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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-12
Preparations Ghost
 Rises From Grave To
 Bother World Again
Can Germany Pay and AyOid Collapse Is the All l-
 pOrtant Question That Must Be Decided

cies regardless of any circumstances that might arise, The other part was made conditional. If their trans- fer into foreign currencies threat ener the economic life of the coun- try, theyc ould be suspended for a time under the moratorium.
 The United States, reluctant as it is to do so, enters into the problem as a fundamental factor. The all lies count on German reparations to pay their debts. to thet United
 States. Preparations payments about balance the debts. The foreign United States reduce the debts, so that theyc ould reduce Germany's reparations.
 Secretary Stinisons' coming visit to Berlin therefore assumes the ut most international importance. He will listen to the German case and report to President Hoover on what we seem called on to do. The result will be of paramount interest to the entire world, and especially to Great Britain, which, hard stirck- en by the depression, had bound herself by pride. and integrity to pay the United States her debt, re- gardless of what happens.
 The British position was set forth in the famous Balfour note of 1922 tot the allied governments. which suggested that Great Britain would renounce her share of reparations in return for general settlement of repaartions and allied debts, but added, if t hat were found impos- sible, "in no circumstances do we propose to ask more from our debt ors than it is necessary to pay our creditors. And while we do not ask for more, all will admit that we can hardly be content with less"
 Disarmament seemed possibly a key to the solutoin. President Hoov- er's statement that the world de- pression would be eased if the na- tions stopped spending such heavy sums on armies and navies have given Europe hope that the United States might agree to reduction of the war debt, military budgets are really reduced. in place of the half-m measures adopted at the futile disarmament conferences held so far.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-12
False Alarms
 Annoy Bremen
Three Sent in From Same District Early This
 Morning

Within less than thirty minutes time three false alarms were regis tered early this morning. They were apparently the work of the same person or gang. The calls put both fire and police departments on the alert for the alleged jokesters, who would have faced long jail term had they been arrested. Recent sen tences imposed in New Haven and other cities of late indicate that police court judges have no leniency for one turning in false fire alarms.
 The first call was from Box 154 at the corner of Catherine avenue and Wall street at 1:10 a. n.; the second was registered from Box 153, Walnut and Wood streets at 1920 a. m. and the third at 1:31 o'clock from Box 253 at the corner of East Farm and St Paul streets. Coming from same locality indicated that someone homeward bound pulled every box he encountered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-12

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
Columbus to
 Be HOnOred
Italian and American NO- tables Will Pay Their
 Respects

Italian and American notables will honor the memory of Chris topher Columbus when the Italian society presents bronze statue of the Genoese sailor to the state of Minnesota in ceremonies to be heard over an NBC-WJZ network on Columbus day. Monday, October 12. from 4:15 to 5:15 p. m., EST.
 The presentation will be made before the state capitol in St. Paul by Ambassador Giacomo de Mar tino and the Italian consul gen. eral, representing the discoverer's native country. and the gift will be accepted in the name of Minne- sota and the United States by Governor Floyd B. Olson and Uni ted States Attorney General Will liam Dewitt Mitchell. These and other prominent persons will speak. The statue Is INputed to have cost $25,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
DARTMOUTH SONGS
 ON AIR TOMORROW

A musical program of spiritualss, novelties and college songs dedi- cated to Dartmouth, will be pre- sented by the Eight Sons of Eli, a double quartet from the Yale GIee club. under the direction of Marshall Bartholomew. at ? D. m, EST., tomorrow over the WABC- Columbia network. As an addition al feature, Bartholomew will dis cuss American folk songs.
 The complete program is: Three Spirituals-a. Buck Wheat Cakes b-Ready When He Comes-c- Battle of Jericho.
 Group of Dartmouth songs: a-Eleazer Wheeloch-b--Winter Sor/-c-As the Backs Go Tear ing By-d-Going to Dartmouth. Talk - Marshall Bartholomew Drunken Sailor-old Man Noah.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10

Mrs Frank Luther. wife of the NEG singer and leader of the Men About Town quartet. also Is a sing CT, and an eccentric dancer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
..::.. F: WIZ ..,.::.... :::
New York

H 1:30-Midday musicale. z:00--Weather reports. 2:05--Lolita Cabrera Gainsborg,
 piano; Godfrey Ludlow
 violin, 2:15-Football game; Princeton
 vs Brown. 5.O0--Colorado Cowboys. 5:30-Irma Glenn, organ. 5:45-Little Orphan Annie
 Sketch. 6:O0--Raising Junior-Sketch. 6:15--The Answer Man. 6:30-Huntley orchestra. 6:45-Topics in Brief-Lowell
 Thomas. 7.O0-Amos ,n' Andy-Sketch. 7:l5---Jesters Vocal trio. 7:3O--Mathilde Harding, piano;
 Arcade Birkenholz, violin. 7:30-Carlo LaMar, songs. S:00-Dramatic sketch. 9:OO-To be announced. 9:15-Careless Love-Sketch. 9:30-Print the News-Sketch. 10:00-Cuckoo-Burlesque Skit. Lu and Elm. 10:45-Katzman's orchestra. music. Columbo, songs. 11:45--Lew White, organ. Bailey, songs;
 Kings testers trio. orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
On The Air To-day
s.::.. s.s;s WTIC x...:s:... .sss
 tiartsord
Ha'rssord

Room Echoes---Jo- seph Blume, director. 1:3o-"Behind the Scenes''-Paul Lucas.
 1:45 = Daytime Dancers and String Dance band-Nor-
 man Cloutier, director. 2:45-Northwester -Notre Dame
 Game from Soldiers Field, Chicago.
 4:00-Silent until 4:15 p. m. 4:15-1:00 - WTIC synchronized with WEAF on 660 k.c. (See WEAF for program.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
DIR. WALSH TO
 GIVE ADDRESS

Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, vice-pres- ident of Georgetown university and regent of it's school of foreign serv- ice. will speak on the sentinels of the republic program over an NBC- WIZ network tomorrow after noon. from 1:30 to 1:45 p. m., on the question ''Is There a Russian Menace?" pr. Walsh spent nearly two years travelling into almost every corner of Russia except Si- beria. and has followed develop ments in the Soviet countries close lY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10

Dr Albert J. Lord. pastor of the First Congregational church of Meriden. Conn, will soon deliver a series of lectures throughout New England dealing with the activities of his son. Phillips H. Lord. known to millions of National Broadcast ing company listeners as the cre- ator of Seth Parker" and the Jonesport neighbors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10

An average of two whistlers each month seek trial additions at NBC's New York studios. One hun dred sopranos usually try out in the same period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
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New York
New York

1:00-Hall orchestra. 1:30-Musicale. 2:O0-Saturday Syncopators. 2:30-Salon orchestra. 2:45-Same as WEAF. 5:45-Football scores. 6:00-Trini orchestra. 6:15-Why Americans Are Com
 mercially Interested in the
 Far East-George Sokol-
 sky. 6:30-Jack Smith, songs. 6:45-Bird and Vash-Sketch. 7:00-Bing Crosby. songs. 7:15-The Political Situation in
 Washington Tonight -
 Frederic William Vile. 7:30-Dance Lesson. 7:30-Reis and Dunn. songs. 7:45-Morton Downey, tenor;
 Remarks orchestra. 8:00-Pryor's band. S:15-Abe Lyman's band, with
 Glee club. 8:30-Kate Smith, songs. 8:45-Gloom Chasers. 9:00-Variety program. 9:15-Boswell Sisters. songs. 9:30-National Forum. 10:0O-Show Boat; The Turn of
 the Tide. 11:0O-Jack Miller, songs. II: 1:15-Madriguera' orchestra. 11:30-Dance orchestra. 12: orchestra. 12:30-Ann Leaf, organ. 1:00-Nichols orchestra. 1:30-Abrams orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
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 Hartford
Hartford

1:o0-Summary of programs. 1:05-Hotel Taft orchestra. 1:30-Atlantic City musicale. 1:45-Bendix Brake band. 2:00-Saturday Syncopators. 2:30-Columbi Salon orchestra. S:00-The Four Clubmen. 3:30-The Three Doctors. 3:45-Madison Singers. 4:00-Ann Leaf at the organ. 4:30-Spanish Serenade. 5:00-Eddie Duchin and his Gen.
 tral Park Casino orchestra. 5:30-The Joy Boys. 5:35-Program summary. 5:45-Football scores and com-
 mentaries. 6:o0-Anthony Trni and his Vil-
 lage Inn orchestra. 6:15-"Why Americans are In
 terested in the Far East"
 George Soko!sliy. 6:30-Whispering Jack Smith. 6:45-Bird and Wash, comedy
 sketch. 7:O0-Bing Crosby. 7:15-Political Situation in Wash
 ington Tonight; Frederick
 William Vile. 7:30-Reis and Dunn, comedy
 and songs. 7:45-Morton Downey, Tony
 Wons, Jacques Remarks
 orchestra. s:oo-Pryor's Military band. 8:15-Abe Lyman's band; Glee
 club; concertina player and
 comedy team. S:30-Kate Smith. 8:45-Comedy act. 9:00-Chicago Varieties program. 9:l5-The Boswell Sisters. s:S0-National Radio Forum. Simmons Show
 Boat. Miller, songs. 11:15-Enric Madriguera's Cuban
 Biltmore orchestra. 11:s0-St Moritz orchestra. A22m-WOR, Ncwark-71Ok 1:00-Studio program. 5:O0-Varsity Collegians. 5:3O-French Course-Dr That
 cher Clark. 6:00-Uncle Don. 6:20@Sports Talk. 6:45-Concert ensemble. E 7.16-Reminiscen of a. Re-
 porter-Bill Crawford. 7:sO-Fred Kinsley. organ. S:00-Little symphony orchestra;
 Virginia and Mary Drane,
 yiolinists; directed by Phil
 ip James. q.oo-The World Settles Down-
 Allan Broms. s:i5-Alice Remsen. songs. s:SO-Nelson's orchestra. -Man-Show. orchestra. Trotter. weather. orchestra. 11:30-Woodworth orchestra. 27Sm-WLWL, New York-11OOk 9:O0-Three Shamrocks. 6:15-Concert trio. 6:45-Catholic Medical Mission
 Rev Edward F. Garesche. 7:0O-Charles Picot. baritone. 7:20-Marie Romaine, soprano. 7:4O-Ballad Singers. aeOm-WGY, Schcnectady-79Ok e:00-Same as WEAF. 6.30 = Sketch - Captain Davis
 Changes His Sailing Mas
 ters. 7:o0--Jeanette Getz, piano. 7:15-1:0O-Same as WEAF. sOem-KDKA, Pittsburgh-9SOk 6:00--Band concert. 6:15-Same as WIZ. 6:3O-Band concert. 6:45-9:00-Same as WIZ. 9:0o-Musical Chronicles. 9:3O-Same as WIZ. music. as WIZ. Review. to Explorers. orchestra. 6O3m-WBZ, Springield-S9Ok 6:OO-Sports Review. 6:15-Same as WIZ. 7:30-Edward MacHugh, bari
 tone. s:O0-Modern concert. S:3O-Same as WIZ. e:0O-McEnelly's orchestra. 9:3O-Same as WIZ. Cowboys. 11:00-Sports Review. 1l:16-Dance orchestra.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
STAND AWAITS
MRS. JONES
Times staff Photo

AMELIA COURTHOUSE, Va,
Aug. 31-Mrs. Jeston Allen Jones,
on trial charged with murder of
her husband. j.. Will Jones, Ame-
liza dairyman. will be the chief
witness in her own defense, her
attorneys indicated today as trial
was resumed before Judge Edwin
P. Cox.
The accused alone can answer
the charges of her son, Robert
Jones, "a, that she plotted the
murder of her husband on Christ
mas eve before the tragedy, Janu.
ary 9.
She looked forward to her
eventual appearance on the wit
ness stand without any apparent
anxiety.
DR.. J. z. Williams, dean of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, was
the first defense witness today.
Dean Williams was one of the
men with whom Robert Jones
talked over his troubles prior to
his decision to testify against his
mother. He is one of the wit
nesses through whom the defense
is seeking to demonstrate Roberts
credibility.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
RAIDS NET TWO
IN BRENTWOOD

Two Brentwood (Md.) men, one
a former Washington policeman,
are at liberty on $1,000 bail each
today following their arrest on
charges of violating the liquor law.
A squad, led by Chief of Police
Reuben r. Brown, raided two al
legged rum plants, dismantling
them and seizing 200 gallons Of al
legged liquor.
William A. Kelly, the former
Washington policeman, was re-
leased from the Bladensburg jail
last night on bail.
Marion Milino was released on
bail yesterday. Both men were
taken before Judge Isaac D.
Arnold for preliminary hearing.
They were held for hearing in
county police court at Hyattsville
Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
"Camera Eye" Brings
Hit and Run Arrest

Because Montgomery county
Policeman Charles Barnes has a
camera eye" a man is under
arrest today charged with leaving
the scene of an accident. Otis
Cashell, of Silver Spring, was
standing by parked car in Sill
yer Spring early today, when an
auto crashed into it. Cashell was
knocked unconscious and suffered
a cut mouth.
The hit-run driver drove around
the corner into an alley, removed
his license tags and departed, but
Barnes said he recognized the car,
went to the home of Martin Nc
Interff, and arrested him as the
driver.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
Held for Rum Left
Hidden in Thicket

Surprised by Sergt. Roy Bod.
mer and Officers Paul Watkins
and Ralph Howard, of the Mont
gomery county police, as he was
emerging from a thicket with q
package under his arm, Charles
Henry Weldon, Of Rockville, yes
terday fled when Sergt. Bodmer
fired two shots into the air. He
was later arrested on q search
warrant and charged with pos
sessing liquor with intent to sell.
Police said they found six pints
Of whiskey in the bushes where
they first saw Weldon, while one
pint and two gallons Of peach
brandy were found in his home.
Weedon's wife destroyed some
liquor as the house was entered,
police reported.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
LEADS
.. TOFATAL LEAP

BALTIMORE, Aug. 31.-Mrs.
Lillian Keech, Is, former resident
of this city, leaped from the win
dow of her sixth floor apartment
at 425 East Eighty-sixth st. New
York. to her death last night,
following a quarrel with her hus-
band, according to information
received by relatives here.
Mrs. Keech had returned from
a motion picture show with her
husband. An employe told police
he saw the woman open the win
dow, climb out on the ledge and
jump.
She was the daughter of DR.. G..
Milton Linthicun, of this city,
and a niece of Representative j..
Charles Linthicum, Of the Fourth
Maryland Congressional District.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
LEAGUE REPLIES
To ARLINGTON
CRITICS
Better Government Groups
President Says Purpose Is
Not to Dictate Slate

Replying to the attack upon
the policies of the Better Govern
ment League, which will endorse
four candidates for the five com
missionerships Of the Arlington
county board out of a field of
more than 40 candidates. by
william e. Wolff, one Of the 4C
Robert N. Anderson, league presi
dent, today said the criticism was
without foundation.
In a written statement, Mr.. An.
derson said:
"Our purpose Is not to dictate
a slate of candidates or to place
any candidate under obligation
to 1t, but merely to insure unity
Of action among the people Of
the county on election day. The
league will go out of existence
after the election, Sc 7 do not
see how any candidate will be
under obligation to it,"
Didn't Lift List
Replying to charges that seven
Republican delegates were mem.
bers of the central committee,
and we're exerting an undue irflu.
ence upon the policies of the
league, he said:
"NO inquiry was made of the
various members at the time Of
their association with the
league as to politics. Such in
quiry is unimportant In the
face of the standards the league
has adopted.
Il must also deny that the
list of qualifications set up by
the league was adopted from
the Republican convention. The
league adopted these qualifica-
tions long before the cOnven-
ton met, and the convention
thought enough of them to
adopt them as its own"
Cohen ASsaiIs League
At almost the same hour that
Mr.. Anderson was making his
statement, Albert H. Cohen, an
other candidate for the board
placed in the mail his answer tc
the leagues QUESTIONABLE for can
didates.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
Dynanaite-fed Goat
Proves q Dud in
Battle

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Goats
eat dynamite but don't explode.
Indubitable proof has been
submitted to Henry Holders,
Judge Of MaR1aroneck.
Mrs. Edward Nash owns one
of those interesting little
animals. Her neighbor, Mrs.
Thomas DeRoosa, goes in for
vegetable gardening. Goats eat
vegetables.
Mrs. DeRoosa moved by
scientific curiosity to determine
whether goats ate dynamite,
tossed the goat a stick of it.
Sergeant O'Neil gave the
goat a good stout kick. No ex-
plosion resulted, but the court
battle Of the neighbors pends.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
Bridge Cuts Routes
On Eastern Shore

VIENNA, Nd, Aug. 81. - Resi-.
dents Of the Eastern Shore are
waiting the opening of the new
highway bridge over the Eanti-
coke River here which will shorten
the distance between many Of
the larger towns.
Salisbury and Cambridge will
be brought 10 miles nearer by
the new route, and Is miles will
be taken from the present route
via Sharpstown, between Vienna
and Salisbury, and the Western
Shore,
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
COUNTY HEADS
HEAR CHARGES
TOMORROW
Eyewitness to Alleged Party
Tells Woman of Seeing
Officers Having Gay Time

Charges that four Prince
Georges County policemen re-
turned to a home they had raided
in Riverdale, Nd, and staged
drunken orgy on liquor they had
arrested a woman for possessing,
will be made to the Prince
Georges county commissioners to-
morrow, according to. officials of
the sheriff's office.
Deputy Sheriff T. H. Garrison
says the complaint against the
police was made by Mrs. Kath-.
line Miller, Of Riverdale, and
referred to the county commits
sioners. Mrs. Miller was arrested
when police raided her home last
week. -.
When arraigned in Hyattsville
police court before Judge j.
Chew Sheriff she demanded a
jury trial. DR.. Robert w. Nc
Cullough represents the woman.
Raided Ice Box
According to the woman's COM
plant the four policemen entered
her home while she was in the
custody of another officer, gorged
themselves with food from her
ice box and became intoxicated
on liquor which had been seized
in her home.
This alleged party was de-
scribed to Mrs. Miller the day
after the raid by a man who is
said by her to have visited her
home while the police were there.
The woman denied in her COM
plaii1t that liquor still found on
her premises was operating when
the officers raided her home.
This fact has been further con.
firmed by an officer Of the
county police force who accom-
panied the raiding squad to the
house, Deputy Sheriff Thomas
Garrison said.
Says Police Lit Still
The policeman, whose name is
being Withheld, told the sheriff's
office according to Mr.. Garrison,
that one Of the raiding officers
Lit the still and said: "See boys,
this 10 just the way we found it!"
This is the second complaint
Of this kind relating to the con
duct of the county police OH
liquor raids during the past
month. A letter sent to the
county commissioners two weeks
ago complained of the vile and
obscene language used by mem
bers of the liquor squad during a
raid on the home of Mrs. Mary
Beach Of Branchville. Police Of
ficisls strenuously denied the
charges.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
Alexandria Fines
II for Drunkenness

Thirty-six cases were heard by
Judge Snow in the Alexandria
Police Court this morning. Seven.
teen persons charged with drunk
enness forfeited or were fined SIS
and costs each. Only one pro-
hibition case was tried, Grover
williams being fined $50 and
costs for possession of half a
gallon of liquor.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
His Coin, Trousers
DiSGppeGr in Night

William Casey. Of Hyattsville
Hills, Md. reported to Prince
Georges county police today that
$50 in currency and two pair Of
trousers were stolen from his bed
room last night while he was
asleep.
According to Mr.. Casey, he
heard someone moving in the
house during the night.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
Why Are Graham Cars
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The Washington times., 1931-08-31
FIRE CHIEF RESIGNS

LEESBURG, Va, Aug. 81
Maurice Lowenbach, for the past
several years chief of the Lees
burg fire company, has rendered
his resignation. M. e. Ball has
been named acting chief.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
How
they thrive on
Chestnut
Farms Milk!

You can almost see them
filling out, day by day.
Cheeks grow plump. and full
Of roses. Their bodies get
firm, and sound ss q dollar.
Instead Of looking as though
the wind would blow them
away they're sturdy.
strong. and nOWrishedl
Chestnut Farms Dairy Milk
is the finest food for grow.
ing bodies.
The doctors have this sort
Of milk in mind, when they
say sat lesst 9 quart q day.
Good. rich, fresh, pure milk
straight from the Worlds
Model Dairy Plant. You can
be sure Of prompt. depend.
able delivery. Phones
Potomac 1000.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
73rd CHURCH SESSION

SALEM. w. Va, Aug. 31.-The
seventy-third annual session of
the United Brethren in Christ
churches will be held here Sep
tember 2-6, with Bishop G. D.
Batdorf, Harrisburg, Pa. head Of
the Eastern district, presiding.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
Clarendon Firen1en
Win JerSeu Prize

The Clarendon Volunteer Fire
Department returned yesterday
from Long Branch, N. j.. where
they attended the New Jersey
firemen's convention, with the
silver loving cup for having come
the longest distance.
The Washington times., 1931-08-31
ATTACKER is SOUGHT
Times staff Photo

Kenneth Kermer, 81, yesterday
was treated at Emergency Hospi.
tai for a bruised eye received, po-
lice said. when he was struck by
an unidentified man during q
quarrel in his home in the 2100
block Connecticut Ave. N. w. Po.
lice are seeking his attacker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
TRAvILAH PROTESTS
CHARGES FOR PHONES
Petition Filed With Maryland
Commission Alleges $3.50 Month
ly Charge Excessive.
Special Dispatch to The star.

OpoClel OlSpotCn 70 Ine 6teIs
BALTIMORE. June 15.-Claiming
that the monthly charge Of $3.50 Of
the Travilah Telephone Co. Of Mont
gomery County is excessive Stednan
Prescott, an attorney Of Rockville, has
written the Public Service Commission
to ask for hearing on behalf Of nearly
q score OF subscribers Of the company.
The signed petition. which accom-
panied the letter Of Mr.. Prescott, fol-
lows:
I'VE, the undersigned subscribers and
patrons Of the Travileh Telephone Co.,
owned and operated by Preston Snyder,
hereby respectfully petition this honor
able commission for better service on
rates and show as the reasons therefor:
Il. That the service obtained by said
patrons Is entirely unsatisfactory, as
there are now approximately 40 people
being served on one line, which makes
1t very hard to get any number and
frequently necessitates waiting q con-
siderable period Of time. In addition
to this there Is frequently such noise
over the line that 1t IL impossible to
carry on an ordinary conversation with
another very close subscriber.
g. The rate now being paid by us
IS $3.50 per month for residence phones,
whereas in the same community the
Chesapeake q Potomac Telephone Co.
charges the rate Of $l.75 q month.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray
this honorable commission to set date
for hearing them in this complaint"
Signed George r.. Rice, Louis +. Fed
crime. Ida M. Henderson, J. Leo Clag-
gett, w. II. Fawsett, Charles M. Thrift,
B. G Harris, @. c. Harriss, j. b. Nicol.
William II. Ward, G. T. Stearn, jr.; Car-
son s. Mills, Ernest G. Briggs, st. Lee,
Wallace Brown and Clara L. Plumer.