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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

The recommendation of Mayor Frank Hayes that in the interest of economy, superintendent of Schools Thomas J. Condon be named clerk of the school board at a salary of $1 a year was adopt ed by the board at it's meeting yes- terday afternoon.
 Action on the mayors request had been deferred from the last meeting in order to afford the board an opportunity to study the legal aspects of, the appointment. Commissioner Harry J. Beardsley, chairman of the special committee which studied the problem, report ed full agreement with the mayors efforts at economy and moved adop- tion of the recommendation.
 The appointment was made only new board takes office Jan 2. It was voted to have the matter come up before the new board as special business at the initial meeting.
 Progressive educational steps, al- most complete elimination of the double session and fulfillment of the reduced budget were among the school departments achievement of the past year, according to the annual report of Thomas J. Condon school superintendent, to the board of education yesterday.
 The annual recommendations of the superintendent were five in number: Establishment of five new classes for handicapped children; establishment of further classes at Leavenworth high school; the in- stitution of standard achievement tests through the grades; increases in the number of textbooks, and efforts to secure more state aid for the city's schools.
 The report, a lengthy record of MT Condon's first year in office, had many notable points. Waterbury school population, despite the great drop in the birth rate, is still almost 17,0O0. designations of teachers have enabled savings on salaries, as new appointments were not made, but still the city's pupil teacher ratio is comparatively low.
 The financial section of the re- port showed that the departments expenditures had been reduced from $1,347,652 to $1,602,407. The cost per pupil was 12.9 per cent less than in 1882. Salary savings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
PUBLIC SALE OF
 HANDWORK THURS
Food and HandwOrk to Be Sold at Davenport
 Hall

A new means of helping the un- employed who have ability to do hahdicraft has been found and on Thursday at Davenport Hall pub lie sale of such handwork will be held. Mrs Julius Smith is chair man of a group of women who will have charge of arrangements on Thursday and all those who have some food, handiwork or anything of the sort which they wish to sell should bring it to Davenport Hall on Thursday morning clearly marked with their name and the price which they. must obtain for 1t. Proceeds of the sale will go to the individuals who bring in ar ticles for sale and there is no group profit.
 The Lincoln House Industries Committee has an interesting group of things which are on dis play at the Mill street store. These include paintings, rag rugs, shoes, brooms and other handicraft. one woman who is now 70 years old haD, for many years, made a living with her charming water colors. Many of these have been carefully prepared for the Thursday sale.
 Mrs Smith has announced that the sale will continue all day anu it is hoped to establish it perma- nently as a means of helping those in need at this season of the year. All women who wish to help the unfortunate ones who are capable though jobless, are urged to at- tend.
 Members of Mrs Smiths com mittee include Mrs Richard Ely, Mrs Alfred E.. Hart, Mrs Rowley Phillips. Mrs Goodrich Smith, Mrs Glenn IT. Wayne, Mrs H. Mitchell Wallace, Mrs Oroton P. Camp, Mrs Clarence P. Cook. Mrs John A. Coe, Jr, Mrs George A. Goss, Mrs War ren F. Kaynor. Mrs Charles Larkln, Mrs Evelyn Lilley, Mrs Roger. 5. sperry, Mrs Mark L. Sperry, Jr, Mrs Joel I. Butler, Mrs Fred B. Wab- ster. Mrs Alexander Thomson, Mrs Stanley H. Crater, Mrs Moses Lowell, Miss Edith Chase.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
MAMMOTH LAKE TRACED

Missoula, Mont = (U.P.) - Ex- istence of a mammoth lake 4,000 miles square and 1,500 feet deep was traced near here recently by President c. H. Clapp of Montana state University well known geol- ogist. Clapp said the present Mis- soula Valley was part of the lake floor. He believes tine inland sea was formed by ice barriers of the great Canadian glacial ice-cap.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
MIGHT TELEPHONE
 HIS FIRST DRING

New York. Dec 5-U.P.) - h. terest in the efforts of Benjamin Decasseres to get the first drink after repeal spread to-day to Eng land.
 A London newspaper asked De- casseres to telephone" his drink to London.
 How can I take drink by tele.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

phone?" he replied. Anyway, it might interfere with my drinking and somebody would beat me out"
 He promised, however. to inform London by telephone of how the drink tasted.
Evening star., 1933-11-01
INSU[L GRATEFUL
FOR LEGAL ESCAPE
Utilities Magnate vitally Con-
cerned With Public Reaction
to Decision in Greece.
8y the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, November l.
Again free from the reach OF the long
arm of American law, Samuel insult
fugitive former utilities czar, was smart
ly dressed in q dark suit and a 1aSlly
tie today as he sat in a comfortable7
lounge at the Grande Bretagne Hotel
and received the congratulations OF
friends and acquaintanceS on MS es-
cape from eXtradltlon.
Still cautious in his conversation,
insult expressed interest in Whetner
Forest Harness., who represented tne
United States in the eXtradit1on e11ort
before the Greek court of appeal hao
left Athens
Harness worked hard" insult said,
in reviewing the case which ended III
q decision in his favor yesterday. 1T
would have been a great feather IN the
young fellows cap if he could nave
escorted me back with him. I'm very
sorry for Harness"
insult, worn and exhausted at the
end of the ordeal Of the nearing on
the attempt to eXtradlte him TO lace
charges in connection with the collapse
of his utilities, tumbled into bed last
night without, he said, ANY idea now
tired I was"
Asked whether he would go into busl-
ness and promotion work in Greece,
he said, 'too much already has oeen
written on this subject. l will start
to work and talk later
Until the decision insult had been
held in nursing home pending final
action in his case.
Court Cites Sacrifice.
..Insull," the court said. used his
good name as a personal guarantee IN
all efforts to keep up the company
credit and after their bankruptcy re-
manned in America and gave up his
personal and his wife's fortunes
Cheers went up as insult, smiling
radiantly, hurried from the court room
to move to a hotel from the nursing
home.
The specific charge of which insults
extradition was sought was violation
Of the bankruptcy laws.
The Greek Court previously had re-
fused to allow him to be extradited
to face charges of embezzlement.
Evening star., 1933-11-01
MILLIONAIRE KIDNAP
VICTIM QUESTIONED
U. s. Enters Case Of Louis Brooks,
Beaten and Forced to Open
Safe.
Nv the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
MARSHALL. Mich, November l.
Federal and local authorities today
turned to Louis E. Brooks, millionaire
manufacturer, for first-hand account
of his kidnapping Tuesday by two men
and woman who beat him, forced him
to open a safe in his Office and then
fed with loot estimated at $4,000 after
releasing him on q lonely road.
D. E. Hall, United States Department
of Justice agent, was cooperating in
the search for the kidnapers today.
The officers were unable to question
Brooks regarding the kidnapping last
night because of his physical condition.
He was found on his farm near Marshall
suffering from shock and head wound
inflicted by one oe the trio who slugged
him with a pistol butt.
Brooks, who is 46 years old, operates
the Brooks Appliance Co. here with his
brother Harold.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15
MILLIONS MORE
TOAIDBANKERS
One Hundred Million Is
r. F. c. Relief Gift to
Busted Bankers

Washington, Sept. 12-Ov-
er one hundred million dol
lars was loaned by the Recon-
struction-- Finance corpora
ton to banks during July,
according to the report of
the corporation made public
by the clerk of the House of
Representatives.
Practically every cent of
this money was loaned to
closed banks. Conservators or
receivers of such closed
banks obtained loans of $685.
892,523 from the r. F. c. and
S7,016,321 went to banks
which have opened under IL
cenSe.
More millions were given
to the bankers of the coun-
try through the purchase OF
preferred stocks of banks by
the R. F. G. During July the
R. F. G. donated $12,732, 500
for preferred stock of q
banks and loaned an addi
tional $2,615,000 on the pre-
ferred stock of Ia othel
banks.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15

The Williams County Holiday
Association, of Williams County,
North Daktoa, presented Banker
J. Arthur Cunningham, president
of the Commercial State Bank of
Williston, N. D., with first class
Oscars Roebuck' sale at the Mar
tin Oyloe farm, IS miles west OF
Williston, Friday noon, September
the 8th. About 1000 farmers
greeted the banker and his auc-
iioneer when they arrived. The
sale, which Melted the trifling sum
of S4.21, was, the farmers said,
a grSlt success. Fred Wagner OF
Ray, the fighting chairman OF
the Williams County Holiday As
ISOLATION, was master of cere-
monies and spokesman, and K. l..
Williamson and John Eggen were
the bidders. Everybody enjoyed
the demonstration but Banker
Cunningham, known intimately IN
the country side as "Skinning-
ham," After the sale the farmers
turned the property back to Oyloe,
I The sale was chattel mortgage
foreclosure on the household and
personal property of Farmer Oy-
loe. including his herd of cows
horses, pigs, chickens, farm ma
chinery, feed, grain and furniture
to satisfy a note in the sum Of
s241.42, given in 1881, and inter
est due thereon, plus attorneys
fees and costs, which totaled al
together the sum of $524.17, o.
over twice as much as the face o.
the mortgage as disclosed on tn,
records. The sale was advertised i
the Farmers Press. a Durportet
farmers paper. issue of Septem
Der 18th. Harry Brown was adj
vertised as 4he hanks suctioree
and AGENT. while Fisk. Craven 4
Tavlor of willistor. were tn
banks atlorrevs.
NOT EVEN ENOUGH
FOR FOOD
Martin Oyloe, like all the arm
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15
Williams County, N. D., Holiday
Assn Holds Sears OebuCk Sale
At the Martin Oyloe Farm, West of Wiliston, Friday
Afternoon, September 8th-6OO Farmers Attend
/ Fred Wagner. Holiday Chairman, Presides.
=. -. Bankers Collect $4.21

ers, had no crop this year as re-
suit of drought and grasshoppers,
excepting a few bushels he need
ed to feed and clothe his wife and
large family. Last year Oyloe
had a little crop but wheat was
only 25 cents the bushel, so there
was no money for the Hlnk that
year. It was the same story in
1881. All the bad years, Farmer
Oyloe and his family had toiled
and shaved, early and late, plow-
ing, planting, harvesting-reaping
either no grain or no price. They
could not pay their taxes, nor in
terest, nor anything on the note.
They did not get enuf for food,
clothing, or fuel. They had to
have relief. In the yebrs when
they realized a few dollars, they
had always kept Banker Cunning g
ham Haid up. But this harvest
they had no money to pay. 1t
(continued or Page Two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15
MICHIGAN LEAGUE ORGANIZER
BEATEN BY YOUTH FROM CAMP
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DEMONSTRATION BROKEN
FORESTATION CAMP WORKERS, NCTTED BY LOCAL BUSL
NESSMEN; WORKERS WILL ANSWER

Hancock, Mich, Sept. g.
, The international Youth Day
demonstration arranged by
Young Communist League of .
Ontonagon county in Trout
Creek was broken up by the
young workers in the refor- |
estation camps of Kenton.
Frank Arvola, organizer of
the United Farmers League,
and Vuolikaninen of Bruces |
Crossing we're brutaly beaten
up by the Hob that was in
cited by the local business
men.
Kenneth Hirvonen of Paynes-
vile got up on a box at the cor
ner of the state bank at the sched-
uled time of $50 to open up the
meeting. He was pulled down by
the drunken supervisor Conror of
that Interior township. Some work
ers Immediately set up a protest
that they wanted to hear Hirvon-
en- speak. Ore of those who i'm
mediately defer'ded comrade Hir-
vonen's right for speech was
George Leiviska of Atlantic. He
was taken along with Hirvonen
and forced into one of the work
er's cars and forced to ride out
of town. Commons, as leader Of
the attack then went around the
crowd picking out the Commun-
lists and it is then that they got
a hold of Arvola and Vuolikainen.
The local big shots who run the
town together with the lumber
baron Weidman made careful pre-
parations for their fascist attack.
They clearly saw RoOsevelt's pur-
pose in organizing the camps as
a club against the workers. Sher-
iff Shon had made special trips
to Trout Creek and held special
K meetings with Weidman's clique
e DIR. windshield spoke to the CCC
o lads for final Instructions little
n before the scheduled time for op-
ening the meeting. Mr.. Saxon oil
e the state bank was conspicuous IL
d melting the crowd to lynch hys
L terra when they yelled "give then
: a. free ride" where's the rope,
N etc.
is Arvola and Vuolikainen wer
n forced to run the gauntlet of wat
ii er, swinging fists, swinging arm,
h belts with heavy buckles, flyinl
Sc tomatoes and stones and what moi
:" Arvola's nose was smashed and h
was kicked and beaten all over a
he stumbled while running be
tween the two lines of incite
mob.
Comrade Vuolikainen. who Is {
years old was not spared eithe
They took his coat away frol
him, the army captain doing tt
stealing. They went into the ha
Oh where dance was supposed to
m held that night and chased tt
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15

BY LANDLORDS

: Selma, AIa.-JOe SOlde, Ne
gro tenant farmer was lynch
: ed here August 10, it has been
= learned by the international
> Labor Defense, in spite of eff
forts to cover up the crime
made by authorities.
> Solde was framed on a charge
= of stealing a cow, the real
> reason being a determination
> by his white landlord 10 drive
him off a piece of land he
held under his lease. Fsm
white men, Archie Bryant,
Edward Meallin, and Ace May
took him to the woods and
beat him to death.
The lynching of SOlde is the
twenty-fourFh reported this
year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15
Frazier, Nye. Lemke, Sinclair Silent

The North Dakota State Federation of Labor at
its state convention held at MnO Sept and on Labor
Day. the 4h passed resolutions denOuncng the referred
Sales Tax to be voted upon Friday, Sept p, at the
pose of voting on the measure infamous and
ustifiabIe upon the necessities of the impoverished
farmers and destitute workers for the sole benefit of
of the bankers. The resolution passed by
wheImng majority in spite of the hard and stubborn
fight made against by LANCER henchmen and bankers
tools in the convention. The resolution calls upon all
members of organized labor to fight and vote against
the proposal The resolution bad blow against
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15
North Dakota Federation Of
Labor DenOunCes Sales Tax
HOLIDAY ASSOC.
PROTECTS INTEREST
OF N. OAK. FARMER

The Holiday Association of
Williams county, N. D. took its
first direct action steps, Wednes-
day, September 6, in protecting
the rights of a farmer, a widow,
when it took for her, her share of
the crop, the owners sli ire, which
was being taken by the holder of
the tax deed on her land.
1t seems that H. ]. Redlich
bought a quarter section of land
adjoining his farm nalr Wheelock,
N. D.. several years ago, on a con-
trac! for deed. For five years, he
or his widow, had been unable to
ny the taxes. Bliss Mcfarland,
of Wheelock, ex-banker and real
estate shark for the purpose of ex-
plotting it as long as he could,
bought up the taxes for ore year,
amounting to $75.41 and got a
deed. Mcfarland rented the land
to another farmer who planted I'LL
but % acres which Redlich put in
himself.
About IS Holiday farmers ap-
peared at the farm, early in the
morning, threshed the grain and
delivered to Redlich all Of the
grain on the % acres which the
Redlichs has put in and one-qulr-
ter of the grain raised on the res
of the quarter, measuring out tx
the renter his three-fourths as pc
his contract. Thus the matter wa'
settled between the alrmers, but
Bliss Mcfarland, the shark, VIII
did not even show up, was de-
feated in his schemes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15
League Demands Governor
Of Washington Prosecute
Leaders Of Terror Gangs
THE UNITED FARMERS LEAGUE
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI.

Sept. IL, 1888.
Governor Martin
Olympia, Wash
Dear Sir:
By this time you must be aware of the disgrace
full conduct of so-caed uphOderS of law and order in
and around Yakima Washington An intended con-
ference of Washington farmers broken up. Dele
gates coming to the conference maltreated and
arrested driven out of town. Mr. c. M. BoSkajon,
State Secretary of the United Farmers League, was
beaten. Organzatonal supplies, property of the
United Farmers League, were taken away from indi-
vduals who were responsible for these supplies. In
fact officers of the law in your state have committed
the worst of crimes.
The United Farmers, an organization of
thousands of farmers, demands the immediate
removal arrest and prosecution of Sheriff Law
Evans, Acting Sheriff Armstrong and all connect
ed with the kidnapping and flashing of Mr. c. NJ
Boskaljon.
We demand the immediate release and safe
ty for all the workers arrested as result of the
strike.
Vigilantes who were responsible for the out
RACES to be brought trial under criminal
charges.
A guarantee of the constitutional rights of
farmers and workers to organize to strike and to
picket without interference by state county
city police self-styled Vg1antes
We also demand the immediate return to
Mr. G. M Boskaljon, Eatonville Wash, of the
literature and supplies belonging to the United
Farmers League
If our constitutional rights as legal organiza-
ton are not respected in the State of Washington we
will have no other recourse than to concentrate all of
our available forces from other states, where we are
strongly organized into the state of Washington for
the purpose of making organization there so
strong that it will have to be respected
We request to know whether or not you person
ally sanction such practices as those in Yakima to
crush the farmers and workers Your failure to take
II immediate steps in conformity with the above de-
mands viii be interpreted by the organized farmers
tact if not overt consent your part to continue
outrageous malpractices in the State of Washington
Yours very truly,
THE UNITED FARMERS LEAGUE
Alfred Tala, National Secretary.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15

lodging exploiters of the farmers
and the workers support the tax
actively or passively. The So
called nonpartisan league farmers
papers, bidding for Langer's pat
tronage, either actively support it
Or give approval by silence.
Usher L. Burdick, the lawyer,
politician, president of the Farm
ers Holiday Association supports
the bill tho the huge majority of
the Holiday farmers are against it.
He supports the proposition some
times openly and frankly and at
other times by indirection and ST
lence, depending on the temper of
the audience that he is speaking
to. Burdick is lined pu, body, soul
and breeches with the Lhnger ma
chine ard dares not go against it
unless it grows too unpopular,
when of course ne will.
Charles Talbot announces in "a
straddling manner that he and his
organization are against the tax
on principle, that he is against it
because the Farmers Union has
gone on record against, but when
speaking before the farmers he
never mentions the matter, and so
by this silence he gives the propo-
sition his negative support. Most
of the salaried leaders of the
Runners Union pursue the same
policy. The Farmers Union Her
aid published at st. Paul, Mimi.
does not mention the matter. nol
do the managers of the business
activities.
Senators Frazier and Nye, anC
Congressman Lemke and Sinclair
are both silent, tho Sinclair is re
ported to be against the bill per
Continued on Page Two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15
Individual Average
VIII Discriminate
for Rich Farmers

Washington, D. C.-The Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
ton has decided that in the wheat
areas both the individual average
and the county average can be
used in determining the allotment
bonuses. This will discriminate IN
favor of the farmers with higher
averages and against the re-
mainder.
It will, moreover, discriminate
in favor of the richer farmers,
since those are the only ones who
have the necessary records that
are necessary to get on the indi-
vidual average basis.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15

Michigan. Workers from all over
our district should join in this
fight. If we do not make it very
clear that we will not allow the
bosses to use the Reforestation
Camps against US they will be US
ing these boys time and again in
preventing us from fighting for
better conditions. We should de-
mard the arrest of Mr.. Conner
and the army captain who were
leading in this mob attack.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15
LANCER WAGES TIRELESS
CAMPAIGN FOR TAX

Gov. LANCER, aided by all his
henchmen and appointees, under
his direction are out campaigning
for the bankers sales tax from one
end of the state to the other, visit
ing every county, township, city,
village and hamlet where a group
of people can be called together.
The radio stations at Fargo, Grand
Forks, Minot and Bismarck have
been utilized to carry on daily
campaign thru the air. The "North
Dakota Leader" the governors
personal and official organ, estab-
lished by the money assessed
against the state employees, arbi-
trarily, belches forth argument for
the tax by columns each week.
Every ounce of strength of the
LANCER nEchine and the great
power of the Wall Street bankers
and bondholders have been mObi-
lized in support of the sales tax
All the capitalist napers, the
papers under the control of the
bankers and the bosses, the tax
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15

players away. All the rest of the
evening they patrOlled the roads
trying to find some more vic
tins.
The workers and farmers of
Ontongon county are going TO
answer this brutal attack with a
mass campaign and with huge
demonstration in Trout Creek.
Send protests to Anderson,
chairman of Ontonagon County
Board of Supervisors, Even,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-15
MEAT TRUST WILL
MINT MILLIONS IN
NEW HOG PROGRAM

Washington, Sept. 9-One hun
bred and thirty-five Meat Trust
packing plants at SO processing
points are coming huge profits
out of the government hog buy.
ing program, through contract
with Secretary of Agriculture,
Wallace.
The Meat Trust purchases, pro-
cesses and otherwise haadies the
pigs purchased for the govern
ment. They are being paid a fixed
price for doing "their part" under
the New Deal in the corn bell.
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