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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
1 party to support President Hoover. | He was apnointed to his present

party to support President Hoover. He was appointed to his present post by republican governor.
 Another political conference was scheduled to-day with Colonel Ed ward M. House at Manchester. Mass, Roosevelt met House Satur- day and they arranged to discuss the governors New England cam paign to-day.
 Roosevelt's stop at Manchester was the only one scheduled as he started homeward by motor. He tn- dicated just before departing that he imme ediately would start form ing his campaign organization.
 Tanned by the sun and stiff ocean breezes, the nominee appear ed eager and fit to plunge into the campaign. He kept in close contact with the situation" throughout the cruise which started week ago from Port Jefferson, l.. I.
 The governor said his first job upon arriving in Albany would be to catch up with his mail. He also was prepared to receive the reply of Mayor James J. Walker to re- moval charges. Roosevelt intimat- ed he would not make any plans for his personal campaign until the reply was received.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

~ A call to return home has been
 tssued to the Connecticut members Of the Bonus Expeditionary forces nt washington by State Comman-
 der George L. McGrath of this city.
 Recording to a speech he delivered
 &t Bridgeport to gathering of the
 Boldiers of All Wars organization. In his address, the local comman- ! der launched a scathtng attack on | ggovernment officials and congress .2for their failure to take action on The cash bonus payment proposi- f xion.
 Commander McGrath's address Was as follows:
 f& Now that Congress has ignored our ex-soldiers and adjourned, without doing anything for the q fsex-soldiers or the unemployed { heads of families, the only thing FL see that can be done is to appeal 40 Governor Cross for special ! session of the State Legislature for relief. There is no reason in my mind why Governor Cross could 1 not employ hundreds of more | workers in the state departments, by employing staggering system. There are also three to four hun Nred women working in the State Department, whose jobs could be
 flled with unemployed married , men. There are plenty of places { an the State Department where { Disabled American Veterans could { be employed. This would eliminate
 paying them compensation, while ] they are employed. These should { be life jobs. There are very few of the World War Veterans who went over seas who are able to 7 work. and most of them can do Aothing but light work. Then there 1, are veterans who ware in the army, $ not any more then three months, tabled-bodied men who are able to Compete with the average worker. < because they were not subjected. to inc filthy trench or the gas filled l air of the foreign countries, or snever slept in mud holes for < ktnonths.
 VI "These are the kind of ex-service Z. men who gathered in Washington lto demand that this government
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
sinquisition were usually a prelim- mary to death by fire on the scaf-

sinquisition were usually a prelim- mary to death by fire on the scaf- fold.
 ss Another favorite method was the water cure in which prisoners were T chained to a chair while water dripped on them slowly, steadily until they were driven insane. s Thore was the hot brick applied to yecalcitrant feet, the thumb eacrew and bolt by which limbs were 1naimed and crushed.
 s, British common law never re- ;cOgnized the legality of torture, but fits use was common in criminal and political cases. Offenders or disbe- slievers were stretched on their backs with heavy stocks, the pill lOry, the ducking stool and brand were common in England as they were in the Puritan colonies in carly New England days.
 ss Scotland, Ireland. France and Germany used a number of ingen- 7cus and cruel devices. One was the "Cashie-laws," an instrument by which the body was compressed while heat was applied. Then there was the famous ''iron maiden" in WHICH OilcHQCIS WCES pIdCCu lO uA- dergo slow suffocation and mutila- tion.
 Oriental countries have been among the foremost in the inven- ton of peculiar and savage tor lures. In Japan up unto the 17th century, red-hot irons were forced into the hands of an accused. If he was burned, he was guilty and died. if unburned, he was innocent.
 In China. there was used under the Empire device known as the .ssten thousand cuts". The offender was tied down, naked. Skillfully, 50 as not to infiict death, razor sharp knives were used, slicing bits here and there from strategic and tender places all over the body.
 The "Cangue", heavy wooden board placed around the head, and beds of red-hot spikes also were popular in China. Again, the vic- tim is tied to the ground over a young shoot of bamboo. Through out the day he was blinded by the sun for his eyelids were cut off. By night, the bamboo shoot, capable ok growing foot in "A hours. had pierced his body, slowly pushing upwards through ihis vital organs.
 Mineola Fatality
 Mineola, l.. l., July 18-(U. P)- Evidence that Hyman Stark, &C., cused of beating a policeman's mother, was in turn beaten to death by policemen giving him the third degree" was to be offered in an open hearing to-day.
 Assistant District Attorney Mar tin w. Littleton has announced that detectives present during the ques- tioning which preceded Stark's death will be in court for the in- quiry. The coroner's inquest will follow the John Doe inquiry.
 Stark was taken to the Nassau hospital and died there three min tltes after arrival Friday night, Dr Benjamin W. Seaman, chief sur- geon, declared. pr Seaman also is a police surgeon with the rank of captain.
 Dr Seaman revealed that even the most urgent emergency meas ures would not have saved the mans life. It had been reported by police that Stark died from heart failure. The autopsy report and Heaman's evidence indicated that death was caused by ''strangula- ton" after his larnyx had been broken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
coy. AT NIANTIC

Camp cross, Mantle, Conn, July 1s.-(uP) - Governor Wilbur L. Cross reviewed the 122d and 1o2d cavalries at the national guard ems campment here Sunday. After re- viewing the troops, the governor witnessed the horse show. in which Troops A and B of Hartford sained e7 points to 90 of New Haven headquarters troops. U. 6. Senator
 Hiram Bingham was q visitor at the camp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
Germany Faces.
 Terror Scenes
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 the cabinet was reluctant to take such a step. As an alternative, it was proposed that the federal goy- ernment take over police func- tions in Prussia. That would give the Reich control of the 9O,OOO Prussian police. largest armed force in Germany outside the reg ular army, and would abolish states rights for territory com prising two thirds of Germany.
 Prohibition of outdoor demon- strations was merely the first step in the gvernment's preventive measures. It was also planned to decree the death penalty on per- sons caught with weapons in their hands or stealing explosives. How. ever, they would be prosecuted in the ordinary law courts, the cab. inet declining to enforce martial law.
 The widespread disorders of the weekend continued to-day, al- though not in such violent form. At Naunfof, near Leipzig, eight Reichbanner men were injured in a fight with Nazis who demolished the local workers gymnasium. Minor disorders occurred in Mu- nich, and at Kempten anti-Fascists vainly tried to halt a Nazi parade with barricades. At Freising, Nazis stormed a beer cellar, head- quarters of the local republican Reichsbanner, and several were slightly injured.
 Communist, hiding on roof tops and in windows. fired on several thousand Fascists parading at Al-l tona, a suburb of Hamburg. The Nazis and police returned the lire. Soon, the suburban streets were turned into a battle-ground.
 Police reserves were rushed to Alt0na. Armored cars went on pa- tr0i. Authorities succeeded in es- tablishing order but there appeared to be no guarantee against further outbreaks. The entire police force. of Hamburg was called to duty early to-day when rioting spread to the city proper.
 Scenes in Altona were reminis- cent of World war days. Doctors were rushed to the hospital and performed emergency operations Several persons were killed or hurt, were bystanders watching the Maxi parade. They were caught in the sudden rain of fire pumped into the streets through which the brown shirts were marching. It was difiicult to estimate the exact number of casualties, because friends of the wounded rioters car- ried them away without reporting to hospitals. The oiiiciaI list stood at 12 dead and SO injured. includ- ing six women. Two policemen were critically hurt.
 More than 300 persons werel ar- rested in the police drive that cleared the streets. f
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(Continued rom Page l.) Small. of Rochester. introducing Roosevelt, said:
 Tt Is source of great gratifiea- ton that the presidential campaign begins this year in New Hamp- shire"
 On the platform at the reception were. Charles T.. Donahue, and Mrs Donahue, the latter national com- mitteewoman from Maine; Robert Jackson of New Hampshire. secre- tary of national committee, and Mayor James M. Curiey of boston. The smith-Ely faction of the Bay State was not represented. however.
 Another significant meeting of the day was thnt of Roosevelt and Chief Justice ". R. PattanEail of the Maine supreme court. Justice Pattangail at one time was q pow- erful factor in the Maine democ- racx but in less he holtsd the
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 tuition, ,whcih when ratified by 36 states will change the dates on which congress convenes and the president is inaugurated. . 10. Passed the Norris anti- injunction bill limiting the powers of federal judges and outlawing ''yellow dog'' agreements in indus try.
 Labor Leader Protests
 Atlantic City, N. J., July 1S- (UP)-The United States faces 3 "menacing situation because con- gress failed miserably'' in enact ing unemployment relief measures, President William Green, of the American Federation of Labor, de- elared in commenting on legislation passed by congress before adjourn ment Saturday night.
 President Green listed these req sons for his criticism:
 Because no action was taken on modification of the Volstead act.
 Z Because nothing was done for farm relief.
 Because the unemployment re- lief bill is totally inadequate.
 Because there was no provision by which the Reconstruction Fi- nance corporation can loan to mu- nicipalities for the relief of short- age in educational funds"
 Green said the Federation of La- bor will take drastic measures to ensure the election of congressman "who are in favor of modification and eventually repeal.
 I've face a menacing situation unless a special session of congress is called before next winter" Green warned. "Riots for food and cloth ing are certain unless other meas ures are authorized. .I do not predict revolution, that is not American. But isolated food and clothing riots, like the bonus army in Whshingtons which situation is purely a matter of unemployment, may lead to greater difficulties"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

France has started m extenaivs railway censtFHetloD and Improve ment program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

Four hundred thousand tenants in the Irish Free stnte have pur- chased land under the land pur- chase act. sift
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
Gov Roosevelt
 Is Given Welcome

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The Washington times., 1932-01-25
AIDES
PLEAD GUILTY

Arrested in a raid January 8
on THE Studio" 1886 Connecti-
cut Ave. N. W., Patrick jeremiah
Ahern and three other defen-
dants today appeared in Police
Court before Judge Ralph Given
and pleaded guilty to liquor
charges.
Ahern pleaded guilty to posses
sion of liquor and maintaining a
nuisance. The other three pleaded
guilty to possession. They we're
Harry William Wood, Joseph Har-
ris Hall and John c. Kelly, the
latter two colored.
The four we're to have gone
on trial before a jury today
on charges of maintaining a
nuisance and possession. When
Ahern pleaded guilty to the nuis-
ance count, however, Assistant
United States Attorney Roger
Robb nolle pressed this charge
as to the other three.
Judge Given will pronounce
sentence on the men February 6.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
FIRST D. c. BILL
LOST IN HOUSE

Swamped by wave of protest,
the first bill to be introduced in
the House on the first District
day met defeat Notwithstanding
the sponsorship of Mrs. Mary T.
Norton CD of New Jersey, chair
man of the House District Com
mittee.
The bill was the first measure
to be reported on a District Day
and advocated the incorporation
of the District George Washing
ton Bicentennial Commission. 1t
was Mrs. Norton's first attempt
to secure District legislation and
was marked by decisive defeat.
Controversy regarding the
granting, of concessions drew
major opposition when Represen-
tative Thomas Blanton CD of
Texas attacked District admins
traitors and said that he had
''1ost faith" with officials.
The granting of taxicab con-
cessions to hotels and railroad
terminals was particularly criti-
cized by Mr.. Blanton.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
TAX SPEAK|ES,
PLEA To HOUSE
BY EDUCATOR
New York Professor Suggests
Ways-Means Body Report
Include "Dope" Revenue

A tax of 25 per cent on the
gross receipts of bootleggers
and speakeasies was proposed
to the House Ways and Means
Committee today by Prof.
Joseph J. Klein, of the Col
lege of the City of New York,
as one means of raising needed
revenue.
He said the proposal was made
without regard to individual views
on prohibition.
DR.. Klein would include traf-
ficing in narcotics, white slav-
cry" and other crimes in the
tax scheme. He urged a SO per
cent tax on short selling of
stocks, which, he said, might
yield 5000 100000 to $400, 900, 900
year.
The first decision to be faced
by the committee is whether taxes
shall be made retroactive on 1881
incomes. If this is done, special
legislation may be necessary, as
tax returns are due March Is.
While Democrats indicate &C
ceptance of the Treasury's pro-
poSal to raise the surtax on big
incomes to 40 per cent, the new
bill will extensively revise the
Mellon program.
Many miscellaneous taxes urged
by the Treasury. including levies
on bank checks, low-priced thea
ter admissions, telephone and
telegraph messages and automo-
biles have virtually been rejected.
Instead, they are seeking three
or four commodities on which to
levy sales taxes which will pro
duce $3.50, ,0O0, 900 to $500,000.0OO
annual income. They are con-
sidering a tax on electricity, gas
and gasoline,
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
DUE
IN CONGRESS
ON RELIEF
la Toilette -Costigan Direct
Aid Measure Tops New
Senate Schedule

The legislative program con-
fronting Congress today was
topped by measures proposing
direct relief for the unem-
ployed, strict economy in de-
partmental appropriations and
the authorization of a $780,
100000 revolving fund for
the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
While the House labored over
reducing appropriations for the
Agriculture Department, the Sen
ate was to pass upon the revolv-
ing fund for the corporation,
which the Administration believes
will restore economic stability to
the nations financial institutions
This appropriation was approved
Saturday by the House and is ex-
pected to pass the Senate without
opposition.
For the time being Administra.
ton measures for economic re
covery have been sidetracked. A
bill, sponsored by Senator Glass
D.) of Virginia, to revise the
Federal banking laws and aid de-
positors of closed banks, will be
held before the Senate Banking
Committee for several days while
minor disputes are compromised
The Administrators bill for
creating home loan banks to en-
courage building of homes will be
held in the same committee for a
while,
The Senate, after appropriat-
ing a haif billion dollars for the
Reconstruction Corporation, will
be faced with The JAaFollette,
Costigan bill, appropriating $375,,
100000 from the Federal Treasury
to help the States in caring for
unemployed.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
CHILE SUBMITS
LOANS RECORD

Records of American financial
dealings in Chile amounting in
the last decade to hundreds of
millions of dollars were examined
today by the Senate Finance
Committee in it's probe of foreign
securities offered by American
bankers.
Seven loans made by two New
York banking groups to a total
of $275, 100000, and also the
financial and taxing arrangements
under which the Guggenheim i'll
terests acquired the Cosach COM
bine, were scanned.
The combine obtained from
Chile nitrate to an estimated total
of 150,000,000 tons.
The financial statement before
the committee was furnished by
the Chilean government itself.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
3 Cities Captured
BV Communists

SAN SALVADOR Jan. Is
UN.SO.-Martial law was in ef-
feet throughout the Republic of
Salvador today as American,
British and Canadian warships
sped to its shores to protect
their countries interests in a
Communist revolt.
After capturing the' towns of
: LaLibertad, Santateola and Ear.
agosa, the Communist marchers
started for the capital, San
Salvador, carrying the heads of a
number of victims on poles. The
dead were from the ranks of
Federal troops.
U. S. Troops Dock. Today
Royaltists fought back with an
equal vengeance, beheading Com
munistS on sight in some of the
smaller cities.
Foreign troops and Marines
from the American warships
Phillips and Wicks, the Canadian
cruisers Schuyler and Vancouver,
and the British cruiser Dragon
were expected to land today.
Troops are Ready
Several thousand Federal
troops, heavily armed, waited
here for the Communists arrival
barricaded and ready for a fight
to the finish.
Foreigners fled to protected
parts of the city when first word
of the revolt reached here.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
ARMY OFFICERS
To SCHOOL

Orders have been issued by the
War Department to a number of
Army officers stationed here to
attend the next course at the
Army War College.
They are Majors William M.
Grimes, Jacob L. Devers, James
B. Crawford, Cedric w. Lewis,
Henry D. F. Minnikhuysen and
Paul x. English; Lieut.. Coils.
Frank M. Andrews and Virgil l..
Peterson, and Capt. George c..
Kemney.
From Fort Meade are assigned
Lieut.. Col. Frederick w. Manley,
Major Edward C. MCGUIRE and
Capt. Francis M. Brennan.
Capt. George C. Kenney. of
Langley Field, and Lieut.. Col.
William R. Henry also are to at
tend.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
AND WINE
ASKED IN BILL

A new proposal to modify the
VolStead act was submitted to
Congress today as the Association
Against the Prohibition Amend
ment appealed to vets and drys
alike to grant referendum on
the Eighteenth Amendment.
Representative Colder (R0 of
Pennsylvania. introduced a bill
in the House sponsored by the
League for the Modification of
the Volstead Act which legahzes
4 per cent beer, IA per cent wine,
permits medicinal liquor to be
sent by parcel post, and removes
restrictions on physicians pre-
scriptions.
The Modification League, sup
porting the wine amendment,
said CALIFORNIA; courts had ruled
wine a Notwithstanding beverage.
Admitting the vets may lack
a majority in Congress now,
Colder predicted they would be in
the ascendancy after the next
Presidential election.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
IS GIVEN
D 'DONOGHUE

At its regular meeting today
the full Judiciary Committee of
the Senate ordered a favorable
report upon the nomination OF
Daniel w. O'Donoghue to be an
associate justice of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
Confirmation by the Senate it.
self is expected within a day or
two. Justice O'Donoghue already
is serving under recess appoint
ment.
Because a subcommittee was
not ready to report on the norn-
ination of Justice F. Dickinson
Let's, the Let's nomination went
over. This subcommittee may
hold further hearings on nomina-
ton of the Iowa appointee. To
date, however. only one witness
has appeared in opposition to
Justice Let's, and he was a dis
barred lawyer.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Ruth Judd:s Loue Affairs
Before Jury Today

pert testimony for and against
Mrs. Judd.
Jealousy Motive
Jealousy among nurses at
Grunow Memorial Clinic, where
Mrs. Judd and Mrs. Leroi were
employed, over the fancied
favoritism of young physicians,
was to be offered by the State
as a possible motive for the
double trunk murder"
These doctors and nurses were
ready to testify about the bicker-
ing and quarreling which dis
turbed the quiet hospital routine,
as Mrs. Judd, the attractive young
wife of an elderly Los Angeles
physician, complained that Mrs
Leroi. who worked as technician
in the X-ray department, was
getting all the breaks"
Cat Incident to Be Told
The incident of the Persian cat
also remained to be told. Mrs,
Judd, the State contended. became
enraged at Mrs. Leroi over the
treatment of Mrs. Judd's pet cat.
This and other quarrels resulted
in Mrs. Judd's moving from the
little bungalow in which she and
Mrs. Leroi had lived happily with
Miss Samuelson for many months.
That a jealousy even more
burning may have sent Mrs. Judd
back to that bungalow on the
fateful night of October 16 was
expected to be related by Miss
Moore. the pretty clinical nurse.
The defense is scheduled to open
tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
K|DNAP VICTIM
THREATENED
Phott

DENVER. Jan. Is Q.N.S0 .
Sinister rumors of a second kid
mapping we're mingled with re-
joicing today at the return of
Benjamin P. Bower, 60-year-old
baker, held captive four days
and five nights by kidnapers who
demanded $4,000 ransom. Bower
was released yesterday on a
street corner.
One rumor was that Mrs.
Bower had converted $4,000 in
securities into cash and had left
her home for three hours, sup
posedly to meet the kidnaperS.
Chief Clark declared, however,
no ransom had been paid.
The report of a threat of dire
consequences if Bower failed to
pay the ransom came from Bower
himself. He declared his captors
told him they would send him
home with the understanding
that the ransom be paid, saying:
"We'lT see you again in two
or three days. You better have
the $4,000 ready or we'll get
you again"
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
|SLANDERSL lazy,
HOUSE IS TOLD

The Virgin Islanders have be-
come almost INDECENT under
American rule, and the money
the Federal Government is pour
ing in has done little more than
improve sanitation and health of
the natives. and make some
strides in education, without
much hope of an economic future.
This story, as revealed by wit
nesses before the House Subcom.
mittee considering the Interior
appropriations bill, was reported
to the House today. The bill in.
cludes $412,000 for the Virgin
Islands.
Gov. Paul Pearson, Assistant
Secretary Edwards, Administra-
tive Assistant Burlew, of the In
terror Department, and Herbert
D. Brown, chief of the Bureau of
Efficiency, were witnesses.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
REBEL MASKING
HAND BEHIND
OTHERS
Main Aide Is SaIvadorean
Colonel Marti, AvoWed
Communist

MEXICO CITY, Jan. %
QN.S.).-Gen. Augustine San
dino, who successfully eluded
capture by the United States
marines during protracted skir-
mishes in Nicaragua, was re
ported today by special cor
respondent of the Daily Excel
sior to be the guiding hand
behind the disorders in El Sal
vador.
He is reported to be operating
through his secretary, Col. Au-
gustin F. Marti, graduate of the
University Of El Salvador and
an aVoWed Communist.