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Frank E. Gannett Boomed As AsGOPPresidentInLondon

London, Aug. 9.-UP)-Frank E. Gannett, American newspaper pub fisher, was mentioned by London newspapers today as likely Repub- lican candidate for President of the Unietd States in 1040.
 T have never sought office," he was quoted as saying, but I should accept nomination and fight be- cause it would be my duty. No American could refuse the nomina- ton for the presidency"
 The Daily Express carried a long article by Lord Forbes, captioned, "The man who thinks Roosevelt wants to be Hitler" describing in detail the activiteis of Gannett, who arrived yesterday. Forbes said Gannett regarded MT. Roosevelt as the nearest thing to dictator in the United States. "Gannett Is now mentioned as the Republican candidate for the governorship of New York state" the Daily Express article said. If he wins he may easily obtain Republican nomina- ton for the presidential elections in 194O." The article was conclud- ed with the statement that Gan nett is the most attraclve, pleasing and agreeable newspaper proprieor to be found in America"
 Gannett's arrival was displayed prominently in the London press.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09

The caption over the Evening Standards article said: His great est antagonist says that Roosevclt's power is greater than Caesars" It asserted that the American publish CT was a champion of constitutional governments and an enemy of dic- tatorship. "In two years Gannett may be the president of the United States" the Evening Standard con- tinued. Replying to a question as to what would be his policies should he become president, the newspaper quoted Gannett as replying:
 T should reverse the Roosevelt policy and compose a constructive program to restore prosperity, bring employment to the idle, lessen the burden of taxation and encourage business and the growth of abund- ancy." In general press inter- view, Gannett said that If Roose- welt went to the polls now there is not the slightest doubt that he would win."
 He praised Brltain's dole system and condemned the Roosevelt ad- ministration for wasting money on useless projects" He said he ex- pccted the Republicans to gain something like 30 to 50 seats in congress in the next election, but "even gain of IS would not give control of congress except with the aid of the Democrats"
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1 meeting found support of the Fin nance Board at that time and the controller was ordered to Satisfy himself" that the bills were in order and to present them to the board This satisfaction" required Super intendent of Streets Thomas J. Fleming to show" the controller an outline of road contracts, ap- proved by James P. Purcell, several weeks ago, but which the latter denied seeing at the recent board meeting.
 Payment Long Delayed
 Thus, about two-score truckmen and renters of equipment to the city, as listed in The Democrat last week, have been paid for services rendered over more than seven months. In spite of their pleas, sanction for pay ment of the accounts by the boards of public works, finance and alder men, Controller Rowland has de- layed fulf1llment of the city's obliga- tions for the several months, making his latest excuse that the finance board had required submission of copies of oral contracts to him by the street superintendent.
 The vote of the board on this mat ter was taken June 30, which was pointed out to the controller by Com missioner John H. Goss as having no bearing on the past due accounts. In order to give the controller some "face" in the matter, the board held the special meeting to determine, once and for all, that the past-due accounts would be paid.
 Controller Queried
 Various commissioners questioned the controller closely at yesterdays meeting to learn whether "all of these past-due accounts now are paid"
 The controller avowed that they "all are included on the sheets before you," and added that some 1897 bills, chargeable against the water depart ment, still are outstanding. He said that Griffenhagen & Associates had not included these bills on their lists, presumably because they did not consider them part of the 1937 cash deficit"
 When Commissioner Goss had
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
CHIEF OF SOVIET
 ARMIES ARRIVES
Will Take Charge of All Forces in Present Crisis
 on Frontier
BY II. o. THOMPSON

United Press Stan Correspondent Tokyo, Aug. g - A Domei Agency dispatch from the Siberian frontier reported today that Field Marshal Vastly Bluecher, commander in chief of the Russian Far Eastern army, had arrived to supervise Rus sian army operations.
 The dispatch asserted that Blue- cher had arrived at Novokievsk, near the frontier and opposite Possiet Bay where Russian Warships have been reported concentrated.
 According to the dispatch Russian troops were withdrawing from ad- vanced positions but fresh Russian troops were expected. Presumably it meant that the Russians who had been holding front positions were being relieved
 Third Peace Effort
 As the Domei dispatch arrived the government started third ef- fort to negotiate a peaceable settle- ment with Russia on the danger olis clashes on the Siberia -Manchu- kuo-Korea frontier.
 Maxim Litvinov. Russian foreign commissar, had rejected two pro- posals for negotiations which Mann oru Shigemitsu, Japanese ambassa- dor at Moscow, made on instructions of the foreign office here.
 In counter to the Japanese sug- gestions that fighting be stopped and that soldiers on both sides of the frontier retire to an agreed dis tance, Litvinov demanded that Jap
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
Mrs. WalterP. Chrslyer ST., Dies From Hemorrh age

Throughout her life, Mrs. Chrysler summed society and devoted most Of her time to her family. Chrysler frequently said that she was the only person who understood and encouraged his mechanical ambi- tions.
 The children, who hurried to the family home when advised of the mothers illnesses, are: Mrs Edgar w. Garbisch, Mrs. Byron Foy, Wal ter P. Chrysler, Jr., and Jack ChrySler.
 A half hour after Mrs. Chrysler was stricken, at a. m. yesterday. the alert fire company, a volun- teer organization, was asked to bring an inhalator to the Chrysler home. The firemen remained sev- eral hours during which four tanks of oxygen were administered. At noon the volunteers were called again. They took three more tanks of oxygen and an "iron lung, which were used without avail.
 The family physician, Dr. Arthur F. Chace of New York city, was in Lake Placid, N. r.. on vacation. He sped to New York by plane and was brought here in . police radio car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
FOUR STATES IN
 PRIMARY FIGHT
Ohio, Idaho, Arkansas, With Nebraska Battle to
 Finish at Polls Today

Columbus, Ohio, August g. -- (UP) Senator Robert J. Bulkley, whose 100 per cent New Deal sup port earned him the public praise of President Roosevelt, sought the Democratic renomination over George White, former governor, in today's primary.
 Republicans chose between Rob- ert A. Taft, son of the late President William Howard Taft, and Supreme Court Justice Arthur H. Day in the senatorial race.
 Governor Martin L. Davey, seek ing Democrtic renomination to a third term, was opposed by Charles Sawyer. Democratic National Com mitteeman in a bitter contest feat ured by charges that Davey had coerced old age pensioners.
 John w. Bricker, former attorney general, was the only candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nom- ination.
 Many Things Face Davies
 Davey,s use of National Guards men during the Little Steel" strike last year; his attacks on the C.I.O. and his opposition to New Deal pol icies were campaign issues. The Federal Social Security Board, af- filiate with the state pension system. has called a meeting this week to investigate the charges of coercion. New Dealers avoided taking part in the gubernatorial campaign
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Kings Point, N. r., Aug. 9--(UP) The Chrysler family assembled today at the bier of Mrs. Walter P. Chryslcr, Sr., who died of cerebral hemorrhage at ' o'clock last night at the age of 66.
 Private funeral services were ar ranged for Wednesday at St. Bar tholomew's church in New York city.
 Chrysler, who arose from a sick bed last Saturday after having been confined two months with a cir culatory ailment, and their four children were present when Mrs. Chrysler died. She had not re- gained consciousness after she was stricken IT hours earlier.
 Mrs. Chrysler was formerly Della Forker of Ellis, Kan. Her father was merchant. When she and Chrysler became engaged he worked in the railroad shops at Ellis for $50 day. When they were mar ried, on June 9, 1901, he earned 8 day at a roundhouse in Salt Lake City. Their entire capital was $6o, Eventually, he became master of one of the greatest fortunes in America, a power in the automobile industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
FISH PRESIDENT
 IN MYSTERY DEATH

Portland, Me-, Aug. 9.-UP)- Police investigated foul play the ory today in the death of Augustine B. Colussi, 50, a fish packing com- pany president whose body, hands tied behind his back, was found in Portland harbor yesterday-less than month before his scheduled mar riage to a Danbury, Conn, girl. Investigators attributed Colussi's death to drowning, but did not say if it were suicide or murder. Police Chief Ralph D. Brooks said he could find no motive for suicide after talking with friends and en- ployes of the victim, who came here from New York two months ago. He said Colussi's reported fiancee, Miss Christine E. Zinser of GAO Well ave- nue), Danbury, Conn, was enroute here to aid investigators.
 Though Colussi's hand were tied with a stout cord, the suicide theory was not abandoned, investigators said, because no bruises or cuts were found on the body of the pow erfully built victim.
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Thousands of Dollars Worth of Damage Caused
 in All Sections
WATERBURY WORST
 AFFECTED IN STATE
Heaviest Fall of Rain Havoc Played With
 Telephone System

Waterbury was hopping up today in the wake of the most severe electrical storm of the year, which caused thousands of dollars of dam age last night. A total of 2.62 inches of rain fell dur ing the doWnpour, while lightning cracked across the skies and thunderclaps rumbled in the air. The Brass City was the most hard-hit continuity in the state. Nearby towns also suffered from the storm. Telephone and light service were impaired, homes were struck by lightning, streets were washed out, miniature lakes formed on number of streets, and WPA and other construction work suffered great damage. Transportation serv- ice and regular traffic were affected, while high winds snapped branches off scores of trees.
 Heaviest Fall This Year
 The 2.62 inches of rainfall as re- ported by the office of Plumbing h. spector James R. Walker, was the heaviest fall in short period dur ing the year. Beginning a few min- utes before o'clock, the storm was virtually over at 9 o'clock.
 $50 Phones Put Out
 The Southern New England Tele- phone Co. reported this morning that $50 phones in the city had been placed out of commission In Water-. bury during the storm. Additional phones out of order were expected during the day. Thomaston had 30 phones out of order, while Naugatuck Cheshire and Watertown had about 20 each. In almost all cases, the con- pany reported, 1t was individual phones that were out of order. No lines were down, though cables were somewhat affected by the lightning and heavy rain. A full repair crew was on duty today making repairs. From 100 to 200 phones were put
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
ED WYNN LOSES
 HIS SECOND WIFE
He's 52, She's 27 So They Have Separated; Divorce
 Is Not as Yet Talked of

New York. Aug. 9-(UP)-What beautiful Frieda Mierse wants. she said today, is night life and gaiety but husband Ed Wynn-well, he's 52 and she is 27.
 So they're separated, the famous comedian and his second wife. and some day-after she's had a fling or two-Frieda will think about go- ing to Reno.
 It's not that she doesn't like Ed. not at all.
 "The only trouble" she said, "is that he's old and I'm young. It's making a wreck of me. tThey have been married 14 months) I'm tired of being suppressed and depressed Miss Mierse. who became Miss New York in a 1927 beauty contest, said she was recuperating here at the Gotham hospital from a ncrv- ouS breakdown.
 She Has a GigolO
 She is recuperating, of evenings, with the aid of tall, broad-shoul- dered, wavy-haired young man whom she identified as my gigolo" He, she intimatcd, is responsible for the condition of both her big
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
State Places Carroll
 RightAtMurderS Scene
l8-Year-Old High School Girl Was Most Damaging Witness to Former Deputy Sheriff in Lttle-
 field Murder Case
BY JACK QUINN United Press Staff COrrespondent)

South Paris, Me, Aug. 9 - (U.P0 The state placed former Deputy Sheriff Francis M. Carroll at the scene of the Littlefeld murder today and sped toward completion of it's case.
 Of 13 witnesses presented at the tWo-hour morning session, the most damaging to the defendant was an 18-year-old High school girl, blonde Hazel Talbot, who testified that she saw Carroll in his automobile parked outside the home of Paul (Buddy) Dwyer on Paris Hill between ' and 7:30 p. m. last October 13.
 Dr. James G. Littlefield, veteran South Paris practitioner, was slain in DWyer's home sometime after 7:30 D. m. the night of October l3, though the 19-year-old Dwyer pleaded guilty to the murder and accepted a sentence of life impris- onment, he later repudiated the confession, named Carroll as the "real slayer" and said the busted law officer had intimated him into taking the rap"
 What'Was Told
 A courtroom crowded with sum- mer residents and tourists heard witnesses testify that:
 1. A cigarette lighter found on the driveway of the Dwyer home October 16 was owned by Carroll
 2. A mysterious light was seen burning in the DWyer home at 1l:45 D. m. the night of the murder.
 3. Carroll was not at the sheriff s office the night of the murder as he contended originally.
 4. Two automobiles, presumably Carols and Dr. Littlefield's were parked near the Dwyer home the night of the murder.
 5. State officials placed dicta- phones in the state prison library when Carroll went to visit Dwyer, but the interview, through mixup, occurred in the guardroom.
 6. Dwyers face was beet-red dur ing the interview and afterwards he was "very upset" and exhausted"
 2. Nothing has been said by
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DRUG WEED IS
 FOUND IN CONN.
Marihuana Discovered, Seized on Farm in Ham,
 den This Morning

Hamden, Conn.,, Aug. 9 - (U.P)- A cultivated patch of Marihuana, concealed by vegetable garden, was seized here today by local po- lice and federal agents The power ful drug weed, 1t was estimated, would have made "reefers" worth between $15,000 and $20,000. The dis covery was made by a resident of the Centerville district who was at- tracted by the weeds, some of them six and eight feet tall. Breaking off several of them he took them to the Connecticut Agricultural Experi- ment station where they were iden- tified as the drug weed, known to grow wild but never, to the know ledge of federal officials in Connec- ticut, in a cultivated state.
 Seizure Is Made
 The seizure was made by Don Gray, of the Federal Narcotics Bu- reau, Arthur Rivard, of the State Narcotics Board, and officers from the local police force. This Is the first time in the history of Connec- ticut" Rivard said, that cultivated Marihuana has ever been discover ed.'
 He said patch, covering about 5000 square feet, would be destroy- ed. Aside from the main patch, sev- eral smaller ones were found to be growing among tomatoes and corn.
 It was not known immediately by whom the garden was owned or leased.
 Federal agents, who have been in this section for several months in vestigating sales of "reefers" said the patch had been well cared for and apparently had been planted by someone who knew the value and pOWer of the drug.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
PROMINENT MAN.
 WIFE LOSE LIVES
William T. Adee Burns to Death With Mrs. Adee
 in Their Home

Tuxedo Park, N. Y., Aug. 9 - William T. Adee and his wife, prom inent in eastern society, were burned to death early today when flames enveloped their remodeled farm house in this fashionable col ony. A nursemaid escaped by leap- ing from a second story window carrying their one year old son. She broke her hand, but the child was unhurt. Ray Hunter 38, one of the first persons on the scene, said the fire apparently started in the wing of the building where the Adees were sleeping. He said Mrs. Adee was at window when he and An thony Less, 40, arrived in advance of fire departments from nearby com- munities.
 "She was screaming" Hunter said. But we had no way of get ting to her. Before the fire trucks arrived she collapsed at the win dow"
 Adee Not Seen
 Adee was not seen. It was be- lieved he was trapped while trying to make his way to the bedroom of his son in another wing. The nurse maid was Sara Hention, l9. Bremen carried her and the baby away from the burning structure. Guided by Hunter, firemen located Mrs. Adee's body as soon as the fire was extinguished. They continued the search for Adee's body. The Adees, the nurse and the child were the only occupants of the large house.
 Adee, 35, was the son of the late Ernest R. Adee, prominent New York banker, and grandson of the late Gen. Louis Fitzgerald, who fought in the Civil War and sub sequently became well known f. nancier. Adee married the former Sally Comfy in ceremony at the Colony club in New York on Jan. 1895 from his first wife, the former 24, 1936. He had been divorced in Beatrice c. Greenough, a grand daughter of the Whitney Warrens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
SEVEN STATES
 IN RECIPROCITY

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 9-(UP) -Seven states, including Connecti- cut, have signed reciprocity agree ment under which out-of-state mo- torists arrested for speeding will not be required to furnish bail, it was announced today by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Michael A. Connor.
 The agreement, however, ap- plies only to speeding and arrests made by state police as the state has no Jurisdiction over constables and local police.
 Effective at once, the agreement includes New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and all New England states except Massachusetts.
 Offending drivers will receive a court summons. Failure to appear for hearing will result in suspen- sion of the operators license until the case ik settled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09

isolated. They predicted they Woulo fall to the Chinese soon. The Chis nese claimed another victory at Lion Hill, on the north bank of the river outside of Iukiang. The Japanese were driven back and the Chinese once were established in well-fortified entrenchments on the crest, according to the dispatches It was at Lion Hill that China's God of War" battlation held back the Japanese for several days be- fore they occupied Kiukiang.
 Admit Long Hill
 The dispatches admitted that the Japanes had captured a strategic hill IT miles west of Kiukiang anc were attempting to push on to where the re-organized battalion had taken up positions g miles farther on.
 The Chinese claimed that their planes sank four Japanese warships and disabled four others in raids yesterday and today. In addition, scores of Japanese launches were said to have been put out of cor,i- mission. The Yangtse around Kiu- kiangf1 was said to be filled with bodies and debris.
 Chinese military authorities said Japanese warships for some unex- plained reason began withdrawing from Poyang Lake, south of Kiu- kiang, while Japanese troops in most all sections were on the de- fensive, apparently making no ef- fort to advance.
 Hankow Driver Stalled
 The announcement resulted in speculation as to whether the Japa- (COnfiniipd Op papp 4
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GRAND JURY IN
 PENN. HALTED

Harrisburg. Pa., Aug. 9-(UP)-- Chief Justice John w. Kephart of the state supreme court issued a writ today staying the grand jury investigation of alleged graft in Gov. George H. Earle's administra- ton "at least until September" Justice Kephart granted the stay on request of Attorney General Guy K. Bard and the special legis- lative committee that is trying to take over the inquiry. The county judge assigned to preside over the grand jury investigation, Judge Paul N. Schaeffer, held yesterday that new laws designed to block the grand jury and p ut the in- quiry into the hands of the legisla- ture were unconstitutional.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
REV. HUGH SMITH DIES

Brockton, Mass, Aug. 9.-(UP)-- The Rev. Hugh F. Smith, 53. pastor of St. Thomas Aquias church at East Bridgewater, died at a hos pital here today after three weeks illness.
 A native of Abingdon. Father Smith was educated at St. John s Seminary at Boston and was or- dained to the priesthood in June, 1910.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-09
BOSTON WEATHER
 LIKE SEPTEMBER

Boston, Aug. g. (UP) - Septem- ber-like weather prevailed today after electrical storms had broken an 1l-day tropical heat wave blam- ed directly or Indirectly for 66 deaths in New England.
 The thunder showers, experienced throughout Massachusetts, lasted as long as two hours in some sections. At Worcester, Mrs. George Wiegert 90, and her daughter, Mrs. Rose Faulkner, were treated for electric shock after lightning struck their apartment.
 The Boston Weather Bureau pre- dicted today that northeast winds would insure at least day or two af comfortable weather.