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malicious? "A a ot i n.ta;3' f May Answer Charges ! ss O'iFara's newspaper, the Provi- denee Star Tribune, was expected today to answer chatves made by Quinn yesterday. 'a,Ngs sg-g.l | Meanwhile, opening of the race track October le for the scheduled fall meeting hinged on Q state su- Tprerne court hearing Monday. The high tribunal will hear arguments on Managing Director Walter E., OTzara a'sN petition for 3 writ of cer- tlorari,' that would permit @ ruling on legality of state racing colnrnis- sion hearings which resulted in sus- pension of the tracks license. ., {
 ','' No Settlement Near 1 Ali hope for an outiof-colirt set-. clement of the feud between O'Haray and the state administration was blasted yesterday by Governor Rob-, ert E. QIinns tfked by . story ini O'Flara's Providence Star Tribune stating that he had informed O'Hara, that the track could reopen if the sportsman would sell the newspaper, Quinn saids ",.f. N,rMt 1
 T do not propose to permit the race track ever to open again as long as oEara has anything to do. with 1t. " .,s Already Bankrupt 5, {
 we were not called upon to de- mand q sale of the newspaper be. cause the newspaper is already bankrupt. | "1t IS about time now that tho truth be told about MT. O'Iara and propose to show the people of Rhode Island who and what he is, and why he was driven out of the state of Massachusetts"
 O'Hara's reply was challenge in his newspaper to Quinn to submit the question of legalized horse rac- ing to the voters in Q special No- vember election.
 Not Interested n
 MT. O'Ilara will not be interested in hors eracing when the next elec- ton rolls around" Quinn retorted.
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ships because we coulG not read inc coming messages properly. Of course we did not know of all the anxiety about us. Our messages may not have been picked up because we could not send them properly = perhaps they couldn't be read.
 Hardly any of us had much sleep. I reckon I had about IS hours the whole trip. During the hurricane I tried to sleep on a table but woke up to find myself half way across the cabin. I was con- tinually thrown rom my bunk and 1t was hopeless to try to sleep.
 Tt was marvellous relief when at last the ship creased its pitching and rolling and we were able to open up and get on deck"
 What did you have to drink" one woman asked.
 "Ah! That was one of the big gest sells we had" Huglow replied. "When we opened up a case we thought was rum, we found 1t con- tained lard"
 Almost swept OVefDOhFu
 Huglow told how Captain Heard and Helmsman Robert Parker were almost swept overheard toward the end of the hurrican,
 "Other members of the crew just grabbed them in time," he said, and continued:
 We never really ran short of food. The main trouble was that after six or seven days our remain- ing supply of fresh meat went bad and we had to throw 1t overheard. We had to be careful with the water, too.
 Mayor Graham, addressing the crew, said:
 Tt will prove to the world that British seamanship has not deter iorated."
 He invited the crew to a dinner to be given by the town in their honor tonight roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and blackberry and apple pie.
 But 1t was not long before En- deavour's crew tired of the atten- ton they were receiving, and by mutual consent, the dinner was cancelled, as was Q movie program - "The Devil and the Deep.
 Captain Heard, after making a radio broadcast, went back aboard EndeaVour and said disgustedly:
 "What's all the fuss ahout?"
 Crowds of people waited ashore, determined to see him. But he, went below and refused firmly to disembark while anyone was watching.
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OLD ELEPHANT
 TRAINER DIES

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Oct. i.--tUP)
 Funeral services will be held on Saturday for George "Deafyp Den, man, 06. world-famous elephant trainer who died of a heart attack on 2 street corner here late yes- terday. ' 'a. ,
 Denman spent most of his life under the big top, and for 42 years was associated with Ringing Bros. Baritifn and Bailey circus as afl elephant trainer. He retired in 1893 and set up . small cigar and gro. cery store here. N
 Born at Bayonne. N,IJ., Denr,a, leaves two sisters and two broth CTS. 7ae1 ,,,a
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 upon to meet.
 The governmen: made the state- ment through & foreign oflce spokesman. It rejected unqualitiedly the Idea of any effort to mediate at this stage of hostilities. It reaftirned Japan's intention to fight until China alters her alleged anti-Japan- csc policy.
 If any power desires to associate itself with China" the spokesman warned, it is entirely welcome to do SO. Only let 1t beware of Chha'S s mendacious propaganda." 3,.EsS..
 Referring to e statement by Lord Cranbourne, Great Britain's delegate ct the League of Nations meetings In Geneva, that the Chinese-Japan csc situation was of serious concern to outside powers, the spokesman said. '.
 "He was limiting, we suppose, ct the necessity or desirability of con- vening @ conference of powers Inter- ested in affairs in the Pacific basin,
 Fight To Bitter End .' "
 we desire to make 1t clear that we do not think mediation is called for at the present stage. We also want to say explicitly that we arc determined to fight to the bitter end until China reconsiders her attitude drastically and alters her anti-Jap- anese policy. We will, therefore, un. SwervIngly and unfiinchingly--al. though with regret--pursue our set tied policy. .
 "Japan Is not bent on destroying China but on doing away with elo. ments which are diSrupting peace These clements have today allied themselves with the greatest element of world perturbation, the commit niStS.
 "Japan does not aim at making China dependent solely on Japan She does not want her territory. Sh' wants her cooperation in order t bring about new era of fruitful development and constructive pros perity which will benefit not only China and Japan but all nations II the world, and allow nationals of al nations and Il countries to pursue their business freely" m q, 4
 The spokesmn reviewed yariotli reviewed various reports of attack by Japanese Warships on Chinese fishing boats (junks). He said tha the evidence in some instances in dicated that reports were inaccurate or that the junks were pirates whici had fired on the Japanese warshipi first or had refused to halt.
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Justice Black WilL
 Reply OOer Rddio
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the address as one of the most out. standing and dramatic ever to be broadcast. They ranked 1t in impor- tance to those delivered by Presi- dent Roosevelt, King Edward VIfI's abdication address and major ad. dresses by dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. t - They also predicted that more radios would be tuned in at the scheduled hour tha nfor any pre- vious address. Estimates of the prob- able audience ranged from 30,000 900 to 50,O00,000 persons. !
 The radio chains cancelled pre-. vioAsly scheduled programs for the half hour period which will come a' the best radio time" in the day when customers are at their fire. sides and westerners at dinner. Off, ficials said Black did not plan tc use the entire 30 minutes, but prob ably ct least 20 minutes.
 NNever Speech Like It
 Interest in the speech was height. ened by the fact that never before haS a justice or the supreme courf made Q radio speech of the type ex, pected tonight. 5.
 Meanwhile 1t was denied that Black had conferred with President Roosevelt in the Far West by tele- phone before deciding to give hii answer to the people by radio. Asso ciates of Black, and Marvin Nc. Intyre, White House secretary, said that the president had not talked with Black since his return.
 The last of e series of statements on the Black -Klan controversy came frino Secretary of Interior Harold l.. Ickes yesterday. He chraged that former President Her. bert 0. Hoover was "the greatest expert on the subject of the Ku Klux Klan" and accused New Deal enemies of dragging "a red herring" across the appointment of Black.
 Picks Place To Talk er
 Black will speak from the Tenny-
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System GiUen
 Praise By Taft
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ergy to a patriotic movement for good government. Far be 1t from me to criticize tn edecision of the court. Without question, however, the advocates of the merit system were beaten on a technicality. There was no doubt as to the genuineness of the signatures to the petition. There was no doubt that the number exceeded the re- quired number by almost two thousand, and that if more had been needed they could have been obtained. The court decided Ad- Versely on the ground that 0 num- ber of these signatures were ob- tained before the final revision of the amendment; yet everyone knows why the people signed.
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 gen, Alderman Pasquale Perriello William M. Harris, Herman J. Weisman, Thomas MataS, Wendell L. Gross, Walter A. Jarvis, William F. Burke, Joseph II. Mulville, Armand w, Blanchard, Hugh ]. Mcoill, John Sterling, pr. Frank Barnes, William J. Borchardt Patrick Healey Charles Greenblatt.
 Mayors Statement
 Mayor Hayes, in submitting the names of the committee, remarked: |: "The task of selecting number of Waterbury's most representative citizens to consider what best might serve the city as a form of civil service, or merit system, was un' eiertaker immediately after the board of aldermen empowered me co to act.
 "But 1t did not seem fitting 70 complete this selection and name the committee during the time that nroponents 10 the petition found in- valid by the court were in the midst of legal procedure over the matter.
 Serve Best Interests
 sAs I remarked earlier, 1 believe that c non-partisan committee will serve the best interests of the city ffi the serious matter of amending the city charter to include a change of such far-reaching proportion. FEY this procedure, every voter wiiI have opportunity to understand such afi amendment and to express tifnself on it. The members Of this e0fnmIttee will, I am sure, do every" thing iiI their power to f1ake such 5 plan the most effective that can bc devised Co keep our government modern and liberal in every eefise se M irlis democratic nieaning of
 aualitia6,n
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of tiie broadcastlng studies, from Blacks office ifl the new @ll, 800 900 Supreme Court building, or from Q more secluded place. !
 So well guarded were Blacks movements that not until late last night was 1t learned that he had worked on the final draft all day and most of the evening at the ofilces of the Renconstruction Finance Corporation in downtown Washington where Mrs. Blacks brother-in- Jaw, clifford J. Durr, is employed as an attorney.
 5 Speculation on Answer
 As the scheduled hour for the ad- dress neared, millions throughout the nation and world speculated over what answer Black will make to the allegations. Capital observers, convinced that Black will give Q di- rect answer to the charges publish cd while he was vacationing in Eu- rope, were agree dthat probably, in effect. he would make one of three statements :: ,S.L.cN. :,.lt'
 l. That he does belong to the klan by virtue of life member ship "passport%
 3, That he does not belong now, and never did. ..I.
 3. That he does not belong now but did at one time, ,t f
 These observers also believed that whichever answer Black made he also would cite his record ir national affairs since election as senator In 1928 to refute charges that he is unfit to serve as a member Of the nations court of last resort
 Will Be Democratic
 Irrespective of what Is said by the 5l-year-old justice, around whom rages one of the most bitter con- troversies in the country's history, radio officials already had classified
 Directors. of Narragansett Racing a oeanoiotiaAA V1aak iV1 IaSn0khU aneainN
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son street home of Claude E. Ham. ilton, Jr., assistant general counsel of the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration, associate of Blacks broher@ in-law, Clifford J. Durrs also an REC assistant counsel. Hamilton IS an Alabenian and . close friend ot Blacks.
 Radio engineers were ordered to install microphones in the living room of the Hamilton home to carry Blcak's voice to the national hook-up. Only the closest friends of the Justice were expected to wit ness the broadcast. The group was expected to comprise only the Ham- iltons, Ours and possibly one or two other close associates of Black.
 Utmost care was being taken to prevent any. "leak" in the contents of Blacks speech. Contrary to earlier indications, however, ad- vance copies of the address probs ably will De made aVeilable to news- papermen shortly before the jus@ tice begins speaking. The advances were expected to be supplied about |8. D.. rn., an hour and a half before the justice goes on the air!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-01
NEWSPAPERMAN
 AT CHINESE FRONT
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quarters in the north, fell yesterday and the one thought in the minds of all of us is to reach the new Chinese defense lines before death oVertakes us.
 I have slept three hours in the past 48 and eaten only once. It is raining and I can't help but think of home and the smell of wet grass and leaves in the front yard of my mothers home in Summit, N J. There is only the sight of suffer- ing humanity, the smell of gore and torn flesh
 We hope 1t continues to rain be- cause then the Jananese planes will not come. Occasionally shot is heard, but no notice is taken of it. We only care about planes. There are 50 many of us here that they could not miss.
 I joined my particular group last night, A freight train crowded with soldiers stopped ct Shihchiachuang on it's way to the fighting ct Paot- ing, to the north. The Chinese had suffered . terrible defeat there only 6 few hours before, but we didn't know 1t then. As the train left, jumped aboard.
 lEs Sure He Was Afraid
 Someone lighted Q flashlight and discovered that I was a foreigner, The soldiers crowded around, asking questions.
 "Oh, he speaks our humble country talk" chattered one. Where are you going?"
 T going to the front"
 Aren't you afraidp"
 "Of course I'm afraid"
 With that answer all the soldiers In the car became my friends
 Arriving at Tungchangshow, l left the train and started walking the ties in Q downpour, toward a bridge which Japanese bombs had wrecked, intending to catch traitl on the other side for Paotlng.
 met hundreds of soldiers from the north.
 crossed the bridge, hanging onto It's girderS, and encountered two trains An a deserted village. There was something terrifying about the place. I saw Q trainload of new auto- mobiles which seemed pathetic and useless.
 The young soldiers put on rain- coats. One told me there were ,I hundreds in Q box car and that l should "help myself"
 OfIlcer Took Him In Tow
 Finally an officer saw me and took me to regimental headquarters The officer apologI2ed for not rec ceiving me in better fashion.
 The officers were beWildered A retreat had been ordered; they did not know why.
 laid down beside the soldiers to sleep but soon was awakened by O terrific explosion. It was on aerial bomb. There was no more sleeping that night.
 At daylight saw the soldiers picking up wounded men and wo- men. We came back to the ruined bridge While attempting to carry a child across the trecherous gird- CTS, some one fell. did not look too closely because I was so busy hanging on the girders myself.
 returned to the station at Tung- changshow where an old woman of- fered me a cup of hot water and q soldier gave me 0 cigaret. Another was cooking chicken over an open fire. But 1t was not like the bullets we raise in New Jersey.
 Hundreds of floncombatantS, wo- men, men and children-arc fleeing with the soldiers before the Japa- nese tide.
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Ht is cheaper to use the mails In dry weather. A Fort Worth. Texa firm found that q few dage Of rain added e5D0 poll1dc to tfi1 total weiHIit of letters 9elit oab disks ine ( aIiali eanIpalsn Weeh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-01
Graduate of COlgatc

New York, Oct. l--(UP)--Jack Belden, United Press staff corres- 'pondent Is 27 years old and e grad- iiate of Colgate university.
 His parent, MT. aiid Mrs. James Rowland, live ct Summit, N. J., where Beiden was born.
 Deldefi spent atfew years in the maritime service after finishing at Colgate where he received the degree of bachelor of arts. He went to China four years ago to become professor of English i1 . Psipine IIs joinisd Inc united Press stan iti Psiplne Since JuIv he hes been ahaimed to various Chinese
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ID. s. CRUISER
 WAS IN DANGER
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put them as follows:
 CasuAltY List i.

Casualty List s Chinese 10000 Killed. SS,OOO Japanese -isos killed. SSsF wOund- ed. - "
 This total, however, excludes the heavy casualties suffered by the Japanese navy, he said--and the navy. which did all the fighting In the early stages of the battle, is still in the lines. 'IThe Chimes said that the main line was substantially unchanged and even Japanese claims of success ses today showed that the real bat- tie was to come, for the lighting has not reached the vicinity even of the new Chinese defense line fore tified under the direction of German military advisers. <. %~St '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-01

Directors. of Narragansett Racing association met in lengthy session yesterday, but did not. disclose whether any action was taken.
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NON.PARTISAN
 COMMITTEE NAMED

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.O'HARACLASCED
 WITH ALCAPONE

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JAPAN WILL NOT
 END CHINESE WAR

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-04

den park at which candidates spoke Warden John J. Sheridan was cheered enthusiastically. Private parties were held in other sections of the town.
 Several Fires
 Bremen were called again to Union street this morning at 7:3o to eXtinguish a blaze in the small house at the miniature golf course owned by J. J. Linskey on Union street. They extinguished a blaze there yesterday afternoon which was caused by rubbish and the side of the structure was damaged. This morning sawdust under meath it caught fire but it was quickly extinguished. Yesterday a barn owned by the Gerber estate on Porter avenue was completely destroyed by fire. It had been con- verted into garage. The fire is believed to have started by sponta- neous combustion. Box GA was pull ed but the flames had gained great headway before firemen arrived. A brush blaze on Phoenix avenue was extinguished yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-04
.PYTHIAN GROUP
 MEETS TONIGHT
Tennis Club Plans Card Party Friday-Distrib-
 ute Commodities
BEACON FALLS Correspondent: Wm. BaxteF
 Phone Nsugatuck 3S-2

Beacon Falls, May 4.-The food sale held recently by the Altar so- ciety of St. Michael's church here was a financial success, the com- rnittee in charge reported at meet ing of the society, last night in St. Michael'S church. Plans for fu- ture activities were discussed.
 Meet Tonight
 A meeting of Golden Rod Temple, Pythian Sisters, will be held tongiht at o'clock in Pythian hall.
 Give Out Commodities
 Distribution of federal commodi- ties at the town hall will take place from p. rn., to p. m., today.
 Plan Card Party
 A public card party will be held Friday night by the Beacon Falls tennis club. Mrs. Raymond Doiron heads the committee in charge.
 To Address D. A. R.
 Miss Wrey Warner, daughter of Mrs. Richard Warner of Lopez road will talk Thursday at the meeting of Sarah Rogers chapter, D. A. R. in Naugatuck at the home of Mrs. George Warner, regent. Miss Warner will tell of her teach ing experiences in South America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-04
Hearns Supplies
 Election Facts

Naugatuck, May 4-Raymond St. John is the first democrat to be elected town clerk in "A years, and the second democrat to be chosen for that office in the past A years, it was stated today by Hugh Hearns, we'll known local democrat. MT. Hearns said he was the only democrat to hold the town clerkship other than MT. St. John. He held it for 20 years. Louis Schiller, Jr., who was defeated yesterday, held the post for IA years.
 Other interesting facts were supplied by MT. Hearns today, the first warden of the borough was a democrat, George D. Bissell, he said and the first warden to be chosen when the borough and town were con- sOlidated in 1895 was a demo- crat, Edward E. Stevens, he said.
 It is the first time that three democratic members of the board of education have been from the first ward, he added. They are George A. Kelly, Dr. Charles Kennedy and Peter Meegan.
 Warden Sheridan is the first warden to be chosen for a two year term.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-04

Clifford Hotchkiss, inside guard: Frank Allen, outside guard; Edward Haepp, trustee. The delegates to the state convention are: Mir. MazaiIEas, Mir. Bowling, MT. Haepp, Curt Natusch and Charles Schweinle with John Sheldon, Frank Presto and Clifford Hotchkiss as alternates. Plans for the Mothers day initia- ton work were discussed with Jo- seph Kane in charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-04
MASAKAS CHOSEN
 AERIE PRESIDENT
Eagles Elect Joseph Tuck CT Secretary at Meeting
 Last Night

Naugatuck, May 4-Joseph Tucker was chosen secretary of the Eagles last night, winning a close battle rom Joseph Neal, ST., who filled the unexpired term last year of D. En- met Shea, judge of probate. Dr. Leo Tylec was named aerie physi- clafl, succeeding Dr. Edwin R. Cur ran.
 Anthony Masaikas was chosen president, succeeding Richard F. Kelly. president last year. There was no contest for this post. Other ofncers chosen were: Raymond P. Bowling, vice-president; Charles Taft, Chaplain; Chester Yacek, Taft, chaplain; Chester Yacek, con- nuctor; A. J. Mccarthy, treasurer;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-04
NATURALIST CLUB
 CONFINES TONIGHT

How to Attract Birds to Our Gardens and Keep Them There" is the title of a talk to be delivered at the meeting of the Waterbury Naturalist club this evening by Mrs. Lewis c. Merrill. The session will be held in the Mattatuck Historical society building. Further plans for the annual banquet of the club, June 1, will be discussed at tonight's meeting. Walter P. Green will pre- side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-04
Full Weather Report

Boston, May A. UP) - Weather forecast:
 Rhode Island and Massachusetts -Increasing cloudiness t n g h t, probably followed by light showers and somewhat cooler tonight and Wednesday.
 Connecticut-Tncrea cloudiness tonight. Probably followed by light showers Wednesday. Slightly cooler in north portion Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-04

The newest U. s. army bomber weighs more than 20 tons and con- tains complete living quarters for its crew.
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The Washington times., 1937-10-14
S,046 JAPANESE KILLED
D. C. Chinese Raise
$3.50 War Chest

Washington's Chinese popula-
ton has raised $3.50 towards
China's war chest. it was learned
today.
The National Salvation Associa-
ton and the Chinese Patriotic
League and the Chinese Student
Club of Washington have de-
posted that sum in the New York
agency of the Bank of China, Chao
Shieh, president Of the student
club and an attache Of the Chinese
Emassy, said. OF this sum. $3.50
has been sent to the government
for war funds. The balance will
be set aside for relief work.