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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
ACCUSED OWNER. WINS DISCHARGE.
Whiskey Found in Tavern Claimed as Personal
 Property

Joseph Tomkus, 4S, of John street, won q discharge in city court today on charge of keeping whiskey with intent to sell without Q permit when arraigned before Judge T. F. Conway.
 Lieut.. Patrick Hobart testified that he with Lieut.. Patrick Moy- land and State Inspector James Glylln visited the tavern of the ace cused on 12 South Leonard street on June 3, and confiscated about four ounces of whiskey, which they found in the inside pocket of Q jacket coat hanging on the wall near the bar.
 Tomkus denied that he owned the whiskey and claimed that the bartender who helps out, bought 1t for his own use. The bartender, Q relative of the proprietor, acknowl- edged he bought the whiskey at Q package store and that he and Q companion, Bill Sweeney, took Q swig from the bottle in the alley. The the two men went to the tavern for @ chaser" after the drink.
 Sweeney testified that while they were in the tavern for the beer, Tomkus asked the bartender If he would help him out behind the bar. Sweeney said he took his coat off and hung 1t on the nall In the rear.
 Just then Inspector Glynn walked | in and searched behind the bar and after noticed the coat.
 Defense Mitchell Meyers interro- gated Tomkus, Sweeney and the bartender If any of the whiskey was taken at the tavern. The ac- cused and the other defense wit- nesses denied they drank any In the tavern but beer.
 Judge Conway, in granting the discharge, said that although whis-. key Is not allowed on premises but the extenuating circumstances pointed that the accused was not aware of the whiskey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

AS civilization advanced west. ward, and with 1t the railroads, the strict law enforcement, the prison conquering of the Apaches, and strict law enforcement, the prison became antiquated, and In 1907, Florence was named as the site of Q new penitentiary.
 In 1909, the Yuma Union High school board voted to move class rooms to the old prison buildings, and graduates for four years re- ceived their diplomas inside the adobe walls. The school abandoned the prison in 1914. ~
 Civic-minded citizens recently decided to preserve the prison, and vtoed to turn 1t into c museum.
 Early Day Alcatraz
 Built in 1876, during Ari2ona'S "lawless period," the prison was sit- uated on c bluR that extended Into the waters where the 0ila and Col- orado rivers meet. Constructed en- tirely of stone and iron and sur- rounded by Q high wall, 1t was c verltable forerunner of the modern Alcatraz. .a..
 Marauding Apaches, stagecoach holdups, ''two-gun" desperadocs, everyday sights In Arizona during the sos, '70s and 'e0s. So lawless public iyichings and murder were was the state In those days that one Arizona editor was provoked to write:
 we wish that . few of our citi- zeng could be permitted to live ,sn- til they die . natural death, 70 as to show the world what Q mag nificent, healthy country this is."
 Tn 1887, Congress authorized the establishment of territorial prison in Arizona, but 1t was not until Feb. l2, 1875, that the assembly voted to build the penitentiary at Yuma,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
S0r0h Singer
 Learns Lesson

Mrs Sarah Singer win think twice before she allows any- one In the future to use her telephone At her millinery store, l74 South Main street.
 Yesterday . stranger walked into Che store and asked per- mission to make . call. Mrs. Singer, absorbed in her work, indicated where the stranger could help himself tO the phone In the rear of the store. The person made the call and after leaving, Mrs. Singer dls- covered her purse was gone, with SSS In It. Lieut.. Henry Johnson was sent Co investi- gate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
DOROTHY LYNCH
 IN AUTO CRASH
Albion Street Resident In. iures Back as Car Hits
 AnsOnia Pole

Ansonia, June lS-Three persons were injured, none seriously, when an automobile operated by Miss Dorothy Lynch of Albion street, Waterbury, skidded on the wet pavement on Derby avenue Mon- day afternoon and struck c tele- phone pole.
 The driver, state police report, and two occupants, Ella Costello of 28 Wallace street and Josephine Fitz0erald of Wall street, Water bury, were taken to Griffin hos- pital. Examination revealed Miss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
MILLER AND COUCH
 AT ATLANTA FARLEY

Seth Goodwin, physical director of the YMCA, exhibited motion pic- lures ct 6 meeting of the Water bury Kiwanis at The Elton today.
 TWO members of the local group are attending the four-day 26th af1- nual convention of the K:waais In. ternational, at Atlanta, Ca. They are pr. Howard Miller, lieutenaft- governor of the New England dis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

Lynch had received a back iniH1 Her companions were treated NNA discharged.
 State Policeman Charles Eian gan of tho Beacon Falls bAKIAe investigated. The accident was fI@ corded e of the unavoidable tyf,t' There was no arrest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
and authorized sale of t26,000 ir bonds to start construction.
 TrlHaa.. Wst-ak Es.~matA t.t-

bonds to start construction.
 Killer First Inmate
 William II. Hall, serving Q life sentence for murder, was the first inmate. On May g, 1875, he ar- rived in Yuma to start his term, although the ground for the peni- tentiary had not yet been selected. Hall was lodged in the county jail ct Yuma, later imprisoned, even- tually pardoned and served two more terms in the territorial prison. He was finally killed in Q gun fight ct Florence.
 The first part Of 1884 was Q ban. ner season ct the prison, with the legal hanging of i've murdererS, and the commissions reporting that the cost of maintaining each prisoner was 9i.43 c day. A datling gun was mounted on the massive adobe wall.
 Few convicts wanted to leave. Some returned and begged to be al. lowed to stay. When realesed, each inmate received c suit Of clothes, S6 and c train ticket that would take him 300 miles in any direction iron: Yuma. Prisoners wore stripes and were kept occupied by buggy mak- ing, garment making, blacksm!th- ing, and lace making.
 Mutiny In 1887
 The most serious mutiny of the prison took place on Oct. '27, iee7, when seven convicts captured the new superintendent, Thomas Gates An inmate serving Q life term rushed to the superintendent'S aid ard helped shoot four of the muti- neers. He was pardoned for his ace ton, and later 1t was learned that he had planned the ynutiny with the interltdon of turning against the iautineers and earning the pardon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
JOHN COLLIER IRKs NAvAJos

Aztec, N. M. (U.P)-The Na- vajo Rights Association has asked President Roosevelt to remove John Collier as Commissioner of Tn- dians. Tt Is impossible for the Navajos to get along with him md his theories are Comrnunistic," said George eB. Bowra, association sec- retary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
$3,9Os JUDGMENT FOR FRENCH COUNCIL

St. Jean Baptist council, No. s0f. Inc, was awarded Q judgment ol S3 ,000.26 by Judge Miles '. Mclih in common pleas court yesterday. The foreclosure action was brought against Arthur J. and Albertln@ Noel, both of Waterbury, and 1n- volved property ct 273 River street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

he received. Superintendent Gates was stabbed in the neck ard back and never fully recovered. He later committed suicide.
 During this period, Tombstone's notorious BuckSkin Frank Leslie was convicted of his 14th murder and sentenced to serve Q life term ct the Yuma prison.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
TROOP 9 PLANS
 CAMP VACATION

Troops 9 of the Boy Scouts will meet this evening ct Washington Park Community House. scoutmas- ter Francis sacco has requested that the boys make tentative plans this evening for the camp vacation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
BOLT Kn1.r.s ' CATTLE

Chatham, Pa. (U.P)--seven c6wa and . bull on the farm of James Hilton were killed during thun- derstorm by one bolt of lightning. The animals had taken refuge lin- der e tree when the accident oc- cured,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
WALTER WHITAKER
 REMINGTON PATIENT

Private Walter Whitaker, who has been attached to the Field street fire headquarters station for years as e driver, is Q patient ct Newing- ton Veterans Hospital
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

trict, and Earle W. Couch, Water town.
 The KiwanianS plan an outing June 26, at the home of Leon French, Deer Island, Bantam Lake.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Southern Conference
Games Head Sees
3 New Records
81 Teams Form Biggest
Field in History of
12-Yeor-OId Meet
By the Associated Press.

DS VIC AoSOCIdltu fIcSS.
CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Feb. o.
Robert A. Fetzer, the veteran d.
rector of the Southern Conference
indoor games, today looked over the
record list of 81 teams entered in
the 18th annual meet and predicted
that as many as eight new records
would be set.
North Carolina is favored to retain
the championship in the conference
division. Navy will be back to fight
for the non-conference title it won
last year. Virginia will defend its
crown in the freshman division.
Twenty-seven scholastic teams will
seek to unseat Washington-Lee High
of Arlington, Va, winner last year.
The teams are from universities,
colleges, prep schools and high
schools in the Carolinas, Virginia,
Maryland, Delaware, District of Co.
lumbia, Tennessee and Pennsylvania
The preliminaries will be run this
afternoon, as we'll as a few finals,
and the rest of the finals will be run
tonight.
Among the contestants in the
We'll Mile will be Jimmy Davis
and Dick Van Wagner of North
Carolina. Tommy Fields of Mary
land and Henry Profenius of Duke.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-It appears
to be up to Columbia to stop Dart
mouths march to its fourth con-
secutive Eastern intercollegiate Bas-
ket Ball League championship. And,
if the Indians win the crown, they'll
probably owe a vote Of thanks to
Harvard.
The Crimson. although tied for
fifth in the standing, seems to have
Cornells number, and has put the
Ithacans out of the running almost
unaided. Harvard turned in it's
second victory over Cornell last
night, 43-40, with a stirring come
back in the last few minutes. The
only other league game Cornell lost
was to Dartmouth and the big Red
team avenged that setback by hand
ing the Indians their only defeat
in seven league games.
Wins in Final Minute.
Cornell had last nights game
pretty well in hand until the middle
of the second half. Then Harvard,
led by Ed Buckley and Christopher
Finnegan, began a rally which
gathered speed after Cornell's Howie
Dunbar was forced out on personal
fouls. Dunbar scored 20 points be-
fore he was chased. The Crimson
won out in the final minute when
Buckley and Finnegan each Gagged
a field goal.
Tonight Dartmouth engages sec
ond-place Columbia for the first
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Torpon Can Be Cought on Lighter Tackle

Most of customers fishing buffers They'd break OF light
Capt. And them
can't take chance light tackle Furthermore
there and duer might hang something
him have chance" That
OF is reasonable.
heavier faster fish than the
lighter tackle The that the
that because he cannot sound in deep water
jumps exhaustion The jump hooked big fish,
naturally the biggest thrill in fishing Sash give you plenty
Tarpon you silver suspended mdar
thrill that beats sahsh
leap 200 yards from the boat.
publicity He also the thrills But the
the headlines thrills
the first big fish caught of
commercial kngfshermen
catch sailsh until Bill Hatch seeing hit
drop back" method that
either through the synthetic out
fishing straight back"
tarpon be caught by tricks He is
straightforward bait he doesn't
iqucky. fishing be
packs its of thrills And it doesn't
fight
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Quinn Silent on Sale
OF Bees, but Talks
First Division
Hos Confidence in Young
Players, Believes Wes
FerreII Will Help
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON, Feb. 22.-President Bob
Quinn is in mo position" to talk
about the status of negotiations for
| the purchase Of the Boston Bees
but it's significant that pressure of
business" keeps him in Boston today
as his club embarks for preseason
training at San Antonio. Tex.
TITS still up in the air" said the
71-year-old keeper of the Bees in
response to a query about progress
Of plans for purchase of the clubs
controlling stock by a syndicate of
several men.
But Quinn is ready and willing to
talk about his promising young ball
club. He thinks it has a bright
chance to finish in the first division
and he expects the National League
to stage a very close race.
Eddie Miller, Chet Ross, Bama
Rowell and Sebastian Sisti should
be much better with last years
experience" he said Our pitching
prospects are good and we honestly
believe that Wes Ferrell is going to
help u.s."
Quinn said the first base Job will
be wide open with Max West, Buddy
Hassett and Don Manno, an Evans
vile farm product, all battling.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Cornell Spiked by Harvard, It's
Up to Columbia to End Indian
Monopoly on Court Honors

time this season. The New Yorkers,
starting late, lost their opening
league game to Cornell. but have
won four straight since then. Dart
mouth, after losing to Cornell last
Saturday, had narrow escape
Wednesday. beating last-place Yale,
51-50. Tonight's other games send
Harvard to Pennsylvania, with
which the Crimson is tied, and Yale
to Princeton.
Seton Hall, one of the two un-
defeated leaders in Eastern in
dependent" ranks, marked up its
18th victory of the season and its
39th in succession last night, beat
ing ST. Joseph's of Indiana, 66-48.
The other unbeaten team, Balti-
more, shoots for its 18th of the
campaign tonight against the high
powered Long Island q. outfit that
is headed home after two victories
in the Midwest.
Temple Whips Fordham.
Other major games last night saw
Temple whip Fordham, 49-37, and
Virginia trim st. Josephs of Phil
adelphia, 52-39, in a double header
that drew only 1921 spectators to
the Philadelphia Convention Hall,
and Pittsburgh win its sixth straight
game, beating Geneva. 55-41.
Tonights biggest games send New
York U. against Syracuse, Penn
State against Army; Rhode Islands
two-points-a- minute team against
its favorite rival, Connecticut; Tenn
pie against Navy and Duquesne
against Carnegie Tech.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Turpon Probably Finest Gumester of All

in all the frenzy rush of around Pier and the
of
built fishing that leave Miami Harbor daily for the
pioneer fish the
possibly them all We the the
the shallow Old SverSideS who gives
fights shallow
fought doara sk and who
n a that
Tarpon caught the Gulf Stream where the
fishing much that for
salfshng of the who South in the for
There
tarpon February they
they caught mostly trolling night between the ees at the
fh
speaker if ucky-and goodcatch tarp
qunela
delight having hit the lucky combination.
year Cape
April
they'll all the southern of the State
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Walsh Favored Over Mullins as B. g. Football Coach
Colby Htnt OF the sud Gets ske Figure

T-3 against hiring both a coach
and an athletic director. Had 1t
been the other way, Don Miller,
one of the old -Four Horsemen,"
would have been given the latter
berth.
Look out, boys, Sheriff Ross
Mcdonald has appointed this
operative deputy sheriff of
Saline County, Ark. What we
need now is a big red bandana to
polish our badge. And if any of
you guys get ornery, we'll toss you
right into the hoosegoW.
Weeks waSh-Three National
League football clubs will train
in Wisconsin this summer. Rea-
son Gabby Harnett was so sylph-
like when he reported to the
Giants was that he has been off
the suds for some weeks. Mrs.
Bierman suffers much more
watching the Minnesota hockey
games than when her hubbys
Evening star., 1941-02-22
SoIfish and Torpon Considered Separately

consider the saifsh and the less pubcized apon with
the ah build
buldup doesn't
20 be dollars required
off Miami will around feet inches
will around IS He will be long ean
that wondous doal feet in length his
shading brilliant silver He will all the action
leapng the blue time after
occasionally ddng wavetop his tail in modest
of the greyhounding of the bigger marlin He's
scrappy warrior.
caught the shallow of the
will so 80 pounds Because the
shallow entirely
Something's he will jump close the boat he'll
wild apparently ainles he lands
there tail is powerful
leg, and the inside of boat time
which the big
40
water which lot of tapon water. skif
outboard ideal arrangement for
you go the Gulf Stream of those
70 That than the weight of the
his dead weight wouldn't
lighter stuff The salfsh
captains reasonable explanation
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Happy Anywhere Save
On Bench, Says Lewis
In Wire 10 Griffith
FerreII, Trovis and Myer
Only important Nationals
Now Baking Over Terms
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 22-Buddy
Lewis, who supposedly was peeved
because the Nationals intend to put
him back on third base this year,
is as good as signed. President
Clark Griffith who has been having
his troubles in satisfying Lewis sal
ary demands, wrote him a letter
and included in the note "a final
offer to play third base. Today
Griffith received a wire from Buddy.
III be happy anywhere except on
the bench, it said. Lewis is due in
camp with the other inf1elders and
outflelders on March l.
Sid Hudson is due today, and,
when he arrives. Orlando is going
to take a deeper interest in the
Mats. Even though he pitched for
neighboring Sanford during his
Florida State League days, Sid was
Orlando's favorite. Al Evans and
Jake Early. the two young catchers
who are fighting for Rick Ferrell's
job and who, according to the Nat
bosses, have a better than $3.50
chance of getting it between them,
are constant companions off the
field.
Ray Michael, the sports broad
caster. arrived in Orlando for, of
all things, a three-Week vacation.
With Lewis as good as signed, only
Ferrell, Cecil Traves and Buddy
Myer, among the important men,
bers of the cast, are dissatisfied.
Neither Dutch Leonard nor Lewis
has signed, according to Griffith,
but they have expressed willingness
to do so upon arrival. F. E. S.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Pilot Peck Of Indians
Has Little 10 Worry
About Over Draft
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT MYERS, Fla, Feb. 22.-
Manager Roger Peckinpaugh of the
Indians is not losing too much sleep
over the possibility that some of his
Tribe may have to trade baseball
bat for gun.
Here is the situation on those
members of the team who lack de-
pendents:
High draft numbers-Bob Feller
Beau Bell, Mike Naymick and Joe
Krakauskas, all bachelors.
Over the draft age-Clint Brown
and Joe Heving.
Under the draft age-Jim Hogan
rookie catcher.
JEFF Heath was born in Canada
and only recently started the neces-
sary steps toward obtaining citizen
ship papers.
Rollie Hemsley's number was 15S
but be has been classified q s-A.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Yankees Still for Sale,
Says Form Letter
Reaching Texan
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 22-The
News says the New York Yankee
Baseball Club is being offered for
sale through a form letter.
A copy of the letter, addressed
to a Dallas oil man, was quoted
as saying, Contrary to all news
paper publicity, the club still is
for sale regardless of any parties
mentioned in these articles"
The News says the letter was
written on the stationery of F. B.
Eyre & Co., l Wall street, New
York City, and was signed by Henry
H. Eyre, who declared himself as
IAN authorized representative of
the estate of Jacob Rupert"
1t asked if the addressee would
be interested either individually or
together with a group of your
friends in purchasing the American
League Baseball Club of New York,
Inc, the Yankees. No price was
mentioned.
Evening star., 1941-02-22

Sch1nidt's aerial circus was ample
preparedness"
Fires Outlay after we said
they'd have to call the fire de-
partment to stop the Loyola New
Orleans) basket ball team, the
Southwestern Louisiana cagers
put on their helmets and did it.
Stories that Henry Picard has
signed as pro at Twin Hills Coun-
try Club, Oklahoma City, was
news at Hershey, Pa, where
Henry has the best part of a
two-year contract to 60. Colum-
bus experts say Rescue Toles was
robbed when they only gave him
a draw VS.. Buddy Walker the
other night. Ernie lombard
wants 18 grand-no more, no less.
Interesting, If true-The Fort
Worth Press reports that a rec
ord number of 1894 fouls were
registered with the hockey club
~ loak
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Lone Player Included
In Party Entraining
AT Hub for Camp
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Feb. 22-The official
Boston Red Sox training party
heads for Sarasota, Fla, today and
there's really going to be ballplay-
er in the group of coaches, writers
and royal rooters.
The lone player is Bill Butland,
whose pitching activities were ham
pered last season by a sore arm. He
came here few days for a checkup
and with a medical okay Is looking
forward to a much better season.
Frank Mickey) Harris, another
pitcher, will join the party in New
York and that's about all the play
ing contingent who will make the
Sox special. The others are con-
verging on Sarasota from other Sec
tions Of the country, or are already
Evening star., 1941-02-22
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Football
rumor foundry: Around Texas
they say Dell Morgan of the Rice
staff will be head coach at Texas
Tech and that Morley Jennings,
who quit Baylor after % years,
will be athletic director. Texas
Tech wants to get into the South
west Conference and some day
hopes to replace Arkansas and
make it an all-TeXas loop. Latest
on the B. c. situation: One of the
wire services (not this one) an
nounced yesterday Moon" Null
Inns haG been named head coach.
This was premature. The Boston
College Athletic Board doesn't
meet till Monday or Tuesday and
the latest dope we have is that
Adam Walsh of Bowdoin has the
inside. The Notre Dame vote was