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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05
M(CANN '. WINNER
 BY K. 0.
Trambitas Boys Edeh Win Fights When Opponents
 Toss in Towels

Eddie Murphy fought nice battle Wednesday night in the A. B. Rink, but the dynamite in Billy McCann's fists was just too m u h for him and he hit the canvas for the count in the ninth round.
 A crowded hall seemed well di- vided on a favorite, and the fight was well received. Both fighters came out with the opening bell trying for knockout, but hurting nobody.
 In the second, both exchanged hard lefts and near the end of the round, Murphy stole point with two rocking left jabs.
 Noses Blcodied
 The third round saw the pace slowing a bit, but the fourth opened up with new blitzkreiging methods that ended with each boxer having bloody nose.
 In the fifth, McCann prepared for a knockout, and Murphy tried desperately to get in telling punch. In the next round Murphy was evil dently rocky. He looked tired and finished, but he still surprised ev- eryone by returning in the seventh frame and winning the round with his sniping left and daring one-two attack.
 The eighth round was a see-saw affair, and when the fatal ninth round opened, the score was just about even and certain draw.
 McCann, who had been playing dangerous sort of possum, it ap- peared, in shooting his left hand shots just high enough or wild enough to fool his opponent, got the opening he had waited for short ly after the ninth got under way
 Punch That's Enough
 It looked like a left, then right, and another left that did the work on Murphy's jaw. He went down and out completely. It was minutes later before he came around.
 Which. makes dapper little Mo Cam champion in this neck of the woods.
 The prelims produced some good fights that pleased the crowd.
 In the orenor. Ccy Town, 14O pounds, took decision over Pete | Talaga
 In the second match, John Bel tran got a technical knockout in a funny looking bout where first Jim Carter gets punch near the kid ney while he is driving past, and then referee Jim Thomas accident ally steps on his foot.
 Towel in Ring
 Carter limps, and appears not to be able to carry his weight, so in the second canto, a towel hits the canvas and fans are disappointed in not seeing this boy Belttran fight. He appears to be beautifully shifty and he looks and fast and strong.
 A scheduled six round bout be- tween Larry Trambitas and Dave Howard didn't go into the third round, Trambitas, one of the clever est looking boxers of the show knocking Howard through the ropes with smashing right and then bat tering him so badly that the towel was tossed in.
 Another Towel
 A brothter, Jack Trambitas, had tougher going for time, but as the sixth and last round opened Frankie Wilson's seconds tossed the towel in. Wilson, for few rounds looked shifty and very much like a fighter, but poor condition would not let him go steadily as he began
 Timekeeper for the evening was Jack Wilson. Referees were Sammy Nelson, Jim Thomas and Eddie Rob- erts, while judges were Dan Ralston and c. V. Adams.
 "Slugger' Weaver promoted the contests and said he would put on another smoker at an early date.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05
FAIRBANKS PAVING
 WORK COMPLETED

K. N. Neill, PWA Projects Audi ter, went to Fairbanks by PAA Electra today in connection with the paving work there, which has been completed. Some curb and gutter work remains to be done.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05
PLUME N PERMITS

Five permits for plumbing in- stallations in ti@eland residences have been issued by tho City Build ing Inspector Riee and Ahlers made $100 install. 0n for Olr Jackson at 1926 West ath rlr !. T. E. Tucker perform, A as follows: Mrs. Al Nora om, 946 Tenth Street S185; Leslie Meyers, 1915 Tenth Street, $l85; Lester Mancle, 1923 Tenth Street, s1O0; Jim Burnett, 1927 18th Street, $10O
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
READY TO
TAKE RIGHT STEPS
Admiral Yonai in Parlia-
ment Claims Oppression
By u. S. A.

Tokyo, Feb. 10.-(UP) Admiral
Mitsumasa Yonai said IN parlia-
ment today that Japan is fully pre-
pared to take appropriate steps IN
event that the United States con-
tinues its oppression"
Yoshiharu Yutani, who drew the
statement from Admiral Yonai dur
ing a series of angry questions on
foreign policy, pressed him for de-
tails of his course.
1--WE must act according to de-
velopments," Admiral Yoani replied.
IT can not say more fully"
Yutani denounced what he called
Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita S
service diplomacy" or routine dip
lomacy toward the United States,
and his handling of the incident in
which Great Britain seized 81 Ger
man seamen from the Japanese liner
Asama Maru of the japanese coast.
Yutani said that United States
proposal to extend a further credit
to the Chinese government came al
ter a statement by Admiral Yonai
wednesday, in which he said that
Japan was trying to placate the
United States as regards China and
was willing to change its attitude
in circumstances in which 1t was
convinced that satisfaction Of the
United States was justified.
Then Yutani asked whether the
nine power treaty which is supposed
to cover China's relations with for
eign countries was alive or dead.
at has not been denounced" re-
piled Arita.
Yutani said that Great Britain
had given no guarantee against a
repetition of the Asama Maru in
cident.
at is the governments firm be-
lief that the incident will not be re-
peated," Arita replied.
The finance ministry disclosed to-
day that Japan's war with China
had cost nearly $4,000 100000 in
military expenditures, including es-
Inmates for the fiscal year which
starts April I.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
TORNADO STRIKES
! in SOUTH GEORGIA
AT Least 4 Killed in AL
bany, Ga. Scores
Are Injured

Albany, Ca, Feb. TO- UP)-A
tornado struck this South Georgia
city Of 10000 ersons early today
killing at least four, injuring scores
and causing much destruction in the
busnesis and residential districts.
At Phoebe Putney Memorial hos
pital, the only one in the city, at
tendantS reported storm victims
were being admitted by the score
and that four had died.
Additional injured were carried
into q school. All doctors and
nurses here and in nearby cities
were summoned.
The twister swirled down on the
city at 4:10 a. M, (5:1O q. m. EST
knocking houses down on their oc-
cupants In the outlying sections.
washington, Feb. 1O.-(UP)-The
American Red Cross ordered two
disaster workers from its Birming-
ham, Ala, headquarters to Albany,
Ca, to assist local oficials.
The Red Gross had no official re-
ports, but said it understood that
damage was extensive.
The two field representatives will
arrive sometime this morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
FREICHTER ASKS
COAST GUARD AID

Boston, Feb. 10@tUP)-The AM
erican freighter Agwidale ,rac:oed
for coast guard aid at4:29 a. m. to-
day when she grounded one-quar-
ter mile from Nobska light off
Woods Hole In Vineyard sound.
The coast guard cutter Chelan
and patrol boats Faunce and Har-
riet Lane were dispatched imme-
diately and at s a. m. all three were
standing by. A salvage tug was
enroute to the scene.
The Agwidale, owned by the Ag-
wilines. Inc, Of New York city, was
enroute from Boston to New York.
The 4763-tOn 37O-foot vessel sailed
yesterday from Boston.
The message to coast guards re-
ported that the steamer was mot
floating but moving in SWELL" She
was not believed in immediate
danger.
The circumstances surrounding
the grounding Of the craft were
not known Immediately. Snow was
falling along most Of the New Eng
land coast,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
TAX OFFICE AIDE
ON STAND LAST
Christine Dow to Continue
Tuesday; Defense May
Question Accountant

The trial of Miss Mary Cava-
naugh, former clerk in the city tax
collectors office, who is charged
with embezzling $2,774.01 Of the
funds of the city of Waterbury, was
adjourned yesterday afternoon in
superior court by Judge Frank p.
McEvoy until next Tuesday morn
ing. Miss Christine Dow, a stenog-
rapher in the tax collectors office,
was on the witness stand when court
adjourned and was under question
ing as defense witness by Atty.
Miles F. McNiff, Jr. She is expected
to be the first witness Tuesday when
Sh will be further questioned and
then cross-exammed by States At
torney william B. Fitzgerald.
It is not expected that Miss Dow
will be on the stand for any length
Of time Tuesday and the defense is
expected then to take up the cross
examination of Charles P. Coates,
Hartford certified public accountant,
who testified Thursday afternoon
for the state, saying that the evil
dence was unacceptable" that bill
stubs had beer held out to cover
cash shortages developing in Miss
Cavanaugh,s cage.
When court adjourned Thursday
Attys. Maurice p. Wrenn and Miles
McNiff, Miss Cavanaugh's counsel,
sought an adjournment then until
next Tuesday. asserting that they
wanted to consult accountants be-
fore they undertook the cross-ex-
animation OF Mr.. Coates. Judge Nc
Evoy insisted on a Friday session,
however, but stated that the defense
attorneys could defer their cross-ex-
animation Of the states accountant
until next week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
HEALTH SURVEY
IS BEGUN HERE
DR.. Ira v. Hiscock Collect
ing Data Reports to
Be Submitted

The local health survey by the de-
partment of public health of the
Yale University Medical school, au-
thorized by the board of health, was
begun here this week under the SUI
peryision of DR.. Ira ". Hiscock, Of
New Haven. DR.. Edward J. Godfrey
city health officer, and his stan are
cooperating.
One Of the aims Of the survey
will be the preparation OF q broad
scale health program for Waterbury
for the next five or 10 years. The
general recommendations will not
be made until after the survey has
been completed.
Already DR.. Eiscock and his eight
assistants have compiled a large
amount Of valuable information.
public health records have been
Guided, schools have been visited,
and sanitation has been checked.
From time to time during the sur
yey, Its progress viii be reported to
q citizens advisory committee which
Is aiding In the work.
Among the subjects taken up dur
ing the survey will be water supply,
milk supply, public nursing, food
supply, housing conditions In rela-
ton to health, dental hygiene, light
ing facilities in schools and public
buildings, analysis of health reports
and study Of any significant trends.
Also to be studied are maternity
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
BIG COUNTERFEIT
PLOT Is REVEALED

Toronto, Ont, Feb. 10 (UP)-
Police charged today that plot
to circulate counterfeit United Stat
es and Canadian currency in Europe
had been frustrated with the arrest
of two persons and seizure Of ap-
proximately 100000 in bogus bank
notes.
Mike Sawchuk, Toronto, was ar
rested Wednesday and taken to
Kirkland Lake yesterday for trial.
He was found in possession Of $53.-
$40 in counterfeit money, hidden In
"a false i3ottomed suitcase. Mrs.
Nancy Hill, 26, who police claim is
Sawchuk,s "girl friend" was arrest
ed at Swastika last week and found
to be carrying $25O0O0 in fake bills
in tin suitcase. She Is awaiting
trial Feb. Is.
Police found passports IN Saw
chuk's possession, marriage license
and q wedding ring. He and Mrs.
Hill, alais Nancy ShapitlSA planned
to sail for Bulgaria soon where the
counterfeit was to have been cir
culated.
Authorities claim they are search
ing for a man suspected as leader
OF q large counterfeit ring, with
headquarters in Northern Ontario.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
TWO DRIVERS
EXONEUATEDB BY
COR. HENNESSY
City Fire Truck Driver Not
Blamed for Death of
Pedestrian
MUCH INTEREST IN
NORTH END ACCIDENT
Clayton Walters, AbsOlved
in Death Of Stephen
Jarish

Coroner William B. Hen
messy in findings issued to-
day exonerated the drivers Of
two automobiles involved in
fatal accidents. Leonard
Murphy, city fireman and
driver of a city fire truck is
found not to be guilty of
gross and criminal negli-
gence in an accident in which
William French lost his life
and in the second finding
Clayton Walters is similarly alb
solved from blame in the death Of
Stephen Jarish.
The French case has caused much
attention due to the fact that a city
fire truck was involved and the
city Is now being sued for $4,000 as
a result of the death. The accident
occurred in North Square on Novem-
Der n, 1889, when the deceased, an
aged man, when crossing North
NAeSnI SOAVCt ObCPpCO 4AtV VA1G PSseAA
Of the city fire truck.
Suit Is Brought
Murphy Is being sued jointly
with the city. It is the first time
the city has been sued In such an
.acciS lent assiat the past the driver
alone could be sued.
The coroner's finding explaining
details of the accident reads as fol-
lows:
Found On Road
The Jarish accident took place on
Dec. 81, 1889. The deceased, 80 years
of age Of Hartford, was struck by
an automobile driven by Clayton.
Walters on the Prospect road in
Prospect. The accident occurred at
11:10 p. m. Jarish was observed ly-
ing on the southerly side of the road
by the operator Of a car proceeding
westerly towards Bethany. The OPP
orator stopped his car. AS he stop
ped the car, the automobile oper-
ated by walters came along and
Walters, who was proceeding at a
reasonable rate of speed, according
to the coroner, did not see Jarish
and ran over him. JariSh's skull
was fractured.
The coroner finds that the de-
ceased was celebrating New Years
eve and went out the night of his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
Wave Of Motor Mishaps /:
Pedestrian Seriously
Injured Last Night
FREDERICK CHASE
SLIGHTLY INJURED
Woodbury. Man Rescued
From Car By Chopping
Hole on Roof

Slippery highways added a
new hazard today as the Wa
terbury area looked back at a
week of automobile accidents
whose tragic toll was three
dead and nine injured. Three
accidents were recorded yes
terday, a pedestrian being
hurt seriously on West Main
street and two drivers being
injured in suburban crashes.
The most seriously hurt OF
yesterdays three accident victims
was Adolph william Delkescamp,
40, of 16 South Leonard street, who
is OF st. Mary's Hospital with a
fracture Of the jaw, possible frac-
ture of the skull and head lacera-
lions suffered when, according to
police, he walked into the side Of
an automobile after becoming con-
fused while crossing West Main
street, near the Ells' Club. The
driver Of the car, Edward Bowling,
a, of 81 Plaza avenue, was not held.
This accident occurred at $50 p. m.
Fred Chase slightly Hurt
Frederick s. Chase, prominent
local industrialist, escaped with q
iaceration 81 The Knee late yester-
/ day afternoon when his ;automo-
bile hit q highway fence in Wood
bridge and knocked down four posts.
He is patient at Waterbury Hos
pital.
Fred Wells, 40, of woodbury., silf-
fered head injuries yesterday after
noon when his car skidded against
the side of the Hotchkissville bridge
in woodbury. and hung precariously
over the edge. Hobart Morris, Jr.,
of woodbury., extricated the injured
man from the car by chopping
hole through the automobiles roof
with an ak.
Condition Weaker
Joseph M. Breen, So, of 542 Hill
street, who was seriously hurt We'd
Continued on Page 81
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
BRITAIN CLAIMS
TWO SUBS SUNK

London, Feb. 10-(UP) - Britain
claimed today to have sunk two
German submarines and to have
shot down at least one and possibly
three German bombing planes In
yesterdays costal and North Sea.
warfare.
The admiralty announced that
one British destroyer sank into o.
boats which attacked q convoy, and
that although 1t was not customary
to announce U-boats sinkings, an
exception was made in this case be-
cause the one destroyer got both
subs. It was the first such an
nouncement since Jan 81, when
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
said a British flying boat had sunk
U-boat which sank the tanker
Vaclite in convoy. Estimates Of the
number of U-boatS sunk range as
high as 40, approximately half the
number Germany had at the start
Of the war.
Three aerial victories also were
reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
ILLINOIS TEST
FOR CANDIDATES
Roosevelt, Garner in DEM
Ocratic Primaries in
COP Race

Springfield, Ill, Feb. 10.-(UP.-
Illinois became the first proving
ground for presidential candidates
today with President Roosevelt and
Vice President John N. Garner pit
ted against each other in the Demo-
cratic prim y campaign and Thorn
as e. Dewey, Mayor Fiorello H. La
Guardia of New York and Rep.
Hamilton Fish entered in the Re-
publican contest.
The April 8 primary was expected
to test the strength Of New Deal
third term advocates who placed Mr..
Roosevelt's name on the ballot with
out a formal declaration Of candi-
'dacy from him. Gamers declaration
accompanied the petition which
placed him in the campaign. The
state certification board had not yet
determined whether the primary
law requires declarations with Pc
titions.
Gamers petition was entered late
yesterday. The Roosevelt petition
was filed q week ago. The petition
for LaGuardia was filed last night.
Those Of Fish and Dewey had been
filed earlier.
LaGuardia's petition also was filed
without his declaration and in New
York the mayor said that he knew
nothing about 1t and did not know
who had entered 1t.
His petition, bearing Att sigma
f.,wac yuoc f1Iad hxy EYn million Wilde
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10

Judge Mascolo's departure for the
South tomorrow means that the
new Democratic Town Committee
viii not be chosen until at least early
spring. The town convention, which
names the members of the town
committee, can meet only on call of
Judge Mascolo, who was elected
chairman when the convention met
to nominate candidates for town Of
flee last fall. Delay Of the conven-
ton call strengthens the position
of Town Chairman Joseph F. Null
vile, against whom an custer move
by one faction of the party has
been rumored.
Submit Names
Calling for a representative town
committee, Judge Mascolo recon-
mends that Democrats in each dis
trict forward to him the names of
those they recommend for places
on the body. Submission of these
names to the town convention, he
said, will allow the selection Of those
best fitted.
In discussing his statement, Judge
Mascolo said that he Is remaining
,aloof from factional differences
within the party. "I'm not for or
against any clique or any group
within the party" he said, land I
will fight any attempt to place con-
troll Of the party in the hands OF
any select few. I think it's only fair
that the town committee should be
chosen by the entire party member
ship, not BY any minority"
Judge Mascolo,s statement will
serve to 'revite discussion OF the
plan, suggested several times, that
the SO town committeeman be se-
lected at open caucuses In each Of
the voting districts.
Proved Big Headache
The town committee in recent
years has proven one of the local
Democratic party's biggest head
aches. Last fall, the party was
almost torn asunder by a bitter
fight over a reorganization" plan.
Scars from that battle have not
yet completely healed.
Saying he supposed that the poll
ticians will criticize" him, Judge
Mascolo stated he believed his plan
was a fair one. He asked that the
names of those proposed as town
committeeman be mailed to him at
his office, 1876 Grand street, saying
that the communications will be for
warded to him.
Issues Statement
Judge Mascolo's statement fol-
lows:
"The Democratic voters Of Water
bury want a truly representative
town committe, a committee whose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
AQUEDUCT is
PUT UNDER GUARD

Weston, Mass, Feb. 10-(UP)--A
section of the Quabbin reservoir to-
Boston aqueduct which Is under con-.
struction here was guarded by police
today after reports of an alleged plot
to blow UP a contractors dynamite
magazine.
The guard was ordered when po-
lice were informed that a discharged
laborer had made threats Of re-
prisal. The guard was termed pre-
cautionary."
one Weston patrolman was as
signed to the dynamite magazine,
another to a section Of the constrlc-
ton job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
Neutral Nations EncOu
aged-Russia Not Mer
toned in List
BRITAIN NOT SURPRISE
AT ANNOUNCEMEl
Russian Exclusion Int
preted as Indicating Ii
terest in That Nation
BY ROBERT DOWSON
UNITED Press Staff Corresponds

London, February 10.
CUP - Scepticism in bi
European capitals and vagu,
hope in small neutral ones
greeted President Roosevelt's
peace initiative today. Special
envoy, Sumner Wells, was
assured a cordial welcome
wherever he might go on his
mission to investigate and
report to the President on present
conditions in Europe, and interest
was shown In the disclosure that
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
already was in communication with
neutral nations which have been
working for peace.
But the emphasis Of belligerents
for the moment was put on the
prosecution of the war; neutrals
were concerned by the danger tina;
other nations would be dragged into
1t. The situations in Scandinavia
the Balkans and the Near East were
regarded as most delicate.
Not Going To Russia
It was at once noted that though
Welles was going to Great Britain
France, Germany and Italy, he wa;
not going to Russia, the fifth great
European power.
There was speculation whether he
would inquire into the trend toward
formation Of European bloc tc
resist Communist expansion; the
FEASIBILITY that any economic pres
sure against Japan might be coun-
ter balanced by efforts of European
nations to appease Japan by eco
nomic concessions, and the posi-
bilities which might arise from the
Russo Finnish war. III
Britain Not Surprised
1t appeared that most nations
but not Great Britain, were sur
priSed by yesterdays announce
ment Of the Welles mission.
Sharp disappointment was fore
cast in unofficial quarters for any
body who attached any peace hopes
to the Welles mission. Responsible
British quarters at once reminded
correspondents Of the latest govern
ment statement on the war, by War
Secretary Oliver Stanley last Satur-
day:
1--WE should grasp with both hands
at q peace both secure and honor
able, but what sort Of peace should
we get now by negotiation? A peace
which would settle nothing, leave
differences and dangers untouched.
give no assurance for the present
and no security for the future. We
CONTINUED on Page y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
TWO FIREMEN HURT
IN BOSTON BLAZE

Boston, Feb. 10-( CUP Two fire.
men were injured last night when a
three-alarm. fire swept a two-story
wooden warehouse, threatening the
market district and causing $4,000
damage.
The flames, feeding On food sup
plies and hundreds Of barrels Of olive
oil, were extinguished after three
hour battle.
Fireman Edward F. Burke was
overcome by smoke and Fireman
stephen j. Riley was hospitalized
with back injuries sustained in q
fan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-10
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LORD TWEEDSMUIR
IS NEAR DEATH
Two, Operations Yester-
day; Slight Improvement
Following Last
Bx J. N. CRANDALL

United Press Staff Correspondent
Montreal, Cues, Feb. 10-(UP)
Lord Tweedsmuir, viceroy of Can
ada was near death today after two
brain operations in one day, the
first at Ottawa and the second, re-
CURING four hours, at a hospital
here after a two and a half hour
train ride.
The hospital announced shortly
midnight that the operation to re-
lieve a conclusion and hemorrhages
suffered in fall in his bathroom
had produced a Slight but definite
improvement" in the governor
generals condition, although it was
still critical.
Unconscious after a morning oper-
alton at Rideau Hall, the vice-regal
residence at Ottawa, the British
Kings personal representative in the
greatest British dominion was
speeded, but with the utmost eau
ton, through the traffic of two cit
les and over 100 miles of railway in
a desperate race against death, to
the better stated and equipped hos
pital here for another operation.
Lord Tweedsmuir, still unconscious
from the first operation, lay on his
face, indicating that the incision
had been made in the back of his
head. He is a small, frail man.
Lifted to a waiting ambulance, he
was eased through supper-hour
traffic and reached the hopital in
10 minutes. The ambulance's siren
was muted. All streets along the
route were cleared of traffic by q
motorcycle escort.
At the hospital, frantic prepara-
tons had been made for x-rays and