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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30


 The original complaint charged Miss Cavanaugh with converting to her own use and use of others property of the City of Waterbury. The amended complaint presented at the outset of the trial this morn ing charges Miss Cavanaugh with converting the property of the city "to her own use" alone, the words "and others being dropped.
 Case Starts Rapidly
 The case got of to 8 surprisingly fast start. Judge Frank P. McEvoy ascended the bench at exactly 10 o'clock. and Miss Cavanaugh was immediately put to plea. Showing just. a slight trace of nervousness when Superior Court Clerk George H. Freeman read the charges against her and said: "To this in- formation what is your plea guilty or not guilty" Miss Cayanaugh in a clear voice responded: Mot Guilty"
 Jurors Selected
 The task of selecting the jurors started at once and moved along very sast. Many had predicted that the jury-selecting process would be long and drawnout, but States Att torney Fitzgerald and Attorneys Maurice P. Wrenn and Miles F. Mo- NH, Jr., counsel for Miss Cava- naugh, did not question any of the prospective jurors at length.
 When court recessed shortly after 11:30, six of the twelve men had been selected and at 12:30 ten of the jurors had been selected. The complete jury. was ready at l o'clock;
 At recess both the state and the defense had each used five of the eight challenges they are entitled to and Judge McEvoy had excused three members of the panel.
 Questi0nes Limited
 Questions asked the jurors by the state and defense was confined mostly to their occupation: whether they were married; whether they held political office; whether they had read about the Cavanaugh case or listened to broadcasts of it over the radio; whether they would be influenced because the defendant is a woman; whether they understood the meaning of the legal phrase guilty beyond a reasonable doubt"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
TWO KILLED, TWO
 HURT IN CRASH

Pawtucket, R. l., Jan. 3O.--CUP)- Two persons were killed instantly and two others were injured-per- haps fatally-when the automobile in which they were riding suddenly swerved across Broadway in down. town Pawtucket and struck an iron pole today.
 The dead:
 John Griffin, 40, of South Attic boro, Mass.
 Miss Gladys sligar, 25. of North Attleboro, Mass.
 Fred Lister of Providence and James Tahney of Central Falls were hospitalized with critical head and internal injuries. Emergency treat ment failed to restore their con- sciouSneSS.
 Police Investigating the crash were unable to determine its cause. They said that the coach virtually wrapped itself" around the nine- inch pole used to support trolley wires.
 Firemen were called to aid in re- moving the dead and injured as their bodies were damned in the wreckage of the car. The accident occurred near the Pawtucket Con- gregational Church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
TEAR GAS USED
 ON PLANT GERMS

Storrs, Conn, Jan. 30-(UP)-A Rhode Island State College profes- sor described today how tear gas was used to kill plant germs, with consequent increases in crop pro- duction.
 Dr. Frank L.. Howard said tear gas has been used successfully in experi- ments to kill disease growths. Tom ato plants especially have been aided by the tear gas application, he told a garden scientists meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
HAWAIIAN SCOUTS
 SAVE TWO FLYERS
Battle Heavy Surf to Save Airmen Forced Down
 in Seas

Honolulu, T. H., Jan. 30. (UP)- Government officials sought cita- tions today for two boy scouts who Swam almost half mile in heavy seas to rescue two army flyers.
 Raymond Kane, 16, and Hyel Ching, IA, with 50 other persons on Lualualei Beach, saw a two-place army plane crash into the ocean about 400 yards offshore late yes- terday. They awaited the arrival of navy crash boat, but no crash boat came.
 AS the minutes passed the spec tators watched the plane bob on the pitching waves. They could see that the plane was beginning to sink and thought they could see two men clinging to the wreckage. Then the waves would rise again and the wreckage disappear behind them.
 Still the crash boat did not come but all the crowd that had gathered on the beach. none thought of at- tempting rescue. At last the boys shed their clothing and plunged into the ocean.
 They battled the seas for more than quarter hour to reach the plane. They found Lieut.. William Hindson and Private James P. Brennan conscious but too weak from shock to be- of much as sistance.
 The Scouts helped pull some of the heavy, water soaked clothing from them. then began the difficult task of returning them to shore. With their burdens, the boys were almost submerged by the rolling waves and the strong undertow. Weaker as they approached shore, they were battered by the breakers.
 Almost an hour after entering the waves, they emerged with the rescued.
 Hindson, of Oak Hills, w. Va, and Brennan, of Honolulu, were cut severely and Brennan may have suffered 8 brain concussion. They said the motor of their plane quit as they banked out over the ocean and they had insufficient altitude to return to shore.
 Both said the scouts saved their lives, and one of their superior of- f1cers said he would suggest official recognition of their courage.
 "One of the greatest displays of courage I have ever known," he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
FINNS SAY 21
 PLANES DOWNED
Great Russian Offensive Yesterday Reported to
 Have Been Costly
BY RALPH FORTE

United Press Staff CorreSpOndent)
 HelSinki, Jan. 30 - (UP) - Fin nish warplanes and anti-aircraft guns shot down 21 Soviet planes yesterday while ground forces re- pulsed new Russian attacks, an off, cial Finnish communique an- nounced today.
 The communique said that large casualties had been inflicted on the Russians in fighting northeast of Lake Ladoga-where the Red Army has been on the offensive for ten days-and that the Russian air raid, while infiicting a higher toll on the Films, "cost the Russians dearly in men and materials"
 The Films also reported they had beaten off day-long attack on the important fort on Mantsi Island, on the northeast shore of the lake, where Red planes and infantry joined in a powerful attack.
 The fort has been effective re- gently in breaking up Russian rear lines and several Russian attacks on it have failed.
 The Finnish communique said that Finnish airplanes had taken the offensive in retaliation for the Russian bombardments and had bombed "a certain harbor" as well as railroad stations behind the Russian lines.
 There was no definite indication whether "a certain harbor" might be the Kronstadt naval base of Leningrad or the Soviet aerial and naval base in Estonia, both rumored to have been bombed in the past.
 The communique said the Films lost only one plane in lyesterday's fighting. CIn Moscow, it was an- nounced that seven Finnish craft were shot doWn)
 The communique made it clear that the Russian forces were still clinging to the offensive in the area
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
SURPRISE ADDRESS
 BY HITLER TODAY
Seventh Anniversary of His Accession to Power
 to Be Observed
BY RICHARD c. HOTTELET

(Unlted Press Stair C0rreSpOndenC)
 Berlin, Jan. 30.-(UP)-A surprise announcement was made shortly af- ter noon today that Adolf Hitler would address the nation by radio at 8 D.. m. @ p. m. EST) on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of his accession to power.
 It was the sole observance of the day, usually one of parades and celebratory speeches.
 The prevalence of the sober gray green army uniform, the rigorous rationlng of food and a grim at tention to business marked the an- niversary of the triumph of Hit ler's National Socialist party.
 Neither the official DNB news agency, which announced the speech would indicate whether Hitler in- tended tonight to summon a meet ing of some sort to hear him or would speak from his study in the chancellery or from a broadcasting studio.
 Hitler nearly always makes his addresses to a public or official gathering.
 The Nazi fuehrer's standard flew today over his chancellery, in in- 0ication that he was there.
 Officials maintained greatest Se- crecy as to where Hitler would speak. Correspondents were in- formed that they would be taken to the scene of the speech from the propaganda ministry.
 (When Hitler spoke at the Munich beer hall on the anniversary of the unsuccessful Naz putsch a bomb exploded shortly after he had left the hall0
 The presence in Berlin today of a large number of Reichstag mem- bers, many of them in uniform created the probability that Hitler would have an audience for his speech. The Reichstag has been meeting in the Kroll opera house III the Tiergarten in the past but there was no assurance that Hitler would speak there. even if the Reichstag meets.
 Newspapers blazoned the an- nouncement that the fuehrer would speak but made no comment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
FARM AID CUTS
 GET APPROVAL
Appropriations Committee in House Ignores Wal=
 lace's Warning
BY FRANK McNAUGHTON United Press Staff COrreSDOnGlentl

United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 Washington, Jan. 30 - (UP0 - The house appropriations commit tee today approved an unprecedent- ed reduction in farm aid funds in the face of warning by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace that the economy drive imperils ag- ricultural well-being.
 When the committee got through, the agricultural bill for 1941 amounted to less than half of this years appropriation.
 The measure called for $634, ,399,- 256 for the fiscal year starting next July Ia reduction of $666, ,841 ,059 below spending for the current year and $154,530,2 ,263 less than President Roosevelt had recommended.
 The action brought savings in five supply bills placed before con- gress so far this year to $302, 2,000, ,000 about two-thirds of the $46O, ,000,- GOO that economy advocates are try ing to chop from the budget so as to avoid action on MT. Roosevelt's request for new taxes.
 The agriculture bill:
 1. Contained no funds for farm parity payments despite Wallace's recommendation that $212,000,000 be provided. President Roosevelt had not asked for parity funds.
 2. Made no provision for Wal lace's certificate plan for financing farm benefits.
 3. Carried no funds for the dis posal of surplus commodities. A $72, 2,678,812 item for this purpose was eliminated in grounds the expendi- ture was not authorized by law. Un- less offset. by subsequent legislation,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Distress Calls From Ships Heard-Heinkel Plane
 Escapes GERMAN PLANE DOWN OFF EAST COASTLINE One Man Survives Nazi At= tack Yesterday on
 Lightship
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff COrrespOndentl

United Press Staff COrrespondent) London, January 30. - (UP) - Royal Air Force fighters shot down a German plane off the east coast just after l p. m., the air ministry announced to day as German planes made intensive at- tacks on shipping in British waters for the second consecutive day.
 The air ministry announced form ally that German planes today were repeating the attacks on British shipping which they launched with flights totalling at least IS plaGes yesterday.
 Considerable air activity was in progress off the east coast follow ing a distress call from 8 steamer saying that a German plane was att tacking it. It was reported that an- other ship was being attacked and had sent out and SOS call. Several formations of British fighters sped to the scenes of the distress calls.
 Ship Identified
 One of the attacked steamers later was identified as the Jersey, BIO tons.
 Air circles said that a German Heinkel plane had escaped into the clouds off the Scottish coast with its rear gun out of action after it had been intercepted about noon by RAF fighters.
 A second radio message from the Jersey Queen said that another veS- sel, apparently near her position had been attacked by planes. East coast short wave listeners could hear distress signals. British fight CTS again flew out to sea late this afternoon.
 Ministry COmmunique
 The text of the air ministry's pre- liminary communique on to-day's raids:
 "An enemy aircraft was shot down by an RAF fighter command aircraft off the east coast shortly 0SAS4S OAAS AAAs VOAeAJs
 ''The enemy is repeating the vide spread attacks on east coast ship ping which he undertook yesterday Reports so far indicate that early this morning reconnaissance air. planes appeared off the east coast but disappeared at sea on the ap- proach of RAF fighters. An enemy aircraft attacked shipping off Yar- mouth but was pursued by fighter and coastal patrol aircraft with re- suits which are not yet known"
 Lone Survivor
 The lone survivor of the Dudgeon lightship was identified as John Sanders. He said the crew took to a small boat in which they spent the night. Early today, when only two of them were still able to row, they heard the breakers on shore. The boat capsized as they neared the shore.
 T tried to drag the skipper to safety but he was washed away" Sanders said.
 T crawled over the sand hills and tried to enter a garage. broke 8 window but couldn't get in. Even- tually, forced the door of house and found some blankets. I wrap ped myself in blankets and fell asleep"
 Planes Driven Off
 The air ministry said that the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Jury To Hear
 CaUanaugh Case

The jury chosen in superior court today to hear the trial of Mary Cavanaugh, former city employe, charged with embez- clement included eleven men and one woman. In the order accepted by the state and de- fense they are:
 Wallace H. Johnson, Wood bridge.
 Charles E. Murray, Derby. Frank Patzke, Meriden.
 William Shelly, Wallingford. Robert z. Hawkins, Oxford. Benjamin Banford. Hamden. Thomas Mcleod, Derby.
 Mrs. Marion F. Morris, Meri- den.
 Sherman D. Stocker, Beacon Falls.
 Edgar B. Harger, Oxford. Russell Haywood, Wolcott. Omar Nickerson, Seymour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
NAN PLANE SHOT DOWN TN NEW ATTACKS
Second Consecutive Day Of Raids Along British Coast
Tight Fit-But
 Fireman Made It

Waltham, Mass, Jan. 3O.- (UP) - When firemen were called to rescue 19-month-O old Michael Mcdonnell, who had locked himself in a bathroom, they had to poll the entire de- partment to find the thinneSt member, Joseph J. McDermOtt.
 But before even McDermOtt could squeeze through the rooms tiny window, he had to shed coat, shirt and trousers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Jan. 3O-(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Jan. 27, compared with year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $5,395, ,074.5O $5,176,3S6,1 ,15S.31
 Receipts
 $3,O0S,172,387.95 $3,205, ,4S7,419.78 $2,sss, ,sss, s,ssS.55 7O,sss.7ss.5s $2,sss.sss .sss.55 s1,s7o.sss.7ss.5s $2,s1o.s76.717.O7 2s.5s4.Os5.5s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
Accused Tax Clerk
 Pleads Not Guilty As Trial Is Begun
Amended Charge Presented By States Attorney Fitz gerald TOday-Case Moves Along Rapidly With
 Complete Jury POlled Shortly After Noon Hour

A jury of eleven men and one woman will decide the guilt innocence of Miss Mary Cavanaugh former clerk in the City Tax Collectors office who pleaded not guilty
 charge embedding 24O1 of the property of the City of Waterbury, The pleading to amended complaint presented to the court by States Attorney William B.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
INJURIES FATAL

Stratford, Conn, Jan. 30- (UP)- JanSss Cavanaugh, Milford. was in- jured fatally last night when his automobile was in 8 collision with two trucks at an intersection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
500 CHICKENS BURNED

Fairfield. Conn, Jan. 30-(UP)- Fire destroyed two-story barn here last night, killing 800 chickens. A bucket brigade saved the nearby residence of owner John Sepsey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
THE WORLD. WAR 25 YEARS AGO,
 JAN. 30, 1915
By United Pressl

(By United Press) Russian forces captured Tabriz, Persia.
 General but indecisive activity on both. Western and Eastern Fronts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30

Want office work? Prepare at Post Junior ColIege-24 Central Avenue
 New term starts February 9th,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
The Weather

Fair, Continued Cold Tonight, Wednesday
 Full Weather Report on Page 3
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-11
Prisoner Requests Tools
Required for Jailbreak

Tom Bunch, Fort Worth, Texas,
Jailor, likes to accommodate the
fellows in the Tarrant county Jail.
but he had one request that went a
little too far.
Bunch takes written orders from
the inmates when he passes the
cells each day-for tobacco, writ
ing paper, magazines and other ar
tlcles for shut-ins. Recently, he un-
folded one of batch of such or
ders and found request for:
One cutting torch, 1 pack ham,
mer, square paw bullpick, l dozen
hack saw blades, 2 hack saw frames
and 10 feet of cotton rope.
The order, signed ..Homesick,"
asked that the jailor '.please rush
this order.''
County officers saw the hurnor of
the note, but they also noticed that
the order had a professional touch
the sender knew the exact needs for
his escape and knew how much each
item cost. Sheriff A. B. Carter asked
that the jailor exercise vigilance TO
see that ''Homesick" didn't get his
order filed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-11
Unusual Vase Collection

Miss Katharyn Hawley, librarian
of Franklinville, N. Y, has an I'M
usual hobby. She collects vases.
But they must be small-the larg-
est in her collection is only three
inches tall. Miss Hawley started col
Letting vases a year and half ago
and in that time she has ACQUIRED
1O4 of them. They range from the
"giant'' of the collection from Par
is, France, bearing the picture of
the famous Notre Dame cathedral
to the smallest-one quarter of an
inch tall-of Mexican pottery. The
collection contains many of odd
shapes and designs, among them a
WheelbarroW, sprinkling can,
miniature loving cup turned from a
piece of maple with an inlay of
darker wood. There are two Toby
jugs in the collection and four
Wedgewood type vases.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-11
Kodiak, Alaska, Becomes
Rapidly Growing Place

SEATTLE.-The renaissance OF
Kodiak, 140-year-old western Alaska
town, has more than doubled its pop.
ulation in recent months and pro.
duced an embarrassing obstacle to
future expansion.
w. j. Erskine, president of the
Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, ex-
planned here that much of the land
adjoining present city limits is
owned by "squatters,' who refuse
to give up their property.
Until the problem is solved the
towns builders are concentrating on
a residential district inside the city
limits to the fullest extent.
One firm is building 10 new
homes of four to six rooms each.
At present Kodiak probably is one
of the busiest spots on the North
American continent. Construction
of the United States naval base sent
hundreds of workers there, swelling
the population past the 1000 mark.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-11
National Service Flags

During the World war of 1914
1913 few American homes were not
linked in some way to the Ameri-
can Expeditionary forces or the
training camps on this side of the
Atlantic. Service flags were famil-
lar sights in the windows of private
homes, church chancels and even
business offices. Service flags were
not modern symbols of the sacrifice
imposed by war During the six
ties the same emblem was used
by families and communities. At
the museum in the administration
building at Fredericksburg and Spot
sylvania county battlefelds, Me-
mortal National park, Virginia,
service flag is displayed. It belonged
to st. Georges Episcopal church,
Fredericksburg, and bears a star
for every lad in the parish who
served in the Civil war.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-11
Measuring Lights Speed
Is Basic Scientific Study

Next to the final week of your va.
cation the fastest moving thing ir
the known universe is light, which
has a velocity in round numbers OF
10000 miles a second.
Scientists measured the speed of
light about $50 years ago. but they
keep on measuring it even today be-
cause improvements in technique
Keep on making it possible to do
more exacting job of measuring.
Science has good reasons for want
Ing to know the speed of light within
the precision of a gnats eyebrow.
1t is the very cornerstone of no end
OF basic. practical researches in 9TH
er branches of science.
The more precisely the scientists
refine their experimental determine
lions OF the velocity of light the
more trouble they get themselves
into. For it begins to appear that
possibly light itself has no fixed We
locity.
The whole perplexing question has
been reviewed in Scientific Aneri-
can by Douglas w. F. Mayer,
physicist. Twelve years ago a Lon
don scientist named Gheury de Bray
assembled all the results of all the
determinations of lights velocity
previously made, and pointed out
that these indicated that every year
light seemed to move about three
miles a second slower. When deal
Ing with such small amounts as
only three miles in 10000 it is ex-
tremely difficult to make sure that
the changes noted were not due
merely to imperceptible variations
In the method of measurement
therefore, the question hangs fire
today-with. the feeling among sci
entlsts that if future tests substan-
tlate the suspicion that the speed of
lght, long supposed to be the most
liked thing in the whole universe, is
not absolutely fixed, they will once
more have to start all over again
and revise large part of science.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-11
Grandfather Mountain

grandfather mountain, rugged
em1nence near Linville, N. c., was
discovered by French botanist, An
drew Michaux, who in 1894 scaled
the peak and recorded this:
climbed to the summit of the high
est mountain of all North America
and with my companion and guide
sang the Marseillaise hymn. and
cried: Long Live America and the
French Republic! Long Live Lib
erty!' The Frenchman's exuber-
ance was unwarranted, but the
mountain, which is 1884 feet high.
probably was the highest mountain
In America at one time. Geologists
say 1t is one of the oldest mountains
In the world, possibly more than
1000, 900 years old. The mountain
Is so named because from certain
angles its ridge suggests the up-
turned face of sleeping giant.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-11
standardized Partitions

If you are planning a house in
terror remodeling it is well to re-
member that you can buy standard
lied wood partitions in all popular
woods and finishes. Such partitions
frequently come in two heights-7
feet a inches and feet 6 inches.
Each is made up of three units with
the space between the top of the
third unit and the ceiling filed with
a soundproof transom. All units are
80 inches wide. Individual panels
are 2S inches thick, built on frames
with two 1s-inch layers of acousti-
cal material on the inner side, and
are embraced with two three-ply
layers of plywood. Doors are sound
proof with the base panel water and
mop-proof. Partitions of this type
are easily assembled and made rig
id with screws and full-length posts
of special construction. Wiring goes
through the end posts at either the
upper cornices or the base.