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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-27
Continuances Granted
 To Sixteen Drivers
Nine Cases Disposed of in TOday's Session of Traffic
 COut-$4O Paid for NOlIes

Cases of nine drivers disposed of at the weekly session of traffic court today Only went to trial discharge being granted by Judge Edward Mascolo Noes were entered in the other cases
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-27
DIED

GUARINI-In this city, June 26th. 1888, Mrs. Carolina Guarini, of 3l Summer St. Funeral Wednesday. time later, from Colasanto Funeral Home, 932 Bank St., to Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Burial in Calvary cemetery.
 HARRISON-In this city, June 27th, 193S,' Mrs. Elizabeth Bergin liar rison, of 1SS South Elm St. Funer- al Wednesday morning, at 8:3O o'clock, from Bergin Funeral Home. 29O East Main St., to Immaculate Conception Church. Burial in Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-27

Galante, Mrs. M. Naclerio and R Stance.
 The funeral will be held from the Colasanto Funeral Home, 932 Bank street on Wednesday to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, time to be an- nounced later. Burial will be in Cal vary cemetery.
 O'LEAR Theodore OLear, 13 son of MT. and Mrs. Andrew O'Lear of 25 Barnes street, died early yes terday morning at the New Haven hospital He was an eighth grade pupil at Driggs grammar school.
 Besides his parents, the youth is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Alex ander Chernegie, of Albany, N. Y, Mrs. Joseph Harvis and Miss Helen O'Lear, of this city; four brothers, Peter, George, Paul and John OLear of Waterbury.
 The funeral will be held Wednes- day, time to be announced. Friends may call at the home after l p. m today.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
Ball Fringe Curtains

The seasons most in demand
curtains at a saving of 49c a pair
tomorrow. Each pair is SO inches
wide and made of. sheer, cush-
Ion dotted marquisette with
jumbo ball fringe. Ivory color.
"a yards long: ''''
Evening star., 1938-04-24
POISON DEATHS
HAD NO MOTIVE
Girl Admits Murder of
Brothers For No Good
Reason

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 23.-Against the
name of the Wagner family, humble
working people OF Astoria, Queens,
Evening star., 1938-04-24
MAY 7DEADLINE SET
ON FIDELITY ORDERS
Receiver of Closed Concern Asks
Shareholders to Speed
Transactions.

James H. Nolan, receiver for the
closed Fidelity Building & Loan Asso-
citation, last night requested about
1900 shareholders to call for their
Fidelity dividend orders on or before
May 7.
Under terms of the liquidation,
shareholders in the old association
are receiving dividend orders at the
rate Of IS cents on the dollar, which
are convertible either in insured share
accounts Of the new First Federal
s&vings & Loan Association, or In
cash.
According to Carl Ellingson, execu-
tive manager Of the First Federal 70
PER cent of those who have presented
their dividend orders thus far have
chosen to convert their holdings into
shares in the new association.
Mr.. Ellingson said 14,45O claims for
S.S43,000 shares in the old institution
were allowed by the liquidators, and
Of these, all but 1900 claims,
involving 250,o00 shares, have been
presented for settlement. Dividend
orders may be obtained at the Offices
Of the First Federal. 610 Thirteenth
street NV, where Mr.. Nolan also has
his headquarters.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
D. c. WOMAN SECOND
IN WRITING CONTEST
Miss Laura Thoronborough in
List of Winners Announced
by National Group.

The National League Of American
PenWomen opened a book fair here
last night with announcement of its
awards for books written by members
in a national contest.
Fiction prize winners included Mrs.
Emelle Loring of Boston, third, for
To-day Is Yours"
Non-fiction winners included Miss
Laura Thoronborough of Washington
and Knoxville, Tenn, The Great
Smoky Mountains" second. Second
poetry award went to Mrs. Gertrude
Ryder Bennett of Brooklyn, N. Y,
Etched in Words
Awards for older j emile works in
cluded Mrs. Alice c, 3er Bailey of
Weston, Mass. second. for Foot
prints in the Dust" and Mrs. Helen
Dixon Bates, Syracuse, N. Y, third,
for Betsy Ross
Younger juvenile awards included
Mrs. Esther w. Brady of Buffalo,
N. Y, for Great Sweeping Day"
First places drew $40 awards. and
second and third prizes were books.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
I'm OUT OF BUSINESS
SAYS INSULL, RETURNED
Ex-Head of Utilities Empire
Asserts He Will Visit His
Family in Chicago.
By lhe Associated Press,

By ,he Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 23.-Fore-
warned by his sons shouted advice.
Don't tell them anything" Samuel
insult disembarked today from his
native England saying, I'm out of
business entirely"
The former head of a four-billion-
dollar utilities empire which collapsed
in 1891 and 1882 returned to the
United States on the liner City of
Newport News after a years ab-
sence.
Behind the customs barricades to
welcome him were his son, Samuel,
jr. and wife, and a brother, Martin
insult, deposed president of the two
billion-dollar Middle West Utilities
Co.. which went into receivership in
April, 1892.
Tanned and in Extremely good
health" the 79-year-old voyager said
he was going to Chicago" to visit
his family. He said Mrs. insult, now
in Rome, will either come over here
or I'll 60 back, don't know which. "
Evening star., 1938-04-24
SPECIAL SESSION
DENIED MEYERS
Gov. Martin Wins Court
Fight to BaIk Relief
Legislature.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OLYMPIA, Wash. April 23.-Lt
Gov. Victor A. Meyers today lost by 4
Supreme Court decision his strenuous
battle to call special relief session
of the State Legislature against the
wishes of Gov Clarence D. Martin.
The court rejected his non -techni-
cal but fervent personal plea for legal
recognition of the call which he issued
in the absence Of the more conserva-
tive Martin, who at the moment was
! flying into the State from WASH
ington, D. c.
The decision held that Gov. Martin
actually was within the State and that
| the Lieutenant Governor thus was
without the executive power when he
appeared at the Secretary Of States
| offlce Tuesday seeking official attesta-
! ton to his proclamation.
Informed of the decision, Mr..
Meyers, in Seattle. said:
I We'll. expected that. I guess
everybody did. But I did everything
I could to issue the call and went
about it in an orderly manner-pre-
senting it to the States highest court.
Il am sure the judges gave it fair
consideration. If the law is against it,
it's against it. My conscience is clear" j."
Justice William Millard who wrote
the opinion, held the proclamation was
without legal force until authenticated
by the Secretary of State.
! Arguing that thousands of WASH
ington citizens were in need of aid
and that relief payments had been
cut SO cents a week. Mr.. Meyers had
sought to persuade the court with Law
arguments that his move was legal
/ and warranted.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, c.

was written today the start Of another
tragic chapter.
A medical examiners report,
prinkled with the phrases Of a toxi-
cologist Z. 4. an entry on q police
blotter .. another entry in the
records Of Queens Felony Court a
short affidavit, charging homicide in
that Elizabeth Wagner, %, did ad-
minister liquid poison" to her. BROTH
ers. Henry. 81, and Charles, IA.
Alone in court the girl stood today,
blue-eyed, brown-haired, an inch un-
der S feet tall, while an attendant
read the charge to Magistrate Anthony
Savarese.
In the home Of a neighbor her
mother, Mrs. Marie Wagner, waited,
grieved, while her only surviving son
August, "a. tried to console her.
From Assistant District Attorney
Evening star., 1938-04-24

When they came home they atA
cookies. the boys four each, Elizabeth.
one. BY the end OF the next day
Henry and Charles were in great pain.
Elizabeth was slightly Ill but recovered.
The boys grew worse and were taken
to hospital. Charles died Saturday
night, Henry the following morning.
The arraignment today WAS brief.
After her questioning by Mr.. Rowan,
Elizabeth was taken to the police
lineup in Manhattan. There she de-
MED, almost incoherently, that she
had poisoned her brothers.
When Magistrate savarese fxed
Monday for her hearing on the homi-
eide charge, the girl said nothing, save
that she wished to see her mother
Then she was taken away to the
Women's Detention HOUSE In Man.
| haitian
Evening star., 1938-04-24

Edmund Rowan came this statement:
Elizabeth has admitted that on
four different occasions as she pre-
pared milk and orange juice for her
brothers she took rat poison which
she kept under = tray Of the gas oven
and put pinches Of the powder in the
orange Juice and milk"
The boys died last week end.
There was time once when the
future held q great deal of promise
OF happiness for the Wagners. The
grandparents, thrifty, hard-working,
had lived unobtusively, saving their
pennies and dollars. August Wagner
was q cigarmaker and his son fol-
lowed him in the trade.
Lived in $500 Home.
The grandfather died years ago and
in 1880 the death of his son was set
Evening star., 1938-04-24

was q patient in the Wassaic State
Hospital. near Poughkeepsie.
But lately they had been getting
along, save that Elizabeth and Henry
occasionally quarreled.
Henry Accused Her.
"She told u.s." Mr.. Rowan said, after
he had questioned Elizabeth for hours,
that she and Henry did not get along.
She said she liked Charles very much
and that she knew the powder would
harm him. but that she does not know
why she did it."
The brothers complained about the
funny taste" in the milk and orange
juice, Mr.. Rowan said, and Henry
even accused her of trying to poison
them. Elizabeth said he was foolish
and tasted the milk herself.
On the night Of April. 7 Elizabeth
| Henry and Charles went to = movie
Evening star., 1938-04-24
down in the records Of Bellevue Hos

down in the records Of Bellevue Hos
pital. He was AZ.
Grandmother and mother and the
children went on living in the $500
home the older people had acquired
On Christmas eve. 1892. death again
marked the family. The grand
mothers body was fished out of the
East River. Her will left the house
to the four Wagner children.
Still, there was no hint Of what
was to come. Mrs. Wagner went to
work every day in q silk factory. The
boys grew up. August became q
w. p. A. orderly In the Brooklyn Naval
Hospital; Henry was employed now
and then as 4 chauffeur.
The only suggestion OF trouble lay
In Elizabeth, police said today. She
got along 80 badly in school that she
WAS taken out and for eight months
Evening star., 1938-04-24
ARCHERS TO COMPETE

The annual spring tournament OF
the Potomac Archers, Washington's
association of devotees of the long
bow and the cloth yard shaft. is slated
from 9 am. to 6 pm. today at the
Washington Monument Grounds arch
cry range. A permit for the event was
taken out at the National Capital
Parks Office by L. D. Olmstead, secre-
tary of the archers, yesterday.
The contest Is the first of the year
for Washington bowmen. Two others.
to which out-of-town experts will be
invited, are scheduled during the sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Court to Reconvene.

RICHMOND, Va, April % R.-
The State Supreme Court Of Appeals
will reconvene in Richmond Monday
with docket Of is cases. The Com
Monwealth is involved in only one
case and 1t is anticipated that the
session will not consume more than
~ days.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Train Kills Virginian.

SOUTH BOSTON. Va, April % up.
Charles Carver, 38-year- -old weaver
of South Boston, was instantly killed
near here today when struck by a
passenger train. He was hurled 10
feet. Ohicers said they believed be
fell asleep On the edge q the track.
Evening star., 1938-04-24
Specially Lo,Uered Prices, Too!

Usuo the Of this
event sufficient for all Of Washington
the Mayer odre
est uphstees And
stored Furniture obto furniture with hardwood
unseosoned lumber hidden beneoth Korpen magnificent
upholstery tobre Only quality workmanship
upholstered different
thot the hdfest will low Come
ond Our somen deeooweIyroioed
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
Experts Protect
inexperienced
Under FILA Plan

An accepted truism that no longer
need apply to home buying is you
can't buy experience"
This hitherto unpurchaseable
commodity is an important feature
on the list of benefits that Dor
rover receives under the Insured
Mortgage System of the Federal
Housing Administration.
When an application is accepted
for appraisal the would-be bor-
rover begins to receive the bene-
fits of experience. The mortgage
is examined from every aspect by
trained technicians The physical
property is inspected, appraised
and the neighborhood character de-
termined. In the case of home
that is to be built the owner re-
ceives architectural assistance in
the form of inspections to see that
the house is built according to plans
and specifications
The inexperienced home builder
or home buyer is no longer exposed
to the dangers of costly errors in
judgment that go with ineXperience
if he resorts to the Insured Mort
gage System for financing his
home.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28

university's museum of paleontology.
This puts them in the pliocenc
period, about 100000 years before
man is assumed to have appeared.
Excavations already have shown
that the California of those days
was inhabited by giant-tusked
mastodon, sort of big brother to
the present elephant, and also by a
giant camel.
Dog fanciers will learn of an ca
ly breed the size of shepherd. but
of heavy, muscular build and with
Jaws that could crush bone. This
branch of the family has died out.
Other dog and camel types as
well as birds and various small
animals have left their skeletons
in the sands.
Location Secret
First hint of important deposits
came in 1926, when Dr. 3, l., Clark
picked up prehistoric teeth on the
site The discovery was not fol-
lowed up, and it was only when
King Arthur Richey, a research
student, was assigned to work there
that its full significance was re-
vealed.
The location is on the vast,
sprawling slopes OF Mount Diablo,
but the exact place is a secret.
Souvenir hunters have ruined many
scientific excavations, and Diablo
is only an hours drive from the
| 300, 600 population of the S n
! Francisco Oakland area.
The WPA has assigned workers
] to cut out and clean the fossilized
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
LUNCHEON HONORS
MRS. c. EGBERT

Honoring Mrs. Clara Egbert, who
is visiting here with her daughter
, Mrs. H. ID. Douglas, Mrs. William
o. Carlson entertained at lunch
con yesterday at the Carlson home
on 202 Sixth Street
An old fashioned bouquet and
yellow tapers set off the lace cloth
which covered the luncheon table
The afternoon was spent in sewing
Present for the afternoon were
Mrs. H. w. Douglas, Mrs. Homer
Nordling, Mrs. Waino Hendrickson
Mrs. Russell Cook, Mrs. William
Anderson, Mrs. Trevor Davis, Mrs
E. M. Policy, Mrs. 1. Sowerby, Mrs
r. r. Rowe, Mrs. Gilbert Prucha
Mrs. Harry Stoneheuse, Miss Kath-
leen Carlson, the honoree anc
hostess.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
Wife VS.. MODEL
|. IN new ARTIST
FILM: CAPITOL
She Married An Artist
Showing for Last Times
on Screen Tonight

Artists are VIGOROUSLY interesting
people to marry. Hence the new
Columbia picture, "She Married an
Artist" at the Capitol Theatre, for
The last time tonight
It's a romantic comedy of the new
'wacky" school, concerns artists and
the art of loving them, and stars
John Boles and the ch-touted
Viennese actress, Luli Deste.
The story of the film deals with
Toni Bonnet, famous French de-
signer, who comes to America to
look up Lee Thornwood, an equally
famous artist, with whom she had
been chummy in Paris five years be-
fore. In an effort to attract his
attention to her arrival, Toni. in al
interview. issues a whitening blast
against Thornwood and his famous
creation, the Thornwood Girl. Lee
burns, and goes after Toni with
blood in her eye. AS a matter of fact,
he's SO mad he marries her.
That, one might think, would settle
things But in reality, their marri-
age starts more trouble than you
can shake a paintbrush at. And,
according to reports, hilarity reigns
supreme.
Supporting Boles and Miss Deste
is a cast that includes Frances
Drake, Helen Wesley and Alexan-
der Darcy in important roles. Miss
brakes latest film was Love Under
Fire; Miss Westley's Cafe Metro
pole" or one might say the soon
to-be-released Grace Moore pic
ture, "1'lll Take Romance" and
D'Arcy's "The Awful Truth"
Other roles are enacted by Albert
van Decker Marek Windheim,
Franklin Pangborn and Jacqueline
Wells. Marion Boring directed.
Gladys Lehman and Delmer Dawes
wrote the screen play, from the
popular magazine story by Avery
Strakosch
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
KAREN MORLEY
is new STAR IN
FLOOD DRAMA
'On Such a Night Closes
at Coliseum Theatre
This Evening

The crashing sweep of mighty
river in flood roars an unforget-
! table background to gripping
story of men and women in travail,
in Paramount's ''On Such Night, ;"
which opened last night at the Coli
scum Theatre, with Grant Richards
Karen Morley. Roscoe Harms and
Eduardo Ciannelli sharing top
honors. This bill is on for final
showing tonight.
"On Such a Night" is the thrilling
story Of a group Of people trapped
by the rising waters of the Father
Of Rivers, the Mississippi, in flood
time.
Miss Morley, a famous Broad
way star, deserts her show on
opening night to rush to the little
Louisiana town where her hus-
band, Grant Richards, is on trial
for murder. Richards is convicted
and sentenced to death, in spite Of
the aid furnished his defense by
Eduardo Ciannelli, New York gam
bier.
The night of the execution, Miss
Morley, Ciannelli and Harms, a
New York newspaperman, are en-
route to the prison, when they are
trapped by the rising flood. They
take refuge in a little camp, and
here Miss Morley discovers Rich
ards, who had escaped while being
transported to another prison.
Forced to flee by the angry
flood, the four, together with Alan
Mowbray and Mill Mont, a pair
of travelling magicians. seek shell
ter in an old mansion, where they
are welcomed by the old owner
and his sister.
Even here the flood pursues
them. All the occupants of the old
house run for safety to the attic,
the only place left not under water,
but even in the attic, the angry
water soon rises around them
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
D!CCERS IN
CALIFORNIA
RICH AGAIN
This Time Wealth Is Not
Gold But Fossils
Report Made
BY SAM JACKSON
APP Feature Service Writer

BERKELEY, CAL, July %
They've struck is rich again in
California.
This strike is just across the val
ley from the gold fields of 40, and
it yields, not nuggets, but fossils.
University of California scientists
have come across an ancient river
bed where thousands of prehistoric
animals we're mired in quickSand
and persisted. Solidified and tilted
on edge by some later CONFUSION
of nature, the resulting sandstone
now streakS across the landscape as
a five-foot-w wide vein" and is be-
ing mined just as the Arognauts
mined gold-bearing quartz
Before Man Appeared
The animal remains are probably
100000 years cid, says r. A. Stir
ton, curator of mammals in the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
N. Y. Delinquency
Rate Decreasing

NEW YORK, July 28.-Studies of
the Childrens Court records give
definite evidence that the delin-
quency rate among New York chill
dren has declined more than half
since the court was founded thirty
five years ago, DR.. j. B. Mailer, re-
search associate of Columbia Uni
versity, recently told a group on
behavior problems of the National
Education Association. During that
period, a quarter million children
have been brought before the court
as delinquents, he reported.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
Divorce Granted
For Rock TOSSING:

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.-Her
husband threw rocks at her.
So testified Mrs. Elizabeth Perry
before Superior Judge Frank H.
Dunno recently.
I've been staying with my sister
and he threw rocks at her home,
too" she added.
Judge Dunno granted a divorce.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
REFRESHMENTS TO BE SERVED
AFTER ACTICE TONIGHT

At $50 O'Clock again tonight
Douglas firemen are urged to turn
out for another practice as a fol-
low-up of last nights work Making
and breaking hose connections, and
hydrant couplings, featured the
former practice and ladder work
will be featured tonight.
Refreshments will be served at
the fire hall after the practice as
an inducement to the members to
turn out
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
"POT BELLIES"
ARE OUT NOW

ROME, July 28.-Signor Musso-
lini embarked on new scheme to
make everyone in Italy model of
physical perfection.
Convinced he has started Italy's
youth on the road to top-notch
physical fitness, II Duce has ordered
hundreds of Fascist Party leaders
to assemble on a congress in Rome
on October % to undergo rigid
athletic tests
The theme of this revival of one
of the primary concepts of Fascism
is that there shall be no more pot
bellies" among political leaders.
The actual order to the Fascist
Federal secretaries to prepare them
selves for tests in jumping, riding,
swimming was issued by Achille
Starace, secretary of the Fascist
Party.
In many cases, premature gray
hair is hereditary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
OFFICIALS ON SURVEY
TRIP TO GLACIER BAY

In company WITH Regional For
ester B. F. Heinztleman, John d.
Coffman, Chief Forester for the Ma
tional Park Service, and r. F. Bes-
sey. representing the National Re-
sources Committee, were flown to
Gambler Bay National Monument
today by Pilot Alex Holden of the
Marine Always. After survey of
that region, the three officials ex-
pect to join the vessel Forester at
Excursion Inlet for trip to Adj
miralty Island and other districts
of the Southeast, it was announced.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
D @ u c | A S
N { W S
BASEBALL DANCE TICKETS
ARE NOW SELLING, DOUGLAS

Tickets Tor the Firemen'S baseball
dance, scheduled for Saturday, Aug :
ust 10, are on sale already, and ac-
ccrding to interest being manifest
ed in the event it will prove a most
popular one, according to commit
tee chairman Tauno Niemi. Doug
las scouts at meeting last night
organized to further the ticket
sales.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
FILE ARTICLES

Articles Of Incorporation nave
been filed with the Territorial
Auditor by c. G. Moore and Co.,
Engineers, of San Francisco. The
firm is capitalized for $751; 900
place of business in Alaska is Fair
banks and Alaska agents are r. E
Robertson and M. E. Monagle OF
Juneau and r. H. Geoghegan OF
Fairbanks. Elgin Stoddard is Presi-
dent of the company, j. G. Stewart
Vice-President and A. w. Potts
Secretary Treasurer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-07-28
PASS CABINET is
HANDY FIXTURE In
ANY SMALL HOUSE

A useful improvement in a house
where the family does the kitchen
wori. is a pass cabinet"
1t is very helpful in getting meals
from the kitchen to the table and
the dishes back to the sink in the
kitchen. A pass cabinet may be
built into the communicating wall
between the dining room and
kitchen.
1t is a series of shelves, each as
wide as the wall is thick, concealed
by panels or doris on both sides.
When the panels are slid apart or
the doors opened dishes are placed
on the lower shelves for removal
on the dining-room side. The other
shelves are used for articles that
are used both in the kitchen and
dining room.
A pleasing refinement of the pass
cabinet is obtained by having the
dining-room opening above a side
board and the kitchen side above
a low cabinet.
Funds with which to install pass
cabinets may be obtained under the
Federal Housing Administrations
Property Improvement Credit Plan.
Chinese historical records state
that silkWorms were reared as
long ago as 1850 BIC, and the
production of silk was jealousy
guarded secret for nearly 5000
years until - according to legend
"a Chinese princess who married
in Khotan succeeded, at the risk Of
her life, in carrying with her eggs
of the silkworm and seeds of the
mulberry tree on which it feeds.