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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
JAIL TWO IN
MANS MURDER

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. today
held two men for questioning In
IN. death Of noss " Thompson,
%. yesr-old timber fsiisf. whose
body was found In q house boat
Saturday night with a bullet wound
In the stomach.
Jack Bailey. Thompsons part
ner who found the body and re-
ported the death 10 police. sss one
Of the men held
Police also toos Roy Briggs into
custody. Chief 81 Police George
Dean ssid the trio had bssn drink
ing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
PEOPLES Gas 6 Oil Trial
To Open Here Tuesda,

,lals and statesmen OF the MIL
promotion enterprise will get
lay morning before a jury in
mans courtroom.
ganizstion living at Seattle Louis
Roth. Los Angeles clothing merch-
ant. and Maurice Pat Roth. Sc
attic. salesman for the enterprise.
Others named In the indict-
ment who previously entered
not guilty pleas were Milton
Simons. William Markowitz,
William A. Broome. all Of
ficers Of the organization.
In a surprise move last Wednes-
day. one Of the indicted sslesmen
for the promotion firm. Isadore
Toub Of Los Angeles. entered a
plea indicating he will not fight
the case.
Those indicted are credited with
take" Of 81 300 600 from At least
80 600 small Washington investors.
several thousands Of whom are Ia
comans
The enterprise. said TO have
been organized In Los Angeles
three or four years ago. has
operated on a statewide basis,
selling oil leases on the Install
mint plan. most Of them on
135,g00-arre tract near Ephra-
Ia In eastern Washington.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
REJECT PROPOSAL TO
OPEN SECRET FILES

WASHINGTON ~ the ssa.ts
military affairs committee today
rejected, 10 70 o. proposal 10
make pubic its record concerning
,hs aid given By the United states
government 10 . french ssr mis-
sion that proposes To buy about
800 new Amsricsn-m~ds fighting
planes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
State Police In
II. s. Under Fire

WASHINGTON Tne senate
civil liberties committee today rec
commended that congress enact
Legislation To restrict the functions
Of Industrial police systems and
prohibit labor espionage. shsdoy-
ing. cOercing and intimidation Of
workers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

TIE conservatives dishp1fH 70
the move By the ultra liberals after
several night sinxsfs and begsb-
leans. including administrator
leaders. hurried fram their h0mss
after weekend visits ~ nslp defeat
Rep. Michael ~ Smiths planned
attempt b. amend the rules
Smith asked that action on his
motion BE- deferred until Tuesday
because he dld not want % take
what mad been described az an
unfair advantage Of tns con.
ssfyatiyes
Ths isftsping leaders request
received only feeble support Then
rernef speaker Edward j Reilly,
conservative leader VINO flew 70
Olympia from Spokane tina morn
Ing 70 be On hand for the antlei-
patel battle. challenged Smith 70
pursue HE original eoufss.
Speaker John ~ sylvester. VINO
had summoned his absent support
ers with distress kilograms. also
prodded Smith with request AZ
10 whether be wanted 10 press his
parpOse. AniagOnlzsd. Smith sc-
ensed 2yiyester Of using his posi-
ton in an unfair manner.
The issue was dropped. at least
temporarily. yhsn Rep. Edward v.
Henry pointed out the house rules
provide that there was nothing he
fore the mouse u Smith did not
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
LIGHT
An Inside Picture of
Financial and Polit.
ical America

WASHINGTON-More i'm
portant to shrewd Washington
observers than the admins
tration's alleged practice OF
arming the democracles Is a
corollary possibility ban on
the sale of arms to the axis
powers. The latter Is a policy
which the administration has
frankly admitted putting into
operation, on an unofficial
basis, in regard to Japan.
Airplane manufacturers were re-
euested by the state department
to cease shipments to the Island
Empire. All save one manufacturer
acceded. In due time he fell into
line. Government purchasing pow
er carries an enormous influence.
For months this voluntary embargo
against Japan was In effect WITH
out any publicity.
In influential diplomatic
quarters it's felt that this sort
of voluntary embargo Is one
of the most effective economic
instruments at the command OF
the Z. s. II is less inflamma-
tory, though no less potent,
than an official embargo.
Foreign affairs experts call 1t
wholly democratic method Of
throwing the country's weight in
the direction of its vital interests.
To many members of the admins
ration. and among them important
diplomatic officials, application Of
such embargoes seems simple COM
mon sense.
The men who think along these
lines argue impressively that we
have created the need for arming
ourselves through having armed
our potential enemies. They charge
that the u. S. A. has been Japan's
partner in the conquest of China,
has made possible German DONNA
ton Of Europe. II we continue to
sell oil. airplane licenses, maehin-
cry patents and processes 10 the
reich. they reason. we shall only
prepare Hitler for forsys into
South America against which we
shall eventually have TO wage war.
To stop such sales involves less
danger of embodiment In European
affairs than the converse process
Of simultaneously equipping the
European sdyersaries Of the fascist
states.
This idea Of a voluntary en-
barge is receiving serious dis
oussion. The state department
wouldn't care TO have IL made
mandatory. The diplomats want a.
much freedom Of action as they
can get. A voluntary embargo
to be levied or lifted at their dis
erection would afford them q pointed
economic weapon. ThereN be
strenuous efforts 10 forge Il and
put II 10 use IN the impending
European crisis.
The Cavalier was the fifth Short
Brothers Empire flying boat to
, meet disaster within little more
than a year. American air experts
Continued on page 4, column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
BRAZIL INQUIRIES INTO
PURCHASE OF PLANES
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON -- Relis lie
sources said today that Brazil Is
inquiring in this country for the
purchase Of light planes and ma
chine guns for ests blishnent Of
ar air infantry" corps 70 aug
nent its national defense forces.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

the crypt in st Peters which he
had selected himself. besides the
remains of his predecessors. Bene-
dict XIV and Plus X.
II WAS decided also that the
formal conclaye which IA to
elect a new pope would meet
not before February rs nor
later than March /.
Monsignor Angelo Puerugini,
secretary Of the Latin letter, was
delegated to eulogize the late pope
at the last OF the nine-dsy series
Of masses. and Monsignor Antonio
Continued on Page u. Column u
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

II was recalled. however. that he
has been III recently. and slso that
reports have circulated for several
months that he contemplated AID.
Ing a world movement 10 help de.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

tressed members NJ ths Jewish
race
nrsndles revealed ma retirement
In . bfisf. two.line letter 10 pvssl'
dent Roossvslt dAte1 tetey.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
Tens Of Thousands
Pay Homage To Pope
Formal Burial of Plus XI Scheduled
For Tuesday; Troop Reinforcements
Called to Handle Vast Crowds

VATICAN CITY-Italians and foreigners from all owe
the world crowded into ST. Peters square for the third day
today pay homage the body of Pope Plus X lay
the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament of St Peters awaiting
burial tomorrow in the cathedrals crypt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
House Left Wingers Again
Beaten on TavO-Thirds Rule

OLYMPIA-Let NInYes In the hoUse capltulalsd today
TO display OF overwhelming strength by rixhtwng Demo
Republicans and refused controversy
the twothds rule moosd issue since start of the lsEis
atlye sssNiou 10 make
the rules
- M 80 $3.50 80 wing triumph thu question
u'e "pp't Hp' 49,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

Observation-Disclosures Justice Louis Dembitz Bran
des today retired from active duty the supreme court
The s2year-old liberal jurist for his re-
tirement
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14
WEATHER AND TIDES

Unsettled tonight and We'd
Temperatures: High. AZ: low, 30
Sun rises. 1915; sets. 5:32.
Tides Tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-14

The Cavalier was the fifth Short
Brothers Empire flying boat TO
meet disaster within little more
than a year. American air experts
CONTINUED on page 4, column 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-08
LIE DETECTOR TO
 BE TESTED OUT
"Mad Butcher May Be ReveaIed-Suspect Ad-
 mits One Murder

Cleveland, July 8.-(UP) .-Sherifi Martin L. O'Conncll hoped to prove with a lie detector test today that Frank Dolezal, a middle-aged degen- crate who has confessed to one de- capitation murder is the mad butcher Of Kingsbury run,' who has been responsible for l3,
 The frenzied prisoner still denied after three nights and two days oi questioning that he was the long, sought fiend who in the past five years has streWn parts of l2 bodies through the lonely, desolate indus trial gulley called Kingsbury run There was evidence, however, that he had associated with at least three of the victims, including the prosti- ute, Mrs. Florence Sawdey Polillo whose murder he acknowledged
 Coroner Samuel R. Gerber said he was satisfied" that Dolezal had killed all 13 and that the hunt for an insensate murderer begun Sept 5, 1884, when the dismembered body of a middle aged woman, never identified, was washed up on the Lake Erie shore, was now ended.
 Dolezal'S ~oniession of Mrs. Polil- los murder, as related by the sher- if, was;
 We were in my room drinking Flo wanted money. She reached in my pocket and tried to grab $l0 pushed her off and she grabbed a butcher knife and came at me with it.
 T hit her with my fist and she fell backward into the bathroom Her head hit the bathtub. l think that's what killed her The reason I cut up her body was to get rid of it. I cut off the arms and legs and head in the bathtub. 1 put the pieces Tn a basket and carried them down to the alley. I made two trips 1 took the head and arms and legs in the basket to the foot of East 49th street and threw them into Lake Erie. The wind was blowing offshore and carried them out to the lake"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-08
OLD LITIGATION
 FINALLY ENDS
Suit Begun 5 Years Ago Withdrawn in Common
 Pleas Court

Litigation begun more than five years ago, which went to the state supreme court of errors after a lengthy local court battle, was end- ed today when the $l0.000 suit of Della Sickmund against the Con- q necticut Co. was withdrawn from the court of common pleas. Settle ment out of court for an undisclosed sum was reported.
 The case had been returned to the common pleas court by the supreme court, on the grounds that a $1,000 verdict given the plaintiff there was in error.
 The woman, represented by At torney Edward Mascolo, sued to recover damages for a fall suffered while boarding a Connecticut Go. bus at Grand and Leavenworth streets June IA, 1883. She claimed she suffered severe injuries from the fall, and that diabetic condi- ton was aggravated.
 The case went to trial before Judge Edward J. Finn and a jury in common pleas court, with the fury awarding the plaintiff dam- ages of $l,00O. Judge Finn denied 8 motion to set aside the verdict.
 After other legal maneuvers, the case went to the state supreme court of errors. The high court, in a decision handed down Jan. g., 1887. found that the trial court had been in error and ordered a new trial.
 The supreme court. in an opinion written by Justice Allyn Brown, held that sufficient proof had not been advanced to show that the plaintiffs condition had been az. vravated by the fall.
 Returned to the common pleas court here. the case had beer pend- lnR a second trial until the set- clement was reached today and the lengthy litigation ended
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-08
Aldermanic President Per- riellO Differs With COP.
 Members
EQUIPMENT RENTAL
 IS UNDER DISPUTE
Star Chamber Sessions Are Held to Blame for
 Misunderstanding

Leasing of the isolation hospital on WatertoWn Ave- nue to the Connecticut Children's Hospital of New Haven may be held up as a result of a claimed misunder- standing of the terms of the lease. Members of the land committee of the Board of Aldermen say the agreement made with Mrs. E. Louise Fitzgerald, superintendent of the New Haven institution, included also the rental of the equipment; Aldermanic President Patrick Per- riello says no, that the agreement was that Mrs. Fitzgerald was to be given first choice in the purchase, at extra cost, of anything she needed.
 Star Chamber Meeting
 Tne disagreement, which is pure ly la Republican ranks, will come up at an adjourned meeting of the ald- ermen Monday night. The situation is another result of the boards re- cert practice Of holding star cham Der sessions agreeing on action, and pushing motions through on the floor in rapid-flre order.
 Mfr. Perriello told the finance board Thursday evening that he know of no agreement whereby the lease was to include the equipment as well as the. building. City Clerk John P. Fitzniaurice, who also at- tended the secret session, said that there was such an agreement and that the three members of the land committee had after the meeting told him so officially.
 The lease has not yet been signed. The aldermen were scheduled to meet last Monday night, but a quorum was not present. One of the steps to be taken then was em- towering the mayor and the cor- poration counsel to lease the equip ment as well as the building. The equipment had not been included in the ease-authorizatio vote June 28, but land committee members said this was only through an oversight.
 $1,500 Rental
 The board has agreed to lease the property to Mrs. Fitzgerald for $500 a year for five years, grant, ing her an allowance of $37S to make repairs to the building.
 It is understood that Mrs. Fitz- gerald will not sign the lease If 1t does not also include the use of the equipment, which she would re-
 (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-08
OLDEST BASEBALL
 PLAYER IS DEAD
James L. White, 9l, Was Awaiting Towns Big
 Celebration

Aurora, H., July 8. (UP)-1t would have been great day for the deacon today at Aurora's Gen. tennial baseball celebration. He was to have been honored, at 9l, as the oldest living major league base ball player.
 But last night, on the eve of the celebration, Aurora, was saddened by the death of this old player, James L. White-they called him Deacon" because of his regular weekly attendance at church.
 He was born at Canton, N. r., Dec. 2, 1874. He learned the game from a Union soldier and began his baseball career with the Forest City club of Cleveland in 1869 when catchers still caught bare-handed. He was member of the first pro- fessional league. the National Asso- citation of Professional Ball Players, formein 1873. He played with the Boston club and with A. c. Spald- ing formed baseball's first great battery.
 1neu, HI AOtUs WhCu eAAC PAOocAe National league was organized, he and Spalding joined the Chicago White Stockings, now the Cubs. The team won the pennant that year.
 He went to the Buffalo club in 1888 as first baseman. One of his teammates was Connie Mack, now manager of the Philadelphia Ath- letics. He also played with the De- troit club and finished his career with the Pittsburgh club. He saw his last major league game IS years ago
 He lived with his daughter. Mrs, Grace Watkins, and had been con- lined to home most of the time dur ina recent years. He was looking forward to the celebration when stricken yesterday. Physicians said his death was hastened by the heat wava.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-08
Dissatisfied Republicans May Form Independent Group
Letter Writer Claims Many Disgruntled By Recent
 Action of Leaders
GOVERNOR LINKED IN
 CRITICAL RESUME

A coalition of dissatisfied Republicans to form a new Independent R e p bile a n party in Waterbury is hinted in a letter to The Democrat by "A Real Republican,. Such a coalition has been mentioned in political circles for some weeks but the chances of it coming to pass have been heightened by the city court Ideal" which left Italian, German and other G. O. P. factions indignant at Town Chair man J. Warren Upson and other party leaders.
 The most likely figure around whom such coalition would center is Aldermanic President Patrick Perriello. If not given the regular Republican nomination, he will be urged by supporters to run on an in- dependent ticket. Present indications are that MT. Periello will not accept any such sop as the nomination for tax collector, for which some orga- nization stalwarts have mentioned him.
 Backers of Attorney Charles Summa, who retired as prosecutor last week, claim that he was double e-crossed" by the G. o. P. leaders in the judgeship appoint ments. Protests have similarly been made on behalf of Attorney Fred erick W. Palomba, Probation Officer Emil Hummel and Prosecutor Mitch- ell Meyers, all Republicans, and all of whom were busted from their court posts.
 The letter from "A Real Republi- can" follows:
 The repercussions emanating from the Republican leaders dis pleased with the city court ap- pointments were so low that most people not actively. interested in
 Republican politics actually be- lieve everything is harmonious in the party. Such is not true pic- ture of conditions at the present time and in a very short time ev- erybody connected with the Re- publican party will know the exact condition of the party. This is the year that all earnest workers for the party felt that nothing could happen that would prevent them from winning a city election. But, alas, J. Warren Upson and Bill Pape with the able assistance of Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin play politics opposite to the majority of real Republicans, the result which believe will be that the Republican party this year will
 (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-08
Heat Wave Blamed For
 34New England Deaths
New Crop Damage Also Seen as Fifth Day of Siege Begins-Showers Over Week-End May Bring
 Relief to Parched Section

Boston, July 8.--(UP)-New Eng. lands latest heat wave, already blamed for 34 deaths. entered its fifth day today, bringing new cror damage and an increasing threat oi disastrous fires in hurricane-swept timberland.
 The temperature at 7:30 8. m (EDT) was 76 four degrees warmer than yesterday at the corresponding hour.
 Fair and continued warm weather was forecast by the weather bureau but with possibility of relief to- morrow with local thundershowers and mot quite so warm"
 Yesterday was the hottest day in Boston since last Aug. l6, with the temperature reaching 92 Twelve deaths, including four drownings were attributed to the heat. The first of what conservation officials feared may be series of forest fires destroyed 100 acres of tinder-dry woods at Lancaster,
 Freak showers brought only tenn porary relief in the scattered areas where they fell. In Quincy cloud burst decommissioned nearly 30 au- tomobiles, while in Amesbury, light ming damaged 1l0-foot chimney, split factory flagpole and disrupt- ed electric service for an hour.
 The dead yesterday:
 James Sullivan, 4, Somerville, drowned in Charles river.
 Peter E. Nolan, g, Boston, cleo trocuted at Milton when precipitation grounded his body as he changed an electric light bulb,
 Leo Audette, II, Worcester drowned in Goes Pond.
 Frederick w. Stelling, 57, Boston who collapsed while working in his beauty parlor.
 Walter E. Barker, 37, chief elec- trician at Narragansett Park race track, of heat prostration
 Camille Mazerolle, IS. drowned at Hamlin, Me.
 Austin Leadbetter, l9, drowned at Jefferson, Me.
 Mrs. Camilla MagSso 69, Lawrence of heat induced heart attack. James A. Kane, 58, Marlboro, of heat-induced heart attack.
 Unidentified man, Boston, of heat induced heart attack.
 Connecticut reported two deaths attributed to heat-induced heart at- tack.
 New Haven, Conn, July 8-(UP) Oppressive heat was blamed to- day for the heart attack deaths oi two local men late yesterday.
 Ernest Stevens, 43. c. s. Mersicl Co, clerk, died shortly after being stricken on the job.
 Joseph F. McInerney, 36, dropped on the sidewalk and died shortl, thereafter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-08
CILLETTE'S VOTE MAY BE DECISIVE
Believed He Holds Balance of Power in Senate For.
 eign Relations Group

Washington, July 8-(UP)--Sen. Guy M. Gillette, D., Ia, said today that his vote may decide what stand the 23-man Senate foreign relations committee takes on neutrality legis- lation.
 Threatened with 8 filibuster If the issue reaches the Senate floor, the administration was reported to have pledged Il members of the commit tee to support revision of the pres- ent neutrality law at this session of congress. Isolationists were be- lieved to have the support of Il members. This will permit Gillette, who has not decided how he will vote, to decide the committees &C., ton.
 He said Secretary of State Cordell Hull and two other members of President Roosevelt's cabinet, whom he declined to name, had discussed neutrality with him.
 Opponents of the administrators finish fight" to eliminate the arms embargo at this session said their II supporters included Senator Wal ter P. George, D., Ga. He, however, has not publicly committed himself and still was considered by many as undecided.
 A showdown in committee has been delayed until Tuesday. Today's scheduled meeting was postponed, the committee announced, in respect to the late Secretary of Navy Claude A. Swanson. But both Gillette and General Gerald P. Nye. R., N. D., a leader of the isolationists, said there isn't much question" that the postponement was precipitated by the struggle for more committee votes.
 Gillette said he had a choice of evils in decdiing how to vote. He expected the test ot come or ono Of two issues: A motion to consider the House-approved bill.. containing . modified embargo clause on muni- tons which the administration op- poses. or a motion to delay action until next year.
 "Either voting for delay or for consideration of the House bill would be so fraught with danger. bee cause of the interpretation bound to come from abroad" he said. that l have not decided which Is the lesser of the two evils. I would have dlficulty in determining my course"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-08
MIDWEST STATES
 GETTING RELIEF
lRy United Pressl

Cooling breezes and scattered thunderstorms brought relief to mid- western states today as the summers most severe heat wave kept tenn peratures in the sos through the southwest south and east.
 Twenty-two persons died from the heat in eight midwestern states yes- terday. Thirty persons have died in a heat wave that has had New Eng flanders wilting for four days and may not end until tomorrow night.
 'Forecaster J. R. Lloyd at Chicago said temperatures would be lower today in the lower Missouri and Mis- sissippi valleys and in most of the Great Lakes region. He said high temperatures would continue in southern and eastern states. Local thunderstorms may relieve condi- tons In New England tomorrow. he said.
 Drought conditions in New Eng land were approaching the danger point and farmers feared heavy losses to their crops. The temper ature climbed into the high eos at Boston yesterday and midday mail deliveries were cancelled t0 guard against collapse of carriers.