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Evening star., 1939-09-07
Wiedemann, Hit|er's S
Friend, Resigns Club
After Fake Protest
Polite Telegram Is
Rank Forgery Says
Organizations Secretary
Nv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. EN-
barrassed directors of the Olympic
Club today held the resignation OF
Nazi Consul General Fritz Wiede-
mann while mystery surrounded
the sending of a telegram to Adolf
Hitler's World War captain politely
urging his withdrawal from the ex-
elusive organization for men.
Frank J. Foran, club secretary
and member of the Board of Dl-
rectors, called the telegram rank
forgery" 1t was signed with his
name.
unfortunate" Says Foran.
so far as the board is con-
eerned,' Mr.. Foran declared, I'VE
did not ask for the resignation and
we did not even intimate to Capt
Wiedemann any such thing. The
resignation is very unfortunate.
The consulate revealed Capt
Wiedemann promptly sent in his
resignation when he received the
telegram, which read:
ouI bOdlu Ol OlIeClOIS ID III It.
ceipt of a formal demand signed
by 165 members. giving us the
alternative of asking for your i'm
mediate resignation or else accept
ing theirs.
While regretting the action in
dicated and assuring you that this
is not personal to yourself, it is re-
quested that you favor us with
your reply as soon as convenient"
No Contest Planned.
Mr.. Foran declared he hated tc
think any Olympic Club member
would do "a thing like that" but
indicated he did not plan to con-
tact Capt. Wiedemann.
Any move is up to him. sup
pose said Mr.. Foran After all
neither the club nor I take any re-
sponsibility for that wire
The Consul General, one of Hit
ler's three personal adjutants' be-
fore being sent here several months
ago, said he would not withdraw his
resignation.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

George Washington was a great
tree planter. The horse chestnut
pictured here is the last of the l3
planted by him at Kenmore. You
have seen photographs of beautiful
horse chestnut trees time and
again. This is an excellent illus
tration of what tree can accom-
plish with its interior all gone. A
tree surgeon could fill up this great
cavity and the tree would be sta
billzed thereby.
What this picture reveals is the
fact that the life of the tree is IN
the cambium layer and not IN the
heart wood, and that is why it can
carry on. The sap can flow up to
every branch, limb and twig, and
the leaves can send down to the
roots the vital rays of the sun and
important energy. The leaves,
through their pores, will ABSORB
poison from the air and send forth
moisture to free the air from dry
ness caused by wind and sun.
This great wound may have been
caused by several things and, while
very unsightly, does not mean Its
death, but had even half-lnch
band been put around the trunk OF
this tree, going as deep as the cam
blum layer, so that the sap could
not have hurdled the space, the
tree would have died. But the
wound ran up and down and not
around.
The horse chestnut came orlgl-
nally from Southern Asia. For CEN
turies it has been the favorite tree
for avenues and parks. In some
cities a holiday is declared when
the trees are in bloom. We are
justly proud of ours, for they reach
a more stately size in their adopted
country. The oldest trees are to
be found in the Eastern cities or
near them. However, they reach
their glory in the country, where
they can spread out their branches
to the sun and every leaf has its
full share of the life-giving rays.
1t is claimed that LongfelloW S
spreading chestnut tree was a
| horse chestnut, for in England they
leave off the horse"
In Washington we have some very
beautiful specimens. Any time OF
the year is all right to visit this
tree. In the spring there are the
great vanished brown buds that
grow on the tips of the strong
twigs. There are small buds on the
sides in pairs. These seem to be
Just in case The twigs as rule
are forked This means to the tree
expert that a flower cluster pushed
its way from an end bud and the
growth of the tWig was carried on
by pair of side buds.
If you see the tree in bloom-and
I hope you do-then you will be-
hold living candelabra. Each main
branch curves heavenward. then
down and up again, and holds every
tip erect. The flowers in their
dense clusters are a snowy white
but their throats are decorated with
yellow and red, and the curving
golden stamens stand well out of
their ruffed border of the corolla
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Food Prices Rise Is Topic

Sidney R. Katz, secretary OF the
industrial Union Council of local
C. l. o. unions, will discuss legisla-
ton for domestic workers and the
increased cost of food at meeting
of the Domestic Workers Union at
9 pm this evening at the Phyllis
Wheatlev Y. w. C. A., 90l Rhode
Island avenue NV.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Ambassador Scouts
Territorial Ambitions
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. THE French
Ambassador, Count de Saint-Quen-
tin, said yesterday In Lafayette
day speech at the New York Worlds
Fair that France had mo more
territorial ambitions, no more i'll
will against any nation, no more
hatred toward any race than 25
years ago."
France, he said, had gone to war
only to stand by "a pledge of honor
toward another nation"
Evening star., 1939-09-07

country boys use them for games,
and the seeds are known as con-
querors."
In the autumn look at the hand
some leaves, which are loose Joint
ed, and when cold spell comes
along off they come individually.
Scars on the tWigs resemble the
prints of horses hoofs. And it is
said connections were made from
the nuts and leaves for curing
horses of their ailments-hence the
name.
Evening star., 1939-09-07
Natures Children
Horse Chestnut
(Aesculus hippocastanum)

Inspect them and you will find few
perfect flowers. These have pistils,
therefore seeds are set. They are
large and glossy, and polished, the
Evening star., 1939-09-07

Production of Germany's first ami
mated cartoon film will start shortly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18

ties had been guests at Q provincial government banquet at Chateau Frontenac, at which Quebec's Prime Minister Maurice Duplessis presided. The guest list of 300 was confined to the legislative council, the legisIa- ture, the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church, bishops of the Church of England, commanding of- ficers of the military and leading civil servants.
 12 Hour Program
 Quebec's welcome, the first ever given a British monarch in the new world, had filled a 12-hour program starting with the docking of the Elm press of Australia, on which the king and queen sailed from Portsmouth.
 The king made the first speech of his tour at government luncheon yesterday, replying to Prime Min ister w. L. Mackenzie Kings greet ing, and spent the rest of the day fulfilling a schedule that had been months in preparation.
 A similar day was ahead of him at Montreal where he and the queen will inspect guard of honor on ar- rival, make a 23-mile tour of the city, stop at two stadia where 30,000 Catholic and 15,000 Protestant school children will cheer them, visit St. Helen's Island and inspect the his toric barracks, attend reception at city hall, pause before Notre Dame
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ROYAL TRAIN HAS
 BEGUN ITS TOUR
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Among them was W. L. Mackenzie King, prime minister of Canada, and Premier Maurice Duplessis of Quebec who went as far as Three Rivers, 77 miles from Quebec, aboard the royal train.
 Before leaving Quebec King George gave his formal assent to the appointment of Daniel c. Ro- per, former secretary of commerce, as American minister to Canada. When the royal party reaches Ot- tawa, Dominion capital, Roper will be the first American minister to Canada ever to present his creden- tials direct to the King Emperor of Great Britain.
 Montreal, metropolis of Canada, has a normal population of 1,000,- 900, but visitors almost doubled that number today. Fifty thousand seats in reviewing stands have been sold, some persons paying as high as $50 a seat.
 Visitors Double Population
 There, visitors from throughout Canada and the United States had almost doubled the 100000 popula- tion; reviewing stands had been built for 50,00O, and seats were sell ling as high as $50 each. Twenty thousand soldiers, provincial and dominion policemen struggled to keep the crowds in hand and en- force the strict rules that had been laid down to safeguard the royal visitors lives.
 The ceremonies here continued until after 10 o'clock last night. The finale was fireworks display which the king and queen watched from the huge windows of their citadel quarters overlooking the kings bastion. One display spread like ness of the kings and queens fea- lures in fire across the sky. PICK UP
 Before they retired, their majes-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18
BORCIA OF MASS
 MURDERS CAUGHT

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, cathedral in honor 0f Eleur De HseIs- onneuve, founder of the city, Hisii the Chalet atop Mount Royal to at- tend a tea party, and go to 8 civic banquet.
 Tourists were spending an esti- mated $25,O00,000 in Montreal for the occasion.
 Their majesties appeared to have borne up well under the first days schedule, the high point of which was last nights banquet. The queen was fresh and smiling as she en- tered the ballroom, and the king was at ease. She wore a gown of peach and gold, a diamond studded tiara and 8 diamond necklace. The sleeves and part of the bodice of the gown were of gold sequins and the decol- letage was outlined in a ruhing of incline. She carried gloves and purse matching the ensemble. The king wore full evening dress with miniature decorations and the Cross of St. George and the Star of the Order of the Bath on the left side of the coat.
 The king sat at Duplessis' right, the queen at his left. Lieut.. Gov. E. l.. Patenaude sat at the queens left, Madame Patenaude at the kings right. Rodrique Cardinal Villeneuve, primate of the Catholic church in Canada, was at Madame Patenaude's right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18

three city court prosecutors has been actively supported by Senator Ed ward P. Egan of Waterbury. The measure has also been backed by Republican Town Chairman J. War ren Upson of Waterbury.
 New Budget Provision
 The new budget provisions require that all city departments and bu- reaus submit their estimates of needed expenditures for the coming year between August 31 and Sep tember 15. The budget must be sent to the aldermen by the board of finance not later than the first Mon- day of December, and the budget must be adopted by December 15.
 Elimination of the surplus re- source sinking fund has been ad- vocated in many circles, and the fund has been especially attacked by Senator Culhane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18
JEWISH PEOPLE
 FORESEE DOOM
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plans for the future of the country. It was found that wires, connecting the broadcasting studio with the transmitter at Ramallah, had been cut.
 Jews called this the blekest day in their modern history. Their lead- CTS deplored violence, but the tenn per of the people was angry and desperate. There was every deter nina tion that the Jews would resist to the limit any effort to take Palestine an Arab-dominated state Many Jews lasted to show their opposition.
 Tel-Aviv wcs the main trouble center. As soon as the white paper was made public there last night all places of amusement including cafes were closed and lights in shop windows were extinguished. in sign of mourning.
 General Strikes Start General strikes were started here and at Tel-Aviv at dawn, to last until midnight, and the strike move ment was spreading to other parts of the country.
 So complete was the strike here that it was necessary to obtain a special permit for the United Press automobile to circulate in the From early morning male and female youth organizations headed by trumpeters marched through the street of ancient Jerusalem in mili- tary manner. Banners in the pro- cession demanded free immigration.
 "We shall redeem zion," promised one.
 We shall not pemit this betrayal" said another.
 Jewish newspapers did not join the strike so that they could publish stories of the British move which they attacked vigorously.
 Jewish Policeman Shot
 A Jewish policeman was shot and seriously wounded at Tel-Aviv when he sought to interfere with dem- onstrators parading to the Olympic stadium to swear allegiance to the Jewish cause.
 All Jews had been urged to par- ade first to the city hall and then to the stadium, to take the oath and to hear leaders read a formal proclamation, in behalf of the Jew ish national agency, rejecting the British plan.
 Many British families left Tel- Aviv for Jaffa.
 Protest meetings were opened simultaneously in more than 200 cities. towns and villages this morn- ing.
 The Jewish national council call- cd of, men and women of between i8 and a5 years of age to take part in e national census and sign c solemn undertaking to dedicate their lives to their Jewish home. land.
 Arabs Are JubiIant
 Arabs were jubilant. They spent the day feasting ceremnially on freshly killed sheep. Families of Arab prisoners gathered at eoncen- tratlon camps ae British authori. ties, acting under tho British plan. ordered the release Of men held for political offenses. Rebels who had fied to slelshhorine countries planned to return under tho ofsi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18
Bingo Bill Will Cause
 Fight In Legislature
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Nine pastors of Baptist churches in Fairfield County sent telegrams, saying:
 we are convinced that the ef- feet of such law would be exceed ingly dernoralizing and in direct op- position to the principals and tenets we are endeavoring to teach, be- cause the principle of all gambling, including bingo, is to get something for nothing"
 Episcopal Bishop Frederick G. Budlong opposed passage of the bill.
 Sen. Coles said the bill, as now drafted, effectively bars "racketeers" from engaging in the game.
 BarberS Bill In Danger
 Hartford, Conn.,, May 18-CUP)- The legislative reorganization com- mittee today voted favorable re- port on 8 bill abolishing the state hairdresser's and cosmetician's com- mission.
 Duties of the commission, under terms of the bill, would be trans ferred to the state health commis- sioner.
 Hartford, Conn, May 18-(UP)-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18

were prepared for presentation to the grand jury. The indictments named:
 Cesare valenti, mustached giant of the ring, and Raffaele Polselli, accused of the murder of Charles Favato.
 Christina Cerrone, arrested in the death of Rafael Caruso, a boarder in her home.
 Emedio Muscelli, suspect in the death of Giuseppe Di Martino.
 Josephine Romualdo, accused in the death of her husband, Antonio.
 Agnes Mandiuk, arrested in con- nection with the death of her hus- band. Romaine.
 Bolber and David Brandt, type- writer salesman, also were named in the bill charging Mrs. Andiuk with the staying of her husband.
 Herman Petrillo. Paul Petrillo and Samuel 6ortino were listed as co-defendants with Mrs. Cerrone.
 investigators revealed that Bol- Der banked 9l0.OO0 in a single dee posit "a few days" before his arrest and that Paul Petriilo's bank ace count had skyrocketed about the time the poison deaths began. Some Of the arsenic widows ifi custody de- scribed the South Philadelphia taii- or and switch doctor" as c 'poIson- ing Romeo"
 Court officials said that many of tho defendants would be arsligned early next week and predicted wholesale guilty pleas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18

cial amnesty.
 It was reported that authorities had begun to rearm Arab policemen for an emergency in event that Jewish policemen refused to CO., perate with British authorities in opposing disorders.
 There was even a threat of some trouble from Arabs, despite their joy, for many of the political die hards wanted their independence at once instead of waiting for 10 years as they must under the British plan.
 Outbreaks Everywhere
 Impressive demonstrations as- sumed a national scale.
 At Haifa tens of thousands of Jews gathered to watch the sym- bolic burning of a big replica of the British white paper"
 A crowd of Jews adhered at the Wailing wall here to mourn the third destruction of the temple"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18

fired from rifles, shotguns and re- volverS.
 300 Are At Work
 The High Splint Mine has been operating since Tuesday. It report ed force of about 300 men at work today. The attack occurred shortly before the days working force was due to report.
 The United Mine Workers Union, seeking union shop" contract with operators in the rich Harlan bitum- inous field, established their first 24-hour -a-day picket line this morn ing around the tipple of the Harlan Central Coal Company at Totz, only completely nechanized mine in the area. National Guardsmen made no immediate effort to. escort workers through the picket line, and the mine, one of the first to reopen on Monday, shut down temporarily.
 Failure of 8 power trunk line be- tween Harlan and Lynch, Ky, plunged two-thirds of Harlan Coun- ty into darkness for 40 minutes be- tween 2 and 3a. m. A standby line was then cut in and power was re- stored. Line crews which located the trouble after daylight, said the break wa sa routine failure and sabotage was no involved.
 More Soldiers Arrive
 This incident occurred following arrival of 400 more National Guards men to reinforce the $50 patroling the bituminous mines attempting to operate on non-union basis.
 John L. Lewis United Mine Work CTS of Amerca pledged full financial suppjort to union miners in their fight against the Harlan County Coal Operators Association over union shop"
 Although the city of Harlan was without electric service for most of the hour between and a. m. National Guard officials said they were Investigating the trouble.
 The trouble was on the power line which serves the Harlan Coal and Fuel Company at Totz, Ky. The power Is generated at Pocket, Va.
 Utility officials said the mines at Totz were the only ones in this area which use electric power for me- chanical coal digging machines which have been installed there only a relatively short time. Union offi- cials claim that the machines re- duced the working force at Totz about 60 per cent.
 Operators in this county began the fourth consecutive day of par tial operations without union con- tract after all other operators asso- citations in the Appalachian field had signed with the union. Against the Harlan Operators Association the UNIV - largest union in the coun- try with treasury estimated at $2000,000 - promised its unlimited backing to local union leader.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18

Rome, January 3, 1876. His parents were Marquis Pic Valdambrini- Accorumboni and Countess Elvira Giannuzzi-Savolli.
 His ancestors rom his fathers side were bankers and served the Holy See faithfully in their capacity, particularly at the time of the Na- poleonic invasion of the papal states at the beginning of the cen- tury. A son of Mrs. Virginia Val- dambrini-P -Piscitelli and first cousin of Father Valdambrini, was elevated to be a domestic Prelate several years before his death in 1928.
 Relatives In Papal Court
 Father Valdambrinis ancestors on his mothers side had Q larger num- Der of members in the papal court; Count Camille Gianuzzi Savolli, Father Valdambinfs grandfather, was colonel in the papal army; a cousin of Count Camille was a cardinal, Cardinal Appolloni who died at the end of the last century; a brother of the same, Mons. Vim cenzo, was domestic prelate; a son, Mons. Vencoslac Giannuzzi- Savolli. was also domestic prelate and canon in St. Peters. He died in 1910. A great number of cousins from both sides have served and stin serve in the noble guard of His Holiness, like the Counts Giannuz- zi-Savolli and Ambrosi, the Mar quis Pellegrini Quarantetti. A sis ter of Father ValdambriniS had joined the Congregation of the Sis ters of St. Dorothy and now resides in Bologna.
 Classmates in Rome
 Father Valdambrini made his sec- ondary studies in the schools of the Roman Seminary, where he had as classmates, Cardinals Lavitrano Marmaggi and Massini, and several bishops. He also met at that time, Cardinal Pacelli, now Pope Plus XII.
 The local Italian pastor joined the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1891 and was ordained priest in 1899.
 In 1900, he founded the St. Jerome society for the propagation of the Gospel, together with Father Nercati, now a cardinal, Father Clement and the late Comm. Scotti. Ire society secured as president Mons. Della Chiesa, who became Pope Benedict XIV. Father Valdam- brini served under him as secretary from 1902 to 1906.
 Sent to Florence
 At the end of 1906 he was sent by his superiors to Florence; at the be- ginning of 1908 he was sent to Eng land and finally in February, 1910, to America where his congregation had accepted a call for parish work in the diocese of Lacrosse, Wis. He remained there as assistant for eight months, but the parish was failure, and Father Valdambrini came east.
 At the suggestion of Father LEsperance, superior in Natick, R. l., he decided to look for some work among Italian immigrants. Bishop Wilan accepted him in December, 1910, and adopted him in June, 1912. After serving as assistant in Baltic, he was appointed administrator of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in this city, November g, 1912, and pastor in 1922.
 Father Valdambrini had also the privilege of meeting several times the late Pope Plus XT. Father Patti used to come to Rome once a year from Milan and several friends used to entertain him at dinner. Father Valdambrini was among them, so that when he went to Italy in 1922, he had an audience with the pope which lasted three quarters of an hnlfY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18
City Charter To Have Sweeping Alterations
manager charter is rejected by the ( voters at referendum. of
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Changing of the date of taking of office is a radical departure. Though city elections have been held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October, the mayor and other members of his admins tration have not taken office until the following January. Under the proposed change, they will assume their official duties the Monday after election.
 The elimination of one of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18
LOCAL PASTOR IS
 MADE MONSICNOR

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18
JumbIed State Budget


 Hartford, Con-, May I8-CUP)- The jumbled state budget situation became further confused today as the house revolted against attempts to divert" money from the state highway fund.
 A house roads bloc apparently was in control of the lower chamber, despite frantic attempts of the house Republican steering committee to re-establish authority.
 The 1939-41 state budget already was out of balance by $1,935, ,00O when the house turned down bill taking motor vehicles fines and for feitures out of the highway fund. These receipts, under terms of the measure, would be equally divided between the state and towns. The states share would go into the general fund.
 The 148 to 68 vote against the bill jeopardized the budgetary recom- mendation that 75 per cent of state police department costs be paid from the highway fund.
 If present conditions prevail in the house, there was strong nkeli- hood the budget may go out of ball. ance by more than $3,000,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18

SA&ssAASS6N4 voters at referendum.
 Some of the charter changes be- come effective July 1, others not until January 1. One of the latter is the provision allowing the alder men to override a veto from the mayor by only a majority vote in- stead of by the two-thirds now re- quired under the present charter.
 Budget Director Duties
 The budget director would act as a member of the board of finance. He would have charge of auditing the books of all city departments, and must be a qualified accountant.
 The director of purchases would do all the city buying, taking over a function now held by the control ler's office. He would be allowed to have the nece~serv number of en- ployeS to assist him.