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Grand List Has
Shown Increase
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sheep, swine and poultry in the
value OF $3.50,
Carriages and wagons IN the city
are valued at f4,le0 while the TO-.
tai valuation on Watches anu
jeWelry " sit9,s85, Furniture, "
hraPies, musical instruments AMI
the like are assesse d s6,67b.ise.
Machinery IN the local factories IL
valued, under the inventory Item,
at si4,0t9,9O? while other goods OF
manufacturers, merchants an d
traders has been inventoried at
sl8,004l4L Cables, wires, poles,
underground mains and eonduits
OF public utility companies are
valued ~ s2,008,7b0 by the as.
SCISSORS, The excess OF credits OF
merchants IL valued AT $3.50 and
all other taxable property In the
city not specifically mentioned In
The report has valuation OF SEQ.
500,
There are eight blind persons
IN The city, They, plus i444 OK
seryiGsmen and women are allowed
an exemption OF sDs6,i0i In
schools and the Ike are allowed
an exemption OF sls,bbs,922 while
city and other publicly owned
properly " exempted by the as,
SCISSORS for sl4,4Sp, 100,
There are q total 0f s4,ss2 per.
sons on the grand list now tag.
able, This total includes $500
residents and i,s23 nonsresideDts,
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Italy Advances
go, Five Year Plan
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within the league of nations at the
October session. The Italian dis
armament proposals were endorsed
as Offering the only practical and
logical solution.
The government regarded the
disarmament proposals as a chal-
lenge to all countries to prove the
sincerity of their disarmament pro-
grams. The proposals were expect
ed to meet all the essentials for
ensuring peace without immediate
Iy destroying present armamenfts
which would increase unemploy-
ment.
The peace plan was mapped TO
be In full operation in five years
at proposed revision of the laws OF
war to provide greater protection
to civilian populations. and asked
for full voluntary reports on the
armed forces of all nations.
The plan outlined the proposals
submitted TO the world disarma-
ment conference by Foreign Minis
ter Dino Grand. 1t made the fol-
lowing suggestions for the imme-
date or gradual destruction OF all
means OF war;
Destruction of heavy land artil-
lery, tanks, armored cars. peace
time instruments which could be
transformed for use in war, and
the pledge not TO replace these ma
terials;
Destruction of capital ships, SUBJ
marines and aircraft carriers, ana
the pledge not TO construct more;
Destruction OF military dirigtbles
and bombing airplanes, without re-
placement,
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United States Will
|. Probe All Attacks
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which showed that foreign inter-
ests could drive this country off the
sold standard in SO days il they
liquidated all their holdings, con-
verified the balances into gold. and
withdrew the metal.
The committee's decision to pro-
coed with the stock market inquiry
was sudden and dramatic. The
initiative was taken by three sem
ators closely identified with the
White House = Walcott, Conn,
Goldsborough, Md, and kean, n.
j.. all republicans. This led to
widespread belief that President
Hoover instigated The stQoysszsa
Just at 2 p. M. yesterday when
the stock marlset-eiosetl,--t1 fereo
rlittee members quietly withdrew
from the senate chamber to their
nearby conference room. Soon
Brookhart called newspapermen
to the senate lobby lie was iiorid
ard excited. 80
u called an emergency meeting
OF the committee" he said breath
lessly, land we decided to start
the stock market investigation
with President Whitney"
Walcott said reasons for the
committee action would be found
IN newspaper dispatches from New
York and Paris, Brookhart am-
Gilfied this He said stock market
conditions in general and French
complaints that We arc In bad
financial shape figured largely In
the decision. He snidAthe combina-
ton of Paris propaganda and ac-
tive New York liquidation Cooked
like IL was not simply o bear raid
on the stock market"
A few hours earlier, Paris dis
patches had reached Washington
under the headline False News In
Paris Attack on Dollar"
The dispatches related that Paris
papers had falsely reported that a
leading New York bank had sus-
pended payments and that the
dollar exchange In Paris had
closed below the point at which
sold exports from The United
states to France woulG be profit
able, The reports were brought Of
6olally 20 the attention of the state
department, which said II had
every reason 10 believe that the
bank In question was absolutely
liauid and sound.
The state department does not
bold the French government re.
N,oDslble for the Paris press at.
Jacks on the dollar, n believed
mat france was standing by fOr-
meP Premier LaVaps promise to
President Hoover last fall that the
French government would do
everything possible to stop the
rAlds Oh the dollar,
Internationally for many months
certain sections ~ the French and
brush press have attacked the
dollar and printed reports that the
lnllfd states was going OF tho
sold standard, some officials bepa
believe thar ~ Least part ~ these
nl'arks are inspired by spectators
w reaD q prom In international egs
change,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-09
State Meeting HI
Here; Mayor Hayes
Arranges Details
Roosevelt Aderents, Spurred By Letter OF ExGOver-
nor Also Strengthen Lines as Final Struggle Tor
sssi Delegates Nears

This city will certainly send
pledged Smith delegation to the
state convention" said Chairman
John H. Crazy this morning.
Smiths definite stand, however.
served, also, to put more life into
the Roosevelt camp. Roosevelt
leaders of the second COMPRESSION
al district met at Columbia last
night and endorsed Governor
Roosevelt for the presidential NOM
nation, National Committeeman
Archibald Mcneil for reelection to
the national committee and Mrs
Fannie Dixon Welch of Columbia
for the woman's place on the ma
tional committee in the place of
the present incumbent, Mrs Lillian
S. Abbott of Norwalk.
But Mrs Abbott came out last
night in reply to the Roosevelt
claims and the Smith letter and
said: 81 am glad he has come out
with a definite statement. Now he
will find out how many friends he
really has. l am cure there are
hosts of them. Thousands of those
who supported him in 1928 are
ready to work for him again. Ny
support of Governor Smith is well
known"
Therefore, Mrs WEIGH and MRS
Abbott are now in the open for the
national committee post and they
are opposing. each other, in the
presidential selection. AS for the
men on the national committee,
Mcneil is out for Roosevelt while
the one who seeks to unseat him.
ny- Mayor David r Fitzgerald of
New Haven is out for Smith. The
latter said last night:
The letter ought to put a quiz
etus to those who have claimed
that Governor Smith is not cam
didate. 1t ought to put a quietus
on those who have been going
through the highways shouting
that Governor Smith is in a COM
bination with some other candi-
date. l have no doubt of the ac-
ton the rank and file of the demo-
cratic party will take under the
circumstances"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-09
FLYER HAWKS
WILL HAVE HIS
FACE MADE over
Plastic Surgeon Will Work
on Him in Few Days to
Restore Badly Slashed
Features

Worcester Mass, April 9 - Gu
P.)- Plastic surgery will be nee
essary to restore Captain Frank M
Hawks faee. deeply lacerated and
battered when the famed speed flyer
cracked up in an attempted take
off at North Grafton Thursday,
Within few days, DIR ". H. KAY
amin, clinical professor of oral
surgery at Harvard Dental school
and one of the nations foremost
plastic surgeons. probably will per-
form the operation to mend Hawks
damaged features.
His rapid recovery is a reason
able expectation" Said DR. Kazan-
jan after a visit yesterday to the
veteran flyer, who is at City Hospi-
tai with double fracture of the
lower jaw. a broken nose, a badly
lacerated face, and lesser hurts. II
do not\think his speech will be af-
fected. THE operation for restoring
his face, should leave scarcely a
scar"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-09

Ex-Governor Alfred Z. Smiths
definite statement that he will GEEK
the presidential nomination at the
democratic national convention in
Chicago this June caused plans for
a statewide gathering of his Con-
necticut supporters, scheduled to
be held in Waterbury a week from
next Wednesday, to go forward at
quicker pace. Mayor Frank
Hayes, who is in charge of the ar
engagements, declared his satisfac-
ton with Ex-Governor Smith
definite stand.
1.-The letter he wrote speaks for
ITSELF" he said in public state
ment. 1T should not be necessary,
in view of that, to voice any fur
Their approval of Governor Smith s
stand. Here in Waterbury the
democrats are for Smith first, last
and all the time. We knew he was
in the race all the time but he has
been misquoted and misinterpreted
all around the state and some have
attempted to speak for him who
have no right to. am glad to have
him come out in the open, have
the whole issue brought before the
been spreading false reports con-
founded"
Mayor Hayes referred to the let
ter he and others forwarded to eX-
Governor Smith at their meeting in
Hartford earlier this week. They
asked him to state whether or not
he is a candidate and his answer.
ais can be seen, is in the affirm
alive.
y. Francis Smith of this city,
secretary of the state central COM
mittee, is sticking to his resolution
to- take no sides in the Smith
Roosevelt battle in the state. He
took the stand, when talked with,
that he, as an official of the party,
should keep an open mind on all
candidates.
rWaterbury has always been a
Smith town and there will be no
difficulty about Smith delegates
here" said ex-Mayor Thoms when
asked for a statement.
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AL Smith Has
Burned Bridges
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ii0Ollluhg tF0D rage
Tho heart out ~ the opposition,
Politicians who G0uldn't see R0Oss ,
ven month ago ARE hedging Dpes
NlnDs bets BECAUSE they ara con-
Hln00d he viii ba nominated,
bDl instead Of fading Into lhh
background, and preparing "a
make peace With hls rival, Smith
Z dlaslDg IN and ihPewins pp new
bregslNorks, nj
Even While the news wires
brought word ~ another Roosevelt
sweep IN Wisconsin, Smith broad
east for ~ least the third time an
emphatic denial thai ha was about
~ pDii down his nag, lie wrote
10 Democratic leaders tD e0nDsetis
gDi PenDsylyaHia and California
denying that he WAS u stalking
berse teP any other candidate,
hWlib STRESSED y Significant as
hepilon that no does not Intend 10
belf9b ~ desert his friends who
are working for him IN several
states, Therein probably lies the
hhk W hlsb strange course,
smith may baVe started Out con-
flDGed be had y real ahaDee 70 be
nominated, But he has become
practically y lifespaft for o nluDbep
~ Democratic politicians wha dif
not set on No Roosevelt hand
wagon, They are oIiDaInR 20 him,
urging him 90,
Some ~ these politicians guessed
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-09

On April the United States had
1896, 100000 of gold. This was al
per cent, nearly half, of all the
gold in the world. The federal
reserve system alone had gold re-
serves of $3,23S,000,000 This did
net include s246.000,000 of gold
hold for foreign account. Banks
and individuals held more than
5000, 100000 more.
ut was pointed out also that
one OF the chief purposes of the
recently-enacted Glass-Steagall bill
was to fortify this country against
any possible foreign raids on the
aeld standard. The natoin's cur
rency now is backed by about 10
ner cent gold. although only 40
per cent is required. The new
law provides that government Sc
curities may be substituted for the
gold standard. The nations cur
Iaont. Hundreds of millions of
tbs excess gold in case of emer-
gepcy coulud be used TO meet
foreign demands-without touch
Ing a penny of the gold legally re-
duired TO support the currency on
the gold standard.
NO data was available here on
tho extent of foreign holdings in
this country which might be IL
Undated and Withdrawn, Acting
Chairman Brookhart said he had
placed before the senste banking
committee confidential report
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wrong months ago when Roosevelt
managers made their first over
lures. Some were squeezed out
by hostile factions in their re-
spective states. Some listened too
seriously to the whisperings from
the Raskob-S house MANAGEMENT.
Now Smiths fair-weather friends
have fed and the remaining old
guard has gathered around its
griZzled leader.
In one of his letters, Smith
said:
There is no difference between
me to-day and four years ago
when / was nominated in the ma
tional convention of the party on
the first ballot and secured for the
party the largest popular vote ever
polled by defeated candidate"
The change is in the party. Pri-
mary after primary, convention
after convention has shown that ii
does not want to revive the issues
which wrecked it in 1928; Roose-
welt, for all of thesuperior attitude
which many politicians adopt to.
ward him, is polling a primary
vote which is setting democratic
records. His continuation of or
ganization and undenied popular
vote getting ability have thrown
everything else into shadow:
Fight. Is Coming
Hartford, Conn, April - CUP
A bitter Smith Roosevelt fight
in the democratic convention ap.
peared sure today as "old guard
leaders invigorated by yester-
days reinsurance from Alfred E
Smith plunged joyfully into 8
campaign for delegates.
Supporters of Franklin d. Roose-
velt's presidential aspirations re.
fused comment on Smiths declar-
alton he was not stalking horse
for any other candidate but reiter-
ated their claims the state conven-
ton May Is would pick a solid
Roosevelt slate.
The letter asking Smiths reas-
surance was signed by eight Con-
necticut mayors, but 1t developed
today the name of at least one had
been signed in misunderstanding.
Roosevelt leaders, who had
picked Mayor Edward T. Bucking-
ham as a Roosevelt delegate, were
shocked to discover his name
among the signers of the letter
urging Smit hto run and rappins
Roosevelt supporters. The Bridge
port mayor explained to the United
Press today he had not read the
letter but had given permission to
Mayor Frank Hayes of Waterbury
to use his name in the belief the
letter merely asked Smith to ex-
plain his exact status with regard
TO the presidential nomination.
81 thought it would be good
idea to know how he stood -
That's ALL" said Buckingham.
Caucuses and primaries. April
%, probably win give foretaste
of the battle to be expected. but
the real fight probably will be set
tied on the convention floor.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-09
BY WIN. r. BEATTIE
Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S


Department of Agriculture
Home gardeners are in the habit
of going to the store and getting
a quart of onion sets and planting
them in their gardens, and their
chances are fair for making a crop
of onions. Onions sets are all right
for growing early onions, but If
commercial onion growers of the
country were to depend entirely
upon growing all of their crops
from sets, they would have great
difficulty in getting enough sets.
AS a matter of fact, the bulk of
the onions appearing on our mar
kets are grown from seed. Take
Bermuda onions. for example.
About the 10th of October onion
growers of south Texas plant hun
dreds of pounds of onion seed in
beds where they can irrigate them
and grow plants for setting in their
fields. Later in the fall, when the
onion plants are large enough to
handle, they are taken up and
transplanted to fields where they
grow into mature onions.
Two Ways Of Growing
Onion growers of the muck lands
of New York, Ohio and Michigan,
follow the practice of sowing the
seed right in the rows where the
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Appeal Taken in
Brennan Will
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Wilbur f. Turner of Redding,
Mass, who appeared in various
cases of prominence in Massachu-
sets, J. Vreeland Haring, for forty
years an expert on handwriting
and a witness in the Halls Mills
murder case, the Stillman divorce
case and others of nationwide
prominence. Charles A. Schmidt
Of Boston and Joseph Clark of
Providence, r. l., furnished expert
testimony in the case. Harry NJ.
Johnquist, local chemist, was also
called to supply expert testimony
as to the composition of ink used
in the writing of the will. Two
claimed that the will was a forg-
cry and two others maintained it
was genuine.
The contest over the admission
of the will is one of, the most un-
usual in the history Of the probate
court,
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~

OAhAOlhoS AkOhhf 5CCOo VI SCtSe BAVN
vigorously. I'll
onions are to grow, but the onion
growers of the far west SOW the
seed in beds and transplant the
little seedlings just the same as
Bermuda onion growers of south
Texas.
Gardeners who are located any
where from the central states
southwark can grow onions by the
transplanting method, and even
gardeners living well to the north
can grow them by this method if
they will start the plants in hot
bed or purchase plants that are
grown in the south. Carloads of
these southern grown onion plants
are shipped to northern growers.
The transplanting method of
growing onions Is especially adapt
ed for the production of those fine,
large, straw-colored Valencia or
Spanish onions such as farmers are
growing in the irrigated sections
of the.west.
- 80 Yield Is High
A bundle of onion plants that
you can hold in your two hands, if
planted on good SOIL, ana wei car
ed for, may produce anywhere
from to a bushels of mature on
ions, but remember it takes rich
soil, and early planting to make
big crop of onions.
Onions need plenty of fertilizer.
and. even on good ground q 10
pound pail of high grade fertilizer
to 100 feet of row Is not too much.
Sow the fertilizer broadcast, and,
thoroughly mix it with the soil be-
fore the plant. so
Don't plant onion seed too deep.
One-half inch or even a quarter of
an inch is deep enough II you keep
the bed fairly well watered. Where
the seed is planted directly in the
rows in the garden, it should be
covered about three quarters of an
inch deep.
If the soil Is heavy, it may be
necessary to break the crust over
the rows to let the little plants
come up.
TOMORROW: Garden greens.
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nomination of high sheriff. Repub-
1icans throughout the country are
predicting that the voting will be
close with the democrats having
the slight edge should the demo-
cratic sweep be as big as is now
anticipated.
The date and place of the county
convention will not be fixed for
some time yet. Before the delegates
to the county convention are elect
ed they will have to be elected by
city and town county conventions
in the various communities of the
county.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-09
Troops March AS Senate Hears Protest

The impressive parade of troops
past the national capitol is pictur-
ed here during Washington's OBJ
scrvance Of the 18th anniversary
Of Americas declaration OF war on
Germany. While these soldiers
marched before cheering throngs,
echoes of a senate protest against
the demonstration had hardly died
down., senator Norris objected to
the scnate's recessing to witness
the parade.
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SMITH HACKERS MASSING FOR Battle


The Merrymakers, a club of
girl pupils under the direction of
Miss Margaret ID. Truman of the
mathematics department of Cros-
by high school, sponsored q dance
which was largely attended last
evening in the gymnasium of
Croft school. Only members of
the school attended. The commit
tee. in charge included: Florence
Trepanier. program chairman;
Lois Slater, assistant program
chairman; and Frances Kirschner,
decorations chairman. Dorothy
Talmadge is president of the club.
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Wall Street Is
Pleased at Probe
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Richard whitney, president OF
the New York stock exchange.
called ~ the first witness IN ths
Investigation beginning Monday,
was understood 10 he awaiting SER
Vice Of the subpoena,
france QuelIs Press
Paris, April D-(UP)-cemplete
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Local Man for
County Sheriff
Continued from Page -

gave the session over to West Hav-
en- at which time the New. Haven
democrats stampeded the c6nvef--
ton and elected their man after it
was apparent that Constable
O'Leary Of this city was very close
second for the nomination.
In view of the anticipated demo-
cratic sweep of Connecticut in the
November polling. it is believed that
there will be several after the
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British Note Is
Sent to Ireland
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Continued from Page u
ly cooperation" and that Anglo
Irish difference soon would be end
ed through a spirot of mutual
good will and understanding. De
Valera said he was grateful to the
South American premier and deep
ly appreciated his motoves.
Dublin. April 9-(UP)-The gov
eminent bill whereby Ireland hopes
to eliminate the oath of allegiance
to the British crown from the Free
State constitution will be one OF
the shortest ever introduced in the
dali. =.
The outline of the bill has been
completed and is ready for official
approval. 1t will include only about
100 words. The government plans
to introduce it when the dali recon-
venes April 20. A new British note
was expected to arrive today, but it
was unlikely that it would be con-
sidened by the cabinet before Mon
day.
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penditures.
The chamber endorsed mod
erately" higher income taxes and
sales taxes on ARTICLES of wide
use but not of first necessity" 1t
opposed increased estate taxes.
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Whitney Probe

Whitney Probe
Washington, April 9-UP)-
President Richard Whitney of the
New York stock exchange, sub
poenaed as the first witness in the
senate investigation of the stock
market, was ordered to produce
specifically:
List of corporations in whose
stock the short interest exceeds
10000 shares and the aggregate
of various short accounts at the
close of business to-day.
2-List of stock exchange men,
bers through whom shorts traded
3-Names of persons who sold
short and the extent of each
clients short interest in excess of
200 shares.
A list of persons or corpora
lions from whom stocks were bor-
rowed in short operations and the
quantity of borrowing in numbers
of shares.
Whitney was directed to appear
before the committee at 1890 a.
IN. Monday
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details of the anti-dollar cam
paigns in the French press, quelled
to-day by official pressure from
Premier Andre Tardieu, have been
sent to Washington for considera-
ton by the state department, it
was understood reliably to-day.
American businessmen urged
Ambassador Walter E. Edge to
ask Washington to check the at
tacks. They have appeared in the
European press since last October.
The ambassador promised to watch
the situation closely. He was un-
derstood to have sent details to
the state department.
Tardieu and police officials be-
gan an investigation of how
Madame Marthe Hanau, the
French "Ponzi' obtained secret
document from the ministry Of
finance. She was arrested for pos
sessing the document yesterday.
All copies of the newspaper
which she edits, La Force, were
seized on the ground that Madame
Hanau had participated in inter-
national bear" campaigns to de-
press markets and discredit bank
ing institutions.
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PAINTING and paper-hanging
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good work and reasonable rates,
Dial l,2sbs,