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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-08

Persistence makes for SUCCESSOR
the bore.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-08
Christian Education Is
Theme NJ. p. Meeting Here
Conference Here Tuesday Will Be One OF Three In
State aud Will Attract eaders of Denomination;
Outline of Progr am Is Announced

In addition to representatives from
Vance and Granville counties, leaders
are expected from Warren, Halifax,
Northampton and other counties in
the eastern section of the state.
Rev. T. ]. Whitehead, president OF
he council, will preside at the morn
ing and afternoon sessions. Rev. j. w.
Eraxton, superintendent of the Youth
Division, will preside at the evening
ally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
WILBERT SMITH
 WINS DECISION
Metropolitan Life lnsur= ance Company Must Pay
 Full Death Policy

Wilbert P. Smith of this city today was awarded judgment of s5O4.22 against the Metropolitan Life Insurance company in de- cision handed down in the court of common pleas by Judge John F. McDonough. Suit was brought by the plaintiff to recover special in demnities provided by an accident clause in a policy on the life of Edna J. Atwood, who died July 2, 1884.
 Paid Only Face Value
 The insurance company had paid only the face value of the policy, refusing to pay the special indem- nity on the ground that death was not entirely due to an accident. The plaintiff alleged that the wo- man died as result of a fall.
 Judge McDonough, in his mem- orandum of decision upheld this al- legation when he said, T find death was due solely to external, violent and accidental means" The judg- ment is on the basis of $415 as pro- vided by the policy, and $89.22 in- tereSt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Army Flying Fortresses" " HaueReached dBuenosAires

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. Is -CUP)-Five giant United States army planes known as flying for tresses," roared across the Andes and the Argentine Pampas today and landed at this capital, complet- ing a $500 mile flight from Miami, Florida.
 The silver squadron came down at the Fl Palomar airdrome at 1:10 D. m. (l1:10 a. m. EST. This was 34 hours and IS minutes after the departure from Miami, including a six-hour stop at Lima, Peru.
 A huge throng at the airport, in cluding high officials and represen- tatives of the American Embassy, to greet the fliers, who came here in connection with the inaugural cere- monies of President-Elect Roberto M. Ortiz next Sunday.
 The sixth plane of the squadron was delayed in Lima by propellor troubles. but Major Vincent J. Me Toy, commander of the ship, radioed that at 10 a. m. EST. he was about ITS miles southeast of Lima. flying at 195 miles per hour
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
lzzy Einstein, Dry Sleuth OF Prohibition Days, Dies

in plus fours, street cleaner, street car conductor, Polish laborer, Ger man immigrant, fiddler, grave dig ger, farmer, iceman, fisherman, and football player. Once he disguised 10 fellow-agents as football team, smeared mud on their faces and led the minto a big speakeasy near a football field.
 Seasons over; we can drink, " lazy shouted. Whereupon the drinks arrived and another bartender heard "the latest story" After he resigned from government service, Einstein and Smith built themselves a lucrative insurance business as lazy and Moe" They even sold in- surance to men they had arrested, and Izzy used to say: Many of the men I pinched are now friends of mine."
 Izzy was born in Austria on Aug. 8, 1880, came to the United States when he was Is and became an American citizen a few years later. He married Esther Sattler of New York ill 1906. In 1885 they gave a gave a big party in honor of the marriage of their son. Joseph, and drinks were served
 "S you want my opinion" said lazy, "the quality you get these days isn't so hot. The bootleggers sold better stuff in prohibition days"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
JAPAN WILL CALL
 OUT MORE TROOPS

Tokyo, Feb. 18.-(UP).-Imperial headquarters, the supreme war au- thority, indicated today that more men would be called to the colors in order to strengthen the army in China and support the rapidly lengthening Japanese communica- tion lines.
 A formal communique on the sit- u ton was vague:
 Tn order to repleniSh the armed force in accordance with long term operations based upon the new sit- uation, part of the mobilized troops will be replaced and reorganized. |"
 We'll informed quarters suggested that the announcement was con- nected with reported request by Gen. Iwane Matsui. commander-in- chief in China, for four more di- visions of soldiers. or between co., 900 and 100000 men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

After an uneventful nonstop jump of 2,700 miles from Miami across the Caribbean and over the Panama Canal, the ships sped down the west coast landing at Lima at 4:29 p. m. EST. yesterday.
 The planes were serviced and about six hours later they took off again except for Major Meloy's ship. Following the regular route of Pan- American Grace Airways, they climbed high over Valparaiso, Chile seeking altitude as they turned east to the Andes.
 For these towering peaks they needed an altitude of from between Is ,000 to 22,000 feet. The 22-ton bombers have a ceiling of 25.000 feet and at 8:55 a. III. EST. they werewere safely over the great hur- dle, passing vxer Mendoza in the eastern foothills of the great mount ain range.
 As they approached Buenos Aires one of the ships sped directly to the airdrome, while the other four circled over the city. All came dowr to perfect landings by 4:20 ?. m Ql:2O a. m. EST9.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

New York, Feb. IS. (UP)-Izzy EinStein, the man of a thousand disguises," who was known through out the country as prohibition agent No. l." will be buried today in Mount Zion cemetery.
 The colorful, 57-year- -old former federal agent, who provided daily comic relief for prohibition enforce ment from 1920 through 1928. died yesterday. He is survived by his widow and four sons, Joseph, Ed ward, Charles, and Albert.
 To the government, EinStein was Isadore EinStein, prohibition agent, whose salary was $3600 year. To the public, he was Izzy, a short, fat man who had different disguise for every day, and who counted his victims at more than 4,900 when he retired with his partner, Moe Smith, to enter the insurance business.
 Izzy called his method the Fin stein theory of rum snooping." It was his custom to enter speak easy, lean over the bar and whisper to the bartender: Have you heard the latest story?"
 No" the bartender would reply. Go ahead"
 you're pinched." IEy would whisper.
 lazy pcCed on various occasions as an opera singer, college student
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
MISSION PRIEST
 WAS STRANCLED
Rev. Gerald A. Donovan of Pittsburg Killed By
 Bandits in China

Tokyo, Feb. 18-CUP)-The Rev. Gerard A. Donovan, kidnapped by bandits from the Cathalic mission at Fushun, Manchukuo, last October 5, was strangled on January 2l, the Japanese foreign office spokesman said today in quoting official reports from Mukden.
 He said that the priest, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa, and member of the Maryknoll order, was strangled because chillblainS prevented him from keeping up with the pace set by the fleeing bandits.
 Killer Arrested
 Japanese gendarmerie, the report said, arrested an alleged communist bandit, Wang Fu-Sheng, on Feb ruary 10, the day Father Donovan's body was found. Wang reportedly confessed Kidnapping the priest for ransom and abandoning his body in the mountains north of Antung in southern Manchukuo.
 Information supplied by Wang, 1t was said, led to finding of the body. Funeral services for the priest were held at the Fushun Catholic church Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
GIANTS START TO
 TRAIN AT ONCE

Hot Springs, Ark, Feb. 18-(UP) Members of the New York Giants, led by Manager Bill Terry, began preliminary spring training at this spa today.
 Terry said the training routine would consist of morning hikes, afternoon practices and daily ther- nal baths.
 Among the 21 players on hand were Pitchers Cliff Melton, Hal Schumacher, Carl Hubbell, Don Brennan, Harry Gumbert, Clyde tleman and Dick Coffman. Others included Gus Mancuso, Har- " Danning, Hank Leiber, Sam Les lie and Fred Lindstrom.
 The Giants will go to Baton Rouge, La, for rgeular spring train ing after two weeks here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
MARY o'CONNOR
 IS ACQUITTED
Jury Finds Her Innocent on Both Counts for
 Child Murder

Philadelphia, Feb. 18 - CU.P9 - Mary Keenan O'Connor, 19-year-old school girl, was acquitted today on charges that she murdered Nancy Glenn, five-year-old child of a neighbor, last Labor Day.
 The jury filed into the crowded courtroom shortly after noon and and was asked whether it had reached a verdict on two indict- ments, one charging murder, the other manslaughter.
 We have." said Foreman Di Gill; daa.
 How say you, guilty or not guilty?" asked the court clerk.
 Not guilty on both counts" Di Gilda said in loud voice.
 Miss O'Connor, dressed in a blue silk dress and a blue hat, was half standing, half leaning against the defense table. A court attendant had hold of both of her arms, supporting her.
 When she heard the words that meant freedom to her, she dropped into a chair and put her hands to her face.
 Charges Made
 The commonwealth sought to es- tablish in this trial that started Monday that Miss O'Connor, a husky girl and an expert athlete, felled Nancy Glenn with one blow of her fist and then dragged her to a mud puddle. There. it was charged, Miss O'Connor held the child's face in the water until Nancy drowned.
 All this was done, the common wealth contended, because Miss O'Connor and Nancy had quarreled over a bicycle and some dimes and pennies that Mary dropped into a mud puddle.
 There was long silence in the court room when the verdict was announced and then Assistant Dis trict Attorney Charles C. Gordon walked slowly to the bench and said:
 T asked that the jury be polled."
 One by one the jurors got up and said, mot guilty"
 Miss O'Connor'S lawyer addressed Judge Joseph Sloane:
 Now, if your honor please, may we leave here?"
 Judge Sloane nodded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
CITY CONSTABLE
 STILL VERY ILL
Frank DeSOmma Wounded in Gun Duel-CarOSella
 Trial Delayed

Constable Frank DeSomma, who was seriously wounded in a gun duel on Bank street with Michael Caro- sella of North Main street, the morning of September IA, is still in critical condition.
 Because of this condition, another postponement has been made in the date of trial for CaroSella. who is charged with assault with intent to kill and carrying concealed Wea- pon.
 Court Is Informed
 Assistant States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald informed Judge Frank P. McEvoy in superior court today that it would be impossible to pro- ceed with previously announced plans to arraign Carosella on March 1. AS yet he has not been put to plea on the charges. He is free on bond.
 MT. Fitzgerald said that Constable DeSomma would not be able to be in court March 1, and stated that he did not believe he would be available during the entire month of March. Judge McEvoy advised MT. Fitzger- aid to call the case to the courts at- tention when he was ready to pro- ceed.
 Weeks In Hospital
 DeSomma spent several weeks In St. Mary's hospital after Carosella allegedly inflicted the serious ab- dominal injury, when the two met on Bank street the morning of Sep- tember IA, 1887. The trouble is said to have a lengthy history, based on deal involving sale of Carosella's $ property. Attorney T. V. Meyer rep resents the accused. About month ago Constable DeSomma was seen about the streets, and at that time he apparently was on the road to re- covery. Since then, it appears he has suffered a relapse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
COAST GUARD IN
 SEARCH OF SHIP

Boston, Feb. 18-(UP)-The coast guard cutter Tahoe fought its way through gale-swept seas today to aid the steamer Azalea City. dis abled 135 miles southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
 The Azalea City, which lost its propeller was reported wallowing in a northwest storm. Fifty-one per- sons were aboard.
 Coast guard headquarters believed the Tahoe would reach the stricken vessel late tonight. There has been no word from the cutter since it first reported the steamers plight last night.
 The Tahoe was on ice patrol more than 300 miles northeast of the Azalea City when it received the dis treSS call.
 Though the Azalea City was un- registered in shipping directories, coast guards believe it may be the steamer. recently renamed, that left Pensacola, Fla. for Liverpool, Eng, Feb. 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
HAYES, ROWLAND
 APPEAL COMING
Chief Justice Wm. Maltbie to Make Assignment for
 Date of Hearing

Chief Justice William M. Maltbie of the supreme court ot errors ol the State of Connecticut will make assignment on Wednesday Of next week for the date of hearing in that court of the litigation between May or Frank Hayes and Controller sherwood L. Rowland, to determine who shall hire and fire employees of the controllers office.
 The case, which was tried in the local superior court, with decision being returned in favor of Control Ter Rowland by Judge Edwin C.. Dickenson, appears on the supreme court docket, as ready for trial of the appeal.
 7 Appeal By Mayor Hayes
 The appeal was taken by Mayor Hayes, when Judge Dickenson de- cided that Controller Rowland has the right to hire and fire clerks of the controllers office, and the may or only has power to fire for cause.
 All preliminaries to actual arguing of the appeal have been completed by counsel for each htigant. Hang ing in the balance of the supreme courts decision are positions of clerks who have been affiliated with the controllers office over spans of as much as l6 years.
 Should the supreme court decide in favor of Controller Rowland, there is little doubt that there would
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
THie Grey Seeking PuIchritude Honors
Waterbury Girl One of lz From 100000 International Beauties Selected as Best Lockers By Murray
 Norman, Famous New York Photographer
By HERBERT H. MARSH (SpeciaI to The DemOcrat)

Supposing you had photographed some 100000 international beauties, all glamorous creatures of pulchri- tude, would you risk picking the twelve best lockers? Indeed, 1t would be a task that very few of us would want. Or if we did, we would want nothing short of a Congress sional Medal for courage under fire or some such award.
 Norman Accepts Honor
 Well, Murray Norman, top-notch Broadway photographer, whose name is synonymous with the Big Stem, was asked to make his choice for our readers-and here it is! MT. Norman is probably now ducking into one doorway and out another but he says that he will stand by his selection come what may!
 Margaret Lane, beautiful brunette model from Philadelphia, Pa, Is the outstanding beauty of the year in that three years ago she was ln an auto train wreck on Long Island and received a broken jaw, frac7. tured skull, cuts and abrasions, etc. This year she made her comeback to become one of the worlds most beautiful girls. Shl is frequently seen as the bride in costume.
 Eileen Wenzel, New Orleans, La, is a former show girl whose name is now lined with that of Rubinoff of violin fame.
 Beryl Wallace of Brooklyn, N. Y, is one of Earl Carroll's many step- ping stones to fame.
 Patricia Dawn of Cincinnati, Ohio, is lovely blonde model whose profile appears in many cigarette
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Boom 7o1vn OfR0dessa, Louisiana, Is Stricken
 By Sudden Fatal Blast
Controller Brethauer, New HaOen,
 Charged With EmbezzLement

New Conn, Feb. 1S-UP)-Police Chief Philip T. Smith said issued for City Controller disappeared month from Chicago The warrant he ad accused the controller of embzzment of funds by public officer Mayor John w. Murphy alleged understood involved interest payments trust funds under the personal of the controller
 today letter Chicago place New newspaper if she wished him to return home The appeared for week but him. chief Smith said located controller appeared leaving office lunch week associates had been living at Fort Wayne Ind before going to Chicago
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
JUCOSLAVIA WAS
 GIVEN PROTEST

Vatican City, Feb. 18.-(UP)-The Holy See made a formal protest" to Jugoslavia on Feb. Is against the governments failure to have the senate ratify the Concordat between JugoSlavia and the Vatican, the of- ficial Osservatore Romano will say in an editorial tonight.
 Jugoslavia signed the concordat at Rome on July 25 and it was rati- fled by the chamber of deputies, but such opposition arose in the Orthodox church, the state religion, that it was decided not to present it to the senate.
 Osservatore will say that the Vat icam upOtest recalled "the inalienable right of Jugoslavian Catholics not to be replaced in a position of ir1- feriority in comparison with other religions of the Kingdom"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Balanced Plan Which Will Expand Production, Re-
 vive Employment
NO RESTRICTION, BUT
 ONE OF ABUNDANCE
1926 Price Levels Are Ac= cepted as Criterion on
 Which Policies Rest
BY SANDOR s. KLEIN

BY SANDOR s. KLEIN
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, February 18. - (UP) = President Roose- welt said today the admins tration seeks a balanced sys- tenn of prices which will ex- pand production, increase national income and revive employment. The President outlined his position on prices in a statement read to his Friday morning press confer ence. The administrations policy, he said, lis not a policy of restric- tion: 1t is a policy of abundance"
 Our agricultural, industrial, hous- ing and monetary programs have been and will be directed toward this end" MT. Roosevelt declared.
 1926 Price Levels
 Mir. Roosevelt said the 1926 price level had been selected as 8 criterion because conditions in that year rep resented a fair balance with regard to credit = as between creditors and debtors. Since 1926. he pointed out much new lending has occurred - especially since 1883. This lending, he said, modified the general price averages of 1926 to a certain extent.
 The President said he could not say whether the price level could be raised back to the 1926 index as it is a varying thing and subse- quent relationships effect any norm that is taken.
 He did not list specific prices in his statement which he believed should be reduced, but said that con- tinued high prices of many of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18

company with the latter, carted the records of the 1887 election to the studio of Henry Gebhardt, where the photostatic copies will be made. No one but the officials were ad- mitted to the portion of the studio where the records are being photo stated.
 Meets Judge Inglis
 Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor has arranged a conference for this afternoon with Judge Ern- est A. Inglis in Hartford, at which the possibility of return Of the records of the controller will be dis cussed.
 The conference was arranged fol- lowing a lengthy discussion between the Mayor and MT. O'Connor. The necessity of return of the records was brought to light yesterday when auditors of the Kingsley & Go, firm, stated that they were necessary to .he completion of their annual check on the city's financial transactions.
 No Formal Motion
 Corporation Counsel OConnor said he intended to make no formal mo- ticns for the return of the records, but would simply discuss the situ- ation with Judge 1nglis."
 All records of the controllers ofIlce, covering transactions from January, 1880 to January 3, 1888. are in the custody of tha@Special prose cutor, and in storage at the Hart ford county building.
 Photos Take Time
 Copying the municipal election records on photostatic paper will necessitate considerable time. Only one set of the duplicate records was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Chancellor May Resign Shortly
Schuschnigg Probably Will Make His Last Speech Next Thursday-England Awaits News-Ger-
 many Already Issuing Orders to Austria
BY FERDINAND c. M. JAIN United Press Staff Correspondent)

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Vienna, February 18. CUP) - Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg t1- tends to resign soon after a speech he is to make to the federal parlia- ment next Thursday, an usually reliable source said today. Schu- schnigg may resign before the end of next week, it was said. His res- ignation would be the occasion fer a new reorganization of the cabinet lit was understood, so that Austrian Nazis would have even greater rep resentation.
 Even before Schuschnigg's speech it was reported, police presidents are to be summoned to Vienna from all parts of the country to receive in- structions. The newspaper, Frele Presse, understood" that Dr. Arthur Won Seyss-Inquart, Nazi minister O. interior and public security. who is now in Berlin, would participate hint, presumably, that the mstruc- tions will come from him.
 Information was received today that Seyss- -Inquart already had engaged two Germans who are specialists in combating Communists to assist him in suppressing sub versive" activities in Austria.
 Orders From Berlin
 Leaving no doubt that he was really taking direct charge Of police, Seyss-Inquart sent orders from Berlin, that Vienna police must no longer carry their rubber blackjacks. Seyss-Inquart was reported to have said that they were used, anyway, against German folk and comrades only" ,
 Also, upon his telephonic instruc-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Tornado Hit Out of Black Sky Just Before II
 O'Clock Last Night WOMEN, CHILDREN
 ARE AMONG VICTIMS Survivors Were Dragging Bodies From Ruins All Through Early Hours
BY JAY WELLS
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Rodessa, La, February Is. - (UP) - From the Strewn wreckage of oil field shanties and oil field derrlcks, the sur vivors of a tornado were talk ing the bodies of men, women and children early today. There was no certainty as to the toll, but persons directing the workers estimated that at least 30 persons had been killed and 100 injured An area two miles long and quarter of a mile wide was devastated. It extended to within a block of the main business corner and back along the rambling colony of supply houses and car top' and shotgun" shacks where oil field families lived.
 Amid the ruins of these ShackS, men had worked all night, in heavy rain and mostly in darkness, carrying out dead and injured, who were IOdQSQ III u QCho, SoAo eAAA O@AS few available ambu1anceS and taken to the towns of Vivian, La, and At lanta, Texas, each about 10 miles away, and to Shreveport, the near est large city, 35 miles south. Struck Last Night
 The tornado descended out of 8 black sky at 9:45 o'clock Q0:4o EST) last night. A cloudburst fol- lowed immediately and the deluge continued all night, increasing the agony of the inju ed and the difti- culty of the rescue work.
 The rain also increased the peril from the broken Standard Oil gas well from which gushed natural gas. It kept the IS low over the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
STEAMER FIRED ON

Marseilles, France, Feb. 18-(UP) The French steamer Fl Mansour reported by radio that Spanish warship had fired shell in her direction, without scoring hit. A French destroyed went at full speed to the rescue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
WOODBRIDGE FIRE

Woodbridge, Conn. Feb. 18-(UP) Damage was estimated today at $300O in a ire which swept frame dwelling here last night, routing two families. Police authorities started a probe into the blaze.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-18
Alcorn Aides, M Meantime, Start Taking Pictures
Corporation Counsel OConnor Will Confer With Judge Inglis-Hckey, Greer Cart Off All
 Voting Sheets to Photo Gallery

While aides of Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Alcorn commenced actual work today on the acquisition of photo
 static copies of the records used in the 1937 Waterbury elections aides Mayor Hayes moved to bring about the return to Waterbury of controllers records for the latter Detective Edward Hickey and his assistant George L.
 Greer called City Clerk John P Fitzmaurce and in