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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
AUSTRIA KEEPS UP HER ATTACK
 AGAINST NAZlS

Vienna. Aug 17-(UP)-Premier Engelbert Dollfuss struck a dan- aging blow against the Austrian Nazi movement when he persuad- ed the cabinet early to-day. after a seven hour meeting. to decree forfeiture of citizenship and con- fiscation of property Of Austrians who agitate against the govern ment abroad. and Austrians who leave the country without permis- sion.
 Dollfuss al m d particularly against members of the so-called Austrian legion of Nazis in Ba- varia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
PRESIDENT IS. AT WORK FOR
 THREE CODES
Swings Into Action to Get
 Oil, Steel and Coal on
 Dotte d Line of ,NRA Before Many Hours
BY CLYDE e. BYERs

United Press Staff Correspondent )
 Washington, Aug 17.-(UP)- President Roosevelt swung into ac- tion an hour earlier than usual to-day in a determined effort to whip into shape codes for major industries before he departs Satur- day night for the summer white house at Hyde Park, N. Y.
 Prepared to devote the remain der of the week to details of his recovery program, the president first summoned General Hugh S. Johnson. recovery administrator. and Secretary of the Interior Ickes, public works administrator.
 While it was said that they were prepared to discuss generally phas- es of the program, it was learned that the greatest emphasis would be placed on efforts to conclude the oil code this week. (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
OF THE
 GANCSTERS HAS
 NOT CONCLUDED
Combined Forces of Nation and State Are Trailing Tn e m Through Two Western States

Chicago, Aug 17.--(UP)-The combined drive of :. federal. state over a wider area in the midwest today.
 naping suspects from an elaborate trap set by. 250. police and federal agents, authorities hunted them over Illinois and southern Wiscon- sin. They escaped after receiving package they believed. contained
 (Continued ar Page 4.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
MRSCOS'TELLO | Z.
 HAS ACCEPTED 1. 7. :. STAGE OFFER
First Turned it Down But
 Report Says She Will 7 Get $I,OO0 a Week For
 Work li 6

Peabody Mass. Au. i7-(UP)- Mrs. Jessie Burnett Costello. freed Tuesday after sensational trial on charge of husband-murder. has signed a 10-week vaudeville cop tract, it was reported without for- nal continuation here today.
 Even before the young widow was acquitted. Samuel Berger. the New York booking agent who ex- plotted the late Mrs. Jack (Legs) Diamond, had offered her. through hre counsel. $75o a week for stage appearances.
 It was indicated yesterday that Mrs. Costello would spuFn this and two other offers of vaudeville coa- tracts, but Is was said today that she changed her mind and signed after Berger boosted his offer to sI ,000 a week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
.COUZENS TELLS
 REAL STORY OF DETROIT BANKS c ' n ~
Senator Said Prosecutor Did Not Try 10 Bring Out the True Facts in Case
By JAMES 0. AUSTIN

United Press Stan COrreSpOndcnt)
 Detroit, Aug 17.-(UP)-The "inside story" of the Detroit bank ing collapse remains untold. Sena- tor James Couzens charged from the witness stand today before the grand jury probing the banking failure.
 'The real, inside story of the De- troit banks has not been told from the witness stand" Couzens testi- fled. None of the witnesses has been critically examined.
 ''I submit that if Wilson w. Mills Chairman of the board of the closed First National bank who testified Tuesday and Wednesday, tells all he knows the court will be advised of the real: condition"
 (Continued on Page Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
Markets At a Glance

Stocks strong holding gains of to points in quiet
 trading. Bonds advance under lead of speculative issues. Curb stocks rise fractions to points. Chicago stocks higher. Call money per cent. Foreign exchange irregular. Wheat up Y cents after ralying from early break; Corn and oats strong. Cotton holds gains of $2 a bale Rubber advances 10 to 20 points.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
TO PAY WHEAT FARMERS

Washington, Aug 17---( (UP)-Wheatf farn- CTS who reduce acreage under President Roose- yelts recover program will receive cash without any deduction for governmental indebtedness, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace announced
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
CUBAN AMBASSADOR

Presidentf de Cespedes today ai,- pointed Marquez Sterling as am bassador to the United States. Sue ceeding Oscar B. Cintas. resigned. Sterling. former ambassador to Mexico, Is e journalist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
GOVERNOR. AFTER CRIMINALS

Albany, N. .Y., Aug 17.-( (UP)-Co Continuing an intensive drive against criminals, Gov. Her bert Lehman requested the extraordinary legisla-' ture today to prohibit transportation sale and possession of sub-machine guns in New York state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
Final News Flashes
JAMAICA BADLY DAMAGED

3'7a Kingston, Jamaica, Aug 17.-(UPJ-Un- official estimates of damage caused yesterday by the severe tropical storm that swept Jamaica mounted today to $25,00O,O0O, with hundreds homeless, at least 20 dead, and many bodies url- recovered jS <As,s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
NINETY MILLIONS LOANED DAWES WAS
 TOLD BY C0UzENS
President Hoover Asked the. Senator to Max e Statement About It But He Refused Statement Was to Be Used For Political Purposes
By JAMES c. AUSTIN ynited Press Star Correspondcnt

(Cn1tcd FfeSS StaH COrresIIoIiticHt
 Detroit, Aug 17-(UP)-A state- ment approving the loan of $90,- 0OO,000 to the Dawes bank-to be used for political purposes-was requested of him by former Presi- dent Hoover, Senator James Cou- zens testified at the Detroit bank inquiry to-day.
 The senator told the United Press he refused to make the statement because of his position
 (Continued on Page S.D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
GOAL BARONS CALLED IN

Washington, Aug 17.-(UP)-Leaders of all important groups in the bituminous coal ln- d,lstry were summoned today by MIRA officials to conferences tomorrow The call presaged quick action of the disputed coal code.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
BROUGHT THE BOYS ACROSS

New York, Aug 17.--(UP)-Rear Admiral Casey Bruca Morgan 66, who commanded World War transports and safely carried SO,OOO sol diers, died today at Lake Clear, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
TREASURY BALANCE.

Washington, Aug. 17-(UP)-Tht treasury net balance for Aug 18th was $l,252,723,0f0.s0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-17
The weatI,er

Probably Showers To- night and On Friday
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
Lindy and Anne Take Off
From Miami For Home

a mile before lifting his ship into
the air. Then, with a farewell
swoop and dip of his wings, he
rocketed northward.
His red and black plane, gleam-
ing under a bright new coat Of
paint given it here during a week.
end overhaul, flashed scintillantly
in the morning sun.
The ship took off from the
Pan-American Anyways base to
South America at Dinner Key,
several miles south Of here and a
few minutes later sped past the
towering buildings Of Miami.
~r. Abed Until Nine
For once Indy stayed late
abed. remaining at his Miami
Beach Hotel until shortly after 9
o'clock. Then, with Anne, he mo-
tored swiftly to his awaiting plane
at the Dinner Key Terminal, the
engine already warmed up by
mechanics there.
The flying colonel wore the
same dark tripical worsted suit
and flying helmet in which he
had landed here Saturday after
(continued on Page 2, Col. 6)
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
FEARED
At OYSTER BED

Citizens of Pope's Greek, Md,
today prepared to use force if
necessary to defend their oyster
beds against the "scraping" &C.
tivities of an invading fleet Of
Eastern Shore oyster men.
The trouble had it's inception
Saturday when the Eastern Shore
fleet from Smiths Island began
wholesale Scraping on the bars
off Pope'S Greek. Fifteen boats,
each bearing three armed men,
comprised the invading fleet and
defied the insistent demands OF
local officers to withdraw.
When the operations began to-
day, local officers, led by Deputy
Game Warden j. D. S. Roberts,
Sheriff r. V. Vooksey, Deputy
Sheriffs Bruce M. Wilmer, Russell
Howard and Arthur Wolfe, with
State Police Sergt.> A. M. Spicoli,
organized a group of local oyster
men, deputized them, and placed
them under arms to await arrival
of the State Conservation boat
Kent. .....
Plans have been made by the
local defenders for reinforcements.
They have mustered a fleet of local
craft, and during the afternoon
will make peaceful overtures to
the invaders with a view to hav.
ing them submit to arrest for vio-
lating the State conservation
laws; otherwise force will be used.
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
FLEE
SHOP WITH
S514 IN
CASH
Couple Ask to See Evening
Wraps; Manager Calls
Police, Then Faints

A flashily-dressed gunman and
his strikingly beautiful blonde
companion today held up the Bud
Dress Shop at pistol point ana
fled with a cash box containing
$514-Saturday's receipts.
Mrs. Liudean Wilson, manager
of the shop, which is in the 1900
block G St. N. w., had just
opened foi business about s:4S
a. m. when the couple, both we'll
groomed, entered and asked to
see some evening wraps.
After rummaging through tho
'stoeAE~-they finally selected one.
and handed Mrs. Wilson o $40
note. The manager went to the
rear of the store and was just
about to open her cash box when
something hard prodded her in
the back and the man barked the
command:
drop that"
Turning around, Mrs. Wilson
saw he held a gun and the $40
bill fluttered to the floor. Mean
while the blande had darted to
the sidewalk. The gunman
scooped up the box and ran fro3
the store, joining his companion.
Mrs. Wilson then went nez
door to Lan's Millinery Shop calls
ing for help. Leroy Kaplan, mans
ager, summoned the police, then
assisted the victim back to her
shop. where she tainted. Later
she was taken to her home in tho
1900 block, Massachusetts, Ave.
N. w.
The woman robber was abouk
Is, well-dressed, and very good
looking, police were told. Tbs
man was about 35-years- six
feet tall, weighed ITS pounds and
wore q muStaChe,
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
{. DUKE
TRIAL OPENS

With his professional future at
stake, Jesse C. Duke, local at
torney, went on trial today be-
fore three District Supreme
Court justices on charges made
by the District Bar Association
grievance committee designed to
bring about his disbarment.
The opening session before
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat
and Justices Jennings Bailey and
Daniel w. O'Donoghue was taken
up with the reading of lengthy
charges against Duke and his
answers to the accusations by
Lucian Vandoren, of the griev-
ance committee.
The charges involve accusa-
tions Duke made against Justice
F.. Dickinson Let's and United
States Attorney Leo A. Rover in
an appeal he prosecuted on be-
half of several clients convicted
in a liquor conspiracy case two
years ago.
Duke reiterated the accusa-
tions in seeking the impeachment
of these officials before congress
Sional committees. He charac-
terized the action of the officials
amounted to a legal lynching''
through Justification of a bill of
exceptions to the District Court
of Appeals. The attorney stood
upon his accusations in answer
ing the charges made by the
committee
Subpoenas were sent out by
Duke for so witnesses, many of
them high in official legal and
legi ative circles Of ths Capital.
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
picture on Page 81

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 18 G.N.S).
The amazing Lindberghs-Col.
Charles A., and his diminutive
wife, Anne-sped swiftly north
ward today, to home and their
16-months-old son, Jon Morrow
Lindbergh.
Refreshed by a rest of a day
and two nights, the flying colonel
lifted his bullet-like red and black
monoplane from the waters of
Biscayne Bay at 9:46 a. m. EST,
and roared away on the last leg
Of the 2O,0OO-mile aerial jaunt
that has taken the couple to four
continents and twice across the
Atlantic in the past five months.
To the North, 1900 miles away
on a beeline, lay New York. AL
though Colonel Lindbergh would
not disclose his destination, it
was generally believed here that
he planned to fly direct to New
York today.
In the fuel tank of the plane
was 426 gallons of gasoline. suf-
ficient for a nonstop flight to
the metropolis.
Lindy sped down the bay almost
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
PLEAS DELUGE
.MRS,ROOSEvE[T.

A story that Mrs. Roosevelt had
been presented $4,000 to "play
Santa Claus" has deluged the
First Lady with mail.
The story was based on the re-
quest of a Detroit man, some
weeks ago, that Mrs. Roosevelt
make some suggestions how he
could spend $4,000 for poor chill
dren in his city on Christmas.
Mrs. Roosevelt sent him the name
of a Detroit organization that
handles a Christmas fund for
children.
The garbled account of the
story brought Mrs. Roosevelt let
ters from children all over the
country asking to be included on
her $4,000 Santa Claus" list.
Other letters contained sugges-
tions how she could spend the
money,
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
MIRIAM JORDAN
SUES SPOUSE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 G.N.S).
Miriam Jordan, film star, today
sued Joseph Davis for divorce, al
leging non-support.
Miss Jordan asserted that for
three and one-half years after
their marriage in London, April
IA, 1925. she supported Davis,
resident of London and New York,
and they separated october J.,
1929.
Shortly after their marriage
Davis admitted to her, Miss Jor-
dams complaint recited. he had no
money with which to pay rent or
provide a home.
Davis often said to her in the
presence of others it was not nee
essary for him to work, as his
wife was capable and gifted and
could support them hath" the
complaint. continued. Es
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
4,OOO PUPILS
UNDERFED
IN D. {.
BaIIou Report Cites Increase
of 1882; Allen Acts to
Remedy Situation

Hot lunches for 1000 elemen-
tary and vocational school chill
dren are urgently needed, accord
ing to a report on underfed pupils
in District schools, issued today
by DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of public schools, at the
Franklin administration building,
District public school headquar-
ters.
An increae of 2,161 children in
the lower grades was reported by
DR.. Ballou, who requested, in his
report, that aid be given these
students at once from relief
agency funds.
- Increase of 271
The number of pupils in need
of hot lunches in 1884 in the
Junior high schools are 553; senior
|lalISissla4asehools, 281, and teachers
colleges, 46. An increase Of 271
students over a corresponding pc
riod OF 1893, in need Of nourish-
ment, was recorded in the report.
If students are fed from Fed
eral funds, they will have to be
kept separated from the other stu
dents, so that an Independent &C.
count can be kept on the cost of
feeding the junior and senior high
school students as well as teachers
college students.
Last year, no students of the
high school branches or teachers
colleges were given hot lunches,
whereas the elementary school pu-
pills in need of such aid we're
served mealS provided for them by
private contributions.
Allen Orders Food
At conference held last week,
at which all principals of Junior
and senior high schools and
teachers colleges were requested
by DR.. Ballou 70 present reports
on the numbt1 of students who
were in need Of hot lunches,
some said that they would be
able to feed needy children in
their individual school out of
profits from the school cafeteria.
Others Stated that children in
need of food. who were enrolled
in their schools, could not be aided
by their cafeterias at the present
time.
Acting on DR.. Ballou's report,
Commissioner George A. Allen, ap-
pointed Leroy A. Halbert, District
director of Emergency Relief, and
George S. Wilson, director of Pub
lie Welfare, to make plans for the
feeding of undernourished children
in the Districts public schools.
They are to present the plan to
Allen, who in turn will refer them
to the Federal Emergency Relief.
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
TREE SELECTED
. BY FIRST LADY

The White House Family"
Christmas tree will be the gift
of the Girl Scouts of New Hamp-
shire.
Mrs. Roosevelt said today that
this particular tree, one of many
presented the White House, would
be placed upstairs" It will be
the one around which the family
will celebrate Christmas.
A second tree, the gift of the
New York conservationists, will
be erected in the East Room and
decorated for the benefit of WIS.,
itors.
Members of the Roosevelt fam
lily planning to be at the White
House for the holiday are Mrs.
James Roosevelt, mother of the
President; John and Franklin
Roosevelt, and Mrs. Anna Roose-
velt Dali and her two children,
sistie and Buzzie.
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
SUBSTITUTING
FOR SPECIAL
LEV|ES
Manufactures Head Urges
Flexible Liquor Rates;
Income Surtax Hit
BY International News Service

by International news service
Serious consideration of a gross
Federal sales tax as a substitute
for the many existing special sales
taxes and the emergency levies'
repeal was urged upon . House
Ways and Means subcommittee to-
day by James A. Emery, speaking
for the National Association of
Manufacturers. He favored eX-
emptions on food, clothing and
medicine.
Definite congressional standard
of liquor taxation to permit an
administrative finding of fact by
which the rate could be flexibly
adapted to experience also was
proposed by Emery. He urged
levya sa1aented liquor and spirit
at such rates, having in mind
State and local taxation, as would
assure additional reliable revenue
without encouraging illicit compe-
tition.
Emery observed that the coun-
try, entering upon a fourth fiscal
year of deficit and enlarging pub
lie debt, was facing the demon
strated unreliability of income
taxation as q major source OF reve-
nue..
COngratuIates President
He congratulated the President
upon savings effected within the
Government dep rtmentS and
through the reformation of the
pension policy and urged further
justifiable reduction OF Federal
operation costs.
Speaking of present efforts to
eliminate loopholes from the in
come tax laws, Emery said:
1--WE endorse heartily the
committees attempt to tighten
the law and improve its ad-
ministratiOn that none may
escape their legitimate part Of
our governmental burdens.
"Reverting to the specific
recommendations before your
committee, they exhibit q
startling tendency toward pre0l-
eating income taxes on gross
rather than net income. That
is, i'm many instances, ON the
whole intake of any form of a
business, which is accomplished
by restricting or denying the
deduction of the actual expense
of operation.
WOULD DENY A FACT
"This would be the effect of
reducing the reasonable depre-
citation and depletion allow
ance now permitted by an arbi-
trary or unreasonable reduction
of rs per cent over a three
year period. 1t would mean
the unreasonable denial of an
economic fact"
Revision of the income tax laws
as proposed by the House sub
Continued on Page 2. Col. 81
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
BL0NDE HELPS MAN IN G Street h0LDuP
Trial Begins
In Cancer
Death

Trial of two physicians accused
of responsibility in the death of a
woman following their alleged
cancer cure" treatments got un-
der way today in Circuit Court
at Rockville.
The physicians are DR.. N. Sher-
wood Ferris and DR.. H. r. Street.
They treated Mrs. Cora L. Britten,
wife of a Mays Landing IN. j.
physician at DR.. Ferris home in
Chevy Chase. She died in the
South Baltimore General Hospital
May 4.
Husband TeStifies
DR.. Roland L. Britten, husband
of the dead woman, testified that
about two years ago he noticed
a lump on his wife'S right breast,
but that otherwise she was in
perfect health.
At no time, he testified, did he
believe the lump to be a cancer,
but he took Mrs. Britten to three
other physicians in New Jersey
for an examination. They did not
believe the growth to be a cancer,
he said.
However, Mrs. Britten was taken
to DR.. Street for an examination
at his sanitarium in the 1400 block
Girard St. N. e. He diagnosed
the growth as cancer, 1t was tes-
titled.
Tells of "ShOck"
Mrs. Britten entered the sani,
tarium operated by De- Ferris and
DR.. Street in the former s nome and
DR.. Britten said he next saw his
wife two weeks later, and that her
condition at that time gave him a
shock"
He said that on April 2, last,
after seven weeks of treatment,
his wife was taken to the Balti-
more hospital, where she died
May 4. Toward the end of her
stay at DR.. Ferris she developed
pleurisy, DR.. Britten said.
The second witness was Miss
Fay j. Bussard, a nurse, who
attended Mrs. Britten at the
sanitarium.
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
New ENJOY to Cuba
En- Route TO Post

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 18 IN.S).
While the engine of Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh's plane roared at
the waters edge, warming up for
the hop to New York, jefferson
Caffrey, personal representative
of President Roosevelt in Cuba.
took off today for Havana by air
to assume his duties as successor
to Ambassador Sumner Welles.
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
HELEN KELLER
IN HOSPITAL
Copyright. 1898, by international
Nawz SerViceN


GLASGOW, Dec. 18 Q.N.SO.
Helen Keller, world-famous blind
and deaf scholar, who has been
in retirement for months devot-
ing all her time and energy to
her lifelong friend and teacher,
Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, was
located in a nursing-home here
today.
She is undergoing general and
dental treatment, her doctor re-
vealed. Mrs. Macy also is a pa
tient at the institution, owing to
a generally rundown condition.
Miss Keller was traced to Glas-
gov from a little village in the
hills of Rosshire, where she went
in an effort to nurse Mrs. Macy
back to health and coach her
in the Braille system.
She left the United States
when she learned that Mrs.
Macy's eyesight was failing rap
idly. Confronted with total blind
ness, Mrs. Macy decided to learn
the Braille system, which she
herself taught to Miss Keller
many years ago and had since
forgotten.
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
A Dead, 18 Injured
In Southern Storm

SHREVEPORT, La, Dec. 18
Q.N.SJ-A tornado that swept
Caddo parish left four persons
dead and 18 injured in its wake
today. Three persons were killed
when the whirling winds struck
a lumber camp, 18 miles west Of
here. Ten others were hurt, two
seriously. The wind next swept
Soda Fountain plantation to the
north, killing one and injuring
eight. - AZ go
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
u. s. Sues Estate
Of Rudy Valentino

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 1S Q.N.s).
More trouble today dogged the
tired spirit of Rudolph Valentino,
filmdom's greatest Sheik, whose
body lies in a borrowed tomb in
Hollywood Cemetery. The Federal
Government filed against his es-
tate and against the Rudolph
Valentino Productions, Inc. seven
income tax liens seeking payment
Of $55,57S for the years 1926, 1897
and a928s
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
Roosevelt GreetS
King of JugOsLnUi0
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
President Roosevelt today sers
a birthday greeting to the King
of Jugoslavia, who is IS today
The message, addressed to King
Alexander I, read: ..
II send Your Majesty my
sincere, birthday cOngratular
tiOns and assurances Of my
high regard and best wishes"
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
BANK VAULT DRILLED

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec. 1S
UN.S0-ThieveS forced entrance
to the Nicodemus National Bank
during the night, drilled open
the night deposit vault and es-
capped with an undetermined
amount Of money - -'
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
Catalonia President
Has sAppendectOnaY

BARCELONA, Dec. 1S G.NS9.
Francisco Macia, IA, president Of
Catalonia, was in a serious con.
dition today following an
appendicitis operation. His
physicians were optimistic, how.
ever, as Macia's temperature was
normal.
The Washington times., 1933-12-18
L0REE SEES PRESIDENT
Nv International

BY International News Service
L. F. Loree, president of the
Delaware & Hudson railroad,
visited President Roosevelt today.
He said he dacx not discuss rail-