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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
EGAN WILL OPPOSE CITY MANAGER Voted to Bring Bill Before People to Learn Their
 Decision HOPES BILL WILL
 BE BEATEN HERE Does Not Endorse City Manager Policy; Does
 Not Like Idea

Senator Edward P. Egan, who last night at Hartford voted in favor of the city manager referendum bill, an nounced today that he will strongly oppose adoption of a city manager charter for Waterbury. He said he be- lieved that the question should go to the people, but that he hoped the voters would turn down the charter proposed by the Citizens Good Government Association.
 q am not endorsing the city manager charter or the desirability of such a charter,n said Senator Egan. "Is favor the party system of government on which our nation is founded. My reason for voting as I did is to give the people of Water bury the opportunity to adopt or reject this city manager charter" :"
 Senator Egan was one of Is mem- bers of the upper house who last night, after more than five hours of debate, adopted the bill providing for referendum on the city man. ager charter Oct. 3. If the charter should be approved on that date by the voters. then on Nov. IA they will choose seven councilmen and seven members of the board of edu- cation. If the charter should be re- jected Oct. 3, the vote Nov. IA will be for a mayor and other city of- ficials provided for under the mayor-aldermen charter by which Waterbury is now governed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
DICK CHAPMAN IS
 VICTOR IN GOLF
Greenwich Player Puts Out Charlie Yates 4 and }
 in England

Hoylake, Eng, May 24-(UP) - Charlie Yates bid for a second con- secutive victory in the British anna teur golf championship was blasted today by a fellow American, Dick Chapman of Greenwich, Conn. Chapman eliminated the Atlanta bank clerk with a 4 and 3 victory in third round match.
 Chapman, playing almost faultless golf. had two up lead over the 25- year-old champion at the turn and then increased it as they came in on the back nine. Yates butter, us- ually one of his most reliable weap- onS, deserted him all the way.
 Chapman was one of three Ameri- jeans to advance. Bill Holt, Jr., of Syracuse. gained the fourth round with a and 2 victory over D. s. Coates and Ellsworth Vines, the professional tennis player, went in- to the third round with a and 3 victory over E. N. Hatchliffe.
 Vines, however, teed off again against John Ballieu to decide which of them moves into the fourth round.
 Chapman Made Fav0rite
 Chapman immediately became the favorite to reach the 36-hole finals Saturday from the lower section of the draw. Last year, at Pittsburgh, he was a semi- -finalist in the U. s. amateur championships, eliminating Johnny Goodman. also a defending champion, in the quarter-finals. Then he was defeated in the next
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
Fifty Anxious Women Keep Vigil All Night
They Are Wives of Oficers Sailors Trapped in Sub= marine-They Had Sleepless Hours in Home of
 Captain Greenlee, Close to Scene
BY EDWARD HERRICK United Press Staff Correspondent

Portsmouth, N. H. May 24-Some 50 anguished women, their faces drawn, after a sleepless night kept vigil in a little brick house over looking the sea today.
 They were the wives of the officers and sailors trapped in the subma- rine Squalus, on the floor of the Atlantic ocean, 15 miles outside the harbor. Trained themselves in the ways of the sea, they made brave efforts to conceal their own suffer- ing.
 Navy yard marines patrolled the home of Captain H. R. Greenlee where they were quartered and rig idly enforced the official rule which gave them privacy. Mrs. Greenlee took care of the more nervous of their number, pouring coffee throughout the night, serving food, and offering what cheer she could.
 First To Be Told
 They were the first to be told of the official dispatches from the scene of the sinking. By order of Lieut.. Commander J. J. Curley, the reports were telephoned to the Greenlee home before they were made public. Those infrequent re- ports, terse and inconclusive, were the events around which the women were building hopes for the future. Curley, himself, read most of the messages to the Greenlee home.
 The wives and sweetheartS of the Squalus' men were escorted to the vigil house" by navy officers. Many of them had run, breathless and near-frantic, to the commands office. They had been soothed and re-assured there and then sent up to the brick house on the hill.
 Women are Brave
 Mrs. Oliver F. Naquin, wife of the lieutenant-commander of the ill., fated vessel, spent some time with
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
After Over Four Hours of Debate Sen. Culhane Ad-
 nits Defeat J BALDWIN EXPECTED
 TO SIGN QUICKLY Senator Egan Opposed to Sen. Culhane in Effort to
 Kill Measure
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK
 Democrat Legislative ReporterI

BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK
 Democrat Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol, Hartford, May "A. = Only the sigma ture of Governor Raymond E. Baldwin is needed to have placed before the voters of Waterbury the question of adoption or rejection of the city manager charter pro- posed by the Citizens Good Government Association. The bill providing for a referen- dunn on the chartet in the Brass City, October 3, was passed by the Senate last night. 1874, after five and a half hours of argument, which developed into a one-man filibuster against the measure by Senator George T. Culhane of Wa terbury.
 Governor Baldwin is expected to sign the bill, despite claims of op- ponentS that many provisions of the charter are in violation of the state constitution and that other provis- ions are in conflict with state law. Signing by the governor will make the bill into law, since it had been passed by the lower house several weeks before yesterdays marathon session of the Senate.
 c...An, r,,yIo~> Giu~a Nln
 After having threatened to go through the entire text of the 263- section city manager charter, sec ton by section, Senator Culhane ended his filibuster after covering only the first 40 sections. Halting his speech, he said: "There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind but that this bill will pass" Yielding the floor, he called for a roll call vote, and the bill prevailed by an 1894 margin. One of those sup porting the bill was the junior Wa terbury member of the upper house, Senator Edward P. Egan.
 Senator Audubon Secor, chairman of the cities and boroughs commit tee, which had reported the bill favorably, immediately moved for reconsideration. This was a parlia- mentary maneuver designed to pre- vent the matter being brought up again today. The move for recon sideration was defeated, thus bind- ing the Senate's action. Immedi- ately thereafter the administrative
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24

at the lnltldt1On III WnlCe apron, inscribed, Doctor of Litters". He carried a medicine bag labeled "A. R. Dafoe Mass Deliveries" the suit alleged.
 At Ottawa, Henri St. Jacquies, Dionne,s attorney, said that i've are not after money, we want an apology"
 Asked if Dafoe's resignation from the Saints and Sinners club would be accepted as an apology, St. Jacquies said:
 I'm not prepared to answer that. We have been inSulted by the af- filiation to pigs and rabbits"
 The suit was filed two weeks ago, but Dionne withheld service because of the presentation of his famous daughters to King George and Queen Elizabeth of Britain this week. Dionne feared that Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn of Ontario pro- vince would be embarrassed if the suit were revealed prior to the pres entation.
 Hoffman Explains
 New York, May 24-(UP)-Harold G. Hoffman, former governor of New Jersey and president of the Circus Saints and Sinners Club, said that Dr. Allen Roy DaFoe was the fall guy" of the Circus Saints and Sinners Club initiation on which Oliva Dionne, father of the quintu- plets, based suit against the phy- sician.
 "DaFoe had no hand in planning what happened there," said Hoff- man. He was the goat. How can he be blamed?"
 At the initiation DaFoe was por- trayed as horse-and-buggy doctor and Dionne as the forgotten man." The buggy was labeled rural free delivery" with the word Free" blocked out.
 The forgotten man" led DeF'oe to a huge "slot-machine." He pulled the handle, and out walked five men dressed in baby clothes.
 During the initiation ceremonies, mechanical stork circled the stage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
Rescue Was First of Its Kind in History of
 U. s. Navy MEN HURRIED TO
 SHIP HOSPITAL Bringing Men Up From Ship Took Less Than
 Two Hours
BY GARDNER FROST United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Portsmouth, N. H., May 24. - (UP) = The rescue cham Der of the Falcon came up today with seven survivors of the sunken submarine Squa- Jus. The announcement that the first survivors had been reached and taken up in the diving bell was made at 1::25 D. m. The rescue by means of the diving bell was the first of its kind in the history of the U. s. navy.
 The men will be taken aboard the Falcon and put into decompres- sion chamber and then, if in good condition, transferred to the Cruiser Brooklyn.
 An emergency hospital had been set up aboard the Brooklyn which steamed here under forced draught last night from the Brooklyn navy yard.
 The actual rescue, from the time the down-haul line had been fast ened aboard the Squalus, required a few minutes less than two hours.
 Navy officials indicated that the bell would make only one trip an hour, due to the difficulties in mak- ing connections between the bell and the submarine hatch at the depth of 240 feet.
 First reports at the navy yard here were that one of the seven rescued was an officer who could furnish details of the accident and the condition of the submarine.
 The bell started toward the sur- face at 1:18 p. m.
 No details concerning the condi- ton of the men was immediately forthcoming from the Falcon.
 Ill case the survivors are injured or suffering from shock or exposure navy officials said the first would be hospitalized on the Falcon and then removed to the naval hospital here.
 Under the code of the sea Com mander Oliver T. Naquin would be the last to leave the submarine, but rescue officials indicated that tra- dition might be waived and at least ranking officer included in the first trip of the diving bell.
 News of the rescue was being re- layed to the commandant's office in the navy yard by radio from the Falcon.
 Chamber Goes Down
 At 11:40 a. m. the recSue chamber was lowered, process which was expected to take considerable time although the sea was calm under sunny skies. The bell is a metal cyl indrical chamber weighing 10 tons and 10 feet high and equipped with decompression chambers. The im- prisoned men will be taken up four at a time-and during the as- cent kept in the decompression chamber for time sufficient to per-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
BLUE PETER WINS
 ENGLISH DERBY
He Was 7 to 2 Fav0rite in Betting - American
 Horses Not in It

Epson Downs, Eng, May 24- (UP)-Blue Peter won the 160th running of the English Derby be- fore 350,000 spectators at Epson Downs today.
 The winner, a 7-2 favorite, was owned by Lord Rosebery, whose fathers horses won the historic event three times, in 1894, 1895 and 1905.
 Edward Esmond's Fox Cub was second in the largest field of start CTS in a decade and Lord Derby's Heliopolis was third.
 Blue Peter, who won the 2,000 Guineas stakes at Newmarket a month ago, carried his owners Prim- rose and Rose Silks to a four length triumph. Fox Cub was an- other three lengths ahead of Helio- polls and Lady zia Wernher's Ca- sanova was fourth.
 American Horses Out
 Two American-owned horses, Wil- liam Woodward's Hypnotist, second choice to Blue Peter in the early betting. and Stafford II. who carried the silks of Ralph B. Strasburger, finised out of the money in the field of 27.
 The official odds on the winner, who was ridden by Jockey Ephraim smith, were "a. l00-6 and l00-9.
 Blue Peter was timed in 2 minutes and 36 4-5 seconds for the mile and e half race over a Sloping course. The weather was warIp and the truck hard and fast.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
BARTENDER WINS
 $7O,OOO PRIZE
66 Years Old, Employed at Tavern-Has Several
 Reactions

Fox Cub ran second in the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes at Epson Downs today, sweeping $70,200 into the lap of Clement Bulris, 66, of 995 Bank street, Waterbury. News of the prize was accepted by Bud- ris with contradictory reactions.
 I'm going to quit right now" he said, concerning his position as bar tender at tavern operated by Will liam Bradunas of 865 Bank street. Five minutes later he excused him. self from newspapermen because he wanted ito go down and let the boss go for dinner"
 Democrat Writer Sees Him
 A Democrat reporter and photog- rapher, who located the sweeps winner in the parlor of his home, found him with several little nephewS and cousin, Adele Grey.
 How does it feel to be sweep stakes winner?" he was asked.
 "Oh it's all right--I don't care" responded the man. But the light in his eyes and the beam on his face bespoke other reactions.
 Signer Poor Katz''
 Budris, a Lithuanian, signed his ticket Poor Katz." AnxiouSly, he hovered near radio this morning awaiting news of the winner of the race, he said. But he remained stoic throughout the exciting mo- when he learned of his good fortune.
 "I'm going to buy a stove-pipe (hat), a diamond worth $3,000 and a cane," he said, when asked his intentions. Then he asked the re- porter a good place to buy chain, ESQ I can lead my dog around"
 What kind of dog have you?" he was asked.
 "None-but I'll have to get one."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
OFFICERS, MEN
 ABOARD SQUALLS
Three Connecticut Boys Are Among Enlisted Crew
 of Submarine
(By United Press)

\DH OhAeCu AACSoI These naval officers, enlisted mer and civilians are aboard the sub. marine Squalus:
 Officers Doyle, William T., Baltimore, Md. executive officer.
 Naquin, Lieut.. Oliver T., Alexan. dria, La., commanding officer. Nichols, Lieut.. John C., Chicago gunnery and torpedo officer. Patterson. Ensign, Joseph H., Ok. lahoma City Okla.
 Robertson, Lieut.. Robert N. Quanah, Tex, engineering officer.
 Civilians Preble, Harold, C., civilian maya architect.
 Smith, Donald. representative O General Motors, Corp. Woods, Charles C., civilian cleo. trician.
 Enlisted Men Aitken, James Andrew, 14S0 E Main, street, Bridgeport, Conn. Batick. John James, 295 Thornton street, Portsmouth, N. H. Blanchard. Roland, Hersey, Mich Bland, Judson Thomas, Norfolk Va. Booth, Arthur Lagrand, Milford Conn.
 Boulton, William David, Luton Iowa.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
CHIEF EXONERATED
 IN BOSTON TRIAL

Boston. May 24-(UP)-Superior Judge Allan G. Buttrick today exon- erated Police Chief Edward J. Tighe of Revere and two vice squad off, ficers, all charged with conspiracy with 10 others to maintain a gam bling nuisance in Revere
 He accepted motions for directed not guilty verdicts in the cases of the three but denied similar motions in the other 10 cases. including that of former Mayor James M. O'Brien of Revere.
 The two vice squad officers cleared were Lieutenant Henry Tracey and patrolman William c. Gibson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
BRITISH LINER IS BOARDED BY LAPS
Two Shots Fired Across Ship By Cruiser Before
 Going Aboard
BY HAROLD GUARD

 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Hong Kong, May 24-A Japanese light cruiser ordered the big Brit ish passenger liner Ranupra to halt at sea, fired two shots across it's bow, and sent party of officers and marines aboard it to verify its papers," before an sos appeal brought two British destroyers to the rescue, passengers said today.
 The 16,688 ton PeninSular and Oriental liner was halted on the high seas four miles south of Wag- Ian light house at 8 a. m. today.
 First reports were that destroyer on their arrival, said that at SIS a Japanese light cruiser signalley the Ranpura from a distance of a mile to heave to. Then, they said, the cruiser closed and, though the ship had halted, fired two shots across its bow.
 The cruiser launched a boat con- taining four officers and a party of marines, passengers said, They boarded the ship and said they wanted to examine its log. Capt. L. L. Parfitt, the master, refused and radioed the British Hong Kong na- val base for aid.
 Two British destroyers, one the Duchess, were sent at full speed to the rescue. First reports said that the Japanese made of as the de- toyers approached.
 But passengers said the Japanese, after remaining aboard the Panpura for 20 minutes, rejoined the cruiser before the Duchess, first of the de- stroyers. arrived.
 Passengers said they believed the Japanese cruiser flew an adinirars flag.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
Senator George T. Culhane Defeated By Senate 18-4 In Attempt At Filibuster
Father Of Quintuplets
 Is Suing Doctor Dafoe
By Joining New York Club-DOctOr Was Made Goat at Session

North Bay Ont. May "A. (UP) - Oliva Dionne, father of the qutintuples charged today in supreme suit that Allan Roy Dafoe had held the entire Donne family up to rdicule when he initiated into the Circus Saints and Dinners Club in New York last April
 tiffs we'll as Dionne The amount of damages sought not revealed The suit alleges that Daoe appeared
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 24-(UP)-Gov. ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through May 22nd, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $S,135, 5,S39.227.S1 S6,641, ,673, ,210.93
 Receipts $4,sss, s,6S2, ,e127O s5.417,24s, ,5o5.s2
 Cross Deficit $1,224,424, 7O5.O1
 Net Deficit ss,1O5. POI. .o15ii si,1s5. .so2. .ss5.oi se.s72. .sss. .os5.os s2.s5s. .so4. .5ss.1l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
NAVY RESCUERS
 FAILED TWICE
This Their Third Attempt to Save Men-SOme In=
 cidents of Squalus

Boston, May 24-(UP)-The U. &. Navy today opened it's third battle against treacherous New England coastal waters in an attempt to re- move men trapped in sunken sub- marineS-twice before their heroic efforts were doomed to defeat.
 When the S-51 sank off Block Is- land Sepjt. 25, 1925, after being rammed by the Savannah liner City of Rome, three men escaped as the submarine settled, but untiring ef- forts of divers to save 32 others were futile.
 The navy'S resources again were assembled Dec. IT, 1927, when the coast guard destroyer Paulding rammed and sank the S-4 off Pro- vincetown. Though six men still lived when divers-working in icy waters-reached the hull, these had joined 38 comrades in death before air could be pumped into the hull.
 Derricks Used
 When the S-51 sank, derricks were used in an attempt to raise her, but the pressure of the sea was too great. Four days later divers pene- trated the hull and retrieved bodies of some of the men. Not until the following June and only after some 500 men had riSked their lives at the task did salvage vessels succeed in raising the S-51 with pontoons and the submarine was lowed to Brook lyn navy yard.
 Baked by stormy seas when the S-4 sank of Provincetown, the navy was confronted by its most difficult rescue task.
 Were Alive First
 Thomas (Tom) Eadie, first diver to descend, learned through mes sages rapped with hammers on the steel hull that six men were alive in the bow torpedo chamber. But gales and heavy seas delayed the rescue work and after three days the tappingS on the hull stopped. An air hose was attached by divers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-24
The Weather

Fair, Warmer Tonight; Unchanged Thursday
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Nogales international., 1939-12-23
OUR CIVIC PLATFORM
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Free And Safe, Too
MERRY CHRISTMAS, and Happy New

Americans have good reason to put added ring of
year We have peace. Therefore, we still free
peope-free to go where please, free to say what
we please free to manage government through the
representatives of our own free choice.
Of all the major nations in the world alone have
these things Let not underestimate the grave do
mestic problems which confront in increasing num-
bers, some Of which in themselves will threaten
liberties if fail to correct them But long
remain free to think, speak and act sovereign citi
zens, will find the right way out of home made
difficulties
We shall retain liberties and freedom so long
rgdy follow the way peace In the year to come
will be tempted many times to tread the path of
We will be told that it is duty to Europe,
save Asia, save the whole world! But if we keep
firmly in mind that first duty is to America.
we will not be tempted by the invitations to and
the surrender of our most cherished rights-freedom
and liberty
We have war enough on the home front. Particular
Nv at this of the year let remember the tragic
and shameful accident casualty lists of street and
highway and the home. Let us resolve, turn
faces from the destructive fire of war to the
strlctive pledge of peace, that shall make free
America also safe-safe for those who walk and safe
for those who ride.
So let the glad tdngs ring out let it be shouted over
and through the length and breadth Of land
and in the joyous Yule season let pause to whisper
prayer that the blessings of freedom and peace
which cherish and shall preserve in America, may
vet become the heritage of all people everywhere.
Yes, very Merry Christmas, and joyous Happy
New Year-and safer America for all.
Nogales international., 1939-12-23
Christmas

HISTORICALLY it would perhaps be as appropriate
AAto celebrate one day as another in commemora-
ton Of the birth of Christ the real day the
year of that event is not definitely known.
Observance of December Is as Christmas is said to
have been established by Pope Julius in the fourth
century, and although other dates had been observed
this was generally agreed upon in the course of time
The adopted date comedies with the season of GER
tain pagan festivals including the Roman Saturnala
and even to the present day many Of the customs
which surround the Christmas observance may be
traced to pagan origins.
This may be accounted for by the fact that early
Christian missionaries not inclined to disturb
too greatly the native customs of their converts but
gradually merged them with Christian observances.
Thus the giving of gifts the decorations Of holly and
mistletoe, the feasting and other features of the
Christmas celebration customs older than Chris
tianity.
Christmas, therefore, may be said to have double
significance-one religious, the other social = the
latter perpetuatng the customs Of many peoples 1t
is of the worlds most widely celebrated festivals,
whose social observance is by means confined to
adherents of the Christian faith.