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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
MORE STATES WILL REVOLT
 FROM PARTY
Unbiased Reports From Other Western Sections Show the Trend of Sen= timent Against Hoover
BY RAYMOND CHAPTER

Washington, Oct 13-Dissatisfac- ton over economic conditions, causing a desire for change in ad- ministration, marks some westei n political sentiment to-day accord ing to COT fidential reports in the the United Press national survey.
 The states in. to-day's section of the survey went in a black for President Hoover four years ago. Governor Roosevelt, against the ad- vice of his political managers in sisted upon visiting many of them on his recent swing to the coast. The reaction to this tour crops out repeatedly in the reports which come from the different states reaching west to the three Pacific coast states.
 North Dakota (4 votes: 1928, Hoover 131,441; Smith 1O6, ,64S)- indications are reported faVoraDle to Governor Roosevelt in North Dakota. "The vote is an anti-Hoov- CT vote. rather than pro-Roos- evelt one," one report said. Tt is all a question of farm prices and a belief that Hoover is not very sym pathetic with the plight of the farmer"
 South Dakota (4 votes: 1928, Hoover 157,603; Smith 2,66O- Reports give Roosevelt an advan- tage in South Dakota with a pos sibility that President Hoover can overcome a hostile lead. "Roose- velt's speeches in the west" said one report. "have given the inn pression that he is at least in sym- pathy with the farmers and that he will do what he can to help them, although there is little genuine en- thusiasm for Roosevelt or conti- dence in his abilities"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
GRAND OLD MAN OF MAINE DIED
 THERE TO-DAY
Oldest College Dean in Country and Great Friend and BenefaCtOr of Colby College in That State

Waterville, Me, Oct 13.-(UP)- Dr Julian Daniel Taylor, SC, dean of American professors. who retired last year after teaching La tin at Colby college for 63 years. died of heart disease in his sleep during the night.
 Dr Taylor, on whom Gov w. Tu- dor Gardiner conferred title "the Grand old Man of Maine.' gained national prominence a year ago when he donated a quarter of million dollars to Colby colleges building fund.
 It was understood thta Dr Taylor had inherited the bulk of the money from his wife and had pyra- mided it by shrewd investments. The veteran educator attributed his shrewdness as an investor to Judgment developed thruogh stu dies of the classics"
 Dr Taylor was born at Winslow, January 29. 1S46, son of Daniel and Mehitable Hayden Taylor. He was graduated from Colby and im- mediately became a latin tutor. From 1872 to 1881 he was profess sor of Latin. and even after his retirement. he continued to each on a part-time basis. He survived by several years his wife the for mer Mary Keely Boutelle. whom he married in 1892.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
DEATH0f YOUNG HASKELL GIVEN
 TWO DECISIONS
Son of Commander of New York National Guard Found Dead With Bullet in His Brain

New York, Oct 13-(UP)-Wil- liam N. Haskell 3rd, 2S, son of tho commander of the New York Na- tional Guard, was killed by a bull let fired through his brain last night in the family apartment at Park Avenue. Deputy Chief Med ical Examiner Thomas A. Gonzales said the shooting was a case of suicide, because an abrasion on the index finger of the left hand in- dicated he had steadied the muzzle of the revolver with that hand Acting Detective Lieutenant John Shields. however insisted it was an accident. He said apparently the weapon was discharged while Has, kell was cleaning it.
 Haskell was the son of Major General and Mrs N. Haskell, and a grandson of the late John Henry Farrell, founder and editor of the Albany Times Union. His engage ment to Miss Eleanor Gould, daughter of MT and Mrs Jay Gould, vas announced early this year. but in June it was announced the en- gagement had been broken by mu- tual consent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
RIOTS IN CITY
 OF BELFAST ARE
 UNDER CONTROL
British Troops and Police Force the 10000 Job- less to Obey the Laws of the Land

Eelfart, Northern Ireland. Oct 13-UP)-British troops coopera- ting with Belfast police preserved order in Belfast today after two days of rioting. footing and hand to hand fighting between police and unemployed.
 The city was quiet as q house to house search for arms and am- munition began and police reserves reinforced by armored cars stood by.
 Seven truekloads of Royal Ennis killen fusiliers were moved into the city late yesterday and went on patrol duty armed with ma chine guns. The troops are nor maily stationed at Hollywood. near by. ,.,.
 A second battalion of the kings royal rifles are due tomorrow rom Tidworth in the course Of normal military relief. The war ofhce ln London stated the arrival or the battalion was purely a coincidence and merely in accprdance with ar'
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
SENATOR REED GIVEN SYMPATHY
 OF MANY PEOPLE
Sudden Death of His Wife Has Brought Hundreds of Messages That Con- dole With Him

Kansas City. Mo. Oct i3-.tu. p ---Former United states Senator James A. Reed received hundreds of messages Of sympathy to-day from ai! sections Of the country nh grieved over the sudden dehih of his wife. Mrs Reed died Of .pneu' nlonia. She had entered the hospl' tai Tuesday for treatment of sep tic throat.
 Funeral services viii bc held here Friday afternoon. Dr UeorRe Hamilton coombe. pastor Of the Country club Christian church. will bo ln charge 0f the Rervieet, Among the messages of synphth, received by Reed was one from Mrs Francis M. Wilson. whose huH' hand, ibe democratic nominee fnf governor Of Missouri, also died sud denly yesterday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
He Finally Agrees To Meet Bonus Men
 And Women Backers
My Friends, I Am Glad to See YOu,' Was His Greeting to Group of Those He Has Been Fighting
THEY SAW THE PRESIDENT
 FOR JUST TWO MINUTES

Washington, Oct 13-(UP)-Presdent Hoover, who has consistently refused receive delegations seeking to demands for cash payment of the soldiers bonus to- day granted audience group of and women from the bonus expeditionary forces recent convention.
 The group, headed by Captain Hoke Smith. saw the president for two minutes and presented petition which contained strong of MT Hoover for his part in the bonus army eviction from Washington last July.
 We were received by the president and shown every courtesy" Smith said after the brief conference.
 When delegation of 12 appeared at the White House
 seemed likely they would be turned without reach- inp the president But Walter Newton, the presidents tica secretary talked Smith for nearly hour and then escorted the group in to see Mir Hoover.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
THREE YOUNG MEM |! MOI '! ] ] YET
 IDENTIFIED
Suspects Taken in the At- tempted HOld-up of Wa tertown Drug Store Wounded Bandit Inl- proving

While victims of recent hold-ups in Waterbury, Watertown. Oxford. Woodbury and as far distant as Danbury stood by as interested spectators several youths suspected of being implicated in a long ser les of robberies here and elsewhere were paraded in lineup today for close scrutiny. The police have a "hunch" that something of far reaching importance is going to develop in the roundup of the suspects. As yet however, the authorities have not been success full in linking any of the gang brought in as suspects or vagrants with William Robinson, 23. alias willie" Murphy, who was shot and seriously wounded Tuesday evening in an attempted hold-up in Daniel G. Sullivan's drug store in Watertown. Robinson's condi- ton today at the Waterbury hos pital was considered slightly im-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
HEAD-0N COLLISION AT VIEWPOINT TO-DAY
 KILLED TWO PEOPLE
John R. Peck, We'll Known Contractor, 70 Years of Age, Was One of the. Victims of Fatal Crash

Newtown, Conn. Got 13-(UP)--- Two men were killed and four se- riously iniuped to-day in head on colusion between an automobile' ,and n truck h ts,s sllsge ofS SBstss ford.
 The dead are: John E. Peck. weIi-to-do Newtown trucking con- tractor: an unidentified farm labor 4er employed by Peck. The injured: A second unidentified farm labor CT: George Pacelli, Bridgeport; Monta Bana, Bridgeport; Vincent Kelletto, Bridgeport. .f
 Peck was driving the automo- bile, which carried the two farm workers. Pacelh was driver of the truck. The injured were taken to Bridgeport hospitals and their in- juries were believed. to be serious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
BLOW AGAINST
 UNITED STATES BY NEW TARIFF
Great Britain Will Benefit
 By the Canadian Tariff This Country Stands to Lose $15O,OOO,OOO

Ottawa, Ont, Oct 13.-UP)- Dractic tariff changes expected to eliminate from $75.000.O0O to 15O,OOO,000 in sales by the United states to this country went into ef- feet today.
 They effect agricultural and manufactured product exports from all sections of the United States, and accordingly all wage earners dependent upon such ex- ports. The business. it is intended. will be transferred to members or the British commonwealth of na- tions.
 The new rates, including some of the most radical schedule changes in this country's history. were drawn up during the Ottawa Imperial Economic Conference. They are the result of agitation which became widespread with massage of the Shoot -Hawley tariff act in the United States more than two years ago, which Canadians and others said reduced their mar ket.
 The principal products affected are:
 Iron and steel, agricultural, tex tiles. chemicals, drugs, glass, auto mobiles, tobacco, vegetable olls. leather, canned fruit, toilet acces- sories, aluminium products. asphalt, rubber boots and shoes. china and porcelain ware, electrical apparatus such as radios, anthracite coal. and others of lesser importance.
 More restrictions on united States exports are to come, these from Great Britain and other em- pire units, Britain's changed schedules will be announced next week. Canada's new schedule was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
ELECTION POLLING
 PLACES
Special Aldermanic Com-
 mittee Is Selecting the Twenty Spots To-day
 Where People Will Vote Next Month

Voting places for the polling on election day, November 9th, were in the process of being selected this afternoon. The special alder manic committee, named two weeks ago to pick out the list of 20 places where voting machines will be set up. left this afternoon for a tour of the city to pick out suit able locations.
 Accompanying the aldermanic committee were Registrars of Vot- CTS Henry O'Connor and Thomas F. Dillane. The members of the special aldermanic committed are Aldermen Frank Bergen, Charles Sciullo and Joseph Wilhelm. 7 This committee will report back it's full list tomorrow night at an adjourned meeting of the board of aldermen. The adjourned session will open at 8:3O o'clock and will
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
CHILD IS ALLOWED $500 DAMAGES FOR
 ACCIDENT IN HOME
Cecile Molleur, Two-Year-Old Tot, Plunged From Third Floor of Tene- ment at 151 Charles Street

Judgment $500 allowed old Cle Moeur the tot who third floor vanda of her home l5l Charles street May 3t according the of stipulation judgment with Dime Savings Department filed in the pleas today
 against the bank of the in which the child lived was brought by girls father. Emery Mour The alleged faulty construction of the guard rail the rear third floor veranda
 According to the complaint child playing the veranda when she slipped through guard and hured through below ground She suffered severe shock and of the ban The assigned for trial in the common pleas when stipulation judgment filed Attorney William R appeared the plaintiff and Attorney D. R. Wood house of New Haven represented the defendant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
MAYOR CURLEY TO
 APPOINT NEPHEW
 THE CITY CENSOR

Boston Oct 13- (UP) = Mayor James M. Curley will appoint 28-year-Old Stanton Reid White. n nephew by mar. riage, as city censor at a sal- ary of $4,OO0 to succeed John M. Casey, who reaches the Sfc- tlrcment age of 70 on Novcm- ber 1. ,.
 White. who has been secrc- tary to the mayor. was mar ried to Sally F. Curley the mayors niece, on June Fl, 1881. He Is 6 son of A. k. "Gus" White. one time Shakes pcarian actor, and was prom incnt in amateur thcatricals in preparatory school and at VillanOva College. He played football at the latter school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
GRETA CARED HAS HER REASONS FOR
 REFUSING TO WE'D

New York, Oct. 13--(UP)-- Grcta GarbO will not marry because she fears her husband would be known only us MT. Garbo,' ,tIlts Swedish iilfl1 star sassssss til week x 9ats, si4ss Liberty.
 q should hate to have my husband lose his identity to that extent," she writes. "Rather than that, I should want to retire from the screen altogether. "The marriage contract that has to make the best of whatever is left over after the film contract has been fulfilled seems rather a makeshift affair. I am in deadly earnest when I say that n film stars career is whole time jOb."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
LYNN FONTANNE
 AND HUSBAND TO
 BE GIVEN HONOR
Only Made One Picture But Hollywood Is to Confer on Them the Highest Award

Hollywood, Oct 13.-(UP)-The highest honor Hollywood can give to an actress and an actor may go to a pair that made only one mo- tion picture, Lynn Fontanne ad her husband. Alfred Lunt.
 Lynn Fontanne has been nomin- ated for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences merit award for .the finest performance given by an actress in motion pie lures during the year ending July 31. Lunt has been nominated for the award that goes for the finest performance by an actor. The famed New York theatrical com- hination came here to appear to- gether in their first picture. "The Guardsman."
 The picture completed. they spurned additional film offers and went back to Broadway.
 Miss Fontanne was nominated along with Helen Hayes. another whose name is more familiar to stage than screen audiences. and Marie Dressler. grand old trouper of the stage and motion pictures. Lunt was grouped with Wallace Beery and Frederic March in the contest for the actors award.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
ONE BODY FOUND AND HOPES FOR
 OTHERS DIE OUT
Believed Now That All of
 the Seven on That Fish.
 ing Party Have Been
 Drowned .

Kirkland Lake. ontario. octo- Der I3- (UP) - Discovery Of the hody of one of seven persons who disa ppeared while on ~ fishins trip on .i.arker Lakc enu.ea @ sef.rchers io abandon nli hope to' day that any Of tho party would be folind alive, The body Of Anna Monek. Of rimmlnf. ontario. ste. pogrs pher for tho t.ake Shore Mines, was brought ID 10 feet from shore
 John C. skinner, chief englnsef of tbo mlnrsi Mrs bkinneri Her. that li0fesisr, uravenhurnf, mlEes stenosraphsSi Wilma Tlh. a0blbe, urhvenhufhi, cisfh ThsInaH cunninahnm. he0lland' book kfsper, and Colin Webster wefs ln inc missing party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
Crowd Present This Morning To
 Hear Sensation
But Judge McGrath Rang Down Curtain Quickly -When State Finished With Evidence Against Joseph Lerz and George Tato, His Honor Tossed Case to the Winds
LERZ COULDN'T
 TELL HIS STORY

The trial of Joseph Lerz, 36, of 79 Hawthorne avenue, and George Tato, 32, of 1051 North Main street, charged with breach of the peach in connection with an al- ieged racketeering scheme att tempted in Waterbury, failed to produce the features that an over crowded police court expected this morning. Neither Lerz nor Tato had to take the stand in their own behalf. Following the presenta- ton of the states evidence Judge John F. McGrath tossed the case out of court with the statement that it was nothing serious.
 Lerz and Tato, who had been ut liberty under bonds of $500 each furnished by former Deputy Sher- if Paul Summa. were formally dis charged. The only statement made in their behalf was that of their counsel, Attorney Frank Summa.
 Patrolman Fred Hickey and Frank Spadola. owner of the East Main street store where the alleged
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
HOOVER GETS HIS OWN cENSURE
Slain? "Victim" Denies It!

A girl who identified her. self as Mildred Scheidler, 20, has made Q pug gle of . murder confession by A Tt h u r Met calf, 19. Miss S c h c 1 al CT Is shown h c re. MctcaH :. 10 M Fresno, Canf., police he had killed the girl after the y hitcll.hikcd to- gether from La Porte, Ind, to Needles, Calf. He was in q cell while de- tectives hunted f or Mildred's body, when tho girl who sahi she was MH- dred walked in- to a Los Ange- les rolicc sta- tiOn alive. <:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13

Director Frank T. Hines of the veterans administration was with Mir Hoover when the petition was presented.
 AS leader of the B. F.. r. I told the president we all swore allegi- ance to our organization and to our flag" Smith said later. :. Another member of the delega- tion quoted the president as greet ing them with the words:
 My friends, I am glad to see you"
 Hines, rather than Mir Hoover, actually received the petition from the hands of Capt Smith. Newton said this was done because it was impossible for the White House or the president to receive a petition of censure against the office of the president.
 Smith and the other members. of the delegation. including two war nurses, reached the White House
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
THREE ARE PUT UNDER
 BIG BONDS
85 Gallons of Cider Bran=
 dy Reported Hijacked From Harwinton Man Kid Barber Mixed Up in
 Case

Investigation of a report that S5 gallons of cider brandy "hi- i-Jacked from Rudy Bartoneck of Harwin- ton road last evening has been of fered for sale in Waterbury by prominent Ego betweens" for the gang rounded up, has been started by state troopers. The latest devel- opments in the case occurred last evening in the town court of Bur lington when Frank Verrastro, 29, and Philip Capodonna, alias Kid Barber" of Waterbury and Emil D'Onofrio of Hartford were or dered held for the superior court of Hartford under bonds of $10.000' each. They were charged with robbery and extortion. Incidentally Bartoneck on his own admissions was formally arrested and charged (Continued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
SENATOR WALSH IN
 PROTEST OVER MAN
 HOLDING TWO JOBS

Washington, Oct 13-UP) Joseph R. McCuen, sccrc- tary of the federal power com mission, should be discharged for political activity. accord ing to Senator Walsh. demo- crat, Montana, who said the government cmplOyc was "on the force of the republican national committee in New York"
 walsh said that while he understood McCuen was sab sent on Icavc." that the duties of his sccrctarial position are such as should prohibit politi- cal activities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
YOU'RE ALIAR
 HE TOLD SPEAKER
JObless Man Did Not Like Praise of HOOver-IS
 Discharged

New York, Oct 13--CUP)-- James McMahon, 49, escorted into court charged with disorderly con- duct, related the circumstances that impelled him to break up a political meeting.
 He stood on the fringe of the crowd. he satd, obless, 1G months with five hungry childrenvat home. He wondered where he would get money to pay the rent and then he heard a speaker telling the crowd how much President Hoover had done for the unemployed. So in a loud voice he announced:
 You're a liar"
 Sentence suspended" said Mag istrate Greenspan, democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
OFFICIAL IS SAID
 TO BE IMPLICATED

Hartford, Conn, Oct 1S-(UP)-- Investigation of the frustrated attempt to deliver Michael d. ("I,efty") Mcdonnell. notorious gangster and life-term slayer. from states prison has implicated fairfield county elective official.
 States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn refused to reveal the name Of the official or to say whether he would be prosecuted. It was learned al SO that persons prominent politl- calIy had asked Warden Charles S. Reed Of Wethersfield prison to ex- tend favors to Mcdonnell and had been censured for their action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
Markets at a Glance
tBy United Prcssl

(By United Prcssl . stocks decline 1 to 4 points in dull trading; Tele.
 phone breaks par. Bonds irregularly lower; foreign issues strong. Curb stocks react under lead or ut'''t'es' Chicago stocks quiet and easier. Call money per cent Foreign exchange irregular. Wheat breaks more than cent; corn and oats weak. Cotton breaks more than q dollar bale. Rubber dull and easier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
FIFTEEN MEN
 WERE INJURED

Los Angeles, Oct i3--tDPD- Fifteen men were injured. two ser' iousIy, when they fell Into n hug. nlph0n Of the los AnssIes aque1uet nsar indian wells, in the M0jnye desert. plunsIBg soc feet down the shnfi.
 Iiaseua crews tore away C h"e' il0n Uf ihs aaueduet co ne bottom aDd removed inc injured, who were started 70 isoh AnHflss for treatment ht fhe Los Angeles dhs paFimellf of wafsF and poser wiis receiving fepesis on the rescue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
COULDN'T STOP THE JUDGE

Holyoke, Mass, Oct 13.-(UP)-Judge John Hildreth, 81, presided at the district court session as usual here today. Yesterday, while motoring on the Berkshire Trail, his automobile overturned, pinning him beneath it. Rescuers worked 20 minutes to extricate him, but he ap- peared little the worse for his experience.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
Final News Flashes
DAUGHTER OF JOHN w. DAVIS

Reno, Nev, Oct 13.-(UP)-Julia Davis Adams, daughter of John w. Davis, democratic presidential candidate in 1924, today filed suit for divorce from William McMillan Adams. She charged cruelty. A property agreement accom- panied the complaint, which will be tried tomor- row. The couple have no children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
100000 WORKERS ON 5-DAY WEEK

New York, Oct 13.-(UP)-Socony- Vacuum Corporation Company representing and Vacuum Oil company today announced that effective November l. it's 30,000 employees would be placed on fve-day week with corre- spending reductions in pay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
BRITISH RECTOR AGAIN BEATEN

London, Oct 13.-(UP)-The appeal of the rector of Stiffkey, found guilty of immoral con; duct by church consistory court, was rejected today by the judicial committee of the privy council. The rector, Rev Harold r. Davidson, conducted his own case and contended Tt Is not immoral to embrace young woman"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-13
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Oct. 13--UP) The treasury net balance Oct II. was $7S6.976, ,S95.7S.