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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
SMITH NAMES
CANDIDATES
Torrington and AnsOnia
Youth Head Lists for
West Point Posts

Congressman J. Joseph Smith to-
day announced his nomination Of
candidates for appointment to the
United States Military Academy at
West Point as follows:
Principal, Edmond Alexander
Kuna, 10, Of Torrington; first alter
nate, John Watson Goepel, II, Of 142
Columbia Boulevard, Waterbury;
second alternate, Kenneth Franklin
Smith, II, Of AS Pennington ave-
nue., Waterbury.
Principal, Maurice Vincent Lane,
10, Of Ansonia; first alternate, Rob-
ert =. Pasho, 10, Of Naugatuck; Sec
ond alternate, Frank w. Jones, Is, of
New Hartford. Examinations will be
conducted next month, March 5, to
determine the eligibility Of the nom
ineeS.
Kuna is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Valentine Kuna, 81 4Berrys street, Tor
rington. A graduate of Torrington
high school in 1889, he played with
the school tennis team. Lane, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice p. Lane of
20 Prospect street, Ansonia, was
graduated from Ansonia high school
in 1899 and attended Braden Prep,
Cornwall-on-H Hudson, New York. He
was active in sports at Ansonia.
Named first alternate to- Kuna,
John w. Goepel Is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Herbert Goepel. He
is student at Bridgton Academy,
Bridgton, Maine, and win graduate
in June. Active in extra-curricular
affairs, Goepel is a member of the
football and track teams at Bridg-
ton. He attended Crosby high school
before entering Bridgton.
Kenneth Franklin Smith Is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hunt
Smith. He will be graduated from
Crosby high school in June. His hob
bies include photography and scout
ing.
A graduate of Castle Heights Mil
itary Academy, Lebanon, Tennessee,
Robert E. Pasho Is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene White Pasho, IS
Park Place, Naugatuck, Conn. He is
now attending the University of
Buffalo.
Frank w. Jones is the son of At
torney and Mrs. Frank w. Jones Of
New Hartford, Conn. He is attend
ing the Hill School, Pottstown, Penn
Sylvania.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
COLLEGE ROCKED
BY GAS BLASTS
ROckhurst College in Kan
sas City Shaken; Score
Are Hurt

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 9.-(UP).-
A gas explosion shook buildings ut
Rockhurst College today. More than
a score of students were injured
none seriously, it was reported.
The explosion occurred in the
prep school building of the college
while classes were in recess. 1t
centered in the bookstore room. A
large number of boys were lounging
on benches there, or getting lunch
in the cafeteria. More than SOC
boys are enrolled In the school.
The injured were taken to hos
pitfalls in ambulances and private
cars. Many were burned by flame:
that shot through the room. Others
were suffering from shock.
The explosion rocked the thres
story building. All window paneS or
the basement floor were shattered
and houses near the college felt the
lconcussion.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
TURKEYS new
| SUBS GUARDED
German Naval Engineers
Sent HOme-Near East
Situation Crucial
BY ROBERT DOWSON
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


London, Feb. 9-(UP)-Turkey has
put a marine guard over shipyards
at which German naval engineers
have been fitting engines in two
submarines for the Turkish navy
British naval circles said today.
The Turkish government, in alli-
ance with Britain and France, had
made it known that it is not neutral
in the war but is merely a non-bel-
ligerent. It quietly took over the
yards, told the 80 German engineers
that their services were no longer
needed and put marines in charge
of the yards.
A Daily Mail dispatch from An
kara, the Turkish capital, said that
there was steady flow out of Tur-
key of German residents, particu-
larly the wealthy commercial repre-
sentatives of German firms who be-
fore the European war had almost a
monopoly of key Turkish markets.
The shipyard seizure came as Gen.
Maxine Weygand, French general
issimo of the Allied forces in the
Near East, reviewed an impressive
concentration of the British and
Egyptian armies, including troops
from British India, outside Cairo
yesterday.
Turkeys sudden action, was re-
garded as emphasizing the impor-
lance of reports of general Allied
activity in the Near East.
Gen. Weygand had arrived In
Cairo after comforting with Turkish
defense chiefs at Ankara.
Sir william Seeds, British ambas-
sador to Russia, has been in Great
Britain for some time and there is
no sign when or whether he will go
back to Moscow.
The situation as between Turkey
and Germany, aligned now with
Russia, and between the Allies and
Russia, was made more interesting
by the disclosure-first by Russia
and only then admitted by France
that French police swept down on
the Russian trade headquarters,
tourist agency and a former Russian
school at Paris, and seized docu-
ments which were retained despite
Russian protests.
Italy's supreme defense council
held it's first meeting yesterday since
the European war started and an
other meeting, perhaps the second
of three, was set for this afternoon.
In all, the Near East situation
seemed to be of equal Importance
to that in the Baltic where the
Scandinavian nations, frankly
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
LABOR PARTY TO
DISCUSS PLANS
United States of Europe
Gets Good Reception;
Session Feb. ~

London, Feb. 9-(UP)-The gov
ernment's supporters in parliament
received favorably today the an
\nouncement that the British labor
party would discuss its plan for a
United States Of Europe with
French laborites at a conference h
Paris Feb. 20, the birthday Of one
of the founders of the United States
Of America.
The national executive of the
British labor party, which claims
1856, O02 members, already has de-
manded that the Allies include a
League of Nations with teeth In
it" as a fundamental aim Of the
war against Germany. The an
nouncement that French workers
would be asked to join this cam
paign was made last midnight by
Hugh Dalton, British economist and
former parliamentary under-Secre-
tary of the foreign office.
The plan Is for European COM
monwealth of states, with collec-
tive authority transcending the
sovereign rights Of the separate
states" A copy of the declaration
Of the British labor party execu
tives, to be discussed at the party
national congress May 5, has been
(Cs0ntinlled on Page Al
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
LOUIS OUTWEICHS
OPPONENT CODOY
Has One Pound Advan=
tage; Weight Highest in
Fight Career

New York, Feb. 9-(UP)-Heavy-
weight champion Joe Louis held a
one-pound weight advantage today
when he was examined for his IS
round title fight tonight against Ar
turo Godoy of Chile.
Louis weighed 2os pounds; Godoy
2O2.
It was the most Louis had weigh
ed in any of his eight title defenses
since he won the crown from James
j. Braddock In Chicago in the sum-
mer Of 1887.
The. weighing In ceremonies were
conducted in a packed dressing
room Of Madison Square Garder
where the fight will be held.
Louis, as usual, was bored by the
proceedings. In contrast, Godo,
bowed and smiled to everyone.
The champion arrived q few min.
'utes before noon, accompanied by q
party that included his many CO.
managers and handlers, bodyguards
and detachments of New Jersey anc
New York State Police.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
GERMAN PLANE IS
D0WNED in FIGHT
Nazis Renew Raids; Craft
Falls in Sea Near Firth
of Forth

London, Feb. o. (UP) - Rein
forced British fighting plane patrols
struck at German aerial raiders
along the eastern coast Of the British
Isles today, brought down one bomb
er and drove off other enemy craft
attacking coastal ships with bombs
and machine guns.
Resuming aerial raids on an ex-
tensive scale for the first time since
last Saturday, the German planes
concentrated on the northeast coast
where crowds on shore saw number
of vessels attacked by swiftly diving
craft. "A Heinkel bomber was brought
down near the Firth Of Forth.
The air ministry first heard that
the. bomber crashed in the sea but
later messages told Of it crashing in
a field near North Berwick.
A number of ships were attacked,
mostly off the Scottish coast but
British fighting planes, reinforced in
the last week, counter attacked with
regularity. The German planes came
out of the clouds to make the at
tacks and then dodge back over the
North Sea before the British planes
could reach the scene in many cases.
Messages from coastal towns said
that one vessel en- route from Scot
land to south England was bombed
by German planes that diyed from
great height, another sent out q
distress call and several small fish
ing boats were reported attacked.
One reached port safely without
being hit by the German bombs.
Eye witnesses said that the Ger
man plane which the air ministry
announced had crashed was DAM
aged badly by anti-aircraft fire. Be-
fore coming to death in a large field
the plane passed low over the roofs
of houses and farm buildings.
One witness said that the plane jus,
missed telegraph wires and that II
struck q fence after landing.
This afternoon German planes
bombed the British dredger Fore
most, 800 tons, and from q low alti-
tude machine glnned the fishing
boat Hilda. It was feared that two
members Of the crew Of the Foremost
were lost when ships life boat
was swamped. The E1ilda was not hit
A bomb made a direct hit on the
Foremost.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
BLASTS ROCK
LOS ANGELES
Fireworks Plant in Suburb
Blows Up-Three Per-
sons Injured

Los Angeles, Feb. 9-(UP)-Three
violent explosions rocked Los An
geles and surrounding cities early
today when % tons of explosives al
the Golden State fireworks plant
were set off by an undetermined
cause.
Three persons were injured. The
Rev. Nettie Denman, SO, suffered a
fractured leg when the roof of her
home collapsed, burying her and
her son, 20. He was scratched and
bruised, but was able to help his
mother from the house, 200 yards
from the plant. S. F. Bragg, who
lived nearby, also was hurt.
Two watchmen, reported missing
earlier, were accounted for. They
escaped from the burning plant.
Five homes near the plant were
damaged, and windows throughout
a large area were shattered.
The company manufactures pyro-
technics for a world market. The
plant contained hundreds of cases
OF sets" SUCH as those USED at eX-
positions and celebrations.
The plant was about 20 miles
southwest of the heart of Los An
geles, at suburban Redondo Beach.
The first blast came few minutes
before midnight. It destroyed one of
the "a small buildings where fire.
works were manufactured, packed
and stored.
The explosion sent flaming en-
bers showering over the plant
grounds and a few minutes later the
other buildings were afire.
Violent explosions followed within
minutes of each other. They shook
the surrounding area, blew out win
dows, tore down communication
lines and were felt as far away as
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
HUMAN WELFARE
HAS FIRST CALL
American Bishops Propose
Specific Reforms to Aid
Modern Conflicts

Washington, Feb. 9 - (U.P0 -
The administrative board of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence said today that in modern gov
eminent economic power must be
subordinated to human welfare,
both individual and social"
The board, comprising the leading
figures of the Roman Catholic
hierarchy In the United States, call
ed for the restoration of a Christian
social order in which ruthless COM
petition must give way to just the
reasonable state regulation and sor-
did selfishness must be superseded
by Social Justice and Charity"
"Social incoherence and class con-
dict it said. must be replaced by
corporate unity and organic func-
ton.
"Then only can there be a true
and national social order. Then only
can we eliminate the twin evils of
insufficiency and insecurity and es-
tablish the divine plan Of BROTHER
hood Of man under the fatherhood
of God"
The appeal was contained in a
joint statement entitled "The
Church and Social Order" It was
considered one of the most import
ant utterances made by American
Catholic leaders since the Bishops
program of reconstruction in 1919.
The statement dealt with five
questions-ownership, property and
labor, security, wages and the es-
tablishment of social order. 1t bore
the signatures of Archbishop Sam
uel A. Stritch Of Chicago, board
chairman, and Is other bishops.
Their report said that the remedy
for the social and economic order
lay not with those who reject
economic planning or organization
of any kind" nor with those who
would "socialize all resources or
establish state COLLECTIVELY" It de-
nounced state socialism and Com
munism as systems that have re-
suited in victimization and perse-
cution of human beings. The
bishops proposed two specific re-
forms in the social order:
/. Re-establishment of some
form of guild for vocational groups
in which employers and employees
would be bound together according
to their respective occupations.
2. Reforms in morals and SIN
cere renewal of the Christian spirit.
The report suggested as a remedy
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
PRESIDENT SENDS
WELLES TO EUROPE
To Get Information on
Conditions in Italy, Bril-
tain, France, Germany

Washington, Feb. 9.-(UP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelt announced today he
is sending Undersecretary OF State
Sumner Welles to Europe to obtain
first hand information on conditions
in Italy, France, Great Britain ano
Germany.
The president said Welles would
leave shortly.
He said WelleS' mission would be
solely to obtain confidential infor-
nation on conditions prevailing in
the four principal countries OF Eu-
rope.
The president added that Welles
would not be authorized to make
any proposals or commitments on
behalf of the United States.
It was promised, however, that
the information gathered by Welles
would be used by the president and
Secretary of State Cordell Hull to
help them determine whether the
time is approaching when this
country might be in position to
help formulate peace proposals.
A statement issued by Mr.. RooSe-
welt said:
"At the request of the president,
the undersecretary of state, Mr.
Sumner Welles, will proceed shortly
to Europe to visit Italy, France
Germany and Great Britain. This
visit Is solely for the purpose Of
advising the president and the Sec
rotary of state as to present condi-
tons in Europe.
"Mr. WelleS will, Of course, be au.
thorized to make no proposals o.
commitments in the name Of the
government Of the United States"
The president said he did no
know the exact date when Welle1
would leave, or by what route HI
would travel. He cautioned report
ers at his press conference agains
enlarging upon or simplifying tn
ofncial statement.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

ana April OF laSC year CL1Tee CLlSckS,
totalling $1,000, made out to the
City of Waterbury on the account Of
''Mrs. E. E. Hayes" and ELLEN E.
Hayes, who is the mother Of former
Mayor Frank Hayes, had been dis
honored. The checks, according to
the testimony, had been cashed in
the Tax Collectors office.
Former Clerk On Stand
Attorney McNiff brought out the
evidence when he put Miss Anna
De Bonis, clerk in the Controllers
office last year, under the regime
of the late Sherwood F. Rowland,
on the stand as his first witness. She
testified concerning reconciliation
sheets from the Controllers office
and corresponding bank sheets.
Miss DeBonis said she could not
tell whether the checks of Mrs.
Hayes had been signed by the for
mer mayor, as agent for his mother,
and that any answer she would give
would be an assumption.
Many Witnesses
The courtroom today was crowded
with witnesses whom the defense
has Subpoened. Among those pres
emit were Fire Chief Thomas Cav
anaugh, DR.. Vincent Shea, John Col
Inns Of theN Water Department, Jer-
emiah Griffin of the Fire Marshal's
office, Patrolnan Joseph Carney,
court officer Of the City Court,
James p. Purcell, former employe Of
the Controllers office, one Of the Of
ficers who serves as city hall pa
trolmen, and many others.
The defense would not disclose the
reason for the presence in court OF
these witnesses, but it was believed
that many present would be char
acter witnesses. DR.. Shea, it was pre-
dicted, would testify as to Miss Cav
anaugt's physical condition and it
was being predicted that Mr.. Col
Inns Of the Water Department might
be asked concerning delinquent wa
ter bills, mentioned so many times
in the case, and which form the
BACKGROUND of the embezzlement
charge against Miss Cavanaugh.
Jury Excused Once
At one time this morning Judge
McEvoy excused the jury after an
objection had been made by States
ATTY, William B. Fitzgerald and
graciously informed the members Of
the press present that he knew
they knew their reportorial business
and that he knew that matters be-
1fsoiatinl1ed on Pare Al "
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
4444-Hour Week At City
Yards Sure, Says Mayor
New Street Dept. Union Gets Promise Of More Work;
Funds Now Accommodating Will Make Possible
Broader Department Schedules OF Operation

Mayor Vincent A. Scully assured
a committee representing the Street
Sewer and Water Department en-
ployes' union today that the normal
44-hour working week scheduled
will be resumed "aS soon as posi-
ble," perhaps as soon as the end Of
this month. Employees now work
80 hours a week and the increased
working period will mean Substan-
TALLY larger wages.
The committee, headed by John
J. Driscoll, executive secretary of
the Waterbury Brass Workers
union, represented the newly-form-
ed union at the city yards, and
there was a general discussion Of
conditions in the Street, Sewer and
Water Department. No specific
grievances were presented except
that of lower wages resulting from
the curtailed working schedule.
After organization of the union is
completed, a grievance committee
will be selected from the personnel
and will present to the mayor a list
Of complaints.
The mayor said he had no objec-
ton to the formation of a union
among city employees, but told the
committee he believed the same re-
suits could be obtained without
such an organization. Mr.. Driscoll
said after the conference that the
union now has IS employees and adj
ditional members are joining. The
first organization steps were taken
by the WATERBURY Brass Workers
union at the request Of city en-
ployes, but eventually the new la
Dor group will seek charter as a
unit Of the State, County and Mu-
nicipal Employees Union of Amer
lea.
Mr.. DriScoll said that one of the
principal purposes of the visit to
the mayor was to learn from him
the procedure which would be most
satisfactory to him in the presenta-
ton of grievances concerning wag-
es and working conditions at the
city yards.
Mayor Scully told the committee
that the curtailed work-week had
been continued so that a surplus in
the appropriation for wages could
be built up so that funds would be
available in the event of heavy snow
storms. 1t has also made possible
building q reserve, he pointed out
which will insure the workers OF
steady employment all year even il
unforeseen contingencies arrive. II
will be recalled that last fall the
department had to operate on q
part-time basis because Of lack OF
funds.
The mayor said that 1t had been
planned all along to resume the a.
hour a week schedule at the ear
fCnntinued nm PaOa A.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Sound Out Public Opinion
on Five Vital Questions,
He Says
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
VOTES SECRET SESSION
III Communist Members
Won't Attend - Entire
Chamber Cleared Out
BY M. s. HANDLER


UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Paris, February 9. - UP)
Edouard Daladier,
vainly opposing a demand by
the Chamber of Deputies for
an immediate secret session,
asserted today that German
and Russian secret agents
were in France sounding pub
lie opinion on five vital ques-
tions. The questions which
the agents were asking, he said,
were:
l. The extent Of Daladier's pop
ularity.
2. The popularity and strength Of
his opponents.
3. The public attitude toward
Great Britain.
4. Italy's role IN the European
situation.
S. The strength of Frances posi-
ton in the Arab world.
Overthrowing Daladier's energetic
opposition, the chamber voted to
start secret session at once and 1t
began at noon Ga. m, EST0, to adj
journ at 1910 p. m. until 3 p. m.
Go a. m, EST0.
Daladier, after his fight against
the session, took his technical de-
feat gracefully.
ii Out Of Session
Eleven Communist members of the
chamber, who were authorized to sit
because they had renowned alleg-
lance to Moscow, refused to particle
pate in the secret session. They re-
manned in the corridors and eX-
planned that by absenting them
selves from the secret session they
could not be accused Of responsible
ity for "leaks," should they occur.
President Edouard Herriot Of the
chamber at once suspended the ses-
sion, ordered so newspaper reporters
and $50 people in the public CALLER
les to leave. DoorkeeperS locked the
doors and the turbulent chamber
started its first secret session of the
war-one the Socialists and others
had long demanded and the govern
ment had opposed on the ground
that any secrets which might be
disclosed would leak to Germany.
Premier, Blum, Quarrel
Premier Edouard Daladier and
Leon Blum, Socialist leader, quar-
relied angrily before the issue was
put to q vote and the left wing
parties won.
The vote was 262 for an immed-
late secret session to 227 against.
No sooner had today's session be-
gun than Blum and Daladier clash
ed. Blum demanded, as he had done
persistently, a secret session at
which members of parliament might
hear secret reports from cabinet
ministers on the progress and state
of the war.
Had Report Next Day
Daladier urged earnestly that
when a similar secret session was
held in 1914, and the military situ-
alton was exposed, Berlin newspa-
pers next day published a full re-
port.
The morale Of the French nation
and army was high, Daladier said;
both were content to fight the war
and they were against secret ses-
sion. He demanded an immediate
public discussion Of all questions
which had been submitted by oppo-
sition members, and forced the
Continued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Feb. 9-UP)-Gov-
eminent expenses and receipts for
the current fiscal year through Feb.
z, compared with a year ago:
This Year Expenses Last Year
$5,683,793,457.74 $5,465, 1885, 25.40
Receipts
$3,249,323,290.14 $3,440,192,650.45
Gross Deficit
$2,434,470,167.60 $2,025, 000,9
Net Deficit
$2,414,sos.ss7.6O s1,sss,S6s,274.s5
Cash Balance
$2,376,s50.s45.6S $3,127,15s,514.sS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
DaIadier Fails To Stop French Secret Session
Premier Claims Russian,
German Agents In France
Short Cold Wave
Is Due Tonight

Boston, Feb. 9E(UP)-A new
cold wave will strike New Eng
land tonight, the Boston wealth
er bureau predicted.
With q minimum tempera-
ture of 10 degrees above zero
forecast for Boston and vicin-
ity, sub-zerO readings were in
prospects in northern portions.
The cold wave will last only
one day, however, the weather
bureau said, and will be followed
by snow in all New England
states with the possible excep-
ton of Maine. The snow was
expected to be light.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Hayes Checks Are
Again Brought Into
Tax Shortage Case
Defense Counsel in Cavanaugh Case Bring in Testi
mony Showing Checks DishOnOred- Former EN-
pIOye OF Controllers Office LIST Defense Witness

Attorneys for the defense in the of Miss Mary
Cavanaugh cashier in the office of former Tax Collector
William A. Ennis trial before Judge Frank McEvoy
and jury in the Superior Court charge of embezze
ent started in sensational fashion this morning to present
the case started Attorney Miles F. McNiff Jr, of Miss
Cavanaughs counsel introduced testimony that in March