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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

(COnClnueQ rom rage O of the country vary from day to day. Der of votes cast, with more than 3O.OOO, running five to one against the plan, 4,837 for, and 25,640 against. Texas. on the other hand, has consistently maintained its lead for the plan, with new totals of 5,606 for, and 4,953 against the plan.
 Other states favoring the reor- ganization plan are Oklahoma, North Carolina, Minnesota, and California, led by 8 heavy pro" vote in Los Angeles. But the favor able majorities were less heavy than the tremendous majorities against the plan in states expressing that opinion. Kansas, for instance, is thus far more than five to one in opposition, Pennsylvania four to one.
 Individual cities showed strong preferences. Los Angeles, with 3,056 for the plan and 407 against, was seven to one favorable. But Boston was registering tremendous ma- jority of nearly 58-1 against the plan.
 Many cities conducting the poll have not as yet reported their totals, so the present vote will be greatly eclipsed during the next few days.
 The totals from states where the vote was especially widely distrib- ,1fod xuac oe fo1lnws.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
FIVE WERE DEAD
 IN LATEST FLOOD
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Hardest Hit Town

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 Galena, H., was hardest hit of the flood towns. River bank dwellings were submerged to the second floor and seven feet of water covered Main street. The water fell back S ,iftly after reaching its peak, how ever, and the river today was re- ported neraly within its banks.
 Nine were injured, one seriously, when three cars of the Milwaukee railroads southwestern limited were derailed while crossing flood d-dam- aged culvert F miles north of Rock fort. A special train from Beloit was sent to pick up the injured when ambulances failed to get through.
 Rockford, Oregon, Bureau, Free port, Savanna and Mcconnell, H.. and Sheboygan ant. Beloit. Wis, all reported dow sections covered by flood waters.
 The Pecatonica was more than 15 feet over flood stage and 800 fam- files were reported homeless.
 Worst in 40 Years
 Railroad employees at Savannah, H.. an important railroad terminal, said the situation there was the worst in 40 years. Eleven miles of track in the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad yards were cov- cred by five feet of water, most of 1t backwater from the Plum river.
 The Rock river was receding rapidly at Beloit. The river at its peak was 8.6 feet above normal, IA feet above the 1929 record stage.
 Beloit river bank factories were isolated and damage to stocks, base ments and cwellingfis along Third and Fourth streets and in South Bcloit were estimated at $100,000. Two hundred were reported home less.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
|lS YEARS OLD,
 HE WEIGHS 4s5
Robert WadIOw Still GrOw- ing Big; 8 Feet, 6 inches
 Is His Height

Alton, H., Feb. 22-(UP)-Rob- ert Wadlow struggled into his size S6 shoes today, limped down a staircase which creaked under his 435 pounds and submitted to cor1- gratulations from the other Wad- lows on his 18th birthday. My shoes pinch," he complained. That means that Robert, who added 70 pounds to his weight during the past year and grew another two inches to reach height of 8 feet, 6 inches, will have to shell out $o0 for 3 new pair.
 Pleased With Record
 By and large, however, he was pleased with his record of growth during the past year and with the prospect that he will continue to add another two inches each year until he Is about 24. Doctors said his pituitary glapd--the tiny growth control organ at the base of the skull-would continue its strange hyperactivity for some five years more. After that, Robert will be able to settle down. Roberts two brothers, two sisters and his par ents, MT. and Mrs. Harold Wadlow, appeared to relish the birthday oc- casion more than he did.
 Brothers, Sisters Normal
 The brothers and sisters-Helen, F; Eugene, IA; Betty, 12, and Har- old, IT,, 4weight in the aggregate just about what Robert does by himself. They have to look up to him and like 1t. As for the par ents, they found it difficult to be- lieve that 19 years ago he was tiny, squirming eight-and-a-half pound bundle just like any other new arrival. His pinching shoes aren't Roberts only troubles. In the first place, people won't leave him alone. In the second, he can't indulge with complete satisfaction in his favorite hobby-riding in au- tomobiles. My knees always knock my hat off," he said.
 Returning To College
 Robert intends to return to Shurtleff college here next semes- ter and study law. In the mean time he spends a lot of time with his camera, snapping, developing and printing his own pictures. Phy- sical activity tires him quickly, so that he has to rest in his specially made arm chair. It's as big as an office desk. Because of his tenden- cy to tire, Robert probably won't blow out the candles on his birth day cake. He would have to bend over too far. Strengthening up would amount to considerable work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
Auto Union Leaders
 Tackling Chrysler
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.ep.es ,ntatives of the mems own ciloosing-or we're lost"
 Martin P. Durkin, Illinois direc- tor of labor, dispatched to the strike scene as a mediator by Horner, charged the company did not want to negotiate but said he still hoped ito settle this without bloodshed."
 Strikers Are Cold
 Wind whistling through broken windows and below freezing temper atures added to discomforts of ap- proximately 100 strikers still inside Fansteel plants No. 3 and No. 5.
 They had blankets and food, how ever, and Aitchison last night an- nounced thas he had ordered heat turned on in two buildings.
 Tt is the belief of the company" he said, that c majority of the men in these plants are being held there against their will and it is in con- sideration of their health that the heat has been turned on in antici- patton of a decided drop in temper ature predicted for tonight"
 Durkin, in his second invitation to a conference with Horner offer ed to let the company and sit-down strikers have an equal number or represented by a lawyer.
 Cleveland Plant Guarded
 Cleveland, Feb. 22-(UP)-Extra police today guarded the Fisher Body company plant here to pre- vent any clash between committee for industrial organization mem bers and unorganized workers.
 Police Capt. John Savage as- signed officers to the manufactory, Cleveland's largest, after a report that c. I. o. unionists would try to block entry of workers not wearing United Automobile Workers Union buttons.
 Differences between the c. I. O. and the American Federation Of La bor in Cleveland were becoming more evident. John P. Frey. head of the metal trades department of the A. of L. and one of the dough- tiest opponents of John L. Lewis, arrived from Washington to chalS lenge c. I. o. organization activi- ties.
 At a meeting yesterday several Fisher employees were inducted into A. F. of L. unions. A. P. of L. lead CTS reported 8 large number" joined.
 c. I. O. leaders at the same time participated in a meeting to organ ize steel workers.
 Frey charged today the General Motors strike settlement agreement had been violated by the c. I. o. He asserted c. I. O. unionists had tntimidated and coerced employees not wearing c. I. O. buttons. c. I. O. leaders here have denied these charges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

when the Pitt players were to be entertained at Los Angeles. Pitt de- feated Washington in the last Rose Bowl game.
 Harrison reportedly threatened to 'break" Sutherland when the coach asked that the Pitt players be pro- vided spending nlnoey for that night.
 Sutherland, it was reported, ac- cused Harrison of shoddy treatment of the players who won the Rose Bowl game which netted Pitt $95,- 900. Sutherland, himself, went deep into his pockets and provided the spending money, 1t was learned.
 Threatens to Break Him
 q made you, and now I'm going to break you," Harrison was report ed to have told Sutherland. Since that time the two have nto spoken.
 My attitude" Dr. Sutherland said today, "is entirely one of serv- ing the best interests of the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh.
 My job is to give the university the strongest football teams possi- ble with the material we have. Be- cause Pitt is my alma mater and be- cause I have played and coached here for IS of the g years I have been in football, have a deep sense of appreciation for the support which has been given me and the hundreds of loyal friends we have made for the institution. It is un- thinkable that anything should arise which would disturb this rela- tionship."
 Signed to a coaching contract of indefinite duration," Dr. Suther- land reportedly receives $10,000 an- nually. Others offers, one coming from the west coast, have ranged beyond that and one included 8 bonus of $25,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

"Edward Station, former secretary to Mayor James J. Walker, was there. too," he added. We just chat ted about this and that"
 Siccardi, who described the .38 caliber revolver found near the body of Redwood as "our only con- crete piece of evidence" said the Hartford, Conn, officers of the Colt Patent Firearms company would be opened to trace ownership of the weapon.
 Firearms Plant Opened Up
 The firearms plant was closed for the holiday, but officials consented to open their records to commits sioner A. Sunderland of the Connec- ticut state police.
 Although serial numbers on the revolver appeared to have been filed away they were raised" by chemi- cal process at the New Jersey crime laboratory in Elizabeth. The figures 4O3-559 were revealed.
 Prosecutor John J. Breslin today with sopreme court Justice Joseph l.. Bodine, common pleas Judges A. Wemorest Del Mar and J. Wallace Leyden and the Bergen county board of freeholders at the courthouse in Hackensack, supposedly seeking ad- ditional funds to carry on the inves- tigation; $25.000 appropriated to hunt down slayer.
 While Rosoff, who ran away from his boyhood home in Russian and landed in New York with a dime in his pocket, waited for hearing in New York tomorrow on New Jerseys extradition demands, police put a 24-hour guard around the two sand hog union officials who allegedly linked him to the crime-James J. Lynch and Austin Muldoon.
 Lynch and Muldoon reportedly were hiding out" in the Bronx.
 Max Friedman, 31, as associate Of Rosoff, is in jail in Hackensack as a material witness.
 Under Technical Arrest
 The plump, suave contractor, who built most of New York's vast u1-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
COULDN'T FIND
 POLICE STATION

East Hartford, Conn, Feb. 22- The police commission may call meeting soon to devise 8 system whereby residents may become bet ter acquainted with the location of the police station.
 The station is housed in the rear of the new municipal building and, at night. complaints said, there were no lights to identify the place.
 Prowlers often have turned out to be persons looking for the police.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
PRESIDENT HAS
 BACKING OF CITY
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ton would be recorded here. As the campaign goes on and enters its last lap the Presidents admir- CTS continue to dominate the entire picture and are making 1t very positive demonstration of confi- dence.
 Fill Out Your Ballots
 Fill out a ballot and show a pref erence in this interesting contro- versy. one of the most important to develop in the United States in many years. If you believe as does the President that the supreme court should be rejuvenated write yes on your ballot. If you are inclined to the opinion that the court should remain unmolested write "No" and give your representative in Wash- ington an indication as how you feel in the matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
STATE POLICE TO
 GUARD WITNESSES
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father, o. Jackson Meyer, Philadel- phia coal broker. He shot them with a .22 caliber rifle, then attempted to assault them.
 Miss Movers naked body was taken from the well of the aban- doned farm, also near the Meyer es- tate at Catesville, Saturday. Meyer had been arrested at Downington, Pa., where he was delivering the milk of the blooded herd kept by his father as hobby.
 Claims Accident
 He said he had run down Miss Mover accidently with his fathers truck, and, afraid of the conse- quences, had hidden her body. Yes- terday he signed a statement that he had set out to run down "any girl' for the purposes of criminal assault. When he assaulted Miss Mover in the farmhouse, he said, he thought she was dead. A corones'S autopsy revealed that she had died four to five hours after being thrown into the well, though, probably, she had been unconscious from injuries received when struck by the truck.
 Miss Mover, Q high school student, disappeared 10 days ago while en route from the school to her home at Modena. Her books, her shoes, and shattered glass from an auto- mobile headlight were found at the side of the road. An unremitting search for her body by police, Boy Scouts and other volunteers, ended at the well.
 Dynamite Failed Authorities quoted his statement as saying that he picked up the un- conscious girl, threw her into the truck, carried her to the farmhouse where he stripped off her clothing. Never, authorities said his statement said, did the girl regain conscious ness. The next day he returned with the dynamite, which he had hidden for several weeks for that purpose, and threw it into the well, thinking the explosion would seal it. Apparently the dynamite did not explode.
 He Grows Furious Meyer is a muscular youth of moderate build. He was coinplacent Howard his questiopers, but once he lost his temper and he was inordi- nately furious. The official photogra- pher asked him to pose. I '.If I had shotgun" he shrilled, "I'd blow you to he'll" Meyers face is plump and droops. It remains expressionless for hours at time. He shows little interest in anything, and was dull and un- responsive while his father visited him.
 ] School mates at a country school near the Meyer estate, recalled that he was a quarrelsome boy, a bully, who delighted in making smaller children do his bidding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
PEGGY GARCIA TO
 ADMIT MARRIAGE

Doanoke. Va, Feb. 22. (UP)- Peggy Garcia. blonde New York hat check girl who Is suing Violinist Dave Rubinoff for $500.000 breach of promise, will admit when the case Is resumed tomorrow that she was married when she was 12 years old, her attorney said today.
 Miss Garcia and her attorney, Bernard Sander, spent the week. end here conferring with her rela- tiyes. She said she expected to take her father. Cornelius Harvey Taylor, back to New York with her. pos sibly to testify.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

(Continued From Page 1.) south of the city, nationalists and loyalists massed men, big guns and tanks for the biggest battle of the siege, with its center at the village of Perales de Tajuna, 9 miles south east of Madrid on the all important road to Valencia, the last outlet Of the capital to the east coast.
 5000 More Men
 A high military source asserted that the nationalists had massed 5000 additional men, most of them Germans and Italians, in the Perales sector. This same source said that it was believed the insurgent prep aration marked the drive as de- cisive one, which the government was prepared to meet with all its forces. .
 An official communique sad that the loyalists had consolidated all positions on a front extending more than 200 kilometers CPS miles) in the Madrid area, under General Jose Maija, commander in chief.
 At Valencia, the emergency capi- tai, the war ministry issued a decree calling for army service all able bodied men between the ages of g and 27. About 150,000 men are af- fected,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
LOYalists Report

Bilbao, Spain, Feb. 22-(UP)-- Loyalists fought toward the center of Oviedo today, after 32-day siege. They took possession of 8 nationalists arms factory and ad- vanced along a 37-mile line in ad- joining Asturias province.
 Their line stretched from Grade, 12 miles west of Oviedo, to the vil- lage of La Mata to the east, and along both banks of the river Melon which runs in northwesterly di- rection between Grado and Oviedo.
 Government reports said the in- surgents were suffering enormous losses trying to stem the advance. One report placed the weekend in- surgent casualties at 1,500 in Oviedo alone.
 Bloody, hand to hand fighting ragged inside the city as the loyalist first division advanced house by house as far as Inneta street.
 Two Basque divisions, reinforcing the Asturian attackers, captured Pic de Bando. an important insurgent strongholdw atop Mount Naranco which dominates Oviedo early today after which they cut the Oviedo- Grado highway and captured the villages of Fresno and Aresne.
 Air Attack Beaten Off
 An insurgent air attack was beaten off by loyalist aviation and one of the nationalist planes was reported shot down in flames.
 Loyalist flyers bombed tbe Pelayo barracks. setting them on fire. The first division simultaneously cap- tured the nearby water depots, con- trolling the city's water supply.
 The loyalists entered the city by wa yof the cemetery. then took the electric power plant and gas works. the Fresno asylum, country houses at La Regla, houses in the Escam- lero Pando, San Claudio park, and the sections named La Parrarill el Porcon, La Mando Rivielles.
 Starting at dawn Sunday, with an intensive artillery bombardment the government troops let go an of- fensive which quickly gave them possession of the suburb of San Lazaro and the Campo Patos, where the nationalist arms factory was located. Fighting in the rain, which prevented assistance from loyalist aviation, the troops took the forti- fled miners orphanage on the edge of Oviedo and began house-to- house fight toward the center of the city,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
KILLED INSTANTLY

Berlin, Conn.,, Feb. 22-(UP)-1n- yestigation was being made today into the death of Victor Pandani, Durham, whose light truck crashed into the rear of an inter.city bus early Sunday. killing him almost instantly. John Pandani, a brother and a passenger in the truck, was seriously injured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
RICK RICHEST BRITISH TOWN

Iondon, (UP)-Bournemouth is the richest town in Great Britain. 4 Survey of purchasing power of ever yone of the country's great est centers of population shows that Bournemouth is 40 per cent richer than London. Oxford is next, Luton is third and Coventry Sk fouths. London is seventh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
YACHT CLUB FIRE

Boston, Feb. 22-(UP) - Fire swept the Dorchester Yacht club early today. causing damage ss- timated at @5,O0O.
 No one was iii the structure at the time. Police believed the fire was caused by careless smoking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL

@Harrisburg, Feb. 22-(UP)-The Heaviest snow blanket of the season severed the west-central section of 8ennsylvania today, ranging in depth from eight to F inches in Hair, Cambria, Centre and Clear field counties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

VOUEICI1uSu HUH EHBS v administration. Late in December the city of New Haven. through its chief executive, John w. Murphy, obtained an extension of time for filing It's list at the special session of the 1895 legislature.
 No opposition to the Waterbury bill calling for m extension of taM1e Is anticipated. The measure will ab- solve almost 5000 Waterburians from Q penalty of q each.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
CITY DAMAGED
 BY WIND STORM
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A large tree fell on Chase Park boulevard and, was quickly removed to the side of the highway.

boulevard and, was quickly removed to the side of the highway.
 Bunker Hill Light Affected
 The electric service in the Bunker Hill district. according to the Con- necticut Light and Power company, was interrupted slightly during the night when a transformer went wrong. The Interruption was slight, however The Southern New Eng land Telephone company wire chief stated today that only 8 normal amount of lines was out of service.
 Superintendent Fleming stated that the hilly streets were saved from washouts because of the mild winter. Frost has not undermined the oil and tar coverings put on last summer to any great extent, he said, so the surfaces of the hilly thor oughfares withstood the beating rain. Many private houses are un- derstood to have suffered minor damages and awnings and signs of several stores throughout the city were victims of the wind and rain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
BY WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE United Press Stan Correspondent

Waukegan, Ill.,, FeD. zZ-\O .FJ- Negotiations to end the six-day sit- down strike at the besieged Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation plant begged in apparently hopeless dead lock today.
 Company and union officials, re- fusing to change their positions, ad- mitted there seemed little chance of an earl- settlement of the strike which h.s tied up the $l,500,000 plant since Wednesday and which Friday resulted in a pitched battle between strikers and more than 100 special sherif1's deputies.
 No Settlement Possible
 ''No settlement of the situation is possible as long as the men remain in occupation of the plant contrary to court order" Robert J. Aitchison, Fansteel president, said.
 He said the company would con- tinue its refusal to deal with "out- side professional agitators" and was willing to meet only with its own men.
 Aitchison refused a second invita- tion to a conciliation conference with Governor Henry Horner at Springfield.
 Union officials, representing the Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers Union, would not withdraw. Strikers whose union is affiliated with John L. Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization, have desig- mated the officials their representa- tives in negotiations.
 ''The prestige of the entire c. I. O. lawyer said, "and we can't give in on this vital issue-the right to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22

Prince Philip of Greece, cousin of the Duchess of Kent. took part in an amateur play at Elgin, England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
Snearhead of Drive

Hendaye, Franco-Spanish From tier, Feb. 22-CUP)-The spearhead of a new nationalist drive to the sea swept through Aragon province today, making gains of as much as 30 miles in some places, the insur- gents reported.
 The speedy advance was made possible, nationalists said, because of thinly held government lines be- tween Huesca and Teruel, where troops have been drawn of to the Madrid front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-22
DR. SUTHERLAND
 MAY QUIT PITT.

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MAY EXTEND TIME
 ON TAX PAYING

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