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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
FIVE PERSONS IN
 HOMICIDE CASES
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(Continued from Page D negligence in an accident Sept. 19 in which fatal injuries were sus- tained by Dr. Maurice D. German.
 Warrants Issued
 Warrants for the arrest of the i've persons were issued yesterday after noon by Prosecutor Frank Healey following the issuance of findings by Coroner John T. Monzani. The coroner held that Carolan, as the driver of the car, was criminally negligent in the Maxwell death, and that his wife aided him in attempt ing to evade responsibility. The elder Unikas was held criminally responsible as the driver in the Bal cunas death, and his son was or- dered held for aiding him in at- tempting to evade responsibility.
 Bonds for Carolan and Unikas were fixed at $5,OO0 each. Bonds for Mrs. Carolan and Ponzillo were fixed at $2,5O0 each. Bonds for the younger Unikas were fixed at $1,- 900.
 Carolan Charges
 MT. and Mrs. Carolan were arrest- ed Nov. g, several weeks after Max well was killed. Their apprehension followed a lengthy police investiga- tion, in which number of mem- bers of the department took part. Coroner Monzani said in his find- ing yesterday that MT. and Mrs. Carolan were on their way home to Waterville, after spending the night dining, dancing and drinking with a group of friends, when their car struck Maxwell. Carolan, he said, threw the inside of the handle into a brook.
 Others On List
 Unikas and his son were arrested Nov. 3, also after a lengthy police Investigation. Coroner Monzani said in his finding that attempts had been made to disguise the car which struck Balcunas, and that a broken headlight lens was replaced.
 Maxwell and Balcunas were two of four victims of hit-and-run driv- CTS in a series of skip accidents here last fall. Police reported solution of all four cases.
 Ponzillo is alleged to have been negligent in the operation of his car when it struck an auto driven by Dr. German at Grand and Mea- dow streets, near the railroad sta- ton, Sept. 19. Dr. Berman did not appear to have been seriously hurt, but he collapsed and died month later. An autopsy showed that tis- sue near his heart had been bruised.
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Nanking railroad and the east-to- west Lunghai railroad, which ex- tends westward across China from Haichow on the coast.
 Japanese are moving from north and south along the Tientsin- Nan king line, and a Japanese army spokesman said here today that there is still gap of 15O miles be- tween the northern and southern columns. Official Statement
 An official statement issued at Canton, commercial capital of South China, asserted today that 100 Jap- anese, apparently bluejackets, had landed in the Chjngshan district, 10 miles west of Macao at the mouth of the Canton river. Presumably the landing party was another of those reported to have landed in re- cent days, establishing landing bases from which drive could be made on Canton.
 Twenty eight Japanese airplanes raided the Canton area last night, despite unusually bright moonlight. They bombed railroad lines and the concussion of the bombs shook for eign houses. A bridge on the Can ton-Hong Kong railroad was smash ed, and bridges on the railroad ex- tending northward to Hankow were severely damaged. Some railroad telephone lines were destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
$1OO, 900 Realty
 Deal Here Closed

A report that the land and buildings at l24 Bank street, formerly occupied by the White and Wells company, has been sold to the Samuel Schwartz Company of New Haven, was confirmed to-day by MT. Schwartz, president of the con- cern which also recently added the Triple X stores to it's enter prise. The land and buildings are assessed for approximately $1OO,O00.
 The land extends from Bank street to Cottage Place and is considered to be one of the most valuable locations in the central district. The five story building formerly coupled by the White X Wells firm was recently va cated when the concern moved to Bridgeport.
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tion 69 of city charter-$311 ,850.'
 The statement of the official ir connection with this aspect of the attack" plan which, yesterday stirred up the phantom possibility of a special tax levy of 2 1-2 mills to take care of overdrafts. was that, in the event "overdraftS' should be shown to the amount charged, even then there were funds available to take care of such iemS.
 Prepared Plan Evident
 The official went further, calling to attention of the reporter that the controller would not, in the course of attempted constructive handling of his office, have found fl expedient to make this attack or his predecessor unless there had been prepared plan" He said that developments pointed to a political program of obscure value to the citizens of Waterbury, inas- much as his contention was that the affair was pointing to a third ex- pensive joust in the courts, last intellectual recourse of the Republi- cans on other occasions since they joined the Independent Democrat; in a feud against the administra- tion.
 Overdrafts Explained
 The "overdraft" of 1886 was $150,- 900, it was reported, leaving a bal ance of $150,0O0 in round figures The "overdrafts" of other years have been larger and smaller, it was remarked, particularly during the depression ebb.
 But" continued the official there are other considerations ir these charges of 'overdrafts'. Pos sibly the controller is unfamiliar with this item of 'overdraft': quote his figures: Department o1 Education, salaries, instruction $26 6,356.55" MT. Rowland may not know, of course, that during last year the 5 per cent pay cut was returned to the city employees ana that approximately $45,00O, by ap- proval of the Board of Finance, was returned to the teachers, from funds under various classificationS allotted the department"
 Return of Salary Cuts
 He continued to say that this item of return of salary cuts totalled about $170,0O0 and that the so-called "overdrafts" included some of this money which, he maintained. was properly approved by the Board of Finance at various times during the year." The departments, he said, were empowered to transfer funds from one classification to another by board approval.
 About City Clerk Fitzmaurice
 A further comment was on the criticism of City Clerk John P. Fitzmuarice who, according to the Waterbury American of yesterday, was cause of the delay of issuance of the city payroll. The American quoted the controller as charging City Clerk Fitzmaurice with failure to deliver the checks to his (the 'controller's) office until yesterday morning, thereby causing the pay to be late again.
 The controller, 1t was written, did not get his check stamp until late yesterday and had to sign about 900 checks by hand. He is quoted as tell ing the American that City Clerk Fitmaurice failed to get the checks to him in time.
 Bounces Back at Rowland
 "As it so happens, Controller Row. land is now in the position of asking City Clerk Fitzmaurice to do the very thing which he makes the prin- cipal item of his attack on forme
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
Clipper Plane Bl0wn
 To Pieces By Blast
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the seven men who died. The Avo- cet crew took soundings and found the water more than @ mile deep.
 Little more was known of the clip pres fate than that she burned and sank. Several things about her dis astrous trip remained to be solved. One was a two-hour gap in the planes log. It was at 5:30 a. m, Samoan time, Tuesday, when Capt. Musick lifted his great four motored craft from the harbor and headed south on the 1906 mile, last lap of Pan-American's new route from the United States to New Zealand.
 It was 38 minutes later, at 6:08 a. m, when Capt. Musick reported that one of the motors had devel- oped an oil leak and he was heading back to Pago Pago. In that time he would not have gone more than 75 miles. Auckland is nearly due south of here, and that was the di- rection the clipper went.
 Silence Followed
 Then, for almost two hours, noth- ing more was heard of the plane. It was 7:55 a. m. when the clipper passed over Apia, on the island of Upolu. That island is 75 miles west of Paga Pago. Evidently Capt. Mu- sick had turned northwest to return to Pago Pago in a wide circular route from the west, but he was never much more than 75 miles from either Apia or Pago Pago. Even with one motor stalled, it was not con- sidered possible that the plane would or could have proceeded slowly enough to take two hours to arrive at Apia.
 The inference was that the clipper may have landed at sea for repairs, then have arisen again and con-
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tinued its return trip.
 After passing Apia at 7:55 on the return trip, Capt. Musick reported by radio at 8:27 that he was dump ing his excess cargo of gasoline for landing in Pago Pago, and ex- pected to arrive there in few minutes.
 That was the last ever heard from the plane.
 Capt. Musick's Crew
 Capt. Musick'S crew included Capt. c. c. Sellers, first officer, who won the Distinguished Service Cross for valor in the World war; P. S. Brunk, junior flight officer; F. J. Mclean, navigator; J. w. Stockrod, junior flight officer; J. A. Brooks, the assistant engineering officer whose tie clasp was found, and who transferred to the Samoan Clipper and death because he wanted to have Christmas with his family in Honolulu Che was scheduled for an- other clipper which left before the holiday); and T. F. Findley, radio OperaCOr.
 All were veterans on the Pan- American lines. Capt. Musick had flown more than 100000 miles, many thousands of them over unex- plored routes of the North and South Atlantic and Pacific. Musick was the No. pilot and explorer, while Juan Trippe, the guiding genius of Pan- American, was realizing his dreams of spreading his air service into new and distant lands.
 The loss of the Samoan Clipper was the first major disaster for Pan- American in more than 1,5O0OOO miles of flying on the most hazard ouS routes. It was one of the newer clippers, 19-ton flying boat that had 158 devices on its instrument panel as an indication of the equip ment which science had provided it for safety and efficiency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13

the power to hire and fire in the said office.
 Fewer Places
 And, today, there were two fewer places of the former eleven, count ing in James F. Purcell, the account ant now assisting the new con- troller, to be filled" by appoint ment of Controller Rowland. Colonel William J. Shanahan, the paymaS- ter, and Miss Madeline McFadden, clerk, have been transferred into the office of City Clerk John P. Fitzmaurice, by action of the Board of Finance in giving accordance to the city charter, as interpreted by Corporation Counsel Charles S. OConnor.
 That leaves nine places, presum- ably, to be distributed among the hordes. And, for the principal place of purchasing agent of the city, deputy to the controller, there are reported to be four potent candi- dates from four groups out of the Fusion ticket of last election.
 Test of Candidates
 These, by published acknowledge ment of their candidacieS, are: John J. Bergin, campaign manager for MT. Rowland and business associate, the controllers choice; Vernon ]. Hall, secretary of the Republican Town Committee, choice of Chair man J. Warren Upson; Edward P. Kirby, choice of Senator George T. Culhane, the Fusion candidate for mayor; and James J. Hartley, 1nde- pendent Democratic Town Commit tee chairman, choice of John F. Tobin.
 'Muffed It"
 Regarding the latter nomination, Attorney Tobin is reported to have told the informant in these matters that Senator Culhane had his chance and he muffed it." MT. Tobin remarked that the Independ- ent Democrats, which he takes credit for forming four years ago, have the consideration of this ap- pointment coming to them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13

Xprovince to speak for the con- troller. MT. Armstrong is the ac- countant presently hired by the con- troller and now conducting a special scrutiny of the city accounts which have been, and were as late as mid- morning, free to the access of mem- bers of the staff of the Waterbury Republican American.
 Armstrong Is Away
 Although MT. Armstrong had agreed to provide the Democrat with an itemized account of the January payments of Controller RoWland'S first week in office, this was not forthcoming when the time of agreement was reached. Instead, the person who answered the tele- phone in the inner office of the controller remarked that he was "just a man fixing a machine"
 It was learned that MT. Armstrong was in the private office" of MT. Rowland at the time the call was made.
 Not in His Office
 Search for Controller Rowland for statement discovered that he was not at his office on Bank street, not at his home, and that he had left the office of J. Warren Upson, chair man of the Republican town con- mittee, at about 1:10 o'clock today.
 At the Bank street office, it was explained that the controller had been "so busy" that he was not in the habit of going home for lunch oen, which proved to be the case. The call to the office of the Repub- lican town chairman proved be- lated, by few minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
TWO MORE STARS
 HAVE ENTERED

Boston, Jan. 13-(UP)-Names of two more tracks stars were entered today in the list of competition for the 17th annual Prout memorial games here Jan. 29.
 Latest entrants were James B. Herbert, New York University ace and winner of the 600-yard run
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
WHO INVENTED STEAMBOAT

Boston, aJnuary 13. = (UP) - The Massachusetts Legislature was asked today to decide who invented the steamboat.
 Town Clerk Arthur E. Fitch of Palmer sponsored 8 bill to put the state on record as declaring that the honor should go to his ancestor, John Fitch of Massachusetts, and not to Robert Fulton. Fitch said his ancestor built the first steam boats engine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
WALTER O'HARA
 STILL FIGHTING

Providence, R. l., an. 13-(UP) Stockholders of the NarraganSett Racing Association will vote Feb. on whether to retain Walter E. O'Hara as Narragansett Park horse race tracks $75,O00-a-year president and managing director.
 Governor Robert E. Quinn, who closed the park by 8 proclamation of martial law last October, has said there will be no racing at Narragansett unless O'Hara resigns or is removed.
 In calling the stockholders meet ing, O'Hara said he was confident his administration would be ap- proved. He was announced he will appeal to the courts if Quinn re- fuses him 1888 racing dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
WINNERS OF PRIZES

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 13 - GU. Po-ProfeSsor Elmer Wood of the University of Missouri and Instruc- tor Paul M. Sweezy of Harvard were announced today as winners of liar yards David A. Wells prizes of $500 each for outstanding original re- search in economics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13

here last seaon, and Charles Bee tham. Form9 Ohio State flash. Beetham will compete in the 1000- yard run, and has posted a provis- ional entry for the 6o0-yard event. Herbert also vii run on the N. Y. U. mile relay tenn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
Independents Demand
 Share Of "Spoils"
Culhane "Muffed Chance" Claims TObin = Demands
 Purchasing Agent Post For James J. Hartley

Clamor of disappointed Republicans and Independent Democrats resounded through the town today according to report from reliable source concerning the dwindng pOtentialities of placement in Controller Sherwood L. Rowlands office For the report states with authority
 there 687 applicants for the city jobs which may or may not be available to the controllers appointment when the Supreme Court acts the appeal which to determine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13

Washington, Jan. B - U.P) - Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo show ed "a slight improWment" today, Dr. J. P. Earnest, IT,, eported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
DEER IN CLEVELAND SUBURB

Cleveland (UP)-A large buck deer, attempting to cross a golf course fence in a suburb only F miles from downtown Cleveland, was sighted by MT. and Mrs. Will liam Danforth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13

Peru has ruled that unemploy- ment tax stamps shall be placed on doctors or attorneys receipts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-13
CHINESE READY
 FOR LAST FIGHT

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ACCUSED OF
 SERIOUS ACT

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MAUzEROL GETS
 JAIL SENTENCE

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Evening star., 1938-05-06
Too Many Doctors,

While the District relief problem lies
in Undetermined condition" consider
able differences of opinion have arisen
concerning a cure for the patient.
DR.. Board Of Public Welfare, for in
stance, who has handled many similar
cases, feels that the patient is woefully
undernourished for one of such large
physical proportions and needs about
81 0O0, 900 more than the 5000 900 diet
planned for it by Economy. close rela-
tive Of the patient.
Dr. Budget Bureau, on the other hand,
feels that an operation is the thing and
has .dst publicly recommended an ampu-
tation of 100000 from the patients
Ntals and an ensuing sub-starvation diet
Of $4,000 for the coming year.
1t is no secret that DR.. Budget Bureau
has paid no particular attention to the
case and is making q decision without
examination Of the patient. but then
some others. like Mr.. Board Of Trade,
feel that DR.. Board Of Public Welfare,
being the family physician, is more
easily influenced by what the patient
wants than what it needs.
Establishment here of Relief Investi-
cation, clinic specializing in diagnosing
the disease, may prevent a recurrence
OF the epidemic in future.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Lunatics and the Doctor.

There lives in Vienna an 82-year-
Jewish physician who knows why men
want to kill each other, burn each others
homes, drop bombs into streets full Of
defenseless women and children, and
carry on all the other unspeakable
atrocities of modern war.
He knows why whole nations are eager
TO commit mass suicide. He knows the
reasons for Communism and Fascism
and the latest kidnapping. He has been
able at least to present plausible expla-
nations of these paradoxes after ex-
ploring the demon haunted woodlands
Of mans dreams and the caverns in
the reptilian past which open from the
suplit field of human consciousness.
His explanations are not universally
accepted. But, whether right or only
partly right, they mark DR.. Sigmund
Freud as one of the greatest philosophers
the world has known. The reasons Dr.
Freud brings to light are not altogether
complimentary to the human race. They
do not please many who look upon man
ss something set apart from the rest of
the pattern of Nature They do not
please those who on the contrary, re-
gard human behavior purely as an aim
Evening star., 1938-05-06

less complex of physical and chemical
reactions.
Dr. Freud's work has found a wide
application in the field Of medicine,
especially in the treatment of the insane
It explains why men must sometimes be
put in padded cells and strait jackets.
It explains why unfortunate creatures
delude themselves into the belief that
they are Napoleons or Hannibals.
This is all very we'll so long as 1t is
kept in the hands of psychiatrists who
do not deal with our sort OF people and
talk in terms few OF us understand.
But the Freudian philosophy has a
much wider application in the field Of
history. 1t explains not only the mad
ness of the individual, but the insanity
of whole societies. This marks DR.. Freud
as the most dangerous man living from
the point Of view of the insane societies
themselves. They cannot let him live
and retain the illusions and hallucina-
tons which are so essential to their
madness.
Consequently 1t was only to be ex-
pected that this venerable physician and
philosopher should have been marked
by the Nazi masters of Austria for spe-
c!al persecution The madmen have
escaped from their cells and turned on
the doctor.
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILAEDER JOHNSON.
The High Cost.

Hc nikH SOSI.
A friend of mine, he goes downtown
And sits up with the fellows.
He lightly lays his lucre down
For reds, whites, blues and yellows
He orders up lot of things
And takes nifty nibble
And on the check the waiter brings
His name proceeds to scribble.
He smokes twenty cent cigar
And when the MINISTRIES gather.
In joyous song before the bar,
Is he in line? Well, rather!
When menials in his service range
To save him time and trouble,
He looks while saying, Keep the change, y
Like Monte Cristo's double.
But. oh, next day you ought to hear
The words of fact and fable
With which he chases all the cheer
Far from the breakfast table!
1t fills the fiat with gloom and strife
And sorrow and misgiving-
The line of talk he gives his wife
About the cost of living!
Evening star., 1938-05-06
Speed.

Early in the last century Oliver Evans.
the inventor, drew up a prospectus for
railroad between Washington and New
York
It would, he said, be possible to leave
the National Capital at daybreak in the
summer, reach Baltimore in time for
breakfast, eat dinner in PHILADELPHIA.
and get to New York in time to be in
bed before midnight.
Some people denounced him as
swindler. Others ridculed him as
lunatic. Nobody was taken in by the
preposterous scheme.
OIlVer Evans was just as we'll salts
he'd. There were doubts in his own mind
as to the feasibility of his plan. He
was not at all confident that the hui
man system could endure such a speed
as thirty miles an hour He believed that
he could get his passengers to New York
on time-but they might all be dead.
1t is relatively clock tick in history
between the inventors wild fantasy and
recently when man in an automobile
Capt. George Eyston of England at the
Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah-traveled
a mile a speed of 3l774 miles an hour
Perhaps that is somewhere near the limit
on land. In the air, of course, going
from Washington to New York in q
couple of hours is routine affair.
Ideas of speed have been reversed
altogether and predictions of strato-
sphere planes flying at 1000 miles an
hour twenty-five or thirty miles above
the earth are not uncommon.
Common sense seems to rest some
where between the two fantasies. A cool
ing dose OF 1t comes from Major Albert
w. Stevens, the Army's stratosphere bal
loonist. He calculates that 480 miles
an four represents very close to the
ultimate limit Of speed In the strato-
sphere and 400 miles an hour the prac-
tical limit for a passenger carrying
plane.
III HlllC Ilolc lIldl century we
have come about half way between the
wild dream of Oliver Evans and the ex-
treme possibility of speed with any
methods now known to man.
1t is, 1t seems, physical impossibility
for man to travel faster than sound.
But just ahead of us lies the entrance
Ing prospect of going nowhere for no
particular reason at 400 miles an hour
the superspeed age Of the next genera
ton or so.
There we will have to stop. But no
will the proud human mind shamelessly
submit to such shackles? Some way
must be found. We serve notice on ma
ture. We will travel 1000 miles an
hour-even If the only road we can fol-
low at such speed is the road to death.