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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05
LEAGUE STUDIES
 CAUSES OF WAR
Series of Meetings for Ep= worth Member; Kane
 Leads Discussions

A series of meetings having for discussion Kirby Pages booklet. How to Keep Out of the War;" has been planned by the Epworth league of the First Methodist church with William Kane leading the discus sion Cn the Causes of the War" The first of the series will be held next Sunday evening at 6 o'clock.
 The calendar of events at the First Methodist church next week follows:
 Monday, April 8th:-
 800 The Junior Auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. Leslie Young, IT Southwick avenue.
 800 Regular meeting of the of- ficial board. Committee on Church Policy required by the new order of the Methodist church, and ap- pointed at the last official board meeting, will meet at 7:30 to out line its report for the annual meet ing of the church on April 22nd.
 Wednesday, April 10th:-
 2:30 The Missionary Society of our church is having a Stanley Demon stration.
 FOO Boy Scouts.
 Thursday, April 11th:-
 2:30 Regular meeting of the La- dies Aid. Society.
 7:3O Mid-week Prayer Service. The discussion subject will bethe central theme of the Upper Room for this week, "The Principle of the Re- bound" or "A Christian Reward" :" Friday
 300 Sunshine society.
 800 Choir rehearsal.
 800 Woodruff assembly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05

Michael Haselsteiner and Fred Kelly have started painting. Their firSt job was at Lake ZOar but they have other prospects. Michael sold out on the Purchase and started gas station on the OK ford road. MT. Kelly is also we'll known hereabouts. Both men are of mature years and will exercise good judgment in their new enter prise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-05

Constable Mike Klesitz has 8 hen-haWk for sale. The hawk kill ed an old hen at the Klesitz farm. Klesitz, ST., shot and Mike got the thing mounted in Bridgeport. The wing spread is only slightly less than that of a Fokker bomber. Mike is selling because he needs the room.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
BY LEICESTER WAGNER
United Press staff Correspondent

San Francisco, Jan. ll-(UP)-
Roy Gardner, last Of the train rob-
bers, O goth century Jesse James,
cashed In his chips with malice to-
ward none and the hope Of forgive
ness In his heart.
He planned and committed suicide
In his hotel last night as neatly as
he had executed his bold banditries
Of the carly 1920s! His luggage was
packed and addressed; on each OF
four bags was q 30 cent tip. On his
door was O do not disturb" sign.
On the bathroom door was another
reading: "Danger-Poison Cas-
He had sealed the door, dropped
cyanide pellets into glass Of acid
and departed this world In @ wink
SO years after he entered 1t.
A note he addressed TO the press
said he was just tired OF living. He
was down TO 500 IN @ bank account
and some small change In his pocket.
Little was known OF Gardner until
he broke into the headlines by stag
Ing an 5000 mail truck robbery IN
San Diego In 1920. He had been
petty criminal on deserved term III
San quentin for highway robbery
For that robbery he was given
25-year term at Mcneil Island fed
eral penitentiary. He overpowered
his guards and escaped near Port
land, Ore, on June Z, 1920.
A year later. Southern Pacific
mail train was robbed Of $l75,000
near Roseville, Cal, and Gardner was
identified o. the masked desperate
who did II. He was recaptured May
%, 1921, three days after the crime,
while engrossed In O poker game In
Roseville.
Within 10 days he had received
another long sentence, 30 years at
Mcneil Island.
"1'll escape again." he boosted. A
week later near Castle Rock, Wash,
he made good. He dived through the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
COURSES PLANNED
ATTY INSTITUTE
New Subjects Announced
As Registration Opens
For Second Semester

Second semester classes Of the
Mattatuck Technical Institute, Y
M. @. A. engineering school viii
start January 20. Registration fol
these classes will begin Monday
night and close when classes meet.
Educational director, Arthur L
Purinton and Dean David N. Smith,
have announced four new courses
They are: Physical metallurgy, blue
print reading, tool design and JIG
and fixture analysis, production
scheduling and methods. The in
structors of these courses are DON
aid A. billiard, United Chromium
Corp; Howard p. Sharp, Bristol Co..
H. Vincent Townsley, Waterbury
Tool Co., and Laurence B. Cheney,
United States Rubber Co.
First semester courses which viii
continue during the second SEM
ester are: Engineering nathemat-
les II, Halbert l.. King, Scovill
Mfg. Co.; mechanics Nv, David N.
Smith, Waterbury Tool Co.; engi-
neerlng application II, also taught
by David N. Smith; elementary
mechanics II, Robert s. Good
year, United States Rubber Co.:
manufacturing methods II, H. Vim
cent Townley, Waterbury Tool
Co.; foremanship II, J. Wintred
Beecher, Bristol Co.; shop mathe-
mates II, Fred r. MacLaren,
Bristol, Co.: production methods
Nv, Kenneth s. Goodyear, United
States Rubber Co.: production
methods II elementary, Rich
ard B. Harding, Jr, Scovill Mfg
Co.
Eighty men Of Naugatuck and
Waterbury factories were enrolled
for the first semester.
The members Of the educationa.
and industrial division committee
who are In charge Of this phase
Of the work are: J. Russell Put
nam. Forrest @. Purinton. Leland
v. Clark and Herbert 8. Smith
Other members Wll0 gtRe counsel
from time to time are: Walter L
Barrows. Edward L. Bradley
Wendell L. Cross. Albert =. Dob
kins, O. Arthur DUBOIS, william
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
Notorious Robber, Roy
Gardner, Kills Himself
Was 10th Century Jesse James - Made Famous Jail
"Breaks"-RefOrmed In Later Life After Being Freed

window OF a train carrying him to
prison.
He was recaptured, lodged at Nc
Neil. Two months later he led O
break over the prison wall. Guards
killed one partner and wounded an
other, but Gardner disappeared.
His final fling was two months
later. He tried to rob O Santa Fe
mail train near Phoenix, Ariz,, but a
clerk beat him to the draw. over
powered and sat on him until help
arrived.
He went to Leavenworth prison for
% years, but was freed In 1887 after
serving less than 10 years Of his term.
Good behavior prompted his early
release.
At the prison gate Gardner was
met by Louis s. Sonney, who oper-
ated a Los Angeles Aim exchange.
Sonney, as @ policeman, one OF Gard
ner's guel duel foes In 1921, put him
TO work as Aim salesman at $50 a
week.
He left that Job to lecture on crime
In cheap theaters throughout the
country. During the Golden Gate
international exposition last year he
operated crime show and became
q barker on ferry boats that took
sightseers for view OF Alcatraz
Gardeners wife secured an annul.
inent OF their marriage In 1887 after
waiting IS years for his release. She
pleaded he had concealed from her
the fact he had served O prison term
when she married him In 1918.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

penditures budgeted for willimantic,
where o new service building and
substation will be finished In the
spring
Rural Extension
As In past years, one Of the larger
items In the companyS budget Is
for extension Of rural lines. The
1910 program calls for the addition
Of ct least 100 more miles TO the
electric network serving farms and
rural homes.
improvements to generating
plants, electric transmission and
distribution systems, will account
for On estimated expenditure Of 81
l26, 900. Although the gas service Is
the smaller component Of the COM
pany's business, II will also be i'm
proved, by expenditure Of $4,000 on
plant and distribution facilities.
These improvement figures, Mr.,
Campbell pointed out, are In addi-
ton 10 miscellaneous large costs for
equipment.
IN the Waterbury area, he said,
service will be benefited by the In
Stallation Of @ $4,000 kva synchron-
Gus condenser. AT the Devon gen.
Grating station another large sum
will be invested In construction OF q
dock and coal-handling facilities fer
receipt Of Water-bornc coal. At the
Norwalk substation, and ct the
Black Rock suhstation In New Bri-
tain, substantial additions will be
made to facilities, Another impor.
tant improvement, he said, will be
the installation OF additional facil-
tiles OF New Haven 10 supply cleo
trio customers ut Branford.
Routine Program
In addition TO these projects eX-
penditureS totaling $877,000 will be
required, said Mr.. Campbell, for
equipment incident to the routine
construction program OF the com.
pany, including such supplies as
transformers, lines, gas mains and
gas meters, electric meters and In
stallationS, street-lighting equipment
and many miscellaneous items.
"Our 1910 construction program
will be larger than last years, when
we spent S2,200,0O0," Mr.. Campbell
said I'm view OF the public inter-
est In utility expansion and con-
stTuction as an aid TO business re-
covery, think II Is OF interest To
point out that the Connecticut Light
~ Power 90, IN the i-year period
ie30-ie3D inclusive, has spent 20
million dollars for additions and i'm
proVements to Its electric and gas
properties, which activity must be
recognized as an important contribu-
ton TO the prosperity OF our state"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
Construction Program Announced
Husband Flashed Gun
In Threatening Wife
Trial of Bernardo Favara, Charged With Aggravated
Assault Opens In Superior Court Today

threatening to kill If she called the
police.
49,. Threatened TO Shoot
Mrs. Favara added that her hus-
band told her he would shoot her
and Miss Katherine Burns Of the
Children's Home Commission II she
did not tell him where her children
were. Previously Mrs. Favara in
formed the court that the commits
sion had placed her four children In
private homes where they still are.
The woman informed the court
that she and the accused were mar
ried In this city Sept. IS, 1923, but
had been separated on several &C.
casions, including the time the
threat had been made on her life.
She added that the local police de-
partment advised her to call them II
her husband ever showed up TO both
err her.
Anthony G. Beato, proprietor Of
the Waterbury heating company,
where Mrs. Favara had been en-
ployed as O telephone girl. He told
the court that the accused came 10
his place of business on October 6
and engaged IN an argument with
his wife. He added that he saw
Favara pull O gun from his person
and threaten his wife and that he,
Favara, said he would shoot II she
did not get away from the phone.
Mr.. Beato then engaged the nc
cused In conversation for several
minutes, but said he was not given
any reason by Mr.. Favara for the
accused's visit that day TO his place
Of business. He admitted TO the
court that the little boy, iVto, ac-
companied his father TO the store
on that particular day.
Child Present
Before any more witnesses were
called TO the stand States Attorney
william d. Fitzgerald told Judge
McEvoy that he thought II was dis
tasteful to have the child IN court,
but he thought II necessary as he
was TO be O witness.
The third witness called this MORN
Ing by Roland q. Alling. county de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

"Put down that telephone or I'll
plug you," are the words Bernardo
Favara, As, Of this city, directed at
his wife the afternoon of october g.,
1889, when he went TO her place Of
employment at the Waterbury Heat
ing company, 50 Spring street, Ruth
Whiteway Favara, told Judge Frank
p. McEvoy and q l2-man jury In
superior court this morning as the
trial Of her husband, charged with
aggravated assault and carrying q
concealed weapon, got underway
The woman, mother Of four chill
dren, wildly told the court how her
husband, accompanied by her son,
Vito, o, came to the waterbury
Heating company last october, drew
q gun, which she identified this
morning, "a pointed II OF her,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
DIVORCE MOTIONS
ON COURT DOCKET

The uncontested divorce action OF
Mary E. Virgins against John Wig
gins will be heard at O short calen-
dar session of superior court tonor-
row morning at 10 O'Clock with
Judge Frank P. McEvoy presiding.
Several motions in divorce cases
not yet ready for a hearing are also
to be heard tomorrow. They fol-
low:
They are: Theresa Burrell,
against Arthur Burrell alimony
pending trial; Cora MINIS against
James G. MINIS, placed on uncon-
tested list; Mary SapkauskaS
against Albert Snapkauskas allow
ance for legal expenses; and
Natalia Mukosey against Peter
Mukosey, placed on uncontested
list
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
Waterbury District
Included In Power
Company's New Plans
SynchrOnOus Condenser to Be Erected at Baldwin
Street Plant - $2,6OO,OOO to Be Expended In
Extending Service, Strengthening Supply

A 100000 construction program
will be undertaken In 1870 by the
Connecticut Light a. Power Co., ac-
cording to plans announced In Hart:
ford today by O. L. Campbell, presi-
dent Of the company.
Strengthening OF power.supply
facilities, extension Of service to un-
served territory, and miscellaneous
improvements Of direct benefit to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
LATE REALTY NEWS
Mortgage Deeds

Mortgage Deeds
VincenzO Spinella TO Thomas
Gianni, property on Locust street,
1889.
Raymond and Harriet Dillon, TO
the Scovill Mfg. Co., property ON
Wood street, $4,000.
Warranty Deed
ScOvill Mfg. Co., to Raymond
and Harriet Dillon, property on
Wood street.
Mortgage Release
James Dillon to Patrick and
Hannah Fitzgerald.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
MEM0s OF A CoLUMNIsT's

MEMOs OF A C0LUMNIsT's
GIRL FRIDAY
Dear Mr.. W.: Pay no attention TO
that Rudy Vallee heart attack story
IN Miami. Her name Is Patricia
Dane now. Used TO be Byrnes-anu
Vallee isn't the reason she went to
Florida. He's the son Of q N. X,
dept storekeeper I. All Of II very
untmportaflt See Variety's
amy number. Last year her I'D read
Norma Shearer" What Is the
significance Of that? 4. Oh, yes.
Claude Binyon's fine story in that
issue was paragraph IN the
column O year ago. It concerns q
Satevepost editor who worked for
Goldwyn So many requests for
last Sunday nights editorial--whicn
Is why / ran II Tuesday Did
you see the Fortune poll on column
istsp But riddle me this9 The
Telly ran the popularity poll Of ra-
dio stars as voted on by radio edi-
tors r. Warnings crew Is first,
and you're second among the best
la hour shows. But you're fourth
among the newscasters, although
the three newscasters listed ahead
Of you are also quarter-hour shows
~. That doesn't make sensei
A Sind Street Joint was the scene
OF q terrible beating administered
TO O chap by five loafers who re-
scented girl using a phone too long
He defended her right TO use It Is
long as she wished so they beat him
up. He was In O hospital for five
days I thought you'd like
To even II up for him by barring
oil mention OF the place forever or
any place the owner owns DID
I tell you that the Fritz Mandl mar
riage was played big by the society
editors, who claimed the news first
leaked at o New Years Eve poddyP
Uh-huh,
A. A. Bcrle Of the State Dept Is
the one down at Washington try
Ing TO work out O Hull-La0uard
ticket. Jerry Mahoney Is doing his
best up here 10 boom Hull for
President There's O switch on
that novelty drawing Of five pigs
which folds into Hitler's face. The
pigs are now five snakes ] am
not sending your answer to that
dope UP In Boston, you're too busy
for time.waSters like that -- or for
that exec In Connecticut who needs
an alienist or O hooch-cure just
punch him In the nose when you
see him and dismiss 1t that way.
The Roland Goes, he does "Cross-
town" for the Post, are imaeing
about the goth The Ernest
Meyers, no columns over there-ex-
pect, also Did you hear about
the swankiest New Years party OF
all? Yes, my deah, the Cartwrights
gave II on the 81. Regis Roof. Only
two musicians were hired TO supply
tile music and then they were eau
toned not TO play too loud i,
Tho very secret Actors Equity re-
port ION their parent union, tho
-Four AO contains o recommended
ton 10 severely slash the salaries OF
two big shots EveryWoman's
Magazine, edited by Elita Wilson, Is
refreshing. None Of that stodginesg
you find In most OF them Lets
Cor the Intl show, Ii paced bfiskly,
saw II and you'd like H. Seymour
Felix's girl show ID good, too.
Saw Frances Farmer the other
:" night. She came into the Little
Alpn Restaurant on Sixth In the Sos
looking around for somebody who
wasn't there, then ate alone-and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
FIRE OFFICIALS
ESTIMATE LOSS
Sylvan Avenue H GU S e
Damaged By Early
Morning Blaze

Fire officials today were estimat-
Ing the extent OF the damage caus-
ed by q overheated oii-burner blaze
In the three-story tenement house
at 4ll-4i3 Sylvan avenue last night
The blaze which forced the three
families In the house TO flee start
ed In the top-hoor apartment &C.
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. George J
Byron, owners OF the property
When discovered at 8 o'clock, It was
already out Of hand, having spread
TO the ceiling Of the living room
back veranda, and the roof.
Byron tried to put out the blaze
with q sweater, but an explosion
from the small cabinent heater In
the living room spread the flames
and forced him and his wife to flee
They warned second and flrst-f floor
apartments as they left the build
ing.
Two alarms summoned four pieces
Of apparatus to the scene. When
they reached there, smoke was bill
lowing through doors and window:
Of the house, and flames were lick
ing the back veranda and roof
Tarpaulins spread over rugs anc
furniture in the lower stories prov
ed successful in combining loss there
to water damage. The top floor
however, was damaged extensively.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

tective, who told the Judge and jury
the contents OF his talk october 0.
with the accused at local police
headquarters, regarding the affair Of
october 9.
The case Is not expected 10 reach
the jury until early next week
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

w. eager, Arthur H. Goepel, Will
liam M. Harris, Walter A. Jar
Wis, Herman Rooster, Mary l.
Martin, Alfred F.. Meyerhans
James M. Perry, Jr., Robert e
Plat, chairman of the educational
committee, Allen w. Rockwell and
Edwin L. Rose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

Miss Josephine Baker, American
star OF the Folies Bergere in Paris
headed a troupe Of Folies girls who
gave an entertainment for Royal
Air Force men at the front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

Frebluent
customers are among the principal
detectives OF the program, said Mr.,
Campbell, who explained that the
normal schedule OF maintenance
and replacement amounts In itself
TO o large part Of the cofnpany's
costs The 1910 construction, he
said, will be carried Oh In oil Sec
lions OF the company's territory.
IN O number OF districts Service
building improvements ore contem-
plated, with particularly large ex-
report annually 10 the police there
Art Franklin was Just IN with
Remember way back when the
Germans used TO bend the elbow
instead OF the knee9" ThaI
young gipl who jumped 10 her death
because OF that Baron OppeTiheim
I hear, had applied for visa u
Germany and was refused the day
before she jumped >. The Life
editors must be Democrats. They
ran photos OF Repub possibilities
standing alongside the rear ends Of
horses Elsa Maxwell has q
piece In Look which should interest
you.
Here's q new word for O noisy
drunk: Obnoxicated And these
toasts are cute, ! think: Here's
hoping that the most you wish for
Is the least you'll get" and "As you
climb the ladder OF success may you
never meet O friend" Coming DOWN
That record by the Calypso
Singers about you and Lepke Is q
screaml James Wheeler-Hill,
Fritz Kuhn editor, may get six years
for perjury, good radiance
Isn't II about time you did O Heart
beatP Tn doing my bit In this
water shortage crisis. I'm drinking
my Scotch straight.
YOUR GIRL FRIDAY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

In case you still don't care--C holly
Knickerbocker the other day mem
toned that Andy Carnegie Whit
field Is still considered alive by the
Social Reg. He Is marked absent"
Nobody believes he died In his plane
at all. He Just got tired Of being
stuck" Norway Is calling back
Its reservists from the U. s. !.
Norway Is said to expect war with
Russia In two weeks. A Norwegian
I know told me he had been called
back Mary Jane Walsh OF
TOO Many Girls" and Ernie Hoist
the crew leader, are experimenting
with life In general Here's
something to put on the walls Of the
N. Y. Times and for Others who
think you can't say anything I'm .
less you use miles Of space: Lin
coins Gettysburg Address required
only 267 words, and Shakespeare
penned Hamlet's immortal soliloquy
In 2eS-accordlng to the World d.
gest And then, In case that
doesn't sink In, there's the Ten Com
mandmentS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

not soul (but mel recognized her
Such fleetlng fame. Maybe It was
her ex-husbar1d. He livts around
the corner, and I've seen them stroll
ing through the park Of Sunday
afternoon. So maybe they're max
ing up2 The whispering cam
paign against FDR and his cabinet
has reached o new low in calumny
Almost as low as the one the Bund-
lists have passed on to similar groups
about you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

Hear anything about James Moi
felt, the oil man9 One Of the
Hutton women Is said to be plan.
ming to marry him soon j
Thorndyke, asst m. 0. over ct Life
and Virginia Lamont OF the staff
have the urge to merge 0oeb-
bells real girl friend 20 few years
ago. Is here. Her last name 10
Kruger Mark Hellinger's New
Years card Just got In. It says;
BEST wishes for q Merry Christi
mas, Happy New Year, 9TH Of July,
Yom Kippur and Hitler's Funeral
That Joe Now, head Of the
Mobilizeros, now lives ct the Well
ington under the name Of his
stooge Bombo. He leaves soon for
California TO try and take over the
Townsendites. He said this about
them: "They are q set up for o guy
like me To knock off o bunch OF
dopes like them" q. Let's run II
and set him Q swell welcome out
there.
n SNEVtthW Piuy WkABAv ~ " AGtA-
Der OF n terrorist society which
several years ago knocked off q
Greek Archbishop /; Skater Guy
Owens doesn't retire, Just his wife
until the baby arrives +. That
"You likee soupee -- speecheep" gae
you ran was really old You
ran II six years ago-a reader JUS
sent me O elippingl -. A Lima, 8,
America, radio station recently re-
ported the Windsors planning q
divorce +, How do some people
know everythlngP The hit song
sung twice on the cir BY Paul
Robson was IN Sing for Your
Supper" O Federal Theater show
which got pNnned something ter
rible +. !. The phone phirm says no"
body there has any idea OF shaving
anybodys salary, as runofed, o.
any time,
Here's one right under your nose
Because Jack Dempsey Is listed as
q hotel keeper In Miami, he must
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
Walter WiIacIaeII
On Broadway
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Grade Mark Rssstsrsal coDyrs 1910 DAILY Mirror Inc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11

Here's one right under your nose
Because Jack Dempsey Is listed o.
q hotel keeper In Miami, he must
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-05

: The Nazi fuehrer, Churchill de
fclared, suffered a setback when the
United States traded 80 over-age
destroyers for leases on British nav
al base sites in the Atlantic ocean
and will no doubt pay the United
States out if he gets a chance"
Churchill, taking up Futicr's chaI-
lenge, said that he mad confidence
That Britain would beat Germany
III a contest Of nerves, will power
and endurance because Britain was
becoming stronger daily.
Parliament was warned by both
Winston Churchill and Foreign
Secretary Viscount Halifax OF grave
developments and future heavy
fighting il the Mediterranean and
Middle East Lord Halifax said tnat
Britain would give full support to
Greece if Italy carries out threats
Of an attack.
The prime minister addressed tie
House OF Commons on the prospect
OF intensified aerial attack while
London was under an air alarm that
delayed the beginning OF Church
ills speech. Nazi airplanes trailing
smoke that made a huge sWastika
in the sky bad interrupted the open
ing Of the session, sent the members
to basement air raid shelters and
gave weight to HitIers threat oI
mass attacks.
But Churchill sternly defied the
Germans to do their worst in con-
tinuation OF raids That ne said killed
LOTS civilians in 4lgust
Neither side hus yet employed us
iuIl air strength, he said, but the
NaziS have been forced 10 use more
air power than Britain has thrown
against them so far