The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-22

, with the usual low month we find that for the past six years the drop in prices has ranged, etc should read, but comparing the high week of the fall with the low week of the winter we find that, etc."
 AT LAST
 After six years of effort the Federal Trade Commission is at last going to find out how much sugar" the mighty Electric Bond & Share company has been taking from its subsidiaries in the guise of management fees.
 In 1928 the commission de- manded the corporations books in order to uncover these costs ---all of which come from elec- tricity consumers. It is the commissions contention that these charges are used by the power. moguls to. rpad' their operating costs thereby obtain ing by the power moguls to pad" their operating costs thereby ob- taining higher rates.
 The corporation refused to produce its records, and the case went to the courts. For four years the issue dragged from one tribunal to another, with the government winning every test. At last came n final de- cision, and the company had to {, open it's files.
 For over a year Examiner Meleen has been studying them, preparing his computations. They are now ready for public airing shortly after January 1, when Meleen takes the witness stand.
 CRIME CURES
 Secret recommendations for curbing crime are being pre- pared for the approaching ses- sion of congress. They are go- ing to be eye-openers.
 Five months study of under world conditions has convinced Senator Royal s. Copeland, chair-> mittee" that a crucial law-and- order crisis confronts the coun- try, that heroic measures must be taken. He proposes:
 1. Universal registration of
 cx-convictS plus special iden-
 tificatiOn cards.
 ~s2. Creation of a penal col-
 Ony on some remote island,
 such as Guam, for all federal
 lifcrs.
 3. Establishment of a fed-
 sssU 0 tn h nU
 lOtted a proportion of the force
 according to a population ratio.
 4. Enlargement of the Jus
 tice Departments Bureau of Investigation to at least 1000
 agents. The present person. mel numbers around $50. $. Extension of the scope of the Dyer Act so as to cover interstate shipment of stolen
 goods, especially securities. 6. Federal licensing of fire-
 arms manufacturers and deal-
 CTS; prohibition of arms ship mentS to unlicensed purchas- | CTS.
 MRS ROOSEVELTS WEEK Mrs Roosevelt accepted invi- tation to speak before conference of Cause and Cure of War un- der chairmanship of Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt Told report CTS: This is cheese week. How to serve it differently on every menu is something of a prob lem, but luckily my husband just i1nuoc ch Tnnl< foa with i. Mrs Robert Todd Lincoln, aged daughter-in-law of Abraham Lincoln Entertained at tea for women in government ser vice, expressed appreciation of getting acquainted with women about whom she had heard SO much but never met Lis- tened to Hans Kinder and Ma tional Symphony orchestra Received representatives of con- sumers at White House buffet luncheon. Told them to make themselves at home and went walking with friend, plus Meg gie, her pet scottie In- formed by guard at Walker Johnson building: "No dogs all, lowed. lady, and had to wait outside Gave her colored maid, Elizabeth McDuffie, night off to be feted at Crystal Cavern in recognition of her at- tempt to save a colored prison- CT from execution Visited Santa Claus at downtown de- partment store. Bought doll for her granddaughter Enter tained ex-Governor Case of Rhode Island and his wife as White House guests Put into effect a moratorium upon official parties until after the holidays, but not on two parties for Anna Roosevelt Dall and Sistie and Buzzie In preparation for the latter, bought one 24-foot Christmas tree for SPA and eight smaller trees for the White House grounds =. Entertained Warren Delano Robbins, cousin of, the president, just returned from Canada where he is Ameri- can minister Wrote week