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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
Gigantic British
Vessel Clears NY.
To Run Gauntlet

NEW YORK, March 81. (UP)-
The $1,000 ton British liner Queen
Mary, second largest ship in the
world, sailed from New York harbor
today in the wake of her smaller
sister ship, the $4,000 ton Maureta-
liza. presumably embarked on a new
career as an Allied troop transport.
The armed Mauritania. which the
Germans nave promised to sink ON
sight as Il naval auxiliary vessel,
VAS the first to slip away. She WAS
aSed into the Hudson river and
headed south toward the NarroWo
and the danger 1rausht Atlantic
during a thunderstorm at 8 o'clock
last night. She passed quarantine
55 minutes later in pclting rain.
1t was reported that both ships,
their last minute sailing prepara-
lions and instructions Shrouded in
secrecy, had been assigned to trans
port troops between Australia and
the Near East. where Great Brit
ain and France arc massing a great
army already estimated at 1000. 00J
men.
The Queen Mary cast Loose the
lines which had neld her to the
Cunard White Star lines pier since
Sept. at 1922 am. and tugs push
ed her into the river and turned
her prov toward the bay to an ac-
compartment OF bass blasts from
the liners whistles.
Speculation at the pier was that
the Queen would follow The Maufe-
tanias suit and drop anchor off
Ambrose light after she clears the
harbor and there open scaled orders
containing detailed Instructions foI
proceeding to her destination.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
Boulder Dam Power
Equipment Bought

WASHINGTON. March 81. eUPp
Secretary Of Interior Harold L.
ickcS today purchased power con-
troll equipment for Two large gener-
atine units al the Boulder Dam
power plant foH $73,345. The equip
mcnt N:ts purchased from the West
in9houSp Electric q Manufacturing
company, Denver, Colo.
The contract covered main and
auxiliary power control equipment.
including one battery distribution
switchboard ard two power boards.
The equipment Will be used to con-
troll two 1880 kilOvolt ampere gen.
Grating units that will be installed
in the upstream end of the Arizona
wing of the power house for gener-
alton Of power fOr Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21

2 Coffee for two, Ma, this guy tells her and before
know it I'm drinking the finest cup of coffee ever
tasted Down on your luck" asks this guy. No" |
say Coffee arguments with the wife" His Ma laughs
Well things aren't really SO bad then. Just take home
can of NIB and see what difference it'll make"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
Ten-GaI|on Hats, High ReeIed Boots
SianaI Rodeo Convention at Houston

party including Fred S. McCargar
of Salinas. association secretary; E.
j. Leach of Salinas: Roy Hubble,
HOLSTER, Calf. Ki Salacci, c. A.
McAdams, and William Hargis, Sa-
linas; Harry RoWell, Hayward; Mer-
rill Williams. Ukiah. Calf, and o.
d Matthews of klamath Falls,
Mont.
A rolndtable discussion Of rodeO
problems vii be held THIS aitcrnonO.
Business session begin tomorrow.
A luncheon was held at noon to-
DAY. at which Mayor Oscar Hol-
cOmbe and j. w. SartWelle. stock
yards executive and director of the
fat stock ailoW, Welcomed the rodco
Officials.
The convention will continue
through Friday. One of the fea-
lures will be the awarding of Spe-
cial prizes for the 1889 champions
A $500 check will be presented to
Paul Carney of Galeton, Colo, in
recognition of his world champion
ship.
Carney pied up 9,247 points in ro-
deos all over the nation last year,
the figure representing dollars he
won in riding 10l broncos, CT bare
back broncs and 70 wild steers,
and buildogging l6 steers.
Julian WesloW, vice president of
the livestock exposition, said that
this years show would be Houston S
.reatest, estimating that entries in
creased 35 per cent over last year
Exclusive of the rodeo animals
2076 head of livestock have been
entered in the show this year" Wes-
low said.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21

Bob Dawson, Jr., 4-years-old, takes
the worlds baby golf championship
and a gold cup almost as big as he,
by doing nine holes in IS at Lake
wood, N. J. His longest drive was
115 yards. Pop is golf pro.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21

spared to attend the session at Cen
trail Union High school in Ell Centre.
In addition to the two OuC-Of-the-
valley speakers, Guy Weakley, su-
pcrintendent of Ell Centre schools,
will give a report of the 5uperin-
tendents' convention in st. Louis.
the high school orchestra will play,
and a visual education demonstra-
ton will be presented, according to
j. f. Warne of BraWley, president
of the association.
DR.. Won KleinSmid will discuss
the subject. The United States IN
Pan American Relationship He is
one of the most popular speakers
in the west and we'll qualified TO
handle the subject chosen. He holds
more than IS degrees from UNIVERSE
ties and colleges throughout the
world. has been decorated by 10 Tor
eipn governments, is q fellow of the
ROYAL Geographical society and OF
the Royal Society of Letters OF
Great Britain, and a member oil
more than two dozen organizations
and educational committees.
The other visiting speaker, Pro-
fessor Lukens, will give demonstra-
ton of ceramics and jeWelry max
ing. He studied ceramics in Italy
and Germany. 1t was Lukens who
revived the process of making mi
tation turquoise gems used by the
Egyptians 1000 years ago. Luken5
is a member of the American So
cietv of Design Craftsmen OF New
York
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
Geodetic Survey
Ship on First Trip

SEATTLE, March 81. CUPD-The
$3.50 600 steamship Explore, latest
acquisition of the coast and geode-
tic survey, was en- route to San
Francisco and Long Beach today.
celebrating its instruments and max
ing soundings down the coast on a
ShakedoWn cruise.
Commander A. M. Sobieralskc is
chief of the Explorer, streamlined,
all-steel vessel Of 220 feet ard cap
able of IA knots. 1t carries SO Off
GERS and crew. After May it will
work in Alaskan waters.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
CaIeXico Woman
Dies Suddenly

CALEXICO, March 21.-Mrs ua-
dalupe Esporanza. SO. wife OF Per-
mitivo ESperanza and resident OF
CaieXico for IA years, died here
Yesterday as a result of a sudden
heart attack.
Funeral services were scheduled
for the Lemons chapel in El Centre
at . D. m. Thursday. She was but-
led Al Evergreen cemetery.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
Al Capone Leaves
For Florida Home

BALTIMORE. Md, March 81.
CUP}-Ai Capone has left Balti-
more, where he has been undergo
ing treatment for paresis since Nov
l6 for his home in Palm Island
Fla, his physician, Dr. Joseph Earle
Moore, said today.
"Alphonse Caponc has left Balti
more" the doctor said. 1T is under
stood that he will return to his
home in Florida He is still i'll and
will continue under medical care. =
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
u. s. Plant MAKING
War Explosives

JOPLIN. Mo. March 81. up
War explosives from the Atlas Pow
der company plant here will be
available Tor France and Great Bri-
tain within a few weeks, company
officials said today.
Financed by a S750000 allied loan,
the plant capacity has been doubled.
Three British government repreSen-
tuIVrS are Stationed at the factory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

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and his head dropped to his chest.
At $40 he was pronounced dead.
The prison chaplain, Lambeth
Hancock, who had become a close
friend Of the youth, said he was
very fine"
HE couldn't have taken it any
better he said.
Burgunder would have appreciate
ed the ,chaplain's statement. At the
time he was arrested for the MUIR
ders, he was afraid II won't be able
To take the gassing like man."
Room Was damned.
The room from which spectators
watched the execution, about IS feet
square and normally equipped to
accommodate 40 persons, was
jammed with at least twice that
many.
Newspaper reporters were not al
lowed in the room while Burgunder
walked from the death cell to the
chamber. but they were permitted
to enter to watch him being
strapped to the wooden bench.
Guards feared Burgunder might
create a scene because he had re-
ferred recently to what the papers
were printing"
At the last minute Burgunder con-
fessed to the murder of Peterson,
for whose death he was condemned
to die, and of Ellis Koury. He was
never tried for Koury's murder.
Both were automobile statesmen.
They left their salesroom to demon
strate an automobile and never re-
turned. Six days later a rancher
found the bodies in the desert near
Tempe, Ariz., where Burgunder at
tended college.
Confessed to Classmate.
Last night Burgunder confessed
the Sayings to a college classmate,
John SWearingen. He ted Swearin-
gen that he had never intended to
kill the two men, but one Of them,
Peterson, "kept insisting ! couldn't
get away with It,"
$50 I Just decided to kill them
BOTH" Burgunder said.
His mother, who was divorced
from Robert G. Burgunder, ST., for
mer prosecuting attorney of Seat
tie, WASH, when her son was q
small boy, died three months ago.
She had been a radio drama writer,
specializing in creepy" mysteries.
Burgunder, ST., visited his son yes
terday, then waited through Sleep
less night in hotel room to claim
The young Slayer's body.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
Zoning Board Loses
Fight Over Demurrer
Additional Litigation Now Looms In Contest to Keep
Wales Street in "A Classification

1928, Wales street has always been
classed as an "A" residential sec
ton, but that on the 25th Of March,
of this year, the Sycamore corpora
ton Of West Hartford applied to
the local building inspector for per-
mission to construct a business
building on the street. The appli-
cation was denied by the inspector,
but the corporation then made a
successful application to the zoning
Board of Appeals to have the buSi-
ness zone extended IS feet on Wales
supermarket and a storage room
there.
The property owners Jon the
street appealed to the court In June,
because OF the congestion and NUS
ance, as well as the hazard which
they claimed would result from the
erection of such market, and the
consequent increase in traf1c in the
section. They also assert that the
premises are not suitable for such
a market, nor Is there any special
demand for one, and that the board
acted arbitrarily and Illegally in Civ
ing their approval to the project.
They ask that the court deny the
approval, and issue an order to re-
strain its erection, and to restrain
the building inspector from issuing
permit.
The defendants filed a plea In
abatement, and Gordon and the 9TH
err replied with demurrer. The
latter has been sustained by Judge
Foster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
LATE TEACHER
PAID TRIBUTE
Associates, Delegation OF
EIks Attend Raymond P.
DiOn's Funeral

Many friends and associates OF
Raymond P. Dion, member OF the
Leavenworth High School faculty,
attended the funeral which was held
this morning at BIS O'Clock from
the Mulville Funeral Home, 270
West Main street, to st. AIMS
Church, where a solemn mass OF
requiem was celebrated at 9 o'clock
by Rev. Alfred Matthew assisted by
Rev. Alfred Cabitor and Rev. Rob-
ert Pageot, j. o. M. I. A musical
program was rendered by Miss
Marie Morrot, organist with Marcel
Doucette as soloiSt.
An honorary delegation from the
Waterbury Teachers Association in
cluded: Misses Anna E. M. Dwyer,
vice-president Carolyn Hahn, Ger
trude Foley, Marie Donahue, Mary
H. Dryer and Mary Clarity.
Representatives of the local lodge
of Elks included: Harry x. Cashin,
Exalted Ruler John P. Fftzmaurice,
Leading Knight; Serge Belanger,
Joseph Harpin, Archie Comstock
and George Hynes.
Burial was in new st. Joseph's
cemetery with committal services
by Father Matthieu.
The active pallbearers, all mem
bers of the faculty of Leavenworth
High School, we're: Francis G. Re
gan, principal; Joseph F. Rose,
Paul Perazelli William Tracy, Fran
els L. Corrigan and Horace Rey-
holds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
OBITUARY

REARDON - John Reardon died
suddenly yesterday afternoon at his
home, 1886 Whalley avenue, New
Haven. Surviving are two sons, Earl
and Raymond Reardon, both Of the
New Haven police department, and
daughter, Miss Vera Reardon, a
New Haven public school teacher.
His wife, Mrs. Josephine (OLeary)
Reardon, is sister OF DR.. Arthur
F. O'Leary of this city. The funeral
will be held tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock from the home, 1876 Whalley
avenue, New Haven.
DALY-Mrs. Mary Shantry DAILY,
widow of Cornelius J. DAILY, died
suddenly early this morning at her
home 20 Robbins street. A native OF
Norfolk, she had been resident Of
this city % years. She was COM
municant of the Blessed Sacrament
church.
Mrs. DAILY is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. Catherine Rossin OF
Norfolk, Mrs. Helen Alseph and Mrs
Margaret Anderson of this city and
one brother, John Shantry of Bris-
toll.
The deceased was widely known
in Waterbury through her enthu-
siastic interest in the Social Justice
movement, Irish-American societ-
les activities and in the parish af-
fairs of the Church of the Blessed
Sacrament. She enjoyed the respect
and esteem of many friends and &C
quaintances.
The funeral will be held from the
home 20 Robbins street on Monday
morning at BIS o'clock to the
Blessed Sacrament church where a
solemn mass of requiem will be
celebrated at 8 o'clock. Burial will
be in st. Mary's cemetery, Norfolk.
KELLY-William H. Kelly died
this morning at the home OF his
brother law, James j. Barnes OF
494 Wilson street after brief ILL
ness. A native of tbs city, he had
been a life long resident here and
had host of friends especially in
the Brooklyn section where he had
made his home for many years.
Mr.. Kelly was a veteran employe
of the American Brass company
having been employed in the Tube
Mill for over As years. He was
communicate OF st. Patrick's
Church and was a member of the
Holy Name Society Of st. Patrick's
Church.
Survivors include: one sister,
Katherine; one brother, Joseph
Kelly and several nieces and
nephews.
The funeral will be held on Mon
day morning at 8:15 o'clock from
the home of his brother law, 494
Wilson street to st. Patrick's
Church where solemn mass of re-
QUEEN will be celebrated at o.
clock. Burial will be in new st. JOS
eph's cemetery. Friends may call at
the home after o'clock on Satur-
day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
DEFENSE PLANS
HAVE AIDED CITY
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The impetus given by government
orders has resulted in many plants
receiving additional regular domes-
tic orders. Some normal orders have
had to be delayed in shipment be-
cause of priority given government
contracts.
The employment gain figures do
not offer a completely true picture
Of the local industrial situation. Not
only has employment increased, but
many of those already working have
ad their working increased. Some
plants are paying time and a half to
many employees working more than
40 hours. Thus, not only has en-
ployment climbed, but also man
hours, and consequently, income of
industrial workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
Auto Thief Stops
ToExcIlange Cars
In Police Chase

The automobile thief who e.
capped in Fulton Park after . Wild
chase late Tuesday night left the
city In . second stolen car, police
said today.
Motor PatroImen John Murphy
and James Sweeney chased the
stolen car several miles but were
unable 10 halt it, the pursuit be-
ginning on Hamilton avenue and
ending at Fulton park, where the
thief abandoned the car and fled
into the shrubbery. The car,
owned by q New Haven autOmo-
bile firm, had been stolen in the
Elm City.
Next morning, DR.. Samuel Bis
novich reported that his car had
been stolen from Cooke street,
Yesterday his car was recovered
In New Haven.
Police said that apparently the
auto thief, after abandoning the
New Haven car, had taken DIR.
BisnOvich's car and driven back
to New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
ALTERATIONS AT
WELTON SCHOOL
Welfare Department to
Occupy Premises as
Upon Completion

Work Is starting on the necessary
alterations at Welton school, which
will be the new welfare department
headquarters. II was announced at
the City Hall today. Purchasing Di-
rector Martin ]. Sweeney said that
the contract for the alterations
has been awarded to Thomas r..
Moran, Jr.
Mr.. Moran's bid was $2,sOO. It was
the lowest Of I'VE bids submitted TO
Mr.. Sweeney.
Youngsters who formerly attend
ed the school are to be transferred
to other schools IN the fall. The
building win house all welfare de-
partment activities, now scattered
through two floors Of the City Hall
and in the supply building on Gen.
ter street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

ton Gin principle" leaving details
to congress. Most administration
supporters are backing the Burke
Wadsworth bill. Republican Presi-
Dental Candidate Wendell L. Willkie
will reveal his position in his accept
ance speech Aug. II. The senate
still may be debating the issue then.
The controversy had shredded
party lines. Senator Burton K.
Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, the
unofficial leader of the opposition,
is supported by the veteran Sena-
tor George w. Norris, Independent,
Nebraska, who usually sides with
the administration. In the other
hand, some Republicans favor it..
A group of dozen or so senators
had organized for systematic oppo-
sition. They plan to hold regular
meetings to map strategy select
speaker and do everything in their
power to defeat CONSUMPTION.
Amendments will be offered to
limit the number Of draftees to
about 100000 and narrow the 81
81 age range. AS the bill now stands
about 4,5O0,000 men without depend
ents or other reason for exemption
would be subject to call. All
amendments will be opposed by the
proponents.
Most Serious Fight
The most serious fight is expected
to come on an amendment by
Wheeler to raise the pay of army
privates to $50 a month and lower
the enlistment period from three
years to IL months. Wheeler con-
tends that this modification would
result in a rush OF recruits which
would obviate any need for peace
time draft. It is the opposition's
alternative to CONSUMPTION.
House leaders planned to expe-
dite the Guard mobilization bill.
Chairman Andrew j. May, Of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
|vagrant Begs
For Jail Term
To Get Meals

Judge John Z. CARNEY IN city
court today found before him q
prisoner who begged TO be sent 70
Jail rather than allowed to 80 free.
Frank LapinsISy. 30. Of Bridge
port, arrested yesterday on =
charge Of vagrancy, told the court
that he'd rather 90 to jail than be
freed.
When LapinslEy pleaded guilty,
Judge Gaffney limited 1T giving
him "a hours to leave town and get
back to Bridgeport.
"No, Judge" said the prisoner"
II don't want to 60 back TO Bridge
port. Send me to jail; III get three
square meals q day there"
Thirty days in JAIL" said Judge
Gaffney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

A victory for the plaintiffs was
scored today in the case Of Henry
J. Gordon and others against the
zoning Board of Appeals Of the
city. when Judge Carl Foster Of SUI
perior court sustained the demurrer
filed by the plaintiff against the de-
PENDANTS plea In abatement, thus
keeping the case open.
Mr.. Gordon and other property
owners on Wales street are appeal
ing from a finding and decision OF
the Zoning Board extending the
business zone IS feet on Wales
street into 'B" residential section
of the city.
In the complaint 1t is charged
that according to the coming regu-
lations for the city, drawn up in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

Military Affairs Committee said he
would attempt to substitute the
Senate-approved version of the
measure for that now pending be-
fore his committee. The substitu-
ton, he said, would enable the
committee, which meets today, to
send the bill to the floor for action
on Monday.
The mobilization bill was passed
by the senate after administration
forces narrowly prevented adoption
of an amendment by Senator Alva
B. Adams, Democrat, Colorado,
which would have restricted the use
of the Guard to the United States,
its territories and possessions In
its present form, the bill would per-
NIT Mr. Roosevelt to send the men
anywhere in the Western Hemis-
phere. Adams amendment lost, 80
to 80.
One important amendment -
permitting Guardsmen and reserv-
lists with dependent wives or chill
dren to resign within 20 days after
enactment Of the law - was APP
proved unanimously
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
FUNERALS

PASCOLA-M Francisco
Pascola of 1869 Thomaston avenue,
died Wednesday in the New Haven
General Hospital. He was born De-
cember S, 1901, in Portugal and had
been resident Of Waterbury for
about Is years. He was employed at
the Chase Metal Works.
He leaves one son, Manuel F.
Pascola, Jr., of Portugal.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning from the Anderson
Funeral Home, 10 Central avenue,
at $3.50 o'clock, to st. Michael's
church, Waterville, at 9 o'clock,
where a requiem high mass will be
celebrated. Burial will be in Cal
vary cemtery Friends may call at
the funeral home this evening from
Z to 8 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
DEATH is PROBED

West Haven, Conn.,, Aug. 9.-(UP)
Police believed today that Law
renee Warner, %, Hamden Laundry
delivery man, was killed when he
became frightened by dog and fell
over a porch railing into an open
cellarway of a home where he had
called to make a collection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

and men such q Secretary Of Conn
merce Harry L. Hopkins have been
aiding and advising the president.
20 Farley 8 being waived out Of
national p0liiics into baseball where
be shortly win become president OF
the American league New York
Yankees, and IN time he hopes to
hand that famous club on to his
young son, Bill. There is another
private Job for Farley, too. but he has
not yet revealed its nature. he fig-
urss the Yanksss win not take ell Of
his time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
FRANKLIN, jim
HAVE DIVORCED
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anti-New Deal Democratic group.
Farley will remain as chairman Of
the New York Democratic COMMITTEES.
and as such will have some part
in the 1910 campaign. He is ex-
pected to vote but not to campaign
very extensively for the Roosevelt
Wallace ticket. Farley did not APP
prove Of third term nomination
and, furthermore, he Is in debt.
The farewell exchange Of letters
between Mr.. Roosevelt and his for
mer pilot was friendly and there is
mutual respect there but, intimates
believe, no personal ties. Farley has
been an outsider for about two years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
v. r. w. POST PLANS
FOR ANNUAL BAZAAR

me Wheeler Young post. Vet
eruns Of Foreign wan. win msst
at the silver Chalet tonight 1t 7:s6
TO discuss plans for the coming ba~
zaar which the post Is sponsoring.
They wiIl also discuss plans fer tbs
next meeting which Is scheduled
for the fifteenth Of this month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
ANGLERS, SURVEY MADE

Washington. - Cup - The Fish
and Wildlife Service is conducting
nationwide experiments on test
streams to determine the percen-
tages Of planted fish hooked by an
glers. The fish are tagged before
being released.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
FINAL BATTLE
ON CONSUMPTION

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
BRIGHT COLLEGE
YOUTH EXECUTED

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

I'm Rhoda Waters,
Dale's fiancee. Sayler
called me a golddigger.
wanted to keep Dale and
me apart. He was cruel.
/ hated himl