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Evening star., 1931-05-09
BUILDING SESSIONS
TO Be SUBD|W|DED
Five Keys to Success of
Home Financing Will Be
Blocked Out.

Five different keys TO the success Of
home financing in the future will be
blocked out at the centennial conven-
ton Of the United States Building and
Loan League, It is indicated by r. Holt
by Myers, Los Angeles, president OF the
league.
Appraising, accounting, legal services,
advertising and business development
and State government supervision are
the five approaches to building and
loans second century, which will be
considered separately at the conven-
ton, according to Mr.. Myers.
Summaries to Be Printed.
A day and a half out of the four days
of the convention sessions will be given
over to the divisional meetings. Sum-
maries of the significant development
in each OF the special group meetings
will be printed in the leagues annual
publication, so that no league member
may miss any information because of
the two or three meetings being held
simultaneously.
George L. Bliss, New York City, past
president of the American Savings.
Building and Loan Institute, will head
the accounting division. Other division
chairmen announced by Mr.. Myers are:
Clarence L. Rlce, Kansas ClCy, neao OF
the advertising and business develop
ment division; Francis v. Lloyd Hack
ensack, N. j.. head of the attorneys
division; c. Howard Wade, Los Angeles,
Calf, head Of the appraisal division.
and Carl H. Weber, Springfield, Ill,
chief building and loan examiner for
Illinois, for the supervisors division.
Specialized Duties Required.
1.-THE increasing complexity Of every
type of business, due to the changing
economic and financial characteristics
of the world, is making it more and
more necessary to subdivide such large
gatherings as the United States League
convention will be-" says H. Morton
Bodfish, executive manager OF the
league. when building and loan be-
gan in this country 100 years ago we
had comparatively simple social order
There was no need in 1881 to give to
building and loan executives the spe-
Evening star., 1931-05-09
CAMPAIGN URGED
ON CHEAP BUILDING
Producers Council to Back
Steps to Avoid Ruinous
I Price Policies.

A working alliance between the Ma
TONS producers and architects to war
on cheapness and avoid the ruinous
price policies of the past in the build
ing industry is urged by Bennett
Chapple of Middletown, Ohio, vice
president of a large rolling mill COM
pany. In a statement made public by
the American Institute of Architects.
Declaring that the Nation is enter
ing new period of prosperity in
which changing tides" may revolu-
tionize civilization, Mr.. Chapple
pledged to the architects the support
of the Producers Council, the assets
of whose member companies. he says,
aggregates S23,500, 100000, whose en-
ployeS number more than 100000
men and whose combined sales each
year represents a colossal sum.
"The constant development OF new
materials and new processes to make
more and better materials available
is the part the Producers Council
must continue to play in the future as
In the past" Mr.. Chapple asserts. The
frht against cheap initiative materials
affects every legitimate business and
profession.
Results Called Worthwhile.
price and price alone brings ruin
alton, and the Producers Council is
ready to join the American institute
of Architects in war against mere
cheapneSs. We must stand together,
ready to fight each others battle for
the cause of good material and good
architecture.
"It takes the courage of conviction
to. stand against the demands that are
sometimes made for cheap construc-
ton 80 but the result is worth all the
determined effort it costs. Especially
Is this necessary at this time as we
start out orr new era following the
drastic depression OF the past 10
months.
we have been going through a
psychology of fear. What we need
most is a return of cemmcn sense.
With OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES million
people, with an annual income of
eighty-niE1e billion a year, and an
annual savings of sixteen billion, and
q total wealth of three -hudred-and-
forty billion. we ought to be congrat-
ulating ourselves"
Changing Tides Described.
Mr.. Chapple describes the changing
tides of business which affect the Ma
tions architecture. These tides, he
says, are made up of changing prod
ucts, changing customs, changing
habits and changing methods OF doing
business.
/, I'm the days before the Civil War"
he continues, "all business was practi-
cally on a personal basis. There were
no great corporations to carry on the
complicated business of life. The de-
velopment of the corporation replaced
the old order of things and invested
capital took the place OF personal
ownership.
"All remember the travail we went
through as corporate growing pains
fixed themselves on the country. We
rioted in trust-busting rodeos, but in
the end the corporate scheme Of buSi-
ness took root and today we are served
by giants that we're beyond the widest
Imagination of economists q generation
or two ago. And the public who fought
the corporations now owns them"
Evening star., 1931-05-09
Oxen Lead the Parade.

The Abruzzi in Italy was district
almost unknown to tourists until re-
Gently. 1t is full of color and interest.
Here you may see italy simple and col
orful as seldom elsewhere. At Loreto
Aprutino on Whitsunday two oxen lead
fine procession through the streets,
carrying a child dressed in white laden
with golden beads. There Is another
oxen procession at Scanno on Corpus
Christi day, while at Villalago and Gu
cullo on the Day Of st. Dominic
statue of the saint is carried in process
sion, with snakes and vipers, collected
by the famous snakA GharTgsTS swincd
aiuund II. Scanno Is well known for
its costumes, and the dress Of the ma
tives at Pescocostanzo Is extremely rich
with embroidery and lace. Other fan
ciful costumes may be seen to advan-
tage at Pettorano, Campodigiove and
IntrodacQua.
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of the effect of cross bars in vertical
and horizontal lines.
Four years later New York and its
visiting transiente viewed something Diff
ferent in the Daily News Building.
featured by the use OF narrow white
verticle lines in this sky piercer.
Next, the vertical lines were hori-
zontal bars in the new glass skyscaper
the McGraw-Hill Building. In this
structure colored bands of a compost
ton stone material wrap themselves in
slender lines around the seemingly glass
walls of the shaft. These horizontal
bars range in color from a blue-green
at the base to lighter blue at the
thirty-third floor. The crown of the
building is marked by letters of the
name of the building, 80 feet high, in
gold and blue colorS
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cialized duties necessitated today by the
past century of the business growth.
"The home seeker of tomorrow may
expect more concentration Of specialized
brains and experience upon his problem
than there has been in the past. The
United States League divisional meet
ings at the convention will give strong
impetus to this specialization, which
will benefit the home borrowers OF the
future"
Evening star., 1931-05-09
A Noise to Kill a Noise.

The noisS nuisance may eventually
be overcome in . novel manner. It
is entirely possible to dovetail the high
and low spots OF many noises TO pro-
duce, or approach, silence. For in
stance. two tuning forks with equal
wavelengths or frequencies. are set In
motion. While each produces q note
which Is heard by the human ear, yet
both together, under certain conditions,
produce a silent" note, which Is not
heard by the human ear.
Evening star., 1931-05-09
Hot Weather Sends
Mercury to Record
Peak in California
az the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, May e.
Hot weather records for 1881 had
been registered in Northern Cali
fornia cities today.
San Jose, where the thermom-
eter leaped to "a, reported the
warmest day ever recorded this
early in the season. Red Bluff
reported a temperature Of 80 de-
Crees. California Senators and
Assemblymen sweltered in Sacra~
mento, the capital, with thD
thermometer at 90. 1t was 9S In
Fresno and San Francisco.
Forest fire warnings have been
issued to all fire suppression
agencies in the State.
Evening star., 1931-05-09

shafts of his design erected along the
main canyons" of Manhattan, each OF
widely different pattern.
AS the story goes, Hood is one who
admits that St Peters In Rome looks
well as it stands, but to whom the ques-
ton instantly arises, Would it look
better upside down?"
Eight years ago he produced what
was regarded as romantic touch to
Manhattan skyscrapers with the black
brick, gold-tipped tower of the Ameri-
can Radiator Building. The body Of
the building itself presented something
Evening star., 1931-05-09

tables hit the three-iglre mark In
pounds sterling. Not so today, for the
cheaper restaurants are getting the
play
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07

dence among investors who have been more and more inclined to come into the market as opportun- ity has offered to make purchases. : Business conditions indicate a steady growth of convalescence particular ly in textiles, the automobile trade, steel, and various other industries. There is every reason to suppose that these elements of progress will. be carried further, and that there will be an, enlargement of buying power as the market develops broader background of continuity and strength. None of the pessimistic predictions which were heard at the beginning of the year, concern ing possible recessions, have as yet had any element of verification. The underlying basis of conditions has been strong. due to the practically complete liquidation of old com mitments and the absence of any extended use of credit in maintain ing existing levels of value.
 Ups and downs in prices have naturally occurred from time to time during the past week. The recent advance had been substantial, and some evening up" was unavoid- : able. As matter of fact the inter mittent selling which has taken place has strengthened many posi- tions; certainly there is nothing in sight to indicate any serious setback for as before stated important liquid ation has run it's course. consequent ly there is no reason for changing the view that existing levels of prices should be attractive to those who are willing to hold purchases for reasonable length of time; in- deed the underlying factors are now all working in the direction of a more favorable level of values as time goes on and this should not be overlooked in forming an opinion of the market no matter how it may back and fill from day to day in the meanwhile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07
Board Of Education
 Had Special Session
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privilege of calling a special meeting was questioned by Commissioner Henry Butler to which the mayor replied that he was satisfied he had. as the corporation counsel had ex- pressed his opinion on the matter. Commissioner Butler said he under stood that two members of the school board were to apply for a special meeting if it were to be held. Commissioner Vincent Miller, who acted as chairman of the committee os the whole" stated that he did not feel obligated to accept the report of the school house committee on an Important matter such as the selec- Fti0n of q school site as he had not ichosen them to act for him and that, salthough he respected the opinion of the committee, he would rather
 make his own selection and stick to 1t.
 He characterized the site not pur- chased as "repugnant" and not in any manner good one. The selec- ton of the architect, which was not made behind closed doors" was also talked about by Commissioner Miller who said that he has personal Knowledge of Mir Scholan's ability. although not conclusive knowledge. However, the speaker stated that he thought the proper thing to do, although he was not definitely sure of it, was to place the recommen. dations of the committee before the 1! board for ratification. T am doubt ful of the legality of the proced- .ure", he said, referring to the board taIting final action on any matter acting as committee of the whole.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07

ant couDselsy to the investigation, promised tosrevea1 a prominent un- derworld fiSnre as directing one of the largest ball bond companies in the seuuntrys ps
 The latter, when asked If he re- fererd to Al Capone of Chicago, re- plted:. Yor1l find out when the testimony is presented. :"
 The cOmany referred to was the Grand! Central Surety company whcfff does more business than any other connpany in New York. It wai drivehsOut of business in Chicago when the Chicago crime commission accused it's agents of unethical con. duct in wholesale bailing out ot racketeers. several local politicians hold stock in 1t. s
 Greenspan, formerly an ageent fol the Detroit Fidelity and Surety com. pany, admitted under examination by ,Shurman that he had posed with Magistrate Abraham Rosenbluth fol a picture at the bedside of Jack Legs Diamond when the latter was in hospital two years ago.
 Mayor Walker yesterday an- nounced the appointment of Jonah J. Goldstein and William Overton Harris as city magistrates to fill the unexpireds terms of Magistrates Hen. ry M. R. Goodman and George w Simpson, both of whom resigned un- der fire by the Seabury investigation for reasons of "ill-health."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07

Replying to question from Commissioner Miller as to what his position on the Fairlawn matter was Commissioner Scully said that the
 work was we'll in hand when ht came on the board. Acting on repre-. sentations of the superintendent oi schools and the chairman of tho schoolhouse committee, he believed that there was need of a school ir Fairlawn, but when he went ou there and saw the site which he was informed the board had practically
 decided to purchase he considered it a mistake to buy improved prop. erty when there was so much va cant land in the immediate neigh
 borhood at a reasonable price. He made his views known to the whole
 board. Beyond this he had objected to nothing. He added that the com.
 mittee of the whole had assumed too much when it decided to do any. thing but discuss matters and re. port back to the board.
 Mayor Hayes interrupted at this point and asked what was to be done about the advertisements already inserted in the newspaper asking that proposals for the sale of the buildings on the site be sent
 in to which Commissioner Miller replied that these are subject to rat ification of the entire board before any action Is taken on them.
 However, the meeting ended
 when the mayors communication was ordered accepted and placed on file. "When is your next meeting?'' inquired the mayor of the clerk Of the board. "The 16th," was the re- ply. "Well. I'll be here. You haven't seen the last of me on this matter he concluded.
 The communication of the mayor follows:
 Members of the Board of Educa. tion: I have called this board tc
 special meeting because 1t appears
 necessary to correct a growing i'm
 pression that it's membership has
 been for some time engaged in pri. vate dispute to the detriment of the
 public work which they were elect,
 ed and sworn to do.
 Naturally, my remarks do not ap- ply to your Board as a whole. II is pleasing to note that some of youl
 members have shown the highest re-
 gard for their responsibility, and trust that these may in no manner take offense at what I have to say. I fully realize that, under oul Charter. the mayor has slight, if any
 actual authority over this board Int
 members of your board are elected directly by the people, for a term O. six years, and are answerable fol
 their conduct only to the people. Int
 mayor. while nominally the presid | ing officer has no vote except il
 case of tie. and cannot exercise th' right of veto over any of your ac | tions,.
 Nor have the board of finance an! i! moral right to interfere in the ac
 tions of this board. It is their dut! to provide or withhold the funds fol
 any proposed work, so when th' board of education has decided tha
 such work is necessary for the public
 welfare, both the board of finance and the board of aldermen are usual
 ly very loath to question the decision
 of the educational authorities. h fact, it is extremely doubtful, if, un.
 der the existing law, there is an,
 power competent to withhold from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07

|
 political relations between Macy and
 the Westchester republican delega- ton, Of which Mastick is one, there was little indication that the bill lever would find favor from the state
 chairman.
 Mayor James J. Walker, rallying to the defense of his police depart
 mentS in radio address last night, referred to policemen as ''angels'' who helped the needy in times of distress as wei las chasing burglars |' The contribution of $624,553.48 to the unemployment committee by city employees, he said, told a story of true devotion and civic pride which should make every citizen proud o1 every city employee He said, however, that any police men swho, by his actions, casts as- persfOnS on the ma jority of 18,00( men" should be discharged. The hiring of the Pinkerton detec. lives oh the Gordon case was admit tedly the work of District Attorney Mclaughlin. He said he did it be. cause "One phase of this investiga. tion, which can't explain, lies fai away, and the Pinkertons can handle 1t faster than we could"
 The authorities are no nearer g solution of the case than they were last week, he admitted. "But we will never stop" he added. Everything possible will be done to clear up the matter"
 But behind all the oratory ot politicians and the blind fumblings of police and investigators in the Underworld labyrinth of Vivian Cor
 don's connections, the Seabury inves- tigation, which by it's delvings into the magistrates courts and the police vice squad revealed graft and cor
 ruption unparalleled in twenty years and whipped public consciousness into a demand for thorough inves- tigation, proceeded steadily toward
 more startling revelations. Before the inquity's hearing yes- terday paraded the unofficial mayor of Grand street." who rose from a
 newsboy on the sidewalks of New York to power and affluency; an as- sistant supervisor of push cart mar
 kets who boasted that while on the
 city payroll he visited every mag
 istrate's court in the city," and Jack
 Greenspan, the favorite bondsman of
 Jack Diamond and the late Arnold Rothstein, who wrote $514,000 in one year and ran a string of sales
 men.
 Jacob Gould Schurman, Jr, assist
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07
Women May Ask
 Jury Service
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 ready Attorney John b. Thoms of Waterbury, a member of the house and a democratic member of the Judiciary committee, has been swamped with letetrs urging him to support the measure. The other members of the committee have also received many letters from women interested in the movement. 2,
 The latest state to. adopt jury duty for women was Illinois. The law was passed last November by a large majority. Illinois. it has been learned, is the 22d state in the union to avail itself of the service of wo- men in the jury box.
 ' This data will form part of the arguments to be presented to the judiciary committee by the, leaders of the League of Women Voters. k This is not the first time that the question of jury service for women has come before the Connecticut Legislature. In the past similar bills have heen introduced, only to meet with defeat. Two years ago a very strong fight for the passage of a measure entitlingl women to with no success.
 Now, the packers of the present measure claim, they are prepared to present an overwhelming number of facts in support of their bill. Of course there. are women who op- pose jury duty for mem bers of their sex and, therefore, the hearing be- fore the judiciary committee promis. es to be af1 Interesting sone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07

of the Whole' met behind closed doors and that the regularly ap- pointed clerk of the board was ex- cluded from the meeting. Such an action must In itself give rise to; ser- ious doubt as to its propriety, if not to it's legality. The person to whom you delegated the important duty of planning the construction of this building has never, from any infor- nation available to me, been charg- ed with construction work compar- able to this in size or importance.
 I have consulted several archi- tects' and builders in this city and find them unanimous in the opinion that he is not qualified by experience or training to design building upon the construction of which might depend the lives of many pupils and teachers. There are many architects in Waterbury alone who have had unlimited experience in work of this type and of much greater size, so it is indeed beyond belief that all these men should be passed over to the preferment of a man in regard to whose qualifications there is at least a reasonable doubt. Again, the close business relations of this man with a member of your board have already given rise to much unfav- orable comment in regard to his em- ployment for this purpose.
 I hold no brief for any other arr chitect and for this reason do not ask that you replace him with an- other architect. The engineering de- partment of our city is we'll equipped and prepared to design and to su- pervise the construction of this building in a competent and efficient manner which would safeguard the lives of those who occupy 1t.
 Therefore, not only. ask, but insist as strongly as possible, that you take immediate steps to rescind such action as has been taken by the so-called "Committee9 of the Whole (which am informed must be ratified by your board to be effec- tive) and that you request the bu- reau of engineering through the proper channels to prepare. the necessary plans and specifications and to supervise. the construction of this building.
 I regard such an action as a para mount necessity on your part. Your duty as public officials requires that your actions be such as to justify public confidence. Your duty is clear and should be performed without further hesitation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07
RUTH NECROSIS
 STILL DIETING
 DANGERS OF AIR
Famous Aviatrix Made q New Record for Women Yesterday and Came Close to Record of Men

New York. March 7( CUP )-The new altitude record believed estab- lishedr by Miss Ruth, Nichols in a flight over Jersey City airport. to- day~1ieeded only the calibration by tho bureau of standards of the sealed paragraph installed in her small ynonoplane to make it official.
 Costing to dead stick landing aftersmore than an hour and a half in the air Miss Nichols learned that she had mot oHiy exceeded the alti- tude record sof 27; Ats feet. held by Miss Elinor Smith. but. that she had come within q few yifundred feet of the 30s4S1 feet record for commer- cial planes held by George Halde-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07
FOUR VACANCIES
 IN FARM BOARD FACING HOOVER
Legge Resigned Yesterday and Another Expects to Do the Same Two Others Have Terms Ex- pire

Washington, March 7.-(UP)- President Hoover within the next few months will be confronted with the task of selecting four new mem- bers of the federal farm board. One vacancy is to be filled before the end of the month. This was created yesterday through the resignation of Chairman Alexander Legge. Vice Chairman James c. Stone of Ken lucky was elevated to the chairman ship While Commissioner c, c. Teague of California was made vice chairman.
 Teague, however, plans to resign this spring. The terms of two other members, former Governor Samuel R. McKelvie of Nebraska and Will liam F. schilling of Minnesota, ex- pire on June 15.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-07
Detectives Probe Story Of Palombo;
 Shade Smouldering
Walnut Street Resident Believes Open Window Used By Fire Bug in Effort to Rage Residence - Talks Drudge, at Same Time Disclaiming Knowledge of Enemies

the shade over window that had been left unlocked. He believed 1t an easy matter for someone harbor- ing a grudge against him to have opened the window and to have put a match to the shade. The detec- tives agreed with him that 1t was possible, but who was the one that could possibly have any grievance against him. MT Palombo knows of no one.
 The detective found the damaged shade, but were unable to learn of anyone being seen in the vicinity of the residence either before or af- ter the return of the owner.