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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
COLD WAVE HAS
 GRIPPED MANY
 PARTS0F EUROPE.
Great Damage Caused and Lives Were in Danger
 in Many Places

Paris, Dec 1S-(UP)-A severe cold wave held it's grip on Europe today, causing great damage and imperiling lives in many countries.
 Low temperatures were accom- panied by. storms at sea and snow- storms on land. In warmer climates there were tOrrential rainfalls, ex- tending as far south as Africa
 A French cruiser. responding to a wireless $ o s call. found the Marsielles-Algiers mail airp1ane drifting in tremendous seas, covered with ice and snow. 40 miles off Marginane. A tug was to have lowed the plane with is crew of three and one passenger to, Mar seilles. They had been adrift twelve hours.
 Before d tug could arrive, the steamship St Marguerite, bound for Bizerta, saved crew. passenger and mail from the plane which was icundefing in heavy seas.
 Gales lashed the English chan uel and the Bay of Biscay as we'll as the Mediterranean. More bodies were washed up on the British coast Four were the last to be found. It was believed they were Of the crew of the steamship Brromfleet. which went down with ..2 men.
 In Italy severe snowstorms were reported in eastern Venetia, with motor cars stranded at some points. At Venice, floods caused by persist ent rains still maintained, and some fishing boats were missing from Chioggia. nearby.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
Stocks Continued to Decline But Market Was Steady
Most Issues Finished DayAboUe TheirL0uOs
Feature of the Drop Was Atlas Tack and Attorney
 General Is Investigating That Stock

141I-s was off 31-S; Pullman 473 3-4 off 8; Case 67 1-2 off l 3-4; Liggett & Myers S1 1-4 off 1-4; Goodyear Tire 32 3-4 off 1-2; and Ludlum Steel 13 1-2 off 2 1-2.
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 Steel common touched 45 IA off 1-2 and then rallied to above the previous close. Steel news was highly favorable. The American Iron 6 Steel Institute reported op- erations for the industry this week at 34.2 per cent, against 31.5 per cent in the preceding week. The magazine Steel found demand in- creasing and noted that the past week brought the second largest awards in 1893 for structural ma terial and negotiations for 13,000 freight cars.
 General Motors was forced down to 31 5-S off 1-4 points before meeting support. Chrysler touched 40 1-8 off 3-8 and then rallied to above 50. Auburn came back above 54 from its low of 53 1-2. Moto Meter was driven down 7-S to 1-8 from which 1t rallied partially. The latter was making new highs last week.
 Wet stocks behaved fairly well and near the close National Distil- lers was up slightly. Railroad issues also held near the previous close with Chesapeake & Ohio up frac- ton. Utilities sagged fractionally after their rise last week. Commu- nications were quiet and easier. American Telephone touched 1O9 1-2 off 2 and then rallied 8 point from the low.
 Tobaccos generally were lower refiecting the reduction in cigaret output recently reported. Mining is- sues were, irregular. Gold issues held well on a rise of cents to $31.06 per ounce the R. K. c. gold price. Coppers were steady to firm on higher prices for the metal Mercantile issues were irregular in a narrow range. Farm equipments eased off. Several issues including General Cigar and Gillette made new lows for the year.
 The dollar eased off after the gold price was raised. but late in the day it was rising from its low. Commodities moved irregularly, Wheat closed off IA to 3-8 cent: corn was off 1-8 to up IA cent: odtS edoeu l-6 10 5-4. rye was ul' Is to off 1-S, and barley was off 1-8 to up 1-2. Cotton futures were slightly higher as were silver, rub Der. copper and hides. Silk futures declined sharply.
 { Bonds moved irregularly. fea- tured in the late trading by an ad- vance in railroad issues and bonds of International Telephone, United States government issIIes declined as a group, while foreign govern 'ments advanced.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
IS ENDED
 WITH DEATHS OF
 MOTHER AND SON
Youth Killed His filling Mother and Then Took
 His Own Life

Passaic. N. J., Dec 1S.-CUP)- Investigation to-day revealed a youths struggle against poverty which finally led him to kill his ail- ing mother and himself because he believed it "the best thing to do."
 George Dolak, 23, was one of seven children. He was the chief support of the family. but had been unable to find work for sev- eral months. There was no food or money in the house yesterday and his mother was suffering from asthma.
 The youth arranged for his brothers and sisters to leave the house. Then as his mother, Mrs Anna Dolak. GA, sat at the kitchen ;table reading Bible he fired a shot into her head. Dolak turned the gun on himself. but the shot was not immediately fatal. He was taken to St Mary's hospital where he told police 'mother was in misery and we had nothing to eat, so I thought this was the best thing to do.''
 George had been breadwinner for the family for years. He quit the East Rutherford. N. J.. high school to go to work. He was known as a star athlete in his school days.
 Surviving brothers and sisters held George blameless.
 "He did what he thought Was right and merciful," they said. "It is blessing that, he should go too. for if he lived he would have to suffer throughia trial"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
STRIKERS WERE GIVEN ORDERS TO
 RETURN TOW WORK
But About 5000 of Them
 Could Not Get Back Their Jobs

Philadelphia. Dec 1S-(UP)- Almost 5000 employees of the Ed ward G. Budd Manufacturing com pany who ended their strike, as ordered by the National Labor board, failed to get employment to-day when they returned to the plant. Under police vigilance, the strikers marched to the company employment offices. left their names and addresses and were told You will be called when needed But previously had informed the labor board that his plant is op- erating at near capacity and that 1t would be impossible to re-hire the strikers, as ordered, until increase in business warrants the action.
 We are taking the names and addresses and shop numbers at strike headquarters" Guy Basal. president of the strikers union said. we will forward the list to the National Labor Board to prove our men have reported for work and have been turned back"
 A statement issued by the com pany said:
 I've will take the men back without prejudice as soon as possi- ble, but we do not intend to dis place men who had been loyal to us during the last five weeks just to make room for strikers. We do not hold any ill-will toward the men, and will take them back as fast as jobs are open"
 The men have been on strike since November IA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18

Meals are bolted," he wrote. fin a way that shows no mercy for the delicate machinery dedi- cated to food. The intent occu- pants of public restaurants rush in to re-fuel; they never really lunch or dine. They can be seen bowed over the latest time-sav- ing invention, a form ofcircular chi~a trough divided into compart- ments which bring the main in,- gredients of the midday ration si- simultaneously within range. This is called the club plate lunch- con, iwth which to fog the lag gard through his hasty meal"
 The matter of meals worries him. Breakfast is a marathon and dinner, with it's inevitable founda- ton of iced water, drunk copi- ously, very often. a., dance still nearer death."
 Now that America has become air minded" he continued, ..the slaves to speed can give the -obses- sion full play. This country pos- sessed the finest network of day and night aeropIane services in the world. You can travel from New York to San Francisco in 30 hours. with only brief stops for petrol. {. .,Yet they are not fast enough. Soon the time from coast to coast will be cut by three hours"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB HAD FIGHT
 IN BALTIMORE
Celebrities Mixed Up in the Scrap But Peace Came
 at Station

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 1S.-UP). HI. L. Mencken and the Saturday Night club still are put out about 1t. So is Mr Schellhase. the man who sold the beer, and in whose restaurant the pacifist battle took place. So are Messrs J. R. Coe and Thomas C. Pinkerton, the pacifist who attacked the Saturday Night club. thereby spilling beer and blood.
 Mencken, the other disting uished members of the club and Alfred Knouf. New York publisher, were drinking beer ana discussing music in their club room and the restaur- ant, when up came Coe and Pink erton. the militant paclfists. They wanted to discuss music. too. they said. waving pacifist leaflets. Il. F. Bucholz said they couldn't come in. The pacifists hit him on the ear. Mencken hit the pacitists.
 Dr Raymond Pearl. professor oI biology at Johns Hopkins Unlver- sity. became interested in the fray. So did Dr Christian Deetjen, roent- olocist. pr Franklin HeZlehurst, surgeon, Max Brodel. artist, and the other clubmen.
 They busted the paciists and sent them to the police station. Then they arose at 5 q. m., Sunday morn ing. an unheard of hour, to press charges against the battling pacl- fists. At the station the clubmen had a change of heart. Coe and Pinkerton had slept all night on hard benches. hadn't they? They hadn't spilled much beer. had they? The only blood they spilled came from Bucholz's left ear, didn't it. said Hencken magnani- mously:
 eve dismiss the charges
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
British Writer Is Surprised At Speed OF United States

London, Dec. lS.-UP).-Sir Percival Phillips, one of England's most noted journalist observers on the world front, has returned from a survey of Americas new deal that left him breathless with amazement at the development of "speed-speed-sp in the ''new" United States. Under the heading Where the Clock Hands Behave Like Propellers." his latest article published in the Daily Mail is a mixture of pleased astonishment and vague uneasiness over the ef- feet of the mechanical and physi- cal speeding-up of today's genera tion of Americans.
 Life within these frontiers," he said, appears to an Englishman ac- customed to the easy pace of Eu- rope, ito be mad race around an alarm clock. with no fixed goal in sight but the grave"
 Sir Percival was impressed by daily service which compe1s ad- miration"-the one-day laundry service: the rapidity of luggage transfer from one city to another; the servicing of telegraph and tele- phone messages; the lack of delay in cashing checks. But he views with shudders and alarm the state of the American stomach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
WERE
 M FREAK CRASH

Harrisburg, Dec. IS - (UP)- William r. Schuley, Jr., 22, Grams. ton. R. l., and James T. Walsh, Providence. R. l., college students, were injured in freak automobile accident 10 miles from here.
 The two youths, en route to their homes for the Christmas vacation, escaped injury when their automo- bile collided with another machine on a curve. While standing near the wreckage of their car, another auto crashed into it.
 The impact knocked the wrecked car against them. Both were re- moved to the hospital. Walsh suf- fered @ possible fractured skull while the other youth was dis charged after receiving treatment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
BATTLE TO STOP ST LAWRENCE
 CANAL TREATY
Fight Was Opened To-day in Philadelphia-Will
 Hurt Trade Is Claim

Philadelphia. Dec. s.-UP).-- A vigorous fight to prevent ratifi- cation Of the St. Lawrence canal treaty with Canada was started here today at a meeting of the Att dantic Deeper Waterways associa- tfon.
 Demands that the treaty be re- jected by the senate as damaging to American commerce and impos- ing a huge and unnecessary bur den on the American taxpayers were to be made by representatives of commercial and industrial or ganizations-
 The conference was called by J.. Morton Moore. mayor of Philadel- pfia and president of the water ways association, to consolidate op- position to the treaty.
 "The sentiment against ratiiica- tion is widespread all along the Atlantic seaboard," Moore declared today, "and it is steadily increas- ing. I have received hundreds of letters from advocates of waterway improvements from Maine to Flor ida and including some points in the middle west.
 They all question why the money of American taxpayers should be spent in Canada for the benefit of Canadian labor. when the same sums spent in this coun- try would furnish thousands Of our unemployed with work.
 Organizations opposing the St Lawrence treaty include: Boston Chamber of Commerce, New Eng land Traffic league, Chicago Cham Der of Commerce, Cleveland Cham Der of Commerce, Portland (Maine) Chamber of Commerce, Boston Maritime association. Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, Virginia State Chamber of Con- merce, Wichita (kansas) Chamber of Commerce. Newport News Chamber of Commerce. Board Of Port Commissioners of New Or leans, Navy League of the United States, National Propeller club Merchants Association of New York, Chamber of Commerce of She state of New York.
 Baltimore Chamber of Com merce, Baltimore Port Develop ment commission. c u III r S league of New York, New York Produce Exchange. Mississippi Valley Federation, State of Texas, ohio Improvement association of Cincinnati. Norfolk Port Traffic Commission, North Dakota Grain Elevator Federation, Great Lakes shippers association, Virginia State Port Authority, Flood Con- trol Commission of Louisiana. City of Flew orleans, Providence tR. I.) Chamber of Commerce, Rhode Is- land Conference of Business asso- ciations, Port Authorities of New York, Buffalo, Albany, N. T., New Jersey State Chambers of Com nerce, Pennsylvania State Cham be,. of Commerce. National Rivers and Harbors Congress and others
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
FOUR DEATHS BY
 AUTO ACCIDENTS
That Was Number in State on Sunday Because of
 Slippery Roads
fRv Tinted preSSl

: Automobile accidents resulting from slippery highways took the lives of four persons in Connecti- cut Sunday.
 Frank McManus, New Haven, and Edward W. Staplins. Groton. were fatally injured when Staplin's car skidded into another machine driven by Ernest J.. Murphy, New London, at Lyme. Murphy was cri- tically injured.
 Joseph Fazio, New London, was killed when his automobile struck pole at Waterford.
 . Thomas Baldwin. 62. was killed by an automobile driven by Joseph Hooper, at New Britain. The latter was held on a criminal negligence charge.
 At East Hampton. assistant sec- retary of state of Rhode Island, Francis A. Mazi. Providence, and four other escaped injury when their car skidded into a pole and was wrecked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
CoLored Youth
 Proued Heroic

Greenwich, Conn, Dec 18- (UP) - The herOisIn and quick thinking of Leonard Taylor, 1S-ycars-OId negro. was acclaimed here today as plans were made to send his family. destitute, back to their home in Hampden, Me.
 His parents, Mir and Mrs Richard Taylor and his brother and two sisters were in their portable home. an old house on an automobile body, last night when a ker- osene stove exploded. The car was parked beside the Post road. As the flames spread the boy showed his parents out and had the fl $ mes extinguished by throwing sand on them be- fore firemen arrived. His brother and sisters, asleep in the car, were not burned, but the parents suffered burns and the father wes in a hos pital today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18

the officer who does, special police work in Thomaston.
 Mrs Thomas Lyons and daughter Miss Margaret Lyons ore both con- fined to their beds with illness.
 Fred c. Flynn, Jr. who has been i'll at his home on Judson street Is able to be up about the house.
 Rev John Burke, pastor of the St Thomas church spent the week end in Greenwich. Conn, where he was former pastor. and celebrated masses and heard confessions. Rev Father Flannigan, pastor of the church in Greenwich celebrated the two masses at St Thomas church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
BY ELMER c. wALZER United Press Financial EiiItor)

New York, Dec. 1S.-CUP).- Stocks continued to decline today, although a steadier tone was noted near the close and most issues end- ed the day above their lows which were to points under the pre- vious close.
 The feature on the downside was Atlas Tack which mroke to IA off z 5-8 on top of a drop of II 1-2 points in the Saturday session. Its crash was said to be caused by an attack on pool and 1t immediate 1y focused attention of authorities on the issue. Investigations were re- ported under way by the attorney generals office and the stock ex- change. The latter, 1t was reported, had been watching the course of the issue for the last two weeks.
 Widest losers aside from Atlas Tack were among recent favorites. Allied Chemical at it's low of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
DAMAGE CLAIMS
 SETTLED TODAY

John Yeakle of 72 Fairview street will receive $260.61 in conn pensation from the Connecticut highway department under stipu- lation agreement approved today by Commissioner r. M. Williams. penses incurred for a hernia oper- ation.
 Other agreements filed today in- clude: Scovfll Mfg Co and Howard Finkle of 25 Chapjel street, finger injury, $6.16 weekly; Waterbury Rolling Mills Co and Harry Hills of 191 Circuit avenue, toe injury, SLABS weekly; Connecticut Co and Alfred Wells! of 21 Dixie avenue, toe injury, s1 1.93 weekly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18

from automobiles here during the past few months which were sell dom reported. The authorities were informed that the persons were more anxious to regain their tools than to prosecute.
 The case of Anthon Guerra of Bridgeport. charged with violation of the motor vehicle laws, which was scheduled to be called in city court Saturday morning. was con- tinued until next Saturday. Guerra was the driver of a track. involved in collision Tn the south end last Wednesday in which Lidovico Mur- abillo of Waterbury suffered a bad gash on his head.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
NEW YORK CITY
 BANK STOCKS GAIN SLIGHTLY
Aggregate Gain for l6 Leaders 3.65 Per Cent
 Last Week

New York, Dec 19-The New York city bank stock market was firmer this past week. moving up- ward with securities prices in gem eral. The aggregate market value of the 16 leading issues is now S1,145,8S5,00. compared with $1,- 05,2S2,0OO at the close on Decem- Der 8. an increase. of $40,603, 900, or 3.67 per cent.
 The current average yield of the sixteen stocks of 6.84 per cent com- pares with yield of 7.09 per cent reported on December 8. The cur rent market value of the sixteen stocks is now 0.84 times their known book value against 0.81 on December B. Based upon current figures the sixteen stocks are now quoted at an average of 9.9 times their known earnings. against 9.5 times at the close of the previous week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
THOMASTON

Tuesday evening in the high school gym the Thomaston Kaceys will oppose the House of David basketball team. The House of David team is considered to be one of the best travelling basketball teams in the country. It is compos- ed of all college and professional stars. But the Kaceys have one of the strongest teams in years and under the direction of Attorney Yale Matzkin is confident of giv- ing the bearded. five good game.
 So far this year the locals have won all their games. Having talk en into camp the highly touted Princeton A. A. of Watertown on their own floor. The Kaceys will take the floor with the same lineup that defeated the Newtown town team wek ago.
 In bringing to Thomaston the House of David, Harry Lynch, popular manager of the locals has arranged one of the best games of the year. If a large crowd turns out to this game, Manager Lynch will then bring other large teams to the town. In order to do this though, the attendance must be good, because of the large guaran- tees you have to pay the teams to come here. In the preliminary game, the Echoes will play a team to be selected later on. The games will start at 7:30p m.
 Small Crowd Attends
 Meeting
 Only about 15 employees of the Seth Thomas Clock Company at tended the mass meeting called Saturday evening in the Pythian hall by the officials Of the Water bury branch of the National Jew- elers. Association in an effort to organizesthe clock and watch mak- CTS under the new code as accept ed by the watch and clock indus try of the country. The weather was poor on Saturday evening and the organizers will come here soon again.
 Waterbury Car
 Word was received here Satur- day evening by Deputy Sherifl James Ryan from Waterbury to be bon the lookout for a stolen car. Officer Ryan recovered the car early Sunday morning when he found it in the driveway of the Dr Warner home at Warmers Corner. The sedan stlie property of ,Dr Fl. J.. Stertbacker was returned to the Brass City. This is the third car stolen in Waterbury in the last week which has been. recovered by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
SEVERAL MARRIAGE
 INTENTIONS FILED


 The following marriage inten- tions have, been filed at the town clerks office: Axel Andersen of 1017 South Main street and Yvonne Lavigne of 1915 South Main street; Luigi Esposito of 991 South Main street and Lena A. Lantieri of 21 Branch street; Michael Cononica of 23 Bradley avenue and Angelina Pilla of Rockaway avenue; Elton c. Thayer of 143 Willow street and Grace A. Leet of 221 Woodlawn terrace; John Lesiak of 96 Twiss street, Meriden and Helen Jacobs of 103 Twiss street; Luca Mannello of 34 Spring street and Josephine Coppela of 30 West Farm street: Amadeu Alves of 37 South Main street and Anna Izzo of 45 Pleasant View street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
LUMBER co FILES
 ATTACHMENT

The Naugatuck Lumber Co today filed attachment papers against Helen G. Meridas, wife of Chief Two Moon Meridas, Property at- tached is located on Wales street. The papers say $1,200 damages are asked in a writ returnable to the superior court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
OLD BUSINESS WOMAN.

Peabody Mass. Dec 1S-(UP)- Mrs Pamelia A. Brooks, 90, be- lieved the oldest active business woman in Massachusetts, died of bronchial pneumonia at her home here Sunday. She was in the cater ing huSineSS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
New York Curb Market

Furnished By Boody Mcclellan Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES The R. F. Griggs Co.
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS
INpUsTRIAL, STOCKS

Ann Hardware Co.,. 19 21 Bristol Brass Corp com IT 19 Colts Pat Fire Arms
 Co ............... 151s 1T Eagle Lock Co ....... 26 29 Landers, Frary & Clark 2S 31 New Brit Mach Co com s s Niles : Bement Pond
 com 1U lo North & Judd Mfg Co 14AI -1e Peck. Stow 6 Wilcox
 Co Scovill Mfg Co ...... 23 24 Stanley Works Co com 19 21 Torrington Co ....... AS 50
Evening star., 1933-01-06

Z. Byrds ,offers TO give up his naval
status, including $4,000 annual retire
ment pay, flthe American Legion would
change its tactics on veterans eompen-
Sation.
The strings attached" by Byrd should
be removed and the annuity surren-
dered, Robinson said, "if the explorer
has finally concluded that he is not en-
titled to the gratuity bestowed on him
by the Government"
Because Of Byrd's activities as chair
man of the National Economy League,
which has advocated before the Joint
congressional committee reductions Of
S450, 900 900 annually In veterans ex-
penditures, Robinson said In the Senate
Tuesday that ito be sincere" the ex-
plorer should return his retirement pay.
Evening star., 1933-01-06

In reply. Byrd offered to give. UP his
Navy status and all that goes with
It." explaining he was an oficer sub
ject to emergency duty. II the American
Legion which the Senator represents,
VIII favor before Congress the repeal Of
that dangerous, costly law which grants
pensions to veterans Of al our wars who
received no injury or disability from
war service"
After reading this statement, Robin
son observed IF I understand Admiral
render his pension Of $4,000. provided
the Government win do a grave injus-
tice to thousands Of disabled veterans
by depriving them of their allowances
and vested rights"