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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-04
Workers. 0operatives
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DAILY WORKER

Workers organizations of the United States,
spread the Daily Worker Emergency Drive. Con-
tributions are coming in too slowly. Suspension
is rapidly advancing. Follow the example ind
Gated in the following appeal. Rally the workers
to support their paper in its most critical hour
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-04

United Front Strike Spreads
Meanwhile, the United Front
strike continues to develop, drawing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-04

TWO days ago, the baby of
Il Charles Lindbergh was re-
ported to have been Kidnapped.
Immediately every capitalist
newspaper seized upon the
news and magnifiad it into a
national issue for whose dis
cussion every type of news was
shunted off the front page and
a number of other pages in
important sections of the news
paper. A national radio hook
up was put into service in
order to popularize the kidnap-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-04
Use Lindbergh Kidnapping Story to Distract
Masses from Struggle Against War, Misery

The capitalist class is using
the Lindbergh kidnapping
case to turn the attention of
the entire working class
away from its horrible suf-
fering, m ass starvation,
growing Unemployment, and
the acute danger of an i'm
perial'st attack on The Soviet
Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-04

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-04

Send all funds to the Daily Worker, so East
18th Street. New York City, ". Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
LIEUTENANT OF FORT DEYENS IS
 KILLED IN WEST
Lieut. Wm J. French Found With Bullet in Head and Middle Aged Widow Is Questioned

Gilroy. Calf. JAn 4~-(UPD A stately mIddlcagcd widow was questioned by police and nrmy of- ncers today as they sought to un- ravcl chain of mysterious cir- cumstHnccs surrounding tho fatal shooting of Lieut.. William j French. A, of Fort Dcvcns, Mass.
 The officer. shot through the head. was found lying beside his automobile on n highway here shortly after Mrs Gertrude McEn- roe of Butte. Mont. rode into the city on a vegetable truck and told authorities she had just fled from an attack by French.
 While Mrs McEnroc was treated for Il scalp wound, deputy shcriifs hurried to the scene. On discover. ing Frcnch's service revolver on the running board of his car the officers advanced |, theory of sui eide, but withheld definite state- mcnts pending m inquest today.
 Mrs McEnrose said she me: Lieut.. French Sunday morning. she had known him 10 years ago but had not seen him again until their accidental meeting in san Francisco. She accepted an in- vitation to drive to Los Angeles.
 Pasadena, Calf, Jan -(UP) ---
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
HARTFORD BANKS CALLED SAFE BY
 CLEARING HOUSE
City Bank and Trust Co Closed to Protect De- pOsitOrs - Merger of Five Banks Approved

Hartford, Conn, Jan I. tUP)--N statement by the Hartford clearing house association thnt all banks In Hartford and nearby communities ure sound and merger Of nvc banks were developments In the banking situation over the week end. Mem bcrs of tho clearing house assocIn- ton held lengthy session Sunday after runs had closed tho city Bank & Trust Company of Hart ford and the East Hartford Trust company
 The Merchants Bank x Trust Company merged with the liver side Trust Company. the combined institution opening in the Riverside Trust to-day. The commercial ana trust departments of the Home Bank x Trust Company of Man chester were merged with the | Manchester Trust company and the savings department of the Home Bank < Trust was merged with the savings Bank of Manchester. state Treasurer Roy (. WILCOX 1 to-day asked all banks to honor checks on the closed City Bank and Trust company which the state had sent 10 ga widows of Civil and spanish War veterans and 97 wives and dependent children Of Fitch Soldiers Home occupants, He noti- | fed banks the state would make good all the checks. totnling ISigR112
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Three Desperadoes Who Murdered Six
 Officers Uncaught
Young Brothers and Their Companion Are Hunted Like Wild Beasts By En. ragged Citizens of Mis-. sOuri - Three States Help in Chase

Springfield. Mo. Jan A--tUP )--- Enragcd citizcnry spread through tho Ozarks to-duy searching for three dcsperadoes who Saturday night killed six peace officers and wounded three others.
 Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas officials guarded borders and aided tho posses in tracking through tho hin regions where in years gone by mnrauding gangs have taken refuge. Residents, aroused by bru tality of tho scxtuple slayings, armed themselves with hunting guns, pistols and other weapons in an attempt to trap two brother, and their confederate who from their fortress In m old farmhouse conducted sniping operations which resulted in the mass sIay. Ing.
 The three men. Harry and Jcu nings Young and man believed to he Charles Floyd. sought refuge ir the old farmhouse when ofiicers sought to arrest Harry for killing Mark Noe. Il Republic. Mo. night watchmap. Floyd hns been ac- cuscd Of four murders Tthe oiil- Cers sought to have Harry surren- der. The desperadocs opened fire After the six officers had been killed and the three others wound cd. the dcspcradoeS escaped.
 From various points have come reports of the men but all have proved futile.
 The six men killed were: sheriff Marcel Hendrix, Deputy Sheriff Wiley Mashburn, Chief of Det. ctivcs Tony Oliver and Oflccrs Sid Meadows, ollie Crosswhite and Charles Uouscr.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
BLIND CHILDREN WENT DOWN ICY
 FIRE ESCAPES
Three of Them Talked Joy. ousIy About the Event Fire Was in Hartford Institute for Blind

Hartford. Conn. Jan 4-~tCP p--- Three blind children who marched unaided down Icy fire escapes when flames swept the Connecticut Tn. stltute for the blind sunday talked yivaclousIy today ftheir experl ence, which they said they would n't have missed for the world"
 The three--Snlvatof FanOzzh, tb, of Danbury, Helen Visculis, is' of Bridgeport, and Jennie koh draaky. ts, of stamford -- were awakened by a night watchman nt 2,30 B, m. and told there was h fire In the basement. Recalling re' psated instructions and fire drills, they arose, dressed hufrledly and walked down Are escapes. Salvatore down the one on the enrt side nn'l he girls down inc one on ih" north. , wouldn't have missed it Tor the w0rid," sold Jennie,
 we have a theme te write and now 1 know what tD wfiis about,
 Salvatore and Helen were ek' cited bui unafrald. They were ihp only ehiidren in ths institute it the tlms. approximately SO others hslnR away for Inc holidays Th. ilfe, uf undetermined 0rInln. wna ektinaulshed with about fis,eeu less. the greatest loss being of itFaiiIe taxfbuokH.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
APPOINTMENTS
 WERE ANNOUNCED
 BY MAYOR HAYES
Harley W. Tripp of the Colonial Trust Co Suc- ceeds Lewis $. Reed, Who Resigned From Board of Finance

Resignation of Lewis $. Reed Of the Citizens and Manufacturers National bnnk from the board of finance due to prcss of other bus mess, the appointment in his place of Harley W. Trlpp, secretary of tho Colonial Trust company, and tho naming of Alderman Charles Schmidt to the fire commission and Alderman Pasqnnlc Perricllo to tho police commission cOnstitut- cd all the changes in Mayor Frank Hayes municipal boards as an- nounced to-day. All remaining commissioners on tho various boards were reappolnted.
 This afternoon Mayor Hayes was busy making ready his various ap- pointmcnts of department heads for tho coming two yenrs. This morning he reapp0intcd Tax At- torncy George R Guilfoilc for n term of four years and through the medium of the board of aldermen renamed Scnlcr of Weights and Measures William J. Dunlcavey for q term of two years.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Candhi Arrest Made Quietly And Without
 Any Open Violence
His Commandments to His Followers Issued When He Knew the Arrest Was Coming-CiviI Dis. obedience and Boycott Were His Principal Commands
By FRANCIS LOW rL prcss StnIY Correspondents. {.

Bombay. Jan 4.--- (UP) Ma hat mn Gandhi and his chief lieutcn. ant, Vallnbhai Patel. were ln Jn'l to-day as the government planned further strict measures to crusn m imminent mon violence war on Great Britain.
 Just before Gnndhi went to Jail he issued instructions to guide the faithful in their "non-vlolont war for independence"
 First observe prayer and fasting. follow with civil dtsobcdiencc, ana fulfil the resolutions of the work ing committed, he urged, "evcn II hardships include injury or losS oi life or property
 The instructions read:
 India. awaken from your sleep discard foreign cloth; spin Khad- dar (nntivc cloth); discard narcot' les and intoxicating liquors; dis'
 "Protcct Englishmen. English women. and children even If they arc provocative. withdraw rom tho government all cooperation m, dividuaily md collectively; rum tho working committees resol,l' tions even If tho hardshlps include injury or loss of life or property
 "Regin by Hartal, then by civi' disobedience according to the CIT cumstances and the locality. Hkt the unlicensed manufacture Of salt picketipg of liquor shops and for eIgn cloth shops: disobcy prohibi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
ETHEL PETERS
 BUTLER TO WED MARINE LIEUT.
She Is Daughter of Major Gen SmcdIcy Butler Lieut. WehIc Is NOrwalk Boy

Philadelphia, Jan |, ifl A romance nt the mhIlnr posi- hi Qunniiro, vn. hns cnlminhteh m the arrangement of Ethel Peters Builer, daughter oi Major General smedley D iipii'r. in young marine lieutenant
 The announcement of ihnf dnughisr'H snKng"msDi iD idhni"h' ant John Wehle, was bihhs hy sieh' efnl iintior and MIh lilti"f rom their Newton lAillnie, Fs, hnni" where they mDvsd october after the marine leader retired from hn' 1.-Two duty. iisui Wehh ls ihe son 0f Mr ana Mrs Jehn N wnhie oi Norwalk, Conn, and ls en dnih hl ihn iiroohlyn Navy ynfh hi ihs present time, N0 nnnounsehlen' ~ns made Of the dais for the w"d' dinR,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
DAMAGING FIRE
 STRIKES DOVER,
 NEW HAMPSHIRE
Block Destroyed and % Business Estab ii s h g ments Burned Seven Persons Were Injured

Dover, N. IT,, Jan 4--fUP) --- LOSS estimated to-day at more thnn $1,000,0 ,00O resulted from fire which levelcd tho Morill block, early yesterday, and for Ave hours mem nced tho entire business district of this southern New Hampshire city St ven persons were burned or oth. crwise injured. Twenty-six fire men were overcome by smoke Twcnty-ninc business establish. mcnts were destroyed. Nine othcr' were damaged. At least 90 per. sons were made homeless. Moro than 135 persons were left joblcss More than 200 persons were driv' en into freezing weather.
 Firemen from II communities representing three states, joined 1T com batting the flames, whipped b, n 36-nils wind which scattered cm. bers over 10 city blocks. Only heavy layers of snow on surround- Ing roofs prevented h conHagra' ton. nremcn felt. The most ser. iously injured was Laddcrmar George O'Neil of Dover. who tum- blcd 70 feet to the street when n section of the roof collapsed. Fire Chief Carroll M. Nash'B report to Mayor T. ]. Chcsley snld tho fire probably was started "whcn rub bish and Bhavlnga piled between partitions by careless persons sometime ago became ighited'"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04

While there has been no im- proVement In the unemployment situation here. the mayor stated. the work of the Mutual Aid Uncm- pioymcnt committee has been thor ouRh and hns alleviatcd much suf- fcring. Financial operations con- tinuo to provide tho chief cause of concern in the municipal govern ment, he added. but at the snme time m eight -mill reduction In tax alton in two years has been nf- fected
 The natural decline in tax re. 'ceipts, causing Il lowering in cur rent receipts was pointed to by the mayor who adds, though, that the municipal employees have done their bit, chcerfuily. In aiding the situation by accepting n 10 per cent cut in salaries. He expressed ap. preciation for the unselflsh assist . ance given him by the controller and the finance board.
 Taxes were collected satisfactor. fly during tho past year consider ing the conditions, tho mayor pointed out. However. under tho stntc laws. the city has no alterna- tive but to continue lts drive for collections while, nt the same time, having no desire to he unduly harsh.
 In his message tho mayor point. cd with rogrct to tho death Oi former Superintendent of Streets Edward h Bradley and praised highly the work done by Mir Brad. ley's successor, Thomas J. Elem. ing.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
PROMINENT MEN
 OF ITALIAN RACE
 HIRE DETECTIVE
Michael Fiaschetti, FOr- mer New York Police Official, Will Conduct Independent Probe of Bomb Plots

New York, Jan 4~- (UP) Prom. inent Italians here were reported today to have engaged Michael Fla schetti. former city detective. to conduct m independent invcstign- ton Into bombing plots.
 Taischetti. former leader Of the police Italian squad, won renown for ferrcting out plots in the fore lgn section of the city many years ago. He now is head of n private detective agency. Fnischctti prom ised n statement today regarding the reported action.
 Meanwhile police and postal ln- spectors continued thelr' invcsti- gation of the Easton. Pn., fntal bombing. It was reported that q cabinet maker was being hunted here on the suspicion that he made the boxes in which the internal machines were placed before be- Ing mailed in Easton. Expert craft manship embodied in the contain ers was snid to have afforded n lead for investigators
 Members of tho police bombing squad were kept busy yesterday answering calls from more thhn 40 New Workers who feared they hnd received bomb packages. In no instance were bombs found.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
DEMOCRATS MAKE REPLY TO CHARGE
 OF REPUBLICANS
Filed Itemized Bill of All Expenditures in 1928 Campaign in New York

Washington, Jan 4--tUPD Tho democratic national committed through Treasurer James W. Ger ard, filed today with tho cierg Of ths house n complete itemized pay roll Of It's 1928 New York head guarters to meet charges made by Representative Will Wood. repub. l.aaB, Indiana. The hep0rt listed payments to every individual em pi0yed by the headquarters. Wood charged thai in the original report covering the is2s campaign var. i0us aSpehditureH were Jumped In violation of the corrupt practices act. The payroll. covering the pe. rIod July 23. fpss to December |. 1928, showed payments os sa63,- geb.7s to 6g2 employees,
 Wood lnsInuhtsd that democrats were attempting to cover ID esrs tain expenditures. uarard ilied with the report m affidavit that the photoataiIe copies were true copies and that the amounts listed sA being paid out were paid out. The pboiostalle copies 0f the nay. rolls filled 70 envelopes, They we're delivered fo fifsk Df thn house ss'uth islusbie by Harry q, I.afis nS New fnfh, assistant treasurer ef the democratic national eosnnaiis tee,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
DROP HOOVER SHE SAYS
JAPANESE GUARD
 ATTACKS UNITED
 STATES OFFICER
Culver Bryant Chamber lain, Was on Way to Assume Duties as Con. suI at Harbin

Mukdcn, Manchuria. Jan 4--tU P)--An attack on m American consular official by n Japanese arm cd guard was investigated by Jap encse officials today.
 The investigation was requested by American Consul General Myrl Scott Myers after a report by Cul- yer Bryant Chamberlain, en route to Harbin to assume the post of American consul there.
 The guard challenged Chamber lain as he was being driven to the railway station in n consular au- tomobile bearing regular consular Identification. The guard did not understand English. Chamberlain, who has been an interpreter in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Mrs. McC Cornick Urges Party To
 Select New Man
Select Some One Who Has a Fair Chance of Victory, Demands the Daughter of Once Famous Mark Hanna

Rockford Illinois, January - (UP) - Mrs Ruth Hanna Mccormick today urged the republican abandon President Hoover presidential nominee with fair chance of victory
 Her suggestion in dictated editorial appearing today In the Rockford Register epubl of which she publisher.
 Mrs Mccormick, daughter of the late Mark Hanna widow of Senator Med Mccormick herself unsuccessful contestant against Hamilton Lewis for the senatorial the last election inquired why Hoover Should be freely discussed and mparay weighed as seeker for public office"
 She urged that the party k precedent into cooked hat by picking another nominee .
 The editorial contrasts Hundreds of thousands of republicans ho % either vote against Hoover refrain from voting for h;r with the united and confident democrats and suggests "a siderable number of republicans would prefer to nave Mf noov, ~ d m candidate the party should select somebody else
 Admitting the enrenhed position of the president as head of gigantic which has its payroll 100000 men and women ,rd ,uooorng 5000 900 Americans" the editorial states:
 it would be sratutous afront the president to imply re oud # necessary marshal great force and it for political purpose in which he is vita1y concerned ,
 "A good beginning republican this New Year would be . resolution stop saying: .
 r ,eeo,danee with time shall of eoue ,.r,, th president and begin Who the best man in he United State, for the biggest job Uncle Sam taekdf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
SMOKES HIS LAST
 CICARET THEN
 LEAPS TO DEATH
Second Time Within Four Months That a Suicide Has Used B0ston's Tall. est Building

Boston, Jan A.--UP) After rolling and smoking his last cig- arct. n small man, between 3b and 40 years old, took an elevator to the observation balcony of tho Custom House tower to-day and Ieaped about 400 feet to his death. 1t was the second time within four months thnt n mnn had used Bos' ton's tallcst building in ending hls life.
 TO-days victim, who wns rather shabbIly dressed, was seen at the base of the 406-foOt structure n few minutes before he lcaped to dcnth. He rolled and smoked a cigaret, then obtained pass to tn" tower md boarded an elevator. The body landed on q projecting roof Ut the second floor level. There was nothing on it to make possible immediate idcntifcntlon' After q similar suicide last Sep. tcmbcr, W. W. Lufkin. collector for the Port of Boston, sought Washington authority to install q safety screen around tho obscrva : ton balcony. Washington replied that because of the economy pro gram such m expenditure could not be approved nt that time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
COMMUNIST WAS DEPORTED TO HIS
 SCOTLAND HOME
William T. MurdOck Was One of the Busy Radi. calls During Strikes in Massachusetts

Boston, Jan 4.---- iGPp More than 100 city and mnie police guarded against communicate dem onalrntionH at Common wealth pier yesterday as William r. Mnr,loeb, former snrrsiary Of ihe National Textile Workers union, was de. laied io hin native Scotland aboard the White Star Inner iihliie
 A man deHoriblng himnelf as An nnsluA EDsaIka 6f ii0Mon was hi p rested on charge Df illegally dihs playing ronnUnlhiin pihrnfhH' Murdoch, whose deperiail0h Whh ordered ns result af hls Artilits lii the iaNienre and ishn"e iHlh mn lsAlils HirlleH, hnld he planned in ioin ihs "iled iniprnaiionaIe el Labor" in scotland,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
GREYHOUND BUS FORCED OFF THE
 MAIN HIGHWAY
On Way From Buffalo to Albany and Troy, Carry. ing Mostly Students One Killed, Six Injured

iliehaelj Springs. x. Y, Jan { .- UpD~-A Greyhound bus carrying sD IA assengerA, mostly students res turning 10 Albany and Troy eol- leseH was forced off the highway near here killing one and injurlng six, Sunday night. The dead Dale canAeld. 20. iinffaI0, student AI' bany college of pharmacy, Ths in' iured Mss tiraee Brown, Albany her sister, Aaeiphia Brown, keoili Willard Wallace, Minetini \, w WIills, syracuse, MiHH Josephine liarfIne, Jamestown, and MiHH iha beile Heard. Batavia,
 William urRntier. lfHpnianrn, driver of ihe has, said he WAS iff. fnH i1 escape q ear, Whlrli WAS irvlng ts pass another. Tho bus wAs enfeuie from iluffalo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Attorneys Of State Favored Repeal Of
 The 18th Amendment
Secret Poll Was Conducted By the Waterbury Bar Association and the Vote Was About Seven to One

lnnd sevon against, New Haven, 200 for repeal, 27 against; Hartford. 200 for. repeal. L.-2a against and Bridgeport. m for repeal and 10 against.
 Tho vote in tho eight counties of the Mntc wns as followS. Hart ford, 2iD for repeal, 20 against: 1: New Haven, 345 for repeal. 42 against; Fairfield, 208 for repeal. 20 against: New London, 90 for repeal against Litchncld, 22 for repeal 6 against; MidldescX, II for repeal, against; Wlndhnm. ia for repeal. S against; Holland, { for repeal. against. It shows that
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04

to ono ratio favor the repeal of ton conducted by the Waterbury Bar association submitted to-day. The report shows I,872 lawyers were solicited and that l.O20 TO- plies were received. indicating n representative return. Tho poll stands S01 for repeal. l26 against repeal and four not voting. The percentage in favor of repeal is S8 per cent.
 Results of the poll in four of tho largest cities in tho state show Wa torbury ns voting lO6 for repeal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
FORMER TAX COLLECTOR PUNISHED

Providence R. l., Jan 4-(UP)-Jamcs M Me Csker 17, former tax collector for the Town of Cum berland to-day sentenced to 18 months in state prison for embezzemcnt of $5400 in town funds. Su- perior Judge Jeremiah F. OConnel imposed sentence following McCuskers recent plea of nOO cOntendere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
MURDER PISTOL WAS STOLEN

Albany, N. r., Jan 4.--UP)--A Pnkerton detec. tive has been assigned by the Colt Arms company of Hartford Conn., to trace pistol, stolen from the fac tory, believed to have been used to say Jack Uegs) Diamond here, Albany police were informed last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
"CASEY" STENCIL TO BE COACH

Brooklyn, N. Y, Jan 4-(UP)-Charles D. Casey) Stengc has been signed coach of the Brooklyn Dodg CTS, it announced today Stenge is former star outieder. His most recent baseball assignment was that of manager of the Todeo club of the American As sociatiOn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
Late Bulletins
DEMOCRATS MAY PICK CHICAGO

Washington, Jan 4-Chicago probably will be select ed the of the 1882 democratic national conven tion when the national committee makes it's choice here next Saturday. Republicans recently voted to hold their nominating convention at Chicago June h.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
FRANK HAYES IS
 INAUGURATED AS
 MAYOR OF CITY
Annual Message Of
 Mayor Hayes Praises People Of Waterbury

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
FIRST TIME IN 31 YEARS

North Adams, Mass, Jan 4--(UP)-For the first time in 31 years democrat elected president of the North Adams City council to-day. Edward A. Ryan, democrat, defeated Frank F. Floyd republican seeking reelection by vote of il to 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
HARVARD JUNIOR ROBBED

Cambridge Mass--At the entrance to Dunster House. n unit of Harvard's $13O00.00O "house plan. Ralph Emerson of New York city. Harvard junior. was held up last night and robbed by two youths of two suitcases filled with books and clothing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
NAUCATUCK POSTMASTER NAMED

Washington Jan 4.--(UP)-President Hoover to- day sent to the senate the following nominations for postmaster Connecticut: Walter F.. Brown, Naugatuck
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
PLENTY OF PEDESTRIANS

Iioston.--The deprcsison apparently K making pe' destrans out of many inveerate ta. riders The mum ber of cabs operating here to-day is 1000 less than year ago. according to police checkup.