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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
MOTOR VEHICLE
DEPT. SHAKE UP
Over Thirty Employees to
Be Dropped; Department
to Be Consolidated

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 10 - (UPJ
"A complete reorganization OF the
State Motor Vehicle Department,
with a resultant consolidation Of
most of its 20 bureaus and reduction
of personnel, will be undertaken i'm
mediately, it was announced today
by Governor Baldwin.
He estimated an ultimate saving
of $4,000 year.
Changes were agreed upon, the
governor said, after survey by a
special committee composed of WAL
ter Jennings, head of the depart
ment's gasoline tax collections;
Claude Taylor of, the budget DEPART
ment and Miss Eleanor H. Little Of
the personnel division.
State Motor Vehicles Commits
sioner Michael A. Conner cooper.
ated in the study and consented to
the reorganization which the gov
ernor regarded as necessary in view
of the administrations program of
economy.
State Finance Commissioner Olin
Glenn Saxon characterized the de-
partment as top heavy" and having
too many bureaus, too many heads
and Implications"
Jennings was appointed business
manager of the department, at a
salary yet to be determined.
May Save 100000
It was estimated the saving dur
ing the first year would be between
$4,000 and $4,000 and that there.
after 1t would be approximately $780,.
900.
First year economies would de.
pend on whether motor vehicle in.
spection lanes would be resumed. II
such an event some of the person.
mel scheduled to be discharged
would be transferred to this work.
The governor said the reorganiza'
ton would be accomplished "a
quickly as possible"
It was understood between "A ans
80 persons would be dismissed.
1t was hoped to save $4,000,
through consultations, elimination
of duplication and personnel reduc
tons and through moving inspection
duties to the state police depart
ment.
The remaining $4,000 would b.
saved through contractual service
and purchase Of supplies, material
and equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
THOMAS E. SHEA
AFTER new PLACE
Will Seek Secretary Of
Conn. Federation of
Labor If Dropped

Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 10-(UP)-
Thomas j. Shea, Middletown, second
district unemployment compensa-
ton commissioner, will be candi-
date for secretary of the Connecti-
cut Federation of Labor If he Is not
reappointed to the compensation job,
well-inforned labor circles reported
today.
Secretary of the federation now Is
John ]. Egan, Bridgeport, who has
held the job for nearly score years
Governor Raymond E. Baldwin
was considering replacing Shea when
his two-year term expired this year
An appointment or reappointment
must be made this month.
william ]. Fitzgerald, Norwich, for
mer New Deal congressman has Labor
Commissioner Cornelius j. Danaher's
recommendation for the second dis.
trict compensation position, but II
was believed unlikely the governo,
would appoint another Democrat.
Shea was a former president Of the
federation for several years, and wa.
considered highly popular among 1T
leaders. He has been endorsed fol
reappointment to his present posi-
ton by leaders Of the federation
who have gone to the governor will
their petition.
Second district Republicans, how
ever, believed a Republican shoult
have the job If Shea were not re
appointed. The position pays $500
yearly and the next appointment vii
be for five years.
A certain group within the fedora
ton believed a change was necessar,
in the secretaryship, and were salt
to be ready to propose Shea's nam
at the next convention in 1910.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
IJURY'S DECISION
|ExPECTEDTOD
Evidence Completed in
Fathers Suit for Death
Of Young Son

A decision in the $4,000 civil ac-
ton Of Antonio Solomito, admins
traitor, against the II. w. Conner
company, : expected late this after
noon in superior court where the
case Is being heard by Judge John
A. Cornell and q jury.
The arguments were opened this
morning, the evidence in the case
having been completed last Thurs
day.
Mr.. Solomito is administrator of
the estate of his nine-year-old son
nicholas, seeks to recover for the
boys death. The child was fatally
injured | asst December % when
struck by q truck while coasting in
the neighborhood Of South Leonard
and Seventh streets.
Attorney Michael A. Ciano ap-
pears for the plaintiff while Attor-
neys Monagan and Monagan are
defending.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
DALADIER Will
ANSWER HITLER
Will Reply to Nazi Query
as to "Why Are We
in Fight"
ny RALPH HEINZEN

UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
Paris, Oct. 10-(UP)-Premier
Edouard Daladier replies by radio
tonight to the question Adolf Hitler
asked last week In his Reichstag
speech: why are we fighting?"
1t will be the first formal state
ment by one Of the allied powers on
the suggestions Of Germany and
Russia that peace negotiations
should be opened on the basis Of a
conquered Poland, with neutral ma
tons, including the United States,
serving as mediators.
Great BritainS reply to Hitler, pre-
sumably to be synonymous with
Frances, may be given Wednesday
when Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain makes statement to COM
mons.
Allies War Aims
The allies war aims have been ex-
pressed as restoration Of Poland and
Czechoslovakia and an iron-clad
guarantee against further German
aggression. There was nothing to in
dictate that this viewpoint had been
changed by Hitler's speech and SUBJ
sequent Russian agitation for peace
On the contrary, official French
quarters believed that the new Ger
man-Russian friendship was weak
ening Germany in eastern Europe
and enhancing the allies position
This belief sprang of four things:
III Russian ascendancy in the
Baltic and the apparent German alb
dication Of centuries-old claims tc
influence there "a development
which has caused Germany to start
wholesale repatriation of its minori-
ties from the Baltic states. It ha.
been reported that German ship.
already have started to move some
of the estimated $4,000 German ma.
tionals out Of Latvia and that from
10000 to 100000 persons in Latvia
Esthonia and Lithuania EVENTUAL,
would be moved. They viii have Il
dispose OF their farms and holding.
before returning to Germany.
CD French authorities believl
Germany opposes Russian pressure
against Finland. because German
and Italian radio stations have giver
prominence to announcements o
Finnish military measures In con
nection with the opening Of Fin
h-Russian consultations IN Mos
COW.
90 Reports that Russia hes irisl
70 charter Norwegian and e~edial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

ships to trade with France and
Great Britain was interpreted here
to mean that Russia didn't intend
to lose any cash customers, regard
less of German naval activity In the
Baltic and is new friendship with
the Nazis.
ca The Hungarian Rumanian
Impeachment and agreement to
demobilize troops ON their frontiers
was believed a hinderance to any
German aggression In that direction.
Menace to Baltic
Russia's attempt to gain sphere
of influence in Finland was regard
ed here as q menace to the whole
Baltic basin and It was said that
Sweden had advised other Oslo
powers that they should carefully
avoid any future engagements to any
belligerent powers conflicting with
strict neutrality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
COMING WINTER
NOT TO Be SEVERE

x Boston. Oct. 10.-(UP)-Though
there will be two or three brief
blasts" of cold, the coming winter
will mot be severe" Meteorologist
Z. b. Rideout of Station WEEP pre-
dicted in a long-range forecast to-
day.
Winter Every likely" will get an
early start in November with touch
es Of snow" and freezing tempera-
lures, he said, but thawing weather
win prevail most Of the latter half
Of December.
The coolest weather, with snow
and zero temperatures common
place." will occur In late January
and early February, he believed.
Then warmer weather with temper
atures mostly" above normal In late
February, he expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
POISON SLAYER
GOES TO PRISON

Keene, N. H., Oct. 10-(UP)-Al-
fred Wojchick. 36-year-old Brattle-
boro, VT, laborer, began a 25-to-30-
year state prison sentence today for
the "highball poisoning Of two
neighbors.
Pleading guilty to second-degree
murder, Wojchick was sentenced
Immediately by Superior Judge H.
Thornton Lorimer last night.
Wojchick killed Edgar Smart, 20,
and Mrs. Julia Wheaton, Is, both
of Ashuelot. by pouring welding
fluid into whiskey at house party.
He confessed he poisoned the drinks
in an unsuccessful effort to kill his
19-year-old estranged wife who left
him after q trial marriage which
began when she was Is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
ExECUTIONER DIES

New York, Oct. l0-(UP)-Robert
@. Elliott, official executioner of
Sing Sing and other prisons In the
east, died at his suburban Richmond
Hill home today Of coronary en-
bolism.
Elliott had been III since May and
his condition became critical several
days ago. Death occurred at e:46
a. m. His illness had forced him to
suspend his official duties during
recent months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
BOY KILLS HIMSELF

Hamden, Conn.,, Oct. 10-(Up)--
Because his parents wouldn't let
him 60 out to visit his girl friend,
l4-year old Richard P. Spaulding
an eighth grade pupil. killed him.
self with a revolver IN HIS room hast
night. The boy shot HIMSELF ac-
cording 10 the medical examiner,
while his parents were out Of the
house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10

the u n ] t e d
States.
Reports reach
ing Washington
in the week pre-
ceding the con-
vention W e r e
t h a t a final
bre ak between
John L. Lewis
and Sidney Hill
man, head Of the
powerful, Anal
gamated Cloth
ing workers, was
imminent.
If 1t came, &C.
cording to these
rn.,nrtc Hillraaan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
LATE REALTY NEWS

Passwsy Rights
Thomas and verna white TO
Mary I. Charpentier.
Warranty Deed
Mary I. Charpenticr TO Frank
and Sarah Laudano, property on
Meriden road.
4. Quit Claim Deed
Harry and Mabel Conner 10
Grace Baronian, property ON suf-
folk street.
Mortgage Deed
Frank and Sarah Kauasno %
Nary I. GhapFsH}lex.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
ELECTRO-PLATERS
MEETING FRIDAY

The Waterbury branch of the
American Electro Platers Society
will hold its first fall meeting at
the Hotel Elton on Friday night.
Dinner will be served at $50 O'Clock
and a business meeting will start at
eight o'clock.
DR.. G. B. r. Young win be the
speaker of the evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
CHASE FOREMEN IN
ANNUAL MEETING

Elections of the Chase Foremen's
Association will be held In the club
rooms on North Main street on Oc-
tober 10. A directors meeting win
precede the elections.
George Conlong Is president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
ROYAL NEICHBORS

Plans for q social and card party
were made last night at q meeting
Of the Royal Neighbours cf America
Ia Mechanics hall. The event will
be held en- Nov. a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

washington, Oct. 10 - What hap
pens behind the scenes at the G. /.
D. convention in San Francisco will
have q profound bearing on the
future of the labor movement In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
DEsPONDENCY BLAMED

Bridgeport. Conn.,, Oct. 10.-(UP)
-Despondency was blamed today
for the suicide of Mrs. Beatrice Lef-
koff, 50, who was found dead Of
Illuminating gas fumes In her home
late yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-10
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES
The e. .. GriKgs 90.
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS
Bid Asked
Bridgeport Gas 1t. Co. :. 80 30
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. 80 So
Conn. Gas 81 Coke pfd SO Z!
Con. 1t. 81 Power ...... gu o.
Conn. 1t. g. Pow. 5h%
pfd. .,..............,.1lo
Connecticut Power Co. 40 81
HID. Elect. 1t. 90. com. 64h 0oh
HID. Gas 1t. Co. com. :. 80 50
Illuminating Shares A IS 81
New Haven Water Co. "a
South. N. T.. Tel. Co, ,155 l6O
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21

Quiltmaking's always fascinat-
ing-but think of the fun to be had
when it's an Enchanted Cottage
that decorates each block. Use up
your gayest scraps for the simple
patch that forms the house. Do
the shrubbery in plain material
for effective contrast. Finish
with bit of outline stitch. Pat
tern 1884 contains the Block Chart
carefully drawn pattern pieces;
color schemes; directions for
making the quilt; yardage chart;
illustration of quilt.
To obtain this pattern send IS
cents in coins to The Sewing
Circle, Household Arts Dept, 259
W. 14th St.. New York, N. Y.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
FOR PROTECTION SAKE

Little Rastus-G Grandpa, why, ac-
cordin' to dis dream book, am it
when witches fly around on broom
sticks dey am always old wirnmin?
Where be deb husbands?
Grandpa Lands, chile, yo'
wouldn't expect deb husbands
around when dey am armed with
broomsticks, would yo'?
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
Constant Reproaches

To be idle and to be poor have
always been reproaches, and
therefore every man endeavors
with his utmost care to hide his
poverty from others, and his idle
ness from himself.-Samuel John
son.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
Mailing Him Down

II know what's passing through
your mind" said the modern maid.
II know, too, why you are calling
here night after night, appropriating
my time to yourself and keeping
other nice young men away. You
want me to marry you, don't your"
I'll d-do," gasped the aston
ished young man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
Aviators Meet Few Birds Flying Above
An Altitude Of Five Thousand Feet

How high do birds fly in their sea-
sonal journey? Actual evidence
above the earth is still scanty, and
only since the development Of the
airplane have definite altitudinal OBJ
servations become available, writes
Eleanor Allen in the Portland Ore
gonian. Earlier observers main
tanned that most normal migrations
took place at heights above $1,000
feet. They attempted to justify their
theory by an uncertain belief that
flying became easier as altitude was
gained. Aviators, however, are OPP
posed to that theory, as it is found
that with greater altitude there il
increasing difficulty in maintaining
speed and height.
From a considerable number Of
records based on the experiences of
airmen, it has been found that it is
exceptional in flying to meet with
birds above an altitude of 5000 feet,
and that the bulk Of migration is
performed below a height of 5000
feet from the earth.
Birds occasionally fly at great
heights. DR.. A. f. r. Wollaston, when
on the Mount Everest expedition in
1921, recorded godwits and curlews
at 1000 feet. It also has been re-
corded that an observer making pho
tographic observations Of the sun at
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
BANNER SERIAL FICTION
SERIAL FICTION----------------
She Painted Her Face
a stony q eous ard Intrigue sy DoRNFoRD YATES
eDornfozd Yaiss

have been turned to stone. Then q
shiver ran through him, and hand
went up to his mouth.
But the police had no eyes for
him. The two were staring at Her
rick as though they would read his
soul.
''At what times" said the SER
geant, ibid you enter and leave the
estate?"
1--WE entered at four and we left
about half past SIX"
There was an electric silence.
Then
81 am bound to inform you," said
the sergeant, sthat what you have
just admitted makes your position
most grave. The outrage was COM
mitted this morning at six O'Clock"
Perhaps" said Herrick, sit was
not committed by u.s."
The sergeant shrugged his Shout
ders.
81 shall have to-"
81 think it is clear" said Virgil,
chat this gentleman is telling the
truth" The two police stared upon
him as though he were out of his
mind. II mean, If he were guilty,
he would scarcely have made an
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
wNU ssrv,e.

AS the answer went down, I saw
Virgil wipe his face.
Zone Of the three" said Herrick,
twas woman. She had dog on
q lead"
"a dog?" cried the police. togeth-
err.
IA long-haired, black-and-white
dog: q mongrel, about that SIZE"
Struggling with his emotion
''Sir," cried the sergeant, 81 beg
that you will forgive me il ! have
seemed something short. ! have to
do my duty, and your interest in
Brief seemed strange. But now !
know that you are telling the truth.
The dog you describe was found at
large in the park"
Respectfully thanking Herrick and
handing him back our map, the SER
geant begged that he would describe
''the delinquents you so providen-
tally saw''-and Herriek complied
with gusto which did my heart
good.
His picture Of Percy Virgil was
actually taken from life. Lazily sur
veying his victim, he drew a merci-
less portrait Of that unprincipled
man: and 7 find it hard to believe
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
Pattern CESS

Angora is all the rage and you,
TOO, can be right in style with the
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It's glanor you are after, make
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blouse, with its smart ribbed ef-.
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under suit. Pattern $685. con-
tains directions for making blouse
and bolero in sizes u to IA and
16 to 10; illustrations Of it and Of
stitches; materials needed.
Z To obtain this pattern send Is
cents in coins to The Sewing Cir
Gle, Household Arts Dept, 259
West 18th Street, New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
That Evening We Spoke of the Past and Present.

that rogue was ever so trounced.
Virgil's tormentor then repeated
the horribly damning words which
Virgil had said to his creatures be-
fore they had entered the. wood,
and when the sergeant seemed puz-
zled about the use of ''the WIRE"
suggested that it might have been
used to trip a galloping horse.
Protesting their gratitude, the SER
geant requested our names, and
while Herrick was writing these
down, turned and exhorted Virgil to
enter and start the car.
''n you'll take us to Cable, sir,
I can get on to Innsbruck from
there, and in less than two hours
from now every police station in
Austria will be alive with orders to
search for the people we want"
Splendid" said Virgil, somehow.
He turned to Herrick and bowed.
"Please believe that I shall not for
get today /. :. and that am a
man who invariably pays his debts"
''Is that threat?" said Herrick.
I saw the police open their eyes,
and Virgil in desperation let himself
60. a
cts warning" he snarled. II
do not believe your tale of the NUM-
berless car. That you saw a dog
this morning proves nothing at all
except that you were at hand when
the outrage was done. And who
would think of SO using q coil Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03

Puzzles similar to the crossword
puzzles were known to the ancients.
What is believed by some authori-
ties to be the oldest crossword pux-
zle was made by a Cretan about
1900 years ago, copy of which lies
in the archaeological museum at
Johns Hopkins university, Balti-
more, Md. The puzzle is called the
Phaestus disk, and was found on
the island of Crete by an expedition
many years ago. The first genuine
crossword puzzle of the modern
type was composed by Arthur VIM
and appeared in supplement of the
Sunday New York World on Decem-
Der q, 1918.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
SYNOPSIS

Richard Exon. poor young Englishman,
befriends elderly Matthew Gering. who at
his death. gives him statement claiming
he. Gering, Is Rudolph Gilbert virgil. Count
OF Brief, Of ancient Austrian nobility who
was betrayed 20 years before BY his twin
brother. Ferdinand. whose sentence for
forgery he himself served. Ferdinand ap.
propriated his title, property and daughter.
Before he dies, Gering tells Exon there Is
family secret. known only to the head OF
the house. to be found in the great tower at
Brief by a doorway none can ever find.
Exon inherits his uncle's fortune and sets
out to right Gering's wrongs. En- route
he encounters Percy Ebert Virgil. son
of the villainous Ferdinand and sees him
in conference with Inskip. diamond
merchant. He engages valet. Winter.
who hates Percy and meets by chance at
garage, John Herrick, who is linguist and
who as youth served as page at Gering's
wedding, and had visited Brief. Herrick
quarters at Brenda Revoke's farm at
Raven, a few miles from Brief and make
their plans. They find the castle almost
Inaccessible. They see closed car &C.
cupied by Percy Virgil. chauffeur and
woman. Hearing dog scream, they see
the chauffeur fogging it, just as horse with
q girl astride bounds along the path and Is
felled by q strung wire. The girl. uncon-
scious, Is picked up carelessly by the
chauffeur and woman. who then run away.
after dropping her. Exon rescues the girl
and carries her to his waiting car. He identi-
fies the girl as Elizabeth, daughter Of the
disowned Gering tells her Of her cousins
plot to abduct her and takes her to Raven,
where he tells her the story Of her father
and promises to go the limit to help her
right her fathers wrongs. Incredulous at
first, Elizabeth gradually wins faith In her
benefactor. Percy Virgil brings the police
to Raven, announcing that two strangers
are being sought for the kidnapping OF
Elizabeth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03

Dehra in India obtained a photo
graph of geese estimated flying at an
altitude of $4,000 feet.
Although it has been definitely es,
tablished that the birds follow GER
tain routes on their journeys to and
from breeding grounds and winter
homes, it is not generally understood
that these routes are followed by the
same groups of individual birds dur
ing successive years. This fact has
been determined by the banding
method carried on by the biolog-
ical survey.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
admission which put the rope roun'
IL

admission which put the rope round
his neck"
As soon as he could speak
'But, SIR" cried the sergeant, "a
rope round the neck is harmless,
unless it is tight. If every rogue
was believed because he told such
truths as could do him no harm"
'sThese gentlemen" said Virgil,
shave not the appearance of rogues.
It only remains for you to beg their
pardon and make a fresh cast. Good
God, man, when time is SO precious,
do you propose to waste it in prying
into two strangers private affairs?"
With a manifest effort. the SER
geant controlled his voice.
''Sir," he said, 'if you do not wish
to wait, you must leave US here.
I have a sow by the ear, and until
/ know it's the wrong one, ! will
not let co." With that, he returned
to Herrick. "You have said too
much or too little. You were at
Brief this morning from four until
half past six. Kindly relate what
you did there-from first to last"
''With very great pleasure" said
Herrick, folding his arms. 1--WE left
our car at the mouth of the northern
drive-after instructing our chauf-
feur, first, to seek some petrol, and
then to wait in wood little way
off. You will understand that we
did not wish to be seen."
els your chauffeur here?" said
the sergeant.
"He is. If you would like to see
him.
Proceed, If you please"
Before we had walked very far,
we heard car coming behind us,
using the drive. At once we lay
down in the bracken until it had
passed"
His face like mask, Virgil took
out his case and selected ciga-
rette: but saw bead of sweat fall
on the gold.
''It was not your carr" said the
sergeant, plainly impressed.
Producing a notebook, his fellow
made ready to write.
''It was not our car" said Her
rick. "Others were abroad this
morning within the confines Of
Brief"
Describe this car, if you please.
ssIt was closed and its blinds
were drawn: its number-plate was
obscured-I imagine, with oil and
dust"
The sergeant turned to his fellow,
pencil in hand.
Have you got that DOWN."
The other nodded and Herrick re-
sumed his tale, relating how the
car had been met and had then
been backed down the drive and
into the track.
"There three people got out, and
the man who had met them came
up 3
sswouid you know them again,
sir?"
II should.p
~ NJ.