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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08
YOUNG DEMOCRATS PLANNING RALLY
National Meeting to Be Held in Seattle ROOse=.
 welt Invited
Special to The Democrat)

Washington, D. C., Feb. 8.-PlanS for a nationwide rally of Young Democrats to be held at Seattle. Washington, July IA, 15 and 16 were announced today by Pitt Tyson Maner, president of the Young Dem- ocratic club of America.
 James Roosevelt, son of the presi- dent, who has long been active in Young Democratic affairs, has ten tativel accepted an invitation to at tend and address the gathering. Other distinguished guests includ- ing Democratic senator and rep resentatives are expected to attend also.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08

vier; treasurer, Charles E. Hayward; clerk, .Merwin F. Whiteley; vestry- men, Homer G. Filey, Theodore F. Nuhn, Richard B. Bayard, George E.. Browne, and Chauncey P. Goss, III: delegates, Ellis F. Phelan and Theo- dore F. Nuhn: alternates, Bertram Bailey and Arthur H. Langley.
 Committee chairmen appointed are: Finance. Lewis s. Reed; mu- sic, Harold E. Rogers; property, Benjamin F. Chatfield; superinten- dent of the Sunday school, Norman F. Neale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08
uoIney Succeeds Stokes

Succeeding James Stokes, who re- signed, Dr. Matthew J. Colney was elected adjutant of Stokes post, Lithuanian War Veterans, last night at a meeting at Nemunas hall.
 Commander Josep. R. Bender presided at a meeting at which it was voted to take part in the Lith- uanian Independence Day program at St. Joseph's auditorium, Feb. 16, and in the Lithuanian Aviation Day program, sponsored by Connecticut Lithuanians, at Bethany airport, June 19.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08

Hostess
 Alfred Kelley, John Sheehan, Frank Affhauser and Francis Or encole.
 The auxiliary will be represent ed at a county meeting Saturday in Ansonia by Mrs. Helen Brophy, president; Mrs. Jane Meyer, Mrs. Florence Johnson, Mrs. Ellen Sheehan and Mrs. May Schroaider. The group was represented at today's funeral of Homer F.. Northrop, Civil War veteran. Mrs. Lucy Moss is chairman of the ar- engagements committee for a food sale March 10 in Miller & Peck store.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08
PHONE BRIDGES sO-YEAR GAP

London-UP)-A gap of 30 years and 17,o00 miles wa abridged by tel ephone when William Marshall of Ne wzealand, spoke to the 30-year- old brother he has never seen at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08

Plans for the annual dinner of Wheeler Young post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Lieut.. Shea Auxiliary, to be held March 26, were discussed last night and two committees were chosen at a meeting at V. F. w. hall. The committees are: Tickets and invi- Tations, Mrs. Jane Meyer and Mrs. Marie Bolan; hostesses, Miss Helen Shanahan, Mrs. May Grove, Mrs. Lucy Moss and Mrs. Eliza beth Peters.
 The mems committee includes: Arthur LaBelle, chairman; Theo- dore Schroaider, Cornelius Green,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08
FREEMAN NAMED
 SENIOR WARDEN
Harry Bavier Is Elected Junior Warden of All
 Souls Church

Parishioners of All Souls EpiSco- pal church elected Benjamin M. Freeman senior warden at the an- nual meeting last night.
 Other officers were elected as follows: Junior warden, Harry Ba-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08

Expertt; advise the motorist to shift into second gear when the speed of the car drops below 20 miles an hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08

The Isle of Man refuses to aban- don its horse-drawn street cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-08
Choir Rehearsal

OnOAT INCAiCdISdh
 The senior choir of St. Joseph'S church will hold a rehearsal tonight at 7:45 o'clock. Plans for a Valen- tine party following the rehearsal next Tuesday evening will be con- pleted.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
22 FIREMEN HURT
IN REFINERY BLAZE
Effort to Blow Out Fire With
Steam Swells Injured List
to About 100.
BY the Associated Press,

oy sne Associated PTeSs.
WMLSVILLE, N. Y, July 10
Twenty-Five flremen were slightly in
1ured today as they made a desperate
and nearly successful effort to blow
out the disastrous Sinclair oil re-
finery fire with steam.
The new injuries, most OF which
were minor burns or scalds, swelled
the casualty toll of the three-day
fire to 3 dead and approximately
100 injured. Company officials esti-
mated the loss at s1,000,0OO.
Only smouldering, stubborn blaze
remained in the ruins of the dewaxing
plant today after engineers finally
succeeded in putting the power plant
OF the s15,000,000 refinery back in
commission. With steam in the boil
ers for the first time since Sun
day fire fighters turned roaring steam
Jets against blazing buildings and
tanks.
AS each portion of the fire was
literally blown out with steam. other
firemen followed with water hose
throwing cooling chemical solution
that plastered all structures with
clammy white foam.
Evening star., 1938-07-19

kiang, 1876 miles below Hankow, con-
tinued with heavy artillery and aerial
shelling, but still without marked re-
suit.
The Japanese want Kiukiang so
they can press on toward the China
capital, and today two of their war
ships in the Upper Yangtze alternated
with warplanes in bombing the city.
Defending land batteries replied with
steady fire.
Chinese reports said many Of Kiu-
kiang's important buildings were de-
Stroyed and that there were heavy
casualties among civilians.
On Central China fronts the Chi
nese claimed recapture of Pingshan
in West Hopeh and Luyi in East Ho-
nan Province, and said they had occu-
pied the outskirts of Paoting, de-
stroyed railway tracks and begun at
tacks against Japanese garrisons in
Southern Shansi, seriously hampering
japanese supply lines. 81
Evening star., 1938-07-19

Beach, offered IS worth of oil for the
right to use Corrigan's name in ad-
vertisements.
Corrigan declined to sign, offered to
pay and was given the oil anyway.
A New Jersey amusement park an
nounced $4,000 offer if Corrigan
would christen his plane with its
name.
An airline previously signed him to
contract to fly the old "Corrigan
Clipper" over its route, making all
stops. If he completed his round trop
by flying back to Long Beach nom
stop-as he announced he was doing
when he took of for Ireland.
Irish Aid Pledged.
Upon hearing that difficulties might
arise from Corrigan's violation of
the rules, Irish organizations in New
York Immediately offered any help
he might need-legal or otherwise
in the way Of defense
Although Corrigan steadfastly as
sured the pop-eyed Irish populace that
he thought all the time he was flying
to California, that his compass worked
backwards or something, he can hard
ly plead innocent when brought to the
bar Of the Federal bureau controlling
aircraft.
He applied once before for permis-
sion to fly to Ireland and was refused.
Friends at Roosevelt Field disclosed
that promptly thereafter he spent
some time in New England vainly
searching for an obscure field for a
quiet takeof overseas last summer.
Among the first offers cabled to him
was that Of the Advertising Club Of
New York to finance his return to the
United States-by boat.
Honors already are heaping upon
the unpredictable non-stopper, not the
least Of which Is life membership in
the Liars Club of Burlington, Wis, on
the basis Of his straight-faced, per-
sistent assertions he thought he was
flying toward California.
For sheer pluck and audacity, the
Corrigan flight has stirred the imagi-
nation more than anything since Lind
bergh. The Lindbergh hegira-and
Corrigan's resembles it in many re-
spects In equipment. speed, obscurity-
to-fame overnight, etc.-reaped q
fortune for the Lone Eagle and tro-
phies that flll q great wing Of the
Jefferson Memorial Building In st,
Louis.
Both Mndbergh, on whose Spirit
Of st. Louis" Corrigan put In a few
licks as an expert electric welder, and
Corrigan himself came to fame from
the transforming, bailing wire and
not dog circuits, although Lindbergh
had a respectable Airmail Job at the
lime of his hop to Paris In 1927.
Lindbergh had the benefit of civic
however, Ehereas corigan
stacked up his own kvings, added his
mechanical ability and pro-
luced probably the most amazing
Evening star., 1938-07-19
WEEDSOF LILAC
ASKED BY QUEEN
Marie's Letters Also Want
Heart Buried at Resort
on Black Sea.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSe.
BUCHAREST, July 19.-Dowager
Queen Marie, in letters opened today,
requested that dark lilac be the color
Of mourning for her and that her
heart be buried at her favorite resort
on the Black Sea.
King Carols mother, who figured
largely in the destiny of Rumania for
a generation, died yesterday of rare
liver disease at the age Of g..
In the letters, written June 20.
1888, the Queen mother explained
that lilac was her favorite color and
that she preferred it to the usual
black. Officials said the letters would
be made public in a day or two. One
of them was addressed to her SUBJ
jects.
Although the Queen will be buried
at the Palace of Kurtea de Argesch
beside her husband, the late King
Ferdinand, she requested that her
heart be embalmed and taken in a
special urn to Balcic on the Black
Sea.
Officers Stand Watch.
During the night IL high-ranking
officers of the Queens own regiment,
the 4th Cavalry, carried her coffin
from her palace at Sinaia, where she
died, to the royal palace of Pelesch.
Thereafter these officers took turns
standing watch in the great hall of
the palace, where the Queen lay in
state
She had been clad in a white vel
vet dress and a gold amulet had been
placed on her breast.
Long lines of people formed to view
the body. The Queens features
showed no signs of the great pain of
her last hours.
The death of their mother brought
at least temporary reconciliation be-
tween Queen Marie's two sons, King
Carol and Mr.. Nicholas Brana.
The King summoned his brother
the former Prince Nicholas, shorn of
his titles and in exile in Italy since
April 26, 1887, for marrying a COM
moner-to attend the funeral of the
Queen, who died Monday of an un-
usual form OF cirrhosis of the liver at
the age of 81.
Must Leave After Rites.
King Carol warned Mr.. Brana,
however, that he must leave Rumania
Immediately after the ceremonies.
A solemn requiem mass was cele-
brated by Miron Cristea, prime min
lister and patriarch of the Rumanian
Orthodox Church, at the cemetery at
Sinaia, seat of Queen Marie's castle,
where she died The mass marked
the beginning of six months mourn
ing. Members of the government at
tended the service.
A royal train is to convey the body
Thursday to Bucharest, where it will
lie in state Thursday and Friday in
Cotroceni Palace.
A special funeral train will take
the remains to Kurtea de Argesch on
Sunday for interment beneath a 18th
century cathedral cloister.
Music was forbidden throughout
Rumania. amusement places were
closed until after the funeral, masses
were conducted throughout the coun-
try and flags were flown at half staff
from public buildings.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
QUEzON AASFA|TH
IN jAPAN'S STAND
Philippines President Says
Neutrality Would Be
Recognized.
Ey the Associated Press,

MANILA, July 19.-Japan would
recognize the neutrality of an inde.
pendent Philippines, Commonwealth
President Manuel Quezon said today.
In radio address broadcast to the
United States President Quezon as
serted Japanese foreign office spokes-
men had indicated Japan was willing
to sign a treaty observing the neu-
trality Of the islands after their inde-
pendence from the United States,
scheduled for 1946.
Mr.. Quezon. who recently returned
from trip to Japan, did not COM
ment directly on High Commissioner
Paul v. McNutt's proposal for a re-
examination Of the Philippine inde-
pendence question.
America, once she has granted
independence, will not attempt to
continue guiding our destiny nor as
sumo responsibility, for our mistakes
and misdeeds." said President Que
Zon.
Every sign points to the conclu-
sion that when America leaves the
Islands she will do it feeling she has
discharged her duties toward Fill
pinos fully and satisfactorily"
Current preparations for national
defense in the Philippines are not be-
cause of fear of other nations terri
torial ambitions, the President said,
but because lit is primary function
of every government to assure its
own protection and that universal
military training is wholesome to
youth of the land, for it stimulates
national discipline and patriotism"
Filipinos. he said, look toward the
future with confidence and hope,
knowing it will be our policy to con-
duct ourselves SO as to win the re-
spect and good will of all nations Of
the world"
Evening star., 1938-07-19
BOURNE IS FREED
IN BRITISH TRIAL
0bstetrician Tests Case
After Operation on
Assault Victim.
by the Associated Press.

BY the Afsociated Press.
LONDON. July 1s.-The British
medical profession believed it had won
= notable victory in the acquittal
today Of DR.. william Aeck Bourne,
prominent obstetrician, who performed
an Illegal operation to prevent a IS
year-old girl, victim Of an assault.
from becoming a mother.
The jury, which included two
women, took As minutes to reach a
verdict after Justice MacNauphten
summing up, said DR.. Bourne had per-
formed "an act Of charity without
fee"
Cheers from the crowd. including
leaders Of the British medical profess
sion and socialites, greeted the verdict.
Insisted on Test Case.
DR.. Bourne had insisted on being
prosecuted in order to test Britain's
rarely invoked statute against opera
tlons to prevent motherhood.
The girl patient, victim of an assault
IN q stable of the famous Horse
Guards barracks in Whitehall. for
which three soldiers received prison
terms. was among the first to con-
graduate DR.. Bourne. Others who
pressed forward were his wife and
daughters.
Leaders in the medical profession.
including Baron Horder, physician-in-
ordinary to the King, went to the de-
Tense OF DR.. Bourne In the case, which
was made test to determine whether
discretion should be allowed surgeons
under the statute.
Main Question at Trial.
Inc main question in the trial was
whether operations could be performed
only to save prospective mothers
lie or also for the sake of her health
and future.
The justice told the jury:
Here Is man Of the highest skill
VINO openly at one Of our great hos
pitas performs an operation.
Whether it is legal or illegal YOU
have to determine But the perform
ance OF that operation was an act of
charity without fee, and unquestion-
ably Mr.. Bourne believed he was doing
the right thing in the performance of
his duty as medical man. one of a
profession devoted to the alienation
OF human suffering"
Evening star., 1938-07-19
GIRLS LEAVE FOR CAMP

Eighty-eight underprivileged girls.
from 9 to IL years old, left at am.
today for Camp Bennett. They will
spend two weeks at the camp near
Brookeville, Md, conducted by the
Central Union Mission.
Buses which drove them from the
mission this morning will bring back
88 boys and girls between 6 and 8
years of age who have spent a fort
night at Camp Bennett.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
ENGLISH TEST ARMS

CHATHAM, England, July 10 (P.-
Thirty warships of Britain's mighty
navy steamed out of south coast naval
bases today and headed for secret
rendezvous for the largest combined
maneuvers the nation ever has staged
in peace time.
Virtually all of the British home
fleet was cooperating with the army
and 200 naval and military planes in
the four-day exercises, formally under
way at midnight.
The maneuvers primarily are to test
Englands east coast defenses against
sea and air attack.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
READY FOR OCEAN HOP
British Plane Will Take Or
Pick-a-Back for Flight.

SOUTHAMPTON, July 10 (R.-The
Mercury and Msia, two units OF Briv-
aims pick-a-back plane, flew sepa-
rately today to Foynes, Ireland, for
the Mercury's take-on from the back
Of the Maia tomorrow on an Atlantic
crossing.
The Mercury is light, fast and has a
4,000-mile cruising range. The heav-
Ter Maia has tremendous power to take
the lighter craft into the air, where
the two separate by a novel system of
lever releases.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Corrigan
Continued From First Page

was locked up at Baldonnel to safe
guard it from souvenir hunters.
Under the air navigation pact,
American flyers are permitted to land
in Fire on unscheduled flights If their
passports are in order. But Corrigan
did not bring passport. Such q
document is not needed to fly from
New York to California, as Corrigan
insisted he though he was doing until
he sighted Irish shores.
Technically Corrigan was detained"
today pending an examination Of Gre
dentials and communication with the
United States Government. But little
trouble was expected because Of the
unorthodox flight.
FACES WARM WELCOME
Evening star., 1938-07-19
FACES WARM WELCOME.
Corrigan Due to Get "Nothing Worse
Than q Spanking"


Than a Spanking"
NEW YORK, July 10 (P.-Douglas
(who said Jalopy?) Corrigan today
faced warm and probably profitable
welcome home and nothing worse
than spanking out behind the han
gar at the hands of a forgiving Gov-
srnment.
Sitting snickers that turned to
open-mouthed amazement and then
to admiration, persons of influence
indicated his penalty, if any, for nose
thumbing the authorities would be
Light.
From Denis Mulligan, head of the
Federal Bureau of Air Commerce, on
the official side. to the Irish-Ameri-
can Societies Of New York, on the
sentimental, the flight so caught
imagination that the policy was to
forgive-and not forget so far as a
welcome is concerned.
Already, they're busting of the
celebrity trail" travelled only last
week by Howard Hughes and COM
pany.
Flyer Has Many Offers.
The mild burst of publicity that
accompanied Corrigan's 28-hour non
stop flight from Long Beach, Calf,
to New York July 8, a mere smatter-
ing Of space on the eve Of Howard
Hughes take-off round the world,
brought several "feeler" offers to the
flyer.
Now that he has completely CAP
tured the front pages concrete offers
Of profit are piling up.
Oil companies whose regularly pre-
pared products fueled and fabricated
Corrigan's plane checked Floyd Ben
net Field yesterday to learn lust
what he bought or bartered from
thaG.
, ne representative, thinking Cor
rigan merely had intended to COM
plete his transcontinental round trip
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Guerrilla Drive Kills 600,

Guerrilla Drive Kills 600.
Ply the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, July l9.-Sharp guer-
rilla fighting in industrial Pootung,
across the Whangpoo River from
Shanghai, has cost perhaps 600 dead
the past four days.
The Pootung area had not been a
scene of major fighting since the Japar
nese offensive to capture Shanghai
last August and September
Chinese. who finally withdrew, list
ed 200 japanese casualties, 100 dead
among the attacking irregulars and
300 peasants killed accidentally or by
japanese upon suspicion Of guerrilla
activity.
The japanese drive to capture Kiu-
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Sultan Abandons Racing.

'It's a Mugs game" declared the
Sultan Of lahore during a recent
broadcast from Colombo, Ceylon, "and
for that reason I have given up racing
altogether"
Evening star., 1938-07-19
China
Continued From First Page)

at daybreak. In three separate flights,
the Japanese bombers dropped their
cargo as japanese attack planes power
dived from the clouds, spattering ma
chine gun bullets and scattering
small bombs.
Meeting no opposition In the air and
flying too low to be hit by Chinese
anti-aircraft fire, six of the japanese
planes dived repeatedly, pulling up
within a few feet Of the Hankow air.
field.
Evening star., 1938-07-19

1eTueL HlgHUdy. opening OF the
third gear OF the 1Uar finds Frances
legionS menacing Valencia.
BY the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, France Cat the Spanish
Frontier, July 19.-Picked Suicide
squads" fought a desperate delaying
action through the Espina Mountains
today to cover the retreat of the main
body OF the Spanish government army
to new defense lines before Valencia.
Two insurgent armies, advancing
down either side Of the main highway
from Teruel, were crushing the gov
ernment's Notifications between them.
AS a result Of the rear guard action,
however, the retreat to a new line of
nasty Notifications before Viver. "a
miles northwest Of Valencia. was being
effected without serious losses.
The main threat to the government
army of more than 10000 came
farther east, where two columns of
Gen. Garcia Valinos Navarrese troops
menaced Segorbe, an ancient town
about 20 miles from Sagunto where
the Teruel Mediterranean highway
joins the main coastal road leading to
Valencia.
Insurgents were driving through the
southern slopes of the Espadan Noun
Evening star., 1938-07-19

Manufacture OF shoes in this coun-
try was begun in 1929 by Thomas
Beard.
Evening star., 1938-07-19

The Economic Geyser Crater in Vel.
lowstone National Park is inactive.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
SUICIDE SQUADS
HOLD INSURGENTS
Cover Loya|ist Retreat to
Give Time for Posting
Valencia Defense,
BACKGRONND-

BACKGROUND
Spanish insurgents in the most
Utcious drive of the ciUu war haze
crushed Loyalist armies on the
Teruel highway. Opening of the
third gear OF the ,Dar finds Frances
legions n1enacing Valencia.
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