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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02
Meth President
 Chamber Commerce
Succeeds BeardsIey-f Hughes First Vce-President
 and Reed Treasurer of Organization

David B.. Meth was chosen presi- dent Of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce at Q meeting of It's di- rectors yesterday afternoon. MT Meth. who is secretary and treas urer of the Guardian Thrift Loan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02

Moynahan of Maiden. Mass, was re- centiy announced. Her successor will not be named until September.
 Other directors present and dates of their termination of ofiiceD are: Edmund J. Daly. David B. Meth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02

Forest G. Purinton, and Willis M... Tate, 1888; Charles J. Allen, John A. Coe, Albert N. Colgrove. and Leon H. French, 1884; John F.
 Bulger, Terence F. Carmody, John. R. Hughes, and Theodore V. Meyer,
 1895; and Charles Chapman. Cliff ford Hollister, and Joseph Sugen- heimer, 1886. Mayor Hayes term of office expires in 1886. All direc-s tors terms expire on June 30th of the years named. 2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
BEER ISSUE STRESSED
Hoover Ignores 1t; Thus He
May Speed Action.

By Scrtpps-HOtcGrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Aug. IA
stronger possibility of legalizing and
taxing beer at the December ses-
sion of congress was seen today as
the result of President Hoover's ac-
ceptance speech.
He ignored the beer issue: and
TINS, according to politicians. will
serve to promote more interest in
the Democratic declaration for i'm
mediate modification of the Volstead
act, which Governor Roosevelt has
announced he will support.
Drawing of this issue between
the presidential candidats is ex-
pected to make more general the
demands of voters that congress
slonal candidates declare them
selves on the beer issue. These
races involve most of the present
members Of the house.
The Democratic platform pledges
its congressman and senators to vote
for immediate modification. and this
is so potent factor in the present
prohibition controversy that it
may convert enough sitting mem
oers in this general election cam
palgn to permit legalization of beer
this winter, instead of at the first
session of the new congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
BATTLE FOR BINGHAM
Wet Senator Draws Wrath
of Bone DryS.

By Scrpps-H OiCGrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The
efforts of bone-dry Connecticut Re-
publicans to punish Senator Hiram
Bingham because of his activities in
the senate and at the Republican
national convention in behalf OF
prohibition repeal are concerning
Republican leaders.
They fear that the Republican
vote may be split. as it was six
years ago, when New York prohibi-
tionists got revenge upon former
Senator James W. Wadsworth Jr.
and caused the election of Demo
crate Senator Robert r. Wagner.
The drys will oppose Bingham's
nomination at the Connecticut Re-
publican convention next month
and, failing to stop him, their plar
is to nominate Professor Albert
Levitt of Redding, former jnstruc-
tor at Washington and Lee univer-
sity AS an independent candidate.
Democrats feel they have chance
to defeat the scholarly Bingham
this year.
Because of this, leaders have de-
cided not to nominate Gene Tunney
former heavy weight champion
pugilist, who is making his politica
debut this year.
Bingham's friends are disappoint.
ed at the collapse of the Tunney
boom because they would have re.
garded his nomination as a Demo
cratic admission of weakness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
AERIALIST Dies.
5000 SEE FALL
Second Woman Is Probably
Fatally Wounded.
By Emitted Press

By United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. 10.
One woman aerialist died early
today, and another was injured
seriously when they we're hurtled
200 feet to the ground as 5000 per-
sons watched their act.
Irene Berger, 81, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, died of internal injuries.
Mrs. Roxie La Rosa, 81, of Des
Moines, Ia, was said to be near
death, with both legs broken, one
lung punctured and her back in
jured.
Orville La Rosa, her husband, also
was sent hurting toward the
ground, but seized some ropes which
broke his fall. He was not critically
injured.
The three, working under the
stage name of THE Three Falcons, .
has just finished their trapeze act
at the ocean stadium on the steel
pier, and we're preparing to descend
to the ground, 247 feet below.
When Miss Berger started to
slide down a rope, she lost her hold.
In falling, she struck the guide rope
holding the trapeze equipment in
place.
The trapeze toppled to the ground,
carrying the other two performers
with it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
JOBLESS PERIL
PROPERTY, is
OWNERS CLAIM
ConfiSCation Charged by
Landlord: Aid Needed,
lie Asserts.

Charges that unemployed are
confscating property Of Indianapo-
lis landlords were made today by
Frank Swonger. l1o1 East Ohio
street, owner of properties in the
800 block, Coffey street, one Of
which is occupied by persons who. it
is alleged. have refused to move.
The residence at 1926 CofTey street
is being used by the family of James
Evans. There are six children in the
family and. according to Swonger.
attempts at eviction have failed and
authorities fear to put them out.
Swonger said several men always
are near the place and, although
an eviction suit has been filed, the.
family still remains.
Owners Of property in indiana
apoliS who have worked hard to buy
and maintain real estate find their
property practically conflScated in
this manner Swonger said.
THE owner is helpless after filing
suit and threats are made If fam
lilies are evicted, the house will be
left IN such condition that it may
not be suitable for residence pur-
poses for some time.
Anyway. the condition will be
such that the landlord will have to
spend large sums of money to re-
pair the places.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
STRAW VOTE ELECTION
URGED In MISSISSIPPI
Unusual Situation Is Caused by
Collapse of ReappOrtionment Act.

OOh0pSc VI RCdppVE tlOhAlcuL ACb.
By Scripps-HOw Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Missis-
sippi may make political history this
year by holding unofficial Demo-
cratic primaries instead of the legal
kind financed by state money.
The states reapportionment law
has been found unconstitutional by
the courts, because it simply COM
bined two existing congressional
districts instead of changing the
boundaries of all districts on the
basis Of population.
This means that all seven mem
bers of congress must be elected at
large.
Former Governor Bilbo wants to
run for congress. and wants an Off
cial statewide Democratic primary
at which the seven Democrats OBJ
tanning the most votes will be
chosen to go on the ticket for the
final elections.
Another faction in the state is
anxious to hold primaries in the
districts as they were outlined in the
unconstitutional reapportionment
law. This could not be done Off
cially, so it is proposed that the
party shall hold unofficial straw
ballot" primaries. The men OBJ
tanning the most votes in each dis
trict, shall, by petition, be put on
the final ballots, and be considered
the candidates of the Democratic
party.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
Crippled Hitch-Hiker, %,
on Way East, Collapses
Walks Only HaIf-MiIe in
18-Day Journey From
Seattle.

Tottering with the infirmities of
90 years, and unable to walk with
out the aid of crutches, Walter
O'Brien, hitchhiker is being cared
for today by the Volunteers of
America after walking only a half
mile since he left Seattle, Wash,
eighteen days ago.
O'Brien collapsed in Speedway
City Thursday. He says his left
side apparently is partly paralyzed.
He is bound for Wheeling, w. Va,
to the home of niece, Mrs Bertha
Feldenhauer She has been advised
of his plight, and if she is unable
to pay his fare to Wheeling, it will
be provided by the Volunteers of
America.
The aged man. graduated from
Georgetown university in 1874, IS a
landscape artist and also has been
engaged in the lumber and hard
ware business in Seattle.
Years ago." he said today, "a
mans word was as good as his bond.
There we're no bank failures, no in
tereSt.
I'VE kept our money in tin boxes.
If a man wanted to borrow 500. we
just opened the box and gave it to
him. If he couldn't pay when he
promised, he came to us and ex-
planned why"
Once well-to-do, O'Brien said his
fortune disappeared due to invest
ing in bad securities and signing
bad notes.
Six months ago he fell. sprain-
ing an ankle and tearing ligaments.
Since then he has been forced to use
crutches.
His mother died at the age of
l0l. his father at 98. OBrien said.
He has smoked a pipe since he
was 9, and permission to smoke was
the first thing he asked after sitting
for photographer.
Guess l look like a Bolshevik. "
O'Brien remarked. and l sure don't
feel like any Rose of Killarney"
Motorists and other persons he
met on the long trail from Seattle
to indianapolis we're very consider
ate. O'Brien said, in explaining he
walked only half mile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
HOLD BACK CITY
BUDGETS UNTIL
ASSEMBLY ENDS
Officials Refuse to Move for
Fear of Further LeeiS-
tive Acts.

Plan of submitting a tentative
1888 civil city budget to city council
Monday night, today had been
abandoned by city officials, in view
of uncertainty of possible legislative
action before close of the special
session next Monday night.
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and
City Controller William L. Elder
have been working on the budget
several weeks and for the last sew
eral days have been in conference
almost constantly with department
heads considering ways and means
of slashing the budget.
Decision to wait until after the
legislature adjourns in order to be
able to submit a budget complying
with legislative action was reached
today, WHEN it was found a special
meeting could be held a week later
to receive the budget and permit
ample time for the required legal
advertising.
There is 70 use in submitting
budget blindly, when the legis-
lature, in half an hour, can upset
all We have done in weeks Sulli-
van said
He pointed out that the $3.50
maximum levy law, if it is not re-
pealed or modified, virtually will
mean a two-thirds reduction in the
city levy, unless the county adjust
ment board set up by the law sees
fit to permit an increased maximum
in the county.
THE s1.35 total levy left, after
the state is given Is cents" the
mayor said, would give the civil
city probably a 50-cent levy, COM
pared with the present $108 levy,
but heavy reduction in the Center
township assessed valuation would
cut down still further the city's &C
tual receipts from taxation"
If the city were held to its actual
share of the $3.50 total levy, it was
pointed out, the result, might be
forced closing of most city depart
mentS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13

gray, and that's the same way with
drape suits"
Trousers of the new suits will
have II to 19-inch width instead
of the old wide 20 to 22-inch bot
toms. They will hang approximate
ly one inch above the heel instead
of bagging and dragging over the
heel to- collect the street dust.
It'll save men repair bills, tor no
longer will they find themselves
with cuffs that clean the sidewalks
and need reinforcing" Cohee as
serts.
Pleats at the waistline feature
the trousers.
Return of the form-fitting waist
line will mean a big push on pat
termed shirts.
Make 'em ask for a white shirt"
says one haberdasher.
Suspenders a Necessity
Suspenders are a necessity for
those ordering trousers with high
waiStlines and extreme peg-top.
The pegs" are expected to boost
the cane mart and bring back the
watch chain that ran from southeast
vest pocket to the northwest one,
with g watch on one end and a
fancy gold pocket knife on the
other end.
Plain colors will predominant in
suitings with oxford grays popular
ir overcoats. Overcoats as we'll as
dinner clothes have taken on the
English drape airs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
DEATH CALLS WRITER
Mrs. Maude Swift Vanier of
Sullivan SuCCumbS.

Mrs. Maude Swift Vanier, 40, OF
Sullivan, writer and social service
worker who formerly lived in In
dianapolis. died Friday in st. Vim
cents hospital
She was born near Blooming
Grove, Fayette county. She lived
in Indianapolis several years and
was a prominent newspaper con-
tributor, and active in the work OF
the Family Welfare Society.
Mrs. Vanier was a charter mem
Der of the Indiana Press Club, and
belonged to the Sullivan chapter
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
She was the wife of j. Olias
Vanier, a member of the law firm
of Hays & Hays of Sullivan. He
formerly had a law practice in In
dianapoliS.
Funeral services will be held az
1915 Tuesday in Sacred Heart
Catholic church. Burial will be in
st. Joseph's cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
Old Courthouse Fountain
Now Is Haven of JObless
Whole Story of 0ne-Time
Show Spot Is One of
Depression.

A fountain that once was the
countyS pride and "a thing to show
all courthouse visitors" has become
a haven of rest for jobless men.
Scores of wan. weary figures may
be seen, almost any hour, reclining
in the shady hooks of the forsaken
fountain in the north courthouse
yard
They sit drowsily on its worn
rocks. Their days are melancholy.
They are tired of life but content
for fountain of rest
Sometimes they talk Their ar
guments are limited, soup kitchens,
Hoover, depression, and kindred
subjects.
Rocks of the fountain, dull and
gray, listen. It's empty basins echo
the sad refrain from their voices
Goldfish no longer dart through
sparkling waters. Leaves and sticks
are scattered in the pool.
The whole story is one of depres-
sion.
When thieves stole the goldfish in
1929 commissioners couldn't afford
to buy more. Water for the foun-
tain also became expensive. So, in
keeping with reduction in govern
mental expenditures, the fountain
was cut from the courthouse budget
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
SKIRMISH OF BUNS
GETSsPAIR INTO COURT
Denied Rolls, Sister, n-Law HurIs
Them, Judge Is Told.

Nathan Kastan's order prevent
ing his sister-in-law from taking
buns and rolls from his bakery at
818 South Meridian street did not
prevent her from throwing them at
him, he told Municipal Judge Will
liam H. Sheaffer Friday.
KaStan was in court on charges
Of assault and battery preferred by
Mrs. Bertha KaStan, the sister-in-
law, who lives with her husband and
Nathan above the bakery. Kastan
was fined $25 and costs, but APP
pealed the case.
Mrs. Kastan said Nathan had in
structed clerks in his bakery not to
give buns or rolls to hsr, because
of family quarrel. When she went
downstairs into the bakery to re-
monstrate with KaStan she said he
seized her arm, forced her outside
and slammed the door.
Kastan denied selling her arm.
but said he put her out of the store
after she had showered him with a
barrage of buns during the argu-
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
CITY PERSONS INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Broken Arm Suffered by 74-Year-
Old Man, Struck by Car.

aim NY ~ NdA
Old Man, Struck by Car.
Miss Ora Watson, %. of $40 West
Twenty-fourth street, suffered minor
injuries Of her head, back and right
shoulder when hurled from her
automobile at Illinois street and
Fall Greek boulevard after it was
struck by a car driven by Brode D
Duncan. 40, of Alb East Fifteenth
street. He was arrested on charge
of failure to stop at boulevard.
Minor injuries were incurred by
Ruth Smith, %. of 1910 College sv-
enue, and Robert Feldenridge, FIT
Harrison, when an automobile in
which they were passengers was
struck by a College avenue street
car at Fifty-eighth street.
Louis Geiger. "a. of 1851 Elm
street, suffered a broken arm Fri
day night when struck by an auto
mobile while walking in Fountain
square. Miss Wilma Sparks, New
Palestine, the driver, was not held
Cuts and bruises were incurred
by T. Edward Burke, 40, of 2033
Hoyt avenue, and his wife, Emma,
80, when their automobile collided
with another at West and Morris
streets. The other car was driven
by DR.. William Ihlers, 36, of 1921
Thaddeus street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
QUITS DE PAUW FACULTY
Minna Mae Kern Ends Service Dat
ing Back to 1895.

BIZ Times Special
GREENCASTLE. Ind, Aug. 49,
Miss Minna Mae Kern, professor of
German and one of the Oldest fac
ulty members in De Paw university
in point OF service, has rendered her
resignation. Miss Kern spent last
year in California on a leave of alb
sence, but was expected to return to
the campus this September. Condi-
tons of health caused her to with
draw from teaching further.
Miss Kern cane to the De Psuw
faculty in 1895 rs instructor of Ger
man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
Hoover Stand in 1923

Il do not favor repeal of the
eighteenth amendment. I stand for
the efficient enforcement of the
laws enacted hereunder. Whoever
is chosen President has under his
oath the solemn duty to pursue this
course.
Our country deliberately has un-
dertaken a great social and eco
11omic experiment, noble in motive
and far-reaching in purpose. 1t
must be worked out constructively. "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
'0NE STRONG SERBIAN
KILLED BY OWN MIGHT
SCOTS at Offer of Help, Dies in
Steel Mill Pit.

SbCC1 VIII III.
By Times Special
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13.-For
twenty years Alex Milkovick had
tossed iron bars into molten Stag
pits at Jones e. Laughlin's south
side plant.
He was proud of his strength and
spurned offers of help.
But something went wrong Fri
day and Alex, while a friend looked
on helplessly, died in the pit
AS he picked up the heavy iron
bar to hurl it into the Stag pit.
10 by Is feet and Is deep, his friend,
John Petrie, warned him it was too
heavy for one man.
Not for me-" he scoffed, "I am
one strong Serbian
Petrie turned back to the furnace.
A moment later he heard an ago
nized cry. He rushed to the pit.
His friend was in it.
Hours later, after the metal had
cooled, workmen removed the body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
SUPPORT RADIO BATTLE
Northwest Civic League Backs Pastor
In Fight With Utility.

Support of the Thirty-Frst Street
Baptist church and its pastor in the
fight for federal approval of a radio
station for educational and religious
program, in face of opposition by the
Indianapolis Power and Light Com
pany. was voted Friday night by
the Northwest Civic League.
Members of the league approved
the project at a monthly meeting
in Winamac hall. They signed
petitions circulated by the Rev.
Morris H. Coers, pastor and J. w
Lovett, a member OF the church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
DOLLAR WHEAT is AIM
Dakota Farmers League TO Wait
for Higher Price.

TOLA. N. D.. Aug 13-North
Dakota will start its battle for dol
lar wheat Monday.
Hundreds have signed pledges to
hold their grain until that market
price is reached. Dell willsi Of Tolna
announced today. Furthermore,
they have agreed not to sell more
than 10 per cent Of their crop each
month, to insure orderly marketing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
CHAPLIN MAKES DEBUT
New Secretary of Commerce Attends
First Cabinet Session.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Roy D..
Chaplin. Detroit automobile manu-
facturer. attended his first cabinet
session Friday as secretary Of COM
merce.
He praised the prohibition stand
of President Hoover in his accept
ance speech, in an interview with
reporters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
Hoover Stand in 1882

i always have sympathized with
the high purpose Of the eighteenth
amendment and l have used every
power at my command to make it
effective over the entire country.
80. It has succeeded m great meas
ure in those many communities
where the majority sentiment is ia
vorable to it.
But in other and increasing
number Of communities there is
majority sentiment unfavorable to it.
Laws opposed by majority sentiment
create resentment, which under
mines enforcement and produces
degeneration and crime.
Our opponents pledge the mem
bers of their party to destroy every
vestige of constitutional and effec-
tive federal control of the traffic.
That means, over large areas, the
return Of the saloon system with
its corruption, its moral and social
abuse.
The eighteenth amendment
smashed that regime as by a stroke
of lightning. l can not consent to
the return of that system.
Realizes Discomfort Spread
cat the same time we must recog-
nize the difficulties which have de-
veloped in making the eighteenth
amendment effective and that grave
abuses have grown up . An in
creasing number of states and mu-
inequalities are proving unwilling to
engage in such enforcement. Thus
in large sections, there is an in
creasing illegal traffic in liquor
But, worse, there has been in those
areas a spread OF disrespect not
only for this law, but for all laws,
grave dangers of practical nullifica-
ton of the Constitution, degenera-
ton in municipal government, and
increase in subsidized crime and vio-
lence. 1 can not consent to con-
tinuation Of this regime.
II refuse to accept either Of these
destinies-on the one hand to re-
turn to the old saloon, with its po-
litical and social corruption; or, on
the other, to endure the bootlegger
and the speakeasy, with their abuses
and crime Either is intolerable.
1T is my belief that to remedy
present evils a change is neces-
sary. That change must avoid re-
turn Of the saloon.
1T is my conviction that the
nature of this change is that each
state shall be given the right to
deal with the problem as it may
determine, subjects TO absolute
guarantees in the Constitution of
the United States to protect each
state from interference and inva
sion by its neighbors, and that in
no part of the United States shall
there be a return of the SALOON
system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
HOOVER VOICES
CHANGED VIEW
ON PROHIBITION
Necessity for Revision of
Present Policy Seen
by President.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13-Presi-
dent Hooyer's declaration now for
change in the prohibition laws con-
trasts sharply with his acceptance
speech of 1923. At that time Mr..
Hoover simply declared himself
against repeal of the eighteenth
amendment and for Efficient en-
forcement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13

Fair Entry Lists Close Aug. II
With entries for the Indiana state
fair to be held Sept to 9 being
made in large volume, E. j. Barker,
secretary, warned today that the
entry lists will close Wednesday,
Aug. II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
OPEN HAY FEVER WAR
Army of 5000 JobIess Hired to Hunt
Culprit Ragweed in Chicago.

By United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-An army of
5000 men has gone to work today
in an effort to save the city's hay
fever sufferers from their annual
attack of sniffleS.
The men, hired by the Illinois
emergency relief commission, are
to hunt through all the fields in
Chicago and uproot ragweed, the
pollen, which causes the disorder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13

True peg-top yet but long now
before saght-lned males will gazing
And why! they're not bad keep crossed
the
streets three-ring right O
The pegops really parcel with the
and the their
Wi padding forms of Drawn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
Yincennes Man Is Suicide

bU JWTttW 7 too
VINCENNES, Ind, Aug. 13.-Jo-
seph Claussman, 81, shot and killed
himself here today. Dependency
and financial worries were attrib-
uted as the cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-13
PEG-TOPS ARE BACK!
Not So Extreme as i'm old Days


generations they're
They have the faring hips imagination
yore.
They foundn city clothing stores for menpegtop trousers!
might hips sharp
hang sandwich signs they're