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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25

 CASE IS FIzZLE


 Hartford, Conn., Jan. 25.-(UP)-- Three officials and former officer of the Hartford Fuel Supply Co.,. were absolved by superior court nolle today on charges of selling short-weignt coal to the city.
 States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn said the state was unable to prove the accusations against Michael J. Hussey, president of the concern and chairman of the board of re- lief: Ralph L. Gezelman, secretary treasurer: Frank Sterpka, weight master, and Daniel E. Holland. a former officer of the company. Their arrests followed a complaint by Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy last June that oal deliveries to Weaver high schoo. were 7l5,000 short ip weight .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
PROF. BURRAGE
 DIED YESTERDAY

Middlebury, Vt, Jan. 25. (UP)-. Dr. William s. Burrage, 70, profess sor of Greek language and litera- ture at Middlebury college for the past 3e years, died at his home here yesterday.
 A native of Boston, he graduated from Harvard in 1892. receiving his decorate in 1898. He was Q member of the Harvard club of Boston.
 He leaves a wife Alice. two Daugh. ters, Mrs. C. L. Russell of San Diego, Cal, Mrs. Henry s. Francis of Cleveland, O.. and Q son, William of St. Johnsbury. "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
About $2OO,OOO Would Revert to Fulton Estate
 By City Govt. Change
FULTON GIFT HAD
 SEVERAL PROVISIONS
Park Board Elimination May Mean Loss of Whole
 Fulton Contribution

Adoption of the city man. ager charter proposed by the Citizers Good Government Association would possibly mean a loss to the city of the William E. Fulton Park Department Fund, now amounting to between $150,- 900 and $200.000. The money would revert to the Fulton estate. In 1923 Mir. Fulton set up a trust fund of SiOO,O0O for development and im- pavement of Fulton Park. Since that time the Park Department has spent about $250,000 from income e1 the fund, and the fund itself has gsB#n to between sl50,000 and S200.000.
 The gift of MT. Fulton's was made with several provisions, in cluding stipulations that the trust should end when a change of city government should end the park departments self-perpetuation and that the estate might end the trust if the park board were eliminaed and the heirs not satisfied with the administration of the fund.
 Park Board Submerged
 The proposed city manager char ter would end the dependence of the board of park commissioners
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
DIE
 IN EARTHQUAKE
Southern Chile Struck at
 Midnight-Loss of Life Is Appalling
BY WILLIAM L. F. HORSEY Copyright, 1889. by United Press)

Santiago, Chile, January %. --- (UP) - Southern Chile lay stricken today by a violent earthquake which caused an appalling loss of life and property destruction.
 The government sped airplanes and special trains with food, doc- tors, nurses, medicine and clothing to the shaken region.
 Communications were disrupted and 1t was impossible to estimate the loss of life. Done amateur radio operator in Conception got through a message saying he believed 2,000 persons had perished in Concep- cion alone. and 40 per cent of the buildings destroyed. There was no other confirmation of his high esti- mate.
 Conception is the third largest city in Chile, with a population of 80,000. It is 360 miles south of Santiago. Some towns were re- ported almost destroyed. Fires were burning in some of them, including Conception.
 SlA RiSNAiSCo, I AdANus 3AuuASt 4NA- ble, Conception, Biobio and Cautin, with a total population of more than l,600,000, lay in the earth quake zone, covering roughly an area 400 miles long and 100 wide, on the south-central part of the country, along the Pacific coast.
 The Talcahuano zone, 250 miles south of Santiago, was placed under a state of siege. One-fourth of the city was reported destroyed and the naval base badly damaged.
 Government reports were so frag- mentary that no attempt was made to estimate casualties, which were given out as received. A few hours after the earthquake, which oc- cured at 11:34 p. m., reports had been received of 10 0dead. but there was little doubt here that the total was far higher.
 Squadrons of military bombers were the first relief agencies to start south. The trains came next. One train carried President Pedro Aguirre Cerdo. 40 doctors, 70 nurses and medical supplies.
 Airplanes were taking off at fre-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
NO RECORDS ARE
 TAKEN HE SAYS

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 25--(UP) --.District Attorney Robert Bradford today denied published reports that files in his office at Middlesex county courthouse had been rifled and valuable evidence removed.
 "The files are intact, as required by law" said Bradford. Contrary to the reports, which he labeled false" he discovered no thefts from the files on taking office the first of this year. he said.
 The only things removed from the files were personal memoranda ot his predecessOrs, Warren L. Bishop. who resigned, and William e. An- drew, who acted as district attorney until Bradford took office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
Torrington Police In Silence About Accused
Warrants Are Issued for Nine Men for Passing of Forged Payroll Checks-May Be Implicated
 of Waterbury Check Passing

Torrington, Jan. 25-Police with held the names today of nine men for whom warrants have been is- sued by City Court Prosecutor Thomas F. Curtin charging them with passing of $2,500 worth of forged Torrington company payroll checks last May.
 Possibility that the nine men three of whom. are in custody, and six of whom apparently have fled might also be responsible for the cashing of about $2,000 worth oi bogus Waterbury Clock company payroll checks in Waterbury las, month was also assumed. Water bury police declined to comment or the situation, Supt. of Police Wil- liam J. Roach stating that the case was in the hands of the Torringtor police.
 No Names Available
 No names of those accused ill tht warrants were available, but 1t 1! understood that Joseph Karnofsky 27, of Waterbury, has been held a the Torrington city jail since las Saturday night on charge of con nection with the case. He vas givcr a nolle when arraigned in court to- day. One other man said to be in' volved is an inmate of the Litchfielt county jail, while yet another is il the state prison. Another is in thu Cheshire reformatory. Of the nine six are Waterburians; two New Ha' venites, and one Torringtonian.
 Benny Eichman, 25, of 2l6 Soutf Elm street, Waterbury, allegedl, caused the six absentees to flee thu Jurisdiction by informing them tha police were hot on their trails fol the 1orgeries.
 Probed for Weeks Waterbury, state and Torringtof police have been Investigating thu case for the past several months and were reported ready to seize th' guilty group when they suddenl! disappeared. The tipoh by Eich man is believed to be the reason fo their skipping twn.
 It had been hoped by the three DO lice agencies that the entire groul eContinued on Page 2)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
Loyalists In Last Desperate Stand
They Are Fighting in Suburbs of Barcelona-Trying to Stop Entry of Franco Troops-tero of Madrid
 Leads LOyalist Forces '~-rss-essrs
BY LOUIS WALTER United Press Staff Correspondent)

Perpignan, French Spanish from tier, Jan. 25-(UP) )-Spanish Loyal ist troops made a desperate stand in the suburbs of Barcelona today against Nationalists inassed for a triumphant entry to Spain's great est city and their biggest victory of the civil war.
 Thousands of Loyalist soldiers, and thousands of civilian refugees, were streaming northward from the city, which the Nationalists had hoped to enter this morning without a fight.
 But picked Republican troops elected to make a last fight. They held the Moors from Africa. shock division of the Nationalist army, in the southern suburbs.
 Madrid Hero In Command
 The United Press Correspondent at Barcelona, after the city had been silent for many hours, reported that Lieut.. Col. Jose Serrano Ro- nero, a hero of the defense of Ma 'drid and veteran of the fight for Malaga in the south, had assumed command of the defending forces.
 The correspondent reported that the roar of cannonading became louder south of the city, and that the crash of falling houses could be heard.
 A great fleet of 32 three-motored bombing planes flew over the city, without dropping bombs, in silent warning that surrender was ex- pected.
 Hoped For Denomination
 Nationalist leaders had hoped that the Loyalists were demoralized be- yond hope of reorganization, and that all Catalonia, in addition to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25

Questioned Governor Baldwin said: am acquainted with the proposition in a general way"
 He declined to make any further comment.
 Senator Audubon Secor, Socialist, of Bridgeport, who is chairman of the cities and boroughs committee of the Legislature which would hear arguments for and against such c drastic change in Waterbury's city government told The Democrat this morning that he would refuse to give the bill any special preference when presented in committee.
 Innocent Or Guilty
 He said: After all the courts haven't ruled on the innocence or guilt of anyone in the Waterbury trial. can't see the need for any special rush,
 In the meantime 1t was learned that arrangements have been com pleted for raising this unprecedent- ed measure at an early meeting of the cities and boroughs committee by one of the IS members of it.
 Senator Secor said in an inter- view with The Democrat that he favors home rule and would oppose any city manager plan for Water bury or any city or town that de- prives that town of its right to home rule. He would not commit
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
Leads Another Insurgent Drive; Three Other Dem- Ocrats Helped Him Out TWO SOCIALISTS IN
 DANAHER LINEUP Senator Egan Refused to Desert His Party in Vote
 for Labor Com.
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK Democrat Legislative RepOrter)

BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK
 Democrat Legislative Reporter) State Capitol, Hartford, January 25. - Senator George T. Culhane of Water bury led another insurgent drive of Democratic mem- bers of the Senate against party organization leader ship today when he and three other Democrats joined Republicans and So- cialists to confirm the nomination of Cornelius J. Danaher of Meri- den as State Labor Commissioners.
 The vote for confirmation was p to l2. One Democratic member of the Senate. Senator Pierre !. Lar 'amee of Windhani being absent when the vote was taken.
 Joining with Senator Culhane in the Democratic revolt against leadership were Senators Samuel of New Haven, Charles H. Ledwith of Meriden, the nominees home town, and Charles M. Sam fed of Cromwell.
 Senator Thomas F. Stammers of Torrngton who had joined Sena- tors Culhane and Malkan in an earlier revolt against party leader ship voted with other members of his party today.
 Profuse In Praise
 Senator Culhane was profuse in his praise for the present admins tration of the Labor Department under Commissioner Joseph M Tone and pointed out that the latter was a close personal friend of his and he even had nominated him for lieutenant-goverror at the 1858 Democratic State Convention at Eastern Point.
 Senator Culhane claimed that he
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
HIGH SCHOOL IN
 MAINE BURNED

East New Portland, Me. Jan. 25. --(UP) Sixty students and three teachers marched to safety late yes- terday when $i5,000 fire de- stroyed the one-story Central high school.
 The roof collapsed 90 minutes af- ter the fire, which started in the basement, was discovered by Prin- cipal O. E. Smith. The flames spread rapidly and reached the classrooms shortly after the occu- pants left.
 The school was constructed in 1920.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
THREE TAKE HIS PLACE

Cambridge. Mass, Jan. 25--(UP)-- Three professors have been assigned to teach the Harvard law courses formerly given by Felix Frankfur- ter, newly-appointed supreme court justice.
 Dean James M. Landis of the law school replaced the turist in the public utilities and labor law cours- es. Professor Thomas R. Powell took over the administrative law course. and professor Henry M Hart was assigned to the federal jurisdiction course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Jan. 25--(UP)--Cov. ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Jan 23rd. compared with year ago: ThlA Year Expenses Last Yenx S5,073,7i5.37s.92 s4.i40,s4G, ,55937 $3.154,225,S96.24 s3,42o,447,522.ls si,sIs,4ss,4so;es .s7sO,sss, ,sss.s4 s1,sss.s7ziso.ss ssso.sls. .5sO.sl
 Cash Balance
 s2.s41. 1.4o7.s2i.ss s2.sls.oi7 .oo5.ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25
Waterbury Is Aroused Over Political Grab Of Whole City Government
Governor Baldwin Has
 Admitted Knowledge
He Knew of Ripper" Bill to Tear Up Waterbury City Government Superior Court Judges Confirmed
 in Senate Vote Today
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK Democrat Legislative Reporter

State Capitol Hartford, January 25 = Governor Ray mond E. Baldwin told The Democrat today at general press conference that he knew about the proposed plan to suspend the city charter of Waterbury and replace 1t with commission of three members whose powers in the would be Suprenne
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The Weather

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Evening star., 1939-06-29

the buildings will be Of granite and
the upper part of marble, using q
large amount of plate glass in the
exhibition galleries.
In front of the gallery there will
be large rejecting pool ornaments
ed with statuary.
Significance and Importance of
the new gallery were emphasized
by several speakers at the luncheon
which was presided over by Edward
Bruce, chief of the Section of Fine
Arts in the Treasury Department.
Representative Keller, who an
nounced the awards, was introduced
by Frederic A. Delano, chairman OF
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, who also is chair
man of the jury of award and is
chairman Of the Smithsonian Gal
lery of Art Commission. Mr.. Delanc
reviewed the work of the committee
and paid tribute to all who had par
ticipated in the work.
Other Speakers Heard.
Others who spoke included Dean
Hudnut and these other member.
of the jury: John A. Holabird. Chi
cago; Walter Gropius, Cambridge
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Architects Ideas
For Gallery Of Art
Will Be Retained
Soorinen Firm Victor
In Smithsonian
Competition

The design for the new Smithson-
ian Gallery of Art, submitted by the
winners IN competition, Eliel and
Zero Saarinen, of Michigan, prob
ably will be "restudied" and devel-
oped, but its original ideas will be
retained when the structure is
erected on the Mall between Fourth
and Sevent hstreets, along Independ-
ence avenue S.W.
This was indicated today follow
ing announcement yesterday that
the Saarinen firm, consisting OF
father and son, In association with
j. Robert F. Swanson, of Bloomfield
Hills, Mich, won the coveted prize,
which will bring about $4,000 In
architects fees. This includes first
prize of $500.
Second prize of So 500 went to Per-
cival Goodman, of New York City.
The other eight architects in the
final competition will receive $1,000
each.
Funds for erection of the Smith
sonian Gallery are not yet available.
The Smithsonian Gallery of Art
Commission, created by the act OF
Congress setting up the gallery, is
planning to raise 81 100000 or more,
from private contribution or public
appropriation, or perhaps both, to
finance the project.
Congress Donates Site.
Congress last year appropriated
the site for the gallery, and fund
of $4,000 to defray expenses of the
national competition, which came to
close at luncheon announcement
yesterday afternoon.
The luncheon at the office of the
Section of Fine Arts, Procurement
Division. Treasury Department, was
climaxed by announcement of win
ners by Representative Keller, of H.
llnois, chairman of the House Com
mittee on the Library, and a mem
ber of the Smithsonian Gallery
Commission.
Under terms Of the competition
the winners were selected by dis
tlnguished jury of award. The de-
signs OF the winners will be re
studied" and changes could be made,
but, it was emphasized by Dean
Joseph Hudnut of the School of De-
sign of Harvard University, who is
technical adviser to the jury, the
original ideas of the architects will
be retained.
Characterizing the winning design
as well organized, logical, and
reasonable" for the dynamic" work
of the gallery, Dean Hudnut de-
clared it had both dignity and sim
plicity"
1T is a work Of very great dis
tinction," he said. "It is very suit
able to needs, has classic feeling.
without columns or domes, but still
contains tradition"
Two Main Structures.
The design provides for two main
partisan exhibition building, with
offices and workrooms and sep
arate from 1t, although connected
by a courtyard, an auditorium with
stage lift in the form of tower.
The main mass of the building is
about $50 feet long and five stories
high with two low wings. parallel
to the main building. The base of
Evening star., 1939-06-29

Mass; George Howe, Philadelphia,
and Henry Shepley, Boston.
The memory Of the late Herman
Oliphant, former general counsel Of
the Treasury, who took an important
part in drafting the legislation, was
praised by Huntington Cairnes, as
sistant to the general counsel Of
the Treasury Department.
Afterward officials 4 expressed
pleasure at the fact that the award
winner came from Finland, the only
country in the world which Is pay
ing its war debt to the United States.
Recently resolution was introduced
In Congress proposing that a me-
mortal be arranged for Finland in
honor Of this payment. The new
Smithsonian Gallery itself, it was
emphasized by some officials, would
Evening star., 1939-06-29

executive, at Bis Woodland drive
NV. and made of with 146 items
OF clothing and linen. ignoring VAL
liable silverware, jewelry and q safe,
1t was discovered when a repre-
sentative Of the American Security
and Trust Co. visited the house yes
terday.
Entrance was gained by forcing 4
Evening star., 1939-06-29
Will Visit Jupun

Miss Katherine Hubbard OF the
Potomac School will visit Japan dur
ing July as the guest of the Board
of Tourist Industry of the Japanese
Government Railways. She is with
20 other teachers representing
schools in % cities of America and
Canada. The party will also visit
Manchukuo
Evening star., 1939-06-29

stand as such a memorial because
designed by a Finn.
Other participants, who will get
81 900 each as successful competitors
in the preliminary phase of the COM
petition, include: Paul P. Cret, Phil
adelphia; Philip L. Goodwin, New
York City; Harry F. Manning, Chi
cago; James A. Mitchell. Pittsburgh; !;
Eliot F. Noyes, Cambridge, Mass; G.
Holmes Perkins, Cambridge; Peter
& Stubbins, Boston, and Edward
D. Stone, New York City.
Evening star., 1939-06-29

Entrance was gained by forcing /,
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22

dwellings,"
The average monthly shelter
rents per family announced for the
Jacksonville project are $10.5S; for
two projects in Buffalo the aver
age is $13.25; for the Red Hook
project in Brooklyn, it is about
$17.O0.
Mr.. Straus pointed out that these
low rents mean that the local au-
thorities participating in the US
HA program will actually rehouse
low-ineome families not compelled
to live in slums. He said that the
projects will serve families with
average annual incomes estimated
as follows: Austin, $500, with
some as low as $500; Jacksonville,
$3.50, with some as low as $500;
the project for white families in
Buffalo, $3.50, with some as low as
5000; and the Negro project in
Buffalo, $3.50, with some as low as
$500; New York. $3.50, with some
as low as 500.
private capital cannot provide
new housing for income groups
much below the S1,750 Glass; said
Mr.. Strauss. "These figures re-
veal how far from competing with
private capital is the USHA pro-
gram. Only those families living
in slums and definitely substan-
dard housing and having insuffie-
lent income to pay for decent hous-
ing ar eligible for protests bcil1
with USHA aid
Under It's present program % re-
house 100000 low-incone families,
the USHA lend local authorities
80 per cent Of the total develop
ment cost of approved projects.
To bring rents within the reeh OF
low-income families, the Aubhori-
ty makes an annual grant and the
local authority supplements this
with an annual grant, usually IN
the form of tax exemption.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22

today by Nathan Straus, USHA
Administrator, in announcing the
rent schedules actually set by the
local authorities of Austin, Tex
as; Jacksonville, Florida; Buffalo,
New York; and New York City.
with an average shelter rent
of $3.50 monthly for a family dwell
ling, Austin has set a record"
MI. Straus said. Higher costs for
materials, labor and maintenance
in the other three cities compel
rents higher than this unbelieva-
bly, low figure. Yet in all of them
the rents for the well-built new
homes are actually lower than the
average rents now paid for slum
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22

What busny-tailed animal.
when not up a tree, stands or
its hind legs?
In business practice what is
meant by a receipt In full?
What old-time English poet
was known as the poets
poet?
Is His Eminence" the right
address for a cardinal, O
bishop, or an archbishop?
A mind not exactly intellectu-
al Is sometimes what. accord
ing to Eggleston?
II in Ireland a gadder-man Is
a lad who assumes adult be-
havior, what age is ascribed
TO a backward child?
Which is farthest from Hall
fax, Quebec or st. Johns?
Which OF the following does
not belong In the group: Ar
tilleryman, riheman, dragon,
trencherman, Zouave7
Who embroidered the apron.
emblem of Masonry. which
George Washington wore when
he laid the cornerstone of the
u. s. Capitol on September Is.
1898?
Which OF the United States
supplied the money raised
through a lottery when Fed
eral funds were exhausted in
1896 in building the Capitol at
Washington. d. G.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22

prize for Special Merit in Medi-
cine" and the Woodbury. prize
for "Clinical Proficiency in Medi-
cine" The latter two prizes car
ried with them awards in gold
coin.
DIR. Alexander is visiting uer-
matologist to Harlem and member
of the medical bbard; member,
New York County Medical society
New York State Medical society,
American Medical association, Ma
tional Medical association, Man
haitian Medical society and of the
executive committee of the En-
ployment Service State Advisory
council of which he served as
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
LIFE INSURANCE is sCREwY

Life insurance is screwy,"
writes an insurance authority.
"You have to but it when you
don't need it because when you do
need it, you can't get it. 1t is
designed to take care of the two
major hazards of life; i. e., either
you will not live long enough or
you will live too long"
It's easy to postpone buying
life insurance@anyone can have a
lot more fun with money than
paying premiums. But there's no
fun in waking up some morning
with the knowledge that it's too
late to obtain adequate insurance
protection-and TO face a depend
ent old age.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22
Fisk General Alumni Association Elect
DR.. Ernest R. Alexander, President

from Fisk in 1914, his B. S. from
the University of Minnesota in
1917, and his medical degree from
the University of Vermont in
1919.
He was the only colored student
in his class at the University of
Vermont, and had the unique dis
tinction of taking all of the honors
in medicine offered by the uni
versity, being Honor Man in
Medicine" and receiving first
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22

chairman during a six year period.
The Omaha guide., 1939-07-22

Nashville, July 10 (ANP)-At
the annual meeting of the Cen
eral Alumni association of Fisk
university Leld during the recent
commencement season, DR.. Ernest
r. Alexander of New York City,
n of Fisk's most distinguil he'd
alumni members, was elected
president of this important or
ganization for the coming year.
DIR. Alexander received his
bachelor of arts degree in Science