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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19
BY JULIA BLANsHARD

BY JULIA BLANSHARD Stan Writer for NEA Service and The Democrat. Sent to Soviet
 Rusia Especially for This Series (Copyrfght, 1881. NEA Service.
 Incl
 shopping in Moscow has the same sporting element of chance as big game hunting.
 If you lived there you could nev- CT tell what you were going to hag. What the stores have stocked to-day may be gone tomorrow and what you have looked for in vain for six months may be In the stores to-day.
 If it is books or periodicals you want, almost every other store along Kuznetsky Most and Tvers- kaya and other main streets is q book shop. Every fifth or sixth cor ner has a kiosk (stalD selling reading matter. Every phase of the ffve-year plan Is dramatized and available in reading form. Period icais and books cost 10 and 25 kopecks each, five and 12 1-2 cents respectively.
 If 1t is Iipstlck, rouge or other cosmetics you can probably get whatever you want. You may have an aversion to the inferior Russian brands, but the Soviet trust puts out a full line. and that's all there is
 If 1t is pair of A No. 1 skis and skiing shoes you crave, you can get them for about 20 rubles ($10) in q sport shop. for the Soviet state considers sports essential to young Hussin's health, so sports equip ment Is rated necessity.
 But. should you want ther- mometer. a hot water bottle. sheets. a raincoat. pair of scissors q cooking stove. a typewriter, bed or many other Fundamental ar- ticles, you are out of luck. No store has these to date. The gov crnment factories producing them are still supplying institutions. You may borrow them or buy them from an individual, but the chances are you will Just do without.
 A young American newspaper. man, broke from living in hotel. found a tiny room he could sublet for the winter. In deHpera- ton oyer trying te locate a bed somewhere, went t0 tho press de. phrtment of the Mark omIndei fB0- viet body corresponding Co our q. state departmentD md pleaded hih eSie 70 eloquenfly that no got noverament order Co have bed made.
 The nrNt aore that struck my eye in Morcow was : pet shop. Inside
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19
PERSHING IN HOSPITAL

Washington, Nov. 19.-UP).- General John ]. Pershing Is in Walter Reed army hospital with what officials said was Slight cold" He entered the hospital Tuesday and probably will remain for three or four days longer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19
Railway Shares And Good Grain Market
 Sent Stocks Upward
Early Trading Was Not So Good But When the Above
 Stocks Showed Strength, All Others Joined In

pected to continue for the remain der of the week.
 Near 2 p. m. the whole carrier group was higher. Atchison reach- ed 107 up 21-2 points from the previous close; Union Pacific 97 up 2 3-8; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific 19 1-2 up 2; and New York Central 41 1-8 up 7-S. Earlier in the day long list of rails had made new lows for many years.
 Steel common led the indus trials rising to 66 3-8 up l 1-8; American Can rose to 77 3-S up 7-8; Allied Chemical 85 S.4 up i 3-8 Westinghouse Electric 39 3-s up l; Columbia Carbon 47 up 2 3-4.
 Utilities were firmer. Coppers ad- vanced after early declines, the rise being featured by American Smelt- ing which was up 1 3-S at 25 7-s.
 At 1:30 the Dow-Jones industrial average fas at 102.72 up 1.03; rail- road 47.6O up O.07; and utility 39.48 up 0.35. Sales to 1:30 totaled IT. 100000 shares. against 100000 shares in the corresponding period yesterday.
 EARLY TRADING
 of fractions to a point were made by the majority of issues on the stock exchange to-day following sharp setback yesterday:
 The roads plea for revision of the interstate commissions suggestions on use of funds realized from freight rate increases was to be presented to the commission at noon. Later . series of meetings Isnt ratlrnad pYarnfivAa and labor unions was to get under way.
 Southern Pacific dipped a point Ito 43 following action of directors in reducing the annual dividend from from se to $4. Atchison wa was iral was unchanged at 39A and Pennsylvania was down fraction
 Steel common opened at s5 off N on q block. of 5000 shares and then was downward in the early trad 'ns, American Telephone opened at l34M off % and later sold at 133ss: Vanadium made new low at 2S orr hc Auburn oo;n lost a point .,f f9 ,s. ,lly%. although losses were less than yes- terday, but the market was demor- alized as one dealer offered to sell at 6M cents pound, the lowest at Which the metal mas ever been quoted.
 American Can lost a point to 7sM and Allied Chemical 1 x to 82h. The first sale of Chicago and North Western Railroad preferred was at 90 off ? points and a record low following omission of the dividend yesterday.
 Small losses were noted In Gen. eral Electric, General Motors, Sears Roebuck, Paramount Pub1lx, Mont gomery Ward. Union Carbide, Du Pont, Chrysler, Westinghouse Elec- tric, and Bethlehem Steel.
 The list steadicd somewhat before the end of the first half hour, but volume continued very small.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19

Tine seventh of IF remarkable articles by Julia BIanshard, stan writer, whom NEA Service and the Democrat sent to Soviet Russia to get elic biggest story fin the world to-day. No casual tourist stopping at fashionable hotels and travelling de luxe she lived with and among Russians as they went about their daily lives under their amazing sO- tiaI and economic system, and here she presents the story of a pco- ple, not the story Of a cause.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19

stores: book shops, sweet shops, 0 sports good house, an antique shop, an office supply store, a liquor store (only bottled goods sold here). a Chinese laundry (half price for laundry if you bring your own soap), m art store, big department story, dry cleaning establishment tailor shop, an opticians office, a radio store, shop to pleat and hemstitch materials. toy shop. a photographers studio. a peasant ware shop, an undertaker's window displaying n gruesome red coffin.
 There are two kinds of depart ment stores. one rather expensive and the other inexpensive where workers buy clothes and other necessities on coupons on their food cards, physical laborers rating more than Intellectual workers.
 There Is one huge handsome department store where no one can trade but workers of the c. r. U. | (the Soviet secret service). In addition there is q well stocked an- tique and general store, called Torgsin, where only foreign money is accepted. hence only foreigners trade. The big hotels run branches of Torgsin in their lobbies.
 Newest are the Udarnik shops These are fancy goods stores where only those can trade who are mem- bers of the Shock Brigades. as workers are called who volunteer to speed up the work in their fac- tories, mills. farms.
 The windows of a new Udarnik store in Moscow displayed the first "ensemble" some of the people had ever seen, a woman's sweater, beret and long, fringed scarf made of cheap rayon in fiamboyant purple pink, vermliion. orange and green stripes. at 75 hubles ($37.50) the set. There were rayon stockings in sunburned shade, at IS rubles ($9). Lace curtains. shawls and rayon bloomers also were dis played.
 In the first store entered 1 ran into a queue at the shoe counter. Fathers and mothers were shop ping for their children. Sex equal ity Is obvious in the way Russian fathers or mothers shop. depending on which parent has his day of rest when the occasion arises.
 The man clerk behind the coun- ter, in a faded gray chambray Russian blouse. handed each cus- toner either a left or a right shoe. Never both---the customer might put them on and walk out! Every. thing is serve self. parents trying on their children's shoes.
 An old man was leaning on the counter boring over newspaper package of ragged food tickets, You could buy ehildren's stock ingH that day but you needed the unsiamped clothing coupon from . food ticket dated May 90. 2i or June 2 or 90. There had been no stockings since that date In this store and only those who did not yet them thon could have them now
 ! The chlldren's shoes looked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19

NExTi Health in soviet Ilussln. Free government tsOspItaIs fBF eyeryiHpsty, vacation with pny f0r working ilislISers bOfh before afsd after elsildhiFtil. FOrccsaI nleae. Wree Co safeguard the llcnlih 0f clliIsiron. compulsory henIih esimca. lLOm fssF aII.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19

Stan Writer for NEA Service and The Democrat. Sent 10 Soviet Rusia Especially for This Series
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19

sturdy high-laced black ones with heavy soles. They are not so good and they cost from five to 10 rubles S2.5o to s5)." mother complain ed to me.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30

Pressure will be brought to bear
from the White House itself, II
necessary, to secure modification Of
the embargo proposal, it was indi-
Gated. The final policy probably
VIII be worked out after Treasury
secretary Mellon returns from
Europe.
Senator Smoot CRep., Utah, one
OF the authors of the tariff bill
which carries the forced labor pro-
vision, said Monday night that he
believed Russian products which
compete with American goods could
be barred effectively under the new
regulations.
He mentioned particularly lumber
and pulpwood. about which there
has been much controversy. Prod
uctS which do not compete with do
mestic goods probably will not suf-
Ter much, Smoot said. He thought
most Russian manufactured goods
would be excluded.
Russia will not be the only coun-
try affected by the new provisions.
Tobacco from Sumatra, where forced
labor is reported to be used on
plantations. might also be banned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
.DRYS DENOUNCE
ATLANTA MAYOR
AS A TRAITOR
1000 GeorgianS Demand
He Resign Post for His
Wet Remarks.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
ATLANTA, June 3O.-Mayor
James l.. Key today faced a de-
mand by 1000 Atlantans for his res
ignation after a dry rally here in
which the recent tour of France by
American mayors was attacked as
"conceivably subsidized indirectly by
the Association Against Prohibition.
DR.. Mary Harris Armor, interna-
tionally known Women's Christian
Temperance Union leader, and for
mer Congressman William D. Up
shaw, both of Georgia, demanded
that Mayor Key divulge whether
the French government or the world
liquor interest paid the bill'' for the
good will tour.
The rally was organized by dry
leaders in Georgia as an answer to
Mayor Keys denunciation of pro-
hibition in the United States. Aft
er leaders denounced Key as "a
traitor and his words and deeds
as those of a coward" those at
tending indicated their desire that
he should resign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
DEATH CASE ENDING
Gordon Murder Evidence v
Go to Jury.

~ United Prtss
NEW YORK, June 30.--Tae ia10
Of Harry Stein and Samuel Green
berg. accused Of strangling to DEAN
red-haired Vivian Gordan, was 70
go to the jury today.
The prosecution charges them
with carrying out a plot Matched by
John A. Radeloff, a lawyer, tc de
liberately murder" the Broadway
racketeer to silence her. Defense
attorneys pictured the states lead
ing witness as a lying coward" who
had testified against them as par
of "a filthy plot
After the judges charge today. tt7
case was to be given to the jury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
SPAIN GOES RADICAL
Swings Sharply to Left in
New Constitution.
By United Press

By United Press
MADRID, June 30.-An extreme
ly liberal, if not definitely radical,
foundation for the republic in
Spain is envisaged today by the
leaders Of the new era, a draft of
the proposed constitution just COM
pleted indicates.
The draft, to be the basis for the
constitutional assembly action next
month, was finished Monday night.
1t provides, among other radical
steps, for separation of church and
state, a move already anticipated.
The jurists engaged in preparing
it swung sharply to the left in their
provisions, in line with the tend
ency Of the new republic.
GRANADA. Spain, June 3d.
Strikers and police clashed Mon
day night in sharp street fighting
growing out of increasing disorders.
Eleven were injured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30

Morris Plan there is no assignment Of wages, no
deposit of pawns and pledge of chattels. Instead
The Morris Plan provides facilities whereby indus
trial workers and others may borrow money on fair
and reasonable terms upon the security of CHAR
ACTER. Below are few examples:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
KISSES TABOO
/. ON TOUR; U. S.
! MAYORS HAPPY
French Prove HoSpitabIe
Peaceful and Sober,
Says Mckinney.

This Is one Of series Of articles
about the experiences Of Kirk McKin-
neY In France with a party OF Amer
lean mayors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30

William Coy, 1918 Roosevelt ave-
nue., knows what day it is, al right
Freckles, out at the city pound
isn't so sure the occasion will mean
much to him. That is, unless he
and Billy get together again after
their visit together today
Billy wishes he had dog to buy
tag for.
Freckles wishes he had a boy to
buy him a tag.
There the matter stands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coy are considering
carefully the combination of dog
and-boy-in-the-city. In their hands
rests the verdict.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
Former Ambassador Is Dead

BIZ United Press
HAMBURG. Germany, June 3d.
Friedrich Sthamer, former German
ambassador to Great Britain, died
Of heart trouble today. He retired
from the diplomatic service last Oc-
tober.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
DANDRUFF GOES
ITCHING ENDS
when Zemo touches the scalp

Douse cooling, healing, cleansing
ZEMO on the scalp and rub vigor-
ously. If you're like thousands Of
others the way dandruff vanishes
and itching stops will be surprise
and delight. Use this remarkable,
clean, family antiseptic liquid freely.
It's the sensible way to get rid of
Dandruff and Itching Scalp. Keep
ZEMO handy. Safe and depend
able for all forms of itching irrita-
lions of the skin and scalp. Csc, 60c
and Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
HOOVER LIKELY
TO VIEW SOVIET
BAN TOO STERN
Softening of Forced Labor
Embargo Is Expected;
Sumatra Affected.
By Unsted Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 3O-rt
was believed likely today that Presi-
dent Hoover will insist upon modi-
flcation of the customs bureaus
proposed embargo on all imports
from Soviet Russia.
The intention of customs officials
is to exclude Russian products on
the ground that all labor in the
Soviet states is forced or inden-
tured." Goods produced by such
labor are barred under tariff law
provisions, which become effective
Jan. /.
Since this plan was revealed, the
wisdom Of such broad interpreta-
ton of the law has been questioned
in high governmental quarters,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
ZiOnists Convene at Basic

bD JHtteu PTe88
BASLE, Switzerland, June 30
Vital questions of policy in the con-
tinuation Of Jewish colonization in
Palestine will be taken up for dis
cussion at the seventeenth Zionist
congress, which opens here tonight
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
PARIS TO HONOR U. S

Independence of America to Be
Celebrated i'm French Capital.
BIZ United Press
PARIS, June 30-The independ-
ence of the United States is among
the historic American events which
will be celebrated by Paris society
during the second American ma
tons week ceremonies under way
today.
The celebration Saturday will
honor the independence of the
United States and will start with a
pilgrimage to the tomb of Lafay-
cite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
COLLATERAL LOANS
MORRIS PLAN SAVINGS

One dollar starts Morris Plan Investment Account and
after the account opened any amount may be deposited
You receive passbook which each deposit recorded
When you have enough saved you may either convert the
pass book account to Full Paid Investment Certificate
indefinitely continue the passbook account Your investment
six per cent compounded sei-annualy SAVE SAFE
LY AT SIX PER CENT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
BY LOWELL NUSsBAUM

BY LOWELL NUSSBAUM
While the delegation of American
mayors which just has returned
from a five weeks trip to France,
was greeted with proverbial French
hospitality, all the city heads re-
turned unkissed by French generals
and officials.
"On the trip across the Atlantic,
some Of the mayors we're ap-
prehensive lest they receive one of
those cheek to cheek salutes which
caused SO many American dough-
boys to regret deeds of valor that
brought French medals" said E.
Kirk Mckinney, works board pres
ident. who represented Mayor
Reginald H. Sullivan on the trip.
However, our hosts refrained
from this common form of saluta-
ton, except for one or two young
girls, who were in our party.
Opinion Was Changed
The French really were hospita-
bic, though. Everywhere we went
we were greeted with large crowds
shouting "Vive America" French
and American flags and bunting
adorning our path.
Everything possible which would
add to our comfort was done.
My opinion Of France was
changed greatly by this trip, for
we saw a side of the country that
the average tourist misses.
Away from the bright lights of
Paris, we found. the French to be
a sober, industrious people. The
average tourist goes to Paris to take
in the gayer resorts, but the Ameri-
can mayors ana representatives of
mayors were not encouraged to pay
too much attention to this phase.
Democracy Is Noted
we even were requested not to
visit gambling resorts in order that
we not lose any money while in
France.
Democracy Of the French people
was noticeable everywhere we went
The French are much more
democratic than we here in Ameri-
ca. The country has no class dis
tinction, except for officials and
police, to whom the public enjoys
showing respect.
Every one speaks to any one
they may meet, even taxicab drivers,
restaurant walters and chamber
maids starting a friendly converse
ton.
They all greet you like long
lost brother, no matter where you
meet.
Hint at Tariff
Il think every one making the
trip was convinced that the French
are not militaristic The impress
son I gained is that they fear war
and don't want it.
All they wish, it seems, is to be
let alone. However, they are ex-
tremely patriotic and ready to fight
to protect their nation and its in
stitutions. Their attitude might be
summed up by the phrase: Willing
to defend, but not to Offend
THE French courteously refrained
from any mention of war debts to
any of the party. However, some of
The French speakers did make yelled
reference to the high American
tariff, referring to that future date
when the nations of the world will
remove all barriers to closer rela-
tionship between nations"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-30
HOW MORRIS PLAN LOANS ARE MADE

Morris Plan loans are made on character and earn
ing ability. You make application for loan, secur-
ing the Endorsement of two co-makers The loan is
paid in weekly, semi-monthly or monthly repay
ments, as best suits your convenience. You repay
the loan over period of year or less. Under The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
WHEAT OPTIONS
UP SHARPLY ON
HEAVY DEMAND
BuIIiSh News From Europe
Gives Confidence to
Trade.
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO. Nov. 3.-Wheat prices
showed an upward tendency as trad
ing began on the Chicago Board OF
Trade today.
December wheat mounted 4 cent
a. bushel to 63A cents; March was
I'D y cent to 66% cents; May
wheat. in which there was increased
trading with p~rofit-taking, varied
between z cent below Mondays
closing figure to Is cent higher, and
July at 6S1a cents, was up 4 cent.
Corn followed the persistent rise
of wheat and was from Il to Z cent
higher. but oats Jagged behind and
sold for Is cent less a bushel.
More good news from Liverpool,
focal point of European wheat trad
ing. was credited with squirting the
market here to additional gains.
Up 20 Cents in Month
At Liverpool, wheat was from az
to SIS cents higher a bushel when
trading began today and by mid
afternoon the price levels were still
"a to 39s cents higher. 1t vas a
price zoom of 20 cents in less than
a month.
Today's trading in the Board Of
Trade pits was goaded by selling of
May wheat by the Uhlmann brok-
ers, known as among the leading
bear traders in wheat, although they
have been buying consistently re-
Gently.
Within a few minutes the selling
squirt let up and the figures
chalked on the boards were fatter
by fractions, then by whole num-
oers. At the top of the buying peak
in the early minutes of trade, May
wheat reached 68A cents, a new
high point for the season and ex-
actly 20 cents higher than the 48A
cent low for May grain recorded
Oct. 5. December wheat sold down
to 44$ cents then.
Liverpool Trade Bullish
December wheat got as high as
81 cents today, equaling the best
figure since July 1.
The Uhlmanns and other big
traders bought wheat after selling
at the start.
A Dow-Jones report said the Liv-
erpool trading was enthusiastic on
publish newspaper articles on Rus
sian reports of suspension of eX-
ports and due to the decline in
sterling.
Another report from South At
RIGA stated that crop prospects were
so per cent below normal in some
regions, adding to the confident
world attitude that is going higher.
Other world markets which re-
ported higher wheat prices we're:
Buenos Aires, at midday, up Il
to u cent; Kansas City, up z to
IL cents at the opening of trading;
Minneapolis, up q to rs cents at
the opening; Winnipeg, up rs to
IL cents at the opening.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
PORKER PRICES
MOVE UPWARD
IN FIRM TRADE
Slaughter Classes Active in
Cattle Market; Sheep
Are Up.

Hogs held steady with a firm I'M
dertone this morning at the city
yards, prices for the most part ad-
vancing 10 cents. The bulk, 100
to $50 pounds, sold for s4.75 to
$50; a load or two going at S5.15
and $500. Early top held at $500.
Receipts we're estimated at 1000;
holdovers were "a.
In the cattle market all slaughter
classes we're active with a higher
tendency. Receipts were 300. Veal
ers moved up so cents, selling at So
down. Calf receipts were 500.
Lambs showed strength, prices
holding steady to 25 cents up. The
bulk sold for $6.25 to $6.75. This
mornings early top was ST.
Chicago hog receipts were 10000,
including 5000 direct. Holdovers
we're 1000. The opening was slow
with asking steady with Mondays
average. A few early bids 5 to 10
cents lower; 100 to 240-pound
weights bid $3.50 to $4.75. Cattle
receipts were 1900; calves, $500;
market steady. Sheep, $1,000, strong.