Fitchburg Sentinel (Newspaper) - February 22, 1936, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Wickedness when properly offender unpunished b It ful to the whole Charles Simmons THE WEATHER tofc tt Forecast for slightly colder In east portion night Sunday fair VOL NO 245 MASS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22 PAGES CENTS Ward 6 Council Race Dwindles From Field of Nine to Four More Withdraw Papers Cardinal and Tobin DropOut Before Time Expired Yesterday Neither Makes Reason Public Irons Mellett Moynihan and Smith to Be Only dates at Special Election Romano Abandons Plan to Take Legal Residence Case to Supreme Court In Interest of Harmony Bloc Two more candidates withdrew from the contest in the special Ward 6 election leaving four men seeking the seat in the council caused by the sudden death of Michael Barnicle Jan 31 When the time for withdrawal expired at 5 o'clock yesterday after- noon Edmond E Cardinal 296 Boutelle street and Nathan Tobin 10 J Boutelle street instructed City Clerk Sanford E Worthington to withdraw Project Opposed By Gt Britain Drummond IB Going To Vienna Tonight Report He Will Battle Move ROME Feb 22 Brit- ain diplomatic sources said today is making an effort to prevent any formation of an bloc in the current intensive diplomatic negotiations Sir Eric Drummond British to Italy will leave here tonight for Vienna and diplomatic 300 Couples Attend Co E's 2d Concert and Military Armory Scene of Rare Beauty Hie second annual ball of Co E infantry which was held in the armory last night was attended by about md prayed to be one of the most colorful cial events of the season The armory was beautifully dec rn voters The will go on the ballot in the special election March 3 in the following Carl H Irons 1 Atlantic avenue Paul Mellett 8 Robert street Leon C Smith 60 Lawrence street Bernard T Moynihan 4 Cane street Mr Irons is the endorsed date of the party Mr Moynihan has received the ment of the sives Mr Smith ran as councilor in that ward in the last two pal elections as a Mr Mellett is an independent candidate At one time there were nine in the field John F ley 43 Brigham park withdrew be- fore he filed nomination papers Frank A Romano was eliminated by the assessors who ruled that his legal residence was at 277 Canton street which is in Ward 1 and not at 97 Harvard street which is in Ward 6 Bernard D 162 Summer who sought the I en- withdrew Thursday ter having filed his club but did not file nomination papers Mr Tobin former commander of the American Legion gave no reason for dropping out of the fight In a statement today he said I want to thank my friends and supporters and those who signed my nomination papers for the help they gave me I hope that m the future I may be able to serve them Mr Cardinal issued the following My withdrawal from the contest was entirely voluntary I want to thank all who signed my nomination papers and all supporters who showed confidence in me About 3500 men and women will be eligible to cast a ballot in the j special election According to the election last November there were 1702 registered voters in Ward and 1762 in Ward A few more have registered since the fall tion and they are eligible to vote Mr Romano said today I had pers drawn up to file before the court for a writ of mandamus to halt this election but for the sake of party harmony with the I stopped those proceedings It was not my intention to insist j this British move Diplomats expressed belief that with Drummond leaving Rome at this time when his presence here is so much required owing to relations his visit to Vienna must be of unusual im- portance They pointed out that Britain's attitude was that blocs should not be formed on the continent bu that all nations should be bound together by the League of tions Drummond's visit to Vienna is being kept a secret GENEVA Feb 22 CxP A sion of the League of Nations tions committee of 18 to discuss plication of an oil embargo against Italy was specially convoked by the league today to be held March 2 in I Geneva I The agenda for the meeting con- i two The first concerned application of the proposed embargo on oil and also coal iron and steel tional colon blending with the gen- eral color scheme Along the sides of the drill shed a porch like effect was obtained and here easy chairs and couches were placed for the comfort of the guests A concert from 8 until 9 o'clock by Harry E Felton's orchestra of cester preceded the dancing which continued until 3 o'clock this ing A grand march which formed at 11 o'clock was led by Capt and Mrs William L McBride who were lowed by 180 couples Among the guests Col James Rivers quartermaster general of Massachusetts representing Gov James M Curley Col Oscar E Dudley of Worcester commanding the Medical corps Col Harvey Fletcher Worcester Major Edward Bird commanding the third Hie Kennedy and Major R S Bond of the United States army During an intermission from 11 until 12 o'clock refreshments were a IBS Capt William L McBride was chairman of the general committee of arrangements which assisted in the arrangements Invitations Captain McBride music Homer Gagne Sergt Frank Kaulback and Sergt Eldridge Mack advertising and publicity Sergt Ernest Derosier Corp Chester yer and Corp Arthur Welles tickets Capt Clarence J Durkin Lieut ward White co-chairmen Sergt Henry Belliveau Sergt Charles Blanchard Corps William Leger George Taft and Adolph Beliveau and decorations Lieut White Sergt Kaulback Sergt Derosier and Sergt Blanchard Yale President TeacE Loyalty Oath Congress Waits Plans Roosevelt Awarded Degree From Temple University Defines True Education Detective Sent Lists Freedom of Thought To Find Whited For Quizzing Logger to Be Questioned On Story He Told Atj Trial of Hauptmann TRENTON N J Feb 22 A detective from the office of Prosecutor Anthony M Hauck Jr of Hunterdon county sought lard Whited today to ask the lands logger if he would submit voluntarily to questioning about j the story he told at Bruno Richard Hauptmann's Flemington Sense of Fair Play Idea Of Equality as Essentials President in Washington Birthday Speech Breaks Century-Old Precedent by Not Quoting from Father of His Country Lest Critics Again At- tempt to Assail His Citations PHILADELPHIA Feb 22 A that true education depends upon freedom in pursuit of President Roosevelt said No group and no government can properly prescribe pre- what should constitute the body of knowledge with which He Approval of When Naturalized Farm Program Cleans Up eign Priest Broadcasts Most Major Measures Continued on Page Four Italians Claim Negus Suing K NEW HAVEN Conn Feb 22 President James Rowland Angell of Yale today termed it utterly ridiculous that teachers in certain states are required to take oaths of loyalty while a recently foreign not under a similar obligation is allowed to inflammatory social non- sense The Yale president did not fy the priest in his address prepared for delivery to some 2500 graduates here for the annual university alumni today but his inference was plain Consider the utterly ridiculous he said which compels President Conant of Harvard un- der the Massachusetts law as it now stands to take such an teachers loyalty oath while at the same WASHINGTON Feb 22 Congress marked time today ing President Roosevelt's on the last two must measures of the and relief House approval of the new farm program yesterday virtually com- congressional action on the other major issues of this session The first and neutrality already been passed While waiting for the chief ex- recommendations on taxes and relief the House and Senate will push ahead with routine bills but neither has any major legislation to work on Guesses on an adjournment date vary from April 15 to May 15 A controversy on relief for next year was brewing between those who want to cut government expenditures to the who placed Hauptmann in the vicinity of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell a few days before the baby was kidnapped March 1 1932 Hauck said he had instructed William Rittenhouse one of his investigators to try to locate Whited said that if Whited shouM desire advice of counsel to help him determine if he should submit to questioning Rittenhouse should get the name of the lawyer If Whited will not submit Hauck said he will not be picked up except upon a signed complaint Whited is the who testified he had seen Hauptmann in the vicinity of Col Charles A Lindbergh's home a few son was kidnapped March 1 Hauck said Whited and other witnesses would be questioned by himself Gov Harold G Hoffman and C Lloyd Fisher chief of Hauptmann's counsel Hauck said the governor ordered the questioning at a conference last night with Hauck and Fisher Continued on Page Ten Time In a Washington birthday speech in which he accepted an honorary degree of doctor of jurisprudence from Temple university Mr velt said the father of his country deeply appreciated the importance of education in a republic and the responsibility of the government to promote it The chief executive asserted he was proud to be the head of a that has sought to make a substantial contribution to the cause of education even in a period of economic distress He noted that these efforts included tions of more than to local communities for col- leges and library buildings as well as projects for adult education and other purposes Other Qualities Besides freedom of thought he 1 listed two other qualities of a true education One he said is a sense of fair play among tion of their essential dependence on one another The other is a sense of equality among men when they are dealing with things of the mind Inequality may linger in the world of material he said but great music great literature and the wonders of sience are and should be open to all Although referring to George Washington Mr Roosevelt said he would break a century-old pre- cedent and refrain from quoting from the first president lest some captious critic might search the brary of Congress to prove by other quotations that George Washington was in favor of just the opposite More than he breaking precedent once more I do not intend to commence any with these George Washington had been alive today or if Thomas Jefferson had been alive today or if Alexander Hamilton had been alive today or if on Page Ten Record Holiday Crowds Flocking to Hills Arthur Archambault 30 Robert street was endorsed as South candidate at an open meeting in the South End National lot I merely wanted to find out something personal and that I learned at the hearing given by the assessors City Stable Being Renovated Into Large New Grant Of Issued By State WPA The renovation of the brick city stable building in the public works department yard into a garage has been started as a WPA project The federal grant originally allotted was for wages and because of the extreme cold weather which has delayed the work by holding up the pouring of cement the slate administrator has given an additional The cost of materials is estimated at The project is under supervision of Arsene F Pelletier as superintendent of buildings with Arthur Archambault as general foreman When completed the building will provide facilities for the storage of seven more trucks The part of the building which faces Rollstone street has been ripped open so that at least seven large doors may be installed Under the present arrangements trucks are garaged in a building which has only one entrance ing snow storms the trucks must be equipped and serviced one at a time e are ep Fill 36 stall pans with 17 cubic yards of concrete Pour seven concrete door sills Excavate 20 cubic yards of earth for inclines and sills Place 18 floor drams in first floor Relocate soil pipe roof drains and plug floor drain to suit garage needs Relocate switches and wiring Change heating units and include placing of 535 feet of piping and 20 miscellaneous fittings Cut out brickwork for seven door openings 11 or 12 feet high by nine feet wide Place steel girders over doors Remove 14 windows from stone street side of Patch openings in second floor with old planks Lay three square feet of new maple flooring Place asphalt mastic flooring 12 Death Sentences Given Slayer of Dozen Boys SCHWERIN Germany Feb 22 it will be possible to outfit seven t with plows and chains at one time and for all trucks to leave gether thus saving considerable time m fighting a snow storm As set up by the WPA the project tails for the employment of six laborers two bricklayer helpers mixer a truck driver a helper a helper a bricklayer three carpenters a ber a steamfitter and a general fore- man The project calls for the following work done Demolish present feed chutes stalls and one stairway Clean stable floor to receive tic flooring I 1936 By ROME Feb Italian re- ports arose today that Emperor Haile Selassie was suing for peace just as Fascists said their shirt legions were menacing their next major Ethiopian objective Amba Alaji Informed sources reported the Ethiopian king of kings was ing peace proposals directly to the League of Nations with an offer un- to contemplate a league protectorate over his empire Whether he would cede any however or yield the broad sections of Ethiopia already pied by the advancing Italian forces was not specified Fascists fortified by their recent victories insisted nevertheless that they looked with little favor on Haile Selassie's purported plans to save his empire from conquest by mandating it to Geneva an order for were pronounced today on Adolf feld an itinerant watchmaker known as Uncle who was convicted of slaying 12 boys over a period of wo years McCoy Continues to Improve LOWELL Feb 22 Surgeons noted slight improvement again day in the condition of John Mc- Coy crane operator whose right arm was amputated while he hung 50 feet above tho ground pinned to a steel girder A hospital bulletin said John McCoy had a good night His con- dition is slightly improved Will one year from now find you richer or Start a Savings Account now in an institution that is owned by over thrifty citizens The amount of your first deposit is not so im- portant as the start Bank for At Cosi Ban 745 Main Continued on Pace Fout Amnesty Decree Calms Peace General Copyright By The Associated Press MADRID Feb general amnesty decree offering tional freedom to all political I- T ers lent a calming influence to Spain today but radicals persisted in some sections in their riotous celebration of the leftist assumption of power The fresh disorders carrying on the demonstrations in which 27 sons have died since the leftists de- the former government coalition in last Sunday's parliamentary election centered in southern Seville province There rioters raided churches in the towns of and Fuentes burning images and furniture while demonstrators in the own of flor stormed another church de- and pews Elsewhere peace prevailed gener- with only a few scattered dis- orders reported foreign priest to escape such an oath and pour out weekly over the radio under the blessed name of social justice the most poisonous anj in- economic and social nonsense Dr Angell contended that if teachers oaths have any result at all they render teachers timid about mentioning current political issues which properly should engage their best thought said he considered teachers an essentially loyal and patriotic group and that one of the principal objections to the oath laws was the outrageous initial cation that teachers are not loyal Compel all persons to take such an oath if you will but do not insist on the teacher while you spare the radio speaker the paper editor the maker and veyor of the movie and the movie news reel all of them far more agents for insidious ganda than the unfortunate Dr Angell said Tanker Sends SOS Call After Blast on Board NEW YORK Feb 22 The Steamship Albert Hill an Atlantic Refining company oil tanker lessed an SOS today off the South Carolina coast after an explosion The vessel's wireless appeal said the explosion had taken place in the forward deep tank The S S W F Burdell 11 miles away replied it was going to the assistance of the ship All ships in the vicinity were asked to stand by The position given was latitude north longitude 76 west to be about 500 miles east of the South Carolina coast Radio advices to Radio Marine Corporation said the crew was ing a fire which followed the ex- plosion The Albert Hill carries a crew of 32 is of 7115 gross tons register and formerly was the J W Van Dyke Its home port is Philadelphia S Coming To Your Two Radio Programs That Are Different Lives of the Great Makers of History All leaden hi this civic social religions and patriotic organizations lire invited to share the privilege of extending these radio entertainments to as many people as possible Bring I hew Sunday and Wednesday evening to the attention family and student groups Folders containing the entire programs will be mailed on request Every Wednesday 7.45 P M Every Sunday P M WBZ and Fidelity Co-operative Bank Cor Main and Grove Streets liberal aid to the jobless With President Roosevelt out ot the city today speaking at Temple university in Philadelphia and Congress meeting briefly to listen to Washington's farewell address there was a short moratorium on here But a fight threatens next week on the soil sub- sidy which the House passed 267 to 97 in somewhat different form than a measure the approved Senator Smith D S C was up in arms over a House amendment to include and tenant farmers in the subsidies that will be paid for taking land out of com- production The supreme court decision of Monday upholding the ment's right to generate and dispose of power from Wilson dam in bama continued to have sions The Chamber of Commerce of the United States saw an in- creasing threat of government competition with business President Roosevelt yesterday ex- pressed belief the Columbia river basin with its Grand Coulee and Bonneville dams was a large enough area to warrant creation of a separate power authority It pre- would be along TVA lines Farley Assails Opponents In Mid-West Drive ers Believed Solved With Snow Conditions Ideal WASHINGTON Feb 22 Postmaster Gen Farley stormed the Middle West today praising the New Deal and its spending to the echo of Republican charges that there has been a saturnalia of gance On his way to the very camp of Gov Alf M Landon of Kansas widely considered a potential con- tender for the presidency the cratic national chairman mounted two Missouri platforms to declare that President Roosevelt has cued and to assail his op- In a speech prepared for delivery today before the Young Democrats at Jefferson City today Farley de- clared the youth of the nation came to the front when the forces of defeat of inaction and were battling against us in the campaign four years ago We have travelled upward a great way since March 4 he said Our adversaries cannot deny the facts They cannot escape the logic of the black entries that have wiped out thp red entries of the Hoover period on Four LOS ANGELES Feb 22 Police insisted time clock murders of a middle-aged rooming house proprietor and his wife were solved j today despite their prisoner's diation of a confession attributed to him Detective Capt Burt Wallis said Fred Stettler 25 chauffeur first confessed then denied that he beat to death Mr and Mrs Carl S hour robbed them of and set a fire watch to burn their bodies I killed them I tried to bum them up I needed Capt Wallis read from the confession which he said the young blonde made But Stettler held on suspicion of murder disregarded the purported confession and declared his cence He admitted Capt Wallis said that he contrived the arson clock The bodies of Barbour 66 and his wife Dorothea 61 were found in a bedroom of their rooming house Thursday morning They had been beaten to death An ingenious device switched on a heater which ignited soaked newspapers under the bed when the minute hand of a watch to which it was attached readied the figure 10 and clocked an tric circuit Police attention was directed to Big flirting personal card in the Barbour ment He formerly roomed with them BOSTON Feb 22 W The largest crowd in New England's sports history and swarm over snow-covered hills this end the peak of this or any other Winter sports season The weather man promised fair I weather Snow conditions ly were ideal at least nine major carnivals were under way and a wider assortment of outdoor thrills ranging from ski championships to sled dog races sent a record day throng to the north country Approximately 18 special trains were to run today and tomorrow i including eight from New York I eight from Boston one from Con- and one from Portland Me For those who desired to watch the high lights included the eastern ski championships at Townshend and Brattleboro Vt New England sled dog championships at East Jaffrey N H Massachusetts down hill championship ski race on Mount Greylock at Adams Mass and the downhill races and nose dive on Mount field Stow Vt Other carnivals are being held i at Whitefield and Derry N H and Ludlow Vt and the annual Dartmouth alumni carnival at over N H Two snow trains are running to Brattleboro Vt for the ski Court Rules Against Duke Power Co Weather for Next Week WASHINGTON Frh 22 outlook for Frb d North and At- snow over north and or ram south portion part of week and ngam at ond uerk at beginning of week colder by day night not so cold Thursday and colder Friday CHARLOTTE N C Feb 22 The fourth United States circuit court of appeals ruled against the Duke Power Co today in its effort to prevent construction of a posed publicly owned hydro-electric plant at Buzzard South Carolina with Works Administration funds Amherst Head Given Degree By Williams WILLIAMSTOWN Feb 22 Williams college today conferred the honorary degree of doctor of laws on Dr Stanley King president of Amherst college before a tion of students alumni and faculty A full academic procession opened the convocation President Tyler Bennett of in conferring tne said it was granted in recognition of Dr King's eminence in the fields of industry public service and educational Dr Lowu Perry principal of an alumnus and trustee ct Williams received the James C Rogerson trophy for service and loyalty to his college Goffstown Lancaster Laconia Notch North Conway m New Hampshire and at Greenfield Pittsfield South Lee and Adams in Massachusetts and in Brattleboro and Stow Vt Pres Roosevelt To Spend Night Off the country races were to be held day on the Townshend trail while the main features the jumping in classes A and B will be held morrow at Brattleboro Everyone planning to go to Townshend are warned to bring along as there is three or four feet of snow on the ground beside the trails The downhill championships on Mount thunderbolt run tomorrow afternoon will be the second running of this event Dick Durrance carried off the honors last year The Ludlow affair will feature a bob sled meet in state forest Late reports indicated snow con- ditions good for skiing at Bartlett CAMBRIDGE Feb 22 W ident Roosevelt will return to his alma mater for a few brief hours night to see his youngest son John elected to Harvard's century-old Fly club He will carry in his vest pocket a gold symbol of John's tion and according to custom will pass it personally to his son after the ritual of initiation is over To each boy Fly tradition dictates the father if a member shall pre- sent a small gold watch charm known as the kitty This symbol is really a lion designed after the lion on the crest of the royal family of Belgium Fewer than 200 will sit down with the president at the club's 100th an- banquet for the initiation Only members will be admitted within the portals of the clubhouse excepting the president's president's remarks to his Fly members will not be reported The night from the time he enters Fly until he leaves for will be strictly off record The front door of the club will be open to ad- mit the president and then will be Twins Born During Blizzard Have 12 Fingers Apiece MALONE N Y Feb 22 The Broadway twins sons of Mr and Mrs Royal Broadway have 12 fingers apiece to keep warm in- stead of the customary JO The boys were born Jan 24 the night of the year's worst blizzard each with one extra perfectly formed digit on each hand A Convenient Depository The facilities of our Safe Deposit Department in- clude private coupon and consultation rooms safe de- posit boxes adequate in size for personal and business needs All for a very low cost THE SAFETY FUND NATIONAL BANK I
