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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
Cries Of Baby Only Clue Police Have In Search For Abductor, Slayer Of Infant

flashed on the lights" Police Chief Albert F. Lee ordered search for the automobile, an old-model coupe.
 Authorities would not suggest a motive for the taking of the baby. It could not have been for profit. The parents, MT. and Mrs. Irwin Fink, would have trouble raising s2O0 in a hurry" their neighbors said. Fink is c WPA employe. He and his wife were separated seven weeks before Haldon was born. Mrs. Fink was granted a diverce last Saturday. The baby was taken from the home of his grandfather. Oren Baker. while the grandmother and Mrs. Fink. 22. were away. Twelve hours later the body was found in the muddy waters of Green Greek. seven miles away. Sheriff n. L. Myers said Fink had an ''air<tIght" alibi and had been cleared from suspicion. He was playing cards al the time the baby disappeared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
LAKEVIEWS TRAILS
 INVOLVED IN LAW
Twenty Defendants, Many of Waterbury, Are As-
 sessed on Tax Liens

Approximately 21 acres of land in section of Southbury near Lake Zoar, known as Lakeview Trails are involved in a single tax lien sore- closure judgment granted in the court of common pleas today in fa- vor of the Town of Southbury by Judge Miles F. McNiff.
 Margaret Hurd, now of Bridge port is the chief defendant in the action which lists 21 defendants. Judge McNiff set September 19 and 20 as the final dates for the redemp- tion of equity by the defendants. Fourteen Waterburians are listed as holders of property affected by the foreclosure. The amount of the debts range from $7.69 to $964.02..
 Remembrance Before
 Attorney Albert Aston, appearing for the township, said today that some of the lots sold in the develop ment of Lakeview Trails, were en- cuinbered at the time by tax liens. Since the sales were made, about 1923, many of the purchasers have failed to pay any taxes, he said. The area is not developed to any extent and is sparsely populated.
 Costs of the litigation were ap- portioned by Judge McNiff among the 2l defendants. It is expected that more actions are contemplated by the tax offlce of Southbury, against other owners of property in the same area.
 At the time of the sale of the lots to individuals in 1928. 1t was con-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
Killing Of Young Girl Not Yet Fully Cleared
Motor Police Corporal Accused of Firing Many Shots,
 Is Facing an Attorney, Hired By Very Indignant Citizens

Mauch Chunk, Pa., June 16.-(UP)
 New York police have been asked to search for two young former Nesquehoning residents to clear up every mysterious angle" of the fatal shooting of 14-year old Joan Stevens by a Pennsylvania motor police corporal, citizens commit tee attorney announced today.
 Counsel James T. McCready, re- tained by citizens to represent the dead girls family in the investiga- ton on grand jury proceedings, iden- tified the missing witnesses as Lucy Pavlishan and Joseph Vrabel. Joan reportedly ran away and accom- panied them to New York last April but was returned home.
 Shooter Knew Her
 McCready said a witness had told investigators that Corp. Benjamin Franklin knew when he shot Joan that she was local school girl and not a gun moll". The frail, 87-pound girl was killed by eight Slugs from Franklin's pistol while he and State Trooper Edward Swatji were questioning her regarding supposed plot-apparently imagined by the girl-to hold up several banks. Franklin told a coroner's jury that the girl had drawn a gun, later discovered to be a toy, and threatened to "blow our heads off.
 After a conference with McCready, District Attorney Albert H. Heim- bach identified the witness as Will liam Bincarowsky, a friend of Frank lin and a Nesquehoning resident.
 McCready declined to say what evidence the couple in New York were expected to furnish.
 "We do knoW;" he said, "that in- formation they have will uncover every mysterious angle in the case"
 According to McCready and the district attorney, BincarowSky had talked to Franklin and Swatji be- fore they kept their appointment with the Stevens girl, who had tele- phoned them at the Tamaqua State Police barracks concerning the Pan- ther Creek Valley Bank ''robberies" |.
 Arrangements were made that they would drive past Bincarowsky at an appointed spot, to enable him to ascertain whether she were a lo- cal resident. Bincarowsky report edly told the troopers that the girl was Joan Steventon". GA branch of the Stevens family by that name lives at Nesquehoning0
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
BRITISH ROYAL
 COUPLE SET SAIL
4z,OOO Ton Liner to Carry King, Queen Back to
 British Home

Aboard R. M. E. Empress of Bri- tain, at Sea, June 16.-(UP)-A royal day of rest was observed to- day on this liner carrying King George and Queen Elizabeth home to England from their 30-day Amer ican tour.
 For the first time in a month there was no program of receptions to follow, and the king and queen were at ease among the 60 members of their entourage, the only passen- gers on the Majestic, 42,000-ton liner.
 The ship is almost twice as large as the Empress of Australia, on which the trip to America was made, and the king, astounded by its size, remarked with 8 laugh when he first stepped from an ele- vator to the promenade deck last night: Where do we go from here?"
 He was out for a stroll, having left behind the cheers of a crowd, on the waterfront at Halifax, N. S., from where the liner sailed at 6:27 D. m. (EDT).
 One More Reception
 There will be one more reception en route. The ship stops at St. Johns, Newfoundland, oldest of the present British dominions, briefly to- morrow. Then it proceeds to Eng land, arriving June 9 for a round of homecoming celebrations.
 Until the Empress of Britain passed from Canadian waters at the three-mile limit, at 8:10 p. m., she was escorted by the Canadian de- stroyers Skeena and Saguenay, and when they turned back the king
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
Appeal Follows Shooting of Two Farmers Trying
 to Run Blockade THREATEN
 SITTER BLOCKADE Will Tie Up Things Worse If Britain Issues Any
 Challenges
BY CHARLES GABB United Press Staff Correspondent

Tientsin, June 16 = (UP) Authorities of the block aded British concession have appealed to commanders of British warships to get food to them, the Japanese Domei News Agency reported today. The appeal followed shooting of two Chinese farmers by Japanese SentrieS when the farmers sought to run the blockade of the British and French concessions with vegetables. In asking British warships to move food into the concession from Ching wangtao and Weihaiwei, authorities said the food would be regarded as military supplies and would be dis tributed throughout the concession.
 The statement said it still was hoped that Japanese authorities may not maintain their refusal ito give further consideration to proposals which have been made to localize the incident"
 Court of Inquiry
 The chief of the proposals men, tioned was the creation of special court of inquiry. composed of one Briton, one Japanese and one Amer ican, to decide on whether the four suspects should be surrendered. The proposal is regarded here as tanta- mount to having the United States mediate between Britain and Japan.
 The proposal so far has not been accepted but 8 spokesman said to- day that it was still open.
 Officials said today's statement was issued because the British government feels the issues arising from the blockade are still in- sufficiently appreciated.
 British officials, meanwhile, were considering the imposition of dis criminatory measures against Japan csc exports in reprisal for the blockade.
 British Soldiers Prepare
 Authorities said the British are preparing 1000 soldiers and volun- teers for any emergency. Japanese sources reported that 50 British soldiers inspected the concessions defenses and strengthened the bar ricades. Most stores were closed.
 Japanese restrictions frightened and the French concession was com pletely isolated except on the side adjoining the British area.
 An acute food shortage threatened the concessions. Already, markets were almost denuded of foods except for cold storage meats.
 The British and French had large stores of flour and rice in riverside warehouses, but there were more than 100000 people to feed in the concessions and there was no telling how long the blockade would last.
 Ironically, the presence of the rice and flour in the warehouses proved a boomerang for the Japanese, be- cause prices in the city proper soar- ed due to the closure of the ware houses.
 MilImen Allowed In
 For the present, Japanese still permitted Russian milkmen to bring
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
MOST EXTENSIVE
 SPY HUNT BEGINS
Greatest Since World War Is Claim of Govt; G=Men
 MObilized

Washington, June 16-(UP)-The government has mobilized for the most extensive spy-hunt since the World War. It is Investigating more than 1000 cases of alleged espion- age.
 All activities have been centered under Director J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special attention is being given to spy and sabotage cases in the mili- tary areas along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
 Attorney General Frank Murphy, disclosing at a press conference that the spy campaign had been intensi- fled and centralized under the FBI, estimated that more than 1000 cases would be investigated this year, compared with 600 last year and only 31 in 1887.
 He said worldwide conditions, 2 which are difficult to talk about publicly" were responsible.
 Silent On Localities
 He declined to reveal what spe- ciflc localities were receiving at tention or what foreign powers were engaged in espionage in this coun- try. He admitted that "there has been evidence of sabotage"
 He said that an "appreciable" part of special $300,000 fund voted the justice department for extraor- dinary work would be used in the anti-espionage campaign.
 Murphy said the United States was strong enough to be in com plete control" of the spy situation, and that 'only indifference or lax ity would let the situation become more serious.
 Under the new centralized set-up. other governmental agencies will re- tain responsibility for spy work, but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
Gov. Baldwin Signs Eight Major
 Bills Approved By Gen. Assembly
Increase of 60 Cents a Gallon on Whiskey One
 of Them BINGO MEASURE IS
 NOT INCLUDED

Hartford, Conn, June f6.-UP)- Gov. Baldwin today signed eight major bills approved by the recent ly adjourned general assembly, among them an increase of 60 cents to $1 a gallon on liquor, the only tax bill of the session.
 The others were:
 Transferring motor vehicles fines and forfeitures from the highway to the general fund.
 Payment of 75 per cent of state police department costs from the highway fund.
 Prohibiting the issuance of in- functions in labor disputes until a court hearing has been held on the issues involved.
 Establishing a 40-hour work week for labor employed on con- structing state buildings.
 Abolishing the state hairdressers commission and transferring its duties to the state health depart ment.
 Repeating a 1887 act prohibiting the garnishment of wages.
 Gov. Baldwin today affixed his signature to the Merritt Parkway To- cent toll bill, designed to raise rev. enue to construct the Wilbur L.. Cross Highway.
 A temporary collection station will be constructed at Greenwich and later permanent quarters will be built.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
DIVERS SHIFTED
 TO OTHER SIDE

Portsmouth, N. H., June 16-(UP) their attack to the port side, navy divers were making rapid progress today in tunneling beneath the sunken submarine Squalus. tomb of 26 men. off the Isles of Shoals
 Twenty feet of tunnel were clear ed yesterday with a compressor air hosefi Divers hoped to pierce the obstruction that forced the aband- onment of the project from the Starboard side.
 Through the tunnel will be drawn chains for attachment to pontoons to aid in raising the submarine, which sank in 40 fathoms of water May 8.
 A navy board of inquiry will be- gin an official investigation Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16

Henry Horner saved two other mur- derers who had been scheduled to die with Nixon.
 He had received eight stays since his conviction August 5. He went to the chair silently, but he had repudiated a confession, complete with his own penciled sketching of the Johnson home, which he made to police week after the staying.
 I'm dying for a bum rap," he said. T did not kill that woman" '"
 Police, however, had introduced fingerprint evidence at his trial to prove he did. They had his con- fessions and corroborating evidence that he killed two other women in Chicago and two, perhaps three, at Los Angeles.
 Skull of Each Crushed
 In each case the victims skull was crushed with a brick. All were slain in their beds during the early morning hours.
 < Nixon was seized by a police squad en route to the scene of the Johns- son staying. He was standing on a street corner and the policemen picked him up for routine question ing. They found blood on his clothes
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16

The league has broken off all me- gotiations with the Upson faction of the party. One officer of the league told The Democrat today that serious consideration is being given proposal that all league supporters withdraw as members of the COP. town committee or as district leaders. The split, he said, may lead to the entrance of an Italian Republican ticket into the city election field this fall.
 Bitter Charges Made
 Bitter charges of discrimination have been made against MT. Upson by members of the league, and they claim that the party organization de- serted them after earlier giving them to understand taht their choice for a tudgeship would be approved. The leagues executive board has re- fused to approve the names of either Prosecutor Charles Summa or At torney Michael Galullo, insisting that Attorney Palomba be named.
 Other Italian Republican factions beside the league are also disgruntled at the way in which the situation llaS been handled by the party lead- ership. MT. Upsor has failed thus far to approve any specific candidate and thereby has incurred the wrath of almost all the aspirants and their supportres. x
 Rather See Judge Mascolo
 One comment today was that the Italian Republican League would rather see Judge Edward Mascolo, Democrat, reappointed to the bench than have the post go to any other Republican than Attorney Palomba.
 The sequels to the present dispute may prove stern test of MT. Up- sons leadership, since the league is prepared to wage a strong battle against him. Desertion of the league from the COP. organization ranks would be severe blow to the party's hopes for success in the city election in the fall.
 A Republican primary fight or the placing of a new Republican ticket in the field would again split the party asunder, and nullify gains made locally in the past few years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
DR. GEO. FABER
 LICENSE REVOKED
Judge Wynne in Superior Court Follows Recom-
 mend of Atty. Gen.

Superior Court Judge Kenneth Wynne today followed out the recommendation of Attorney Gen. eral Francis A. Pallotti and re- voked the license of Dr. George A. Faber of Waterbury, prohibiting him from practicing surgery or medicine in Connecticut.
 pr. Faber is an inmate of the state prison at Wethersfield on a conviction of manslaughter and at tempt to procure miscarriage by abortion. He was sentenced to serve one to four years after trial in the Waterbury superior court on December 21, 1887.
 No Objection Made
 No objection to the application of Attorney General Pallotti was made. The motion was granted by default, when Assistant Attorney General Walter w. Walsh appeared
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
UNITED STATES
 JOINS PROTEST
But Secretary Hull Will Move Carefully-Break
 Is Surely Expected
RY HOBART C. MONTEE

4AODEA1sA Ss AAOAN 6k1 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, June 16-CUP)-The United States was expected today to join Great Britain and France in vigorous protests to Japan against blockades of foreign settlements in China. .-~- ...q
 It was believed the decision was reached during a conference be- tween Secretary of State Cordell Hull and his principal advisers late yesterday, immediately after word was received of protests by the Brit ish and French ambassadors at Tokyo.
 In official quarters it was indicated that this government would move cautiously in the matter of threat ening to apply reprisals against Jap anese shipping and commerce, such as Britain has suggested. Such &C., tion was regarded by officials as be- ing close to acts of war.
 Protests of No Avail
 Belief long has been held here that diplomatic protests to Japan are of little avail, and that sooner or later Japanese aggression would force a showdown with one or more of the western powers. The caution of Hull and other state department officials even in commenting on the situations precipitated by the Japa- nese blockades at Kulangsu and Tientsin indicated that Hull was convinced that showdown may be near.
 Soundings of official opinion in- dicated that whatever action Hull decides to take will not be precipi- tate, and will not .put the United States out in front" in the present Far Eastern situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
DOUBLE MURDER"
 MYSTERY ENDS

Westbrook. Me, June l0-(Up)- Maine's double murder" mystery was believed solved today.
 pr. Mortimer Warren, pathologist. reported to police that the four feet found in a Westbrook dump tin- douhtedly had been cut from cada- vcrs used by medical students.
 Hc based his finding on the fact that in tNo Of the feet there Was Q rcd fiaid used lo help medicaf stl,- dents to trace tho cifcilatory sys- <fm when dissecllna cadayefs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
TREASURY. BALANCE

Washington, June 16-(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through June IA, compared with a year ago: This Near Expenses Last Year $s,659, ,03s,753.54 s7.04e, ,42s,371.32
 Receipts S5,27e,7O9,3S3.44 $5,6Ss, 1905, ,2SS.18
 Gross Deficit $s,SS2,324,s7o.10 $1.357, 1928, ,0ss.14 $s,345,149,s ,s20.1O s1,2sS, ,44s, ,oSs.14
 Cash Balance $2,s04, ASS. .o6s.02 $2.44e.011.5s2.s5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
Commanders Of British Warships Are Asked To Rush In Food Supplies
Negro Youth, Slayer Of 5Women, Dies In Chair
Robert Dixon, l9, Claims, However, That He Was Being Electrocuted for Bum Rap'-tiad
 Confessed Other Murders

Chicago June 16 - (UP) = Robert Nixon, 19year-old Negro who began his criminal at the of six and 18 confessed he had slain at least five woen died in the electric chair at the Cook County jail today He executed for the murder of Mrs Florence Johnson 3
 mother of two children and the last of his victims whom he budgeoned to death in her bed May 27, 1888 The husband witnessed execution Governor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
Italian Leaders Of COP May Bolt
 J. Warren Upson
Michael TAnthony, President of Italian League, Pro tests Refusal of Ups0n Group to Support Fred-
 erick w. Palomba for City Court Bench

An open split has developed in the local Republican the Italian Republican League have threatened to bolt the leadership of Republican Town Chairman Warren Upson The actual break between Mr. Upson and Michael JAnthony president of the league, the town chair
 mans refusal to support the leagues recommendation that Attorney Frederick w. Paomba be appointed to the city 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-16
Case of Dependents

CaSt or DepenuentS Hartford. Conn.,, June 16.-(UP). -Goy. Baldwin said today that a revamping of the states responsi- bilities was needed because of the apparent increasing demand to take care of all sorts of dependent per- sons."
 In proposing the formulation of some definite policy to bring our program up to date" the governor declared i've must find out what part and how much should be borne
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Seaweed Is Used a. Food
Also for Healing Wounds

Many Of the edible seaweeds con-
tain valuable properties such as 10
dine, iron and other useful, curative
marine salts. From the time Of
Pliny EDWARDS they have been ex-
toIled for their nourishing and heal
ing powers, according to an author
ity in London Answers Magazine.
On the west coast Of Ireland
seaweed called dillisk, after being
chopped up fine. forms the basis Of
q stew made with shellhsh, milk,
potatoes and oatmeal.
Lord Bacon remarked Of the roots
Of the sea holly that II added to
MaImsey wine in which the yoIks Of
eggs had been beaten. such drinke
win strengthen the back" Candy
was also made from this plant in
the Seventeenth century by Robert
Burton, an apothecary Of Colches-
ter.
Sloke is a popular seaweed In
South Wales, large quantities being
consumed in the form Of laverbread.
It also possesses remarkable heal
ing powers when applied over an
open sore or cut
Holiday-makers on most Of our
coasts are familiar with bladder
wrack, the coarse seaweed which
litters the beaches after a heavy
gale. The bladders with which the
plant Is studded are full Of a glu-
tinous substance much used as an
external embrocation after being
stepped IN spirit