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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13

There are al sorts of stories and denials
going the political rounds these days what
with patronage plums being disposed of in
this state If this disposal is somewhat slow
excuse it please. However, when Repre-
sentative Francis T. Maloney sees fit to dis
claim all knowledge of any patronage deals
in the state then that's news We are
willing to take his word for it that he is
not party to any new patronage deals IN
Connecticut. He ought to know what he
is talking about and he ought also to know
that his political future depends to consd-
cradle extent upon his actions in the next
year or SO. We can't very well see him
endangering his present position. In con-
neetion with the report he said. Il am very
much surprised at the suggestion of patron
age deal between myself and other members
of the Democratic Party in Connecticut. !
have not been consulted in connection with
any Federal appointments made thus far and
the trend OF events does not give the reason
TO believe that will be consulted. My
attitude is no different now than il has been
since President Roosevelt was nominated.
am repudiating no friendships or political
associates for the sake Of having a voice in
the distribution of political positions. :"
Finely expressed this statement could we'll
apply TO others in the state. Would that
all subscribed 10 the Meriden legislators
viewpoint
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13

aren't many innocent bystanders to worry
about.
When il comes to a strike involving 4
common carrier or public utility. the case
is quite different. That is not a matter
solely between company and men. 1t in
wolves the whole public and in few hours
becomes insufferable. Street railway strikes
are of this nature. In the case of a rail-
road strike. the federal government in the
past has been able to step in, because state
borders are crossed and the mails are con-
cerned The street railway strike. on the
contrary had to be taken care of in its own
city.
This time. when a strike was threatened
by street railway employees in Cleveland.
the mayor. realizing the paramount rights
of the travelling public. telephoned General
Hugh S. Johnson, and Senator Robert F.
Wagner. chairman of the National Labor
Board, and asked authority to suggest
postponement of the strike in the name of
the NRA. The National Labor Board
promptly offered its services in settling the
dispute. The mayor then called representa-
tativc of company and men into his office
and asked postponement of the strike. The
men agreed to postpone it indefinitely. The
promptncss with which truce was arranged
and the firm hope held by the employees in
the fairness of the National Labor Board
illustrate how far we have come on the new
road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
"A Book a Day
BY BRUCE CATION
Chicago and Her
Amazing History

Edgar Lee Masters has written
Tho Tale OF Chicago" with Dome.
thing of the emotion that consumes
one who secs q beloved woman
brought 10 the dust by designing
men.
lie has told tho story OF city
which. obviously, no loves very
greatly; and In telling II he has
taken pains TO show how his city's
fair name has been furnished by
men 10 whom she has brought vast
richeR.
The heroes OF history are, not
the great induJtralists and finan-
ciers who are commonly listed az
Chicngo's first citizens. They are
such mon. instead, as Stephen A.
Douglas. the famous little giant"
OF tho old days. who fought for
statee' rights and opposed railroad
land grabs, and John Altgcld. who
spoke for justice and the rights OF
labor az time when that kind OF
talk was very unpopular. They arc
the architects and city piannerf
who made Chicago beautiful and
gave her fine parks and magnih.
cent buildings.
For tho other men Mr. Masters
has bitterness. Chicago, he says
growing too fast. was cursed by the
men who wanted 20 get rich quick
at any cost. She became the most
typicaliy American OF all cities, and
suffered tho most from tho Amer
lem craze for money.
II IL an interesting and thought.
full story that he prescnts. Ills sur.
vcy OF ChIcngo's pioneer period. OF
her old Fort Dearborn days and OF
that dim era when Father Mar
quctte camped there, Ia especially
good; and no gives n splendid word
picture Of the great Chicago Are.
Published by Putnam. tho book
sells for 'S3.75,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
Our Daily Washington Letter
Business Improvement Expected to Put Many More
Back to Work

takes train or q plane TO New
York and hustles out on q two
hour ride TO Huntington. Long
Island, where his family Is spend
ing the summer.
Friday morning he conimutes
back 10 New York for q visit TO
his law offices, returning 70 Hunt
ington late In tho day Saturday
he plays golf and swlms with his
family. (His golf game Ia around
1909 sunday afternoon hc flies
bnck to Washington and begIng "a
prepare for the couacll meeting on
Tuesday.
Farmers Position EcitcP
race between the priccg % farm
products anP manufactured goods,
according 70 advance inside figures,
The Agricultural Adjustment nd
ministrations goal h parity with
the relationship which existed on
an average In the 1910.f4 period
what he buys. You take that aver.
age as 100.
Since February what no sells
has advanced from 40 10 7e. while
what he buys has risen from l0j
to lie In August.
stu Far From Goal.
The way II works Is that where.
az the what no sellB' percentage
OF the what he buyg' price level
wns only 53 for last year md only
30 IN February, II ~ now 90. Il
went 70 ~ per cent during the
July price boom.
The farmer IL still far away
from the 100 per cent goai--Gnd
even from tho 81 per cent average
OF o2s-9o-but AAA officials are
encouraged. Their program has
only begun.
Copyright 1893. N1;A Service. Inc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13

Fifteen states have ratified the child labor
amendment. which unless all signs fail. will
not get into the Constitution until after the
prohibition amendment repeater. That
would make it the 22nd. However. it may
be long time before child labor will be
controlled by federal constitutional author
ity. There is some question in high legal
circles today as to the authority of any state
to change previous vote on constitutional
amendment. Several states that once voted
against the child labor amendment have in
the last two years reversed themselves. For
instance, there were nine notifications this
year. There is no time limit set in the
amendment itself. so we don't see how this
change of opinion can be upset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13

Scientists. in particular botanists. believe
they have solved the Dutch elm tree blight
that is now rampant in New Jersey and a
few other sections Of The country. Accord
ing to authentic reports it has been traced
to shipment of elm logs from lie Havre.
France. to Norfolk, Va. The fungus and
closely related beetles were recently discovered
in these logs. The disease was first disco
cred in Holland in 1919. 1t spread
through western Europe and finally into
England in 1926. In 1880 it was first
found in this country. in Cleveland. Ohio.
where trees were blighted. Its spread to-
day is alarming, because an elm tree once
affected by it is lost 1t must be destroyed
completely to cheek further spread Of the
beetles that transport the rotting fungus.
With the source dteoered let US hope that
all our diseased will soon be eradicated and
healthy ones preserved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
Strikes

Sporadic strikes are said TO be symptoms
of recovery Such strikes have always ac-
eompsned the previous climbs out of de-
pressions. There's no use. naturally IN
striking on a falling market In that case
there is nothing to gain. and jobs to lose.
But as recovery begins. there seems to be
chance of getting something. Strikes are not
pleasant for anyone concerned. not. in the
main very useful. Their gains like those OF
wars. are made at the expense of terrible
wastes and mseries Still. their occurrence
at the present time indicates the existence OF
hope.
There are different kinds Of strikes how
syer The strike in plant which makes
something for which there is no exigent i'm
mediate need. can ofttimss be left TO settle
Itself IL is a matter more or less between
he company and the men. " IL can be
settled without serious trouble. so much the
better. But in that type Of strike. there
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
So They Say


The state department has often
been singulariy futile and unin'
telligcnt In Its dealings with the
senate.
Nicholas Murray But
Ter OF Columbia university.
This NRA-if Il don't work. III
walk In and say. "Mr President,
you said you were going 10 rcdis-
tribute wealth and here's my plan."
and he'll do II.
senator Hucy l.. Long.
I'm an old man and if J smiled
people would think was pretend
ing.--John ID. Rockefeller.
3 IL there Is a great deal OF auto
motive transportation competing
now with the railroads. there will
be four times as much when we
really learn how TO build automo-
biles for safety and economy; and
that Is but a few years off.
William B. Stout. automotive en-
gineer. \,
Hollywood Is a light disease.
Henri Maltese.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
MOScOzU
Letter
By EUGENE LYONS



MOSCOW (UP) - Strange long
names are beginning to flourish
In Polar climates above the Soviet
Union.
A group of hitherto unknown
islands just discovered in the Arc
| tic Sea by the icebreaker Sibiria-
kov, at latitude rs degrees, So min
utes and longitude 81 degrees. so
minutes, have been named "All-
Union Arctic Institute"
To the northeast of the new
found isles the icebreaker Rusanov
a year ago stumbled across an
other batch of unknown islands.
They were forthwith named IL
vestia of All-Russian Tzik and
Tzik of the U. s. s. r."
Similar mouthfuls have been
wished on. newly discovered terri
tories throughout the length and
breadth of the Soviet Arctic. AS
for the names of Stain and Lenin
and other leaders. they are becom-
ing 'as numerous as icebergs.
1t Is the professed intention of
the Soviet government to develop
the Arctic intensively for its nat
ural products. In the far-off flu
ture, when the islands will be pop
ulous and the, icy air will be alive
with airplanes, one can imagine a
conversation such as this.
+ Hey. Ivanov, where are you
bound for "a"
Hello. Petroff. I've just hoped
over from Izvestia of All-Russian
Tzik and Tzik OF u. s. s. r.. and
as soon as ! get some gasoline at
Lazar Kaganovitch, or the Second
Congress OF the Sociai-Democratsc
|aPrty. Bolshevik aFction, I'll jumr
lover to Ali-Union Arctic Institute.
And by the way, what's the news
out OF the Fourth Five-eyar Plan
i'm Three Years?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13

A Frecport, Minnesota, physician and in
ventor believes that he has discovered a
process whereby whiskey can be aged in 7
days. The results, to use his, exact words
are superb. We should think they would
be-. Without detraetins one whit from his
formula we think that 7-day whiskey should
have superb effect on any man or beast,
regardless of whether or not it has aged.
But being serious for moment we'd like to
sec the doctors process take the acid test.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
Tho Waterbury Democrat Wash.
ington Correspondent

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. figures meas.
urins the amount OF new employ.
ment created by tho MIRA codes
won't inspire any bonhres.
To many industries the codes
will mean no decrease In the
workers average weekly hours.
That's beeaueo work In 40 many
mills and factorieJ was sharply
curtnilod during the depregalon.
steel workers have been putting III
leas than 40 hours week, for In
stance. The same thing goes for
the oil industry, among Others.
Others to Get Jobs.
But, according TO the gtatls'
| ticians and research experts now
engaged IN compiling the figures.
| business Improvement viii bring
armies of workers back TO their
under tho codcs. The foundation
of the short.hour week has been
laid 10 that stimulated activity
Will automatically mean the taking
on or moro people virtually In pro-
portion.
The "share the work" idea was
adopted by industry TO large dc.
gree. Now the hope Ii that higher
wages will provide the push that
Ii lacking In q. mere program Of
shorter hours with proportionatc,y
| less pay.
The unemployment figures are
being worked out with the aid OF
the Census Bureau. Bureau OF
Labor statistics, trade associations,
the National industrial Conference
board and questionnaires TO mem.
bers Of each industry.
2,OOO, 900 Unemployed.
There was no "baloney' In
General Hugh Johneon3 assertion
that 1000. 900 had been ro-omploy
cd since March.
Experts who were quick 10
puncture inflated employment
claims In the Hoover regime sGy
that's q conservative estimate. In.
asmuch as about 100000 persons
had been employed by mid-Junc
and 100000 moro by July.
Champion C0n,nutcr.
Frank G. Walker secretary 10
the presidents executive council
and sometimes called the assist.
ant president" Is tho capitals
champion commutcr,
Late Thursday Of each week he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
DOG WOULD ADOPT PIGS

Breckenridge, Tex, (CP)-When
Lady. cight-year-old German police
dog. lost her litter of pups. she at
tempted to adopt. by theft, a litter
of pigs from Mother Sow. So per-
sistent was Lady in her efforts that
her master found 1t necessary TO
tie her up to keep her out of the
pig pen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
CLOCK ON AUCTION BLOCK

Chico. Sal. (UP)-Thc big clock
which .decorates the front OF the
Peoples Savings and Commercial
bank here wrings Its hands In
shame today. After Ginning It's SER
vices for 10 years. the huge times
piece Will 80 under an nuctioneer'a
hammer as part OF the closed
banks assets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13

Russia is using river showboats now to
keep the farmers satisfied and happy. If we
took that up in a. big way in America, Con.
gress would have fine excuse for dredging
lot more rivers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
Personal Health Service
(By William Brady, M. d.

Signed letters pertaining 10 personal
health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or
treatment will be answered By DR. Brady.
Address him. care OF the Democrat sending
stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13

High tide at Milford Thursday. Scptem.
Der H. $40 a. m, daylight time; low
tide. 2:40 D. M. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13

All vehicles must be lighted not later thai
1916. daylight time. tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13

Now that they've started naming babies
Mira. which does nicely for girls, will they
call the boys Eagle?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-13
Champion Con,,nutcr.

Frank G. Walker, secretary 10
the presidents executive council
and sometimes called the assist
ant president" Is tho capitals
champion commutcr
Late Thursday Of each week he
The Washington times., 1933-05-12
Judge de Vries Verifies
Talk With Means

Judge Marion DeVries, Wash.
ington attorney, with whom Gas.
ton B. Means testified he had
discussed the Lindbergh kid
naping, said today that he had
talked to Means and that the
conversation was, in part, as
Means had testified.
Means, Judge DeVries said,
came to him shortly after the
Lindbergh baby disappeared and
told him he believed he knew
the kidnapers. He had, he said,
overheard a conversation in New
York which led him to believe
the men involved were either the
kidnapers or in touch with them.
He had met both men while at
Atlanta.
Judge DeVries said he did not
recall that Means had told him
the names of his suspects. He
asked him, DeVries, if he knew
how he could get in touch with
Lindbergh. DeVrieS said he did
not. DeVries said:
means asked me If 1 did
contact Lindbergh to let him
know. = never heard from him
again on the subject"
The Washington times., 1933-05-12
California HenderSon'S
Base of Operations

DETROIT, May IL Q.N.SO.-A
shadowy figure seldom seen ex-
cept by his closest lieutenants,
but apparently welding great
power in Communist circles; ap-
pearance known only by hearsay;
headquarters believed to be on
the West Coast
That is the only recollection
Detroit police have of wellington
Henderson, named by CASTOR B.
Means in court at Washington
yesterday as one of the Lind
bergh baby kidnapers.
Detective Barney Seleske, Com
munist expert of the Detroit
force, said Henderson was know!
to his associates as "Scotty." and
that members of the Communist
party apparently took great pairs
to surround him with mystery.
He said:
81 never saw him, and I
don't know his present where.
abOuts, if he is alive. But /
know definitely that he was in
and out of Detroit a number
of times. He came here in
connection with Communistic
activities, but he always re-
mained strictly under cover.
"He was described to me as
a well-dreSsed man with
mouStache and a large scar on
one check. / was told he always
carried a large bankrOll and in
variably had his pockets full Of
silver dollars.
california was his base Of
operations.
unlike other Communist lead
The Washington times., 1933-05-12
SLATE
COMPLETED

Annapolis, May 12.-With the
granting of permission to enter
the municipal race to Jesse A.
Fisher, alderman and Naval
Academy employe, by the Civil
Service Commission, local Demo-
Gratis completed their ticket for
the July election here.
Republicans have named a
mayoralty candidate. Walter E.
Quenstedt, and two aldermanic
candidates, Charles oliver and
Charles Spriggs, both colored, will
represent the Republicans from
the Fourth ward. They will be
unopposed by Democrats.
Charles E. Chance will head the
Democratic ticket for Mayor.
Aldermanic candidates will be
Jesse A. Fisher and Harry P.
Leitch, First ward; Arthur T.
Elliott and Anthony c. Davis,
Second ward: William N. French
and Elmer M. Jackson, jr., Third
ward.
The Washington times., 1933-05-12

the case and told him I needed
him in an important part and
he said he would come to Wash
ington. 1 met Fenton at Fred
erick again and he said that the
newspapers were offering $685.
900 reward for the return Of the
child and he thought Mrs. NC
Lean should get that for them.
Whitaker came on Friday. Later
1 saw Mrs. Mclean and she told
me the Fox had talked to her
and compla aimed about being
shadowed by me.
Offered To Refund Cash
She said she was arranging to
take the hot money and put it in
a safe deposit for six months.
She showed me a letter from her
attorneys, stating that her finaE-
cial affairs were in bad shape. I
told her to take the 100000 back
but she said no. that she was
going through with the case.
1 saw her Saturday and she
said she had been unable to raise
the $4,000 because it was bank
half-holiday and did I know of
anyone who had that much money
available. I said Eddie Killeen
wa9 the only person 1 knew who
might have it and tried to get
him at the race track but could
not reach him.
On Sunday I saw her and she
said she was going to pawn her
Jewels. Fenton had asked me to
meet him at Bethesda and 1 met
him there. We drove to Marl-
boro, where I told Whitaker to
meet us. I told Fenton of Mrs.
McLean's failure to raise the
$4,000 and he went over the
plan with me that the $4,000
in hot money was to be turned
over to Mrs. McLean's agent as
soon as she got the $4,000 in
clean bills.
Action Hangs on $35,OOO
Fenton then drove to Leonard
town to see some connections
there. He came back and I met
him at Chevy Chase and again
discussed the exchange. That
night, I saw Mrs. Mclean and
Father Hurney and told them
that the baby would not be re-
leased until the hot money was
exchanged. Mrs. Mclean wanted
me to 60 with Miss Poe to pawn
the jewelry, but refused.
Mrs. Mclean also asked me to
get the 100000 and give it to
Father Hurney so he could pay
the kidnapers because she said
the lawyers knew I had the
money. She asked me where the
money was and I told her in
North Carolina with my brother.
She asked me to phone him to
bring it up right away.
1 told her 1 was a little con-
fused on the code word through
which I could reach him and if
I phoned without the right word
he would think the kidnaperS
were threatening me and would
not come. I told her I would
phone my brother that night.
Miss Poe Disappears
The next morning Mrs. Mclean
phoned and said Miss Poe had
disappeared with the diamonds
and she was afraid she had been
kidnapped.
She asked me to help find Miss
Poe. I told her was too busy
working on the case, but to get in
touch with her lawyers and with
Father Hurney.
Later Father Hurney telephoned
me and said Miss Poe and the dia-
monds had been located. that they
could not raise the money. I
asked him to send me a note to
that effect so 1 could show it to
The Washington times., 1933-05-12

ers, he never came into the
open. Neither did he attend any
of the large meetings where
undercOver men were likely to
spot him."
Seleske said he never heard of
a Communist named Irving Fen
ton, also named by Means as a
kidnaper. He said:
Il doubt whether any such
man was ever active as q Com
munist in Detroit. 1 have a line
on practically every important
Red that ever came to town"
The Washington times., 1933-05-12

Dearborn Hotel and registered
there.
"Jafsie Paid FentOn"
I met Fenton there and he
said he had $4,000. He showed
it to me and asked me to count
it. I did not count it. He said
he got the money from DR.. Con-
don and was going to put it in
a lock box with two keys.
He asked that I take one key
back to Ell Paso and give it to
Henderson. I said how could
Henderson get it, that is, sign for
it. He asked me to sign it for
Henderson under an assumed
name and that he would sign it
and I would take the key to
Henderson. He said:
This is hot money and has
to be laid away and can't be
used nOw."
Meantime, 1 had given Ed
Aubinger a ring. His reports
had been unsatisfactory, especially
the report about the baby being
dead.
teIegraphed Miss Nelson and
told her 1 was leaving by air
plane and would return to Ell
PaSo.
At this point, Lawyer Tomlin.
son showed Means a telegram
and he identified it. Means at
torney read it to the jury. 1t
stated that Means was leaving
Chicago by airplane and would
phone her from Dallas. Means
continued:
Fenton left with the money. He
came back later and told me he
did not want me to leave.
"Hot Money" Deal
He said he was getting dead
head information from Juarez
and Ell Paso. He came in with
copies of kilograms that Mrs. Nc
Lean had sent to Miss Nelson.
He told me again that they
were watching every move of Mrs,
Mclean. He had three or four
copies of kilograms written on
ordinary paper.
At this point Attorney Tomlin-
son exhibited the kilograms which
Means identified as being in sub
stance the same as a copy shown
him by Fenton.
Means continued:
This telegram read that Mrs
Mclean had authorized Miss Mel
son to make exchange of the hot
money, that is, the money which
had been checked by serial mum,
bers and paid over by DR.. Con
don.
Fenton asked me will she do it
I said she said she will and she
will.
Means said that Whitaker called
him and asked about the money.
@. (Fy Tomlinson)-Which
money was he referring to?
A.-EXpense money. 1 told him
to call again, that I was going
East and to stop worrying me. We
had hot words over the phone. The
next day I left for Washington
arriving on Wednesday, April 13
I called Mrs. Mclean, but she was
not home yet.
Ready for Showdown
On Thursday, the 18th, Fenton
called me and asked me to meet
him at Frederick, Md. met
him there and we discussed the
exchange of the money. He said
he did not want to appear in the
exchange, I called Whitaker and
told him I was back in Wash.
ington, that the case was nearing
the end and I could now adjust
his accounts.
He said he was through with
The Washington times., 1933-05-12

A. DeLashmutt In Rockville police
court yesterday, on a charge of
larceny of taxicab and S.
from Edward L. Ring, also of
Washington.
The Washington times., 1933-05-12

No. 10. He said he would sent it
right away so I could show it to
the kidnapers and then start
South again.
The Washington times., 1933-05-12
LARCENY HOLDS MAN

Sylvester Wilson, colored, $500
block M st. N. W., was held for
the grand jury by Judge Donald
The Washington times., 1933-05-12
LICENSED TO WED

A marriage license was issued
at Rockville to T. Dennis Conley,
27, and Helen Dzupkin, %,