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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
Slayer or Providence Doctor Not Captured
Physician George Webster, 39, Was Shot Down in Vestibule of His Own Home Early Friday-Not
 One Real Clue as Vet

Providence, R. T., July 1s-(UP)-- Police seeking the slayer of Dr.. George Webster, 3o, lly-promi- nent obstetrician admittedly were right back where we started" today.
 Not single tangible clue has been found to the identity of the niystert- ous assailant who pumped two .AS caliber brass jacketed bullets into the society doctor in his fashionable east side home early Friday, accord ing to Deputy Police Superintendent James J. Cusick.
 Surprise Visit
 Cusick declined to comment on the surprise visit paid by Q doctor and two detectives to the home Of Dr. Webster's secretary, Miss Doro- thea Gilligar, 8, and her roommate Miss Elizabeth Prince, 25, imme- diately aft.r burial rites for the slain physician at Swan Point cemetery yesterday.
 Both women had been questioned repeatedly by Cusick in an effort to discover . Head" that might aid in the search for the killer. They did not attend the funeral or burial services.
 Neither would Cusick discuss e re- port that Dr. Webster had at. tempted to obtain $25,000 life tl- surance policy only four days be- fore he was slain. A technicality- failure to complete a minor medical examination - prevented approval of his application, 1t was reported.
 Theories Discarded
 Already, Cusick said, these theories have been investigated and dis carded:
 That Dr. Webster was slain when he surprised intruders who had used his home in his absence.
 2.-That Dr. Webster was slain because he supposedly was heavily in debt to horse-race bookmakers.
 3.-That Dr. Webster was slain by 6 burglar whom he surprised in the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
Ten Met Death By Violence ln State During Week-End

24, and Marie Antoinett, IS, all of New Haven, were in serious con- dition at New Haven hospital from injuries received in the accident.
 Fred Henderson. 36, Chester, died at Middlesex hospital, Middletown. from injuries suffered in an auto mobile accident at East Haddam.
 George G. Staib, 68, Bethel, com- mitted suicide by hanging in a woodshei adjoining his home.
 New England
 Boston, July i9.-(UP).-New England's weekend toll of highway deaths and drownings stood at ie today. Eleven drowned and eight died in automobile crashes.
 Drowned: Frederick strangis, %. of East Bridgewater: William Hol- brook, q, in Q swimming pool on his parents' estate in pnramerston, N, H., near the former Brattleboro home of the iate RudyaTd Kipling; Arthur L. RaWlinson, 4s, paWtucket, R. T., in Greenwood lake, Attle- boro, after he rescued . iivs-year- old boy; Waiter ?. Crockett, ie Billerica: Bertrad Beaulei, 22, ol Auburn. Me. Six drowned in Con- nectlcuk.
 Hlghway dead: Miss Cora Dyer 22, West Bridgeton, Me, and JeEe. miah Potts, i7. South casco, Me. when their car overturned lr Naples, Me-: Bruce Humphrey. ( ! near his Manchseter, ~. E., home Three were killed in Conueesicut
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
GOVERNOR JOE
 LAWLOR RULES
Controls Destinies of the Highest State Office;
 No Appointments

Waterburians calling at the state capitol today greeted their fellow citizen, Senator Joseph H. Lawlor today, as governor" For the next ten days 1t will be perfectly per- missible to greet the well known state athletic commissioner as gov- ernor for officially he is the acting chief executive of Connecticut. His excellency, Governor Wilbur L.. Gross is spending e ten days vaca- ton at his summer home at Lake sunapee, N. H. Lieutenant-0 Cover. nor Frank Hayes is vacationing in Europe. By virtue of his office. president pro tempore of the state senate, Senator LAwlor becomes acting governor.
 When interviewed today in the chief executives office at Hartford Governor Lawlor took time out f:ori acknowledging messages from his numerous friends and senatorial as- sociates to send greetings to Wa terbdry.
 No Appointments 1ris answer to a query. the acting Kozefnor stated that owing to the press of official business he did not believe 1t possible that he would give. any serious consideration this week to the matter of making new appointments" I know there is uienty of interest in the governors selections of certain officials, but I expect to be too busy this week to reach that matter. I will probably leave it to my successor to make the announcement" "Joe's success sor will be Governor Wilbur L.. Gross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
JEAN PICCARD IS
 WELL SATISFIED
Proved That Small Ball. looms Are Best, Although
 Landing in Tree Top
By WALT BUNDLE

United Press Stan C0rrespondent)
 Lansing, Ia., July 19.-(UP)- Bushy haired Jean Piccard said to- day that he had proven the prac- ticality of ascending into the strato- sphere at the ends of 2,000 small balloons instead of one big one.
 He blasted, stabbed and shot his first grape cluster" to pieces yes- terday, to end the first flight ever att tempted in such Q craft. He alighted in the treetops of Joe Manton's farm, and leaped to safety as flames consumed the bathtub-shaped gon- dola.
 Piccard used only 80 balloons Sum- day, and ascended 11,000 feet, which was as high as he wanted to go. When he attempts a stratosphere flight, he expects to use 2,000 bal- looms and rise possibly IS miles. First he will make another experimental flight.
 Started At Midnight
 The Sunday flight started at mid- night from Rochester, Minn., and ended at breakfast time beside the Mississippi river seven miles from here, covering about 75 miles.
 The balloons, each four feet In
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19

point of gaining the right to chal- ienRe England for possession of the historic trophy which has been on this side of the Atlantic for ten years.
 In the first of tomorrows two final singles matches, Bryan (Bitsy) Grant will play Henkel and in the second one Budge will play Won Cramm.
 The match wa5 one of the most thrilling in Davis Cup history and was marked by brilliant comebacks by the U. s. forces. Particularly was this true of the fourth and final set in which the Americans lost three consecutive games at love, including Q service break against Mako, and trailed. one game to four. But the Californian team put on tho heat and ran out the set.
 Budge At His Peak
 Budge, whose play during much of the contest failed to measure up to that he displayed in winning the all-England title c fortnight ago, reached his peak in the clos ing games. The winning point was e clean service ace oil Don's rac-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
JUDGE IMPROVES

Norwalk, Conn.,, July 19 (UP)-SuperiOr Court Judge Edward J. Quinlan was reported in a favorable condition at his home here today following his collapse while playing golf Satur- day.
 Judge Quinlan left Nor. walk hospital Sunday aft ernOon. The heat was blamed for his collapse while playing with his son and another couple.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
REV. DR. GEORGE
 CLOVER DIES

Norfolk, Conn, July ie-(UP)- Funeral arrangements were being made today for the Rev. Dr. George F. Glover. 7i. superintendent emer- itis of St. Luke's hospital, New York city .who died last night at his summer home.
 A native of Lanesboro, Mass. pr. Glover was pastor and superinten- dent Of St Luke's hospital from 1900, and canon and registrar of the Cathedral of st. John the Divine from 1905 to 1914.
 He was president of the hospital conference of greater New York from 1906 t0 loa6.
 Ne leaves his widow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
Ne1uspaperG GuildHead
 Lashed Unmercifuuy
President William Green of American Federation of Labor Says Haywood Broun Has Been
 Inspired By Word From Moscow

Washington, July l9-(UP)-Pres. ident William Green of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, charged today that Haywood Broun, presi- dent of the American Newspaper guild, had sold guild members down the river"
 In taking the guild into the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization, Green charged, Broun had been "in- spired by some very astute Moscow trained revolutionaries." Broun, he said. had acted as Q "stooge" for the avowed communists in the 0. I. O." and should resign his guild offlce, at least until Q referendum on poli- cies adopted at the guilds conven- tion in St. Louis is completed.
 Green referred particularly to the action of a number of guild units in repudiating the actions of the St. Louis convention which took the guild out of the A. F. of l.. into the c. I. O., expressed sympathy for the Spanish loyalists, and en- dorsed President Roosevelt's su- preme court reorganization pro- gram.
 Green Presented Charter
 Green recalled that he had per- sonally presented the A. F. of L. charter to the guild in . New York meeting. Broun, he said, had ate tempted to dictate his speech then. and, failing, had hurried invective" at him. Green warned the guild meeting, he said. Aof where the Committee for Industrial Organiza- ton was attempting to lead the workers of America"
 "That warning went unheeded," i" he continued, land few weeks ago at St: Louis at what was to have been @ convention of an interna- tional union of the American Fed-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
BLOODY BATTLE AROUND MADRID Loyalists Are Claiming to Have Won-Insurgents
 Also Make Claims
By IRVING B. PFLAUM

NOmhtcU EEeeb 0tAH OVEEcopVnueuI
 Madrid. Ju 1s-(UP) Sixteen miles west of Madrid, the pick of the Nationalist and Loyal'st Armies fought out today with every arm of warfare from airplanes to trench knives and fists the most savage and probably the most important battle of the civil war.
 Sources close to the general staff estimated that between 5000 and T. 900 men of both armies were wounded or killed in fighting yester- day.
 Red Gross ambulances fought for space on the roads back to Madrid with men and truckloads of mater ial on the way to the front, and with the battle only beginning hospitals here were filling fast.
 The operation was 6 desperate Nationalist counter-attack intended to throw the Loyalists out of the deep salient they cut southward inc the insurgent lines in the Brunete
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19

to JapanS demanQS TOT redress De- cause of alleged Chinese troop att tacks on Japanese soldiers, the note suggested a cessation of all troop movements and withdrawal of Chin csc troops from the trouble area over Peiping.
 China's note was delivered this evening. Midnight (noon EDT) was the deadline set by Shinrokuro Idaka, counselor of Japan's embassy at Nanking, for equalization to Ja- pans demands.
 Well informed quarters believed that the government meant, even at the cost of risking popular dis favor, to reach an agreement with Japan in the end. But 1t was pur- suing the policy that had reused the Japanese to fury in the past. It was politely oblivious to threats, meeting each new demand with 8 new sug- gestion that meant delay, so that the Japanese were baffled.
 Angry Protests
 Todays note came after an angry exchange of protests. China pro- tested an alleged attack on trains by Japanese war plane; Japan protested anti-Japanese activities.
 The note-technically an "aide memoir or memorandum-urged that 6 date be set for cessation of troop movements and withdrawal of troops.
 It complained that Japan seemed intent on war and that Chinas own
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
DEATH VERDICT IS OFFICIALLY GIVEN BY NAVY Govt. Has Expended Sum of $4,OOO,OOO in Vain
 Hunt for Flyers USELESS TO CONTINUE,
 ADMIRAL MURFIN Already Move Is Under Way to Stop Al-Stunt
 Flying in Future
BY WENDELL BURCH

United Press Staff CorrespondentD
 Honolulu, July 1S.-UP) Amelia Earhart, symbol of woman's efficiency in the air, and Frederick J. Noonan, her navigator in a flight around the world, were officially giv- en up for dead today. The airplane carrier Lexington abandoned a search of the South Seas that has cost the government approximately $4,0oo,- 600.
 There no longer seemed to naval officials any doubt but what Miss Earhart and Noonan had drowned somewhere between New Guinea and Rowland Island after losing their way on an all ocean hop of their round the world flight. Sixty-two airplanes of the Lexington, assisted by the coast guard cutter Itasca, the mine sweeper Swan, and three de- stroyers had searched an area the size of Texas without finding the least trace of them.
 Search Abandoned
 Rear Admiral Orin c. Murfin, commandant of the 14th naval dis trict with headquarters here, an. ncunced the abandonment of the search. The Lexington and her es- oorting destroyers will return at once to their base at San Diego. The Swan and the Itasca had already been withdrawn.
 Tt is useless to continue the search, Admiral Murfin said.
 In Los Angeles, George Palmer Putnam, Miss Earharts husband, re-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
VOTE ON COURT
 BILL TUESDAY
That Is Opinion of Those Coming Back From the
 Funeral Ceremonies
By JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Staff C0rreSp0ndent)
 Aboard Robinson Funeral Train Returning to Washington, July 19. (UP)-Opponents and supporters of the administrators substitute judi ciary bill declared today that they were ready for a senate vote probably tomorrow.
 we've got votes to spare to send the bill back to the judiciary com mittee," Senator Edward R. Burke, D.) Neb., asserted as the SO mem Der congressional delegation at the funeral of Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson returned to the capital to resume the legislative war.
 "Let them come on with 6 vote any time," challegned Senator Sher- man iMnton (D.) Ind, supporter of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
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STILL. ASLEEP

Methuen, Mass, July 19 -(UP)-Ten-year-old Err nest Petford of Peabody was asleep in his fathers parked automobile when someone stole it.
 Eight hours later the car was found abandoned two miles away = with the youngster still sound asleep on the back seat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
FIRED ON JAPANESE

Tokyo, July i0.-(Up) Chinese troops at Lukuochiao where the present crisis originated. fired on Japanese troops late today, the Tap- ansse pomei Newa Agency EepaE VI.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, July 1e--(UPl--scv- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiseal year through July 16. compared with a year ago:
 Thfs Year ExnenseB Last Year $43s,S30. .407.4s $225. .002.06 sss4.soz.la5.ss sis4.sOs.sos sso4.oas.asl.zS sse.77s.sssgs sa.sis.ssa.si1.is ss.ssa.4si. .sio7o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
Doubles Match IS
 Taken After Four Brilliant Games
Don Budge, Gene Mako Came Through After Won Cramm, Henkel Had Won First Set; Thrill
 ing Plays During Contest
BY ROBERT D0WsON United Press Stan Correspondent)

Wimbledon, England July 19 --( (UP) = The United States ran up 1 lead Germany in the terzone final Davis Cup series today when Don Budge and Gene Mako defeated Baron Gottfred von Cranm and Henner Henke in the doubles match, 46, 7-5 8-6, GA.
 The doubles victory put the United States within
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
Chino Refuses To Accede To Japan
Note Was Delivered Only Few Hours Before Time Given By Japanese Had Expired-U. s.
 Marines Warn Americans
BY JOHN R. MORRIS United Press Staff Correspondent)

Shanghai, July 19.-(UP)-China in a note delivered only few hours before the expiration of verbal ultima u refused tonight to captulate to Japans demands her.
 The note was phrased in conciatory terms It ern- phaszed Chnas desire peace But instead of acceedng
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
Ths Weather

Temperature Unchanged
 Fair Tonight, Tuesday { Fun weather Report Page 3.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-13
Training Against Accidents

Not much can be done by legislation to
prevent accidents. Effective education is
more likely to be successful. On this be-
lief the New York State Department OF
Health is urging widespread educational
campaign to inform men, women and chill
dren of the causes of preventable acct
dents, Says health official: us it too
much to hope that, when the causes OF
fatal accidents in the home are ascer-
tanned and clearly presented, the fathers
and mothers of this land will be eager to
protect their loved ones as well as them
selves from potential hazards?"
Education has already accomplished
something here There has been a
definite downward trend in the accident
mortality caused by the street cars, food
poisonings, railroads, and machinery.
Partly this has resulted from use of safety
devices. Largely it has resulted from
use of safety devices. Largely it has
resulted from teaching people where the
specific danger lies and how to avoid it.
Such beginnings inspire to further effort
of the same sort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-13
Relief

It is easy to say, "Take people off
4 relief" But not so easy to do And the
reasons are not merely political in the
ordinary sense of that word. The govern
ment tried it last fall, and what hap
pened? Thousands of families were
thrown back upon their own resources.
It was assumed that they would get jobs,
but few Of them found private work. They
appealed for local help and usually
couldn't get it, They walked the streets.
And then such roar of protest went up
from local authorities and business men
that the government had to liberalize its
plans and stretch it's resources again, and
take them back.
What If 1t hadn't done so? Starving
and freezing people will work for any
thing they can get. That drags down
wages, living standards and business
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-13

standards for everybody. Even then,
many can't get work. Social discomfort
and anger grow, and almost anything
may happen. At the worst, there develop
such situations as have put Italy, Ger
many, Russia and Spain where they are.
F.. The responsibilities seem to be about
half with the government and half with
business. The government has to do
whatever local authority and private en-
terprise cannot or will not do. Attention
has been concentrated so far mostly on
the government. Perhaps it should be
focused more on private business from
now on. Business craftsmanship might
be able to do more now than political
craftsmanship, through enlightened
handling of employment and production,
with as much interest in public welfare
as in private profits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-13
Child Labor Issue
On Increase Since Death of MIRA Is Claim-Presi-
dent Urges Passage of Amendment
by States.
HARTFORD TIMES

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Flevehtlon Oh c!iilo AaOoi - pr
sentea as a dounie narrelieo Issue
by the almost Simultaneous Aet.er
from PRESIDENT HooseVelt 10 tue
governors OF IL states, urging Tau-
hcat1on OF the proposed cnila laDol
amendment, ana statement 1Io.il
former Governor Lanoon % n ....ii
sas, suggesting a proceaure Al Sn
cateo by Inc supreme Coults u
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-13

Scenic highways aren't always what
they are advertised to be. This has been
proved in the case of the Storm King
Mountain route, probably one of the most
scenic in the East and yet of recent years
also the scene of several tragedies. The
roadway has been built around the face
of the precipitous rock face of the noun
tain and hangs over the Hudson River
north of West Point. Weather conditions
cause rock-slides and if automobiles hap
pen to be passing when the rocks slide
down on the road acci ents are newt
able. 1t has been pror ed that the pres
ent route be abandoned and another one
built, but this has brought criticism and
opposition. We doubt very much if the
state could ever beat local opponents if
they really started to fight any such move
as this. If the present route isn't salts
factory and is too dangerous for year.
around use, then there is no assurance
another but safer one, could be built
retaining the same scenic features.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-13

regulate and prohibit" the labor Of
all persons UP to the age Of IS years.
Young people in these upper brack-
cts are hardly to be called children.
Many of them are leaving school
years before then. Shall they re-
main idle? Girls and even boys Of
II and IS are marrying and becom-
ing the fathers and mothers Of
children in many cases. 1t Is ride
ulous to call them children, with
reference to the privilege OF work.
ing.
It Is equally ridiculous to enact
an amendment which permits Con-
gress to legislate as proposed and
then fondle hope that Congress
will refrain from exercising the full
authority granted to 1T.
So much for the merits Of this
particular amendment, which has
nothing to do with the merits of
the undertaking to abolish real
child labor 73
Surely, If states may be protected,
as the Supreme Court says they
may, against the importation Of con-
vict-made goods when they them
selves have legislated against their
manufacture and sale, then states
which have prohibited child labor
may likewise be protected against
the importation Of, child labor
goods. = e
True 1t would not afford great
protection to Connecticut manufac-
turers merely to forbid the impor-
tation Of child labor products here.
But to forbid their entry into the
"a states, which already have rati-
fed the Federal amendment and to
others which have strict child labor
laws, would decidedly lesson the
competition Of Child labor, lessen
the market for Its products and en-
courage child labor lsgislation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-13

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-13

Connecticut's 5000 odd manufacturing
firms will be completely reclassified in
the new list that the State Labor Depart
ment is preparing to issue. Not only will
the list be revised and brought up
to date but the principal products OF
the states manufacturing plants will be
placed alongside the name. There will
also be groupings under such classified
tons as textile, machine tool, hardware,
metals, etc. There will also be an alpha
betical list. This manual is widely cir
culcated, some copies of it even going to
foreign countries. They probably will be
popular in Europe, too, with war clouds
gathering.