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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
FIVE MEET WITH
VIOLENT DEATHS
Bus-AutO Crash, Dump
Fire, Suicide Cause Fa-
talities in State
Try UNITED PRESsl

A bus-auto crash, dump fire
and a suicide claimed five lives In
Connecticut Tuesday, compilation
disclosed today.
Louis Vargo. As. Stamford, and
his wife, Elizabeth. As, were killed
when their automobile was In a
head-on crash with a bus at Darien.
The bus was owned by the Silver
Dart Lines, Boston, and was oper-
ated by Sidney Levy, IS, Mattapal1,
Mass. Neither he nor a single pas
senger, Mrs. Rose Young, Somer-
vile, Mass, was hurt.
Two men were burned to death
when their clothing caught fire in
a Bridgeport dump fire. Police said
the men were drinking near the
bonfire but were unable to explain
how their clothing caught fire.
One of the men was identified as
Joseph Duffy, GA, who died early
today. The other victim has not been
identified.
Philip L. Bracket, as, Hartford
committed suicide by inhaling mon
oxide gas fumes In his car az Sims
bury. according to the medical ex-
aminer. Bracket was q clothing
salesman ct Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
OTTO STRASSER
LAUGHS AT NAILS
Called Organizer OF Hitler
Bomb Plot; Never Heard
of GeOrg Elser

Paris, November 22-(UP)-Ottc
Strasser, pioneer Nazi who broke
with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and Or
ganized the Black Front against the
Reich government, said today that
German secret police charges that
he instigated the Munich beer cellar
bombing prove the power Of his Or
ganization.
In his Paris hideout Strasser said
today that "if the Gestapo decided
it would be useful to launch accu-
sations against our Black Front
that convinces me of the power OF
our organization"
1T shows" he said, "that they
recognize that our action has be-
come so widespread in the interior
of the Reich that they are obliged
to start big offensive against the
enemy within"
Strasser said that he never had
heard of Georg Elser, 36-year-old
German held by the Gestapo on
charges OF setting the Munich bomb
which killed eight and wounded sc
Nazis and missed Hitler by 10 min
uteS.
Doesn't Know Elser
IT can assure you that j do not
know Elser," he said. Moreover, II
is certain that he is not one Of my
men Gin the Black 'FRONT.' nor have
ever known Best or Stevens"
A Captain Stevens and q Mr.
Best" the German police said, ars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
MRS. ROOSEVELT
MAKES CHARGES

Indianapolis, Nov. 22.-UP)-An
American Legion committeeman to-
day made public a letter from Mrs
Franklin d. Roosevelt In which
she described Earl Browder, secre-
tary of the Communist party in the
United States, and Gil Green, for
mer president of the Youth Com
munists league. as individuals who
seem to feep their first allegiance
is to another country.
"The sooner they are discredited,
the better" she wrote.
DR.. Harry H. Maggie, chairman of
the Legion's Americanism commit
tee In the 18th Indiana district, dis
closed the letter. He said 1t was
In answer to his query to Mrs.
Roosevelt for proof Of her statement
that the American Youth Congress
was not c0mmunistic.
In her letter, Mrs. Roosevelt said
the charge that the youth confer
ence was commuuistic had come
from Green who was president of
the Young Communists league in the
United States Ia 1888,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
EMPLOYMENT is
ON THE UPSWlNG

Hartford, Conn, Nov. 22-CUP)-
A sharp upswing in employment dur
ing October was reported today by
the Connecticut State Employment
Service.
The service, according to Labor
Commissioner Cornelius j. Danaher
secured Jobs for 5,42l persons during
the month, an all-time high and ar
increase Of nearly 1900 as compared
with September.
Building and construction place.
ments accounted for the most pro-
nounced gains. About $500 of the
Jobs were regarded as permanent
There also were substantial increases
In the number OF skilled and semi
skilled workers given work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
NO FOUL PLAY In
MAC IVER DEATH
Coroner Hennessy Finds
No Suspicious Circun-
stances in Demise

Coroner william B. Hennessy today
discounted the theory OF foul play
In the death Of John MacIver, II,
of Wolcott, who was found lying
ON his back in q ditch about 100
yards from his home last night.
Death, according to Assistant
Medical Examiner Harold Morrill,,
was caused by heart attack.
Coroner Hennessy said that al
though MacIver was lying In a SUI
pine position when found, he had
welt across his forehead. which
at first seemed peculiar However
the corner said, 1t was possible the
elderly man stumbled and fell on
his face when the attack seized him,
and managed to turn on his back
during the course Of the seizure.
Dog Comes Home Alone
Fears that MacIver had met with
an accident first arose In members
of his family when his dog re-
turned home alone about 1 o'clock
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22

battleship, Royal Oak, causing heavy
loss Of life. The Firth Of Forth base
was raided by German bombers Oc-
tober l6. The cruiser, Southampton,
was hit and there were several casu-
alties among her crew.
The Belfast Is one of Britain's
most modern fighting ships, and has
exceptional protection against sur
face and submarine attack, accord
ing to James fighting ships. She
Is said to be able to withstand eight
inch shell fire and to have spe-
cial internal subdivision system to
protect her against torpedoes. She
has IL six-inch guns, mounted in
four turrets, fore and aft. She was
launched in March, 1888, and COM
inissioned last August, and Joined
the second cruiser squadron Of the
Home fleet. ,--,.
Churchill Comment
The significance OF the reported
Firth OF Forth attack was empha-
sized when 1t was recalled that
Winston Churchill, First Lord OF
the British Admiralty, in reporting
to the House Of Commons on the
Scapa Flow attack. said 1t was a
remarkable exploit Of skill and
daring"
Churchill recalled that during the
World War, the British battlefleet's
harbor was considered immune from
attack. He attributed the NaN sue
cess In the Scapa Flow raid to i'm
<Continued on Page d
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
C. LEROY KEMP
ISRESENTENCED
Former Republican Leader
Given 3 to 7 Years-NO
Delay Granted

Bridgeport. Conn, Nov. 22-(UP)
q. Leroy Kemp, former state high
way department land appraiser, was
resentenced in superior court today
to 3 to 7 years in prison for splitting
commission fees with real estate
brokers in connection with the $25,-
100000 Merritt Parkway rights-of-
way purchases.
The penalty was identical with one
imposed last December and his re-
arraignment before Judge Frank p.
McEyoy was made necessary by q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
Germany Will Issue Statement
To Prove Charge; Georg Elser,
Also Arrested, Proves Mystery
British Naval Base In
Another Sub" Attack
New York Times Has Private Advices That Cruiser
Belfast Was Hit-Battles By Air, Sea Still
Happen Near Coast of England

New York, November %. - CUP - The New York
Times said today that it had "private advices that
German submarine had slipped into the British naval base
the Firth of Forth and attacked the 10,000-ton
cruiser Belfast The Times said the extent of damage was
rot known. The submarine escaped it said. It was
recalled that German submarine had entered the naval
base at Scapa Flow October IA and torpedoed the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
No Person Blamed
For Tool Company
Electrocutions
Coroner Hennessy Absolves Patsy Parry Of Bridge
port, All Others at Scene From Responsibility;
T0rringtOn Man Also AbsOlved

Coroner William B. Hennessy today absolved Patsy
Parry of Bridgeport any other person Of criminal re-
sponsby the accident october 26 at the Waterbury
Tool Company in which two were killed by electrocu
ton and third painfully burned In another finding the
also freed Leon Dznsk of 159 Berry Street. Tor
rngon of criminal responsibility for the death of Max
Kreide 65 of Harker Avenue who died September 81 at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22

Nor was any direct evidence an
nounced against Strasser, who long
ago was exiled to Switzerland and
this week arrived in Paris. He quar-
raled with Hitler. After the Nazi
purge Of 1884 in which his brother,
Gregor, was killed, and lately has
been credited in France with helping
agitate an underground" anti-Nazi
movement in his homeland.
Official News Of Arrests
The official version of Elser's en-
trapment and confession contained
references to plots and coutner-
plots. 1t charged that the central
office Of the British intelligence
service for western Europe was in
The Hague, Netherlands, where "for
long time it has been instigating
plots in Germany, organizing as
saults, or taking up connections with
revolutionary organizations Gin Ger
many which it assumed existed"
The charge that Holland was har-
boring the headquarters of British
spies was seen as a complaint that
might be raised agains THAT coun-
Continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22

Washington, Nov. 22-(UP)-Gov.
eminent expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year through Nov
goth, compared with a year ago:
This Year Expenses Last YeaA
$3,675, S,650.10 $S,426,5s5,S72.23
Receipts
SO, 09s, s4o,713.49 s2,1ss,6o0.751.Ss
Gross Deficit
1,577,517,936.61 $1,2S7,9S4, 620.S4
Net Deficit
$1,567,2O7, 1861 s1,271,s24.270s4
Cash Balance
$2,2s7, $3.50, s06.43 s2.52S,sss 1854
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
THE WORLD WAR
Is YEARS AGO,
NOV. q, 1914

Battle Of Ypres ended.
British and Indian troops 0c-
cupled Basra. Eraq.
Russian troops occupied Kcmpri-
Keui.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22

Light Snow Tonight;
Thursday Cloudy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22

Full Weather Report Page 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-22
TREASURY BALANCE

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Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Barbs-

John Lewis and Bill Green will
both attend Washingtons garden
party fer the king and queen.
Three gucsScs what ono will be
holding back while The other does
g bow
Elsa Maxwell plays a role in a
movie, but directors are keeping
tbcir fingers crossed. They're afraid
that, al any minute during shooting
cf q scene. Elsa will break loose
and throw a party.
The Detroit Tigers haven't been
doing SO we'll. Apparently that
trade with the Browns was just
tc make them feel natural near
the bottom.
John Roosevelt defines business
thus: "A hope and a prayer that
you can sell something for more
than you pay for it," He omitted
the equally important Get more
than YOU work for"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Editorial On.

demands. Germany found that out
in 19l4-l9l8, and even today with
her industrial plant centered on the
arms industry. she knows it is true.
Japan is unable to buy abroad as
freely as before its Chinese wal be-
cause of a shortage Of foreign eX-
change. Il cannot ill foreign or
ders as sQrcl" or as promptly.
There has been some increase Of
export to the Chinese occupied ter
ritory i'll Manchuria and north
China. But il IS very doubtful if it
compensates for losses elSeWheE'.
The war is now approaching the
end of its second year; it is cost
ing Japan a billion and half dol
lars a year in straight appropria-
toms alone. The Japanese popula-
tlon is be2innins to feel the pinch.
Leaving moral considerations
aside for The moment: Does ali this
pay?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
BETTER BUSINESS
Fullerton Tribune)

There is much to encourage the belief
that business is now on better basis
than it was year ago. that freed from
the batting of the administration and
the disturbing influence of war talk, it
could make speedy recovery.
Business reports for the first quarter
of 1889 contain many items to sustain
this optimistic viewpoint. The aggreg-
ate profits of the first sc industrial
companies reporting for the first quar-
ter show combined net income of SAL
799, ,456 as compared with S29,944 931
in 1898, an advance of almost 40 per
cent.
The automotive industry led the way
out of the depression of 1888 and today
it leads the way again. American Tele-
phone says it will spend S320,000,000 on
new plant. Glass railroads have put
in service this year almost 1000 more
new freight cars than last year.
Retail sales of new cars and trucks in
the first ten days of April We're 46 per
cent ahead of the same period in 1898,
and the first quarter was SO per cent
ahead. A big tractor company reports
100000 more profit for the first quar-
ter of 1899 than in 1898. A nationwide
building supply house made $125,OO0 in
the first quarter against loss of $780,
900 for the same period last year
The first four railroads to report in
dicate a big improvement in traffic in
March as compared to January and
February. The automobile tire compa-
nies unanimously report more sales than
last year, and one of the larger COM
panies which suffered big loss in 1898
is out of the red for the first quarter of
this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

Utah. and new and official surveys
had come through; he figured he
couldn't make the necessary chang
es in the old plate without spelling
it. so he started from scratch TO
make a brand new one.
Now, when you figure that every
single feature on this map has to
be put on the copper plate by hand
including all of the lettering, the
shaded mountain areas. the land
range lines. latitude and longitude
lines. railroads and so on; and then
when you add the fact that this
is all done backward. and that every
tool prick on the map has to be
put in Just exactly the right loca.
tion-then you begin To see why
this little map of Utah has kept
Mr.. Ruebsam busy for 18 months.
Although every word Oh the map
is hand lettered, Mr. Ruebsam has
to keep up on type fonts-one KIND
of type being used for bic cities,
another for smaller towns, another
for rivers and SO on.
The printing is all SO regular that
l tried to pay Mr.. RuebSam a com
pliment: told him the lettering
locked as If it had been set up i'll
type. He promptly blasted me.
Type. lettering, it seems, is too stiff
and formal: hand lettering flows
more freely and looks lots better.
With the best of intentions. | had
deeply insulted him.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

WASHINGTON You'll look a
long way before you find a more
unusual JOB than the one held by
c. E. RuebSam. who works for the
Department of the interior.
Mr.. RuebSam spends all of his
time bringing the official map OF
the United States up to date. It's
a lob that never ends. because as
fast as he gets one set of correc.
tions made they bring him a lot OF
new ones. Names change. towns
spring up or vanish. rivers SHIFT
courses. boundaries are altered -
and there are millions of acres
that have never yet been properly
surveyed.
All of this comes down on Mr.
RucbSam. He is the engrayer who
makes the big copper plates from
which the master map of the Unit
cd States is printed, He does it
all by hand. and he has to do 1t
all backward The whole thing Is
lust about the most eXacting and
painstaking job I have ever had
a look at.
The 1898 edition of the official
map is just now being issued by
the General Land Office of the In
terror Department. 1t comes IN
big sheet seven feet wide by five
feet high. and as far as the gov.
ernment is concerned, 1t Is The
map of the United States.
Work on the 1910 edition has
already begun, and Mr.. Ruebsam
snends all his days hunched
over a copper plate, pecking away
at it with an assortment of fine
pointed gouges and reuters.
Up until 1901, official U. S. maps
we're hand drafted on paper with
pen and ink. In that year, how
ever. the government decided to
have an official set of copper
plates made. A set of copper elec.
trotypes we're struck off, the orlgl-
nal plates were filed away and the
electros were put into service.
They don't make new plates Tor
each biennial issue of the map,
lust make changes in the OLD
plates Mr.. Ruebsam has been on
the Job since 1922, and he says
he's still using the plates that were
in service when he started.
The big map is printed from SIX
rectangular sectional plates, each
measuring 80 by 33 inches. For
the current map, Mr.. Ruebsam
found he had to make the most
changes in sections one, two and
four. covering the states OF Vir.
einia. West Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Tennessee, Ken
lucky Georgia, Alabama, Mis-.
sissippi and Texas. Chief reason
was that they changed the boun-
daries of national parks and fer.
ests in all of those states, adding
new ones in some instances.
Right now he is finishing a JOB
that has kept him busy for year
and a Matchmaking a new map CT
Utah. to insert in the next big U.
S. map. A lot of park and forest
boundaries had been changed, IN
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
OUT OF THE MOUTHS
OF The ALIEN BORN

Americas history is a history of ref
uge. Throughout its years, this nation
has been a haven for the politically
oppressed. More than that, however, it
has been a shining beacon to the restless
peoples of other lands whose searching
minds have driven them to seek a new
homeland
Times have changed Economic fac
tors have decreed that America no long
er needs unlimited immigration and can
no longer afford to open wide her doors
TO all those who wish to come here
America, no longer frontier, has found
that she must mix practically with her
idealism, or face greater problems than
she can solve.
This nation remains to thousands i'm
other countries, however, symbol of
all they wish for their own countries.
DR.. Paul Perigord, French-born pro-
fessor at the University of California at
Los Angeles, speaking at the Central
high school commencement exercises
the other night, gave stirring advice to
the graduates to defend the democracy
that is theirs, to fight for the liberty
they have inherited, and to honor the
government under which they live
There would be no danger of Fascism,
Communism or any other Ism in this
country if all its own native-born citi-
zens could realize as clearly as the for
eign born what blessings the American
constitution bestows. Those people from
other lands knowing other governments.
do not take for granted all the good
things America provides. Neither should
we, in this day of upheaval. Let US
learn, from the foreign born if needs be.
to appreciate what is ours.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
GERMANY a
HUNGRY NATION
Riverside Press

NhNefSlue Press
Tragic news comes out of Germany
concerning the health of the population.
1t is said that 100000 900 work days
were lost in 1888 because of illness.
Stomach ailments were particularly
prevalent. Some of this is blamed on
the lack of warm food in the factories.
The Workers Front wants employers to
provide factory kitchens to improve that
situation.
Others say that warm food is only Il
part of the problem They insist that
the restricted and adulterated diet of
patriotic Germans lower both their work
ing capacity and their resistance to
disease.
All Germany's production has been
slowed down, the manufacture of arma-
ments included, by the poor health of
workers. according to this report.
Whatever the follies of the German
people or the sins of the government,
this situation does not call for gloatlng
on the part of any outsider. Straight
thinking and rational behavior cannot
be expected of sick and hungry people.
Perhaps, along with rearmament for de-
Tense other countries should fight the
present nazi menace by bombardment
of wholesale foods full of vitamins.
Such plan, to be sure would be hard
to work out The suggestion is merely
theoretical and idealistic Yet it appeals
to the imagination. Might not gener-
Gus application of the Golden Rule to
the German people themselves be more
powerful weapon against the nazi regime
than anything that has so far been tried
We're speaking now of the great ma or
ity of the German people, not of the war
lords, who, of course, would froWn on
any such proposal.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
GIVE a THOUGHT TO
THE UNDERGRADUATES

School is out Graduates from high
schools. grammar schools and colleges
hold the center Of attention at least mo-
mentarily. To them advice Is handed out
by the reams. Over their welfare profes-
sors, politicians and editors express deep
concern. The job of taking up new
life in a busy world faces the older
graduates, and everybody wants to help
them-with advice, at least
Forgotten in all the turmoil of gradu-
alton are the other Youngsters They
are the ones who won't graduates until
next year, or the year after, or for sew
eral years. They're not out of school
They're only on vacation.
They deserve little bit of attention
If they get il in fact, they may not need
so much when they, too, become gradu-
ates.
The education of these children who
have not yet graduated can continue
during their summer vacations or it can
lapse. They can engage in wholesome
pursuits and healthy enjoyments, or
they can spend their time learning and
doing things which may cause them in
calculable harm.
A child must be busy. It is his nature
He cannot remain still for long. His
questing mind must be forever learning.
His growing muscles must be forever
active. What he learns, and what he
does, depends largely upon the adults
in whose charge he has been placed.
1t is impossible to say of all children:
they should do this, or they should do
that Every child is different 1t is the
responsibility of his parents or his guard
ians to decide what is best for the child
on summer vacation, and then to en-
courage him along those lines.
If only we would pay more attention
to children before they become gradu-
ates we might not have to worry so
much about them afterwards.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

llrSt he 1DOuBnD ne ndu SGulIlDltdf
then he realized he had not. He
managed to get home. The doctor
wanted a consultant. It ended with
MI. Weiss being taken to the hos
pital. He had a form Of creeping
paralysis" Nothing could be done
He had TO give up his practice but
he had plenty of time to think. and
lie thought of the thousands of poor
people who cant afford legal ad-
vice. People who are about to be
dlspoSseSsed people who have
bought a faulty second hand car
and don't know how TO protect
themselves; life insurance prob
lens a thousand and one things.
He decided on two things. /. 10
keep himself interested in life 2.
To help people who cannot afford
big fees
So nc established the Legal
Clinic Tie fee is one dollar. But
If person feels he has had great
zeal of help nc may give So or So
but not more than $40 Clients
frequently give more than a dollar
as mark Of appreciation. 1t is
never requested
I saw Mr. Weiss-in a wheel
chair which he scooted around over
the floor He had a little telephone
switchboard to take the calls that
came in. People ask advice by
telephone He answers on the SPOT.
One man called saying the hospital
was holding his wife and baby be-
cause he did not have enough
money to get them out. Mr. Weiss
told him what to do-the man had
them out in an hour.
Another man he told me about
had bought a radio from an in
stallment house. The man could
not meet the payments the com
pany took the radio and said hc
would have to continue to pay al
though the radio was gone. Mr..
Weiss advised him. The man got
his radio back.
His address is: 161 w. Both St
New York City You can write to
him from any place in the world.
His Legal Clinic" has been en-
dorsed by the New York County
Lawyers Association. They hold
it helps people who otherwise could
not get expert legal advice and yet
does not take money from the
pockets OF other lawyers.
I realize that it is unusual to
boost q lawyer in a newspaper ar
ticle, and I am not doing it be-
cause I am interested in him.
am doing it solely because I was
once so poor myself that I had to
count every dime. I was once in
a position where I couldn't afford
10 pay even five dollar legal fee
and I want to let people who are
in that same position now know
how and where they can get legal
help for one dollar.