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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
Bayview
Gualtieri Photo.

Miss Mae Wright has returned to New York after visiting with her parents, MT and Mrs Charles | Wright of Orchard street. Miss Margaret Carroll enter tained Thursday evening at a fare well party for Miss Helen Burke of Fairlawn who leaves Friday to take up her residence in Cambridge, Mass. Among the guests from Wa terbury were Misses Geraldine Walsh, Lucille Burke. Muriel Ryan, Eleanor Gesner, and Margaret Car roll.
 MT and Mrs John Brennan are spending two weeks at the Tifferin Inn.
 Paul Kennedy is spending a week at the beach.
 MT and Mrs Carroll and Miss Helen Carroll of Chestnut avenue are stopping on Warner avenue for two weeks.
 MT and Mrs John Lynch of Wa terville visited friends at the beach Tuesday.
 MT and Mrs Charles Denehy and family of Dwight street, Watervllle, are spending the remainder of the summer at their cottage on Deer field avenue.
 Miss Margaret Guilfoile is enter taining Miss Dorothy Walsh of Mer- Till street.
 Miss Helen Colloty of Cables avenue is spending seVarel weeks at her cottage on Orchard street.
 Mrs Leo Marshall returned home after spending two weeks at her cottage on Prichard lane.
 Mrs George Mulligan of Fleming street Is spending few weeks at her cottage on Milesfield avenue.
 MT and Mrs Joseph McMann of West Main street gave birthday party at her cottage on Lawrence avenue for their daughter Ruth. Games and swimming were enjoyed as well as a hot dog roast in the evening. Miss McMann was pre- sented with many gifts from her little friends. Those who attended from Waterbury were: Misses Dor othy Roberts, Geraldine Miller and Margaret Crawford; Messrs Thomas Canfield and Robert O'Leary.
 Guests at the Tifferin Inn from Waterbury for the week were: MT and Mrs Frank Thornley, Mrs Fred Connor, MT and Mrs John Barry and Miss Marion McMann.
 Mrs Michael Kelley and daughter of Sylvan avenue are spending two weeks on West orchard street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
FRUIT GROWERS FIND NEW FIELD

Berkeley, Calif.-(UP)-Revolu- tionary changes in the marketing and distribution of California grown oranges and grapefruit will double the output of these fruit juices within a year, according to M. A. Joslyn, food technologist of the University of California.
 Joslyn, on his return from New York, declared the crux of the sit- uation is the method now em- ployed of extracting juice from oranges. freezing it, and delivering 1t to the housewife with the morn ing bottle of milk.
 Florida was the first state to adopt this method of stabilizing the orange industry" Joslyn said. Tt met with tremendous success. and to-day the members of the Cal ifornia Fruit Growers Exchange are producing 500,000 gallons of frozen orange juice daily, which is being distributed through inde- pendent dairy companies, princi- pally in the middle west.
 ITO grasp the full significance of this new method of production and distribution, one must realize that virtually every orange produced on tree can be utilized in the pro- duction of frozen juices"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
PERSONAL

Miss Irene Conlon of Clinton street was the guest of honor at miscellaneous shower given recent ly by Miss Helen Rielly of Beacon street. Those attending were Misses Ann Wall, Anna Gladney, Sadie Hyland, Anna Egan, Mar garet Shelly, Mary Shelly, Ann Shelly, Betty Shelly, Josephine Stack, Mae Lynch, Josephine Bar Der, Helen Byrnes, Mary Riley, Margaret Brennan, Mae Rielly, Helen and Betty Rielly, Margaret Gladney, Mrs William Ahern, Mrs K. LeDuc, Mrs James Gladney, Mrs Mary Shelly, Mrs Patrick Dunn, Mrs William Tyler, Mrs Homer Prime, Mrs Joseph Me Carthy, Mrs Olive Ahrens, Mrs Thomas Mccarthy, Mrs Mary Wali' Mrs D. Healey, Mrs T. McEvoy, Mrs Frank Sutton, Mrs J. Brennan, Mrs T. Conlon, Mrs Frank Blacker, Mrs Joseph Conlon, Mrs John con lon, Mrs John Blacker, Mrs John McEvoy, Mrs Robert Blacker, Mrs Valentine Blacker and Mrs Eliza beth Rielly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
Clues Reveal Bridegroom As Multi=Wedded
 LOthariO
BY WINTHROP LYMAN
United Press staT Correspondent

United Press Stan COrrcSpOndent) Eagle River, Wis, (UP).-In this north woods village, a few miles south of the Lac Du F'lambeau In- dian reservation, George W. E. "Jiggs" Perry soon will be tried on charges of murdering Mrs. Cora Belle Hackett, one of his six biga- nous wives.
 A special session of circuit court has been called to hear the case. Judge Alexander 1T. Reid, Wausau, will preside and the state will be represented by Dist. Atty Edmund II. Drager, of Villas county, assisted by A. J. Omelia, Rhinelander, as special prosecutor.
 Perry will be defended by Atty John J. Dolan, Milwaukee, who studied law in night school. | Body Found Last October When Mrs. Hackett's body was found last October in the woods near here, there was no indication of the revelations that were to follow.
 Her death ended what had ap- peared on the surface as a perfect honeymoon"
 Mrs. Hackett met Perry through a want ad, which sought the serv- ices of woman to act as his com panion on trip to California. The ad was blind" and Mrs. Hackett thought it had been inserted by a woman.
 The friendship ripened, and, through the strength of remark able personality and promises of wealth, Perry won the former Mil waukee school teacher as his wife Left on Honeymoon Using the brides automobile and money, Perry having no funds the couple left for Eagle River or their honeymoon. All was serene for two weeks and Houston w Parker, proprietor of the resort where the couple stayed, reported later that he had never seen q happier or more contented pair. On July 6 Perry borrowed 2 rifle from Parker, saying he wished to do a little shooting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
INDIANA ENGINEER SEES
 SUCCESS FOR 5-YEAR PLAN

Newcastle, Ind - (UP) A simple answer as to why the five year plan will succeed in Russia is given by Charles Butterworth, home here on a vacation after more than year in the Soviet country, where he was employed as an engineer.
 "The plan will succeed" Butter worth said, "because anything that they have at the end of five years. or any given period will be just that much more than they started with. In fact" he added, -four or five consecutive five-year plans should succeed there"
 Butterworth, who worked in a large tractor manufacturing plant. said he planned te return to Rus sia late in July.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

Miss Armella F. Bergen of Bridgeport, daughter of Mir and Mrs Frank J. Bergen of this city was rendered a sprprise miscellan- eous shower last evening at Mrs Gray's tea given by her cousin, Miss Mollie F. Hutchinson of Sum- mer street. Miss Bergen will be- come the bride of Ralph G. Baker, of Leoninster, Mass. On Tuesday August 4th at St Augustines s church in Bridgeport. The guest of honor was the recipient of many beautiful gifts. The guests in- cluded: Misses Bernice Brennan Helena Mcguire, Katherine Kyle, Anna Riley, Margaret Donahue. Elizabeth Murray, Anna Fryer, Dorothy Worth, Mollie Hutchinson, Armella Bergin, Elsie Hanson, Doris Provost, and Mrs John Healey, Mrs John Leary. Mrs James Costello, Mrs Edward Ken na, Mrs Carl Keuster, Mrs Herbert Wedge, Mrs Daniel Martin, Mrs James Forsa, Mrs Thomas McMa- hon and Mrs F. J. Bergen.
 Mrs Stewart Grayson of Wash ton, D. C., is the guest of her par ents, MT and Mrs Patrick Real of Waterville street.
 Mir and Mrs William Lindsay and MT and Mrs Harold Booth of Watertown, have returned after spending a few days in Philadel- phia, Penn, and New Jersey.
 Mrs Katherine T. Hutchinson and daughter, Miss Rose Hutchin- son of Euclid avenue are spending a few days in Dalton, Mass.
 Mrs Mary A. Maloney and daughter, Miss Margaret Maloney of Willow street accompanied by Miss Marguerite Houlihan of Eliza beth, N. J., will sail tomorrow on the "Belgenland" for six days trip to Nova Scotia.
 Miss Armella Bergen of Bridge port, formerly of this city, a so- cial worker at the Family Welfare society in Bridgeport was rendered a farewell party by the members of the staff at the society yesterday afternoon. The guest of honor who is to be married on August to Ralph G. Baker of Leominster, Mass, was presented with many beautiful gifts. Among those at tending were Mrs James Aiken, Miss Evelyn Taylor Manfred Lil- liefors of Stamford and Misses Marian McCaffrey of Madison. Wis, Ann Grove of Erie, Pa, Caro- lyn Caddeland of Shelton, Edna Linnehan of Bridgeport and Amel- Ia Bergen of Bridgeport.
 Mrs Donald Scott and daughter of Warwick N. r., are spending a few days with Mrs Scott's aunt, Mrs Margaret Dillon of South Elm street.
 Miss olga Obernier of Burnside avenue has returned after spend- ing a week in Pennsylvania.
 Miss Lillian Brennan and nephew Jack Brennan of Ridgewood street are spending a few days at Bay view.
 Miss Florence F. Hennessey Of Waterville street is spending sev- eral days in Atlantic City where she is registered at Chalfonte-Had- don Hall.
 Miss Margaret Farrell of Elm wood avenue has been spending the past two weeks at Aerial Lake, Pa.
 MT and Mrs Edward Collins of Kingsbury street and Miss Janice Odell of Giles street are the guests of MT and Mrs Edward l.. DoWl- ing of Hartford.
 Miss Helen McNiff of Hillside avenue is entertaining Miss Mar garet Cox of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
POTATO PREVENTS RIIIrIrAK A HI CT [

Sofia, P).-Going tobed with Ia potato in hte pocket of your nightgown is sure way to pre- vent rheumatisr' and insure a ripe old age, according to Mme. Slavka Mitova, the widow of farmer who died of old age 50 years ago. Mme Mitova claims 152 years and at tributes her longevity to the
 pocketed potato. She is a gifted
 musician, playing the accordion skilfully with her feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

was Perry. He said he had been
 employed as agent for a labor
 union and that his name was | Frank Moran.
 The Villas county murder war
 rant was found and extradition pa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
Woman Concierge 70 Years

Paris. (UP)-The oldest con- cierge here is Mime Julie Gautier, and she has been at her post 70 years. Her mother was concierge in the same building before her, and when Mime Gautier was court ed, she told her fiance that if he wanted to marry her, he would have to live there, because she re- fused to leave. He died 22 years ago, but his widow is still at her job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
SIZE OF MILKY WAY.

Victoria, B. C.-Although it may not look 1t to you, the Milky Way, at which you've probably gazed in wonder many times, is six tril- lion miles in diameter. according to calculations of Dr J. $. Plaskett, director of the Dominion Astro- physical Observatory here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
FL PAso BEATS RENO.

Fl Paso, Tex--Rneo claims the record for quick divorces, turning them out in ten minutes, but El Paso presents evidence to show that Reno's claif is invalid. More divorce cases here are tried and concluded in ten minutes, and some in lAs& than Ava.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

Ipers were signed by the governors of Wisconsin and California. Perry
 was returned to Eagle River, where he entered a plea of not guilty to
 the murder charge, but readily ad- mitted his identity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

More than 100000 American mo- torcycles are being ridden in Eu- rope this summer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
CHICAGO PHOTO LEAGUE

CHICAGO, Ill.-The Workers Film
and Photo League, which was organ
lied during the middle of August is
now meeting weekly at members
homes. At first there we're only four
in the organization, but now they
are larger and have many prospects
for growth. At present they are look
ing for a headquarters.
Already several good pictures have
been contributed. To communicate
with this group, they can be gotten
in touch with by writing to c. Nell
son, 1898 South Green st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
CITY EMPLOYEES
GET PAY-SLASH
OAKLAND, CAL
Many Forced to Cash
Pay Warrents Below
Actual Value
(By a Worker Correspondent

Wy tbUAhGA
OAKLAND, Calif.-Further system
of staggering municipal employees Ito
avoid layoffs" was announced by
City Manager Carr. "Under this sys-
tenn all city employees (and this
mean the clerks, laborers, janitors,
etc. would have at least part
time employment throughout winter
months"
H. Raab, executive secretary to the
manager, was gathering information
on wage scales paid in private in
dustry for checking and tabulating a
list of standard wage scales. This
will form basis of specifications as
to remuneration of the exposition
building to be erected soon and set
ting wages for other employees.
More Cuts Coming
That the wages of municipal en-
ployes will be cut further, there is
no doubt; that this will be a pre-
cedent to cut further the wages in
the industries here is also no doubt;
that the percentage of wage reduc-
ton will depend upon industries
checked, we also know well.
Canneries and field work pay no
more than 81 per day, while textile,
soap plants and many others pay
little more. Therefore these most
likely will be used as list for tab
ulatng and thus setting wage scales.
Officials tell us they are against
wage cuts. This shows their lies.
These lies must be nailed the next
time Carr or any other official utter
them.
Even now pay warrants of city
workers in many instances cannot be
cashed until certain date and many
are cashed minus 10 per cent or so.
Do not permit this to go on. Join
the workers in industries by or
ganizing into militant unions of the
Trade Union Unity League and fight
the wage cuts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
CHILDREN FEED
FROM SLOP CANS
Many Families Lack
Food and Clothes
(By a Worker correspondent

NY d nOIhcE NOIEcSpOuuclltJ
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. - A few
nights ago when 1 was out
distributing leaflets urging the
workers to organize against evictions
found the following conditions:
Ten families living on Gibson
Street in two roam apartments-that
is, a bed room and bath-have no
clothing and not thing to eat.
Children were gathered behind the
sanitary rest station at BIT E. Federal
st. picking food out of garbage cans.
Work here is thing of the past.
Ninety-five per cent of the workers
here are without work. Many of
them are facing eviction. Those that
are working work only two or three
days a week. Some told me that their
wages we're cut twice in one week.
The situation is unbearable.
All we need to do here is to get
together all the workers, Negro and
white, into one strong Unemployed
Council, employed and unemployed
together to demand free rent for the
jobless, free light and heat, free food
for the children and unemployment
insurance. The workers who are still
working in the mills should Join the
Metal Workers Industrial League. AL
of us must be united in one struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
Disabled Worker
Gypped byWelfare
Help to Beat Worker
Out of Compensation
Daily Worker:

Baltimore, Md
Daily Worker:
While working in the Standard
Sanitary Co. I was disabled by lead
poison. The company paid me COM
pensation for a while, but then they
stopped. When my money was gone,
I went to the Family Welfare" for
help and put the matter into their
hands. asked the Family Welfare"
to put the matter into court. They
said, "All right" but when the case
was about to come up they called
everything off for some reason or
other. They told me that they agreed
on a settlement, but I received no
money or anything from the COM
pany.
I have three children and a wife
to support and have no money and
no food, The city is supposed to help
me, but they will do anything until
sign papers releasing them from pay
ing any kind Of damage. The doctors
in the Johns Hopkins hospital say
that l am unable to work. but the
Family Welfare" says 1 am and
wants me to work at least day a
week for a few groceries. The "Wel-
fare" is sure lined up with the bosses
in protecting them against any claims
that we workers might have against
them. 1t is plain they are not OPP
Grating for the benefit of the workers.
A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
z WAGE CUTS IN
ATKINSSAW SHOP
Metal Workers League
Urges Organization
(By a Worker Correspondent

by Worker Correspondent
INDIANAPOLIS, 1nd.-The work
ers at the Atkins Saw Co. are work
ing under terrible conditions, working
only three days a week for starva-
ton wages under the most terrific
speed-up. Only few days ago the
company put over wage-cut for the
entire force of 1919 per cent.
The company told the workers that
they would cut the wages 10 per cent,
but when the workers received their
pay envelopes they found that they
were cheated out Of 1914 per cent
Of their pay over the 10 per cent cut.
There is only one way for us to
fight wage-cuts and starvation in this
plant and that is to get organized
into the Metal Workers Industrial
League. We must not wait. That is
the reason the bosses put over the
first two cuts They will put over
more cuts if we do not prepare to
resist. So let's get busy and organize.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
A Letter from the USSR to
Workers in Stockton, Calf.
Moscow, U.S.S.R.


Dear
1 your letter Stockton and
made terrible impression of workers still
the illusion that the workers the United States live under
comfortable conditions that
in the USA his little machine that
takes him letter the opposite. 1t
Soviet live better conditions
than in the United States
fact, personally complain. If anybody would
could high qualified mechanic
have the desire study at the of the state
off after time free Of
workersubs and theatres of illness paievka"
the rest house santaum free of
housing not entirely settled the
ing problem in live suburb of
by rail about 80 minutes to work. But rubles
housing cooperative
the in Moscow this but surely next
detailed letter if this letter
and write little English with the
dictionaries. working in factory school, Well
friends through will gladly
the time will English.
Your Friend and Comrade,
PETER BUCHAREW.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
HUNDREDS FLOCK
TO BOULDER DAM;
FACE STARVATION
Families Travel Great
Distances; Find Only
Heat and Hunger
CBy a Worker Correspondent

CBy a Worker Correspondent
LAS VEGAS, Nev.-Las Vegas is
swelling and swelling like Mark
Twain's frog. Hundreds Of prospec-
tive Job seekers are pouring in here
every day. I can smell the work
Of the capitalist newspapermen in
this. Although it is true that Six
Companies has decided to hire few
more men, there are dozens here for
every prospective Job.
The capitalist press, wishing to
exaggerate each bit Of employment,
spreads the news throughout the
country that there are hundreds Of
Jobs here for the asking, thereby
causing hundreds of poor workers
and their families to travel hundreds
Of miles to this desert hell-ho1e,
where they are usually condemned
10 slow death by starvation.
Most Of these workers have very
little money when they start out for
this place and 1t is generally eaten
up when they get here. Their last
dollar is usually spent on two-cent
stamps, writing to their relatives to
get them out Of here.
Not only is 1t starvation that hits
the workers who come here, but the
heat Is enough to shrivel mummy.
This place is not very far from Death
Valley, with its 81 varieties Of lizards
and clothes-consuming crickets, gila
monsters and rattlesnakes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
MORE WAGE-CUTS
HIT AUTO PLANTS
Dodge Slashes Three
Times in One Year

Detroit, Mich.
Dear Comrades:
There is not one day that one can
not hear the workers in the various
shops in Detroit complain of wage
cuts. At the Dodge Brothers plant,
men that were paid up to one dollar
per hour only last spring got their
wages cut to eighty cents in June
and now their hourly rates were cut
to fifty-five cents per hour.
Last spring the wet sanders Of the
Chrysler Body plant were sanding
thirty-five bodies per day with a
force of five men to a group, now the
same group is forced to do seventy
bodies per day. And in the spring
the men were getting from eighty
three cents per hour to GOO, while
now the most they get, is Gle per
hour. These men are not any better
off than the miners in the Penn
sylvania coal fields, because they
only get about three days work in
two weeks.
In the Chevrolet plant the men
are cheated all around. When ma
chine is changed in some depart
ment, the regular rates of pay are
changed to SOC per hour, but no one
is allowed to slacken down in pro-
duction, and the straw bosses go
around telling the men that when
everything will run smooth, they are
going to get their rates back, but the
men can see anything having changed
except that they are giving tn bosses
more work without any compensation
for same. And those that demand
their old rate back are told to better
keep Their mouth shut, otherwise
someone else is going to get their
places.
Workers Of the auto plants, 1t is
not enough to whisper into each
others ear, we must see to 1t that we
get together and organize and only
through organized efforts will we be
able to better the conditions in the
shops.-F. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
Mass Wage-Slashing
in jamestown, N. Y,

jamestown, N. Y.
I am sending you picture Of the
misery here in Jamestown. The fac
tories are shut down. Hundreds of
men are walking the streets hungry.
The only plants that are open is
the voting machine plant and the
Tillotson Furniture Co. The voting
machine plant hires mostly women
they have fired the men and have
hired the women at lower wages. The
furniture factory is using the stagger
system. They are laying off all the
older men and are rehiring younger
men at lower wages Sometimes the
men are glad to be laid off, the
abuse in the factory is so bad. Then
they have put into operation a piece
work system whereby a worker is
lucky If he can make 50 day, I am
a member of the Communist Party
and will be until die.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-19
CALF. WELFARE
FAKERS EVADE =
GIVING RELIEF
Discourage Starving
Workers with Red
Tape and Delays
San Diego, Cal.
Daily Worker:

san Diego, Cal.
Daily Worker:
Here is an example of the Hoover
charity racketeers who are supposed
to help the jobless this winter.
I called at the County Welfare for
relief a few weeks ago and after
waiting nearly all day was told to
come back the next day. called
the next morning and about noon
time the man that was supposed
to see called a worker into his office
and then put on his hat and walked
out leaving the worker sitting there.
So both Of us went out and came
back that afternoon.
Finally I got to talk to him and
was told to come back the next day
to see a woman. Anyway, to make
long story short, I got one days
work in the park after spending three
days getting it. And then I had to
wait another day to get a piece of
paper for groceries for the days
work.
The next week was even refused
this measly aid. The next time I
went in the aristocrat in charge said
we have nothing more for you. He
told me that they were not supposed
to give relief to single men. He sent
me to the associated charities. Here
I was put through the third degree,
the usual red tape, and was given
piece of paper good for two cheap
meals. I called for the piece OF
paper for about two weeks and
finally the woman in charge said she
had a job for me at $40 a month
herding goats. politely refused the
offer Of the kind lady, who said:
That's the best can do and I
don't see why you don't take it.
That's better than you got now. I
will have to send you back to the
county welfare"
Fine, isn't it? No, no-that is not
forced labor in the Soviet Union.
It's forced labor and starvation in
the U. S. A. But we are not going
to stave-we are going to fight a
million strong through the Unem-
ployed Councils for immediate re-
lief and unemployment insurance.