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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08

Road conditions and. detours ir the State of Connecticut made nee essary by highway construction and oiling announced by the Con necticut Highway Department al of September 6, 1883. Route No U. S. 1-
 Greenwich. Putnam avenue 4S49 feet sheet asphalt resurface
 Oid Lyme. Boston Post road Shoulders are being oiled for miles.
 Route No U. S. IA
 Stratford. Merritt Highway Shoulders are being oiled Tor mile.
 Route No 2-
 Bozrah. Norwich and Colchester road. Shoulders are being oiled fol miles. Route No 4-
 sharon Cornwall road. About 1-2 miles of grading and grave surface. from Cornwall Bridge
 Grading and building bridges or new location. old road open tt Routc No U. S. 5A--
 Hamden. State street. Shoulders are being oiled for 3 miles. North Haven. State street Shoulders are being oiled for l.; miles. Route No U. S. G.
 Windham. Phelps Cross, 20 fee concrete pavement, length 1-4 mile | is under construction. Traffic car | pass.
 Route. No o.
 East Granby. Granby road is be- ing oiled for mile. Shoulders fol
 Granby. Tariffville road is being oiled for 1 mile.
 Route No 12-
 Groton. Submarine road. Shoul' ders are being oiled for 3 miles. . Plainfield. French's Crossing, 2l | feet concrete pavement about 1-' mile is under construction. Tramt Thompson. Webster road is be- ing oiled for 2 1-2 miles. Rotue No 14- Middletown. Middletown Mer' iden road. Shoulders are being oil' ed for miles. Middlefield. Middleaeld-M -Merider road. Shoulders are being oiled for miles.
 Meriden. Meriden Middletown road. Shoulders are being oiled for miles.
 Meriden. Meriden Middletown road. Shoulders are being oiled for l mile.
 Route No f5-
 Toliand. Crystal Lake Road. Shoulders are being oiled for 5 miles.
 Union and Stafford. Stafford Union road. Shoulders are beins oiled for 3 miles. Route No 2O--
 Windsor Locks. Spring street Is being oiled for Ia miles. Route No 25-
 A section of concrete pavement on the New Milford-Litchfieid road. From Marbiehead to Ban- tam, s i.4 miles in length. shoui- ders and railing incomplete. open to traffic.
 Route No aD--
 New Canaan. Norwalk.N Ca. naan cut.off. miles of reinforced concrete under construction. Old road open to trafiic. New Canaan. New canann cut. oH. Shoulders are being oiled for q miles.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08
By PAUL HARRISON NEA Service Writer

New York, Sept. 6--It is not so remarkable as 1t sounds that tex tile manufacturers, long the most friends of labor, should be the first under the sign of the Blue Eagle.
 The fact is that the textile group already have exerted tre- mendous efforts to clean itself up, and thus had established most of the groundwork for quick accept ance of the Federal ultimatum when 1t came along.
 Right up to that moment, though, widespread criticism was being aimed at the industry in general. It was not widely real- ized that hours of work already had been more or less voluntarily reduced in many mills. Or that, while legislators, labor leaders and social workers had failed to make much progress toward the elimination of child labor, large number of employers were already doing 1t.
 Wages, of course, remained tragically low in many mills.
 Obstacles Facing Workers
 Tn some instances workers were handicapped in their attempts to organize by the tactics of com munist agitators. Many an em- ployer forbade union membership in his mill because he honestly be- lieved he was saving his hirelings from the clutches of the Reds.
 There seemed to be nc. neutral ground on which anybody could xxytn situation welter of conflicting issues, social and political and economic causes, charges, charges, half rtuths and lies. Labor in the south was jealous of labor in the north. Employers in the north were both envious and condemna- tory o fthe lower wages paid by southern bosses. Communists rid den on q rail out of one town might be welcomed as saviours in the next. For Q time there were so many rival unions that nobody , could tell which was which.
 Some shiftless workers encour- aged strikes in the hope that they would be supported In likeness by relief organizations. Mill owners who tried to pay decent wages for decent hours found themselves facing ruin, their prices undercut by competitors who had oppressed their mill hands to condition of slavery.
 In short, 1t was mess. In 1928 the Cotton-Textile Institute was organized. It was the first orga'nization that ever had includ- ed employers of both north and south. Labor denounced 1t as new thumb-screw of capitalism. That was an ill-founded charge be- cause, whatever the Institutes motives. 1t soon began looking to- ward the betterment of conditions.
 Naturally. the prime motive was greater profit for manufacturers But the latter were beginning to believe that the way to better business might be through limit ed production (hence shorter, hours) and united action instead of cut-throat competition (hence the opportunity to pay higher wares. secpre better work with lesp labor trouble, and safely pass on the extra cost to the consumer.) The Struggle for Unity
 Let's see what had been hap pening to labor up to this time. The history of the United Textile Workers. A. F. of L. affiliate, has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08
Local Citizens Tell How
 VendoI Benefitted Them
Gave their experience the vendo Man Waterbury Drug Co., The of these substantial home folks should lead many to try this truly remarkable medicine.

If there Is anyone in this city or vicinity who still doubts the value of Vendol to relieve indigestion, gas in the stomach, constipation, dizziness or the many other symp- toms which accompany a sluggish liver, constipated bowels, weak kidneys or derangcd stomach. the honest words of these people living right here In our home town should remove all of their doubts. Read what they say.
 Mir. Ludger Le Blanc of Wood tick Road, Waterbury, says, Three bottles of Vendol relieved lumbago, backache and kidney weakness that called me up five or six times every night. Vendol is the best medicine ever took"
 Mrs. Harry Paige of "A Putnam Street, Waterbury, says. T used to be so nervous I was afraid to go put on the street alone. Lay awake all hours of the night and next morning felt as though I hadn't been to sleep at all. vendol cor rected my constipation, relieved the gas in my stomach and now my sleep is sound and refreshing" !"
 Mir. Fred Lasher of 1247 W. Main Street, Waterbury, says, T wouldn't take $1,00O.00 for the benefits six bottles of Vendol have given me. I am free of gas in the stomach. acid risings. sour belching and cramps. and haven't had a dizzy feeling since taking this Bplendid medicine"
 Mrs. Rella Marcie of 59 Fourth Street. Waterbury, says, "Vendol has done me a lot of good and I have advised several friends to take It."
 Mir. Bernier Pelkey of 1940 Thomaston Ave. Waterbury, says. T am only middle age in years but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08
2,000 Laid In
 Civilian Corps
Majority Find Other Jobs Unemployed to Be Used in
 Building Winter Camps

Boston, Sept. s---Graduel absorp- ton of Civilian Conservation mem |bers in other employment, reflect ing generally improved industrial situation resulting from measures initiated by the administration and backed by employers everywhere.
 was foreseen In statistics rcicased here today by Major General Fox Conner commanding general of the First Corps area, which reveal that 200 men have been |discharged from the conservation camps in New England, many of whom left their places in the corps Ito accept positions.
 Geeral Conner placed the preg- lent strength of the corps now at the loo work projects in New England lat approximately 22,0e0 men, in- |cluding 6.7D2 war, veterans. The peay strength of the corps at the New England camps was reached Hate in July when 24.0o0 when were enrolled.
 Extreme care has been exercis- led by commanding officers at the camps in granting discharges to men; but in every case where q lman has furnished proof that he lhas Job waiting him, the policy lhas been to release him from his enrollment contract in the Conger- walton Corps. . Faces Huge Rccnrollment Task As finance officers rushed prepa- ration and mailing of 22,000 allot- lment pay checks to dependents of lthe eco men, each averaging l$25.00, which the eco men author lized to be deducted from their pay and sent to their families back home, and construction officers ex- Ipedited plans for construction at l70 camps in the six states to provide lcomfortable quarters for the ap. Iproximateiy 24,000 men who will | be employed at the camps this winter, staff officers prepared plans for the huge reenrollnent program
 that is to get under way in the Inext few weeks.
 On instructions sent by General | Conner, commanding officers of the l126 compaies in New England are preparing q report which will reach | list Corps area headquarters here next Friday indicating the number lof men in their companies who
 wish to continue in the corps afi- other six months. When this report is received and lthe number of enrollments neces- sary to maintain the corps at full strength during the winter months. known, the First Corps area conn., mand will commence the task of |reenrollment to bring the corps to fun strength, in line with the pres- |ident's instructions to give Q job to |the unemployed youth to i'll the place of the eco men who leaves the corps to accept other employ ment. Definite Instructions concern ling the allotment of. quotas and the reenrollment program will is- sue after study is made of the rec port which the 126 company com rnanders are now compiling.
 Labor Adjacent To Camps 10
 Get Jobs
 With the award yesterday to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08
"Blue Eagle'7he ost PROGRESSIVE TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS \
 WELCOME ADVENT OF THE BLUE EAGLE
TO CET NRA'S HELP IN ENDING ACE-OLD STRUGGLES

craze of stO.lO in lower than that of any other of the 104 industies reported by the Labor Depart ment for May, 1881. save only one ---shirts and collars"
 The period since 1920 was flfled with series of bitter disputes be- tween employers and workers What with strikes, lockouts, kid. napings, Killings. mobilizations oi militia and the interference oi communists, nothing very con- structive was accomplished on either side. For instance, the 2b- week tie-up in New Bedford in 1928 ended in a $ per cent wage cut and an estimated loss of al least si5,ooo.oo0 for both employ CTS and workers.
 It finally became apparent tc some of the leading, nlanufactur. CTS that nobody was making any money, and probably never would as long as there was cutthroat competition and general overpro. duction. Here's what George A. Sloan. president of the Cotton Textile Institute said:
 "Time after tlnne we have seen some mill executive push his la- bor and machinery to all kinds Of abnormal hours. in and out of sea. sonable demand. and when finally confronted with excessive stocks demoralized prices, and with the necessity of drastic curtailment he sets up Q howl that some cut and dried industry wide plan should be worked out which would prevent him from getting into such a mess. What he needs Is: l, large size nipple, and 2, . suc' Plans to Curb Production ].
 Thus Sloan placed responsibil- ity for limited production square turer. But in 1881 the Institute rnent of production. It asked that be eliminated-between the hours of Q D. m. and 6 a, m. It also proposed the "55-50 pian," where. by day shifts would wok 55 hours and night shifts 50 hours.
 Progressive manufacturers in North Carolina already had asked the legislature to cut the legal work week from GO to 15 hours and to raise the age limit of night workers from 16 to IS. Tn South Carolina a 55 hour week already had been obtained, and employers attempted to have the age limit raised from 14 to 16.
 A majority of the members oi the Cotton. Textile Institutes adop. ted both of the latter's recommen- dations. and by 1932 they were in force is some 80 per cent of the mills. The most benighted indus try in the nation seemed to be on the verge of an amazingly pro. gressive advance. At least, 1t was better prepared than any other for the advent of the New Deal.
 TOMORROW: The Blue Eagle and the textile industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08

felt like an old man, but Vendol has cleaned out my system and given me such a healthy appetite and a good digestion that I feel better than for many a day"
 We could name literally hun dreds of substantial citizens whose experiences would read like the above, but this should be enough to prove our claims. Try Vendol. 1t will help you just as it did them.
 If anyone who suffers the same as described by these responsible home town citizens will come to the Waterbury Drug Co, 134 E. Main Street and ask for the Vendol Man, he will tell them about Ven- dol and how to take it to get the utmost benefits. So come today, if possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08

been one of a struggle for unity and permanence of organization from the first. In New England 1t encountered remnants of ancient craft unionism and local auton- omy that hammered every attempt to unite the workers of all class es; and in a modern mill there may be as many as 175 different kinds of jobs.
 One of the most decisive victor les gained by the union was in its campaign for a 4S- hour week. Early in 1919, S5 per cent of the textile industry in northern and eastern states had subscribed to 1t, but there was still Q united front of oposition in the south, where some manufacturers finally compromised on a 55-hour week. By 1920 the United Textile Work CTS had total of 104,000 mem- bers, but half their gains were wiped out during the industrial depression of 1920-23, when mills were shut down or running only part time.
 It was during the World War that the industry had It's greatest impetus in the south. Mills sprang
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08
CHIMNEY ,,,.1ESf swEEf WAS 4

oakland, Calf -(U.P.) Frank Lavigne hired chimney sweep who surpassed the dreams Of all Hollywood directors Of slapssick comedy. First he fell of hls lad- der. Making anothsr try he attain. cd the roof. He fell of Of it. on his next try he made the chimney. but fell down inside. Re8aininG the roof. he once more slipped or. La- sIRne called the police who arrived 10 find the sweep on the reef arEn- Ins that ha could yet de Geod job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08
NEW ENGLAND SEARCHED FOR
 LOST BALLOONS
Two of Them Were in Ben-
 nett Cup Race and Have
 Not Been Heard From Since Start

Boston. Sept s-(UP) Coast l guards along the New England sea- board today began search by ship and airplane for four men missing | in two balloons which left Chicago Saturday in the James Gordon Bennett race. With a thoroughness reminiscent of the recent hunt fo rthe missing sloop Postscript aboard which | were several young friends of Pres- ident Roosevelt. coast guards dis l patched all available cutters, patrol boats, and speedboats, and one plane. More craft were expected to join in the search later. The balloons. lnreported since they sailed away with five other contestants were believed to have
 drifted them to the northeast. Pre-. vailing winds probably would have carried them north in the province
 of Quebec, Can, contest officials said.
 Secretary of State Hull was un. derstood to have asked Warren D Robbins, American minister tc Canada, to ask provincial authori. | ties to join fin the search. Forest
 rangers were ordered to scout iso. lated sections of the province. One of the missing balloons, the Goodyear TX, carried Pilot Ward T Van Orman, three-time winner oi the Bennett trophy, and Frank A Trotter. The other carried the Pol ish airmen, Captain Francizek Fly.
 nek and Lieutenant zbiginew Bur. zynski.
 The general turnout of coast guard searching craft was ordered upon receipt of a request from the Polish consul-general at Chicago The message stated that the bal loonists "have been missing 24
 hours beyond possible sustained flight" and that prevailing windi and the landings of other contest.
 ants indicated that the two missing
 balloons might be down off the New England coast.
 At dusk Tuesday a balloon, be. lieved to have been one of those now sought, foated lazily over
 Manchester, N. H. Had this bag continued in the driection in which 1t was headed 1t doubtless would have gone out to sea. It was first presumed this balloon had landed in some isolated section of New Hampshire or Maine, but when hours passed with no word from its occupants, the theory that 1t was down in the ocean gained weight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08
Miss Crowley Back
 From Visit in Europe

Miss Kathleen Crowley, direc- tress of the Waterbury Girls club and city probation officer, has res turned from an enjoyable trip to Europe where she visited Paris. Brussels, London and many other cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08

employers made no false claim
 when they declared they improved the living conditions Q fthe hill folk by bringing them into the vil-
 lages. But 1t was still pretty low standard.
 In June, 1893, President William Green told an MIRA conference that the average wage in the cot. ton goods industry was $10.40 Q week. we have weekly pay enve.
 lopes for as low as 4.64 for 62 3.4 hours" Green said. "And the av-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08

up like mushrooms, and many were sketchily financed. Mill agents secured the mountains for labor, promising the backwoods folks easy money and~ modern homes. Low Living Standard
 Practically all of the mill work CTS were white, and 94 per cent were native born and from old American stock that had lived in the mountains since Revolution ary times. In the main, textile
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08

Tn an exciting wrestling match between "Whiskers" Blake and Jack Patterson in Hawera, New Zealand, recently, Patterson seemed the victor until the seventh round, when the referee awarded the match to Blake because Patter- son insisted on "swinging on BIakess beard"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-08

The seemingly insurmount- able obstacles of inter-mill conn petition and labor strife which beset the troubled adoption of an MIRA code arc described in the following article, the second of three written for this newspa. per.
The Washington times., 1933-08-17

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-22

Office OF Commissioner OF Insurance,
/. the undersigned. Commissioner OF In
surance OF Indiana. hereby certify that
the above is q correct copy of the State
ment OF the Condition Of the above mem
toned Company on the 3ist day OF
December 1882 as shown bv the original
statement. and that the said original
statement is now on file in this Office.
In Testimony Whereof. / hereunto SUBJ
scribe my name and alfix my official seal.
this 28th day of June. 1888
lSeall HARRY E. MCCAIN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-22

ONCE OF COMMISSIONED OF Insurance,
L the undersigned. Commissioner OF In
surance OF Indiana. hereby certify that
he above Is e correct copy OF the State
ment OF the Condition Of the above mem
toned Company on the 3ist day OF
December. 1882 as shown bv the original
.tatement. and that the said original
statement IS now or file in this Office.
In Testimony Whereof ] hereunto sub
scribe my name and acix my official seal.
this 2sth day Of June 1888.
Seal HARRY z McCLAIN
Cn--r,fSSf0rer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-22

Office Of Commissioner Of Insurance.
l. the undersigned. Commissioner Of In
surance of Indiana. hereby certify that
the above is a correct COPY OF the State
ment OF the Condition OF The above men
toned Company on the 3iSt day OF
December. 1882. as shown by the original
statement. and that the said original
statement is now on file IN this Office.
In Testimony Whereof I herevnto sub
scribe my name and af1x my Official seal.
this 18th day OF June 1888
tSeall HARRY E. McCLAIN,
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December. 1892. az shown BY the original
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-22
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Office OF Commissioner OF Insurance.
the undersigned. Commissioner OF In
surance OF Indiana. hereby certify that
the above is a correct copy OF the State
ment of the Condition OF ne above mem
toned Company on the 3iSt day 81
December 1882. as shown by the original
statement. and that the said original
statement Is now on file in this office
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this 25th day of June. 1888
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