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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13
GERMAN BONDS CRASH

London, July 13.-UP)-German bonds crashed more than z points in the trading on the London Stock Exchange to-day, while the mark in foreign exchange transactions con- tinued its downward course.
 At noon German 5 5hs-the Young loan-were down 71A points at 62 and the Dawes loan issue-7s-made a similar decline to S912
 Weakness in German issues was quickly transmitted to other sections of the market. Traders sold British conversion 31a s and the issue drop ped points to S2. Industrial issues declined as did oils.
 Attention of Europe was centered on the London exchange because It was the only major market open.
 The Paris bourse was closed on account of a holiday and will not reopen until Wednesday.
 The Berlin bourse was closed by edict following failure of the Darm- staedter und National bank (Danat- bank).
 Trading was heavy in the German mark in London. The mark opened at 2.60 to the pound and continued to decline until at 1:10 D. m. 1t was quoted at 29 to the pound. The French franc ruled firm around 12375 to the pound, against 123.S7 on Saturday.
 Closing of the Darmstaeder and National bank ranks as one of the largest bank suspensions in history, the institution having total resources of 2,622,021, ,68l, equivalent to more than $6O0,O0O,000.
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tered the North Main street bank and who escaped with $3,60O.
 The police brought out the evl- dence that Nowosett was in Water bury the night of the robbery and that his machine was seen parked on North Main street Q short dis tance from the bank on the night Of the robbery. Nowosett denied tho charge and claimed that the Water bury police were framing" him. Judge T. V. Meyer, however, found probable cause. Shortly after Nowo- sett was taken to jail secret service men linked him with the gang re- sponsible for the circulation of a number of phoney bills in various cities of the state.
 It is nearly a month since Nowo- sett was tried in the local police court and while many were of the opinion that the police had dropped their investigation it developed yes terday that they were merely marking time." Detective Leary's trip to New York and the capture of Fesire completed their roundup.
 It is now up to States Attorney l.. l.. Lewis to prepare the charges. It is expected that Fesire will be re- turned from New York city within a week, Mikaitis will be brought back to Connecticut on a bench war rant later and with Nowosett and Propolis will be tried for robbing the bank.
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JObless Man Is
 Suicide in Church
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the service ended. after the am bulance arrived.
 He was identified by papers in his pockets, and the note in his hand. which read in full:
 ITO whom it may concern: I am on the way to face my Creator, God. hope he forgives me for commit ting suicide.
 q have had loads of troubles I tried to carry 1t. I could stand it no more.
 Enclosed you will find card. Ask this man and he will tell you all my troubles. I hope somehow this man some day will get paid for
 "I tried everything to go through life. My wife could not help me. Because she is a sick woman. My friends and relatives have been helping me and lending me money and they cannot do it any moro. They are poor and have children.
 Lately I placed my wife with her brother at t>129 Pacific street, Brook lyn, and I stayed in New York, look ing for work. I took out a license for selling things on the street and from house to house. I tried every thing but could not make a living.
 am pima In one eye Tor more than 20 years. And I have had trou- ble with the other for about three years.
 For all other information, ask my wife. She will tell you every thing.
 And as I am on the way to face God, everything I said in court, was the truth, so help me God."-John Tabeek.
 The court reference was explained by Attorney Joseph M. Schoenberg, Jersey City, who defended Tabeek in an arson case brought by an in surance company when Tabeeks s shop in Union City burned.
 'Tabeek," he said, "got an &C., quittal but was ruined financially. He was very much worried. He was a very decent respectable man."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13
Roosevelt Will
 Need Al Smith
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velt's physical condition.

velts physical condition.
 Roosevelt's fight against the in- fantile paralysis which struck him down in 1921 at the height of vigor- orous manhood is one of the epics of personal heroism among political fig ures. For months he was unable to walk. Paralysis affected him from the waist down.
 By 1924. however, he was in a wheel chair and at the Madison Square Garden convention he was able to appear before the convention. make the nominating speech for in that long affair which wore out the hardest physiques.
 By 1928 Roosevelt was in such good condition that, though com pelled to wear steel braces on his legs. he attended the Houston con- vention, again placed Smith in nom ination, and was active on his feet, though requiring some assistance.
 Roosevelt then was nominated for governor of New York. He conducted an active campaign. Since election he has travelled more widely than any of his predecessors. He has toured every corner of the state. He has made many trips outside the state.
 In the last few months he has ap- peared before governors confer. ences at Salt Lake City, Utah, and French Lick. Ind, at the University of Virginia Intsitute of Politics, and has made a flying try to Europe because of his mothers illness.
 If there is any feeling on the part of voters that impeachment in a mans locomotion disqualifses him for high office. Roosevelt has been at pains not to conceal his condi- ton from them.
 When Smith wanted him to run for governor and some question was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13
BERLIN BANKS ACT

Berlin, July 13.-UP)-Berln' s hanks acted to-day to halt heavy Withdrawals and to relieve Ger 1nauy's critical financial situation. Directors of all the Berlin banks met, and agreed among themselves zto limit temporarily payment of de- 2p0sits, effective immediately. This WaS designed to stop the constant @draiIis on local banks at time when *thS cabinet was meeting in urgent version, following closing of the big ADanat bank. ..
 Germany viewed the day as criti- .cal in its growing financial stress. $ssBlauer Montag"-blue Monday, and fhfrteenth-found the cabinet sitting, worried, while at a Basic interna- Etional bankers pondered on posslblt relief for the nation.
 The limitations agreed upon to- tAay were for withdrawals or lOe &16arks on deposits of 500 marks; U zDaf cent on deposits of 5000 marks; md i've per cent on deposits above 3k.OoO marks, with a maximum for Gny withdrawal, 1000 marks.
 Prior to the directors meetings inc big banks had reflected the nerV- ousness engendered by the closing of the Danat. Some were already Allowing only parllal WiIlui a ""io s x lew banks including the Commerz Pr{vate bank permitted only 10 per cent withdrawals, though the Deutsche- -Diskonto and Dresdener bSnks allowed full withdrawals. Ctstomers at branches were numer-
 The. closing of the Danat re- 11d1noed in Berlin and in the prov i3ces. There were runs in Cologne, jGS6 uneasiness among throngs Of de- l. iSitors in Berlin. It was an open scret that another large bank here a5ad several provincial institutions we're on the brink.
 A Danat (Darmstaedter una Ma. sficnaD bank official told the United APress nobody will lose money zfhrough the Danat closure but ao- x1itted on closer questioning that this sTviII depend largely on whether the reich is able to liquidate claims ana swliarantee obligations of the bank.
 Two Danat subsidiary banks Goldschmidt and com snany,, and Gebrueder Hammersteln' Suspended payments to-day:
 After a run on the Munlclpal say N1nxs bank of the city of Berlin, the bank limited payments on deposits
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UNITED STATES STAND

Washington, July 13.-(uP)- President Hoover to-day waited for word from Europe that will say whether Germany can be saved from imminent financial tragedy.
 At Basic, Switzerland, seat of the Bank for International Settlements, heads of the leading European cen tral banks were considering Ger manys urgent plea for further credits.
 American bankers are bellevea ready to help advance the needeo funds on their own initiation.
 The administration attitude Is that this government did its utmost Tn arranging the war debt holiday to save Germany some S4OO'ooo'ooo during the year, but should not move to advance a government loan.
 Germany needs new loans lmme- diately to meet a situation so dan gerous that one of her largest banks has been closed temporarily ana trading on the Berlin Stock EX- change has been suspended. Ser, many asks renewal of a ,00o,0oo short-term credit granted by the In, ternational bank, and a new ana larger credit of perhaps $3oo'ooo'- 900. Government officials here Tn, sist this is primarily a panKers problem.
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raised as to Roosevelt's difficulty in locomotion, Smith retorted causticaI- ly, what do you want for governor, an acrobat?"
 One more major fact in Rooseveit's situation concerns the prohibition is- sure. He is committed against the 18th amendment just as definitely as other anti-prohibition democrats. However he was opposed to making
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13
FRANCE INSISTENT

Paris, July 13-(UP)-Germany's s pressing need of ate-financial aid was presented again to the French government through the German ambassador, Leopold Won Hoesch. to-day.
 Von Hoesch, who appealed to Pre- mier Pierre Laval last night, con- ferred with Aristide Briand, foreign minister, before lunch to-day, while Laval conferred with Finance Min ister P. F.. Flandin.
 The United Press learned that Germany is making two major re- quests:
 1-An imm ediate loan.
 2-That the French agree to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13

Miss Helen Shanahan of this city, 4tional judge advocate of the La [es Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, entertained the national pres @1ent, Mrs. Ada Harrison of New Fork city; Mrs. Loretta Worthing- <4n, past state president of the
 hode Islan department and stephen
 4rker, department quartermaster of no department of New York, Vet 4f4ns of Foreign Wars, at her home ~t 89 Chipman street
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:NTERTAINS NATIONAL PRESIDENT
Hrs. Harrison, V. F. w.
 Auxiliary, Guest N Of Miss Shanahan
Worting, Past State President of Rhode Island and Stephen Parker, Department Quartermaster of
 New York, Entertained By National Judge Advocate

These officials were in Waterbury in connection with the installation of officeds of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Connecticut held Saturday night.
 Miss Shanahan, with her brother, Colonel William J. Shanahan and a party composed of MT. and Mrs. William Jones of Second avenue and MT. and Mrs. Warrington, attended the dedication of the government hospital for ex-servcei men at New ington yesterday.
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it an issue in the meeting of the dennocratic nAtiona1 cofnf4ftteS last
 spring. Economic issues appear to be re- garded as more pressing at the mo-
 ment.
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abandon their demand that Germany pay the unconditional annuity under the Young plan to the Basic bank on Wednesday, when it is due.
 The French attitude on both ques- tions remained unchanged. as far as could be learned, although Premier Laval appeared impressed with the critical nature of Germany's finan- cial distress.
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to-day eaid that news of the closing
 of tte D4siat Bank e6usedA run oh all savings deposits in greater Cologne. The administration in-
 voked law limiting withdrawals to 800 marks. q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13

COLOGNE BANKS HAD RUN
 Berlin, July .13-(UP)--A Cologne dispatch to the newspaper Tagebiatt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13

Qkden Mills, assistant secretary of tAe Treasury. told the press today f5at the United States government h&e gone as far as it could in re- 1zovtng Germany's financial distress
 srThe United States" Mills said,
 l1as put approximately S400,0O0,OOO III Germanys disposal through the president's debt policy plan, and cannot do anything more"
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day took the cath of effics as assist. ant secretary of state. snceedine 'Mii- liam R. Castle. Jr, recently promot- ed underSecretary. The oath was administered by Miles shand, assist ant to the chief clerk of the depart ment. A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13

OATH OF OFFICE Washington, July 13 (UP) - Harvey Bundy of Boston, Mass, to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13

New York may have given Harold Gatty and Wiley Post riotous well como, but it remained for Oklahoma Indians to make real whoopee when tho globe girdling flyers arrived at Chickasha, Okla. Wiley Post, native OkIahoman, is shown above being presented q handmade bead bag by a Kiowa maiden, while Chief Jasper, head of the Kiowa tribe, looks on. Gatty, pictured between Post and the girl, was presented similar gift. At the right, Post is shown re- ceiving an affectionate kiss from his mother, Mrs w. F. Post of Maysville Okla.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13

The number of airplanes has tre- bled in i've years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-13

COMP MPl4NFON-unheard of three nonths ago now talked about everywhere! Talked about and used-by thousands because of its tough- ness, its unique guarantee*, it's low price. Already COMPANION is selling so fast we have been able to introduce manufacturing econ- omies that make still lower prices possible. Now, more than ever, COMPANION is the na- tion's best tire valueI
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of them. Consequently, unseen and unheard
by the public important experiments are under
way in the broadcast studies. As a result, it Is
the earnest belief of those enthusiastic directors
players and playwrights that. long before tele-
vision is available to the millions, radio drama
will have achieved the status Of an art worthy
of the name.
Just as the school OF the custard pie made
the public wonder whether screen plays might
not become more serious so the "comic-strip"
or music-hall type of program has created the
desire for worthwhile microphone plays. Now,
despite the fact that the dramas aerial STUN
bling blocks are more difficult than were those
which confronted music, radios development in
the dramatic field has far outstrpped the early
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upset the sweet complacency Of both the screen
and the air stagefoIk calmly smiling.
Possibly Shakespeare foresaw this when he
wrote "All's Well That Ends well.n for experts
are agreed that the bard is the radio dramatist
without peer. Certainly radios effect on the
theater has been the direct antithesis of what
happened when the silver sheet began to cut
into its audiences. AS an increasing number
of radio dramas are put on the air it becomes
apparent that the vacuum tube may supple
ment but can never supplant the footlights.
This is confidently asserted, despite the fact
that the radio already has the klieg lights
blinking apprehensively. In fact. the radio per-
formance Of capable actors and actresses has
unquestionably spread the desire to see them
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accomplishments Of the movies. When 1t is
remembered that the microphone actor must
work without the aid of scenery. properties.
costume, makeup even pantomime, what
has been achieved is little short Of marvellous.
But a peep behind the radio scenes reveals even
greater progress.
One Of the most tireless workers in this new
unofficial alliance OF the theater and the air
Is Georgia Backus, the charming daughter of
an old theatrical family and the niece Of George
Backus the original professor in way Down
East" Young as she is, Miss Backus has
played many parts on both stage and screen.
Remembered for her outstanding work in
Shanghai Gesture "Hannele" and EAST Side,
West SIde," her voice is also familiar to mil
lions who tune in from coast to coast on dra-
matte offerings.
Having forsaken the dressing room for an
attractive but practical Office atop one of the
larger New York broadcasting studios, she daily
enacts the most exacting role Of her career. It
is that Of adapter- -directress-actres in
connection with some dozen dramatic programs
regularly on the air. In her spare time she
gallops through Central Park and seeks lofty
inspiration in her own airpIane But far more
important to radio has been her devising of an
entirely new method Of "Visualizing" scenic
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plause that each mail brings from mike" fans
have urged the intensive development of an
entirely new technique Of dramatic presenta-
ton appropriate for the air.
So. incredible as it would have seemed when
sweet-voiced tenors and poppy dance orchestras
made their debut on the ether, it is the stage
that is coming to the rescue Of radio Already
. distinguished group of theatrical folk are
applying their abilities to the task Promi-
nent in the movement are such artists as the
Coburns, Eva LIE Caffeine, Ingeborg Thorrup,
former, leading lady for Walter Hampden;
Augustin Duncan, brother of the famous Isa-
dora, and that ever-young stage favorite, will
liam Gillette. Also. in quite another vein, those
veteran stage comedians, Joe Weber and Lew
Fields. Rich reward enters into this of course
but deeper than that is their fetish that the
traditions of the theater demand this service
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play 'in person" in the intimate atmosphere of
nearby theater.
Despite the unprecedented "runs" of the
most popular broadcast programs radio is
no longer a novelty and the public is slightly
weary of things synthetic Even interest in
the dawn of television has been observed to
be apathetic Successful teIevision is not Just
around the corner. Realizing this the broad
casting studios are keenly awake to their need
OF greater diversity and more originality in
radio entertainment And it is no easy problem
to vary the monotony Of some I8 daily hours
on numerous station programs
Not that vocal or instrumental offerings can
ever lose their appeal But thus far it is only
necessary to listen to crooner. The audience
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Dacnum Tube Can
Ne ger Dim the
FootHghts, Agree
Backsfage Prophets.
Just as the Mo0ies
Inspire Desire Of
Fans to See the
Stars, So GHmpses
Of Great by Tele-.
.DfSIOH m ~ y fIr
.Ambition to Meet
Broadcasfers I'm
Person. =
BY HOWARD ROCKEY.

~ " YHATEVER teIevision may do to the
movies-and some day that may
mn be plenty-backstage prophets are
agreed that it viii never dim the
footlights. In fact, those who
guide or attempt to guide the destinies of the
amusement world appear to believe the theater
is on the eve of glorious renaissance.
In the studios, both microphonic and cine
matte, precisely what may happen next Is
topic of paramount interest. Not so very long
ago even the foremost stage stars were trem-
bling in their buskins. Viewing the "celluloid
drama" with contempt, they would have none
Of it. But even art listens to the box once
and tragically longing glances turned toward
Hollywood. Still more recently the profess
gional world gasped when such maestros as
Stokowsd and Damrusch lent their talents to
radio. But now that television threatens to
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does not have to look at
him, too. 1t has been dis
covered that the listening
public is not composed ex-
clusively of morons and
that its stanchest deyotees
do not want even the finest
music every hour of the
day. With this evidence
before them, those who
check the kicks and an
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
THE MOST ESSENTIAL
 THING IN CANNING INDUSTRY
SPEEDS

Did you eyer walk out into a country garden, and pick a ripe juicy tomato fresh from the vines. or have you ever helped the far mer's wife to husk corn that had been pulled from the stalks five minutes before? Fifteen to thirty minutes from garden to dinning room table was her record. and you got the full flavor of the to- mato or the corn.
 When farmers first began ship ping peas and corn and tomatoes and other vegetables great dis tances to our big cities, people were not long in realizing that there was something wrong with the food when 1t arrived. That something was the factor of Time.
 1t just is not possible to trans port fruit and vegetables two or three hundred miles from the farm to the hot, dusty city, and have them arrive as fresh and sweet and tender as they were the minute they were picked. Sometimes food products are three, four or five days on their way to city markets. No wonder they lose their delect- able aroma and delicate taste.
 Speed Saves Flavor.
 City folks didn't know what flavor was before the era of mod ern canning. The farmers wife always did. She didn't pick to- morrow's peas today. By no means! She picked them just be- fore dinner time, and frequently she had the water already boiling before she broke the corn from the stalks.
 It didn't take modern cam CTS long to discover that secert of the farmers wife. Time was the all- important element. So they de- cided to establish a new kind of
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speed record, and they did. That is the reason why many canneries are now built right at the edge of the fields.
 But this is not all the canners did in order to reduce the time between gathering and canning to a minimum. They also invented machinery that would do away with the slow processes of clean ing and preparing vegetables and fruits for canning. Pea Gamers, for instance, now make use of a machine that will knock the peas from the vines in a mere fraction of the time that it would take hand workers to shell them.
 Canning Incredibly Quick.
 If you were to go to the pea growing sections of Wisconsin, or Maryland for other states, you would find farmers at work in the early hours of the morning before the dew had ever dried from .he plump pods. They cut the pea vines whole, pile them onto fast moving trucks and speed them promptly away to the cannery. Modern machinery gently frees the peas from the pods, and, almost before one can think, they are sifted into grades of various sizes and dramatically sealed in cans. This is the process which keeps canned as fresh and tender and fiavorful as peas can be.
 Corn is a purely American dish, and Americans abroad grow posi- lively homesick for it. But, even if fresh corn were shipped across to them, they would find that its sweet sugars had turned to starch, and that its tenderness had van- ished. That problem has been solved by the canners, too. Rapid machines now take the place of slow hands, and the corn Is husked, stripped from the cob and sealed in the can in an incredibly short time. Corn-on- the-cob, canned the very hour it is picked, can travel around the w.rld now without los- ing its sweet tenderness, thanks to the speed of modern canning methods.
 Try These Recipes.
 Test it out. Try one of the fol- lowing recipes for the delicious dishes that this scientific speed has made possible.
 Corn Chowder: Try out three tablespoons of salt pork, add one onion and one green pepper, finely minced, and saute for about five minutes. Add one cup boiling water, three cups diced raw pota- toes, and one No. 2 can whole grain corn, and simmer until pota- toes are tender. Add three cups scalded milk, and season to taste. This chowder may be slightly thick