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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-30

It hasn't taken Elmer F. An- drews, new Wage-Hour Adminis- trator, long to learn that the na- tional spotlight is a mighty potent magnifier.
 The day after his appointment was announced, flock of news photographers descended on the modest suburban home on Long
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18TH ST. BLAZE
ROUTS TENANTS

PajamaS and colorful negligees
seen usually only in the boudoir
flashed through the halls and
Hobbies of a fashionable apart
ment in the 5000 block of Six
tenth st. N. w. late last night
Something went wrong with the
fire-alarm system, bells started
jangling and wild excitement pre-
vailed.
Society women, members Of the
diplomatic corps and prominent
officials raced through the halls
clutching their jewels and other
valuables.
Among those who rushed out
was Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Demo.
cratic Congresswoman who was
defeated in last weeks election.
Employees finally convinced resi-.
dents there was no fire, the alarm
was quoted, and the excited ten
ants returned to their disturbed
SlumberS.
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President
Pleased

H.N.S.) Presid e MT
Roosevelt qCas repre-
sented at the White
House today as greatly
pleased over the popular
reaction to his statement
of yesterday concerning
the situation IN Ger
many.
Mr.. Roosevelt told one
of his aides he noticed
most newspapers inter-
preted the statement as
referring only to Ger
mGny's mistreatment Of
the Je1Us, aOhereas 1t wds
intended to apply 1Olth
equal force to mistredt-
memt of Catholics as aCeU.
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man comment following care
full consideration by all Reich
government agencies con-
cerned.
Meanwhile, German-American
relations took a new turn with
revelation that the American
Embassy made formal representa-.
tons to the German Foreign
Office late yesterday regarding
destruction of American property
during the recent anti-Jewish
demonstrations.
May Claim, Damages
In a written note, the Embassy
on behalf Of the American Gov.
eminent reserved the right to
claim damages for the destruction.
The American diplomatic step
was taken Independently of the
farewell visit yesterday Of Am.
bassador Wilson to Foreign Min
lister Joachim Won Ribbentrop.
Wilson was busy today clearing
up pending business at the EN-
bassy, and giving final instructions
to Prentiss Gilbert who will be
American charge d'affaireS in his
absence.
Despite the fact that the day
was a holiday-"The Day Of Pen.
itence," somewhat akin to Amer.
Continued on Page 2, Col u
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TeIe01iSiOn
Works.
By Chance!

NEW YORK, Nov. 16
N.N.S. ).-Whdt acus be-
heved to haze been the
first use of television as
a means of covering an,
event as 1t occurred, WGs
successfully on the rec
ord today through a CON-
bination of luck and fast
thinking.
Observers in Rookie
teller Center he ~ e d
clearly a fire on Wards
Island-more than four
M lies GWGy-and the
subsequent unsuccessful
attempts to fight the
blaze. The coverGge of.
the fire aUGs accidental.
A m o bile television
unit had been assigned
to make experimental
televisiOm scenes of q
swimming pool in As
toria, Queens. Engineers
notice d flames in an
abandoned U. S. Army
of Water.
AS the camera wGS
shifted, observers sGaO a
fireboat set out for the
I STA n d and unsMccess-
the flames 1Oith a stream
building on Wards Island.
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WARNINGS PAID
$1,000 MONTH,
SAYS WITNESS
Declares Emme EFT
Told of Graft

The Warning brothers paid
$1,000 a month protection" in
1885 for their numbers racket,
according to a statement made
by Emmett Warning to H. Wat
son Lease, internal revenue
agent, the latter testified dur
ing the trial of the brothers
this afternoon.
Revelation of the tangled trail
of the numbers racket in Washing.
ton started in United States Dis
trict Court today as the three War
ring brothers and two tax account,
ants went on trial on charges of
violation of the income tax laws.
With the possibility that evil
dence which may result in a city
wide scandal will be forthcoming
during the trial, testimony def,
nitely linking the numbers racket
was brought out from one of the
first Government witnesses.
ReOenue Agent Heard
H. Watson Lease, Internal Reve
nue. agent, took the stand and
testified that on June %, 1895
he was assigned to investigate the
warrings' income tax returns. He
said:
"On June 26 went to the
office of William B. O'Connell
defense attorney for the War
rings) and saw Emmett Warning.
He agreed to give me the books
and records of the numbers
business.
The next day he came to my
office with records of transac-
tons Tor 1884 and 1885, num-
bers slips, books and other
records.
HE asked if the books would
be turned over to police, and I
told him they would not, as this
was a revenue case"
"G0mbling" in Returns
Before Lease took the stand
the Warning income tax returns
were admitted in evidence. Re,
turns of Leo P Warning and
Continued on Page 6, Col. s.
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|ND|CT HARNETT
IN BRIBERY CASE

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 QN.S).
State Motor Vehicles Commits
sioner Charles A. Hartnett today
was arrested in the office of Dis
trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey
on an indictment charging he &C
copied brides totaling $4,000
from a taxicab company.
Hartnett is a leading Democrat
and has held office IA years.
From October, 1884, to January,
1898, he is accused of taking
money from the Parmelee Trans
portation Company, and three
subsidiary concerns.
There are two counts in Har-
Nets indictment. The second
charges extortion. The maximum
penalty would be 10 years and a
$4,000 fine.
It was reported at the criminal
courts building that another poll.
tician has been indicted secretly
in connection with the racket
murder of William Snyder, presi.
dent of Local 1873, International
Brotherhood of Transfers, Chauf-
feurs, Stablemen and Helpers.
A third indictment, it was said,
has been returned against one or
more political figures accused of
fraud and collision in collecting
the city sales tax.
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Assault On Liberty,
Sec. Roper Declares

Even while trees around
the Tidal Basin were being
transplanted today, Secretary
of Commerce Daniel c.
Roper, long a resident Of the
Capital, declared:
eve have been witnessing
assaults upon liberties which
have for centuries been de-
velOping into indiviSible parts
Of certain foreign states, in
the last few weeks, and 1
cannot help, as a citizen Of
the Capital, believe that any
assault upon our cherry trees
Is almost an assault upon
something that has come to
be, for us, an indivisible lib
erty-SOmething which can
not be disassOciated from our
selves"
The Secretary pointed out
the great loss to Washing
ton not only from the esthe-
tic standpoint, but also from
q business standpoint, Of an
attraction which has de-
velOped an annual audience
of hundreds of thousands
from all parts of the nation.
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Flyer Dies
EM Crash

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 G.N.s).
After an au-night search for two
young aviators and their fledgling
plane, State police found one OF
them dead today and another
critically injured beside the tan.
lied wreckage of their craft near
Suffolk Airport.
The dead man was Austin
Nicholl, 26, y mechanic. Charles
Tyte, "a, of Riverhead. who sui,
fered severe injuries, was rushed
to Southampton Hospital.
The two fliers took off from the
airport at 4 p. m. yesterday.
It was evident they attempted
a forced landing, went into a spin
and crashed about two miles
south Of the flying field.
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George VI Decorates
King Carol and Son

LONDON, Nov. 16 G.N.S0.
King Carol of Rumania and his
son, Prince Michael, today held
high British honorS bestowed upon
them by King George VI. Carol
and the prince, who arrived here
yesterday for a state visit, were
guests of King George at Buck
ingham Palace banquet at which
Carol received the Order of knight
of the Garter and Michael the
Grand Cross of the Victorian
Order.
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REICH RETORT
TO president
ON JEWS NEAR
IDieckhOff Recall
Predicted
By PIERRE J. HUss

BERLIN, Nov. 16 (I.N.S.).
A stiff German reply to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's statement at
lacking anti-Jewish measures
in the Reich was awaited today
as United States Ambassador
Hugh R. Wilson prepared to
depart for Washington for
consultations with American
officials.
1t was expected that the
American Presidents declara-
ton to the press would bring
strongly worded official Ger
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knudsen and CoWIing
Predict Trade Upturn

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 Q.N.S)
Two optimistic predictions-One
by William S. Knudsen, president
of General Motors Corporation,
and the other by w. C. Cowling,
vice president of Willys-Overland
Motors, Inc.-stimulated the auto
mobile industry today.
Knudsen predicted that the sale
of American automobiles abroad
duriny 1889 would be from Is to
80 1-3 per cent higher than in
1888. Cowling toreSaw new car
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U. S. AND BRITAIN
SIGN TOMORROW

The new trade agreement be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain will be signed tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock in the his
toric East Room of the White
House.
President Roosevelt will be pres
ent, but will not participate, the
United States signatory being Sec
rotary of State Cordell Hull.
Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Am.
basSador. and Premier Mckenzie
King of Canada will sign the
agreement on behalf of their gov
ernmentS.
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sales Of about $2.5OO.O 100000 dur
ing the approaching year.
Expectations are that the
next IL months will see q vol
ume of SALES that will closely
approximate that Of 1897, which
was one of the outstanding
years in the industry" said
Cowling.
Knudsen said the prospects fol
increased sales abroad is Ger
tainly encouraging and will cause
substantial unemployment"
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scheduled for tomorrow at 1870
o'clock at Is Dupont Circle to plan
a massed civic demonstration
against the proposed destruction
Of some of the most beautiful
cherry trees around the Tidal
Basin.
Strong support of the protest
meeting came today when Mrs
Harry c. Oberholser, State regent
for the District Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution, an
nounced that the go local D. A. R
chapters would be represented.
Tentative plans for a maSSed
march next Monday when the Ma
tional Park Service plans to open
memorial foundation bids which
would seal the fate Of the cherry
trees will be discussed at the meet
ing called jointly by Mrs. Ernest
Humphrey Daniel, president OF the
D. C, Federation Of Women 3
Clubs, and Mrs. Walter B. Fry
president Of the D. c. Parent
Teachers Association.
Protest Ignored
Decision to take dramatic and
forceful action to save the cherry
trees was reached after members
CONTINUED on Page 6, Col. u
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Berlin Orders Death
For Future Looters

LONDON, Nov. 16 GN.SD.-A
Reuter- dispatch from Vienna said
today that Joseph Buerckel, Nazi
governor of Austria. announced
Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goer-
ing has authorized the death pen
atty as punishment for looters in
the future.
Acc ording to the report,
Buerckel, addressing a meeting of
Austrian workers ct Steyr. said
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the reason for the death penalty
was that confiscation of Jewish
property is being considered.
He warned workers must seek
national honor rather than better
wages as Germany's economic aim
is autarchy, adding:
I'VE defeated German Jews
by our interior policy. We shall
def J~Vs abroad by not buy
ing the::f rubber and cotton"
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PLEA TO AWAIT
F. D. DECISION
FRIDAY IGNORED
Gty-Wide Protest
Meeting Called
By JAMES J. CULLINANE

Overriding the protests of an
aroused citizenry, National Parks
officials have ordered workmen to
start uprooting trees in the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial site area be-
fore President Roosevelt has an
opportunity to review the contro-
Versy.
Although the President has an
nounced he will pass judgment
! Friday on the contemplated de.
struction of japanese cherry trees
to make way for the memorial,
the work Of uprooting was in
progress today.
Meeting Tomorrow
Meanwhile leaders of more
than 100 organizations accepted
invitations to attend a meeting
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JaDs Hurled Back
On Canton, Is Claim

SHANGHAI. Nov. 16 G.N.S)
Reports received here today from
the new Chinese capital at Chung
king claimed Japanese forces had
been thrusG oack into Canton
and that severe fighting was ir
progress on the outskirts of the
ritV
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Treasury Report

GN.S.) Treasury balance No
vember IA, $2,561, est, 1885 SO; in
ternal revenue, 1880, 1858; Gus
toms receipts, $12,249 ,636.91; re-
ceipts, $2,o9s. 760, 4Os; expendi-
lures, $S,S22,177,sS5.
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Now in Session
HERALD
TINES
FREE
COOKING
SCHOOL

Be sure to attend today
through Friday afternoon 1:30-
4:3o P. M. and Thursday and
Friday evenings, 7:3o-10:0o PM.
GRAND PRIZES ). daily prizes
Come to the RIALTO
THEATER admission free.
School under personal direction
Of Frances Troy Northcross
Everybody welcome!
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.indsors May Visit
London in February

LONDON. Nov 16 GN.SO.
The London Daily Express, in a
Paris dispatch, today said it was
reported the Duke and Duchess
Of Windsor may visit England in
February.
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JeGUS Seek BIG
RefaElee Fund

LONDON, Nov. 16 (I.N.S.).
Jewish capitalists in the
United States and Great Brit
ain have agreed to cooperate
in raising between S15O,OOO,-
600 and $2OO,OOO,OOO for re-
Mobilization Of refugees, the
Evening News said today.
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President ASSaiIS
NaZi Persecuti onS
By ROBERT G. NIXON

INSO President Roosevelt condemned before the world
TODAY Naz persecution Of German Jews unprecedented
and forceful Indictment of the Hitler government which
bronbt +aut dnlomatc relations the breaking point
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Protest Ignored
Shots Miss
u. S. Woman

T1ENTSIN, Nov. 16 G.N.S0.
Chinese bandits today fired on
but miSsed-Mrs. j. K. Caldwell,
wife of the United States consul
here.
The attack occurred as Mrs.
Caldwell was walking through the
grounds Of the race club.
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avs "a lAShAAlS hN
The heireSS to
the w 90 lworth
millions told the
I n t ern att onal
News Service in
an xclu S i've
statement today
that she has been
g an 6 some
thought to re-
gaining Ameri-
can citizenship
which S h e re-
nounced eleven
months ago.
Il am not
planning to re-
turn to the
United States
i'm mediately,"
she said. but
I have given
some thought
to the re-eStab-
lishment of my
citizenship"
The one thing
which is concern
ing the countess
above all others
is the future Of
her son, Lance. it
was lie arm e d
through a source
close to the
hairnSS
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And this concern has a direct
bearing on any possible decision
about resuming American citizen.
ship. For although the countess
has been considering the advan'
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The President coupled with his
harsh rebuke warning to all ma
lions that the United States will
defend the entire Western Henri
sphere against attack.
Neu Monroe Doctrine
He wrote a new Monroe Doc
trine by extending the protection
of the historic document to in
clude Canada as well as Central
and South America, and put the
world on notice that the United
States will build an air force
Navy and Army powerful enough
to combat attack.
The Presidents denunciation of
the Nazi prosecutions created a
sensation in foreign capitals when
it was flashed to the world late
yesterday.
Sets Precedent
For the head Of a government
to assail another government BE-
cause of its internal policies, Is an
unheard-of step in diplomatic pro
cedure, but Mr.. Roosevelt thrust
aside precedent and to an amazed
group of correspondents. who
jammed the oval room of the
White House for his Tuesday press
conference, he declared:
THE news of the past few
days from Germany has deeply
shocked public opinion in the
United States. Such news from
Continued on Page 2. Col. y
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CCC Begins Removing Historic Trees at Basin
BObS Studies y. s.
Citizenship But
Puts Son First
By MERRILL MUELLER
Copyright, 1880

PARIS Nov 16 QNS.). Countess Barbara Haugwltz-
Reventow Hutton thinking seriously of
reestablishng her American citizenship.
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Rain tonight and
probably tomoruW
mWnlng; warmer
toalght and tOmOT-
row; low tonight
about IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-19
Congregational
FIRST CHURCH
SundaY SerViCeS

 Morning service at Il o'clock. Rev. Dr. James E. Gregg continues the Lenten series on Taking Christian ity Seriously; this mornings subject begging Christianity in our Rou- tine Work. 5 p. m. The Chrismon Society will have a discussion on "Why Be- lieve in Praying" led by the Misses May MacNab and Vivian Matson.
 Notices For The Week
 Monday, 4 p. m., Junior Choir Re- hearsal.
 7-9 p. m. Girl Scouts Leaders Training Course held in the Scout House.
 Tuesday, 7:45 p. m. The Neighbor- hood Discussion Meeting will be held in the West Central District with the Misses Somers, 109 Chest nut avenue. Subject: Conscience Nowadays.
 Thursday, 4 p. m. Girl Scouts, Troop No. 1.
 7:15 D. m. Senior Girl Scouts.
 8 D. m. Lenten Lecture by Dean Brown. Subject: Help and Hurt from Christian Science. Rev. John c. Walker of the Second Church will assist in the service.
 Friday, p. m. Meeting of Cub Pack No. 2.
 4-5:30 p. m. The Ministers Pre- paration Glasses meet at the Par sonage, IA Prospect St., boys at 4 o'clock, girls at 4:45.
 7:30 p. m. Boys Scouts, Troop No. 22.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-19

an enviable record among New Eng land glee clubs, having on several occasions won first prize in contests No other chorus other than profes- sional ones has such 8 record of travel in the 13 years of its exist ence, having travelled thousands of miles and also of having given over 600 concerts and church services.
 The local singers have seventeen different communities where they give annual concerts and have just been engaged for the fourth con- secutive year to sing for the State Chamber of Commerce in Hartford next May.
 Advertising "The Brass Center of the World" throughout New Eng land is part of their mission and now for the thirteenth year they will sing in concert in this city.
 During the second half of the program the chorus will be aug mented by 25 voices from the Win sted Mems Chorus of which MT Burwell is also director. Tickets for the concert may be obtained from any member or at the door.
 The list of patrons for next We'd nesday,s concert follows:
 Mrs. Aaron A. Benedict, MT. and Mrs. Orton P. Camp, MT. John A. Coe, MT. and Mrs. Richard Ely, Miss Alberta Edell, MT. and Mrs. George A. Goss, Mrs. Arthur ReeS. Kimball, Mrs. K. H. Pomeroy, Miss Helen Sperry, Miss Gertrude Whit temore, Hugh L. Thompson, Miss Margery Hayden, Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, Mrs. J. Hobart Bronson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-19
RABBI GREENFIELD
 ANALYSES COMBAT
Pacifsts, He Claims, Know War Will Not Settle
 Problems at Hand

Failure of the great democracies to take firm stands at such times as when Japan seized Manchuko in 1881 and in the matter of Ethiopia s conquest was seen as partially to blame for the warfare and unrest abroad by Rabbi William P. Green field speaking last night at Beth-El synagog on "If War is Declared: |: An Analysis of the Present Situa- ton in Europe"
 He remarked that pacifist today Is in "the middle" so far as con- ditions in Europe and the Far East are concerned, and added that the democracies could prevent further invasions by issuing a joint state ment that would be needed. The little said up to now has not car- ried enough weight, Rabbi Green field said, and the democracies, England, France, Russia and this country have not been unified as to protest.
 He found the sincere pacifist in the position of realizing that any declarations by the democracies must be backed by show of strength, yet the pacifist, with others, realize that war will not settle the problems at hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-19
500 AT BENEFIT
 IN CHURCH HALL
Sacred Heart Club to Re- peat Show Tonight for
 Injured Youths

The Sacred Heart Catholic club will present the second of two bene- fit performances tonight at Sacred Heart hall. The first performance, given last night, was seen by more than 500 persons.
 The program is being presented for the benefit of William Byrnes, of Wolcott street, and Richard Hager, Of Gates avenue, who were serious ly burned last month in an explo- sion and fire at gas station at East Main and Wolcott streets.
 Last nights performance was di- rected by Jack Fitzgerald, and his orchestra played for dancing which followed the show. The committee in charge of the benefit consists of Eugene Overs, Ernest Ciano, and Matthew Geary.
 The soloists were James Mitchell. Ray Ladden, Ann Egan, Ruth Casey, May Goodall, Jackie Sheehy, Cy Walsh, Ellen Blondeau, Charles Conors, Joseph Reilley, Thomas Bowling, Jane Sheehy, Andrew Cav- anaugh, Paul Guglielmo, Kay How ard, Lou Howard and Peggy Dris- coll.
 A feature of last nights show was a speciality, Ten Pretty Girls" with Vincent Manzoli as soloist, assisted by Genevieve Moore, Mrs. Vincent Manzoli, Mary Dillon, Marjorie Kopp, Helen Dalton, Imelda Boyce, Jean Doran, Rosemary Mellon, Maureen Costello. Doris Malone and Betty Robinson.