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salary of $2.00O and retires at 70. For each year of service he is en- titled to 2, per cent of $2.OOO up to the maximum of 2-3 of his annual earnings. In this case 3 per cent of earnings for 70 years would exc ceed the maximum. and the pension is fixed at $1,333.33, for which he contributed only 33 Ia years.
 "1f the same employe contributed for the same period to an insurance company, at the retirement age of 70 the amount accumulated would be $7,354.16, which, in the manner explained above, would allow him an annual income of 0663.73 per year, less than one half the income he would receive under the pension plan.
 H "Other specific examples were worked out for employees who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
Bus Crashed
 Into Sedan Much Excitement But Noe body Was Seriously
 Injured

A New England Transportation bus operated by Arthur Fessenden of New Haven crashed into the rear of a sedan last evening at the intersec- ton of Grand and Field streets. Five persons were tossed about and bruised by the shaking they received.
 The car was wned and operated by Louis Tadaychuk of 4 Lois street, Forestville. According to his side of the story he had brought his car to a standstill in response to a stop signal from traffic light and the bus crashed into the rear of his ma chine. None of the passengers f the machine was taken to hospital, but all complained of bruises.
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$976.45 more for an employ who contributed from 60 years, after 20 years of service, to retirement at 70: and $643.15 for one who con- tributed from 60 years, after ten years of service, to retirement at 70. All examples are based on an aver age salary of $2,000.
 Ut will be noted that although the pension figures are in all cases far in excess of the amount purchas- able from an insurance company for the same contributions. even further gains are made by employees with past service, for every year of which they receive a percentage although they have made no contribution for it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01
Exhibition
 of Paintings Opens at Mattatuck His- tOrical Society T0-fiiOr-
 row, May 2

The second annual exhibition of paintings by Waterbury artists will open on Saturday. May 2. The exhi- bition will be open week days from 10 to s o'clock and on Sundays from 2 to 5 D. m., until May 31st.
 The exhibition is much larger and better in all respects than the pre- opening.
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cut Light & Power company Hart ford; Maurice S. sherman, editor, the Hartford Courant; United States Congressman John o. Tilson of New. Haven; Former Governos John szs Trumbull.
 Albert E. Lavery, vice president of the Bridgeport Hydraulic company, who will act as toastmaster at the banquet.
 Tn addition to these guests, the following officers of the state cha1n-, Der will be seated at the head table: Henry Trumbull, president, president of the Trumbuli Electric Manufacturing Co Of Plain. vile; John B. Byrne. vice president and vice-president of the Hartfordy Connecticut Trust company: James T. Moran, vice president and chair man of the board of the Southern New England Telephone company: R. LaMotte Russell, treasurer. and president of the Manchester Trust company, and Harry E. Hasty, ex- ecutive vice president.
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contributing at 30 years after ten years of service and continued for 25 additional years until reaching the maximum; $887.28 more for an. employe who contributed from the age of 45 to retirement at 70;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

would contribute for varying lengths of service. In each case the amount of pension is far in excess of the an- nuity obtainable individually from an insurance company: $770.15 more annually for an employe who began
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-01

PUBLICITY AGENTS Are you in favor of women talk ing part in public affairs?"
 'Tt's all right if you really want the affairs made public. ."--Tit.Bifs'
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 fallen from Marlan's blonde hair. and rolled aside. Charles Diers, detective. said he had visited the cellar late Monday. The body was not there then, he said. $. sAr. ''. -s-'.'1a Detective chief Emnfett Kirgsn declared he believed Marian : was choked following an attack.
 'Kill the animal" shouted ex- cited persons, in the crowd. si .'
 Send for. all available extra men," ordered Chief Kirgan, of subordinates.
 Officers formed a blue line of uniforms around the Mclean cot tage.
 Police questioned neighbors has, tily. None had seen any stranger in the district last night or to-dya whose actions were questionable,
 Excitement caused officers at last to escort the grief-stricken mother from the surroundings. She was taken to police headquarters to be cared for by matron.
 The body was guarded where 1t lay. Corner M. Scott Kearns an- nounced death occurred not more than 24 hours ago.
 Joseph Mclean, father of the child, was in Phoenix, Ariz, seek ing work. Reports from Phoenix during the search here were that he was attempting with aid of friends, to collect enough money to return.
 Mclean had been separated two years from his wife. He sent word he would return to push the search.
 Mrs Joseph Servizzi mother of the boy who last saw Marian, told police she received a telephone call today during which the voice on the wire said:
 "If there are any police around there, have them search the house at -" The receiver banged down.
 Marian disappeared at 4:30 p m. Thursday.
 Police searched through all southern Ohio and northern Ken lucky. Gypsy camps were visited A deserted subway here was ex- plored with flashlights. Houses were ransacked. No word and nc clue was found.
 The Cincinnati Enquirer took up the cry that the child must be found. It was the Christmas sea- son and the despair in the Mclean cottage was throwing a blight over the homes of the entire city. The
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CTS on the dotted line Know that!
 "The United States agreed to an entirely different moratorium. You gave 16 days for France, but you must deal with the United States in a Western Union telegram"
 Ut was a fateful goth day of June when our leaders met in the White House with the president of the United States" said Johnson, "the agreement to which they pledged themselves there was nat sonsummated in fact.
 These republican and democrat ic leaders agreed with the president on a particular course for the post ponement for one year of all pay ernmental debts and reparations and that was conditional on post ponement of all governmental debts owed the important creditor na- the intent was that all debts and reparations should be postponed for a year.
 Johnson then cited the record of French refusal to accept the moratorium on that basis and told how 1t had been midified to require
 
 conditional separations payments under an agreement that the funds thus realized should be immediate ly returned to the German state railways.
 On this charge Johnson predicted his insistence that what members of congress agreed to and what Mir Hoover finally accepted as the basis of the moratorium were essentially different propositions. He said MT Hoover acted on the principle that Europe was In forse condition than the United States.
 "I deny that" Johnson shouted with 100000 men walking the streets, our condition Is such that we need no president to tell us that we are so much better off than Eu- rope that we can give them $252,- 900, 900 at the expense of our tax payers. Our farmers are not de- pressed--they are ruined"
 Johnson is scheduled to conclude his speech today. Senators Nickel lar, dem., Shipstead, farmer-labor Minn., and Nye. N. D., will speak In his support. Leaders expect the vote late in the day.
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Senate Gets Report
 On Bishop Cannon
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No recommendations were made by the committee because of the pending trial of Cannon and his secretary, Miss Ada l.. Burroughs, on charges of violation of the cor rupt practices act, the report stat ed. It noted the refusal of Cannon and Miss Burroughs to answer questions which the committee no recommendations would be made in this regard until after the conclusion of the bishops trial. The question of the constitutionality of the committees action may be set- tied in the court case.
 Concerning fraud charges, the committee stated:
 Coming now to the second ques- ton which the committee was di- rected to investigate by the terms of the senate resolution, namely, "A fraudulent conversion to private uses of any campaign funds con- tributed for use In any election as defined by the corrupt practices act your committee finds that funds aggregating $18,300, repre- senting moneys contributed for political purposes, were placed on deposit to the credit of James Cam non, Jr, or James Cannon, Jr, ex- ecutor, prior to the date of the general election in 1928. and re- mained on deposit to the credit of such accounts for considerable pe- riods subsequent to that election"
 Again it stated:
 This $8,O00 contribution by MT Jamieson for political purposes on october 19, 1928, was thus held in- tact for more than three months after the end of the campaign in the form of a time deposit in the name of James Cannon, Jr,, and was then merged with other funds in a savings account standing in the name of James Cannon, execu- tor"
 Later 1t added:
 "The committee was also direct ed to the activities of Bishop Can non and his associates in connec- ton with the solicitation of funds to pay deficit which, it is stated, existed at the end of the campaign, although Miss Burroughs official
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basis along with gold"
 Administration belief that 1t will be better in the long run to ride through the present difficulties clinging to the gold standard. Of- ficiais believe Britain's inability to stay on gold has resulted in the American dollars displacing ster-. ling as the great international trading medium. It probably will mean, if the opportunity is develop. ed, that American international bankers, and their representatives all over the world, will displace British bankers as the money brok- CTS of international trade every where.
 The advantages in this, com cercially and in prestige and power for the nation, are visualized by American officials. That off-gold nations may temporarily be able to undersel1 America, that the world has guilt of silver whereas gold production is probably due for q serious decline, has no effect on this resolve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-22
Colgrove Points To Fast Route
 As Life Saver
Special Delivery Stamps Give Extra Service on fiOli- day, All Mail Having Such Identification Being Assured of Delivery

"An extra day of delivery Christmas day itself-is provided by the use of special delivery stamps on packages and cards. AL though no ordinary deliveries are made the 25th, that day Is avail able to delivery by putting on the big blue special stamp. Automo- piles rush the special mail to the homes of the recipients every day in the year
 Special delivery service begins right here in Waterbury for out going mail, the packages being shipped out of Waterbury in spe- cial manner, getting the same rapid dispatch given to first class mall. In Waterbury, special delivery will assure the receipt of packages or cards that otherwise would not get there till the 26th, or later.'
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report November 1, 1928, lists no unpaid bills or obligations"
 The committee confessed its in- ability to learn the extent of par ticipation in the campaign by C.. Bascom Slemp, former secretary to President Coolidge. It calls Slemp's relations with Cannon another un- explained transaction indicating receipt of funds from Mir slemp, which are not accounted for in re- ports."
 Cannon was present in the sem ate gallery when Chairman Nye of the Investigating committee pre- sented the report. The bishop came half an hour before the senate opened and took a place in the public gallery facing the senate.
 There was no debate, however, after Wye made the routine presen- tntiOn,
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Hoover Scourged By
 Sen. Hiram Johnson
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Johnson particularly resented the concessions made to France. He pointed out that experts met as late as August II to perfect the proposal.
 Haste was essential" he said. "There was a crisis that had to be met in extra legal fashion by the president. The miserable congress could not be called in the crisis.
 You who are jealous of your prerogatives if there are any such here - recall that agreement of July 6, when congress could not act, could not be called, when the executive branch alone could act. You prate about the founders, the glorious Constitution.
 'I am certain that you who ex- pound it will never permit this usurpation but will resent the fact that the Constitution has been f1outed, treated as scrap of paper, torn into a thousand bits and scat tered to the four winds"
 Washington, Dec 22-A determ- ined non-partisal senate majority today planned to smash the opposi- tion to the $252,000, 1000 debt nor atorium led by Senator Hiram Johnson, repn., Calf. and ratify the measure before nightfall.
 Standing with the vehement, stock westerner are struggling sup porters from both parties. They admit they are beaten, but they will have their say.
 Congress expects to adjourn after ratification for a Christmas holiday that will be shortened from a fort night to a week, if plans of an- other rebel group materialize. The leaders still support the longer hol- iday.
 The ratification Is to be accom- panied by an expression of congress slonal policy against further debt cancellation.
 Johnson led off the opponents yesterday with fists flying and his tongue fiaying senate leaders and MT Hoover with bitter, sarcastic leash. Galleries were crowded. Johpson's own colleagues listened .5ntently to every word he said. 2 Johnson is 65. But the fire of youth heated his words as he let go aginst the moratorium proposi- ton in language as vigorous as that of 10 years ago when he was striking at President Wilson, the Versailles treaty and the league oi nations.
 Johnson insisted the moratorium was move toward cancellation ,'It is perfectly plain" he said "what is in the minds of those at the head of this government who are urging this maratorium or us. I'll tell you why they want so much haste. They want it passed SO that twehne the report cofe' from Geneva showing that we arc faced with two years more of nor atorlum and with the scaling dowy of the debts, this mortorium pro posal will not be on our hands.
 This haste was so great in Jun' that 1t was impossible to follow the constitution. All the negotiation were on the strength of pile o telegrams. France bickered for II days and altered the moratorium posal. How many of you GS sign
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Continued from Page 1) some of the most priceless books and manuscript in the world. There are about 350,000 printed books. as well as manuscript and other Bibliographical treasures. Some of the Greek and Latin manu- scripts date from the fourth cen- tury
 The building, q splendid piece of architecture. was erected by Pope Sixtus V. in 15S8.
 It is used by scholars from all parts of the world. A new cata- logue of the books was made from 1927 to 1929, with the aid of the Carnegie endowment. The code of the American Library association
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 If you are one of those who puts off mailing of Christmas greet ings and packages until too late. you can still get out of the pre- dicament by using the air mail and special delivery services, said Postmaster A. N. Colgrove this morning. remarking that the mail ing limits for ordinary mail have in some cases been passed already, that is if delivery Christmas was expected.
 "The air mail will get letters and greeting cards to the midwest In one day and to the far west in two" said the postmaster. "If you are late in your mailing. you can get those greetings delivered Christmas day by using the mod ern, high -geared, high pressure plane service to solve your prob lem,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-22
France Has New
 Scheme to Settle Her War Debts,

Paris, Dec e2.-(UP)-France may use the provisions of the Mel l0n- -Berenger, debt agreement for partial three-year moratorium on her debt payments to the United States if the Hoover moratorium is extended.
 France can save $30.00O. 900 in payments to America next year un- der article two of the agreement which provides that, by giving 90 days notice, she will pay the United States only $20,00O, 900 an nuaily. The 1882 scheduled pay ments total $5O,000,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-22
Little Girl to
 Tell About the
 Baby Massacre

New York, Dec 22.-(UP)- Millie De Fine, 13-year old Italian American girl, went on the wit ness stand to-day and partly de- scribed the gangsters who fired a hail of machine gun bullets around her head in the Harlem baby massacre"
 Vincent Coll and tap-dancing Frank Giordano, already under death sentence for another murder. are accused jointly of the crime which resulted in the death of fivc- year old Michael Vengali.
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Tuscania Had
 Tough Voyage
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United Press:
 "A terrific wave struck the stern quarters of the ship and burst a door. Water rushed into the alleyway waist high and swept a number of us off our feet. Mrs Rogers was caught by the full force of the wave and disappeared beneath the water.
 "I grabbed her and took her to her cabin. She was unconscious from a heavy blow against steel door,"
 A steward from the first class salon told how the passengers in first class were swamped in the dining room as waves broke over the ship and water rushed down the main stair cases.
 "The majority of the passengers were in the dining salon when water poured down the stairs and covered the room to the depth of foot" the steward said.
 We thought the ship had foun- dered. She lurched heavily. We thought surely the end had come. but then she righted herself.
 "The captain ordered concerts to calm the passengers. But there was no keeping them calm. Wo- men screamed all night whenever the ship lurched.
 "The ships doctors were busy throughout the night attending hy- sterical women"
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Gold Standard Battle Is On
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(Continued from Page l.) of Swedish currency for it as she would have received by selling the lot for s100 before going off the gold standard.
 Great Britain.s pound has de- clined from about $4.85 down to $3.39-and that difference can be sliced off the price of articles ex- ported to America and the British seller will still receive the same amount of British money for his sale.
 Canada's exchange though tech- nically still on a gold basis, Is on about IS per cent. The same Is true of numerous countries which have gone off the gold standard. In all 23 have done this. Tn each case they are able to spend into the United States more cheaply, in terms of gold dollars, than before. Their whole scale of values has changed with reference to Ameri- ca's scale.
 Efforts to meet this, by raising the tariff through the flexible pro- vision are beginning. The senate has ordered the tariff commission to investigate the effect of the Canadian exchange situation on im- ports of wood pulp.
 Sentiment among many republi- cans is for tariff action on import ed articles causing the most trouble. The other method sug- gested is to adjust the American currency. Dill is one of its advo- cates. He says tariff relief would only be temporary and would be nullified by subsequent imitation abroad.
 This condition is just another illustration of the absolute neces- sity of our governments getting on such money basis that the money of the world will be standardized on common valuation scale," he told the senate a few days ago. "The real remedy is not to be found in tariff on an equal-value basis, and then having more cur rency for the use of the world by enlarging the basis of currency by including silver on a monetary Enquirer offered $1,000 reward. Smaller rewards offered totaled several hundred dollars.
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its dirty paws on the bright fend- CTS after he shincd them.
 "A little while afterward," said Servizzi, q saw her with a tall man going down an alley. He was a dark man, foreign looking"
 Servizzis statement was borne out by reports of children who were Marian's friends. Several of them told of being offered sweets and money by stranger who, they said, followed them when they left their homes.
 A throng crowded to the Me- Lean neighborhood when the news spread.
 They milled around the slain child's home, where the mother, frantic during the four day search, was hysterical.
 Police experienced difficulty in holding back the crowds.
 Bischoff, who found the child, had been saving in his cellar by the light of a candle.
 He walked to bin to see how much wood he had. Marian's body lay in a pile of boards near the bin, face up, barely revealed in the uncertain flicker of light. The torso was mutilated. The clothing remained on with the exception of tiny tam o'shanter which had
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(Cnutinued from Page 1.l body. Bischoff had gone to the cellar to get kindling wood when he discovered the little girl. There was a head wound, police said, which probably caused death.
 The house where Marian's body was found is about 100 feet from the. place where she was last seen alive by Julius Servizzi, IT, q neighb0r boy.
 Servizzi said Marian watched him washing his motor car and laughed at the antics of dog which put
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CONTEMPORARIES

White Plains, N. Y.,. Dec 22- (UP)-Elbridge c. Jacobs of 146 Williams street, Burlington, Vt, and Isabel H. Dupaw, East Pep neral, Mass, are major benefi- sciaries of the estate of Benjamin F. Jacobs, estimated at more than .S1O,OO0," filing of the will re- yealed.