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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
New Compromise
on the Veterans
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ment limiting President Roosevelt
to 25 pc recent reduction in vet
erans' compensation as a violation
of the principle Of the democratic
platform and of the Roosevelt
economy program.
Insurgent leaders Of the house
today rejected fatty President
Roosevelt's first compromise In the
bitter dispute over veterans econ
onnies.
New executive regulations, es-
timated to restore between $780,
900, 900 and $40, on0, 900 Of the pre-
vious $42D,000.000 reduction eff
fected ~ President Roosevelt,
were attacked as inadequate" by
Rep. Patman, DEM, Tex, and
others of the powerful soldiers
bloc.
This group, anticipating a COM
plete victory, will press on for
house acceptance of a senate rider
to the independent offices appro-
priation bill which adds $4,000
900 to ex-servicemen's allowances.
Some administration supporters.
however, believed the presidents
action might bring many a revolt
ing congressman back in line.
Speaker Rainey expressed belief
that Mr. Roosevelt would not sign
the bill If the senate provision
were retained.
The house democratic steering
committee, which had been ready
to kick over the administration
traces and go on record in favor
of the senate rider will meet with
the president today. The chief
executive will seek to bring into
line this key group Of congressional
leaders, who have considerable in
fiuence with the rank and file Of
members.
Critics Of the administration
compromise, among them Rep.
Connery. Mass, influential MEM
bers of the steering committe, still
arc dissatisfied with the treatment
accorded Spanish-American war
veterans and also World War ex-
servicemen whose disabilities are
merely presumed to be traceable
to war service.
The presidents new policy liber-
alizes previous cuts ordered for
veterans whose injuries are direct
ly due to wartime service, but
the "presumptive' class. number
ing thousands, still is subject to
drastic reductions.
Under the new regulations, no
veterans suffering from direct SER
vice connected disability shall have
his compensation reduced by more
than Is per cent. A White house
statement estimated the average
reduction would not be more than
Is per cent. The senate provision
would forbid reductions of more
than rs per cent in compensation
for "presumptive" as well as direct
disabilities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
Cyrus H. X. Curtis
Died This Morning
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ter; DR. Martin E. Rehfuss. Phila-
delphia, and DIR Freeman Brown
of Rockland, Me.
ago, May 81, 1882, shortly after her
husband suffered a heart attack
from which he never fully recov-
cred.
Curtis life was in the American
tradition-the poor boy who made
good. He started his newspaper
career as a newsboy in Portland,
Me. At Is, he bought second
hand press and started a paper. A
fire ended the venture.
II liked the SMELL Of the paper
and ink" Curtis explained in later
years.
AS an errand boy in Boston he
saved enough money to start an
other paper, but 1t was a failure.
Then he went to Philadelphia and
started the Peoples Ledger, a third
failure and the Tribune and
Farmer. His first wife, Louisa
Knapp Of Boston, created a column
that survived after the papers de-
mise and became the Ladies Home
Journal prosperous keystone Of the
Curtis properties.
In 1890, Curtis founded the Cur
It's Publishing company and seven
years later purchased the Saturday
Evening Post. In 1911, he bought
the Country Gentleman.
Then followed a period Of rapid
expansion In the newspaper field.
In 1913, Curtis took over the Pub
lie Ledger. year later, he started
publication Of the Evening Public
Ledger, In July 1918, he purchased
the Evening Telegraph and two
years later the Philadelphia Press,
which he merged with the Morning
Public Ledger. In 1926. he pur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
Big Store Was
Opened To-day
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ager and his Is employees, all of
Waterbury, who were employed
with the opening of the new furni-
ture house.
That 'Ole Man Depression was
knocked for a loop was an accepted
fact as the visitors began grabbing
up the bargains. People from
Goshen, Torrington, Beacon Falls,
Meriden and Danbury were noticed
among those in attendance at the
Grand Opening.
until o'clock each evening the
rest of this-grand opening week.
The store expects shortly to
employ IS people and use three
trucks to cover a broad 100 mile
delivery field.
The store policy, satisfaction
guaranteed or money back" met
with instant approval this morn.
ing and the hundreds who came
from all points in this section are
believed to have been attracted
by the featured policy of the
store which is based on easy bud
get terms offered to the entire
public.
Those who were fortunate
enough to have been among the
grand openers" were amazed tc
see grand opening features such
as vacuum cleaners, reduced from
| $3.50 to $12.92: Gold Seal Con.
goleum rugs selling slightly over
So: Philco radio sets reduced from
$25 to $14.92; Stewart-Warner
radios reduced from $68.94 to
$39.94: ~ Highlander Innersprine
mattresses, nationally advertised al
500, selling for one half that price;
Venetian four-piece mirror bed
room suite reduced from $50 to
one half that price and numerous
other bargains that are worth in
spection. The management invites
such inspections during grand
opening week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
Dread Curse of
the Hapsburgs
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Switzerland, next week, Mile Eli
zardo De Pedro, daughter of a
Cuban plantation owner.
The Prince of Austria is report
ed to have been strengthened in
his determination to marry a com.
moner by the fate that has over
taken his brother.
So, too, has been the effect on
the Infanta Maria Christina, now
FL. who when she becomes hel
own mistress two years hence, in.
sists she will make her own life,'
and probably go to America.
Il am anxious to make my way
and settle down like any other CIR
In my own home" she confided t.
friends.
The Prince of Austria also II
said to want to get away entirely
from Europe. He wants to go tC
Cuba as soon as possible, and he
may supervise the properties oil
his fiancee. He has a large allow
ance from his family, but this may
be out when he marries.
All his life the prince has been
under treatment for hemophilia
a strange malady that can be
transmitted only through the wo-
men of a family, and only to men.
Women themselves do not suffer
from 1t.
Some progress has been reported
in Austria's case, but specialists
who have been summonded to at
tend young Prince Gonzalo at Lou
vain, have been able only to con-
firm that he has the "Hapsburg
curse" transmitted to the Spanish
Bourbons.
Gonzalo was studying at famous
Louvain University. Several
months ago he cut his foot on a
bit of broken glass. Bleeding per-
sisted. and he was weakened so
that he had to remain in bed.
King Alfonso, deprived of the
throne to which he assembled under
his mothers regency, the day he
was born, is doing all he can to
keep his family together. It was
learned that he even forbade the
queen and princesses to write the
Prince of Austria in Lausanne with
his sweetheart. But, 1t was learned
also, the women of the family Sc
cretly admire the princes determ-
ination and bootleg" letters to
him continuously.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
May Be Resurrected
At Next Assembly

way commissioner authorized to
erect new bridge from highway
funds.
The birth control bill was taken
from the table in the senate, but
returned there shortly when Sena-
tor Cooney moved to postpone &C.
ton indefinitely.
The Bridgeport bill, which per-
mits a bond issue for relief work,
but has attached rider giving the
board of apportionment and taxa.
ton wider powers, was finally
passed in the senate when Senator
David Goldstein, Bridgeport, with.
drew his objections after denounc'
ing the unfair treatment" accord.
ed his home city.
The bill calling for blood tests fol
those seeking marriage licenses was
rejected by a one-vote margin In
the senate.
Both houses passed the baby
budget" appropriating an addition.
al $350,00O to cover appropriations
made after the regular budget was
drawn. They also concurred in re-
jecting bill to abolish the office
of coroner,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07

berian railroad Chita, which is APP
proximately 500 miles east of Lake
Baikal not far from the Monaghan
frontier, he hoped to fly oh to
Khabarovski, approximately 1000
miles further on, after only a brief
halt. Khabarovsk is near the ST.
berian Pacific coast and from there
Mattern planned to fly to Nome,
Alaska.
II winds were favorable, he was
due at Chita sometime around 8
p. m. &c a. m. EDT) today.
Delayed almost IL hours here
Mattern was in excellent physical
condition when he lifted his plane
from the field just as the sky began
to show the first traces Of dawn
He was fresh after four hours OF
sleep and was in excellent spirits
He told airport attendants that he
felt he would better the Post-Gatty
record despie his long halts here
and in Moscow. They made exten.
sive stops farther east in Siberia
which he hoped to avoid.
Unfavorable, drizzly weather
caused the long. delay here. Mat.
tern as soon as the sky began
clearing after midnight he began
going over his ship preparatory fol
the take-off.
The hope from -Omsk to Chita Il
the second 1ongers so far on the
flight. Mattern covered 3,400 miles
from New York to Jamfruland
Norway; 1880 miles from Oslo tc
Moscow; 1900 from Moscow te
OmSk,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
Default June
Just Like December
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were eliminated from the proposed
four power pact before the French
cabinet agreed to its terms, the
United Press learned today in OBJ
tanning an official summary of its
six articles.
The pact makes reservation a.
gainst revision of European from
tiers as established by the Versail-
les treaty.
Armament equality and frontier
revision are two major detectives
Of German foreign policy. Ger
many postponed initiating the pact
yesterday in order to consider its
ters further.
= Premier Edouard Daladier was
understood to feel that the pact Of
fered no danger to any power and
that its chief virtue would be to
clear the atmosphere of suppressed
hospitility and suspicion.
Meanwhile, representatives OF
the United States, and Great Brit
ain gathered in Paris for a British
American-French conference to-
morrow, when it is hoped some
disarmament formula will be de-
vised to lend an optimistic atmos-
phere to the opening of the world
economic conference.
Friends of President Roosevelt
insisted that he was trying to be
consistent in carrying out the No
vember announcement in which he
established the principle that the
debtor should come to the creditor
and submit it's case for examina-
ton IL 1t cared to do so.
AS yet, no more has been made
officially in that direction although
1t was admitted in some quarters
that unofficial feelers have been
put out.
In this connection twas recalled
that Sir Ronald Lindsay, the Brit
ish ambassador, has discussed the
debt situation from time to time
with. state department officials in
an informal way, but each time
ne has had pointed out to him
the position which the president
has taken and which will continue
to be his policy in the matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07

stellation contains q number OF
very interesting astronomic bodies
and, in particular, the great star
cluster, Messier 10. 1t is not easy
to describe the exact location OF
this cluster, but 1t can readily be
found with an opera or field glass
just north of an imaginary line
drawn from Gamma, the bright
est star in Corona Borealis, to We
ga. The brightest stars of Hercu-
les lie along two irregular lines
running approximately north and
south, and the cluster is near the
more westerly of these lines. I'm
der good seeing conditions 1t Is
visible even to the naked eye as
a small patch of light. quite diff
ferent in appearance from the
stars.
In larger telescopes and on pho
tographic plates the star cluster
presents q rough spherical outline
and 1t Is one of the so-called glob-
ular clusters, great aggregations of
many thousands of stars all form
ing a closely knit gravatational sys-
tenn. The Hercules cluster system
contains at least a hundred thou
sand stars and some estimates are
as high even as million stars.
The distance of this cluster from
us, Is no doubt, well over thirty
Observation-Disclosures and the dis
lance across the space occupied by
order Of one hundred light-years.
The individual stars are themsel-
yes, very large ,.mots of them.
1t is Of the order OF 100 light-years.
probably larger than the sun.
On June 81, at about quar-
ter past IL a. M, summer be-
gins officially as the sun reaches
the northern solstice point on the
tropic of Cancer, its furthest nor
thern limit. 1t is then twenty-three
and half degrees north of the
celestial equator and highest in the
sky at noon for all points on the
earth lying in the northern tenn
perature zone and in the arctic
zone. In the latitude of New York.
about Al degrees north, the sun
will be still some seventeen and a
half degrees from the zeniths at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07

Through the courtesy of Ameri-
can Brass authorities the annual
Boy Scout rally will be held Satur-
day afternoon at Brassco Park at
2 o'clock. The 80 troops of the
local council will be eligible to
compete. Commissioner Ernest w.
Bossell will be in charge Of the
jamboree assisted by District Com
. missioners Vernon e. Abel, Harry
s. Hyde, Carlton Chaplin, William
/: A. Reynolds and Roy Morrison.
Field Commissioner Ray Ingram
will serve as official scorer and
I Charles Duncan as clerk of the
: course. Commissioner Bossell will
!; be the referee and the judges will
: include the above mentioned men
: and others to be selected from
troop committee officers and other
scout leaders.
The rally will mark the termin-
{ alton Of the district rallies held
fortnight ago. Tower and bridge
building and cooking events will
be held this year. the first time
in the history of the local council.
Each cooking team will be re-
quired to broil a half pound steak,
/, fry two eggs, one sunnyside up
without breaking the yolk and one
turned and unbroken, four pam
cakes, and cocoa for four persons.
A general assembly of all troops
will be held at 2 o'clock at which
/, time attendance record will be
taken, followed by the regular
schedule of events.
The program follows:
1. Signalling (semaphore). En-
tries unlimited. One man run to
finish line.
2. Signalling (Morse). Entries
unlimited. One man run to finish
line. Note: In both signalling ev-
. ents, either the receiver or record
er will be required to run to des-
! ignated finishing line. Full de-
tails will be given before the event
starts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
80 Troops Eligible
For Competition In
Annual Contests
Tower and Bridge Building Included in Events fOl
First Time-Troops to Attend General Assembly
at2P. M. Followed By Attendance Records

8. Fire-Lay contests: set for
each troop.
4. Stretcher race: 1 team per
troop. In this event teams may
run to the patient, but must walk
back, giving due care to patient.
S. Stretcher race (burlesque) ]
team per troop. In this event team
may run both ways.
6. Fire by flint and steel: En-
tries unlimited.
Z. Tower building: Tower per
troop. No limit to the number OF
scouts.
s. Bridge building: 1 bridge per
Troop. Note: s. Ms and A. s. Ms
will not be permitted to assist in
the erection of tower or bridge.
Neither will coaching of any kind
be allowed after signal to start
has been given. Violation of this
ruling will disqualify Troop.
10. Cooking Event: One meal
from each troop. 1t will not be re-
quired that all four items be served
at the same time.
Special Items to Consider
/. Each troop will be required
TO IurnlSn all materials necessary
for each event, with the exception
of wood for cooking purposes.
2. Each troop will be required
to clean up their section and re-
move all material after the rally.
Don't leave things behind.
8. The rally is scheduled to
start promptly at 2 o'clock, there
fore all troops are expected to be
ready at that time.
4. Specific details on each event
will be announced before each
event starts.
s. Materials may be taken to
the field any time Saturday.
We express to you our apprecia-
ton for your cooperation in help
ing to make this rally a success.
May your troop win.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
HOLD SCOUT Rally AIT BRASSC0 PARK
THREE NATIONS
FAVOR PLAN OF
UNITED STATES
Would License Manufac-
ture of War Munitions
and Give Full Publicity
of All Manufactures

Geneva, June 7-(UP) = Great
Britain, Germany and Italy. today
supported the United States pro-
posal at the disarmament CONFER
ence for licensing manufacture of
war munitions, and for full public
ity as to manufacture. Captain An
thony Eden, of Great Britain,
agreed with the United States that
private manufacture, with proper
restriction, should be permitted.
The French proposal for abolition
of private manufacture, he argued,
would unjustly favor those nations
that have been accommodating arm
aments for years.
.Naotake Sato, japanese delegate.
urged national control instead of
the control under the League of
Nations as favored by others.
He said also that general
disarmament agreement should be
reached before the specific prob
lem Of manufacture was attacked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
House Ready for
Great Finale
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amount of interest charged from
3 IL per cent to 8 per cent a
month, and imposes restrictions on
the loan companies. Efforts to re-
duce the interest rate to 2 per cent.
and then to IL per cent, were
rejected. The senate passed the
bill with the per cent rate, so
the measure was sent back for con-
ference.
A bill authorizing the attorney
general to contest with the sur
rogate court of New York, concern
ing the inheritance tax Of the late
J. Henry Trowbridge, was passed
with an appropriation of $500.
Trowbridge, who left a taxable
estate of approximately $4,000, 900
lived at both Darien, Conn, and
New York city. The inheritance
tax would amount to about $780,
900.
A bill to name a commission to
consider motor vehicle laws and
report on them in 1887. was tabled.
as were three other motor vehicle
committee bills designed to reduce
the cost Of registration Is per cent,
ANAs way ASA6SA 0A0 WSASAS "
trucks.
When the house opened Repre-
sentative Samuel Google, New Bril-
tain, democrat, started to praise
Governor Cross's various appoint
ments in a speech. Republicans
banged their desks until he was
drowned out. and Republican
Leader Baldwin called upon him to
keep the ''trivialties until the SER
ious business of the session was
completed.
In the gallery of the house was
the Hartford Shrine band, ready
to play at the closing ceremonies.
The representatives were armed
with confetti, noise makers and
ready for the closing day
Books and pamphlets
which might be thrown with seri-
Gus result had been removed from
the hall Of the house by the JAM
tors under orders from the build
Ing superintendent.
At final adjournment the senate
will meet with the house, and the
governor will be escorted into the
hall. At this request the secretary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07

Secondly, they have been led to
believe that Washington would
prefer the debtor nations to de-
fault rather than voluntarily grant
them revision.
1t was understood the French
hope Britain also will default
June Is, believing it would preci-
pitate a general settlement and
aid the success of the world
economic conference, they believe
kthe conference must be accom-
panied by a. general debt settle
ment as well as sterilization of
currencies, If it is to achieve any
thing worth while.
Government circles said the only
chance for a change of attitude on
the part Of the French population
would be a gesture by President
Roosevelt, which they now finally
are convinced is impossible in the
face of the attitude Of congress.
French politicians argue now the
same as they argued against for
mer Premier Edouard Herriot,
whose government was defeated
on the debt issue-"Paypents
from Germany were stopped by In
ternational agreement; France can
not pay the United tSates unless
Germany pays France"
British Was Debt
London, June 7-(UP)-Presi-
dent Roosevelt evidently has de-
clined to make a statement this
week reassuring European war
debtors, it was indicated today.
That Interpretation was placed
on an official announcement which
said:
"Great Britain is awaiting no
war debt message from Washing
ton"
The cabient thus is forced to
make his own perplexing decision
and take the responsibility for
what happens.
London is continuing it's debt
conferences in Washington. While
the United States delegates to the
world economicic conference are
expected here to discuss a final
settlement, the burden of their
conversations will rest on Sir Ron
aid Lindsay, British ambassador.
Up to Debtors.
Washington, June . (UP)-
Authoritative sources today declar-
ed that the administration was
holding to its war debt position
that 1t is up to debtor nations to
make the first move for a hearing
on adjustment.
Germany Barred.
Paris, June Z (UP)-All pledges
to Germany Of armament equality
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07
THE HEAVENS IN JUNE

noon. In fact, it can never reach
the zenith at points lying further
from the equator than a latitude
of twenty-three and one-half de-
grees, either north or south. The
division of the earth's surface into
its various zones is really based on
this phenomenon; the torrid zone,
lying between the terrestrial tropi-
cal circles, contains all the area
wrich can have the sun In the ze-
NTH; the frigid zone, both arctic
and antarctic, contain all the areas
which can have at least one full
twenty-four hour period of sun
light, and between these and the
tropics lie the two temperate zones.
extending from ATTITUDES twenty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-07

: tanned the original feature Of the
< proposal, namely two prosecutors
at $4,000 each.
The House action necessitated
sending the bill back to the Senate
where on a strictly party vote the
Senate stood firm behind Senator
Lawlor. The Waterbury senator
was then named committee of
conference to discuss the matter
+ with a similar body appointed in
4 the House. Representatives Larash
of Orange and Bradley Of Westport
I, were named to tins committee this
morning after the House had again
adhered to its intention of support
ing the substitute bill.
Early this afternoon Senator
Lawlor declared that he would not
!. move from his stand and would
y seek to have the House change its
Nposition. He was in conference for
! q time with Mayor Frank Hayes
I of Waterbury who was an inter-
y ested observer of the game of
y catch and toss being engaged in
by the legislature with the Wa
terbury bill.
The obvious outcome, though,
! with the legislature finishing its
-term this afternoon is the death of
1.-THE bill in conference.
What Happened Yesterday
Both branches went through an
: other busy program yesterday.
with the house holding the first
night session in 20 years.
The governors veto to the bill
to tax athletic fields of educational
institutions ended with the senate
tabling the bill after the house
had overridden the veto.
Both houses passed the amended
minimum wage bill for women and
minors in industry. After the house
amended the measure, placing re-
ssponsibility for its administration
with the commissioner of labor.
the senate concurred. 1t was char
acterized as a fine piece of legis-
lation. 1t is aimed at the sweat
shops.
The house tabled the bill to place
all schools on standard time, and
took similar action on a measure
to establish laundry commits
sion.
Both houses rejected the COVER
nor's effort to have the liquor con-
troll act amended so that hotels
might serve beer anywhere upon
their premises. The house rejected
the old age pension bill, passed In
sthe senate, and passed a measure
-appropriating an additional $45,-
1000 needed for expenses of the leg
islature. A measure placing the
Middletown-P Portland bridge on the
trunk line highway system was
passed in the house, and the high.