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Evening star., 1937-05-01

cutler, whose duty it was to prepare
the meal, was mad at the Archbishop
of Canterbury and issued orders that
If the prelate was caught hunting in
his private forest the gamekeepers
should kick him out. The arch
bishop retaliated by excommunicat-
ing the butler and thus barring him
from any part in the coronation
procedures.
Elaborate but Disgraceful.
The coronation OF George the
Fourth was the most elaborate ever
held in England and also one Of the
most disgraceful. THE first gentle
man in Europe" surrounded himself
with his merry companions, barred
his wife from the abbey and sur
rounded himself with a body guard
of all the prize fighters he could
muster in gay regalia. headed by the
American Negro, Richmond the Black.
AS part of the coronation ceremony
various dignitaries of the realm were
supposed to kiss the King on the
cheek. Perspiration rolled down the
Evening star., 1937-05-01
ENGINE TROUBLE
DELAYSPRES|DENT.
Roosevelt Cruises Down
Gulf Coast on Destroyer
Moffett.
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOClateO Press.
NEW ORLEANS, May with
plenty of bait and an old spotted fish
ing outfit awaiting him on the u S. S.
Potomac off Corpus Christi, Tex,
President Roosevelt cruised down the
gulf coast on the Destroyer Moffett
early today.
Meanwhile, members of his White
House Office staff were en- route to
Galveston, Tex, from New Orleans to
set up headquarters in the Galvez
Hotel, after spending nearly 36 hours
in this city.
Marvin H. Mcintyre, a secretary,
planned to send a plane to the Poto-
mac with official mail from Washing
ton as soon as he arrived in Galveston,
on the gulf coast north of Corpus
Christi. In the mail pouch will be
the neutrality bill passed by Congress
to replace the temporary law expiring
tonight.
Word of the Presidents signature of
the measure, which gives him discre-
tionary authority to restrict trade with
W oil lilS lldlAOlLS, was tApcCtCu DtlOlt T
nightfall.
The vacationing President, under
original plans, was to have trans
ferred from the Moffett to the Po-
tomac early last night. But engine
trouble and decision to spend Thurs
day night off Pilot Town, at the
mouth of the Mississippi, after repairs
had been made, set back his schedule
about IL hours.
The Moffett developed a clogged
oil line, but message to Mcintyre
said it was soon fixed and the voyage
resumed after daybreak. The big de-
stroyer steamed through Southwest
Pass into the gulf shortly after break
fast yesterday.
While communication with the de-
stroyer was maintained by Mcintyre
In New Orleans through local Coast
Guard headquarters, the destroyer
Schenck will be the radio contact
between ship and shore after office
headquarters are set up in Galveston.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

BY THOMAS X. HENRY.
w YHEN the Druid priests pre-
~ pared for a human sacri-
w flee they robed their in
tended victim in white.
Thus the color came to have an
unlucky significance in English tradi-
ton. From the days of Arthur there
was legend that some day England
would have white King who would
be tragic figure in the realms
history.
Charles the First was arrayed for
his coronation in robe of pure white
instead of the robe of royal purple
worn by all of his predecessors. Why
he did so nobody knows. Some claim
that there was not enough purple
cloth available to make robe, others
that he was advised to do so by his
evil genius, William Laud, Archbishop
of Canterbury
Laud placed the crown of st. Ed
ward on the new monarchs head.
"Sirs," he said to those attending
the ceremony Il present you your
King, King CnarleS.
1t was the traditional cue for
general acclamation of God save the
King" So dumfounded were the
people at the i'll omen that they re-
manned silent.
The Sermon Was Worse.
Even worse was the coronation ser
mon. The preacher, the Bishop of
Carlisle, took for his text Il will give
thee a crown of life" 1t was a text
ordinarily used for funeral sermons.
Charles was anointed by the
Archbishop of York, who insisted on
clesastical doubts as to whether he
had any right to take part in such
a ceremony. A few weeks before he
accidentally had killed game keep
er. However innocently, the prelates
hands were stained with human
blood
Such was the most ill-omened coro-
nation in British history. Even the
date had been selected against the
advice of the royal astrologers.
A few years later the Inflated
Kings headless body was carried to
its grave. The funeral procession
started under a clear, sunny sky, but
almost Immediately snow began to
fall, and the coffin was robed entirely
in white as it was lowered into the
grave. Thus passed the long herald
ed white King"
Other coronations have been almost
as ill-omened. Perhaps no man ever
was called upon to swallow his pride
more than was that merry monarch
Charles the Second when he was
crowned at Scone in Scotland while
the Commonwealth still held power
in England. The Scotch were as
bitter in their Puritanism as the
English. Charles was just an excuse
and he knew it. In the coronation
sermon, to which he was obliged to
listen respectfully, his father was
cursed by the minister as a scoun-
drel and his mother as woman of
the streets. There was nothing for
him to do but sit there and take it,
When he was restored to power over
| the United Kingdom he got some
satisfaction by sending the Earl of
Argyle, who had placed the crown on
his head, to the chopping block.
Two Disgraceful COronations.
Perhaps the most diSgraceful cOro-
Evening star., 1937-05-01
WELLES TO ADDRESS
LAW BANQUET HERE
Assistant Secretary of State and
Others on international
Groups Program.

Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary
OF State, heads the list of speakers
who will address the thirty-frst an
nual meeting of the American So
ciety of International Law at its ban
Quet tonight at the Carlton Hotel.
Ambassador Colon Eloy Alfaro,
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts,, and
Percy E. Corbett of McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec, also are to speak.
The banquet closes the three-day con-
vention of the society.
The delegates nominated officers
for the coming year at session this
morning. Last night they heard dis
cussions by Robert r. Wilson of Duke
University Of recognition OF insurgency
and belligerency, and by Fred K
Nielsen, former solicitor of the State
Department, of insurgency and mari
time law.
Evening star., 1937-05-01

6 pm. tomorrow for those who WISH
to inspect the exhibition and cast
votes in the referendum. A ballot
will be handed each visitor as ne
enters the building.
Two more paintings included IN
the show have been sold, the gallery
announced Miss Florence Bascom
Of the United States Geological Sur
vey purchased Orlando" work OF
Lucille Blanch. Mrs. Herbert M.
Lloyd of Montclair, N. j., bought
Green Pitcher" by Paulette Van
Roekens.
More than $4,000 persons have
visited the exhibition since it opened
Easter Sunday. The show will con-
tinue through May 8.
Evening star., 1937-05-01

gusting necessity.
He made it worse by openly ridi-
culing those whom he did not like
as they made the humiliating ap-
proach.
On the whole, this coronation dis
after a short treign chiefly dstin-
gdished by hts eleyating to the
knighthood an Irish prizefghter, the
Wings were in power and were de-
termined the scene should not be
repeated.
They went to the other extreme
and were so stingy that crown had
to be rented from London jeweler.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
BALL0T|NG0NAR
ENDS TOMORROW
Voting Heavy to Determine
Most Popular Picture in
C0rCoran Exhibition.

Balloting by the public in the ref
erendum to determine the most popu-
lar picture in the Fifteenth Biennial
Exhibition Of Contemporary American
Oil Paintings at the Corcoran Gallery
of Art will end tomorrow at pm.
Voting has been unusually heavy,
gallery officials said today. The artist
whose picture receives the most votes
will be awarded 5000 prize by the
gallery.
The gallery will be open from 2 to
Evening star., 1937-05-01
Iailbird Sues for Paw.

Because his Jail earnings were cut
331s per cent under the Australian
depression legislation figure a former
habitual criminal is going to test the
legality of the reduction in the court
at Sydney. He has filed suit for the
difference between what he received
and what he claims he contracted for.
Evening star., 1937-05-01

nations were those of two of Englands
worst Kings-John of Magma Charta
fame and George the Fourth. Both
men, it is reported, got royalty drunk
for the solemn occasion. John roared
with laughter throughout the cere-
mony. When, as part of the investi-
ture, spear was placed in his hands
he was so shaken with merriment
that he let it drop. He refused to
receive holy communion.
Almost as ill-omened as the corona
ton of Charles was that of Johns
brother Richard. To sanctify the
day and make his coronation pleasing
to the Lord the valiant crusader
ordered the massacre of all the Jews
in England.
Although the act was generally ap-
proved by England's devout Chris
tianS, there were those who felt that
Richard should have waited day
or two and not stained his corona
ton with so much blood, even in
the service Of God. These attached
significance to an evil omen. Dur
ing the coronation services a black
bat flew through the door of the
abbey and flew around the Kings
head several times
In the middle of the ceremonies the
bells of London began to peal. No
order had been given for their ring
ing. Some said it was miracle at
testing Gods gratitude for massacre
Of the Jews, others that an angered
Satan had sneaked into the belfries,
and that the pealing was his threat
of vengeance.
Richard Crowned Himself.
Richard himself-strange to say he
seems to have been a fairly decent
sort of fellow in many ways and the
first heavyweight boxing champion in
British history-had no doubts about
the sanctity either of himself or his
acts He took the crown away from
the Archbishop of Canterbury and
placed it on his own head-the only
British monarch to crown himself
He was more sanctified than the
bishop, he said. Richard was the
Evening star., 1937-05-01
Richard Crowned Himself.

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Dental section. Rent reasonable. For
information call Cleveland 1929.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
White the Omen of Evil
Charles the First Flouted Purple and
Came to a Bad End.

(This is the seventh of a series OF
articles on symbolism and sideltghts
of the coronation ceremony.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
HUNT FOR GIRLS
SLAYER GOES ON

Buffalo, N. Y, Feb. 8.-(UP)--
Scientific specialists were enlisted
by police today In their hunt for
the maniacal slayer of pretty, 18-
year old Mary Ellen Babcock.
A scientific corps, volunteer con-
sultants to the police department,
subjected to chemical or micro
scopic tests every scrap Of evidence
taken from the South Buffalo field
where Miss Babcock's body, brutally
beaten and stabbed, was found dead
Saturday.
Police had several clues, all found
near the scene of the crime. The
evidence included several strands of
hair, an old pocketknife which was
the weapon, scarf which the slayer
left, and q wisp of wool found un-
derneath the girls fingernails.
Authorities canvassed the South
Buffalo district, questioning every
male resident. Police were on the
lookout for a man with scratches on
his face or hands. The girl had put
up terrific fight and her assail-
ant probably did not escape un-
scratched.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
President Green Is
Against John LetOis
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/ thing Is practically all solved
appeared dimmed.
He was represented as encouraged
by the fact that twice since last
wednesday the conferees repeatedly
had been near settlement" A SIM
liar approach TO settlement will be
made today. it was learned.
What Happened
Frc,n a party to the negotiations,
the United Press obtained a state
ment OF what happened at those two
pivotal occasions, when for the space
Of few minutes, solution Of the
titanic industrial struggle seemed
almost at hand.
The first time pressman offered
Knudsen E. proposal which was said
to have rephrased the unions basic
demands in somewhat different and
softer language than previously.
Knudsen, production engineer
anxious to see cars rolling out of
his plants, again, seized it elatedly
and carried 1t to his associates.
Smith, repeatedly, rejected the
plan.
On the second occasion Knudsen
was said to have prepared to grant
that the union held a majority Of
the workers in eight of the corpora
tons SO plants. Blu. Brown and
Smith objected again.
Murphy revealed that the sugges-
ton of plebiscite among the work.
ers to determine their bargaining
choice was one Of many which has
gone into the hopper" At Flint last
night, Wyndham Mortimer, union
vice- president who sat in on the
conference Saturda" as proxy for
Martin, told a mass meeting that
the corporation proposed a vote in
the SO plants but refused to say it
would grant exclusive bargaining
rights to the winner Of majority
or even IF we polled a 100 per
cent majority"
Knudsen, it was said, has been
anxious to reach some sort Of agree
ment. Brown, son-in-law Of T. Cole
man Dupont OF the family which
holds the controlling stocks, was
described as the General Motors mo
man"
Smith was given to long legal
expositions. Like Brown, his position
was firm.
These negotiators had approx
mately 80 hours Of fruitless work
behind them when they resumed to-
| day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
DIED
FROM VIOLENCE
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a pole and overturned at Bridge
port. ..+
Three Months Search
A three months search for Abra-
ham 8. Meranski, 80, Hartford
heating contractor, ended with the
finding Of his body on the bank of
Connecticut River near Brainard
field. Death was attributed to
drowning.
Edward @. Bonville, 10, Montville,
sacrificed his life to save Charles
Gwiazdowski, 10. from drowning In
Bogue's pond after both had fallen
through the ice.
Over-exertion was believed to
have caused the death of George
Hubbard, 43, Plainfield, from a
heart attack while trying to control
a grass fire.
A fall from a six-foot ladder re-
suited in the death Of Fred F.
Sturgeon, Sc, West Hartford car
penter, from broken ribs and inter-
nal hemmorrhages.
Miss Mary A. Keenan,, So, Hart
ford, hanged herself from an attic
beam with a trunk strap.
Police held John r. Dolce, 81,
Hartford, after he allegedly con-
fessed to slashing his wife to death
and then attempted to take his
own life. He will recover.
Foster r. Harrison, SO, Jewett
City, used his trousers strap to
hang himself In the cellar of his
home.
New England Auto Deaths
Boston, Feb. 8-(UP)-New Eng
lands weekend highway death toll
today stood at II, fiincluding a pc
destrian struck down by q youth
fleeing from a holdup.
William Holdsworth, go, of North
Andover was killed near his home
Saturday night. Police later ar
rested Francis Corrigan, %, of Law
renee, as the alleged driver Of the
car and as q participant in an at
tempted store holdup.
Mrs. Frances Norton, So. wife of
Professor Charles Ladd Norton Of
Massachusetts institute Of techno-
logy, in triple crash involving a
truck and two automobiles at Mel
rose Saturday night.
William Delman, %, Of Webster
when blowout threw his car out
of control, through fence and
down a 10-foot embankment, also
injuring three other youths.
Manuel Silvia, IA, Of injuries
when struck by an automobile while
crossing road near his Middle
boro home.
Ernest Houle, SO, of injuries by a
truck near his Lawrence home.
Six were killed In Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
McELROY DEATH
DATE is COMING

Wethersfield, Conn, Feb. 8.-(UP)
Ralph H. Walker, warden ia
states prison, said he would an
nounce late today the date for elec-
trocution of Joseph ]. McElroy, Can
adian World war veteran, sentenced
to die this week for the Staying Of
Mrs. Anna Mae johnson, New Ha-
ven hospital worker, last August.
McElroy, died communication OF
sentence week ago, will be the first
person to go to his death In the
states new electric chair.
Walkre was to confer with news
papermen this afternoon on the
execution plans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
PUBLIC WORKS
CONSOLIDATION
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2Abolition Of the board Of COM
sioners Of rivers, harbors and
bridges.
3-Abolition Of the New London
steamship terminal commission and
further study on whether to con-
tinue to operate the state pier.
4-Abolition Of the state board Of
civil engineers.
5-Appointment Of the New Ha-
ven harbor commission by towns
adjacent thereto, making 1t a local
agency.
6-Repeal Of appointment of har-
bor masters by the governor, trans
ferring appointive powers to the
towns.
7-Transfer Of pilot licensing from
superior court to the new depart
ment.
Standardization Of the new de-
p. tment to handle all building
net DIS costing more than $1,000 at
St. te institutions.
9EAbolition of the commission on
sculpture.
10-Authorization Of the new de-
partm,nt to supervise the state cap.
itol, office building and library build.
ing.
1l-Transfer of operation Of the
Guilford state dock from the high
way department to the new agency.
12-Abolition Of the Trumbull air.
port commission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08


Of speculation over President Roose-
volts far-reaching judicial reform
plan.
Spectators jammed into the aus
tere, high-ceilinged chamber for the
first public appearance of the JUS
tees since Mr.. Roosevelt made
known his proposal to reorganize
the national judiciary, starting with
the supreme court and including all
the inferior federal courts.
An unusual hubbub rose as citizens
found places and frock-coated attor-
neys arrived to present arguments
before the tribunal.
Communists There
Here and there In the chamber
sat negroes and communist sympa-
thizers. They were present to hear
the argument in the case Of Angelo
Herndon, Atlanta Ga, negro COM
munist organizer, convicted under
Georgia's reconstruction days stat
ute.
The Herndon argument will be
the courts first business today after
reading Of opinions and orders.
On the bench, as in the specta-
tors area, the ordinary routine cere-
mony of opening the court seemed
of greater interest.
Solicitor General Stanley Reed,
who has the burden Of defending
the New Deals legislation before the
tribunal, sat in the front OF the
courtroom at the counsel table.
John D. Davis, anti-New Deal
democrat and foe Of most Of Its leg
islation, occupied a similar seat on
the other side Of the courtroom.
Outside, line of 200 formed be-
fore the entrance to the chamber.
They Were Grim-Faced
The members Of the court filed in,
grtm-f faced. Justice Owen j. Roberts
alone wore smile, but 1t soon
vanished.
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Fughes neglected to announce the
curtis orders and called for admis.
sion Of new members of the bar.
After the admissions were taken,
however, he announced that the Or
ders were on file.
Then he called the list Of cases
to be argued this week, including
the Wagner act test cases.
Argument was begun on q minor
case held over from last week.
There was a prolonged delay In
issuance Of typewriter copies OF the
orders, fact regarded as significant
In view Of the courts five-hour
conference Saturday.
The court itself seemed strangely
tense as the argument before Y
foceeded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
President Calls For
Action On His Plan
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statement that he "inexpressibly"
regretted the prosopal and believed
1t would do the president irrepar-
able injury.
Some Opponents
In addition to most Of the SEN
ate's republicans, a group Of dem
ocrats headed by Carter Glass of
Virginia, William H. King Of Utah,
Harry Byrd Of Virginia, Edward r.
Burke Of Nebraska and Ryan Duffy
Of Wisconsin, have expressed OPP
position, while at least a third Of
the senate has withheld decision
Of the plan.
3. Republican strategists, includ-
ing minority Leader Charles L. Nc
Nary, Senator william E. Borah of
Idaho, and Senator Arthur Vanden-
berg Of Michigan, met informa.ly
and discussed methods for oppos-
ing the supreme court change,
which Vandenberg termed an effort
to pack" the high tribunal.
4. Republican National Chair
man John D. M. Hamilton, in a
speech at Pittsburgh, called upon
the party to rally to protect the
constitution" and asserted that the
president sought to enlarge the
court "in order that his policies
may be imposed upon our people
by justices tacitly pledged to that
end before they are appointed"
S. General Hugh s. johnson,
former MIRA administrator, assailed
foes Of the plan as representing
"the anguished beet'ngs of old deal
tom-toms by gene1tmen who didn't
want to see the president elected
and who would very much like" to
see him prevented from carrying
out his campaign promises.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
LINDBERGHS ON
VOYAGE AGAIN

Palermo. Sicily, Feb. 8-(UP0 -
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh arrived from Rome at $40
p. m. today on their holiday flight.
The plane was well behind the or.
binary flying SCHEDULE, having en-
countered strong head winds.
Lindbergh told the commander
Of the air field that he would con-
tinue on to Tunis, Africa, tomorrow
If the weather report Is favorable.
The couple left the field by auto
mobile for the hotel Dele Paine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08

Continued From Page ~
to drop seeds Of "stand-pattism"
than among representatives from
small towns which compromise q
large part of "the state Of steady
habits" In a nutshell the orders
are: Things are not so good in
Washington. Our campaign argu-
ments will be proven right. Sit
tight. Get all we can. We've nothing
to gain by playing with the opposi-
tion."
No Real Agreement
Despite rumors to the contrary,
leaders say there has positively
been no definite negotiations con-
sumated between Gov Cross and
republican chiefs.
On the main issues between the
two parties, the battle-lines will be
sharply drawn. The house majority,
under the conservative leadership
of the stentorian-voiced Noah
Swayne of Darien, will function
smoothly against any measure the
g. o. p. machine frownS upon. The
democratic minority, under the smil-
ing, softer-spoken John Thoms,
Waterbury, will also work in har-
mony, backing up the powerful ma
jority of their party in the senate.
Rock in Court Judges
1t is when the matter Of appoint
ing minor court judges come up that
the lions and lambs" of both houses
will 'lie down together" For a while
the senate and the house will cease
to be quite so vicious and both sides
of the house will be on speaking
terms. Then there will be orations
for public consumption. The long
line of judgships will course through
the necessary procedure and a
scrutiny of the list will reveal the
apportionment fairly equal between
both parties.
Defeat of District Court
The anticipated defeat of the dis
trict court bill, leaders say, will not
result entirely from politics. The
bill is not looked upon with enthusi-
astic favor by many members of the
legal profession. This is also true,
they say, Of several high LEGAL lights
who have always favored the sever
ance of minor judgships from poll
, tics. Not many weeks ago, it is un-
derstood, the judicial council was
prepared To submit a bill which
went the whole way" as one leader
put 1t. 1t eliminated the courts of
common pleas. Recently, however,
for fear this phase might defeat the
entire measure, it was expunged
from the contest. Leaders also point
out that republicans are not alone
In their desire to retain the present
system of selecting minor judges
They say for many years the demo-
Gratis did not share In the division
of judges and now they are prone to
forego this privilege.
Only Hopeful Features
The merit system for state en-
ployes, consolidation of welfare &C
tivities, and centralized purchasing
are the only portions of the reor-
ganization program which appear tc
have a chance of consideration by
either party and, according to some
leaders. the governor will have to dc
some important dickering In order
to secure the support Of the house
majority on any OF these.