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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
Schlosser Tragedy Iy Not Fully Explained
Coroner Wrube Has Refused to Accept Explanation of Widow-D Deaths of Father, Children at Hands
 of Persons Unknown
lspecial to the pemocratl

Middletown, March 6-Coroner Morris H. Wrubel refused today to accept the explanation of Mrs. Jeannette Schlosser that her hus- band, Alden, killed their two chil- drendren and himself after setting fire to their cottage at Lake Beseck, Middlefield, Jan. 29. The children were Jeannette, 3, and Alice, five months old.
 Concluding a two-day inquest, the coroner issued a formal finding in which he said T am unable to de- termine who caused the, death of MT. Schlosser and the two children, and find, therefore, that they came to their deaths by the hands of a person or persons unknown"
 Salient Points
 Two salient points emerge from the finding.
 CD Tt would have been possible for her (Mrs. Schlosser) to have bound and gagged herself ill exactly the way she was found.'
 @ A microscopic examination of one of the gloves Mrs Schlosser wore showed that on the thumb and part of the index finger there were more than 100 particles of ni- trates and nitrates which, accord- ing to expert opinion, came from undischarged gun-powder."
 Mrs. Schlosser said she wore the gloves, after smearing her hands with vaseline to prevent chapping.
 Part of Finding
 In his finding the coroner said "No evidence of vaseline or any other fatty material was found on the inside of the gloves, though a most thorough microscopic and chemical examination was made"
 Unless new evidence is uncovered by the state police, who have been conducting an intensive investiga- ton since the tragedy, the case is closed, according to Coroner Wru-
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CASUALTIES IN
 JERUSALEM RIOT

Jerusalem. March 6.-(UP)--Casu- alties resulting from Jewish demon strations against new British laws, promulgated only last week, were counted today at two dead and 300 injured.
 The injured. most of whom re- quired hospital treatment. includ- ed 12 British and three Jewish DO. licemen.
 The demonstrations began last week when the British government announced that in certain areas land sales by Arabs to Jews were forbidden and that they were re. gtricted in others.
 Most demonstrations occurred ln Jerusalem an dat Haifa and Tel Aviv.
 Police precautions were increased and most casualties resulted from police efforts to break up demnn' stratlOns. During demonstrations many Jews prayer against the lafh laws iti synaeoaues. Talmudle sesD' inarles and at the waillng sal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
EXPEDITION OF
 BYRD DISCUSSED

Washington, March 6.--(UP)--. Controversy over the Byrd Antarc- tic expedition spread today. 7 The fight concerns more money for the exploration of. the South Pole area after June 30. ie40. The House appropriations committee eliminated . requested e260O00 item for that purpose.
 The action led an Anctarlic ser. vice official to suggest thath the committees action had th eefiect Of leaving the expedition stranded on ice at the South Pole.
 Chairman Jed Johnson, Q. Okla of the appropriations sub-eoinD'it- tee replied that such charge was "fentastie and untrue because inc expedition has abundant slippites for at least ie nonths." But ne said the committee was "shocked' to learn that the request feoi tunah for Byrd might become a1 Rnnpal affair,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
GERMANY WINS
 BRITISH CLASH
Nazi Troops Kill Twenty, Capture Sixteen PrisOn-
 CTS On West Front

Berlin, March 6-(UP)-Twenty British soldiers were killed and 16 were taken prisoners in the first British German infantry engage ment of the war on Tuesday, the official German news agency D. N. B. said today in report from the front.
 The prisoners were taken and the casualties were inflicted, D. N. B. said, in a surprise raid on the western front yesterday. One Ger man was reported by the agency to have been killed.
 Through the courageous Ger man patrol action it was found that the British apparently were emplaced in the front lines at only one small point where they were flanked on both sides by the French" D. N. B. said. Despite British claims the fact is that only two insignificant con- tacts have occurred in the front lines between the French and the Germans during the first six mGlthS of the war"
 D. N. B. said that British head quarters, in its first army com munique. admitted the failure ot the British in their first engage ment. It said that news that the Britons had been captured had been communicated by the Ger mans to French troops across the trenches. The French, D.. N. B. said, received the news with laughter and the observation that "they (the British) are well taken care of by you"
 Duke of Cornwall Force
 The prisoner. sergeant and 15 men of the Duke of CornwallS light infantry regiment, were the first British army prisoners to fall into German hands, except from one British officer who, early in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
FREE BEER FROM
 WATER WAGON
Parade Marshal McCOr= mack Says It Will Be
 Reality Evacuation Day

Boston, March G. (UP) - Free beer distributed from an ant.quated city water wagon was an added at- traction to those who attend the Evacuation Day parade March 16 In South Boston.
 Edward (Knocko) Mccormack portly parade marshal, promised yesterday that the wagon which hasn't Spouted water since 1896 will be spouting copious quantities of nut brown nectar in the horribles parade for anyone who wants it."
 As Mccormack in a dyess rehearsal climbed into the drivers seat, silk topper on head and saber ill hand. behind "Jerry" 200-pound work horse, he said:
 "Its the first time I've been on the wagon in 20 years"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
GASOLINE LAW
 IS INVALIDATED

Hartford, Conn, March 6.-(UP) The supreme court today inval;- dated a state law forbiddIng gaso- line stations to display price signs except on fuel pumps
 A test Of the law. enacted by the legislature in 1889. was made by Ralph Miller. West Haven reall dealer, who was convicted of ereeis ing a sign at his station adyerlIS. ing "benzoline",
 Tine court found that the legal re. sLgletion an improper ilbe Ot pollre power and ln no way protected ulf public from fraud, as eonteiden DS the state,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
CICARET TAXLAW { IN STATE UPHELD

Hartford, Conn. March 8--tUP) A decision of Superior Court Judge Ernest 4. Iuglis today dis. missed q suit of 4wo New Haven business men who challenged the legality Of portions Of the state cigarette tax law.
 Samuel and Jacob Agelrod ques. tloned The right of the state tax commissioner to withhold licenses from wholesale distributors who had been ln blaslness iF c0nneeti- cut less than one year. and pr0vls sl0ns Of the law allowing rebates 10 distributors for affiking tax stamps to each package of eigaFs cites,
 Tse law. Judge knslIs said, aas k0iild and was enacted lo protect lesliimaie bllshlfkseS from ulls sfi uiliilaus HeildosH ulO HllHhi eyade iak pagmsnls te tlle hiatG
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
CUARINO GIVEN
 NOLLE BY COURT
Prosecutor GalullO of Be- lief He Suffered Enough
 in Death of MOtker

Stating that nothing that this court could do could equal the anguish he has already suffered be- cause of the death of his mother" Prosecuting Attorney Michael J. Galullo today recommended a nolle in the case of Albert Guarino, 21, of 9 Ward street, arrested January "A after a fracas in the superior court building, the shock of which led to his mothers death. Judge John L. Gaffney accepted the recom- mendation.
 ~ Case Is Outlined
 Without summoning Guarino to stand before the bench, Prosecutor Galullo outlined the background of the case and asked for nolle upon completion. He reminded the judge of the melee which ensued after divorce action against Guar ino had been tried before Judge Frank P. McEvoy; how the youth and his father-in-law, Joseph Lat tanzio, of Colley street, came to blows in the corridor of the build-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
Biggest Italian Ship to Be Taken Had Aboard Ill.,
 300 Tons of Coal ITALY ALL EXCITED
 OVER BRITISH SEIZURE Britain Is Preparing Firm But COnciIiatOry Note to
 Answer Protest
BY WALLACE CARROLL United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 London, March 6. - (UP) - Ship after ship of the Ital- ian merchant marine was ordered into the Downs to- day as Great Britain, clamp ing down it's ban on German exports, dealt the hardest single blow of the entire war to the trade of a non-belliger- ent country. An official all- nouncement said that total of nine Italian ships carrying German coal to Italy had been detained in the Downs up to this afternoon.
 At the same time, the Ministry of Economic Warfare sought to prove that there was no discrimination against Italy in connection with seizure of the ships by announcing that the last three weeks the enemy exports committee had refused ex- emptions for German goods to pass through the blockade to 19 different countries. M
 Pawns in first class diplomatic dispute caused by Britain's decis- ion to include Italy's Sea-borne coal supply from Germany in its export ban. the ships lay at anchor in the sheltered Downs. between the Kent- ish coast and the Goodwin Sands, awaiting orders of British contra band control authorities and the outcome of any exchanges between the British and Italian govern ments.
 The 7,987 ton Italian steamship Orata, with 11,3oo tons of German coal, had set out as the bell wether of an Italian coal fleet, to test Bri- tain's ban. It was seized. ,as was the 5,968 ton Loasso soon afterward.
 Despite evidence of Italian as- tonishmen, and anger, other ships were seized as they arrived opposite the Downs.
 Some Vessels Seized
 Numidia, 5,339 tons; Felce, 5,639; Absirtea, 4,170; Caterina, 4,786; and Ernesto, 7272.
 4klC 4ulSA 1eaAnd, T,o40 VOAAo, esAAN the Hermada, 4.421 tons had sbeen lying ill the Downs for several days. (They were believed not to be coal Ships)
 Other ships were waiting at the north entrance to the Downs for orders to proceed inside and an- chor to await the disposition of their cargoes by the contraband control office here.
 Each ship was escorted into the Downs by business-like warships as- signed to blockade duty.
 ImperviouS to Italian anger, the government seemed determined to continue coal seizures. Its decision to include Italian sea-borne coal in the blanket ban on German exports had been long delayed, and was made finally only after failure of negotiations which would have provided British coal for Italy, and after angry protests from small neutral nations that Italy, the only non -Selligerent great power of Eu- rope, was being favored.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06

on vigorously from strong new oe- fense lines and that there will be a long war of attrition.
 The fall of Viipuri, which was Finland's second largest city, but is now largely in ruins, cannot long be deferred but even this rupture of the right end of the original Man nerheim defenses will not necessarily mean a disastrous collapse of Fin nish resistance.
 The Films admittedly are suf- fering their most serious blows as result of the Red Army wedge which has been hammered by the overwhelming weight of tanks, artil- lery and man power through the main Mannerheim Line on the west ern part of the Isthmus.
 But the left or eastern end of the line, anchored at Lake Ladoga, and most of the center still holds and will require tremendous Rus sian pressure to turn.
 Expect City to Fall
 The FlnnlSn general SLdu, l was informed in Helsinki, long ago fore saw and prepared for the possibility of the fall of Viipuri.
 All that I saw and heard in two months in Finland indicated grad ual attrition of man power and ma terial rather than sudden collapse of the Finnish resistance. AS long as six weeks ago, I saw new defense lines and anti-tank obstacles in construction many miles behind Viipuri.
 But if the war is decided on a purely military basis, the Films can not withstand for month after month the unceasing assaults of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
ENVOY WELLES TO
 SHORTEN VISIT
Much, Speculation as to Just What He Will Re-
 port to President
BY EVERETT R. HOLES Limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent

\ -
 Lausanne, Switzerland, March G. (UP) Sumner Welles smiled and declined to answer today when a Swiss newspaperman asked him if his European fact-finding tour would influence Roosevelt's decision on seeking a third term.
 ''Is it true that MT. Roosevelt is awaiting your report before deciding to run for a third term?' WelleS was asked at a press conference.
 The ullder-secretaryof of state then smiled anG others in the room laughed. but no one answered the question.
 Welles, who was believed to be stepping up his tour in order to re- port to the president before spring offensive can start on major scale. said that the information he had received in Rome and Berlin was locked in lair tight compartments" of his mind. There is no poSsibil- ity, he said, that he will carry to Paris and London any information given him by Premier Benito Mus Solini or Adolf Hitler.
 He said that his schedules in Paris
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
Martin F. Hayden Has Been Elected
 Supt. Of Welfare
Board of Public Welfare By to 2 Vote Promoted Clerk of Dept. to Head POsiton-AlI Members
 of Board Praised His Work

Martin F. Hayden, elected Superintendent of Welfare by three to two vote of the Board of Public Welfare last right entered upon his duties today Superintendent Hayden the recipient of many congratulations he assumed the direction of one of the most important branches of the city government The welfare board chose Mr. Hayden after Rev Dr. Eugene F. Cryne chairman had nominated Henry C. Begnal formerly of this city and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06

discussion preceding the vote that Alderman Edward Rafferty and At torney John Membrino, Democrats, along with Joseph Harpin. Repub- lican, voted for MT. Hayden, and that the ballots for MT. Begnal were cast by Rev. Dr. John N. Lewis and Attorney Walter F. Torrance.
 pr. Cryne declared that unless the superintendency were given a pro- fessionally trained social worker, employees of the welfare department would be stopped in their tracks" in applying for state or federal well fare positions. He said that welfare department workers would not even b. allowed to take examinations for state positions unless working under d supervise" with a college degree
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06

ot Washington. Dr. Cryne ruled himself ineligible to vote, and a tab ulation of the written ballots showed three for MT. Hayden and two for MT. Begnal. Had Dr. Cryne been able to vote, 1t would have been a tie. One of the board members, George Kaplan, is out of the city, and was not present at the meeting.
 How They Voted
 Though the written ballot was secret, it was apparent from the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06

Red CFess shoes see the seasen's styis sensations. They're exclusive Al [, koie c., teg 0FADd street, Onlv se.be pniF, ~AdE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
THE WORLD WAR 26 YEARS AGO,
 MARCH 6, 1918
lBy IInIlsa PFsssl

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 British squadron beiAbaFae6 BmyFna for seeana consecutive fay, 4 fsleniheFlaa venlneleA. pFelnlff q Greece, resigned when Alna cennlanllne refused ia esree ie hln Hnf pellet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
MANT0N GOING TO yAIL

New York. March e-(UP) Mar tn T. Mali0n, former senior judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. paid flts ei0s001 fine for selling judicial decisions teddy and prepared to begin serving hls twu gear leFm at Law!sbnre FedefHl pen:lsniiary tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
All Captured Vessels. Ordered Into Downs; To Lose Their Contraband
Finland Will Fight To End, Says Webb Miller
Films May Lose Viipuri But War Will GO On-Stalln May Seek Peace If Troops Take City-He Fears
 Allies in Near East

EDITORS NOTE:-Webb correspondent and general Furopean returned to London after Finland covering the war front On occasions through Manerem defense lines before Vpur ghg most intense In the following patch surveys results of the Red Army offensive up the Karelian Isthmus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
BY WEBB MILLER
United Press Staff Correspondent

London March 6. = (UP) - In neutral quarters here and in Scandinavia there two possible answers to what will happen in the Finnish after the Red Army occupies vpuri One the possibility that Joseph Stain will be ready for peace after achieving victory on the arelian Isthmus The second is that the Films will fight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06

Modern Esnsiness ileanlFes kpedal. ,lsss. We train sen, hetb veaI Pest SHflieF Ceilesa. .-Aag.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Mar. 6-(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Mar. 4th, compared with a year ago: This Yenr Expenses Last Year $6,255,257, 7,4S1.97 $6,029, ,2S6, ,657.26
 Receipts $s,5SS, .Ss4.59 $s,e95. .99s.7s0.S2
 Gross Deficit $2,666,615,597.45 $2.S33,2s7. .se6.94
 Net Deficit $2,646, ,O41 .597,45 s2,3o7.542,06e.e4
 Cash Balance $2.s4s. .O6s. .9si.s9 ss.s25. 5.5eo. .e4s.ea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-06
The Weather

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-22
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-22
AN APPOINTMENT eEcoeo

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'acd-tles en- Federal benches 20
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-22

SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico-AP-
William p. O'Brien, OF 81. Louis,
Mo-. was rescued by the Coast
Guard cutter Unalga from barren
Desecheo Island, where he was
shipwrecked two weeks ago. II was
learned today. Near exhaustion
from exposure and starvation,
O'Brien said that his two compan-
ions had been killed in the wreck.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-22

OTTAWA. Ont. -AP- Supply
Minister C. D. Howe told the Ca
madam House Of Commons here
that negotiations have been com
pleted for construction OF is large
merchant vessels for the British
Government. The ships. he said.
will be built in our large ship
yards on the 81. Lawrence River
and Pacific Coast
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-22

LANSING-AP-Gov. Dickinson
ordered Melville B. Mcpherson,
chairman Of the state tax commits
8 ion. Wednesday to defend his ad
ministration at an custer hearing
in Detroit. Dec. !. Dickinson desig
mated Probate Judge Arthur +.
Moore. of Pontiac. 10 take the tes-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-22
TO RETURN TO PRISON

Flint, Nov. % Theodore Lutz,
IS. Clio. s TO be returned 30 Michi-
gan State Prison TO complete his
one-to-tWenty-year arson term, be-
cause he violated his parole. Lutz
is showing anti-social tendencies
and has already made minor in
fractions of his parole. 1t was said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-22
MORE CURES

.o.44s. Chicago muu;~. .atlents
once Observation-Disclosures having
.the time of their ives with a
self.he.p rehabilitation plan thai
keeps them so busy they hay &
time 10 feel sorry Tor themsehe
or worry that they might nreh-
down again.
These one tire victims OF mental
ailments all members OF the Asso-
citation OF Former Patients o. The
Psych.atric Institute o; the Uni-
versity of Illinois and the State
Department 'rf Public Welfare
have their own socia set, thei.
own clubs Iheir own employment
committee, and even their own
youth movement.
Md their seA-help program is
putting H-at4a- iB-Such- high spirits
they reef they can even wise
crack about their former aberra-
lions
A viyacious girl Of 20, is secre-
tary and leader OF the youth move
ment, which finds expression for
social life n two groups within the
organization-the Fortnightly Club
and the Companion Club Tor former
patients between Is and 80 years
OF age.
Each club member takes his turn
al staging a house party for cards,
for dancing and other forms OF re-
taxation. Behind these activities
is the desire TO destroy the STIGMA
which sometimes follows the one
time mental patient even though
cured.
Occasionally former patients
take number il hand for a mora
highly specialized type OF help.
One member who feared travel
was afraid even to cross city
streets. Fellow members set out
to destroy this fear by driving
him all around the city in an au-
tomob!le Gradually he overcame
his handicap. Now this former pa
tent has a job which requires re.
gular train trips between Chicago
and the Pacific Coast.
Beyond all this the group is look
ing toward another step in the
"defeatthe-stigma drive enact.
ment Of state legislature 10 elm,
mate open proceedings in cases in
voly.ng commitments to mental
institutions.
The idea OF the Self-help Assocla-
ton grew out otsattempts by insti-
tute physicians TO conduct studies
OF discharged patients. Formerly
the lack OF cooperation by d.
charged patients proved a big
obstacle. The group which began
with 80 members about three years
ago, has a membership OF around
750-l50 OF them former patients
and 600 OF them relatives and
friends.
Work OF this Chicago group is in
keeping with the special attention
given patients Al the YpsIanti
state Hospital Under direction Of
DIR. Ioder and his able stan much
has been accomplished ia way OF
restoring self confidence among
patients. The res -it is a continual.
ly rising pc centaee OF cures.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-22
SHIP REMAINS GROUNDED

Charlevoix, Nov. % Efforts TO
re ease the Steamship Frank J.
Peterson, grounded Nov II on Hog
Island Reef. have so far been I'M
successful Combined efforts OF
the tugs Favorite and Reen had
80 far failed to release the freight
err.
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tees stay 80 much In the limelight.
A chairman can have dissenters in
his committees membership but he
attracts the. bulk Of attention. He
gets himself quoted and gives the
impression that he's the whole
committee.