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Evening star., 1939-11-02
Pre-MaritaI Blood Test
Laws Scored by Scientist

By the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. o.
Terming compulsory pre-marital
examinations for syphilis Fascist
ic" and socially undesirable" a
Johns Hopkins University scientist
yesterday said such laws would "en-
courage common-law marriage (and
allegitimacy)." ..
In an interview during the New
England Postgraduate Medical As
sembly at Harbard DR.. Joseph E.
Moore said such a requirement is
'totalitarian rather than Utopian,
since it opens the door to compul-
sorry examination for tuberculosis,
feeble -mindedness and insanity, all
of which are equally desirable to
prevent"
He recommended education" in
stead of such tests, adding that in
some laboratories there was as much
rs 10 per cent error in the testing
of the blood of individuals for
syphilis.
, DR.. Maurice G. Pincoffs of the
University of Maryland said that
an Eastern form of Rocky Noun
tain spotted fever, developed In re-
cent years, may create a serious
and continuing problem"
He said Maryland. Virginia, the
District of Columbia and North
Carolina had had cases and that "a
few" were reported in New England.
The organism responsible for the
disease, he said, may be carried by
the common dog tick.
Evening star., 1939-11-02

and was given . life sentence by
Circuit Judge Harry ]. Libby.
Wish Of widow.
Earlier, Pletch had waived pre-
liminary hearing and promised
Judge Libby never to apply for q
pardon or parole. The Judge said
the sentence was In accordance with
the wish Of Bivens' widow.
Later ct Frankfort, Ind, the
youths parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Pletch, expressed satisfaction. Said
tho mother:
Guy had hoped maybe we could
save Earnest's life. We're thankful
to learn about 1t. It is a great
burden of my mind"
A few hours after sentence,
Missouri highway patrolmen brought
Pletch to the penitentiary, where
dressing in" wrote the final chapter
to a f1ve-day serial story that started
Friday with a flying lesson which
proved to be "tailspin" for the
flying Romeo.
It. was then that Pletch, an
amateur pilot who was dubbed
Flying Lochinvar" last summer
when he wooed a young girl in a
Evening star., 1939-11-02

IND1ANAPoL1s, Nov. 2 R.-dov.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Claude Gi||ingwater,
Character Actor, 50,
Found Shot 10 Death
Four Notes, One to Police
Tell Of Suicide Becouse
Of Age and III Health
SI the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Nov. a.
The shocking death Of bushy -browed
Claude Gillingwater, SO, lovable
character actor of stage and screen.
stirred the film colony today.
Detectives, summoned by the kind
ly old fellows housekeeper, found
the body late yesterday in a chair
in q closet of Gillingwater quiet
home, bullet wound through the
chest.
-Four neatly-typed notes-one to
police and the others to his son, his
physician and his housekeeper-told
Of suicide, said Detective A. ].
Gebhart.
Mr.. Gillingwater. more than six
feet tall, thin and stopped, alternat-
ed in film roles between self
righteous crookedness, honest crusti-
ness and mellow thoughtfulness, de-
pending on whether he played the
part of a shady -principled banker.
Q Judge or a Southern gentleman.
Born at Louisiana, Mo-, August 2,
1870, he attended high school at
st. Louis and entered motion pic
lures in 1921 with Mary Pickford
in Little Lord Fauntleroy," after
eight years of stage experience with
David Belasco. He made his Broad
way debut with Mrs. Leslie Carter
in "a "a"
Injured in a fall early in 1896 and
in poor health since then, he had
appeared infrequently in recent
months. Among his major pictures
have been mississippi" "A Tale
of Two Cities" THE Prisoner of
Shark Island, THE Poor Little Rich
Girl" Conquest" Little Miss
Broadway" "A Yank at Oxford"
andCafe Society,""
His wife died of a heart attack
In 1887. A son, Claude, jr., also an
actor, survives.
Mrs. Leona Boyd de Brock, his
housekeeper for II years, said Mr..
Gillingwater insisted yesterday that
she take the afternoon off. When
she returned, she said, she found
the four notes propped on a living
room table.
One, addressed to the police, said: !:
II am ending my life because of
my advanced age; in my physical
condition, there is no chance of ever
being well again, and I will not
permit myself to become a helpless,
lingering invalid. alone am respon-
sible for what am about to do"
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Beauty Meets Beasts,
And Porlor Suffers
8y the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Nov. a.
Beauty and the beasts met in q
beauty shop yesterday, with disas-
trous results.
-Four deer appeared in thickly-
populated suburb. Two promptly
leaped through the beauty parlor's
plate glass window.
Operator Jeanette Bates ducked
behind a dryer. Screaming, her
customer, 11-year-old Airline Schei-
der, leaped, too-through a rear
door.
The deer raced about the shop
One jumped out the smashed win
dow, the second shattered through
another window, rejoined their COM
rades and trotted away.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Hondy Hunting Method

WAPATO, Wash, Nov. 2 R.-
Bruno Won Der Heyden brings down
his game the humane way.
While he was hunting with w. G.
clement (who will talk to skeptics)
their dog pointed two pheasants.
Won Der Heyden caught both with
his hands.
Later he had to quit hunting when
he snatched his third bird from a
hedge fence.
Three's the legal limit.
Evening star., 1939-11-02

flve-day air jaunt, took Oh with
Bivens, %, at Brookfield. Mo.
Murdered In All.
Forty minutes later, when they
were 5000 feet above Macon County
In borrowed monoplane, Pletch
told Prosecutor Vincent 8. Moody,
he shot and killed Bivens without
cause.
Pletch spent the night at q
Missouri farm after landing and
hiding Bivens' body near Cherry
Box, and was arrested Saturday
near Bloomington, Ind.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Frank A. Gould Heads
Telephone Association

STAUNTON, Va, Nov. 2 (R.-
The Virginia Independent Tele-
phone Association, closing its an
nual meeting, elected Frank A.
Gould of Harrisonburg president,
and named w. c. Darrow, Tarboro,
N. c., vice president, and G. R.
Gish, Blueheld, w. Va, secretary
treasurer.
With invitations from Roanoke
and Charlottesville for next years
meeting place, the association de-
cided to announce the site later.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Rhymine Ruling Fixes
Two Thonkseivines
By the Associated Press.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 2-In
q written ruling yesterday that Ok
lahoma on1cially could have two
Thanksgivig days this year, Attor-
ney General Mac Q. Williamson In
cluded this rhyme:
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
"An the rest have thirty-one
Until we hear from Washington. -
Gov. Leon G. Phillips proclaimed
November 80 and Mr.. Williamson
told the inquiring State bank COM
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Life Term Is Begun
By Flyer Who Killed
Instructor in Air
Sentence Given PIetch
Was Expressed Wish
Of Victims Widow
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Nov. a.
The eccentric flying career of q
Hoosier farmland who had q pas
sion to be an aviator ended in q
forced landing here today as Earnest
Larry Pletch began a life term in
the State Prison.
In a surprise move at Macon, Mo-,
yesterday, Pletch, %, pleaded guilty
to Staying Flying Instructor Carl
Bivens one mile above Macon County
Evening star., 1939-11-02

You can save the price of a
Stetson hat tomorrow if you
are contemplating buying a
winter overcoat. Select from
all-wool fleeces, hard-surfaced
fabrics, wool f1eeces with
knitted cotton backs. Rag
lans, Balmacaans and set-in
sleeves. Wanted colors. Regu-
lars, shorts, long sizes in
group.
Kann'rMen's Store Second Floor.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Ne Mil Phone q d order. Remnant, ana Odd Lo.
59c COSTUME
JEWELRY
29c

Necklaces, pins and clips
in many good looking styles.
Grand for Christmas gifts.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1939-11-02

Townsend. following President
Roosevelt's lead, yesterday pro-
claimed November % q Thanksgiv.
ing day in Indiana. He urged
HooSiers to give thanks for peace.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Art Goods

-4-Oz. Hanks Wool and Rayon
Yarn. few colors; 2-Ox. Balls Eng
lish Zephyr Wool Yarn, va %.
rious colors. Were 49c ca.
Stamped 5-Pc. Linen Luncheon
Sets. Were 81 and $l.29 7Oo
-6 Hassocks, marred. OQo
-Hand-Embroidered, Large-Size
Table Covers, cotton or linen;
assorted colors. Were @S 90
$7.96 ca. --
Kann']Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1939-11-02
Jr. Misses

is Rayon Dresses we're 500;
6 Reversible Wool and .
Cotton Goats, were 90 90
$7.95
81 Ray0n Dresses. Were o.
$7.95 to $10.o5 -- W.
Kann's-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1939-11-02

missioner he could close shop ON
November 23-proclaimed by the
President-N he desired.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
FATAL BLESSING
 CLOSES MISSION
Impressive Services Yes= terday at St. Margaret's
 Church; Mems Week

The second week of the mission conducted by two Vincentian fa- thers at St. Margaret's church came to a close yesterday after noon with exercises at 3 o'clock. The past week the mission was for the single women of the parish. Father Furlon, C.M., and Father Lawler, C.M., have been conducting the mission which opened two weeks ago yesterday, the first week for the married women. The closing exer- cises yesterday followed in the same ordr as the week previous, singing of the hymn Come Holy Ghost, a sermon, which was preached yester- day by Father Furlong, the Papal blessing, renewal of baptismal VOWS, Benediction of the Blessed Sacra- ment, and blessing of religious arti- cles. All exercises proceed with con- gregational singing. Professor J. l.. Bonn presiding at the organ.
 Father Furlong who preached the sermon yesterday at the closing took for his text the words from the sec- ond epistle of St. Paul to Timothy, which were in part: T have fought tn egood fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord, the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming. Make haste to come to me quickly"
 Last night at 7:30 o'clock the mis- sion for the men of the parish opened and will continue all this week which is the third and final week of the mission. Mission masses daily will be at and 7:30 a. m, with brief sermon at both. Even ing exercises will be at 7:30 follow ing the same order as that of the two previous weeks. A short mission for the children will be conducted beginning. Thursday, and continu- ing Friday and Saturday with mass es at g a. m.
 As was announced yesterday masses Friday, the first Friday of the month will be the mission masses at 6 and 7:30, with a mass also at 6:45. Parishioners may at- tend any mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
Conn. Fair Commission Is Bitter At Grover Whalen

Hartford. Conn, May 1-(UP)- Willard B. Rogers, chairman of the Connecticut Worlds Fair commits sion, charged the fair corporation today with tolerating labor con- dition which prevented completion of the New England exhibit in time for today's formal opening.
 This day was assigned as New Haven day and Rogers declared, as four train-loads of Connecticut vis- itors started for the fair grounds, that the states building had not been finished and that exhibits could not be moved into the struc- ture.
 Concerning a statement of Grov- CT Whalen, chairman of the fair, that there had been no strikes among workmen, Rogers asserted the fair corporation mas capitulat- ed day in and day out and night in and night out to conditions and de- mands Of labor unions which could not and would not have been toler- ated by any government or private business for Q second.
 "lf this statement k denied, I challenge the New York Worlds Fair Corporation to reveal for scru- tiny by the press the amounts it has beon paying for regular time
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
GATES AVENUE
 MAN GETS S758
Compensation Is Awarded Tool Company Worker
 for Eye Injury

Compensation Cmsr. James M. Lynch today Warded compensation to Otto Patschkowski of 63 Gates avenue for sight which might have been restored to his blind left eye if he had not been injured in an &C., cident at the Waterbury Tool Co., The compensation amounts to ap- proximately $758.37.
 Patschkowski, who was struck in the left eye by dust from cast iron metal, while using pressure air hose in completion of cast iron pis- tons at the Waterbury Tool June 28, 1888, told attending physicians that long ago in Germany the eye had been seriously injured by a piece of wood.
 While he was chopping wood, he said, chip flew. AS result, al- though the light perception, the eye was blind.
 Doctors agreed that 20 per cent vision might have been restored by an operation if the second accident had not happened. Acting on that information, Commissioner Lynch entered an award for the payment in accordance with the 20 per cent loss of vision rule. The award com- prised $1823 for 41.6 weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
Johnson To Resume
 Testimony Tomorrow
Head Bookkeeper of Waterbury Trust Company Ex=
 pected to Identify More Records, Checks in Trial

city files has also been called for to- morrow.
 Before any witness takes the stand tomorrow, however, action will result from the subpoena which was served on Brown Saturday at the behest of Defense Attorney Benjamin Slade. The subpoena orders Brown to bring to court all records of his services for the state in connection with the Waterbury investigation and trial, as well as the expenses incidental thereto.
 Brown is expected to be on the stand at least three to four weeks. Many exhibits which have been placed in evidence have never been read into the record, and that will be done only after Brown takes the stand.
 Tomorrow's session will be the start of the sixth month of the trial.
 Bills incidental to the trial, amounting to $2,537.89 were approv- ed on Saturday, bringing the total to S35, ,54615.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01

and overtime to carpenters, plumb CTS and electricians"
 It will be impossible to have the Connecticut building in shape for visitors until May 10, he said, al- though the Corporation had prom ised to do so by April IS.
 Rogers demanded to know "just what means Mayor Hague of Jer- sey City used to have New Jerseys building completed"
 T am told" he said, from an accurate source that Mayor Hague, in his characteristic way, issued an ultimatum to the labor unions"
 The executive committee of the New England states, Rogers re- vealed, has asked the corporation for rebate on its rentals because the buildings were not ready foi occupancy April IS.
 Had 1t not been for the lament. able labor situation. which if not foStered was at any rate tolerated. Connecticut would have opened with the formal opening Of the fair Sunday" t..,,
 Aside from the criticism Of the Corporation, Rogers declared he thought 'it was ln bad taste for Mayor Laduardia to use the fair for political propaganda" in his welcoming speech Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
BILL EFFECTIVE
 ON NEW VOTERS
Town Clerk to Register Applicants on First Wed=
 nesday of Each Month

Making of new voters monthly in- stead of once year, provided in a bill by Senator George T. Culhane of Waterbury which Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin signed late last week, will begin Wednesday, it was an- nounced at the office of the regis trars of voters today.
 Voters will be registered from g a. m. to p. m. by Town Clerk Mary 0. Kilmartin and the board of se- lectmen. Hereafter, new voters will be registered on the first Wednesday of each month, except months in which there are city, state or national elections.
 There is one vacancy on the board of selectmen, caused by the death of James Burnes. It is ex- pected that Mayor Frank Hayes will fill this post in the near future.
 Senator Culhane's bill also pro- vides for the elimination of the voters-to-be-made list in Water- bury. Sut, list has also been abandoned in Hartford. and 1t has been recommended that 1t be abol- ished throughout the entire state.
 The act provides that if the first Wednesday falls on a holiday, vot- CTS shall be registered on the next business day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
Waterbury Exhibits
 Seen At Worlds Fair
Metals Building Houses Brass Display; Chase Murals
 Trace History of Copper

Waterbury's Big Three" of indus try are represented by exhibits at the New York Worlds Fair. The American Brass Co.,, Chase Brass S Copper Co.,, and Scovill Mfg. Go. are all participants in the display ar ranged by the Copper & Brass Re- search Association, of New York.
 The local exhibits are housed in the Metals Building, which is locat- ed on the Court of Power at the Fair. The building, shaped in the form of huge triangle, has its front facade ornamented by sculptures.
 The exterior walls of the building are decorated by four huge murals, portraying Hercules, the god of strength and power; Neptune, god of water; Aeolus, god of air; and Vul- can, god of fire.
 The Copper and Brass Research association exhibit, inside, is one of the most striking at the entire Fair Displays, murals and dioramas tell the story of copper from the time of its discovery down to the present day.
 In the entrance lobby is spectac- ular exhibit, showing that if single gram of copper were expanded to the size of a grain of sand, the mat erial obtained would cover the United States to depth of four feet or more.
 Underground and overground met hods of mining the ore are shown in the exhibit. The use of copper, es- pecially for transmitting power and light through electric lines, is gra- phically shown.
 A stirring diorama shows many features, among them Cellini's work shop with the hammering of a mold for a bronze statute; the first elec- tric generating station in the world, the Pearl street station in New York; the casting of the doors for the ancient Temple of Karnak; and the first English rollers of sheet copper, which were smuggled into this country. and which are credited with having made possible the be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
LOCAL STUDENT
 ESCAPES DEATH
Thos. J. Beardsley Seri= Ously Injured; Fellow
 Student Dies in Crash

Thomas J. Beardsley, 23, of Wat erbury, student at Colgate univer- Sity was seriously injured early Sat- urday when the car he was riding in failed to make curve at Bingham ton, New York and overturned.
 A companion, Douglas MacHarg, 21, of Albany, New York, also uni versity student, was killed in the crash. Coroner Frank P. Kane issued an accidental death verdict and said Beardsley wassthe driver of the car.
 It was expected that no inquest would be held. Beardsley is the youngest son of Lieut.. Col Harry J. Beardsley of Willow street. The lat ter was in Boston Saturday night in connection with Reserve Officers affairs.
 In addition to sustaining hurts, Beardsley was severely burned in the crash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
THREE MET DEATH
 FROM VIOLENCE
That Was Toll in State Over Week=End; Body
 of Man Found
(BY UNITED PRESS)

Three persons died of violence in Connecticut over the weekend and the body of man, believed to have lost his life in the hurricane last September, was found in Long Is- land Sound.
 Brooding over the death of his wife, William Krafton shot himself to death in the kitchen of his Fair field home.
 Marius Hanson, 55, Bridgeport, a railroad lineman, was electrocuted at Norwalk when his body touched a hig tension wire.
 The coroner issued a tentative finding of accidental death after the body of Orazio Cierco, 56, a popcorn vendor, was found in a gas-filled room at New Haven.
 The hurricane victim was uniden- tified. The body, that of a man about 50, was found off Woodmont and was decomposed. The medical examiner said it had been in the water since last fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01

Albert A. Johnson, head book keeper of the Waterbury Trust Go. is expected to be recalled to the stand in the Waterbury conspiracy trial tomorrow, as the 21st week of the trial is inaugurated.
 Several other witnesses have been notified to appear in court as the state prepares the way for the call ing of Warren M. Brown, account ant, who will attempt to connect" various city and bank records with transactions of the accused.
 Miss Elsie Emanuelson of Deep River, who is said to have been working for the past year on a com pilation of records missing from the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
REVERE MAYOR IS
 IN COURT TODAY

Boston, May 1. (UP)-Former went on trial in Suffolk superior Mayor James M. O'Brien of Revere court today charged with embezzle- ment and larceny of $l5,635 from the city while he was treasurer in 1885.
 Selection of a jury began imme- diately with Judge Louis Goldberg presiding.
 The $i5,835 shortage was found in O'Brien's accounts after he became mayor. Subsequently the money was found in Q tin box.
 OBrien will be tried later on a charge of conspiring while mayor to allow gambling nuisanees to operate.
 Assistant Attorney-d General John 8. Derham Is prosecuting the em. bezxlement and larceny counts for tho state, while James Brennan Is defense counsel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
CHEMICAL DRUG
 co. TRIAL BEGUN

New Haven, Conn.,, May 1-(UP) Illicit alcohol diversion charges were scheduled to be heard in U. S. Federal Court today against three former officials of the United Chem ical & Drug Co.,, Bridgeport, which was absorbed by McKesson & Rob- bins, Inc, in 1884.
 Named in grand jury indictments were Irving Feinberg, fl, Newton, Mass.,t president of the American Beverage O., New York; Benjamin Simon, 49, Bronix, N. Y, sales man, and his brother, Jacob, 42, druggists broker, New York.
 Before the merger of the two concerns, Feinberg was president of the United Chemical & Drug Co.,, and the Simon Brothers were minor officials.
 Their arrests on charges of con- spring to defraud the government was an outgrowth of a grand jury Investigation of McKesson & Rob- bins, Inc, early this year, following the suicide of it's president, F. Don- aid Coster- -Musica.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
Child Hit

A child narrowly escaped in jury last evening on Sylvan avenue when she was struck by an automobile.
 The child, Lois King, 5, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Fred erick King of 156 Sylvan ave- nue, was hit as she was cross ing the street near her home by an automobile driven by Ar mand Dupre, 21, of 1O46 Meriden road. Dupre took the child to St. Mary's hospital where eXamina- tion by an interne revealed no injuries.
 No arrest was made by Motor Patr0lman John J. Murphy, who investigated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
Committed

Adele Lusas, IT, arersted sever al weeks ago, on charges of ob- taining money and goods under false pretenses, was committed to the House of Good Shepherd on a charge of disorderly conduct when ararigned before Judge Ed ward Mascolo today. The charge of obtaining money and goods under false pretenses was contin- ued for six months.
 Adele was confined to St.: Mary's hospital till a few days ago following an attempt on her own life by taking poison at po- lice headquarters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
INSURANCE STOCKS
LATE REALTY NEWS
Mortgage Release

Joseph w. Borchardt to Otto H. E. Wendehack.
 Joseph w. Borchardt to Otto H. E. Wendehack.
 Waterbury Savings Bank to Anna DOugherty.
 Mortgage Deed Otto H. E. Wendehack to Jos eplf w. BOrchardt.
 Quit Claim Deed Mitchell G. Meyers to Andrew Battaglia, property on SlOcum street.
 Annie Matukaitis to Joseph c. Matukaitis, property on Draher avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-01
Compensation Agreements

The following agreements tn which compensation will be paid weekly during the period of total disability were filed today and ap proved at the office of the com pensation commissioner;
 R. n. stockel and Emma Lane, Norwalk, sprained left knee. si3.s7 beginning March II. 1889.
 Leslie n. Jeckmus, Ansonla Mfg. Co. and Joseph Davidonls, An. sonia, sit.0e beginning February q.
 ". T. arant Co. Waterbury and Ruth nuliis. ib Baldwin avenue, dlElocated iefi shoulder, S7.2B be. sinnlng April 32.