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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-30
CHINESE Get
new PRESIDENT
Jap=COntrOlled Ching=Wei
Outlines lO=POint Pro-
gram; Death Penalty
BY JOHN r. MORRIS

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Marking, China, March 30-UP)
Wang Ching-Wei was inaugurated
acting president of a Japanese
organized Chinese National Gov
eminent" today on 10-point pro-
gram dedicated formally to Chinese
Japanese amity but aimed, for prac-
tical purposes, at undermining the
Chinese government and bringing
a collapse of China's resistance to
Japan.
Wang, former premier Of China
who was burned in effigy at Chung
king, the Chinese capital, yesterday
and is under a death sentence i'm
posed in Absentia by the Chinese
government, took the oath of Office
with his colleagues in the Japanese
sponsored regime at the civil SER
vice building.
Ironically, Wang took the oath as
acting president, pending the re-
turn of President Lin Sen to Nam
king" But Lin, loyal to the Chi
nese government, ordered at Chung
king yesterday, all Chinese officials
to try to arrest Wang so he could
be executed as a traitor.
In preparation for today's cere-
mony, Wang and his men last week
ordered all Chinese troops to stop
fighting the japanese today. Hence
any hostilities from now on will be
strictly unofficial in Wang's eyes
if not those of the Japanese. The
Wang regime also ordered all Chi
nese officials to report to Marking
"the new capital" and announced
that all engagements into which
the Chinese government had entered
since the war started were now null
and void. The Chinese government
retorted with decree annulling
and voiding all Wang's acts in adj
vance.
Wang's regime confirmed its de-
crees today by ordering all troops
to stand by and await further Or
ders" and by promising all officials
that If they reported to Marking
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-30
CENSUS TO SHOW
SMALLEST GROWTH
immigration Restriction,
Low Birth Rate Believed
Factors

Washington, March 20-(UP)--
Census experts predicted today that
the decennial enumeration begin
ming Tuesday will show that the
population growth in the past de-
cade was the smallest for any COM
parable 10 years since the Civil war.
This, they said, will be attribut-
able to legislation restricting immi-
grafton and to the fact that the
birth rate has declined more rapid
ly than the death rate.
The best estimate of the number
of persons now living in the United
States is 131,OO0,OO0 an increase of
approximately 7.3 per cent over the
122 ,755, O46 population counted in
1890.
That percentage gain would be
well below the 149 per cent increase
recorded in the 1910-1910 period
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-30

t1lG SOlUS1l 4lS uIS VI AOO,OOO.
''The gain for these men," he said,
"would have come in increased ma
tional advertising for a newspaper
in a city of 100000 or more and,
subsequently, a higher advertising
rate. The self same group response
BILE for that mess is now criticizing
the work we are trying to do this
year."
1880 Figures False
Ten years ago, Mr.. Byrnes said,
the population figures of 100000 for
Waterbury submitted to Washing
ton were found to be false and a re-
check was made by Washington
agents, who reached the official
figure of $4,000.
This years census will be as &C.
curate and careful as Is humanity
possible, Supervisor Byrnes told the
candidates. The census Of 1880
here, he said, is still cited by CEN
sus authorities as the worst OF CEN
sus examples, and for that reason
federal authorities will keep close
check on the enumeration here this
year. The actual population count
will begin Tuesday, with 100 enum-
orators working in Waterbury. An
other $50 enumerators win take the
census In suburban towns, which
are also under Mr.. Byrnes' jurisdic-
ton,
Publisher Too Eager
Mr.. Byrnes declared yesterday
that "a publisher and others of his
group were over-eager" to have the
city's population listed at 100000 or
more. AS a result, he said, names
were found to be listed as many as
four times, and people were raised
from the dead and added to the
ranks of the living" The outcome
of the attempts to reach 100000, he
said, was "a mess and scandal which
is still talked about in census cir
Giles.
Supervisor Byrnes and his assist
ant, John H. Burns, have completed
plans for the start of the census
enumeration next week. Field SUI
pervisors have been assigned to duty
In this city, Torrington, and Derby.
The local census is expected to
take two weeks, while month has
been allotted for the census in SUI
burban areas.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-30
FISHERMEN LABOR
FIGHT END NEARS

Boston, March 80. = CUP =
Boston's seven-week- labor dis
pute involving TOO ALL union fish
ermen may be settled early next
week.
A special meeting Of the Atlantic
Fishermen's Union was expected to
be called for tomorrow to consider
q settlement proposal drafted last
night by the state arbitration board
The owners of Boston's SIS trawler
also were to consider the proposal
over the weekend, with both sides
scheduled to report back to the
state board Monday at 10 a. m.
Terms of the proposal were not
disclosed.
The Fishermen demand shorter
hours and revised methods of divid-
ing the profits. ~,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-30
Illegal Dumping Ban
Sought By DR.. Godfrey
Public Cooperation Urged During Spring Cleanup;
Only Authorized Dump on Fairfield Ave.-Clean
Up Property

Declaring that many complaints
of illegal dumping are being re-
ceived, Health officer DR.. Edward
j. Godfrey asked that the public
cooperate { ring the present spring
cleanup campaign by dumping
refuse only at the one authorized
CITY dump, on Fairfield avenue. He
said that police have given him as
surance that those responsible for
dumping rubbish indiScriminately
will be arrested.
Illegal dumping has become so
bad in several sections, said DR..
Godfrey, that he plans to ask Supt.
of Streets Herbert Scott-Smith to
have street department employees
clear up the locations. One of the
worst spots, DR.. Godfrey said, is
upper Waterville street, with doz-
ems of complaints about conditions
there having been received.
Monday will mark the opening of
the second week of the annual
spring cleanup. DR.. Godfrey asked
a week ago that the current week
be devoted to indoor cleaning and
next week 20 outdoor cleaning. The
response to the cleanup appeal has
been very satisfactory, according to
DR.. Godfrey, and he looks for even
better results next week.
The health officer urges that
householders make every effort to
clear their property, both indoors
and out. Removal of accumulated
refuse, he says, decreases possible
chances of disease.
Street and motor patrolmen of
the police department have been in
structed to enforce the dumping
ordinance strictly.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-30
Influenced Poland in Her
Resistance to Germans
Is Claim
UNITED STATES ROLE
is CALLED HATEFUL
BulIitt Alleged to Have
Had Meeting With Poll
ish Officials
BY DANA SCHMIDT
UNITED Press Staff Correspond,

Berlin, March 30. - (UP)
= Nazi organs, commenting
on alleged Polish documents
published by the govern
ment, charged today that
William C. Bullitt and
Joseph P. Kennedy, Ameri-:
can ambassadors to France
and Great Britain shared
responsibility for the Euro
pean war.
An authorized informant said that
official quarters awaited American
reaction to the documents with in
terest and that on the United States
reaction would depend any effect ON
future German American relations.
The influential Hamburger Frem-
denblatt, leading the attack on the
American ENJOYS, and charging di-
rectly that Bullitt and Kennedy
shared responsibility for the war,
said:
EFT was their sad work to do every
thing imaginable to influence Po-
land and hinder the thought OF
understanding.
Incriminate BulIitt
1.-THE documents above all incrim-
mate Bullitt as the man who can
claim the dubious honor of having
in the fateful days of March, 1889,
forced upon still vacillating England
an alliance with Poland and thus a
war of enlightenment against the
Greater Reich.
"Bullitt urged Polish alliance
with England and France. With the
special powers which he enjoys from
Washington he ordered Kennedy to
influence Chamberlain prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain OF
Great Brittany accordingly"
All newspapers gave prominence
to the alleged documents, and pub
lished long editorials commenting
on them.
MolOtOv Speech Suffers
The speech at Moscow of Viaches-
Law Molotov, Russian premier and
foreign commissar, suffered by con-
traSt. Germans expressed salts
faction with the speech. Particularly
Molotov's reference to continued
Russo German friendship. Other
quarters, however, saw more signi-
ficance in Molotov's emphasis ON
Continued on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-30
Census Scandal
Not to Repeated
In City This Year
Supervisor Byrnes Levels nferential Attack on VIII
liam j. Pape in Pep Talk to Local EnumeratOrs;
7 Accurate Count to Be Taken Locally

Census Supervisor W. Harry Byrnes, addressing more
than 800 candidates for enumeration posts at
the ess and scandal of the 1880 here would not
be repeated this year. Making inferental attack on
William Pape local publisher, Mr. Byrnes declared that
%erzeaousness and personal interests of certain group
led them to hire their enumeators Ito insure reaching
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Evening star., 1940-06-16

"A prosecutors Office must be
composed of public-spirited men
who place devotion to duty above
neglect and corruption. for there Ia
no offlce In these United States
Evening star., 1940-06-16

lingering pulmonary disease, Mr..
John Stettinius, aged 80 years, a
native of the city and useful and
respected citizen.
"In the daily papers of yesterday
an error occurred from misinforma-
ton as to the precise manner of
his death, which was reported to
have been more sudden than it ap-
pears was the case He was taken
i'll whilst riding out on horseback
and stopt at the house of Mr.. Ar
mold, near the Eastern Branch
Bridge. where he died about an hour
later)"
Mr.. Stettinius had but one child
by this marriage, John Longworth
Stettinius, who is mentioned in his
fathers lengthy will, in which his
mother Is named executrix. John
Stettinius in this document also
refers to his sister Susan, who mar
ried John Holmead, member of
another of Washington's earliest
families. Besides houses on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and other property,
he also disposed of by will stock In
the Potomac and Ohio Canal, and
he claimed Cincinnati as his resi-
dence,
Evening star., 1940-06-16

school system of the city, and he
held the Office of steward of the
church at the time of his death.
Mr.. Stettinius was one of the SOL
diers Of the War of 1912 and a men,
Der Of the Oldest Inhabitants Asso-
citation. His funeral will take place
tomorrow"
In reporting the funeral of Mr..
Stettinius The Star added to the
preceding write-up as follows:
The funeral of Samuel Stettinius
took place yesterday afternoon at
his late residence on Louisiana ave-
nue., near the City Hall, and was
attended by large concourse of
citizens, including many of our
Oldest residents, among them the
Oldest Inhabitants Association, the
survivors of the War of 'l2, and
members of Wesley Chapel and the
Sunday school. The remains were
in a walnut coffin. covered with
black cloth with silver holdings
and handles and lined with white
satin. The services were conducted
by Rev. Joseph r. Wheeler of Wes-
ley Chapel, who, in his remarks,
spoke of the long career of the
deceased as useful Christian and
citizen. At the conclusion of the
services the pallbearers-S. Mast,
W. N. Rowe, James Lawrenson,
Matthew Cook, w. H. Thumbert
and WA. Farlee-removed the re-
mains to the house. Under the
supervision of the Lees Sons, un-
dertakers. the remains then were
placed in the family vault at the
Congressional Cemetery"
AS stated, this early Washingto-
nian was a member of the Associa-
ton of Oldest Inhabitants, and a
vice president at the time of his
death. The minutes of this asso-
citation show that on August 2,
1876, Mr.. Mast announced the death
of Mr.. Stettinius and said that
in the death of Mr.. Stettinius an
old and highly esteemed brother
member of the society had been re-
moved from U.S."
At this time, DR.. John B. Blake,
president of the association, spoke
Of Mr.. Stettinius "as a citizen, long
known and generally esteemed and
one who had been always ready to
give his time and means to the
Evening star., 1940-06-16
By William A. Milien

Washington's new chief prosecu-
tor is the living embodiment of the
opportunity that is America. It
has lifted him from a small city
near the jagged coast line of mari
time Maine to become at the strip
ling age of 81 the United States
attorney for the Republics Capital
City. But Edward Matthew Curran,
erstwhile Police Court Judge here. is
believed destined for greater things
If his friends are true prophets.
Mr.. Curran is bending himself to
his new task. Alert, energetic, ambi-
tious, he is demanding of his staff
strict loyalty to his Office. Already he
has turned over to his associates the
authority to cancel indictments, If
they deem it proper in weak cases,
too f1imsy for adequate jury presen-
tation. He has his own conception
of his new duty as district attorney.
To protect the weak and innocent,
as we'll as to bring strong wrong
doers to justice, is polar star of
his new work Well known, indeed,
is his advocacy of psychiatric
clinic for criminals, so that those
who need treatment for the Ills of
mind and body might have them
from capable men of medicine, be-
fore they are adjudged fit to be
evaluated by the men of the law.
Little less known is his urging for
public defender, who might see
that better justice is done for those
who lack the cash to retain compe-
tent. legal counsel; who might
launch more orderly and sys-
tematic procedure to bring the heal
ing and enfolding arms of mercy to
the requirements of strict justice,
and with experienced, competent
counsel to assist the penurious.
"A district attorney must realize
that his function is not to convict
at all costs, but to carry out justice
impartially and in spite of public
clamor and political ambitions" Mr..
Curran said.
Duty First.
"A prosecutors Office must be
composed of public-spirited men
who place devotion to duty above
neglect and corruption, for there Ia
no office In these United States
Evening star., 1940-06-16

futherance of benevolent objects,
and said that the institution of Sun
day schools, of which he was among
the first to establish in this city, is
among the living evidences of his
benevolent foresight in the forma-
ton of the morals and intelligence
of the community"
Mr.. Easily referred to Mr.. Stet-
tinius "as citizen who was asso-
ciated with his earliest recollec-
tons, and said that the zeal which
had characterized the successful eff
forts of Mr.. Stettinius in the Or
ganization of Sunday schools was
of itself sufficient to command the
respect Of the community
The old st. Marc Hotel, referred
to as the site where Samuel Stettin-
ius kept his grocery store, was To-
Gated on the northeast corner of
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street. to the east of the Stephen
son Memorial, with its entrance on
the Pennsylvania avenue side. 1t
was established in 1865 by John H.
Semmes, and in 1879 was taken over
by H. C. Bowers. son Of the famous
tragedienne of by-gone days, Mrs
D. P. Bowers. who died in this city
November 6, 1895. The maiden name
Of this noted actress was Elizabeth
Crocker. She was the daughter of
an Episcopal clergyman and was
born in Stamford, Conn, in 1880.
Joseph S. Stettinius, the next son
of the pioneer, Samuel E, mar
ried Helen Davis and settled in St.
Louis, Mo. OF their three daugh-
ters and one son. Julia S. became
the wife of Robert F. Morrison.
later Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of California; Bertha mar
ried John Wann, and their daugh-
ter Florence became the wife of
Otto Won Schwerin, a German mill
tary officer: Helen married a Mr..
Gilman, and the son, Edward R.
Stettinius, on behalf Of j. P. Morgan
& Co., assisted in arranging the
finances of the World War, and for
while served as Assistant Secre-
tary of War under President Will
son. Now Edward r. Stettinius, jr.,
comes forward to assist the Gov
ernment in supervising the problem
OF the procurement of raw mate
rials up to a point where they are
Evening star., 1940-06-16

the National Gallery of Art, in the
new National Museum Building,
there is fine painting of Gen.
Anderson and mural painting en-
titled Diana of the Tides" pre-
sented by the recently deceased Larz
Anderson and Mrs. Anderson, the
former most likely being a grand
son of the one of the same name
who married Miss Stettinius.
John Stettinius was born Novem-
Der 5, 1900, and was, therefore, one
OF the first children born at the
Federal Capital. Down in Con-
gressional Cemetery, among other
tombs of the Stettinius family is a
large square memorial of artistic
design placed to his memory which
Is inscribed:
Peace to the Spirit of
JOHN STETTINIUS.
Beneath rests his remains.
Born November S, 1900,
He died June 80, 1888.
To the cherished memory of his
sacred virtue and domestic worth,
of his merit as man and as
husband this record of affection
is dedicated"
OF his death the National Intelli-
gencer of July 2, 1888, said:
On Sunday morning last, of q
Evening star., 1940-06-16

District Attorney Currans grand
parents came from Ireland-Coun-
ties Galway and Clare-but his
parents, Michael Joseph and Mary
Agnes Curran, who live in WASH
ington now, are natives of Maine.
On June 6. 1884, Mr.. Curran mar
ried Miss Katherine Cecilia Hand.
They have three children, Eileen,
born April 6, 1885; Mary Katherine,
born December Is, 1896, and Anne
Elizabeth, born last October 20.
When he was 81 years old Mr..
Curran registered as a Democrat
in the virulently Republican State
OF Maine. He is a nephew of Will
liam A. Curran of Bangor, former
secretary of the Democratic State
Committee of Maine, and was a
cousin of the late John H. Dooley
OF Portland. Me-, former collector
OF customs and former chairman
Of the Democratic State Committee.
The new district attorney partici-
pated actively in the campaigns of
1882, 1884, 1886 and 1898.
Commissioner of amateur base
ball-czar of the sandlots-Mr. Cur
ran maintains a vibrant interest in
football as well. If one telephones
his home at 6607 Western avenue
NV, likely as not the eldest of his
small daughters will answer the
call.
Stern with the erring when he
wore the robes Of a Police Court
jurist, Mr.. Curran one Good Friday
told a number of minor lawbreak-
ers to go to church and sin no
more. The wealth of flowers that
bedecked Criminal Court No. / of
District Court when, with Justice
David A. Pine, his immediate prede-
cessor in the district attorneyship;
Attorney General Robert H. Jack
son and j. Edgar Hoover, chief of
the G-men, close at hand, Mr.. Cur
ran took the oath of Office bespoke
the host of friends he has among
newsapermen, lawyers, legislators
and the public generally. It is said
Of him that he has addressed prac-
tically all of Washington's civic or
ganizations during his career here.
The United States Junior Chamber
Of Commerce in 1887 bestowed upon
Judge Curran Its distinguished
service award.
Evening star., 1940-06-16

doeft, saxophone celebrity. And so
Hubert Vallee became Rudy Valee,
thanks to the funmakers of Orono,
home of the State University.
Mr.. Curran not only attended the
university of his native State and
Catholic University here, where he
received his bachelor of laws degree
in 1927, but he taught at Catholic
University as member of the law
faculty, and later at Columbus Uni
versity here. Even now, with the
problems of the District attorney
ship on his shoulders, Mr.. Curran
is not through with the halls Of
learning. He has half years credit
toward his doctor of juridical science
degree at Georgetown University,
Evening star., 1940-06-16

which he undertook while sitting on
the Police Court bench, and he pro-
poses to complete his thesis and
obtain the degree at an early date.
He is an honorary member of the
Notre Dame Club of Washington,
yet another collegiate connection. He
is a member of Phi Kappa and
Gamma Eta Gamma fraternities.
The career of Mr.. Curran in the
law should be an inspiration to
Washington's multitude of law stu
dents, who are now poring over
criminal law and procedure, estates,
torts, constitutional law, contracts,
equity, the new Federal Rules OF
Civil Procedure, and all the other
intricacies that can plague the be-
g1nner and the veteran.
With a brand-new diploma in his
hand, he said, he sought connec-
tions with various law offices in
Washington. To put it in his own
words, he went from one end of
the city to the other" without sue
cess. That was but a dozen years
ago. Finally, he became associated
with Milton w. King, prominent at
torney, with whom he stayed for
six years. Then he was named as
sistant corporation counsel for the
District and prosecuted liquor law
violations, defended the municipal
ity against damage suits, wrote
opinions to guide the city fathers
and drafted legislation on behalf Of
the District government. He has
written q number of articles dealing
with the law and is the author of
q complete history of the Police
Court.
Mr.. Curran is q firm believer in
the rapid use Of fingerprints, so
that criminals brought into the
local courts might be checked upon
to determine If they are wanted in
other jurisdictions.
Still Called Judge"
Already he has endeared himself
to the clerical force of his office,
for he has given those he consid-
ers deserving raise In salary. He
Is still called Judge" The walls
of his of1ice at District Court are
covered with autographed photo
graphs of his close friends and
well wishers prominent tn public
life.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
New Federal District Attorney Only Old

where. able and honest public serv-
ants can be more effective"
Mr.. Curran believes that the law
should be more scientific in its ap-
plication, keeping pace with 20th
century development in other fields,
rather than drifting along in the
tlme-channeled currents of Coke,
Blackstone, of Judge George JET
freys of the Bloody Assizes." of
mossy precedents that life has left
behind. No longer must first Of
tenders be sent with hardened
criminals to well-barred penitenti-
aries, so that the novices will learn
the flnesse of law-breaking from
seasoned wrongdoers, who have long
passed the probation stage, Mr..
Curran believes. The higher UPS"
must be caught, 50 that the sources
OF opportunity for the smaller fry"
are dried up. The police must exer-
else good judgment and discretion
in their enforcement of the law, the
new district attorney declared.
There must be no cyclonic raids on
the property of suspected law
breakers, for the law enforcers must
themselves observe the law.
Both Sides.
Mr.. Curran has had the advan-
tage of seeing both criminals and
police alike from the elevation of a
Police Court bench, on which he
was placed by President Roosevelt
in 1886. He has heard both sides
of the story and often has had to
act as judge and jury at the same
time. And, he said, if the police
are wrong, they will be brought to
task, just as will the erring who
knowingly transgress the law.
What manner of man is this new
district attorney?
Blue-eyed and prematurely gray,
he parts his hair in the center, is
pale of face. comparatively slender
of build, but possesses an abundance
of energy and is forceful speaker.
His oratorical ability dates from his
years as a debater, in which he ex-
celled at the University OF Maine,
whose alumni gave him a scholar
ship in this field. He was captain
of the Catholic University debating
team and later served as instructor
In debating at Trinity College here
For hobbies. he has golf and