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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
MURDER TURNS
 OUT TO BE HOAX
Missing ChicOpee, Mass, Salesman Is Safe in
 Trenton

Chicopee. Mass, Nov. 19.-(UP)- The supposed murder" of Karl V. Pomeroy, 39, missing insurance agent whose bioodstained automo- bile was found on a Connecticut river bank Tuesday, was hoax, his wife reported to police early today.
 She told Police Captain Daniel J. Hickey that her husband telephoned her from Trenton, Y. J. that he was .'aliye and well" U.
 Pomercy told her that he was at the home Of his mother at 2i1 Brunswick avenue, Trenton, Hickey said.
 sHe told me that he left blood stains in the automobile and disar- ranged the interior to make it look as though he had been robbed and murdered" the captain quoted Mrs. pumeroy.
 However, Hickey said, PomerOy did not explain his motive for the hoax. His insurance accounts were known to De in good order.
 &DAAHkJys AAoA4cA V4 0AA SAAA3~sA @Aai was reported missing Tuesday by his Wife. She last saw him Monday morning, she said.
 Shortly afterward. Pomeroy,s au- tOmobile Was found 6 block and q half from his home on Q river bank. The front seat was bloodstained and q hi0odstained follr-foot length of pipe lay in the Eonneau. Insurance records were scattered about the seat and floor and the right front door window was shattered,
 Police dragged Connecticut river all-day Wednesday, but finding no trace of | body announced they were slkepticaI of q foul play theory and ahandon@l the search {.
 When State Chemist Joseph walker reported that the blood and hair found in the car were of hu- man origin, however, police once again leaned toward the murder theory and yesterday resumed drag ging operations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
Chief Justice Maltbie ToView
 Crowded Court Facilities
Coming to City Soon; Common Pleas May
 Be Transferred

Concerned over the chronic supe- rior court docket situation which will be created by the duration of the Waterbury conspiracy trial which opens November %, Chief Justice William M. Maltbie of the supreme court of errors will come here early next week to view the sit- uation and confer with Judge Earnest c. Simpson.
 Cooperation from officials of the common pleas court, already prom ised by one common pleas court judge who has conferred with Judge Simpson, may ease the situation somewhat.
 Special Measures
 With the conspiracy trial taking up the superior court for perhaps four days week over period of three months, civil actions and regular criminal business will lie dormant on the docket unless some special measures are taken. Facili- ties of the county court building makes 1t impossible for any other cases to be heard there. with the exception of those heard in the com- mon pleas court.
 Judge Simpson said yesterday that he has written lengthy letter to Chief Justice Maltbie describing in detail the conditions which will re- suit from the trial here Of the con- spiracy cases. < He said that Chief Justice Maltbie replied to his letter and indicated that he would come here within Q few days for consultation. Local attorneys who have cases pending trial in superior court are vitally concerned. we have our liv- ing to earn, and naturally are wore ried," said one veteran member of the bar to Judge Simpson yester- day.
 T hope to see no one suffer-" said Judge Simpson.
 Cases Face Delay
 He offered the explanation that nothing could be done about civil matters while the jury for the con- spiracy trial Is being polled. He con- tinued that he expected to be trans ferred to Willimantic November 29
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
SUIT CLUBS HIT I IN COURT TODAY
Judge MascoIO Criticizes Operators in Imposing
 Sentences on Two

Suit clubs not only constitute . violation of the law but are unfair competition to other dealers in mems clothing, declared Judge Ed ward Mascolo in city court this morning as he found Hilbert A Vitone, 70, of Fairview avenue, Oak vile, and Daniel Gallucci, 45, oi 63 Temple street, guilty of violating the state lottery laws.
 Judge Mascolo imposed 8 30-day suspended jail sentence on each count and placed the two men on probation for sixth months.
 The same sentence was imposed or Vito Demola, 42, of 228 South Leonard street, who had pleaded guilty.
 Judge Mascolo ruled that suit club violates the law even though its operators are arrested even before any actual drawing takes place. This was the case with Vitone and Gal lucci, who are partners. They were arrested on information furnished by two Pinkerton detectives, hired by a group of local merchants.
 The court declared that the sus- pended jail sentences should serve as terrent to other atilors who might seek to operate suit clubs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
RETIREMENT PENSION
 PLAN CONSIDERED

Hartford, Conn, Nov. 19-(uP)-- The Connecticut Society of Execll- tives, composed of state officials. was preparing Q plan today for a retirement pension system for all state employees.
 Insurance Commissioner John O. Blackall, who attended Q conference of the group Friday, said i've are trying to devise . system of pen- slons that will be actually sound. !" ' The plan. when completed. wiIl be submitted the General Assembly for enactment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
PLAN TO ABOLISH
 SCENT FARE ENDS

Boston, Nov. l9- WP) The Bos- ton Elevated Railway abandoned its plan to abolish five-cent fares on certain lines last night only a few hours before the abolition was to have become effective.
 The trustees convened hastily after mayors and representatives of 10 of the "A cities and t0WKas served by the railway unanimously re- Quested abandonment Of the plan and pledged cooperation in finding other means of reducing the annual deficit.
 Five-cent fares preyail on ls7 lines. Elsewhere the fare IS 10 cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19

in the formulation of our foreign policies, predicted that any attempt to nberalize the laws would "arOuse tremendous opposition" both in and out of Congress.
 T imagine that Congress will be reluctant to hberalize any of the immigration laws" he said. T think that rather there will be a strong movement to tighten up on them.
 T do not believe 1t is desirable to undertake to change the immi- grafton laws at this time."
 Might Hurt Employment
 Other Congressmen have ex- pressed fear that an influx of irnmi- grants would aggravate the unen- ployment problem and precipitate strong protests by organized labor. Labor leaders, however, have de- clined comment.
 Borah'S statement was made as diplomatic relations between this country and Germany became more strained than at any time since the United States entrance into the World War.
 Germany's Ambassador, Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff, packed his bags to return to Berlin. while D. s. AIn- bassador to Germany, Hugh R. Wil~ son twas enroute here to report to President Roosevelt. Although the summoning home of ambassadors does not constitute formal break in diplomatic relations. there was doubt that either of the men would return to their posts.
 Three Ambassadors Present
 Emphasizing the gravity of the situation abroad, was the fact that William Phillips, American annbas- sador to Italy, and William c. Bull
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
BRASS co. OFFICIAL
 KILLS HIMSELF
Rifle Used in Suicide of
 George E. Comstock at ...E Easton Ave Home

George E. Comstock, "A. of 2ls Easton avenue, a retired official oi the Chase Brass 6s Copper Com pany, committed suicide today by shooting himself in the head with a .22 caliber Winchester rifle.
 He was found dead in a workshop in the cellar of his home at BOO o'clock this morning by his daugh- ter, Helen. Dr. R. F. Bonner was called immediately, but the man was dead upon his arrival.
 Medical Examiner Edward H. Kirschbaum gave a verdict of death by Suicide. The bullet lodged in the left temple.
 MT. Comstock, who had been re- tired for the past 16 years, was nj ill health, and this was probably cause for his suicide act. He was found by his daughter when she called to him as she prepared to leave the house for her work.
 A police emergency squad headed by Captain William J. Duggan and including Motor Patrolmen Walter Overton and Thomas Bedding in- vestigated and called Dr. Kirsch- baum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
Rodney Butcher
 Dies At Capitol

Washington, Nov. 19-tUP)- Rodney Butcher, chief of the Washington bureau of the Newspaper Enterprise Asso- citation, died last night of a heart attack.
 He was found dead in his office at midnight by employees. He apparently had died about 8 p. m.
 Butcher had been head of MEAS Washington office for many years. He formerly was associated with the United Press associations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
GROSS GAY IN FAREWELL TO '37 ASSEMBLY Proposes FacetiOus Legis= latiye Program With
 Raises for All STUFFED SHIRTS OUT, SAYS GOV. Noah Swayne Lauds Cross in His Introductory
 Remarks

Hartford, Conn, November 19. (UP) = Governor Wilbur L. Cross, 76, and soon to leave office, threw down the cares of gubernatorial authority today and faceti- ously proposed a. legislative program to a general as- sembly reunion which law makers said would "bankrupt Connecticut in no time" " The governor, hale, hearty and jovial-apparently unruffled by defeat = received a tremendous ova- tion from the legislators in the last reunion of the 1897 assembly.
 T bid you farewell" he said. "I thank you for your cooperation and friendship. Certainly if we agreed on all things there would be no ues in living.
 Did Best He Could
 T have admipistNred the affairs sof this state to the best Of my abil- ity in the eight years I have been in office"
 Then the governor jokingly pro- posed the following legislative pro- gram:
 1. We must have a Townsend plan that would insure to all of us aswe approach old age $200 month. Think of it! $200 month, pro- vided we spend it for goods whether we need them or not. That is the Utopia we must move towards as fast as we can. Everyone over 40 should be assured $200 month.
 2. we must do something for the municipalities so that honest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
PRIVATE RECORDS
 NOT UNDER PROBE
IVA Group Refuse to Ex- anime Income Returns
 of Wendell Wilkie
BY FRANK McNAUGHTON United Press Staff COrrespondent

BY FRANK McNAUGHTON United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, November 19. = (UP) - The joint congressional committee investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority refused today to examine the personal income returns, bank books and financial records of Wen dell Willkie, president of the Com nionwealth and Southern Corpora ton.
 Willkie offered the records after President Roosevelt authorized the committee to examine any tax re- turns, personal as well as corporate. Francis Riddle, counsel for the committee. revealed the Willkie offer, but said:
 Our representative told MT. Willkie we were not interested, that we were not going into personal af- fairs"
 Biddle's announcement came after Representatives Thomas Jenkins, R., O., and Charles Wolverton, R., N. J., portested the executive order. They charged that 1t set a dangerous precedent and constituted a dangerous step to do something that has never been done before" They reiterated their objections despite Riddles assurance that only the corporate returns of the Ten- nessee Electric Power Company were to be inspected to determine what depreciation charges the firm had taken annually since 1925.
 WiIlkie. chief spokesman for pri- vate utilities, is to testify Tuesday.
 Riddle also revealed today that 8 number of ''confidential" studies of IVA have been ordered by the com- mittee.
 The federal power commission, he said. is making . study of IVA costs and charges to determine if it is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
BROTHERS OUT

Boston, Nov. i0 - (U.p.) Des- cezidants of Revolutionary War pro- 1lteers are Ineligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. according to Mrs. Frank q. Mason, xeglstrar-general. Despite . membership campaign. she said. the D. A. R. under a new regula- ton will bar kin og men who sold beef to f4e Revolutionary army at Nt1Fhitant prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
KILLED Bx CAR

Branford, Conn. Nov. fa = (u. |P.) = Herbert AGarlowe, 30. New Haven. was Killed yesterday when struck by . car while walking along the road in q heavy foe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
Won't Help, He Says; Tighter Laws Required
Change Now Would Meet With Congressional OppOsi. tion, Veteran Legislator Claims Diplomatic Re-
 latiOns Between U. S., Germany Very Strained
BY JOHN R. BEAL United Press Staff Correspondent)

Washington, November 19. - CUP) - Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee objected today to proposed changes in the @ grafton laws conendng that any relaxation possible a this time would be inadequate for real relief of the German refugee problem Borah who has long been influential
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The Weather

Rain, Cold Tonight;
 Sunday Fair
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Evening star., 1938-06-07

he was the one involved IN the Bay
View battle. and that pistol taken
from him was identified a. one stolen
Sunday night from q Pennsylvania
Railroad oficer in Wilmington, DEL
The colored man denied participation
in the shooting here.
The coroner's ofiice ordered an
autopsy performed on the body Of
Mr.. Fornwaldt to determine the
source of two bullets which proved
fatal to him. He told police he was
shot accidentally by Harry r. Lins,
43, B. q O. special policeman, as
he stood in the line of fire between
Mr.. Lins and the gunlnan. Mr.. Lins
is recovering from bullet wound
In the arm.
The battle started when the ofiicer
took q white man and two colored
men, whom he had picked up in the
railway yards. to the telegrapher's
tower for questioning. He said the
white man drew q pistol from his
pocket and shot him In the arm. He
returned the fire, emptying his pistol
as the three men fed into nearby
woods.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
c0NKLIN FUNERAL RITES
TO BE HELD TOMORROW
Policeman Who Was Killed
Sunday In Crash Will Be
Buried in Arlington.

Funeral services for Pvt. Richard F.
Conklin, 81, No. precinct, who was
fatally injured Sunday when his mo-
tor cycle skidded on wet street car
tracks. throwing him 40 feet, will be
held tomorrow at 2 pm. at his late
residence, 4510 South Dakota ave-
nue. NE.
Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery by virtue of the officers
service in the Marine Corps prior to
his becoming member Of the police
department in 1925.
Pallbearers will be fellow officers
from the Traffic Division, where Pvt.
Conklin formerly was on duty, and
from the sixth precinct.
The policeman, who died in Walter
Reed Hospital shortly after the acci-
dent, is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mildred L. Conklin; his parents and
three brothers and sister.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
D. c. SPEAKER WINS

Roland T. Carr, a clerk In the credit
department Of the Riggs National
Bank main branch here, won second
place and $500 prize In the A. p.
Giannini education endowment prize
speaking contest held in connection
with the American Institute of Bank
ing convention at Louisville, KY, last
night, the Associated Press reported
today. The first prize of $500 went
to Joseph w. Hanson, jr., Of Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Mr.. Carr recently won first place
in the Eastern contest here at Balti-
more and thereby earned the right
to be sent to Louisville for the finalss
He lives at 755 Newton place NV.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
SUSPECT TAKEN
IN SHOOTING CASE
Captured Shortly After B. &
O. TeIegrapher Dies
of Wounds.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Speclal Dlspatcn 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE, June THE gun
man involved in pistol battle with
q special railway policeman in a
telegraph tower in the Bay View yards
here early yesterday was captured by
Maryland State police today shortly
after Herbert G. Fornwaldt, 53-year-
old Baltimore & Ohio Railroad teleg-
rapher, died of wounds received in
the battle.
State officers and Arthur Curtis, a
B. g. o. engineer armed with shot
gun, trapped the white gunman and
two colored men suspected of being
those who ran from the railway tower
with him after the shooting yester-
day, at the end Of railway bridge
at Aiken, near Conowingo, Md, and
took them into custody without re-
sistance
Police said the white man admitted
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Engine Designer Honored.

NEW YORK. June (P.-Award of
the Daniel Guggenheim Medal for
1888 to A. H. r. Fedden, British engi-
neer, "for contributions to the de-
velopment Of aircraft engine design
and for the specific design of the sleeve
valve aircraft engine" was announced
last night.
Mr.. Fedden will speak before the
Society Of Automotive Engineers at
White Sulphur Springs. w. Va,
June 10.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
BURIED IN BROOKLYN

Mrs. Edwin Pratt Was a Former
Resident Of Capital.
Mrs. Margaret Pratt. AZ, who died
Friday at her home in Brooklyn, N. Y,
was buried today in Brooklyn, follow
ing funeral services there this morning,
according to word received here.
Mrs. Pratt, the wife of Edwin Pratt.
was former resident of this city and
was the daughter Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph H. Howell of Oxon
Hill, Md.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Pratt
leaves q son, Edward Pratt, Brooklyn:
two brothers, George F. Howell, 1925
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, and Herbert
M. Howell, 1928 Eighth street NV.
and a sister. Mrs. Agatha M. Haines,
900 Ninth street Sc.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
GEORGE {. PIERCE DIES,
VETERAN D. C. FLORIST
Funeral Services Will Be Held
Tomorrow Afternoon in
Murray Chapel.

George E. Pierce, 73, Of 4040 Ala
bama avenue Sc. for many years
In the florist business here, died yes
terday in Providence Hospital after
an illness of about three weeks.
Mr.. Pierce was head of the florist
firm of George E. Pierce g. Sons. A
native of Maryland. he had lived In
Washington most of his life He was
member of the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs. Ardie
Elma Pierce; two sons, Elmer A. and
Thomas B. Pierce; two daughters,
Mrs. Hilda Anholt and Miss Gladys
Winona Pierce, and two brothers,
James F. and John H. Pierce.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow in the chapel of
Thomas F. Murray, 2007 Nichols ave-
nue. Sc. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
WILL OPPOSE DIES
DR.. H. G. Hendricks Will Seek
Texans Seat in House.

IeAans seat In House.
BEAUMONT, Tex, June @.-
The candidacy of DR.. H. C. Hem
bricks Of Silsbee and Washington as
an opponent of Martin Dies for the
Democratic nomination for Congress
from the second Texas district was
fled here today shoftly before the
filing period closed.
DR.. Hendricks, reported to be an
adviser for the congressional Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce. sent his affidavit by mail
from Washington.
He and Mr.. Dies are the only can
didates In the field.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Darn nf Thanka.

KooNCE. MoRRIssEY S. I shall al
ways remember with deep gratitude the
kind expressions Of sympathy of my neish-
bors friends and relatives durins the re-
cent illness and at the death Of my hus-
band, MORRISSEY s, GOONCE.
HIS WIFE. MARGARET w. KOONCE.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
MRS. ]. [. BROWNE DIES
AT HER HOME in IOWA.
Deceased, rs Years Of Age, Was
Mother Of Mrs. Wallace, Wife
Of Cabinet Member.

Mrs. J. L. Browne, rs, mother Of
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife Of the
Secretary of Agriculture, died yes
terday at Indianola. Iowa. 1t was
learned through the Associated Press.
She had been Ill about year and
Q half
Mrs. Wallace left here yesterday for
Indianola. Besides Mrs. Wallace,
among survivors Is q. brother, Seward
Graham, Seward, Pa.
Funeral arrangements were to be
announced later.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

A human adult has half an ounce
Of sugar In his blood. which Is pro-
more than sheep and
less than q COW.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
Pop got married.

Pop got married.
Pop had children.
Pop took the night shift because
It meant Sc more 4 week.
And Pop never took 4 vacation.
When / wanted an Insersoll
Yankee Pop bought it. Il didn't
know until years later he had
70 pass up lunch for ! week
70 get it.
When ] cried because never had
= sled Pop made me one. (He was
the handiest guy you ever saw.)
Evening star., 1938-06-07
When Pop was Fl :.

When ! had a chance to get job
out Of town, Pop said, ,"Take it
looks like fine break" Seems
now / can remember the tears in
his eyes when we shook hands
goodbye.
Pops 81 now.
His step is, still firm. And he's
still on the old job.
It's good six months since I've
seen Pop. (dome is only 4 hours
away.) My sister writes, ssYou
should visit home more often.
But don't tell Pop ] suggested it.
Evening star., 1938-06-07
ST. CECILIA ACADEMY
GRADUATES SO GIRL S
Right Rev. E. J. Connolly of st.
Peters is Main Speaker

Thirty-eight girls were graduated
last night from st. Cecilia Academy.
COL East Capitol street, under the
auspices of the Sisters of the Holy
Cross. The Right Rev. E. j. Connolly
OF st. Peters Church gave the com
mencement address.
Scholastic honors went to Helen
Marie Brazinski, Mary Elizabeth
O'Connor and Rita Cecilia Miller. The
graduates were:
Evening star., 1938-06-07

CEMETERY LOT IN ROCK CREEK GENIE
terry. Unused 1o-place burial lot. finest loca-
tion. Price. $1,000. Natl. 2266, Apt. 610-A.
Evening star., 1938-06-07

June T. 1888, at her residence, 4s5a
Crescent ST., Crestview, Md. SADIE RITZ
ENBERG. beloved wife of Samuel Ritzen-
berg and mother of Hyman, Abraham. Ma
than and Albert Ritzenberg and Mrs Sylvia
Schwartz. Remains resting at the funeral
parlors of Bernard Danzansky. 350l 14th
St, NV. 80 Ss8 ~
Funeral services will be held lat the,
above funeral parlors Wednesday June. s.
at IL noon. 1nterment District, of CO..
lumbia Lodge. Relatives and friends IN
vited.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
Bridge Club Holds
Dinner Meeting
In CaIexico

Mrs. Richard Haas Of Ell Centric
and Mrs. f. B. Covington entertain
ed members Of their bridge club
Sunday night at the home OF Mrs.
Coyingtcn in CaleXico.
A delicious dinner was served by
the hostesses, with the table deco
rations following patriotic theme.
Red, white and blue flowers were
used in the ccnterpiece which was
accentuated by white tapers.
High honors for the ladies were
won by Mrs. Charles Bramkamp and
Edgar Mason was high for the men.
A highlight to the dinner was
the presentation OF lovely birth
day cake to Mrs. Mason who was
celebrating her birthday Sunday.
Present were Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Bramkamp, Mr.. and Mrs
o. j. Jennings, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Mason, Mr.. and Mrs. James Marshall
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Haas and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Covington.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-21
Mrs. w. L. Wright
Entertains Guests
Ouer Weekend

Mrs w. l.. Wright of 734 Broad
way entertained Miss Eleanor
Mansfield of Washington, d. c., and
Miss Helen Lord of San Diego as
house guests over the weekend.
Miss Lord, who is recently from
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, where she
was chief nurse of the navy hos
pital, is now beginning two years
duty as chief nurse of the navy
hospital in San Diego.
Miss Mansfield, Who has been
visiting in San Diego, is superin-
tendent of the United States Naval
Nursing corps.
These two ladies we're entertain
ed at a lovely dinner at the Wright
home Saturday evening. Sunday
they were conducted on a tour of
the desert to the sand dunes and
All American canal.
They left E. Centro Sunday
evening.
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