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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
STEFANOU WAS
 HEAVILY FINED
Owner of Happiness Res= taurant Assessed $1OO
 With Costs in Court

Louis Stefanou, 38, of the Hodson hotel, operator of the Happiness restaurant in Exchange Place, was fined $10O and costs for violation of the state labor laws in city court today. Judge John F. McGrath fined Stefanou $50 and costs for working females more than six days a week. and $50 and costs for work ing females more than 52 hours a week.
 The alleged violations took place during the week of March 13. Miss Nancy Dennis, waitress, testified that she had worked seven days that week and had put in total of IT hours. Another waitress, Eleanor Ollis, testified that sf'e worked eSven days and 61 hours that week
 Seventeen Counts
 Stefanou was charged altogether with IT counts of labor law viola tions. The court, however, nolled the other Is counts after imposing the heavy fines on two counts.
 The restaurant man was arrested after complaints by Inspectator John Donlon and Mrs. Theresa Sirica Crook of the state labor de- partment. Both had investigated the alleged violations when they secured the warrant.
 Stefanou will enter an appeal to the court of common pleas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
FINAL PLEA FOR
 FRANK PALKA
Attorney Maurice Gruskay to See Governor Cross
 This Afternoon

As death in the electric chair at Wethersfield drew nearer by the minute for Frank Palka, condemned for the staying of 8 Bridgeport policeman, Attorney Maurice Gruskay of Waterbury, his counsel, left for Hartford this noon to seek a conference with Gov. Wilbur L.. Cross and make final appeal for clemency. Palka is to die at an un- announced hour today for the slay- ing of Police Sergt. Thomas Kearney during a burglary in Bridgeport Sept. 30, 1885.
 Before he left, Attorney Gruskay told The Democrat he planned to tell the governor that there was no reconciliation or deliberation in the crime, and that, at it's worst, was not more than murder in the second de- gree.
 Nervous, But Resigned
 Palka, said his counsel, is nervous but resigned. It is Palka's claim that he was drunk at the time and did not know what he was doing Why, his counsel said he asks, would he knowingly risk arrest or shoot anyone for stealing cheap radio?
 It is believed that there is little chance that the governor will act, since the state courts, the United States supreme court and the board of pardons have all turned down Palka's pleas for his life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
SECOND VICTIM
 OF CRASH DIES
John Dineshuk SucCumbs to Injuries - Patrick
 Behan Died First

The double accident on the Cheshire road early Sunday claimed it's second victim today when John Dineshuk, 50, who was struck by 8 hit-and-run driver, died at Water bury hospital at 11:05 a. m. Mean time funeral services were held for Patrick Behan, 24, who was fatally injured when the car in which he was riding rammed into a parked truck few minutes after Dineshuk had been struck and left by the side of the road.
 Dineshuk, who was not found ln- tii five hours after he had been injured, suffered skull fracture, leg fracture, arm and nose frac- lures and internal injuries. It is alleged that he was struck by a truck owned by Greco's Express Co.,, and driven by John Gwiazdowsky, alias James Starr, 21, of Stanley avenue, Oakville. GWiaZdoWSky is held under bonds of $5 ,OOO as cor oner's prisoner.
 Struck by Truck
 According to Deputy Coroner Walter w. Smyth, the truck oper- ated by Gwiazdowsky struck Dine Shuk as the latter was walking along the Cheshire highway, near Blackie's. The truck did not stop,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12

of scattered aircraft manufacturing and assembly plants, has often been called "the most bombed at man in China. He came to China in 1884 and established a factory for de- siging and constructing planes. He was first under fire during the southwest rebellion, before the Chi nese-Japanese war started, and at that time had to send his wife from the war zone in a box car.
 Day was proud of the fact that his plant still is turning out planes on regular schedule, although 1t has been a target for many Jap anese bombers. Japanese planes destroyed his original plant last fall and Day and his wife were forced to live aboard a sampan for II weeks.
 Mrs. Day went seven months without seeing a foreign woman.
 She's a swell kid" Day said. T would never question her leaving. but I'm glad she sticks around
 Repeated Japanese bombings have killed hundreds of Chinese civilians and destroyed about half of this town. Days personal plane. "Er- rant" in which he and his wife flew around the world in 1881. also was destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
By WELDON JAMES
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Stan C0rreSpOndent)
 At a Railroad Station in South China, April 12-(UP)-Two Ameri- cans who have experienced IS Jap aneSe bombings, continued'to oper- ate a Chinese government airplane factory today because "awe are sim ply business people sticking to our jobs".
 They are Charles Healy Day and his wife of New York city and Ridgefield, N. J. Their plant is To- cated in a small city in southern China. but its name cannot be re- vealed. Among the Chinese it is known simply as Station.
 Mrs. Day, formerly Gladys Dar- lngton of Paterson, N. J., has been in or near the factory during every raid. Young, with blue eyes and red hair, she insists on remaining with her husband despite the fact there is not another white woman within 100 miles.
 "It is the least I can do to help my husband" she told the corre- spondent, "and as long as stay in his factory the employees and their wives stay"
 Her husband, reputedly the brains behind the present Chinese system
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12

Wethersfield, Conn.,, April 12- (UP)-Frank Palka, A, Buffalo, N. r., aviation mechanic, will be cleo trocuted tonight at states prison for the staying of. Bridgeport policeman in September, 1885. Only gubernatorial reprieve could save the husky, white-faced killer, and that was unlikely, because the United States supreme court late yesterday turned down second ap- peal, and refused to grant stay.
 Palka already has had four re- prieves, the most any condemned man in Connecticut penal annals ever has received. His mother, Mrs. Julia Palka, and brothers Stanley and Edward, visited the condemned man for an hour yes- terday. They were to return for a final visit this afternoon. The cleo trocution will mark the second in Connecticut. A year ago Joseph J. McElroy, New Haven, was put to death for murdering his nurse sweetheart.
 Palka first was sentenced to life
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
AUTO DEATHS IN
 STATE ARE LESS

Hartford, Conn.,, April 12-(UP)- Actuaries of the Aetna Casualty & Surety Go. today reported automo- bile fatalities decreased 29 per cent during the first two months of this year as compared with the corre- spending period year ago. Tabula- tions were received from 34 states. They showed the death toll this year was 2l29 while in January and Feb ruary year ago 3010 persons were killed. Twenty-two states reported fewer deaths, while 12 showed 8 higher rate.
 Vermont led with a A per cent reduction, among other states re- porting decreases were Maryland. 40 per cent; Massachusetts and Oregon 38; North Carolina, 29; Delaware, Rhode ISalnd and New Jersey, 27 per cent. Connecticut was "A per cent below last year and New York 22 per cent.
 North Dakota led the increase with 125 per cent; Nevada was 100 per cent; Montana, 89; South Da- kota 86; South Carolina 65; Arizona 52; Wyoming, so; Maine, II; Arkan- sas 6, and Kansas, 2 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
PROF. PHELPS ON
 GOD, RELIGION

Hartford, Conn, April 12. (UP)- Prof. William Lyon Phelps today believed it was an "unpardonable sin" to turn ones back on religion and God.
 "What begins as an experiment, '" Prof. Phelps said, becomes an ex- perience. The unpardonable sin isn't any one evil act but it is turn ing ones back on God, refusing his invitation to intimate friendship"
 He spoke at Lenten service.
 T love life," he said. T love all of it, from a sandlot ball game, to the vision of the constellation of Orion, but at the heart of all pas sion with me is my religion.
 "This is not momentary ex- clamation: 1t is the steady temper ature of my life.
 q would rather be a member of a Christian church than of any club, however distinguished, in all the world, or to have any honor that could be given to me-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
PATROLMAN PUT
 UNDER ARREST
Kills Schoolboy Playing With Chums-BOy Mis-
 taken for RObber

Fall River, Mass, April l2.-(UP) -Patrolman Frank M. Perry, Al, pleaded mot guilty in a weak voice in district court today and was held in $2,000 bail on manslaughter charge in the "cops and robbers killing of 13-year-old boy.
 Obviously affected by the tragic shooting of William Comiskey, the bespectacled officer, suspended after 12 years of police service, asked for continuance in voice so low that few in the crowded courtroom heard him. Judge Benjamin Cook con- tinued the case to April 26.
 Playing Cops, Robbers
 Playing "cops and robbers on the roof of store, young Comiskey and five playmates were mistaken for real robbers last night by Perry and six other patrolmen. Perry fired as the boys dropped from the roof and fled down an alley. Young Comiskey was wounded in the chest. Though mortally wounded, the panic-strick- en boy ran 100 yards before he col lapsed on a sidewalk. Passersby car ried him into drugstore and called Patrolman Joseph Cloutier.
 T have nose bleed,' gasped young Comiskey.
 But Cloutier, noticing widening circle of blood on the boys shirt,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
JUDGE NGL|S
 GIVES uN|kAS THIRTY DAYS Tavern Keeper Charged With Hit and Run Death
 of Mike Balcunas EVIDENCE WAS NOT
 THOUGHT SUFFICIENT So NOlle Was Declared and Unikas Is Punished for Evading Responsibility

Judge Ernest A. Inglis in Superior Court today nolled a charge of automobile hom- icide against Walter Unikas, 46-year-old tavern keeper, of Sheffield street, Waterville, who was charged with the hit-and-run death of Mike Balcunas, alias Bush, on the Thomaston road, October 24. 1887. Unikas was sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail on a charge of evading responsi- bility. He broke down and cried as his counsel, Attorney Michael V. Blansfield made a plea to the judge for leniency.
 John Unikas, g, his son, charged with being an accessory after the crime of evading responsibility, was given nolle, because, The did only what son would do for his father" He assisted in hiding and disguiS- ing the death car.
 What Led to NolIe
 Evidence submitted by John Phil lips of 235 Wood street and a lady friend whose name has been with held led Assistant States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald to request that the nolle be granted on the charge of automobile homicide. MT. Fitzger- aid requested, however, that Judge Inglis impose the maximum sen tcnce on the charge of evading re- sponsibility because he said, "if Bush had been taken to hospital he might not have died from the injuries"
 Lived AS Squatter
 BalcunaS, or Bush, resident of the Squatters' Colony, known as Hollywood" on the Thomaston road, was killed near the testing lane, almost the same spot where Thomas Maxwell was killed one week previously when struck by a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
Frank Palka Slated To Die
 Tonight At Wethersfield

imprisonment. When the state ap- paeled his conviction, second trial was held, resulting in a death sen tence. The state and U. s. supreme courts turned down appeals. So did the state board of pardons. Attor- neys then claimed the reprieves granted by Governor Wilbur L.. Cross were illegal. The superior court refused to grant an injunction restraining the execution. The U. s. high court yesterday made the final move.
 Palka killed Policeman Thomas Kearney during $50 radio holdup. He shot to death a second cruiser policeman, but was tried only for the Kearney staying. During his confinment in states prison, Palka has been an unruly prisoner. accord ing to Warden Ralph H. Walker. Several tihmes he assaulted guards who came to feed or give him an ex- ercise period. One of the guards he attacked recently died of brain tumor. His condition, hospital au- thorities said, may have been ag- gravated by the assault.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12

A OAAA oAAN oO seeking positions under Republican auspices. He has refused to see a number of the applicants, ac- cording to a reliable source, and various StalWarts of the campaign which resulted in his election today are joining forces with Republican Town Chairman J. Warren UpSon in the camp on the other side of the river from Controller RoWland.
 List Notified
 The employees called in yesterday afternoon to be told they were fired are Lieutenant-Colon William J. Shannahan, employed by the city since 1906, except for World War service which included g months in France and resulted in his promo tion from a captain to major; Mar tin J. Dunn, longtime employe. since 1922, and World War veter- an; Frank w. narry) Doyle, book keeper and clerk since 1925 in the office; Elizabeth McGivney, employ ed as clerk and secretary since 1922 and Bernadine Lawlor, engaged in clerical work in the office since 1851.
 Storm clouds hang over the head of James P. Purcell. the hold-over
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
HARVARD GIVES
 SCHOLARSHIP

Cambridge, Mass, Aprul 12-CUP) Harvard university today awarded scholarships totaling $500 to 26 students.
 Recipients included: George w. Farwell, Seattle, Wash; David H. Mitchell, Cempellsville, Ky; Joseph R. Mclaughlin, Fort Washington. Pa; Philip Mcgee, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Lorence Rapoport, Hartford, Conn.,; Robert M. Boyd, New York city; Joseph P. Driscoll. Worcester, Mass; Fred Benjamin, Columbia, S. C.; Sanford L. Gray, Cleveland. O.; Lester J. Honig, New York city; AL bert c. Howell. Sandy Hook, N. J.; George Minkin. New Bedford, Mass; Henry D. Oven, New York city; Edward L. Rogers, Suffield, Conn.,; Alfred Eisner, New York city; Frederick B. Frisch, Ventnor, N. J.: Paul Melrose, New York city; Charles M. Stearns, Sharon, Conn.,; Henry H. D. Sterrett, Jr.. Washing ton, D. C.; Dwight D. Taylor, Jr., Excelsior, Minn.; Harry L. Clark, North Falmouth, Mass; Bart J. Kenney, Arlington, N. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
JACKIE COOCAN
 IS GIVEN ANSWER
His Mother Says He Is Not Entitled to One Cent
 He Earned
By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent

Hollywood, April 12-UP)-Mrs. Lillian c. Bernstein. mother of Jackie Coogan, and her second hus- band, were indignant today that Jackie had sued them for the $4,- 100000 which he earned as a child actor and which, he contended, they were withholding from him illegally.
 T am hurt and deeply shocked" Mrs. Bernstein said. He says he has nothing and that I refused to give him any part of the estate. No promises ever were made to give him anything"
 Arthur l.. Bernstein, who was the Coogan business manager for years and who recently married Jackies mother after Jackie's father was killed in an automobile accident, issued this statement through his attorney, Charles J. Katz:
 Mother Entitled to All
 His mother was entitled to ali his earnings until he became of age. The young man is suffering from He has received
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12

shakeup. City Clerk John Fitz- maurice said today that records of last Wednesdays meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners showed that Lieutenant Crane was one of those voted placed on the retired list.
 News Writers Surprised
 Reporters from all three local dai- ly newspapers were present at the meeting, yet none of their accounts next day mentioned Lieutenant Cranes name. Accounts in the three papers agreed in stating the board had voted seven retirements. With Lieutenant Cranes name on the list, the total would have been eight. The reporters took note of the names as they were being read, and later consulted a typed list of all the firemen involved in the changes.
 The retirements were the first action taken by the board at the neeting. Immediately after the session opened, MT. Fitzmaurice read the provisions of the City Char ter which provide for retirement on half pay for those who have reached the age of 55 and who have served for 20 years or more. Then Con- missioner Henry Minor moved that a group of firemen, whose names he real from a list, be placed on the retired list The motion was passed unanimously.
 Fireman Since 1912
 Lieutenant Crane has been a member of the fire department since
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
BASSO
 DIED TODAY

Paris, April 12-(UP)-Feodor Chaliapin, great Russian basso, died today.
 He was 65. The immediate cause of death was anemia. Numerous blood transfusionS were resorted to in an attempt to save or prolong his life. They were futile, however, and his condition grew steadily worse. .---
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
CloselyAmiated With or Mayor Frank Hayes
Controller Rowland Is Starting Changes
Five Members of His Staff Notified of Dsmissa-FiVe or Six Others Will Folow-Too Busy Today
 to Discuss His New Staff

Controller Sherwood L. Rowland has informed i've
 members of the staff of his predecessor that their services
 will terminate Saturday. Five other members, possibly six of the employees who served varying periods from 32 years several in the cys employ will receive similar notifications shortly, he intmated But today he was from the rerored OOO appcaons he sent out to those
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
Richard WhitneyMay Do Manual Labor
Linked to Other Criminals, He Will Move to Sing Sing He Asked No Favors-fis Own Words of Years
 Ago Hit Back Hard
By HARRY FERGUSON

United Press Staff CorrespondenD
 New York, April 12-(UP)-Rich- ard Whitney, five times president of the New York Stock Exchange, was manacled to the wrist of a Negro prisoner today and taken by train to Sing Sing prison to serve a five to ten year sentence for grand lar ceny.
 Whitney strode from the van that took him to Grand Central station from Tombs prison with so brisk step that he literally dragged along the Negro. Robert Aston, who had been convicted of assault. Allen Cain, an extortioner, was hand cuffed to Alston's other wrist.
 A crowd of more than 5000 damned in and about the terminal, hoping to see the financier board train for the hours ride to the "big house.. He. and five other convicts in the group were taken into the station through a side entrance, however.
 Similarly 8 crowd of hundreds
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
On Original List,
 Claims City Clerk John FltzmQurice
Reporters Learn This for First Time Today-City Records Show It to Be Irue-Lieut John Crane
 Was on Truck }, East Main Street

Last weeks drastic shake-up in the Fire Department to the fore again today when it was learned that
 lieutenant previously mentioned has also been retired Lieutenant John Crane of Truck g. at East Main and Orange streets has also been placed on the retired st in addition to other fremen All the rerements are effective May l. This surprise development will doubt cause renewal the controversy which followed the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12

Inquiry of the Waterbury extraordinary grand jury evidently came nearer to prominent local officials to- day as Attorney Henry w. Minor, who has been closely affiliated with the adminis- tration for numerous years, was called as a witness. Other witnesses of the morn- ing session included Simon J. Alderman, of the auditing firm Alderman and Shepatin of New Haven and William J. Arm- strong, personal aide to Controller Sherwood L. Rowland. The jury today embarked on the sixth week of its investigation.
 MT. Minor is directly connected with several phases of local business and administration. He is chairman of the Board of Police Commis- sioners; past chairman and present member of the Board of Fire Com misSioners; and is generally con- sidered as being very close to Mayor Hayes.
 In Ginger Ale Company
 He is assistant treasurer of the
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TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, April 12 UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through April 9th, compared with year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $5,S91 ,S20,07S.2S $5,7S0,614,02O.7
 Receipts s4,9OS, S,3477O4.73 s3,SS4,247,S03.9
 Gross Deficit s9SS, S,472S7S.55 $1,S96,s6G,2tG.73
 Net Deficit $92G, ,22S.55 sl.s16,s45,o16,7s
 Cash Balance $1,S30,505,35S 10
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
Chairman of Police Board, Present Member of Fire
 Commissioners COPPETTO RELATIVES
 WERE QUESTIONED
Representative of Auditing Firm and Wm. J. Arm=
 strong Also Witnesses

Rocco Diorio, proprietor of Waverly Inn at Cheshire. and an influential figure in local politics was served with summons tO ap- pear before the grand jury at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12
The Weather

Mostly Cloudy Tonight; Colder on Wednesday
 Full Weather Report Page 5.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-16

IT was curate in a London
parish"
And you came straight to this
village from that work ?"
mo. I had -. nervous break
down. The work in London -. I
was an invalid for time"
would you mind telling us the
nature of your illness!
The vicar gaped blankly at him.
cit it was nothing very seri-
Gus. T was subject to certain de-
lusions. AS a matter of fact
he made the announcement very
solemnly-"I thought I was
Queen Victoria. For several
months I spoke exclusively in the
first person plural and had an ur,-
fortunate habit of draping q scarf
about my head in the form of a
widows coiffe. But that is all
over, L am glad to say. I recov-
cred completely seven years ago.
and have never been revisited by
the malady."
Certainly, if we were waiting
merely for the unexpected. Mr..
Rider was no disappointment. It
had needed man with the insight
and imagination of Mgr. Smith,
however, to discover that he had
been something more than eccen-
trio, though as I looked at him
now, with his white cheeks tear
stained and his eyes glazed by a
look of absence, I knew that I
ought to have guessed it long ago.
M. Picon, who had seemed at a
loss during the wears more hys-
terical moments, now returned to
the practical issue. "Since you
were In the orchard, mSieu. he
said politely, "you saw no window
of the house?"
mo"
mot at all? During all the
time that you were out there 2"
mo-"
"You could not say whether any
window in the front Of the house
was illuminated 2"
mo-"
I wished that M. Picon would
leave him alone. I was sure that
the poor fellow was again going
to break into those embarrassing
SobS.
where precisement stood you
when you heard the scream?"
I was right. Instead Of an
swering, the vicar once more COW
cred his face. ooh leave me alone
now" he said. "I have done
wrong. But who hasn't? Which
of you is guiltless? And the
wrong I have done has nothing
whatever to do with you. Moth
ing whatever. There is nothing
more I can tell you which will
help you to find the murderer. So
leave me alone. :. ="
He stood up rather unsteadily,
and made for the door. I saw the
Investigators exchange unwilling
glances.
81 consider that man Nosey
Parker of most unpleasant
kind" commented Sam Williams,
when the door had closed behind
Mr.. Rider.
"But let me remind YOU" said
Mgr. Smith, that there have been
Parkers less sane and more sin
lister than the proverbial Nosey.
There was a Thomas Parker, who
was a lord chancellor Of England
and a pilferer, and a Mathew
Parker, who was an Archbishop of
Canterbury, and Protestant"
EXACTLY. Well, we've heard all
these ladies and gentlemen, and
personally I'm for spot Of shut
eye" said Lord Simon.
I was astounded, and disap-
pointed at this announcement. I
had never doubted, while the
cross-examination had gone on,
but that the Investigators would
have completed their theory by
the end of it. and that we should