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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03

Corporation Counsel Charles s. O'Connor submitted a list of the properties taken over by the city in foreclosure actions and rec commended advertising them for sale. It was his special recommendation that the city take and sell the five pieces of land now owned by the Bronson Library agents on which the city has been losing an esti- mated $500 year for a long time, on the assumption that the library agents took the property by fore closure and now receive rents and income from it without reimbursing the city. In the event this recom- mendation is followed, the balance from the sale, after deducation of the taxes, would be turned over to the library agents.
 It was estimated that several hundred thousand dollars will be received by the city through the obtaining of deficiency judgments in foreclosure actions against num- erous tax delinquent property own CTS and Comsr, Goss concurred with the corporation counsel that the immediate procedure now should be to advertise city held properties for sale, the amounts bid to meet the taxes due and the costs incurred by the sale.
 On motion of Comsr. Goss, a com mittee comprising the tax collector, corporation counsel and tax attorney will outline procedure and report back to the board at an early meet ing.
 Sale Pending
 Sale of the property of the Am erican Ring Company is anticipated within week or ten days and the revenue from this must be about $24,000 to meet taxes due and the foreclosure and sale costs. The corporation counsel reported that payment of about $l,000 of the back taxes by a stockholder, Mrs. Thatcher, of New York, did not obli- gate the stockholder to assume the residue of the taxes due,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
Finance Commissioners Echo Praise Given Work Of Tax Collector Ennis

Lauding the record of Tax Col lector William A. Ennis and agree ing that the failure of his company to provide a bond for the Water bury tax collector was due to mis- understanding of the collectors lia- bility for more than $300,000 of the $400,000 still retained on the tax books, the larger portion dating from 1917 to 1880, before MT. Ennis took office, George w. Kassebert, superintendent of the bonding de- partment of the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, appeared yesterday at the meeting Of the Board of Finance.
 Preparing Audit
 After discussion with board mem- bers, MT. Kassebert agreed that the company will furnish the re- uuisite bond as soon as the office audit required by statute is sub mitted. Tax Collector Ennis, sup- ject of much favorable comment on his work both by the bonding com pany official and the commissioners, reported that such an audit is being prepared.
 Comsr. Goss made the point that he would not favor the transfer Of any active" accounts to the sus- pense tax book and the bonding company official said that he would report favorably to his company on the bond If the dead" accounts were so placed. Tbe state law pass ed several years ago requires that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
Courtesy Wins Connecticut Company Distributes Booklets To Employees On How To Treat MT. and Mrs. John Pub lie.

The Connecticut Company has distributed to all its motor coach and street car operators a new booklet entitled, Courtesy Wins" to assist the operators in provid- ing courteous service to the riding public and to aid them in estab- fishing better relations with their patrons. The booklet was issued in conjunction with the recent showing to the men of sound motion picture film, carrying the same title and produced for the American Transit Association.
 Courtesy as well as safety is one of the subjects emphasized at the bi-monthly meetings of the Con- necticut Company operators, held for each division, which during the past year has become a fixed company policy. The meetings are planned to enhance service and 70 provide the operators with a forum for discussion of operating problems and for the award of the inter-division safety cups and individual safety awards for hav- Ing completed 12 consecutive months without an at fault" &C., cident.
 The motor coach and street car arc like small stores, it is explain ed in the booklet, except that "un- like a small store whose custom CTS come to one specific location where they are met and handled by the salesman in this one spot, our sales counters are scattered over the entire city.
 "Every time a street car or bus pulls into a stoy to load or un- load passengers we open up a new store in a new location, selling a definite commodity-transporta- tin. Everw single individual standing on a corner ready to board a street car or bus is a potential customer. It is from these people that we receive the revenues which keep us going. Our customers are our bread and butter. They ask to be carried safely and courteous ly from one destination to anoth- CT. They pay their good money foy service, and it is up to us to sec that they get it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
Former Local Printer Chosen I.T.U.Delegate
Nicholas M DiPietro to Attend American Federation ofLabor Convention in Houston, Texas, in October

Tex, in October. Tn September he will attend the convention of the I T. U. at Birmingham, Ala, a dele- gate from the Tarrytown- -Ossining local.
 The new delegate, who is 32 years old, has been employed by the Daily News since 193O. He joined the Waterbury. Conn, Typogra- phical Union in 1928 after serving a full apprenticeship. He served on several committees and held office in that local for three years. He later worked in New York City, New Rochelle and White Plains before coming to Tarrytown.
 MT. DiPietro is the youngest man in 85 years of I. T. U. history to be elected a delegate to the A. P. of L. The I. T. U. was formed in 1852 and the A F. of L. was organized 34 years later, in 1886.
 After joining the Tarrytown- -OS- sining Local in 1880, he served two terms as president of the Westches- ter Typographical Conference and fraternal deelgate to the New Eng land Typographical Conference, New Jersey Printers League and the Empire Typographical Confer ence.
 He was vice-president of the Em- pire Typographical Conference, the New York state union, for two years. He was a delegate to the Chicago convention of the union in 1884 and introduced the first legis- lation covering teletypesetters. Last year he was delegate to the I. T. U. convention at Louisville, Ky.
 MT. DiPietro has written many articles on technological, legislative and labor problems and has been guest speaker before labor groups in many parts of the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
Republican Criticism of WPA Hotly Resented
Nonpartisan Labor League Scores Altitude of Local
 Newspaper-Allege Prejudice

Stevenson are the spokesmen for the wealthy owing and manufactur- ing interests of this city, as against the interests of our working people
 To the main charge against the WPA made by this editorial, that it is a political racket, the League wishes to point out that such racketeering exists only in those To- calities where the political adminis- tration is corrupt. It is just those local administration to whose ten der mercies the reactionaries in the U. s. senate now wish to turn over the handling of relief funds which have made WPA political foot ball. The answer Is not less but greater Federal supervision of re- lief funds; because where instances of local mismanagement may now be appealed to the state and na- tional WPA offices, with reasonable assurance of a fair hearing, a re- turn to local control would leave nc hope of appeal from the brutal in- justices of a corrupt political ma chine.
 AS to the question posed by this editorial. as to why the federal gov ernment does not pour" relief money into our city, the answer must be well known to the Repub- lican's editor if he has taken the trouble to read the news columns of his own paper in recent weeks That answer is simply that Water bury is too broke" to put up its share of the cost of more WPA projects.
 Any thinking person can see that a return to the Mutual Aid system would only make our city that much poorer, decreasing the purchasng power of our residents by spreading the already diminished income of the workers over the thousands of unemployed. The WPA system, on the other hand, increases the pur- chasing power of our city. because the local contribution to project costs, amounting to about 20 per cent, is matched by the Federal contribution of some 80 per cent a big addition to the money to be spent by our people.
 The editor of the Republican must know that more money be- ing spent here will make better business for local merchants, ana thus more advertising for local newspapers who now bemoan the loss of advertising revenue.
 The Republican has been using its news and editorial columns for the last few months to blast the public officials who are now charg- ed with conspiring to defraud our ciV of large sums in excess of a million dollars. Labor's Non Fur tisan League of Waterbury calls upon the owner and editor of that newspaper to lay aside it's partisan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03

The attacks of the Waterbury Republican on the WPA were hit last night as a Waterbury branch of Labor's Non Partisan league was held at The Elton. John J. Dris- coll, executive secretary of the Wa terbury Brass Workers union, a CIO affiliate. assailed an editorial against the WPA which appeared in the Waterbury Republican, May 3l.
 MT. Driscoll declared that the WPA is necessary in this country. The city of Waterbury, he said, has not set aside sufficient funds to par ticipate properly in the WPA pro- gram.
 A committee consisting of Calvin J. Sutherlin, state organizer, Philip Brainard. and MT. Driscoll was named to issue a public statement on the WPA and the grand jury investigation in the city.
 MT. Driscoll was named chairman of . temporary executive committee. Also named were Harold Senior. president of the Waterbury News paper Guild; Rev. Alson J. Smith, William Feltman of the Waterbury Brass Workers Union and Michael Russo of the Workers Alliance.
 The formal statement of the league was issued as follows at noon hour today:
 Labor's Non Partisan league of Waterbury an organization dedi- cated to the principle of independ- ent political action by the forces of organized labor and their progress sive friends, takes issue with a poli- tical editorial appearing in the Waterbury Republican of May 3l, 1888.
 Entitled "WPA Still Stays In Poli- ties" this editorial is regarded by the league as part of a concerted attack on the socially worthwhile rk-relief program of WPA. and a stealthy attempt to revive the Mutal Aid system of relief.
 The chief reason for reactionary opposition to the WPA program Is the fact that this program is paid for largely by federal funds. and these funds come mostly from taxes on the income and profits or wealthy individuals and corpora tions. The chief reason for reac- tionary support of systems like the Mutal Aid Is the fact that the ex- pense of caring for the unemployed is thus foisted to large extent upon the employed workers of the community, who in Waterbury are already suffering major losses in their income brought about by short hours and paycuts.
 By attacking WPA for the cur. iously muddled reasons given in this editorial, and implying support of a Mutual Aid system in the place of WPA. the Republicans owner and editor lay themselves open to the charge that Messrs. Pape and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03

tax collectors should collect all per- sonal property taxes within two years after they fall due or place them on the suspense book. This does not mean, however, that the taxes may not be collected there after.
 The law, in question, was repeal ed last year but is retroactive in the present instance insofar as it affects the unpaid personal property taxes due before 1886.
 Fine Job"
 Commenting that MT. Ennis has done mighty fine job" and that the bonding company thinks very highly of him as Waterbury should, MT. Kassebert agreed with content ion of MT. Goss that the city should hold open all possibility of collect ing the back taxes due. When it was developed by Tax Collector Ennis that $300,000 of the back taxes due date to 1917 and are for the period from that year until 1880, when MT. Ennis took office, Comsr. Goss remarked:
 That makes very different pie ture, doesn't it."
 The bonding company official agreed to tell his company about the details of the matter saying that he believed the bond will be renewed as the audit certificate is filed. He repeated:
 MT. Ennis has a fine record and is doing a great job of collecting"
 He's what you would call in business, a good risk" interposed Controller Sherwood L. Rowland, as his sole comment on the situation and the discussion which lasted about a half hour.
 In the matter of tax collections,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03

The election of Nicholas M. Di- pietro Of Tarrytown, N. r., formerly of Waterbury as delegate from the International Typographical Union to the convention of the American Federation of Labor was assured to- Gay with receipt of almost complete unofficial returns fv9m the head quarters of the wnion at Indiana polls.
 On the basis of returns from 682 unions, MT. DiPietro, has received 25,63. With five delegates to be elected, he stands fourth in the bal eoting. A total of 44,6o0 votes were cast for delegates.
 MT. DiPietro will take office on Sept. and will hold this position for two years. The A. F. of L. con- vention will be held in Houston,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
CoUNTERFEITERs SENTENCED

Hartford, Conn, June 3.-(UP)--- Six local members of an alleged counterfeiting ring were under sen tence today to serve federal peni- tertiary terms ranging from one year and day to six years. Charles Taylor, described as the ringleader. was sentenced to six years at Lewis burg, Pa, penitentiary. Other sen- tences were: Frank Matarese, five years; Jeremiah Phelan and Jo- seph F. McNally, two years each; James J. Nocker. IS months: Theo- dore McInnis, a year and a day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
HART INTRODUCED
 AT CHASE FARLEY
FOremen Greet New Ex. ecutive Head at ln-
 formal Gathering

Charles E. Hart, executive vice. president of the Chase Brass & Cop per company, recently named ex- ecutive head of the firm. was intro- duced to members of the Chase Foremens association at an infor- maj party which followed their busi- ness meeting last evening at their North Main street quarters.
 MT. Hart gave very nice address and thanked the association for It's kind letter to him shortly after his appointment was made public. The foremen expressed the hope that he will call upon their or ganization whenever the need pre- sents itself.
 William L. Caligan was chairman of the entertainment committee which presented a diversified show before the evening came to a climax. With Otto Bonaker. Leo Conday and Bill Lawlor donning aprons refresh- ments were served the 200 guests a la Waldorf Astoria style.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03

for the child's support.
 Helen Mabey Theriault was granted a divorce from John Theri- ault on grounds of cruelty. They were married May IS, 1884.
 Mary Niket Zanavich was granted a divorce from Benjamin Zanavich on grounds of cruelty. They were married September 5, 1881. Custody of two children is also granted the petitioner. The defendant must pay g weekly for their support.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
GOVERNOR HAS 'ARITHOMANIA'

Hartford. Conn. June 3.-(UP)- Governor Cross admitted today he was suffering from disease" called arithomania, which causes a person to count objects. He told the Hartford hospital training school for nurses the disease" hadn't as yet got the best of him, but that he enjoyed counting the number of windows in a building. the cracks in a wall or sidewalk, or to calcu- late the number of steps to cross a street or the gulps to swallow a glass of water
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03

1897. at 2:45 ?. m. It was alleged that the car operated by Freiheit was struck by the wheel of . Clia1e company truck. which became loos- ened and sprang free while the truck was in motion. The truck was oper- ated by Francis D. Horrigan of Waterbury.
 Elizabeth Freiheit also claimed damages for injuries sustained in the same accident. The firm of Mascolo. Mcknight & Dauch ap- peared for the plaintiffs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
THREE WOMEN
 WIN D|v0RCES
Two Granted on Grounds of Cruelty, Third for
 DesertiOn

Three women were granted di- vorces by Judge Ernest A. Inglis after uncontested hearings in superior court today:
 Ethel Goodsell Reed of Southbury was granted a divorce from Alfred c. Reed of Waterbury on grounds of desertion. They were married February 1, 1880 and parted Novem- Der 4, 1884. Custody of one child was also awarded the plaintiff, and the defendant must pay $5 weekly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
CHASE CAMPANY SETTLES SUITS
Injured Janitor Sought $lO,00O for Injuries in
 Peculiar Accident

The Chase Brass & Copper com pany today settled two superior court actions, brought by Elizabeth and Adolph Freheit of Stratford. and which had been pending trial. No terms of settlement were revealed. One action was for $l0,000 and the other for 5000.
 Adolph Freiheit, a janitor, sought damages of $10.000 for injuries re- sulting from an accident on the Seymour Derby road, January q,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
DIES ON GALLONS

Covington, Ky. June 3. (UP)-- Softly humming Steal Away to Jesus" Harold Van Venison, 36- year-old Negro convicted of rape. died on the gallows in the Coving- ton City Hall courtyard at sunrise today. Venison, who turned to re- ligion after he had been sentenced to die for criminal assault upon a white woman, walked firmly and smilingly to the gallows, singing and praying with Negro clergyman and two Salvation Army officers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
BOSTON BROKER DIES

Newburyport. Mass. June 3-(UP) Frederick Strong Moseley. 86, sen- for member of F. s. Mosley & Con- pany. Boston brokers, died today at "Maudslay." his estate here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03

and reactionary attacks on the WPA. and denounce instead the really criminal aspects of the loot ing of our city's treasury--the fact that 1t has left the city without the means to provide socially. useful work for our thousands of jobless. in the form of WPA employment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-03
2 Rooms in l with This 5-Piec' Studio Couch Outfit A(

Get this bargain tomorrow! We in- clude two nice end tables and two graceful table lamps with this smartly upholstered studio couch that easily converts into full-size or pair of twin beds!
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Dies on Coast
Le0nder McCOr.
mick Succunabs

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, June
27 N.SD.-MrS. Leander Hamil-
ton Mccormick, 73-year-old widow
Of an heir to the vast harvester
fortune, died here yesterday after
an illness which began last
February in Chicago.
Mrs. Mccormick came west to
convaleSce at the home of a son,
AlllSter Mccormick, at fashion
able Montecite, following several
weeks in the Presbyterian Hos
ni'al in Chicago.
Born Constance Plummer in
Canterbury, England, Mrs. Nc
Cormick became the bride of the
son Of Leander James Mccormick,
brother Of Cyris Mccormick,
founder Of the International
Harvester Company, who died in
1894.
At her bedside at the time of
her death were Allister Nc
Cormick of Chicago, and two other
sons, Edward Hamilton Nc
Cormick, of Weybridge and
Leander Mccormick, Hampshire,
England.
Funeral services will be held in
All Saints Chapel, followed by
burial in Miami, Fla.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Mrs. Vance
Requiem Mass Sung
In NeU Britain

Requiem mass for Mrs. Mathilda
O'Connor Vance, president and
treasurer for more than Is years
of the corporation which pub
fishes the New Britain Comm
Herald, evening daily newspaper,
was celebrated this morning in ST..
JoSeph's Catholic Church in New
Britain.
Mrs. Vance, the sister of George
H. O'Connor, prominent Washing
ton attorney and singer, died
Saturday at her residence in New
Britain. She was IS.
Mrs. Vance was the widow of
Representative Robert Johnstone
Vance, one of the founders of the
newspaper. She was wed to Mr..
Vance in Baltimore in 1890, at
the time he was retiring from
Congress. Following their mar
riage, the couple lived in New
Britain. Mr.. Vance died in that
city in 1902.
Six years after the death of Mr..
vance, Mrs. Vance found 1t neceS-
sary to participate in active man.
agement of the Herald, because
of the death of several key en-
ployeS in 1908. During the World
War, when both her sons, John
stone Vance, new editor and pub
Usher of the newspaper, and
Robert Vance, business manager,
were in active service overseas,
Mrs. Vance was at the Herald
office constantly looking after
details of management.
She had been president and
treasurer of the corporation for
more than Is years. Her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Agnes Vance Weld, is
secretary of the organization.
Mrs. Vance leaves two other
brothers, DR.. Charles E. O'Connor
and Kenneth O'Connor, both of
Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
R. B. English
Auto Firm Head
Was War Veteran

Funeral services for Richard
Belts English, World War veteran,
who died Saturday in Mt. Alto
Hospital after an illness Of two
weeks, will be held tomorrow at
1870 a. M, in the Alexandria
Methorist Episcopal Church. The
Rev. DR.. John Paul Tyler, pastor
will officiate. Burial will be witt,
military honors in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery.
During the World War he
served as an ambulance driver
with the Volunteer American
Field Service, enlisting in the
French army when that service
disbanded. He later joined the
A. E. F., and was decorated by
the French government with the
Croix de Guerre.
He was president of the English
Motor Company, Inc, of Wash
ington, and while a resident OF
Belle Haven. Alexandria, was
prominently identified with the
Southeast Citizens Association.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Janet Risheill English; a son,
Richard B. English, jr.; daugh-
ter, Janet De Nealle English: his
mother, Mrs. Anna B. English; q
brother, Earl English, of this city,
and two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Jar
man, of Charlottesville, Va, and
Mrs. Grace English, also of Wash.
ington.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
T0DAY'S SHORT WAVE PROGRAM

TOKYO, 6:15 P. nv Western
Musical Numbers Composed by
Japanese. JZJ, 25.4 M, 11.S0 meg.
LONDON, $40 P. M. BIC.
Empire Symphony Concerts. The
BB.C. Empire Orchestra. GSP,
1915 m, 1881 meg; GSD, 25.5 m,
ITS meg; Csc, 31.3 m, s.5S
meg; GSB, 31.5 M, 9.51 meg.
PRAGUE, 6:55 P. M.-Commen-
tary from Sokol Congress; Con-
cert Cfrom Nor. Ostrava); Slovak
Folk Songs; Central European Re
view of Affairs (English) Brass
Band. OLR4A, 25.3 m, 11.84 meg:
OLR5A, 1877 m, 1923 meg.
TOKYO, tbs P. M. - Visiting
japanese State Parks, New Folk
Songs and Illustrations. JZJ, 25.4
~, 11.80 meg.
ROME, 1880 P. M.-Program of
Federation of Business and ProfeS-
Sional Women: Concert Of Folk
Music; 2RO's Mail Bag" 2RO4,
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

25.4 m, 11.81 meg; 1RF, 30.5 M,
9.83 meg.
CARACAS, $3.50 P. M.-Popular
Orchestra and Rafael Guinand.
YV5RC, SIT m, So meg.
BERLIN. $3.50 P. M.-Concert of
Light Music. DJD, 25.4 M, 11.77
meg.
SCHENECTADY, $50 P. M
Name Your Number, all-requeSt
program. W2XAF, 31.4 M, 9.53
meg.
BERLIN, $50 P. MI Come
from Alabama wild a Banjo on My
Knee" special broadcast to our
listeners in Alabama. DJD, 25.4
m, lit meg.
LONDON, 1880 P. M.-Recital
by Empire Artists; Essie Ackland,
Australian contralto, and Arnold
Trowell, New Zealand violoncelhSt
GSI, 1876 M, 1926 meg; GSD, 25.5
m, It's meg; Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58
meg; GSB, Bis M, 9.51 meg.