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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
O-M|LE RIDE
 ON TOMORROW
Fourth Annual Endurance Test of Green Mt. Horse
 Assn Attracts Entries

What appears to be the largest group of horses ever to start in a Vermont endurance ride are congre- gating at Woodstock, today, for the 100-Mile Trail Ride, sponsored by the Green Mountain Horse Associa- ton, which starts conditioned horses in this section of the. country are either in the Woodstock Inn stables or are on their way. These include entries from Maine, New Hampshire Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsyl- vania, Maryland, Washington, D. C., Tennessee and Vermont. Everything points to one of the most hotly contested rides ever conducted by the Green Mountain Horse Associa- ton.
 Horses of all breeds, sizes, colors and ages, have been entered. One will see registered Morgans, Arabs, thoroughbreds, American saddle breds, half-breds, Tennessee walk
  and horses of unknown breeding, competing for the splendid trophies and cash prizes that are to be given to the winners. Horses of all ages are represented, from mere children of five up to old veterans of 22. This is one contest in which little age has some value. A horse, to enter his ride, must have had con- siderable conditioning, and a horse in the prime of life is less likely to develop training accidents" than the youngsters.
 The horses will be stabbed in the Woodstock Inn stables, one of the largest in the east. Sixty box stalls filled with horses is sight seldom seen in this horseless-carriage day. In addition to this number forty or fifty more, entered in the 50- mile pleasure ride, will be stabbed around the town. The old time residents will go to sleep dreaming of days when the horse was "king" and the "swanky" city people came to Woodstock in their carriages and coaches. In those good old days" the Inn stables were always full and sixty or seventy horses were used for livery work. A large collection of the old coaches, sleighs, barges, buggies and wagons, are still in the hay-loft, a vivid reminder of those by-gone days.
 The old wagon trails around Woodstock are being utilized for the course in this 100-mile ride with many of them cutting across hills and mountains where once the oxen used to travel and which today are still much better suited for ox-carts than automobiles. Many of the roads are impossible for cars and these will be marked as a great number of people will want to watch these horses on the road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
 Agreements

Payment of $9.81 weekly for 33.75 weeks is provided in compensation agreement between the Allyn Wad- hams Co.,, Hartford, and Theodore Ditore, of Torrington, approved in compensation court today by Com missioner James M. Lynch. The pay ment is for a fractured elbow suf- fered by Ditore in the course of his employment.
 The following agreements, in which payments will be made weekly during disability, were also ap- proved:
 Standard Cycle Co.,, Winsted, and Harold Bailey, Burrville, wrist injury, $15.09, beginning July g.
 Lux Clock Mfg. Co.,, Waterbury, and Frank Santora, 20 Howard street, finger injury, $l2.67, be- ginning Aug. "A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
CAPITAL CITY
 NAME TO CHANCE.
Dominican Republic Con- templates Return to
 SantO Domingo

Likelihood of the capital of the Dominican Republic being renamed Santo Domingo, its former name, seems imminent to Hon. Vrgilio Al- varez. mayor of the city, who sailed recently with his daughter Isabel aboard the Porto Rica liner "Coamo" for his homeland. MT. Alvarez spent four months in New York in connec- ton with his work at the Worlds Fair in behalf of the Dominican Re- public's exhibit.
 MT. Alvarez said that legislation to change the capitals name had been proposed to congress recently by no less than the man after whom the city is named: Gen. Rafael Tru- jillo Molina, ex-president and strong man" of the Dominican Re- public.
 MT. Alvarez said that Trujillo City, since its complete rebuilding
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
TAX GROUP IS
 FORMED IN CONN.,.
Committee of Agericans Selects Southport Man
 to Direct Activities

Following a recent meeting of the Committee of Americans at the home of Colonel Harry D. Weed at Southport, a division of the com mittee is being established in Con- necticut. Ralph Blackburn, a Sasco Hill Road, Southport. has accepted the chairmanship and has begun to form statewide organization.
 In speaking of the plans for the Connecticut division MT. Blackburn said:
 Some of us do not realize that taxation affects every one either directly or indirectly. We may pay personal income, business or other tangible taxes or we may only pay them indirectly on everything we purchase. The fact remains that we all pay taxes and therefore they are a matter of concern to everyone.
 The Committee of Americans was organized to carry on a national
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30

Bulgaria shipped rose oil valued at $679,000 to other countries last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30

Mine accidents caused 375 deaths in Britain in the first half of this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
THIRD TERM IS
 STILL OPPOSED.
Gallup Poll Shows ? Out of } Against Roose-
 velt's Running

New York, Aug. 30.-Two persons out of three oppose third term for President Roosevelt, according to the latest surveys of Dr. George Gallup, published today in Look magazine. However, trend study revealed that Roosevelt's popular ity has increased in the last few months after a sudden drop early in the year.
 "Most Americans think Roosevelt will run in 1940," stated Dr. Gal lup, but the President is being told by his advisers, Washington ob- servers say, that he will have to run because there is no other lib erar on the horizon who has any, thing like enough voter-appeal."
 Dr. Gallup is founder and direc- tor of the American Institute of Public Opinion which conducts its surveys on the basis of what it con- siders to be accurate cross-sections of the public, rather than on quantity of people questioned. In- C0lliCB d6Ct cSAB ONSdk'oeAohi SAAA otAASA factors are considered. Gallup's method accurately predicted the 1886 victory.
 The survey experts article in Look also states that the Institute poll shows that, "if Roosevelt wants the 1940 Democratic nomination he can get it. He is still the most popular Deniocrat, though less than half of his 1886 followers now favor third term for him.
 "Only 54 per cent of those boiled think Roosevelt will win if he runs again. Two-fifths of the people who have formed opinions say they would vote for Roosevelt regardless og who opposes him. But he would run slightly behind Thomas E Dewey, and neck-and-neck against Senator Taft of Ohio."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
"Watercade" Climaxes Summer
 Season At Chase Park Pool
Unusual Spectacle Sched- uled for Tomorrow; Spe-
 cial Lighting Effects

Climaxing one of the big gest seasons in the history of the municipal swimming pools, the Park Department will present a "Watercade" at the Chase Park tank to- morrow night at 8 o'clock. The "Watercade" is a radical departure from the usual type of "climax" events that have featured the final week in the past. There will be no races of any kind and it is modelled after Billy Roses "Acquacade" at the Worlds Fair. There will be a water ballet featuring rhythm and forma- tion swimming, comedy, and diving exhibitions from specially con- structed 12-foot tower, lighting ef- fleets, and music by the Waterbury WPA dance unit under the direc- tion of Michael Mancini.
 The water carnival was originally scheduled for tonight, but weather conditions were so bad at noon that it was decided to hold it a day later.
 Mcdonald In Charge
 Plans for the "Watercade" have been in charge of Supervisor Arthur Mcdonald and his assistant, Howard Neubert, with Joseph Brennan CO., operating. The ballet has been in rehearsal for the past four weeks and includes a cast of 24 swimmers, 12 of which are girls and the rest boys. They will be outfittcd in white swimming togs and have been drilling faithfully for the event.
 Fer the past several days park workmen have been getting the big tank ready for the "Cade". A twelve foot diving tower with two platforms has been erected, huge floodlights and colored "spots" in- stalled, and a bandstand set up. The seating capacity will be limited to approximately 600 persons including standing room. There will be no admission charge. Children under IA will not be admitted. A special performance for the children will take place later in the week.
 Members of Cast
 Eleanor Sherwell, Dorothy Synott, Alice Hinkley, Tinnie Hinkley, Lil- lian Jaxter, Frances JaXter, Loretta Guilfoile, Lillian Guilfoile, Bernice Brazis, Josephine Brazis, Gloria Gagnon, Helen Buck, Beatrice Buck, Margaret Buck, and Eleanor Papa razzo.
 George Stankevich, George Au- dette, Jack Downey, Buddy Goren, Gus Leuchine, Bill Stillwell, Vic Baker, Vincent McGrath, Wally Ado maitis, Bernice Sherwell, Guerino vincenzi, Kenneth Frisbie, Joseph Trisbie and Bobby Reynolds. The comedy will be furnished by group including Tommy "Cowboy"Snokis, Bill Frisbie, Carroll Eastwood and Timothy Coughlin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
ASSIGNMENT OF
 INCOME IS MADE
Papers Filed By James P. Healey for Meadow
 Street Property

Assignment of rent and other in- come from property at 452 Meadow street to the Waterbury Savings Bank has been made by James P. Healey, one of these found guilty in the conspiracy trial. Assignment papers have been filed at the office of Town Clerk Mary c. Kilmartin.
 The papers state that the assign ment is made as additional security for a mortgage. The bank is grant, ed permission to use the receipts from the property for taxes, mort gage interest, or other charges.
 MT. Healey, now free on bonds pending an appeal to the state su- preme court of errors, is an officer of the H. w. Conner Co.,, trucking firm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30

by ex-president T'rujillo in ls5O, is Q spotlessly clean streets which are modern city in every respect, with well paved, lighted and thoroughly policed. The city is famous as being the resting place of Columbus bones. A giant memorial lighthouse. costing four million dollars, is now being erected for the remains of the dis coverer, and will be finished, said MT. Alvarez, in 1922.
 Located in the West Indies near Puerto Rico, the Dominican Repub- lie shares and occupies two thirds of an island with Haiti. It has a population of 100000. Unlike Haiti, where French is spoken, the culture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
PASTORS SISTER
 TO SPEAK HERE

Miss Matte Bell Little, one of the most noted colored evanselists in the world and sister of Rev. Bonnie w. Crowder, pastor of the Zion Baptist Church on East flaw kins street, will make her debut as a speaker at that church this eve ming at 8 o'clock. The service IS open to the public free of charge.
 Miss Little is a worthwhile speaker and her address will be highlighted by her gospel party. To- nights sermon by the guest preacher will be the first of series arranged by her brother for his parish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
CHECK ON WHOLE CALFsKIN

Fort Worth. Tex = (UP) - w. H. Massey, vice president of the Fort Worth National Bank. ducsk every time he sees the postman. He Is afraid that a fad may have been started when Justin Leather Goods Go, a depositor h, his bank wrote . si3.20 check for two season tsfkets to Texas Christian University foot ball games. The check was printed upon whole calfskin,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30

and speech of the Dominican Re- public is entirely Spanish. Its capital enjoys a fine harbor and steamers may dock directly at the port ia- stead of lying of shore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
FORECLOSURE IS
 ASKED OF COURT

Foreclosure Of a mortgage on property on Byam road is sought in a superior court action f1led by the Home Owners Loan Corporation against Octaive A. Benoit. The suit is returnable to court in Septem- Der.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
10Th i.V.Traffic
Victim Dies After
Accident Injuries
Wedding Party Member
Succumbs to Hurts
Suffered Tuesday

BRAWLEY, April 7. CUPD-Wil-
liam II. Neighbours, 72, BraWley,
died here today of injuries suffer-
ed in traffic accident eight miles
east of town Tuesday night.
He was Imperial County's Goth
traffic accident since Jan. !.
The aged man was member of
wedding party en- route to BraW-
ley from Yuma. The driver. Ed
ward Muir, 81, of South Gate. said
ne went to sleep at the wheel. The
car went out of control, plunged
across a borrow pit, crashed through
a barbed wire fence and overturned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Pardee, 33. the
bride and bridegroom, were only
slightly injured.
Funeral arrangements for Neigh
bours will be announced later.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
Coast Guard Man
Reported Missing

Ell PASO Tex, April T. tUP)-
Lieut.. Robert l.. Grantham, COM
mander Of coast guard headquar-
ters here, has not been heard from
since he left Briggs field yester-
day morning on a flight to Del Rio
and San Antonio. Search was
started today.
The coast guard office at Del Rio
received a report that Grantham'S
plane was seen near Alpine and the
search was centered in that noun
famous section. Grantham was ac-
companied by a guardsman but his
name was not revealed. Mrs.
Grantham said her husband might
have been on secret mission and
for that reason she was not wor-
ried about his safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
Closed Shop Labor Contracts Illegal
Rules California District Court

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. CUP)
The California district court OF
appeals in a decision today ruled in
effect that closed shop union con-
tracts arc illegal and in violation
of the California labor code
The court also made far-rcachlng
rulings involving jurisdictional la
Dor disputes and the rights of UNI
ions to picket. In the former the
court held that jurisdiction was a
right of government, not individuals
and groups. In the latter 1t ruled
that peaceful picketing is not law
full for illegal purposes"
The decision was handed down
in an injunction suit brought ag-
ainst the American Federation of
Labor Auto Salesmen's Union 1867
by 80 statesmen of the Howard auto
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07

'1nfofmatlon TO Deputy coroner
Herbert Hughes late Thursday and
said he would testify at the inquest
scheduled for the Thornton NOR
tuary here at $3.50 pm. Friday.
The seven Westmorland residents
were killed instantly when their
car crashed into the boiler part,
careened into an on-coming lettuce
truck, and plowed under it.
In Westmorland and Brawley
friends and relatives of the traffic
victims today made arrangements
to bury the dead Double funeral
services for Mrs. Estella Henry 49,
and her daughter, Mrs. Lurlene
Milligan, 25, will be held at the
Thornton chapel at 2 pm. They
will be buried at Riverview ceme-
terry
Plans for a mass funeral for the
five other victims were discussed
but nothing definite arranged for
services for Daniel l.. Hurley, As
driver of the sedan; George A
Kerr, &c. Marshall Null, 81; Ruben
Lopez, 39 and H. r. Whitman
49, Whitmans body may be sent
to his former home in Solomon
vile, Ariz. Hurley was an ex-ser-
vice man and may be given a
military funeral, friends said.
The bodies of Lopez, Hurley and
Null are at the Hopes mortuary
The four other victims are at
Thornton's.
Van Shelby is the only person
able to testify at the inquest con-
corning events Immediately after
the crash. He was asleep in the
truck and had to be released from
the wreckage. His wife, who was
driving the truck, apd Norman
McCowon, %, the swamper, are
too seriously injured TO attend the
inquest.
Mrs. Shelby was able to dictate
a brief statement to a shorthand
reporter but McCowon was not able
to be questioned, Hughes said.
Identifying witnesses, Highway
Patrolman Walter Walsh, Hughes
SCHNEIDER, and Dr. John Parker
are scheduled TO testify.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
Strike IsoIafes
Small Community

SONORA, Calf, April 7. CUP)-
Two hundred lumber workers went
on strike at the Pickering Lumber
corporations splant at Standard City
today and picketed the plant and
the roads leading into the town.
The large plant, which supports
the community, shut down.
Standard City is approximately
10 miles southeast of Sonora.
The strike was called as the cli-
max of a dispute over terms of a
proposed working agreement A
union shop clause was the principal
point of controversy.
Commercial truckers refused to
pass the picket lines but food trucks
were given special passes by strike
leaders
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
Hands Off Warns
Germany, Standing 9
Behind MussoIini
Hitler Tells Foes NaZis
Officials Sympathize
With Roman Conquest

BERLIN, April 7. OUP)
-Nazis today warned the
democracies to avoid inter-
ference with Italy's invasion
of Albania and declared that
the Reich must consider Poland as
aiding the "encirclement' of Ger
many.
Through the semi i-official DN.B.
news agency, the government said
that it fully understood Italy's ac-
ton in Albania but would be able
neither to understand nor approve
any desire by the democratic west
ern powers . to intervene in the
incontestible position and actions
of our axis partners
The warning to the socalled DEM
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
FusciSts OverWheIm Coast
Of Tiny. Unarmed Nation;
Britain Speeds Alliances
England Regards
New Aggression as
Ire atty Violation

LONDON, April 7. (UP)
Great Britain, seeking to
bring Rumania and Hun
gary into the "Stop Hitler
bloc, consulted with France
today on the Fascist invasion of
Albania in apparent violation of
the British friendship treaty with
Italy.
Although Sir Alexander Cadogan,
permanent foreign underSecretary
was understood to have described
the Italian attack on Albania as
a clear" violation of the treaty,
it was said that neither Paris nor
London envisage any practical
measures that could be taken to
restrain the Fascists.
The friendship treaty, concluded
a year ago, guaranteed malnten-
ance of the Mediterranean status
quo.
Meanwhile, the British drive for
a united peace front appeared to
be progressing with Rumanian eff
forts to arrange with Turkey to
keep the Dardanelles open TO Brit
ish and French warships in event
of war.
The occupation of Albania was
regarded here as the answer of
the Berlin Rome axis" to Poland's
entrance into a British French an
ti-aggreSsion combination.
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain replied by:
l. Starting active negotiations to
include Rumania in the stop
Hitler" bloc.
2. To sound out Hungary on the
possibility of British guarantee
of her independence, provided she
agreed to resist any crossing of her
territory by German soldiers.
Negotiations, so far exploratory
were proceeding in London, Paris,
Warsaw, Bucharest and Budapest
on the Hungarian plan.
Rumanian Minister Viorel V.
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
Asparagus Cutters
Walk Off of Jobs

STOCKTON, Cal, April 7. (UP)-
More than a half the Filipino as
paragus cutters of this district walk
ed off their jobs today, virtually
paralyzing harvesting On 10000
acres of delta land.
1t was reported 5000 of the cut
ters had struck with about $500
remaining at work. The decision
to strike for 1898 wage levels was
reached at a mass meeting here last
night attended by more than 1000
workers. They are asking an in
crease of approximately 20 cents a
hundred pounds.
There was no picketing or vio-
lence in the area and strike leaders
rely on the belief sufficient re-
placements cannot be obtained.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07


crack Bersaelieri grenadiers marked
the Italian offensive. Severe fight
ing took place in the Albania coast
al towns of Durazzo, Sant1 Quaran-
ia. Alessio, San Giovanni de Medua
and Valona. Eacn fell to the invad-
crs until Italy held the entire Al
banian coast Is hours after fight
ing started.
Fighting men famed in history
as Sons of the Eagle rushed from
fields and workshops to repulse the
first four Italian attacks on the
Adriatic port of Durazzo Official
messages said they gave ground only
at high cost to the Fascists when
the invaders opened up with their
vast land, sea and aerial forces.
King zog, in a radio proclama-
ton that brought peasants ana
mountaineers hurrying to the front
with their rifles. called upon his
people to defend their Independence
to the end. me American
rueen, Geraldine, and her two-day-
| cid son we're reported to have. been
| sent UlJO SIeeCe lOA oalcCy.
The fighting along the coast was
described in official messages as so
severe that part of Durazzo and
Valona were destroyed and the town
Of AlesSio in the north, was "deyas-
tated" by italian aerial lombard
ment.
-Four times, the government re-
ported. Albanian troops aided by
volunteers threw back the Fascist
forces attempting to land at Dur
azzo. Other messages received here
in the capital said that the first
italian forces landing at Valona
and Santi Quaranti also were re-
| pulsed
Later advices said the Albanian
resistance had been overcome and
| that Fascist columns were march,
| ing on the interior
italian warships we're said to
have shelled both Durazzo and Va
Iona, causing heavy casualties
| among the Albanian population
Riflemen and even women and boys
with only rocks for weapons were
reported harassing the Italians who
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
Senate Denies
Relief TO Aliens

SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 7,
CUP)-The senate today passed a
bill to prohibit payment of relief
funds to thousands of aliens who
have entered the state within the
last five years or who have neg
lected to become citizens. The vote
was % to 2.
The bill was sponsored by Sena-
tor Ralph Swing, r., San Ber-
nardino. There was little opposi-
ton on the floor, but upon re-
quest of Senator r. w. Kenny, D.,
Los Angeles, Swing agreed to sub
init amendments in the assembly
to exempt aliens who have been
denied citizenship because of long
delay in their application.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
New Paper Milk
Bottles Get OK.

SACRAMENTO, April 7. (UP)-
The legislature today legalized use
of those new-fangled paper milk
bottles.
The senate approved and sent to
the governor an assembly bill to
exempt single service" containers
from the requirement that all milk
containers be sterilized on the
premises before use.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-07
Orchestra Leader
Faces Jail Term

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. CUP
-Anson Weeks, the orchestra lead
er, who faces a five-day sentence
on contempt charges, pleaded bust
ness reasons for his non-appear-
ance in court here for an alimony
hearing. His plea was contained IN
an affidavit sent here from Chi
Cago.
Weeks said he must remain with
his band to accept engagements.
He added that he thought when he
left on the tour that his wife would
agree to the almony arrangement
providing her with $400 in CASH,
stock worth about $500 and 5h
per cent interest in his and the or
cheStra's gross earnings.