The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-21
FLORIDA WOMAN
 EXPECTS CUNTS
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(COntlnued from Page l) yesterday, that he had not seen the X-rays and that "all know about the case is what the woman told me"
 You know this Is all under con- tract now" he said. He said the con- tract bound "all parties"
 It was learned that the rumor of quintuplets had been circulating in the Callahans' neighborhood for weeks.
 Callahan, the expectant father, is a woodworker earning about $10 week. Three families shared the cottage in which he and his wife had one room. About five weeks ago Mrs. Callahan had told one of the other women in the cottage, Mrs. Ralph Kay, of her pregnancy and asked for advice in her first child- birth. Mrs. Kay suggested that she go to a hospital and have an X-ray made.
 Mrs. Callahan did so. Until then she had not sought any physicians advice. She came home reporting that some of the doctors and tech nicians at the hospital had told her she would have five babies.
 Excitement spread through the l neighborhood. The milkman heard of 1t and carried the word to "every house for six blocks around" resi- dents said. Mrs. Callahan at first vas not greatly impressed. She said she had told her husband and that "he wouldn't believe it and it took me an hour to convince him." Later, she said, he was glad"
 Then the storm broke. Reporters, lawyers and press agents came with queries, offers and suggestions. Mrs Callahan was determined to endure it and not go to hospital yet, be cause want to stay with Emory as long as I can"
 The disqualification was arranged by John s. Knight, publisher of the Miami Herald. The Herald said a physician had seen the X-ray photo graphs and that there was evidence of multiple birth, possibly of quin- tuplets.
 Until almost the time she left home Mrs. Callahan was happy over the idea of quintuplets, and hoped they would be boys.
 "1'd like to have a family of about 10--all boys" she said.
 By the time she was ready to en- ter the hospital, however, she was weeping almost hysterically.
 T don't want what happened to the Dionne quintuplets to happen to us--for the parents to be separated from their children" she com plained.
 But, she said, she guessed Emory will consider very carefully any of fers we get"
 Mrs. Callahan said the births should occur June g but that she had been told that multiple births often are premature.
 (Medical records confirm that an estimate that the frequency of quintuplets is about once in 57,000,- 900 births; twins coming once in 37 births; triplets once in 7,5Go-the square of 87; quadruplets once in about 700,000-the cube of 87. At the time of the birth of the Dionnc children in 1884, medical records showed that only 30 previous quin- tuplet births had been authenti- cated in 800 years that records had been kept and that in no case did all five children live more than 50 minuteS).
 Amory, Miss, March 21-UP)- MT. and Mrs. E. L. Duren said today they had known for more than a week that their foster daughter, Mrs. Emory Callahan, was expecting quintuplets at Miami and that they were so happy over it they had for given her for eloping.
 We got letter from Earlene tell ing us what the doctors told her." Duren said. "No we didn't say any thing about 1t. We didn't figure it was anybody's business, and we weren't sure of it, either"
 Thomasville, Ga, March 21-(UP) Grandpa T. c. Callahan was more excited today about the hair sprouting on his long-bald head than the possibility that his daugh- ter-in-law, Mrs. Emory Callahan. might present him with quintuplet grandchildren at Miami this sum mer.
 Its miraculous" he ejaculated
 He means the hair" Mrs. Calla- han said. We didn't believe 1t at first, about the babies, mean, we just thought Emory was trying to fool us. He always was one to joke. But then Earlene wrote us that she was going to have five babies at once so suppose it's true. Earlene said she had some pictures made, and they showed five babies"
 The young Callahans lived here with his parents until three months ago when they learned a baby was coming and decided they wanted to be alone
 Mrs. Callahan said she and Grandpa" wouldn't be able to go to Miami for the birth. Grandma" is too feeble to walk and they don't have enough money to go to Miami anyhow.