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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-20
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lines etched on Harry's unusually calm face, that his eyes were nar- rowed, and his voice was so calm 1t rang like steel. She had never seen him this way. Not emotional. Not accusing. Merely matter of fact. As though something were ended, and he would take his hat and walk out.
 But she couldn't let him go! She had to keep him. He had to under stand. Surely there was way. ... She wouldn't even think about 1t.
 But Harry, how do you know l got hold of the key? Couldn't some- one else have had it and placed il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-20
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

Hf DEGlN 1EfkE lOsOhIs
 A number Of people could have bridge party: JUDGE MARSHALL, no rent, and owner of the gun and eflcnccr with which she was shot, was one. JOHN DRAKE was an- other. FLORA MILES. in Nita's closet at the time of the murder, reading a note she thinks is from her husband, but which Is from DEXTER SPRAGUE, is another. CLlVE HAMMOND and POLLY BEAI.E. who were in the sOlarium together. and JANET RAYMOND, tn love with Spraguc. also are sus- pcctcd.
 DUNDEE believes that Nita. recognizing one of these six fin q group photograph, came down from New York for blackmail, re- cciving $1O,0OO and bullet, and he warns Sprnguc not to carry on the scheme. Nita's will and the fact that she had Sprague con- triye a bell near her bed to sum- mon LYDIA show she feared death. Police think Nita was killed by q New York gunman.
 Ma had burned papers, intending fs sar-ry RALPH HAMMOND. and Dussxcc thinks the murderer will re- turn, looking for them. At the Of- flee Thursday morning, PENNY GRAIN Is telling him of an im- prOmptu bridge party Wednesday at the Miles home, to which Spraguc came uninyitcd, when the telephone rings, with the news of Spraguc's murder. His body Is found in the trophy room at the Miles house. Penny says that Spraguc disappeared mystcriously from the party, that Miles quarreIcd with Flora over him and Dundee learns that all six of the original suspects had opportunity to Kill him.
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XXXVII.
 The Miles home, still known in Hamilton as the Hackett place. since 1t had been built more than 20 years before by Floras father. old Silas Hackett, dead these seven years. dominated one of the most beautiful of the wooded hills which encircled Mirror lake in the Brent wood section. Of modified Tudor architecture, its deep red. mellowed bricks had achieved In three dec- ades almost the same aged dignity and impressiveness that chara cter- ized the hree-century-old mansion in England which Silas Hackett's s architect had used as an inspira- ton.
 The big house faced the lake. a long series of landscaped terraces leading down to the waters edge, but the driveway wound from the al fn hn main entrance at the rear of the house.
 Once before-on Sunday. the day after Nita Selims murder, when he had come to interview Lydia Carr and had secured the alibi which had eliminated Dexter Sprugue as a suspect-Dundee had drivon his car up this hill between the tall yew hedges. But then he had taken the fork which led to the hooded doorway over the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-20
NANCY. PAGE The White Bridal Dress Needs the Bridal Veil
By Florence La Ganke.

Polly was trying on her veil which she would be wearing day after tomorrow. She had decided on white .tulle which would hang in long shimmering folds. It was fitted at the back of the head. A short face veil held in place with orange blossoms was part of the veil arr ,.o, rya
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-20
Fashion Plaque

the smartest combination of the season, is used for this leather heeled sports shoe. The insets are of white lizard and the brown
 calf has a great deal of
 punchwork.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
AN INCOMPETENT SPENDING MOST
 LUXURIOUS LIFE

Chicago, Jan 14-(UP)-The lux uiy which surrounds Stanley McCor- mick, 54, multimillonaire incompe:- ent, at his Santa Barbara, Cal. es- tate was disclosed today by the first report of Eis conservators, Mrs Kath- crime Dexter Mccormick. his wife; Harold r. Mccormick, a brother, and the Continental Illinois Bank 6S Trust Company.
 The monthly payroll for the 57 persons in attendance on McCarmick at Santa Barbara varies from $7,- 127 to ss.35s, the report said, and the personel includes one physician. nine nurses. one manager, one sec- retary, three musicians, one cook. three kitchen helpers, one waitress. OLe housekeeper, two housemaidS. four chauffeurs, one car washer. five gardeners. one dairyman, one jani- tor and l7 laborers.
 Receipts collected for the ESQ., 0c0, 900 estate from Feb 8, 1929, un- t'I Dec 31. 1929, amounted to s2,- S02,214. and disbursements includ Ing new investments, were $2,72S.- 4S8. Income from investments. largely dividends on hondings in ts,e International Harvester company, and real estate holdings were the largest items in the receipts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
More Biting Words : Hurled At Hoover :
 By Senator Caraway

Fafiureetto @enact either measure probably would compel Mir HooYfr to s0mrnor a special session. Senator FCaraway pleaded for res lief for hungry farm families. II6 read accounts of ragged children in the lower grades of school lining I'up daily for soup" and said. these children in the soup lines are just as human and just as good as the grandchildren of the president. who
 at the White House lately enjoyed 8 Christmas tree.
 Are we so hard hearted a na- tion," he asked, that to save few dollars of taxes we are willing to deprive millions of Americans and send many of them to their graves? ?", l~ President Hoover poses as a de-
 fender of children and yet he re- fuses to allow children in 22 stateS enough food to sustain their lives. . The administration has no rea-
 son to believe the picture of distress in the press and from others wao
 have no direct interest in this relief
 cverdrawn. A family of five gets $6
 month. They can't live on that" He described the meager allow
 ances for food as torture" He att
 tackled the project before the senate
 to spend $30.000. 900 for battleshlp modernization. and income tax .-e-
 funds and abatements totaling $126,- = co0,000, while people a @ in need of food and clothing. In the Arkansan's office today was
 2 great stack of mail most of which,
 he said, contained appeals for relief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
Steel Common Slipped Up and Down and Finally Fell Back to Its Previous Level - In Late After= noon Gains Were Greater Than Losses
BY ELMER c. WALZER United Press Financial Editor.

New York, Jan 14.-(UP)-Lead- ing shares fluctuated narrowly around previous levels in exceeding ly dull dealings on the stock market to-day.
 Aside from q brief attempt on the part of the bearish professionals to force resumption of yesterdays g downward drift in the early trading there was no feature and many of the larger traders stayed on the sidelines pending establishment of d definite trend r-E
 fdull2 m steel common was characteristic. After opening un- changed at Al Steel dropped back 10 140 1-2. recovered 10 l42 around noon and then slipped back to it's previous level. where it held most of the afternoon.
 Group movements were entirely
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14

Judge Frederick NJ Peasley denied defense counsePs motion for dis charge of Joseph S. Schofeld on em- bezzlement charges as the second day of the trial saw the state rest it's side before noon to-day in superior court. Schofield took the stand in his own defense at 2 o'clock and was undergoing a severe cross ex animation by States Attorney Law renee l.. Lewis when court recessed at 1 o'clock.
 Schofield is facing two counts of embezzlement since yesterday after noon when the other two counts against him were nolled. The counts against him now are based on his alleged embeZZlement in connections with the accounts of William M Brown and Dr Louis l.. Weinburg.
 Public Defender Attorney William w. Gager moved for the dismissal of the remaining counts against Scho- field after States Attorney Lewis an- nounced the state had resetd. He gave as the grounds for the granting of the dismissal that the accused while charged with embeZZlement of lawful moneys had had no transac- tions in which money was involved. tIc dISO dTp utU tIdl IL Ilhi Ilct "p- peared that the accused had any ac- tual knowledge of the Brown transaction. The same argument was advanced on the Weinburg count and in addition he explained that SchO- field had no knowledge of the Vein burg account when he ordered the sale of the Weinburg stock to pro tect a note with his Hartford bank.
 Louis A. Bouett. former office manager for Schoficld who testified yesterday, was the first witness to be put on the stand by the defence. He said Dr Weinburg did not pay any cash down on the purchase of his 100 shares of New York Title and Mortgage Corp stock. He said he delivered the stock as collateral and Dr Weinburg's account re- mained a margin account
 Schofield said he did not have actual knowledge of each individual sale made by his salesmen. He said his duties consisted of taking care of the bank transactions. giv ing sales talks to his employees and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14

BENCH DENIES SCH0FIELD DISCHARGE MOTION
Nat Richards
 Again in Tolls Communist Runs AfOul of
 Hartford Police

Nat Richards, who has been in the tolls of the local police for his Communistic activity, but who con- centrates mostly on his old stamp ing around. Hartford is again in the hands of the authorities. He will be remembered as the man who was apprenhended when the female Com munist, Rose Ross. was arrested here.
 He was released from jail recently, but was arrested again yesterday in Hartford when he disputed the right of a policeman to prohibit him from handing Communist literature to a crowd of idlers.
 For almost two weeks Richards was held at the Hartford County jail while his supporters were rais- ing the necessary $10,000 bond which they succeeded in doing. He is held on that bond on charge of incit- ing riot at the close of the Pall- otti- -Andretta band on Windsor street in Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
BY MERRILL E. COMPTON

BY MERRILL F.. COMPTON United Press Stan Correspondent Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 14.-UP). boxes Barren cupboards ann Barren cupbOards and empty bread boxes in homes of hundreds of destitute Arkansas farmers taxed
 human relief agencies to-day in this
 state.
 Taking the lead in the relief cam paign is the National Red Cross whose liaison officers are already | here and in small towns directing | the work.
 The number of sufferers is esti- mated at more than 100, 900 and con- servative investigators have said the
 number will total .225,000 before planting weather starts. A northwestern snoWstorm which swept in last night added to-day to
 grief of many families who not only | lacked food but clothing, fuel and | proper sheter as well. National attention to this situation resulted when a food uprising oc-
 cured at England, Ark, farming community about 30 miles south of here.
 England. a village of about 2,500 persons. has since maintained a food and clothing relief line of farmers,
 their wives daughters and sons. The same procedure is going on in half dozen other communities and in some suffering is said to be
 more severe than at England. Briefly the conditions which led to the state wide depresisons and re-
 sultant suffering are: The drought of last summer. Unemployment and general de-
 pression.
 The series of bank closures which began 60 days ago with the closing 1 of the American Exchange Trust i Company of Little Rock. century old | financial institution and depository
 of the funds of many smaller banks Some observers added another rer
 son, saying the effects of the 1927
 flood could partly be the cause of
 the want this year. The drought. which began early l in the summer and lasted for up-
 wards of 90 days, burned crops and
 made cultivatio almost impossible
 Many farmers quit their fields when they found their efforts to offset the dry weather were hopeless. Cotton, the states major crop
 suffered heavily
 At England the average yearly
 shipments total 35.000 bales. This year the yield was cut in half and
 the price was low.
 The majority of Arkansas farm CTS are "one crop" raisers. They
 plant cotton and little else. The
 reason for this, farm leaders point
 out today. is credit usually obtained from cotton.
 With the closing Of the American
 Exchange Bank began a series of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
GrandchiIdfe 1le Rresi. dent Eajoyeds Meir Christmas Tree at White House, While He Now Blocks AL Efforts to Feed Starving Families of Farmers 7 F. cr q,

Washington, Jan 14.-UP)-Sen- ate democrats today attacked Pres ident Hoover,s drought relief pro- gram as Minority Leader Robinson said: Somebody who has the power to get action had better get busy" He did not mention either the presi- dent or possibility, of a special ses- sion.
 Robinson complained of the houses refusal to consider senate eff forts to obtain an appropriation to provide food for hungry farm fam flies.
 His remarks forecast the demo- cratic program to attach $15,000,- 900 food amendment to the agricul- ture department bill or to the de- ficiency appropriation bill. and to have show down on the question.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
1.-THE CHURCH | MISSION OF HELP
Several Addresses Heard at Annual Meeting at Hotel
 Elton To-day
STATE DELEGATES THERE


 Blame for the present depression from which the country is suffering cannot be laid to stock crashes or the like but has been caused. instead by the action of the population in general in mortgaging the future to buy articles for immediate use. William NJ. Harris of the Lincoln House association and chairman of the mayors relief committee de- clared to-day in an address delivered at the Elton at the annual luncheon ofs the Church Mission of Help i. Chairman Harris and Mrs John Howell of Newark. N. J.. were the principal speakers at the session which opened shortly before l O. clock this afternoon. Members of the organization from all parts of the. stsnte are in attendance.
 Prosperity, declared Mir Harris is dependent upon the buying power of the masses. But due to high powered salesmanship in the past the peoples buying power is now exhausted The future has been mortgaged 10 buy numerous articles and. in addition. income has been assigned ahead of time on loans in the various banks.
 ihSiS VIII Hol uS iiuCI buying III the pext two years, stated Mir Har- ris. and until the people are able to buy the peak in prosperity will not be reached again. The people now are at the end of their buying power, he declared. but not because of stock market crashes or the like but merely because of their willing ness to mortgage the future for things they want immediately
 Mir Harris also told the gathering at the Elton of the relief measures taken in Waterbury by the commit tee of which he Is chairman to aid those out of unemployment. He traced the entire plan from it's in- ception up to the present time and explained that with the present co. operation the bad period will un.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
EARLY TRADING

New York, Jan Stocks opened irregularly lower, met support on the lows and then moved without defnit" trend in narrow range with trading quiet to-day.
 Leading issues were around the previous close at the outset. Steel, Westinghouse Electric. Packard, In ternational Nickel, Allied Chemical. General Electric, Standard of New York and Radio Corporation opened unchanged
 American Can rose 1H to Ill and Auburn Auto gained ai to 103, while Atchison was up q point at 189 Tn the rails and Standard of New Jer- sey was firm in the oils.
 Fractional declines were recorded in American Telephone, Standard Gas, Commercial Solvents, Montgom- cry Ward, National Biscuit, United Aircraft Kennecott, Columbia Gas and Radio Keith Orpheum. Further selling came into Vanadun and the stock declined point tt 45$4. r. $. Steel showed an easier tendency after the opening. Il broke below the previous close a 141 to 140h. Bethlehem Steel als, declined
 Atchison lost all of it's initial gai, while Westinghouse Electric helt unchanged at 86A. Trading continued quiet. Cottons futures held steady around the previous closing levels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
WEATHER IS ONE PECULIAR CHAP
 IN ITS TRAVELS

Chicago. Jar ii.-UP)-Snow and light frost in parts of Dixie and spring-like temperatures on the Canadian prairies were the parauoxi- : cal extremes of the North American weather map to-day.
 A cold wave gripped the Red River Valley of the Dakotas in sub-Zero temperatures, and had spread to the Alleghany Mountains and the south Atlantic states, but with prospects that it would be of short duration. Milder temperatures crossed the Canadian Rockies and were moving on Montana and the western Dakotas
 The focal point of the cold was the near northwest, where minus signs were sprinkled liberally in the temperature reports.
 Williston, N. D., was in the direct path of warm winds and it's tempera- turc rose to 10 above to-day. In the same state, Devils Lake reported 8 below At Brainerd. Minn. it was l , below, and at Huron, $. D., be- low.
 To the south and southeast even along the Florida gulf coast, tenn pefatufeS were Hllluer dlthoubn the drop was precipitous and caused the American Red Cross to call attention to the sufferings of Arkansas drought stricken farmers, who, were
 being supplied with fuel and cloth . ing.
 Medicine Hat, Alta, where winter sports are foStered by zero weather that usually lasts throughout the sea son found its skiing and curling ruined by temperature of 3S above, few degrees higher than | that in northern Florida Calgary Alta, had 30 above.
 The cold wave was accompanied | by light snowfall in the middle Mis- sissippi Valley, Tennessee and states
 to the northeast. Snow at Cairo, III,
 reached depth of six inches, but l s...s l....... E.ii. lalal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
Stricken And Hungry Arkansas Described
 By Writer At Scene
Survey of That Suffering State Gives Pen Picture of Horrible Conditions Exist ing Among the People

closures which affected every sec tion of the state. Today banking department officials said upwards of 80 banks still were closed. Many are small institutions in farming hamlets and while their deposits were small the closing has meant tremendous hardships upon farm CTS who saw. not only their savings wiped away, but found credit source gone.
 The Red Cross has the funds to meet the immediate needs in Ar, kansas" Albert Evans, assistant .di- rector of distaster relief for the Red Cross, said here at meeting with state, county and city relief work CTS. We cannat see many weeks ahead as we do not know and have no way of Judging to what extent the needs will grow"
 Evans said the situation was acute and growing more so every day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
Waterbury Produce
 Market
( Furnished by the Connecticut De pertinent of Agriculture-B. r.
 Storrs, Local Representativc)

Storrs, Local Representativc)
 Increased supplies from Pcnnsy!- vania, of mushrooms within the past few weeks were causing prices to decline to even lower levels than the low figures which have been pre- vaiHng earlier in the winter Ira l. ing today was at prices ranging from S5c to 35c per basket of three pounds, about soc per basket lower than last winter.
 Orange prices declined sharply since the opening of the week at i'm portant terminal markets. Latest re- ports were that fruit from both Florida and California was avaiia be 10 local wholesalers at prices from 25c to 75c per box lower than be- fore the decline.
 New York egg prices declined to lower levels again since the week opened. Some grades lost as much as Sc per dozen while others Were lower by only 1c. Local prices were not showing any effects of this weakness at New York today, but if he lower figures continue to pre- vail for more than q few days it is probable that trading in eggs here will show similar decline later
 Although trading in live poultry
  few new values established since the close of last week, reports indicate that most kinds of live stock were a little weaker and lower than at that time. Most classes of live fowl ap- peared to be about 2c to 3c per pound lower. Chickens were not showing as weak tendency as fowl. The potato market was holding firm and ocal dealers were some Ct them getting 5c per 100 pounds more for Maine stock than previously re ported
 arc based on delivered sales to re- taiIcrs or similar buyers of good incrchanIablc products.
 FRUITS.
 Apples. \ grade Mcintosh and Delicious 1.15-2.25 bu., x. Spies 1.5"- 1.75 bu.. BaIdwins .1O-1.3O bu.: Ii grade. Mcintosh and Delicious 1.25. 1.5O bu.. \. Spies and Baldwins 1.OO- I.25 bu.; nclaseificd, Mcintosh LOO. I25 bu.. others 75-1.OO bu.: western boxed, Delicious 3.25-3.75 bu.. other. ".1O-3.O0 bu.: cranbcrrics 3.25-4.0G box: oranges. Fla. 3.25-3.75 box. Cal 3.5O-3.OO box.
 VEGETABLES.
 Bccts. old LOO .25 bu.. new :.15- t.25 craie: carrots. old washed LOO 1.50 bu.. new 3.25-3.75 crate; cab Dasc. old 2.OO-2.2J cwt.. new 2.O0- :.25 1 Z. bu. hamper. :i.5O-3.75 crate: celery, Hats 2.J0-2.75 doZ.. hearts i.2J-1.4O GOZ.. rounds .9O-1.1J dOz. cauliIOwcr 2.5O-3.0O crate: lettuce .IO-i i.OO hOz.; onions 90 1.25 bu. iarsnip,, washed i.5O-2.OO bu.: po- tatoes. native 1.25-1 30 bu.. Maine 2.15-2.25 c'wt.: spinach 1.15-1.25 bu. sauash ? OO-3.JO cwt.: turnips .15- t.2J bu.
 POULTRY PRODUCTS.
 Conn. eggs per dOZ.: Ncwlaid Fancy .43; Special .4O-.43 Extr;, .:,S-. 40: Gathered .3J-.3S: NcwIaid Medium .!5: mediums .3O-.33: west rrn, fresh .3O-.:;5; western storage .20-.2 five. fcwI .2O-.27 h.. chick ems .22-.2S Ib.. ducks .23-.26 ID. dressed. tOwI 3O-.33 h.. chickens .:5-.4O h., turkeys. western .44-. IS To-, ducks 2S- 32 Ib
 LIVESTOCK and MEAT.
 Milch COWS, tested t25-11J head butcher stock, cows .O3- .OJ h., calves 1O-.12 h.: meats. beef .17-.19 ib. veal .17-.19 h., lamb 1922 ID pork. Ioins .1G.19 h.. focal dressed .12..l7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
Dull Dealings Kept
 Leading Shares In
 Fluctuating Mood
Brief Attempts of Bear Professionals to Force Events Like Yesterday Was Really the Only Feature

absent and alternate periods of strength and weakness were evi- dent. In the late afternoon, gains were more numerous than losses, although special selling was ap- parent in Schulte, Richtield Oil and some of the other lower priced shares. Gains of point or more were held by Woolworth. Can, Wal worth, and A. M. Byers.
 Shares such as General Electric, American and Foreign Power, Vest inghouse Electric, United Corpora ton and Stone and Webster held small gain. American Telephone was slightly lower, notwithstanding official indications that earnings for 1880 would equal $1O.4O d share.
 The market as q whole, however. displayed confident tone. Brokers were satisfied with the resistance put forward by the list in the early dealings when professional selling threatened q repetition of the down. ward drift in prices that character iZed the previous session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
FIREMAN SUSPENDED
 FROM ACTIVE DUTY

Private Arthur Mclean of the Willow street fire station. was su- spended from active duty by order of Chief Henry w. Heitman this morning. Chief Heitman lodged charges of unfit for duty against Private Mclean following report from Captain John F. Ahearn in charge Of the Willow street station The suspension Is subject to actioT by the board of fire commissioners Private Me Lean has been q member of the department since 1919.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-14
Car Demolishes
 Waiting Station
Coupe Snaps Off Pole Before Hitting Building-Two
 Couples in Car at Time

not one window in the entire car was broken.
 From some men who had seen the car further up the road. police learn- ed that there was a young couple in the front seat and en elderly couple in the rear rumble seat. It could not be ascertained whether anybody had been injured or not
 Two officers, who were put on the case and ordered to report the re- suit of their investigations, had not done so and the reports were not on file, hence not much could be learn ed about the matter.