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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
HankolD Cut off On
North AS Bridge Goes
japs Successful Id Blowing Up Structure Troops
Saldto Be Only 70 Mics From Canton Railway
-s u 10 hliIes From IIanlow III

Shanghai; oct. IT, (UP) Japanese
reported today. that their troops
had blown up the Pinghain bridge,
90 miles north OF Hankow, thereby
cutting the provisional Chinese
capitals communications to the
north. N I'll
The Japanese also reported that
their troops had reached Q point ~
miles from the Canton railway, on
the east, hank Of the IN river, and
only 70 miles southeast Of Ham
kow.
Three JAPANESE armies comprising
l50 600. men. were slowing clos
ing IN on Hankow. which was de-
Tended by $50, 600 Chinese. Airplane
and artillery battles were raging.
THE bingham bridge was located
10 miles south 81 sinyare. where
Chinese were putting up their
aks.ss.ssamk s.astnk a - 4. ~ lfUta aff4ak Wsnn
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
KILLER DIES IN
GAS CHAMBER
Adam Richetti, Pal OF
Pretty Boy Floyd Is
Executed

jefferson City. Mo, Oct. 7.-(UP)
Adam Richetti, q professional
killer, who, with leveled machine
gun, moved down 1--WE men IN the
Kansas City Union Station mas.
sacre Of 1888, died in the lethal
chamber today, znurmuring: what
did ! do to deserve this?"
Richetti was one Of the most VI
cious criminals Of his generation
one Of the last survivors Of the kill
ing kidnapers and bandits all but
exterminated by G-men and Other
authorities.
A few minutes after midnight q
a. m. EST this morning he was led
into the lethal chamber Of the Mis-
souri, state penitentiary and strapped
to the chair. He blubbered, declared
his innocence. He had watched many
men die, some from over his blazing
machine gun, others-and these in
cluded his erstwhile chief, Pretty Boy
Floyd-from the bullets Of sheriffs
and G-men which missed him, but
he did not die prettily. AS the door
closed on him, he screamed, and,
through the observation window
witnesses saw him screaming and
cringing In the chair. A few seconds
later the white plumes Of the gas
rose from beneath him and choked
his life out.
The gangster spent almost all Of
his last day with two priests. Yester-
day afternoon he listened to a radio
account Of the second game OF the
World Series, but was sullen, highly
nervous, smoked much, called con.
stantly for water. After a full din
ner, he consulted the priests again
then spent his last few hours star.
ing modify from his cell.
Richetti died at 20 and had beer
a criminal notorious IN the south
west for some 10 years. But he die
not gain national notoriety until he
teamed UP with pretty Boy" Floyd
q killer from the Cookson FILLS Of
Oklahoma who. despite his deprada-
tions, was leading a charmed life.
In 1888, their pal, Frank Nash
was arrested in Hot Springs, Ark,
by federal agents and was taken to
Kansas City by train.
Richetti, Floyd and Verne Miller
decided to rescue him. When Nash
manacled to federal agents and sur
rounded by federal agents, stepped
of the train and out Of the Kansas
City Union Terminal, they were met
by a blaze Of machine gun FIRE. The
gunners were careless. Not only did
they kill Nash's four guards, but
Nash.
Miller a year later was killed by
gangster associates near Detroit
and, two years later, pretty Boy
and Richetti were trapped /. G-men
near Wellsville, o. pretty Boy" was
killed and Richetti was captured.
Richetti insisted he was innocent
Of any participation In the massacre
but the state produced a conclusive
case at his trial in Kansas City and
he was convicted.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
COP. GUNS STILL
POUR OUT LEAD
Danaher, Baldwin Attack
Democrats-Latter At.
tackled for Legislation

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 7.-UP)--
The administration, by its econ
omically unsound" program, has
failed to develop the home market
resulting In q drop In private en-
ployment, John A. Danaher, Re-
publican candidate for u. 8. sena-
tor. charged today.
I'VE have Q lost market" he said
In Q radio address, ian undeveloped
market, O source OF opportunity for
all, which the party IN power has
never developed to provide O Job for
every home"
'The problem Of relief continues
and grows. No man or his family
shall suffer until we In the United
States can adjust ourselves and get
our men and women back to work
In productive industry. But people
on relief are getting sick and tired
Of being on relief"
Raymond e. Baldwin, Stratford
Republican candidate for governor
told0 New Haven rally last night
I'VE win permit business and labor
70 work out the salvation OF the
country together, without govern
mental interference"
He said the Republican party had
lost "touch" with the workingman
but has the courage" TO remedy the
error.
Democratic Deputy Attorney Gen.
eral Dennis p. O'Connor. meantime
accused Baldwin Of being "slipshod'
IN drafting o bill he introduced IN
the 1888 session Of the General As
sembly.
/ In a ruling ON stratfcrd caucus
statute tangle. 0'Connor said ths
Legislation was apparently drawn
for the purpose Of dlsfranchisinl
political parties that have been b
l'existence IN this state for years.~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
ROOSEVELT IS
WORRIED over
FOREIGN SPIES
Conferred Recently With
Lamar Hardy on Their
Activities
FEDERAL MACHINERY
REQUIRES REPAIRS
Foreign Agents Concern
trate on Naval, Military
Establishments

Hyde Park, N. Y. October
z. - (UP) - President
Roosevelt said today that he
is concerned over the activi-
ties of foreign spies in Amer
lea and is studying means
of combating them. The
chief executive told news
papermen that he talked over
the spy situation this week
with Lamar Hardy, United
States District Attorney for
New York.
Hardy, who conferred with the
President here, is prosecuting Ger
man spy case that soon will 60 to
trial in New York City. He re-
Gently returned from Europe, where
he went to obtain information IN
connection with the case.
NktiOnal Problem
Mr.. Roosevelt said that foreign
agents activities presented q ma
tional problem without question. He
added that the governments objec-
tice was to separate two forms OF
activities by foreign governments
within orr borders prupagands
and military ana naval spying.
He observed that present fedekai
machinery for roofing out the s!iy
evil was not compact enough ALI
Indicated that the study pointed 70
the creation Of o special agency to
tackle the problem.
In response TO questions at his
regular Friday press conference, the
President declared that spying In
this country Is being conducted on
a much larger scale than 1t was 10
years ago, with activities Of the for
eign agents concentrated on the
naval and military establishments.
At present spy cases are handled
by the Federal Bureau Of Inyestiga-
tion, the Army and Navy Intelli-
gence and some units OF the Treas
ury and State Department.
Duchess Is Luncheon Guest
The President revealed that his
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
JITTERBUCS WIN
NLAMBETH WALK
MI. T., Radcliffe Students
Debate Merits of
Swing

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. T.--(UP)-
Radcliffe College and Massachusetts
Institute az Technology debaters put
swing on trial last highland the
jitterbuss won IN . Lambeth walk
Though the debate began as q
serious discussion Of Resolved: That
swing Music Is Detrimental To
American Culture" It ended In
live session with $50 freshmen ALI
gators truckin' In the aisles.
\ The ofsiciAl debaters were Ann
poiiak Of New York and Margaret
NORM Of Newton, representing Rad
elite and the negative, Stanley
Dacker and Paul Erlandson Of Wyo-
ming, Of "a. I, r.. and the Affirmative
but that didn't stop the audience
from contributing to the discussion.
Radcliffe approached swing from
the academic standpoint, maintain
Ing: \
I Couture Is based fundamentally
ON democracy, and the three attrib-
utes Of democracy are freedom OF
speech, originality and informally,
swing Is all these, and as Q demo-
cratic institution, it's g part Of Gull
tslre." f4'
The jitterbuss nodded in agree
fnent. t.s'.ss
! M. /. Z. resorted to webster,s defini.
ton Of swing: ITO WELD o weapon
or hang or execute"
where viii our culture be IN two
years?" demanded M. I. T.
Truck It on DOWN." responded
the audience.
swing music Is increasing the use
OF drugs" pressed M. !. T. "Some or
chestra leaders among the idols Of
the youth Of America take dope, and
what is more, they drink"
rJiys I'll" someone shouted.
M. i. 7. made q final ebert.
Swing arouses the sex instinct
Backer yelled.
/ The audience clapped.
Two persons of the opposite Gel
were put In o room together and al
day long nothing but symphonic
music was played" he explaiilet
when quiet was restored. "A serioul
discussion resulted. The next .da,
swing music was played and thu
serious discussicn-well, It didn1
continue"
@xeah. mani" sighed the audience
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
Prosecutor Would With
draw Change Of Venue
Motion
MANY WITNESSES ARE
I CALLED AT HEARING
Wants Case Taken Out of
County, He States to
Judges Inquiry

Special Prosecutor Hugh
M. Alcorn today threatened
to withdraw his motion for
change of venue In the
municipal conspiracy case
when Judge Earnest G. Simp-
son suggested that II ne
found grounds for the
change, he might transfer
the trials to New Haven
Superior Court. After con-
sultation with his assistants,
however, he returned to the court
room and presented evidence n,
connection with his motion for the
change Of vende.
Several witnesses Heard
Todays hearing. continuation
a that held last Friday afternoon,
was featured until the f:l0 recess
by the testimony Of Warren M.
Brown, accountant of the Acorn
staff: Building Inspector Patrick ].
Oaxiin and Fire Marshal Den Lahey.
Private. Gene Legge Of the rnarshaPs
star and Harry Leary, custodian OF
tlhe voting machines, have been
silbpoenaed and may testify this att
ornoon. ''sa-A
puilding Inspector Carlin and
Tsre Marshal Iahey testified today
that the basement of TIE Water
h1lry courthouse WAS IRE proof, and
stated that Il exhibits were stored
there, and were kept under 2z-hoiir
guard, they should be safe. a
Mr.. Brown testified that he did
not think the basement would pro-
vide very favorable working quarters
for himself and his assistants. dur
ing. the gpTotracted trial.
Quarters EufIicient
The hearing opened with Attorney
John H. Cassidy informing the
court that the defense had called
several witnesses to testify as to the
sufiiciencies Of the various parts Of
the court building. especially the
basement Mr., Alcorn, In his mo-
ton for change OF venue, charges
that the building does not contain
the proper facilities for housing the
prospective mixed jury, and espe-
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
Jewish Purge Had Been
Expected Remainder
Comes as Surprise
MANY CONDITIONS
GOVERN PROGRAM
"World Jewry" Claimed to
Have Fought Against
Fascism
BY STEWART BROWN

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Rome, October z. - (UP)
- Italy's 100000 people
were presented today with Q
sweeping racial program at.
fecting not only Jews but
Italian gentiles. 1t was an.
nounced that the Fascist
Grand Council, in addition To
approving a severe program
for dealing with Jews:
Banned marriages between pure
Italians and mon Aryans," defined
as peoples Of Semitic, Hamitic.
Negro, and other non-Aryan races"
forbade state government enn-
playes TO marry foreigners, even II
the foreigners are "Aryans."
3-Prescribed that marriages be-
tween Italians and italians,
even II the non-Italians are Aryans,
must be approved In advance by the
government.
Severe Program Expected
The severe Jewish program was
expected. For Italy,s 10000 Jews.
the council adopted ! fulI program
including O definition OF what con-
stituted q Jew and D conditional Of
fer Of Ethiopian immigration for
Jews. The condition was that I'M
ternational Jewry" RETAINED from
showing an "unfriendly" attitude to-
ward Fascism.
The council as a basis for It's race
program first defined what conSti-
tuted Jew:
IA person both Of whose
parents were Jews.
3-A person born Of Jewish
father ana q mother who was
Of foreign nationality.
3-A person who was born Of
q mixed marriage and who pre-
fesses che Hebrew religion.
It was specified that a person
born Of a mixed marriage who had
professed another religion than
Judaism before October /, 1887,
Continued on Page d
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
Agriculture Dept. Has
.. Personnel Shaken Up

the bureau Of agricultural econo-
mics, was made director Of mark
citing. and regulatory work. an
agency 10 coordinate work Of the
federal surplus commodities corpor-
alton, agricultural adjustment ad-
ministration marketing agreements.
tie sugar act and the commodity
exchange act.
(, The re-assignments IN executive
branches Of the department VIII pe
reflected in shifts Of personnel and
responsibilities In hundreds Of minor
agriculture department ONCE 8 In
washington and other cities and
towns.
01icials said the realignment Of
administrative and planning agen-
Giles would result IN no immediate
changes IN application Of the farm
program.
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ASASNSSS~N
American, prior to his official re-
port on the matter to the finance
commissioners.
Today the list of lawyers, show
ing that some Of them owed the
city court so cents, some consider
ably more, was published In the Wa
terbury Republican.
Deceased Lawyers Deleted
The names Of q number Of de-
ceased barristers had been .deleted
from the original list submitted by
Controller Rowland to the American
and to the finance board, subse-
quently. The amount he said was
due on September 30, last, is ST.
737.17 and $3.50 Of this amount, he
claimed, was due the FIRST Of the
year.
Fact Of the matter is that bills for
current Indebtedness, as projected
by Controller Rowland and his aide,
James p. Purcell, holdover account
ant, had not, In some instances,
been sent out. Further, q number Of
attorneys listed as .delinQuents as Of
September 80 had paid their &C
counts during the first week Of this
month.
Called Conjecture"
Local attorneys described as, "un-
warranted" the acceptance Of the
Republican newspapers Of the con-
troller's conjecture. Some pointed
to the fact that they were listed as
delinquents as Of the date when, had
bills been sent out, they would have
been due and paid.
q Others remarked payment Of the
sum within the first week Of this
month.
"A pretty picayune performance"
remarked one attorney who was list
ed as owing the city court 80 cents.
Another lawyer. prominent In Mer-
1t System movements, was reported
as ready to pay his 81 so to the con-
troller In pennies and demand q re-
count.
Point TO Personal Affairs
"Why, the controller had better
look over his personal business af-
fairs and find out why he hasn't
sent In premium payments to the
insurance firms he represents" an.
other lawyer declared.
He explained this statement by
citing that insurance agencies GUS
toimarily collect premiums from
their policy-holders on the due date
(f,ortinuAd IN PAGE A.
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(. washington, oct. T. tuP) Sec
retary Wallace, In the most drastic
"shakeup" Of agriculture depart
ment personnel m O quarter CEN
fury, sent new executives TO key
positions today Ia REORGANIZATION
move to coordinate the new deals
farm, program. VIII
Most important Of the shifts was
the transfer Of Il. =. Tolieys aEri-
cultural adiustmert administration
ch.of, to head the expanded bureau
OF Agricultural economics. IN.
FOLEY will supervise oil general
iplauning for acreage. adjustment,
EonsefVs ton and marketing. Ee will
direct the flood control work, ee4e6-
kry. wiidlife conservation, erosion
kontrol. Tenancy and fella bilitatiun
programs. of the denartnenf
a. q, Black previously CHIEF q
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
TANKER BURNS AT
SEA; "a RESCUED
Three Crew Members Are
Dead !; Remainder Picked
Up in LifebOats

Port Everglades, Fla. Oct. u
(Up)-The tanker o. M. Bernuth
made for port today with the 81
survivors OF The Standard OH COM
pany tanker u. J. Bullock, which
exploded, burned, and sank 25 miles
east Of Dry Tortugas yesterday
evening with q loss Of three men.
those lost were Thomas Shepherd,
boatswain, and Charles Austin. sea-
man, who we're presumably killed
by the explosion In the forwaEd part
Of the ship, and v. L Ehaves, chief
cook, who died Of, injuries aboard
q coast guard cutter speeding him
to Key West. sh
First news Of the disaster came
from the o. M. Bernuth's radio,
the log Of which told the story.
AZ $40 D. m. (EeT) the Bernuth
inessaged: ship .aiire approximate
~ 20 miles, east BY south Of. Tor
tugas, burning badly, no identihea-
ton. o. M, Bernuth ahout 10 miles
away and proceeding to assist. CAM
not tell size Of ship due TO dense
smoke and flames, but apparently
a tanker" ys-
z:aS B. M. rWili reach burning
ship In about half an hour"
500 D m. Clocks like stern OF
ship IS settling In water"
5:o4 p. M. "Can see two litebcats
now near IRE but looks like ship
has disappeared. We win pick boats
UP II about IS minutes. ~ MA
SOS D. m "Ehlp aflre was u. j..
Bullock. .. M. Befnuth now has
picked up ilyst lifehoat with 20 men
IN It. WIN set second lifebcat IN 20
minutes"
$50 p. m. .Coast guard please
meet D. M. Hernith as one man Is
injured. Requires medical atteu-
ton u. y. Bullock now has sunk
$50 b. IA. 70. M. Bernuth now
has got second lifeboat o. X. AL
surviving crew me mbers now
The e. y. Bullock was Of R.4bp
tons and carried q crew Of 81. The
blast apparently destroyed is fadio
tfansmitter and had not the rescue
ship been Within sight, the slir-
ylvcfs would have had d night on
more b their nishoels
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Springfield, Mass; Oct: ~s(UP) ---
MRS. Eliza n. Writing. ~, Afst.; so;
ciety editor OF the Springfield Rerl
nuhiicala, died hast night. she was
the widow Of Charles. Goodrich
Whiting. former assistant editor OF
the Albany Evening NEWS and later
'llteEary editor 81 the springfield
Republican. She leaves 4 son, Ed
ward VI Nhiting of ths noalo y !
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
Jews, Italian Gentiles
Come Under Program
Soon To Be Adopted
Bar Assn. To Meet
To Protest Fee List
Rowland Informs Finance Board Lawyers Owe City
for Court COsts-Latter Point to Errors in List;
Papers Acceptance Term "Unwaranted"
A special meeting of

A special meeting of the Waterbury Bar Association
imminent today protests against reflections on
numerous prominent Waterbury attorneys mounted IN
volume. Basis the action of Controller Sherwood L.
Rowland, Republican in submitting to the Board 81
paving city court fees And earlier yesterday the con-
roler had released such information to the Waterbury
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-07
TREASURY BALANCE

washington, Oct. 7--(UP)--Gov-
ornment expenses and receiptn for
the current fiscal year through Oct.
:; compared With 2 year ago; -.
81, 3s0,S7l,si3.s9 e2.O7s, 40e, 010se7
1851. ssl. 4is.O7 si.72s,1iO!sas.se
s7ss.4lO.4siSs ssSi,ae5.asO.ss
s774.O5s,osl.ss ssso,t7foio.ss
2,s2o.sii.iSe.ss ssgSs,7ii.osese
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The Weather.

Fair, Frosts Tonight;
/. Warmer Saturday
Full Weather Report Page 7
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Continued on Page y
Evening star., 1938-10-02

THE LAST GENRO OR THE
STATESMAN WHO WESTERN
lied JAPAN. BY Bunji Omura.
Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co.
THE life Of the last Genro from his
birth In 1849 to the present day
covers one of the most eventful periods
Of japanese history. And Prince
Saionti, the last Genro, has been iden-
titled with his country's history almost
from his birth, his first oficial posi-
tion having been held at the age Of 3.
Mr.. Omura has given US 4 most
pa!nstaking document Of this period,
from the Meiji restoration to the re-
cent military rebellion.
It would be dificult to reproach the
author with the omission Of any de-
tail which might add to the back
ground Of his story. It would be more
accurate to say that he is q trifle too
redundant for the average reader.
Some Of the passages in the book
make fascinating reading. however.
There is q charming description Of
Prince Saionji at the age Of l8 years,
commander general and councillor OF
the Emperor. starting forth on a horse
his governess had begged for him to
free the empire from the Shogunate
and to effect the Meiji restoration.
We are told that during the Russo
Japanese war a Japanese naval oficer
Gained the entire fleet by playing on
the flute from his bridge!
The tea, ceremony, Geisha girls, IT,
syllable poems are casually sandwiched
in between discussions of the Cali
fornia immigration problem and the
Paris Peace Conference. The author
jumps from IN interview with Clemen-
ceau to q description OF samuria,
Japan, with rather disconcerting ease.
Mr.. Omura's method, If method it is,
can best be described a. converse.
tional." The whole book consists Of
Evening star., 1938-10-02
WHAT DO COMRADES PROPOSE?
Writer Wonders How Communists Would Go About Improving This
Countrywide. Mencken Appears in Grevous Light in
Current Mercury-Sophiscaton Is Defined.
Bv MIG. K.

TN ALL the infinite deal Of word
letting which has been brought
about in recent years by our
writer's preoccupation with COM
munism. there has been conspic-
uous lack Of treatment Of the ques-
ton of just what the comrades propose
to do, if. by any apocalyptic chance,
they should come into power in our
country.
We have had reams of warnings
as to the menace which their ambi-
tions toward power constitute. We
have had no less volume OF de-
scription Of their undercover activi-
ties. We have had analyses of their
motives. favorable and unfavorable.
But almost nobody has asked, What
do the Communists intend to do when
their ambitions for power have been
satisfied? Toward what are their
activities directed? Let the motives
from which communism has grown
be black as sin or pure as heaven,
still-what would the system be if
effectually working among us?" Read
ers OF periodicals must have noticed
this omission for themselves
The comrades, for their part, seem
to think that the answer to such
questions is fully given by a pointing
to Russia. There, they say. is the
ideal Communist state II you want
to know what it is like, read our
descriptions. But this, OF course
serves no American in any way
Even if one accepts the most en-
thusiastic report of the Muscovite
experiment, one can hardly proceed
to the conclusion that a Communist
regime in America would be the same
The differences between the two coun-
tries are so obvious that explanation
is not necessary. Yet reference to
Russia is the only answer which any
curious citizen is likely to get to
his question as to how the comrades
would proceed among us If given their
head, and to what end they would
direct their energy.
NOW. in the October Atlantic
Monthly Wilson Follett tackles
these questions in an excellent ar
ticle, called Letter to a Communist
Friend" The piece is too long to
be outlined here: furthermore. it is
so closely reasoned that any consid-
cradle condensation of it would be
impossible. What Mr.. Fallett does,
however, is to take up each of the
favorite Communist tags OF argument.
and inquire how these doctrinnaire
slogans could be applied to American
civilization. The vigor and decision
Of his attack is such that a reader
must conclude that he is intending
to write communism off his books
once and for all, and aiming at say