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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
BLAND
 RELATES STORY
Electricians Mate Chosen By Navy to Tell of
 Hours Below

Portsmouth, N. H., May 25-(UP) The navy selected electricians Mate Judson T. Bland to describe the tense hours of B men entombed in disabled submarine on the ocean floor with 26 dorwned com- panions.
 He seemed to be in the best condi- tion of the survivors brought to the naval hospital here. Yet he appeared none too steady when he entered the room, blue bathrobe pulled over his white pajamas, holding a blanket over his shoulders. A short, stocky man in his 30's, he talked in weak voice.
 "Mr. Bland" an officer said when he was seated, "the newspapermen would like you to tell them your story in your own words, what hap pened, how you first knew some thing was wrong and everything as you saw it."
 Good Bunch of Mates
 "The first thing I want to say" Bland replied in a monotone, "is that I am very happy to be here and that I was with such a good bunch of ship mates. I never saw men handle situation any better. The captain was perfectly cool. He gave his or ders calmly and the orders were carried out perfectly by each and every man.
 "We were making 8 test dive at fast speed. The navy yard test super intendent was clocking the dive and made the statement as we went down that it would be good dive. Then something happened-we don't know what it was and we won't know until the boat is brought up. It was something that could not be helped. It could happen to any mechanism that requires complica- ted parts. However we began taking in water through the ventilation line and we knew something had gone aft.
 Tanks Were Blown
 "The captain went below just prior to that time. He reported that every thing was all right. Men began working fast to shut of the flow of water. The instant the diving officer
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EXPLOSION ON
 W.P.A. PROJECT

Fall River, Mass, May 25 = (U. P) = workmen today began re- pairing extensive damage over a square quarter-mile area caused by @ mysterious explosion last night in e WPA sewer project.
 Eight manhole covers were lifted into the air by the blast, believed caused by sewer or Illuminating gas, and concrete sidewalks and granite paving blocks were displaced. Elec- trio wires were blown down at one point. Windows In several homes end stores were smashed.
 No one was reported injured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
TRAIN WRECKED
 NEAR REMINGTON
Engineer Is Killed, Thir- teen Passengers Injured;
 Some Very Seriously

Newirgton, Conn.,, May 25-(UP) An overhanging boom on 8 work train sideswiped the crack Mon- treal-Washington Express today, killing one person and causing in- jury to a score or more others.
 Thirteen persons were hospital ized at Hartford, some in a serious condition.
 In St. Francis Hospital
 David Buffers, East Providence, R. l., a conductor, was injured fla tally in the crash. He was dead on arrival at St. Francis's hospital.
 At St. Francis's hospital, where nine were taken in ambulances, the injured were:
 Arthur Rosenthal, 25, 4451 A Els planede Ave-, Montreal, lacerated forehead.
 Murray Rudman, 20, 4387 Debul- lion St. Montreal, injured arm and shoulder and lacerated eye. Condi- ton serious.
 Herbert Collier, West Hartford, la cerated leg, severed blood vessel in left arm, injured shoulder. Condi- tion serious.
 Stephen Kinczyk, 48. 67 Jackson St., Willimantic, possible skull frac- ture, lacerated face. Condition se- rious.
 Mrs. Bessie Johnson, 82 Pearl St., Springfield, Mass, injured arm. Not serious.
 Leonard Johnson, her husband, body abrasions. Not serious.
 Russell Moore, 23, 1942 New York Ave-. Brooklyn, N. Y., lacerated scalp. Not serious.
 Mrs. May Ahern, 5l, West Hart ford. fractured shoulder. Not se- riouS.
 In Hartford Hospital
 Taken to Hartford hospital were {:
 0. Leonard Watson. 47 Willington St., Springfield. Mass. head injur- ies, sprained wrist and lacerated arm. Condition serious. Mrs. Winifred D. Watson, his mother, lacerated left arm. Not se- rioliS.
 Nick scata. Hartford. lacerated scalp. Not serious.
 John A. Bishop. 4b-2p spth St.,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
BINCO MEASURE
 UP TO GOVERNOR
Passed Senate Today in Amended FOrm-Baldwin
 May Sign It

Hartford, Conn, May 25.-(UP)- The playing of bingo, which received divided support from religious groups throughout the state, was approved today in the Senate by an over- whelming vote.
 The bill now goes to Gov. Baldwin for signature.
 The bill, providing for local option and municipal control of permits and penalties, was passed two weeks ago in the Senate but came back to- day in amended form from the House.
 The amendments allowed only non-profit organizations to obtain permits for playing the game.
 Permits will be issued on a daily or yearly basis. Only 40 games can be played on daily permits and the yearly licenses restrict the number of games to 40 a week.
 Prizes, all in merchandise, may not exceed $250.
 Opponents protested its passage on grounds it legalized gambling and paved the way for enactment of horse-racing and dog-racing legis- lation.
 Although considerable pressure was brought to bear on the legisla- ture to kill the bill, 1t was believed Gov. Baldwin would sign it.
 The governor, however, was re- ported firmly opposed to passage of any racing bills.
 Baldwin's Plea May Lose
 Hartford, Conn, May 25.-(UP)- Despite an urgent gubernatorial plea House approval of two administra- ton measures diverting money from the highway fund was doubtful to-. day.
 Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin ad- dressed a joint convention of House and Senate late yesterday, urging legislators to pass two bills:
 l. Paying 75 per cent of the costs of the state police department from the highway fund.
 2. Placing receipts from motor vehicle fines and forfeitures in the states general fund, rather than in the highway fund.
 The House already has rejected the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
WELFARE DEPT.
 SPENDS RAPIDLY
More Than Half of Total Amount Allotted For Year
 Already Gone

The department of public welfare, during the first four months of 1889, spent more than half of the total amount originally appropriated for it for the entire year, a report pre- pared by the controllers office shows. There was a total of $372,- A43.l3 appropriated for welfare de- partment use in the 1889 budget. Up to April 30, the welfare expendi- lures were $188,345.26, leaving a balance of $184,097.87 for the re- maining eight onths of the year.
 Others Kept Down
 Other city departments have been able to live within their appro- priations for the year, the report shows. The board of finance for some weeks has been considering means of raising additional funds for the welfare department. since there has been an almost un- precedented demand on the depart ment or relief.
 The controllers report. now in the hands of the boards of alder men and finance. shows that dur ing the first third of 1889. city re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
FINAL TRIP MADE
 BY BELL TRAGIC
Last Eight Survivors Held Suspended For Nearly
 Five Hours
BY ROBERT MUSEL nTnitad Press Staff C0frespOndentl

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 Aboard the U. s. S, Brooklyn, off Portsmouth, N. H., May 25-(UP)- Tt was bad business" Admiral c. w. Cole said today as he described the final trip of the navy's diving bell which stalled as it brought up the last of the survivors of the subma- rine Squalus.
 The last trip of the bell, in which the rescue chamber fouled on the down haul line 150 feet below the surface, required nearly five hours during which time the last eight survivors, including Lieut.. Oliver P. Naquin, suffered additional torture.
 Cole gave dramatic picture of the bells fourth trip to the subma- rine and shook his head reminis- gently as he recalled the scene. He was so carried away by his thoughts that he permitted his cigaret to burn to the edge of its holder.
 Most Pleasant Event
 q think that bell breaking through the surface on the last trip was the most pleasant thing will ever See," he said.
 'Everything went beautifully up to that fourth trip. We sent down a crew of two and picked up eight. which made 10 men altogether. The bell comes up by means of a cable attached to a reel at the bottom of the bell and operated by c motor inside.
 About 50 feet above the subma- rine the cable damned. It was bad business"
 Reflectively rubbing his gray stub ble beard and waving Q gold braid- ed arm, he continued:
 we tried to pull up the bell by means of c cable attached to the top of 1t, but this one stranded and al- most broke. We were awfully afraid that If 1t did the bell would shoot ta the surface SO swiftly and might crash into the bottom Of the Falcon
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
THREE SLAYERS
 PLEAD GUILTY
First of Mass Murderers to Admit They Killed
 With Poison
BY ALLEN MARTIN

United Press Staff C0rrespOndent)
 Philadelphia, May 25-(UP) = Three of 29 defendants in the ar- senic poison ring which killed for insurance pleaded guilty today to murder charges at one of the great est mass murder arraignmentS in American criminal history.
 Seven other defendants, including two alleged arsenic widows, pleaded not guilty.
 Morris Louis the Rabbi Bolder, described as one of the directors of the fantastic syndicate, was among those who pleaded guilty, but two other key figures-Paul Petrillo and Ceasare Valenti-pleaded not guilty.
 In addition to Bolber, guilty pleas were entered by Samuel Sortino and Rafael Polselli.
 The other not guilty pleas were entered by David Brandt, Mrs. Christina Cerrone Amedeo Musselli and the two arsenic widows-Mrs.
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What n1ghtmarlSh thoughts must have been his in the warm safety of the Falcon out there on calm sea. His job had been well done and more than half his crew saved, something unprecedented in submarine dis asters. But he had been put to a strain few men had undergone.
 There were those 26 bodies in the water-filled compartments of the Squalus on the ocean floor; the bodies of men who had been under his command.
 39 Hours of Anxiety
 And there had been 39 hours in a narrow, black prison under 240 feet of water when he commanded 32 men who would surely die if he made a mistake and might die no matter what he did.
 These men were lightly clothed. It is hot in an operating submarine, but in a disabled one it is cold. The temperaure in the Squalus was a little below freezing. He had to keep the men moving. If they stayed still they would freeze. Yet they couldn't move around too much because the more movement the higher the consumption oi oxygen and there was no way of telling whether the rescuers would come before the oxygen supply was ex- hausted, and find living men, or af- ter, and find dead ones.
 Most of all, he had to keep the men from thinking too much of the danger of their predicament, from breeding over the probabilities of a slow, agonizing death as the oxygen tanks emptied, the air grew progress sively more foul and men began dropping, one by one.
 Tap Messages With Wrench
 So he put them to tapping mes sages with wrenches on the steel sides of the Squalus, hour after hour. It kept them active and it kept them hopeful that the rescuers would arrive in time.
 A day and a night had passed be- fore there were raps on the outside of the hull, though the men en- tombed could not measure time. They had heard through the Squalus' instruments, the hum of a submarines motors on the surface,
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Tor conspiracy to defraud the city or more than a million dollars.
 Brown, who concluded his direct testimony Tuesday with aclaim that s, 100000 of the city's money was handled irregularly during the years 1930-37,. was obviously a difficult subject of cross-examination.
 Evasiye answers to questions which Seaman demanded 8 "Yes or Mo-" and lengthy statements when Sea- man desired but brief reply, were the subject of much objection by the defense. Once Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Alcorn objected to the line of cross-examination Gin the interest of time." Often he objected to Interruptions of Browns state ments by Seaman.
 Jury Enjoyed It
 The jury was all smiles through out the morning, at humorous in- cidents which arose from the cross fire of wits between Brown and Sea- man. On one occasion they laughed out loud.
 Clashes between Brown and Sea- man developed when Brown refused to discuss his rates for accounting, and also his refusal to list the municipalities for which he had conducted audits. Judge Inglis or- dered Brown to answer the question concerning municipal audits, how ever.
 When he said he had conduct sd audits for the Northeast School dis trict and the Welfare department of Hartford, and the Watertown Fire district, Seaman charged that they were not municipalities.
 Brown Admits Same Thing
 Brown admitted that he had never prepared 8 city budget. and several terms which Seaman described as pertaining to accounting, were un- known to the witness.
 Reviewing the 1885 warrants pay-' able sheets, which contain no to- tals in the spaces for amounts and numbers on the back, Brown admit ted that they could have been filled in after the meetings of the board of finance. There was never a war rant payable sheet which had been filled in, he testified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25

blockade of shipping on the China coast, where both British and French passenger liners have been stopped and boarded by Japanese warships over the vigorous protests of their captains. The Japanese took the position that such action was necessary to prevent delivery of war supplies to Chinese armies but British naval officials talked of providing warship escorts for all their shipping in China waters.
 2. Advices from Curityha, Brazil, said a German army reserve captain had been arrested and a German colonization society headquarters had been raided on charges of Nazi activities, including opposition to the 'good neighbor" policy of the United States in Latin America. The charges followed revelation of a purported plot in Argentina for Nazi seizure of the southern state of Patagonia.
 The full importance of the two developments in widely separated parts of the world remained to be seen, but from an historical view point both were overshadowed by the speed with which Great Britain sought to complete striking re- versal of postwar policy and get together with the Soviets.
 Pushed ahead by France as rapidly as Paris officials believed advisable. the cabinet of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain authorized dispatch of Q note to Moscow - probably to- night = agreeing to an alliance with France and Russia for mutual aid in event any Of the three is involved in Q European war and promising to aid any other European state which asks for help against an aggressor.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
Traditions of Navy Are to Be Carried Out If Any
 Do Live I'VE NEVER GIVE UP"
 ADMIRAL COLE But All Hope Seems to Have Con e in Other Official Departments
BY GARDNER FROST United Press Staff Correspondent)

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Portsmouth, N. H., May 25. = (UP) = The Navy sent two divers down to the stricken submarine Squalus on a final trip today with the last faint hope that some among the 26 believed dead might still be alive. Rescue officials were virtually cer- tain there was not a trace of life inside the submerged sub marine which apparently became the steel coffin of those who died when a rush of water flooded the after compartments
 The divers had orders to stay aboard the Squalus until told other wise.
 As the diving bell from the rescue ship Falcon went down for the last time the sun broke through slight ly clouded sky. The day was warm and the sea was calm.
 True to the tradition of the navy, rescue workers were deter mined to continue the search for survivors until forced to admit "26 hands lost"
 Navy Never Gives Up
 we in the navy never give up," Admiral c. w. Cole, commandant of the Portsmouth navy yard, said aboard the cruiser Brooklyn.
 He pointed out there was the "barest possibility" there might be air in the flooded after compart- ments of the submarine-where the 26 men were trapped-but added that "the cold makes it virtually hopeless"
 One of the men who came up from below said it was 27 degrees down there," he continued. 'tOne couldn't live very long in that tenn perature, even with air" It will be the divers last trip to the Squalus, from which B surviv- ors rose to the surface yesterday and breathed fresh air for the first time in nearly 40 hours.
 The possibility that further life aboard the submarine would be found was remote and, it was un- derstood, the divers would take a last look out of consideration for the relatives of those who lost their lives.
 26 Seem Doomed The 26 appeared to have been doomed when, by superhuman feat of strength as the Squalus nosed down at nearly 45-degree angle, her after section filling with water from an open valve, Lloyd B. Man eSs, electricians mate, hoiSted an emergency door shut amidships against the inrushing water. saving the lives of the B men in the for- ward half of the submarine. At II 8. m. the last eight survivors of the disaster, including Lieut.. O. F. Naquin, commander of the Squal- us, came ashore and were greeted by relatives and friends for the first time since their rescue. Naquin was the last man to walk down the gang plank from the Har- riet Lane. He was wearing a hip length black woolen jacket and faded khaki pants. He carried his uniform trousers slung over his shoulders.
 Wife Greets Commander Although obviously weary from his long vigil on the ocean floor, he |
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
MRS. HooKER's ESTATE

Hartford. Conn. May 2b--(uP)-- The estate of Mrs. Mary M. Hooker, first woman legislator in Connecti- cut and q descendant of one of the founders of the Hartford colony, was valued today at ei.ii0650.
 A son. daughter and grandson were the principal benefciaries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 25-(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through May 23rd, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $S,154,423,575.63 s6,654,029,4 ,445.5s
 Receipts $4,99S, ,967, ,420.63 $5,423,602, ,655.29
 Cross Deficit 3,155,456,155.00 s1.23o, ,426, ,790.2S
 Net Deficit $s.11s.5oo.555.OO s1,171.sso. .44o.2s
 Cash Balance s2.seo. .e5e,4sS.le ss,s4s,s1s,705.ss .ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
Accountants Had Right Of Way In Session Of Court
Warren M. Brown, For Himself, Attorney Joseph Seaman For George H. Kingsley, Fought Battle
 to Discredit Each Other
BY JOSEPH P. DONAHUE
 Democrat Staff Reporter)

States Accountant Warren M Brown matched wits with Attorney Joseph J. Seaman the latter conducted in the Waterbury conspiracy trial today attempting to show that the city audits of the George Kingsley Accountants complete and legal Three members of the Kingsley firm and others are on trial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
Nerves Of Europe Are Soothed, Then Ruffled
Russia Joins Britain, France in Neutral Aid Pact; Japan, Poland Have Roughed Up Picture
 By Their Latest Acts
(Acme Telephoto)
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor)

Great Brains decision to complete her new security front by mutual aid pact with Soviet Russia soothed Europe today but two explosions of interna- tional importance occurred in the Far East and South
 fled serious dispute the Orient by virtually proclang
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25
Ordered To Stay Down
 Until They Have Found Out If 26 Men Are Dead
Lieut.. Naquin Is Last
 Man.to Quit Submarine
He Was True to Traditions of Sea - Exhausted, Sad- dened By Loss of So Many Men - 39 Hours
 of Real Anxiety For Living
BY HENRY McLEMORE Limited Press Staff Correspondent)

Portsmouth N H., May 25. - (UP) - Forty fathoms down. dead rode beneath their commander today True of the sea- Lieutenant Naqun was the last man to leave his command, the submarine Squaus He came up last ascension of the diving bell at midnight
 and exhausted spent the rest of the night aboard the
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-30
DANGER ON THE HIGHWAY

That human beings on Wrangell
highway are in greater peril from
bullets than the wildlife of the~area.
has been the contention of many
who advocate making a game re-
serve of the northern part of the is
land, with the resultant prohibition
of the use of firearms.
Added evidence of he danger on
the highway from firearms is carried
in a recent news dispatch from Sal
EN-. Oregon. The bullet that wound
ed a woman fatally was fired from
two miles away, state police estab-
lished.
Troopers ran a transit line from
where the woman was sitting along
the presumed trajectory of the bull
let and found the shell which
matched the bullet. ballistic experts
testified. The bullet came from a
30.O6 caliber rifle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-30
ANCHORAGE MAN SEEKS
PERMIT TO KEEP MOOSE CALF

The following report regarding a
request for a special moose calf pei
nit submitted to Executive Officer
Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game
Commission by Wildlife Agent Jack
O'COnnof of Anchorage was made
public at juneau this week:
In further explanation of my wire
to you last evening concerning a
special permit 10 keep in captivity
one female calf moose to be grant
ed DR.. j. H. Romig, I wish to eX=
plain fully the way the animal hap
pened to be brought to Anchorage.
Sunday. June 18th Don Har-
baught and Max Shellabarger were
coming down stream in a motor
boat, and about one mile below the
mouth of the skwentna River, on
the Yentna River bank, they saw a
small beaver on the bank. AS they
swung in to take a photograph of
the beaver, they noticed this cali
on a small shelf of the bank near
the root of a tree which was hang
ing into the river
The men went ashore to see what
was wrong and found that the
moose calf had a broken right front
leg, which was dangling but was
held by a mere thread of flesh. They
cut the leg off and carried the calf
to the boat where she was placed
in tarpaulin. They then examined
the bank of the river and found
that the mother had fought off an
attack of coyotes, as the bank had
been hard packed by the tramping
of the feet of the moose as well as
many coyote tracks.
They took the calf to the Shella-
barger ranch and fed it milk and
birch and willow leaves, which it
eats with relish. It was kept there
until the arrival of a plane piloted
by Bert Ruoff and then sent in.
I called Dr. Romig re the care
of it as he has expressed a desire
to have a bear cub for show on his
ranch, about one mile south of An
chorage on the highway to Lake
Spenard Also, the Doctor is an old
time Alaskan, has the care and
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-30
JUNEAU LISTED AS NEW
LIGHTHOUSE HEADQUARTERS

WASHINGTON, D. c. - The old
colorful lighthouse service passes cut
of existence as a separate unit of the
government July / under a general
order of the treasury issued June q
which set sup thirteen districts for
joint operation of the lighthouse
service and the coast guard
Rear Admiral X. R. Waesche.
commander Of the coast guard, Is to
assume direction of the lighthouse
service, a post now held by Il. D.
King.
The districts include Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyom-
ing. with headquarters at Seattle;
and Alaska. headquarters at Juneau.