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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12

The business activity barometer of Dun and Bradstreet, Inc, now stands at 53.4 per cent of the 1928-3O average, as compared with 51.1 per cent last week. This is the highest figure touched by the index since the week of Jan uary II, when it also stood at 53.4 per cent.
 Akron, Ohio, May 12 = (UP)- Tire production in the Akron fac taries of B. F. Goodrich Company has increased 200 per cent over March, President T. D. Few an-' nounced today.
 For the first time since October, 1929, tire departments will oper- ate six days a week and A hours day beginning May 15.
 Increased production includes 40 per cent boost in tire produc- tion made April 1. The new schedules will bring re-employ- ment for number of former em- ployes. The company announced 600 workers had been re-employed in Goodrich mechanical goods di- vision in 30 days.
 Chicopee, Mass, May 12 (UP) - The Fisk Rubber Corporation, tire and tube manufacturers, IS employing 1000 hands, the most in three years, and today an- nounced plans for increasing it's operating force to 1,500 by June 1.
 The company is on a six-day, day-and-night production basis and reports a 300 per cent increase ins output during the last month. It estimates that at the present rate of increase production "by the first week in June should be seven times greater than the first week of April"
 Bright Spots in Business
 Dallas, Texas The Mexia Textile Mills announced today that 5 per cent wage increase and addition of 160 workers will take effect June l.
 New York - Leonard Ginsberg, vice-president of Hearn Depart Stores, Inc, reported today a 27.7 per cent increase in sales during April, as compared with April, 1882.
 Lynn, Mass - A 5 per cent in crease, effective immediately. was announced today by the Frank C. Mayer Box Company.
 Burlington, N. c. - A wage in crease of per cent went into effect today in 16 mills of the Burlington Mills Company. affect ing 5000 employees.
 Gadsden, Ala = Dwight ManE- featuring Company, will begin Sunday with 650 additional em- ployes on three shifts and wages restored to 1929 levels, it was an- nounced today. The company op- crates 60.000 cotton spinning spindles.
 New York - The New York Cotton Exchange estimated today that 470,0O0 bales of cotton were consumed by domestic mills dur ing April. against 366,000 bales in April, 1882.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12
PILES MUST GO
 Or Money Back
Man Now Sound and We'll Physician's Internal Treatment
 Did It in 20 Days

Take 3 tablets day for 20 days and forget all about your oint- ments and suppositories and other makeshifts-then if your piles haven't left you get your money back from Apothecaries Hall Co or any modern druggist.
 Ask for Hem- -Roid--a doctors prescription that will show you that the internal way to treat piles is the only successful way-you1i be amazed and happy.
 An Atlanta man writes: VI had internal. bleeding piles-operation was advised--I took one bottle or Hem- k oid--and now sound and we'll" (Name on reaucst.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12
FOreSterS Meet
 in Bridgeport
Louis M. Brandely Can- didate for Grand Chief
 Ranger

The candidacy of Louis r. Bran dely of Waterbury for the office of grand chief ranger of Grand Court of Connecticut, Foresters of Amer ica, will be endorsed this evening will be held tomorrow morning ar field, Bridgeport. The convention will be held to-mororw morning at Champs Farm in that city. MT Brandely. Delegates of the various ranger, is being boomed for the highest state honor. There is a possibility of Harry Streck of Bridgeport, present grand chief ranger, seeking another term. A contest may result in the conven- tion.
 Waterbury's 17 delegates to the grand court session will support Mir Brandley. Delegates of the various courts in this section of the state are also lined-up in support of the local mans candidacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12
MARY'S DAY WILL BE
 OBSERVED TOMORROW

Mary's Day will be observed to- morrow by the local chapter of the International Federation of Cath olic Alumnae. Members of the as- soc.ation will attend mass and re- ceive Holy Communion in their respective churches. This custom was instituted several years ago and is now observed annually in com munities where there are branches of the I. F. c. A. Mrs F. P. Me Evoy is chairman of the local chap ter and announced the Mary's Day plans at a recent meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12
Seek Systematic
 Control Of Funds
New England Council Recommends Action By q
 Governors of All States

Bo ston, May 12-In anticipation of New England sharing in the $500, ,0OO,0 900 relief fund just voted by congress, the Executive Com mittee of the New England Council has made recommendation to the governors of New England states urging strict state control of the spending of these federal grants to cities, towns. or counties. Under the plan. grants will be made to the states. and by them distributed to the political subdivisions for local relief purposes.
 In letters to Governor Cross and the other New England Governors. Henry D. Sharpe. of Providence, president, present the councils re- as follows:
 At its meeting in Boston on May 9, all six states being repre- sented, the executive committee of the Nek England Council adopted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12

The opening will be at l o'clock to-day at which time q luncheon will be served the delegates, af- ter which the Taft baseball team will play Hotchkiss.
 An informal dinner will be held tonight at [ o'clock, followed by several informal gatherings. Later in the evening the upper class will present a play in the school audi torium entitled. Wrapping Wharf,"
 Bartow l.. Heminway is chair man of the alumni day committee. The program will close Sunday with breakfast and church ser vices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12
Waterbury Boys Detained
 By Bristol Police

Two local boys, each less than Is years of age, were picked up by Bristol police early yesterday morning wandering about the streets of the Bell City. The boys stated they were on "a hike across the country" and when picked up were carrying two cans of beans and an old army bayonet in hol- ster. The boys parents were noti- fled and went to Bristol after them later in the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12

and requested me to communfcat9 to you the following expression.
 "The Executive Committees of the New England Council urges that when any New England state applies for or accepts it's propor- tion of the $500, ,000 relief fund about to be made available by the federal government, that it's policy in relation to such funds include:
 Ia Distribution to political sub~s division only on the basis of their respective needs; and
 "b State control of local stand< ards of direct relief expenditure.
 "It is the belief of the committees that such policies are essential in order:
 "1 That reliance on local rew sources shall be maintained insofar as is practicable; and
 "2 That uniformity of local re- lief practices and freedom from 1o- cal political favoritisns may be as-. sured."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12
NAVY COMMANDER TO

Kenosha, Wis - (U.P.) - After 25 years service with the navy, in cluding battles against chinese bandits and Nicaraguan rebels, Lieutenant Commander Lawrence P. Bischoff of Kenosha will be au- tomatically retired July l. He was graduated from the Naval Acad- emy at Annapolis in 1912 In the same class with Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12

The motion asking instructions as to the payment of a 10 per cent dividend to commercial depositors of the Merchants Trust Go went off the short calendar in superior court to-day at the request of At torney J. Joseph Smith who said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12
Walter SomervilIe

Formerly manager of The spen- cer Shoe Store, is now associated in business with Anthony Mazza- lupo operating under the name of Walt-An Shoe Store at 133 Bank Street, opposite Howland-Hughes. Adv.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12
MAPS ARE WALL PAPER

room in the home here of Colonel William l. Blake is papercd entire- ly with World War maps. showing sectors where Blake saw action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-12

To establish state control over practically all farming activities a new law has been introduced in the Netherlands.
The Washington times., 1933-06-09
Fathers Day Is Sunday, June 18th

lis One Day of the Year! If you have to mail your
oil do your Fathers Day shopping tomorrow
The Washington times., 1933-06-09
MALLORY
Straw Hats

Look inside your Mallory hat.
Notice that Cellophane tip.
Mallory put it there to prevent
the heat from coming through,
and to keep the top of the hat
fresh and clean for the length
of it's life. That is only one
of the good things you get for
$3.50. Another is the Crava-
nette processing which
makes it Moisture Resistant.
The Washington times., 1933-06-09
We, too, believe in music, Mr. Secretary
So we warble bit about our Cool ClOthe


h Oay Mr.
ouop
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Stocks Soar;
Wheat Price
Takes Jump
Shorts Stage Mad Scramble
to Get Out of Their
Commitments.

By United Press
NEW YORK, March "a bull
market developed III stocks and
grains today. Stocks shot up l to 6
points, while wheat jumped 2 cents
a bushel on the Chicago Board of
Trade.
Shorts staged a mad scramble to
get out of their commitments and
were forced to bid up prices of
stocks several points to get them.
Trading turned active. Tickers
were straining to keep pace with
the market. The tape was two min
utes behind at 1870.
The movement spread to the curb
exchange.
Cotton futures scared 81 a bale.
Sugar prices firmed up.
Nervousness of shorts was caused
by two items:
/. The approach of the Inaugural
ton of President-Elect Franklin
D. Roosevelt. The Street" believed
the new President would issue a
reassuring statement on taking Of
flee, and bears were afraid to risk
a sensational rally on the publica-
ton of the statement.
2. Reports were current the vari-
Jus exchanges would restrict short
selling as they did when England
went off the gold standard last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
CHIEFS
MOURN WALSH
Grieve at Bier of Senator;
RooSeveItS Plan to
Visit Widow.

By United Press Hy7Twy
: WASHINGTON, March "a
group of high government officials
silently mourned today at the bier
of the late Senator Thomas j.
Walsh CDem., Month, while the city
was gay with flags for the inaugural
scene at which he was to have been
a principal actor.
The body of the much loved SEN
ator was returned to the capital
Thursday night, accompanied by
his fearful widow whose honeymoon
became a sad cortege.
President Elect and Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt called on Mrs.
Walsh today to extend their SYM
pathy.
The train bearing the body of
the man Mr.. Roosevelt chose for
the important post of attorney
general was met by representatives
of both the incoming and outgoing
chief executives.
Her eyes red with weeping and
her shoulders bowed in grief, Mrs.
Walsh, who as Sonora Moves Perez
De Trufin had been a social leader
in Havana and Washington. ap-
peared in a state of near collapse.
Attendants held back a curious
throng as she was escorted to a
limousine.
The widow was taken to the
Walsh apartment where in a mod
est, flower banked room the body
of her husband lay. The Walsh
family there joined in her grief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
RA|NEY NAMED
TO SPEAKER JOB
Greenwood of Indiana to Be
Democratic Whip in
Reorganization.
BY GEO. SANFORD HOLMES
Times STAFF Writer

WASHINGTON, March g.
Sweeping reforms in the admins
tration of the house of representa-
tives will be placed in effect in the
seventy-third congress, when Henry
T. Rainey of Illinois assumes the
position of Speaker to which he
was elected last evening at a caucus
of the Democratic majority.
The program for liberalization of
house procedure was offered by
Majority Leader Rainey himself,
and was adopted with only a minor
amendment. 1t provides for a
steering committee responsive to
the Democratic majority.
BY proposing this change in house
management, the S~peaker-elect re-
linquished traditional powers and
prerogatives, and stripped himself
of the arbitrary authority which
has been exercised by Speakers be-
fore him.
Rainey was elected by a vote of
166 to 112 over John McDume of
Alabama.
Joseph Byrns of Tennessee, vet
eran chairman of the appropriations
committee, was chosen majority
leader over Representative William
B. Bankhead by a vote of Isl to 140.
An unusual situation in Demo-
cratic caucus history took place
when Byrns nominated Rainey for
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
BANK HOLIDAYS
IN 80 STATES
List Grows Steadily, With
All Parts of Nation
Affected.
By United Press

Thirty states and the District of
Columbia today operated under
special bank holiday or moratorium
plans.
A two-day conference in Chicago
of state insurance commissioners
which had considered a proposed
moratorium on policy loans, adj
journed today with announcement
that no action had been taken.
The commissioners had been urged
by some small insurance companies
in the corn and wheat belts to allow
cessation of policy loans and fire
and theft claims.
Governor Henry Horner of Illi-
nois issued a statement today that
he felt a bank moratorium should
not be declared in Illinois.
The Governor was in conference
with inanciers most of the night.
Melvin A. Traylor and Stanley
Field were among the bankers who
attended.
Bankers and financial authorities
met Thursday night in Washington
and New York, discussing measures
to prevent the heavy withdrawal of
cash from states which have not
declared moratoria into those which
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

HISTORY was made today,
III when, after more than five
years as the daily helpers of fed
eral agents in enforcing the pro-
hibition law of the nation and
state, Sergeant John Eisenhut and
his squad today turned to regular
police duties.
Their last activity as assistants
of dry agents occurred Wednesday
afternoon when they visited the
federal building with alcohol cans,
a gun and parts of a still seized
in a raid the first of the week, be-
fore signing of the Wright dry law
repeater. The photo shows the
trio mounting the federal building
steps.
Eisenhut, patrolmen Otto Fulton
and Joe Statesman have a long
list of dry raids on their record
in the last few years. Before be-
ing assigned to the federal job,
Eisenhut operated the city police
booze squad a year.
Under the new system, with the
squad removed, federal officials
will receive cooperation, when
needed, from local police in en-
forcing the national dry law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

pride in the accuracy of its polls,
whose integrity often has been at
tackled. the Literary Digest begs
leave to point out it has served as
the voice of the people in this great
issue.
In 1924 it forecast the election
Of Calvin Coolidge as President with
a margin of error of less than 2
per cent.
I'm 1923 it was 95.6 per cent cor
rect in revealing that Herbert Hoo
yer would defeat Alfred E. Smith
and that the solid south would be
scattered.
In 1882 it was 99.6 per cent cor
rect in forecasting the electoral vote
for Franklin D. Roosevelt and $3.50
per cent correct in forecasting the
popular vote.
In view of thR record and with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Grains in Advance

BY ChltCG Press
CHICAGO, March "a startling
rush Of buying swept the wheat pit
OF the Chicago Board of Trade to-
day, and shot the price of wheat up
212 cents a bushel in the first hours
trading. All grains joined in the
sudden upward rush of prices. Pro-
visions gained as much as twenty
points.
At first confused over the reasons
for the sudden change in sentiment,
traders believed the announcement
of policy by Henry Morgenthau
Jr., designated to head the federal
farm board by President Elect
Roosevelt had brought the first
bullish flush to the market in
months.
Morganthau announced the fed
eral board would retire from Stabil-
ization operations as rapidly as
possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
FOrty-Sir States to Ratufy Repeal of Dry Amendment,
Predicts LterarU Diaest: Impetus Is Given to Drive

the results of the 1882 prohibition
poll in mind, it would seem that the
drys would be unable to get more
than one or two states to vote
against ratification of repeal"
Analysing sentiment in the six
teen states where the drys will wage
their most vigorous battles, the Di-
gest article points out that in its
1882 poll the straw ballots of Kan
sas showed a dry PERCENTAGE of
only 50.23, and North Carolina,
50.05. whereas the wet percentages
in the fourteen other states were
Oklahoma. SAB; Iowa. 63.4; Georgia,
63.8; Utah, sos; Nebraska, 62.9;
Kentucky. STA; Tennessee, Sic;
North Dakota, 76.5; South Dakota,
SO; New Hampshire, $50; South
Carolina, so; Alabama, 55.4; Missis-
Sippi. 56.2, and Florida, T49.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
WIDOW ACQUITTED
IN GHOST TRIAL
Accused of Bombing So
Mate Could Haunt Spot.

By United Press
CHICAGO, March 3.-Mrs. Ella
Hopkins, 53-year-old widow, and DR..
Lester j. Offner were acquitted on
Thursday night on charges of homb-
ing the gasoline station of William
Lambert so that Mrs. Hopkins hus-
bands ghost could haunt the spot.
Mrs. Hopkins testified that her
husband before he died had told her
not to sell the Hopkins home or he
would haunt her.
She said that Lambert made her
drink wine, and then sign a receipt
for 500 rs an initial payment on
the Hopkins home.
The widow, who said her life since
selling the place had been a living
he'll" because her husbands ghost
haunted her, said she wanted to buy
the place back, and when Lambert
refused, she and DR.. Offner hired
James D. Milto to punch Lam
bert in the nose, and give him a
couple of black eyes"
Both Mrs. Hopkins and Offner
denied mentioning any bombing. De
Milto is awaiting trial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Fight Counter Attack

By United Press
TALICHIATUNG, WITH THE
JAPANESE ARMY, Jehol, March 3.
The japanese army today was
menaced by counter attacks on it's
tenuous positions along the main
roads to Chengtehfu.
The main advance upon the
capital of Jehol was halted tenn
porarily while the arlny's present
position was consolidated and sup
plies were brought up to the front.
A counter-attack on Chihfeng
failed, according to the high COM
mand, the japanese were STEM
ming a determined couLCer-as-
Sault on the city of Lingyuan, half
way between Chaoyang and Cheng-
tehfu.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
BY WALKER STONE
Times STAFF Writer

WASHINGTON, March 3-The
drive for repeal of the eighteenth
amendment gained impetus through
out the country today as the news
spread that the Literary Digest, in
this weeks issue, predicts ratifica-
ton of the repeater by forty-six
states.
Forecasts of the Digest, one of
the nations leading political wealth.
er vaneS. have proven unusually ac-
curate over the last twelve years.
Digest polls in 1924, 1928, and 1882
predicted the winning presidential
candidate in all instances, the mag
azine boasts, with an error Of less
than 5 per cert"
If the issue is put to a direct vote
of the people, the DSMest says, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Near JehoI Capital

BY United Press
TOXIC, March 3. Japanese
troops, driving against Chengtehfu,
capital of Jehol province, entered
the town of Pingchuan, thirty-five
miles east of their goal, at 1890
p. m, it was announced today.
japanese commanders reported to
the war office that they expected to
reach Chengtehfu by Saturday.
Previous messages had predicted
success by March 10 for the six Jap
aneSe armies now %converging on
the Jehol capital.
The report from Pingchuan indi-
Gated that the attackers were far
ahead of their schedule, and that
the Chinese defenSeS had fallen
more rapidly than expected.
An immediate attack on the last
Chinese defenSes before Chengtehfu
was expected, according to dis
patches from Chingchow.
The Jehol capital was reported in
confusion, with Governor Tang Yu-
Lin and other high officials prepar-
ing to evacuate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

drys will not be able to muster more
than one or two states to vote
against repeal.
Analysing its 1922, 1880 and 1882
nationwide prohibition polls, the
Digest article contends that the
sentiment of the electorate was wet
eleven years ago, and has grown
wetter every year since.
The drys," says the Digest
article, must hold thirteen states in
line. Can they do it?
Not more than two states, let
alone thirteen, will vote against re-
peal of prohibition, as shown by the
Literary Digest's polls.
kansas and North Carolina were
the only dry states in the latest
poll, and this by scant margin.
"At the risk of seeming to pat it
self on the back, but with a high
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03

Almost Immediately on his arrival,
Mr.. Roosevelt called Democratic
Senate leaders to his hotel for dis
cuSsions calculated to round out the
drastic program he has in mind for
economic rehabilitation.
The conferences were continued
today between calls on President
Hoover and the widow of the late
Senator Thomas j. Walsh, attorney
general designate.
The banking situation, which MI.
Roosevelt has been watching for two
weeks, was taken up with senate
leaders.
No Statement on Banking
MI. Roosevelt formally denied
New York reports that he proposed
to issue a statement on finances to-
day.
The President-elect's secretary
said that when Mr.. Roosevelt was
informed of these reports he said:
They are without any foundation.
I do not propose to make any state
ment on finances"
Speaker John N. Garner, after a
morning conference with the Pres
ident-elect, indicated that the Spe-
cial session Of congress would be
called early this month.
The Speaker would give no indi-
cation as to the exact date.
That MI. Roosevelt is ready to
drive first toward economy was evil
denced in his appointment of Henry
Morganthau Jr. of New York as
chairman of the federal farm board.
One of Morgenthau'S first tasks will
be to consolidate all federal farm
relief agencies under the new board.
Friends looked for Mr.. Roosevelt
to name before Inauguration the
person to fill Walsh's place in the
cabinet.
Considers Cabinet Situation
The President-elec was reported
to be considering three or four
names, among them being Arthur
Mullen of Nebraska, ce-chairman
of the Democratic national commit
tee; Homer Cummings, veteran
Connecticut leader, and Guy
Thompson, st. Louis, former head
of the American Bar Association.
Sources close to Mr.. Roosevelt
felt Mullen stood an excellent
chance. At the same time it was
declared that should Cummings be
chosen, it would be as a stop-gap
and for a brief time only. He is
slated, it was explained, for the
governor-generalship OF the Philip
pines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-03
Worried in Shanghai
By United Press

~ CHttCG Press
SHANGHAI, March 4.-(Satur-
day)-General ~tenseness was evil
dent today as the conviction grew
that Japanese forces invading JehoI
would not stop at the Great Wall,
but would push into China proper,
endangering the Peiping and TEN
tSin areas.
1t was rumored here the Chinese
nationalist government was consid-
ering moving its capital from Nam
king to Shanghai.
japanese warships we're reported
searching Chinese vessels off the
mouth of the Yangtsze.
Chinese residents feared possible
attacks on Shanghai and Marking
should japanese warshipS move up
the river when troops cross the
Great Wall.