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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

ney William B. Fitzgerald of Water bury attended the session.
 Communication of sentence, from a minimum of seven to six years was granted in the case of Soter Peters, Negro, of Bethany, who was convicted in New Haven April 6, 1884, on a charge of robbery with violence. His father, Il years of age, pleaded for him.
 Louis N. Leopold and William Easley, sentenced to life from the Waterbury court, made personal pleas for pardons. Leopold was sen- fenced in 1928, after an incendiary fire on Baldwin street, which caused the death of two children. Easley was sentenced in 1918 for the sec ord degree murder of his wife.
 Melvin Farmer of Naugatuck, serving to 12 years on statutory count, withdrew his plea. Archilles Alpi, serving time for holdup of crap game, also withdrew.
 Had the board denied the Ramos pardon, federal agents would have lllilACNloOCly LldOC dll dIlS SClllCliVo tO deport him.
 Server 19 Years
 Wethersfield, May 3-(UP)-Mate Mrakovich, 61, Union, who served 19 years of a life sentence for the murder of a neighbor, was freed from states prison today on a condi- tional pardon.
 He was the only long-term prison CT to be granted clemency by the board of pardons as it concluded its semi-annual session late last night.
 Markovich killed Louis E. Wells, at whose house his wife, Pauline, sought refuge after being driven from her home. Wells was shot as he sat by the roadside talking with friends and members of his family.
 The one to two years sentences imposed on three truck drivers con- victed of conspiracy in the Hartford truck strike last year, were reduced to seven and one-half months. John tian Churches, Beloit, Wisconsin, June 15-22, 1938-Rev. William F. Frazier, D. D. Executive Vice-Pres- ident, Congregational Home Boards, New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

three weeks at the Mattatuck His torical society.
 Second prize went to Stanton Webster for his landscape work, Cornwall Hills" Conrad CarlSrud won third place for a landscape called Norway"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
"DOUBLE SURPRISE"
 WINS FIRST PRIZE

Double Surprise" painting by George H. Woods, won first prize at the exhibition of paintings by Wa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
DENTAL SOCIETY HOLDS ELECTION
Dr. Gibson Succeeds Dr. Shanahan as President
 of Local Chapter

The annual meeting of the Water bury Dental Society was held last night at The Elton. Dr. George C.. Gibson was elected president, to succeed Dr. Daniel F. Shanahan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

Three miles of Edinburgh's sea front on Scotland's Firth of Forth will be "blackened out" for an air raid rehearsal,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

Those in charge of residential schools in London are to be trained how to act in case of gas raids.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

tian Churches, Beloit, Wisconsin June 15-22, 1938-Rev. William F. Frazier, D. D. Executive Vice-Pres- ident, Congregational Home Boards, New York.
 Opportunity for questions.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
ASYLUM AIDE ..
GUILTY IN DEATH

TOWSON, Md, Oct. 22.-One
of three Spring Grove State Hos
pital attendants charged with the
Staying of a patient was found
guilty of manslaughter and the
other two were acquitted by a
verdict of the Circuit Court here
late yesterday.
Elmer A. Loveridge, convicted
Of having caused the death of
Henry Baumgartner, was given a
one-year suspended sentence in the
Maryland House of Correction.
Oliver G Corkran and Donald
w. Walters, accused with Love
ridge, were found not guilty.
Loveridge wept as he arose to
hear the sentence imposed by
Chief Judge T. Scott Offut, sitting
with Judges c. Gus Grason and
William H. Lawrence.
In announcing the courts de-
cision, Judge Offut said the court
was convinced no homicide was
intended, but added that Loveridge
had used "too much force in sub
DUNG the patient"
Baumgartner died last July from
the result of an intestinal rupture,
which, physicians said, was caused
by blows on the abdomen.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22

ter, dated September ID, said in
part:
"I have no possessions to leave
to anyone. / would appreciate
your keeping this letter on file
in case anything happen to me.
please give Marjorie any of
my possessions she desires"
Marjorie is the second of Mrs.
Hale's sisters, Mrs. Marjorie
Weeks.
This letter will be used by her
attorney as a will, as Mrs. Hale
left no formal document.
THE THIRD NOTE
A third note, found in her
apartment, said she wished to
leave other Of her possessions to
her sister, Betty.
The notation "fell or jumped
still stood on the police records
today but the medical examiners
office, in view of the letters and
other circumstances which were
not revealed. said there was no
doubt that Mrs. Hale took her life.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
OWNERS LISTED
ORGANIZE
Group of Wholesalers
In Association

A group of wholesale meat,
poultry and fish dealers have
formed an organization to be af-
filiated with the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, it was
announced today.
The following firms are among
the charter members: Carter-Lan-
hardt, R. w. Claxton, Incorpo-
rated, District Hotel Supply Com
pany, D. M. Faunce Company,
Faunce & Brooke Compa
Joseph P. Gamble, Hickman Com
pany, Incorporated, William F.
Hugh & Co., A. D. Leffler,
jr., Incorporated, National Hotel
Supply Company, Incorporated,
Potomac Fish Company, Incorpo-
rated, Gale E. Pugh & Co.,
In corporal ted, Quality Sea.
foods, Incorporated, M. ano D.
Troshinsky and the Washington
Beef and Provision Company, In
corpOrated,
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Judge Fines,
Tells Whu

Before filming William H. Coach
man, 80, Of the 900 block West
minister st. N. w., SIS yesterday
for failing to yield the right Of
way to a pedestrian, Police Judge
Hobart Newman defined the Of
tense for him.
IF a man leaps as if he we're
stuck with a hat-pin, or falls back
as if he were struck in the jaw,
I think that the motorist has
failed to observe the right of way
granted to the lowly pedestrian, !"
he said.
"The testimony shows you were
arrested after a boy was forced
to leap to keep from being struck
by your car"
The Washington times., 1938-10-22

perpetrated in a moment Of "emo-
tional insanity" brought on by a
callouS wife who deserted a per-
feet husband for a perfect lover.
The jury, however, comprised Of
eleven husbands and a lone bache-
lor, apparently discarded the legal
istic pleas as secondary in impor.
tance to the unwritten law.
Jury Foreman Russell Hornberg,
IS, an office clerk, told reporters
taat the first ballot showed every
juryman favoring acquittal.
Announcement Of the verdict
was the signal for a wild victory
celebration in the courtroom by q
capacity crowd whose sympathies
had been with Sikora from the
first. The case was given to the
jury at 7::30 last night, and the
verdict revealed two hours later.
Sikora himself was perhaps the
least emotional-to outward ap-
pearances-of all in the court
room. His sole comment on the
verdict was a relieved:
"It'S SWELL"
Wide interest in the trial de-
Veloped from its highly dramatic
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
'CAPONE EEX-AIDE
SLAIN BY GANG

CHICAGO, Oct. % Q.N.S0
Bert Delaney, 81, former Capone
henchman, former labor muscle.
man." former bartender, died IN
typical gangland fashion here
late last night when an unidenti.
fled gunman pumped six bullets
into his back and fled in an auto
driven by another man.
Police said the Staying might
have some connection with the
shooting last week of two men be-
lieved to have been attacked in
the warfare for control of the
Tunnel Workers Union. This
union has become suddenly i'm
portant in the local labor picture
with the recent PWA allotment
to Chicago Of $1S,000,000 for a
subway.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22

her happy.
Mrs. Sikora told how she had
finally worked up enough courage
to tell Sikora of her love for
Solomon; how she had left home
and lived in the apartment OF a
girl friend, and how, although her
husband pleaded with her to re
turn, she denied his pleas and
continued her idyllic affair with
the man she loved.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
HOUSING
DEVELOP
IN VA.
Will Be Similar to Two
VILLAGE" Projects

ARLINGTON, Va, Oct. %.
Two more large scale housing de-
velopments, costing more than
$40. 900, are planned for Arlington
county, it was learned today.
The developments, which will be
somewhat similar to the Bucking-
ham and Colonial Village projects,
are proposed for the south side OF
Columbia pike, east Of Edgewood
Street, and on North Washington
Boulevard, a mile west Of Glebe
Road.
REZONING REQUESTS
Requests for rezoning both
tracts of land from a residential
"a" to "B" classification will be
before the Arlington zoning board
at its meeting at 2 p. m. Wednes-
day in the court house. Final ap-
proval of the proposed rezoning
must be given by the Arlington
county board at it's meeting next
Saturday before the projects can
be started.
Gustave Ring, builder of Co.
lonial Village, will develop the Co
lumbia pike project; and Mace
Properties, Inc, will handle the
North Washington Boulevard de-
velopment, which will cover 100
acres
OWNERS LISTED
The request for the Columbia
pike rezoning is being made by
Calvin Haley, Howard R. Lady
and B. M. Smith, owners, and H.
B. Terrett, trustee. James Keith
and William Stone, trustees and
owners, are asking for the boule-
ward zone change.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Doris Kenyon Will
Be Wed Next Week

NEW YORK, Oct. % GN.sO.
Albert D. Lasker, advertising ex-
ecutive, and Doris Kenyon. film
star, will be married some time
next week according to intimates
Of the cnnnIe
The Washington times., 1938-10-22

Excerpts from
these letters, the
first dated Sep
tember IA, indi-
Gated that Mrs.
Hale, reported
last spring to
be engaged to
Harry L. Hop
kins, WPA ad-
m inis ira t or
reached the con-
C sion that
death was her
only escape from
the heartbreaks
Of her life.
AS her father,
James P. Dono-
van, a real eS-
tate man of Pitst-
burgh, and her
sister, Betty, ar
rived today to
make the funeral
a ira n gen1ents,
portions Of Mrs.
Hale'S last letters
were made pub
lie.
Two Of them
were written in
her apartment
on the 10th floor
Of H am p shire
House, $50 Cen
tral Park South,
in the S m all
hours Of yester-
day before she
plunged TO ner
death. One ad-
dressed to her at
torney, John H.
Vincent. said.
81 want my
body cremated
and the ashes
sent to New
port and placed
alongside those
Of Gardner"
sShe was re-
ferring to the
great love Of
her life. Gardner
Hale, the famous
fresco and mural
painter, who was
her second hus-
band. He W a s
killed in Decen-
Der, 1881, when
his auto plunged
over a precipice
near Santa Ma
ria, Cal.
Tho SaCond 1ef.
The Washington times., 1938-10-22

highly dramatic
aspects. Testi-
m IN y Of Mrs.
s Sikora, tn e
wife, was op-
posed to that
Of Mrs. Eliza
beth Boehn1e,
t h e mother-in.
law, who casti-
g a t e d h e r
daughter IN Bit
ter terms as an
ungrateful and
cruel wife who
deserted a fine
h o m e and a
dutiful, loving
husband, for a
c a; r e I r e e g,
smooth talking
Lothario.
The wife, tes-
tifying for t h e
State, pictured
her life with
s TX ora as a
dull, loveless
o ne, although
S h e admitted
Sikora was a
perfect h u s
band" W h 0
went so far as
to wash dishes
and do other
h O u S e h o Id
work to keep
The Washington times., 1938-10-22

1hich considered
the American
home" the most
important issue
in the case was
receiving con-
gratulations To-
day on its swift
acquittal Of 81
year-old r u
dolph Sikora,
who had faced
death in the
electric chair
for the murder
of his wife'S ad.
naitted S W e e t.
heart.
Sikora's trial
lasedt four days
and furnished
sensation after
sensation, In
cluding the tes-
timony Of his
wife for t h e
prosecution. He
was accused Of
the deliberate"
shooting last Au-
gust % Of Ed
ward Solomon,
35-year-old &C
countant.
The defense
denied the kill
ing was delib-
crate, but al
lAnnA IL nrnS
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Death Plunge Brought
Dorothy Hale Escape
From Her. HeGzTfLDH'eGvIsS

YORK. (INS-Letters Dorothy
disclosed
social
brOOding a
The Washington times., 1938-10-22
Eternal Triangle:
JU RORS FREE.
PERFECT MATE.
IN LOVE SLAYING
AlI-MaIe Panel UphoIds
'SanCtity of Home
Eternal Triangle:

CHICAGO, Oct. 22 d.N.S0.
An all-male jury which considered
"the sanctity of the American
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-06-17

Rev. Charles w. WEIGH of Louis
vile, KY, elected moderator of the
Presbyterian church in the United
States at it's general assembly in
Philadelphia. Election of DIR. WEIGH.
first southerner to be selected for
the post in 46 years, was calculated
toward healing the 75-year schism
in American Presbyterianism. He
came out for church unity after his
election, calling for immediate ac-
ton in that direction.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-06-17

Floyd Roberts of Van Mugs, Calf,
is shown after winning the 50O-mile
indianapolis motor speedway race.
Roberts finished about five miles
ahead of Wilbur Shaw, winner of
the 1897 classic. Driving stream
lined, all-aluminum Miller-built car,
he established the remarkable av-
erage of 117.2 miles an hour, smash
ing the record of 1883 hung up by
Shaw last year. Roberts drove the
entire distance without relief and
made only one 30-second stop.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-06-17

One of the standout players among
the first-year men in the big leagues
is Johnny Rizzo, hard-hitting Pitts
burgh Pirate Outfielder. RizzO has
contributed home run punch to
the Pirates attack this year and
is compared by some baseball men
to Joe Medwick of the st. Louis
Cardinals.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-06-17

Marian Richardson welve-yead Elisabeth Ind farm girl
the fourteenth annual National Spelling
She defeated Jean Pierce Buffalo,
word pronuncian correctly
checked the spelling the
after the contest
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-06-17

feet inches set meet
the womn event London England recently
attempt which the Uni
Athletic annual athletic championships at Hot
park
Evening star., 1938-11-15
THIRD REPORT OF COMMUNITY CHEST CAMPAGNERS

AREA 6-Southwest
Chairman HARRY wENDER; Secretary MISS MYRTLE COHEN.
No. Amount % Of
Quote. Plsdsss. Pledged. Quote.
SOUTHWEST DIvIsION-Sponsor X Nye House xroup
Team 61l-Capan Miss Rena Sperling;
Co-captain, Miss Lewis 81 a1o0O0 ~ An
Team 612-Captan, C. S. Walker "
captain,
Team 6l3-Capan ~
5o
AoCais' DIVISION 1--- $333300 10
1otais' Area 0- $3333Oo 10 $lee70o 5000
Evening star., 1938-11-15

TO- 70
Quote. Pledges Pledged Quote
CHEVY CHASE DIVISIONSponor Episcopal Home
Chairman, Copeland r..
Team 261-Capan K.
Newcomer; Co-captain,
Archie 1. $2586OO
Team 262-Capan /.
L.
Team 263-Capan
Bennett
Lawrence Sullivan 489O0 10
Totals Area 2- s28ooloo 551 s1132o1e 4o4o
Evening star., 1938-12-16
British Premier
Expected 10 Offer
Du(e SomaIiIand
French Would Be Forced
To Act Similarly, I
Pertinux Believes
By PERTINAX.

PARIS, Dec. 16 (NANA).-1n
Rome on January 10 Prime Minister
Chamberlain of England intends not
merely to exchange views with Pre-
mier Mussolini of Italy about the
present trend of international af-
fairs, but to start a definite negoti-
alton.
When he concluded with Italy last
April the treaty which was put into
force the middle of November Mr..
Chamberlain practically promised
Mussolini that the British govern
ment would not interfere in any
way with Gen. Frances victory in
Spain, which then seemed to be q
matter of q few weeks. Such was
his main contribution to the agree
ment. The Spanish republicans
have managed to put full stop to
the execution Of that clause, i'm
piled in the arrangement. and now
Mussolini continuously insists that
Mr.. Chamberlain, In order to re-
deem his word, ought to go q step
further than eight months ago and
agree to recognize the Spanish ma
tionalist rights of belligerency,
which might settle the fate of the
Barcelona republic.
I do not know how the British
Prime Minister is going to deal with
that problem. but have been ac-
quainted with a plan which has
taken concrete shape in his mind
for the purpose of disposing once
for all $50 he believes) of the
Fascist threat to Frances Mediter-
ranean and African empire, partic-
ularly in Tunis.
WIN Offer Somaiiland.
First, Mr.. Chamberlain will pro-
pose to Mussolini that British
Somaliland be transferred to Italian
sovereignty. Second, he does not
doubt that, Britain having made
such generous offer, France would
ICna CuANfpEDT AIM poro A2l
Evening star., 1938-12-16

1t is my hope that epery one
in Washington aDill respond
generously to the appeal OF The
Star Warner Bros. N. B. C.
Christmas Gift Campaign and
the 18th annual Christmas
party OF the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department, so that no
person no father, mother,
child or lonely oldster-auill be
forgotten at Christmas time.
The District government is
happy to lend its aid to this
noble undertaking to make
Christmas really merry for all.
The need for assistance in
thousands of homes is brought
to my attention all through the
year by officials OF the Board
OF Public Welfare, and / an,
delighted that The Star. the
police, the Parent-Tedcher As
sociation, Warner Bros, N. B.
c. and the other groups are CO.
operating to supply the untor-
tunate soith food, clothing and
gifts.
The campaign has my 10hole-
hearted Endorsement.
MELVIN c. HAZEN,
President Board OF Com
missioners of the District
OF Columbia.
Evening star., 1938-12-16
Noted Stars Featured in Ball
To Aid Christmas Drive Tonight
Toy Motnees Open at II Warner Bros.
Theuters Here Tomorrow Morning

The show supreme, with stars
from Hollywood, Broadway, WASH
ington and the North Pole. an en-
tertainment feast fit for kings, will
be unfolded tonight at the Shore
ham Hotel Toy Ball for the benefit
of the Christmas Campaign of The
Star. Warner Bros. and the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co.
The star from the North Pole
is Santa Claus himself. An airplane
carrying the old fountain of good
cheer will roar out of the sky and
land in Washington Airport at $50
pm. after nonstop speedy flight
from the land of eternal night far
to the north.
Santa is ready to give a big
greeting to the hundreds of children
who probably will be at the port
to see him arrive on his American
Airlines plane. Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent Of police,
will greet him, and tens of uni
formed policemen will be on hand
to act as his escorts. With Maj.
Brown he will hurry to the Shore
ham behind police motor cycle
escort in a limousine especially
provided for the occasion by the
Packard Washington Motor Car Co.,
Of which Oscar Coolican is presi-
dent. The, car will be guided to
the Shoreham by a. giant Coast
Artillery searchlight. provided by
the District National Guard.
Ball Begins at 9 PM.
The Shoreham Toy Ball, by now
an institution in the history of
Capital generosity, will begin in the
hotel Blue Room at 9 pm. and con-
tinue with exciting swiftness until
1880 am. The cover charge is a
new toy, for the purpose Of the ball
is to make you realize that you are
Santa Claus, to keep you from ever
forgetting the sad fact that:
Thousands of fathers, mothers
and children in Washington are so
down on their luck financially that
without your help they won't know
any Christmas; without your help,
(see YULE CAMPAIGN. Page A-4J
Evening star., 1938-12-16
Glass Concern Made
67.7 Per Cent on
Operating Capital
Monopoly Committee
Told of Hortford's
Big 1887 Return
By JOHN C. HENRY.

The Hartford Empire Co., nucleus
of the small group of companies
which dominate the glass container
industry and front" for the inten-
sive and persistent patent litigation
policy by which this conurol is main
tanned, had return of 67.7 per cent
on its investment employed in oper-
ations in 1887, it was disclosed today
before the Monopoly Committee.
Return on total investment, which
includes more than 100000 in
marketable securities held by the
company" amounted to 35.43 per
cent in the same year.
For rs years ended in 1887 the
company had an average return of
9.99 per cent on OPERATIONS invest
ment and 892 per cent on total in
vestment.
Return on Investment.
In reaching the fantastic per-
centages Of 1887 the company's re-
turn ranged as follows:
Evening star., 1938-12-16
'Coster' and Dietrich
Birth Certificates in
District Files
Vital Clues Are Found,
Based on Statements
Of New York Woman

The District birth certificate files
today revealed vital clues to the
past of 'F. Donald Coster," believed
to be masquerading ex-convict
and sWindler, who killed himself this
morning, and at least one of his as
sociates in a $87,OOO,O0O drug firm.
1t was learned that on the same
day in 1885 that a birth certificate
was filed here for Coster, the same
midwife also filed a certificate for
George Edmund Dietrich and his
brother, Robert Joseph Dietrich.
One OF Coster's associates under ar
rest Is George Dietrich.
The certificates were issued on
the statements of adele Virnard,"
who listed herself as a midwife
In attendance at the births of Co.'S
ter and the Dietrich brothers, and
gave her address as 1840 Grand
Concourse, New York City. The
woman either wrote or appeared in
person at the Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics on August Z, 1885,
House Since Demolished.
Clerks said it was most unusual"
that certificates should be listed so
many years after birth. Coster was
supposed to have been born May IL.
1884, at 125 A street NE, a house
since demolished to make way for
the new Supreme Court Building,
and the Dietrich brothers on Febru-
ary %, 1894, at No. 18 D street Sc.
None of the births were listed at
the time, although the District law
then required physicians or mid
wives to report births at which they
assisted within 10 days. The mid
wife" who listed the births in 1885
did not appear on the early registry
list for midwives, nurses and doc
tors, it was said.
The certificate reports that Coster
was the son of Anthony Coster, born
in Baltimore, and Marie Girard
Coster, also Of Baltimore. Dietrich.
it was said, was the son of George
Dietrich, a native of New York City,
and Alice Miller Dietrich, born in
Boston
Certificate for Brother.
At the same time the midwife"
filed a certificate for George Diet
rich's brother, Robert Joseph Diet
rich, born on March 18, 1900. at the
D street address.
Neighbors of the D street home
recalled today that Dietrich family
lived there many years ago, but said
they believed the family had left
town.
Birth certificates here can be filed
on the basis of information delivered
by mail or in person, but their legal
standing, it was said, depends on
what proof can be offered to sub
stantiate them.
Evening star., 1938-12-16
WhittoII Concert
On WMAL

A portion of the chamber
music concert at the Library
of Congress tomorrow after
noon will be broadcast from
5 to $50 pm. over Station
WMAL.
The Gordon String Quartet
will play Brahms Quintet in
F Major, op. 49,"
The present series of con-
certs is sponsored by the Ger
trude Clarke Whittall Founda-
ton in the Library of Con-
gress. The broadcasts are
presented through the CO.
operation of The Star and the
National Broadcasting Co.
Announcements of future pro-
grams and concerts will be
printed in The Star.