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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
BROWN HELD FOR TO KILL
East Hawkins Street Resi- dent Has Admitted He
 Shot Dorothy Barnett

Theodore Brown, 24, colored, of 50 East Hawkins street, was ordered held under bonds of $2,000 for a hearing Friday when arraigned in city court today on a charge of as- sault with intent to kill. Brown, according to police, confessed that he fired a revolver shot that last night wounded Mrsg Dorothy Bar nett, 24, colored, of 2l Judd street.
 The woman suffered only flesh wound in the arm. She Is patient at Waterbury Hospital.
 PatrOlman Berry There
 Patrolman Peter Berry arrived at the Barnett home after the shoot- ing and notified headquarters, While Driver Thomas Grady was taking the woman to the hospital, Sergts. Charles McWeeney and Motor Pa trolman John Deeley and John Walsh began search for Brown, who had disappeared.
 The motor patrolmen captured Brown on Lafayette street. Quest toned by Detective-Lieutenant John Calvin and Lieutenant Ernest Pa kul, he admitted that he had thrown away the gun and bullets on South Riverside street. The weapon and bullets were recovered.
 The shooting is said to have fol- lowed a quarrel in the parlor of the Barnett home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
POPE STRIKES AT
 'NATI0NALISM'
Causes Surprise in Rome By Criticising Latest
 Plan of MussOlini
BY RALPH FORTE
United Press Staff Correspondent

(Unitcd Press Stan Correspondent
 Rome, Aug. 22-UP)-Pope Plus renewed criticism of exaggerated forms of nationalism, only day after settlement of a dispute be- tween the Catholic action organiza- ton and the Fascist party, caused surprise today.
 Leaving the summer Vatican at Castel Gandolfo yesterday, the Pope went to the College for Propagation of the Faith next door and address ed group of missionary students.
 He warned of the "curse" of ex- aggerated nationalism and again referred to his previous statements in which he condemned Italy's unhappy imitation" of Germanys anti-Semitic politics.
 Minimize Importance
 Vatican officials endeavored to minimize the importance of his speech. They pointed to the fact that he was addressing the stu dents and that the record of the col lege, Mgr. Lorendo Balconi spoke on the theme "Nationalism and Missions" They said that the Pope, informed of the monsignor's lecture, suddenly decided to pay a personal visit to the college and say a few words on the subject himself
 The Pontiff's tone appeared more moderate than on previous occa- sionS before the Catholic action, lay organization in charge of youth reached an agreement with the Fascist party reaffirming the September, 193l accord and prohibiting Catholic action from in- terfering with the Italian racial program.
 He said he had already discussed extreme nationalism in a manner which might have appeared "too sad and severe"
 Exaggerated Nationalism
 Our advice to you" he said, lis
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
PECULIAR DEATH
 WILL BE DECIDED

Raleigh, N. C., Aug 22-(UP)- An autopsy was performed today to determine whether w. c. O'Connell, 6l, a carpenter, had driven a chisel four inches into his own skull, or whether he had been murdered.
 His body was found in his work shop. The chisel, one and one-half inches wide, had been pounded through the bald spot on top of his head with 8 hatchet. Both instru- ments were his tools. There were TO signs of a struggle; no apparent motive for murder and no finger prints on the chisel or hatchet.
 But Dr. F. R. Marlborough said: "The amount of pressure necessary to drive the blade at one blow through the thick skull would have been more than O'Connell could have mustered with no more lev- craze than obtained by holding hatchet far enough over his head to strike the chisel He would have been unconscious after the first blow" It was believed that the autopsy might show how many blows were struck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
Violent Deaths Ouer Week End h Conn, New England

in a fall at her home.
 George Demasshi, 45, Hartford was killed instantly when he fell from a third floor back porch.
 Rest Of New England
 Boston, Aug. 22-(UP)-Twenty persons died violently in New Eng land during the weekend as mil- lions thronged highways and beach, es for relief from the scorchine sun. Yesterdays drowning victims were:
 Lewis Barlik, 50, Central Falls, R. l., in New River, Cumberland, R. l.. both at Oakland Beach, R. I. Edward Perreault, 18, Holyoke in canal near his home.
 Francis Sherman, 18, Fall River in Taunton River at Somerset.
 Valliere Chase, q, Bidgeford, Me. at Kennebunk pond.
 Highway victims were:
 Edward B. Brasil, 20, Belmont. in Duxbury when his car struck a tree.
 John Meany, 78. Boston, crossing a street near his home.
 William O'Neil, 66, Boston, while on duty as tender at L-strect bridge, when struck by car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
(By United Pressl

Violent deaths claimed the lives Of nine persons in Connecticut over the weekend.
 Three persons died of gas poison ing, two were drowned, two were killed my automobiles, and two oth- CTS died as result of falls.
 Hugh Kelleher, g, Otto E. Paul, 4l, and Mrs. Concord Kane, 32, all of New Britain, died accidentally of gas poisoning following what po- lice said was drinking party in a small basement room.
 Three-year-old Rachel Schofield, Bethel, was drowned when she fell into brook near her home.
 Harry H. Carter. 34, Naugatuck, drowned when his rowboat capsized at Lake Zoar, Southbury.
 Edward c. Jackson, 84, West Ha- ven, died of injuries suffered in a Morris automobile accident.
 Mrs. Sarah Burak, 40, Fitchburg, Mass, was killed instantly when the car in which she was riding left the road at Talcottville and crashed into tree.
 Mrs. Anna Rankvotch, 46, Wind sor Locks, died of injuries suffered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
American Gunboat To BreakJapanBlockade
Oahu Has Steamed Up Yangtse River Despite Orders From Japanese Navy That All Foreign Vessels
 Must Keep Away
BY ROBERT BELLAIRE United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Shanghai, August 22-UP) - The United States Gunboat Oahu steam- ed up the Yangtse river for an un- announced destination today as American and other foreign officials deliberated whether to try to break a Japanese blockade of the great water highway. The. Japanese block ade has been maintained against foreign vessels on the grounds that the China war made the river un- safe, but Japanese vessels have moved freely up and down.
 The United States naval com mander in the Far East, Admiral Harry E. Yarnell. recently was re- fused permission for the Oahu to go to the relief of the U. S. s. Monocacy, which has been isolated in the Kiukiang sector and is short of fuel. The Monocacy also was re- fused permission to come down. steam. Whether the American de- eide to try to break the blockade may depend on the Oahu's trip.
 State Dept. Learns It
 It was reported that American naval authorities here had favored strong action in face of the Japa- nese refusal, and considered the situation sufficiently serious to refer 1t to the state department at Wash ington. A decision which might in volve S serious diplomatic situation has been deferred only because the has fuel and provisions sufficient to permit 1t to remain at for short time, 1t was Diplomatic quarters predicted freely that before long there might be the most important show down of the Chinese war be- tween the Japanese and American governments.
 Japan To Hold Blockade
 In fact, unofficial speculation had reached such an advanced stage here that Japanese naval spokes- man was asked whether Japan would resort to force to prevent penetration of the blockade by a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
King Carl HubbelI Has Bone Re,noved

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 22- (UP)-A loose bone chip that has handicapped the pitching of Carl Hubbell was removed from the elbow of the New York Giant hurler's left arm today. Dr. J. Spencer Speed, bone specialist who performed the operation, said it would end the pain which HubbelI has suffered during games he pitched duing the past two months. Dr. Speed refused to speculate on whether HubbeII would be able to pitch again this season.
 Hubbell had been bothered by a sharp pain in the elbow of his pitching arm for several weeks but he did not mention 1t to Manager Bill Terry until he was driven from the box by the Brooklyn Dodgers at the Polo Grounds last Thursday. Terry ordered HubbelI to come here for an examination. Hub bell had won 13 games and lost 10 this season. During his II seasons with the Giants he has won 205 games.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
SUBWAY TRAINS
 HAD COLLISION
One Crashed Into Rear of AnOther-Three Killed,
 Several Injured

New York, Aug. 22.-UP).-A woman frantically trying to wrest her hand loose from a subway car door set of chain of events today that led to subway wreck with a loss of at least three lives and the injury of approximately 30 other passengers on two trains.
 The struggles of the woman, caught when she tried to force her way through the closing doors, were noticed by the conductor just as the train was about to pull out of the 18th street and Lexington avenue station of the Interborough Rapid Transit line. The conductor pulled the stop cord to the motorman's cab. Then passenger jerked the emer- gency cord bringing the train up sharply. At that moment second local was coasting into the station on scheduled stop. The motorman of the second train had no time to apply his brakes effectively and his car telescoped into the last car of the stalled train, causing an ex- plosion and fire.
 A white man and negro were killed in the crash. The motorman of the seccnd train. Salvatore Cota, was pinned in his cab and had to be cut out by acetylene torches. He was taken to hos pital unconscious and in a critical condition and died shortly after wards. His leg had to be amputated before he could be freed from the Wreckage.
 The most seriously injured of the passenger suffered a broken leg al- though two priests administered the last rites to others who seemed to be madly hurt.
 Many of the injured were bruised In the wild stampede of passengers that followed the crash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
Neither Chairman Smith Nor John H. Crary Have
 Yielded in Contention
TOWN COMMITTEE IS
 CLAIMING BAD FAITH
Senator Culhane Accused By Crary Faction of
 Loading Some Lists

With g o'clock tonight the deadline for filing of lists of delegates harmony within the Democratic Party was still at a standstill at noon today. Neither the Democratic Town Committee, through Chair man John H. Crary, was pre- pared to yield nor was the Democratic Voters Commit tee, as represented by State Chairman J. Francis Smith.
 The situation remained much as 1t was Saturday when the Town Committee, following a Friday night meeting, rejected the proposed list of delegates as submitted by the Democratic Voters Committee and claimed by this harmony group as representatives of all groups and not SubServient to any.
 This morning, however, the Town Committee claimed breach of faith in hhe makeup of this list of dele- gates and pointed out what 1t main tained were obvious efforts to Toad" certain conventions. This was particularly true, maintained the Town Committee, in the in- stance of the Probate convention, which 1t saw as directed" by Sena- tor George T. Culhane, who was among the Voters Committee dele- gates.
 Chairman Smith Emphatic
 Chairman Smith, on the other hand, maintained that the town committee was counting votes with out first checking on them. He maintained that the list of probate delegates was as free from fac- tional control as any of the other lists and he further stated that he had similar expression of opinion from a member of the ad- ministration who had seen the list.
 The list of delegates, submitted by the Smith committee to the town committee for the probate conven- tion, was sore point to the town committee. When members con- Sidered the list at the week end they found, as 1t was divulged today by a candidate for the office of probate judge, that the following known supporters of Senator Gull hane were led by Senator Culhane as delegates"
 Senator Cul1ane; Roger V. Con- nor president of the Independent Democratic club; Lester V. Loner- gan, active Independent Democrat;
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
Justice PecOra Orders the Name of Judge Capshaw
 Stricken Off Record
WEST INDIAN NEGRO
 HAD MADE CHARGES
Was Policy Banker" in 1931-FOrced to Turn
 Bank Over to Schultz
BY JOSEPH l.. MYLER United Press Staff Correspondent)

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, August 2O- (UP) - District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, entering the most critical phase of his fight in Supreme Court to prove that James J. Hines made a bargain with the late Dutch Schultz to protect the $100,000,000 Harlem policy racket, sought today to link the Tammany district leader direct ly to magistrates who freed lottery offenders arersted in police raids.
 He called back to the stand Alex ander Pompez, middle-aged West Indian negro policy banker who, in 1881 was forced to turn over con- trol of his bank to the Schultz gang Tor else"
 From Pompez he sought testimony supporting his charge that Hines, in return for salary of $500 to $1.000 a week, used his political influence to obtain dismissals of cases against policy employees.
 Bitter Over Loss
 Pompez, bitter over the loss of his policy business to "the combination, testified last week that Schultz lieu tenants repeatedly took money out of his bank for "the campaign" of 1885 in which William c. Dodge, with Hines support, was elected dis trict attorney. The biggest single touch" he said was $l0,000.
 He also testified that policy ar-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
Great Britain, France Are Turned Down By Franco
 on Foreign Volunteers
LOYALIST DESTROYER
 REFITTED IN FRANCE
Spanish Govt Is Claiming Victory at Front; Stories
 Indicate the Reverse
BY RICHARD D. MCMILLAN United Press Staff Correspondent)

BY RICHARD D. MCMILLAN United Press Staff Correspondent)
 London, Aug. 22.-UP)- Spain resumed it's place at the top of the diplomatic danger list today. Hope of removing foreign "volun- teers" from the civil war had all but vanished and it ap- peared that British and French relations with Italy were about to enter a period of serious tension.
 Analysis by the British and French foreign offices of a Spanish Ma tionalist note on the international plan to evacuate foreign troops from the war showed that the National ists had rejected almost all its pro- posals of any importance.
 This, apparently, meant the death Of the plan. But further, as seen in diplomatic quarters, 1t meant that
  the non-intervention nations now faced the problem of preventing period of open intervention in what is called "the little world war" and the consequent danger of gen. eral conflict.
 Even before the French foreign office had completed its study of the Nationalist note, the French Social ist and Communist parties, com- prising the greater part of Premier Edouard Daladier's Chamber of Deputies majority, clamored for the opening of the Spanish frontier so that the Loyalists could get arms through France.
 Any such move by the French government would cause a most seri- ous crisis in French Italian rela- tions.
 Even without the reopening of the frontier, the Italian friend-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
EX-CONVICTS GO
 TO PRISON AGAIN

Worcester. Mass, Aug. 22- CUP)- Raymond Patriarca, 30, of Provi- dence, R. l., and Worcester, and Benjamin P. Tilley, 28. of Boston were sentenced to to years each in state prison today after plead ing guilty to burglary charges.
 The defendants, both former con- victs, were captured last Feb. IT in the United Optical Company plant at Webster. The only state witness was Policeman Armand Touran- geau of Webster who apprehended the pair near sack of gold and silver in the plant office.
 They pleaded not guilty to pos- Sessing revolvers and burglary tools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
FORMER INSANE
 MAN SUICIDES

Worcester, Mass, Aug. 22-(UP) r- Using a doctors scalpel, Walter H. Rich, 84, a former state hospital in mate, committed suicide today by stabbing himself in the heart.
 His body was found in the closet of his rooming house bedroom Nearby was a note requesting that pictures of his wife and daughter both dead, he placed in his caske; A brother, Perley E. Rich of Proti. dence. R. l.. was notified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
PATR0LMAN HAS
 BECOME FAMOUS

Boston, Aug. 22.--(UP)-All was quiet at police headquarters, so Pa trolman Louis Pinkofski took off one shoe to case an aching corn.
 No sooner had he got his feet perched comfortable on the desk however, than an excited citizen popped in and reported that bandit was fleeing 'long Boylston street af- fer holding up several persons in the public garden.
 With one shoe off and one shoe on, Patrolman Pinkofski dashed out.
 At Clarendon and Boylston streets. he collided with the ban jit'-A peanut vendor running from police because he had no license. The vendors car overturned. spill Ing hot coals on the patrolman's s foot-the one without the shoA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
THREE ARE DEAD
 BY GAS POISON

New Britain. Conn, Aug. 22-C CUP) A disconnected gas fixture was blamed today for the deaths of two men and woman following what police said was drinking party in a small basement tenement.
 Acting medical examiner Dr Clifton M. Colley said the deaths of Hugh Kelleher. 32, Otto E. Paul, Al and Mrs. Concord Kane, g. all oi this city. were caused by accidental gas poisoning.
 The bodies were found by a frienc who want tn tsit Kpliahsr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
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Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. 22-(UP)- Paul Cornell, head of Romford school, Washington, Conn, and pub licity director for the Republican state central committee, has been selected as keynoter for the G. o. P. state convention September 15
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
Deadline For Filing Lists Nine O'Clock This Evening: No Compromise In Sight
Nineteen Republican Districts WiU Fight
An Attempt Will Be Made in Primary Battle Tuesday Night to Overthrow COP Organization Group
 for Ousting of Delegates

Contests in 19 Republican districts will face the cleo tors between the hours of and o'clock tomorrow night when Republican primaries based on an attempt to throw the organzatonpcked delegates to the several imminent conventions will be held Summary of the situa ton today develops the following considerations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Aug. 22 (UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Aug. 18th, compared with year ago: This YeRr Expenses Last Year $1, 223,5SS,3132 $l,101,275,157.2
 Receipts $751,3O5,78S.O
 Gross Deficit s5o0, 0,552,5S5.S4 s349, ,96s,369Is
 Net Deficit s349,93s.s1e.1S
 Cash Balance $G,2CC .22S, ,O67.IG S2,S41,24t.S19.G
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The Weather

Partly Cloudy Tonight;
 Fair On Tuesday. Full Weather Report Page 3
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Evening star., 1938-03-13
Zany Mood Stays With Us

Thrill of a Lifetime Girl" The title
Of the picture is-guess what-"Thrill
Of Lifetime" and it also has Ben
Blue, Eleanore Whitney (who better
not have dropped that final Z from
her first name, now that we remem-
Der to spell it that way), Johnny
Downs, Judy Canova, the Yacht Club
Boys and song by Dorothy Lamour.
The Palace will get its frivolity
from 'The Goldwyn Follies," slated
to follow Sonia Henie's Happy Land
Ing" 1t will get lot else, according
to advance reports, for Mr. Goldwyn's
musical has story involving Adolphe
Menjou and Andrea Leeds and such
other diversified items as superbly
graceful ballets by zorina and COM
edy in the Ritz brothers fashion.
The Metropolitan stays in the zany
mood. too, with Wide Open Faces"
title some one should have thought
OF before for Joe e. Brown picture.
This time Joe is a soda jerker who
Is an amateur detective and who gets
all mixed up with q lot of people who
think he knows where . lately shot
gangster has buried the loot. LYDIA
Robert, . comedienne of no little
skill, and Alison skipworth also are
in the cast.
And the Columbia gets = new COM
edy. It's title Is Love Is q Headache"
and don't say you're telling met"
It's all about an actress played by
Gladys George 70 role she ought to do
splendidly) and columnist played by
Franchot Tone. Between them 1t first
is war. then love and maybe its all
the same, 10 that's why Love Is q
Headache"
Evening star., 1938-03-13
. HE local cinema citadels still
refuse to take life seriously.
Both Of the two new pictures
II Whirh roroo IN ko,,y, Ia - s,,nnk

4 which came to town last week
-"Merrily We Live" at the Capitol
and "A Slight Case of Murder" at
the Earle-are films with considerable
madness in their makeup. And now
the advance reports are at hand and
bring the information that there's to
be no let-up.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
goes on at Keiths, of course. 1t has
broken every attendance record the
theater ever had and now has left
only one mark to shoot for-the
length of run record. Now in its nth
week. the Disney fantasy will have to
continue one more week and day to
equal the record stay of "Show Boat" I"
which was moored at Hardie Meakin's
wharf for six weeks and d day.
(There's a good opening for the crack
that Disney's next picture will be titled
Show Boat and the Seven Wharfs,"
but we're afraid to say it, Anyhow,
when Snow White" does leave, it
will be followed by the new Katharine
Hepburn-Nissa, the Leopard comedy,
Bringing Up Baby"
The Earle. far from going serious
on us, makes the announcement that
should start the line forming any
day now for Fridays first show. Tom
my Dorsey and his orchestra come to
the Earle stage Friday: Nothing more
need be said about that. The accom-
panying screen attraction will be the
musical comedy frivolity for which
Betty Cradle was named Paramount,a
Evening star., 1938-03-13
New Screen Play
By Gene Fowler.

CENE FOWLER, foremost member
of that clan of newspaper re-
porters who sprang from the rip
roaring days of journalism into in
ternational literary fame, has been
signed by David o. Selznick to write
the screen play for THE Earl of Chi
cago." based on the novel by Brock
Williams. The story concerns the
serio-comic adventures Of Chicago
personality who suddenly is plunged
into the midst of British aristocracy.
Fowler received his early training
on the Denver Post and came to New
York in 1916, where he became both
star reporter and a newspaper ex-
ecutive. He left newspaper work in
1882 to write books Among his best
sellers are The Great Mouthpiece, !"
"Timberline," THE Great Magoo'
and his latest novel. Salute to Yes
terday."