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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
lSHBEL MACDONALD IS MARRIED TODAY
Daughter of Late Prime Minister Weds Unem=
 ployed Painter

London, Feb. 28-(UP)-Miss ISh- bel Macdonald, daughter of the late J. Ramsay Macdonald, British prime minister, was married today to Norman Ridgley, unemployed house painter and paperhanger, at Hapstead town hall.
 Miss Macdonald met Ridgley a year ago at Speen, Buckingham shire, where she operates an inn.
 Miss Macdonald, her fathers eld- est daughter, acted as his hostess while he was prime minister and ac- companied him on his several offi- cial visits to America.
 The ceremony was conducted priv ately. Miss Macdonald kept the time and place from all except her closest relatives and one of her fathers intimate friends, pr. James Bonar.
 Dr. Bonar and the brides sister, Miss Sheila Macdonald, her only relative present, were witnesses.
 The family still is in mourning for the late prime minister.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
Terrible Charges Brought Against Defendants, All
 High in Soviet State SEEK TO PROVE GREAT
 CONSPIRACY IS AFOOT All Hostile Elements Rep= resented Among Mem=
 bers Means Death
BY NORMAN B. DEUEL

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Moscow, Feb. 28.-UP)- TWenty-one prominent men in the Soviet Union face the military collegium of the supreme court Wednesday in what may be the most sen- Sational of all the sensational trials during the three years of a political purge without precedent in modern history.
 The men to be tried are of out standing calibre; the charges which they face are perhaps more terrible than any that have been made against single group of defend ants.
 It was indicated plainly also that in this trial the prosecution would seek to forge the final links of evi- dence to prove to the world that for mer trials were fair and that the government, and the country, had been endangered by a conspiracy of almost unbelievable proportions which reached back not few years merely but to the very first days of the Soviet Union.
 Murder, conspiracy to murder Lenin, Stalin. and other supreme leaders, treason; conspiracy to dis member the Union; espionage; sabot- age; terrorism; overthrow of the government; restoration of capital ism-all these and more were charged against the q men to be tried. It was believed certain that conviction would mean death.
 But furthermore, incident to the trial. it is charged that these men linked up among themselves every element of underground opposition Trotskyists, zinovieyites, Bukharini- tes, Mensheviks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28

Leading the comment and direct ion of the finance boards meeting Saturday, Commissioner John H Goss, veteran of 16 years service on the board, explained that during the several recent years the deficit had not been healed" although he had formed an ordinance, later incorporated into statute by the General Assembly, which was de- signed to provide for deficiency bills 10 keep the city's accounts balanced
 City's Status
 The status of Waterbury's fin s.ncial condition, now in process of the investigation by States Attor- ney Hugh M. Alcorn with attention presently being given to election records, is as follows:
 l. Griffenhagen report limited on d937 finances shows 130 general fund appropriations overexpended by $506,207 with POP general fund appropriations having free balances of $174,993.
 2. The budget estimates of re- sources of the general fund exceed ed revenue by $166,386.
 ?, Commissioners Major w. Judge and John H. Goss remarked that business recessions and the depression, recently and some years back. respectively, had made it im- possible to estimate accurately the city's revenue for the successive years.
 Further Audit
 G Griffenhagen & Associates
 (Continued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
GEN. PERSHINC
 HAS RALLIED
Bad Night Is Followed By Remarkable Display
 of Vitality
By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Staff Correspondent


 Tucson, Ariz.. Feb. 2S-(UP)- Gen. John J. Pershing, displaying vitality that surprised physicians rallied today and took nourishment through the mouth for the first time in four days.
 The commander of the American expeditionary force and the only living man to hold the rank of gen. eral of the armies had restless night, but at dawn his condition began to improve.
 Suffering from a heart ailment and impaired kidneys, Pershing lies on a narrow bed in a little cottage named Apache" for the tribe that gave him his baptism of fire when he was an Indian fighter 52 years ago.
 The first bulletin of the day on Pershing's condition was issued shortly after a. m,. MIST (10 a. m. EST) by pr. Roland Davison.
 It read
 Although General Pershing had a very restless night, he seems some what better this morning and took fluids by mouth for the first time in four days. He has been conscious for much longer periods.
 "The body temperature has re- turned to almost normal level ano the heart is still competent"
 Dr. Davison brought no such op- timistic news around l a. m. today when he walked down the white corridors of the desert sanitorium hospital seven miles from Tucson Taking a pink slip of paper out o1 his pocket, he read another bulle- tin.
 While I can point to no specific change in General Pershing's con- dition, the pulse temperature anc respiration remaining the same, definitely feel he has lost ground during the evening. And is not a. well. He is resting quietly now bu there was a period of considerable restleSSneSs a short time ago."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
GERMAN SOLDIER
 HELD BY FRENCH

Paris, Feb. 28-(UP)-Police at Thionville asserted today that they had arrested a young German sol- dier who drove an armored car at full speed across the frontier into France near WaldwiSse.
 It was asserted that the soldier said he had decided to desert, stole the armored car from the courtyard of a barracks and drove it 60 miles to the frontier, halting only when he was one mile inside France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
DRIvERSSWELL
 OLD AGE TAXES
Forced to Pay City's As= sessment Before Getting
 New Registration

Old age assistance tax receipts were swelled today by payments of about 250 persons who, applying for motor vehicle registration, were in- formed that until their city taxes were paid they were not eligible for the motor vehicle licenses. And the total Saturday of about $87 900 was swelled by several thousand dollars more. paid at both the old age assistance tax office and the tax coi- lectors office on the first floor.
 Two days more remain, tomorrow and Wednesday, before the $l addi- tional is added to the $3 tax as penalty. Meanwhile, about 1000 per- sons have applied for abatement to the welfare department and. except for those who are noted as receiving full relief, investigation of their applications is being conducted.
 It was pointed out, however, by Old Age Assistance Tax Collector George A. Stokes that should the applicant be found liable for the tax later he will have to pay the tax plus the $1 penalty.
 Many hundreds of persons are calling to pay the tax and have their addresses re-listed and about 5000 tax bills have been returned, due to improper addresses. New tax bills can be made out at the time of payment, however, should the bills have failed to reach those for whom they were intended.
 There are about 55,O00 persons on the tax list who, if the tax return is made before the office closes at 9 o'clock Wednesday night, will pay $l65 ,000. The office will be open until 6 o'clock tonight and tomorrow night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
G. 0. p. Chief Claims Cen= tralizatiOn of Power Is
 Greatest Evil
SWEEPING SURVEY OF
 NEW DEAL PROPOSED
Political, Economic Phi= losophies Need Reshap=
 ing, Frank Claims
BY JOHN GURWELL United Press Staff CorreSpOndent)

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Chicago, Feb. 28.-(UP)- Dr. Glenn Frank defined to- day 10 drifts" detrimental to national policy, chief of which, he said, is the trend toward standardization of unchecked authority in the hands of President Roosevelt.
 Speaking before the Re publican special committee of program, he suggested substitu- tion of government based on fun damental principals for a govern ment by hunch."
 The program group meet to con- Sider party strategy and organize machinery for procedure to be talk en in determining a platform for the 1940 election. It was Franks inau- gural address as chairman of the committee, created in November to feel the pulse" of the nation and ascertain views of rank and file party members.
 Reinterpret PhilOSOphies
 This commission must re-think, re-state and re-interpret to the na- tion the political and economic philosophy with which the Republi- can party faces the new circum- stances of the new age" Frank said. 0Continued on Page 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
PROTECTION" CLAIM TO BE INVESTIGATED

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 28. (UP)- Investigation of charges made by Harry Schweibish that he was asked to pay for police protection" in order to operate pin-ball machines, was to be undertaken tonight by the police board.
 An unidentified young woman to whom Scheibish said he was in structed to make payments, was summoned to substantiate the charges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
City's Cash Deficit
 Is Set At s331,2O8; 137.OOOAuailable
S2OO,OOO to Be Paid Off Out of Back Tax Receipts Further Audit By Griffenhagen to Straighten Out
 City's Finances Expected to Be Sought

Described deficiency which has been cumulative for many years $331 208 net overexpendure of 1887 board by Grenhagen & Associates in the audit of 1937 represents the cash deficit of the Waterbury 0OO leaving approximately $2O0O0o to be paid off out of back receipts colIectibe between January and May
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Feb. 2s-(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Feb Path, compared with Il year ago This Year Expenses Last Year $4,S75, 7,011.97 S4,121, 1,I60,31T,4s
 Receipts s3,S35,G24,S94.64 s2.6as, ,2S6, ,SGo.0s
 Gross Deficit S1,o39,922,l17.S3 ,s4,473,sf7.4p s9s7,312.S67.ss $l.s5s, s,544.sl7.4o
 Cash Balance S2.s79,651, ,462.6S s1,547,2sl,sss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
WOMAN IS HELD

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 28 - GU. P) - Josephine Amato, 29, West Haven, was held in $1,000 bond for the coroner today after her automo- bile fatally injured James J. Dinan, 65, near his home Sunday. Dnan died at a hospital several hours after the accident from an Intra- cranial hamorrhage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
ROBBED OF SIS

New Haven, Conn. Feb. 28 - (U. PO = Estradus Kledares, grocery store proprietor, was robbed of SIS last night by youth who told him he was hungry and would repay him when he got a job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
RACE COMMISSIONER DEAD

Providence, R. T., Feb. 28-(UP)- George w. Rocks, 59. first chair man of the State horse division and vice-president of the U. s. Oil com pany, died yesterday at his hotel suite after a nine-month illness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
CHIEF JUSTICE DIES

Burlington, Vt.. Feb. 28 --U.PJ- Alfred L. Sherman, 67, chief justice of th9 Vermont superior court and a graduate of Boston University, died suddenly of heart disease at his home last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28
The Weather

Fair, Cold Tonight; Fair, Warmer, Tuesday. Full Weather Report Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-28

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Evening star., 1938-07-18
Spain
Continued From First Page.)

urday The major towns captured
were Mora de Rubielos, Abentosa, San
Augustin and Barracas.
Both sides seemed to have concen-
trated every possible warplane, tank.
gun and man in the scorching coun-
tryside where the tight for Valencia
is taking place. fight that may
eventually lead to a breach Of COM
munications between Valencia and be-
sieged Madrid.
Government advices said the inslr-
gents lost Thousands and thousands
OF killed and wounded, while insurgent
reports mentioned between 5000 and
1000 government prisoners taken.
A Barcelona communique said gov
ernment forces had halted the in
surgent advance about IS miles north
west Of Sagunto and that insurgent
attacks north OF Sagunto had been
checked.
Republicans Blame Italians.
Semi-of1cial advices from Valencia
said "the Republican high command
knows all troops operating on the
western flank are Italian and that
Albentosa was captured exclusively by
Italian forces.
In honor Of the anniversary Of
"Spain's awakening" the insurgent
cabinet re-established the ancient
royalist title of captain general Of the
army and navy" and conferred it upon
Franco, to be added to his more mod
ern title Of "chief of the armies-land,
sea and air"
Government ofncials keynoted the
day In Barcelona and Valencia with
expressions Of determination to nsht
to the end.
Evening star., 1938-07-18
ARLINGTON RITES SET
FOR J. B. CAMPBELL
Former D. c. Resident Died of
Heart Attack in St. Louis.
Services Tomorrow.

John Benjamin Campbell, 50, for
merly of this city, who died Satur-
day of a heart attack in St. Louis,
will be buried at 1890 pm. tomorrow
in Arlington National Cemetery with
full military honors
Mr. Campbell was a brother Of
Leonard Edward Campbell OF Cottage
City, who died last Thursday. He
was born in st. Marys County, Nd,
and lived in Washington during his
youth During the war he was a
captain in the Army Intelligence
Corps. At the time of his death he
was general agent in st. Louis OF
the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance
Co. and also held a majors commits
sion in the Army Reserve.
Mr. Campbell is survived by his
wife, Marie Simons Campbell; a son,
John B. Campbell, jr.; a daughter,
Marie Simons Campbell. and three
brothers, Charles G. Campbell and ].
Lawrence Campbell. both of Washing
ton, and D. Howard Campbell OF
Chicago. He also leaves four sisters,
Mrs. Allen Rinehart, Mrs. John Elleray,
Mrs. Mary Jeter, all Of Washington,
and Mrs. Samuel r. Robinson of
Bethesda.
Evening star., 1938-07-18
LIGHTNING STARTS
CARDEROCKB
3 Fire Companies Put Out
Flame After S5, 900 Loss
at Test Basin Site.
BY . Stan Correspondent Of The Star.


CABIN JOHN. Md, July ls.-Fire
companies from Cabin John, Glen
Echo and Bethesda were called to the
Naval testing basin site at Carderock
last night to extinguish an intense
blaze started by a bolt of lightning.
The lightning struck shed which
the Callahan g. Potts Co., Baltimore
construction firm, used for housing
materials and equipment and 1t was
soon mass of flames. Firemen sue
ceeded in preventing the blaze from
spreading to adjoining buildings, but
the shed was destroyed. The loss was
estimated at more than $4,000.
The work of putting out the fire was
hampered, first, by the heavy trafnc on
Conduit road, which delayed apparatus
attempting to reach the site, and later
by the necessity for laying more than
5000 feet Of hose.
The presence Of six acetylene gas
cylinders and several drums of gaso-
line and oil in the shed made the bat
tie with the flames extremely haz-
ardous, but none of them exploded
despite the heat. One portable tank
containing more than 1000 gallons OF
gasoline was rolled out Of danger be-
fore the fire reached its height.
H. A. Gephart, SO, night watchman,
was standing near the shed when the
lightning struck and was blinded by
the flash, but turned in the alarm. He
was not injured.
Evening star., 1938-07-18

thing that we should do. But we can
advance more surely if we have be-
fore us a comprehensive, long-range
program, providing for the most eff
cient cooperation of Federal, State
and local governments, voluntary
agencies, professional groups, me-
diums OF public information and
individual citizens. hope that at
the National Health Conference a
chart for continuing concerted action
will begin to take form"
Only Delegates to Speak.
Miss Roche announced at the close
OF the morning session that the dis
cussion on subjects before the con-
ference necessarily would be limited
to off1cial delegates.
The important report of the Tech
nical Committee. whose specific rec
ommendation for solution of the Ma
tion's health problem was expected
to provoke strong support and some
opposition, was to be presented to the
delegates at the close of this after
Moons session, Miss Roche announced.
Miss Roche said the Technical Com
mittee estimated that the total annua
cost to Federal, State and local gov
ernments Of reasonably adequate
program for the expansion of public
health services, maternal and chile
Evening star., 1938-07-18
Ryan Scored as Judge Ciues
Wife Decree and 1888 q Month

cipient Of . very large income" He
did not mention the amount OF
Ryan's income or whether the amount
Of the alimony is in excess OF one
third Of that income. Moreover, he
said, it made no difference to him
what the amount Of Mrs. Ryan's In
come was before she married.
Her counsel was awarded $500 in
fees.
I'VE have here the proof, which
is becoming more frequent every day.
! said Justice Cotillo's decision, that
the possession Of great wealth which
the possessor did nothing to earn does
the possessor no good, but often griev-
GUS harm. The defendant Is indeed
the counterpart Of those poor lit
tie rich girls whose only ambition In
life is to try to dissipate fortunes ere.
ated by the forefathers through the
sweat Of honest toll Of American peo-
pie in jumping from one matrimonial
7 venture into another.
The only difference in the present
case is that the recipient of any fnan-
.cial bonanza in this case will be an
American citizen rather than q
broken-down, impoverished foreign So
called nobility"
Ryan, he said. left his wife "penni-
less and unprotected" while he went
of on pleasure trip to Europe.
THE defendant must be taught the
lesson that American womanhood, no
matter how humble i1er station In life,
cannot be treated as q chattel and
afterward dropped like a discarded
toy or ornament by a drunken play
boy"
Evening star., 1938-07-18

7 China
Continued From First Page.)

ASSllGAA1hCQ ASI d&G.J
Boom, ITS miles down river from Han
kow, while land forces were held be-
low Kiukiang, 1876 miles below the pro-
visional capital.
The warships reached Matowchen
July S after three weeks Of hard light
ing to gain the 40 miles from Anking,
capital Of Anhwei Province.
An attempt to advance overland
from the north bank Of the river in
conjunction with the naval advance
was meeting similar resistance.
Chinese reports said the invaders
had suffered 10000 casualties during
the last two weeks below Kiukiang.
They said several boatloads of bodies
were seen proceeding down the river.
japanese Claim Entry.
Japanese reported five Of their
armed launches had forced an entry
into Lake Poyang from the Yangtze
below Kiukiang, but this was denied
by the Chinese. Lake Poyang, second
largest lake in China, extends SOUTH
ward from the river 100 miles to Nan
chang, one Of China's principal air
bases.
Meanwhile, hoodwaters Of the rising
Yellow River continued to spread over
Honan Province to the north, slowly
extending the area where 1t Is i'm
possible to carry on military opera
tions.
The section around Chengyangkwan
$50 miles southwest of Kweiteh, Lung
hal railway city, was turned into q
vast lake, while many towns between
there and the river were inundated.
The municipal council, which gov
erns Shanghais international Settle
ment, promulgated sitter emergency
regulations resigned to end terrorism
against japanese and Japanese sym.
pathizers.
Henceforth, it was decreed, any one
committing armed crimes against mill.
tary forces would be turned over te
those forces, which means that bomt
throwers would be turned over tc
Japanese authorities.
Evening star., 1938-07-18
Itt Mrn1urtattt. .

ABBATE. GIUsEPPI. In remembrance
1nT Ct eYT faithfgl nn VI, father and husband. GU
fully three years ago today. July 1s, 1885.
Although your soul is now. at rest
This world would seem like Heaven
pEvorEb Ns hfS WIFE VIZ oash asD ashlh children.
~ GUM, REV: ARCHER n. n leyins
G1NN fo9sR lH MRo gasssa ss4 away four years ago
Loved in life reHspHssss HIS Sz5oRrhRs il qssth'
JOHNSON. JAMES W.. JR. In loving
JAMES lb;s IS. W; W 5oHNsoN; 81 IL T. Tho 2e, depaSssd
Gone but not tHEzR'is2, FIFE family i.
MITCHELL, ANNIE. In sad but loving
remsmbrance Of our beloved cousin; ANNIE
Seare asd y Th9 depsfted ssaS this life
You suffered hours of pain.
To wait for cure. but all in vain:
Till God alone knew what was best.
He called you home Il HEX Slve co1s1Es S6a sSst'
MITCHELL, ANNIE. In memory Of my
dear mother, Mrs. ANNIE MITCHELL
who who, Is psssed fd,s away two years ago today
My heart cannot tell what to say:
God alone knows how miss you
In home that is lonesome today.
HER DAUGHTER EDNA MITCHELL
PENDLETON. MARY CATHERINE. In
loving memory Of our dear mother and
wife. MARY CATHERINE PENDLETON
who departed do this life six years ago today
DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FAMILY.
SMALLWOOD. TAMIR In sad but low
TAMIR. sMALLWoop. who departed this
life eight years ago today. July 1S. 1880.
Sleep or, dear mother. and take thy rest
We loved you well. but Jesus loved you best.
Gone but not forgotten.
HER DEVOTED CHILDREN. SARAH
FRANCES AND ANNIE.
TENNYsON. MARY C. In sad but low
ing memory of my dear mother. MARY c.
TENNYSON. who departed this life forty
years ago today. July Is. 1898.
HER SON. RUSSELL. =
WEST. ETHEL. In tribute of love to
the memory Of our darling mother. ETHEL
WEST: who left us twelve years ago today.
July 1S. 1925
The flowers we put upon your sraye
May wither and decay.
But the love We have for you in life
Can never fade away
HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
GEORGE. NELLIE SYLVESTER JO-
SEPHINE. EMMA. LEONARD AND LOIS
Evening star., 1938-07-18
By the Associated Press.

~ 'AAS SsSoOClHiCd fIeSS.
NEW YORK, July 18.-Mrs. Martha
Barkley Ryan today was granted q
separation and $s33.33 monthly
permanent alsmony from Basil Allen
(Pat) Ryan, wealthy heir to part o.
the Wall Street fortune OF Thomas
Fortune Ryan. The separation and
altmony were granted in Supreme
Court by Justice Salvatore A. Cotillo.
In awarding the separation, Justice
Cotillo made several references to
poor little rich girls" who marry
"so-called nobility" and to drunken
play-boys" who possess fortunes which
they did not earn and do not use for
good purpose.
Mrs. Ryan and her husband were
married IN North Carolina after a
brief romance, and Ryan left her al
most Immediately after the ceremony.
Ryan then insisted he had no recol-
lection Of marrying the Morganton,
N. c., girl.
Mrs. Ryan is the mother of a son,
born to her six weeks before she
married Ryan. She later charged
Ned Parks. a soda fountain attendant
OF Washington, D. c., was father Of
the child.
Ryan did not defend his wife's
suit. This fact moved Justice Co.
tillo to further criticism of Ryan. re-
marking he, had displayed mo man
hood" after having publicly charged
that his wife trapped" him into mar
riage while he was drunk and then
failing to prove his allegations.
He called Ryan "a perfect example
OF panipered youth, who is the re-