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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
REORGANIZATION HIT BY CooNEY
Fail in PurpOs se, lie Charges = Bradley
 Also Opposes

Hartford, Conn.,, May 6.-(UP)- Features of the reorganization pro- gram, designed to save the state $2,- 5O0,0O0 a year by imposing strict economy and eliminating overlap ping departments, were vigorously criticized in the senate today as fail ing in purpose.
 The first attack came from finance committee chairman Sen. Joseph P. Cooney, D., Hartford, who yesterday warned that new taxes appeared in- evitable unless government spending was closely curtailed.
 He spoke after bill increasing the salary of the compt, oller to $6,OOO year, and defining his duties was presented.
 "The commissioner has been stripped of his power and his salary has been raised to $6000," he de- clared. "As far as can see the reor- ganization commission has increased the expenses of the state. No one has yet told me how they are going to save $2,500,000. still would like to be enlightened, if anyone knows"
 Sen. J. Kenneth Bradley, R. Vest port, asserted the program was mot reorganization, but disorganization."
 "The whole reorganization has been passed in a disorderly man. ner," he charged. "The state will get along worse than it has after the plan is adopted"
 The bill was approved with Brad ley the only dissenter.
 Cooney again broke into criticism when a second bill, defining the duties of state auditors of public accounts, providing for annual audits in the offices of the treas urer, comptroller and other de- partments having payrolls, and or dering reports not later than the fourth week of a general assembly session, was approved.
 His objection was passed on a provision calling for a fine of $100 or six months in jail for failure to make proper reports.
 '"The state is being controlled by editorial writer's" he declared with out making further comment.
 Bradley again expressed opposi- tion, saying "the senators will be sorry they ever passed the bill"
 He pointed out a provision per- hitting auditors to inspect county accounts as they related to state receipts.
 "This is not bad thing" he said. "The county commissioners should have been warned about it. The re- organization committee did this un- willingly, as they have done every thing else"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
NO ONE INJURED
 IN BOAT CRASH

Boston, May 6-(UP)-Members of both crews escaped injury todey when the 6,OO0-ton Italian steamer Maria and the 500-ton New York schooner Edward R. Smith were in head-on collision in fog a few miles north of the Sagamore entrance to the Cape Cod canal.
 The Maria, slightly damaged on tn estarboard side, took the Smith, whose jib-boom was carried away, in tow and headed for Boston at 10 knots an hour.
 The accident occurred at about 6 8. m. EDT, as the Maria was en- route from Boston to Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans, and as the schooner, 8 three-maSter laden with coal, was heading for Boston.
 The Marie is owned by the Cosu- Itch Societa Triestina di Naviga- toine. with Trieste as its home port.
 Owned by Captain Edward M. Baird of New York, the 148-foot Smith was built in Phippsburg, Me, 26 years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
ONLY HOPE
 TO STEM FIRES
Cape Cod Still Devastated
 By Forest Fires = An= other Man Dies

Boston. May G. (UP) Weary fire-f1ghters hopefully scanned skies today for predicted rain to stem an outbreak of forest fires that already has taken two lives and burned thousands of acres of New England woodlands in the past two days.
 Latest victim was James Dewitt, 20, volunteer Plymouth fireman whose body was found last night by the roadside in the charred, smoul- dering ruins of Tuesdays 30O0-acre forest fire south of Plymouth.
 Both Dewitt and Herbert R. Ben ton, 38, of Plymouth, whose body was found Tuesday night, perished after fire swept out of the woods with almost incredible speed and surrounded IS volunteers. The other 16 escaped.
 Hardly had the South Plymouth fire been controlled after burning a swath two miles wide and seven miles long through woods and cran- berry bogs, then another fire broke out in the nearby White Island Pond district. That, too, was con- trolled last night after sweeping across four square miles of woodland.
 On Cape Cod, an epidemic of for est fires threatened Rarnstable vil- lage until the wind shifted. The largest fire, which already has swept more than a mile from the central cape, still was bun ming early today. Another, between Centerville and BarnStable, also was being fought. No residences or business structures were in the path of either.
 One of western Massachusetts worst forest fire blackened 4000 acres in Ludlow, Belchertown and Granby before it was controlled by 150 volunteers yesterday.
 Two fires were reported in Wash ington county, Maine, while in New Hampshire f1remen concentrated on a fire at the base of Dow mountain near Sanbornville after extinguish- ing two fires north of Manchester and one at Franklin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
Center Street Man Sentenced At City Court Session In Hospital
Gets Two Months on As- sault Charge = Witness
 is Inmate of Institution

After aJ' hearing at Waterbury hospital this morning, Al Crose, 30, of 28 Center street, was sentenced to two months in jail on charges of assault and breach of the peace. In addition he will have to serve 50 additional days to pay court costs of $49.66. t..
 Crose was found guilty after tes- timony by Nellie Chesnas, a patient at the hospital, that he struck her during party at the Connecticut hotel Easter Sunday, March 28. The hearing was held at the hospital be- cause the girl is unable to leave the institution, having sustained bad fracture of the jaw which doctors have found difficulty in setting Though teStifying against Crose, the girl declared she did not wish to have him prosecuted.
 A prisoner at the police lookup for the past B days, Crose waS brought to the hospital for the hearing, which was held in 'a@nurses classroom on the main floor of the building.
 Heavily bandaged, Miss Chesnas was sworn in and testified that Crose had struck here. Speaking only with difficulty, she declined to give the details of the attack, and said she did not want to prosecute
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
WORCESTERPOST HAS BEEN SOLD
Winfield A. s C Ii u s ter, WOOlen Mill Owner,
 Gets Evening Paper

Worcester, Mass, May 6-(UP)- Sale of the Worcester Evening Post, evening daily newspaper, to Win- field A. Schuster, woolen textile mill operator, for an undisclosed sum was announced today.
 The former owner was John H. Fahey.
 An announcement in today,s Post said Schuster "is now the sole own CT and only Stockholder."
 William G. Gavin, news editor oi the Boston Traveller, has been ap- pointed editor and general man. ager, the announcement added with this issue" the announce ment said, "The Worcester Evening Post passes into the hands of new management.
 "The Post takes this opportunity tc make a frank statement of its po- ncies.
 There is to be no hidden control of she Post. The Post has no con- nection with any other newspaper or newspaper interest.
 Tt is evident that the people of this area recognize that there is room in Worcester for two good evening newspapers. The Post in tends not only to maintain the con- fidence and good will it has already established, but to improve and en- large its service to the people of this section.
 "The Post will be independent . It will not support republican be- cause he is a republican or demo- crat because he is a democrat at the present time The Post be- lieves in and supports many prin- ciples now being advanced by the Roosevelt administration .. but the Post will not endorse unreserved- ly the whole program of the demo- cratic party"
 Fahey, who since 1883 has been administrator of the Home Owners Loan Corporation, regretted that because of other responsibilities and interests" he could not devote his personal attention to the Post for some years"
 He was confident that Schuster, former member of the governors council, would direct the affairs of this newspaper to the advantage of the people of this city and the commonwealth"
 The Post was bought by Fahey in 1914 from the estate of the late Eu- gene M. Moriarty and the late Pe- ter A. Conlin.
 James J. Conroy, general manager of the Post since 1920, also is with drawing from the paper, it was an- nounced, to participate in other business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
RELIEF FUNDS
 TO GO THROUGH
$1,5OO, 100000 Will Be Appropriated, Full
 Sum Asked
BY EDWARD w. LEWIS

(United Press Staff CorrespondenD
 Washington, May 6-(UP)- Congressional leaders predicted to- day thatt he House would appropri- ate ,5O0,0O0,00O for relief during the 1888 fiscal year-the full amount sought by the administration.
 Definite indications that the House would seek to economize else where followed the appearance Of Works Administrator Harry l.. Hopkins before house appropr,a- tions subcommittee. Hopkins warned that proposed $500,000,0o0 reduction in the relief budget would force 100000 persons off WPA rolls.
 The 10 members of the Sub-com- mittee agreed that Hopkin Smade strong argument" for his pro- gram and that it was likely that a bill calling for the full request would be reported to the House next week.
 How to balance the budget was the chief topic of congressional de- bate. Developments:
 l. Southern democrats organized in the House to fight for reduc- ton in the administrators relief request. Rep. Lindsay Warren. d. N. C., predicted that at least 100 democrats would vote for the cut.
 2. The House passed $2,500,- 900 appropriation for federal farm forest program despite charg- es that the bill upset budget calcu- lationS.
 3. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, d., Va, renewed his government economy campaign by introducing a bill 10 consolidate the Federal Home Loan
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
APPEAL PLANNED
 TO SAVE PALM.
Sentenced Late Yesterday By Three Judges to
 Be ElectrOcuted,

New Haven, Conn, May 6.-(UP) Defense attorneys planned today to appeal to the state supreme court to save John A. PalW, 25, Mt. Yer non, N. Y, paroied convict, who late yesterday was sentenced in su- nerior court to be electrocuted Sept. 27 for the murder of a deputy sheriff.
 It took three judges little over an hour-after 8 six-day trial--to con- vict Palm of killing Deputy Sheriff Peter J. Kaminski during holdup at Gulf Beach, Milford, last Oct. 3.
 well" Palm said when sentence was imposed, "all have to say. your honor, is that I am innocent of this crime"
 He was taken to Wetner sfield states prison where he was placed in a cell block reserved for con- demned prisoners. A guard was placed in front of the cell, as is al- ways done for prisoners sentenced to death.
 A cell or two away was Frank Palka, Buffalo, N. Y, condemned to die May 26 for the murder of a Bridgeport policeman.
 The three judges = Edward J. Quinlan, Earnest A. Inglis and Ken meth Wynne-gave their verdict af- ter States Attorney Samuel E Hoyt made his final rebuttal arguments, expressing deep resentment at at tacks made against him during the trial by William M. Harney, Hart ford, one of Palms attorneys,
 T am convinced from the evil dence," Hoyt said, that Palm is guilty of this crime"
 He labeled as absurd" the de- fense claim that Palm was visiting a girl friend, Ruth Schumann, at the time the murder took place in a parked car, in which three other persons besides Kaminski were sit ting.
 Mrs. Lillian Del Grego and Miss Meta Shaw, sitting with KaminSki and Joseph Miller in the car. iden- tified Palm as the slayer during the trial, while Miller was not able to do so.
 Palm was arrested Feb. 9 at his mothers confectionery store at Mt Vernon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
LEGION OPPOSES
 COURT PROPOSAL

Meriden, Conn.,, May 6-(UP) = A resolution adopted by the Con- necticut department of the Ameri- can Legion today opposed President Roosevelt's supreme court reorgani- ration program.
 The state legion, the resolution said, "has vigorously declared for tho independence of the courts. c1urts, recognizing in that inde- ,.(ldence the sureSt protection of thu rights and liberties of every citizen. u
 "Our national conventions have f nexpress words condemned any movement that has for its object sn attack upon the one supreme Scarrt of our country or any inter ieyence with its independence"
 The resolution will be presented .o the national legion committee now meetine at Indianapolis. Ind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
WALLY WOULD
 BE JUNE BRIDE
Wedding Now Seems Des= tined For June l2;
 Dukes Trunks Arrive
BY RICHARD MCMILLAN United Press Staff Correspondent)

VI
 Monts, France, May 6.-(UP)- Mrs. Wallis Simpson wants to be a June bride, it was understood today. She was reported to have suggested to the Duke of Windsor that the date for their marriage be set for June 12, just one month af- ter the coronation of the Dukes brother-successor King George VI.
 Previously, the week of May 24, and possibly the week of May 31, had been suggested as the probable time for the ceremony.
 Honeymoon plans have been com- pleted. It was understood that the Duke and Mrs. Simpson, would leave the Chateau De Cande almost im- mediately after the wedding and would motor in the Dukes limousine to Cannes and then eastward to the Carinthian mountains in southern Austria.
 There, on the Wasserleonburg castle estate which the Duke has leased, waits a cottage which, it is reported, the Duke has had re- decorated and refurnished.
 The Dukes IA missing trunks ar rived today. They ended an en- barrassing deficiency in the Dukes wardrobe which caused him to golf yesterday not in his usual snappy costume but in Austrian leather brooches.
 The Dukes new permanent equerry, Lieut.. Dudley Forwood of the. -Grenadier Guards and Detec- tive Philip Attf1eld of Scotland Yard arrived today, along with ser- wants from Austria.
 Mrs. Simpson approved both, it was reported, and plans for her fu- ture with the Duke include:
 1.-The honeymoon at WasSer- leonburg, with excursions to Italy and the Adriatic coast.
 "A visit later to the United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
TAYLOR MURDER CASE REOPENED
Mary Miles Minter, Sister, Mother Ordered Before
 Grand Jury

Los Angeles, May 6-(UP)-Dis- trict Attorney Burton Fitts said he had ordered Mary Miles Minter, for mer film beauty, her sister, Mrs Margaret Fillmore, and her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, to appear be- fore the county grand jury today in connection with the unsolved murder 15 years ago of William Desmond Taylor.
 Pitts said his order resulted from a civil case deposition in which the former stars sister said of her mother:
 q protected her (Mrs. Charlotte Shelby) against the Taylor mur- der sace."
 The deposition is on file, as part of the Los Angeles county superior court records, Pitts said.
 The next question the sister was asked by Attorney Clyde Murphy was:
 "Is. it your contention that your mother killed William Desmond Taylor?"
 q don't have to answer that, was the answer.
 "Well, have you stated that tt anyone?" she was asked. Her altar ney,s objection barred an answer.
 Pitts said he seized two diaries at Mary Miles Winters home last night which the deposition described as "so diabolical and so pathetic that they made Mary Astor's diaries look like a postscript"
 The district attorney said he went to the blonde beauty's Beverly Hills home with a search warrant and obtained the diaries. He plan ned to place them before the grand jury.
 The civil suit which prompted the revival of the mystery was brought by Miss Winters sister to recover $48OOO she claims was taken by her mother from a downtown bank safety deposit box. The two had
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
RUMOR KING WILL
 RECORD SPEECH
Special Instrument Being Urged For Use For That
 Talk Will Be Perfect

London, May 6.-(UP)-The news paper Daily Mirror alleged today that certain officials around the throne" were trying to persuade King George VI to. use special re- cording instrument for coronation broadcast he is to make.
 The special apparatus. the news paper said, made it possible for a speaker to rehearse a speech several times. Then the several renditions could be fused together so that the best enunciated version was heard.
 In explanation the Mirror said:
 "They fear without just grounds that the king may hesitate little in his delivery. What they overlook is that his majesty's people prefer a human defect to inhuman eff1cien- cy. In any case the kings speech is now all but free from hesitation. These officials who have missed the spirit of the people could have learned lesson from the first few words of the Duke of Windsor after he arrived in Austria on his abdica- tion: T told them not to put me in a golden frame"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
JOSEPH FORT|N
 DIES OF INJURIES
Struck By Auto A f { e f Alighting From Bus on
 ThOmastOn Road

Injuries sustained when he was struck by an automobile on the Thomaston road at 1 o'clock this morning caused the death today of Joseph Fortin, GA, of Thomaston avenue, Thomaston. He died at Waterbury hospital at 6:25 a. m.
 Thomaston and Litchf1eld county authorities had ain Investigation un- derway today. The driver of the car, Arthur J. Veilette, of MunSon avenue, this city, was freed on his own recognizance after questioning by Deputy Sheriff James P. Ryan of Thomaston. s
 The accident occurred near Red Path Inn. Fortin. according to the auto driver, had just alighted from bus and was crossing the state highway. Apparently he failed to see the car, despite the fact that Veilette blew his horn several times.
 Veilette said that when he saw Fortin was not going to stop he applied his brakes and swung his car to the right of the road. The front fender of the machine, how ever, struck Fortin and knocked him to the pavement.%ss
 Fortin suffered severe skull ia- jury, internal injuries, and frac- lures of both legs. His name was placed on the danger list as soon as he was admitted to Waterbury. hospital.
 The official investigation will be directed by Coroner Lester Schaefer of Litchfield county.
 MT. Fortin was a former member of the Waterbury Fire Department having retired in 1913. He was also a member of the ElkS and the Order of St. Jean de Baptist.
 He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Peter LeCour, Mrs. Napolein Bernier of this city and Mrs. Joseph LeBrecque of Los Angeles Calf, and four brothers, Arthur, Ernest, and Wilfred of this city and Henry of Bristol. MT. Fortin's brother-in-law Peter LeCour, died yesterday.
 The funeral will be held from the Mulville Funeral Home, 270 West Main street on Saturday morning at 8:15 o'clock to St. Ar1n'S church where a solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
WILLING TO RUN SENATOR GEO. CULHANE No Statement, Though,
 From Local Man on
 His Plans
 REFUSES TO DISCUSS
 PRIMARY CONTEST Representatives of Many Local Political Groups at
 Testimonial Dinner

State Senator George T. Culhane is willing to run for mayor this fall. He declared so last night at the dinner rendered him by admirers at The Elton. However, when pressed by the Democrat for a declaration as to what ticket he would run on or whether he would engage in a primary fight with Mayor Frank Hayes, who has declared himself willing to seek renomination, Senator Culhane de- clined to make a statement. Over 200 friends of the senator gathered for the dinner and applauded him as he made a lengthy address at tacking critics of his legislative pol icies and decrying the fact that many had been kept away from the affairs because of political pressure.
 Senator Culhane's dinner, at which George T. Ryan acted as toastmaster, was attended by mem bers of not only the two major parties, but also the former social justice and independent democratic parties. In view of the mixed gath ering Senator Culhane was asked by the Democrat if he planned. to oppose Mayor Hayes in a primary fight for the democratic mayoralty nomination or seek the post of chief executive of Waterbury on a fusion
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

The children were taken aboard the old transatlantic liner Habana and the small fishing trawler Goi- Seko 1zarra.
 The ships sailed from Port San- turce, 12 1-2 miles from Bilbao. They were escorted to the three- mile limit by armed Basque traw- lers, under the guns of the shore batteries.
 The ships had big red crosses painted on their sides, indicating an errand of mercy. At the three mile limit two British destroyers took them over. The Habana and Goizeko IZarra ran up the British flag.
 The rebel battleship Almirante Cervera and the destroyer Velasco lay in wait. Those ashore saw the Almirante Cervera approach the convoy. The British battleship Royal Oak steamed up and the con- voy increased speed, drawing away from the rebels.
 The convoy headed fro France through 8 heavy northeasterly swell.
 The children were embarked at a. m. The smallest ones went to bed, two in bunk or on mattresses laid out in the public rooms of the liner.
 The older ones were permitted on deck for farewells to parents and friends. At 6 a. m. the "all ashore" was given for the adults and at 6:30 the ships sailed, escorted by the warships Ciscar, Biscaya and Guip- izoa and smaller vessels.
 All vantage points ashore, inlcud- ing the coast guard station at Punta Galea, were crowded with people waving farewell until the ships were out of sight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
SMITH IS NOT. COMMENT|NGON PARTY SPLIT. Up to Congress Now, He Says, Referring to Su-
 preme Court Plan LEADERS OF DEMOCRAT ]
 PARTY AT VARIANCE Hayes Attends What May Be Last Finance, COn=
 trOl Board Session
BY WILLIAM J. MORIARTY Democrat Legislative Reporter)


 State Capitol, Hartford, May 6. = Especial to the Democrat) - Democratic State Chairman J. Francis Smith of Waterbury when interviewed early this after noon at the State Capitol refused to comment upon the stand taken yesterday by Lieutenant-G Governor Frank Hayes of Waterbury, and National Committeeman David E. FitzGerald of New Haven who an- nounced themselves as supporters or the plan of President Franklin D Roosevelt to increase the number of justices serving on the United States Supreme Court bench.
 The week before last State Chair man Smith went to Washington, D. C., and appeared before the Sem ate judiciary committee, declaring himself to be in opposition to the plan of the President to expand the court and increase the number of judges from g to 15.
 In following up his action Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford, one of the state democratic leaders, also opposed to the proposal, presided at a reeeting held in Hartford on last Monday night, at which time there was considerable effort to gain more opposition.
 Yesterday Lieutenant Governor Hayes and National Committeeman FitsGerald came out and approved
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
MOVIE STARS TO
 DONATE FUNDS
Guild Openly Sympathizes With Striking Tech=
 niCians
BY ALAN McELWAIN Jnited Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Stair COrreSpOn0ent)
 Hollywood, May 6-(UP)-Union movie stars contributed $500 to striking studio technicians today.
 The screen actors guild was open ly sympathetic to the strikers, and it's executives were to meet with a producers committee today to dis cuss grievances that may lead the actors to call for strike vote.
 More than 5000 actors, including 1,24O stars and featured players earning more than $250 week be- long to the guild. They could pa ralyze the industry by strike and tie up production of 50 pictures that involve millions of dollars.
 Some of the strong guild support CTS, including Robert Montgomery, the president, and Claudette Col bert, Clark Gable, Kay Francis, John Barrymore, Luise Rainer, win ner of last years motion picture academy award; Miriam Hopkins and Robert Taylor, were said to be growing dissatisfied and fretful over the work of non-Striking makeup men, scene designers, and other workers.
 Eight unions, members of the federated motion picture crafts and affiliated with the American Feder- eration of Labor. are on strike. They demand a closed union shop.
 Producers made gesture Of re- 
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