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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-17
Early Returns Show
 To Against Court
(Continued from Page D


 An Interesting pointed Milwaukee Journal which noted 1o50 against the Roose- 430 78l against while the state 269 against far higher percentage.
 Early Adverse Majority Cut by Later Returns The earliest returns ran as high against the but to the two- of the first tabulaton scattering yet with only two or three pa tabuans Scores papers parpatng m the poll yet reported their first returns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-17
HOW DO YOU VOTE?-
 On President RoOseveIt's Plan to Change the Supreme Court?


 and yarou: state legislatures presented legislation embracing their ideas with certain economic and social problems Supreme that of these measures the decision made by 5o-4 vote of the court
 declared unconstitutional by the court have included the National Industrial Act the Agricultural Adjustment Act the 0u6ey Coal Act the first Railway Pension Act the Mu ncpa Bankruptcy Act and the New York State Minimum Wage Law Labor Act and the Public Utilities Holding Act
 statement merely present next of the is that:
 elections him mandate to continue his New Deal
 supreme constituted barrier against legislation presented and pending the court holding that 1t is unconstitutional.
 president the complexion of the court through which would him by Congress appoint six additional court justices This the vital point at issue in the presidents revision of the federal judiciary system What is your opinion this question?
 Waterbury taking poll taking similar polls national referendum to show what the the most important question of the
 SUPREME EDITOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-17
gress and three-fourths of the states agreed.
 No Time for "Ventriloquist"

No Time for VentfllOqulSt
 Well, shouldn't you now be heard when what you kept is to be taken from you? Are you willing that Congress, without consulting the states, and by a mere majority, ac- complish just the same thing that would happen if the Constitution were amended in the regular way? Do you like man, or set of men, to talk for you on a matter that's your own personal business, perhaps involving your very liberty?
 I shouldn't think you'd wish any one to tell you to keep still, that he knows better than you do whats good for you. You can even change the Constitution, if enough of you wish, so that hereafter Congress can
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-17
Should Weigh Consequences of Any Change in Supreme ! Courts Power to Protect

determine the sentiment of the Waterbury Democrat reades
 
 Democrat co-epeaon with 7oo other newspapers served taking poll the question Use the ballet N right Robert H. Jackson assistant United attorney general presented arguments faorng the RooseyeIt columns In the accompany ing stnchhed psesident of the American Bar the presidents proposal BY F. H. STINCHFIELD x Association
 You have noted the proposal Be you clear on l For you are of the 130000000 Americans whose rights Congress is told to give away.
 You and Americans before you have had these rights didn't them children haven them it will because you have surrendered them. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-17

this ballot You vote at elections You have faith in right where voice ought be heard Very well Let's what proposed
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tie at lat. Henry Picard Of H.
shey, Pa, had a careless :; ' IT.
lab. Bobby Cruickshank ,r IVY
Richmond, Va, had ~ for I'm I'm
Robert Sweeny, Jr., of New Wy
and London, the current Bri,}1H
amateur champ, skidded To y ~,
1873. -"
Favorite among the Bi,or,
Henry Cotton, tied for ,s,>
place. He had a ~ Tuesday ~ ~
las. All Padgham. last yc, ~,
winner, scored 4 "a for ~, ~s
five strokes from the QualiIyir,
limit.
Only two of the L. $. cn,i..
failed to qualify. They were Sri
vestcr Ramsay of Hot Sprjp",
Ark, who had an 81 for l5S. ana
C. Trautner of Washington. D. {
87-175.
The first round of the tourncy
proper was scheduled for $50 =
m. $3.50 a. M, EDIT today. See.
ond round will BE- played Thus.
day. Then the low 40 and lie,
will play 80 holes on Friday.
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SMITH LEADS
BY3STROKESIN
BRITISH OPEN
Americans Dominate Final
Qualifying Round on
Tuesday

CARNOUSTIE. Scotland, July
7.-(UP)-HorrOn Smith, Chica.
COS sharpshooter, headed the pa.
rade yesterday as United States
entries dominated the final quail.
flying round of the British open
golf championship.
Smith had a 90 yesterday,
matching the score of his first
round to total 1873 and put him.
self three strokes ahead of his
nearest rival, Gene Sarazen.
Sarazen, the Guernsey-breedcr
from Connecticut, followed an
opening 70 with II for an ag-
gregate of l4l. One stroke back
were three fellow countrymen
Sam Snead, of White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, Byron Nelson of
Reading, Pa, and Walter Hagen,
of Detroit. Nelson and Hagen had
IT'S yesterday while Snead had a
20, and they were locked at l42.
Two Britons, Alistair Mcleod
who scored a 70, and Max Faux
ner who had a n, were next in
line with l43's.
OF the group of eight at IA,
three were Americans. They were
Ralph Guildahl of Chicago, the
U. S. National champion, with a
70 today; Ed Dudley of Philadel-
phia, ~, and Joe Kirkwood of
New York, 81. Kirkwood's 81 CON
Stituted new record for the re-
vampcd Burnside layout on which
half of the qualifying rounds were
played. The other qualifying tests
were made at CarnouStie where
today the ~ holes of the tourney
proper will start.
The qualifying mark for the
two-round qualifications was l57.
A total of 14l hit or bettered that
mark, and under the rules the low
l40 and all ties earn the right
to 90 into the real test.
All of the star Americans got
under the wire. Denny Shure of
Boston, seeking to regain the title
he won in 1888, had 75-l46. This
total was equalled by Tony Ma
nero of Emsford, n. Y, 1886
American open king, who ycster-
day scored "a. Charley Lacey of
New York had a ~, and Johnny
Revolta of Chicago hit par II to
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conservation, stream flow, in
creased game and fish, and last
but not least, in the ap,eal in
climate and beauty to thousands
of visitors annually.
As a representative of the De-
partment Of Conservation and De-
vclopment, | wish to express my
gratitude for your cooperation in
our fire control work, as well as
in other undertakings of the de-
partment in your county, and
wish to assure you that | will
make every possible effort to CON
duct our work so as to get the
greatest possible return for the
money spent.
S. S. WHITAKER,
County Warden.
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CRACKER nine
HOLDING PACE
Same Kind Of Play Disas.
trous, Chicks Smash
Pebs &c Tuesday
Ru LIMITED PRESS

Atlanta's Crackers, who batter
ed Memphis out of first place in
4 disastrous series for the Chicks
last week, opened the same kind
of play against Little Rock Tues
day to stage Garrison FINISH
and smash the Pebs 8 to q.
The Crackers, trailing six to
three when they came into the
ninth inning, drove home six runs
in the final stanza to clinch the
game. ,, ,
The defeat knocked Little Rock
out of undisputed possession OF
the Southern league lead and
dropped them to tie with Mem
phis. =,
Rogers had held Atlanta well
under control until that last IN
ming. But when the Crackers
found the range, they shclled HIM
from the mound and continued
their assault on Dickman. The two
Peb hurlers were touched for ii
safeties. , y.
Moon, Beckman and Miller OF
Atlanta gave up 13 hits.
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Dan Hill May Be
Southern Prexy

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July l.
(UP)-U. S. Judge John ID. Mar
tin, president of the Southern
Baseball association, refused to
comment last night on reports ne
would retire.
A meeting here yesterday of the
association strengthened rumors
that Judge Martin, president since
1919, would retire to be succeed
ed by Dan Hill, president Of the
Piedmont league, and most often
mentioned as Martins successor.
Hill was here but likewise
would not comment on either re-
port,
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RAISES UMBRELLA

SYDNEY. - CUP 49, Sydney,
lawcourts are famed for THEN ace
their discomfort and their bad
roof. Recently rain. finding an
entrance to Il court where Judyr
Swift was hearing a complicated
property case, forced the judge Ia
say: "Well, there's nothing for i,
gentlemen, but to put up an um.
brella.' He promptly did So.
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CONSTITUTION FOUND

CLEVELAND. (UP)-Officials
of the Ripon club, an Organiza,
ton of young Republicans. had
searched for six years for the
clubs lost constitution. Several
former officers had been accused
of hiding the document. Then
Fred Warak, former city employe,
found it among his political sou,
ypnirs,
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ing tragedy in her family she was
made happy by this.
II think he almost wanted to
proposew she told herself when
he had turned back. "And he
wouldn't because Paul is missing"
1t occurred to her that the two
brothers seemed always coming
between her and Stuart, even
when they were away.
Ito be continued
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Enough phosphorus is contain.
ed in three old-Stylc matches 10
kill any human being; yet the hu.
man body contains enough pho,.
phorus to make 100000 such
matches.
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NEW GAME POOLS

BROWNSVILLE, July 7. CUP
Six game fish rearing pools in
Graham county will go into use
shortly, according to John b.
Smith, president of the Santeet-
lah-Buffalo Game and Fish club.
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proSpector sons.
NINA BLAKE, Stuart's sister.
Yesterday: a sheriff's posse IS
organized and moves up into the
mountains to find Paul Golfer.
Carolee confesses to Stuart that
her father thinks he is connected
with Paups disaPpearance.
CHAPTER XII
On the day that the SheriffS
posse went into the mountain, Il
correspondent from a Phoenix
daily learned of the disappearance
of Paul Golfer. Then the jOurna-
listic wheels began 20 spin.
Headlines on Superstition are
rs recurrent as the seasons in Al
iona, and most of them have to
do with missing men. Each time
someone gets lost there the whole
legend or tka ost Dutchman
Mine is rehaShcd and csTJg.i;shc3,
and the public thrills - II again
and again. Love of gold is second
only To love of Women, and no
body know that better than Il
newspaper editor.
Reporters came 10 Superstition
Lodge and wanted to join Il
searching party. That suited
Stuart Blake. 1t meant action, and
this energetic young man was an
xiOuS to be doing something. The
papers said that more thpn 100
persons gathered 10 join the
second party: but officers stepped
i'm at that point and cancelled the
plans. Too many unframed men
Scrambling over Superstition, they
declared. could do more harm
than good, especially in blotting
out possible trails of the missing
Paul. A few experienced outdoors
men and dog. also possible some
good observers i'm an amplane
were more useful. The crowds
went on back home TO read the
papers. Stuart felt an urge to be
near Carolee and watched con
stantly for her cliff signal.
She met him on the second day,
% hours after the sheriff had
gone in, but they talked only a
little while.
Mother is worrying constant
ly," she explained, " and | mustn't
leave her long. She hoped the men
would be back with news last
night"
'No sign of thcm?" asked Stu
art.
"No. Nothing.
"Your dad will know about
where Paul would be, because of
the map your men were using.
That ought to help the sheriff, and
with the dog they'll surely find
something today"
He gave her several copies of
the newspapers about the affair,
and rode a mile or two with her
along the lower reaches Of the
mountain. They were careful this
time, however. TO note landmarks
and stick TO Il more open route,
in order net to lose themselves
again.
When they had finally separat-
ed 10 return to their homes, Caro-
lee felt an inward glow of salts
faction; just being with Stuart
Blake had comfOrtcd her, cascd
the worry over her missing bro
Their. She had confidence in PauPS
ability 10 take care Of himself
ANYWAY. She hummcd songs and
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
(No games scheduled.)
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Where They Play

PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Durham at Rocky Mount.
Norfolk at Winston-Salem.
Richmond ut Portsmouth.
(Only games scheduled.)
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Atlanta at Little Rock.
Chattanooga at Memphis.
Nashville at New Orleans.
Knoxville at Birmingham.
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FAIR SIGNS TO
BATTLE Louis
Contract Calls for Bout in
United States Early
in September

NEW YORK. July 7. (UP)-
On the eve of Tommy FAIRS en-
barkation for America, the New
York Boxing commission ycsr2r-
day approved the British empire
champions title fight with world
champion Joe Louis at Yankee
stadium.
And Promoter Mike Jacobs an
nounced that the bout probably
will be staged next month instead
of in September, as originally
planned.
Farr, who sails from France to-
day on the liner Normandic, was
recognized as No. heavyweight
challenger at today's commission
meeting because Max Schmeling
of Germany had failed to show
any interest in negotiations for Il
Schmeling-Louis brawl.
LONDON, July 7. (UP)-Tom-
my FAIR, Welsh heavyweight and
recent cOnqueror of CALIFORNIA;
Make Baer, yesterday formally
signed a. contract to meet Joe
Louis for the worlds champion
ship Somewhere in the United
States of America, early in Sep
TENDER" FaT will receive 20
per cent of the net gate receipts
and profits from radio and broad
casting rights.
The contract gives to Mike ia
cobS of New York, promoter of
the fight, an exclusive option on
Fairs services, win, lose Or draw.
The contract was signed for ia
cobs by his attorney, Sol Strauss.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
(No games scheduled.)
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Seafaring shuddered little black kitten turned
aboard the British fregher Sadsate Castle several days
bound for South Africa No good would of it, they said Sure
enough the SYNDICATE Castle caught fire and abandoned Crew
and pussy were picked up by the President Pierce and little Ellen
kitty Here Ellen and her eafarng Jonahnow chrisened
Sandy in honor Of the shp-safe their Staten Island home
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 9. Little Rock 6.
Memphis Z, Chattanooga 4.
(Only games playedO
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
L:fxsGI y

CAROLEE Golfer, heroine,
prospeetor's daughter.
STUART BLAK E, Eastern
dude" tourist; carolee's lover.
HENRY Golfer, prosPeetor:
PAUL and SlLAS GOLFER
prospeetor's sons.
NINA BLAKE, Stuart's sister.
Yesterday: A sheriff's posse is
organized and moves up into the
mountains to find Paul Golfer.
Carolee confesses to Stuart that
her father thinks he is connected
with PauPs disappearance.
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Who Won

PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Richmond 6, Asheville 2.
Portsmouth 2, Norfolk 2.
Durham 2, Charlotte 3.
Rocky Mount IA, WinSton-Sa-
lem 3.
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NATIONAL. LEAGUE
(No games scheduledO
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
(No games schedulcd.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-20
ID. J. MCCARTHY
 FILES HIS WRIT
(Contlnued from Pare D

(Continued from Page D first short calendar of the session, September l7, when Judge Edwin Q. Diokenson will be on the bench here. Tn view of the fact that Judge Dickenson will hear the new trial application. Clerk Freeman today referred the application for habeas corpus to him, ct Hartford. Judge Dickensofi can either grant or deny the application on It's own merits, or he can conduct hearing on the measure. His decision on the ap- plication will probably Do forthcora- Ing within a few days.
 Wrote Own Application
 The application, written by Mc- Carthy on prison paper. In long hand was sworn to by him before Milton E. Lane, Q notary public ot Danbury. It read as follows:
 ITO the Honorable Superior
 Court of New Haven County
 ct Waterbury:
 "Dennis J! Mccarthy, confined and held in Imprisonment ct the Con- tlecticut State Prison, without law or right, by the warden of said prison, demands that he, with the cause of his Imprisonment, shall be brought to the New Haven County Superior Court, in order that he shall have the opportunity to argue his motion for Q new trial applica- ton, and that the habeas corpus shall be issued without additional cost to him.
 "Dated at wethersneld, Connec- cut, on this 17th day of August, 1887.
 "(signed)
 Dennis ]. Mccarthy"
 Judge Jennings Sentenced Him
 Judge Newell M. Jennings sen- tenced Mccarthy to prison on April 12, le32, from the superior court in this city. On that day c jury found him guilty of being c third offender after having previously finding him guilty of Q burglary.
 Police officials reviewing McCar- thys record find that he has long list of offenses, not only in this state, but in many others, where he Is alleged to have used variety of aliases.
 When Judge Jennings was sen- tencing Mccarthy, 8 wise crack by the latter added five yeafs to his minimum sentence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-20
protecting shipping, Orders were;
 Orders Given Co Shoot

Orders Given to Shoot
 ahoot to frighten off any enemy airplanes attacking their merchant ahips, but if the warning falls shoot Co hit
 French frontier anti-aircraft and coast batteries, to shoot to warn any spanish planes flying over the frontier or over non-SpaniSh terri torial waters, and if the planes fall Go turn back, then shoot to bring them down.
 Shoot to sink any surface warship or submarine attacking any of their merchant ships outside spanish waters.
 The full explanation of the new submarine scare and the torpedoing, bombing and shelling of foreign vessels suspected by Franco's ar scouts of carrying contraband car goes lies in the fact that the Valen- cia government needs oil and gaSo- line supplies badly and that Franco Is determined to intercept them
 LOyalist Armies Suffer
 without constant deliveries of euel, the LoyaliSt armies will suffer tanks will be halted, planes ground ed, transportation interrupted and troop movements handicapped, Franco Is aware of this and in- tends to impede all shipments of oil supplies to Spain.
 According to neutral shipping authorities most of the oil comes from Russian ports in the black and Caspian seas and must pass the Dardenelles or SueE and, before en-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-20
MANILA ROCKED
 BY EARTHQUAKE
Happened Just as Many Refugees From Shang.
 hai Arrived

Manila, Aug. 20- (U.P) - A strong earthquake shook Manila at 8 p. m. tonight @ a. m. EDT) The shock came within on hour after the Dollar Liner President Jefferson arrived with e shipload of refugees from Shanghai. It was reportedly the severest temblor Manila had felt in years.
 Rocked Entire City
 The shock rocked the entire city and surrounding country causing considerable excitement. Authorities started Q check of possible damage, Looks like we left war to find an earthquake" laughed Shanghai refugees. The Jetferson's refugees were promptly housed in private dwellings and public buildings. They were given rousing welcome at the pier. They reported an uneventful trip from Shanghai except for birth of Q baby"
 Mrs. Roosevelt There
 Among the refugees who had fled from China, only to be greeted by the terrors of Q quake, were Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., wife of Q former governor.general of the Philippines.
 There were 800 passengers from Shanghai on the liner and many of them still were crowded on pier seven when the quake was felt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-20
Great Britain,
 France Are M
Continued from Page D

tering the western Mediterranean, must pass the narrow straits be- tween Sicily and Tunis
 The spanish consul at Algiers published portions of reports by naval captains which he contended proved that Italy has virtually blocked the straits of South Sicily,
 Rebels Smash Ahead
 Hendaye, Franco-Spanish From tier, August 20. - (Up) - General isslmo Francisco Franco's National ise legions poured down from the Red Mountains into the Santander plains today and pushed to within 24 miles of the last Loyalist strong hold on the Biscay coast.
 The insurgents captured village after village along two main roads leading into Santander from the south and frightened a trap on the last remnants of LoyaliSt General Gami2 Uribarria'S forces rushing into retreat west of the city near TorrelavegN,
 Loyallsts Claim
 Madrid, August 20, - (UP) = Rebel thrusts along the Reinosa road on the Santander front were "thrown back by the stubborn rec sistance of the government troops" a war office communique said today.
 The government asserted that rebel planes bombed and machine gunned Loyalist lines along the front, but were forced to retire when government planes took to the air.
 Meanwhile the government made plans to remove more than 100000 women from Madrid before winter sets in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-20

ance over the city in more than 50 hours.
 Drop Bombs Continuously
 They swooped down from the northwest and dropped bombs con- The raids were repeated at 7;so
 Japar,ese anti-aircraft batteries kept up an incessant hail of lire.
 Airmail Yarneli, as soon as the wounded on the Augusta had been cared for, prepared immediately 70 see Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, the Japanese commander.
 Earlier he had notified Hasegawa that he could not accept . ruling oi the Japanese fleet commander re strictinR movement of foreign vessels on the Whangpoo.
 International law, he pointed ous' permits free movement of U. D. warships onthe river.
 Therefore, he said. American armed vessels will move, whenever the U. s. commanders may fino " necessary. They will continue 70 carry running lights which ought to make them easily identifiable. British Ships Not Hit
 Two British warships, lying near the Augusta, apparently were not hit.
 Tension between all the foreign commanders -- British, Italian, French and Americar-and the Japanese had been increasing for 24 hours.
 Yesterday the Japanese aa- nounced that no Chinese vessels Of any kind would be allowed to navi- gate the military sector Of the river most of which lies in the interna- tionai settlement - between the hours of 5 p. m. and 2 Q. m.
 This move was designed to guard the Japanese fleet against floating mines and the attacks of Chinese "suicide" destroyers, such as that which togpedoed the Japanese flag ship Idgumo earlier this week, causing slight damages.
 China Made Demand
 Simultaneously, China demanded that the powers induce all Japanese warships to leave the river and Tokio to withdraw her armed forces from the region of the city.
 Britain and France suggested that Japan should do this, and offered to assume responsibility for the pro- tection of Japanese lives and prop erty.
 The Japanese refused.
 What would grow out of the smelling of Q U. 6. flagship tonight nobody could guess immediately.
 .. 6. Consul General Gauss was informed of the incident and planned to consult both the Chinese and Japanese at once. Japanese Blamed It was almost certain, however, that the shell came from Japa. nese gun.
 It fell on the steel deck of the warship from c high angle, indicat- ing that it probably came from one of the Japanese guns firing at Chi- nese airpianes.
 The U. 6. naval ofiice ashore at once notified both the Chinese and Japanese military commands. At the once of the U. Q. consul general 1t was indicated that the nmt Step would be to start an ex- iiaustive inquiry to determine the origin of the shell. Naval ofhcers said the United