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Evening star., 1933-06-23
'FECHNER PROMISES
AID FOR SLASH PINE.
viii Confer With White House
on Using Reforestation
I Money for Experiments.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Robert Fechner, director of the Ci-
william Conservation Corps, today told
newspaper men he would take up i'm
mediately with the White House the
I question of using some OF the reforeSta-
I ton work money to continue expert
ments on use of Southern slash pine
for making news print pulp.
He has already communicated his
views on the subject to President Roose-
welt and will follow the letter up by
conferring with members of the Presi-
dents staff.
{ In letters to Senators Russell anc
George, Georgia Democrats, made pub
lie by the Senators, Fechner said he
was willing to recommend to the Presi
dent an allotment of the funds under
my control for this work"
Charles H. Herty, research chemist at
Savannah, Ga, has submitted to Fech-
ner a detailed statement estimating
$105, $40 will be necessary to carry on
the experimental work during 1884 and
1885. Fechner was advised that tn
research could be completed within tina
time.
Russell, who as Governor of Georgia,
was active in behalf of appropriations
for the slash pine experimental work.
expressed himself as very much graft
fed" at the progress of efforts to get
funds from the Reforestation Corps for
the work
He will make personal appeal to
President Roosevelt for this use of some
of the money on the Presidents return
from his vacation.
For some years the experiment in
Georgia has been financed by the State
and by the Chemical Foundation ant
private individuals, but this aid is no
being continued. A number of letter.
and kilograms from Georgia State an:
city officials and individuals to Fechne
have urged that some of the Reforesta-
tion Corps money be utilized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
Absence of Many Traders Made Very Dull Market Today
Some Issues Dropped But Bonds Firraed Up
Volume Fell Off Because of Holiday Abroad Utilities
 Shares Were the Hardest Hit

more optimistic had anticipated an extra. Du Pont, another member of the Chemical group, also was down points. American Can dip ped i 1-2 points to 95 with the main list. JThe latter company de- ferred- action on it's dividend until after the first of the year, but that had no market effect.
 A few isolated issues made wide declines. Most of these were in the silver group of which U. s. smelt- ing also is member federal min ing and Smelling lost 4 points to 70, and international Silver drop ped 4 points to 33. Silver futures declined 30 to 50 points.
 Steel shares were depressed by the American Iron & Steel Institute report for the current week show ing opjerations scheduled at 31.6 per cent of capacity, a drop of 2.6 points of 8 per cent from the pre- ceding week. Steel common touch- ed 46 5-8 off 1 IA and then rallied small fraction. Bethlehem sold down ito 35 1-4 off 1 Is.
 Gold mining issues lost Satur-
 days gains when the R. F. c. gold price was fixed at $34.06, the same level in effect for six days. The London gold market was clos ed today along with other British markets because of the holiday there. Copper shares were dull and moderately lower.
 Chrysler was off more than point in an easier automobile divi- sion. Losses of a point or more in their respective divisions were
 made by Borden, Case, Celanese. Commercial, Solvents, Lambert, the latter touching new low for the year National Distillers. Rey- holds Tobacco E, Seaboard Oil, United Aircraft, U. s. Industrial Alcohol, and Woolworth. Losses of 2 points or more were made by Monsanto Chemical and Johns Manville.
 r Business news was marred only
 by> the American Iron & Steel In-' stitute's report. Private estimates | issued earlier in the day on the steel industry had been favorable
 Building for the first half of De- cember was reported more than 50 per cent over the 1882 period. Steel operations at Chicago were report ed at 40 per cent. November auto- , mobile sales were "A per cent a. bove November, 1894. Advertising
 showed gains in both newspapers and magazines for the month of | November, as compared with 1882. l Christmas sales reports coming out thus far made highly favorable
 showing as compared with a year
 ago. | There was some selling to es- l tablish tax losses in many sections I of the list, but operations generally
 were in professional hands. The
 trading element in Wall Street just
 now is inclined to await further Washington moves before making large commitments, and no further
 developments from the capital are
 anticipated before the meeting of congress.
 Advisory services continued X to
 recommend purchases of stock in
 anticipation of q rally, but brokers
 generally were cautious in their
 advices to clients.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
CIVIL ACTIONS IN
 SUPERIOR COURT
Papers Filed To-day in Two Suits Involving
 Sum of S2S,OOO

Damages of $2S,000 are asked in two civil actions filed today in superior court. In the first action, Vincenzo Valentino, as administra- tor of the estate of Louis Valen- tino, brings suit against Francis J. Sullivan and in the second, Mrs Marion D. Hamilton asks $18,000.
 In the Valentino suit it is charg- ed that Louis was killed when he was struck by the Sullivan car on the Waterbury -Middlebury road. Nov. 5, 1893 at 1:45 a. m. It is alleged the deceased was riding in a car operated by George Coletti of Waterbury when the car was stopped because of engine trouble. After the trouble was repaired the occupants of the car started to again reenter the machine, when the accident happened.
 In the other suit, it is alleged that the late Paul D. Hamilton took out an accident and death policy with the insurance company on Oct. 28, 1925. April 6, 1893 MT Hamilton suffered an accident that caused his death Nov. IA, 1883. It is charged that the insurance poll icy contained the clause that in event of death the beneficiary of the policy would be paid $15,000. The extra $3,00O is sought for hospital and medical expenses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
NEW YORK BANK
 STOCKS RALLY
 AFTER NEW LOW
Loss of 6.O2 Per Cent Over Previous Week
 Was Recorded

New York, Dec 26.-The New York City bank stock market reg istered a sharp recovery this past week, after establishing a new 1893 low on Thursday. The aggregate market value of the 1G leading is- sues, as compiled by Holt, Rose & Troster, is now s1,076,921.000, an increase of $$46,4S6,0O0 or 4.51 % compared with $1,OSO,435.O 1000 on Thursday, the low point for 1893 to date. Compared with week ago the aggregate market value registered loss of $6S,964, 4,000, or 6.02 per cent.
 The current average yield of the sixteen stocks of 7.43 per cent compares with a yield of 6.S4 per cent reported on December Is. The current market value of the sixteen stocks is now 0.79 times their known value against 0.84 on December Is. Based upon cur rent figures the sixteen stocks are now quoted at an average of 9.3 times their known earnings, against 9.9 times at the close of the pre- viouS week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
Wool Market

Boston, Dec. 26.-UP) Tho Boston wool market reopened to- day after the three-day holiday to find inquiries coming in from man. ufacturers and top makers, few Of which resulted in sales.
 Prices are very firm. Buyers evil dently intend to keep in touch with the price trend rather than to buy, in order to be ready to jump in and cover their early needs if an ad- vance should get under way.
 Ohio Dolaine fine combing woo!s are quoted today at 35 to 36, grease; 1-2 blood, 36-37; 3-S blood, 42-43; and IA blood, 41-42.
 Territory graded strictly staple find combings is today S6 to SS cents, clean: 12 blood. S3-S5: 3-S blood S1-S3; and IA blood, 73-75.
 The U. $. agriculture department said: ''The wool market is rather quiet but asking prices on domes- tic wools are very firm. Strong prices in foreign markets last week and continued inquiries, from mills for domestic wools has helped to give the market a very strong un- dertone despite the lack of q sig able volume of business on most lines. Estimated receipts of domes- tic wool at Boston, reported to the Boston Grain and Flour Exchange during the week ending December 23 amounted to 155,000 pounds, compared with 155,900 pounds dur ing the previous week.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
KIDNAPER BEAT HIS BOY VICTIM
 WITH IRON BAR
World War Veteran COn= fessed to His Crime Ait
 CT Being Chilled

Columbia, S. C., Dec. 26.-CUP) Robert Wiles, 49-year-old World war veteran, confessed today that he beat to death 15-year-old Her bert Fl. Harris, Jr., with an iron bar after he lured the boy to de- serted farm house in an alleged Kidnapping plot.
 Officers, who had questioned Wiles most of the night, said the motive for the crime was not clear but the theory was held that Wiles intended to collect ransom from the boys father, H. H. Harris, vice. president of Home Stores, Inc, grocery chain. No ransom note had been delivered to the elder Harris, however.
 Wiles, in his confession, impli- cated John Martin RushtOn, who steadfastly maintained to officers that he had no part in the plot. Under orders from Governor Black wood, both men were held for safe- keeping in the state penitentiary. Rushton will be questioned later. Wiles said that after he killed young Harris, he met the boys father on the street and wished him a Merry Christmas" After the staying, the confession con- tinued, he went about his business of soliciting gifts for the veterans bureau as part of Christmas pro- gram.
 Col, A. M. Scarborough, superin- tendent of the state penitentiary, told the United Press that Wiles had made a confession admitting turing the boy to deserted house 12 miles from here, striking him on the head with an iron bar when the boy showed fight, and then drag ging his body into the house and covering it, with waste cotton. Scarborough said Wiles will be questioned further in an effort to obtain definite motive and also to learn just what part, if any, Rushton had in the plan. Scar borough said the confession did not clear up those points. A 4S- hour search for Harris ended when a blood-stained wisp of hair was seen protruding from the pile of cotton waste under which the body was hidden,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
SLAYER OF GIRL
 NOT YET FOUND
Uncle of the Victim Is Be- ing Chilled But He
 Has Good Alibi

Boston, Dec. 26.-UP).-Al- though he has made no damaging admissions in connection with the staying of 1S-year-old Ethel Zuck- erman, police today continued their long questioning of Joseph Ab- rams, 31, of Raynham, uncle of the victim.
 Proprietor of chicken farm near Brockton, Abrams has been questioned more than AS hours since his arrest late Saturday. He was an uncle by marriage of the girl, whose battered body was found pinned to the floor of a South End bake shop with 0 knife through her neck.
 Abrams, who was photographed and fingerprinted yesterday, claim ed he was at home with his wife when the killing occurred.
 It was learned that police have the names of two witnesses who said they saw man, now suspect ed of the crime, in the vicinity of the bakery 10 minutes before the slay- ing.
 Chief evidence against Abrams, police said, was a bloodstained shirt and necktie found in the woods near Raynham Saturday. Abrams denied owning the articles, which now are being examined by Medical Examiner Timothy Leary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
SEYMOUR BOYS
 DEATH PROBED
Ten=Year-Old Lad Was Found Strangled and
 Father Is Suspected

New Haven, Conn, Dec 26-(UP) Results of an autopsy were awaited to-day to determine the cause of death of Peter Fishum, 10, Seymour. whose body was found in wood lot near his home Sum- day with necktie drawn tight ly about his throat.
 Authorities were undetermined whether death was caused by strangulation or a blow on the forehead.
 Meanwhile Coroner James J. Corrigan was to question the boys father, Karp Fishum, who was held by state police of Beacon Falls bar racks after the body was found. Police said Fishum had repre- handed the boy Saturday night when he refused to go to the store
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
SECRETARY HAS
 GIVEN WARNING

Washington, Dec 26.-(UP)- Secretary of Interior Ickes, admin istrator of the public works organ ization, threatened today to rescind allotments of funds to communities which fail to put men to work im- mediately. Fifty million dollars is tied up, he said, in contracts un- der the Jurisdiction of local com munities on which no action has been taken. Of these contracts, 172 were sent out before December 1, and 1855 afterward.
 Unless the communities act im- mediately, the contracts will be cancelled, and the money realloted to other local governments, whose requests for funds now outstrip the $200, 100000 remaining of the original $3,300,0 100000 public works fund, Ickles said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
YOUTH POSED AS
 ROOSEVELT, JR
Also as Son of Alfred E. Smith and of Booth
 TarkingtOn

Elizabethtown, N. Y, Dec 26- (U.PO-The Washington author ities were expected to arrive with in a few days to return Howard Lawless, 24, suspected of posing as Franklin D. Roosevelt. Jr. to face an automobile theft charge. Lawless, state police believed. is the fashionably attired youth with an Harvard accent who recently cashed several worthless checks while representing himself as youpng Roosevelt and also at var ious times as a son of Alfred E. Smith and of Booth Tarkington.
 The young man, resident of Troy, N. r., was arrested here Sum- day night after a slight automobile accident. The machine he was driving. police said, was stolen in Washington.
 Officials of the Park Central Hotel and the Hotel Taft, New York City. have complained that youth posing as the son of the president and also as the son of Tarkington defrauded them through issuance of spurious checks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

Marshall, Ark, Dec 26-(UP)- National guardsmen maintained order here today after new out break in a feud of long standing between two families in which City Marshal J. H. Barnett was wound cd.
 Four members of one family arrested by guardsmen and three members of the rival family were sought after fleeing from the scene of the gun fight on Christ mas eve.
 The battle occurred after Leland Henley, serving life term on a murder charge, returned to his na- tive mountain village on furlough. Henley was convicted of the mur- der of w. w. Findley, merchant. who was slain several years ago while walking with Barnett. He fell before a fusillade generally be- lieved to have been intended for Barnett.
 Barnett and two of his sons, Ru- pert, 25. and oscar. 30, stood on downtown street and fired score of shots into restaurant operated ty Henley's cousin. Ralph, scene of d recent staying. Two of Lelapd's s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
YOUTH
 DIES OF HURTS

Pittsfield, Mass, Dec 26-(UP)- William G. Morton of Marinette, Wis, Harvard law school student injured in an automobile accident at New Lebanon, N. r., Wednesday night, died at a hospital here yes- terday.
 Morton, who was A years old Christmas eve, died without re- gaining consciousness although his father had come here in the hope that he would recover. He was q son of MT and Mrs William E.. Morton of 2030 Maple avenue, Marinette.
 Morton's light automobile was blown by high wind across the icy road at New Lebanon, 12 miles west of here, directly in the path of an oncoming Pittsfield-Albany bus. With him, also going home for the holidays, were riding F. Eastman Roxton of Tufts college at Mt Sterling, III, injured slightly, and H. Russell Talbott of Harvard law school and Indianapolis, who unhurt,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
FIRST BAPTIST
 CHURCH BURNED
Bremen From Many Cities Tried to Save Edifice
 in Lawrence

Lawrence. Mass, Dec 26.-(UP) Fire famed by brisk wind de- stroyed the First Baptist church here today.
 Loss was estimated at $200,000.
 Bremen of Lawrence, Haverhill, Andover and Methuen joined in an unsuccessful attempt to save the structure, wooden edifice built 83 years ago. Then were severely handicapped by a raging blizzard.
 Directly across the street. from the church is the Lawrence high school, while in the rear is the Amesbury street school, but neither of these buildings was damaged.
 The fire started from unestab- lished cause in the rear of the church near the organ and soon the building was mass of flames. An 85-foot water tower was used to fight the fire in the steeple.
 Fire Chief Francis A. Sullivan of Lawrence was cut by shattered glass. The pastor of the church, the Rev George F. Beecher, was among the spectators.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
STATUE STOLEN
 BY LITTLE BOY
 AND GIVEN RIDE
He Had Promised to Give Christ Child a Ride in
 His Red Wagon

San Francisco, Dec 26.-(UP)- A statue of the Christ child" got the first ride in the little red wagon George Price received for Christmas. The ride was part of a bargain, the seven-year old gravely explained to-day. Wor- shippers at Our Lady of Victory church were amazed to find the plaster cast of the infant Jesus missing from the manager display at the altar of the church. They notified the priests and the sexton. Frantic search failed to locate the missing figure, the central piece of the elaborate display loving hands had arranged for the Christmas tide.
 Wed better call the police," said one of the priests. Somebody must have stolen the statue but why can't understand. What would a thief do with such q statue?" Then one of the search CTS saw little hoy solemnly pull ing a little red wagon. The miss ing Christ child" figure was the occupant.
 Did you take the statue from the church?" the priest asked George.
 "Yes, father" the child eagerly replied.
 The priest was about to admon- ish him for stealing when the boy volunteered an explanation. "You see, father" George said, T want ed little red wagon for Christ mas. I promised the Christ child that if he brought mo the wagon I'd give him the first ride. I got the wagon so I'm doing my part"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
WOMEN FLYERS
 KEEP UP STUNT
Near the Sixth Day But Have Three Days More
 to Meet Record

Miami, Fla, Dec 26 - (U.Po Their trim monoplane flying as smoothly as ever, Frances Harrell and Helen Richey seeking a new worlds endurance record for wo- men, neared their sixth day aloft to-day. They were less than three days away from the worlds record of days, hours. and minutes. set last year by Mrs Harrell and Louise Thaden. They have indicat- ed they intend to stay in the air several days beyond the record if possible.
 As they refueled to-day and passed the 140th hour. the endur- ance flyers chorused that was a grand Christmas" referring to their flight over and near Miami Christmas day.
 "Tell the north". they said, "that we were sitting on top of the world under warm sun and watching thousands of bathers on Miami beach. It was Christmas day sight to remember"
 The flyers went aloft at 1880 p. m. last Wednesday. They will have to remain in the air until 5:09 D.. m. Thursday to surpass the worlds record for women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
RUM SCHOONER
 HAS BEEN SUNK

Boston, Dec 26.-(UP)-The three -masted schooner Utilla, which under its former name of the J. Scott Hankinson attained wide notoriety as rum runner, has been sunk by coastguards.
 Built in 1920, the year prohibi- tion became effective, it operated as one, of the first runners" and one time was the scene of piracy on the high seas: In 1923 8 band of armed men boarded it after it had brought in load of liquor. Little was definitely established re- garding the piracy, but when the schooner arrived at Gloucester, its cook and captain were near death from wounds from pirate bullets.
 The vessel reformed" later and was used to haul lumber. Re- gently it sprung leak off the Maine coast and was abandoned by it's crew. Adjudged menace to navigation. the Utilla was sunk with dynamite by the coast guard cutter Mojave Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

The deaths of famous German general and two French statesemn.
 Restoration of a king who ran away from his throne.
 A great, mysterious French air catastrophe-a group of planes to leave for given point and disap- pear.
 A German sea catastrophe.
 Mime De Paunac sees no big scale of fighting of any sort during 1894. Russia, she sees in the role of the worlds peacemaker-her in fiuence, perhaps in the nature of a threat in the interests of peace, preventing several nations from going to war.
 The greatest change Mime De Paunac sees is the restoration of the monarchy in Spain during the year. No king anywhere would lose his job, or his throne. she said.
 Charles A. Lindbergh, Mme De Paunac said some would be much in the news. Gut not, she added. through an accident. She foresees for him the good fortune to fly as ro"ch as he wants without danger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
French Seeress Makes Some
 Predictions For Next Year

Paris, Dec 26 = (U.P.) - Mme Blanche De Paunac, Frence's see- ress extraordinary, came out of her annual Christmas silence to-day to predict that 1884 will be a year of peace and returned prosperity.
 Next September, Mme De Paul nae said. would mark the opening of new era of prosperity for the United States-an era whose start would spread out from the United States to the whole world.
 Great attention is paid to Mmo De Paunac by those who pay at- tention to seererses. She won fame by predicting the midsummer of 1918 that the world war would end with an Armistice November II.
 Rising from her self induced hypnotic sleep, necessary to bring forth oracular powers, Mime De Paunac saw for 1894:
 Adolf Iiitler's power unbroken. But. she added in 1895 1t would be broken.
 No political revolutions of mo- ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26

(Continued from Page D
 "In separating our own debt policy from that of Great Britain whose decisions on the debt ap- peared to me to be honest and shrewd-we committed a fault or were clusmy. First, it was serious to deny the debt, which certain Frenchmen consider war debt but which since the 1926 agreement. in which the Americans granted a 52 per cent reduction, was really "a commercial debt.
 If Frenchmen really under stood the debt subject they would, share my opinion, they would de- fend Frances credit, they would reflect over what might happen in the event of a European conflict
 T am partisan to t1fe most cor dial possible contact with the United States. Those who read President Roosevelt's messages of last summer, those who do not for get the force with which President Roosevelt pronounced against Germany rearming, will under stand why we always have and all ways will desire constant friendship between the American and French democracies.
 We have no bias toward Ger many-even toward Hitlerism. We are attached to the ideal that each race should be master of its own domestic affairs. Even if Hitler's policies shock us, we accept them as fact.
 "If I must choose prefer Hit ler's ways to Stresemann's. such as Stresemann's memoire disclosed. Tt Is certain that French-Ger man reconciliation. or an honest working agreem ent. would build a solid hinge fof peace. Germany is n great nation and must be treated with consideration even if we mis- trust her"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-26
BY ELMER c. wALzER Limited Press Financial Editor)

New York, Dec. 26 - (UP) = Stocks, the dollar and commodi- ties declined today while bonds firmed up. All markets were dull and largely professional. volume restricted largely because of the holiday abroad and absence of many traders here.
 Utility shares were hardest h1t on the stock exchange. The Dow Jones average was~depressed more than 2h per cent from Saturdays level and was close to its low for 1883. New lows were made by United Corporation, Consolidated Gas and Brooklyn Union Gas, while North American equalled it's low. American Telephone was forced down to 106 off 3 points. The latter was slod on fear over code difficulties.
 U. S.. Sme1ting broke points to 96 1-2, but most losses in the gen. eral list were a point or less. AL lied Chemical slipped off more than 2 points when the regular dividend was declared, snce a few of the