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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
BIG DEPARTMENT STORE BURNED
 IN GREENWICH
Charles N. Mead Company
 Badly Gutted Mine Persons Carried Down Ladders by the Firemen

Greenwich, Conn.,, Mar. 22 - tUP)-Nine persons were carried down ladders to safety when fire caused estimated damage of sf00,000 to the Charles N. Mead company department store today and threatened destruction Of apartments on upper floors. Be- lieved to have started in the toy department in the basement. the fire and dense smoke resisted ef- forts of firemen to enter the build- ing except by chopping through the sidewalk and burning through an iron grating in the rear with a blow-tOrch.
 The four story building was oc- cupied by nine families on the two upper floors. Aeri;l ladders were used to aid occupants in escaping Miss Ida Anderson. nurse, who insisted upon fully dressing her self before leaving her apartment. was forced down d ladder by three iremen who waited for her to dress and rencged when she started to search for her galoshes.
 A series of short ladders were raised for Mrs Chester A. Merritt when she refused to leave the top floor because of her fear of the lolr,s aerial ladder. Mrs Robert Barnes was taken to hospital suf- fering from shock. Flames from the building located in the heart of the business district. for time threatened to spread to nearby structures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
Between 300 and 400 Men and Women Asked Right to Go in and Get Warm Secretary to Gov. Cross Allowed Them to Do So

Hartford, Conn. March 22- (UP) Haunting banners demand ing relief from the government, a band of hunger marchers. number ing between 300 and 400 men and women, massed outside the state Capitol building to-day.
 Police, who had formed cor don about the building, finally per mitted the group to send a com mittee into the building. Later the crowd was allowed to pass into the senate chamber and take seats. They had gathered to attend the hearing on unemployment relle1 bills to be held this afternoon.
 The committee selected by the marchers was composed of Robert King. New Haven, spokesman; Maggie Scott and Jacob Frentroi', CT, Negroes. Bridgeport; faui Brooks, New Haven, and Isaac Abrahams, New Britain.
 once inside the Capitol the com mittee demanded to see Governor Cross. He is i'll at his home Tn New Haven, but his executive sec -retary, Kenneth Wynne, received the marchers.
 we want permission for our followers to come inside and sit in the senate chamber. King said. I've are hungry and cold. We do not intend any violence We want to attend the hearing and get warm"
 The men and women were ac- cordingIy admitted. They carried their banners into the cham Der. and sat waiting for the start of the hearing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22

New York. March 22.-(UP)- There's a broken heart for every light on Broadway. but little Nancy from way down east cttle imagines the danger ahead. Somewhere Tn
 the offing there beats. beneath his honest celluloid collar. the warm
 heart of her old sweetheart, Jim the industrious playmate of her
 girlhood among the potato patches of old Maine. Somewhere near by, watching her beat her wings against "a fate-worse-than-d death" is good old Jim, plodder, but a pal.
 So. though Nancy may find her self clutched in the embrace Of a theater manager who is hend- in-human-f form, though she may sink lower and lower until she goes, a bedraggled female, to seek
 succor from Tammany charity, there always will be Jim. with his rough hands and willing feet ready to ride and spread the alarm to the West 47th street precinct police station, If advisable. The romance, if romance 1t is--and there are those who feel that 1t exudes a strong odor of press agentry- has budded and blossomed daily since | March 2 fin tho following exchange
 of notes appearing in the personal
 notices column of New York 'ub lold:
 "came from Portland two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
MAYOR HAYES IN FIGHT ON
 PROSECUTOR
The Bill ( alls For the Ab0lishment of Third Pros ecutOr in City Court, Because There is No Appropriation to Pay For It
MAYOR TO APPEAR
 FOR THE MEASURE

The bill introduced by the City of Waterbury which calls for the abolishment of the third prescott tors office in the local city court has not been withdrawn and vii not be withdrawn. Mayor Frank Hayes emphatically stated today Tn fact, he said. he will appear before the committee when the hearing is set at Hartford to urge it's passage by the state fegisla. ture.
 .Iayor Hayes stated that there is lso appropriation set up to take care of third prosecutors salary for the Waterbury city court after May 1st this year.
 There had been reports that the city had withdrawn. or would withdraw the bill calling for the abolishment of the third prosecu- torship.
 '.;he fact that there is no ap- propriation to provide for q third prosecutors salary after May 1st certainly gives evidence of the mayors stand on the. proposition
 The set sup for the Waterbury city, court is causing no little diff ficulty between political leaders of both parties. Republican leaders are reported to be behind the re- appointment of Emil 1-ummel court official for over IS years
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
Compromise By The
 Babe And Ruppert .
 Settled The Scrap
PRESIDENT SIGNS
 BEER BILL ON THE
 DOT OF 2 O'CLOCK
By LYLE c. WILSON


 nitcd COrrespondenD .o Washington, March 22-(UP)-After more than lo years of exile beer and light wines will be back as legal beverages on April T..
 President Roosevelt today signed the Cullen Harrison bill modifying the Votead act to permit 32 per cent beer and wine. , The first sales under the law will be permissible at a. n on Friday the seventh two weeks from the day after tomorrow.
 JUST AT THE HOUR OF TWO Mir Roosevelt signed the bill at P. M EST: The president, blinking under the photographers 1ghts signed the measure in the cabinet the little toned clock on the manepece end of the room pointed exactly at o'clock. Mir Roosevelt sat at end of the long mahogany cab met table thumbng through the five and half docu ment which means the egazaon of beer for millions in the country.
 FOUR PENS TO SIGN BILL
 He used four pens to sign the b writing few letters with each one.
 The ceremony lasted two three minutes for the ben eft of photogapers who admitted to record this his toric event. When the turned the president struck pose and turned through the b holding pen in one hand as he read it's provisions.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
HER OLD SWEETHEART FAILSTO INDUCELITTLE E GIRL FROM WAY
 DOWN EAST TO RETURN HOME

months ago to find you and marry you. Your family wants you back. Dancing is no life for you. Jim."
 Read your ad. Sorry. Don't want to see you. Everything is changed. I have a future as Q dancer and must give up every thing for it. Lost the job at the club but will find another. Forget about me. Nancy"
 1T love you still and have Q farm now so we can be married. Jim"
 T will come home when I'm fa- nous. still love you. Nancy" "I won't give up till I've seen you. Do you need funds? Jim" Anguish waiting and no reply. Then, from Jim:
 Saw you on Broadway yester- day. dear. You looked downcast. tried to overtake you. but you were lost in traffic. Jim" "Go home. Won't see you. Give my love to mother. Tell her I'll fmake good here. Nancy" Today the matter appeared to be approaching climax when De- tective Jim added this personal 10 the string.
 "Nancy--saw you leaving movie
 last night with Q man. Is that ! tho Ic""cn you won't see me? |, r truthful. Jim"
 Phou, Jim! G'w.l hona and leave the gal alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
HUNGER MARCHERS WERE PERMITTED
 TO ENTER SENATE
PROHIBITION FROM ITS BIRTH IN 1917 TO
 DEATH 1883

Washington, March 22 - (UP) - The log of national prohibition:
 December Is, 1917 - 65th congress submits Eighteenth Amendment to states.
 January l6, 1919 - The required Both state (Nebraska) ratifies the amendment.
 January 29, 1919 - Seers- tary of state proclaims adoption of amendment.
 October 28, 1919 - Con- gress passes Volstead Act. en- forcing amendment, over PresI- dent Wilson's veto.
 January 16. 1920 - Seere- tary of state declares Eighteenth Amendment in effect.
 January l7, 1920 - Vol stead Act becomes effective.
 February 20, l933 - Con- sress submits prohibition repeal amendment to states.
 March B. 1893 - Presi- dent Roosevelt proposes Vol stead Act modification to con- gross.
 March 22, l933 - President Roosevelt signs beer bill. Goes into effect at l2:0l a. m.. April 7.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
HOOVER OFFICIAL BALkED ARREST OF
 NEW YORK BANKER
JEWISH STORE
 OWNER KILLED
 IN NUREM URG


 Strasbourg. Alsace, March 22-(UP)-Adviccs from Nur- emburg. Germany, reported today that Otto Lenz. a Jew isIl stOrekecpcr had been martyr s,d by a squad of Nazis who tortured him to death.
 Lenz. who fought in the German Imperial Army in the World War, was said to have brothers in Arlkansas.
 The reports said the NaZ:s invaded his home at Straupins, lower Bavaria. on Wednesday. took him out of town by autO- mobile. tortured him, smashed his teeth with 'blackiacks and riddled him with shots. He leaves a wife and two children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
FARM RELIEF
 BILL PASSED
 BY THE HOUSE
President Roosevelt Won Another Victory To-day By the P as sage of Another Big Project
BY FREDERICK C. OTHNIAN United Pres Staff COresDOutlent

BY FREDERICK C. OTHNiAN United Pres Stan Correspondent )
 Washington, March 22-tUP)- President Roosevelt's smoothly working Legislative machinery sped his ambitious farm relief bill through the house today with many votes to spare. An hour and a half of debate preceded the vote.
 The complicated measure, which would take poor land out of pro- duction, place a round-about- bounty on reduced cotton acreage and tax farm products for the ben eft of the farmer, now goes to the senate.
 There the measure is expected to run into difficulty. Senators have indicated their desire to dis cuss it fully. Some have said so many changes may be made in the measure that it hardly will be rec ognizable.
 Word from the White House however, may forestall much of the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
Babe Ruth Signed Up For $52, ,OOO Beer Bill Signing Brings Smiles
PRESIDENT WAS HAPPY
 AT CLOSE
That's Done" He Said As He Raised His H e a d After He Had Signed His Name

Washington. March 22-(UP)- Looking up with smile as he finished the signature, the presi- dent was asked when the country could get beer.
 "The act goes into effect >in fif- teeen days" he replied. The com mittee of five congressman who brought the bill to the White House. stood in the adjoining hallway to watch the signing and were not actually in the room.
 Raising his head after he had traced the signature. the president said. almost inaudibly:
 That's done."
 1t meant the carrying out of the democratic platform pledge. of early modification of the Volstead Act.
 The picture was a rich one. the president before velvet curtains drawn across the windows.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
WATERBURY TO BE GIVEN TWO
 DELEGATES
That Will Be Given Num=
 Der Allotted This City
 For Convention to Take Action on the Repeal
By WILLIAM J. MOR1ARTY Democrat Stan Man)

State Capitol, Hartford, Conn. March Especial to the Demo- crat) )-Waterbury was assured of at least two delegates to the state convention to be held this summer to take action on the amendment to repeal the prohibition laws when the house today passed the bill calling for such a convention. Un- der its provisions it must be called not less than 10 nor more than 60 days after the general assembly aodjourns. That would mean that the convention would be held in late July or August.
 The house amended the yojginal bill in one respect to provide that only such electors as are registered as voting in the last state election
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
MAY SHORTEN
 AUTO LICENSE

Montreal. March 22-(UP) = Shortening of the automobile H. cense term from one year to six months in the Province of Quebec has been urged by T. c. Kirby, gem eral-manager of tho Montreal Motorists league. in a telegram to R. F. Stockwell, provincial treasur- CT.
 Kirby said that half-yearly liz cene would enable thousands Of Quebec automobile owners who cannot afford license for full year to use their cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
HOOVER IS BACK HOME READY TO
 ENJOY LIFE

Palo Alto. Calif., March 22-(U P)-Herbert Hoover. private citi- zen and neighbor, settled down to a quiet home life today with mo plans whatsoever" "I'll have friends to dinner and have dinner with friends" the former president told newspapermen. Perhaps I'll go into the hills for an outing" Appearing years younger than when last here at the end of his campaign for reelection, MT Hoov- CT laughed oq political or eco- homie questions.
 "I hope to avoid making speeches for a long. long time." he said. "I don't want to do anything on schedule. I won't have to do this at 9:03, that at 10:30 and some. thing else at 12:01. I just don't propose to make any plans what soever."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
FUNDING BOND
 BILL OF CITY
 LOOKING GOOD
Report Has it That Bill Will Be Reported Favorably By the Finance Conlnlit= tee Late This Week
By WILLIAM J. MORIARTY

State Capitol, Hartford. Conn, March 22-(Special to The Demo- crat)-It was learned on good au- thority to-day that the funding bond bill of the city of Waterbury would be reported favorably by the finance committee late this week or the first part of next week. The bill allows the city to issue $1,000,00O in funding bonds.
 These bonds would be issued in two equal installments, one in 1883, one in 1884. Proceeds would be used to retire existing bond is- sues and thus prevent an increase in the tax rate for the next two years. A saving in interest would also be effected.
 The senate to-day concurred
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
ROBBERS BLAST OPEN SAFE AND
 GET BUT LITTLE
Six of Them Were On the Job Got $6,0OO in Cash and About s, 900 in Stamps

Chicago, March 22--tUP ) - Six robbers using nitroglycerin blasted through a wall Into the Argo state bank today and footed the vault and safety deposit boxes. The known loss was $4a00O in cash and 5000 in stamps. Police thought. the Safety deposit boxesrobbed in. cIudc one used by a postal say. ings bank which they said might bring the final figure to S100.00o.
 Harold Lear, ianitor. entered while tho men were still nt work. fTe was forced 10 face the wal, while the ,innI charge exploded The is nditE. however. bacame ner vous and nfter gntheriar the looi leit when two companions of Leai rapped at the door.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
Markets At a Glance

Stocks dull; prices firm. Bonds irregular; U. S. government issues rally. Curb stocks advance slightly in quiet trade. Chicago stocks dull and steady. Call money per cent
 Foreign exchange firmer after wide drop yesterday Wheat dips fractions: corn and oats case. Cotton quiet at gains of 50 cents baIe Rubber dull and unchanged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
Dept. of Justice in That Regime Would Not Let U. s. Attorney Appre= bend Joseph w. Harri= man 1T h a { Became Known When Charles E. Mitchell Was Arrested

New York, March 22 - (UP)- Under orders from Washington the United States attorneys office prepared today to press immediate ly it's charges of income tax evas- ion against Charles E. Mitchell, one of the financial heroes of the boom days. :,
 Mitchell. former chairman of all the vast enterprises affiliated with the National City Bank, was ar rested last night at his Fifth ave- nue home and was released in $10.O00 bail.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
ESCAPED PRISONER PARDONED

Frankfort, Ky, March 22.-(UP)-Jesse Clark who escaped from the Kentucky reforma- tory in 1915 and established a 16-year record as a "good citizen" in St Louis before being re- turned here to complete his term, today was par doned by Governor Ruby Laffoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
OLD COTTON MAN DEAD

Yonkers, N. Y., March 22.-(UP) )-Samuel T. Hubbard, 78 former president of the New York Cotton Exchange, died at his home today. Hubbard was president of the cotton exchange from 19OOsto 1902 having joined the organiza- ton in 1880.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
Final News Flashes
MRS. WALKER WINS CASE

Miami, Fla, March 22.-lUPl-An absolute divorce for Mrs Janet Allen Walker from James John (Jimmy) Walker, former mayor of New York, was recommended today by Thomas J. Dowdell, special master in chancery, in his re- port to Circuit Judge Worth w. Trammell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
REAL BEER WAS ON TAP

Newport, Tenn, March 22-WP)-Real beer was on tap at all city faucets here. Pro hibition officers raided large still in the hills near here and poured out more than 2,O0O gal Ions of "sSill beo" It flowed into the city reser- voir. M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
The Weather
Fair Tonight and Also On
 Thursday

Complete Weather Report Page 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, March 22-(UP)-- The treasury net balance for March, 20 was $453,542, ,965.16.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-22

Last Minute News
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-05
SOUTH DAKOTA UFL
GROWING RAPIDLY
League Organizer Uses
Movie of Bonus, Hunger
Marchers in Work
(BY N. ny

Hillhead, S. Oak. April 24.-The
United Farmers League has just
about organized all of Roberts
county, South Dakota and is get
ting into Marshall and Day coun-
ties.
There lave been quite a few
meetings around here with good
attendance. We had a meeting in
Hillhead the other night with a
movie, showing the bonus and the
burger marchers to Washington,
D. c., last year. 1t was good.
There will be a big meeting in
Sisseton next Saturday to adopt
plans for the boys that are TO
leave from here ON the next bonus
march.
We are also planning big dem
onstration May 1 at Aberdeen, S.
D. There are no mroe foreclosure
sales or evictions as the County
Committee Of Action is handling
those matters in a way that was
unthinkable years ago. A CONT
Mental Congress is to be held at
Washington, D. G.. May 6 and Z.
Worker and farmer delegates from
32 states are going to demand i'm
mediate relief from the Congress
at Capitol Hill. No relief will
come from any of the two old pa
ties. We got to GO there ourselves
if we want a change.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-05
Conference Builds Ohio Farmers League
DELEGATES PROPOSE UNITED FRONT
MARCH TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE AID
FROM LEGISLATURE FOR DESTITUTE

The Ohio Farmers Conference
took place April % at Columbus,
the state capitol. An enthusiastic
crowd of farmers filled the hall,
among whom were AZ accredited
delegates from ten counties. In
terest I'M the conference extended
over % counties, but lack of
money prevented many delegates
from attending the Conference.
w. E. Callahan of the Confer
ence Call Committee opened the
meeting and read the Conference
Call after which Fred Borer of
Defiance County was elected chair
man of the Conference.
NEED FOR ACTION
Farmers from many counties re-
ported on tn conditions facing
them and the thread Of their talk
wound around the need for imme-
date action to protect themselves
from losing their homes through
foreclosure and eviction.
That the plight of Ohio farm
ers is equally as serious as farm
ers in other states was well point
ed out by John Marshall, who was
elected executive secretary CT tire
Ohio Farmers League which was
formed by the Conference.
He showed that one out of every
four Ohio farmers had been closed
out by 1888 and farm wages had
dropped to the lowest level in SO
years. He said that farm auto
mobiles are rusting because farm
ers can't buy the gasoline to run
them, telephones have been cut
eff, and the horse is replacing the
tractor, all Of which means the
lowering of the American farmer
to the status of the Europeaa
peasant.
IN order to form bulwark OF
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-05
(BY w. F.

Toledo, Wash, April THE
people all over this state are now
ready for organization but l am
sorry to say that the reason we
are not a thousand times stronger
Is because we are not leaving our
homes and going among hte other
farmers enough. We need hun :
dreds of active organizers in this
state alone. We need men and
women who will leave home and
go from one district to another,
hold meetings and use personal
contact methods.
l fird that it is sometimes diff
cult to get many to come to a
meeting but by going from house
to house and having a short talk
with the family, it is quite pos
sible to get up a second meeting,
often a great deal larger than the
first.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-05

The verdict guilty" as charged
with the punishment fixed at the
electric chair" which was handed
down in the Decatur courtroom
against Haywood Patterson, the
first Of the Scottsboro boys to be
retired, has electrified the world.
The storm of protest was imme-
date ard spontaneous.
The issues raised so dramatical-
ly at the trial in Decatur, Ala,
are dealt with in two basic
pamphlets dealing with the Negro
question. These are The Amer
lean Negro and Negro Liberation,
both written by James S. Allen,
AID selling at 10 cents a copy.
There are two additional pamph-
lets dealing with specific aspects
of Negro oppression. Lynching by
Harry Haywood and Milton How
ard, traces the causes of lynching
and suggests how to fight it. Tt
sells at 5 cents copy. The Chain
Gang, by John L. Spivak, (which
will be run serially in the Produc-
ers News beginning next week.
describes the conditions he found
on personal investigation of the
chain gangs and read stockades in
Georgia. It is profusely illustrated
with photos Of tortures taken on
the spot by the author and sells al
5 cents.
These pamphlets are obtainable
at the Producers News, Plenty
wood, Montana.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-05
SMALLEST WINTER
WHEAT CROP SINCE
1904 is ESTIMATED

Washington, D. c., April TO-
The winter wheat crop for the
present year, estimated by the De-
partment of Agriculture On the
basis of April l reports as $4,000
600 bushels, will be the lowest
since 1904. The condition of win
ter wheat was placed at about so
per cent of normal, the lowest on
record.
The winter wheat crop estimate
of SS4,0OO,OOO bushels, compares
with an actual harvest of 10000
600 bushels last year and a five
year average for 1924-192S of
$50, 100000 bushels.
Large areas of wheat will be
abandoned due to the miserable
price which it would bring if har.
vested for market.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-05

In our state organizations as soon
as we get real farmers move
ment going in any one ate. The
stHte org Anizer will have to give
advice.
Somehow this money must be
raised If we are to grow. It must
come from the farmers be-
cause it is their battle. Therefore
we decided on dues stamps as an
easy way of getting little regu-
lar income. Dues is never going
to be a qualification for member
ship In the United Farmers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-05
Bankers Demand PAY Cuts

New York, April 27.-The Wall Street bank
ers have eXte ded $I40,0CO,0GO of loans to the
city until June TO- The bankers and city officials
rave refused to state what the terms of the agree
ment were which provided for the extension. The
tankers are demanding pay cuts for the city en-
ployees and higher trarsit fares
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-05
Forsee World Economic Struggle

Paris, April 24.-The French capitalist class
sees the possibility of a "world battle between
the dollar and the pound" which would result in
''wcrld disaster" They admit also, according to
the capitalist press that cit would be impossible
Cor France to avoid becoming involved im such
conflict"