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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21

Albany. N. T.. April 21-(UP)- Mayor James J. Walker of New York has answered misfeasance charges against him and his admin istration with ! blast of counter
 His response to the demand of the city affairs committee of New York for his removal-studied to-day by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was a denial of charges against him together with an attack upon the committees leaders as socialists. The Rev John Haynes Holmes, one of the leaders of the reform move ment, was listed by, Walker as lead- CT of a group of soviet sympa- thizers's--a man who endeavored during the war "to break down American resistance behind the lines"
 The accusations against him, the mayor; said, were false and unwar-' ranted, and he asked that the gov ernor, in reaching a decision. "con-ss sider the source" of the attacks against the mayor.
 Governor Roosevelt received the Walker reply without comment and will read it carefully before mak- ing any statement. Any indication of what action he will take in the matter was said by his attaches to be pure speculation. No word may be forthcoming until after he has left on his vacation trip to Warm Springs, Ga.
 Mayor Walker charges that the accusations submitted to the gov ernor under the signature of Dr al oh Stephen s. Wise, vice chairman of the city affairs committee. were false, unwarranted. without specifi- cation or detail. vague. indefinite. propaganda. upon which a previous political campaign had been waged. and based on incidents not within the administrationsfor which Walk CT was responsible.
 After answering in detail the items as listed by the reform com mittee. Walkers answer urged
 ''In dismissing charges filed last month against another elected offi- cial of New York, Comptroller Charles W. Berry, you wrote:
 Ut is the governors responsibility to determine whether or not the nature and source of the charges warrant executive action."p
 ..The city affairs committee Is nothing more than an annex of the socialist party, .masquerading under a name ingeniously contrived to de- ceive the public. The aim thereby is to gain prestige which might ad- vance the political fortunes of a group that has been repudiated re- peatediy and decisively by the cleo torate. Holmes and Wise are both enrolled socialists. Holmes was the campaign chairman of the socialist candidate for mayor in 1929.
 Another vice chairman of the committee has been a chronic office seeker under the socialist emblem. He was socialist candidate for gov ernorg in 1924. for mayor in 1925, for president in 1928, for mayor in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
REV RUDOLPH HERTZ
 PASTOR AT LARGE
Booked to Speak Before the Council of Women Meet-
 ing in New Haven
TUESDAY, APRIL 2S

s. Rev. Rudolf Hertz who will speak at the annual meeting of the Council of Congregational Women of Con- necticut to be held in the Center church. New Haven, on Tuesday, April 28. is known as the pastor-at- large among the Congregational In- dian churches of South Dakota.
 MT. Hertz came to this country at the age of 17. graduated from Oberlin with honors, also taking his theological course there. He came to the American Missionary associa- ton a little over Il years ago and was assigned to succeed the veteran missionary among the Sioux, Dr. Thomas Riggs. After ten years of service with the most intimate con- tacts with the Indians, and having mastered the Dakota language Mir. Hertz is one of the outstanding In- dian advocates of America, pleading and working constructively in their behalf. MT. Hertz is ably assisted by his wife who is the daughter of Rev. Charles L. Hall, for fifty years a missionary among the Indians of the Fort Berthold reservation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
POUR CONCRETE AT NEW SHEPAUG DAM
BOYS ENGAGED AT
 DANGEROUS SPORTS
Climbing Trees and Clam- bering Up and Down
 Face of High Rocks
RISK TO LIFE AND LIMB

Climbing trees and seeing how Tar one can walk out on the limbs and yet not topple over may be fine sport for boys, but it should be re- membered that 1t Is attended with great risk. This is one of the pas- times one can see almost every day in the week in washington Park and ether places in that neighborhood; There are. high rocks at Washing ton and Luke streets, where you can see youngsters clambering up and crawling down the face of the ledgcs which stands fifty or seventy-five feet above the grade of the streets.
 This is fine sport, but those who indulge in it should be warned of the danger to accident. A roll down the face of these rocks or fall from as tree would be likely to result in death, or injuries which would leave one a cripple for life. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
NO CHANCE IN
 FACTORY OFFICER
Annual Election of ScOvill Mig Co Held Yester-
 day Afternoon
ALL REPORTS ACCEPTED

At the annual meeting of the, Sco- will Manufacturing Co yesterday aft |ernoon the report published last week, part of which appeared in this paper, was approved. The officers are E. o. Goss, spresident and gen. eral manager; John H. Goss. vice president and general manager; Chauncey P. Goss, Jr. superintend- ent of mill departments; George A. |Goss, e-president; l.. F. Sperry. treasurer and controller: William M. Goss, secretary: B. F. Hyde and T. B. Meyers, assistant secretaries; F.. J. Gorse, assistant treasurer.
 The board of directorssis the same as last year with the addition of A. L. Adams of Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
First Nat. Stores
 Locally Owned
Analysis of Economy Chain in Waterbury Shows A
 Preferred and Common Stockholders

262 in Massachusetts; 72 in New Hampshire; 31 in Vermont and 25 in Rhode Island. Among the Connecti- cut cities and towns other than Wa terbury are Bridgeport with &: East Norwalk with 5; New Haven with 16.
 Charles F. Adams. First National treasurer. states that this is the first time chain store has published facts and figures of this sort. The facts show First National Stores are not 'foreign-owned'," said Mir Adams. but are owned by residents of every New England community in which we have stores and in many rural communities where we have no stores"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
Spanish War Vets
 Name Committees
State Convention Scheduled for June Placed in Hands
 of Workers

and the various sessions to be held in connection with the annual en-. campment.
 The executive committee is com posed of Commander Durbin as general chairman; Mrs Lura Dutton,. vice chairman: Harry s. Wooley, secretary; and Albert Portman, treasurer. The program, badge and souvenir committee includes State Commander White, Miles w. Deane, Mrs Dutton, Mrs Wooley, Mrs Mill dred Burritt. and Albert Portman.
 Other committees include: Pub- licity, Mrs Durbin, Captain A. l.. Hauerwas and Mrs Mildred Burritt; arrangements committee, Dr Thom- as J. Ryan, Roland s. Woodbury, William c. Moss, Volney :. Rosen- sgranz, Mrs Dutton, Mrs Miles w. Deane, Mrs Mildred Burritt, Will liam H.. Aikens; hall committee, Captain Hauerwas. Mrs Dutton, George H. Staebler, Mrs Deane and William J. Meehan; reservations. Roland s. Woodbury and Mrs Bur- ritt; budget committee, pr Ryan, William J. Meehan, John Way,
 Finance committee, Capta White, Mir Deane, MT Woodbury. Joseph Monaghan, MT Portman. Mir Wooley, Dr Ryan. Commander Dur bin; chamber of commerce com mittee, Captain White, MT Mon- aghan. MT Woodbury and Henry c. Wagner; banquet committee, Dr Ryan, Mir Deane, MT Portman, MT Wagner, MT Meehan. MT Woodbury, Charles Leppert, Commander Dur bin, Mrs Lucy Moss, Mrs Ella Staeb- Ter, Mrs Nellie Durbip, Mrs George Woodbury, Mrs Alexander, Mrs Mar .tii- Thurkildsen and Mrs William Meehan; entertainment and music committee, Commander Durbin, Mrs Woodbury, Mrs Moss. Mrs Wagner. MT Portman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
'Sunk!"


 The girl who lets periodic pains interfere with her activities has not heard of Midol. These wonderful little tablets act quite harmlessly. directly on the organs affected. They do not interfere with nature, but they do remove every particle of that unnatural, unnecessary pain.
 NIidOl will end the most severe monthly pain i'm five to seven min- ,utcs.
 Midol is a marvellous discovery made by specialists. It is not a par- cotic, yet it ends all that needless pain. And if you anticipate the time, the expected pain will not ap- pear at all Tiny tablets in con- venient little metal case obtainable at every drugstore. Isn't it folly to suffer month after month? Many have found Midol the quickest re- lief for headaches, neuralgia, neuri- tis, and other pain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
Sigma Alpha
 Phi Sorority
Will Present Scoops" at Bunker Hill Church Hall
 Friday Night

The Sigma Alpha Phi Sorority of Bunker Hill church will present Scoops" a comedy in three acts by Margaret Parsons, Friday evening, April "A. at the church gymnasium. under. the direction of Mrs Joseph P. Fox.
 The cast is as follows:
 Lucille Bird. Aunt Martha Jane"
 who writes advice to the love-
 lorn .... ....... Dorothy Burdett Isabel Masterson, society editor, !
 author of Peggy Whipple'
 column ...... Eudora Mou1throp Mary Jones, sob sister" ........ X ...N...... ......... Ruth Leggett Dorothy Bartlett. woman's editors
 ........... .Millicent Parsons Poll, office girl, with a penchant
 for chewing gum and Jolly
 pops ...... lvah. Dunsmoor Ruth. star reporter Hazel Freeman Mrs Crawford Montgomery. a so- .ciety women x. Evelyrr Poulsen Millicent Frothingham. her niece
 .s..t.. :. Henrietta German Lena, employed at the Cooper fac <
 tory 7. Margaret Sharrow Nellie. employed at the Cooper
 factory ...... Pearl Dunsmoor Jessie Boardman. new in the I
 Cooper employ Barbara Smith Rosetta Slavinski. strike agitator ; s..... ......,... Gladys Jentoch Miss Clay, private detective VI. '. .... ......... Catherine Mclean. R SCENES
 ', Act I.--The Wooman's Department of the Herald"
 Act II.-The Cooper Girls Club iseveral days laterl.
 Act III.-Same as Act 1. The next morning.
 There will be dancing following he performance.
 Out of service for some time. an old windmill in Germany has been converted. into church
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
Cairns Planning
 II 0 Start Work
 Tomorrow Morning
Expert Men to Handle Work City Engineer Believes Operations Will Be Completed Within Another Year Special Machinery Ready for Job

other man will be needed, it was pointed out by Mir Cairns who said that only trained men can be used at the job and the twenty men he has working have been there since the inception of the job and are well qualified to do the work.
 The west end of the dam is get- ting the concrete. said Mir Cairns. This is an advantageous time to do the work. the machinery has been overhauled and everything is in shape for the job. 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21

ladies and Is conducting ssreraI classes daily for bridge instruction.
 The bridge on Wednesday, April z2. is the largest the club has cl6er attempted. The entire west eide 1[ the F. M. c. A. will be used by fhe club and over a 100 tables arc ex- pected. Because the bridge is for the major activity of the club and money is needed for the charitable work carried on by the Lions club fof Waterbury everyone is cooperating enthusiastically. Mrs Adolph Rey-s mond as chairman of the refresf- ment committee is donating all Of the refreshments for the evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21

All committees to take charge of the annual state encampment of the Spanish War Veterans to be held in Waterbury on June 12 and 13 were announced last night by Command CT Charles Durbin of Emerson H. Liscum camp. State Commander Thomas A. E. White of Waterbury will preside over the state meeting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21

Analysis of ownership of First Ma tional Stores Inc. just made public shows "A preferred and common stockholders in Waterbury, with ownership of this New England grocery chain spread over 549 cities and towns in New England. Hart
 ford leads in number of sharehold- CTS with 58. and there are 53 other cities and towns in Connecticut rep resented by ownership; 75 in Maine;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
JAPANESE SCOUT TROOP.

Seattle, Wash-Rainer Noble Post of the American Legion is spon- soring a Boy Scout troop composed entirely of Japanese boys, according to L. A. Williams, post adjutant. The post recently voted to extend its activities and sponsor a cub troop of the same nature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21

If everything goes along well. we'll put the first block of concrete into the shepaug dam tomorrow morning." said City Engineer Rob cit A. Cairns this morning. This is the third season and probably the next to last. The job will probably be finished next year. Last year 11,1Sl cubic yards of concrete were laid.
 The personnel has already been obtained for the work and not an-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21

Shadyside, Ohio-Shadyside Post of the American Legion recently conducted a minstrel show to raise funds for welfare work. A check for $150 was presented to the Well fare League of Shadyside. between the third and last acts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
THE MARIAN ORDER v :. PITRCHASEn IARGE Es

The Marian Order of Priests of Chicago has purchased the three hundred acre estate of the late Nor man B. Reaml at Thompson. this state. The price paid is said to be $2O0,000. The buildings will be used as schools for young men who in tend to enter the priesthood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
TALK Is3. CHEAP

"Your wife is talking of going to France this summer. Have you any objections? ?"
 No. certAiply not, Let her talk. z. Passing show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21

Out of service for some time. an old windmill in Germany has been converted into church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14

Sales of Stocks On New York Exchange.
1890 AM....... 100000 1900 Noon. ..... 100000
1880 PM $3.50. 100000 2:10 P.M....... 100000
Dividend rates the above table annual
hafyarly
lions.
An. sIes than 100 Partly .Pus
payable in stock Payable in cash stock Plus 8 STOCK
3 in stock Paid this regular rate Plus So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
VALUE Of EXPORT
TRADE IN DECLINE
Increased Shipments of Veg
etabIe Oils and Fruits Give
Hope of Betterment.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Total value of our export trade In
foodstuffs during the last fiscal year
amounted to dollar value Of s457, 0O0,-
600, as compared with 1851, ooo, 900 for
the previous period.
factor Of encouragement, however,
was revealed In the announcement by
the Commerce Department which
showed shipments of fresh fruits, dried
fruits and vegetable oils had increased
sharply.
The foreign market for fresh fruits
was more favorable than that OF any
other class Of foodstuffs. The exports
OF apples in boxes more than doubled
attributable to the growing demand for
American apples and a short crop in the
producing regions of Europe
Shipments OF other varieties of fresh
fruit showed the same upward trend as
that OF apples. The total value of fresh
1ru1t exports comprised IS per cent of
the total value of all foodstuffs exported
and aggregated $50, 500 900, an increase
OF 81 per cent compared with the previ-
GUS period.
The dried fruit shipments for the year
showed favorable balance compared
with the previous year. totaline Sic
335, 900 pounds, an increase of SIS per
cent. The trade in raisins showed
slight decrease, but the demand for all
other varieties of dried fruit was much
larger. Exports of prunes more than
doubled, most of this increase going to
Germany and France
Shipments of refined cottonseed oil
more than doubled during the year, in
creasing by 1876 per cent in quantity and
81 per cent in value Mexico and Cuba
absorbed most of the increase. Other
vegetable oils showing a favorable trade
balance were corn Oil and cocoa butter
Among canned fruit exports, pears
show decided increase, largely &C
counted for by heavier demands from
the United Kingdom. Canned peaches,
and fruits for salad were also exported
in larger quantities, but shipments of
| other varieties of canned fruit generally
declined
Export trade in canned foods, as
| whole, showed less demand than a year
ago. but the decline was not so heavy
as noted in many other lines of foods
There were about $50 0o0, 900 pounds of
canned foods shipped. decline Of %
per cent under the previous year. with
canned fish. mainly sardines, registering
the heaviest decrease of all classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
BONDS DEPRESSED
IN DRAGGY MARKET
Heavy Liquidation Reflected
in Price Decline of De-
bentureS.
BY F. H. RICHARDSON.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September 14.-For the
NTH successive market session bonds
dropped into new low ground To-Day co,
incident with weakness in continental
markets and a sharp decline In stocks.
Standard Statistics index Of so bonds
dropped under 80 for the first time
since the index was originally compiled,
which means that one must go back 70
the 1920-1921 depression to find bond
prices comparable to those prevailing
today.
United States Government long-term
issues and prime municipals, 1t Is true,
were firm and inclined to strengthen
slightly, but it was significant of the
market that high-grade corporation
issues again sold off. Money rates were
unchanged.
Early in the day postponement OF the
Baltimore g. Ohio dividend meeting
brought heavy selling in Baltimore d
Ohio bonds. The first As OF 1948 were
off IL, points, the refunding SIS of 1898
off points and the refunding 6S OF
1895 down l point. All were at their
lowest prices for the bear market.
This weakness was swiftly communi-
Gated to other railroad bonds. Losses
Of / to 2 points were spread through
the carrier list, and new lows were
reached almost everywhere. Some OF
them were Allegheny SIS, Canadian Ma
tional 434s, Canadian Pacific As. Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy genera! as
Chicago Great Western As, st. Paul IS,
Rock Island A 4l2s, Erie refunding 5s,
Great Northern Is, Illinois Central re-
funding As, International Great North
ern B SIS, Missouri-Pacific general As,
SIS and sips; Nickel Plate AIS, New
Haven 412s of 1867, Frisco AIS and
Southern Pacific 4l2s OF 1881. The last
named was off 2l2 points.
Industrials of any but the highest
grade slumped rapidly. National Steel
IS were a point lower and at a new
minimum price. American I. G..
Chemical 5l2s lost an opening gain.
American & Foreign Power IS were
fractionally lower. Brooklyn-Manhat-
tan Transit IS broke to a new low on
the announcement that New York
would admit all independent concerns
to bidding on operation OF the new
city subway.
German dollar bonds were acutely
weak. The Young Plan SIPS were off
more than 2i2 points at one time.
while Dawes Preparations Is were of
az. Both recovered somewhat in
later trading. German bank bonds
showed fractional losses. German
municipals were steady and industrials
heavy A long string of transactions
in Cologne Gas drove the price up 2
points. Since the total sale was for
239 bonds. it was attributed to pur-
chases made for sinking fund account.
AT the current quotation of 81. Co.
logne will save large amounts through
advance sinking fund purchases.
Great Britain 5l2s eased and then
recovered Norwegian issues were at
new lows, and there was a sympathetic
softness in other Scandinavian issues
Italian bonds were firm AuStrianS
dropped to new lows on reports Of
fresh revolutionary troubles there
South Americans were little changed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14

$50; Thompson, seedless. 200; pine
apples, 4OOa4.50; prunes, LOO; figs, 500;
damsons, two-peck baskets, LOCAL rs;
grapefruit, 5.ooa5.5o; bananas, LISA
ESQ; persimmons, 100; cranberries,
3.75.
egetables-Potatoes, per barrel, LISA
200; sweet, per bushel, 75a1.00; toma-
toes, 50a75; string beans, 75a1 90; limas,
$50; cabbage, 50a75; kale, so; spinach,
1.25; corn, 50a75; cucumbers, 100; cell
cry, 3.75a4.00; lettuce, Iceberg, 3.25a
400; New York, 1.25a1 so; carrots, per
100 punches, 800; beets, per 100
punches, 800; eggplant, rs; okra, two
peck baskets, 1.50a2.00; peppers, 65a75;
squash, 50a75; mushrooms, 60a1 100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
Washington Produce
Butter-One-pound prints, SO; tub

Butter-One-pound prints, So; tub,
Eggs-Hennery, 2saso; current re-
ceipts, 1920.
Eggs-Hennery. 20; current receipts.
18a20
Poultry, alive-spring broilers. 3
pounds and over, 25a27; 2 to 212
pounds, 24a25; 1la to pounds, 22a23;
Leghorns, 18a20; hens, large, 23a24;
small. 21a22; ROSTERS, 12a13.
Dressed-Spring broilers, 3 pounds
and over, 32a33; 2 to 21z pounds, goa
80: IA to 2 pounds, 27a28; Leghorns,
IS; hens, large, 27a28;> small, %;
FOSTERS, 13a14; Long Island ducks. ola
%.
Meats-Beef, prime, 16a16H; choice.
15a1511; good, Halls; medium, 13a13E2;
COW, 9a10; veal, top, 16; medium, 13a14;
lamb, top, 19a20; medium, 14a16; pork
loins, 8 to 10 pounds, 23a24; 8 to IL
pounds, 21a22; IL to IA pounds, 15a16;
fresh hams, 10; smoked hams, 81: strip
bacon, 22a23; lard, bulk, 91a; packages,
1919.
Live stock-Hogs, heavy, 5.6Oa5 go;
medium, 6.7o; light, $50; pigs, 500;
roughs, 3.00a425; calves, 7.00a9.00;
lambs, 4.00a7.50.
Fruits Watermelons. 15a35: canta-
loupes, Colorado flats, 1.25a1 IS; honey
dews, 1.75a2.00; Persian melons, 2.00a
2.75; oranges, 3.5Oa5.50; lemons, 4.00a
600; lines, per 100, Its; apples, bushel
baskets, 50a1 100; box stock, 2.25a2.5 SO;
pears, 500; Seckles, per bushel, 1.00a
200: 18-pound baskets, 35a50; peaches.
50a1 90; grapes, Concords, crates, 100;
bushel baskets, 76a1 .009 TokaySs 2.25s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
RAILROAD DIVIDENDS.

NEW YORK, September IA (R.-W.
B. Storey, president of the Atchison,
Topeka g. Santa Fe System, declined
today to discuss dividend possibilities
"in year like this" The next dividend
meeting Is scheduled for October 6, al
though capital improvement work this
year has not been as large as in 1890,
Mr.. Storey said the outlay had never
thelesS been considerable when equip
ment purchases, paid for out of current
assets, were included. The system has
handled $4,000 carloads of wheat since
Midjune, or about $4,000 more than a
year ago. The larger loadings will off,
set the lower freight rate, which became
effective August /.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad an
nounced today that the dividend meet
ing of the board of directors scheduled
for Wednesday had been postponed to
September 80 to assure quorum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
STEEL OPERATIONS
REPORTED HIGHER
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, September 14.-Dow
Jones g. Co. said today that steel
making operations in the Youngstown
district began the week at Al per cent
Of capacity, higher than the average
production rate for any of the past six
weeks.
This was due principally, it reported,
to expanded activity Of the YOUNGSTOWN
Sheet g. Tube Co, largest producer
In the Mahoning Valley. The company
opened the current week with opera
tons in its Mahoning Valley plants
several points higher than anticipated.
Its steel-making facilities nearly idle
week ago, Youngstown Sheet &
Tubes current production is "a per
cent of capacity against 20 per cent
during the latter part Of last week, and
about four points higher than aQtici-
pated.
More furnaces were melting for Sheet
g. Tube than since the second week
Of August and the company's Besse-
mer steel department, which recently
shut down, is operating.
Dow Jones says that the ability of
the valley mills to hold at the Al per
cent rate or improve it depends upon
the current weeks new business. It
attributes the increase to at least
momentary improvement in actual steel
sales"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
RETAIL PASSENGER CAR
SALES REPORTED LOWER
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, September 14-R. L. Polk
g. Co. today placed the retail passenger
car sales for August in 10 States re-
ported to date as 1873 per cent lower
than the same month last year. The
August sales, the company said are
204 per cent lower than July. The
average decline, July to August, has
been about 10 per cent.
The estimate of total August sales,
based on 1898 per cent Of the countrys
total reported, is placed at $4,000 cars,
which the company characterizes as
rather brighter outlook than a
week ago.