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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14
SPOTLIGHIING --
Brass City News

Hvered to Company H, formerly
the Howitzer Company, at the
local armory yesterday, being
brought here from the state
arsenal at Hartford.
Captain George ]. Baribault,
commanding the unit, also an
nounced that in addition the CONF
pany received two guns fitted to
take the 20 caliber cartridges for
practice firing on the 500 feet
indoor range.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14
Short Circuit

A short circuit was the cause Of
a small fire in a Plymouth sedan
owned by Malcolm Doll at 588 Syl-
van avenue early this morning. !:
Engines 4, 10, Truck 8, and the
Booster responded to a box alarm
at 1:25 o'clock and extinguished
the blaze in short order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14
"War Babiesw :

Award Of almost 100000 In
contracts to local factories has
been announced at Washington
by the federal government.
Four orders have been placed,
all by the war department.
The largest contract, which
went to the Scovill Mfg. Co.,
amounts to $297 ,304, and Is for
cartridge cases.
The American Brass CO., has
received two orders, one for
cartridge cups, $26,S50 and the
other for cartridge discs, $685.
o70. The Waterbury Farrell
Foundry q Machine Co., has
received q $27,750 order for ver-
teal presses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14

Sheridan Council, knight Of
Columbus, will have as its guest
speaker next Tuesday evening, 1t.
Rev. Joseph nj. valdambrini, who
recently returned from q two
months visit to Italy. He had the
pleasure Of an audience with Pope
Plus, q former acquaintance at
college years ago. It was while on
his visit to Italy that Father VAL
dambrini received notification Of
the fact that he had been elevated
to the rank of monsignor.
Members and friends of Sheri-
dan Council are invited to hear
Monsignor Valdambrini in his first
public address since returning
home. He is a member of Sheridan
Council.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14
HE COLLECTS, TOO

Robert Florey, director of Parole
Fixer," third drama in Paramount's
series of J. Edgar Hoover crime ex-
poses. has one Of the country's most
valuable collections of Napoleonic
antiques. It is assessed for insurance
at almost half million doars. he
disclosed today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14
Enrolment

Registration figures in the
public grammar and high
schools will be learned Mt n
meeting Of the Board Of Educa-
tion Monday afternoon.
1t was reported earlier In the
year that grammar school regis
trations have declined while
high school figures. show a small
increase.
Grammar school registrations
have declined consistently for
years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14
GAVE UP

Preston Foster, featured In Para
mounts Geronimo" studied to be
a singer. It took months before he
landed his first professional en-
gagement--the role Of a deaf and
dumb Chinese character in a Broad
way play. Foster has never sung
professionally In his life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14
DIED

GUILFOILE--In this city, Oct. 18th,
1889, Joseph C. Guilfoile, of 81
Frank g. .,s u neral M9 9rc morI
Funeral Home. $50 East Main ST.,
to Blessed Sacrament Church. Burr
ial In Old st. Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14
New Weapons

Waterbury guardsmen now
possess four Of the latest caliber
machine guns. They were de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14

Much of the Independent DEM
ocratic vote of two years ago is
now split several ways. Some have
gone back into the organization;
others are active in the reorgan-
ization wing of the party. Some
are backing Corporation Counsel
Vincent Sculy for the Democratic
mayoralty nomination; others are
supporting Senator Culhane; still
others have remained with the
Republicans since the fusion ticket
Of two years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14

There was crashing Of teeth ON
Leavenworth street. when Con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14

The Republican and American
have rather gfiraciously consented
to mention other possible Repub-
lican candidates for mayor with
out criticizing them Except for
an editoria blast In The Amer
lean against Mr.. Perriello) but
most Of the nice words have been
reserved for Mr.. Foster. To Judge
from these papers. he. and only
he, has the honesty, the courage,
the ability and the experience to
direct the city's affairs as chief
executive officer. The average
reader, especially Of the Amer
lean, must be wondering why the
Republican National Committee
hasn't sent secret emissaries into
town to ask Mr.. Foster If he will
be available for the presidential
nomination. Maybe The Aineri-
can win hint that possibility In q
day or two)
There was crashing Of teeth ON
Leavenworth street. when Con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-14
Politics
in
Passing
~ RAYMOND ). FlTzPATRIcK

One of the most perplexing
questions you could ask any po-
litico these days is "Who are the
Independent Democrats and where
do they stand?" Perhaps the best
answer to this query Is to say that
the voters generally Jumped to-
gether under the name Of Inde-
pendent Democrats aren't quite
sure themselves. Or, to put In am
other way, any number of those
labelled, for convience's sake, IN
dependent Democrats, would an
rywer 1t In any number Of different
ways. r
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Boy,1O,Offers
Refugee Aid
AN UNWANTED PICTURE

Listing as assets an electric
train, two bicycles, and an extra
twin bed and with mo liabilities, -"
q 10.year.old Washington boy ex-
tended his offer of a helping hand
to a German refugee boy today.
And lest the State Department
be inclined not to take Gilbert
Bers, of the 1900 block of Sheri-
dan st. N. w. seriously, he wants
them to know he has a job, and
an income, too. The income is
IS cents a week.
Duly notarized, Gilbert's affida-
Wit is on file with the State De-
partment, 'for the purpose of in
PRODUCING too the Amarcan consul
to issue a visa for the boy
II wish every American boy and
girl would do as I am doing" he
told reporters. There is a lot
Of territory in the United States
that needs settling, and the poor
refugees could be happy again"
Gilbert said he got the idea
when he read of the terrible situ-
alton Jewish boys and girls in
Germany are in."
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Israel Bers.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
WARRING
Sadur'S Counsel Asks
To Withdraw

Leo A. Rover, former District
Attorney, asked Justice Bolitha j.
Laws in District Court yesterday
for permission to withdraw as
attorney for Gordon L. Sadur, in
come tax expert indicted with the
three Warning brothers for in
come tax conspiracy.
No explanation was given by
Attorney Rover, but Sadur in
formed the court they had been
unable to complete financial ar
rangements." Justice Laws said
he would make a decision on the
matter next Thursday.
Sa dur and the brothers are
scheduled to go on trial for the
second time on January %. A
jury failed to agree after a three
week trial in November.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Friend
Just Dropped In,
She Explains

NEW YORK, Jan. Husbands
are so inconsiderate. And so
lacking in understanding!
That's the way Ruth Baxter
Beiling, pretty blonde dancer, who
halls from Baltimore, feels about
it today.
For her husband, Charles P. Bell.
ing, real estate broker. has sued
her for divorce, and she doesn't t
think it fair of him at all.
1t seems a gentleman friend had
dropped in at the Beiling apart,
ment to call, and he was just re.
marking on the excellence of Mrs.
Beiling's figure when who should
enter but Friend Husband.
And ne didn't like it all, at all.
And now he wants divorce.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
President Thanks
Landon in Letter

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 7 G.N.SO.
ALT Landon, former governor of
Kansas, received a letter from
President Roosevelt today thank
ing him for patriotic service in at
tending the Lima conference and
assuring him he played a noble
part in its work. The former Re
publican nominee for President
replied that he agreed with the
President on his view that the con-
ference was a most important
move in efforts to preserve democ.
racy.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
City Will Fete
Royalty

Washington will see plenty of
royalty during this spring and
early summer.
The first royal couple to reach
these shores will be Crown Prince
Frederick and Crown Princess
Ingrid of Denmark, who will az
rive in April, visit the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt at Hyde Park,
attend the New York Exposition,
and then come to the Capital.
Following them will be Crown
Prince Olaf and the Crown Prin-
cess Of Norway, who will follow
about the same schedule.
Then in June will come King
George and Queen Elizabeth of
England for a stay of about five
days in this country after a visit
to Canada.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
OF GIRL
GOES TO DEATH
IN CAS- ROOM
Sex Killer Dies With
Smile on His Lips

CANON CITY, Colo, Jan. 7
GNSJ.-The toy train Joseph
Arridy, %, played with in his
death cell was packed away today
while Colorado prison authorities
asserted his execution last night
proved lethal gas was the quickest
method of killing condemned
prisoners.
There was a delay of IL minutes
in executing Arridy, caused when
a crock in the lethal gas chamber
in the State penitentiary broke.
However, Arridy, convicted sex.
slayer Of a 15-year-old Pueblo,
Colo, girl, was not in the chamber
when the accident occurred.
DIES WITH SMILE
Authorities had been testing the
chamber e short time before the
scheduled hour of execution when
the crock broke as cyanide "eggs"
we're dropped into it. Acid spread
over the floor and delayed the
execution until the chamber was
put into working order again.
Arridy, who had received a rec.
ord number Of stays of execution,
was finally marched into the
chamber at S:12 p. m, He died
calmly, with a smile on his lips.
Prison Doctor r. E. Holmes said
Arridy was unconscious As seconds
after the cyanide "eggs" were
dropped into the sulphuric acid.
His heart stopped beating six and
a quarter minutes later.
"CLEANEST DEATH"
Apparently referring to criticism
of California authorities over
lethal gas executions, DR.. Holmes
said the death of Arridy was the
quickest, cleanest gas death yet"
he added it proved letha1 gas was
the most humane method of exc.
cution.
Arridy walked the two blocks
from the death cell to the gas
shamber with a steady stride after
carefully putting away the toy
train. He smiled at the crowd Of
so witnesses, and, as he went into
the gas cell, he glanced forward
as if eager to see what was in
side.
REPEATS PRAYERS
AS he paced "the last mile"
Arridy repeated, two words at a
time, prayers after the Rev. Father
Albert Schaller. Father Schaller
said the youth was unable to re-
member long phrases.
Arridy was executed after the
Colorado Supreme Court, in a dra-
matte eleventh-hour session yes
terday, had refused him another
stay.
His body was claimed by a local
undertaken for an unknown good
samaritan" who will pay the fu-
neral expenses for the impover-
iShed Arridy family,
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
WA|FS' HOME
CALLED bad

A new Children's Receiving
Home, a new National Guard
Armory and improved quarters for
the Women's Bureau are needed
in the District, the new chairman
of the Senate District Appropria-
tions Subcommittee said yesterday.
Senator John H. Overton CD
of Louisiana, following an inspec-
tion tour of District institutions.
accompanied by District officials,
stated that on the whole local in
stitutions are adequate, but added
that certain needs were striking.
'The Children's Receiving
Home" he said, "iS pretty bad,
and the Women's Bureau either
needs a new building or reno
vation."
The Senator described the pres
ent headquarters of the National
Guard, located in an old hotel
at Fifth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest, as entirely un-
fit for the purpose"
Funds have been repeatedly re-
quested for the Children's Home,
but consistently denied. Funds
have been allowed, however, in the
budget now in Congress for re-
pair of the building occupied by
the Women'S Bureau.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Well, They
Leave the
Holes!

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7
U.N.S0.-POlice appealed to
the public today for cOOpera-
tiOn in stopping a "crime
wave twenty-five 200
pound manhOle covers al
ready have disappeared and
police asked citizens to notify
them quickly if they see any.
one StrOlling down the street
with an iron disk. Police
pointed out there are approx
mately 100000 manhOIe COW
erS in the city and that it was
impossible to guard them all
at once.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
LAMA
Lat0yer ForSakes BaI
For Priesthood

A New York lawyer, who be-
came lama in the Tibetan priest
hood, last night addressed mem.
bers of the National Geographic
Society in Constitution Hall.
Theos Bernard, who gave up
the law to become student of
ancient Eastern philosophy, is one
of the few foreigners who have
been received in Tibet, and he
only because he was given the
status of a religious leader.
Bernard described the country
$4,000 feet high and surrounded
by the highest mountain peaks
in the world. Reels of motion
pictures he took were shown.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Big Waves Wreck
California Homes

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 G.N.SO.
Causing property loss of several
hundred thousand dollars, giant
waves fiercely hammered the
outh ern California coastline.
Scores Of homes and stores
were flooded or wrecked in beach
communities between Santa Bar
bara and San Diego to the south.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
VETS TO HEAR
REP. STARNES

CULPEPER, Va, Jan. Rep
resentative Joe Starnes, of Ala
bama, member Of the Dies Com
mittee, will speak at a meeting of
the Eighth District Council, Vir-
ginia Veterans of Foreign Wars,
here at 2 p. m. tomorrow.
He will discuss pending legisla.
ton affecting war veterans.
w. I. Wooddell, Virginia v. F.
w. commander; Samuel B. De-
Vaughan, vice commander; Aus
tin j. Matthews, district COM
mander, and M. G. Duffy, past
State commander, will attend.
The meeting will be open to all
eX-serVice men.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Newman Club Of GNU
To Attend Breakfast

Members of the Newman Club
Of George Washington University,
as well as members in over 1000
Newman Clubs in non-Catholic
colleges and universities through
out the country, will hold a COM
munion breakfast at the Immacu-
late Conception Church, January
Is.
Rev. Francis P. Cassidy will be
the principal speaker at the break
fast, which will follow mass eel
ebrated by the Rev. John Keating
Cartwright.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Cdpper Finds Card
Of At Years Auo

Senator Arthur Capper (R),
of Kansas, was reminded yester-
day that he wasn't always a Sena-
tor, and once had to pay for his
haircuts. Exploring dusty personal
files he discovered a CongresSion-
al Press card issued to him At
years ago when he came here as
a newspaper correspondent. He
now owns the paper-the Topeka
Capital.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Goodwill Industry
Board Will Meei

Plans for expanded activities of
the Goodwill Industries of Wash.
ington will be discussed at $3.50 p.
m. today by the board of trustees
at a meeting in the headquarters
of the organization at 1918 New
Hampshire Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Sen. Burke Predicts
u. ). Arms Support

CHICAGO, Jan. 7 G.N.sD.
U. S. Senator Edward R. Burke
Cd. Nebraska, New Deal critic,
predicted today that Congress
would follow the President in his
armament campaign. He said
many leaders in Washington fear
the American form of government
would give way to a dictatorship
in case Of war.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Employs Himself
As Own Lobbyist

AU STA, Maine, Jan. 7
T.N.S0 Roy L. Fernald, 37-year-
old Winterport attorney, set a
precedent in Maine political circles
today. Fernald said he has en-
gagged himself as a lobbyist in the
present session of the State l. is,
lature to work for "tlle effectua-
ton Of the nomination of Roy L.
Fernald for the office Of Governor
OF. Maine at the Republican pIi
mary election in June, 1940."
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Md. Woman Dies
AS Car is Parked

Mrs. Hettie E. Reigelman, At, of
Cottage City, Md, died of heart
attack yesterday as she parked
her automobile on her way to
work at the Bureau of Printing
and Engraving. She was seen
Slumped over the steering wheel
by Edmond Haynie, 800 block
North Carolina Ave-, S. E., as he
passed the parking spot at Four
teenth and C Sts., S. w.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Any Suggestions?

New suggestions for the New
Year will be made to improve bus
mess along the Avenue at the
dinner meeting of the Connecti-
cut Avenue Association at $50
p. m. Tuesday at the Mayflower
Hotel, 1t was announced by Max
Tender, executive secretary,
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
JAP EMPRESS
AWAITS STORK

TOKYO. Jan. 7.-Announce-
that the Empress Nagako will don
the traditional imperial maternity
belt" at solemn rites next Friday,
revealed to Japan today that she
is expecting her seventh child.
Birth is expected in the sprnig,
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

it was declared by officials close
to Emperor Hirohito. The royal
couple have five living children,
including Crown Prince Akihito,
who was born five years ago.
Ancient cemeronies begin with
announcement of the expectancy
of an empress.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Crew Halls Blaze
Near Firehouse

A fire saved No. Engine Com
pany trouble last night, and prac-
tically came to its firehouse. The
crew had only to walk across the
street to extinguish a blaze in the
rear of the 100 block Twelfth
st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
DRASTIC SHIFTS
URGED IN RULE
OF RELIEF UNIT
Probers Ask Custer of
Miss Alice Hill

Recommendations that drastic
changes be made in the admins
tration of the public assistance
division Of the Board of Public
Welfare are contained in the re-
port of the committee that has
been investigating local relief af-
fairs.
In the latest section of the re-
port to be released, Burdatte G.
Lewis, who headed the investiga-
ton, recommends that Miss M.
Alice Hill, head Of the public as
siStance division, be replaced.
CHARGES INEFFICIENCY
Lewis holds that "the duties
and responsibilities of the posi-
ton are beyond the capacity of
the present director" and reiter-
ated his charges of waste, inef-
ficiency and lack of cooperation"
on the part of local relief Off
CialS.
| He also struck at the inability
of the director and her associates
to collect, analyze and present &C
curate statistics as to basic condi-
tions and as to costs of operation
and probable expenditures
"MISFITS" ON PAYROLLS
Lewis also severely criticized FL
wood Street, director of the Board
of Public Welfare, accusing him of
inefficiency, but did not recon-
mend his replacement.
Miss Hill and Street were held
responsible by Lewis for a shortage
of reliable relief workers, and Miss
Hill was further charged with hav-
ing discharged reliable workers
and kept "shirkers and misfitS"
on the pay rolls.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07
Who DISTURBED
PEACE AT D.C.'S
PEACE PARTY?
Leon Henderson Grabs
A News Photographer

Leon Henderson, noted econ
omist and New Deal "inside man."
isn't very talkative today about
reports that he swapped a few
punches last night in a minor
battle at a party intended to help
victims of a major battle, the
Spanish civil war.
Asked about stories that he en-
gagged in fisticuffs with Joseph
Mccoy, newspaper photographer,
at a tea at which Dorothy Parker,
famous wit, collected funds for
children of the loyaliSt side, Hen
derson declared:
IT just won't discuss it. I
don't want to discuss it,"
AN UNWANTED PICTURE
The rumors continue, however,
that the skirmish occurred shortly
after rs guests arrived at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson
in the 2100 block of Bancroft Pl.
N. w.
Cameramen were permitted to
pose Miss Parker and the host to-
gether, whereupon the economist
is said to have prohibited further
picture making.
Pop! Another flash bulb went
off, and Mccoy promptly was
rushed by Henderson, who forced
the photographer into an adjoin-
ing room. Sounds of combat
drifted out, according to reporters
present. and then Mccoy was seen
being pushed out by Henderson.
MISS PARKER WEEPS
Hostilities u m in a e d.; Miss
Parker sat upon piano and
pleaded so fervently for aid to the
youthful victims of the Spanish
war that she herself wept and
was Joined by several Of the
guests.
She declared she had renounced
humor-for which she is interna-
tionally famous-in order to ''be
serious" about the Spanish chill
dren. Among the guests we're DR..
Robert Morss Lovett of the Uni
versity of Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon Dunthorne, DR.. and Mrs.
Mordecai Ezekiel, Gardiner Jack
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry I. Hunt |
and Harry Lamberton.
The Washington times., 1939-01-07

. DOROTHY PARKER WEEPs, BUT NOT FOR CAMERAMAN
Speaking Children
thy Parker Did Do at Leon Hen'91s Home Hqppe"ed
When He Took "ynauthOrize" Picture? After Reported Scuff Miss
for Children
Only lines staff Photo.
Evening star., 1939-02-24
APARTMENTS FUR. OR uhFUR.

ATTRACTIVE APIS, HIGH-CLASS NEIGH
borhoods; some furnished Car available
on appointment. MRS. GREEN, Shepherd
1901 BUCHANAN ST. NV. AT 14th--3
large rms. kit. bath, Frigidaire, h.-w.h
newly painted; south expos.
LYON PARKS RMS. PVT. BATH.
kitchen. h-w.h.; Is min. from center OF
Wash; empl couple pref. Chestnut 1919.
Evening star., 1939-02-24
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Evening star., 1939-02-24
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A comparatively new semi-detached home
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not lar from the Franciscan Monastery.
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Evening star., 1939-02-24
Buy a $500 EQUITY Cheap

One Of the finest values Chevy Chase
has offered in many a moon is this fully
detached home, containing 3 large bed
rooms and tiled baths. lovely living room
dining room. modern kitchen. big basement
bullt-in garage: lot 6lx175 feet house
has been entirely repainted and repapered;
house is too large for present owner so
he is offering it at the low price Of Sill
400 for quick. sale. To inspect call
Wis. $3.50 or Natl. OS56
Evening star., 1939-02-24
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WORK FOR. VOL

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bright kitchen with oxford built-in cab
nets, Magic Chef range refrigerator. double
eITi drainboard sink large master bedroom.
basement with toilet. big rear yard: Just
y block of Of Conn. ave-; convenient to
opportunity priced we'll within the average
budget and extremely economical to main
tain Call Emerson 5R15 now