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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
ITALY HOPES TO
 | RESCUE LEAGUE
MussOIini Feels Out Na- tions Meeting-Plan=
 ming Conference

Paris. (UP)-Europe is prepar- ing another world conference.
 With further postponement of the Disarmament Conferences gen. eral commission until January 20, the department of Germany and Japan, certain European nations, particularly France and Italy, have become apprehensive that the League may lose completely all authority. The General Disarma- ment Conference, long has been on the rocks, and Chancellor Hitler's move gave the conference the final push.
 Inasmuch as the main conflict in the Disarmament Conference is the identical question which is worrying the chancellories of Europe; that is, control of arma- ments. the only apparent way of
 saving the situation appears to have occurred to Premier Musso- lini, who has begun to sound out the main European powers for a conference in Italy.
 San Reno, where one of the ori- ginal pre-reparations conferences was held and where the coal SUD- ply of Europe was divided up, has been Suggested as the meeting place.
 The conference would be a con- ference within @ conference, since the main object would be to arrive at an accord between a few pow CTS on those boarder questions, which are impossible to settled in conference room of 60 delega- tions.
 Under the Four Power Pact, sponsored by Mussolini and in which Italy, France. Britain and Germany have certain committ- ments to keep the peace Of Europe and to confer with one another, a new conference could be called. It is inferred that the Petite Entente, Poland, Soviet Russia and even the United States, would be in- vited, so that the question of con. trol and limitations of armaments could be adjusted with some authority.
 France, through its Foreign iMn. ister Paul -Boncour already has given assent to the idea, and it is believed Mussolini already has be- gun tentative conversations with various statesmen at Geneva for the projected barley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
Versailles Opera May
 Be Resurrected

Versailles (UP).-A move to restore the Versailles opera and make it the Beyreuth of France has been launched by Paul Valery, author, critic and member of the Academy.
 He urges that the famous opera house, lone of the finest theaters of France" and an integral part of the Palace of Versailles, be rescued from oblivion and neglect.
 What better setting," he asks, "can be found for the music of Lulli, Gluck and Rameau. or for the plays of Racine and Mo- Here ?"
 This theater. begun by Ga briel in 1753 and completed two decades later, is theoretically one of the meeting places of the French senate, which seldom uses it. Indeed. it receives few vis- itors and it is a part of the pal ace to which tourists seldom go. All this, contends Valery. should be changed by resurrecting the theater.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
PARIS MOSQUE
 BANS TIPPING
New System Recently Put Into Effect-Many Dis.
 pleased By Rule

Paris (UP)-The Mohammedan Mosque here is the first religious edifice here to put into effect a no tipping regulation.
 Tn any other house of worship. if you so desire, you can tip your guide, but this positively is forbid den at the Mosque, and if you of- fer money it will be refused. An entrance fee of five francs is charged to get into the Mosque. and the money is devoted to char ity. The guides receive daily wages for showing visitors about.
 The Mohammedan Mosque was inaugurated by President Dou- mergue in 1925, and since has be- come one of the sights of the city, along with Notre Dame and Sacre Occur. The number of visitors ap- breaches the 10000 mark yearly, but they do not come to worship; rather, to admire the architecture aod imbibe non-alcoholic drinks ! in the Islamic cafe, and, on occa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20

According to estimates. one and one-half billion acres of land, of the fifteen billion acres in the world, arc under cultivation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
Machines Used To
 Separate Old Money
Coins Worn By Usage Sent aBck to eB Melted Into
 New-Speed Is Emphasized

to determine which coins are un- derweight, and which still are standard.
 The head adjustor and his staff were working on a stack of $zu gold pieces. The machines were adjusted for a double-eagIe. q workman threw the lever. Things began to happen.
 From the tubes, the gold pieces dropped upon recieving plates. which were a pair of balances.
 For a fraction of a second they hung there. Then. if underweight. the coins slid off into a slot which conducted them into one receiving container. If standard, they sud into another.
 At full speed. the machines count as many as 1.200 coins per minute. segregating the good from the bad. which go back to be re- melted and re-coined. if there is demand for that particular coin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
BY PAUL KECsKEMETI United Press Stan Corrcsponden

NUuitcQ krcSS Stou OOtfcSponueutD
 Berlin, (UP)-The outstanding feature of tho development of the German economic situation dur ing 1893 was a drop in unem- ploymeat.
 The number of the jobless reached it's peak shortly after the Hitler cabinet assumed office. Feb Is, with 6,047,0O0. Since then the decrease has been steady until Oc- tober, when unemployment be- came practically stationary with about 3,S0O,000.
 This reduction of more than two million was attained by gov ernmental measures.
 Large public funds were appro- priated to provide employment; landowners and hldustrialists were persuaded to engage additional workers relieve the labor market.
 The public works consisted mainly in road-building and in road-building and in improving the soil. Public means also were provided for a large scheme o1 house repairs.
 The hiring of additional work CTS was encouraged by subsidies to employers enlarging their staff.
 Public works were carried out by "labor squads" receiving pay not very much above the regular unemployment dole. JJobless, how ever, often~we glad to join the squads even at such terms, in order to secure at least regular occupation.
 Significant as the reduction o1 unemployment is, it cannot be re- garded as indicating an improve ment in all German economic life.
 This may be explained if it is considered that the improvement
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
RIGHTS OF WOMEN
 TO BE COMBATED
Sylvia Pankhurst Declares Privileges Gained Now
 Are Endangered
By HENRY T. RUSSELL United Press Stan COrreSDOn(Ient)

(CnIteU fFeSS otuu SOrfeSIbUlluCitJ
 London. (UP)-A revival of the suffragette movement, with it's ac- companying scenes of struggling women chained to public buildings, may be one result of a World Con- ference to defend endangered rights for women to be called shortly here by Sylvia Pankhurst.
 The veteran votes-for-w women advocate said that she thought rights which women acquired after years of hard campaigning were nj aeriOus danger. She added that sho thought the occasional dinners given by the remainder of the suf- fragette movement ''at which speeches are made of the past' gers. She said action of the mili- taNt kind was urgently needed.
 "You can't fight for rights mere ly by making speeches about the past" she said, "noir do you have to go to the other extreme and cause bloodshed. But vigorous ac- tioa is certainly needed quickly to prevent the continued encroach- ment upon hard earned rights which is going on in mdny. parts of the world to-day"
 It is to attempt to solve this problem that Sylvia Pankhurst is planning to call conference of womens organizations from all over the world in the belief that they should be stirred into ac- tion.''
 ''What the women of to-day need is the same spirit which enabled the su:ragettes to win what rights they have to-day. Precisely the same set of circumstances never arises again. But I believe that the same spirit and the same courage not only can. but will arise again if needs be. Tine chief thing in the original. suffragette movement was the spirit which animated it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
Unemployed Youths
 Give League Worry
international Labor Office Plans Session to Aid the
 Troublesome Situation

tai unemployed in Germany are under 25.
 Great Britain, 1n May of this year, reported that 10000 persons between IA and IS were without work.
 In the United States the num- Der of gainfully employed young people has fallen sharply in the last ten years. No figure are avail able as to the exact extent of youth unemployment in the United States.
 At the end of the past year Italy estimated about 25O,OOO of her young citizens, under IS, were without work. Nearly one-third of the unemployed in Norway and Sweden are young people under 24' Other countries show similar tendency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
Field Rat Whipped
 Sparrow Hawk

Tulare, Cal. (UP).-A small field rat vanquished Q sparrow hawk in mortal combat on the c. W. Jones ranch the other day.
 An irrigating crew related that the hawk. circling over the field, dove suddenly and seized the rat as it came from it's nest. It flew upward, the, rat struggling in its claws.
 Suddenly, workmen said, the hawk and rat dropped to the ground where the bird lay dead. The rat had severed its throat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20

Tire wear is less in winter than at any other season of the year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20

Raw material exports from Aus tria are 12 per cent above those of {. year ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
Rr sTEWART BRowN

(nUttc0 KsrcSS StoM COFEeol5oz.uentD Geneva. (UP)-The Interna- tional Labor Oflce Is alarmed at the detrimental consequences' of widespread and prolonged unem- ployment among the world youth.
 Measures to remedy this problem will be studied at the spring ses- sion of the conference.
 Millions of young men and wom- en have been without work for years, a preliminary survey of the labor office reveals. Their physical stamina, their political and social faiths, and their moral fabric are being undermined, labor experts find.
 Their inability to find work al- though they are fftted and willing to work, constitutes one of the gravest aspects of the world eco- homie crisis, the labor office be- lieves.
 oMre than one-quarter of the to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20

sion, to take a Turkish bath, since these are open to "Infidels."
 The Mosque is an exact replica of the Mosque of Casablanca, and there is "dry" cafe attached to it-a restaurant. Oriental garden and a Mohammedan Theological Seminary. The carpets are mas terpieces, being the gifts of Islamic kings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
Unemployment Cut
 By Germans In 1883
Hitler Cabinet Used Several Methods to Create Jobs Public Works Program Improved Soil

of the labor market was not caused by the natural revival of prosperity but mostly by "artifi- cial" measures. These measures assured that the ''seasonap' drop in unemployment, regularly ex- perienced in the summer months,
 was more marked last summer
 than before, and that the sea
 sonaT' increase of unemployment
 expected in the fall did not take place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
By w. B. DICKINSON

Denver, Col.-(UP)-High up under the caves of the United States Mint building here there's a last port of call for old, worn coins are brought. There is a row of machines with species of glroi- fled. coin slots sticking up from them.
 Now each coin has a definite and uniform weight to which it is sup posed to conform. It is the busi- ness of this battery of machines
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
LARGE CHINESE FORGE
 STANDS READY ID
 DEFEND JEH0L AREA

PEIPING, Feb. 2, Marshall Chang Hsueh-Liang, commander in-chief of China's forces in the Northern area, warned Japan that his forces numbering over 100000 men were mobilized and ready to defend Jehol province against the Japanese advance.
 Chang told the press that if Japan renewed the Jehol offensive as threatened, "it will be impoSsi- ble to predict what will happen. If they insist upon invading Jehol it will mean the most serious warfare yet to come in this fighting. Our men gre better equipped and We are ordered to resist any attempt ed advance" he said.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
COMMANDER STILL
 CHASING HIS SHIP. IN
 CONTROL NATIVE CRENvy'

BATAVIA, Java, Feb. 7-Dutch seaplanes sWooped over the Dutch battleShip De Zeven Provincein ploughing down Malacca Strait displaying their laden bomb car riages and threatening to lombard the WarShip unless it's mutinous crew immediately surrenders.
 A safe five miles behind the De Zeven Provincein ploughed the AL debaran bearing the De Zeven Pro- vincein's outraged commander who chased after his battleship when the mutineers steamed out of Olelen Harbor, Northwestern Sumatra, Sunday.
 In a communique radioed to the press in Dutch and English the native crew gave assurance they were staging only a peaceful pro- test against pay cuts and that they intended to surrender at the naval base of Sourabaya, Java.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
GOVERNMENT ACCUSED
 TEMPOR|Z|NG WHEN
 LIVES hRE AT STAKE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7,-Accus- ing the government of "temporiz- ing when human life is at stake, the American Federation of Labor urges quick development of a pro- gram to make men and machines busy again.
 The Federation sail unemploy- ment had increased to an "all- time peak of 12,O0O,0OO. It propos- ed these remedial measures:
 A national 30-hour week which it said would immediately absorb 6,600,0O0 of the jobless. It said 52 hours was the average now in g industries but others were work ing 72 and 84 hour shifts; tre- mendous public building program, financed by long term federal loans; speeding up of R. F. c. loans for Self-liquidating construc- ton.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
IDLE NAVAL SHIPS SHOULD BE: BASED
 IN RESURRECTION
SUFFICIENT USEASLE VESSELS TIED UP IN HABORS FORM
 ALASKA FLEET

When rivals indulge chess they maneuver to protect their richest implement of the game. They do not sacrifice a castle" or "pish- op' in return for a mere pawn. "
 Not SC with the United States of America, confronted with the pos Slblllty of becoming a contestant in the great game of international warfare, as gauged by the clouds rising higher and growing more omlnouS day by day along the Near Eastern Horizon.
 The great prize in this game will be Alaska, which in point of raw resources outranks the remainder of the nation which might be ex- posed to the assaults of an enemy. It's gold, coal and oil resources alone are worth the price a for elgn nation might be compelled to pay, even tho they served mere ly as trading pawn in the final settlement of the controversy.
 And not one measure of pro- lection along it's 26,OOO miles of coast
 At this moment, when we ought to be convinced that the Ameri- can conception of fair play and justice is as foreign to the remain der of the world as are it's nation alS to America.
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Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
MRS. HANDERMELL ADMITS SLAIN HUSBAND
 WAS NOT ROBBED

LONG BEACH, Feb. 7,-TeStify- ing in the case of Walter Wander well. the curly-haired blonde wife of Capt. Walter, WanderWell, globe trotter, told of a threat to get even made by William J. Guy, admitted enemy of the adventurer and ac- cused of staying him aboard the yacht Carna last December :.
 The warning came, she said, af- ter Wanderwell and Guy had dis agreed over money which Guy claimed the adventurer owed him from an expedition made between Buenos Aires and San Francisco.
 The testimony cropped out un- expectedly at Guys trial as the de- fense cross-examined the young widow. Guys counsel quickly made a counter move.
 He said if Guy had killed the man over a small debt why had he not taken part of the $500 found in wallet on WanderWell's body. Mrs. Wanderwell admitted that her husband had not been
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
VESSELS IN DISTRESS
 OFF PACIFIC COAST

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7,-While the crew of the motorship Pacific Shipper controlled a fire in the en- zine room after sending an sos call, the lumber vessel Santiam radioed her owners here had lost a propeller 30 miles north of San Francisco.
 The message asked the Chris tenson Hammond Lumber Co.,, to send a tug. The Pacific Shipper of London was off Cape Blanco when Capt. H. Fairclaugh sent the sos.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
VON PAPEN |S NOW DICTATOR OF PRUSSIA;
 DIET DISSOLVED

BERLIN, Feb. 7-President Paul Vo1 E3ndenberg Monday dissolved the Prussian Diet which defied Chancellor Hitler's will and signed 3 decree hamstring.ng the opposi- ton press.
 Vice-ChancelIoc von Papen be- came Dictator of Prussia, keystate of Germany, with dissolution of it's Legislative body until a new diet is elected March 5.
 The government hopes the vic- tory it expects in the Reichstag elections the same day will return new Diet amendable to the Cabi- nets will. Meanwhile von Papen Is invested with all the governing powers in the State of Prussia as Reich Commissioner for the State although as Hitler's political tutor he will still countersign or veto any of the Nazi Chancellor's acts.
 Von Papen will devote most of his time to running Prussia. This move busted Otto Braun, the elect ed Premier of Prussia.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
KIDNAPPED MOTHER
 RETURNED UNFRAMED
 ID HOME MONDAY MITE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. "A frail woman of 65 with graying hair was sought by 50 police Monday as the result of a strange Kidnapping designed by what police said ap- pe8red to be amateur students of crime who in an abduction note left demands for S10,000 ransom
 She is Mary, the wife of Dr. Wal ter F. Skeele, a professor who for 35 years has been Dean of the College of Music of the University of Southern California.
 The strange factors in the case, police investigators said, are first: an extremely long ransom note indicating the kidnappers are educated, knew considerable about the family, and the note possessed innumerable tell tale clues that no organized Kidnapping gang would leave
 Second: that the victims family is without means to meet the ran som demands and not of the class usually selected by kidnappers, and assert that the family mem bers say they have no inkling of who could do such thing.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
CONEY ISLAND AGAIN
 VISITED BY FLAMES

NEW YORK, Feb. ', -Coney Is- land was visited with another dis aStrous fire Monday which high winds famed and which, for a time, threatened the entire amuse- ment resort.
 An hour before dawn fire was seen to spout from the Tunnel of Love- It rapidly spread, to a near by Ferris wheel, the Motor drome, a Riddle wheel and two other con- sessions before brought under con- trol.
 Bremen fought the flames in 12 above temperatures.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
SIMPLE PORTABILITY
 ENDS LAME DUCK

WASHINGTON, Feb. "A sim pie formality of the State Depart ment put the lame duck amend ment officially into the Constitu- tion after a long and wearisome journey thru Congress and the State Legislatures with a group of State Department officials and two other witnesses present.
 Secretary Stimson signed the proclamation announcing to the nation that a sufficient number of legislatures had approved the measure to make it effective.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
COAST GUARD CUTTER "RAMMED" HIS VESSEL
 DELIBERATELY. SEAS

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. ', Capt. Francois Riou, French skipper of the rum ship "Etchipotchis," said he would file complaint with the French consul against what he termed deliberate" ramming of his vessel by the United States coast guard.
 The captains ship is tied up at the wharf here with 1000 cases of assorted liquors aboard.
 He claims the Coast Guard Cut ter Hermes crashed into his ship twice 99 miles off-shore and out side the one hours sailing time decree by international treaty.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
FOUR THOUSAND FARMERS COMMITTEE
 SUICIDE, K|ANC sE|

KIANG SEI, China, Feb. ', U Rather than be captured and tor tured to death by a Communist army, 4,00O Chinese farmers of this fertile area committed suicide.
 What is said to be authentic re- ports of this wholesale death pact, were received yesterday at Shang- hai.
 Prior to the approach of the reds all women and children had been sent to safety.
 The report said that when the Communist army of bandits en- tered the town they found every male dead by his own hand.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
GR|Ev|NG WIDOW NEAR
 DEATH FROM WOUNDS

MARYSVILLE, Calif., Feb. $, = Mrs. Dolores Shaffer, 39, said to be a former moving picture act ress, was near death at a local hospital as the result of gunshot wounds which Sheriff c. J. Me Coy declared were self-inflicted
 Mrs. Charles Thorndyke, friend said that Mrs Shaffer has been hyterical and frequently imagined she saw her deceased husband in the home.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
NATIONAL STRIKE BY
 FARMERS, THREATENED

CHICAGO, Feb. 7,-Threats of a national farmers strike and possi- ble riot, bloodshed and revolution came from the troubled corn belt as 100 farmers marched On the Iowa Legislature at Des Moines.
 The spoke m a n said that a movment is underway among the nations farmers to refuse to raise crops other than for their own needs; that Congress hurriedly came to the aid of bankers but have continually passed the buck" ln passing relief legislation for farmers, the fundamental for re- storation of national employment and prosperity"
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
PUBLISHER LEFT ENTIRE
 FORTUNE ID FOUNDATION

DENVER, Colo, Feb. ', -Freder- ick G. Bonfils, late publisher and editor of The Denver Post, left his entire fortune, the amount of which has been estimated between $1O,O0O,OOO and $6o,OOO,O00, with the exception of minor bequests, to the Frederick G. Bonfils Founda- tion for the Advancement of the Welfare of Mankind.
 Reading of the will took place Monday. He died last Thursday.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
ROLPR DELIVERS
 4 C0UNTER-ATTACK

SACRAMENTO, Feb. "A coun- ter attack on Gov. James Rolph Jr., recall was delivered yesterday by his representatives who gave the Investigating com mittee three specific eases where legislators, who are enrolled q in the State Grange movement for his recall, accepted bribes.
 They cited the pardon racket and charged certain Senators with accepting sums of $2,5OO to $7,5OO. The committee adjourned for the day following submittal of the tes- timony.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
STUDENT BIOLOGIST
 bR0T DEAD MAN, LIFE

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7,-Un- discouraged by initial failure, Uni versity of California biologists planned a new attempt to revive a dead person by m e h a n i c a means.
 Using a different method, they were attempting to duplicate the feat of another University scien- tist, Mrs. M. M. Brooks, who re- turned life to an apparently dead man by means of a chemical.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
GENTLEMAN JIM
 CORBETT Is SINKING

NEW YORK, Feb. ?, The con- dition of James J. Corbett, one time heavyweight boxing champion of the World, who is suffering from 3 heart ailment, became worse last night.
 His condition is very grave and is causing us great concern" was the word given out at his bedside in his Bayside home shortly before 4 o'clock.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
LEADERS PESSIMISTIC

TOKYO, Feb. 7,-The c a bin e met in extraordinary session and approved new instructions to their League of Nations representative, a revised plan for conciliation of the Manchurian dispute. Govern ment leaders are pessimistic and it is freely predicted Japan will with draw from the League wihtin a month.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
MONDAY NIGHT WAS
 DEAD-L|NE PAYMENT
 RANSOM, MRS. SKEELE
LOS ANGELES, Feb. '. -Kidr

LOS ANGELES, Feb. ?, -Kidnap- pers of Mrs. Mary Skeele, 66-year old wife of the Dean of Music at the University of Southern Cali fornia, said Monday night was the dead line for payment of $1O,00O ransom, according to police.
 The note did not reveal the penalty attached for failure to meet the demands by that hour.
 Death, however, was threatened for Mrs. Skeele if police sought de- tails. Instructions were given by the kndnappers as to where to leave the ransom.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-07
GREATER THAN EVER

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. ', - Demands for relief of the destitute will be greater next month than ever before in the country's his tory, Grace Abbott, head of the Labor department Children's bur- eau, testified at a Senate sub committee hearing.