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The Washington times., 1938-05-16

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Court at Philadelphia to show
cause why National Labor Rela-
lions Board should not be per-
mitted to reopen the Republic
Steel case.
Q.N.S0 The Supreme Court
gave the National Labor Relations
Board another victory today when
it upheld a board order to the
MacKay Radio and Telegraph
Company to reinstate five San
Francisco employees who engaged
in a strike.
The high court reversed a de-
cision Of the Ninth Circuit Court,
which had ruled that the en-
ployes, who. struck because Of I'M
successful negotiations were not
employees within meaning of the
labor act.
u. s. WINS CASE
! The Government won a far
reaching tax case today when the
supreme Court upheld q so per
cent penalty tax against the Ma
tional Grocery Company, on the
ground that 1t withheld dividends
to avoid taxes. The decision was
S to 2.
The high courts decision forged
a new weapon in the hands Of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue
in forcing corporations to adopt
liberal dividend policies to avoid
penalty levies.
The court today set the stage
for another big iva case when
it granted the petition Of IS power
companies for review of three
judge Federal Court upholding
TAv expansion plans. The case
will be argued next fall.
UTILITIES APPEAL
The Supreme Court today
granted the petition Of the Con-
solidated Edison Company and
affiliated New York utilities for
review Of an order of the National
Labor Relations Board breaking
collective bargaining contra cts
with an AFL union.
In their appeal. the utilities con-
tended also that since their bust
ness is interstate, they are sub
ject to the New York labor law
instead of the Federal Wagner act.
The Government today won an
appeal to the Supreme Court to
escape payment of tax refunds to
the estates of former Secretary of
the Treasury Andrew Mellon and
his brother, r. B. Mellon, totaling
$390,28 and interest increasing
the amount to over 100000.
The controversy, which began
while Andrew Mellon was secre-
tary of the Treasury, revolved
around taxation on profits from
the Overholt and West Overton
distillerS in 1920.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
LANGDON trial
MLIMERICK|
DEATH STARTS
Court Is Crowded.
By Spectators
BY JOSEPH T. MOONEY

BY JOSEPH T. MOONEY
Before a crowded court room,
Robert F. Langdon, former Wash
ington policeman. went on trial in
United States District court today
in the seven-year-old mystery MUIR
der of Beulah Limerick,
Beulah, movie-theater usherette
and whoopee girl, was found slain
in her home in Southeast Wash
ington New Year Day, 1881.
Langdon. focal point for all eyes
in the court room, was calm as the
long drawn-out business of select
ing jury began.
WIFE IN COURTROOM
The former cop on the beat"
was represented by Russell Kelly
and William Kelly, attorneys APP
pointed by the court. At the other
end of the bench the Govern
lnent's case. was being made by
Assistant United States Attorney
John j. Wilson.
Spectators included Rose ".
Langdon, blonde wife Of the for
lner policeman, and q witness in
the case, which may result in her
husband going to the electric
chair.
MOTHER IN COURT
Only a few seats away from
Mrs. Langdon sat Mrs. Dora
Limerick, the somberly dressed
mother of the slain party girl,
and other members Of the family.
They displayed no emotion.
wilson presented to the pro
spective jurors a list Of about 80
witnesses the Government in
tends to call. Kelly added a dozen.
The witnesses include several
high police officials. among whom
was Inspector Edward Kelley and
a number of others. Their testi-
mony is expected to reveal the
secrets in the bizarre case.
Justice Daniel O'Donohue
heard only two jurors ask to be
excused on grounds that they were
opposed to capital punishment.
Half a dozen others were chal'
lenged by prosecution and defense
and were excused.
LANGDON FOLLOWS QUIZZING
Langdon followed the question
ing of each witness with keen in
terest and constantly consulted
with his lawyers. He paid close at
tention when Counsel Kelly asked
the prospective panel if any would
be influenced by having it
drought out that Longdon, while
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The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Rivers to Oppose George
In Campaign for Senate

and often aligned against the Ad-
ministration, for the Democratic
nomination for the Senate. The
nomination is tantamount to cleo
ton.
A third candidate will be former
Governor Talmadge who was de-
posed after a bitter anti-New Deal
campaign.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Harry Slattery's
Condition Good

Newly appointed UnderSecretary
of the Interior Harry Slattery was
reported in good condition" at
Emergency Hospital today.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Senate Approves
Aviation Control

Q.N.S.) With surprising sud-
denness, the Senate today passed
a bill to create a civil aviation
authority by voice vote. (Other
"details on Page g.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
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The Washington times., 1938-05-16
FOUR OF FAMILY
LOSE LIVES IN
ATLANTA BLAZE
Some Meet Death
In Leap to Street

ATLANTA, Ga, May Is QN.S).
Twenty-four persons were known
to have persisted in a fire which
early today destroyed the five
story brick and frame Terminal
Hotel.
Searching for the bodies Of
other victims, firemen used
acetylene torches to cut their way
through the tangled, twisted ruins
Of the structure. An almost i'm
penetrable mass Of warped steel
pipes and the frames of steel beds
harnpered the rescue squads.
All available police and firemen
and a group Of convicts were
called upon to aid in the work.
SPREADS RAPIDLY
It was the most disastrous fire
in the city's history from the
standpoint Of loss Of life. and it
was the fourth major fire at the
Terminal Hotel since it was erected
shortly before the turn of the CEN
tury.
Believed to have started in the
kitchen Of a restaurant on the
ground floor, the flames spread
rapidly, and by the time the first
fireren reached the scene flames
were bursting from windows On
all floors. >-,.%
IN FAMILY DIE
More than a dozen bodies were
removed from the building after
the flames were extinguished. The
other victims died at hospitals.
Among the victims were four
members of one family-a man,
his wife and two small children
all unidentified. They were found
in their charred room on an upper
floor. The woman was seated in
a chair, q small girl knelt by the
bed. and the man and the other
child were lying across the bed.
E. J. Davis, F. G. McElroy and
Fred Conger were the first fire
men to reach the scene, and they
rescued six persons who chung to
the windows on the lower floors.
Several others. trapped on the
upper floors. leaped to the side.
walks, and some died from their
injuries.
One man stood on a window
Of the second floor. and by
ISLANDERS urged him to Jump. He
stood undecided for a few minutes
and then stepped back inside and
was not seen again.
SCENES OF HORROR
Scenes Of intense horror were
witnessed by crowds massed
around the flaming building as
firemen struggled to save as many
Of its rs guests as they could =
in the face of the blaze.
One victim, James Carol
Bonds. 81, of Knoxville, Tenn, died
as he leaped from the burning
pile Of masonry. The body of an
other could be seen exposed on the
top floor but could not be reached
because Of the heat.
Several persons died from Suffo
cation. The fate Of one elderly
couple dwelling on the top floor
remained unknown.
Several were In a critical condi.
ton.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
5 Die in Tragedy
On Baltimore Ship
Seaman Kills Another and Leaps Into Sea;
Three Perish in Attempting Rescue
By KINGSBURY SMITH

LONDON, May 16 CIN.S)-A story of mixed tragedy and
herosm the sormossed waters of the English Channel
which the lives of five seanen told today with the
arrival of the Baltimore mail liner City of Norfolk in Albert
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
HIGHEST COURT.
'UPHOLDS NLRB.
STRIKE RULING
Reverses Order of
Circuit Bench

(I.N.S.) Acting with extraOr-
binary speed, the Supreme Court
today directed the Third Circuit
Court at Philadelphia to show
cause why National Labor Rela-
lions Board should not be per-
mitted to reopen the Republic
Steel case.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Pair tonight and Tuesday; not much
change in temperature; diminishing
northwest winds. Details on page 10.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19

Cambridge, Mass, Sept. l0--(UP)
"A husky irish cop by the name Of
Thomas Henry Leary got up at 3
a. m. today and rang q neighbours
doorbell.
A sleepy figure opened the door,
my names Leary," said the cal
Ter. I'm a candidate for ward 0
delegates to the Democratic state
convention. Don't vote for me-
The neighbor by this time was
thoroughly awake.
Don't worry, WON'T" he retorted
slamming the door,
A smile OF satisfaction spread
over Leary's face as he moved on to
the next house. It was all part Of
Leary's don't elect me" campaign,
unparalleled In Massachusetts poll
teal history. The whole affair
started while he was on vacation
last month. Some "friends"--he
doesn't know who circulated nom
nation papers, obtained several
hundred signatures and filed them
with the secretary Of state. Re-
turning Aug. 4. Leary received noti-
fication that he officially was a can
didate In tomorrow's election and
1t was too late TO withdraw. To
make matters worse, police regula-
lions forbid an ofiicer from parti-
cipating In politics--and Leary has
been a member Of the force for "a
OF his AZ years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
Husky Irish Cop Hustling
To Be Beaten In Election

He decided to campaign-for de-
feat. For slogan he chose Be
wary OF Leary." Then he appealed
for contributions, got none, and
finally put up IS cents Of his own.
Twenty cents went to boys for
throwing overripe tomatoes at a
vote for Leary" sign-"and they
did q good Job Of IT," The other
five cents went for false naustache
ITO frighten babies" He called his
two opponents--a liquor salesman
and a former city council candidate
good fellows" and urged their
election. VA,
He drafted "l6-stick new De-
Leary-Us" platform calculated to
win votes--for his opponents. In 1t
he promised to take care OF my
family first, then my relatives" and
to buy dinners for all newspaper
reporters" Meeting his constitu-
ents on the street, he asked them
for cigars and made faces at them.
II percharce he should be elected
land observers say he has O better
than-even chance--he promises TO
campaign to increase the old-age
pension limit from IS to $50 years
and 10 abolish all relief projects 80
the men can 60 back to work.
suffrage may be the right TO vote, "
Leary mourned, but suffering cer-
tainly Is being elected. I'm run-
ming 10 lose on the conclusion tick
et.n
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
So LOTTERY men
REAl.D!'Y'T|'O PLEA
they Will Be Arraigned on
Tuesday - Most Will
Plead Not Guilty

Pleas of not guilty will be regis
tered In superior court tomorrow
by the majority of the So men who
will be arraigned on charges Of SELL
ing lottery and operating policy, 1t
was reported from reliable sources
today. The same source stated that
several OF those who plead not
guilty tomorrow may change their
plea before being put To trial on the
charges.
In all, SO cases will be called at
tomorrow's arraignment, the first
day of the superior court criminal
session. States Attorney William B.
Fitzgerald will be aided by Assist
ant States Attorney Walter w.
Smyth In the prosecutions.
Ju0ge Simpson Presldes
Judge Earnest C. Simpson will
preside. Before court Ia opened, Rev.
David p. Gaines Of the First Baptist
church will offer prayer. High Sher-
III j. Edward Slavin will open court.
No trials will start tomorrow.
Sentences may be imposed In those
cases where pleas OF guilty are reg
istered. The docket Is the largest IN
several years, because Of the 58 ar
ersts made In connection with
states Attorney Fitzgerald's drive
on policy and lottery.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19

Defense Counsel Met
In Grand Jury Cases
Attorneys for Most OF Accused Gather to Discuss
Issues They Will Not Have to Appear Tuesday
to Battle Any AlcOrn Motion

Defense counsei FOR the majority
Of the men accused BY the extraor-
binary grand jury Of conspiring to
defraud the City OF Waterbury, met
here today confident that they
would not have to appear In SUPER
Tor court tomorrow In opposition to
any motion for an early trial date.
The meeting was another Of the
series which has been conducted
during the past several months in
the office OF Attorney John II. Cas-
sidy.
At their last session, the defense
group Is reported to have laid plans
to vigorously oppose any move by
Special Prosecutor Hugh M. AL
corn for the setting Of trial date
in advance Of the supreme court
decision on four appeals In con-
nection with the cases. The supreme
court will meet In october.
Alcorn States Position
Since then, however, Mr.. Alcorn
has stated that he will not attempt
to have trial date set until after
the high court disposes of the APP
peals. Only four Of the defendants
have appealed from the refusal OF
Judge Ernest A. Inglis to open the
minutes of the grand jury for in
spection. Twenty-Five have filed
notices OF intent to appeal however,
with the majority stipulating that
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
PRAYERS
TO PREVENT WAR
Waterbury Ministers Issue
Call for Peace Lovers to
Meet Tuesday

Inspired by the imminence Of war
In Europe, the Waterbury Ministers
association today issued call to all
devout Waterburians to assemble at
q prayer service for peace tomorrow
morning at Z o'clock in st. Johns
Episcopal church. Announcement OF
the service was made today by Rev,
T. G. Bobilin, president Of, the asso-
citation.
The following statement was is
sued by the association through
Mr.. Bobilin:
Realizing that we are In one OF
the major crises Of world history,
and that our futures lie alone in
the power and wisdom of God, we
call upon those who have faith In
the efficacy OF prayer to gather at
st. Johns Episcopal church Tuesday
morning, September 20 at z o'clock.
I'VE will not gather to express any
partisan wish, but to attune our
hearts to the Father OF Our Lord,
Jesus Christ, and to invoke his wis
dom and spirit to guide us--his
children--in these dark hours"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
HITLER WILL END
CZECH RULE NOW
Determined to Smash
Power to Control Sude-
tens Once and Forever

London, Sept. 10. (UP)-Adolf
Hitler revealed today that he Is fully
determined to end Czechoslovakia's
rule over the Sudeten Germans now
"once and for all"
He stated his attitude In unequi-
vocal terms to Ward Price, special
correspondent Of the London Daily
Mail, who has obtained a number
of interviews with Hitler and Pre-
mier Benito Mussolini In past crises
and Is regarded as close TO Nazi and
Fascist leaders.
"The Czech trouble has got to be
ended once and for all and ended
now" Hitler told Price In his noun
tain reatreat at Berchtesgaden,
Bavaria. 1T Is q tumor poisoning
the whole European organization.
would continue to infect interna-
tional relations until they broke
II 1t were allowed to continue 1t
down in o fatal collapse"
Attacks Czech People
Hitler assured Frace and Great
Britain of his friendship. He at
tackled the Czech people and the
czech nation bitterly. Speaking OF
the Czech warrant charging Kon-
rad Henlein, leader Of the Sudeten
Germans, with treason, Hitler said
that II Henlein was arrested u my
self shall become the leader Of the
Sudeten Germans and I should be
glad to see how long after that
Benes (Edouard Benes, president
of Czechoslovakia). would be ablt
to issue DEGREES. ] hope he won
issue O warrant for m yarrest."
Hitler continued:
"While the Czech oppression O
the German minority keeps Europ'
at fever heat, have to be read!
for whatever may cone---Tierr Gott
(Lord Cod, what could ! do with
Germany ana for Germany II !
were not for this internal Czecl
tyranny over o few million Germans
i IL. 4
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
FORMER KAISER
KEEPS SILENCE
Man, Who Lost World
War, Knows What His
tory Did to Him
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS
Copyright 1888 BY the United
pnAaeA

(Undated) The man who lost
the worlds greatest military gamble
watches silently from the side lines
today as Europe again shakes the
dice of war.
Wilhelm II, sitting in exile at
Doom with his white head bent
toward war-chattering radio, may
we'll see striking parallels In Adolf
Filters dream Of dominating Gen.
trail Europe and his own imperialist
dream that died quarter Of a
century ago in crimson mud along
the banks Of the River Marine.
There was day when the Ger
man Kaiser welded personal sway
over an Incompatible goose-step-
ping military machine, over ma
ton shooting upward into economic
power and marching eastward to-
ward imperial domination of two
continents. And there came day
when he was forced--by a minority
crisis-to gamble that Great Bri-
tain wouldn't fight.
History Doomed Him
History answered him with the
World War and with Doom.
Today, as the third Reich again
struggles eastward for her place
In the SUM-, the world has almost
forgotten the man called the "Al
Highest" who, with spiked helmet
and fiercely upturned niustaches
was once q symbol OF military ter
ror.
The world has almost forgotten
but Adolf Hitler has not.
Nor would Hitler want TO for.
get. The Nazl Fuehrer. corpora
In the armies Of Franz Joseph wner
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
COMMUNIST ON
HARVARD ROSTER

Newton, Mass, Sept. le-(UP)--
Granville Hicks, Communistic au-
thor and lecturer, prepared today to
assume his new duties as tutor at
Harvard university.
With his wife and ll-year-old
daughter Stephanie, he moved into
his new home In fashionable Wa
ban yesterday.
Despite his new work, he will
continue as an unpaid editor OF the
magazine new masses. The extent
Of his writing, he said, will depend
on the amount of his leisure time.
Other than the $1,000 Harvard sala-
ny, his only income will be from his
books, he said.
Though critics had predicted that
Hicks would balk at taking the
Massachusetts, teachers oath pledg-
Ing support OF the state and federal
constitutions. he said he took the
oath before a notary last May.
At Harvard he will aid students
who wish extra curricular tutoring
In American history.
Il will interpret American his
tory as ! understand IT," be said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
TWO MORE LIVES
LOST FROM CRASH

Leicester, Mass, Sept. io-(UP)-
TWO youths died early today at a
Worcester hospital, bringing to four
the death toll In an automobile ac-
cident early Saturday climaxing a
gay dancing party.
Francis p. Prenderville, %. died
Of a skull fracture and William D.
Doyle, 20, OF q fractured RICH hip.
Miss Mary Creaven 10, and Emma
lie Blanc. II. died shortly after the
accident.
The only survivors, Francis Ger
~, 20, and Miss Helen Bullens, II,
were reported In poor condition
by hospital attaches.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19
Hitler Permitted to Have
His Way in Sudeten Ger
man Area of Czechs
- Nt
INTERNATIONAL WARD
REST OF CZECH LAND
Diplomats Do Not Think
Russia Will Attempt to
Aid Czechs By Herself
BY RICHARD ID. MCMILLAN
UNITED Press staff Correspondent

UNITED Press staff Correspondent
London, Sept. 49, UP)
Great Britain and France
agreed today to surrender to
the demands of Adolf Hitler
and let him have his way in
the Sudeten German area OF
CzechoSlovakia. The cabinets
of both countries accepted the
partition plan, the French
unanimously and the British,
1t was understood, "in principle
Prime Minister Neville Chambers
lain told his cabinet what he told
the French ministers who flew to
London for the final decision that
Hitler would march to obtain satis-
faction, whatever the consequences
and that the present proposals con-
stitute the only peaceful way out.
The proposal Is to have Czecho'
slovakia cede to Hitler the Sudeten
areas where Germans form heavy
majority OF the population. A pleb-
iscite would be held to determining the
status Of other Sudeten areas ex-
tensively populated by Germans.
international Ward
The remainder Of Czochoslovakia
would become an international ward.
the powers guaranteeing the new
frontiers.
The decision will be communicated
to Hitler as soon as another meet~
ing between him and Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain can be arrang-
ed at Godesberg, on the Rhine.
The attitude OF Czcchoslovakia
was not taken into account. The min
listers OF Britain and France seemed
to feel that she would have TO accept.
Czechoslovakia, however, voiced Its
determination to resist and speeded
preparations to defend every inch Of
territory, realizing that defeat y
certain unless outside aid comes, and
that OUTSIDE aid Is now unlikely.
Russia viii Not Aid
Czechs hoped that Soviet Russia
might stand by her pledge to aid.
but diplomats did not think Russia
would act alone If Britain and
France stayed out.
In Paris, DR.. Stefan Osuslky
Czechoslovak minister. came from
the foreign Office with a copy
of the ..sritish-F French agreement
His lips trembling, he said:
ado you want to see a man con-
victed without hearing2 Here
stand"
No further meeting Of the British
cabinet was scheduled for today in
dicating that the next step would be
the meeting with Hitler. In an ar-
parent effort to line up the approval
of the dominions. the cabinet In
structed Malcolm Macdonald, acting
dominions secretary, to inform the
6ominions high commissioners.
Both here and In Paris, there were
angry protests, and references TO the
way in which Ethiopia had been
sacrificed to Italy--but war was the
alternative TO acceptance Of Hitler's
demands, and those In favor OF the
plan emphasized 1t.
Continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-09-19

William A. Bree, clerk OF the SUI
perior court at New Haven and ],
Warren Epson, chairman of the Wa
terbury Republican town committee
are also named, as well as six 9TH
er Waterburians. Attorney Omar
w. Plat Of Milford, veteran OF nu-
merous grand juries, Is also included
In the panel.
No Women On Jury
The jury was impaneled at the re-
quest Of States Attorney william 3.
Fitzgerald and upon the order of
Superior Court Judge Earnest G.
Simpson. There are no women on
the jury. although under the present
laws, they would be eligible for such
service.
Other Waterburians on the list in
ciuce: Attorney Edward Slavin, John
j. Koran, Attorney James e. Rus
sell. Attorney John Monagan, At
torney Edward Bobbin and william
B. Moore.
Jurors From Other Cities
Jurors from other cities include:
Bernard ]. Wrlnn, New Haven bus
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