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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18
Richard Aston Is
 Honored At Party

A surprise party was given in honor of Richard Aston of Water vile street, son of Sergeant and Mrs. Edward Aston, the occasion being his twelfth birthday. The home was attractively decorated in color scheme of pink and white.
 Those present were: Miss Patricia Byrne of New York City, grand daughter of MT. and Mrs. Edward Aston, Lorraine Richter, Gloria Moracco, Patricia Crean, Joan As ton, Donald Aston, Richard Aston, Robert Stovekin, Robert Gagnon, Josephine Mastriano, Ann Mastri- anno and John Loyde.
 Miss Kathleen Lawson of East Main street is spending a few days in New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18
Couple Celebrates
 Nuptial Anniversary

MT. and Mrs. Charles R. Maloney of East Main street elaborated their eighth wedding anniversary recently at their home. The guests includ- ed: Mrs. M. Maloney, MT. and Mrs. William Guricsko, MT. and Mrs. John Maloney, MT. and Mrs. George Dvileskis, Mrs. John O'Brien, MT. and Mrs. John Nassau, Misses Made line Maloney, Kay Dalton, Peg Con- way, Emma Homick, Dorothy Zorn, Julia Barnes, Joseph Craft, Joseph Sitar, c. Phelan, James Bowling and M. Russo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18
Easter Dessert Bridge WiH Be Held At Women's Club

On Thursday, March B at 1;30 o'clock the Room and Social com mittee of the Waterbury Womens Club will hold an Easter Dessert
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18
Personal

Misses Alice and Kathleen Hutchinson of Randolph avenue are spending several days with their sister, Miss Mary G. Hutchinson a student at the College of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, N. J.
 Rev. Michael Kiely of Sidney Australia has left for Boston after spending several days with his aunt, Mrs. Mary Fitzmaurice of Ridgefield avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. Judson F. Wright have returned to their nome on Hamilton avenue after spending several days in Worcester.
 MT. and Mrs. Timothy Sullivan of Piedmont street announce the birth of a son on Sunday at St. Mary's hospital. Mrs. Sullivan is the for mer Margaret McKeown.
 MT. and Mrs. Howard Foster oi North Main street are spending 8 few days in Holyoke, Mass. where they are the guests of relatives.
 Jake Reiger and William Stein- metz of Grandview avenue and Joseph Proulx of Hillcrest, Middle bury are spending the weekend at Washington college, Chestertown Md.
 Mr. and Mrs. V. William Verras- tro of Oak street announce the birth of a son, Kenneth Fabian, at St. Mary's hospital on Sunday, March 12. Mrs. Verrastro is the former Ma rie Fabiano.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18
Women Voters Hear Talk By State Welfare Chairman

speaker. A tea followed the busi- ness session.
 J. J. Davis read two bills that have been introduced at Hartford in regard to employment of mar ried women, which were discussc by members.
 Arrangements have been made for a weekly radio interview or 'The League Goes-A Legislating. E. Christy Erk will be in charge of the program and announcement of the time will be made later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18
Miss Audrey Keane
 Is SholUer Guest

Mrs. George DeVeau, Jr., of Bris- tol was hostess at shower given in honor of Miss Audrey Keane who is to be married on April IS to Rob- ert Baird.
 The guests included: Mrs. Mary Keane, Mrs. John Baird, Marion Keane, Mrs. Martin Hubbard, Mrs. Edmund Keane, Jr., Mrs. George DeVeau, ST., Mrs. c. Crosby, Miss Margaret Stokes, Mrs. Louis Att wood, Audrye Keane and Mrs. George DeVeau.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-18

"JESSE JAMES" %ARDON OUR ERVE"
Evening star., 1939-11-05
Deaths Reported

Catherine Breen. 81, Garfield Hospital.
Mary Day, 80. St Elizabeth's Hospital.
MarEaret Ann Ar Knapp go 1925 Floral
Levi Payne. so. Gallinser Hospital
Arthur l. Waters. 1117 Orren street NE:
Sarah E. Howson, 73 631 Lexington place
s hay n doons Ns r. ~ s ss EFi T.s5s sssst
5osephine : Dove, SO. 1898 Massachusetts,
John francis Haney. 81. 34o1 Twenty sixth
Harry l.. Baker. "a. Casualty HOSPITAL, -,
Emil Waltert. SO. 622 Gallatin street NV.
Mary, Buckley: so. Emergency Hospital
Sarah Pasternak. 81. 51Os Forty first
wiiI!|isn a!a', v Doyle So. Walter Reed General
Mary irene Dougherty 50. 7o5 Eighteenth
Julien N. Friant, 81. Emergency HOSPITAL.
Mildred Hanna. As. Emergency Hospital.
William E. Foster. 43. 1850 Wisconsin
Alonzo Hayden. 36. Garfield Hospital
George D. Hammett, 35 Garfield HOSPITAL
Alice Nav Poole. %. Providence Hospital.
Anna Marie Tompkins, %, Providence
Infant Charles Harrison, GallinRer Hos
infant Elizabeth c. Lynch. Providence Hos
Infant Armstrong. siblsy Hospital; spita.n;..,
Elizah J, Brown 7a' 50o2 Ian~00o place
Moliie jackson. 70. Gallinger Hospital
Pearl Blackwell 60. Freedmen's Hospital
blanche Jordan. So. Freedmens Hospital.
Agnes Moten, Al. Gallinger Hospital,
Infant Anthony Williams. Gallineer HOS
Infant Thomas A. Marshall. Freedmen's
HOSPITAL.
Evening star., 1939-11-05
Dr.. Ezekiel 10 Discuss
War and Job|ess
Al Forum Opener
Jewish Community
Center Inuugurutes
Series Thursday

DR.. Mordecai Ezekiel, economic
adviser to the Secretary of Agri-
culture, will be the principal speak
er at $3.50 pm. Thursday, when the
Educational Committee and Service
Council of the Jewish Community
Center inaugurates a series of open
forum discussions of current topics
In the center.
DR.. Ezekiel will speak on How
Will the War Situation Affect Un-
employment" After his talk the
audience will hear the Town Hall
broadcast, presenting Federal Works
Administrator John M. Carmody and
Sociologist Henry Pratt Fairchild
in a consideration of the same ques-
ton.
Rubin Borasky will be moderator
during the forum here.
The third in series of institutes
on Marriage and the Modern
Family" is to be held Wednesday
night. with Miss Mary Haworth,
newspaper columnist, speaking on
Marriage and Morals
Simon Hirshman, chairman of the
centers Educationa. Committee, has
revealed the institutes have drawn
the largest attendance of any pro-
gram of this kind conducted there.
Max Lerner, former editor of the
Nation, will be presented next Sun
day night at the second session of
the National Center Forum, it has
been announced.
A new center activity begins to-
night at 8 o'clock, when profess
sional instructors demonstrate the
latest ballroom dance steps.
Evening star., 1939-11-05
Marriage License
Applications

James +. Barbour. jr., "a: 446 New jersey
and MaFy fSe L Rer Thomas 81 iSS4
John seEon phe.bus. 80 So ne s ses Euclid % St
Richard ss1 ns 8 Haftssorne iaf EsS sosn S0:s Cali
t1fna s. Az and + Alice 3. AsSds ksS e.
sesasra sie"e i4 Afasson: 4fsss ss Va Va
sas %.Ey T.! s%|tS Il 5i$$ $eS::s SsS jersey
Bessie N. southaEd q: Iiis 18th st. St.
ny! nv: the s Rey. H IaPr P9ussni %,a1i;d, ~.
chsafS snd vslvs s soSk u h . sis M st.
NV; the Rev. g o. Bullock ~.
oi W. 'fsksSn r ssocs Is 81 AFaf0e ras ehuysh y 3
Donald Mccienon. -. Takoma Park. Md,
snd shs Res Rs1.n W. p X k"5!s cartis is Rlvera'e Nd
and Mf,sfss Il. R. Ksssa o Huner osG 18th ST.
awe ave; NV: and FLORENCE <. ,Wsst: IS s1ol
.5d G'fvssns asajers H'Rnss s4aoP Rsinnif Ha%
ton St r,sn ths Rey so 5sy = isTb smth l.
eioa and Anne n ats T. cheslosk I 8 ss' 555 14th St.
,,mes se; The Fs Rey az essleX Westminster st
Westminster st. NV: the Rev. J. j.
Richard NJ Henecke. o5. 81 Gallatin st.
NV, and Theresa G Eeri;; a,, ~, LAB
George H. Miller. 30. Carlisle. Pa, and
Elizabeth G. Mccoy 81. Carlisle, Pa:
the Rev. H. M. Hennig.
Rockville,
Nelson P. Mitchell. 35, and Isabel s. Car
ney 80. both of Washington.
Francis E. Nuessle. 2S, Philadelphia Pa
and Elizabeth H. Glover, 49, Chevy
Daniel 4. Fletcher. jr., 90. Silver Spring
Md. and Flossie Eloise Smith. 25. Wash
ington.
William Henry Robey 25 and Anna Eliza
beth Boswell %. both of Arlington. va.
Stewart Ellis Webb. %. Chatham Hill
va, and Mary Margaret Reed, Is,
Gaithersburg, Md.
Evening star., 1939-11-05
Births Reported

Lester and Gladys Arthur. boy.
LyalI and Anita Peterson. girl.
Frederick and Mildred Campbell. girl.
John and Nancy Wilburn. girl.
Walter and Alice Strittmatter. boy.
Frank and Althea Pollard. jr.. boy.
James and Dorothy Morris. boy.
Alfonso and Madelon Hardtson. ooy.
Thomas and Lucille Armstrons, boy.
Harry and Divine Tssell.. girl
Harry and Kathryn WoolridSe. girl.
Eugene and Minnie Nuthall. girl.
Charles and Ruth Bussard. girl.
Harry and Helen Martin. girl.
Hilbert and Ada Sanders. boy
Charles and Irene Thomas: boy.
Harold and Clara johnson. boy.
William and Gertrude Howe. girl.
Cuv and Althea Duley. hoy
William and EVELYN Stucksrt boy
Harvey and Virgie Brewer: boy.
Frank and Eunice Flovd. bov
Wilbert and Alice Pcole. girl
George and Lillian Shapiro. boy.
Paul and Naomi Anderson. girl.
John and Marie Hoffer. girl
Sherman and Mary Moon. girl;
Paul and MarRaret O'Leary. girl.
Edgar and Dolores Chinn. boy.
Edward and OzelJer Stroman. boy.
FitzhuRh and Esther Baskerville, boy
Nathaniel and Alice Austin. boy
GEORGE and virginia Washington. girl.
Robert and Estelle MONTAGUE girl.
Robert and Sarah Lee boy.
EushmAn and Helen Jordan, boy.
Joseph and Bernice Timberlake. boy.
Horace and Sophia Davis. girl.
joseph and Rosa Epps. girl,
Nap and Helen Walters. Girl.
Evening star., 1939-11-05
Youth in Trade Unions
Will Be Discussed

A discussion of Youth in the
Trade Union Movement" will be
held at S o'clock this afternoon in
the Phyllis Wheatley Young Wom-
ems Christian Association Building,
901 Rhode Island avenue NV. un-
der auspices of the Negro Youth
Federation.
The principal speakers are to be
George o. Butler, economics instruc-
tor at Howard University. and Helen
Schneider, president of Labor De-
partment Local II. United Federal
Workers of America.
Evening star., 1939-11-05
Whittier Europe?' Is Topic

DR.. E. S. Griffith. dean of the
Graduate School of American Uni
versity, will discuss whittier Eu-
rope?" tomorrow night in the As
sembly Hall of the Cosmos Club,
beginning at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-11-05

Dundee Wash Cloths,
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Transparent 90e
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Evening star., 1939-11-05

0-ineh World .6lobsa
for the librory. students
room and den 6eouti-
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Evening star., 1939-11-05

s. Cup orip-o-Leto's
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ter, more heoIthful oof-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-01
Democrat Flashes First News Over WATR In Conspiracy Trial

Democrat first in all of the Water conspiracy ta first the air by of Station WATR with developments first in complete by special stenographer who is writing questions in the remarkable trial proceedings Cluney first yesterday giving the of the first witness called by Prose- Aorn the witness City Clark John Ftzmaurc At 2:15 o'clock today Cuney another fash telling Station WATR that Attorney Edward Levy of New Cuney broadcas direct from the superior twice daily 125 o'clock and o'clock trial Additionally The Democrat gives complete reporter Joseph F. DOnahue high
 lights of the proceedings by sa under direction Editor William T. Farrington pictures by Gunther E. H. gives thorough complete report of the Waterbury all of the tme experty handled efficiently Station WATR Water bury departments with especial emphasis the spracy duration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-01

syndicate floating the issues provid~ ing for the first minor mergers. These mergers were minor in the sense that they involved only the Connecticut and Canadian McKes- son & Robbins companies, not the numerous firms which eventually made up the drug firm.
 Where VIII Trial Be?
 It is the plan of the federal au- thorities to determine by the pres- ent grand jury investigation wheth- CT they arious acts under scrutiny will allow handling of the matter in New York or whether a grand jury must not be called into being in Connecticut to undertake probe of matters incident to this state.
 The contention of Assistant A. torney General Brien McMahon, in charge of the federal investigation, is that the matter will have to be transferred in some part to Con- necticut where Coster-M -Musica ham, died the company affairs, reporting false assets of the Canadian crude drug department variously estimat- ed from $11,000,000 pward, 90 that about $21,000,000 presently is con- sidered missing.
 Stockholders suits have been en- tered against various pedsons and concerns related to the McKesson & Robbins affairs, some in this state.
 Tn New York state 1t is necessary to call 8 grand jury in order to obtain indictments. But in Con- necticut grand juries mostly are impanelled for capital crimes and are called otherwise only on the filing of informations by the states
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-01

made out, someone would go into the controllers office to get the vouchers for which the checks were to be made and . number of blank checks necessary for the purpose.
 A. You're wrong there.
 e. Correct me. What was the procedure?
 A. The procedure was when the checks were to be made out, they were brought to my office with the vouchers and then they were brought back from my office to the controllers office.
 o. That is, someone in the con- troller's office took them to your of- flee and called for them when they were made out.
 Q. As @ rule, you did send for them when any checks were to be made out.
 A. That's right.
 Q. Now, 1t is true, as already state, that the business of getting these checks made out and back to the controllers office was done in the ordinary routine by your sup porters and not personally super vised by you at all. By that, I mean you didn't check the vouchers or ex- anime them or anything of that sort, as a general rule, when they came in. Did you?
 A. No. I didn't.
 Q. You delegated that to. your supporters?
 A. That's right.
 e. So that you would have no proof or knowledge except that you would assume that the routine was followed, more pr less, to this sort of checks that were made out within the forms or blank checks.
 A. Yes. I would.
 Q. You didn't follow the pro- cedure, did youp
 A. l would read back the checks to the controllers office.
 e. How frequently?
 A. Oh. on many, many occasions.
 e. How many occasionsp
 A. On many occasions did not read the checks. We'll once in n while when someone of the girls that would do the carrying was otherwise engaged
 e. You substituted for her in preparing2 It is also all your work although done by your supporters? What I mean to say, when substi- tuting on occasions when there was no girl to check back for corrections, If any, to be made on the checks made out in your office, that you would do the job in the check writ ing typewriter yourself.
 A. I didn't say that.
 c. Correct that.
 A. I said read back checks on any one occasion. The fact that the girl was not available didn't come into the picture at all,
 Q. At other times they were read back by one of the girlsp
 A. Many. many times.
 @. Now that think of 1t, there was some testimony concerning the checks. of your signature, at the beginning, for the purpose of these checks.
 A. That's right.
 c. Now, referring to the very first check that is marked Exhibit i, the name of John P. Fitzmaurice appears in the space in the first signature of the check That is Q reproduction of the facsimile sigma ture to which you referred in your testimony, isn't itp
 A. That Is.
 Q. Now If I'm wrong in this in- stance, will you correct meP At the beginning of your offlce--when you were first elected - you went down to the controllers office and had a conversation with Mir. Martin Dunn, as Q result of which you made several samples of your signature That is right, Isn't ite
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-01

attorneys.
 May Bc Affected
 How this procedure might be af. fected by the entrance of the fed. eral government, as well as the SEQ into the McKesson Ss Robbins in- vestigations, was not explained.
 A federal grand jury in Connecti- cut, according to legal interpreta- ton, might function in various sec- tions of the state under special or- ders from the government, with agreement by the governor. his would mean that such Q jury might be impanelled in Bridgeport and then move to other cities should developments in testimony of wit- nesses warrant, on source reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-01
PIERPONT CHOSEN
 BY MILK DEALERS.
tspeciaI to The Democrat)

Especial to The Democrat)
 Hartford, Feb. 1--Morton E. Pier pont of Waterbury was reelected president of the Connecticut Milk Producer Dealers association at the annual meeting here yesterday.
 The organization declared that it would oppose any legislation which would give the milk control admin istration the power of Capitalization" in the milk industry. Changes in the wording of several proposed amendments to the milk control act will also be proposed by the group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-01

exhibits for Identification only, the questioning of Fitzmaurice was talk en over by Attorney Patrick Healey. When He Met Johnston
 Fitzmaurice told Attorney Healey that he met John s. Johnston, a defendant, at several meetings of the board of aldermen, but that each time 1t was on an occasion when bids for bonds were to be opened. He also stated that he did not know that Johnston was inter- ested in bonds.
 Attorney Josiah H. Peck took over the examination to in- quire into the method of shigning the city checks, with reference to the signatures of Hayes, Fitzmau- rice and Leary.
 He said that 1t would be physi- cally impossible to sign all the checks by hand.
 If you had to sign all the checks you would have no time for any, thing else would you?" asked Peck.
 "No," answered the witness. He added that the practice of mechani- cal signing of cheeks had been in vogue when he took office in 1852.
 Concerning the pin-point check machine in his office, he said, "As far as l know 1t was the only ma chine of its kind in the city hall and 1t was used only for checks
 John P. Fitzmaurice was .cross-ex- amined as follows today by Craw- ford.
 o. When we adjourned last night, MT. Fitzmaurice, we were talking about the procedure in your office In connection with the writing Of checks. Now I want to begin by asking this question. It isn't your understanding, is 1t, that the char ter of the City of Waterbury any where mentions the sort of type writer about which checks in your office should be written, did itP
 A. It didn't.
 Q. That Is, 1t is your under standing that the words "pin-point typewriter or any other Specifica- ton of typewrlters for this purpose isn't anywhere mentioned as a re- quirement In your office in the city charter of the City of Waterbury,
 A. That's right
 e. And 1t is also your under standing, is it not, that the sort Of typewriter upon which cheeks are made out in your office is matter Of discretion on your part with the equipment that is provided for your office, so far as the use of that equipment is concerned?
 A. That Is right. It is e matter of discretion.
 e. And the mere fact that the so-called "pin-point' typewriter that Is used is for no other considera- ton and that you found 1t there for that purpose when you were in the office.
 A. It had been the practice prior to my term in that office.
 c. l think you testified that the best of your knowledge is based on your experience in your office for six years up to the present con- trolership, that you had estimated that somewhere around l2,000 checks were made out in your office.
 A. That was my estimate of checks.
 Q. Well, you don't want to re- vise that9
 A. No, do not.
 Q. Now the regular procedure that you have already outlined of obt ming checks--blank checks from the controllers office with the vouchers from which those checks would be made out was Q matter O. routine and not done by you per- sonally.
 A. That B right.
 c. Now, if I can get that in de- tail. my understanding of 1t Is this. Whenever there were checks to be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-01

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 swindler mated assets of his hair tonic company to semblance of very prosperous enterprise, is sum. nonsed to appear.
 The Bridgeport bankers, by the history of the case, had been inter- ested in Coster- r-Musica.s affairs since 1924 when the late head of McKesson e Robbins moved his Girard Co.,, from Mount Vernon, N. r.. to Bridgeport. This was two years before the financing of mcrg- CTS of the Girard O., with McKes- son & Robbins, in which 0riggs & company, the Waterbury brokerage concern formed . portion Of tas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-01
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The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13
Barracks Of Eitlers Elite Guards Burn Down
U Of Washington Records Heavy Quake Shocks

SEATTLE, Nov. 13 (P) - An earthquake described by Univer sity Of Wash ngton geologists as apparently the heaviest on their seismograph records rock Q d iarge areas in the Pacific North west at 11:47 pm. PSF last night. Officials and businessmen in Port land, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver E. C. aa1 other cities surveyed the d7naga caused by the shock Wh eh lasted approximately one minQ.e. The damage, however was not expected to be high, con sisting mostly of cracked walls in some buildings, broken water mains and broken power lines.
 In Seattle, a near panic occur red in one Of the theatres when the patrons became alarmed as the heavy glass ch9ndeIer in the center of the ceiling began to sway and rushed to the exits. Gamer patrons than the others quieted the throng and they filed out of the theater in ordery fash ion. Other Seattle theaters re- ported their patrons left the buildings quietly.
 A corner section of the Nation al Bank of Washington at Tac- oma, weighing about 25O pounds crashed six floors 10 an alley in the rear of the bank. Some pias- ter damage was reported in the state capitol at Olympia.
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13

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Territory of Alaska By the Governor
A PROCLAMATION

An annual custom, reVered and cOnscientiOusly observed since the days of our fOrefathers thru out the nation, has been recOgniz cd again by a proclamation of the President of the United Stat es, and in accordance herewith |, John ". Troy, Governor of AL aska, do hereby appoint Thurs day the 23rd day of November, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Nine day of
 T H A N K $ CIV NC
 And I recommend that upon that day all tie people of Alas ka, refraining so far as may be from their customary labOrs, unite in returning thanks to Al mighty God for his gracious gifts; for the conditions of com fort and happiness which have been sustained in our Territory as whole; for the increasing evi dence in wealth with which our land is endowed; and for the faith that still more prosperous era is at hand.
 Given under my hand and the Seal of Alaska, in Juneau, the Capitol, this Third day of Nov ember, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Nine. ...... ...... ...... { 5 E A l. ) John W. Troy
 Governor of Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13
Football Scores
November II

November Il Washington 13-California 6 Oregon State 19-Oregon IA Santa Clara 6-Michigan State Washington State Freshmen - 6-Washington Frosh 12 Washington State 2l-Idaho l3 Southern California 33-Stan- ford 0
 Fresno State 27 Portland U 13
 Utah 34-Hawaii 19 Army 0-Harvard 15 Missouri 20-New York U ' Pitt 6-Carnegie Tech 0 Duquesne Worth Carolina State 0
 Columbia 19--Navy 13 Dartmouth 7-Princeton 9 Minnesota 20-Michigan ' Colgate 12-Cornell IA North Carolina 3z-Davidson 0 Notre Dame 6-Iowa Kentucky 6-Georgie Tech 13 Duke 20-V MY Tulane 13-Alabama 0
The Nome nugget., 1939-11-13
DIMOND MAX MAKE
 SHORT VISIT NORTH

Delegate Anthony J. Dimond may make a trip to Alaska be- fore Congress convenes in reg ular session in January, reports from Juneau state.
 Albert Vile, postmaster at Ju neau reGently returned to the territorial capital from visit to Washington, D. C. The postmast' CT was told by the Delegate he intends to come North before Congress resumes it's work.
 No direct word has been re- ceived by Nome Democrats from the Delegate of his intention to come North in the immediate flu ture.