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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
BY FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Hollywood
 C0rreSnOndentl

Hollywood, Aug. 7.-UP)-Miss Anna Neagle, the English star who learned about America from the wild west films screened in London, was shocked no end today when she saw her favorite cowboy ply his nose with a powder puff.
 My trip to the west has become a great disillusionment, she said. q am terribly. terribly disappointed. The west as we know it in England is nothing more than myth
 The blue-eyed Miss Neagle, who made her first trip to Hollywood to play the part of Nurse Edith Cavell in forthcoming film, said she watched with sinking heart as her ideal movie he-man powdered his nose.
 "Then he walked over to his horse" she continued, with a shuddcr, "and he couldn't get into the saddle. They had to help him with little ladder, And that isn't all, It was me-
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or one in every three, have been sold out under foreclosure.
 Much has been made of the fact that the farm-mortgage indebted ness has been reduced by $2,400, ,000- 900. But has it been reduced? It has been reduced by foreclosing farm mortgages and depriving the farm- CT of his home."
 Shipstead reported, the priest said. that more than $2,500, ,0O0, 900 lent by federal farm agencies since 1883. 87 per cent of 1t went to re- fund outstanding debts.
 "It is futile for theorists to argue against facts--and facts related to the improvement Of our farmers are so multiple and plain that the prop agandists who are hired by com mercial banks and financial insti- tutions to preserve the present fin- ancial system have fought a losing battle," Father Coughlin asserted.
 "The farmers must not be dis possessed of their land and have those lands pass into the hands of banks and government agencies.
 We can no longer operate on the financial system which has chcar- acterized the period during which our farmers and laborers were re- duced from self sustaining, prosper ous people to the miserable status In which they now exist"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
NEW ENGLAND TO
 GET AIR SERVICE

Boston, Aug 7-(UP)-Boston and New England would have direct air service with Europe under pe- tition filed today by Boston & Maine Airways with the civil aero- nautics authority.
 The airline requests permission to extend its lines from Banor, Me, to Moncton, N. B. Moncton is adjacent to Shediac. Pan American Airways Transatlantic base for it's recently established passenger service to Eu- rope.
 If permission is granted, service would start in September with 3 1-2-hour schedule between Boston and Moncton with stops at Port land, Lewiston. Augusta, Waterville and Bangor, Allin Maine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

chanical horse. All it did, was jiggle up and down. It was made of rubber, It had machinery itside, and it didn't go any place at XII, The scen- cry galloped by behind it.
 On the floor, op either side of this mechanized animal, was an inner spring mattress. These pads were to soften the blow should my hero fall off.'
 Miss Neagle said that since child hood she and other Britishers had been taugh in their cinemas that there really was a wild west.
 ITO those in America, this may not seem important, but to the young people of England the shattering of such an illusion is really tragic, she continued. Take Indians for in- stance.
 T saw some real ones in Albu- querque. They seemed to have been hired by a Mir, Fred Harvey to peddle blankets at the railroad station. The only other Indians saw here were m Hollywood. And the red washed of and when they removed their wigs they mostly were bolnds,
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and pr. William A. Goodrich, 29, both of the staff of the Waterbury hospital; and Mrs. Clara L. Me- Ternan of 106 Columbia boulevard, who were arrested June g on bench warrants issued, in a test case, at the request of States Attorney Fitzgerald.
 Unless exceptions are allowed, in specific instances, to physicians, Judge Wynne says, the statute tSec- tion 6246) under which the prosecu- ton was brought, is defective. The ruling thus upholds the rights of physicians to disseminate birth control information and materials
 Carry Case Higher
 But Judge Wynne, in the conclud- ing paragraphs of his brief memo randum of decisicn, makes tacit recommendation that States Attor- ney Fitzgerald carry his prosecution to 6 higher court for ruling.
 "It would seem most desirable" !" he says, ito have judicially deter mined once and for all, a question oO IlCdtCQiy duu AuVACAJ uCboeSA "o each legislative session"
 States Attorney Away
 Dtate's Attorney Fitzgerald could net be reached today for state- ment as to his intentions of appeal. He was reported out of town. It is understood that permission of Judge Wynne would be necessary for appeal by the state, but in view of his recommendation, the neces- sary approval would be easily ob- tained. .. ,-
 Attorney J. Warren Upson filed the demurrers on behalf of the two doctors and the nurse, contending that the statute was either uncon- stitutional or that 1t had to be con- strued so as not to interfere with the practice of medicine.
 Like Mass. Case
 The state, in Its briefs filed with Judge Wynne, depended upon a Massachusetts case. similar to the local case, in which the supreme court of the United States had re- fused to hear an appeal from con-
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COP. THREAT ON ANSWERED
City Charter Gives Con. troIIer Full Power Over
 Buying of Supplies

Any attempt by Republican alder men tonight to pass an ordinance providing for the appointment of a city purchasing agent will be met by Democratic members by citing Sec- ton 88 of the city charter, under stood to be still in effect, which pro- vides that no articles shall be paid for unless bought by the controller.
 Two other sections, which make the controller the city purchasing agent and give him the power to make departmental audits have been repealed in the charter revision bill sponsored by Senator George T. Gull hane. The measure provides for a purchasing agent to be appointed by the mayor, but this provision is not effective until Jan. 1, 1940.
 Sweeney Has Power
 Controller Martin Sweeney, ap- pointed recently by Mayor Frank Hayes to succeed the late Sherwood L. Rowland, would, under Section 88, have full power over any pur- chasing agent Hence the proposed Republican ordinance would be in- effective, since the charter takes precedence over a city ordinance.
 Charles c. Foster is now the city purchasing agent, and has remained at work despite published reports, later denied, that he had been dis missed. If MT. Foster holds his post until the end of the year, there will be no need for aldermanic action. The finance board has already pass. ed a vote naming MT. Sweeney pur- chasing agent, but this step was tak- en to make sure that city purchases are legal.
 Veto of Mayor
 The aldermen tonight will receive Mayor Hayes veto of an ordinance
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reckless experimentation is ended. " He pledged the Republican members of congress to continue to fight for fundamental Americanism.'
 Republicans, he said, would battle New Deal Socialism at every step of the road because America again is seeking the paths of order ly progress under law"
 While senators and congressmen hurried from the capital. President Roosevelt reviewed the work of con- gress with his Senate Leader Alben w. Barkley, D.. Ky, at a White House luncheon yesterday. Later, he talked by telephone to Speaker William B. Bankhead and House Majority Leader Sam Raybun, D., Texas.
 Barkley Hopes for Change
 q feel sure that congress will be in a different mood when it returns and after its members have talked to the folks back home" said Barkley who fought in vain for enactment of the administration lending bill and its neutrality program.
 Martin listed IA accomplishments under the banner of honest liberal- ism" which he said resulted from Republican cooperation with the real Democrats" Among them were:
 Rejection of the lending bill, scrapping of the neutrality program, tax revision to aid business, social security revision, enactment of the the Hatch clean politics. bill, pas sage of a House resolution providing for a congressional investigation of the national labor relations board, re- lection of a proposal to raise the national debt limit above the exist ing statutory ceiling of $45 ,000, ,000, GOO and defeat of proposal to spend more money "on the crackpot' Flor ida ship canal
 "The people of the United States are tired of hit-or- miss government" Martin said "The country wants to get out of the red, and back to work. It wants to try honest bookkeeping, honest politics and honest American ism for change"
 COalitiOnists Scored
 The coalition of Republicans and Democrats, which was for most of the defeats suffered by the administration dur ng the month session, was the target of sharp attack delivered
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OFFICIALS FLEE
 FROM CAPITAL
President, Many Others in Washington Are Off for
 Vacations

Washington, Aug. 7-CUP)- President Roosevelt leaves today for Hyde Park, N. Y, to spend four or five days studying bills passed by congress before embarking on cruise to the northeast Atlantic Later he will entrain for an ex- tensive tour of the west.
 MT. Roosevelt heads an impressive array of public figure S who are es- caping Washington's notorious sum- mer heat.
 Secretary Of State Cordell Hull left August l, on vacation to White Sulphur Springs w. Va,
 Postmaster General James A. Farley. whose future political plans constitute the most debated topic in Washington, is vacationing in Europe.
 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, JG, left August on a European tour. He will return on Sept. II, probably with Farley.
 Three other cabinet members
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First Fatality On
 Merritt Parklvay

New Canaan, Conn, Aug. 7- tUP)-Joseph Piccone, 40, t435 Avenue F), Brooklyn, N. Y, was killed today on his birth day anniversary, the first auto mobile fatality on the Merritt parkway since 1t opened June 29, 1888.
 He was a passenger in a car operated by his nephew, Joseph Victor Piccone, IS, (968 Ocean parkway, Brooklyn, when 1t left the road and struck a tree. The elder Piccone died inc stantly.
 The driver was taken to Nor walk hospital with a skull frac- ture. broken jaw and legs and internal injuries. Doctors held little hope for his recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
Lutheran Mission Hospital at KiOshan Suffered By
 Six Direct Hits
AMERICAN METHODIST
 MISSIONARY MISSING
One Catholic Priest of Three Seized Has Been
 Given His Release
BY JOHN k. MORRIS United Press Staff Correspondent


 Shanghai, Aug. 7-CUP)- American consular authori- ties at HankoW protested to the Japanese in the strongest terms today against the bombing of an American Lutheran Mission Hospital at KioShan.
 It was asserted, after in- vestigation, that Japanese airplanes bombed the hospital July 26 and scored six direct hits.
 In their protest, American authori- ties said that the hospital was on an isolated hill outside te town and that II large United States flags were prominently displayed in the hospital grounds as a warning to the Japa- nese air force.
 Hankow dispatches indicated that in addition to this protest, Ameri- can authorities received word that the hospiatl was attacked again yes- LSl ddy, dllu JlldU GliC COllouldIC Glll- phaticlly l~minded the Japanese of the hospitals site. so that there could be no more mistakes"
 Japanese authorities at Hankow in- formed tn American consulate to- day that tey had no information re- garding Edwin Beck, of TifIin, Ohio, and Mary Myers. of Hanover, Pa. last reported at YochoW.
 One Church Burned
 The consulate was anxious about them because Chinese dispatches had reported that Japanese troops had ordered all American and British missionaries from the city ard then burned the American Reformed Mis- sion church.
 HankoW reported that the Ameri- can consulate expected representa-. tive to take off within 48 hours in 6 Japanese army plane to investigate the condition of Americans at Nan. chang and Kiukiang long isolated Particularly news was sought of l.
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Social Security Act. Changed By Congress
President Expected to Approve It This Week-Enl= ployers, Workers Are Saved Millions of Dollars
 By New Alterations

Washington, Aug. 7-(UP)--Presi- dent Roosevelt expected to approve this week the first broad revision of his social security experiment.
 In Its closing hours Saturday congress passed measure having the following effect on the 45,000,- 900 persons now listed in social se- curity board files:
 1. Freezing of the one per cent payroll tax on both employees and employers for old age insurance. Un- der present law 1t would increase to 1 1-2 per cent in January. Estimated saving to employers and workers $825 ,000, 900 in next three years.
 2. Limiting tax on employers payrolls for unemployment compen- sation to the first $3,000 of work CTS wages, instead of total wages. Estimated saving to employers $65 ,000, ,000 in next three years.
 3. Liberalization of benefits for widows, dependent children and aged parents, granting them pen- sions up to $85 in place of lump pay ments now provided.
 4. Extending coverage of the old age insurance provisions to include about $1,100,00 bank clerks and sea- men, and broadening the unemploy- ment insurance program to include about 100000 bank employees.
 5. Advancing the date of com- mencing old age benefit payments from 1922 to 1940.
 6. Virtual abolition of the gigan- tic old age reserve account which actuaries estimated would reach $47, 00,000,000 in 1880. A much smaller reserve will be administered by board of trustees and all old age insurance taxes collected will be appropriated immediately to the custody of the board.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
Arguments of Defense, State Are Expected to
 Be Closed Friday CHARGE OF JUDGE
 INGLIS NEXT WEEK TenSeness Prevails on Both Sides as Famous
 Case Is Concluding
BY JOSEPH P. DONAHUE Democrat Staff Reportcr)

The second week of final defense arguments to the jury will open tomorrow in the Waterbury conspiracy trial, with Attorney John H. Cassidy, counsel for five de- fendants, continuing in an eloquent plea for acquittal which started Friday after noon. Rules of procedure re- quire that all defense counsel con- clude their arguments by next Friday, but by their own estimates they will cease firing late Thursday.
 Expectations are that all argu- ments will be concluded by late Friday, barring unforeseen develop ments, and that Judge Ernest A. 1nglis will charge the jury to com mence deliberations early the fol- lowing week.
 An air of rigid tensity, which pre- vailed throughout the arguments last week, will reach new heights during the coming week--and come to climax in the moments preced- ing the deliberations of the, jury which has been hearing evidence for the past six months, since January 31.
 Defense counsel have used ap- proximately 13 1-2 of the 38 hours allotted them for argument, leaving "A 1-2 available. There are almost A hours in four day court week.
 Attorney Cassidy, who argued two and one half hours on Friday, ex- poets to conclude tomorrow after an hours argument. All remaining de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
INSURANCE MAN
 MET WITH DEATH

AIstead, N. H., Aug. .e-(UP.- Funeral services were held today for Roger Huntley Hovey of Waban. Mass, 53- year-old Boston insurance exec. .:ye who was killed Saturday night by bullet from a target rifle taken from boys who annoyed him.
 The 22 cal! CT rife discharged when Hovey tried to break 1t against inc wheel of an automobile. The bullet entered his chest lodging m the spine and killing him instantly
 The tragedy occurred sa Hoveys wife and guests at their summer home here watched from their seats about Q picnic table on the lawn.
 Hoyey was manager of tho bond department of oBit, Dalton & Church of Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
SEVEN VIOLENT
 DEATHS IN CONN.
That Was Toll Reported Over Week-End-l4 in
 New England
(By United Press)

The lives of seven persons were claimed by violence in Connecticut over the weekend
 Four died in automobile accidents two were drowned and another com mitted suicide.
 Lorenzo Pellegrini, 62, t235 East Highland Ave.), Somerville, Mass. died from chest injuries at New Ha- ven after an automobile driven by his son. Mario, 30, smashed into a highway fence. ..... Charles Frink, Falls Village, died at Canaan, after his milk truck col- lided with a power company truck
 David T. Bellingeri, 22 Windsor Locks, and Anthony Bruno. 29 Thompsonville, were killed when their car hit a tree at Avon.
 William Pipkins. 2l. Weston chauffeur, was drowned in Sauga- tuck river, when his canoe over- turned.
 Frank Ventulett, 2, Bridgeport.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
Criminal Charge Nullified Today By Judge Wynne
Defense Demurrer of Attorney J. Warren Upson Is Sustained Higher Court Must Rule on It, Says
 Judge Wynne in His Decision

Criminal charges against two local doctors and reg isered for operating birth control clinic in the Henry s. Chase Memorial Dispensary nuled today by Superior Court Judge Kenneth Wynne who sustained defense demurrers attacking the of the statute under which States Attorney William B. Ftzger- aid brought prosecution.
 In effect the ruling discharges Dr. Roger Nelson 3O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
TREASURY BALANCE

Washing Aug. 2 (UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Aug, 1, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Ncnr 9SSl24725.05 S926, 0J5, ,074.S5
 Receipts sdl6,439, ,O6O.S4 $467,364,S4SS2 Gross Deficit $71,6S5,664.el $i5S,s9o,2 ,23tSS
 Net Deficit $5UL55l,4li2t $i5S,559, ,S3iSa
 Cash Balance $2,45S.S06, 6,l54.56 $2,197 7O24. .023.5 .5e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
United States Consul
 Makes Vigorous Protest
 But Bombings Continue
GOPCongressmen Fire Final Roosevelt Shot
Era of Rash, Reckless Experiments Is Ended-Record Peace Time Spending Increased By Congress
 Over Budget of President
BY RONALD G. VAN TINE United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, Aug. 7-(UP)-Repubcan congressman fired parting shot at the Roosevelt administration to- day in review of the first session of the 76th Congress which adjourned Saturday night.
 In formal statement, House Minorty Leader Joseph w. Martin Jr R. Mass said that the "era of rash and
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Evening star., 1939-12-17
BUsINEssMEN's LEAGUE.

High team same-Allied Roofing
Evening star., 1939-12-17
By the Associated Press,


GREEN BAY, Wis.-How can this
city of 37,4l5. tucked away in North
ern Wisconsin, support a big-time
professional football team which is
TIL. X
The answer is civic spirit, coupled
with love for the game and sim
cere admiration for the coach and
players.
To many of the city's leaders, the
story of the Green Bay Packers,
who last Sunday defeated the New
York Giants in Milwaukee for the
National Football League champion
ship, is the story of the citys de-
velopment of civic pride and CO.
operation.
In this respect, DR.. w. w. Kelly,
former club president and now the
team physician, once remarked:
Before we had the Packers. you
couldn't get any civic cooperation
worth mentioning. Now things are
different I think Green Bay can
thank the Packers for the spirit
which has made possible the Y. M.
c. A., the Columbus Club and the
other things we have done in re-
cent years"
Lambeaus Brain Child.
This team which has put Green
Bay on the big league sports map
is the brain child of native son,
Earl L. (Curly) Lambeau. coach
from the time of its organization in
1919 and a player until 1928.
Home from Notre Dame. where in
1918 he played under Knute Rockne,
Lambeau decided to organize town
team.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
h Simmons Shoots 430 for High Scratch Set Stars Bowling Tournament
Long Island U. Makes
Stirring Finish 10
Conquer Oregon
56-55 Victor in Extra
Period; OkIohomo Aes
Beot &. c. N. T., 1914

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Long Is
land University's basket ball Frank
Merriwells" put on . terrific closing
drive through the second half and
a five-minute overtime session to
run their undefeated string to 40
straight games tonight with a 56-to-
IS victory over Oregon before 1882
bowling fans In Madison Square
Garden.
Coming from behind a 14-point
deficit in the last II minutes of
regulation time, the Blackbirds tied
the score at 50-all on Bill Kings
closeup shot with 20 seconds to
play.
Then, with the Webfoots in front
55-54 on sharp-shooting by Archie
Marshik and Vic Townsend in the
overtime, King, muscular Negro
veteran Of the Blackbird courtsters,
clicked again on a pivot shot with
only 40 seconds to go-and that was
the ball game.
In the first game Of the opening
Garden doubleheader OF the season,
Oklahoma A. and Ms big cowboys
whipped City College Of New York,
1924, in a battle of defensive skill.
Opening their Eastern invasion,
the Aggies were outscored 1913
in the first half Coming back
after the intermission, Renick and
Eggleston whipped in 10 points in
less than five minutes to give the
visitors a lead they never relin-
quished.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Enlarged Public Golf
Facilities for D. T..
Now Far Away
Fort Hunt Work Halted,
Fort Dupont Links Not
To Open Until l94l

Enlarged public golf facilities for
Washington, which looked to be near
last winter, now seem far away.
The Government course near Fort
Hunt, Va. set out in blueprints
last winter, has been staked out,
and that's all. The Fort Dupont
course near Anacostia Park, which
ultimately will be included in the
Loeffler chain of links enterprises,
will not be opened for at least two
years.
When it is opened it will be only
a nine hole layout. This course ul-
timately will be linked up with part
of the present Anacostia layout to
form an 18-hole course.
No Other Links Planned.
There are no other new public golf
operations in prospect in or near
Washington, which could use better
links facilities for the people who
play the pay-as-you-pay layouts.
From the standpoint of good golf,
probably the best public course
within two hours drive from the
Capital is the All View course near
Ellicott City. The public layouts in
Washington need revamping from
nearly every angle to make them
comparable with those in other mu-
inequalities.
For a year and a half. Govern
ment engineers in the ONCE Of Ma
tional Capital Parks have been work.
ing on blueprints for an 18-hole
course near Fort Hunt, Va. They
have carefully gone over the ground,
surveyed the topography and staked
out locations of green's and tees.
But that is as far as the project
has gone.
Fort Dupont Course Started.
The Fort Dupont course actually
is under construction. Nine holes
will be opened in 194l, under pres
ent plans.
The course, being built in part by
the Civilian Conservation Corps, Is
laid out on high land and Is rugged
in topography. But 1t will be good
golf course. Of much the same type
and better-of Rock Greek Park.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
No 'Breuther' Contests
On Navy Grid List
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dlspatcn TO The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, Sept. l6.-Maj.
Emory (Swede) Larson thought last
years football schedule was tough
enough but the Middies 1910 list
Is worse.
II there are any breathers on the
card the good major would appre-
clate having them pointed out to
him.
Navy opens against William and
Mary on September % at Annapolis.
Then tackles Cincinnati, Princeton,
Drake, Yale, Penn, Notre Dame
Columbia and Army. There is a
two-Weeks' intermission between the
Columbia and Army games.
Only the Cincinnati and Drake
games will be at Annapolis. but
Notre Dame will be met at Balti.
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