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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
BY RAYMOND CHAPTER United Press Stan Correspondent

Washington, June 23.-(UP)- Hope that the French government will find its way clear to accept President Hoover's proposal for a years complete holiday in war debt and repaartions payments was. felt here to-day pending of ficiaf action at Paris. The neces- sary approval by all other nations concerned is virtually assured.
 Relief that the French govern- ment will swing into line rests part ly on efforts to convince her that she will forego very little more un- der the Hoover plan than if nature is allowed to take its course. Some delay and counter proposals from Paris, however, need surprise no one. France is expected to move cautiously and only after winning public opinion there.
 As viewed here, if the situation were allowed to drift Germany |. would seek moratorium under the Young plan covering the postpon- able part of reparations. The Hoover plan calls for suspension of both postponable and non-postpon- able payments. But this additional loss to France under the Hoover proposal would in practice likely be offset by the fact that French debt payments to the United Staets and Great Britain would be suspended automatically, whereas otherwise France would have to seek a mora torium. It is not believed she would care to do that because of possible injury to her credit.
 ogden Mills. under secretary of the treasury, has made elaborate calculations on this difference and has submitted them to the French embassy. While declining to make them public, he said the disparity was relatively small.
 Except for the concern over Frances attitude, which is mitigat- ed by the conviction that in the end she will not throw herself in the way of carrying it out, Ameri- can officials are highly gratified over the turn of events following
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
Light and Power
 Golfers in Tourney

Over one hundred members of the Connecticut Light and Power company participated in the annual golf tourney at the Waterbury Coun- try club yesterday. Don Ahearn of Willimantic carried off low gross honors posting an S3 to capture the Irwin Day trophy. A Warner of this city was second with an S4.
 W. H. Whelan of Norwalk won the low net prize with GA. Second low net went to w. Mackenzie of Meriden with 6S. Other low net prize winners were: Kileen, Meriden, 69; w. J. Clark. New Britain. 70; D. R. Weeks. Hartford, 70; E. K. Bly. Waterbury, 70; c. T. Hughes, Waterbury. 70; w. Thuotte, Meri- den, 70; E. R. Peterson, Meriden. Il; M. Byrnes, Waterbury, 73.
 W. Funk of Putnam won the Kickers handicap and w. H. Schoon- over, also of Putnam, reported the highest score, 173.
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vinced that this problem should be | purused to its final solution" The chancellor in an interview with American correspondents, dis cussed the French attitude briefly. "I hope that France will appre- ciate the great opportunity which MT Hoover's action presents. espe- cially with a view to cementing peace between Germany and | France" he said.
 He added that Germany hopes
 "to continue the friendly converse
 tions such as held with British off,
 cials at Chequers," but commented
 that it takes two to make a party. Bruening said he did not think
 an immediate international confer
 ence on war debts now was neces-
 sary, but that such a barley might be necessary later. He said the gov
 ernment had believed it was essen-
 tial to maintain high agricultural
 tariffs, but that "on the basis of good news from Washington we
 have just reduced the tariff on
 maize"
 The "importance to the world" | of increasing Germany's purchasing | power was stressed by the chan
 cellor.
 Bruening said in the proposed years reparations holiday. the gov ernment would undertake economy
 measures going far beyond Presi- dent Paul von Hindenburgs recent I decree enforcing new economies. pointing to the 100000 jobless in
 He said this would be necessary,
 Germany entitled to a dole of be- | tween 52 and 70 marks ($12.50 and $14.50) month.
 Many cannot even buy suit of clothes" he said. This explains
 why cotton imports are reduced to a minimum
 Italys attitude toward acceptance
 of the war debt suspension plan on
 condition that the Austro- German
 customs union project be abandoned caused expressions of amazement in official quarters in Berlin. Earlier
 indications had been that Italy was willing to cooperate to the fullest | to tighten the economic situation in Europe, it was. pointed out. Berlin, June 23-(UP)-An un-
 confirmed report was current to-day that the federal reserve bank had granted the Reichsbank a $300,- | 900, ,000 reserve credit fund. The credit was to be used only
 in case of necessity. the report said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
BOUNDARY FIGHT RECALLS KENTUCKY FEUDS
COrdite Factory
 at HOltOn Heath
 Shattered To-day

Poole, England. June 23. (UP)- The Royal Naval Cordite factory at Holton Heath, six miles from Poole, was shattered by terrific explosion to-day. Eleven men were killed and 19 injured.
 The explosion, which occurred in the nitroglycerin department. was heard for a radius of 20 miles. Its force knocked a man from chair two miles from the factory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
Germany Is Not
 Very Hopeful
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over about 15 per cent of his in come to the government, it was es- timated, and even with q repara- tions holiday, the national budget will require a similar amount of revenues for some time to come to stabilize the country's economic situation. he intimated.
 Bruening. referring to Germany $ intention to seek lasting down ward revision of the Young plan payments, said that he hoped "now that a close link between. interna- tional political payments and the world economic depression had been established, the world has been con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
Auto Homicide
 Charge Nolled
No Criminal Intent Apparent, Says Judge McEvoy in
 Freeing Daniel DistisO

ton avenue between the trafiic and
 stepped in front of Distiso's car be- fore the accused had a chance to see him. Attorney George J. Cro- chicco Appeared for Distiso. The charge against George Fouser charged with embezzlement by agent. was also nolled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
Germany May Get Great Loan From
 Federal Reserve

Washington, June ga. (UP)- There were informal intimations to- day that the Federal Reserve Board has under consideration the possibil- ity of a credit advance to the Ger man reichsbank as an accompani- ment of the Hoover moratorium program.
 Eugene Meyer, Jr, governor of the Federal Reserve board. told the United Press no action had been taken but that it was impossible now to forecast what might be done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

sary before she could make another attempt at the long overwater hop. Aviation experts said that at best 1t would take several weeks to again put her craft in flying condition.
 Miss Nichols took off from the Floyd Bennett airport in New York city at 3.22 D. m. yesterday to make record flight to the local city airport here.
 Due to the direction of the wind, Miss Nichols was forced to attempt Q landing in the glare of the setting sun. The glare against the wind shield of the craft caused her to overshoot the runway and the plane tipped up on it's nose just across the boundary of the field. She was lifted from the craft by persons who crowded about the damaged plane, and taken to the local hospital.
 At the hospital she said she thought she had made allowances for the sun glare and in her anxiety about putting the plane down too soon failed to take into considera- tion the size of the field. She said that she feared to set the craft down until she had lost flying speed as she had had trouble with making fast landing in New York shortly before her takeoff.
 "I guess I must have waited too long this time," she told Chamber lin.
 The young woman. however, seemed more concerned over the damage to her craft than to her own injuries. She also expressed concern over causing her mother any worry and immediately dis patched telegram to her home at Rye, informing Mrs Nichols her in- juries were not serious.
 Miss Nichols, who holds the worlds altitude record for women flyers, as we'll as several speed rec ords, started out from New York with cargo which included three pairs of silk hose, chicken sand wiches and a thermos bottle of cof- fee Chamberlin followed her here in his own plane, carrying several newspaper men.
 She intended to stay here until the fog lifted and had planned 10 take off. possibly to-day. for Harbor Grace, Md. where she was gions to wait until weather conditions were favorable before attempting to add the solo Atlantic flight to her long list of records.
 She said, however, that she was not discouraged and would again at tempt the flight as soon as possible.
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when interpellations are scheduled on the war debts proposals. A bitter campaign against accept ance of President Hoover's pro- posals was begun in certain sections of the press to-day.
 Pierre Etienne Flandin, finance minister, and the premier. together with Aristide Briand, foreign min- ister, held hurried consultations to consider a course of action, but there was no official comment.
 The press, however, printed dis patches under such headlines as: French Citizens, Watch Your Pocketbooks."
 Le Temps, semi official organ of the government added-and this at- titude appeared typical-that if the United States is unable to forget the debts due her, France in like man. ner is unable to forget the just pay ments due for damages suffered in the World war.
 Other newspapers commented in similar vein and made reference to the possibility that counter-pro- posal would be offered.
 Italy Reservation
 Rome. June 23-UP)-Italy is ldVOTdUle lO lIe war QeUtS uOlludS proposed by President Hoover, with the reservation that Germany aban- don the customs union with Austria, an official spokesman said.
 The spokesman told the United Press that the government holds Germany's economic position is now relieved, hence there is no longer any reason for the proposed Aus tro- German customs union.
 President Hoover's war debts moratorium for year was praised by Arnaldo Mussolini. brother of the premier. in an apparently in- spired editorial in the newspaper Popolo D'Italia.
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attempted flight to Europe, is suf- fering from bad sprain in the lower spine and a superficial cut on the right knee, the physician said.
 An X-ray was to be taken. it was said, to determine the full extent of her injuries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
TWO OTHERS WAIT

Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. June 23.UP)-Holger Boiriis and Otto Hillig, who have their Bellanca monoplane here awaiting favorable weather for an attempted on-fiight stop to Denmark. expressed "great sympathy" to-day over Ruth Nichols crash and attributed it to the condition of the landing field at St John, N. B.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
PAINFUL INJURIES

PAINFUL lNOOhhES
 New York, June 23.-(UP) Ruth Nichols injuries are painful but not serious, her flight manager. Lee Trenholm, said to-day after speaking to the girl flyers physician by long distance telephone.
 Miss Nichols. who was taken to a hospital in St John. N. B., after her plane crashed on the first leg of an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23

Italy has granted permission to a commercial air company to use Italian airports in New England- ndia route.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
What Moscow Thinks

What Moscow Thinks
 Moscow, June 23 - (UP)-The Hoover plan cannot stop the ap- proach of the German crisis, the so- viet press said to-day in continuing it's adverse comment on the scheme to aid Germany through a war debts and separations payments suspen- sion for year.
 The proletarian revolution re- mains the "sole hope of the German masses" the soviet press insisted, "and Hoover's year of grace cannot stop it."
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Miss Ruth Nichols
 in Bad Crash
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was badly damaged by the crash. The undercarriage, of special con- struction for the proposed flight. was smashed and was partly carried away. The engine also was dam aged and partly torn from the fusel- age.
 Clarence Chamberlain, transatlan- tic flyer and technical adviser to Miss Nichols, who arrived shortly after the crash, was reported in a conversation with Miss Nichols at the hospital to have expressed the opinion a new plan would be neces-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-23
Registrar Tom
 Dillane in Battle
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lCOntlnued rom FdSe IJ strong backing for renomination. He is we'll liked by republicans and democrats, alike. and has conducted
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
BODY PLANS
TO WITHHOLD
CROP YEAR

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3d.
In a drastic effort to restore a
fair price for cotton, the farm
board he's offered TO withhold from
the market for n year 1900. 900
bales If southern planters destroy
a third OF the crop under cultiva-
ton.
kilograms were sent late yester-
day TO governors OF fourteen cot
ton producing states urging adop-
ton of the proposition. Within a
short time, reports reaching Wash
ington said the offer was not viewed
with favor in many southern re-
gions.
Price Slumps
Chairman Stone dispatched the
offer after comforting with directors
of the American Cotton Cooper
ative ASSOCIATION and the cotton
Sterilization corporation on the
agriculture departments 1881 crop
estimate Of 15,584.OO0 bales. The
forecast sharply reduced the
staples market price.
If growers plow under every third
row under cultivation, Stone said,
the American Cooperative aSSo-
ciation would be asked 10 withhold
100000 bales. The board, through
the sterilization group. holds l.
100000 bales OF the 1929 crop.
Stone said the program, "it fully
carried out by southern farmers
as well as by ourselves will mean
reduction OF total supply by at
least 100000 bales and withhold
ing from this years market Of
100000 bales more
The announcements Nat Alex
ander Legge Of Chicago. former
board chairman, and CaSon j. CAL
law.y OF La Grange. Georgia. had
been elected to the directorate OF
the sterilization corporation TO
give added confidence" TO the
sterilization work, preceded the
boards new proposition a few
hours. The Boards sterilization
and cooperative organizing pol
icies were originated Will. Legge
was chairman OF the $500, 900, 900
government agency.
governors Queried
The board sent the proposition
to governors OF Alabama. Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee and
Texas.
Estimating that unless the Situa-
ton be met the carry over next
year will amount to II 900 900 bales.
the telegram said this condition
occurs in spite of the ten per cent
reduction in acreage last spring"
Drastic price declines. It added.
would be followed by direct
disaster to cotton producing states
and indirect disaster TO the nation"
unless abandonment could be OBJ
tanned in an organized and order
~ fashion, so farmers may c
a better return from the remainder
OF the crop.
THE board recognizes the mes
sage added, that this suggestion
{ Ills for drastic remedy for serious
emergency but commends to you
the thought that a major oper-
alton of this kind rather than at
tempts at lesser measures Is now
needed"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
ATTEMPT TO
REDISTRICT
FAILSACAIN

AUSTIN. Aug. l3-lP- Another
attempt at congressional redistrict-
ing had failed today.
After working hours yesterday
and until a few minutes before ad-
tournament Of the special session
last night house and senate dele
gates TO a free conference reported
they were unable TO agree on a
compromise bill.
1t marked the second time this
year that congressional redistrict-
ing had failed Of realization. Com
mittees worked two weeks during
the regular session in an attempt
TO obtain a suitable bill. The b.Ll
vas passed by the house but killed
in the senate BY two votes.
Both the house and senate com
mitteeS we're adamant and refused
10 yield ground in the last hours.
The house bill provided a new
district for the Panhandle: another
for West Texas and the third for
the South Texas coastal ARA.
The Sene-e BIZ would have given
East Texas a new district: and
placed one in the Panhandle and
another in the south coastal are-s
Under the 1880 census. Texas is
entitled TO three new congressmen.
increasing the number 70 81. Failure
to redistrict will result in the cleo
ton Of three congressmen-at-large.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13

The Woodville. Miss. Republican.
q weekly newspaper. has been pub
lished continuously for lot years.
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Association Meets

SAN BENITO, Aug. 13-Mem-
bers Of the Valley life Underwrit-
er's Assn, will bring their wives 70
the luncheon at the Reese-wiI-
Mond hotel in Harrington, at noon
Saturday, according to j. D. Wren,
secretary.
Ladies not only will be present
but n from Harrington. Mrs. Hat
tie HALEY, will be one Of the
speakers.
II. II. Cook OF San Benito and
other speakers also will be present
and there will be other entertain
ment features.
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first permitted. the nationalists
government vas struggling against
bandits and other odds, and had
no well organized political position.
but that the situation now was
changed.
My contention to Washington
said Chen. will be that since that
time Chang Kai-Shek, nationalist
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
Board Named

RIO HONDO. Aug. 13-The City
board OF tax equalization met here
wednesday at the city water Of
flee. whose appointed BY the city
counsel 10 serve on the board are
g. L. Maddox, Charles Keys, and
Charles L~ongbrake.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Port Isa-
bel Friday. under normal Meteor
illogical conditions:
High $500. Sis a. M: 2:1s D. N.
Low ...... 1902 a. m; 1906 .. m.
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WEATHER

For Sast Texas: Fair and slight
" warmer in west portion and on
the west coast Thursday night.
Friday fair.
Light to moderate winds on the
coast, mostly ~easterly.
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Sale
TO CHINESE
PROTESTED

TOKYO. Aug. i3=Pi- Eugene
Chen, foreign minister OF the new
insurgent government seated at
Canton, China, announced here
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
BULLETIN

tFirst figures. lowest tempera-
ture last night: second. highest
yesterday: third. wind velocity al
8 a. M: fourth. precipitation III
last "a hrS.J
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
Farm Board ASKS Southern Planters to Destroy One Third ofCotton Crop

today he would file a protest with
Pres. Hoover against the sale OF
arms from America to the Chinese
nationalist government, rival OF
the Canton regime.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
Situation changed

Chen who has been here several
weeks as a tourist" said when
arms exports from America were
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RIVER

The river will continue TO rise
practically all along during the
next "a to SO hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr Nh
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president. has become a virtual
dictator. and has run China more
a. a private individual -slfishly In
his own behalf and IN the interests
or the Scong family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
Mayors Meeting At New Haven Discuss
 Taxation Problems

New Haven, Conn, Nov 30--(U. P.)-Present municipal taxes pen- alize thrift and industry, represen- tetives of 169 Connecticut towns were told to-day when they met to organize Municipal League" and debate proposals for allotting the tax burden more equitably.
 The meeting was an outgrowth of the efforts of Mayor George A. Quigley of New Britain, who met with heads of cities September 3 and outlined preliminary aims and methods. The New Britain meeting, attended by representatives of S9 communities, appointed a commit tee to draft program and plan or organization to report to-day.
 The committee of organization included Mayor Quigley as chair man, Mayor Thomas A. Fully of New Haven, Mayor Walter E. Bat terson of Hartford. Commissioner of Agriculture s. Mclean Bucking- ham of Watertown, State Senator Elijah Rogers of Southington. Sel- ectman Lyman P. Case of Winsted, Selectman Walter S. Hine of Or ange, Mayor Edward T. Bucking- A. Boyle of Stamford and Treas urer George H. Widdell of Man. chester.
 Among the topics understood to be favorably regarded by the League was a sales tax and a gas- oline tax to provide direct income for the municipalities. A legisla- tive program to be presented to the next session of the general as- sembly was expected to be drawn uD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
REAR ADMIRAL
 MACRUDER WAS
 RETIRED TO-DAY
He Was Another of the Stormy Petrels of the Navy, That Said Some Naughty Things

New Orleans. Nov 30.-UP)- Rear Admiral Thomas Pickett Magruder, slender square-jawed warrior who once told high off, cers of the U. s. navy department they were over-organiZed. and were wasting large sums of money, retired from active service to-day.
 He had rounded out 46 years and three months of colorful service for his country. Admiral Magrud- CTS retirement from naval service was required by law, because of his age.
 But the old "salt" had no regrets as he turned over command of the Eighth Naval Reserve District. a post he has held since 1880, to his successor, Rear Admiral Harley Hannibal Christy, formerly of the Naval War college, Newport, K. l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30
UNITED PRESS
 CONGRATULATED
 BY THE JAPANESE
President of Japan News Agency Says It Gave Only Correct Report of StimsOn Muddle

New York, Nov 30-UP)-Nip- pon Dempo Tsushinsha is the great independent non-subsidized Jap anese News agency, serving more newspapers in the Orient than any other Japanese agency. The United Press furnishes Nippon Dempo with its worldwide news reports. Therefore the following cable from Hoshio Mitsumaga, president or Nippon Dempo, addressed to the United Press may be of interest to you and may be published If de- sired.
 "Since congratulations on the accurate report of the United Press relative to Secretary of State Stim- sons remarks about Manchuria in his press conference Friday and the subsequent clarification of the situ- ation, which caused the opposition news agency gravely to misrepre- sent the American attitude.
 "Your accurate, conservative dispatches correctly reflecting the American viewpoint have been in- valuable throughout the contro- yersy. Signed Mitsunaga."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-30

The committee reported to the meeting that flor years executives and students of municipal govern ment have realized that municipal ities must have sources of revenue to draw on other than that derived from taxation of real estate."
 'We are penalizing those who are the builders of our towns and cities," said the committee in re- porting that real estate bore more than S5 per. cent of the town tax burden. we are so penalizing thrift and industry as represented in home ownership that unless drastic steps are taken the home owner group and the farm owner will become dissatisfied pessimistic groups instead of remaining groups of optimistic citizenry proud of their achievement in acquiring an interest in real estate"