recommendation for ST. 10000.
10 begln construction on a new Nav
Hospital In Washington or vicinity j.
was indicated at the Capitol today.
senator ByrneS, Democrat of South
Carolina, who will call up the S5l2-
847,8oS naval appropriations bill in
the Senate today, explained that the
Appropriations Committee left the
hospital item out of the supply bill
yesterday only because of the rule
against new legislation in an approprj
alton bill.
The hospital recommendation will
have to be referred, therefore, to the
House and Senate Naval Affairs Com
mlttees to prepare an authorization
Tor the expenditure. While this step
cannot be taken in time to include the
money in the pending naval appropri-
alton bill, Senator Byrnes pointed out
that if the two legislative committees
approve the hospital project, the funds
could be added to a deficiency bill
later.
New Site Advised.
congress passed a law in 1881 to
authorize remodeling and enlarge
ment of the old Naval Hospital at the
loot of TWenty-fourth street at a
limit OF cost Of S3,2OO,OOO. In send
ing up two days ago the quest that
sl'o0O, 600 of that sum be appropriated
now, however, the budget recon-
mended that instead of rebuilding at
the present location, a suitable new
site elsewhere in or about the District
be acquired.
1t was this change in the earlier
plan That caused the Appropriations
committee to decide additional leg
lslatlon is necessary to authorize the
money. Acting Budget Director Bells
letter transmitting the estimate
stated in part:
The existing buildings. grounds
and facilities are not adequate to meet
the necessary requirements for hos
pltal service in this institution. MANY
OF the buildings are old or of tenn
porary construction. involving an
undue fire hazard and excessive costs
for upkeep and repairs This project
has been held in abeyance for many
years, and it is considered necessary
that steps should now be taken
toward providing proper hospital facn-
tiles for the Navy in this area"
Model Basin Up.
The Senate probably will approve
today the committees action In
restoring the limit of cost for the new
ship model basin near the District to
| S3,500,000, with authority to acquire
| site. The House bill struck out pro-
vision for purchase of land, believing
! the testing plant should be built at
the existing Naval Research Labora-
tory at Bellevue, D. c. The House
/ also reduced the limit of cost to
s2500,00O While the Senate put the
cost back to the S3,5OO,O00 figure, the
Navy only contemplates spending
Sl,500,000 of the total during the
coming year.
In the Senate hearings. naval off,
cials said the plans and specifications
for the testing basin were prepared
for use on site selected near CABIN
John, Md, where bedrock is near the
surface and an ample water supply is
available.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
BURGLARY SUSPECT
IS HELD FOR JURY

Vincent H. Samuels, 20, colored,
known to the Washington underworld
as the thin man" and to police as
the city's No. burglar, was held for
grand jury action under $4,000 bond
in Police Court today on a charge of
robbing Miss Josephine Sholl secre-
tary to Senator Duffy of Wisconsin
of $4,000 worth of jewels.
Police announced Sunday that
Samuels had confessed 25 robberies
totaling more than $4,000 in the last
year.
Other charges against Samuels also
will be presented to the grand jury.
Police recovered % unset stones, most
of them taken from diamond brooch
belonging to Miss Sholl, when they
arrested Samuels, they said.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

ment for the Washington area, studies
have been carried forward for a levee,
running from the Lincoln Memorial
to the Railroad Bridge. E. A. Schmitt,
senior engineer in Maj. LuploW's Office,
is presenting the results of these
studies to the planners.
The commissions own consulting
architect, William T. Partridge, has
made a model of the Jefferson Me-
mortal and the surrounding area.
This is being studied by the plan
ners in solving several related prob
lens growing out of the project, in
cluding the street layouts.
Tomorrow morning, the Fine Arts
Commission and the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission plan
to hold joint session and devote the
morning to . consideration of the
.omas jefferson Memorial. The
Army engineers studies on flood con-
troll in that area will be laid before
the two groups, which will also study
the street connections and other
problems.
DIR. Moore Is Silent.
DR., Charles Moore, chairman of the
Fine Arts Commission, who favors the
location and design of the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial, as planned by the
Thomas jefferson Memorial Commits
sion, declined to say anything for pub
lication on yesterdays attack by
Eames MacVeagh, supervisor of ex-
hihjtc ", tho hni,ciru Iiyricj 1f "a
Public Works Administration. Mac
Veagh, son of the late Franklin Mac
Veagh, Secretary of the Treasury in
the Taft Administration, when the
Fine Arts Commission was formed
declared that Moore has dominated"
that body for great many years.
MacVeagh opposes the design of
the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and
declared today that Just as the
Supreme Court needs liberalizing, so
does the Fine Arts Commission" He
termed the fine arts body reaction
ary' and said that possibly only one
member was in step with the times,
but he did not name this member.
The President appoints the members
OF the Fine Arts Commission.
Alfred Bettman of Cincinnati. the
commissions consultant on coming, to-
day presented report of the Special
Committee on Zoning, set up in CO.
operation with the District Commits
sioners and the Federal Government
and revealed the basis of legislation for
revamping the Districts 1920 zoning
law. Chairman King of the Senate
District Committee, who is an ex
ofticlo member of the commission.
has agreed to introduce this bill TO
| modernize Washington's l7-year-old
zoning statutes.
John Nolen, jr, the commissions
director Of planning, presented a re-
port on President Roosevelt's recent
action in setting up public buildings
committee to care for future needs
here. The commission voted to CO.
operate with this new group in fur
nishing information on sites for build
ings and priorities in construction.
John Ihlder, executive officer of the
Alley Dwelling Authority, told the
commission of plans for improving
| several alley dwelling properties.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

up something"
His resignation. if he decides to
leave the board. will not be submitted
until the next board meeting, April 7,
he indicated.
Gilligan is chairman of the boards
Legislative Committee He has been
strong opponent of the red rider.
His present three-year term does
not expire until July l, 1888.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president
of the board, said Gilligan had indi-
Gated possible retirement to her.
The people of Washington in gen.
eral and the school system In par
ticular would suffer great loss in his
resignation" she declared. He is a
very valuable member and I should
hate to see him go. I know the
city at large is highly appreciative
of his II years of painstaking and
entirely voluntary service. and 1 hope.
along with the rest, that he will re-
consider the matter
Evening star., 1937-03-19

spectators at each hearing. At the
initial session only. three members at
tended-Kennedy and Nichols and
Representative Sacks, Democrat, Of
Pennsylvania. Nichols conducted the
second and final hearing alone. Ken
nedy was delayed in Baltimore and
arrived too late to take part.
Jacobs, in concluding his testimony,
admitted he had gone beyond the
scope of his authority in recommend
ing reorganization of the District gov
ernment. He pointed out, however,
that during his survey, attention was
called repeatedly to overlapping of
services In the municipal government
as we'll as conditions which do not
make for economy in administration" !"
In recommending reorganization
Jacobs said he saw "an opportunity
for substantial improvement in admin
istrative organization and procedure
as we'll as economy without affecting
the substantial public services"
Evening star., 1937-03-19
WILLARD HEARING
AIRS SPY CLAIMS
Mrs. Norman Reported
Mattresses Talks, Wit
ness Asserts.

Activities of Mrs Mabel Norman,
former waitress at the Willard Coffee
Shop, shortly after her testimony in
a previous Labor Board case, disrupted
service in the shop, caused the
mattresses to divide into cliques and
finally forced one girl to quit her Job.
the National Labor Relations Board
was told today by Sally Josephine Null
vey. another waitress at the shop
Miss Mulvey told the board that
Mrs. Norman, who was shop steward
for Local 78l of the Hotel and Res
taurant Workers Alliance, carried re-
ports of conversations and activities
Of the mattresses back to union head
quarters and created an air Of suspi-
cion among the girls.
At that time, late in January, all
18 mattresses in the shop were mem
bers of the union.
Two Hostesses Quoted.
Earlier in the session, Ernest P.
Spangler, secretary treasurer of Local
78l, told the board two hostesses in
the shop had said Mrs. Norman was
not discharged for inefhciency. He
testified that one of them, Mary Brim,
had asked him if he thought the hotel
should keep a girl who had testified
against the management.
The boards complaint on which the
hearings are being held, is that Mrs.
Norman was discharged because of
testimony against the management in
previous case before the Labor Board.
Discharge of Mrs. Norman was one
OF the circumstances leading to the
recent strike at the Willard.
In yesterdays session, Government
Attorney Jacob Blum called Mrs. Nor
man, Miss Beulah Carter, organ
izer for Local 781 Of the union, and
Morris L. Verbov, business representa-
tive.
Tells Of Testimony for Waiter.
Mrs. Norman testified that she and
10 other mattresses in the shop Joined
the union last December On Janu-
ary 25 she testified in behalf of Gar
land P. Webb a union waiter who
was being dismissed on charges of
incompetence
On February %, she said, she was
notified by Miss Evelyn Miller, host
ess, that she was being discharged
that night. The first reason given,
Mrs. Norman said, was that the union
had not effected her transfer from
the hotel, but short while later Miss
Miller returned to say she was being
discharged for incompetence.
Verbov earlier had told the board
that Harry P. Sommerville, manager
Of the hotel, had requested Mrs. Nor
mans removal because she had be-
come "unmanageable," but that a
union investigation disproved the
charge.
Verbov also testified that Mrs. Nor
mans discharge resulted in a decrease
in union membership because of an
admitted fear of similar treatment.
Miss Carter testified that Miss Mil
Ter told her that Mrs. Norman was
the best waitress" in the shop.
Evening star., 1937-03-19
FAVORABLE REPORT

The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee made favorable report today
on bill giving the State of Virginia
jurisdiction over a part Of Military
road and a right of way through Fort
Myer in connection with the carrying
out Of the Lee Boulevard approach to
the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
The War Department already has
co-operated by granting an easement
for the right of way across one corner
OF the Fort Myer reservation, but it
was decided that passage of the pend,
ing bill also would be necessary.