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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
Woman Taken
 to Institution Tragedy Unbalanced Mind of Mrs William F. ! Finan

Her mind unbalanced by the sud- den tragedy which brought sadness into her household, Mrs F1nan, the widow of the late William F. Finan who was burned to death in the fire which destroyed his home on the Crockett road last Saturday, has been sent to an institution where she will be confined until she has re- covered.
 The five children will be given every consideration and excellent care will be rendered them. Relatives of the burned man came from out of town and arrangements have been completed so that they will be cared for.
 The fire resulted from an attempt 10 light an oil stove which exploded. The flames spread to the upper floor where the deceased was in bed, i'll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

Shipments of threshers and conn pines from the United States to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

ed when . pan of hot grease had burned. No damages resulted. At 6:03 last night, a still alarm called the apparatus to the home of Charles Bova at 25 Denney street where soot had caused a chimney fire,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

The janitor, desirous of waxing
 one of the floors, attempted to beat the hardened wax in . pail to make lit soft and pliable. While doing this,
 the wax became ignited and sent up a large blaze.
 The fire extinguisher was quickly obtained and an alarm turned in. very bad for . few minutes but be- fore the apparatus had arrived, 1t
 was but memory. Companies from headquarters and from the East Main street house re- sponded.
 Two calls came in last right. En-
 zine Cos. 2 and went to the homo
 of Rocco Targlia at 91 Shelley street
 but found nothing but . stove ignit-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
FULL WEATHER REPORT

Washington, Feb 5.-(UP)-Fore- cast for Thursday and Friday:
 Maine: Cloudy with light snow to- night and in southeast portion Fri day; not so cold tonight; cloder Fri- day in interior.
 New Hampshire: Increasing cloudi- ness, not so cold with light snow tonight; Friday partly cloudy, cold CT in north portion.
 Vermont: Light snow, not 50 cold in central and south portions to. night; Friday partly cloudy and cold CT.
 Mas Massachusstts; Connecticut and not so cold tonight; Friday cloudy, slightly warmer on the coast. Eastern New York: Increasing cloudiness. not. so cold with light snow or rain in central and north portions tonight; Friday cloudy with colder in north and warmer in ex. treme south portions: moderate south shifting to southwest winds and in- creasing.
 Western New York: Increasing cloudiness followed by light rain or snow. tonight and possibly Friday morning; not quite so cold tonight; slightly colder Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
TEMPERATURES

Washington. Feb 5.-(UP)-High- est temperatures yesterday and low est last night in 20 cities were re- ported by the weather burau to-day as follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
'ersonal Levy Starts Arriving At
 Collectors Office
Iar Penalty for Those Who Fail to Make Payment @ Within Prescribed Period of Thirty Days

Tho personal tax office has com meIced it's usual collections at the fat6 of $1,000 a day on an average. SWe will get about s1,000 a day for A couple of weeks and then we will ret the usual rush." said Personal Tax Collector George Stokes.
 Inc past week saw 46,500 personal tax.bills put in the mails. As soon n the work was completed, the taxod men and women commenced to come in to pay their two dollar b9se4Dment.
 when the front ofIice of the per-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
SANTA MARIA CIRCLE
 DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA

Reading of the annual auditors report and plans for the coming year formed the principle business of the meeting of Santa Maria circle, Daughters of Isabella, at meeting in Hibernian hall last night. Regent Bea Shea presided and announced a card party will be held on March 4th. The committee appointed to take charge of the party includes Mrs Elizabeth Savage, Mrs Charles Teller and K. Stenson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

sonal tax collector is filtered with empty envelopes, it is quite evident that the rush has started and this will be in about two or three weeks. All are urged, therefore, to make their payments as quickly as they can to avoid this rush.
 Those who do not pay in the pre- scribed ehirty days are taxed one dollar over their original assessment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
LUCkIES are always
 kind to your throat

Everyone knows fhot sunshine meIIows- thot's why the ROASTING" proc ess includes the use of the Ultra Violet Roys. LUCKY STRIKE made of the finest foboeeos the Cream of inc Crop -THEN ITS 10ASIED"- an extro, secret heafinq process. Harsh irritonts present in oII rox1 fohoeeos are expelled by "T0AsTINc.1 7 These irrifonts are sold to others. Thev ore nof present in your LUCKY STRIKE. No won- der luckIES are always kind 10 your throat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
MICHAEL SHEEHY
 AWARDED $4OO Sued Harry Shapiro for $lO,OOO Damage for Fall
 Through Trap Door ON SOUTH MAIN STREET

Judgment of $4O0 in favor of Michael Sheehy against Harry Sha- piro was entered in a decision hand ed down in the common pleas court by Judge Miles F. McNin this morn ing.
 The plaintiff asked $10.000 for in- juries suffered when he fell through an open trap door of the defendants s property at 369 South Main street
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

PlalntiR charged the defendant agreed to pay for her services. The services rendered amounted to 3750. according to the plaintin's ellega- LAwlor represented the plaintifr and Healey & Healey appeared for the defendant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
Local Girl Studying
 Beauty Culture

Miss Florence Holmes of the How 1and-Hughes Co. toiletries depart ment is taking a course in beauty culture at Elizabeth Arden's salon in New York city. Local patrons of Elizabeth Arden's beauty prepara- tions will be pleased to hear that a specialist in this line will be right here to consult with whenever they so desire,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

last May 8. Judge McNiff finds in his decision that the defendant was negligent in permitting the door to remain open as a hazard to pedes- trians. Attorney William K. Lawlor represented the plaintiff and .Attor- ney Perry Graicerstein appeared for the defendant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
Prof. Cavelti At Y. M. C. A.
 Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow night Prof. J. E. Cavelti of Wesleyan university will deliver the last of his series of lec- lures on Science and Religion" at the Y. M. c. A. His subject on this occasion will be "A Creed For To- day" After the lecture a question and answer period will take place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
I1 900 DAILY IN TAXES N
Wax Catches Fire
 At Boys Club
Two Companies Respond Little Damage Results From
 Early Morning Scare

An early workout for several com panies of fire apparatus was on schedule for them at o'clock this morning when a pail of wax became ignited in the Boys club and caused genuine alarm for a few moments as to the safety of the front of the building. but the blaze was put out by one of the clubs own extinguish- CTS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
Case Will Not Be Tried in Court
Counsel for Plaintiff and
 Defendant Agree on Settlement

Settlement out of court was reached In the $1,000 damage suit of Mrs Ella Baldwin of Hartford against Fred Andrews of Wolcott started yesterday afternoon in the common rleas court before Judge Miles F. McNin. The plaintiffs side had been completed and the defend- ant was about to go on when recess was declared. The settlement was reached during recess.
 The plaintiff sued to recover for nursing services rendered the de- fendan't daughter in 1928. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
BUSINESS IN THE
 |S POLICE COURT

The following casss were disposed |of in police court this morning by Judge John F. Mc0rath: Lawrence Morris, 30, of Astoria, L. l., non- support, continued until Saturday; Charles Brown. 39, colored, of 219 Abbott avenue. charged with in- decent exposure, was sentenced to 60 days in jail. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
By Mary Day VIM

Because so many people are asking these
questions, the writer went to several Of the
agencies working for unemployed women and
put the queries to them. She found that
Bertha,S story could be duplicated many times
in almost any large city of the country Eco
nomic pressure combined with desire for in
dependence forced women into the business
machine; now the machine has tossed thou
sands OF them out like so much Stag. Be-
wildered, panicky, hurt and proud, they
straighten their slender shoulders and resist
charity until beaten to it by starvation.
The effect of the depression on the BUSH
ness girl" says Miss Mildred Gordon, secretary
of case work for the National Board Of the
Y. w. c. A., who has just completed Nation
wide personal survey of the situation, 'tis SO
distressing and so unique that it has forced us
to alter our long established program Of char
acter building activities in order to include di-
rect relief I think it win materially affect the
whole future policy of the Y. w"
The survey just completed by Miss Gordon
contains the results of a QUESTIONABLE sent
out by the national board and answered by 1872
local associations, each giving q picture Of con-
ditions in its own community. While it does
not, of course tell the whole story its figures
are significant and agree with the observations
of other organizations engaged in trying to
help the business girl. One of the things which
the rise, last Winter. in the number OF girls
seeking jobs through Y W. C. A. agencies in
81 cities, from 50,67S 10 67.o67 an increase of
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over 80 per cent. The peak OF unemployment
among women, as revealed by this census,
rises as the age Of 40 is approached, partly be-
cause employers prefer the younger women and
partly because there has been q tendency to
discharge the older worker with higher salary
and get along somewhow with less experienced
and more poorly paid one.
The second significant fact is the lowering
Of wages or work standards for girls and women
reported by all but one of 81 cities which an
swered a query on this subject. This reduction
during the last year in the already low salaries
OF women workers is also very noticeable IN a
survey published last March by the Division Of
Women in Industry of the New York State De-
partment of Labor. This showed that the
woman clerk who received in 1929 from SO to
So week. is now obliged to get along some
how on So, or. If she is lucky. $i8 . week
and she must be able to do q good many more
things for the reduced wages.
national survey just completed for the
Presidents Emergency Committee for Employ
ment revealed the fact that the need for re-
lief of the unemployed next Winter, women
well as men, win be greater than last Winter,
and therefore the National Association OF Com
munity Chests win inaugurate q series of Fall
campaigns to raise money for the extraordinary
demands which they expect to be placed upon
them. So far as the business and professional
woman IN New York City IS concerned, this
need Is right at our doors. since the funds
raised for this group by the Belmont Com
mittee-and far from adequate-will be ex-
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are broke and offer them temporary shelter
in our guest house and good square meal,
they sit down to it eagerly; but women are
more likely to demur and say they are not
hungry though We may be morally certain
that they have not eaten for two days"
Her observation was corroboTated by other
social workers:
MANY of the former high-salaried women
who have finally come to US for help" said
Miss Ollie Randall Of the Emergency Work
Bureau, which Is handling the fund collected
for New York City by the Belmont Committee,
have been so run down that we have had
to send them to doctors before we could put
them to work And the medical diagnosis
They had continued to keep up appearances
so far as clothes were concerned, because they
knew that IL they did not they would never
find new positions, but they have been living
-secretly-on bread and tea-and not enough
of that
Or. she might have added, they have been
trying to subsist on bananas, one day, divided
into three meals"
There Is something about standing In q
bread line that makes it seem, even to the
most desperate woman, almost impossible" said
Miss Randall Women still carry in their
minds psychological remnants of the Age of
Protection; to admit publicly that they are
totally unprotected Is often too bitter to en-
dure"
This was the way it looked to Anna Cone
day last January: She stood on the opposite side
OF the street from q bread line Of men and
asked herself which would be worse, the line or
the river. She was still undecided when &
wealthy New York woman. noticing her agitas
Tan and tears, asked what was the nattaR
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keep up-not much could be saved from SIS
week; Bertha had managed to save only 500.
Then the firm cut its force and she was
dropped She looked for another position at
FIRST confidently, then with growing panic as
she saw her little hoard of money melting away
and no job found. Employers, 1t seemed now
demanded more than fair stenography; they
wanted a girl to be a jack Of all trades, to know
accountancy and bookkeeping and be able to
operate bookkeeping machine, dictaphc ne.
and perhaps a switchboard When Bertha'S
savings had dwindled to $40 she realized that
she was facing a crisis. She gave up her little
hall room, packed all her possessions in
trunk and set out to look for even cheaper
shelter
That day she had the FIRST stroke of luck in
three months; the little tailor on the corner
offered her a dark, windowless back room in
return for cleaning his shop at night. Joyfully
she moved her trunk into the dismal hole.
But this arrangement took no account Of the
necessity for eating. One week Of fruitless job
hunting followed another, and Bertha finally
spent her last 25 cents. Then she began to
pawn her meager posseSsions-for sums even
more meager Finally nothing was left but
the clothes she had on and the round, impas-
siye-faccd alarm clock on which the pawnshop
man refused to give her anything When an
other girl mentioned a well known social work
organization and Bertha decided to ask them
n they would buy the clock, she had not eaten
COR 80 hours
IA /7Y docs one almost never see woman or
Wv girl in breadline2 Have they not suf-
fered well as the men? And what be-
eames Of those who are down and out?
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Daughters the Depression N A.

UhatIas Thousands Of Girls From offices and Shops W sZsd 6f
Are Job and Broke Because the Sump2any Of Them Proudly # e.
Refuse Compicas 7hsNew YMES
Problem IRE Noe Facing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09

oNE of the reasons for the
~ extra drive last Spring
Of the Women's Fund (Bel-
mont Committee was the dis
covery last January, by the
New York Welfare Council.
that Of the 1000 women who
applied for 500 jobs selling
Christmas seals IS per cent
lived alone and had contacts
with no social agencies. From
this and other facts, the Fund
Committee computed that As
900 normally employed single
women were out of work in
New York City. though only
one-sixteenth of this numner
had, up to that time, been
able to bring themselves to
ask for relief.
I'VE find women" says Miss
Virginia Murray of the Trav-
eler's Aid, less willing to &C.
cept charity than men, unless
1t is necessary for the sake of
their children. Many OF them
would rather not eat than
stand in q bread line. When
0Ylr vrnvrarc r1fnlr rssN x,aay. xrva.sA
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"
the nall, mating her
turn to be interviewed,
sat a small, thin girl. The
rouge on her lips and
cheeks stood out against
the pdIenesS OF the rest of her
face. Under one arm she
cIasped a knobby package
wrapped in bro1Un paper.
Finally, beckoned to, she
came forioard. ignoring an
invitdtfon to be seated and
standing so that her back toGs
turned to any chance pdsser
by IN the hall. she undtd the
parcel and pulled out a large,
slightly battered alarm clocic.
What can you giUe me for
this? 1t keeps good time"
DACK of the round, inn
- passive face of the clock
was a story typical of the dis
aster which has overtaken
thousands of self-respecting
business girls who face the
world entirely on their own.
Fate has dealt them a blow
which has no precedent, q
Knockout new not only in
their own experience, but in
the history of the country.
Though they are meeting it
with lifted but quivering
chins, they are still bewil-
dered, still wondering where
they can turn for help-yet
terribly reluctant to ask.
No previous national panic
has so affected the business
woman. Every former period
of depression has witnessed
long breadlines Of hungry
men; but the business girl
and the woman executive
have not been serious factors
in the picture Of distress.
Even in 1921, those girls who
lost their positions did not,
according to the various or
CARNATIONS studying the prob
lem, find it too hard to get
Others. Today the situation is
very difficult; the story of
Bertha, owner of the alarm
clock, sketches its outlines:
A year ago Bertha was rated
rs a fair stenographer. Salary,
$25 a week; no family to fall
back on, but, on the other
hand. no family whom she
had to help. After she had
paid for clothes and perma-
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hausted by the end Of Sep
tember, and those women now
being taken care of in emer-
gency jobs win again be
stranded unless Something is
done in the next six weeks to
prevent 1t.
Those who are now close 10
the problem agree that being
broke hits the average woman
on q tenderer spot than it
does the average man. Only
after a remorseless struggle
has the business woman pulled
herself UP to economic indie
pendence. Wherever she has
come into direct competition
only with men, she has had
to prove herself not as good
as but better than any avail.
able man who could be gotten
for the same salary. To get
ahead, she has been obliged TO
deliver the goods unmistak-
ably. Failure. even from
causes outside her control, is
q bitter blow to her pride.
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/ A /IY docs one almost never see a woman or
Wv girl in q breadline? Have they not suf-
fered as well as the men2 And what be-
zines of those who are down and out?
Evening star., 1931-12-12
SURGEON OPERATES
ON JANE ADDAMS
Winner of Nobel Peace Prize Un-
dergoes Major Treatment
at Johns Hopkins.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, December i2-Jane
Addars of Chicago, social worker and
president for IS years Of the Women's
international League for Peace and
Freedom, underwent a major operation
at John Hopkins Hospital here today,
performed by DR.. Thomas S. Cullen Of
Baltimore.
In a signed statement after the OPP
Grafton, the doctor said: Miss Adams
was operated on this morning and a
simple ovarian cyst was removed. She
stood the operation well and is rest
ing comfortably"
The entrance of Miss Addams to the
hospital was delayed a week by bron-
chial trouble-an afiiction that has at
tackled the peace advocate anew each,
Winter for the last decade. She is II
years old and for years her primary
interest has been advocacy of the cause
of peace throughout the world.
Miss Addan1s came to Baltimore
Wednesday morning accompanied by
her secretary, Miss Mary Rosa Smith,
and a group of women. She went di-
rectly to the hospital as a patient Of
DR.. Cullen The operation was decided
upon the following day.
Wednesday evening Miss Addams was
informed that she and DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler of Columbia University
had been awarded the 1891 Nobel Peace
Prize.
While declining to make a formal
statement until official notification was
received, Miss Addanls let it be known,
through Miss Smith, that her share of
the money would be used to advance
the cause Of peace and the work Of the
league.
Evening star., 1931-12-12

Continued From First Page)
Britain, "Our best customer" as the
outstanding example of why a cut in
European debts is necessary.
With the pound sterling at par" he
explained. "the British treasury needs
32,800,0 900 pounds in order to pay us
s159, 100000. With the pound sterling
at the rate at which it sold on Decem-
ber 10, 1881, it would take 48,lO0, 900
pounds, or an increase of 15,300.000
pounds, or At per cent. Or, in other
words, the burden on the British tax
payer Is increased by almost one-half.
Nothing could more forcibly illus
trate the changed situation which
places on the executive as we'll as the
legislative branches of the Government
the duty Of re-examining the obliga-
tions OF our debtors and their ability
to meet them during a period of world
wide economic depression
The secretary pointed also to Austria
and Hungary and to Germany, whose
reparations to the allies are used in
making American debt payments.
The sharp dissent from Mr.. Hoover's
debt revision proposal was led yester-
day by Senator Watson of Indiana. the
Republican leader who demanded that
IuiopS IcuuCe ileT dTmamenCS before
asking such financial help from the
United States.
Our people never will be satisfied
to scale down the war debts. much less
to forgive them, unless Europe shows
some disposition to reduce her arna-
ments," Watson said.
So severe was the reaction In the
Senate that Republican leaders ex-
pressed real concern over the situation
Chairman Smoot of the Finance Com
mittee called a meeting for Monday to
take up the moratorium RATIFICATION
resolution and also the Investigation
into foreign securities directed bv the
senate upon motion of Senator johnson
of California. ---''A'
Smoot will be asked in the inquiry IN
call as the first witnesses representa- A.
tives OF every New York banking house
dealing in foreign securities, A list has
been presented to him mentioning the the
following firms: ]. P. Morgan a CO
kuhn, Loeb & Co.; National CITY Bank
Chase National Bank, Guaranty Trust
Dlllon, Read & Co.: Lee Higginson 4,
Co; J.: & w. Seligman, Equitable Trust
and Harris, Forbes & co. '''