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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
MISSING CHILD
 IS NOT KIDNAPPED

Larchmont, N. r., Feb. 28. (UP)- Lois Masterson, siX-year-old daugh- ter of former governor of the New York curb exchange, ended a l2- hour search for her by police, fire men, volunteers and bloodhounds to- day by approaching police Chief William J. Keresey less than 100 feet from her parents house and announcing, T haven't been home. "
 Keresey. directing more than 100 searchers who had feared the miss ing child was @ victim of kidnapers, had left the home of MT. and Mrs. Frank c. Masterson after putting two bloodhounds on the trail.
 He walked in the opposite direc- ton to that taken by the dogs. In the backyard of a neighboring house he saw Lois. her face stained with mud and her dress rumpled. She saw him at the same time and walked up to him.
 Carried to Parents
 Gravely announcing that she had not returned home after leaving school yesterday, the child permitted
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
FOOTBALLS
 SWEETHEART DIE
Scandal May Develop in Joliet, Ill.,, High School
 Over Tragedy

Joliet, H., Feb. 28.-(UP)-The Lovers Lane" deaths of a high school football star and his l5-year- old sweetheart prompted an investi- gation today into general moral con- ditions among the 4,000 students of Joliet high school and Junior col- lege.
 School authorities defended stu- dent morality and said the investi- gation was based on politics.
 Dr. Londus I. Brannon, Mill coun- ty coroner, opened the investiga ton on the strength of what he said were startling revelations" concerning student activities which he said were revealed during the preliminary in- quest into the deaths of William En- gimann, IS, and Ruth Virginia Un- derswood.
 The bodies of Engimann, 200- pound football player and high school senior, and his auburn haired sweetheart, a junior, were found yesterday in an automobile parked in the Lovers Lane" section of a park four miles from the city. The girls body was naked.
 Dies of Strangulation
 Brannon said the post mortem revealed that she had died of strangulation and the boy of carbon monoxide poisoning or asphyxiation. (Continued on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
GENERAL FRANCO
 WILL NOT FORGET

Burgos, Spain, Feb. 28-(UP)- Generalissimo Francisco Franco pledged Spanish friendship to Italy and Germany and denounced the eternal Communist Jew" in a vic- tory speech to a cheering crowd be- tore his ofiicial residence last night. after announcement of British and French recognition. There was no note of hope in the speech for those nations which may seek to alienate Spain from the totalitarian coun- tries which aided the Nationalist cause while France, particularly, was charged with aiding the Loyal lsts.
 Unjust To Forget
 Tt would be unjust in these, mo- ments of triumph, when we are recognized by even those who fought us, if we did not remember those who since the first days be- Iieyed in us, those who shed their blood with ours. those who placed their honor side by side with ours, " he said. Those strong and noble nations have conscience, virtue. spirituality ana power.
 "Our affection and good wishes go to our sister nations, our neighbor
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
CARDINALS ARE
 READY TOELECT
Will Enter Secret Chamber Tomorrow Afternoon;
 Five Choices Named
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent


 Vatican City, Feb. 28-CUP)- Fifty-five cardinals attended the 18th and last general congregation today in preparation for the elec- ton in a conclave which starts to- morrow of the 262d Pope, successor to Plus XI.
 The Italian cardinals absent to- day, and three cardinals from the American hemisphere who are due at Naples early tomorrow, were ex- pected to be here in time for the opening of the conclave.
 The Americans are Cardinal o. Cornell. archbishop of Boston: Car dinal Copello, archbishop of Buenos Aires, and Cardinal Leme, archbi- shop of Rio De Janeiro. They were in the Mediterranean today on the diner Neptunia.
 Enter Secret Chamber Tomorrow Tomorrow afternoon, the car- dinals will file through single doorway into walled isolation in the center of the Vatican, to emerge only after they have elected new Pope. by the traditional methods which go back to the end of the latt century.
 The conclave could last indefin- iteiy. In the 18th century, three years elapsed before Gregory x was final- ly elected Pope. Vatican observers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
PRESIDENT
 SPAIN RESIGNS
He Quits Today as Loyalist Head; Commander-in-
 Chief Off for Mexico
By RALPH HEINZEN United Press Staff Correspondent

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 Paris, Feb. 28-(UP)-President Manuel Azana of Loyalist Spain, an- nounced his resignation today while the British and French governments awaited news that Loyalist resist ance in central Spain had collapsed
 French and British warships were believed waiting of the Spanish Mediterranean coast to evacuate Loyalist laeders in event that Premier Juan Negrin and his asso- ciates decided that to continue the war was useless. ..
 Members of the republican cabinet who were in Madrid left this after noon for Valenci ain response to a summons from Negrin, who awaited them there for an emergency and perhaps final meeting.
 Azana sent his resignation from Collonges- -Sous- Saleve, in the French Alps, to Diego Martines Barrie, vice president of the republic and presi- dent of the Cortesor parliament.
 Barrie said that as soon as he re- ceived it he would call meeting of members of the parliament who are in Paris to consider the situation.
 Azana Wants Peace
 Azana said in his letter that he wanted peace, that he considered de- feat inevitable, that the Spanish people shared his belief and that the Loyalist general staff had con- cluded victory was now Impossible He told Barrie he had deferred his resignation hoping peace might be negotiated with the Nationalists But French and British recognition of the Nationalists, he argued, made this hope vain.
 There was considerable doubt here that the Loyalists could name suc- cessor to Azana under the constitu- tion. Article LXXIV of the consti- tuition provides for an election eight days after the resignation of presi- dent by deputies of the cortes and (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
Decision On Sit-Down Strikers Hurts Board
Supreme Court Strikes Body Blow in Favor of Em- ployers-But Peace in Labor Ranks Is Yet
 Far Distant
BY WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE Limited Press Staff Correspondent

.
 Washington, Feb. 28 - CU.P) = The supreme courts decision de. claring sit-down strikes illegal anc denying participants the benefits oi the Wagner Labor Relations Act was expected today to cause the disap- pearance of that technique in labor disputes.
 Labor leaders declined comment but were expected to make every effort to prevent occurrences Of sit- down strikes inasmuch as those en- gazing in them, according to the decision, will have surrendered their rights under the Wagner Act, and will be subject to arrest and prose- cution for trespass.
 A. F. of L. Had Condemned It
 American Federation of Labor leaders, including President William Green, already have condemned the sit down strike. And the Congress of Industrial Organizations, a prin- cipal in yesterdays decision, has not used 1t on a large scale since the MlClllBdtl dutO oIkAhSo A4A &Sots
 The result of any future sit-down strike probably would be immediate eviction of the strikers since the supreme courts clear definition of their illegality will make court in functions against them easily ob- tained.
 In addition to outlawing the sit- down strike the court condemned union violation of collective bar gaining contracts with an employer in reversing three National Labor Relations Board decisions yesterday
 90 CIO Strikes Lose
 It voted five to two to deny the protection of the Wagner Act to 90 CIO "stay-in" strikers and sympa- thizers and refused to order theii unemployment, although 1t agreed with the labor board that the strike was caused by the unfair labor prac- tices of the Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation of North Chicago, Ill.
 It also refused to order the rein- statement of AFL members who violated a collective bargaining con- tract forbidding strikes in dispute which touched off the Terre Haute Ind, general strike of 1885. It ruled
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
James P. Purcell Has Iden- tified Each Item as It
 Was Offered THOMAS J. FLEMING
 AGAIN BROUGHT IN
Many of Amounts Paid Never Approved Is Claim
 of Prosecutor Acorn
By JOSEPH P. DONAHUE
 Democrat Staff Reporter)

Additional city invoices, cancelled checks and pur- chase orders, showing pay ments amounting to $86,- 331.96 to Philip Coppeto and the Abrigador Digger from 1884 to 1887 were in troduced as evidence this afternoon in the Water- bury conspiracy trial. City Accountant James P. Pur- cell, the states principal witness, identified each matter of evidence before it was admitted.
 Rental of trucks and other equipment for use by the street department-in- cluding a steam shovel and roller - are given most prominent mention In the invoices sent to the city by the Abrigador Digger, as evidenced in court. The invoices bear the "ok" of Thomas J. Fleming, super intendent of streets, and other markings of sanction by Martin J. Dunn, and Daniel J. Leary, former purchasing agent and con troller respectively.
 In reply to a question, Purcell testified that between 1881 and 1887 Copetto was paid on an average of $100,- 900 a year by the city.
 Comparison of Checks
 By comarison of checks, vouchers and warrants pay able registers for December, 1887, Special Prosecutor Alcorn also indicated to the jury that payments sotalling i $l, ,850.00 made to the Abri- gador Digger December 3l, 1887, were never approved by the Board of Finance, although they are listed on
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
PENSION MEASURE
 PASSED TODAY
Mrs. Helen O'Leary, Miss Winifred Wood to Re-
 ceive Payments
By RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK Democrat Legislative Reporter)

State Capitol, Hartford Feb. 28- Bills granting pensions to Mrs Helen OLeary and Miss Winifred A Wood, both of Waterbury, were passed unanimously in the Senate and House today under suspension of the rules. This action was taken after both measures had been given favorable reports by the Cities and Boroughs Committee. Hearings were held several weeks ago.
 Miss Wood was retired from the school department le-t June after reaching the age limit of 70 years She had been an employe of the city for A years, 25 of which were spent as a school teacher, 19 as @ grammar school secretary. It was pointed out in both the Senate and House that under the teachers re- tirement plan she was not eligible for the teachers pension unless teaching 30 years.
 The pension bill for Miss Wood was introduced in the Senate by Senator Edward P. Egan of Water bury and in the House by Represen- tative Daniel J. Mahaney of Water bury. It provides that the retire. ment commission shall pay her the regular city pension.
 Mrs. OLeary's Pension
 Mrs. OLeary will receive $25 weekly under the terms of the bill passed today, with payments retro- active to September Il, 1888, the date of her husbands death, which occurred II years after he was SC seriously injured in a fire engine ac- cident at Baldwin and Pleasant streets that both his legs were amputated.
 The bill was introduced by Sen- ator George T. Culhane and pro- vides in addition to the weekly pen- sion that in the event of Mrs OLeary's death or remarriage SIG week shall be paid to her son un- (COntinued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
Four Local Boys Held
 Under$1 500 Bail Each
Parks Drug Store in Naugatuck Held-Up, Robbed;
 Quick Work of Borough, Waterbury Police Trapped Young Robbers
Especial to The Democrat)

Naugatuck. Feb. 28-Cases of four Waterbury youths charged with rob- bery with violence in connectaion with the hold-up last night at Parks drug store, 67 Rubber avenue, were continued in borough court until Wednesday. Bonds of $l,500 were set in each case.
 The four arrseted are all under q, two being 16 yeras of age. Those arrested are: Joseph Herbert, 20, of POT Willow street; Rena Houle, IT, of 230 South Main street; Henry Cagne, l6 of 26 West Clay street, and Pat rick Burno, 16, of 34 Savings street, all of Waterbury.
 None was put to plea in court to- day, Prosecuting Attorney Thomas R. Weary informing the judge the state would like days continuance to aid the prosecution and when he said that gun was used in the hold up, Judge John P. McDonough set
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
ALBERT WILL IN
 PROBATE COURT
Late Mrs. Lena Albert Left Many Requests; Jewish
 Groups Remembered

Requests of several thousand dol lars to Jewish institutions of Wa terbury are included in the will of Mrs. Lena Albert, who died re- gently. which was admitted to pro- bate today by Judge Patrick Healey in the probate court.
 One of the most prominent mem- bers of Waterbury's Jewish com- munity, Mrs. Albert's will disposes of an apparently large estate, with numerous bequests to relatives in ad dition to the gifts of public nature.
 Among the bequests are: $500 to the Waterbury Hebrew Institute; $500 to Beth-El synagogue; $500 to Beth Israel synagogue; $500 to the Jewish Home for the Aged; $250 to Temple Israel, Willow street; $500 to the Waterbury Hebrew Ladies Aid
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
NO REFUGEES ARE
 EXPLOITED HERE
Report Has It, However, That Towns Down Val-
 ley Are Using Them

Rumors that manuracturers ana merchants are exploiting European refugees on the 'cut-rate" basis In the Naugatuck Valley was punctureu with respect to Waterbury by Frank J. Green, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and others today. who said that no such situation exists here. insofar as they are able to as~ certain.
 The rumor, which at different times during the fall and winter months has affected cities and towns in the entire East, centered in Au~ sonia, Derby, and Shelton today where investigators of the State La- Dor Department. began thorough probe of charges that certain man1~ lecturers there are hiring refugees to replace regular employees
 Stream of Foreigners
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28

incomplete. If the House refused to approve the amendment, the bill dies.
 The two Republicans who voted with Democrats on the amendment were Sen. Nehemiah Candee, Nor walk, and Sen. John s. Thornhill, Brookfield.
 The two Socialist votes went to the Republicans.
 Candee, a Norwalk town court judge, was understood to have been vi:tually drafted to run for the sen- ats. If the bill becomes law, he au- tomatically loses his judgeship, which he was represented as desir- ing to hold. Thornhill Is @ Fair field county commissioner, whose job also was in jeopardy.
 c. o. P. Reyolters Speak Out
 "Evidently I am not wanted here," Judge Candee said.
 "All 1t is is ballyhoo, propaganda and politics. You can't legisiate politics out of politics anymore than you can legislate human nature out of human beings.
 ''There is no sentiment in my dis trict for this bill"
 Thornhill praised Candee's stand, saying 1t gave him new courage"
 The bill, he said, makes no dif- ference to me. don't need the county commissionership to feed the wife and babies.
 "Its only s @ week, but yet it's s."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
PLENTY CHICKENS
 IN NEW ENGLAND

Boston, Feb. 28. (UP)-The num- Der of chickens on New England farms is nearly at a record high.
 The New England crop reporting service announced today that on Jan. 1, the chicken population to- taled 9,582, 2,000. This was s per cent above Jan. l. 1898, and the largest on record except on Jan. l, 1887.
 By states, the percentage in- creases over year ago were as fol- lows: Maine g, New Hampshire q, Vermont II. Connecticut 2, Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island each.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
STATE OWNED GAS STATION

Bridgeport, Feb. 2s-lUP)-Plans were approved today for construc- ton of the first state-owned gaso- line station on the $25 900 900 Mer- ritt highway. The station, one of three sanctioned by the Merritt Parkway commission, will cost $30,- GOO and will be located in New Canaan. It will be a duplex type. with sesm face and granite walls and slate roof. Privately-owned service stations are prohibited along the parkway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
Two C. o. P. Senators Join Democrats To Push Through Dual Job Bill Amendment
Vote on Passage of Amendment Was IS to 15-Pas- sage of Bill Is Assured-Two Socialists
 Vote With Republicans
Hartford, Conn.,, February 28.

Hartford, Conn, February 28. = (UP) - Two Repub- lcans broke away from their party today to join with Democrats in the Senate to pass amendment to the dualjob holding bi making the ban "all-ncusve' The vote for passage of the amendment was 18 to 15 Ultimate passage of the b amended assured later in the afternoon it will go back to the House under dsagreeng action and Republican strategy there was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
The Weather

Rain, Warm Tonight; Fair on Wednesday
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Final Edition
 Closing Stocks Late NetDs F7dshe
The Republican., 1939-10-12

Years of wear are built into this
fine mattress. Soft and resilient,
yet sturdy because of the 220 coils
embodied in it. Floral tickings.
The Republican., 1939-10-12

A beautiful assortment of
brand new patterns to bri-
ghten every room in your
home. They are extra heavy
weight and come in all sizes.
The Republican., 1939-10-12

The genuine steel toe
cap built into this boot
meets all State regu-
lations for miners SAT-
ETY.. Black with white
trim.
Evening star., 1939-08-11
Show-Cause Rule Service
Voided by II|ga| Detention

District Court Justice T. Alan
GoldSborough ruled today that
person cannot be served with a
show cause rule while being de-
tanned illegally in the District.
Inc decision was made in the
case of Philip Ebert of New York
CITY. who was served with such a
process by the United States mar
shals office while being held under
a writ forbidding him to leave
Washington.
Mr.. EBERT was arrested on Sun
day, June 25, at Union Station and
detained on writ of ne eXeat for
bidding him to leave the District
Later he was served with A rule to
SHOW cause why he should not he
neld IN contempt of court for fail
ing to pay for the support of his
children.
Justice Oscar r. Luhring recently
heIo that a he eXeat writ could not
De served legally on Sunday.
MRS. Dot M. Ebert, 1927 R street
n W., represented by Attorney ]. H
Mlnovitz, sought to have her hus-
oand held in contempt on the
grounds he had failed to pay the
iulI amount under an order issued
pV Justice Daniel w. ODonooh1Ie
IN December, 1887, requiring $50
monthly for maintenance and sI1n-
port OF their five minor children.
WlIllam A. Gallagher, counsel for
the husband, contended his client
was week ahead in his payments
When illegally arrested,
Evening star., 1939-08-11
Woman and Boy
| Skate to D. &.
From Richmond

If Mrs. Harvey Burnett of Rich
mond, Va, never sees another pair
of skates it will be all right with her.
She spent the entire morning bath
ing her tired, Weary-Worn feet after
session on skates that lasted all
the way from her home town to
Washington-a distance, over the
road, of 10 miles.
On the other hand-or foot-her
young nephew, Dan Hinkle, II years
old, Of 906 c street NE.-her skat-
ing companion on the long. long
trek-is anxious to don his trusty
skates and take flier over the road
to the Worlds Fair in New York.
Some sort of a record is involved
here, but lust what it is no one
knows-least Of all Mrs. Burnett
who is super-skate-conscious today
as she rests in the home of her sister.
Mrs. Cynthia Hinkle, mother of Dan
the boy champion. One of the rec
ords is for endurance, for the 27-
year-old Mrs. Burnett. whose huS-
band is cashier of the Virginia Power
Co, and little Danny, stopped only
one hour to rest in the trip from
Richmond to Washington. Another
record is for time-they made the
ITO miles in l8 hours.
The skating due left Richmond at
$50 Wednesday night and arrived
here, exhausted, at o'clock yester-
day afternoon. Immediately. they
went to bed-to get rid of that tired
feeling. They slept until very. very
late this morning. Then they re-
ceived visitors and recounted their
experience.
Evening star., 1939-08-11
Park Police Arrests
Total 4,442 in Year

The Park Police spend most of
their time inforcing traffic regula-
tions, the annual report of Capt.
P. j. Carroll Park Police chief
shows.
Out of total of 4442 arrests
26l0 were for traffic violations in
the parks and on the Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway.
The report was made for the fiscal
year ending June 80. During the
month of July a special detail of
two policemen, dressed as buns to
avoid suspicion made II arrests
for the robbery of or tampering
with parked cars.
A bright light on the traffic arrest
horizon was that only 13 arrests
were made for driving while drunk
211 for speeding. "A for reckless
driving and 2 for hit-and-run. The
bulk of traffic arrests were made
for minor violations, mostly parking
Evening star., 1939-08-11
Murphy Voices Respect
In Every Way for Dewey

BY the Associated Press.
Attorney General Murphy yester-
day expressed great respect IN ev-
cry way" for Thomas E. Dewey, Re-
publican district attorney of New
York City.
He was asked at his press confer
ence whether there was a race be-
tween him and Mr.. Dewey to eaten
Louis Uepke) Buchalter, fugitive
racketeer.
"Buchalter has been indicted in
the Federal courts" Mr.. Murphy re-
piled. THE Federal Bureau of In
vestigation has been looking for him
for some time. We are concerned
only in our own business. L know
Mr.. Dewey is doing his job thor
oughly and we'll"
AS questions continued, he added
Il don't want to characterize Mr..
DeWey's work. 1 have great respect
for him in every way
Evening star., 1939-08-11
Corn Marketing Quotas
MAY Not Be Set This Year
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Federal farm officials said today
drought and grasshoppers had made
it unlikely that marketing quotas
would be imposed on the 1899 corn
crop.
The prospective yield was reported
yesterday at 2459,888 900 bushels. a
decrease of 110,907 900 bushels from
the Jul, 10 forecast.
Agriculture Department officials
said no decision would be made on
calling a marketing quota refer
endum until the September crop
report is in. The quotas are imposed
by vote of farmers.
Wheat prospects, however, in
creased 14,7770 600 bushels to 731 ,432,- :
900 bushels. Such crop would be
slightly in excess of normal domes-
tic needs, but considerably below last
years 930,801 900 bushels and under
the 1928-37 average of 752 .952,000
Tobacco crops we're estimated at
1856, $4,000 pounds, or about 20 per
cent larger than last year.