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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
HARTMAN HAD
 HEART ATTACK

New York. August - (UP) - Joseph w. Hartman was under medical care in Bellevue hospitals psychopatliic ward today after 8 severe heart attack in court yester- day while a hearing on his sanity was in progress. The sanity hear Ing was adjourned until today. The excessive heat, the strain of the hearing, and an organic defect combined to produce the attack, sDr Mcnas $. Gregory said.. S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
Value of Farm Land
 Hit New Low

Helena, Mont <(UP) - The average value, per acre of farm lands in Montana dropped to the lowest percentage of pre-war values of any state in the Union during the first three months of 1883, federal reports show.
 The average value per acre on March 1, 1933s was but 4S per cent of that in 112-14. This was 10 per cent lower than the value in 1882, and 22 per cent below the 1881 value. =
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
By ELMER .. wALzER

! (CnIfe0 FFe88 FIIfAmcsNI E1ftUfJ : New York, August (UP)-The market closed strong.
 Railroad issues were fin better demand. Indications are that car loadings for the week ended last saturday will decline $ to 10 per cent from the preceding week. However, railroad reports coming to light for the second quarter in- dicate a growing number able to earn their fixed charges.
 !, Good buying came into New York Central and Pennsylvania while good recoveries aios were noted in Baltimore & Ohio, Ches- apeake & Ohio, Lackwanna, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
GENERAL BALBO TO BE IGNORED

Valentia, Ireland, August - (UP) -s Italian sources forecast today that General Italo Balbo, air minister and commander of Italy's seaplane fleet. which is awaiting good weather to fly here from Shoal Harbor, N. F., soon would be made defense minister, with combined power over the army, navy and air force.
 Better weather over the North Atlantic was predicted today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
WATERBURY NOT SEEKING HELP YET
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARDS POWER MUCH INCREASED
 UNDER NEW BANKING ACT
Most of the Increases of Authority Have Largely to Do With Administrative Detail and Regulations

New York, Aug. Under the banking act of 1883 the Federal Reserve Board has greatly in- creased authority over the credit policy. of the nation, says Edmund Platt in the, current issue of the American B an kers Association Journal. Mir Platt, vice-president Marine Midland froup, New York,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
ODD WAY FOR PUBLICITY

Montrose, Colo. (UP)---A sure way for . Montr0se resident to get his name Tn the paper Is to plant q rose bush. Editor c. P. Adams will print the names In his Mont rose Daily Press of all persons who plant new rose bushes this year. He has column called the Rose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
SNAKE ADOPTED AS A PET

Monroe, La = (UP)-Provine that there's no accounting for tastes, George R. vailery has ac- qulred another pet. Of course it's a snake-this time ground rat tier. about month old. Valiery isshoping it will soon grow to.nia- ture snakehood. Tn the past he has kept and fondled scorpions. copperheads, cottonmouths, blue runners, land moccasins, garter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
SHOE WORKERS x IN TROUBLE

T Boston. August 1 (UP) - Some I5.00O shoe workers in Lynn. Boston and Chelsea were expected to begin an Indefinite work "holi- day" today, pending new wage and working agreements to succeed those that expired July 31.
 Manufacturers and union leaders have as yet been unable to agree upon terms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

The following compensation agreement was filed today at the office of Commissioner Frederic M. Williams: Princeton, Inc and Her.. bert Buckingham of Watertown, hernia, $10.06 weekly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01
scoop Up 5o Tones of star Fish

Woods Hole, Mass. (uP)-
 Workers from the Massachusetts, state department of fisheries in one day scooped up 60 tons of star fish iron, scailop beds in Buxzard's Bay. Depreciation of star fish has caused tremendous loss to the sca1-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-01

The nuddist craze Is creating q problem in several European cpsau-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-02-02
TWENTY MARRIAGES ARE
PERFORMED DURING WEEK
Practically All Couples are From
West Virginia Towns

Twenty marriage licenses were is
sued during the week ending Monday
at noon from the office of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court in Oakland, bring
ing the total for the month of Janu-
airy thus far to seventy. Practi-
cally all couples were from West Vir.
ginia towns. For the entire month
of January last year II permits were
issued, while the record for January
was made in 1925 when 76 licenses
were applied for and issued.
Six of the licenses issued were
marked don't publish" while one ap-
plicant was refused.
Stephen B. Roster, 81, farmer,
Montrose, w. Va, and Margaret Hurd,
Kasson, w. Va.
William Howard Williams, "a, far
mer, and Evelyn Marie Vetter, 81,
both of Moorefeld, w. Va.
William Calvin Sandy, II, student,
and Velma Margaret Miller, Fl, stu
dent, both of Fairmont, W. Va.
Rem Lyon, %, farmer, and Margaret
Juanita Prouty, 10, both of Cumber-
land, Md
Virgil Hayward Fletcher, %, glass
worker, and Josephine Gertrude Hall,
81, both of Weston, W. Va.
Edward Lloyd Butcher, 81, glass
worker, and Pauline Marie Fletcher,
81, both of Weston, w. Va.
Bernard Joseph Clark, %, mill wor-
ker, Canton, o., and Martha Belle
Swauger, 10, Grantsville, Md.
John Henry Kooser, %, laborer, and
Dorothy Ruth Wiles, IS, both of I'm
iontown, Pa.
William James Means, 81, assistant
manager of theatre, and Jessie Ellen
DeWalt, 20, both of Uniontown, Pa.
Delbert Isaac Gable, %, saw miller,
Newburg, W. Va, and Ruth Springs,
10, Grafton, W. Va.
Fred Rankin Taylor, Fl, miner, and
Martha Marie Wiles, 20, both of Tun-
Melton, w. Va.
James Donald Slagle, 81, and Mar
garet NJ. Shaffer, 20, Allison, Pa.
Fay Franklin Casseday, 81, farm
err, and Maxine Elizabeth Stewart, 10,
both of Kingwood, w. Va.
James Hamilton Baldwin, 40, plum
Der, Clarksburg, w. Va, and Auziene
Ellen Kelley, %, nurse, Hutton, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-02-02

for construction and maintenance and
then only as the State Roads Com
mission might determine.
This does not and cannot afford the
necessary relief from taxation that
the situation most urgently demands.
No one advocates taking away sim
gle cent from the maintenance fund.
Maintenance is a more or less fixed
charge and cannot we'll be reduced at
this time without adding to unem-
ployment and detriment to roads al
ready built.
The lateral road gas tax fund, how
ever, presents no problem of this ma
ture and should, in the present crisis,
be placed at the service of the respec-
tive counties through their local
Boards of County Commissioners or
Roads Committees, to be used for road
purposes only. That portion not used
for debt service on county road bonds
or county road maintenance to be ex-
pended as heretofore by the State
Roads Commission for the construc-
ton of lateral roads.
"a statement also appearing in pub
lie print tells us that If a commodity
tax is passed by the Legislature we
estimate that the school tax, in st.
Mary's county, will be reduced ap-
proximately 80 cents This, of course,
is mere sop to the unsuspecting tax
payer. The best that the Governor in
his message was able to promise, in
reference to the school tax of 81
cents in the Equalization Fund coun-
ties, was a seven-cent (7c.) reduction
through reduction in school teachers
salaries, and some further possible re-
duction through the imposition of
tax OH tobacco products, chewing gum
and soft drinks. Certainly no one in
Southern Maryland will approve a tax
on tobacco, nor do 1 believe that those
representing other sections of this
State will wish to impose tax that
must of necessity be detrimental to
an industry peculiar to one small sec
ton of Maryland.
II mention this merely to point out
the danger in time like this of rely
ing upon indefinite, irresponsible
promises of tax relief.
at is equally the duty of the leg
islative branch of State Government,
along with the executive, to bring
about real and actual remedy, nor
should the present session of the
Maryland General Assembly dare to
adjourn without having gone the limit
in the matter of tax relief. This can
be done in no better way, in my judg-
ment, than by first of all lowering the
cost of State Government in every de-
partment, by actual reductions in bud
get items, by allowing to the coun-
ties the use of their respective por-
tions of the lateral road tax fund for
the reduction of road costs, and by
the application of per cent tax on
all pari-mutuel bets placed at the
Maryland tracks, the proceeds to be
credited to the Equalization Fund,
thereby lowering the present school
rate of 81 cents"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
New Study Of Lincoln

It is n common saying that Abra-- ham Lincoln bore q heavier lotd than any other president. It IS also commonly said that he developed nightly while he was In the White House.
 "President Lincoln," bulky
 two-volume work by the late pr
 William r. Barton, brings one a new understanding of how very true those two sayings are.
 These books are devoted to I.'n- coln's presidential career. and they tell n marvelously interesting sto.y.
 They show Lincoln entering the
 White House as Q minority choice, facing the tremendouh problem or secession, favored with the conh- dence of almost no one; they show him following his course through four terrible years, growing In stat- ure as the years passed, accom-
 plishing a job which, when 1t is
 studied carefully, seems almost
 miraculous.
 His troubles with his generals,
 his difficulties with his cabinet and congress, his struggle against dis- union sentiment in the north. his grappling with the Negro problem pr Barton has described these in Illuminating detail. Incidentally. he has included Q valuable compara-
 tive study of Jefferson Davis.
 Dr Barton was known for years
 as an authority on Lincoln. "Pres.
 ident Lincoln" may we'll rank as his best achievement. Hc died be-
 fore 1t was finished, and the last
 three chapters are by William H.. Townsend.
 Published by Bobbs- M Merrili, the wto volumes sell for $7.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14
Our Daily Washington Letter
This Imitation Idea
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

power. Thus, the general commod- ity index for 1892 was 64.S and the average purchasing power of the dollar in wholesale prices was $1.56.
 Your 1926 dollar was worth $1.56 on the wholesale commodity markets while the producer or seller was receiving less than 65 cents for what would have brought him a dollar in 1926.
 :
 It is interesting, by use of index figures, to compare present prices pre-war prices and peak prices and important because index fig ures are such a good reflector of relative prosperity and depression, The index for all commodities Is now lower than pre-war--62.6 for last December as against 69.S in 1913, although q peak of 164.4 was reached in 1920.
 Skipping through tho depres. sion period one finds tho general index at 96.7 for 1928, s6.4 in 1880, 7S.2 in January of 19Sl 67.S in January of 19S2 and low. est of all at 62.6 In last Decem. ber.
 Among the ten major lines oi commodities only three - building materials, fuel and lighting. and house. e-furnlshing goods--are above the 1918 level. Highest of all ill relation to the 1921-29 period is metals and metal products, indexed at 79.4. Lowest of all Is farm prod. ucts, for which the index shows 71.5 in 1913, 157.6 In 1919, 100.S In 1925, 'l05.9 in 1928, 84.s In 193l 4s.2 in 1032 and 44.1 for last De. cember,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14
Would It Work?

In it's efforts 10 elreumVcnt any intention that the state might have Of inaugufating compulsory unemployment insurance plans the Connecticut Manufacturers Association is suggesting other ways and means Of meet ng the situation. It has just issued an ex' hauStive report based on investigations ol two years, SO we are told, which outlines a seven.point program designed 10 eliminate any need for compulsory unemployment in' sufanee. Whether or not it would succeed is highly controversial, to our way Of think ing. Perhaps just as much 50 as tbs claim that compulsory unemployment insurance is the only sure way 10 prevent q similar con- diton existing twenty years hence.
 The General Assembly is expected 10 take some action on q plan Of unsmploy' fnent insurance st its present session fl it ever can get around 10 it What with the pefplexing problems of patronage 1t is doubtful fl more than passing attention can bs paid 10 the more pressing ones Of 4 sociological nature. But . report is te be made at this session. in fact excerpts Of it hvs already been made more or less public. A commission was appointed in lo3l Co 'ins vsAigats conditions and suggest remedies It may get ss much attention in i033 as jt AiA is io3t when certain group of lsgis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14
Debt Holidays

The Iowa legislature has passed unani' mousy a bill for a moratorium of two years on farm mortgages, Similar action is expected in other farming states, and some action of the sort is expected from congress It may be that the movement will go far ther than this. It is hard to see how such relief, once started. can be confined to rural debtors when home.owners in cities are SO hard hit by loss of income
 The general moratorium policy for pn' vate domestic debtors may have been in' evitable from the time that the government granted debt moratorium to foreign gov' crnmcnts The principle is the same. Many are wondering how much farther this ten' dcney will go With the foreign debt re- vision conference approaching at Washing ton. it is natural for our people 10 begin thinking of revision of their own debts, n' tefest rates arc being revised downward now by financial institutions in many parts of the country. This movement is obviously spreading. It offers genuine relief.
 Some leaders of opinion are frankly dis' eussing q downward revision of private debt principal. 10 match the higher purchasing power of the dollar. That would be a harder thing 10 accomplish, because of een- tracts and binding laws for the protection of investments, lt may come though. If dc0ation continues Or it may be fought with infIation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14
A Non-Warring Citizen

Professors, nurses and preachers denied citizenship because they would not pledge themselves to bear arms in case of war have ceased to be news. The other day, at Lima, Ohio, the opposite situation became a matter of public interest. A college pro- lessor was allowed to take the oath of al- lcgianee with reservation on bearing arms in defense of his country, and was thereupon granted citizenship by common pleas court judge.
 The professor is Mennonite. opposed to war for religious reasons, He served in the Red Gross with the Russian army in the World war. The judge excused his favorable decision by saying that if the professor. now 46 years old. were of mili- tary age. he would not have awarded him citizenship. He added that six months personal inquiry into the qualifications ot Professor Klassen and his wife-who also seeks naturalization-ha satisfied him they were worthy of citizenship
 Unfortunately the matter does not end there. Protest has been entered against the decision, and there will probably be hear ing before the United States supreme court. Although the professors swore to defend the constitution "by rendering any service other than bearing arms he failed to meet the military test apparently sane toned by the supreme court in the cases of a nurse and professor in l93l. It is one of the odd contracts in present'day America that a nation pledged to world peace should be so concerned that naturalized citizens women as we'll as men--guarantec to par' teipatc in the killing of future enemies,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14
Here, There And EDeryuOhere
HAPPY CONNECTICUT
(New York Times)

(New York Times)
 Connecticut must be on isle of bliss. Nothing troubles hor. She has no "probicms" that are not "political." Tho need for relief is slight. Nobody bothers about taxes. Therefore, the general assembly can devote It's best thought to dis tributive justice. Appointments of sixty.six judges of minor courts are pending before the judiciary committee. Last week 1t ended It's hearings on more than two hum dred resolutions to put divers can- didates on the bench. It Is ex- pected to report some of those res- olutions tomorrow. The atmos- phere is mixed, but refreshing. Some incumbents arc unopposed. In the case of others, q reporter of the Hartford Courant tells us. the contests are just the ordin- ary political ones of democrats against republicans. In al con- siderable number local political leaders have reached agreements on tho divisions Of the job. some- times with the concurrence of all
 thoir followers and sometimes with opposition from groups within one or both ' of tho parties. There hre pending contests where the contend CTS are all democrats. and some whore both parties have inter. nal fights over tho court jobs. as well as their battle against each other.
 If Governor Cross had tho power of appointment, those spirited and cdifying competitions would Do ini- possible. Justice has her scales. In Hartford, republican judge ia to be countorpoised by democratic judge:
 Tho expectation is that the court jobs will bc divided boz tween republicans and democrats, the controlling faction in each party being recognized by tho 5u- diciary committee.
 Tho house Is republican. Tho senate is democratic by one. This seems another beautiful ailegory of even handed justice. Unfortunately. this ideal condition is iimperfectiy maintained. some democratic son- ators arc for c straight deal with the republicans so as to "get what jobs they can.v Others are against any deal. others hold the lofty concept.
 that the majority should table all judgeghip resolutions until af- ter the district court bill, which
 would abolish tho local courts. has been defeated, after which the democratic part of the deals which. have been made or would De made could Do carried through with better grace.
 The chief Of the young republi- cans in . certain village told the Judiciary committee the other day that the judge of the borough court "eats peanuts whlio or the bench trying cases" This symbolic hom. age to the general assembly viii Dc treasured by the Hon Wiibuf Lucius Gross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14

week. We hope though, that she takes in much for Lieutenant. governor Wilcox an- announced that the budget is balanced. Of course the best plans of mice and men. you know, so 1t isn't being unduly pessi. mistie if we point out that revenue of any town, state or even the federal governmnt is apt to undergo serious shrinkage in the next two years, As it is the budget as ap. proved by the state officials is some N. 100000 lower than was at first antiei- patcd. We certainly trust that the state is being as economical as it is possible. In- eidentally this budget includes the reduced salaries for all state employees which means that if the legislature refused to sanction the cuts as is being implied these days the bud get will be just as far from balanced as if it was seven millions greater.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14
fNEA Service Writcr)

VNEA SSEVtCC WEhtCEt
 Washington.--Commodity prices, index figures, purchasing power or the dollar-these are terms that can't be avoided in any informed discussion of the business trend, the proposals for imitation. living costs, wages and kindred matters which vitally affect us all.
 Proposed legislation of an in- f1ationary character designed to restore the purchasing power of prices usually bases It's goal on the commodity index"
 Inflated currency, new bonds or federal reserve open market op- erations would be used until the index figure rose to 100 or some figure nearby. The Rankin cur index figure is attained currency Thereafter should be expanded If 1t drops again below 97 and con- tracted if 1t rises above 103.
 What Is this index figure, so commonly used? Where does 1t come from? t.
 An index figure is a measure of price, cost, volume-or what- ever you want to measure-re- duced to a percentage basis. For instance, you take the cost of a given article or group of articles, or the average of employment, for Q selected basic year and call that 100, arbitrarily creating 1t us m index figure. Subsequent fiuc- tuations from that year are com puted in plus or minus in relation to the original index figure.
 If someone says the index for watermelons Is now 60 you know that watermelons are 70 per cent cheaper than they were in the basic year.
 The general commodity index issued monthly by the bureau of labor statistics Is the best and most comprehensive standard of the comparative measure of the aver- age value of commodities on the wholesale market and the average purchasing power of money that has ever been established by any government. It now includes 7S4 commodities.
 The basic year Is 1928. There was no fuctuation in that year and 1t gave a fair average of commod- fly values and purchasing power for the 1921-29 period, during which there was Q fuctuation of only three or four per cent. So both the general commodity index and the index for purchasing pow. CT of money-which Is representa-. tive of it--were established as 100 for 102G.
 When the commodity index flg- ure falls below 100. representing Il decrease In the wholesale price average, the purchasing power rises by inverse ratio. Divide 100 by the commodity index figure and you get the dollars purchasing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-14

lalor showed a pronounced disposition to sidettaek the discussion.
 The fourth point in the program of the Manufacturers Association should interest local people, It deals with the so.ealled Wa. tcrbury plan of employment relief and is as followS That the Waterbury plan of work relief now also in operation in New Britain might we'll be extended to other eommunitiss not only as an emergency measure, but as a measure for handling un. employment during normal times" Com menting upon this in the report we read that ''As an outstanding piece of organiza. ton for relief, we point to the so-ealled Waterbury plan outline of which appears in the text of our report, and we commend it to the consideration of other eommuni- ties, It is fair it is workable. it preserves individual responsibility, initiative and pride, and it produces value in return for work. ."
 That is perfectly true and everybody in Waterbury col'>sibuting to the relief fund is conscious of thrill of pride in his or her ability to aid an unemployed man of wo- man find some task for which there is hon. est rceompense. But we wonder if such a voluntary system could exist long in nor nal times, when the threat of unemployment is lessened and memories of lean days arc vanishing in thin air' In a crisis man is apt to do many things that he would not do under normal circumstances unless actually forced to do them. That's why we aren't as confident as are the writers of the report for the Manufacturers Association that the Waterbury plan of relief would work in normal conditions with few out of work.