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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13
REFORM BILL ON BANKRUPTCY TO
 BE CONSIDERED
House Judiciary Commit. tee Has It = Leaders Ask for Speedy Deci- sion on the Bill
BY WILLIAM F. KERRY InalAa.l nnrace. GAnA Gns.aaaa.oa.xls..aI


 Washington, Jan 13.-(UP)-- The revolutionary La Guardia- Me Keown bankruptcy reform bill, designed to scale down debts and prevent destructive business liquid ation, was placed before the house judiciary committee for ap- proval to-day.
 Leaders of both parties pressed for speedy and favorable action.
 Chairman Summers said he OK pected the committee to approve the measure as soon as disputed legal points could be ironed out. Speaker Garner prepared to give the Legislation right of way, for consideration probably next week. eparations were being com pleted to initiate parallel action in the senate. Democratic Floor Lead l. CT Robinson told the United Press he did not expect the senate judi. ciary committee would even go through the formality of holding open hearings before approving the bill.
 Sponsors of the proposal were heartened by support from all sides.
 The measure proposes mora- torium for individuals struggling beneath unpayable debts: it offers corporations way out from ap- parently unsolvabie problems of finance. It would involve losses to creditors, but advocates of the bill believe 1t will prove best in the long run for them, too. "We seek quick adjustment between hard pressed debtors and creditors" Summers said. We propose to provide machin- cry under which people interested In the estate of debtors may agree on less than the amount of the debt and make possible the continuation of many going concerns rather than throwing them into bankruptcy. As for the railroads, the object is to avoid expensive receiverships and expedite reorga nization."
 Congressional and administration lawyers believe the measure Is sa fe against constitutional challenge because it approaches the matetr thruogh the courts and the bank ruptcy laws.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13
INARST0N'S PLAY TO TEXTURE COUNCIL MEET
Bunker Hill Troop Will Present It
 This Evening
Production Depicts Ten-Year Plan and What It Ac- cOmplishes for Youth of City-Business Session, Preceding Play, Will Elect Officers

Meeting Americas Greatest Need" a play written by Scout Ex. ecutive Arthur D. Marston in col- laboration with two regional mem- bers, John D. Roberts of the Gen. tral council and Nelson A. Sly of the Hartford council will be repre-. scented by Troop il of Bunker Hill at the annual supper meeting of the Waterbury Eoy Scout Council tonight at 6:30 o'clock at Daven- port Hall in the Second Congrega- tional church.
 The play fully illustrates the 10 year scouting plan and shows what may be accomplished by 1t. The first part shows the boy. as 1892 scout, the second as a four year scout, and the final act, the same scout aa a citizen. Those taking
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13
SAVED BY THE BELL

Salt Lake City, Utah.--A bob sleighing party that threatened to be a "washout" was recently saved by a bell. The horse which had furnished locomotion for the party had fallen and would not rise. A call to the fire department brought company No. 8 to the rescue. but their job was an easy one because the bell on the fire truck fright
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13
DON'T
 QUOTE ME

| Washington, Jan 13-(UP)-The
 newest tale about Senator Huey
 Long Is a fantastic but true story of how he gave the German em-
 bassy the scare of it's life-merely | to manufacture q good yarn for a | college Journalism student. Long telephoned the embassy and
 in q thunderous voice informed
 Counselor Rudolph Leitner that the
 German government had "insulted"
 the United States.
 The diplomat only after several
 anxious moments learned that the | 'insult" was that Long had not
 been treated to beer when he called
 at the embassy. Herleston R. Wood. Princeton
 university student, was anxious to
 get a story and thus enhance his
 chances of winning good place on | the college paper. He came to Washington and put the matter. up | to the Kingfish. Long decided
 in an instant that he would help the young man. He grabbed the | telephone. Wood in an article in
 the Daily Princetonian told what 1 followed:
 "The Louisianan picked up tele- phone on which he called the Ger l man embassy and the following conversation was heard from his end of the wire: | "'If the German ambassador isn't
 In, give me the highest man there. "Who am I? This is Huey P.
 Long, United States senator and
 former governor of Louisiana, na- tional committeeman and kingfish.
 What more dosyou want" | z Hello, are you sure you are l the highest man there? Well, I've
 got a little matter to settle with | your government.
 ! "Back in 1880 had to borrow
 a dress suit. listen to a 17-gun sa-
 lute and then apologize to your government because I happened to have on a pair of green-stripped | pajamas when one of your naval officers came to call.
 "sNow my government has been
 insulted called on your ambassa- dor. We had a nice quiet little talk and l left. Now l read in tho paper that people of lesser rank than when they called got a
 couple of steins of that good frothy | German beer before they left. What I want to know Is how are you go- ing 10 fix 1t up?
 Tine, but when shall call? "sDon't worry, I'll be there'.' Both the German embassy and Long said Woods account of the conversation was correct. GEl x-l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13

Long, Mrs Louis H. Jordan, Miss Eernice Harper, Mrs George A. T.aronian, Dr and Mrs Alfred c, Dreher, Mrs Thomas Morgan, Mrs Walter A. Bray, Miss Helen Minor, Mrs H. L. Kilborn, Miss Lois Kill born, Mrs John H. Hurlbut. Miss Helen Hurlbut, Miss Grace Galley, Mir and MT G. Walker Bisset and MT and Mrs Victor Anderson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13
GETTING BETTER;

How is the patients heart acc tion this morning, nurse 2"
 "Splendid, doctor. He's pros posed to mo twice already."--Tlt- Bits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13
WOMEN'S DEMOCRATIC
 CLUB MEET TONIGHT

The Women's Democratic club will hold an important meeting tonight at headquarters on East Nuii. street. All members arc re-
 quested to- @Rp present. 4et
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13
WHAT PRICE SNOW?

Fort Worth. Tex.-An artificial snowstorm would have cost the Retail Merchants Association $1,200 had they accepted the offer made by a group of "snow ex- perts." The experts planned to swoop down over the downtown business district in airplanes and discharge the artificial flakes by air pressure. The offer was turned down, however. when a real snow- storm blanketed the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13

Greater Tokyo, in Japan, expects it's industrial production in the next year to total $237,000,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13

Since Tokyo annexed S2 villages and towns recently. it has been the largest industrial city In Japan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13

ened the horse so that he scram- bled to his, feet and carried the sleighers merrily on their way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-13

Since Huey began his fiiibus- ter, they're saying in the congress sional Hobbies that this is the short session of the house and the long session of the senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
FIRE BRINGS
!. . MORE MISERY

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6. .U.P) -
New misery was added to the ira
gedy of the Griffith park fire today
when more than 5000 county relief
job workers were dismissed until
adequate fire safeguards have been
established.
The park commission and Fire
Chief Ralph Scott ordered work on
park projects halted until addition
al precautions could be made and
until the question of legal respon-
sibility for the loss of life in Tues
days fire had been established. The
question of city, county or state
liability is pending before the state
supreme court.
Although the workers were drop
ped from the payrolls, officials said
they would try to absorb as many
of them as possible in other public
projects.
Death of two workers from in
juries suffered in the playground
fire brought the toll of known dead
to 30. In addition 38 men still were
reported missing. Welfare depart
ment official said they expected
some of the missing workmen would
report but believed the death list
would settle we'll above the so mark.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
BLOCKED
ON FILM CODE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. UP) -
Negotiations for a motion picture
code were impeted today by the re-
fusal of independent exhibitors to
confer with Sol A. Rosen6latt, dep
uty MIRA administrator.
The independents charged the
code proposed by Rosenblatt failed
to protect their interests, and pro-
vided for stacking grievance boards
in favor of large exhibitors.
Rosenblatt replied thct while his
code might be imperfect, it would
improve existing conditions, and
give the independents forum III
which to air their grievances.
The independents, led by the AL
lied States Association of Motion
Picture Theatre owners, claimed to
represent half the nations theatres
They served notice they would sub
nit proposals to Rosenblatt in
writing, but would not go beyond
that.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
PRINCE D 7 D
A|DSD|CTAT0R
BY ROBERT H. BEST
United Press Staff Correspondent

VIENNA, Oct. 6.-Twenty-year-
old Archduke Otto, Hapsburg heir
of the discontinued Austrian throne
today aligned himself and all Aus
trian monarchistS behind Chancel-
lor Engelbert Dollfuss.
Otto's declaration of support was
made to the United Press through
DR.. F. R. Won Weisner, of the en-
tourage assigned him during his
exile.
It's Importance was two-fold -
first that it throws the support Of
some of Austria's most Influential
men to the little chancellor in his
fight against Naziism; secondly,
that it brings materially nearer the
possibility of Otto becoming a con-
stitutional monarch over Austria.
The statement, forwarded from
Brussels where Otto, now visiting
chateaus in Belgium and France,
makes his headquarters, first men,
toned Otto's recent declaraGiSn
when he was made an honorary
citizen of three Austrian towns.
This declaration was interpreted as
a bid for the throne.
"These declarations" said the
statement, repeat with more en-
phasis the point of view expressed
by the emperor in all his letters to
the communes that have made him
citizen of honor-i1lore than 140
in all
"These reiterated declarations
make plain the inalienable rights
of the heir of the emperor Charles
(Otto's father, forced to abdicate
after the World war; to the crown
Of Austria.
"It goes without saying that his
majesty anxiously desires to return
to his country and demands the
abolition by legal means of the un-
just laws decreed in 1919, whereby
the house of Hapsburg was expelled
from Austria and forced to live in
exile"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
NIX R1~>'
0l,sS NeRaash, Syndicate. lH>
.LAMSON NOW
PRISONER At
SAN QUENTIN

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal,
Oct. g. U.P) = David A. Lamson-
convict No. 54761-was lodged in
death row here today to await exc
cution for the Memorial Day MUIR
der of his wife, Allene. He was
brought from San Jose, scene of
his sensational trial and conviction,
by automobile, and Immediately
was "dressed in
The former Stanford University
Press executive was quickly dis
patched through the formalities
that transformed him from a per-
sonable prisoner to an inmate of
the Big House. His luxuriant,
wavy hair was cropped. Bertillion
measurements and photographs
were made. The tweed suit he wore
was exchanged for convict garb.
Then he was led to the row of the
condemned to join seven others
awaiting the moose.
He was assigned to death cell. No.
22-the one George (Cocky) Smith,
Oakland holdup slayer occupied
until two weeks ago when he was
hanged.
Lamson was brought from San
Jose by Sheriff William Emig and
deputies in an open car.
81 want to give Dave all the SUM-
shine possible,'' the sheriff said.
1T may be his last
Newspaper photographers and re-
porters formed a caravan following
the speeding car.
Lamson was grim during the trip
although he said it wouldn't be
long before he won a new trial. He
said nothing as Warden James B.
Hollohan received him at the gate.
He fixed his eyes straight ahead,
clenched his hands and pursed his
lips tightly.
The one time playwright-amateur
actor first went to the fish tank -
fish being the convict IS term for
newcomers. 1t was there he gave
up his tweeds for prison gray. He
had no luggage.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
CUBAN LEADER
SEEKS PEACE
Grau San Martin Makes Ges-
ture Toward Opposing Poll
tical Factions.
BY LAWRENCE S. HAAS

HAVANA, Oct. 6. U.P)-Prestige
mounting rapidly, the Grau San
Martin government made a gesture
of peace today toward the old line
politicians. 1t was expected to bid
anew for their support.
The politicians who went into
hiding at the time of the National
Hotel battle, when troops loyal to
the government routed hundreds of
rebel officers, were informed Off
cially that they had nothing to
fear.
1t was announced also that a
search made by soldiers and stu
dents of the home Of former Presi-
dent Mario Menocal, a powerful
political figure, was unauthorized
These and other developments
indicated that the government
feeling itself dominant, would bid
for support of political parties to
gain American recognition as a
provisional government pending
| formal elections.
Government supporters mean
time asserted they were in friendly
negotiations with a new party,
small but influential-the ABC Or
thodox, offshoot like the ABC
radicals of the ABC powerful rev.
dictionary society The ABC Or
thodox includes both politicians and
army and navy officers, it was said.
Officers of the student director
ate, an unofficial arm of the gov
eminent, announced it planned to
proceed with the work of restor-
ing normal conditions as if the
Grau San Martin government were
the formally constituted one.
The directorate seemed to have
the support of the entire body of
students, active politically.
Will P. Taylor, American mana
ger of the National Hotel. where
the military officers were defeated,
announced the hostelry would re-
open tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
PROTEST MADE
BY MEXICO To
DELAY CANAL

Incomplete reports concerning the
Mexican protest against inclusion
of the All-American canal on the
public works program, received the
blame for the matter not being
presented to the cabinet commit
tee yesterday, according Ito tele-
grams received from Washington
today.
Col. M. B. Waite, chairman of
the canal board, was scheduled to
place All-American canal inclusion
before the members of the cabinet
at their meeting yesterday.
The Mexican angle is being COW
cred by A. B. Hunt, who assured
valley residents who are in Wash
ington, that the report was COM
pleted yesterday and filed with
Waite late yesterday afternoon.
Phil D. Swing, former congress
man who is representing the I'm
perial Irrigation district at the
capital, said today he hopes to get
the canal proposition before the
Ickes board next Tuesday.
Efforts to place the canal inclu-
sion before President Franklin D
Roosevelt and to make a personal
appeal to him still are being made
by Swing, he said in his message
to district officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
SIDE Of
LAND CASE MAY
CLOSE MONDAY

The prosecution in the alien land
law trial, now being held before
Judge R. d. McPherrin, intimated
this morning that it would in all
probability be Monday noon before
the last witness for the state would
be called to take the stand After
that defense witnesses will be
called and arguments of COUNSEL to
the jury delivered.
During this mornings session
Albert S. Pond, representative Of
the Calipatria section of the irri-
cation district was on the stand.
In the direct examination of this
witness he was asked to identify
certain documents which purport-
ed to be orders for the delivery Of
water to certain ranches presum-
ably ordered by j. Labh Singh and
NICOLA Singh, two of the defend
ants.
In the cross examination, Harry
Horton pointed out that, according
to these documents, this water was
delivered to the California Nevada
Farming company and not to the
defendants in question. He asked
the witness if he knew that fact
yesterday and today when testify
ing that the water had been de-
livered to the defendants.
An objection to this by the pros
ecution was overruled by the court
and the witness replied that he
had not been asked that question
during the examination and there
fore had not answered it.
j. Clark Ellers, handwriting ex-
pert, was the last witness called by
the state this morning to testify
regarding the genuineness of GER
tain signatures on documents that
had been offered by the prosecu-
ton for Identification.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
CRASH DEATHS
MAY INCREASE

HEMET, Calf, Oct. 6. U.H = A
small cabin plane crashed on a
hillside near here, leaving two &C.
cupants dead and three others in
a critical condition today.
Pilot Roy Waugaman, %, of Wat
sonville, and his wife. were killed
instantly when the craft, bound for
San Diego, failed to clear a small
hill and buried its nose in rocky
slope. Three other passengers, Paul
Olinger, 35, Anna Homesteader;
Lester Purdy, 33, and Verna La
Place, 80, both of San Diego, were
brought here for treatment in an
unconscious condition. Physicians
feared Miss La Place would die.
The crash was witnessed by
three friends in a smaller plane
who took off with the cabin plane
from Trip Flats, a few minutes
before.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
STRIKE AREA
QUIET TO-DAY.
BY United Press

Tension in strike areas increased
today with Ford Motor company en-
ployees in two sections planning a
"motorcade" on Detroit to picket
plants there. Guards were on duty
at steel and coal centers, fearful
of renewed violence after a day
marked by blodshed.
Striking Ford workers at Edge
water, N. j., and Chester, Pa, mo-
bilized for a trip to Michigan, sche-
duled to start at midnight. Abou,
300 strikers from each plant plan
ned to join a motorcade, meeting
in Michigan. They expect to picket
the Ford plants at Detroit in the
hope of making the strike general
Ambridge, Wierton and Clarion
were trouble spots in the Pittsburgh
steel area. At Ambridge, where one
man was killed and many wound
ed when police broke up picket
line yesterday, state troopers and
deputy sheriffs stood guard.
Officials at Weirton feared that
reported plans of the Wierton steel
company to resume operations In
defiance of a walkout of 1000
workers might result in violence.
At Clarion a mere handful Of
pickets was stationed at steel COM
pany plants, but reinforcements of
Fayette county strikers were report
ed enroute.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
FIND CLUES IN
GRIM TRAGEDY

SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 6. U.P)
"A scrap of blue ribbon and a
hairpin were held by county auth
critics today as evidences of a wo-
mans connection with the torture
murder" of an unidentified youth
The ribbon and hairpin were
found few feet from the spot
where the charred body of the VIC
tim was discovered in the desert
near Kramer. Marks in the sand
indicated the victim had been drag
ged from an automobile before his
clothing was saturated with gaso-
line and ignited. A .38 caliber pistol
slug had pierced the head. Louisa
H. Bacon, county autopsy surgeon,
said the wound apparently had
caused death.
Authorities believed a woman &C
companied the assassination par
ty."
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
BRITISH PLAN
WAR DEBT GUT
Will Offer Lump Sum Or Pay
ment In Installments Every
Six Months.
BY HENRY T. RUSSELL
United Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright, 1888, by United Press
LONDON, Oct. 6.-The British
government has decidedly definite
ly against resuming payment of
full war debt installments to the
United States regardless of the out
come of present negotiations at
Washington, it was learned today
from an authoritative source.
Two alternatives will be offered
the United tSates, it was said on
authority regarded as unimpeach-
able. They are:
l. A lump settlement in gold Of
not more than 100,0O0,000 pounds
(S475 ,000,0O0.
2. Token" payments of 100000
each every six months in place OF
the full installment of about $685.
100000
The present capital value of the
British war debt is about $780,
100000. Under the original war
debt agreement payments of about
SO 600, 100000 would have been made
up to 1884.
Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, chief
economic adviser to the govern
ment and principal British war debt
negotiator, already has been in
structed to make the alternative
offers named, it was understood.
The lump sum payment, of course,
would include principal and inter
est.
United Press information is that
bar gold has been purchased over a
period of many months by an I'M
known buyer in behalf of the Bri-
fish treasury, and that this would
be shipped to the American treasury
department at once if a lump set
Element were made.
The token payments would COM
mence December Is, when the next
debt installment is due.
While no decision is irrevocable, it
was said that the offer Vas regard
ed by the Macdonald government
as definite.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
TEACHERS IN LOCAL GRAMMAR
SCHOOLS SHOW FINE SPIRIT

Through the fine cooperation and
unselfishness of the teachers in the
Ell Centre grammar schools, the Ell
Centre school district has been
able to avoid the necessity of reg
istering warrants at the outset of
the school year, to, meet its obli-
cations, it was announced today
by Guy A. Weakley, district super
intendent.
Because of the change in the
system of state taxation, resulting
from the legislation passed at the
special election last spring, and
other legislative action. the district
faced the prospect of having to
register warrants in order to pay
the teachers the first installment
of their salaries, the superintend-
ent explained.
According to the teachers con-
tracts. which were drawn up last
year under the old plan of taxa
ton, the teachers we're to receive
their annual salaries in 10 equal
payments, the first installment to
be due on October 1, and the last
one on July /.
Realizing the difficulty which
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
HOOVER MAY
ASSIST JEWS

GENEVA, Oct. 6. U.P) - Herbert
Hoover may be asked to act as the
League of Nations high commits
sioner to aid exiled German Jews,
it was disclosed today.
League members and Jews alike
hope to persuade some outstanding
American to serve. They would
prefer Hoover Theodore Roose-
welt, Jr., has been mentioned should
the former President be unable or
unwilling to accept.
A draft resolution considered to-
day by the league S technical COM
mission provided that not only
league members but other nations
including the United States should
be asked to cooperate in aiding
exiled German Jews, estimated to
number 10000 in Europe.
PALO ALTO, Cal, Oct. 6. U.P) -
Former President Herbert Hoover
"knows nothing" about proposal
to make him a high commissioner
of the League of Nations, his Sec
rotary, Paul Sexson, announced in
Hoover's behalf today.
The former chief executive re-
fused to comment on the POSSIBLE
ity that he was to become a league
commissioner to aid exiled Jews
The proposal was discussed in &C.
neva, Switzerland.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-06
ADAMS STILL
HELD IN JAIL

Booking of Burleigh E. Adams,
chairman of the irrigation district
board of directors was completed at
the county Jail this morning but no
charge was entered against him on
the record. Adams was taken to
the county Jail yesterday following
the shooting of o. c. "Buck"
Weaver in the Woodrow hotel, in
Brawley.
1t was intimated this morning by
county authorities that as far as
they knew no charges would be
filed against the district director or
at least no definite action would
be taken against him pending the
outcome of Weaver S injury.
Weaver, still at the Brawley hos
pital, is holding his own. according
to a report this morning and I'M
less complications set in, his re-
covery is looked for by hospital
authorities.
Di. Paul Bowers, noted Los An
geleS alienist, today examined
Adams at the request of District
Attorney Heald. No report on the
examination is available as yet, the
district attorneys office stated.