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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-28
WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW

moved higher on all markets. When the talk subslded the dollar rallied and silver gave up nearly all the gains.
 Following are the ofileial stock exchange sales for the week ended January 28, compared with the sales of the preceding week:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-28
Awards $1,7OO \ To Widow Of
 Waterbury Man
Mrs Theresa Shervyla and Stepdaughter, Mrs Gather. inc Reynolds, Sought Policy Payment-Change of Beneficiary Planned But Not Executed Prior to Death

became separated from her and on Jan 20, at the hospital, made application to have the beneficiary changed to his daughter, Mrs Rey- holds. He filed the application for the change but tine insurance com pany did not term the application properly executed because 1t did not have the address of Mrs Sher- vyla, who was then Q resident of Pittsburgh. Before the application was duly made. MT Shervyla died.
 Both Mrs Reynolds and Mrs Shervyla sought the insurance and the insurance company brought the claims to the United states federal court. Judge Carroll c. Kinks heard the first claim and upheld Mrs Shervyla's claim. An appeal was taken to the United States circuit court of appeals. Attorney Walter l.. Monagan represented the insur- ance company, Attorney Fred W. Dauch appeared for Mrs Shervyln and Attorney Michael V. Blans- field represented Mrs Reynolds The decision of the high New York court was handed down today, up- holding Judge Hincks fin awarding the policy to Mrs Shervyla.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-28

Even [ yh t.Ie insured had in- z tentions of changing the beneflci- Nafy and went as far as filing an 2 duplication to bring a change in the policy, the .hange was not af- fected prior to his death. and the sdaughter whom the ii Ared sought S,to have made the beneficiary can- lanot succeed, the United States cir- Ncuit court of appeals for the sec- s.ond district, New York. states in :. "a decision handed down to-day af- A #fecting a Waterbury case.
 \ The case. an interpleader action, 4is that of the United Life M Acci- dent Insurance Co against Rather inc Reynolds of Waterbury and sMrs Teresa Shervyla of Pittsburgh, her step-mother. Under the terms of the decision, Mrs Shervyla rec ceives the policy. amounting to $l,-
 702.02 which was held on the life of her husband, Joseph P. Sher- vyia, formerly of Waterbury.
 Mr Shervyla died from injuries received when he was struck by q ear operated l. one Maisto. His death took place Feb {. 1930. The policy on which he was paying ,raiied his wife as beneficiary. He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-28

The outlook for the copper in- dustry,S which lfag been one or the most seriously affected branches or business during the current period of depression, Is far from clear, states the current issue of The Guaranty Survey, published by the Guaranty Trust company of New York. The industry was marked at the beginning of 1882 by a high level of accumulated stocks, low prices, and declining demand; and, although figures on copper produc- tion and stocks are no longer pub lished, 1t is the general belief that the excess supplies of the metal are out of all proportion to the levels of current and potential demand.
 As is the case in several other American industries. the depressed state of the copper industry ts not alone the result of the reduced de- mand accompanying the unsatis- factory condition of business; for the copper industry has never uf- dergone a complete readjustment from the expanded production facilities built up under the pres- sure of war requirements. On the contrary The Survey says, the pro- ductive capacity has been increased during the last decade. Attempts have been made from time to time to effect stabilization by coopera- tive restriction of output among American producers; but whatever success these projects had was purely temporary, and the price improvement thus brought about invariably stimulated production by high h-cost domestic producers and foreign companies not included in the agreements.
 The average price of electrolytic copper at New York for 1920 was about 17 cents Q pound. By 1s27, fine price had dropped to 13 cents; but subsequent curtailment brought the price for 1929 to about the 18.cent level. The decline in de. mand accompanying the general recession in business, combined
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-28

Chase English and Edwin Holt English. 2nd.
 Funeral arrangementB will be completed and announced later.
 Funeral services viii be con. ductod Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home with Rev Moses II. Lowell. pastor Of the Sec. ond Congregational church ofiicIat- ing. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery.
 Scores of the city's leading cit. lzens joined to-day in paying tri. butes to the memory of the dc. ceased. eulogizing the unseiflsh of his life's work, his character and his talents. 1t was unanimously agreed that the city Of Waterbury in his death suffered the loss of C sterling citizen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-28
BY ELMER 0. WALzER fUJntfAf9 Resaaa FCannn nfs1al Editor

New York, Jan 2s--(UP) - Prices slipped ack on the stock exchange today but changes on the whole were slight and volume con- tinued small,
 Numerous adverse factor worked against the market. The most important was word from at. thoritative sources that in all proba bility the U. s. Steel pre-
Evening star., 1933-04-09
Books ReceiUed
NON-FTCTION.


PLENoCRAcY: The Science Of Creating
Abundance for An BY Samuel Robert Max
well. Chicago: Citizens Universal Service.
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES or
POWER PRODUCTION. BY Fred Hender-
son. New York: The John Day Co.
WHERE DARWIN ERRED. BY Charles Linz
coin Clayton. Boston: Neador Publishing
THIRTEEN YEARS IN HELL. BY Harry ".
zander. Boston: Meador Publishing Co.
THE GREAT TECHNOLOGY. BY Harold
Rugg. New York: The John Day Co.
THESE OUR MODERNS. Edited by Robert
E. Galbraith New York: Thomas Nelson
BREAsTING WORLD FRONTIERS; Herbert
Hoover's Achievements. By Vernon B. Hamp-
ton. Stapieton, N. Y: The John Winio
Press.
PRACTICAL POLITICAL PROCEDURE: Guilds
for Party Workers. BY David B. Cohane.
Boston: Meador Publishing Co.
BUzzARDS. PEACOCKs AND NIGHTns-
GALES. BY Hugh Richardson Fitch New
York: g. p. Putnams Sons.
PRISON DAYS AND NIGHTS. BY Victor y.
Nelson. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
POINTS EAST: Narratives Of New England
oversee. BY Rachel Field. New York.
The Macmillan Co.
WHO'S THIS? BY Frank p Foster, H. New
York: The Century Co.
HEAT AND ITS WORKINGS. BY MortoQ
Mott-Smith, Phi. d. New York: D. Apple
ton q Co..
FICTION
NAN AND WIFE. BY Beth Brown. New
York: Claude Kendall
RANCHERO. BY Stewart Edward White New
York: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
THE CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA BY Wallao6
Smith New York: Covici-Friede.
THE NEW BRIDGE BY Meyer Levin New
York: Covici- -Friede
LAKE OF FIRE. By Lionel Houser New Yora
Claude Kendall.
IN YOUR HAT. By Renee Carroll. New Yo4ln
The Macaulay Co.
THE HOLLOW QUEEN. BY Frank E. Cache
lein. Boston The Christopher Publishtn9
House
THE FIGURE OF EIGHT BY Cecil Waya.
New York: H. c. Kinsey & Co.
THE STARLIT JOURNEY. Juvenile) b
Pamela Bianco New York: The Macmiham
Co. '.- -t
DUNGA-BUNGA By stephen King Ball Nsw
York. W.. w. Norton d o. -~aTr -ta-. r
Evening star., 1933-04-09
THE DEVILS PASSPORT. BY Gordon Youma
New York: The Century Co.

THE DEVILS PASSPORT BY Gordon YOUNG
New York: The Century Co.
uDON EVERHARD has always been . hard
- one for either crooks or honest men to
figure Almost from boyhood he lived on tha
ragged edge of the underworld and frankly made
q business of trimming crooked gamblers and
confidence men. dangerous business; but he
shoots quite as well as he plays cards. In soMo
States it might be against the law to carry .
gun. 1t isn't against the law in any Of them to
shoot in self-defense and Everhard has never
been in prison." With this introduction, we are
off on mystery trail with Don Everhard, which
leads to strange situations. It begins in WASH
ngton continues on q Transatlantic liner,
reaches the depths Of the Paris underworld
Somewhere in those depths is the headquarters
of an international gang which operates in New
York banking circles and in Washington diplo-
matte Offices The head of the gang is La Tet0
de Mort. and in harmony with his name is his
policy of arranging the deaths of all the gang
who do not obey his commands. Everhard,
whose name is a pseudonym adopted because OF
its symbolism, crosses the path of La Tete de
Mort; hence the tale. There is girl Vilette,
whose identity is part Of the mystery; Everhard
meets her on the Trivilia, bound for Antwerp.
Surprise attends every step of the intrigue,
which is told in rapid staccato fashion At the
end, even Everhard Is surprised.
PEN PICTURES OF THE PRESIDENTS. By
Fred T. Wilson. Nashville, Tenn: South.
western Co.
A SHORT biography of each President Of The
~ United States covering Is or 80 pages,
with dates, and information taken from au.
thentic sources, Is included in this good-sised
volume, which might well find a place on the
reference shelf or the reading table. In tho
introduction, by Secretary of State Corden
Hull, we are told that the author Mr.. Wilson.
is descended from the early settlers Of Ten.
nessee and is a great-grandson of one of An
drew Jacksons soldiers at the Battle of New
Orleans. Mr.. Wilson is graduate of vander-
bilt University and has been a teacher of his
tory and chief clerk Of the Lower House oG
the Tennessee legislature Brief as they are,
these presidential biographies are not lacking
in color and anecdote. An impression Is given
Of the personality of each President and its de-
velopment under the influence of the events
and national currents Of his administration.
Taken together they constitute outline his
tory Of the United States. The final chapter,
Bits of q. s. History" is q miscellany Of In
formation in which we find, for example, that
Taft was the largest President, Madison the
smallest, Lincoln the tallest, William Henry
Harrison the oldest at the time of his inau-
guration. Pictures Of the Presidents, used -
illustrations, are, with the exception of that Of
President Hoover, reproduced from the on
paintings which hang In the White House.
The value Of the book would be increased by IN
index
Evening star., 1933-04-09

He robbed mining diligences "sagging with sill
yer bar for the Golfers Of foreign concession
aires" stole the cattle from the swollen herds
Of great cattle barons murdered when neces-
sary to accomplish his ends, but fed whole
countryside during famine and did not harm
women and children. Banditry in Mexico has
deep roots "in the socio-economic situation,
and derives historically directly from her hun
dred years Of civil strife. Guerrilla warfare is
the characteristic fighting technique of the
peon" After a raid "the entire force (of
bandits) would melt like mist within the
hour. 1t was a system that for years ut
terly bafaed the authorities" From banditry
Villa evolved to leadership. He responded to
the call to arms of Francisco Madero, organ
izer of new Liberal party, and brought with
MIN 40 men and 1000 rounds. After the murder
Of Madero, Villa stuck to the cause and fought
against the usrrpation of Huerta. With Huer-
ta's abdication, Villa might have been dictator,
but he stood aside and Carranza rose to power
villa looked upon him as only less of a tyrant
than Diaz and continued to fight him and his
general, Obregon.
It Is undoubtedly an idealized Villa whom
Mr.. Pinchon paints He dwells upon the spec
tac3e Of the man who was almost iliterate
Evening star., 1933-04-09
Important Work Of Andre7v Jackson Be fore
He Became Presidem+Cabt C,uigeS
New Book ON Hait-N0veLs ON the
Spring List

Horns story was written. Perhaps, as In
Trader Horns case, imagination has embel-
lshed the facts, but what of it? No one Il
going to use Jan Welzl's book as guide book,
and it is a splendid yarn.
E. w. SCRIPTS. BY Negley D. Cochran New
York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.
AVER so years of newspaper work, with ever
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
D. c. BANK GE K
OPENING OK,

Industrial Savings Bank of
Washington was one of IA banks
in the United States to receive
approval for reorganization plans
in the To-day period ending De-
cember 20, it was announced to-
day by the office of the Camp
troller of the Currency. It was
the only nonmember institution
in the group, and it's frozen de-
posits were estimated at $578.O00,
and unrestricted, $4,000.
TWenty-four national banks
were licensed and opened during
the period. Twenty-three of
these, with $28,069,O00 frozen de-
posits of two national banks in
receivership.
The First National Banks of
Honaker and Onancock, Va, and
the First National of West Union,
w. Va, are among those granted
licenses. The Farmers and Mer-
chants National Bank of Cam
bridge, Md, was in the group
whose reorganization plans were
approved.
AS a result of this action, there
are now only 13 national banks in
the country which do not have
either an approved or a disap-
proved reorganization plan.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
D. c. AID ASKED
IN SANITATION

Washingtonians who have sum-
mer places in Anne Arundel
county were urged today by
county officials to assist in the
sanitation campaign just launched
under the Civil Works Admins
tration.
The program already is under
way, the county having arranged
with CWA officials to provide 80
per cent of the cost Of materials
for installing modern plumbing
systems in schools.
The schools will be used as
demonstration centers in an ef-
fort to win over residents and
summer visitors to the idea of
up-to-date sanitation. Where
residents agree to join the move
ment, they will be assessed for
the cost Of the materials alone,
the county and CWA jointly tax
ing care Of the labor involved.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
NATION : MINES
SAFER NOW

Mining operations in the
United States are becoming ap-
preciably safer, according to
Scott Turner, director of the Blu
reau of Mines, who announced
today that in the first eight
months of the present year there
were no major explosion dis
asters, the longest period of i'm
munity in so years.
In September, however, there
was a disaster Of considerable
proportions, when seven persons
were killed and one injured in a
Pennsylvania soft coal mine.
There had, until that time, been
no major explosion since Decem-
ber %, 1892.
No similar record is disclosed
by statistics. In 1924, the worst
year on record, 407 persons were
killed in the first eight months.
Before the Bureau of Mines was
formed average fatalities in coal
mines were 531 annually; in re-
cent years the average has been
178. Even so, the death rate in
mining is higher in this country
than in any other except Chile,
the Bureau reports, indicating
that the Bureaus safety job is
not yet completed.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
Admission to Party
Is Toy for Old
Santa's Pack

Employees of the Civil Service
Commission played Santa Claus
yesterday to some so or 60 little
boys and girls on the Good Eel
low list.
The commission held a holiday
party, admission to which was
one new toy neatly wrapped in
Christmas paper and seals, and
marked. The toys were sent the
Good Fellow Editor for distribu-
ton.
They went out last night. And
on Monday morning the. happy
youngsters who will receive them
will waken to a renewed belief
in the Christmas saint who re-
members all good little boys and
girls, irrespective of whether
their daddies have jobs.
For "UnderpriviIeged"
Earlier in the week, employees
of the Government Printing Of
flee gave a similar party. Their
toys, too, are awaiting Christmas
morning in the homes of District
children of the class now termed
"underpriVileged" ra her than
poor.
Children whose parents love
them as dearly as richer fathers
and mothers have hearts that,
but for the kindness of strangers,
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
TWO VETS UNITS
|NNEW MERGER

Although none except possibly a
few zealots are working at the
Veterans Administration today,
this date marks the effectiveness
Of a new consolidation of activi-
ties there, whereby pension claims
will be handled by two units-the
Veterans Claim Service and the
widows and Dependents Claim
Service.
The firStnamed unit will adjudi-
cate all claims for pensions from
service in any war, while the lat
ter will deal with claims for re-
endorsement for funeral expenses
of veterans, as we'll as with the
claims of widows and dependents.
Local boards of review have al
lowed AZ per cent of the claims
of $1,000 veterans that their dis
abilities were service-connected,
the Veterans Administration an
nounceS.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23

must be filled with the bittereSt
of dispair Christmas morning. It
is a question who suffers the
most on empty Christmas morn"
ingS, the helpless little children
or their heartsick parents.
Many Names On List
There are still dozens Of names
oh the Good Fellow list waiting to
be taken today or tomorrow.
They all tell the same story, job
less fathers. dispairing mothers,
anxious little boys and girls. Such
as for example Mrs. F. So:
81 am the mother of two
children, ages 4, 3 and Is
months. We have no money to
buy them anything as my hus.
band is working on the relief
and he is just recently out of
the hospital. 1t takes all he
makes for food and rent and we
haven't even that at times. All
three children are supposed to
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
CERSHW|N DUE
HERE FEB. 8.

George Gershwin, most famous
Of Americas modernist compos-
ers, will appear at Constitution
Hall February 8, in connection
with his transcontinental tour
celebrating the tenth anniversary
of his Rhapsody in Blue"
With him will come Leo Reis-
mans Band, without Reisman,
however, unless the latter re-
covers from his recent accident
in time. James Melton will also
be included in the company.
Gershwin has played in Wash
ington once before, as a soloist
with the New York Symphony
Orchestra, under the baton of
Walter Damrosch. 1t was DAM
rosch who first brought Gersh-
win to the concert stage. for he
introduced Rhapsody in Blue" to
symphony audiences and later
gave hearings to Gershwin's jazz
concerto and his American in
Paris"
Gershwin's first success was
gained in washington. incident
ally, when critics acclaimed his
score for a quickly defunct musi.
cal show entitled "Our Nell"
The show was not welcomed very
warmly, but Gershwin's music
was impressive. and the songs
long outlasted their setting. I'm
nocent Ingenue Baby was an
outstanding number.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
TRANSIT US|ONS
SEEN AS HOPE
Of HURT GIRL
Father Gives Blood for Victim
of Runaway Thoroughbred;
Miss Kirk Unconscious

Miss Corinne Kirk, of Sandy
Spring, who was seriously injured
when thrown from a runaway
horse yesterday evening, was re-
ported slightly improved at the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital this morning, although she
is still unconscious.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mahlon Kirk 4th, owners of an
estate at Sandy Spring, was rid
ing her Uncle Frank Kinks prize
winning horse, Single Fly, near
her home.
A nervous thoroughbred, the
animal bolted when she slapped
him carelessly on the neck. She
kept her seat for more than a
mile of wild riding, but was
finally thrown.
A motorist took her to the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital, where it was found that
her skull vas fractured.
An immediate blood transfu-
sion was necessary, and her
father raced to the hospital. His
blood was found to be in the
right classification and the trans
fusion was performed. Another
TRANSMISSION may be necessary
today.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
j. Of MARYLAND
PUN|SHESF|VE
FOR PRANK
Two Suspended for Breaking
Windows; 3 on Probation;
a of Boys Athletes

Accused of breaking window
panes in the university gym
nasium, two University of Mary.
land students were suspended and
three others placed on probation
yesterday.
Four of the five students are
prominent athletes at the school,
and it is believed the baseball
team may suffer the loss of two
this year.
To Test Spirit
DR.. Raymond A. Pearson, presi-
dent of the university, who meted
out the punishment, said he knew
all of the five to be students Of
high standing, and realized that
their act was committed on the
spur of the moment. He said
that if the students take their
punishment in the right manner
they will be returned in good
standing With the school authori-
ties.
Those suspended are Dick Mel
son, quarterback of the football
team, and third baseman on the
baseball team, and Willis Benner,
football halfback and outfielder
on the baseball team.
Placed on probation - which
prevents a student from partici-
patton in extra -curricula activi-
tieS-are Tom Webb and Harry
Gretz, both centers on the foot
ball team, and Lewis H. Janna-
rome, of BeltSville, N. J. All ex-
cept Jannarone are from Wash
ington.
Benner is a senior, Gretz is a
sophomore, and the three others
are juniors.
Banned From Team
Nelson and Benner probably will
be prevented from playing base
ball this spring, even If their Sus-
pension is lifted, since a proba-
tionary period nearly always fol.
lows a suspension.
Unless Nelson is reinstated in
time to pass his work for the COM
ing semester he will not be eligible
for football next year.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
XMAS AIR TALK
BY ROOSEVELT

President Roosevelt will touch
a button at sos pm. tomorrow
that will set ablaze with a myriad
of colored lights the National
Community Christmas Tree in
Sherman Square, and at 500 will
broadcast greetings to the nation
over a national radio hook-up.
The ceremonies will begin Of
ficially at 4::3O pm. when the
United States Marine Band plays
a concert of Christmas music, and
carols will be sung by Gordon
Junior High School carolers and
the Glee Club of George Wash
ington University. Sen. William
H. King of Utah will preside.
Boy Scout buglers stationed at
Washington Monument, the Cap
itol and Lincoln Memorial will
sound the tidings and 125 other
scouts and church bells will join
in letting everyone in the District
know the lighting of the tree has
started the official celebration of
Christmas. Boy and Girl Scout
will extend to President and Mrs.
Roosevelt the greetings of the
citizens of the District Of Colum-
bia and the nation.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
Emma RedeU Back
Home for YuLetide

For the first time in IL years
Emma Redell. whom Senator
Borah called Americas Ambas-
sador of culture to Russia" will
spend a Christmas at home here
in washington.
In 1921 the young blonde girl
started her travels in search Of
fame. She found it, but the trail
carried her through Europe to
South Africa and, last Christmas,
to Moscow. She has never before
been able to get back to Wash
ington for Christmas.
She arrived here yesterday to
spend the holidays at the home
of her sister. Mrs. Bessie Leven-
son, at 1903 Fifty-eighth ST..
N. w. On New Year Eve she
will broadcast a radio recital
from New York.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23
Retail Food Prices
Fall Off Is Per Cent

Retail food prices reacted dur
ing the two weeks period ended
December S, dropping is per cent,
1Sador Lubin, commissioner of
Of Labor Statistics reported yes
terday.
The index, based on the 1918
average as 100, dropped to los S
as compared with 1868 on No
vember 81. Prices, however, were
16.5 per cent above the low point
reached in April and z per cent
above the 1882 level. They were 2
per cent above the high point
reached on September 26.
The Washington times., 1933-12-23

have milk, but we haven't the
money to pay for it.
"They only ask for a few toys
and if some Good Fellow would
give them to them they would
be happy"
Mrs. F. c.:
81 have two little boys, ages
8 and 6. My husband hasn't
had work in two years, and T.
B. Of the bone. We will have no
Christmas for our children if
some kind hearted more for
tunate man or woman doesn't
help up"
Mrs. r. j. B.:
II am % years old and the
mother Of three small children.
/ expect the stOrk to bring me
a fourth within q few weeks.
Wont some Good Fellow
please come to me. I haven't