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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03
RAIN, SNOW FOR
 EASTERN AREA
Three Day Storm Rakes Pacific Coast; Portland,
 Ore., Hard Hit

Portland, Ore, Dec. S-(UP) - Rain and snow followed a three-day ocean storm that raked the Pacific northwest and spread eastward to- day.
 The Weather Bureau forecast diminishing southwest gales on the Oregon coast. The storm extended inland to Boise, Idaho, and from British Columbia to Bedding, Cal, on 1,OOO-rnile front. Shipping was disrupted as vessels fled to refuge of ports, communication lines were blown down and highways were blocked along the coast.
 The wind changed from south to westerly and the Weather Bureau which had feared an 8O-mile blow, ordered southwest storm warnings along the Washington coast. They were to be lowered at 2 a. m.
 Highest wind velocity was 66 miles an hour at Victoria, B. O., where electric power was interrupted for an hour. The provincial legislature adjourned after trying to continue with the aid of flashlights.
 Street car service was disrupted for an hour and a half. Sheets of metal roofing blew from government buildings. Trees, fences and signs were torn down. Debris filtered the main streets. The freighter Eva grroas broke her moorings while loading lumber and drifted out into the harbor. A tug took her in tow and unanswered her back to the dock.
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8 call to the Bainbridge church two years ago.
 Robert was brought up in a suc- cession of Methodist parsonages. and old neighbors and his boyhood friends recalled that he had always been headstrong, wayward, in re- volt against his father. But the old man persisted, forced him through elementary schools and 8 normal college and finally launched him on career as an accountant. Because of his constant excessive drinking, Robert couldn't hold a job. He married a Pontiac girl and they had child. The old man tried to hold them together, but, because of his drinking, she left him and there was a divorce. She and the child, now five, live in Cincinnati In October, 1886, Dr. Bready had his son committed to the state hos pital at Toledo to be treated for alcoholism. He was released in two months. Dr. Bready was after him to maintain his cure but in the spring of 1897, he disappeared and the next the old man heard of him he was in Spain fighting for the LoyalistS in the Abraham Lincoln battalion of the International Bri- gade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03
MAYNARD SON HAS
 LIVED OUT STORY
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 dist Episcopal church, found his minister's body on the ice-coated sidewalk at 5 a. m. yesterday. The body was still warm. He had been shot once through the head.
 Authorities, familiar with the preachers difficulties with his son, arrested Robert at once. He was drunk, and through a day of ques- uoning he drunkenly maintained his innocence. AS he sohered, he found it more and more difficult to control his mental processes. He begged for whiskey, but police gave him coffee.
 Last night, he told Prosecutor Lester s. Reid this story:
 T was drunk last night (Thurs- day night) and father took me for 8 walk to sober me up. While we were walking, I tried to take a drink out of a bottle I had and father grabbed it. That made me mad and I pulled out my .25 auto- matic and fired four shots at him. Three of them missed, but the fourth hit him in the head.
 Father fell down on the side- walk near the village school, a cou- pie of blocks from his parsonage. I went home and thought it over. I guess I was only half conscious. I started telephoning fathers friends and asking them where he was. I wanted to establish an "alibi."
 Robert said he had not struck his father before he shot him. Dr. Bready's jaw was broken and his nose and head were cut. There was a deep cut in his sons right hand.
 Dr. 'Bready had served out his clerical career in Ohio and Michi- gan and was known, in the dozen or so towns where he had held pulpits as a devout man. He had always been active in civic affairs, was a frequent speaker before luncheon clubs and other civic gatherings, and was an ardent crusader against alcohol, vice. and corruption. He held q pastorate in Pontiac, Mich., for years and served as mayor of that city, where he was remembered as 2 reform mayor." He accepted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03
O'BRIEN NAMED ! NEW MANAGER
Assistant at Local Ex-
 change Promoted, Trans- ferred to MiddletOwn

Promotion of Joseph J. O'Brien, assistant manager of the Waterbury exchange of The Southern New Eng land Telephone Company, to man. agership of the Middletown ex- change, was announced this morn ing by J. D. Veitch, general commer- cial manager. Thomas E. Larke, commercial representative in the Stamford office, will be the new as- sistant manager in Waterbury. The appointments are effective Monday morning, December 5, although MT. Larke will not begin his new duties here until December 12.
 MT. O'Brien, who was transferred to Waterbury in April, 1885, has been with the telephone company since 1924, having served as commercial representative and assistant man. ager in Stamford. He is married and will move to Middletown as soon as he locates home there. MT. O'Brien succeeds William B. Halsted, who as- SumeS managership of the Norwich
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03
ADVANCE FOR
 TEACHERS LIKELY
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 estimate of last week that there would be a balance of $38,5O0 after payment of salaries, the state tax, and so forth. i He said that the city has $275, ,000 cash on hand, anticipates revenue of STE, ,000 between December and December 31. The "estimated' pay roll will be $280,000; the bills pre- sented last night, of which approxi- mately $20000 were paid, amounted to $85, ,000, he said; and the $122,500 state and military tax would make a total of $487,500, by his office figures.
 The board by delaying payment of the $60,O00 to 5000 in vendors bills last night late up" the con- troller's shortage" as of the pres- ent. It was predicted that collec- tions for December this year will fall short of the $175,000 of last December, inasmuch as Mayor Hayes pointed out that the December, 1887, amount included $70,000 in liquor license receipts paid back to Water bury by the state. Not figured in the controllers balance" estimate was the $14,000 from this source paid the city this week. It is, how ever, included in his deficit "eSti- mate.
 Should the state tax payment be held up, in part, if the board finds that this will reduce the penalty cost in interest, then it can become chargeable against the surplus re- source sinking fund and will not have to be appropriated for in the 1889 budget. This consideration was developed last night as the finance board. through it's numerous meet ings of the last several weeks, has been trying to keep down the im- pending tax rate increase.
 Commissioner Major w. Judge, in the conversation relating to the pay ment of the teachers for the full month, remarked that the city's fi- nancial position should be the first consideration. He cited the condi- ton of Dayton, Ohio, where city manager-council form of govern ment is in operation, remarking that Dayton had to close its schools be- cause of financial shortage and the commissioner expressed hope that such 8 condition never would occur in Waterbury.
 On motion of Aldermanic Presi- dent Patrick M. Perriello, two of the Griffenhagen & Associates officials were voted retained until. the bud get is passed by the aldermen, who will get the 1889 estimates for the Monday night meeting. The budget must be approved by December 20, according to charter.
 In this connection, with the Sug- Restion emanating from the com missiouers, Mayor Hayes was em- powered to employ Criffenhagen & Associates to conduct the audit re- ouired by charter.
 Report of the plumbing inspector showed that several radiators in the isolation hospital had clOgged through distlSe and the matter of employment of a steamfitter will be undertaken later, as this portion of the building is not now in use. should the wing be shut off from the main building, where heating connections are concerned, Plumb inq Inspector James R. Walker es- tiraated that 25 tons of coal might be saved.
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examination it was brought out that he is first selectman of Oxford, mar ried, and father of three children. He has not read nor heard much about the case.
 Apparent proof that women are not wanted for the jury was mani- tested yesterday when five women were excused. Two were not even questioned, but were challenged as soon as they took the witness stand.
 IF Questioned Friday
 Seventeen veniremen were ques- toned yesterday, which number is similar to the result of ThurSday's polling. On Wednesday only 13 were questioned, and Tuesday saw, but ten take the stand. Each day it ap- pears that the proceedings are mov- ing along faster.
 In classifying the jurors, it is noted that one juror was chosen Tuesday: none Wednesday; two Thursday and one Friday.
 It has been noted thus far that the jurors accepted have only been ques- tioned briefly by both sides. When lengthy questioning is conducted it can generally be assumed that either the state or defense is angling for 8 challenge for cause, in order to save peremptory challenge.
 Sixteen Challenged
 The sixteen veniremen who vert challenged after questioning yester. day were: Forest Allen of Prospect by the state; W. H. Rees of Meriden by the defense; Ebert H. Baldwin by the defense; Joseph F. Kelly oi West Haven by the court; John Bazley of Ansonia by the court: James F. Fitzgerald of Naugatuck by the court; Ralph s. Beach ot Seymour by the defense; Mary R Woodruff of New Haven by the de- fense: William H. Marigold of Mil ford by the state; Olive c. Nourse Of Cheshire by the defense: Rich. ard Joyce of Meriden by the court: Alice Stiles of Southbury by the court; Caroline E. Shelton of Beth. any by the state; George F. Dud- ley of Guilford by the defense; Al dred R. Griswold of Guilford by the defense; Miss Maude A. Thomas oi Derby by the defense.
 All the women heard yesterda, were called in the afternoon session Mary R. WoodruI of New Haven wa. the first, and she was challenged by the defense when neither side de. sired to question her.
 Knew Hayes, Minor
 Following. came William H. Mari- gold of Milford, a collector, who stated that he has known Hayes and Minor for the past 30 years. He was excused by the state, although he said that the acquaintanceship with the defendants would not em- barrass him if he were selected. He promised to render a verdict with out fear or favor.
 No veniremen were called in the afternoon session until after ten minute conference at the judges bench, with Attorneys Murray, CraWford, Warehouse and Alcorn participating.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03
SNOW REMOVAL
 CRITICS GENERAL
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 earlier that start on the snow re- moval was delayed until such time as the department had assurance of money to employ extra trucks thereby insuring efficiency of the snow loader which does the work oi hundreds of hand shovelers under normal snow removal conditions.
 The balance for this truck hire as of the last of November amounted to $5,700, but this was the amount stipulated by the finance commis- sionerS and Griffenhagen & Asso- ciates as the total available for street department truck hire for the rest of the year. The street super intendent, therefore, went before the board to obtain $2,500 for the snow removal expense.
 Truckers engaged in the work have been unpaid by the controllers office for periods varying from one to three months in the past and have complained on several occa- sions to the Board of Finance and the Board of public Works over the delay in receiving their money due. It was only last night that these truckers had bills dating from Nov. 10 approved for payment, due to the on-submission of these &C., counts to the Board of Finance by the controllers accountant, James P. Purcell.
 The Board of Finance had direct ed the controller that the truckers, and the garbage collectors who had not been paid for five weeks, should be paid every two weeks. This order was imposed twice by the finance board:
 The interim between the second storms snowfall at the weekend following the Thanksgiving Day storm and the time the extra trucks were hired to allow use of the snow loader was less than A hours. But during that time colder weather arrived and the base snow of the first torlm frcze into ice. Motorists shoveliig parking areas for their cars added to traffic hazard on many streets by throwing the snow so displaced into the highway, con- trary to ordinance.
 Finance commissioners, question: ed about the matter last night, com inentsd that similar conditions oh- tain in most of the cities of the state. In Mefiden Thursday resi- dents got up Q petition to the Beard Of Aldermen, described as follows
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03

ACOllbuIucu HUH Eh6G investigate a report that one worker still was below. Rescued, he required hospital treatment.
 What caused the fire had not been determined today. Fire officials the orized, however, that it may have been started by a spark tossed into the cotton as a hook came in con- tact with wire binding the bales Barrels of crude oil, stored else where on the ship, burst from the intense heat of the burning cotton
 The vessel had 15,000 gallons oi crude oil aboard, but firemen said only a fraction of 1t was ignited.
 When the flames were controlled, the vessel had a sharp list to star board and was 10 feet lower in the water than before the fire, due to the thousands of gallons of water pumped into the two burning holds number and 4-amidshipS.
 Two fireboats were used in fight ing the stubborn blaze. It was so cold that firenen worked in relays.
 While speeding to the fire scene, Engine 50 was in collision with an automobile driven by Thomas N. Koulias of Chelmsford. There were no casualties, but both vehicles were damaged.
 Captain J. Otteson, a veteran ma riner, was transferred to the South- lure only recently and the trip here was his first in command. He was not aboard when the fire started, and First Mate J. H. NygTen took charge of the 35-rnan crew in light ing the flames before tiremen ar- rived.
 The Southlure was to have sailed today for New Bedford and New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03
Three Strikes Tie
 Up 10000 Men
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terday, with 3.2OO of the 1000 work erS still occupied. Officials said the plant probably would be shut down completely Monday if no settlement was reached before then.
 Kills Off Market
 The Nash strike killed the imme- diate market for materials and caused the Seaman body plant at Milwaukee to suspend operations and dismiss 2,000 workers.
 The shut-downs interrupted the years peak in automobile produc- ton. Wards automotive reports esti- mated that 98,965 automobiles and trucks had been produced this week and said that production would have passed the 100000 mark except for a wildcat" strike at the Plymouth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03
Manager

i Manager
 exchange, the position left vacant by the death of Henry s. Lyon last week.
 MT. Larke comes to Waterbury with 8 background of more than ten years experience with the tele- phone company. He was first en- gagged as a public telephone repre- sentative ill New Haven in May, 1928, the follwing year he was appointed commercial agent in Stamford and lated was engaged in special sales work in Stamford and Bridgeport. In January, 1886, he was appointed commercial representative in the Stamford office. MT. Larke is mar ried and has one child.
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(Continued from Page D pected to be small.
 Previously Daladier had appealed to employers to reemploy all work CTS quickly. He also pledged that collective contracts, social legislation and working hours would be main- tained.
 "The government" Daladier said. appeals for collaboration and mu- tual comprehension which must iil- spire the relations of owners and workers, especially at a moment when the majority of workers refuse to answer the strike appeal.
 T have given instructions to the prefects to see that work is resumed swiftly in all industries. The goy- ernment has decided that although the events of November 30 (tlle gem eral Strike) juridically broke con- tracts, 1t won't modify or suspend collective contracts.
 No change will be made affecting conditions, work or salaries or other advantages held by the workers. The government believes in these conditions and all industries must immediately resume normal fu11c- tioning."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03

in the Meriden Journal:
 with cold weather following the thaw yesterday the conditions of travel on Meriden streets became 50 hazardous last night that vigor- ous protests by citizens were made in many instances and Broad street residents today started circulating a petition to be presented to the Court of Common Council for better care of thei rsection."
 In New York city, the Herald Tribune reported that there was possibility of a "City Council inves- tigation of the department of sarli- tation over the Snow-renlyoal ques- tion." Borough presidents reported that their offices had been "besieged with complaints. The condition of Brooklyn streets was described by the foreman of the Brooklyn grand jury investigating rackets as dis graceful"
 On the other hand, Sanitation Commissioner William F. Carey of New York, declared, the Herald Tribune continues, that The had received fewer complaints this year than almost ever before" Waterbury's 200 regular street employees, with a few added during the last couple of days, continued working with the estimated 20 extra trucks and the snqWloader on North Main street today, finishing up on East Main street where c particulsr hazard was caused by the ice and ruts lining the trolley tracks. Tho proposition Of clearing the Ice preer ents more of Q problem than Mere removal Of snow, Ofiiciais cclnli1eEltz Cd, and the snow loader E less ef- fective under these oifeumstahces, 1t was pointed out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03

Finlay, James Jorgenson, Stacey Larmette, Robert Gardner and David Weaving.
 Committees for the auction in- clude: Advisory, James Abercrombie chairman; Thomas Finlay, Jr., Rob- ert W. Rose and MT. Phillips; general Thomas Johnston; chairman; Aug ust Fiege, Peter Beveridge and Hu- bert Withcar; reception, John Stev- ems, chairman; Harry Finley, Rob- ert Currie, Joseph Huey, Thomas Eyeman, Ariste Beurdeley, H. Le- Roy Woodcock and John F. Clem- ent; finance, Alexander Galbraith, chairman; Louis Simons and James Davidson; table captains, Leon Cummings, Vaughn Rosengrant, Alfred German, George Brown, James McBroom, Irving Holihan and John Moffatt; collectors, James Humstone, Arthur w. Root, Arthur and Oscar Norman, Fred Peterson and Thomas Dowie, Jr.
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plant which halted operations for one day.
 The 300 Nash -Kelvinator strikers acted without the sanction of JAW executives. The compnay promptly discharged them, as is permitted by its contract with JAW in dealing with "outlaw" strikes. Company and JAW leaders conferred last night. John Milkent, president of the JAW local, said the executive board would decided today whether to uphold the company in its dis charge of the 300 men, or to demand their reinstatement. Company of f1cials believed that if they were up- held by the JAW leadership, oper- ations could be resumed Monday.
 Paying Union Wages
 R. A DevIeg, general works man. ager of ash-Kelvinator, said the company was paying standard union wages. He blamed radical leader ship" for the $1 wage demand and the Sit-down strike. Milkent said that while the JAW had not author ized the strike, and it appeared to have resulted from a dispute be- tween small group of men and their foreman" the union execu- tives would have to decide whether the strikers were wrong.
 Just bfore the strike, Nash had announced that it was increasing production in December from 1900 to 2,000 units.
 The Fisher strikers demanded straight hourly pay for all workers. Press and metal workers had been working on 8 piece basis. A com- pany announcement said: Due to problems of showdown which ex- isted in the day work part of the shop, the local management has hesitated to grant the demand with out adequate protection against showdown"
 Quick Settlement Seen
 Max Shaffer, Indiana state labor conciliator, predicted a quick settle ment of the dispute between warning unions which forced the shutdown Thursday of the Chrysler assembly plant at New Castle.
 He declined to reveal the status of negotiations but said he expected the dispute would be settled by Monday and that the plant, erl- ploying 3,600, would resume opera tion by Tuesday at the latest.
 The company turned of the elec- tric power at the plant Thursday when pickets of the United Automo- bile Workers refused to allow 80 skilled workers of the Die Sinkers' union, American Federation of La bor affiliate, and a few non-union- ists, to enter the plant.
 The CIO claims membership of 98 per cent of the workers and has been making a drive for 100 per cent membership for use as the basis for demands for a closed shop con- tract when their present contract ex- pires March 1. The die workers in- insist upon the right to bargain in- dependently.
 Conference Today
 Factory Manager Sherman Welch conferred with CIO and AFL lead- CTS last night and said the confer ence would be resumed today.
 Meanwhile the Henry county grand jury continued its if1vesti- gation of violence which resulted from the dispute. The jury heard IS witnesses yesterday and i've others were subpoenaed to testify today.
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 Umbert0 SantOpietrO, president of the POnteIandOIfo Society, was reelected to that office at the elec- tions held last night at Turner's Hall Rocco PalladinO was also reelected as vice-president. Other offices filled were:
 John SantopietrO, treasurer; Carmen Sforza, financial secre- tary: Edmund SantOpietrO, record ing secretary; Daniel Guerrerra, auditor; UmbertO Ursini and Nicholas Perugini elected as sick callers; and Patsy LOngO and Frank CaStaldi, accountants.
 A board of directors, consisting of five members, will be appointed at the next meeting by President UmbertO Sant0DietrO,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-03

The Waterbury chapter, Dis abled American Veterans, will be host tomorrow afternoon at a state meeting in K. of F. hall. State Commander Joseph Kalinksy of MiddIetown will head the large number of delegates expected here for discussion of a number of recent developments in veterans legislation, rehabilitation and compensation allowances.
 Tonight in American Legion home members of the chapters auxiliary will sponsor a sphagetti supper for it's membership and friends. Mrs. Mary Barry, presi- dent, heads the committee of workers for the event.