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WATERBURY, CONNECTlCUr. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1935
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Labor Forces Of
Nation Strike At
Italy Invasion
Resolution Passed Declaring Her an Outlaw Nation;
Federation Was Split Widely in Its Debate
Over Question of Communism
BY H. o. THOMPSON
(United Frees Staff Correspondent)
Atlantic City, N. J., October 16 — (UP) — The Ameri
can Federation of Labor today voted emphatic condemna
tion of Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia.
The Federation convention approved a resolution de
claring Italy an “outlaw nation” and approving neutrality
efforts of the American government.
me reouiuwuu upnciu me
of the eLague of aNtlons In dealing
with the African war.
to Its report to the convention the
resolutions committee said that a
“peaceful nation” has been "Invaded
In tih effort to carry out a policy of
conquest by Italy and Its notorious
dictator.”
Resolution On War
The convention’s resolution on
the African war declared:
“Labor Is always the major suf
ferer In every war, this being truce
of victor and vanquished alike. The
civilized nations since the World
War have used their utmost ef
forts to prevent the adjustment of
an International dispute by the ar
bltement of war. Our country took
the lead In scurlng the adoption of
the Kellogg pact which abolished
the use of force in the adjustment of
disputes between the signatory na
tions. The League of aNtlops has
footered a series of conferences be
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POLICE REFUTED
CHARGE COMING
1 FROMSAUNARDI
; Three of Them Denied lie
Had Been Threatened in
Station Cell
Three policemen, including Capt.
prank R. Cutting, testified as re
buttal witnesses for the state today
In the trial of Prank (Tingles'
Salinardl on charges of assault and
resisting a police officer. The case
was ready to go to the Jury in com
mon pleas court early this after
noon for deliberation.
The officers, Patrolmen Jack
Bhea and Jack Moynlhan, were
put on the stand by Prosecuting
Attorney William J. Larkin to re
fute charges made by Salinardl
from the stand yesterday afternoon
that they visited him in his cell at
headquarters^ after his arrest early
July 19th aiid demanded that he
come out and get what was com
ing to him.
Charge of Frame-Up
3alinardl took the stand again
this morning as a defense witness
and charged that he was being
"framed" in this case, but could not
tell Prosecutor Larkin why. He said
he was certain the police were try
ing to frame him but that they
were holding back the purpose for
some reason.
Practically every seat was taken in
tl 3 court room and a deputy sheriff
guarded the entrance to the room
to prevent overcrowding.
Created Disturbance
Captain Cutting said the reason
he with Officers Shea, Moynlhan
and Luddy visited Salinardl after he
was locked up, was creating a dis
continued on Page 4.)
Follow the Oval
In Winning Plays
Of 1935 Football
There goes a lateral! Now
one player baa the ball, now
i d there’* a
touchdown for
dear old 81
wa*b!
Tho play
probably
eouldn’t bo
described ac
curately by
nine-tenths of
the fans in
the stands, be
cause modern
football Is so
fast and In
tricate that
the hand Is
faster than
the eye.
Art Krone, NBA Service
and Waterbury Democrat
sport artist, again is covering
big football games with his
brush. From them he will se
lect the "Winning Plays of
1915" and, in diagrammatical
form, sketch tho plays in
detail as they were carefully
planned and worked out by
the winning team.
Fellow "Winning Plays of
1935”,three times a week on
the sports page. For today’s
play see page U.
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SENATOR BORAH
FIGHTS EASTERN
PART OF NATION
Protest Control of Party in
That Section — May
Split Up G. 0. P.
By LYLE C. WILSON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Oct. 16.—(UP)—
Idaho dispatches reporting that Sen,
William E. Borah will captain an
agrarian rebelion against eastern
domination of the party pointed re
publicans today toward sectional
dispute over farm policies and cin^
rency inflation.
There was a time during the past
session of congress when the east
salvoed applause for the Idaho pro
gressive’s eloquent defense of the
Constitution. But eastern enthusi
asm-such as it was—stilled sudden
ly last July when the senator at
tempted, to organize a currency in
flation congressional bloc to enact
the Frazier-Lemke bill to refinance
farm mortgages and to vote the wai
veterans’ bonus.
95,000,000,000 in bight
It waa estimated that an aggregate
of $5,000,000,000 of new money would
flow from those two measures
Borah’s advocacy reminded eastern
republican leaders that the senatoi
did not belong on any Atlantic sea
board list of “safe” republican
statesmen.
Both democratic and republican
party lines are sagging under pres
sure of sectional Interests. Con
servative eastern democrats and
(Continued on Page 12.)
CITY ALDERMEN
ROSTER MADE UP
Dropping of Requests for
Re-Check of Machines
Has Cleared Way
William L. Camblgue, defeated
g.o.p. candidate for the board of al
dermen, formally informed the reg
istrars of voters this morning in a
written statement that all question!
raised by him as to the correctness
of the count of his votes in the
4th, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th district!
had been dropped. The written
statement recalling a request for a
recount in the above mentioned dis
tricts is now in the hands of Reg
istrars of Voters Michael Slavin and
Albert Faller.
Both Drop Requests
As a result of Cambigue's final
formal action in releasing the reg
istrars from making a recount ol
the machines, Alderman Francis T
Phillips, republican, who was re
elected a week ago yesterday, drop
ped his request for a re-count ol
the machines in the 12th, 14th and
16th districts. Phillips beat oul
Camblgue by eight votes and, there
fore, was reelected.
Twenty-one machine: in the eight
voting districts would have had U
be reopened if the Camblgue plar
for a re-check or re-count had beer
carried out. The expense, however
(Continued on Page 4.)
SCREEN CLEAN UP
IS GIVEN PRAISE
New York, Oct. 16—(UP)—Re
sponse of Hollywood producers U
the campaign for cleaner picture!
conducted by the legion of decencj
was praised today by the Revenenc
John Kelly, Representative of Pa
trick Cardinal Hayes for press
screen, stage and radio.
The new zeal of the producers
he said. Is leading toward a “ren
aissance wherein the screen wll
portray the highest concepts of th«
human mind." As examples, he men
tioned “Midsummer Nights Dream,'
“David Cooperfleld,” "The crusades,’
and "The last Days of Pompeii.’
He also endorsed proposed produc
tion of “The Tale of Two Cities,’
“Little Lord Fauntleroy,” "Ivanhoe,'
“Kim," and “Quality Street.” “Th<
Legion of Decency has been effec
tive to a marked degree,” he said
‘If there is a preponderance In th<
future of the erotic or base Ir
screen productions we must face th<
unwelcome truth that it Is the re
sult of public demand."
Joan Tries Out “Mrs.” Autograph
After two years of persistent wooing, Franchot Tone led Joan Crawford before the mayor of Englewood Cliffs,
N. J., for the long-awaited wedding ceremony. And here the grinning bridegroom helps hold the book while
they sit in an auto in New York and Miss Crawford complies with an admirer’s request for her autograph
as Mrs. Franchot Tone.
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ANGRY AGAINST
ALL FOREIGNERS
White People Are Not Very
Safe With Warriors of
French Somaliland
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD
(Copyright 1935 by United Press)
Djibouti, French Somaliland, Oct.
16—Two former European army offi
cers, fresh from first-hand obser
vations in Harar, told the United
Press that anti-foreign feeling In
that Ethiopian stronghold hat
reached boiling point.
With 100,000 bearded warlors in
the city, all hungering for battle, nc
white man is entirely safe there
they said. '
The new arrivals—Qol. Otto Zeltin
a Latvian, and Milnes Keskell, a
former officer in (he Coldstream
guards—reached Djibouti yeterday
with word that they had been ex
pelled from Harar, where both had
been acting as newspaper cores
pondents, because they were sus
pected, of spying.
Suspicions Ridiculous
“The suspicions against us were
ridiculous," Zetlln said, ‘but they’
were Just part of the rabid antl
forelgn feeling. Harar is a danger
ous place. The majority of the cor
respondents—including your United
Press confrere, H. R. Elkins—spend
their nights in the barricaded
British consulate, protected by ma
chine guns and revolvers.
“There is always the danger that
any white man may be mistaken
for an Italian by one of the thou
sands of tribal warriors streaming
through the city. Every night these
savage fighters prowl through the
town shooting at imaginary planes.
“Gaskell was suspected, of es
(Contlnued on Page 4.)
Final News Flashes
LETTER SENT FOR HAUPTMANN
Washington, Oct. 16.—(UP)—The first
of many letters which the supreme court is ex
pected to receive in the Bruno Richard Haupt
mann case appeal reached the tribunal today. It
was from a Philadelphia woman and addressed
to Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. The
penciled note asked that Hauptmann be given a
new trial because “He is not guilty.” The letter
failed to reach the chief justice, being withheld
by the court marshal.
DEPRESSION AT AN END
New York, Oct. 16.—(UP)—The end of the
depression, and the solution of its problems, were
hailed today by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of
General Motors Corporation, speaking at the
Herald-Tribune forum on current problems here
today. “The depression has now been substan
tially liquidated throughout the world”, Sloan
told the forum. “I am sure that we are about
to liquidate much of the thinking and policies
related to it.”
ATTORNEY REILLY SEEKS DIVORCE
New York, Oct. 16.—(UP)—Edward J.
Reilly, former chief defense counsel for Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, disclosed today that he had
filed suit for separation from his wife, Mrs.
Fleurette Reilly of North Tarrytown. Attorneys
for Mrs. Reilly indicated a counter suit was con
templated.
PANAMA CANAL BUILDER DIES
Bowling Green, Ky., Oct. 16.—(UP)—Gen
eral William L. Sibert, one of the builders of the
Panama Canal and the last survivor of the
Panama Canal commission, died today. He was
, .76.
bx-riusband Urrormet
Kaiser’s Sister Broke
28-Year-Old Franco-Russian, Who Wed 65*Year=OId
Princess Hasn’t One Dollar—He Is Broke, Hungry
and Jobless as Well
MYSTERIOUS JOE
, BELIEVED TO BE
UNDER^ ARREST
federal Men .Think They
Have Man ResponsiWe
in Bre^p^iigar Case
"Mysterious Joe” was believed by
federal men to have been appre
hended today with the /arrest of
Frank Ingless. 35, of 362 Congress
avenue, on a charge of conspiring
to defraud the government by ar
ranging an unreported and illegal
shipment of brown sugar from
Springfield to this city. "Joe” had
bet i sought since last week when
Henry Travie, of 700 Highland ave
nue, who was arrested in Southing
ton Oct. **th while driving the
truckl'.iad of sugar, told U. S. Com
missioner Harry Krasow that he had
no intention of violating the law,
bu had been hired by a man whom
he knew only as "Joe.”
Arraigned before U. S. Commis
sioner Krasow here this morning,
Ii.gless was ordered to appear at
a hearing next Monday afternoon
at 2 o’clock. He posted bonds of
$1, .0. Travie has already been
bound over to the next term of the
federal district court. Ingless was
arrested on a federal warrant this
morning by Deputy U. S. Marshal
(Continued on Page 4.)
By JOSEPH RAVOTTO
(Copyright 1935 by United Press)
Luxembourg, Oct. 16.—(UP)—
Alexander Zoubkoff, who flittec
through the pleasure palaces of Eu
rope when, as husband of the ex
kaiser’s sister, his signature wai
good on any dinner check, is broke
hungry and jobless.
Still debonair and as highly ap
preciative of his own sterling qual
ltfes ad when every mall brough
him scores, of mash notes, the youra
Frani-Russian emigre who at 2
married the 65-year-old princes
Victoria Louise of Shaumberg-Llppe
refuses to believe the sawdust li
permanently out of his rag dolly.
Clothes Unpressed
His clothes are unpressed and hit
once-manicured Anger nails shov
the grime accumulated during thi
two days he works each week as i
coal man, but Alexander believes hi
has a winning ace In the hole tha
will restore him to places where thi
lights are brighter.
That ace Is nothing leas than th<
League of Nations, the court of In
ternational justice at Genevt
through which he believes he car
force former Kaiser Wilhelm to paj
(Continued on Page 10.)
PRESIDENTWAS
AT PANAMA CANAL
Barboa, C. Z., Oct. 16— (UP) -
President Roosevelt Inspected thi
Panama Canal defenses today be
fore turning homeward from hi
Pacific cruise. He reylewed troop
at Fort Clayton, overlooking thi
Pacific entrance to the canal, on <
three-hour motor trip with Pres
ldent Harmodio Arias of Panama
Others in the presidential part]
were Governor and Mrs. Julian L
Schley of the canal zone, Genera
and Mrs. Harold B. Flake, and Ad
mlral Albert W. Marshall, senloi
member of the board of inspectior
and survey of the Pacific coast, am
Mrs. Marshall.
Mr. Roosevelt planned to meei
the U. S. S. Houston later today a
the Pedro Mlquel locks for the trlj
through the canal. Charleston, S
C., will be the next stop under pres
ent plans.
During his visit with Mr. Roose
velt, President Arias Intended ti
discuss the canal treaty and golc
payment on Panama bonds.
The weather remained clear anc
hot.
SCREEN ACTOR
. HARDY IS DEAD
' Hollywood, Oct. 16— UP) —San
Hardy, 52, stage and screen actor
died early today In a hospital. H<
became 111 yesterday and was taken
'to the hospital for/an emergency ab
dominal operation, from which hi
failed to rally. Hardy had been in
ectures since 1M7, previously hav
g appeared in the Zlegfeld Folliei
and many Broadway plays, amonf
them productions of the late Davie
Belasco. At the time of his deatl
he was working In a picture with Ed
die Cantor. Born in New Haven, hi
entered the theater In his ’teens
Among his greatest stage succesaei
were "Klkl,” “The Canary,” ant
"Princess Pat”
COLONIAL HOME BURNS
Oaylordsvllle, Conn., Oct. 16 —
(UP)—The 135-year-old Colonla
home of George Newton, contain
ing many antiques, was destroyed
by fire at a low of $10,000 heri
late yesterday. It was believed «
defective chimney draft was re
sponsible. Plremen hauled watei
from a nearby brook In milk cans
In an Ineffectual attempt to contro
the blase
Huge Ethiopian Force
Leaves Capital—Will
Fight Hosts Of Italy
.. —.. \---- — — ...
Expenditures Of
More Candidates
Two more unsuccessful re
publican candidates for office
in the recent city election filed
their returns this afternoon
with Town Clerk Dora A. Egan
In conformity with the statutes.
Attorney Vincent A. Miller,
who unsuccessfully sought re
election to the board of educa
tion, filed a report showing an
expenditure of |25 during his
campaign. He gave this amount
to the republican town com
ittee.
William L. Cambigue, who
sought a place on the board of
education but who came out
th lowest of his party, spent a
similar amount. He gave $25 to
the g. o. p. town committee,
also.
RESIDENTS OF
HILL SECTIONS
WILL PROTEST
Sylvan Ave., Baldwin St.,
Washington Hill Kick
on Bus Changes
Residents of the Sylvan avenue
Washington Park - Baldwin stree
; district were preparing to-day t<
protest to the board of aldermei
and the Connecticut Public Utlll
’ ties Commission against the changi
in the bus service affecting tha
| territory effective Sunday. Th
t route known as the Sylvan avenu
r line beginning Sunday will go t
I Hill street after reaching the cen
i tar instead of going out Hamiltoi
, avenue as is now the case. Rest
i dents of the area above mentlone<
contend that the Connecticut com
pany’s re-routing of the busses wil
work a hardship on them, henci
; the preparations for a formal pro
test.
It is expected that within th<
(Continued on Page 4.)
ITALY DOES NOT
SEEK ANY PEACE
War Spirit Increases in
That Country—Deter
mined to Carry On
BY STEWART BROWN
(Copyright, 1935, by United Press)
Rome, Oct. 16.—(UP) —Official
[ spokesmen denied vigorously todaj
. that Italy is negotiating in elthei
i Paris or London for a peace in
1 Ethiopia. All signs in Rome point
1 ed to determined prosecution of the
! war.
The government spokesmen salt
reports that Vittorio Cerruti, am
bassador to France, was negotiating
[ in Paris with Premier Laval were
"wholly without foundation” ant
• he spiked in equally definite term!
i reports that conversations are in
I progress in London.
There was a touch of equivoca
, tion in denials that Pope Pius XI
, has interested himself in discus
i slons of peace terms butthe spokes
, man was forthright in declaring
that the government has no con
nection or official knowledge ol
such activity.
War Fever Grows
A war fever more virulent than
that which gripped America in
1917 spreads and waxes stronger
dally among the popuplace. In
(Continued on Page 4.)
ALBERT B. FALL
SERIOUSLY ILL
El Paso, Tex., Oct. 16.—(UP).—
Sufiering from a severe attack ol
arthritis, Albert B. Pall, aged for
mer secretary of the Interior, wai
In William Beaumant General hos
pital today for a medical examina
tion. His wife said worry over t
suit to evict him from the Trea Rltoi
ranch near Three Rivers, N. M.
caused him to have a relapse. Hi
was brought here In an ambulance
FaJ refused to vacate the ranct
home after sale of the property bj
the Petroleum Securities Corp., o:
Los Angeles, to the Palomas Land <S
Cattle Co.
Tho Petroleum Securities Corp.
headed by the late E. L. Doheny, ac
quired the ranch live years ago or
a mortgage foreclosure. Fall con
tended, however, that the rancl
home and 100 acres of adjacen
farm lands were excluded from thi
foreclosures by an agreement wltl
Doheny, his former prospectlm
partner in mining oentures year
uM®.
Some Secrecy About Preparations of Emperor Selas
sie—Most Observers Are Convinced the Emperor
Will Soon Be in Flight to Secret Place
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE
(Copyright, 1935, by United Press)
Addis Ababa, October 16 — (UP) — The Ethiopian
high command was ready today to lead an army out of
Addis Ababa to engage the invading Italians in what may
possibly prove the most decisive battle of the war.
The destination of the troops concentrated here is
being kept secret, but there are strong indications the place
ITALIAN ARMIES
OF NORTH JOIN
TO PUSH SOUTH
Zero Hour Is Being Kept
Secret—Captured Itali*
ans Put on Parade
BY WEBB MILLER
(Copyright 1935 by United Press)
With Italian Army in Ethiopia,
Oct. 14—(Via Asmara, Oct. 16 —
(UP)—Scouts of Gen. Ruggiero
Santini's eastern columns fought off
attacks by Ethiopian snipers and
the army across all northern Ethio
pia consolidated today for a deci
sive drive southward.
Gen. Emilio De Bono concen
■ trated in his headquarters in Adu
i wa on efforts to establish Italian
t civil rule in conquered Ethiopian
territory.
Airplane scouts headed by Count
! Galeazzo Ciano, son-in-law of Be
1 nito Mussolini, reported that there
! are no Ethiopian forces in the
, Italian path for IDO miles down the
; wglon between t&e, rrV
[ (Continued an Page 4.)
PROSPECTS FOR
PEACE^DARKEN
French Trial Balloon Has
Collapsed—Rome Shows
No Sign of Yielding
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE
(United Press Cable Editor)
New York, Oct. 16.—(UP)—Pros
pects for peace in Africa and Eu
rope were no brighter today after a
stir of faint hope caused by a ten
tative and hesitatn French proposal
yesterday that Britain and Italy
make concessions and come to
terms.
The French trial balloon, however,
seemed In danger'x>f exploding with
a feeble pop. Britain showed no in*
clination whatsoever to reduce her
fleet and aerial concentration In the
Mediterranean. Only a backdown
by Mussolini, withdrawal of his
African army and a pledge to abide
by a league decision seemingly
would induce Britain to retreat
Rome Is Not Yielding
There was, however, no sign ot
yielding In Rome. Britain, far from
reducing her Mediterranean fleet,
moved to increase it by borrowing
a cruiser from far-off New Zealand.
The British attitude was not soft
ened, either, by news from Rome
(Continued on Page 4.)
PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICIALS ELECT
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 16—(UP) —
Mark B. Owens, Dearborn, Mich.,
was elected president of the inter
national association of public works
officials at the 16th anual confer
ence here.
J. E. Root, Cincinnati, was nam
ed first vice-president and John S.
Flockhart, Newark, N. J„ second
vice- president. Frederick T. Paul).
Minneapolis, was named third vice
president. Edwin A. Miller, Roches
ter, N. Y„ treasurer, and A. M. An
derson, Chicago, secretary, were
re-elected. William Conrath, Chi
cago, and W. C. Dodd of London.
Ont., were added to the board of
governors.
George B, Gascoigne, Cleveland,
was elected president of the Amer
ican society of municipal engineers,
holding a convention In conjunc
tion with the public works officials
Other officers elected were Thom
as Buckley, Philadelphia, flrst-vlce
presldent: Guy Brown, St. Louis,
second vice-president: Roy Phil
lips, Meadville, Pa., third vice
president, and Henry L. Howe.
Rochester, N. Y. secretary.
GRECIAN TEMPLE UNEARTHED
Agrigento, Italy — (UP.) — A
Grecian temple has been unearthed
here and from votive offerings ol
: statuettes found In It, archaeolo
i gists believe that It was dedicated
; to the goddess of Persephone, who
i personified the changes of the sea
sons.
fjrtheast from the capital, be
i Dessye and Diredawa, impor
point on the Addis Ababa*
uti railroad.
War Minister Mulu Getta and
other members of Halle Selassie’s
cabinet probably will go to the front
at the head of private armies. Prac
tically every member of the govern
ment is a military chieftain in his
own right.
May Be Real Crisis
Desptie secrecy surrounding prep
arations for a large-scale drive
against the Italians, most observers
here are convinced the emperor’s
days in Addis Ababa are numbered.
No one would be surprised if he
suddenly disappeared to establish
strategic headuarters near one of
(Continued on Page W.)
PEACE PLAN HAS
CAUSED BREACH
AMONG NATIONS
France, Great Britain Are
Not in Harmony Over
(By United Press)
Developments to-day in
Italian crisis:
Geneva—Britain proposes
diatc boycott of Italian goods.
Canberra—Australia adopts 1
penalties.
Paris—European political compli
cations coincide with Laval’s peace
move; Prance and Britain diverge
on penalties.
Rome — Italy denies talk of peace
plan; public giving gold to aid treas
ury.
London — Cabinet meets on Ital
ian crisis.
With Italian arimes — Northern
army set for new drive; way to
south reported open.
Harar—Maimed Italian prisoners
may be paraded in Harar.
(Continued on Page 4.)
BODY OF BANDIT
WASjDENTIFIED
Washington, Oct. 1*—(UP)—The
body of a man found In a burned
bam at Ontarioville, 111., last Jan*
uary has been Identified as that of
William J. "Willie” Harrison, a
member of the Barker-Karpis gang,
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Feder
al Bureau of Investigation, an
nounced today.
Harrison participated in the Bar
ker-Karpis gang kidnaping of Ed
ward G. Bremer, St. Paul brewer,
two years ago. Hoover said. Federal
agents had been seeking him since
Bremer was released.
Hover’s statement said:
“We have established to our satis
faction that the body found in the
burned barn at Ontarioville, 111., in
January was that of William J.
Harrison, a member of the Barker
Karpis gang and identified as one
of the kidnapers of Edward O.
Bremer of St. Paul.”
TREASURY BALANCE
Washington, Oct. 1«—(UP)—Gov
ernment expenses and receipts for
Hjo current flBcal year to Oct. 14th,
ns compared with a year ago:
This Year Expenses Last Year
|2,122,959,0$S. 02 81,768,781.362.44
Receipts
61,115,501,676.61 . tl.116.66M61.4t
Deficit
61.007,467,156 51 6687,611,871.01
Cash Balance
61,714.128,817.22 66,048,660,617.77
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