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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
NORMAN THOMAS
 ! JEERED BY CROWD

ft Jersey City, N. J., June 13. - tUP) - A crowd of several hundred jostled and jeered Norman Thomas, N Socialist leader, as he left for New ' lYork- last night after the Civil Liber- ties Unions mass meeting at Journal Square. The crowd followed him and Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, news lpaper columnist, from the square to t;h,, subway station. Thomas, ignor-
 ing their taunts, described the meeting as a notable victory over Mayor Frank Hague.
 | The meeting was called as a r"chi lllenge" to Hague by liberal lead CTS, They sought to determine wl,e ther he would keep his promise to abide by the United States su- prt Ene courts recent decision de- clal sing unconstitutional Jersey City $ ord hlance restricting public meet
 ingsL
 Tlhe meeting itself was calm The te were only occasional attempts at heckling. The contrast was ma rlsed between it and former at-
 ten lpts by Thomas to speak al Jourr El Square. Before, he had been peltee with eggs, escorted to the subws ty by Jersey City policemen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13

the Field Street DiSpenSary. It was indicated that the nexa development in his probe, which began Saturday morning, would be the calling of sev- eral persons for questioning. Miss Jeannie Heppel, superintendent of the dispensary, who admitted that a birth control clinic was operated there, is out of the city, was today reported to be on vacation.
 Articles Are Seized
 The seizure at the dispensary was made yesterday by County Detec- tive Roland G. filling, of the states attorneys staff, and Deputy Sheriff Albert Francis. The articles taken, though officially not identified, were reported to be contraceptive devices.
 A statement demanding a state wide investigation of birth control clinics may be demanded by Most Reverend Maurice F. McAuliffe, bishop of Hartford. Complaints against the local clinic have already been made to the bishop. In addi- tion, resolution adopted by the Catholic Clergy Association of Wa terbury, condemning the clinic as contrary to moral and statutory law, was read at masses in Catholic churches Sunday morning. First Clinic In State
 Mrs. A. Morgan Pease, of West Hartford. president of the Connec- ticut Birth Control League, an- nounced at the annual meeting last Thursday that the clinic at the Chase Dispensary was the first birth control clinic in public institu- tion in the state.
 The league claims that the Hart ford clinic last year had 789 patients, some of them coming from Massa- chusetts, Vermont and Rhode Is- land. Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn, mother of the movie star, Katherine Hepburn, is vice-president of the league.
 The Hartford clinic has been in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
JUDGE O'CONNELL
 DIES YESTERDAY

>Ea yt Hartford. Conn., June 13.--- (UP) Former Judge Richard D O'Ccn pell. 35. one-time director of the N, ltional Emergency Council in Comec ticut and well-known scholar died lat Q yesterday at Brooklyn. N Y., folio wing long illness.
 He w,bse taken III February 26 while Stahiying at Berlin, Germany
 Judl 10 c>Connell, on being gradu- ated froAa Yale law school, was name.I to the faculty to investigate prl0ce lure in the courts of Connec- lieut. afnd nearby states.
 The ft rmer judge, who leaves his widow. ' las regarded ag ono of the countryI lca1lng authorities on the iite of c locthe.
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hearing in police court was schedul- ed for this morning.
 Bridge charged that he was att tackled Friday during recess by a group of students who cut the let- ter "H"--Apparently for Hebrew on his neck,
 He said that about 40 boys ap- preached him and one of them ask ed. "are you a Jew?" When he an- swered affirmatively, he said, they asked. ewhy are you Jew?"
 Bridge said he did not answer the last question, but the group "piled on mo and held me on the ground and one of them scratched an I'll" on my neck"
 Bridges father, a delicatessen owner. made Q formal complaint to tho school superintendent. Or. David V. Weelcin. superintendent of pnb- lIc instruction. said he was making a fun investigation but withheld comment pending Us completion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
Ledwedge V. Lawlor In British Court Today
He Pleads Not Guilty in Attempt to Shoot Duchess of Committed for Trial-Case Comes in
 Famous "Old Bailey''
BY H. L. PERCY

United Press Staff COrreSp0ndent) . London, June 13-(UP)-Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor, 45, was charged at Westminster police court today with firing a sawedoff .22 calibre rifle of German make at the Duchess of Kent, King Georges sister-in-law; with firing it through window of the home of the princess royal, the kings sister, and with carrying the gun on visits to the vicinity of Buck ingham Palace and Windsor Castle, the Kings residences.
 Lawlor pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial. He reserved his defense.
 Lawlor will be tried at the Central Criminal Court, the famous Old Bailey"
 He did not take the stand him. self today, but after the prosecution had outlined its case, his solicitor Leslie Marks, announced to the court:
 No Wish To Do Harm
 "Lawlor wishes it made known at the earliest opportunity that ne never had any desire to harm the Duchess of Kent or the Earl of Harewood, (The Princess Royals husband) and had no designs on any member of the royal family. Magistrate Clyde Wilson rejected Marks plea that there was insuffi- cient evidence to try Lawlor on the charge of firing through the win dow of the princess's home and helc him on charges concerning both the Duchess of Kent and the princess royal incidents.
 The case against Lawlor. taci- turn engineers filter, took its sen- sational turn when he was brought up at Westminster police court after having been held a week with out bail, for further hearing. Charge Is Changed At the first hearing he wa; (Noy,tiy,uad nY, paOa 7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
Four Thousand Czechs Cross Border ToPoland
They Are Members of Former Czech Army@ierman Troop Movements Along SlOvakP0lish Erdnlier;
 Nazis Bitter Over Danzig
By W. A. FISHERMAN
United Press Staff Corrpespondent)

United Press Staff C0rrpespondent)
 Warsaw, June IA. (UP)-Four thousand men of the former Czechoslovak army have escaped across the frontier to Poland, it was disclosed today, as new arrivals re- ported German troop movements along the Slovak-P Polish border. Off, ficers, commissioned officers and privates were among those who have arrived in Poland during the last few days, it was revealed. All were taken to refugee camps which Polish military authorities estab- lished for them, pending their fur ther disposition by the government. Gen. Lev Urchala, of the former Czechoslovak army, who is in refuge here, visited the camps yesterday, it was learned.
 Newly arrived refugees alleged that the Czech civil population was bearing the cost of the German military occupation.
 Their reports of German troop movements along the Slovak- Polish frontiera came after persistent ru- mors in recent dtys that German troops were to occupy Slovakia, though the treaty establishing a Slovak protectorate provided that Slovakia should maintain its own army.
 Slovak Leaders Arrive
 Aside from the soldiers and other refugees here, Poland was haven today for a Czechoslovak political leader who escaped the country, and for six Slovak aviators who flew three heavily armed Slovak bomb- CTS across the frontier in fear of the rumored German military oc- cupation of Slovakia. s@
 Volta Benes, 62, brother of for mer CzechoSlovak President Eduard Benes and a former member of the Czechosloyak parliament, arrived here with his wife last night after fleeing across the border from Bo- hemia.
 Benes said he slipped through the Nazi Gestapo (secret police) cordon without a travelling permit.
 He hoped, when his health had improved with rest from the strain and anxiety of recent months, to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
FLYER MAKES NEW
 GLIDER RECORD

Frankfort, Mich. June i3. - (UP) = Ted Bellak, 27. who set Q new world record last night for the long, est flight ever made over water in a soaring plane, predicted today that gliders will be sailing over the At- lantic within 30 years.
 Bellak, who cannot swim, gam bled his life and si.5o0 German built glider yesterday In Q flight across Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay, Wis, to Frankfort. The di- rect route is 64 mllee and his fly- ing time from shore to shore was SC minutes. However. he covered more than co miles because he whA blown 90 miles south of his course to MainIsice where he reached the Michiaan shore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
MRS. SHEPARDSON
 LEFT $75,439.48
Inventory Was Filed To- day Before Judge Healey
 in Probate Court

An estate of SIS, ,439.48 was left by the late Mrs. Sarah Shepardson, ac- cording to an inventory fled with Judge Patrick Healey in probate court today. Stocks make up the bulk of the estate. Mrs. Shepard sons will, filed some weeks ago, pro- vided that her estate should be divided into three equal shares. One share is left to son, Paul, and the other two shares are left in trust for two grandchildren, Sarah Ges- ner Shepardson and Ann Fuller Shepardson.
 The inventory is summarized as follows: real estate, $8.500, stocks $55, 5,283.50; mortgages, $7,162.72; notes, $2; cash. $3,7229l; and mis- cellaneous, $768.35. The real estate is located on Hewlett street.
 Stocks in the estate are listed as follows: 260 shares, American Hard- ware Corp, $6.305; 50 shares, Gen. eral Motors, $6,237.50: 20 shares Norwich Gas & Electric Co, s1: 100 shares, Scovill Mfg. Co.,. $2,.25 dividend, $15; 50 shares, Southern New England Telephone Co, $7,725; 10 shares, Southern New England Telephone Co., $l,545, dividend, $l05: 1,2oQ shares, Torrington Co.,. $30,600; dividend. $360. Cash includes bank accounts at the Colonial Trust O.. one for $41.26, and the other for $3.68l.65. Miscellaneous items in- clude furniture and effects. valued at $723.35. and jewelry, valued at S44.
 Mrs. Shepardson died at St. Pe- tersburg, Fla. March %, at the age of 79. She was the widow of Ar thur O. Shepardson, an official of the old Connecticut Go. MT. Chep- ardson died some years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
Prosecutor Hugh Alcorn Makes Dramatic Finish - Detective Hickey Had Ended Testimony
Defense at Once Decided Not to Cross Examine Hickey; Court Takes
 Recess Immediately
HICKEY TESTIMONY MAINLY
 ON DAN PETERS OF BRISTOL.
By JOSEPH F. DONAHUE Democrat Staff RepOrter.l

The prosecution in the Waterbury conspiracy trial brought it's case to dramatic and unexpected end at 210 this afternoon. The close of the states case came on completion of the direct examination of County Detective Edward J. Hickey of Hartford.
 No Cross-Examinaton
 When the defense announced that it did not wish to crossexamne Mr. Hickey, Special States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, Sr., said simply: "The state rests
 Court At Once Recessed
 Court was at once recessed temporarily by Judge Ernest A. Ingis. When court reopened later in the afternoon the defense lawyers were scheduled to be- gin filing motions asking that the charges against their clients be dismissed The 23 defendants have been on trial since last Nov 29. Taking of testimony began in late December.
 Weekly checks were paid to Donate Pietraroria, alias Dan Peters of Bristol by unidentified person in city hall, from which Peters received only S35 County Detective Edward J. Hickey, on the stand in the conspiracy trial today claimed he was told by Peters, one of the defendants
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Came to Waterbury Weekly
 In an interview with Peters May 20, 1888, the day of his arrest on the conspiracy charge, Hickey tes- tified, he was told by Peters that he came to Waterbury every week to get the check, from which he re- ceived $35.
 Peters Ready to Take Rap
 "He told me he was ready to take the rap and refused to tell me who gave him the checks," said County Detective Hickey, the 60th state witt ness, and presumably the last wit ness to be called by Special Prose cutor Hugh M. Alcorn.
 Man Has Been His Friend
 "The man was good to me-" Hick- ey said he was told by Peters. "When I was broke and in Califor- nia-I needed money. He put me on my feet. won't tell you who t was"
 Over the concentrated objecti0nx of defense counsel, causing the rele- gation of the jury to chambers twice, Judge Inglis allowed Hickey. who becomes commissioner of the state police department July 1. to- testify concerning his conversations with the majority or the accused be- fore, during and since the grand jury investigation.
 The conversations were allowed by Judge Inglis when pecial Prose- cutor Alcorn argued that they would reveal "ccncealmentS' by those questioned, of the alleged conspir- acy, on which charge g men are on trial before jury and Judge Inglis.
 Wanted to Find Out County Detective Hickey said that when Dan Peters came to him April g or 8, he said that he wanted assistance in finding out who was signing his name to city checks. He claimed that the indorsement on the indorsement of checks was not his. that it had been forged.
 The grand jury charged that Peters received approximately $75. 900 from the city during the eight years of the alleged conspiracy for | truck hire. It is further claimed that Peters did not own a truck.
 The day following their first con- ference, Hickey said, Peters car1ae back and asked for assistance. But he also admitted that the signature on the checks was his own. Then he told me it was his signature but he did not get all the money.' con- tined Hickey. Previous testimony has included references to numerous checks for more than $500 paid to 1 Peters.
 Peters Sent for Hickey
 AS Late as March of this ye1fs while the trial was at its peak Peters sent for Hickey. the county detective said. and he went to Hri1- tol to see him.
 On Saturday afternoon, Hickey said, he saw Peters at his home. but Peters complained that he W11 not feeling good. and refused tt talk at any length with Hickey.
 Part To Dead Man
 At a previous meeting, Peters
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
GERMAN JEWISH REFUGEES SAWED
Belgium, France, Great Britain, Netherlands to
 Take Them Over

London, June 13-(UP)-All 1 907 German Jewish refugees aboard the liner St. Louis were saved from being returned to Germany to day by the intergovernmental commit tee of refugees. The committee. in- duced Belgium to grant temporary refuge to 250, the Netherlands l94, France approximately 200 ;tnd Britain the remainder. The Uni ted States joint distribution commit lee offered to pay for their mainte- D. ance. ~
 Refused in Cuba or elsewhere in the new world, the refugees were being taken back to Germany. The captain of the liner slowed down to create delay which might result in some such solution as announced today.
 In Nick of Time a--
 The committee secured rescue for the St. Louis passengers just in the nick of time, as the St. Louis was nearing Europe and would have gone direct to Germany if the otf- CT countries had not agreed to take them.
 Robert Pell. American member of the committee. had been in tolIch with the British, French, Dutch, and Belgian governments for the past week, and representatives of the joint distribution committee all, so exerted influence in the various capitals.
 The St. Louis is due in the Eng fish channel tomorrow and is like ly to disembark the first groups of refugees at Boulogne and South hampton.
 Before the agreement by the four governments, France had offered to take the children alone, but this was abandoned when places were found for everybody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
LOCAL JUDGES AWAITING WORD
There Are Many Rumors as to Appointees Gov.
 Baldwin Will Choose
Special to The Democrat)

State Capitol, Hartford, June 13 The office of Governor Raymond E. Baldwin announced this after noon that no action on the appoint ment of judges for the Waterbury city court has yet been taken. The terms of Judge Edward Mascolo and Judge Theobald E. Conway expire July 1.
 Judge Conway is expected to be reappointed, but friends of other Republican lawyers have not given up hopes that their candidates will be selected. The other place on the bench is also being sought by the Republicans, with Prosecutor Charles Summa as the favored can- didate.
 Judge Edward Mascolo, Democrat, may not be retained. If the post goes to a Democrat, the appointee may be either Claims Attorney Vim cent Scully or Attorney William K. Lawlor, the latter backed by Sen- ator George T. Culhane.
 Leading G. o. P. candidates are MT. Summa and Attorney Frederick w. Palomba.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13

ol CClS.
 Tension became worse when a Domei (Japanese) News Agency dispatch announced late today that Major E. L. Law, of the British garrison at Hong Kong, had been arrested at Tientsin and detained on the charge that he photographed prescribed area of the city.
 Japanese have refused all British demands to release Lieutenant Colonel Christopher R. Spear, Brit ish military attache, whom they arrested at Kalgan and charged with espionage.
 First Test Bid
 The impending Japanese blockade was regarded as the first test case in a bid to dominate all foreign areas in China and thus was of im- portance to every nation, including the United States, with business in- tereSts in China.
 It was expected that early tomor- row the Japanese would block off en- frances to the British and French concessions by means of barbed wire entanglements and refuse to permit either pedestrian or vehicular traf- fic. It was not even certain that they would permit foodstuffs to en- ter the area.
 Japan announced the blockade as a measure of retaliation because British concession authorities refus- ed to surrended men whom the Jap anese suspected of having assassin ated Cheng Si-Keng, Chinese con- troller of customs under the Japan ese-d dominated regime.
 Issue Is Greater
 But actually the issue was greater. At Shanghai, at Kulangsu and at other places Japan had made it plain that she wanted dominance over foreign as well as Chinese areas in the zone she occupies, and it had long been expected that Tientsin might be made the occasion for a test of her demand.
 The British and French areas ad- join each other and it was thus nec- essary for the Japanese to isolate the French area in seeking to paralyze life in the British concession.
 Many foreign women and children had evacuated Tientsin in recent days. Japanese shippers had notified foreign consignees to remove their cargoes from Japanese warehouses in the vicinity, and many Japanese and some Chinese bushes men had left the concessions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
BRIDGEPORT HAS
 BAD EXPLOSION

Bridgeport. Conn, June 13-(UP) The public utilities commission began an investigation today into the cause of an explosion at the Bridgeport Gas Light Co.,, plant which caused the death late yester- day of Charles H. Bouton, 65, an iron worker.
 Six others were injured, one ser- iously. The condition of Joseph Roscoe, 31, was described as flair" at St. Vincent's hospital. The ex- plosion occurred in the generator house where Bouton and several of the injured men were engaged in retubing a boiler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
TEXTBOOKS WILL
 BE REVIEWED

Boston, June l3 - (UP)-Three history textbooks will be reviewed by Q committee of teachers on com plaint of the Boston local of the American Federation of Teachers. Speaking for the AFL affiliate, school committeeman Joseph Lee charged that "Muzxy's American History" was unfair to labor, pre- judicial and pro-Ku Klux Klan: 'Thc history of the United States !" by Mace and Bosardos. vas unfair fo labor. and tour United states, by W. B Ouittcau. was altI-Labur melted race prejudice and was arore 70 i|nsoIsIa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13

Ripped by explosion, blast torn automobile, above, was death car for 2S-year- old J. Milton Lee, left, son of baker at Moorhead, Minn. Dynamite bomb ex- ploded when Lee turned ignition switch. Shown in- specting car, left to right: James A. Garrity, Clay co u n ty attorney; Max Raines of Minnesota state crime bure a u; Joe O'Laughlin, Moorhe f.d chief of police. Young L ee's life
 had been threaten ed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-13
States Attorney Fitzgerald Is Still Probing Clinic.
It Was Stated Today That Connecticut Birth Control
 League Intends to Open Other Similar Clinics in Bristol, Clinton

As States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald today con- nued his investigation into the alleged birth control clinic at the Chase Memorial Dspensary it learned that the Connecticut Birth Control League plans to open clinics in two more communities Bristol and Clinton The league claims that there nine clinics clinic services in the state The states attorney had no comment to make the seizure of several boxes bags yesterday
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TREASURY BALANCE

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Great Britain, France
 Blockaded by Japanese
Their Concession in China Will Be IsOlated-TensiOn Becomes Worse-Britain, France Prepared to
 Take Some Action at Once
BY ROBERT BELLAIRE United Press Staff Correspondent)

Shanghai June 13 = (UP) = Japanese authorities at Tentsn announced today that they would blockade the British and French concessions at m tomorrow 6 P m
 EDT today. Planning to isolate the concessions from Tientsin proper and from the outer world Japanese authorities warned all Japanese subjects to avoid both
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Evening star., 1939-01-05
Duchess Of Windsor to Get Curtsies
From All Soon, Grace Moore Says

after ALL" she added, "she (the
duchess) would have been consid-
cred royalty long ago, II she had
not been an American.
The duchess gave happiness and
the courage Of his convictions to
one man, which Is more than most
women can do, and she deserves q
curtsy for that alone"
Miss Moore was accompanied by
her husband, Valentine Parera. She
wore a brown check velvet dress, on
which was pinned the blue ribbon
Of the chevalier of the Order Of
Leopold from Belgium, one of her
six decorations; . mink beret with
. veil and seven gold bracelets on
her right wrist, one for each year
Of her marriage.
Evening star., 1939-01-05
BY JAMES E. CHINN,

A s47,677,7So budget for the Dis
trict in the 1910 fiscal year-one
that confronts the taxpayer with
additional taxation to put it in bal
ance-was transmitted to Congress
today by President Roosevelt.
Actually, the new budget is $685.
272 less than the appropriation for
the current fiscal year. and $811 ,157
under the amount sought by the
Commissioners. Yet the Budget
Bureau figured it will put the Dis
trict government in the red to the
extent of $3,3O4,870 at the close of
the coming fiscal year unless Con-
gress comes to the rescue and adopts
a proposed new revenue-producing
program. Maj Daniel J. Donovan,
auditor and budget officer, who dis
agrees with the Budget Bureaus
figures, places the anticipated deficit
at 81 ,279,OOO.
Predicated on continuation of the
annual lump-sum Federal payment
of IS 100000 toward District expenses