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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
Court Postponement Of
 Day Granted By Judge Inglis This Morning
Former Banker Was on Way to Court- house When Seized With Attack; Phy
 sician Reports Condition to Judge
By JOSEPH F. DONAHUE Democrat Staff RepOrter)

New delay of at least one day in the Waterbury conspiracy trial resulted today when Carl D. Olsen, defendant former president and treasurer of the Waterbury Trust Company collapsed Grand street, in front of the bank this morning about o'clock.
 Judge Inglis Adjourns Trial
 Judge Ernest A. Inglis adjourned court until to- morrow morning after being advised by Dr. H. Everett Allen that Olsen would be physically unable to attend todays session. No trial session be held in the absence of single defendant.
 At Dr. Allen informed Judge Ingis after con- ferrng with Dr. C. Neuswanger who took xray pictures that Olsen probaby would be ready for the trial omor Acting the theory that Olsen will be available Judge Inglis planned to hold court tomorrow
 FOrestals AlcOrn's Plans
 The illness of Olson, said to be recurrence of old kidney condition apparently foresalled the plans Special Prosecutor Hugh M Alcorn to call several surprise wit nesses including Attorney Herman J. Wesrnan of Water bury Mayor Thomas J. Speacy of Hartford and several other attorneys whom the grand jury charged received large fees from the City of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
TAKING
 OFFENSIVE NOW
Adopts Nazi Methods for Danzig Defense; Europe
 Is Jittery
(By the United Press)

Poland sought to seize the offen- sive from Germany in Europe's most serious immediate quarrel today by adopting Nazi methods for defense of DanZig and the Polish corridor.
 The Warsaw government decided to ask parliament to grant dicta- torial powers to President Ignacy Moscicki until next November and, at the same time, formulated coun- ter-proposals to be announced on Friday when Foreign Minister Josef Beck outlines the government pro- gram.
 Beck is scheduled to reject Adolf Hitler's demand for return of Dan- zig to the reich and for German motor highway across the corridor to East Prussia. He also is believed likely to propose Polish protec- torate over Danzig, which now is under joint Polish and league of nations administration.
 Boycott German Papers
 A boycott was imposed on Ger man newspapers by the Association of Polish News Vendors.
 AS the association controls the greater part of newspaper circula- tion throughout Poland, the boycott means that distribution and sale of German newspapers on news stands throughout the country will be curtailed sharply, effective to- day.
 The association, voting unani- mously to impose the boycott bas- ing its action on "the recent insult ing tone of the German press"
 It was intimated plainly that the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
FRANK P. WALSH
 DIES ON STREET
Famous Labor Attorney Is Stricken Near Court
 Room in New York

New York, May 2-CUP)-Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the New York. State Power authority and a veteran labor attorney, died from a heart attack today in front of the state supreme court building.
 Walsh, "A, was walking alone and had just reached the corner of the building when he fell. Notebooks and papers in his pockets eStab- lished his identity and police called his law partner, Harold Stern, who confirmed the identification.
 Walsh was an independent Dem- ocrat. His legal practice largely dealt with labor cases although he gained additional prominence in 1886 when he defended Judge Hal sted L. Ritter of Florida against im- peachment. Many of his associates said that he had more legal en- counters involving national and state affairs than any other lawyer in the country.
 Taft Commission Chairman
 He was chairman of the Taft commission on industrial relations. In 1923 he successfully defended a Communist group. accused of crim- inal syndicalism in Michigan.
 As chairman of the St. Lawrence Waterway commission he made many important recommendation to the New York state legislature while Franklin D. Roosevelt was governor. 1t was while working with the commission that the New York State Power authority was created and MT. Roosevelt named him to head the new group.
 Physically active despite his ad- vanced age. Walsh's favorite diver- sion was dancing.
 He came to New York in 1880 from his native St. Louis after par- tieipating in many local politlcal and legal battles there and In Kan. sas City.
 Tn the Ritter case-the judge | inpeachement wab upheld by the senate--Walsh arRued that the charges agaiIlst the Florida ilrist were contrived for political pulbo6ea ana that the charges that Ritter
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THREE ARE DEAD
 FROM ACCIDENTS

Two children and a middle-aged Stratford resident died in accidents in Connecticut Monday.
 Four-year-old Doris Turcotte, Hartford, was injured fatally when a fiagstone resting against trench on a sidewalk toppled over on her
 Seyen-year-old Ralph urego. New Haven, was injured fatally when struck by e truck while playing near his home.
 Michael Danko. b3. straiford. was was killed when struck by two cars while crossing . street. one of the drivers sped from the scene The other. held under ei 300 bonds on q charge Of operating car % as to cause death, is Charles F. Rodican, Providence, R. I.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
TICKETS CLASH
 WITH POLICEMAN

Everett. Mas. May 2.-(UP)-- Tickets and police clashed iiercely today at the Colonial Beacon oil company plant and the Everett poe Ice chief apps Boston au- thorlties 10 rush all available of- flcers" for riot duty. The pickels were members Of CLOS National Maritime Union bent on preventing Stfikebroakers from hing wharyes where struck oll tankefs were doeked. Police reports said that whnn . large police force moved ln with q yiew io dispensing the plckeiS, the latter answered a lnnf- Ras bombaFdmcnt with 6 baFrags oi hfleks and stones,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
U. s. AVIATION
 5 YEARS BEHIND
Col. Lindbergh Says Amer ica Must Bestir Itself to
 Catch Up
BY SANDOR s. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent)

bx SANUOH S. hLEfN United Press Staff Correspondent Langley Field, Va, May 2-UP) Col Charles A. Lindbergh pre- dicted today that unless the United States begins immediate expansion of aviation research facilities it will be unable to catch up with the Eu- ropean powers in five years.
 He made that statement privately to a group of government officials and aeronautical experts with whom he dined last night aboard a Potomac river steamer en route from Washington to this aviation center. He was one of party of 400 viSory committee for aeronautics that witnessed today national ad- demonstrate of new discoveries and devices that will make possible aircraft speeds never before at- tained.
 Lindbergh, a member of the NACA, a semi-official agency, de- clined to discuss any subject with the press. But it was learned that he told the group of officials that five years ago the United States led the world in aviation research, and was outstripped only i1 the last few years.
 He placed Germany at the top of the list i'll research, and said Great Britain was second. with Italy and France, tied for third. Soviet Rus sia, he indicated, was not an im- portaaat factor in aeronautic re- search. ~v,-, a-... .
 Developments Revealed
 Among. the latest scientific de- velopments revealed for the first time by the NACA today at the army's research station were:
 l. A new type wing that greatly minimizes wind drag" and makes possible unprecedented, but unre- vealed speeds.
 2. New types of wind tunnels that will eliminate much of the guesswork in the creation of larger and speedier aircraft.
 3. New type cowlings. wind shields and propellors that will make possible speeds in excess of 500 miles an hour without the oc- currence of shock waves that
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
HOTEL BLOCK TN
 GREENFIELD BURNS

Greenfield. Mn May 2-UP)-- A fireman was ovca> 'a by smoke, SO guests escaped ln. ssisted. and the business district was menaced early today when Arc caused t0b.0oO estimated damage 10 the Winslow hotel block. The blaze started on the ground floor and spread to all i've fioors Of the building. 0liestk fied both from the hotel and from an adjacent lodging holihe. Not iin. tll nid arrived from Amherst and Turner's Fails was tho re controlled fivo hours after il staiied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02

III almost every naClOn. The crisis in European affairs is adding a total of probably $6,000,000 day to the bill of the taxpayers.
 The presnt military expenses of around $13,800 a minute may be drastically increased in coming months if fear of war continues to mount. But there Is small hope of any large immediate decrease in the costs of the large powers Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy - because much of the money is going into long range defense programs such as naval construc- tion.
 Cost of Three Nations
 With a million men under arms in each country except Great Bri- tain, the cost of military prepared ness to three principal European nations may be roughly estimated as follows on a daily basis:
 Great Britain (total daily cosD, $8.057, ,806; (increase over 1938 5000 ,0OO.
 France (total daily cost $, ,641 ,OOO; (increase over 1938 $135 ,000.
 staly (totaI daily cost) $1.100,0 ,000; (ircrease over 1938 $138,000.
 Caermany's total of $1,500,000 daily for her armed forces alone has not increased this year, but that is due to previous preparation on vast scale. The Nazi system prevents compilation of any definite figures on total cost of her defense propar- ations. 3.ayg
 Britain, France Spend Most
 The fact that Britain and France together bear SIS. .7OS, ,806 of the daily total is due both to the intensive effort in those nations to catch up with the totalitarian powers and to the difference in the so-called democratic and dictatorial systems.
 Tn addition to the big four, Po- land now has around a million men under arms at a daily cost of proz- ably $700,000 in addition to huge internal loan for aerial armament. Soviet Russia's army is estimated at about 2.500,000 men, but it is di- vided on an undisclosed scale be- tween Asia and European fronts.
 Spain, too, has close to a million men under arms but war conditions have kept expenditures at an ab- normal rate in that country for three years and the troops are scheduled for demobilization this month.
 Rumania. Hungary, Jougoslavia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Dem mark bear widely varying propor- tions of Europe's war preparations.
 Strain On World Economy
 The terrific total of expenditures in the present diplomatic phase of Europe's conflict is of great if not decisive importance in the final outcome. To a certain extent, the strain put on the worlds economic
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
GERMANY SEEKS
 MASTERY OF SEAS
French Naval Experts Re- veal That Submarines
 Will Play Part
BY RALPH HEINzEN

Paris, May 2-French naval ex- perts studying Adolf Hitler'S speech to the reichstag predicted today that Germany would attempt to gain submarine mastery of the seas.
 Hitler's denunciation of the 1885 German naval limitations treaty with Great Britain was believed by French experts to be technical move to cover German construction of underwater craft In excess of the tonnage permitted by the naval pact.
 As a result. the experts were in- clined to agree, the reich is now likely to revive the spectre of World war U-boat terror by concentrating on construction of submarines.
 Germany's submarine construc- ton had been limited by the treaty French sources reported that the reich today has more submarines Germany has been building small under water craft - than Britain and that the tonnage of the two na- tons is practically the same in this category.
 Began Building In 1885
 The Nazis began building subma- rines in 1885. but they were almost all small coast craft which could not be used on the high seas. The tonnage of the German submarines runs from 2s0 tons to TOO tons. The reich admits q total Of ei submarines but Frcnck reports say that Ger. man also has built larger. ocean- soing vessels Of 1000 and 1900 tons, similar 10 the World war U-boaiH which sank 00O0 ships.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
AIRCRAFT co. DIVIDEND

East Hartford, Conn.. May E. (upl--DIrect0rs Of the United Air. craft Corp. late yesterday voted q dividend of % cents . share on B. $40 ,43T shares Of capital stock, pay. able June ib to st0ckholdorb oi ranAfd jnne (.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
$833,OOO An Hour
 Thrown Into Mad Cauldron Of War
Britain France Spending Most in Present Crisis; lta, Over Sl,0OO,OOO Every Day-Germany Longer
 in, Spends Less
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

Military preparations costing Europe almost $20 0O0 900 day. 900 hour. That staggering total which would billion dollars year. is a sharp increase normal defense costs Because of in almost nation The increased cost of the current
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. May 2-(UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through April 29. compared with a year ago; This Year Expenses Lnst Year S7,550, S69, ,9S5.91 $6.1S,5670, ,16S.93
 Receitps
 s4.65s,52O, ,479.5O s5.oss. .sis. .sso.2s
 Gross Deficit $2.s92,349, ,5064t $l, 3.353, ,23S. 70
 Net Deficit s2,S55, s6s. .6O6.4i si,0S5.s34. .7ss.7O
 Cash Blaance $3, 1925, ,035i7 $2.6Ss. .S09, fet .aa
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The Nome nugget., 1939-02-10


 ga River, for transporting the travelling public across a strip of water that is absolutely un- protected from the sea and a dan ger to both the public and the equipment in use, could aid con- siderably in the construction of a new road paralleling the present location but built along the base of the hills about five miles in- land. Practically every year tra- fife is held up long after the roads ar opened, even at the Cape, because the channels at the ferry crossings have not cleared of winter ice. In the fall of the year, shortly after cold weather sets in, it becomes nee essary to pull out the ferries for the winter, thereby cutting off road accessibility to Nome at a time when it is usually very im- ,portant for mining operation, es- pecially dredging, to have the use of a road for hauling SUD- plies, equipment, etc, to carry on late fall work. We have, very acutely, felt the necessity of a new road on several occasions when emergencies arose after the ferries had been pulled out, caus ing us considerable delay in op- cations and creating a large ex- pense.
 Before setting forth our pro- posed plan of encouraging con- struction on new road, I will give you a few facts concerning the future developments of our company on Solomon River, AS snany have learned, we have now completed three very successful years of dredging on some of the property on the river that was considered and left. years before, as worthless. We have drilled all the ground that we have since dredged and have found the pro- duction value per cubic yard to exceed the drill value by up to 25 per cent. In addition, we have since drilled similar ground sd- joining our worked ground to the extent of over forty million cubic yards. We have other properties, partially prospected, sufficient to outline definite pay area, of ev- en greater extent. One dredge is now in operation, on which new machinery throughout has been installed, including a new five foot bucket line. Our plans are now including another dredge which only requires a bucket line of the same capacity to place it in operation next summer. This equipment is arriving on the first boat next spring. In addition we have also outlined a future installation of a third dredge for our Solomon property. Our com pany is only one of several other operators of consequence on Solo mon River and there are even more in the Council district who would be greatly benefited by connecting the new road onto the already constructed roadway be- tween Solomon and Council and which requires only repair at some points to place it in pass able condition. Those persons now most interested in the Nome Solomon and Council road are: E. w. Quigley, C. O. Roberts, O. A. Margraf, Gus Johnson, Will
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-10
Resolution

WHEREAS, the Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce, in consideration of the report of January 24th from Lee Brothers Dredging Company prescribing the construction of a new road linking Nome with Solomon Riv- CT via the inland route with an offer to mark, map and survey said route at their own expense and using the company equip ment does, hereby, and with the unanimous support of its officers and members, endorse the propos ed plan submitted by said Lee Brothers Dredging Company as being beneficial to the Territory of Alaska and to the Second Division and is worthy of con sideration and progressive action that the Chamber has. for a num- Der of years, realized the neces- sity and emphatically urged con- struction of an inland route to Solomon River to shorten the dis fance, reduce transportation costs and open up a large well known prospecting area, now en- tirely inaccessible, and assist in the development of mining prop critics, both proven and unproV- en; that the new route crossing the inland territory would pre- sent to tourists and beauty lov- CTS a scenery that should be worth much consideration as well as providing a sportsman's. hunters and fisherman's para disc.
 NOW THEREFORE, be it re- solved that the Northwestern Alaska. Chamber of Commerce petition the Alaska Road Conn mission and the Territorial Road Commission to allocate $5,000 to examine said project; that said allocation be expended on ap- proving a survey conducted by Lee Brothers Dredging Company routing the proposed road where best suited. that upon compile ton of approval, remainder of said money be expended on pre- liminary road preparation for tractor traffic until such time as further construction is made pos sible; that copies of this reso- lution and statement be sent to our delegation at Juneau, re- questing them to use their best efforts with the Alaska Road Commission and the Territorial Road Board to favorably consid- CT this project for immediate ac- ton; that copies also be sent Territorial Engineer Hesse.
 This resolution passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Northwestern Alaska Cham Der of Commerce held at Nome, Alaska, on February 2, 1889.
 Guy k. Mish,
 President
 A. Polet
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The Nome nugget., 1939-02-10

January PA, 1939 N. W. Alaska Chamber of Com merce,
 Nome, Alaska.
 ' Gentlemen:
 Following a discussion with the Chamber Dn January 3rd, relative to the new Nome-Solo- mon road, l hereby submit to your consideration a proposal of the Lee Bros. Dredging Co for hastening the development of con struction on this project.
 First, I will point out the con- ditions of the present so-called road system connecting Nome with Solomon, a distance of '32 miles east of Nome. The road is fairly good for sixteen miles out of Nome with the exception of Cape Nome, where the road Is located so as to be always in dan ger of rolling rocks and slides, as it is built os the sea side of the Cape. the Cape being almost yer tical. Another added disadvan- tage of the Cape is yearly delay in clearing off snow from the road which piles up from snow storms from the north in the win ter as deep as twenty feet. To clear the road for traffic requires quite large annual expense and a delay to the traveling public of from two to four weeks after other roads have been opened.
 After passing the Cape and the : sixteen mile post, the road be- comes almost intolerable. Abso- 1utely no construction and only a trace of maintenance has ever 'N+been done from the sixteen to ,the .thirtytwo miles pest. This las resulted mainly from the i'm practicality of the road location. The entire section of bad road extends from a little east of the Cape along the sand spit which forms the Safety Lagoon and ~hich continues through to Solo mon. The spit is composed entire fy--ef loose sand and grows only a scant crop of grass with only a very thin sod. This makes a very poor road foundation and when heavy loads and trucks are placed in service the thin crust breaks thru and leaves only the sand. To make the thirty-two mile trip from Nome to Solomon acquires from four to six hours of steady driving. Another dis couraging factor for construction is the low elevation from sea level. At no place along the en- tire stretch of spit does the ele- vation exceed ten feet above normal sea level. During the ire ouent storms present here, the water has often flooded the en- tire section, washing out what sever road improvements have been made. Because of these cir cumStances the Government and Territory have seen fit to spend nc money for construction of roads along this route nor has any serious action been taken to re-route the road elsewhere, al though much talk of the necessit- :. ies of such a road has been prot 10 the attention of both territor- ial and government officials, with no apparent results.
 It would seem reasonable to be 1ieve that the $50O0 spent annual ly on operating ferries across the