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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07

swung on him the complainant would not have been able to come down here and get summons the next day"
 Bald, Amiable Benny
 The onetime terror of his division, converted by time into a bald and amiable restaurateur with 45 pounds of excess flesh on his frame, was at the stand in his own defense He was preceded by the complainant, Louis Sacoff, a 200-pound waiter who, Leonard said, had shouted to diners:
 "The champ of the world punched me. Benny Leonard punched me. Comes the revolution and I'll punch Benny Leonard in the nose"
 The case came to court because of baked potato. Sacoff produced the potato from a pocket and dis played it to Magistrate August Breyer. On New Years night, he continued, he went to the kitchen to get supper and was given pot roast and the baked potato
 Smacked On Jaw | Leonard was nearby, he said, but made no motion until he reached him. Then, the waiter testified, the former champion shouted:
 Don't you know walters are not supposed to eat baked potatoes?" knocked the plate out of his hand and sihacked him on the jaw.
 T have dizzy spells since" Sacoff said. q cannot wear the hat. I can- not work. That is the true story"
 Wasn't it the back of Leonard's hand that touched your cheek?" asked counsel for the fighter.
 Tt was worse than fist yet" the witness replied.
 Benny Tells His Story
 Then Leonard went to the witness stand He said Sacoff came out of the kitchen waving the potato and making speeches that Its bad, it's bad. You serve bad potatoes here"
 T tried gently to quiet the man by pushing him back" Leonard said. Why. if I had punched him on the nose he wouldn't be able to come down here and get a summons the next day"
 Magistrate Breyer pondered this. The defense made a motion to dis miss.
 Case dismissed" ruled the court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07

ed ally, James P. Purcell, awaiting word from the Trout" in the office marked private, northwest cor ner of City Hall.
 Rebuffed in Demands
 But Controller Sherwood L. Row land, backed by four members of the staff of the Republican -Ameri- can, unlike Caesar, who "came, saw and conquered" was rebuffed by the finance board in demands, first: For money to conduct an audit of his office;
 Second: For support of his criti- cism of his predecessor, Daniel J. Leary;
 Third: For bringing the political attacks of J. Warren Upson, George T. Culhane and others into a meet ing designed for the purpose of con- Structive handling of the city's fi- nancial affairs.
 There was no political aspect to the meeting, beyond MT. Rowland $ attempted interpolation of attacks on his longtime predecessor. It was the conservative Republican mem bers who rebuffed the political cru sader and caused him to abandon his new role.
 Dramatics Failed Him Excited, gesticulating. rising to full height several times as he sought dramatic expression of the plethora of complaint concerning the missing papers" Controller Rowland was returned to his seat as many times as he attempted to ! tower over the board members by the curt suggestion of Mayor Frank Hayes, presiding:
 "Sit down, MT. Controller. This is an informal meeting
 It was an informal meeting, the longest informal meeting in years. But, beyond the action of the board which, in an adjourned interim, met and acted as board of sinking fund commissioners, nothing hap pened more than the farcical in- Struction of the new financial poli- tico at City Hall in the matters of his office routine, his conduct at meetings of the board of finance.
 Leary Resignation Accepted
 Accepted with regret by the board of sinking fund commissioners, was the resignation of Daniel J. Leary. Elected unanimously in place of MT. Leary was Carl D. Olsen, new mem- Der of the board of finance and treasurer of the Waterbury Trust Company.
 But, from the beginning of the meeting which saw MT. Olsen, Fred erick J. Dalton, insurance and real estate man, Alderman Edward J.. Fitzgerald as new members. Patrick M. Periello, president of the Board of Aldermen, and MT. Rowland as controller, sitting as members ex- officio, the actual story of the at- tack that failed, contrary to other political-biaSed versions, is as fol- lows:
 Real Story of Fracas
 The board, with the exception of John H. GosS, out of the city, and Controller Rowland, assembled at 4 o'clock at the mayors office. In few minutes, the controller ar- rived, carrying two baskets of papers which he plunked down at the end of the long table where, he was told,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
REVELATIONS OF HURLEY STARTLE
Governor Cross Deter mined to Push Case;
 Macdonald May Resign /
BY JACK AMMAN United Press Staff Correspondent


 Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. - CUPD The governor, the state supreme court, criminal prosecuting author ities and every important official of the state government became deeply involved today in the amazing rev. citations concerning administration of the State Highway Department. In an unprecedented situation which has been moving slowly to- wards momentous climax, the sensational charges of State Public Works Commissioner Robert A. Hurley against Highway Commis- Sioner John A. Macdonald neverthe- less came as bombshell.
 Makes Mary Charges
 He charged inefficiency, wasteful- ness, favoritism, incompetency, dis organization, "woeful" lack of CO., ordination, and absence of the use of sound engineering methods" in a 100-page report to Governor Will bur L. Cross.
 Hurley'S report came in the heat of controversy over what action the governor would take in the Merritt Parkway situation, whereby the highway department allegedly paid exorbitant prices for rights-of-way in many cases 10 times the assessed valuations of the land
 Latest Developments
 l. Rumors the resignation oi Macdonald was imminent. A report he sought to resign Wednesday wal denied by ths governor.
 2. The Governor announced { further investigation would be made of Hurley's charges.
 3. Fairfield County States At. torney Lorin w. Willis, Attorney
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
CONN. DREW OUT MOST

Washington, Jan. 7.-(UP)-Eleven of the 22 states which became eligible Jan. 5 to make withdrawals from unemployment trust funds ad- minstered by the U. S. treasury withdrew $3,- 625, ,OOO in the first six days this month the treas ury disclosed to day. The largest withdrawal was made by Connecticut, which received $750,- OOO Other withdrawals included: New Hamp- shire S125.0OO: Rhode Isband $200,00O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
FREED OF BLAME

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 7-UPl-A finding by Coroner Frank E. Healy today absolved Guido Delmastro of criminal responsibility in the death of Anthony Sottile, 30, who was killed in hunting accident at Simsbury, Nov. 20.
 The coroner found that Delmas- tro's gun discharged accidentally, a charge striking Sntti,e in the face
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
CHOIR SINGER KILLS FATHER

Jersey City, Jan. 7-(UP)-Doro- thy Schaefer, attractive, 18-year-old choir singer, stabbed her 49-year-old father, Charles, to death last night when he threatened to give her "the beating of your life"
 It was the fifth time since July 31 that a child had killed one or the other of its parents in the New York metropolitan area.
 Miss Schaefer, a slim. chestnut haired girl, grabbed carving knife from a kitchen table and plunged it into her father as her 6-year-old sister, Evelyn, looked on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
Senator Borah Supports
 Southern States Against Anti -Lynching Measure
Board OF Finance Has Rebuned Controller
Refuses His Demands for Money in Special Audit of His -Criticises Him for Bringing Politics
 Into Controversy

Sherwood L. Rowland before the board of finance yesterday Sherwood l. Rowland begged the board for indulgence, saying T have only been controller four days" This half-dozen times. Sherwood L. Rowland the Board Finance members yesterday and the board members considerable of Controller Rowland. They him leave the meeting rush downstairs City Hall
 to "get advice" from his private accountant William j.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
SMALL FIRE COSTLY

Haverhill, Mass, Jan. 7-(UP)- A $25 fire in a shoe factory today set of sprinklers, which:
 Caused thousands of dollars in water damage.
 Forced 800 employees out of work temporarily. ! And axt'rruisrAA the firs
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FUNERAL OF ENGINEER

New Haven, Conn.,. Jan. 7-(UP)- Funeral services will be held Satur- day for Orson H. Marchant, 55
 well-known civil engineer, who com mitted suicide yesterday at Steven son by shooting himself in the head
 accnrfiinc tn tl>a vnadicol ava ar,irar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
Light1ueight Champion
 Of Ring Days Displays .Cleuerness In Court
2OO-Pound Waiter Tried to Show He Was Badly Hurt; Wouldn't Be Here
 If Hit Him, Said Benny

New York, January '. - (UP) - Benny Leonard, who retired undefeated lightweight boxing champion of the world defended himself today against charge that he socked waiter in dispute baked potato by
 ing the judge that he fought for anything but money My motto' he said "has always been No money fight" And to clinch his contention that he merely showed the waiter Leonard asserted that he had really
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Jan. 6-(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts foI the current fiscal year through Jan 3, compared with year ago: This Year Expenses Last Yeai $3,961, ,679,S59.40 $3,63S,111 ,9SS.7s
 Receipts Ss,2S6,S56,o5o.SS $2,21s.712.731.N
 Deficit s724.s2s, ,so9.o7 s1,41S,s99,257.Os
 Cash Balance $2,954,s17,7S5.sO sl,SSs, ,s06. .s771s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
The Weather

Generally, Fair, Cold Tonight, Saturday
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fathers, Edward H! Holkamp, ~,
1861 Euclid street NV, and Ed
ward N. Newton. and three others,
Aloysius Steele, IS, Of Arlington, Va;
John Mitchell, IA, for whom no address
was given. and Robert B. Lord, jr., 43,
Of 2012 Fourth street Sc. All the
men were believed to be employed in
the Internal Revenue Bureau.
According to police the car swerved
to the side of the road after striking
the sign. rolled down the embankment,
and severed q telephone pole as it
overturned. The accident occurred on
Largo road.
The Holkamp boy was being treated
for internal injuries and young New
ton. for Q fractured skull. The other
persons suffered broken bones and
other injuries. but none was believed
hurt critically.
Rescue Worker on Hand.
Mr. Banks, an employe of the Mary
land State Highway Department, works
aU Iue NceCue CQud0 oA CdA, POAACc
said.
Serious injury occurred in only one
Of more than half a dozen traffic acci-
dents reported late yesterday and
early today.
When struck by an automobile at
Second and H streets SW., Grace
Gardner, 9, colored, 238 K street S.W..
suffered . fractured leg. cuts about
her head and possible internal in
juries.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
REBELS SPR|NC|Nc
TRAP UPON ENEMY
loyaIists' Positions About
Mora de RubieIos
ImperiIed.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
HNDAYE, France. July IA
sudden insurgent advance down the
Yeruel highway past sarrion endan-
gered strong government positions
about Mora de Rubielos today ana
threatened to trap thousands Of
niilitiAmen holding that spearhead Of
resistance.
After . night of fighting. the in
Uurgents reported they had passed
the village Of Albenusa, junction Of
the main Teruel-Valencia highway
with the military supply road leading
north to Mora de Rubielos.
Sarrion was captured last night,
insurgents reported. It is % miles
southeast Of Teruel Mora is to the
north and Albentosa a short distance
south Of Sarrion
Lines Quickly Reformed.
Although the smashing insurgent
attack In the Teruel sector surprised
government defenders Of the highway,
they quickly reformed their lines.
Advices from insurgent Generals
simo Frances headquarters admitted
the advance of about eight miles was
made only by fighting hand to hand
for most Of the distance.
On the other two fronts of Gen.
Frances triple -headed drive against
Valencia, however, the government
held its positions and assumed the
offensive.
Government advance guards kept
constant pressure on the insurgent
lines, feeling for weak spots. As soon
as an apparently soft spot was found.
tanks attacked and were followed by
militiamen.
Rebel Drives Halted.
These tactics, government dispatches
said, halted insurgent drives on
segorbe. 35 miles northwest Of
Valencia, and on Sagunto. highway
function is miles to the northeast.
Foreign military strategists thought
Gen. Franco was holding his hand in
preparation for another major of1en-
sive. There were reports an insurgent
drive was planned along the French
border as corollary to the coastal
campaign.
Reports that Italian troops were
being concentrated for a push to
cut government Spain from France
were sufnciently authentic to inspire
strengthening Of French border anti
aircraft defenses.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
ELKS TO PARADE

Colored Elks of the District will
parade in ceremonies before laying
Of the corner stone of the new South
ern Baptist Church, 1874 L street NV,
Ut 3 pm. Sunday.
Past Grand Exalted Ruler John F.
Ross and District Deputy Charles A..
Marshall will be among the Grand
Lodge officers leading the parade
Thirteen units will march.
The parade will start at las pm.
from Columbia Lodge, No. IS, at sol
Rhode Island avenue NV.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
AUTO UNION PEACE
LEFT UP TO LEWIS
Com mittee Asks c. I. o. Chief to
Help Faction.Torn Group
in Detroit.

in Detroit.
q, the Associated Press.
A peace committee Of the United
Automobile Workers' Union leaders.
claiming to represent 175.ooo workers,
today asked John L. Lewis. c. I. o.
leader, to restore peace to the faction
torn union.
Walter Reuther. president of the
West Side local in Detroit, said the
committee would leave up to Mr.. Lewis
what steps to take to restore unity.
The committee consisted Of presidents
Of IS union locals in Detroit, Saginaw
and Bay City. Mich; Cleveland and
Toledo.
Homer Martin, the international
president, several weeks ago suspended
i've high officers on the ground they
had disrupted his 2o-point harmony
program.
Mr.. Reuther said the committee
hoped to secure their reinstatement
and fulfill the Matrin program as we'll.
I'VE didn't get anywhere with Mar
tin" Mr. Reuther said. Now We are
asking Mr.. Lewis to intervene"
The union dispute dates back to
the 1887 sit-down strikes.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-20
Is More Opportunities
Added AS u Are Taken
Fourteen Are Left as Yet Unprov;dea Eor.
Total Offered Thus Far Numbers "a - All
Most Since Dispatch Has Been Offer;na c - r;
mas Lists o'i'

cl1xteen additional Christmas Or
uortunities were added and a round
dozen were taken today in the list of
needy cases offered to the public Of
Henderson and this vicinity to be
provided for at the Yuletide season.
The lists are presented by the Daily
Dispatch in cooperation with the local
corps of The Salvation Army.
Fourteen needy families were left
in today's list to be taken care of
and only four more days remain in
which this provision can be taken. So
far a total of "a cases have been Of
fered in the list the greatest ever to
be provided for, if they are, since the
Dispatch began this Christmas Gus
tom some fifteen years ago.
Few more, if any, cases will be of
fered other than the list remaining
today Some of those presented now
have not been offered in descriptions.
but were furnished to individuals or
groups anxious to spread cheer at the
Christmas time.
Since the time is so very short now.
those who are willing to assist in this
charity cause are urged to act prompt
ly Just call Envoy or Mrs. Luther
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-20

| Morton, of The Salvation ARMY and
10y VIII furnish names, addresses and
Information pertaining to each
Lilly ana Its specific needs. The Sal
Vasion Army'S telephone is SOP.
Eases taken. with a notation on the
nnulVluual or groups making pro-
VISION TOR them, together with those
hot yet provided for, are as follows:
NUMBER FOUR.
Taken by a Friend.
NUMBER SIX.
Iaken by Lions Club.
NUMBER NINE.
Famlly of seven, father on relief.
girls 10, ID, IL; boys II, 9 and 7: old
est girl recuperating from pneumonia
hospital treatment furnished by cour-
"; mother dead.
NUMBER FOURTEEN.
Iaken by a Friend
NUMBER EIGHTEEN.
Iaken by Mary Ann Cooper.
NUMBER TWENTE-THREE.
Family of eign+; father in bad
health and cannot work; four girls.
TO- IA, II and /; two boys and 8;
family on relief. :
NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR
Family of ten, on relief: bows 16.
Is IL, 9, and girls and /.
NUMBER THIRTY-TWO
Taken by Lions Club.
NUMBER TRIRTY-FOUR
Farm family; destitute. Father and
one child in hospital this summer;
need food, clothing and Santa Claus
for children. ~'1 !
NUMBER TI1IRTY-EIGHT !. f
Family of seven; girls, -, 9, 6, 1;
boy ; baby has been sick five weeks.
Father working on relief.
NUMBER THIRTY-NINE.
Family of six; mother; three girls.
IL, 10 and 3; two boys, and 5. Father
deserted family. Clothing and food
both needed badly.
NUMBER FORTY.
Three in family. Father on roads.
Mother who has tiny baby, works
when possible; grandmother who lives
in family is sick.
NUMBER FORTY-ONE
Eight in family; girls, II, and 1
boys, IA, 9 and 5; father on relief
and sole support; very much in need.
NUMBER FORTY-TWO
Family of four.
Taken by Misses Dorothy Wester
and Elizabeth Singleton.
NUMBER FORTY-THREE
Family of four; mother and three
children; boys 8 and 5; girl, IA;
Mother only support.
Taken by a Friend.
NUMBER FORTY-FOUR
Family of five. Il
Taken by a Friend.
NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
Eight in family. including invalid
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Housing And Relief
Also Are Talked
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be transferred to the .beneficiaries in
full. The announcement, brought to
the State Department this morning
by DR.. Hans Thomson, German charge
d'affaires, clarifies one of the lesser
points of friction between the two gov
ernments. Americans heretofore have
not been able to collect their full in
heritance on German estates because
of exchange restrictions forbidding
money to leave Germany. The mat
ter was discussed by Sumner Welles,
acting secretary of state, with Am
bassador Hans Dieckhoff shortly be-
fore the latter's recent departure for
Germany.
designations of the Commerce De-
partment's Business Advisory Coun-
Gil, in order to give the next secre-
tary of commerce a free hand in
choosing industrial leaders, was pro-
posed within this group of 81 bust
ness leaders.
Ambassador Josephus Daniels ar
rived from Mexico to confer with
State Department officials. The am
bassador, accompanied by Mrs.
Daniels, said he would leave tomor-
row for his home in Raleigh to spend
the holidays.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-20
Medical Group And
Doctors Indicted
In Anti Trust Case

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airs of Group Health Association,
nc.
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grandmother; parents, four boys, one
girl
Taken by Friend.
NUMBER FORTY-SIX
Five in family; father in bad
health; mother, three girls, II, 10
and z.
Taken by a Friend.
NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN
Taken by a Friend.
NUMBER EIGHT
Family of five; girls, %, IA, II; boy
10; older girl only support Need
help badly.
NUMBER FIRTY-NINE
Family of five; three children.
mother and aunt, unable to work:
mother is only support; girls 12, 10
and II.
Taken by Junior Girls Auxiliary
of First Baptist church.
NUMBER FIFTY
Family of eight; father only sup
port, has been. sick all summer and
most of fall; boys, Is, IA, 4 and 8;
girls IL, 8. Need food for Christmas.
NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
Family of ten; father, mother and
AAAAA Gil, girls, Id, IL, g. ana
z; boys, 10, 6 and 1. Unemployed and
would be thankful for some one to
help them Christmas.
Taken by Lions Club.
NUMBER FIFTY-TWO
rather and mother; six girls, II, II,
H. g. 5; boys, 13, 3, father partly EN-
pioyed; in bad health.
NUMBER FIFTY-THREE
Widowed mother and four children:
ooys' To- ID; girls. II, 8; mother only
support; no work; get small amount
from aid to dependent children fund
but not enough to take care of fam
lily.
NUMBER FIFTY-FOUR
Famlly of nine; recently moved to
town from farm, where crop was fail
ure this year; father only support
ana working at 20 cents an hour:
girls Il, and 3; boys, 16, ID, 10 and 2.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-20

pickles. Sea food has place in all
such feasts, SO Miss Thomas suggests
scalloped oysters. The vegetables
would be candied sweet potatoes and
string beans. Hot biscuits and but
ter are accepted in the South.
The salad would be head lettuce
with French dressing, and the des-
sert ambrosia and fruit cake. Coffee
and nuts complete the meal, and it is
a dinner that will supply energy for
the children playing with their new
toys, leave dad satisfied to enjoy his
new pipe and possibly a book and, in
general, not cause too much work on
the holiday for mother and the girls.
In connection with the ambrosia,
Miss Thomas points out that there
are two schools of thought as to it's
preparation. One group sticks strick-
ly to oranges, grated cocoanut and
powdered sugar. The other insists on
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-20
Battle Over
Money Looms
In Assembly
Daily Dispatch Rureau.

In the SIR Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Dec. 20.-The 1899 Gen
eral Assembly will battle over gen
eral fund revenues. It will also battle
over highway division revenues But
the battling will be along diametrical-
~ opposite lines in the two cases.
In the case of general fund rev.
enues, the fight will be over where
and how to raise them In the case of
highway division moneys the Draw
ling will be over the question of how
to spend them
Everybody knows just where the
highway funds are coming from
gasoline taxes for the most part, SUD-
plemented by franchise fees, tag fees,
and few other odds and ends. Every
body has his own ideas where the
general fund revenues are coming
from, too, for that matter - sales
taxes, franchise taxes, inheritance,
intangibles, privilege, beverage, etc
Bat there the similarity ends. There
is going to be an effort to abolish
the sales tax (not really seriously con-
sidered as having any chance of sue
cess) and then that fails, a more Sc
rious effort to amend and revise it..
There's going to be an intensive
search for other sources of revenue.
There will be efforts to increase the
income tax rates, to hike, the fran
chise taxes, to return the intangible
revenues to local units.
There'll be little argument over how
to spend this revenue, once raised
though there'll be no end of wrang-
ling over the proportion of it which
should go to various specified pur-
poses.
On the other hand nobody is going
to make any serious effort to change
the highway revenue raising levies
but what a scrap they're planning
over diversion of even a penny of it
to any purpose except construction
and maintenance of roads! Also how
to divide it between principal and
secondary highways, though most of
that will come in the Highway Com
mission after the funds are allotted
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-20
Here's A Model Menu For
Dinner On Christmas Day

College Station, Raleigh, Dec. 90
Have you planned your Christmas
dinner? Is the problem of what to
feed your excited family after they
unwrap their gifts troubling you?
Well. Miss Mary E. Thomas, nut
ritionist of the State College Extern
sion Service, comes to your rescue
with a suggested Christmas dinne1'
menu which is simple, yet effective.
She recommended an appetizer of
tomato juice cocktail OF course, the
main dish would be roast turkey with
dressing and giblet gravy. Then there
would be cranberry sauce, celery and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-20

Today's Quiz Is the man who de-
signs ladies hats the same fellow who
draws the plans for gasoline stations?