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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
WORK TO DO BEFORE THE
 CONVENTIONS
Congress Has Some Very Busy Hours Ahead of It, Before They Trek to Chicago

Washington, June 9---(U. P) - With the republican national con vention opening in Chicago just five days hence, congress still has this necessary work to do before it can adjourn:
 Adopt the economy bill In final form.
 Work out q compromise on un- employment relief.
 Pass eight regular departmental appropriation bills and dehciency appropriation bill.
 In addition, the administration wants acton on It's proposal to es- tablish q system of home loan dis counts banks; westerners are de- manding that some farm relief measure be passed: and there is considerable sentiment in the sem ate for action op the Glass Bank regulation bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09

New Haven. Conn, June o. UP)--Two million dollars of the city of New Haven was tied up to- day by the closing of the Mechanics bank after severe run allcGedly instigated by rumors. State Bank ing Commissioner George J. Bas- sett ordered the bank not to open today in order to safeguard It's as- sets, which he said would have been gravely impaired had the bank suffered another run today such as occurred yesterday. Com missioner Bassett said bankers are working on plan which includes merger of two other banks and assumption by them of the Me- chanics banks obligations. The Mechanics bank was depository for city funds and the city is expected to borrow to meet payrolls and other current expenses pending re- orga nization.
 The run began Ut the opening of business yesterday. and grew to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
DE VALERA MUCH PUZZLED ABOUT
 NEW TANCLE
Action of Irish Free State Senate on the Oath, Off, fers Two Solutions, Not Very Pleasing
By GEORGE MacDONAGH United Press COrrcspOnalcntl

Dublin, June 0---(UP)-Senate action virtually killing the repub- lican bill for abolition of the oath of allegiance to the British crown has forced President Ramon de Valera to decide between immedi- ate dissolution of the Dali or walt ing IS months for the oath bill to become law over the senate's op- position.
 The bill was described as "a head without Q body" when the senate finished tearing 1t to pieces. The two most vital sections of the short four section measure were de- featcd.
 To make the wreckage complete, the senate, acting in committee, adopted an amendment declaring that the bill should not become ef- fective until an agreement IS reached on 1t by the Free State and British governments.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
FORTRESS BUILTIN
 WOBURN, MASS, PENETRATED
 AT.LAST BY FEDERAL AGENTS

Woburn. Mass. June 9.--CUP)-- Federal agents today were guard ing Woburn's mysterious 'pillbox. which finally was penetrated yes terday, revealing 10.000-gallon still and what Is described as the most elaborate liquor making equipment ever seized in New Eng land.
 ''The "rald-proof' structure had resisted the batterings of federal agents and local police for more than a week. An impenetrable wall of brick faced them on all sides. Efforts to tunnel under the build- ing ended at a deep concrete foun- dalton.
 The secret of the "alcohoI for tress'' was solved yesterday when agents discovered a steel door. four inches thick. embedded in concrete and covered by q layer of bricks. The door was operated electrically from the office of the Massachu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
NEPHEW KILLS
 UNCLE BECAUSE
 HE BEAT MOTHER

Keene. x. H., June 9=UP) -- William II. Edgar allegedly killed his uncle. Lewis Burdick, 38 with q rife when the latter broke into the Edgar home In Spofford short :. ly before midnight and maphan- died Mrs Edgar
 The Edgars had secured a war rant for Burdick's arrest yesterday. charging that on Tuesday he broke into their home, threatened them, and demanded money.
 Burdick was arrested and re- leased under bail. He went to the Edgar home, according to author ities. and started sniping at Will liam from outside. The youth ran to q neighbours home to secure q rife. Returning. he found Burdick had again broken into the house and appeared to be choking his mother. He fired n shot that his Burdick in the head and killed him almost instantly.
 Edgar was arrested and taken to Keene for arraignment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
THE BONUS M EN FIRM
 IN STAND
Refuse to Accept Free Transportation to Their
 Homes - They Will. Keep Ranks Intact and
 Fight It Out All Summer
tBY UNITED pREss)

Several bonus armies continued their march on Washington, D. C.. where authorities announced free would be given men who would agree to start back home. The army on the Potomac had new funds.
 Most of the Southern California bonus unit was still at Los Angeles because transportation had been obtained for only 1000 of the 2,O00 men. They planned a start Friday.
 Six hundred men from the south west approached the Capitol after Memphis police gave them auto mobile transportation toward the Virginia hne. National Guard trucks carried 500 more through east Tennessee.
 A new group gathered at Osh- kosh. Wis, where Mrs Florian Lampcrt. widow of congressman,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
Mayor Of New York
 Declared Unfit To
 Hold His Position
FORMER KAISER SUED FOR GIRLS DEATH
 DURING WAR

Paris, June. 8-(UP)-EN- Kaiser Wilhelm has been sued for 100000 francs ($4,O0OD damages by the parents Of Paulcttc Linden, killed on her f2th birthday by il Frcncl, shell the first shot in the lombard mcnt of the village of Athics in July, 1916.
 The ex-Kaiscr Is blamed be- cause the German commander Of troops occupying Athlcs dis regarded a French warning and failed to evacuatc civilians. Un- der French law, the warning cleared fhc French commander.
 The parents claim against the French was refused because the law does not allow payment of damage claims for war deaths where victims arc not over IF years of age. The German com. inandcr at Athics disappeared after tlic war, but Wilhelm l. held technically responsible for tho actions Of m officer of the German imperial stan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09

setts Refineries. 250 feet away. fed eral authorities said.
 An intricate network of under ground pipes led from the building. These were being uncovered and raced today.
 The Rev Jonathan $. Lewis. New England prohibition administrator. in charge of the raid. said suffi- ciment alcohol had been seized to enable authorities to make arrests soon.
 More than 20 agents and en- forcement officials took part in the raid. Assistant U. s. District-At-e torney Elihu D. Stone said the still was "the most elaborate ever seized in New England.
 Tt was possible with this still. with It's capacity of between 30,000 and 10000 gallons week, to sup ply enough liquor to drown Wo- burn and take care of Boston for Il monfth besides: he declared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
MEMBER OF THE PURPLE GANG IS
 UNDER ARREST
Much Sought for Harry Fleischer Surrenders in Detroit-May Be Im- plicated in Lindbergh Case

Detroit, June 9--UP) Harry Fleischer, q member of the notor- ious Purple gang here, and sought for questioning in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case, surrendered to- day to police. He is wanted IS the alleged trigger man" in tn" massacre of three gangsters here last year.
 Accompanied by his attorney Edward H. Kennedy, Jr, the mo- torious gangster walked into Prose cutor Harry Toys office. Fleisch- cr's surrender was believed to have
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
DOCTOR CONDON
 CONTINUES HIS
 RECORD SEARCH

Boston, June 9--(UP)-Dr John r. (Jafsie) Condon, continuing his hunt for a police record of the mysterious "John." to whom he as- sertedly paid $50.000 ransom money" in the Lindbergh baby kid- naping. visited Boston police head quarters to-day. He was accom- panied by Detectives Robert Coar and Samuel Leon of the New Jer- sey state police. Commissioner Eugene c. Huffman the three men were introduced to Deputy superintendent Ainsley C.. Armstrong. in charge of the bu- reau of records.
 Condon was expected to spend most of the day looking over pho- tographs and was scheduled to re- turn to New York tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
GUN BATTLE WAS
 ENDED WITH THE
 DEATH OF THREE
One Policeman and One Burglar Killed-Citizen Got in Way of Fire and Died

San Francisco, June 0-U. P) Three men were slain. a fourth was near death and two others were wounded just before midnight In a gun battle between police ana two burglary suspects.
 The, dead were Officer Mervyn Reardon. an unidentified burglary suspect and "a citizen who walked into the line of fire.
 R. E. Dixon was in critical con dition. expected to die. officers Frank Loftus and Jack Bell were slightly wounded.
 The gun battle followed call that burglars had entered house. Police captured Dixon after his companion, Reardon and the cit- izen named Darling. had been shot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
BASEBALL GAME HELD UP VISIT
 TO PRESIDENT
Indian Minister Thought the Game More lmp0rt- ant Than Interview With Hoover

Washington. June 9--(UP)-The Rev Ben Brave, full-blooded Sioux Indian. considers baseball games more important than an audience with President Hoover.
 Ben Brave arrived In town anxious to see the president. In- dian bureau officials after . some trouble arranged an Interview for D. m, have to go to, the ball game in the president the next morning"
 Bon Brave went to the ball game ---nndl got to see Mir Hoover the next morning too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
Republican Forces
 Will Flop To Vets
 At The Convention
They See Handwriting on the Wall and Want to Be First Over the Line -Referendum P an k Going In = Trying to Cover Up White House
BY RAYMOND CHAPTER

Chicago. June 9-U. P.) Re publicans hope to take the lead in the rapidly advancing movement 10 give the American people q chance to reconsider the merits of prohi. bition.
 A draft plank, recommending re- submission, Is reported approved by President Hoover It is being brought to the national republican convention by his chief political adviser. Postmaster General Wal ter r. Brown, and by James R. Garfield. proba ble chairman of the platform committee.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09

Albany, N. Y., June g. (UP)-S a m ue Seabury's charge that Mayor James J. Walker is unfit to continue in the office of mayor" was considered to-day ty Cover nor Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 The charge was made in T letter from the Hofstadter committee counsel which in- cluded Is specific complaints. or conclusions" as Seabury called them. The letter sum- marked the 6OO,OOO words of testimony taken in public hearings of the committee.
 The 15 charges, however, could be divided into two m;:- jor complaints:
 That Mayor Walker was interested" either financial ly or through his closest friends and advisers, in cor p0rations which held con- tracts or sought contracts with the city.
 That Mayor Walker failed to explain "credibIy" or sat isfactorily" income that Sea bury claimed we included in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
Late Bulletins
GERMANY MONARCHY IS DEFENDED

Berlin June 9-(UP)-Though denying the new German government intends to restore monarchy, Baron Wilhelm Gayl minister of the interior in the Papen cabinet. to-day made personal declaration of loyalty to the Hohenzoerans in his maiden speech z" consider monarchy to be the most suitable form of government for nation situated in the heart of Eu rope"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
ALL-STAMFORD FINAL

Bridgeport, Conn, June 9-(UP)-An aI-Stamford final to the 18th annual Connecticut womens golf cham pionshp was assured to-day when Mrs Thomas Huck- nall defending champion, and Mrs J. A. Arnei, com peting in the tourney for the first tme won their semi final matches at Brooklyn Country club Both are of Woodway Country club
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
BREMEN CHASE HUMAN TORCH

Danbury, Conn, June -(UP)-Firemen chased shrieking man with clothes abaze down main street here to-day before passerby trpped the victim and the fire was extinguished. The human torch, William hospital where his condition was described critical
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
TALKED HIMSELF INTO ARREST

Chicago June 9-(UP)-Chcago police sent out charged with embedding $1,000 as "very talkative." Last night Chief w. H. McClan of Oregon state police wired, 1T have Armstrong. Found him working nival side-show barker"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
WHERE ROOSEVELT STANDS

Albany, N. Y, June 9-(UP) )-Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt believes that the most important need in the prohibition controversy of action. He stands for a new constitutional amendment to eliminate the eighteenth amendment and return the control of alco holics back to the states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, June 3--tUP) --Tne treasury net balance for June [ was $270.658, l50.G0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
Charges Number Fifteen and the DOcu- ment Was Handed Into Official Residence of Roosevelt After He Had Retired

Governor Will Study Them and Then Send Them to the MayOr-Latter Will Then Prepare for Pub- lie Hearing-That May Be Deferred Until After the National Denic- cratic Convention
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-09
Weather
Partly Cloudy Tonight
 and On Friday

Complete Weather Report Page :.
Evening star., 1932-03-17

cannot be estimated until there Is
thaw to start growth again.
The great Central Georgia peach crop
was almost miraculously saved. Ordi-
narily after such a warm period in
late February the peach orchards would
have been in full bud in early March.
Last Summer that section experienced
the worst drought it ever has known,
so that the trees were greatly retarded.
The orchard owners considered 1t
great calamity. 1t turned out to be
blessing. because no early buds were
formed to be blighted. North Georgia
had a normally wet Summer. The hot
Winter brought its peach trees into
bud, and as a result the observer at
Atlanta reports its prospects for a
peach crop have been destroyed.
Apples Apparently Safe.
Apparently the great Shenandoah
Valley apple crop escaped without in
jury, but pear, early plum and peach
prospects have been seriously affected
through Virginia. From Maryland it is
that the grains have Drowned
from the severe cold, and that nearly
all early fruit buds about to bloom were
killed. Southern farmers, the reports
indicate. have taken the calamity
and already are start
Ing to replant.
The good luck OF last Summers
drought areas in the South, it was ex-
planned at the Weather Bureau, is more
when it is realized that the
abnormal Winter had brought early
fruit trees into bloom as far North as
Southern Illinois. The ground froze to
a depth of seven inches as far South
Evening star., 1932-03-17

as Missouri. In Northern Iowa, where
the soil has not been frozen all Winter,
it froze to a depth of Is inches, The
week would have been abnormally cold,
Mr.. Kincer said. If it had come in the
middle of January. For great part OF
the South the temperatures were from
10 to Is degrees below normal for the
coolest month of the year. The coldest
reported was 20 below at Cheyenne,
Wyo. In the Pacific Coast States, on
the other hand, the period was excep-
tionally warm. They were in the east
ern edge of the great low-preSsure sys-
TEN which is hanging over the PACING,
with its counter-clockwise winds blow
ing from the South.
Live stock suffered greatly during the
cold weather, especially from Wisconsin
and Iowa northward. The cold, how
ever, enabled farmers through the MID
die West to harvest ice. The snow also
made possible hauling Of logs from the
woodlots.
Damage In Georgia.
Georgia reported beans, tomatoes,
corn and tobacco killed and bedded
sweet potatoes cut to the ground. Flor
ida farmers are replanting their fields.
The cold was accompanied by bene-
fetal heavy rains over most of the State,
although a killing frost penetrated to
the extreme South. Louisiana's flour
iShing early strawberry crop was cut to
the ground, and from four to six weeks
will be required for a second crop.
Texas reported killing frosts which
blanketed the State to the lower Rio
Grande Valley, which have made neces-
Sary the replanting of cotton. There
Evening star., 1932-03-17
WIDESPREAD LOSS
IN WAKE OF COLD
Early Gardens and Truck
From Texas to Eastward
Through South Hit.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

The almost unprecedented Today
cold wave which has gripped the United
States from the Rocky Mountains east
ward is leaving behind it deep scars on
the face Of the emerging Spring.
The extent of the damage was still
uncertain today, when J. B. Kincer,
chief of the Bureau Of Agricultural
Meteorology of the Weather Bureau,
made public reports from observers all
over the country. The whole Southern
section was hard hit. Early gardens
and tender truck crops were all but
wiped out from Texas and Oklahoma
eastward to the Atlantic. Early oats
were hard hit through the South. The
injury to the great Winter wheat crop
Evening star., 1932-03-17
George washington Bicentennial cele-

George washington Bicentennial Cele-
bration. The displays are being placed
in the court of the departments new
administration building, and 1t is
planned to maintain them throughout
the period of the celebration.
Panels depict the development Of the
Governments aid to agriculture, from
the time George Washington recon-
mended such aid on down to the pres
ent day.
Maps showing the Federal-aid high
way system of the United States,
network of roads totaling 10000 miles.
are in the Bureau Of Public Roads ex-
hibit. The method of handling milk
is pictured in the Bureau Of Dairy
Industrys display, which includes 35
Evening star., 1932-03-17

was considerable loss Of young lambs.
Peaches and other early blooming fruit
trees were mostly killed in Oklahoma.
and dispatches to the Weather Bureau
from Tennessee state that wheat. oats.
rye and barley. as well as fruits and
early vegetables, have been severely
damaged.
Despite the long stretch of extreme
unreasonable cold, Mr.. Kincer said. the
Winter still has a big excess of heat
over the normal. In many parts of the
country it is almost certain to retain
its position as one Of the hottest Win
ters in history. Spring is just around
the corner astronomically, but the
meteorological condition is so confusing
with the steady draining of cold from
the Arctic, which continued almost be-
yond all precedent, that any meteoro-
logical predictions of an early or late
season cannot be haZarded.
Apparently the Mackenzie Basin
Evening star., 1932-03-17
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D.

route. by which most Of the cold comes
down out Of the Arctic in the form of
highs to sweep over the United States,
is wide open, and. it was explained by
DIR. william J. Humphreys Of the
Weather Bureau, when meteorologi-
cal trend gets started IL Is more likely
than NOT to continue in the same di-
rection when some more cold accu-
mIlates In the Arctic basin north of
Canada the way out will be open for
it, with nothing in the way to stop it.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
samples showing the work Of the dairy

samples showing the Work OF the dairy
research laboratory.
The Bureau of Agricultural Econom-
les features models Of fruits and veg
etables used in Standardization work,
types of tobacco grades, wool standards
and new uses for cotton.
other exhibits have been arranged
by the Weather Bureau, Forest Service,
Bureau of Plant Industry, Bureau Of
Entomology, as well as other service
branches.
Evening star., 1932-03-17
AGRICULTURE UNITS
ARRANGE DISPLAYS
II Branches Place Exhibits as Part
Of Bicentennial Cele-
bration.

Exhibits illustrating the work Of the
Department of Agriculture have been
arranged by II branches of that Gov
ernment unit as a contribution IN the
Evening star., 1932-03-17

Found in the street at Portsmouth,
England, with her clothes In flames,
6-year-old Ethel Newman was rushed
on a fire engine to q hospital, where
she died.
Evening star., 1932-03-17

Archibald Brown. once roommate OF
Sir Thomas Upton. recently celebrated
his diamond wedding In Greenock,
Scotland.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington S Theaters.

E,nice Stoddard, who, according to
local reckonings, was last seen here
in a Theater Guild production.
All of these last night, to a greater
and lesser extent, presented them
solves as earnest disciples of the
mining muse, speaking their lines
with clarity and fervor land q mo-
ment or two of ultra-fervor by Miss
Barker and presenting the thesis
of Mr Green's play with a devotion
that smacked mostly Of perfection.
The nlay itself will, Of course, be
argued the length and breadth
of the city during the week. Its
bold announcement of a situation in
the south which has long been
Whispered but never spoken across
tha f0otliehts. will resp bcth cheers
and tears in its progression. Many
last rioht we're left cold and friend
less by its bitterness, many were
moved bv the poetry of its thought,
and many more were thoroughly eX-
cited by the pattern of its stern
realitvEWhich others claim is not
reality at all. Whether it is real or un-
reol it remains, nevertheless, one Of
the more vital evenings in the cur
rent theater.
The plot, which traces the rapid
decline OF pride and surface re-
spectability in an old Southern
family. nee; little explanation. Its
hero is a struggling youngster bent
on seeing the light, whose marriage
to a tenants daughter is considered
the ultimate in savage inclinations.
There is actually touch of happi-
ness to be diSCerned at the end, but
for the most part more suffering
than ioy is apparent through the
plav's length. and its moods have
mostly to do with family hySteria
and the tragic sweep of sorrow on
what seems to be a downward path.
Franchct Tone. one of the top
notch emotionalists in the acting
industry. carries the play with him
with force and unusual vigor. Miss
Barker is most believable in her less
stormy moments, and others who
contribute vividly to whole CHS
eled with great skill by the entire
group include Morris Carnovsky,
Mary Morris, Stella Adler, Fannie
Bell de Knight, Elizabeth Williams
and many, many others.
E. de S. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1932-01-26
HOOVER RANKED
FIRST BY JAHNCKE
SAYS He Is "Head and ShouI-
ders Above" Other Presi-
Dental Aspirants.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, January 26.-President
Hoover last night was ranked by Ernest
L. Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. as head and shoulders above"
all other aspirants for the presidential
nomination.
Jahncke told the annual meeting of
the Republican Club of Massachusetts
hat President Hoover's leadership
against the forces of depression" has
been colossal" He characterized him
as one of the greatest Presidents in
the history of the Nation and as prob
ably the best equipped man we could
possibly have had in the White House
to meet this crisis"
Jahncke's address was a vigorous
commendation of the Hoover admins
tration, making especial reference to
the unique" economic and credit pro-
gram submitted TO Congress by the
President.
Democratic attacks upon President
Hoover in which he was charged with
responsibility for the economic distress
were labelled by Jahncke as unjust
and unreasonable"
Looking to the approaching presi-
Dental campaign, Jahncke said the
Democratic party is, ''as it has been for
70 years, the party of opposition, of
criticism and fault finding without con-
Structive ideas and without constructive
leadership"
Summarizing the Jackson day speeches
Of the Democratic leaders, Alfred E.
Smith, James M Cox and John w.
Davis, Jahncke said they were the "es-
sence of Democratic philosophy" and
provided for "a bond issue to increase
the Governments obligations and the
taxes of the people, a budget to be bal
anced by Democratic sleight-of hand
and an increase in the higher brackets. "
The Democratic tariff attitude,
Jahncke said, lis packed full of insin-
cerity and hypocrisy" The Democrats
don't dare attempt to lower the rates,
he charged, because they now realize.
as the Republicans have always con-
tended, that any lowering of our tariff
walls at time like this would invite
a deluge of foreign products under whict
the American economic scheme would
be imperiled."