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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09

The part which the radio plays in Connecticuts large household consumption of electricity is shown in the recently compiled United States census figures on radio, which reveal the fact that In pro- portion to its population Connecti- cut has more receiving sets than any of the other states in the Union with the exception of Dhode Island and Illinois.
 In Connecticut, 54.9 per cent of the total number of families in the state own radio sets. In the neigh boring commonwealth of Rhode Island, the figure is 67 per cent, while in Illinois 1t is 55.G per cent. In other words, according to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09

strong arm salesmanship" by telephone is the latest wrinkle which the Chamber of Commerce has been called upon to meet. Numerous toll line calls into Wa terbury by high-powered agents have been reported by local resi- dents who hold bonds or securities. The messages are appeals to have local holders become interested in more promising propositions. They are being urged to forward their secuEties to offices in Boston or New York and to sign papers ap- pointing various firms proxies in negotiations for sure-fre invest ments.
 Due to favorable activities on the New York exchange within the past few days persons who have held securities for months past are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
Slight Pick-Up In
 Market This Week
Railroad Situation Said to Be the Crux of the Present
 Difficulties Besetting Wall Street

meaures which are on the eve of being put into operation. What will do more than anything else to bring back the confidence of the Investing public will be the assur- ance that the railroads will be re- lieved from their present distress and the passage of the Reconstruc- ton Finance corporation measure now before congress will undoubt. edly accomplis this.~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Notify Police Dept of Men
 Soliciting Funds in
 Their Name WARNING SENT OUT

The Police Department was no- tified today by the Chamber of Commerce and officers of the Knights of Columbus that two men were soliciting funds in Waterbury for supposed K. of c. charity fund. The men are without author ization. The Knights of Columbus of this city are not making any public appeal for assistance in re- gard to charity.
 All persons solicited are asked to refer the men to the police de- partment or the Chamber of Com merce.
 A general warning was sounded by the police concerning the solici- tors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
PARAMOUNT COMMUNITY CLUB WILL MEET MONDAY NIGHT

The regular monthly meeting or the Fairmount Community Club will be held Monday evening in the parish hall of St MichaePs church All residents of the Fairmount sec ton are urged to attend. The meet ing will be called to order at o. clock sharp. A new meeting place will be selected and during the so- cial hour which will follow the meeting motion pictures of western scenes will be exhibited.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
FUNERALS

The body of Mrs Catherine V. c0itsr was taken Co he funeral home Of W, r, 9nish, 20 Main street, Manchester, from whore tho fIDsral will take place Monday morning 10 st James church, with burial in Ri HrldReta cemetery, Manchester. lime Co be announced later,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
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b0rlln, January ' =- Wp) - 'fhn date 6f inc debts and reDaras ilODH rDninrnnna bi I,snADnD1i kwiiksrland, has been hfl asfinlies ly for January sb, iha R0yHfDmeDt announced today,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
BIRTHDAY PARTY

worcester, Mass.-A birthday party for her grandmother will be held annually, financed by the in- come from q trust fund, under the will of Sarah l.. Russell, filed for probate here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09
Keynote Speeches
 on Jackson Day

tContinued from Page 1.)
Evening star., 1932-11-25
STOCK PRICES RALLY
AFTER SHARP DROP
Weakness in Sterling Exchange
Cited, but Pressing Liquida-
tion Is Lacking.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November 25.-Stocks
skidded for while today, but in early
afternoon trading appeared to recover
their equilibrium, a number making
fairly good rallies from their earlier
low points, Most securities we're down
from so cents to 81 share.
Weakness of the British pound
sterling, which broke 3h cents to
S3.21s for Londc1 cables, the lowest
price since the pound struck $3.l8 in
1920, and heaviness Of wheat prices
were said by schooled Wall Street
traders to account for the stock mar
ket's WEAKNESS. Trading, however, was
not active and there was no indication
of pressing liquidation.
In the Chicago market wheat lost
around / cent bushel, December con-
tracts receding to a new low.
Cotton prices dipped around 80 cents
| bale.
In the stock market United States
Steel was steady performer. 1t lost
| only So cents at its worst, going to
| s32.s7 a share, but later .uled steadily
/ at s33. American Telephone lost $2.37.
at one time going to $103.50, but rallied
: to sI04.25. American Can, after dip
ping about 50 to $50.37, gained 10 ISL,
The rails were relatively steadN
Evening star., 1932-11-25
DRY REVISION POST
DECLINED BY NUTTER
Former Head of Boston Bar Wont
Serve as Chairman of Mas
sachusetts Committee.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, November 25.-George r
Nutter, former president of the Boston
Bar Association, today declined to serve
as chairman of the special committee
of citizens named by Gov. Joseph 3
Ely to formulate a program of revision
of the States liquor laws. The Gov.
ernor announced Immediately that
Bentley w. Warren, prominent Boston
attorney, had been named in his stead
Nutter, in letter to the Governor
which he declined to make public unit
the chief executive had perused it. re-
fused, he said, to serve on the commit
tee in any capacity.
He said he was first apprised of hi
appointment through newspaper head.
lines and added, II will have nothing
to do with it,
The Governor said he had been in.
formed of Mr.. Nutter'S decision anC
that Mr. Warren had accepted the prof.
fered Craftsmanship.
The committee, comprising sever
! prominent citizens, including two WON
, en-, was named to start an immediate
study of the problem of bringing tht
States liquor laws into line with pos
sible repeal Of the eighteenth amend
ment to the Federal Constitution O
the repeal or modification of the Vol
| stead act.
Evening star., 1932-11-25
WORK CONTINUED
BY UN|TS.0F CHEST
Officials Confident Most of
Shortage Will Be Made Up
Before New Year.

The campaign to raise s2,419,787 for
the Community Chest Is not ended and
will not be until the last pledge card
is filed out .and the campaign books
closed for 1888, it was announced today
by e. c. Graham, president of the
Chest.
Although formal solicitation was
ended with the closing of the intensi-
fed drive Wednesday night. Chest
efhcials today pointed out that large
groups of workers are still campaigning
for funds, with practically the entire
Government Unit Of 2.200 workers still
trying to lift the level of contributions
among Federal employees and activity
continuing in the Special Gifts. Metro
pclttan and Group Solicitation Units.
When the formal campaign closed the
Chest was more than half a million
dollars short of It's goal However,
Chest officials are confident Washington
will make up a large part, If not all, OF
this shcrtage before the first Of the
year.
Late Gifts Raise Total
Contributions continue to pour in,
some large and some small. 1t was
announced by Clarence A. Aspinwall,
Chairman of the Special Gifts Unit,
that more than SIS, 900 had been prom
ised his workers after the final cam
paign reports we're handed in, but had
not been counted in his units campaign
total.
In other units it was the same story.
The rush of the campaign left many
loose ends, and these, being gathered
up, are pouring golden stream into
the Chest.
Gov. Thomas E. Campbell, president
of the Civil Service Commission and
chairman of the Government unit, has
asked his organization to remain In
tact and has called meeting of his
staff of lieutenantS in the Government
service for next Tuesday, to map out
plans for completing the Chest drive
among Federal employees here.
The auditing unit, under the direc-
ton of A. c. Landrus, Is working to
complete the final audit Of the formal
campaign reports, and adding what
contributions have come in since We'd
nesday night, for a partial campaign
report to be made by noon tomorrow to
President Graham.
All Workers Instructed.
H. L. Rust, jr., chairman Of the
metropolitan unit; Lloyd B. Wilson of
the group solicitation unit, DR.. H. G.
Moulton of the schools unit, Mr.. Aspin-
wall Of the special gifts unit, and G. C.
Glover, jr., and John Hays Hammond, CO.
chairmen of the national corporations
unit, called upon all workers who have
served under them who have any un-
finished campaign work, to continue on
as though the formal campaign was
continuing, and to help bring the
Chests contributions up to its quota.
Campaign headquarters, established
in the Willard Hotel since the opening
of the drive, was being closed today,
and the regular staff of the Chest was
being moved back to the year-round
offices in the Investment Building.
Evening star., 1932-11-25
WORLD CONFERENCE
ON WHEAT ASKED
Alberta Meeting Calls Upon Cana.
dian Government for
Initiative.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CALGARY, November 25.-The Do
minion government was requested to
convene world wheat conference In a
resolution approved at todays session
of the Alberta Wheat Pools annual
meeting.
Delegates believed such a conference
would lead to stabilized wheat prices
and solve the present marketing PROB
lem.
The leading wteat-exporting coun-
tries of the world would attend the
conference. They would be Canada,
Australia, United States and Argentina
who control 81 per cent Of the world
export wheat supply.
The resolution, unanimously approved
by the pool delegates, referred to the
serious plight of the wheat farmer due
to the drastic drop In prices and the
lack of markets for his product. The
delegates believed only by corporation
between the four exporting countries
could 3 solution 20 the problem o1
maxkats md loK uElceE he fouud
Evening star., 1932-11-25
LEAGUE DEBATE HALTED.
De Valera Announces Lord Lytton Will
Be Questioned on Far East.

GENEVA. November rs [P.-Eamon
de Valera, president of the Irish Free
State, had the last word yesterday In
the dispute between China and Japan
over Manchuria.
As chairman of the League Of Nations
Council he put an end to the debate in
which Yosuke Matsuoka and DR.. We'll
lingtefl Koo have engaged for the past
three days. Then he announced that
Lord Lytton, chairman of the cemmis-
sion which investigated the Manchurian
to questioning on the commissions re-
port today.
This was over Matsuoka's strenuous
objection. He contended that the COM
missions work ended with the submis-
sion of its report several weeks ago and
that its chairman should not be per-
mitted now to modify that report or to
comment on the debate of this week.
Japan always has been and still Is
one of the most loyal supporters of the
League" he said, "she hopes to remain
a loyal supporter If she does mot find
it incompatible with her own existence
and with her policy of maintaining
peace in the Far East"
This was perhaps the most significant
statement during his brief colloquy with
| LII. HAOO. nc lti6QC ~ III ACPAy w Oh 90
sertion by the Chinese spokesman that
Japan is treating the League covenant
| the Kellogg pact and the nine-powel
| treaty with contempt"
After renewing his objection to testi'
mony by the Lytton commissioners, the
japanese representative warned thf
Council that If the commissioners art
questioned he will demand the right Il
1 examine them himself and he may taxi
a month to do it.
! Norman H. Davis, American delegate
to the Disarmament Conference, dis
| cussed arms problems yesterday with
Tsuneo Matsudaira Of Japan, JOSEPH
Paul -Boncour of France and Sir JohI
! Simon of Great Britain. Mr.. Davi
said: Things are getting on. We ar,
| making all the progress we can expect
BY tomorrow we should see some head
way"
He declined to enter into details. bu
indicated the chances for four-p
arms meeting with the United State
observing had improved
Lord Lytton informed the Leagu
Council today that he and his colleague
did not wish to add anything to thei
report.
Evening star., 1932-11-25
BEER UNION FEARS
CONTROL BY GANGS
Asks for U. S. Protection
Against Any Attempt
to "MuscIe In."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio November 25.--
The Executive Board of the United
Brewery Workers Union Of America to-
day announced plans to ask the Federal
Government to help prevent any effort
of Chicago gangdom to muscle into
the brewing industry when and If beer
is legalized.
Joseph Obergfell, secretary-treasurer
of the International Brewery, Flour,
Cereal and Soft Drink Workers Union,
said the board already had decided to
expel any member discovered to be as
scciated with racketeers, and that Con-
gress would be asked to pass legislation
permitting only citizens Of good char
acter and reputation" to receive permits
to operate breweries.
The board, he said, is in session here
formulating its plans to take effect
should Congress act on plans to permit
manufacture and sale Of beer.
Prepared to Resist"
At the same time, Edward Flore OF
Buffalo, president Of the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees and Beverage
Dispensers international Union, told
the annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor his organization
was prepared to resist any attempt OF
racketeers to seize control.
we have Cancelled a few member
| ships" he said, because of racketeer-
ing, but they are so few as to be Of nc
| Importance"
He asserted his organization, having
membership of some 300 bartenders
In L. ,srVf.~ IT, Ia
| cago, but not with the aid of gangs.
I'VE will surrender our A. F. of l.
! charter" he said, "if we have to or
! ganize Chicago with gangs"
Our union" Obergfell said, "has
understood for some time that Chi
| cago's gangland had plans to get It's
clutches on the industry One of. the
| most important questions now before
| our Executive Board meeting here is
| this very issue, and we are now wrestling
! with the problem.
IF the underworld gets control OF
the brewing industry 1t will wreck the
industry and wreck our union. The
business must be operated on high
plane. Only men Of good character
and reputation should be permitted tc
nave license to operate a brewery"
Local Unions on Guard.
"The IA members of our Executive
Board come from all parts of the
United States-from New York, from
the Pacific Coast, from the South, from
the North-to attend this meeting
They are all united in the determine
ton to keep the brewing industry out
of the clutches Of gangsters and racket
eers. They are united in the determi-
nation that no union members shall
have any affiliation with gangland. and
that brewery operating licenses should
be granted by the Government only to
men who have no connections with the
gangsters.
I'VE must keep the brewing industry
a legitimate industry. We saw the un-
derwold crowd grow as a result OF the
great mistake of prohibition. Oul
union has fought for IA years for g
restoration of good beer. Now, on the
eve of victory, We don't propose to lei
the Chicago underworld ruin everything
by their 'muscling in tactics.
I'VE are advising our local union!
| Continued on Page 2. Column %
Evening star., 1932-11-25
CARNEGIE HEAD HITS
SOLDIERS PENSIONS
"Mercenary Demands" Threaten
Treasury's Stability, Says Sam
uel H. Church.
RY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, November zo'-A
constitutional amendment prohibiting
payment of bonuses and pensions 10
soldiers uninjured in war is proposed
by Samuel Harden Church, president OF
the Carnegie Institute. in the November
issue of the Carnegie Magazine.
Church recites that Gibbon. the ms
torian. attributed the fall Of the Roman
Empire to the mercenary demands OF
her soldiers, and Gays we are raploly
advancing to that point in this coun-
try"
Church's article, in the form OF q
letter to President Hoover, says: MY
purpose in offering this amendment is
to put an end TO the raids upon the
Treasury which fellow every war and
which, through the connivance of fear
full politicians, transforms our armies
of patriotic citizens into regiments OF
mercenary troops and soldiers of for
tune"
Church says great majority Of the
soldiers in the World War resent this
debasement of patriotism as the mega
tion of all that is noble and exalted n
the ideals of the Nation"
Evening star., 1932-11-25
CHINA TURNS DOWN
LYTTON PROPOSALS
Marking Refuses to Enter
Into Negotiations With
Japan, as Suggested.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NANKING, China, November IS.
Proposals advanced by the Lytton
Commission and others for direct ne
gotiations with Japan to find solu-
ton for the Manchurian dispute are
absolutely unacceptable to China, the
government announced today.
The Lytton Commission recommended
an advisory conference between China
and Japan with the object Of fnegotiat-
ing four separate instruments:
(l) A declaration by the Chinese
government constituting a special ad-
ministration for the three Manchurian
provinces.
(2) A treaty between China and
Japan dealing with Japanese interests.
(3) Another treaty of conciliation,
arbitration, n-aggression and mutual
assistance.
"a A commercial treaty between the
two countries.
Terms Of Proposals.
The first would create an autonomous
regime, the rights of both countries
hereunder to be protected by the
treaties. The only armed force in Man
churia would be established With the
collaboration of foreign instructors, to
serve as a police organization. The gov
ernment also would be assisted by for
eign appointees.
The treaty dealing with Japan's in
terests would guarantee that country's
free participation In the economic de-
velopment Of Manchuria, would guaran-
tee continuance of Japan's rights in the
neighboring Mongolian province OF Je-
hol and would embody an agreement
regarding the operation of the rail-
ways.
The treaty Of conciliation would set
up an. arbitrating board to assist in the
solution of any difnculties arising be-
tween the two countries regarding the
interpretation of the new agreements.
The commission suggested that provision
could be made for participation in this
arrangement by Soviet Russia.
would Encourage Trade.
The commercial treaty would have as
its object the establishment of condi-
tions to encourage as much as possible
the exchange of goods between China
and Japan, while safeguarding the
existing treaty rights Of other coun-
| tries.
The treaty also would pledge the Chi
| nese government to forbid and repress
boycott movements against Japanese
| trade.
Japan itself proposed direct negotia-
tions before the Lytton Commission re-
ported, but in the first unofficial Chi
nese reaction to the Lytton recon-
mendations this suggestion was char
acterized as merely affording Japan an
other opportunity to delay ultimate solu-
ton of the dispute over Manchuria
II the League of Nations fails to find
solution for this dispue, C. T. Wang
the former foreign minister, said today
"the seeds of a new world war will be
sown."
Evening star., 1932-11-25
HOOVER TO STAND
| BY PLAN TO ASK
DEBT COMMISSION
Will Urge Congressional
Agency to Avoid Partisan
ship in Revision Study.
POUND STERLING DROPS
TO NEW LOW OF 1922
Britain and France Prepare New
Notes as Stimson Sends Reply
to Three Countries.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

President Hoover will stand by his
proposal of asking Congress to create
q congressional agency" to deal with
the question of the foreign debts, as
against the proposal of Mr.. Roosevelt
that these matters should be taken up
by the individual debtors through the
usual diplomatic channels, 1t was
stated authoritatively here today.
The reason for the Presidents de-
cision is that the representatives abroad
of the United States represent an ad-
ministration which has been defeated
at the polls and, consequently. whatever
suggestions the American Ambassador
may make in connection with the set
tlement of the foreign debts, they will
be scrutiniZed by the members Of Con-
gress, to whom they ultimately will be
referred, and the internal political ele-
ment is bound to play an important role
in that scrutiny.
Would Avoid Partisanship.
Should Congress agree, however, to
create such an agency as suggested by
the President, the responsibility of ex-
amining the claims of the debtor ma
ticns would rest entirely with both
houses and thus the question Of parti-
sanship would be obliterated.
The President realizes the opposition
his proposal is going to meet in Con-
gress when he Incorporates this sug-
gestion Il his message, it was said
today, hdt it is hoped that the develop
,tc In txyiffl
question which will take place between
now and December S, might possibly
change the views of many Of those
Congressman who are at the present
time opposed to the creation of that
agency which has In no way the same
powers as the Debt Funding Commits
sion created in 1922.
Secretary Stimson has answered to-
day the French, British and Belgian
notes and win reply to the notes OF
Czechoslovakia and Poland tomorrow
morning.
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Evening star., 1932-11-25
STERLING DROPS TO 1922.
London Prepares New Note TO U. S. on
December Is Payment.

LONDON, November IS (P.-The
pound sterling touched $3.22 in early
trading on the sterling dollar exchange
today, / cent below the previous mini
mum reached since the country went
of the gold standard in September,
1881. The rate subsequently hardened
a fraction.
Trading was light and there appeared
to be no fresh influences beyond what
brokers felt was the debt uncertainty"
The Stock Exchange was idle owing
to the prevailing uncertainty.
Gold Price Rises.
Meanwhile gold went to 127 shillings
8 pence an ounce, another high.
The price of gold in the open market
advances automatically as sterling de-
clines. If sterling continues to drop
there will be corresponding advances
in gold at each successive lower quota
ton on sterling
Meantime the newspapers are print
ing many editorials about the debts,
some of them bitter, some resigned.
Government representatives said all
this discussion in the papers is entirely
beside the point, for the cabinet itself
has not decided what will be best to do.
The Manchester Guardian said Eng
land would pay the December INSTALL
ment II she is forced to do So" but pre-
sented a detailed argument to show that
harmful consequences would result in
the United States and that Europe
would revert to the confusion which
preceded the Lausanne Conference on
reparations.
Default Seen as Duty.
Said the Liberal Star: Default, the
thing that was unthinkable 10 years
ago, becomes almost duty now In ef-
feet, America demands payment. asking
us to injure ourselves, to injure her and
to injure the world at large"
The Evening News said: IF we must
tell America that we cannot pay, II
means we cannot and not that We dc
not choose to pay"
The cabinet gathered new data today
for another note to Washington seek.
ing postponement.
Simultaneously a cabinet committee
! was charged with the task of studying
President Hoover's reply to the origina
Continued on Fage 4, Column 81
Evening star., 1932-11-25
$50 Bank Account,
Forgotten SO Years,
Increased to $8O4

STOCKTON, Calf, November
Is R).-Gus Miller, well-known
Stockton tennis player, gave
thanks yesterday for $3.50 which
in SO years has grown by interest
jumps to $804.
Workmen razing the old Miller
family home in Sacramento found
an old safe. In it was bank saw
ings account pass book showing a
deposit Of $3.50 made to his credit
on his first birthday anniversary.
December 8, 1896, by his mother,
Mrs. D. H. Miller.
Miller checked up with Sacra-
mento bank and found the
account still existed.