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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-15

Waterbury chapte of state group re- gently completed a successful mem- bership drive under the direction of John B. Goss.
 Several bils introduced by Repre- sentative John D. Thoms of Water bury, minority leader of the house, will also be heard Wednesday after non by the judiciary committee. One concerns the merger and consolida- tion of corporations, requiring that property held before and after the joining of concerns be recoreded under the old name and the new name with the town clerk.
 Another bill of Representative Thoms amends section 3406 of the general statutes but it is in blank form so far. The full bill will be filed with the judiciary committee on Wednesday when the hearing takes place. A third bill of Representative Thoms, also in blank form, amends section 6194 of the general statutes concerning libel.
 More CuIhane Bills
 This Thursday several bills in- troduced by Senator Culhane will be introduced. One requires the use of voting machines in primary contests Another amends the state law con- corning voting machine commission CTS. A third one provides for per- manent moderators for elections, an equal number to be named by each party. A fourth bill of Senator Gull hane, in blank form, concerns "prima facie evidence of party af- filations while another one, in blank form, concerns electors and nom- nations. Still another bill to be heard on Thursday, and introduced by Senator Culhane, has to dc with primaries, caucuses and con- ventions" and is in blank form.
 Thursday afternon the judiciary committee will hear arguments pro and con on a bill introduced by Senator Scanzillo of Bridgeport ex- empting churches, fraternal organ. nations and political groups from the restrictions of the state anti. gambling law so that they can con- duo bingo games.
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Car,1paigr, On Supreme Court Has Expanded
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Out of every blight of hysteria on this question:" Cummings said There comes a luther charge that the presidents proposals will leao to dictatorship through the estab- lishment of evil precedent.
 Let us have done with irrespon- sible talk of dictatorship. Let us turn our minds to realities. We hear much talk about the perils that be- set democracy. If we are to defend successfully our institutions against all corners from the right and from the left we must make democracy work"
 Coast to Coast Broadcast
 Cummings spoke last night over three coast-to-coast broa dcas chains, MT. Roosevelt, himself, will speak tonight but at a testimonial banquet for Postmaster General James A. Farley, soon to leave the cabinet.
 There has been on intimation that the president will this early enter the national debate, but an- other administration spokesman, Sen. Sherman Minton, D., Ind, will be on the air tonight in defense ot the presidents plan.
 The court after today's session takes two week recess during which it may prepare its opinion of the Wagner Labor Relations Act. Labor has come to regard that legilsla- ton fundamental guarantee Of its minimum rights. The courts deci- sion enevitably will bear sharply upon the course of judiciary legis- lation proposed by the president.
 Wcek-End Score
 The weekend score showed two more senate democrats bolting the president and Sen. Robert M. La Toilette, Prog, Wis, announcing support of the judiciary plan. Sen. Josiah w. Bailey, D., N. O., and Bur- ton K. Wheeler, D., Mont. announce their refusal to support MT. Roose- welt.
 Neither side yet possesses a ma jority of committed senators. The Congressional Democratic Leader ship, despite some private mutter- ing, is generally pledged to support tte plan which would either lead to early retirement of the more aged supreme court justices or permit ex- pansion of their number from nine to fifteen.
 Must Be No Compromise
 MT. Roosevelt has said nothing for publication on the courts since his press conference and message of Feb. 5 in which the plan frs, was presented to the public. But
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And I've got 1t all done but for the polishing up. It's about 8 man in prison, and the story stars when he gets out"
 Directs Prison Play
 Beckett directed the prison dra- matic players in ''The First Legion" last week and made curtain speech. He hopes Warden Ralph H. Walker will let the club put on more plays.
 But the board of pardons was on his mind. "Yes." he said, i've been turned down four times now, and If 1t happens again, I'll just take 1t and keep going"
 Then the guard came over and said he was sorry but they had to count Beckett in the mess hall. He could talk all day if 1t wasn't for that.
 Well" the lifer said, Goodbye Write me letters. Let me know whats going on. I wish you would"
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|Methodists Observe
 Fellowship Movement
Local Married Couples Club Plan Dinner Wednesday
 in Conjunction With Nationwide Celebration

O004 members. The movement also aims to obtain more substantial sup- port for the church's missions.
 On the financial side, the new movement seeks to enroll 100000 memberos of the denomination as supporters in a wirld-wide mission and benevolence programh. Parts of this structure are foreign missions in 27 countries, home missoins which employ about 5000 persons, more than 70 hospitals, 85 educational in- Stitutions from secondary schools to universities, the distribution of the Bible, reforms and the promotion of temperance and the pensioning of aged ministers.
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ing problems.
 Seek An Ordinance
 Police are seeking to have the new regulations established in the form of an ordinance, so that en- forcement will be easier and proper penalties can be provided for. An ordinance is not absolutely neces- sary, since there is at present city ordinance which gives the police department "entire control ana supervision over all traffic in the streets of the city of Waterbury. This ordinance has been in ef1ect since 1911.
 Sweeping changes are planned py police to improve traf1ic and park ing conditions. Parking regulations changed already by Supt. Roach on several occasions, will be further changed in many pearts of the city: Several new mo parking" areas VIII be set up downtown, while time Inn its in other locations will be lowered.
 South Main Ttraffic
 One of the streets to be most affected VIII DC SouttI N1a"A coA From Grand to Clay streets, limited parking will be allowed on the west side, and none on the east sioe. From Jefferson street to Excnange place, parking on the east sioe, now forbidden. will be allowed TOT limited periods. ,. .,
 Grand street, in the vicinity ol the City Hall. will also have its parking regulations changed. s Ins changes already made in parKIns rules for the area near the railroad station and the American 6rass Co. offices will be continued.
 Leavenworth St. Changes . One of the new traffic rules 70 De recommended will be the forbiddlns of west-bound cars to turn left intc Leayenworth street from West Main street. This, it is believed, Wouio eliminate a present danger. -
 Parking rules for areas near Gca' factories will be further amended Residents of these neighbornooos have long complained that tneii
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John D. Rockefeller. Jr., Francis Bowes Sayre, assistant secretary of state; and William Frederick Bige- low, internationally known editor and writer, are to be the guest speakers along with Dr. E. Stanley Jones of India in the nationwide broadcast to be held on Wednesday,
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 Farnsworth would picture him a central figure in widespread inter national intrigues. U. s. Attorney Leslie c. Garnett expected to take at least a week to present his Wit nesses, many Navy officers, some or whom were Farnsworth'S classmates at Annapolis.
 Once a Fashion Plate
 Farnsworth, 42, once trim figure in naval blues and whites and later fashion plate in his dealings with Washington society, has been m jail seven months. His trial was more the strain of defending himself of disloyalty to his country and the service. He had to face men who had been his brother officers up to 8 few years ago when he was cash tered out of the Navy for conduct unbecoming to an officer ana a gentleman" Attorneys William F. Leahy and William J. Hughes, Jr'' said no decision had yet been reached concerning their course ln defending Farnsworth. The indlct- ment returned against Farnswortn by the district grand jury identified two Japanese naval officers as CO., conspirators, but did not indict them because they were believed protected by diplomatic immunity. Both men commander Yosiyuji Itimiya and It Cmdr. Okira Yamaki, had been sta toned at the Japanese embassy as naval attaches but had returned to Japan months before FarnsWortr was arrested.
 50 Witnesses Against Him Garnett planned to call approxi' mately 50 witnesses in building ms case. Most of them, he said, will DC Navy officers and their families Several of the witnesses were called from sea duty; others came from tne Pacific coast, Florida, Massachu. sets, New York, Rhode Island anc nearby Maryland and Virginia. 4 second indictment, charging Farms " -rth with giving the Japanese gov ernment a confidential booklet en. titled 'The Service of 1nformatioi and Security" Is pending but WI not be pushed at present.
 Arrested By G-Men
 Farnsworth was arrested by G' men as he slept in his former wiies apartment in the fashionable em' bassy district here. Naval mtein' gence officers had kept him unoe'
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BUDGET IS PUT UP TO CONGRESS
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post office department. In the latter case, the committees report empha- sized that 1t would be necessary to continue the present three-cent postal rate.
 For Debt Purposes
 The estimate of $l,468, ,404. .470 in permanent appropriation mainly for debt purposes was based on an Tn" crease of $25, 100000 in interest on on the public debt and $8, 8,761 ,350 for increase in the sinking rund. The treasury estimated $581 100000 for sinking fund purposes in the next fiscal year and $860, ,000, 0,0o0 for inter- est on the public debt.
 The regular appropriations in the bill were $15,041,067 under budget estimates but $234, 300, ,149 over the 1887 fiscal year appropriation. Tho increase over last year was due en- tirely to the social security act, which requires the treasury to put $500, 100000 in the old age reserve account. Last year the requirement. for this purpose was only $26S, ,OOO,- 900.
 The $782, ,4e9, ,361 for the post office department, the committee report said, was based on a volume or postal business due to produce $755, ,000, 900 in revenue next year, an increase of $4O,O0O,000 over esti- mated 1887 fiscal year revenue.
 Air Mail Service
 The $750,000, 900 appropriation for transatlantic air mail service was included "in anticipation of culmin- ation of negotiations" between Great Britain and the United States which would permit 8 division of air mall between British and American lines, the report stated.
 The transatlantic project is sup. posed to start in November but the committee doubted that 1t would be started by then. The post office de" partment had asked $1,280,000.
 'In providing the lesser figure" the committee said, there is no in" dication, however, of desire to delay the commencement Of the service or to infer any unfavorabIe attitude toward it."
 The bill also carried $20O. 900 to as- sist in paying for a second weekly flight along the east coast of South America from Para, Brazil to RIO de Jande Janeiro for ail mail pur- poses.
 Principal Items
 Principal items in the treasury phase of the bill compared with 1887 appropriations. follow:
 Old age reserve account $500,- 100000, up $2s5. 100000: internal revenue bureau, $87, ,798, ,920, up $27,- 4S1. .29O; federal alcohol administra. ton $425. 900. down $50, 900: narcotics bureau $,267, 500, down $7,400: coast guard $24.64S.s4O. down $97.888; secret service $993, ,8l0, down $59.80O: public health service $20. 746, ,980, up $5s5, ,9o5.
 In the post ofiice department:
 Foreign mall transportation. in. cluding foreign air mail. $14.054, ,82S, up $4S37, 1928; airplane contract mail service, $l4,250. .000. up $2.250. 900: ii1- land transportation by railroad routes and mail messenger service $l07, ,90O.0 900, up $500. 900.
 In connection with domestic air mail, the bill approved $l4.260,00 an increase of $2,250,000 over last year on the basis of proposals for new routes and extension and for increased frequency on present routes and schedules.
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FELL THREE STORIES

Torrington, Conn, Feb. 15-(U.Po Andrew Hunychak, 63, who fell three stories when he mistook 8 window for a door late last night, was in q flair" condition today at Charlotte HUigerford hospital. Hunychak's relatives believed he fell asleep in the attic of their home and stepped out of the window when he vented to come downstairs. They found him meaning on the ground.
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law to the 409 square miles of Mad ison county Saturday, on the heels of a sit-down strike sponsored by the United Automobile Workers uTl- ion, reuptive clashes between union groups and non-union "vigilantes and . shooting in which two men were wounded seriously.
 Col. Albert H. Whitcomb. com- manding officer, said there v'ere no guardsmen in the plants. A few will be stationed around factory en- frances all day, as precaution, he said.
 Pool halls and saloons were closed. Hotels and restaurants were forbid den to sell alcoholic drinks. Guards men patrolled streets by squads, breaking up gatherings of more than three persons. But stores and the- aters operated as usual.
 No Crowds Allowed
 Principal patrols centered on the two-block stretch of Main street, two miles from the Guide Lamp and Delco-Remy plants. In these blocks are the police station. and the eight room union headquarters.
 Guardsmen stationed at the en- trance counted persons entering uri- ion headquarters. Whenever more than three visitors were inside, guardsmen entered and chased them out. They permitted i've of Reu- ther's assistants to work at their desks, but Reuther complained that his staff was limited.
 A press conference in his office was broken up by guardsmen and adjourned to a reporters room in Hotel Anderson, where Colonel Whitcomb said conferences might be held regularly without interfer- ence.
 Another 40 guardsmen were "ob- serving" at Alexandria, B miles away. It was in Alexandria Satur- day that guardsmen mounted ma chine guns at the intersections ot highways g and 28, and turned back carloads of union sympathizers from Lansing and Flint, Mich, enroute to reinforce Anderson'S union work CTS III the 1euQ.
 Barricades Are Up
 Another group said to have left Michigan cities for Anderson had not been accounted for. Barricades thrown across IA highway entrances to Anderson to bar outsiders had been lifted.
 John Rose and Heaton Worse Flint unionists wounded by blast from Bartender Emory Shipley's shotgun when they attempted to enter the Gold Band cafe Friday night, appeared improved in St. Johns hospital, where they were under police guard. Another II men arrested in connection with the shooting, including three who were sttuck by single pellets from Ship leys shotgun, remained in jail All ars union members.
 Colonel Whitcomb said he would oners, six of whom were from Flint. determine disposition of the pris- All were held on vagrancy charges. Shipley remained free, despite Reu- ther's demand for his arrest. Shipley said he fired to prevent illegal entry. ? City officials indicated grand jury would be summoned this week to investigate the shooting.
 Relax Restrictions
 Guard commanders indicated they would relax restrictions today if there was no trouble at the fac- tory gates.
 Martial law may continue. how ever, until the two plants resume full-time operations which were disrupted by the General Motors st2ike. With non-union employees, they restored part-time operations Feb. 1, before settlement of the strike.
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PRISON LITER IS
 NOVEL WRITER
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Today. he writes short stories for magazines. The prison years before that he spent in study-a grammar and high school education, a junior college course by mail, a law degree by mail, course on psychiatry by mail.
 Wants Newspaper Job
 I've been saving money" he said, fin case I get out. If do, I'll head for Hartfrod at once. I want to leg 1t on newspaper. Give me dog. a room, pipe. typewriter and a radio and I'll be happy"
 This was an amazing man. He talked of plays and the screen as if he had seen the performances last night. He spoke of books, of his friendship with Eva Legallienne, Dorothy Thompson, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Prof. George Ross Wells and others. He talked of sports, of how he bet on Schmeling to beat Louis and won eight cartons of cigarettes. Of life. Newspapers. Prisons. Ideas. But, above all. of writing.
 "It's kind of tough" he smiled, ito have to go to bed at g o'clock. That's when the lights go out. But I just lay there, and don't sleep. think. I imagine things, let my mind run away. I pull ideas outo f the air. But you know-a funny thing. Some times I wake up in the morning and just can't remember those darn tdeas!"
 Bought Typewriter Bekett made enough money by his early writings to buy a typewriter He pecks away at 1t during all hi' spare time. His regular work i. being secretary to the educationa director of the prison. He can write one personal letter a week. Sending out manuscripts, however, doesn' count.
 "Oh," he said, sometimes car write story in an hour, or maybe week. If you're in the mood, il comes. I had two accepted last week. A couple of years ago I hao one selected in a collection of the best stories of the year. Now a pub fisher wants me to write . novel
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\NOtlIllluCu llOlll IdSC 4/ out on that day if their demands are not met.
 Union for Short Hours
 The union threw it's full support behind 5-hour reduction in the present 35-hour week with no de- crease in pay which, in effect, is a IS per cent raise in wages. Opera tors have served notice on Lewis that they will not grant a wage in- crease and will insist upon increas- ing wekely hours to 40. The present agreement provides basic daily wage scale of $5.50 in the north and $5.1O in the south. Lewis lieuten- ants gathered at CIO headquarters over the weekend awaiting his re- turn. Government officials and ob- servers, weary after the General Motors strike, saw in Lewis latest statement during an interview, hope that a coal strike could be averted He said: You know, I abhor strikes"
 Ends at Crucial Time
 The present agreement ends at the approximate period Lewis plans to start his supreme effort for rec ognition by steel corporations of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers-anothel CIO union. The two industries are closely allied, many mines being controlled by steel companies whict use their entire output.
 The contract applies to miners ir the Appalachian fields, extending from central Pennsylvania to north. ern Tennssee. Wage and hour agreements for all other members of UNIV are based on it.
 The last national coal strike was threatened when Lewis ordered union miners out of the shafts ir April, 1885, because operators had failed to meet his wage demands He rescinded the order at the re- quest of President Roosevelt.
 The walkout of approximately half a million miners was delayed until the last week of September when the strike order finally was given. Within a week the union and operators reached an agree ment.
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own driveways are blocked rom morning to night, and that they are unable to park their own cars.
 The boulevard system will De ex- tended to several additional streets, and the establishment Of several one-way streets in the downtown area is still under consideration
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!. Frederick. 100, and Mrs. Fred crick. 93. of Melbourne, Australia celebrated their roth wedding anni- versary.
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Protests have saved the lives oi four trees condemned to the ax by the city council of Westminster England.
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Japan's population is 70,259,200, the new census shows.
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ROMAN CATHOLIC CENTER FOR YALE

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COAL, STEEL ON
 LEWIS PROGRAM

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ORDINANCE TO
 CHANGE TRAFFIC

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TRIAL OF JOHN
 FARNSWORTH ON

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-08
ERIE YIELDS 6.FooT FISH

PORT CLINTON, o. (UP)-
Fishermen of the Port Clinton
Fish company "netted" a Lake
Erie sturgeon 6 feet, 6 inches in
length.
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PROTECTION OF CHILD
ACTRESSES, DEMAND

CARDIFF, Eng. (UP)-New
laws to save child actresses from
existing dangers are demanded
in a resolution adopted by a con-
ference of head-teachers here.
"They grow up too quickly and
therefore badly" Miss |. Payn,
Cardiff headmistress, declared in
describing the lives of children
behind the footlights. "They be-
come physically and mentally old
err. They suddenly lost the fresh
ness of their girlhood and bud
ding womanhood.
"Most of us are acquainted
with these little nomads who have
attended three or four schools in
almost as many months. The child
naturally tends to put her stage
work first and school second.
With their permed hair-some of
them need to take half day from
school to have it permed-with
their use of rouge, lipstick and
powder, they are to be pitied."
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MISSIONARY CIRCLE
DISCUSSES NEGRO PACT

The July meeting of Business
WOmen's Missionary circle of the
First Baptist. church met al tho
Lewis house Monday evening.
Avery interesting devotional
was conducted by Mrs. Porter, of
West Palm Beach, Fla. The sub.
ject of the evening was. "Tbe
Negro Race"
Mrs. Nicely, program chairman
was in charge of the following
program:
1.-THE Negroes Sorrows" was
discussed by Mrs. w. T. Reckling.
His contributions to the south
were discussed as follows: Gifts
of Labor" Mrs. Huffman; Gift
of Literature" Miss Dahlia
Clouse; Gifts of Music" Mrs.
Sinclair; "Other Contributions3-
round table-"The Nature of Our
Work Among Negroes, was told
by Mrs. Sinclair. what Can We
Do to Prove Ourselves Good
Neighbors, was discussed by
Mrs. Seibert, Miss Lillian Clouse
and Miss Matte Sue French.
Nine members and one visitor
were in attendance.
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A 10-year-old collie owned by
p. II. Stoner Of Allentown, Pa, is
the mother of ll6 living offphing.