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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
SOCKS, SHIRTS,
BRING JAPAN
BRITISH CRISIS
BY w. G. QUIsENBERRY

united Press STAFF Correspondent
London-A three-cent pair or
socks, a 17-cent shirt and q pair
of pants that sells for adime. are
bringing Great Britain and Japan
dangerously near a diplomatic
crises.
Foremost among the great pow
ers to sympathize with Japan's
military drive through China.
Great Britain Is sympathetic no
longer. For in the wake OF the
war has come a mighty economic
offensive. This time 1t is not China
which stands to lose, but Great
Britain.
Equipped with the worlds most
efficient factories, laborers who VIII
work for 10 cents day and q
deprecated currency, Japan has
scaled successfully every tariff wall
and captured markets from west
ern Industrial nations.
Hold Slipping
Britain sees her economic hold
on the empire slipping. Led ny
Winston Churchill. q revolt Is ris-
ing against the government be-
cause 1t is not taking sterner
measures to guard British inter-
ests in India, where British manu-
factureers warn Of their helpless
ness to compete with Japan's So
called economic aggression"
India, with it's 3b0,000,000 peo-
pie, is the richest market In the
British empire. In the last year
and a half Japan. at the expense
of British industry, has doubled
her share of that market.
No part of the world seems too
distant for Japan to compete In
with equal success. The West In
dies. half way around the world
from Japan, furnish a Significant
example of what is going on. In
two years, from 1880 to 1882, Jap
an expanded her share of the silk
textile sales in some of the islands
tenfold. In the first two months
of 1898 she sold twice as much as
In the entire previous year.
No one imagined three years ago
the seriousness of the challenge
that Japan would huri to the In
dustralized nations OF the west.
Suffering severely from defiation
while she tried to keep the yen
worth 80 cents in gold, her raw
silk selling at the lowest price In
history, Japan fought a logged,
disheartening battle against the
growing world depression.
Great Britain's abandonment Of
the gold standard In the fall Of
1891 proved the last straw. Japan
followed the example IN December
and entered, along with Britain.
into the game of competitive de-
probation of currencles.
The yen. worth SO cents gold
at. par, has fallen to around 20.
Japan has forgAd far ahead Of
Britain In the race to capture
markets form the gold countries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
Gold Nations Have
Changed Opinions
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once to continue and declaring
that there WIS no reason why II
should disband simply because
"there are Emergencies over GER
tain monetary matters: between
certain nations.
None of the 16 nations repre-
scented on the steering committee
proposed formal adjournment It
Neville Chamberlain, British
chancellor Of the exchequer, sub
mittcd a draft resolution propos-
ing: p
THAT all committees and SUBJ
committees continue to meet and
decide what they might accom-
plish. then report to the big econ.
omic and monetary commissions.
2-That g. plenary session OF all
delegates be held before the end
of July.
3-That the steering committee
meet once q week.
Georges Bonnet, French finance
minister, and Guido Jung, of Italy
rejected Chamberlain proposal
at once. Hull and Prime Minister
r. B. Bennett of Canada. who has
worked closely with Hull on all
matters, supported it.
But Bonnet and Jung, In behalf
of the gold standard nations, de-
clared they opposed formal ad-
journment of the whole confer
cnce, and espoused q continuance
However, they said, monetary mat
tiers and those economic problems
with monetary factors should be
omitted as hopeless OF solution
without sterilization. This would
include the tariff question, most
important in President Roosevelt's
view.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
PARAGUAY AND
BOLIVIA ARE in
BATTLE AGAIN
They Are Hustling to Kill
Each Other. Off Before
the League Takes
Action :,

La Paz Bolivia, July 6-(UP)-
Paraguay and Bolivia were en-
gagged in a heavy battle today in
the Gran Chaco area where the
league Of nations hopes soon to eff
feet a peace agreement.
Bolivia claimed victories in the
important Nanawo and Gondra Sec
tors, with Paraguayan losses of
200 yilled and 1000 injured. OF 200
defenders of the Nanawa island
Paraguayan fortress, a Bolivian
announcement said, 100 were killed.
Asuncion, Paraguay, July Gu
P)-Paraguay troops were holding
their grounds today against strong
Bolivian attacks in the Nanawa
sector of the Gran Chaco, launched
with the hope Of attaining an ad-
vantage before arrangement Of an
armistice by league OF nations
commission, the government said.
Geneva, July 6-(UP)-Alarmed
at reports of heavy fighting in the
Gran Chaco area between Bolivia
and Paraguay, the league of ma
tons committee trying to arrange
armistice asked Bolivian and
Paraguayan representatives to ca
Bile for letails today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06

Balloons rickshaws m
And there are those who would
put o. legal end to all this. They
Include DR.. Philip Yarrow, white
haired president Of the Illionis
Vigilance Association, and Miss
Mary Belle Spencer, an attorney.
There's Those Who Protest
Not only is Miss Spencer seek
ing an injunction to close Paris,
but she has protested to Washing
ton. Reminding that soldiers are
quartered at Camp John Whistler
inside the grounds and that q sub
marine Is tide up nearby, she Is
demanding enforcement of fed
eral law which provides that no
Iewd exhibition shall be given
within half mile of military
reservation.
To be sure, the submarine Is no
longer in service. Formerly the
2-40 1t has been privately owned
since the government, In accord
ance with the disarmament con-
ference, scrapped 1t three years
ago. But Miss Spencer defends
her action on the grounds that the
four wind bronzed men, explaining
the mysteries of Its escape matches
and torpedo tube were members Of
It's wartime crew.
Gray heads who have attended
both Of Chicago's Fairs still talk
Of the Ferris WHEEL Of '93. But A
Century Of Progress has It's So
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
Jake the Barber
May Be Returned

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cratic politician. Despite insistent
denials by Jerome Factor, 10, son
of the elder Factor, who witnessed
the kidnapping, communication
from the gang was received by A.
L. Epstein, an attorney. Epstein
was with the Factors when the
broker was seized and himself was
held by the gang for short while.
Before his release, It was learned,
he was given instructions for nego-
tiations.
The original ransom demand of
$4,000 was understood to have
been reduced. The money was to
be obtained from one of Factors
numerous bank accounts, a source
close to the family said.
Friends of Factor believed the
Roger Touhy gang of the North
west Side, which has gained In
power since collapse of the Capone
faction, was closely linked with the
abduction. 'Touhy, interviewed by
the United Press yesterday. denied
he ever was involved in a kidnap-
Ing. But information obtained by
negotiators since then pointed to
the Touhy gang.
Factor was kidnapped on his first
trip from the Loop area since
Jerome was abducted and held for
100000 less than three months
ago. In his aversion for bright
spots of the city's night life Factor
often frequented the Northwest
section of the metropolitan area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
John T. Drescher
Died Last NIGHT
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place tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock from the Stewart Funeral
home, 219 West Main street, with
services by Rev w. Moreton Owen
of the Bunker Hill Congregational
church. Burial will be in Ever
green cemetery, WATERFOWL.
Friends may call at the funeral
home this afternoon and evening.
Mr. Drescher was born in Zu-
rich, Switzerland. He served his
apprenticeship as a barber and
beauty expert in Paris, France, and
then came to this country, arriving
in 1880. Mr. Drescher went d.
rectly to Bristol, Conn, where he
resided for two years, and then
removed to Waterbury.
He first entered his chosen field
here in the old Scovill House, now
long extinct but in his time the
stopping place of the elite visiting
Waterbury from all points of the
United States.
Mr. Drescher stayed at the SEQ
Will House for three years and then
went into business for himself at
So Grand street, where he con-
tinued to operate until May, 1929.
when he retired and sold his bus
mess to his son, Carl, who is now
carrying on the affairs of the con-
Germ. When Mr. Drescher took over
the quarters at So Grand street in
1885 the building was then O ma
chine shop. He remodeled the
structure and built up a thriving
business, where all Waterburians
desiring special and excellent serv-
ice went. Mr. Drescher often re-
counted the fact that when he
opened his place at Sc Grand street,
the site now occupied by the pres
ent Democrat building, was used
by cows for grazing. He saw
lower Grand street grow and grow
and at the time of his retirement
took great pride in the progress
passing before his eyes.
Mr. Drescher was married In
1895 to Josephine Reitter OF
Bridgeport, now deceased. His
body will be laid to rest in the
family plot In Evergreen cemetery
where the remains of Mrs Drescher
are now. They were married In
Nichols, Conn.
The deceased was active in fra
ternal life Of the city for a great
many years. He was prominent
In local Swiss societies. the Con-
cordia Singing Society and the Odd
Fellows.
Mr. Drescher is survived by two
sons. Carl OF Woodbury. and Wa
terbury, present owner of the
Drescher Beauty parlor. and John,
Of Oakville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06

miles-an hour cyclone coaster, Fly
ing Turns, Indy Loop, Hey Day
and Bozo. There are FL Of them
altogether. And that does not in
clude the two dirigibles, the cap
tive balloon, or the Sky Ride.
There are thrills galore along the
Midway. Magic Portals open into
a Liliputian village where so mid
get men, women and children
dwell In a model village built to
their own proportions.
There is a gorilla town where
Jibbs, the best-dressed chimpanzee
In the world, struts his stuff, sator-
tally speaking.
Within the boundaries of this
carnival cit yone may watch Sem
mole Indians wrestle with alliga-
tors from the Everglades, see Capt
Jack Kelly do h Is death-defying
dive, marvel at the rubber man
who swallows his nose.
Side Show Goes Dignifled
Most popular of the Midway's
side-show features Is the oddit0r-
ium, a carnival freak, show In
modern dress and dignified man
ner. It's chief attraction 10 o four
legged, three-armed Negro girl.
There are rs small stages, each
with q freak. Attendants are uni
formed, lecturers are Harvard-ac-
cented. Showmen revel In Its
"class.n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
Roosevelt is Not
One Bit Worried
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views.
At home America is in complete
control of it's own situation. To
depend upon international agree
ments for results would, be de-
which the United States had little
This policy recently forecast by
emphatically clear in President
Rooseveit's latest message to the
American delegation at London. 1t
Is a complete reversal Of the Hoov-
err policy. The previous admins
tration held that the United States
was dependent upon world recov-
cry for its own prosperity. Mainly
1t attempted to keep banks, rail-
roads and other institutions afloat
by loans until world conditions
righted themselves.
President Roosevelt is thinking
in terms of Kansas wheat fields,
southern cotton fields, New Eng
land textile mills, Pennsylvania
coal mines, the Tennessee river
valley. He believes that IL farm
ers can get good prices, IL labor
can get living wages, IL industry
can get reasonable prices, the
country will prosper.
Foreign trade, regarded by the
Hoover administration as a general
commercial outlet which would
spell prosperity, is seen by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as q group of
special markets for certain COM
modities such as cotton in which
there are aIlrDluses
There is little hope here that
other nations will abandon their
economic nationalism which Is ex-
pressed through high tariffs, en-
bargoes and import quotas. Mr.
Roosevelt is faced with the posi-
bility' of having to take measures
to exclude some foreign goods or to
check their import by higher tar
ifs, under the Industrial recovery
act SO that the higher American
price level will not be jeopardized
by cheap labor nations. Certain
nations have reduced wages almost
to the vanishing point. In such
a situation the hope of general
foreign trade as a route to Ameri-
can prosperity is regarded as pre-
carious.
Some OF Mr. RooseveIt's closest
advisers hold that foreign trade IL
a result OF prosperity, rather than
the other way around. They arr
que that once nations get on their
feet internally by balancing bud.
gets and raising price levels, a cer-
tain amount OF international trade
comes automatically.
The argument as to whether
this Is sound may rage indefinitely,
but President Roosevelt has made
up his mind and he Is proceeding
In his own way. His domestic re-
covery conferences such as those
to-day with Hugh johnson, indus
trial administrator and Secretary
OF Commerce Roper are of more
Importance In his program than all
OF the communication he has had
with Europe since the turbulent
economic conference began Its Ill
lated meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
RoosEvELTs DOLLAR

Washington, July 6-UP)-An
"honest" dollar, stabilized at home
SO that 1t will buy just as much In
one year as another, IL the goal Of
President Roosevelt's new none
tary policy.
The president has made clear
that the United States, regardless
OF foreign conditions, will seek to
establish the dollar at more or
less definite level In terms of what
1t will buy, rather than at any
definite gold parity or at any def
mite level In terms Of foreign cur
rencies.
For the immediate future. the
administrations plan Is understood
to be to permit the dollar to con-
tinue to depreciate-in other
words. for general prices to rise
to normal level. What will be
taken as the desired normal level
has not been decided. although the
presidents advisers have spoken
around the 1925 average.
When the determined level has
been reached, the aim will be to
hold the dollar to that purchasing
power-to hold the price level
steady. The detailed methods by
which this will be done has not
been worked out.
In general. however. a IMAM
aged" or honest dollar would be
based on ever-changing prices OF
wheat, corn, cotton, oil and other
commodities rather then on an UNI
changing weight Of gold Fixed by
law.
Formerly priess OF all commod-
tiles in the United States have been
quoted In terms OF the dollar con-
tanning 23.S grains Of gold. Be-
cause OF the rise and fall of COM
modify prices In terms OF this dol
lar, would purchase at least four
times as much goods when prices
were low as when they were high.
The fluctuations In purchasing
price" of The old gold dollar are
blamed for many Of the present
economic difficulties and the inabii-
ity OF debtors to pay of debts con-
tracted In more prosperous times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
BY ELIZABETH WALKER
NEA Service Writer

Chicago--Even a low-brow may
have q high old time at chicago
Century OF Progress Exposition.
No matter IL its publicized pur-
pose IL to show mans progress In
science and industry during the
past century. It offers plenty OF that
which Classics neither as educa-
ton nor advertising for visitors
wanting to be amused.
Thrill rides line the Midway, that
ear piercing plaisance Of pleasure
which unwinds between the walls
of brillian lights.
There are dance ships and snake
farms, alligator wrestling matches,
Indians, cowboys, '40er camp,
midget village, freaks, fakirs and
boys and girls.
For grandad and mothers whose
ideas OF fun may not include a mid
night stroll down the Streets Of
Paris or a screen test In Holly
wood, there is the Belgian village.
or, the Chinese theater. Or, the
showboat where they may see re-
enacted the mellow dramas OF their
youth.
Even baby Is guaranteed a good
time at Chicago's second Worlds
Fair. The Enchnated Island, u
five acre kingdom Of make-believe
that lies across q circular bridge
on Northerly Island, provides
thrills and spills for the youngest
generation.
In Belle Fatima as of Old
The laundering spiel Of the
bankers, booming their alluring
invitations to inspect the thousand
and one wonders OF Chicago's cur
rent Gay White Way awaken
memories of the tabled Midway OF
its other Fair.
on 1t, old-timers still recall with
q blush, La Belle Fatima danced
her shocking danse du ventre In q
Little Egypt theater-La Belle Fa-
TINA who Is slated to repeat those
muscular convolutions in the ORR
entail Village OF '33.
But the art of entertainment as
well a sscience and industry has
undergone a radical change In the
past 40 years.
Little Egypt Is outdone today by
the Streets of Paris, that quaint
chaos of apaches and midinettes,
gendarmes, cafes, peep shows and
shops where living models pose
without benefit OF toggery for
amateur artists, and gigolos are
provided women who desire dining
and dancing partners.
Not the least of the things one
may do IL to hit Q target with a
baseball, and compel sleeping
beauty clad like an artists model,
to fall into q tank OF water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06

cellar--they are but few of the
foreign food ports to be visited.
And for the Children
But the thrills are not exclusive
~ for grown-ups. The Enchanted
Island Is the answer to O child's
prayer. There, the young may en-
bark on excviting make-belieye
journeys aboard q miniature rail-
road O half mile long, with
switches and tunnels and uni
formed conductors.
There, too, they may climb a
magic mountain to the fairy castle
at the top. then slide down its
precipftous side; pilot a bantam
automobile in midget motor
drome; attend q children's theater
or marionette show; visit house
Of marbles and mechanical zoo.
Nor are all the entertainments of
this toyland for children. One OF
its most popular attractions is q
model nursery where, for a quar-
ter, parents may cheek their Off
spring with attendants.
Young or old, fun-loving or high
brow, one cannot help but find
that which they seek at Chicago's
Century Of Progress. For as some.
one has said, II Is Harvard,
Broadway and Coney Island rolled
into one.
NEXT. The Fairs bir thrills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
Gold Nations Will
Meet Saturday And
Discuss Affairs
Thew Will Plan Some Strategy to Garry Themselves
Along on Gold Standard - They may Witndraw
From the Tariff Truce

terms OF gold standard currency. A
similar tax was imposed on British
gods when Great Britain left the
standard.
The nations to meet Saturday at
the Bank OF France are France,
italy. Holland, Switzerland, Bel
gium and Poland. As a preface
to meeting they plan to- issue q
manifesto reiterating determtna-
ton to maintain the gold standard
and to act in cooperation to defend
1t.
They plan also to establish q
fund to be used in operations to
protect their currencles. Clement
Moret, governor Of the Bank OF
France, was understood to be the
author of q plan of action whose
first concern will be to halt the
flight of gold from Holland.
plans for the meeting call for
attendance Of finance experts OF
the six governments now at the
world economic conference---addt-
tional evidence, IL evidence were
needed, that the gold standard ma
tons expect the conference to
break up.
Delegates of gold standard ma
lions limited they might be forced
to withdraw from the tariff truce,
effected May IL. because deprecia-
ton Of the American dollar had
altered the international trade as
pect.
France Joined the truce only
with the reservation that she
event depreciation of foreign cur
might cancel her adherence In the
rency jeopardized French trade.
The empire committee Of the
federation OF British industries
voted that IL the conference fails
1t will submit to the federation's
grand council meeting next We'd
nesday q resolution urging imme.
diate convocation of a British EN-.
pire economic conference at Lon-
don to tighten empire trade links.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
Minnows May
Solve Mystery
Land Connecting South America and Africa Visuaized
BY Fish Experts

All this Is pointed out by DR.
George S. Myers, assistant curator
Of fishes at the Smithsonian In
stitution, who finds In the cyprin-
odonts a possible clue to the dis
tribution of animals on the earth.
Members of the family, Myers
says, are found in North America,
Europe, South America and Afri-
ca. Those of North America and
Europe differ from those found in
South America and Africa.
Most of the fishes can only live
in fresh water so 1t Is almost a
certainty they did not swim across
the ocean.
Despite arguments that this
points to a former land connec-
ton between South America and
Africa, Myers explains. the fish
found in both the Southern CONT
nents are more primitive than those
in the North and probably are
close to the original cyprinodonts,
who were forced out of Northern
waters by development of more
advanced and better adapted
forms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
ADVERTISING IS
ON THE INCREASE

Washington, July 6-(UP)-An
increase in newspaper advertising
and a further decrease in radio
advertising expenditure in May
was reported today by the depart
ment of commerae. Newspaper
advertising lineage in May was
only II per cent less than in May,
1882, compared with an average
reduction Of 20 per cent in the first
FIVE month of the year. Expendi-
lures for magazine advertising al
so dropped in May.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-06
Production and
Employment Have
Been Increased

Washington. July 6-(UP)-
Industrial production In June
reached the highest level since the
middle Of 1881, the department Of
commerce reported today.
Employment increased ave per
cent in May, the largest monthly
gain since figures flrst were COM
piled In 1919. and continued to
expand in June. May payrolis rose
nine per cent to the highest level
since October, but were OIL less
than in the corresponding month
last year.
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leads pretty much by themselves
for the nearest to the latter were
Gene Sarazen and Joe Kirkwood Of
Coral Gables, Fla, who had las
as did Leo Diegel Of Aqua Caliente.
Mexico.
Kirkwood had 70 to-day after
q first round of 70, and Diegel
came in with a brilliant 70 after
an original rs. Sarazen to-day
scored 70.
Hagen missed some short puts
going out but his pitching was
superb. He found bad bunker
on the eleventh and was barely out
with an explosion shot. and took
two puts for four, one over par.
He had a typical Hagen second
iron shot on the 18th and holed an
1S-inch putt for q birdie three.
"Sir Walter" had some of the
old-time Hagen luck on the 18th
where his drive struck a spectator
and prevented the off-line shot
from going out of bounds. But he
was unable to capitalize upon this
good fortune, barely hitting his
second 10 yards. He also duffed his
second on the 18TH and missed a
putt of just under two feet.
Sarazen's round contained good
and bad golf. He made As
foot putt for birdie three on the
second, and a 30-footer for another
birdie three on the third. He was
in q bunker on the fourth but a
40-yard pitch hit the pin and left
him with a one-foot putt which he
made.
His first real trouble came on
the short eleventh where he dou-
bled par with 6. He went into q
bunker and took three to get out
and used two strokes on the green.
He made three puts on the 18th
to go one over par, and both his
second and third shots on the 18th
were short but he got down with a
par 8.
George Dunlap, New York anna
teur, carded "a for an aggregate
of 146. He was out in :8 and back
in 36. Dunlap played spotty golf.
He three-putted the End. 7th and
9th holes, and on the 14th dubbed
his second shot, and ball carrying
less than 80 yards. On the goth
green he rammed home a 60-foot
putt.
Craig Wood of Deal, N. j..
scored a ~ today, five strokes bet
ter is round of yesterday. He was
out In IS, and back in 81. making
his total OF 149. Wood putted well
today. but his drives lacked ac-
curacy. he being bunkered on the
eth. 18th and 14th holes. On the
18th he barely missed an eagle,
his long putt curling the cup.