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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
U. s. TALKIE IN
 BUENOS AIRES
q Pagliacci" Meets With Approval of Noted Critics
 in Latin America

Buenos Aires.-Simultaneously in two of this city's leading notion picture theaters, the Callao and the Versailles, a talking-film version of Leoncavallo's music-drama q Pag. liacci' has just been shown. The chief roles of the opera were es- saved by soloists of the San Carlo Grand Opera Company of New York, and the choral and ballet en- sem bles by singers and dancers from the Manhattan Opera House of that city.
 Critica, not content with an ex- pression of it's own reviewer, sought out Tito Schipa. the grand opera tenor. who happened to be in Buenos Aires, for his opinion of the screen version of the strenuous Calabrian lyric drama. Schipa's opinion coin- cided with that of Critica's, that the showing was worth while since it pointed the way to the perfection of
 grand opera in the talking film ant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
SOUTH AMERICA
 PLANS RESEARCH
Little Known of Great Prog ress Being Made in
 Latin America

Montevideo, Uruguay-A little known phase of South American de- velopment is he progress being made in many of these countries in sci entific research and practice. This is particularly true of medicine and surgery, and in many cities the most modern hospital equipment in charge of highly expert men is no longer a novelty.
 The great advance in the matter was illustrated by the programs of the International Biological Confer ence and the Latin American Con- federation for the Study of Cancer, recently held in this city. Not alone did these meetings draw scientists from many Latin American coun- tries, but also representatives of the medical profession from the United States and Europe.
 Dr M. Noe, distinguished mem- Der of the Chilean delegation to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
Insurance For The
 Unemployed Small
C0verage at Present in Operation in the United States
 Includes Little Over 100, 1000 Persons

New York, Jan 30.-Unemploy- ment insurance plans at present Tn operation in the United States cover 107.0OO persons or less, than one- fourth of one per cent of all workers in business and industry. System points out in it's current issue. Pre- senting an analysis of a study made by the industrial relations counselors with the cooperation of the Rocke- feller Foundation, the publication quotes the fact that unemployment insurance plans now operative in the United States are of three classifica- tions-those carried on by unions; those operated upder joint agree ment between unions and companies and those operated by companies alone.
 Union plans for unemployment benefits were developed first. As early as 1881, local. union of print CTS provided three dollars a week for it's unemployed single members and four dollars for it's married members for the time they were out of employment. Local union plans have been organized as occasion re- quired and then abandoned. To-day there probably are 35 plans operated by local unions with a membership of about 33,000.
 In 1880 only four international or national unions were paying cash benefits entirely from their own re- sources. Seven others have operated plans but have abandoned them. The four still paying benefits have 1923 members Both local and interna- tional unions create their funds from dues and assessments and pay bene- fits that range from three to ten dol lars each week.
 Joint employer union schemes have been set up to the number of twenty-four. six in the garment in- dustries, ten in the headgear indus cleaning and dyeing business, and one in the wall paper industry, the study revealed. Two have been abandoned, both in the ladies gar ment industry in New York. The oldest is the agreement in the wall paper industry, which was establish- ed in 1894. The 22 plans in opera tion Gone is temporarily suspended) cover about 63,500 workers. Usually the promoters of these plans have been the unions; and the benefits have been about as in the union plans.
 Company Plans
 Company unemployment insurance plans have been established to the number of fifteen. The General Electric company plan and the plan of the Fond lu Lac, Wisconsin, com panies have been started very re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
Parents Scared Stiff
 But Baby Ellen Gets We'll Overnight

''Our six year old little daughter Ellen woke up at midnight cough ing, sneezing, feverish. My hus- band and I were scared all right. We had some Smith Brothers' Cough Syrup in the house and right away we gave her . tea spoonful. In an hour the child fell calmly asleep. She was much better in the morning in fact she hardly had a tyace of . cough! I'd gladly-very gladly-recom- mend Smith Brothers Cough Syrup for all children. Mrs. L. Snodgrass, 1219 New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

lapses in the paralleling of vocal emission with the dramatic action, and Signor Schipa in particular found the spectacle reduced in it's perspective from the proportions customary on opera stages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

must eventually p lace that form of entertainment at the disposal Of small and isolated communities the world over.
 The tenor and the newspaper re- YeiWer took exception to occasional
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
Wong11rlne
 of Month


 To some women the calendar is a tyrant, with certain days set aside for pain. Such martyrdom is need less! Midol-acting directly on the organs affected-disposes of every bit of pain at such time.
 Midol is not 8 narcotic. It does nothing to interfere with the natural and necessary monthly process, but it eases the organs in five to seven minutes in even the most severe cases. Furthermore, the woman who takes a tiny tablet of Midol in time will experience no suffering at all.
 For your own sake, investigate Midol and see how reliable and com plete is it's relief-no matter how hard a time you've always had. At every drugstore in trim metal case for fifty cents. Many have found Midol the quickest relief for head aches. neuralgia, neuritis, and other pain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
EATS 45 EGGS IN 17 MINUTES

EATS 4a EGGS IN 17 MINUTES
 Lost Nation, Ia.-(UP)-James Edleman consumed 45 eggs and half a loaf of bread in IF minutes on a bet. He won. He offered to eat another dozen eggs within an hour, but this was refused by purchasers of the eggs. Edelman had his eggs boiled one and one-half minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

Biological Conference, stated that "this convention has been a revela- ton in the matter of scientific de- velopment in South America. The fact of such progress was known to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30

scientific circles, but this meeting has shown that the work is for moro general than we believed. From now on we must take good account of the progress in pure science that this continent is making"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-30
Attends School With Her Riddles

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  grade his mothe 6, Louise; 4.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
Hundreds of Houses Destroyed in Capital of
British Honduras; Relief Rushed
From United States.
STORM DIMINISHING IN VIOLENCE
Terrific Winds Also Rake San Juan, Porto
Rico, Killing Two and Causing
Heavy Property Loss.
BY United Press

The city of Belize, capital of British Honduras is in
ruins and from $50 to 400 residents dead in the hu
that crashed through the city Thursday accompanied
by tidal wave destroying hundreds of houses and disrupt
ing communications.
second intense storm, sweeping San Juan, Porto
Rico at 10me rate unroofed houses destroyed planta
tons and resulted in the known deaths of two persons
Both storms according to meteorological experts
beating themselves today the first the Mexican main
land and the second against mountain range in Haiti.
Relief forces, organized in Washington were hurrying
medicine food and other supplies to British Honduras
United States naval vessels ordered to Belize British
Honduras, and planes carrying ready to fly
over the distressed territory.
An aviator who reached Belize but unable to land
because of terrible weather conditions reported greater
part of the city RACED by the storm and heavy flood which
swept in on the heels of the terrific wind.
The two hurricanes regarded AS separate storms
No accurate estimate of loss could be obtained early
today, for lack of communications.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
DETECTIVE IS
WOUNDED BY
HIS OWN GUN
Bullet Passes Through His
Body; Revolver Falls
From Holster.

When his revolver dropped from
his holster and was discharged
early today, Roger J. Kramer, 30,
of lit West Thirty-first street, was
shot through the right shoulder and
wounded seriously.
Kramer, an operative of the
Quigly- Hyland detective agency
and special deputy sheriff, was
cranking the patrol car he and
operative Ed Green of BrookSide
use in covering their beat in Crows
Nest, when the accident occurred
near the Highland Country Club.
Kramer was hurled several feet
and he and Green first believed the
car had kicked" breaking Kramer
erS' right arm. 1t was severa! mo-
ments before Kramer realized he
had been shot.
The bullet passed entirely through
his body.
Treated by DR.. G. F. Hobbs,
Kramer was taken to the Methodist
hospital, where physicians say he
will recover.
Kramer and his wife live with
Mrs. Kramer's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Lovett, at the Thirty
seventh street address. Lovet is
superintendent of the detective
agency.
Kramer has worked for the
agency several times in recent
years. Green has been an employee
of the agency eighteen months.
Martin Hyland of the detective
organization said the men were
guarding homes and property at
Crows Nest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
REVIVE HOPE OF
FINDING FLIERS
Steamer Brings Word of
Hearing Plane.
IN UNitcd Prcss

By United Press
SEWARD, Alaska, Sept. 12.-
Word reaching here with the dock
ing of the steamship Alaska brought
some hopes to SearcherS that Don
Moyle and Cecil A. Allen, who at
tempted to make a nonstop. fight
from Japan to Seattle, yet may be
found alive.
Passengers aboard the steamer
reported they heard an airplane
motor about II Tuesday night. They
said they could not see the plane
because of low-hanging mist and
darkness.
Although the report was grasped
by searchers for the missing air.
men as their only definite hope of
finding some trace of Moyle and
Allen, enthusiasm was dimmed by
the fact that the City of Tacoma
II" was not due in the vicinity of
the steamer until after IL o'clock
Tuesday.
Scarchers intended to renew their
quest through southern Alaska
however, in the forlorn hope
that the aviators-unreported since
shortly after they left the beach at
Sabishiro, Japan, last Monday
might have succeeded in reaching
the mainland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
HouU the Market
Opened

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-The stock
market presented a steady to firm
tone at the opening today, hut the
advance started Friday afternoon
Slowed up in the early trading.
Business was on small scale.
Leading issues scored fractional
gains in all sections. Steel common
opened at 82%, up a.; Bethlehem
Steel 37A, up IS; Allied Chemical
1049s, up Il; Loew's 48A, up u;
United Gas Improvement 81, up Is,
and Worthington Pump 40, up a.
International Business Machines
which lost points Friday, scared
8 points to 1856 at the opening to-
day. Mullins Manufacturing pre-
ferred made the widest decline in
the early trading, dropping 81
points to "A.
Elsewhere price changes we're
relatively small. Some pressure
was noted in American Telephone
which declined a point to 1884,.
Fractional losses we're recorded in
Pennsylvania Railroad, Texas Cor
poration, International Nickel,
General Electric, North American,
Lorillard, American Can, Montgom-
cry Ward and North American.
Westinghouse Electric which
opened at 53A, off Il, broke to a
new low at 51%, unsettling the list
as the session progressed. Ameri-
can Telephone and United States
Steel dipped from the opening
levels. The general list eased off
from the initial prices with the
leaders. Trading slowed down on
the decline.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
HAWKS AFTER MARK
Plans Try for Record From
Columbus, 0. to City.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-Captain
Frank M. Hawks, Americas speed
king of the air, will race" an air
transport liner from Columbus, o..
to Los Angeles, Monday and Tues
day.
The big plane, after leaving New
York Monday morning, will be met
by Hawks at Columbus that after
noon. He will lescort it from there
to Kansas City, attempting to set
new records for the flight between
Columbus and Indianapolis, Indian
apolis and st. Louis, st. Louis and
Kansas City.
On Tuesday, again accompanying
the transport plane, he will seek
speed records between its scheduled
stops at Wichita, Kan; Amarillo
Tex; Albuquerque, N. M; Winslow
Ariz., and Los Angeles.
Mrs. Ida Mae Hawks, the flier'S
mother, will fly on the passenger
plane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
RE-ENACT BAY TRAGEDY
IN BOAT MYSTERY PROB

The diary, it was said, was merely
desultory account of minor events
occurring over some years.
Admitting the truth of Mrs. Col
Inns strange story, detectives turned
their attention to another absorbing
theory-that Ceilings may not be,
as his wife suppoSes, a murder VIC
tim. This theory is based in part
on several peculiar incidents as
related by his wife.
First, she says, she heard one OF
the two pirates" say, Don't tie his
hands too tight" admittedly :
strange command if the mems in
tention was to drown their victim
Again, according to Mrs. Ceilings
she heard her husband call out
They're tying my hands" and
later, They are throwing me over
board" as thong he were himself
reporting the pirates progress.
Mrs. Ceilings is said to have in
formed police that her husband
has recently made several trips
ashore from the Penguin, on errands
about which she knew nothing. He
has also devoted much time and
practice to swimming, which he had
never undertaken until this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
UTILITY RATES
CUT Demanded
Civic Club Passes ReSoIu-
ton Without Dissent.

Reduction of utility rates in pro-
portion to the earning capacity of
the average individual and proper
tionate to the reduced cost of other
necessities is demanded in a resolu-
ton adopted by the Arlington and
Raymond Civic Club.
The motion was passed without
dissent at the meeting Friday night
following an address by Vincent H.
Manifold, former deputy prosecu-
ting attorney.
Utility charges today are the
same as those assessed when living
and production costs were at their
peak. Our entire economic Struc-
ture is going through a period OF
transition, yet the utilities are main
tanning an artificial and prohibitive
tariff, which must be abolished" as
serted Manifold.
Reductions in the salaries OF
public officials and employees were
favored by Manifold, who declared
such action to be equitable because
of the employment situation affect
ing workers in private pursuits.
The club also adopted a resolu-
ton opposing the action of the
Warren township trustee and ad-
visory board in reducing the school
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
BY SIDNEY b. wHIPPLE

SYOSSET, L. l., Sept. 49,
Twenty-four hours Of investigation
of close questioning, and a re-
enactment of the tragedy have con-
vinced authorities that Mrs. Ben
jamin Collins fantastic story of how
her husband was killed by Long Is
land sound pirates is the truth.
Following reports from ferry
boat captain that he had seen the
overall-clad body of man drifting
near the point where, according to
Mrs. Collins, two men bound her
husband and threw him overheard
from his motor boat, the Penguin,
search for the missing man was
continued today.
A search of the Penguin, discov-
cry of an old and evidently unused
revolver-but no ammunition-and
thorough digest of the contests
Of Mrs. Ceilings diary disclosed no
new clems for Nassau count author
tiles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12

approximately 100 homes and build
ings were wrecked.
In Belize the wind whipped
through at a 110-mile velocity.
which, without the destructive tidal
wave, would have leveled the city.
The waters which deluged the town
from the ocean we're blamed largely
of ire Heavy loss of life.
The storm struck in midafternoon.
Thursday with such suddenness
that the world was not informed Of
the city's condition for eighteen
hours.
The U. S. S. cruiser Rochester left
Balboa, Canal Zone, early today for
Belize to assist in relief work in the
center of the stricken area. Marine
corps planes from Managua, Mica
ragua, we're expected to greet the
Rochester when it reaches the
scene.
Planes Are Ready
The planes awaited only assem-
bling of supplies Friday night be-
fore taking off for Belize. The U.
S. S. Swan was ordered from Tru-
iillo, Honduras as was the gunboat
Sacramento, also in neighboring
waters.
A British ship, the Dane, stationed
at Barbados, was reported en- route
to Belize.
Pan-American Anyways radio Fri
day night broadcast an urgent re-
quest for medical supplies and anti
toxins to prevent the spread of cpl
denies which often take as many
lives as the storms which start them.
Immediate dispatch of 500 anti
tetanus serum units, 200 anti
typhoid serum units, all kinds of
clothing and bedding, 1000 dress
ingS for injuries, gauze, lint and
other medical supplies was asked in
the message, the first request for
medical aid received.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
Vessels May Be Lost
MERCURY TO STAY IN
COS OVER THE WEEKEND

Although skies we're cloudy early
today and lightning was seen there
was no rain in any part of the
state. The sky continued hazy and
the sun had pushed the mercury
to "a at 9 from a low of IS at
a. m.
Highest Indiana temperature
Friday as 90 at Madison, with
Wheatfield, generally claiming high
records, having the low of IS. In
dianapolis mercury readings recored
80 Friday afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
GANDHI IN ENGLAND
ShaWIs Protest Him From
DrizzIe as He lands.
By United Press

By United Press
FOLKSTONE, England, Sept. IL.
The Mahatma NJ. K. Gandhi
reached England here today at lis
p. m, on his way to London.
On landing from the Channel
steamer, Gandhi walked along the
railroad track to a waiting motor
car in drizzling rain, clad in his
inevitable loin cloth. He had two
white Shawls thrown over his thin
shoulders and wore sandals, but his
shaved head and legs were bare.
He carried several ShawlS under
his arms as he entered the front of
a closed automobile driven by F. A.
M. Vincent, social secretary at the
Indian conference and former COM
missioner of police in Bombay.
Before they drove of for London,
Gandhi gratefully accepted an auto
mobile rug which he spread over his
knees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
HUNDREDS DIE IN BELIZE
HURR| CANE; TIDAL WAVE
SWEEPS WRECKED CITY
Grim Ruin
Hurricane Piles Buildings
in Belize Into Huge
Heap of JaCkStraWS.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-The
IN tropical hurricane which
struck Belize, British Honduras,
Thursday afternoon, took death
toll estimated at 400. with 600 in
jured, blew houses around like
toys, and scattered debris every
where, according to eyewitness
accounts received by Pan-Amer-
lean Anyways here.
Circling over the ruined city in
his mail plane, Pilot E. S. Roden-
baugh radioed to New York a de-
Scription of the devastation,
which had reduced a thriving city
of 10000 to the appearance of a
gigantic pile of jac,-strawS. He
was unable to land, he reported.
Reports from Diddier Mason,
Pan-American field manager in
Belize, placed the dead at 400, and
the injured at 600. Mason also
told how the wind struck, it's We
locity at times as high as ITO miles
an hour.
1.-THE hurricane has wrought
untold havoc in the city of Belize, -
Rodenbaugh spelled out in dots
and dashes, giving the world its
first description of the ruins. Not
building is unchanged and the
entire town is washed out.
Il
"THE houses are piled up like
Il so many toys. One area, in
the heart of the city, about six
blocks square, appears to be
wiped out.
ships and bargeS. scattered
and hammered by the hurricane,
are swept high on dry land.
Houses have been washed out to
sea and can be seen bobbing about
in the water, nearly submerged.
THE Belize river has overflown
its banks and its yellow waters
are drowning part of the region.
The river itself is SO full of deb
ris that the natives have difficulty
in navigating it in their dugouts.
Our hangar for planes of the
Pan-American Always is a place
of refuge for about 40 or so per-
sons. None other of the build
ings remains standing"
Il
TINE pilot said he had picked
1up medicine in Cozumel, in &C
cordance with instructions from
New York, and dropped it at Be-
lie.
The first warning of the storms
approach came from Mason
Thursday at 1875 p. m. The mes
sage said a storm was approaching
the city an dthat the wind velocity
at the time was forty-five miles
an hour. After that the Belize
radio station was silent.
The hurricane struck in full
force at 2:S0 p. m, Thursday,
Mason said, and blew for fifteen
minutes steadily. Then there was
a lull of about half an hour and
another fifteen-m minute blow of
great intensity. The storm center
appeared to have passed through
the middle of the city, he re-
ported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-12
AIR CIRCUS TO
CLIMAX STATE
FAIR EVENTS
Parachute Drops, Balloon
Bursting and Races on
Today'S Slate.
ATTENDANCE IS DOWN
Officials Highly Pleased
With Class of Slock and
Other Exhibits.

Aces of the air, witl parachute
drops, balloon bursting, an anti
aircraft attack, and races will stage
several stunts at the Indiana state
fair at this afternoona
But long before the 'aviators of
One hundred thirteenth observation
squadron of the Indiana national
guard TAXED their planes to land
ingS on the infield of the race track,
preparatory for the air circus, trucks
were taxing cattle, sheep and swine
from stalls back to the fam or to
another show.
Midway hawkers and gideshow
managers began dismantling booths
and tents as fair board officials
counted total receipts and attend
ance.
Called Best Fair
"All in all, it was Indiana's best
fair. It was best from the stand
point of stock shown by exhibitors
and the support given it by Hoo
SierS," declared E. j. Barker, Secre
tary-treasurer of the fair board.
Barker and other fair officials
figured that although attendance
for the week dropped approximately
$4,000 over the 1880 exhibition, the
board would break even on ex-
penSes.
"And that's better than any other
fair in the country has done these
more or less tough times" declared
one official.
Total fair attendance through
Friday was 192,131. The same Pc
Rod in 1880 had an attendance of
226,686..
Labor Day Was top"
Final fair figures today will de-
termine whether the fair goes more
than $4,000 shy of 1880 figures.
Saturday, the closing day of the
1880 fair, 10,308 persons attended.
Labor day with it's 1886 paid adj
missions and legislators day with
1886 attendance were high spots
in the week. The Labor day at
tendance was higher than 1880.
The collision between two engines
scheduled for tonight has been
called off by the fair board and the
gates of the grounds will close at
6 p. m.
Contracts for the crash were can
celled when it was found the pro-
moter would be unable to prepare for
the crash in time.