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The Washington times., 1933-12-26
SLAY|NG
HOLDS z MEN

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N. Y,
Dec. 26 Q.N.SO.-While police
prepared to quetion two suspects
arrested late last night, relatives
today went forward with funeral
plans for eight-year-old Josephine
Waropay, whose mutilated body
was found beneath the stage of
an auditorium here following a
two-day disappearance from her
home.
Held in connection with the
death are John H. Sulka, 48, and
Sebastian Martie, 46, 1aborers.
Sulka, police said. was ques-
toned following reports from
children of the neighborhood that
he had chased them frequently,
brandishing a leather belt and
threatening them for taunting
him.
Martil, police said, was reported
to have offered young children
sums of money at various times
and to have given them cake,
candy and other delicacleS.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
NANK|NG FL|ERS
ARE YANKEES

TOKYO, Dec. 26 QNSO.
American aviators, flying Chinese
planes for the Marking National
ist government, are directing
bombing attacks on the Fukien
province rebels, according to word
reaching japanese officialdom
today.
An attack upon Foochow, prin-
cipal city Of the, rebel Chinese
province, resulted yesterday in 26
deaths. Similar air raids were
reported over inland cities.
PEIPTNG, Dec. % GNSJ.
Members of the Nanking nation
alist air force, now engaged in
exterminating rebels in Fukien
province. are trained in the avia-
ton school operated here by
Colonel Jouett, former American
army officeH
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
SLAYER Of BOY
CONFESSES

COLUMBIA, S. Co. Dec. &c
G.N.SO breaking under hours Of
ceaseless grilling, Robert WileSy 40,
jobless automobile mechanic, TO-
day confessed to authorities the
Staying of Herbert H. Harris, jr.,
15-year-old son Of a wealthy mer-
chant.
Sheriff T. Alex Heise said Wiles
admitted crushing the Schoolboy's
skull with a heavy iron pipe after
Turing him to an abandoned farm
house 10 miles from here Satur-
day.
The confession, Sheriff Heise
said, was made at the State peni-
tentiary, where Wiles had been
taken to protect him from posi-
BILE mob violence. Chief of Police
Rawlinson, of Columbia, and Peni-
tentiary Superintendent Scarbor-
ough corroborated the report Of
the confession.
The boys body was found after
the father, H. H. Harris, vice presi-
dent of chain store system, had
told authorities his son was miss
ing.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
Woman SPY TRIED TO BUY j. S. navy PLANS
New Vaccine
To Preuent
Paralysis

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 G.N.S0.
Development of vaccine by
which it may be possible to i'm
munize human beings against
infantile paralysis was disclosed
today by the Bureau of Labori-
tories Of the City Health Depart
ment.
The immunizing agent, it was
stated, is being developed under
the direction of DR.. M. H. Park,
director Of laboratories, who said
he was working "along the same
lines as Pasteur-to find a serum
which it will not be dangerous
to administer"
DR.. Park warned against too
much emphasis being placed on
results Of his experiments with
the vaccine, but said he had
suggested in immunizing monkeys
and other animals for varying
periods.
The serum consists Of dead
virus of the disease, treated with
formaldehyde, which kills the or
ganism but leaves the immuniz-
ing properties undisturbed.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
NEW JAP GUN
REJECTED
BY j. s.
"Wonder Weapon" Declared
Impractical Here Years Ago
BY Army Men

America, in 1918, had a ma
chine gun similar to the one
reported invented in Japan which
has caused a furore in military
circles throughout the world, The
Washington Times was informed
today.
This gun, The Washington
Times was told, was submitted to
the War Department but was
found to be impracticable.
Efforts are being made to learn
if the japanese weapon is ac-
tually the American invention or
a remarkably similar thing.
Test Satisfy japanese
Japanese military officials are
said to have witnessed tests of
the weapon and to have eX-
pressed satisfaction over its per-
.fornance. It is believed they
have recommended its adoption
in their services.
The American weapon was in
vented by Levi w. Lombard, OF
oOOOOAA, dA4O NOuAu NC OkCA0OSA Nv
either gasoline or electric
motor.
No explosives we're used in
hurting the projectiles. The ma
chine-gun bullets are fired" from
a disc revolving at great speed,
centrifugal force being the project
ing power.
International News Service un-
earthed a complete set of photo
graphs of Mr.. Lombard's weapon
from it's files. They were taken
in 1918, when the gun was being
tested.
$4,000 Shots a Minute
Thirty-three thousand bullets a
minute can be fired from the
American gun. The meagre in
formation available concerning
the Japanese gun, described as
"the deadliest and most formida-
BILE modern field weapon" has it
that 9,075 bullets can be fired
from it in minute.
The same meagre information
shows the gun to be almost identi-
cal with Mr.. Lombard's. invention.
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The Washington times., 1933-12-26
SEEKING
THRILL KILLER

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec.
26 G.N.SD 2O-yaar-old thrill
slayer" who, police say, is anxious
to shoot some policemen "for the
fun of it," was sought throughout
Michigan today for the Lovers
Lane" murder of a pretty young
deaf and dumb girl.
Officers have been instructed to
shoot to kill.
The fugitive is William Nc
Cam, 20, Stepson of city fire
man. He is accused of killing
Margaret Peavey, %, attractive
deaf mute, with a pistol borrowed
from a special deputy sheriff.
The girls body, her head bat
tered and three bullets in her
brain, was found Saturday near a
Lovers Lane" parking place
about three miles east of here.
Sheriff Fred Kelley announced
young McCann's mother, Mrs.
Floyd A. Walfott, told two of his
deputies that her son confessed to
her that he killed the girl after
a quarrel.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
Senate Probe Turns to Deals
In Repeal Stock Issues
WRECKED TRAINS

American Commercial stock,
which rose from $18 to $85 a
share before falling off to about
$50. Thousands of investors lost
money when the stock fell back.
Clarence c. Wright, of the New
York brokerage firm Of Wright
& Sexton, was Subpoenaed to
produce all his records touching
operations in American CONNER.
cial.
Pool Deals Alleged
One Senate Investigator said
the inquiry thus far revealed pool
and syndicate operations in the
alcohol stocks. He said trading
had been done by small groups" !"
which included men affiliated
with the companies He added:
"They were insiders and un-
loaded a part of their holdings
on the public at outrageous and
fictitious prices, which they
built up by manipulating the
stocks"
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
D. {. MAN DIES
IN RAIL YARD
ACCIDENT
Traffic Jammed, Automobiles
Stalled; ESQ Men at Work
Clearing Street Sewers
picture on Local Page)

(ElCEurE OH AVCdA 0BCI
One man is dead, several are
injured, traffic is demoralized,
and the streets made dangerous
as the result of today's snowstorm,
which swept over Washington and
the rest of the East.
The storm swept out Of the
Carolinas and resulted in the post
ing of northeast storm warnings
from Sandy Hook to EaStport, Me.
The Weather Bureau said dis
turbance now is central over
North Carolina and is moving
northeastward with increasing in
tensity.
C. E. SmOOt Killed
Washington's fatality occurred
this morning in the Washington
Terminal when Charles E. Smoot,
So, was struck by a switch engine.
His vision was obScured by the
whirling snow.
Smoot, whose home was in the
500 block Seventh Street South
east, was a carpenter by trade, but
was employed in the terminal.
He was throwing switch at the
time he was struck.
The worst snow storm OF the
season struck New York. Boston
is covered with snow and other
sections of the East are fighting
their way through drifts.
No relief is in sight. The mer-
curry is expected to drop to Is de-
grees tonight and to go lower
still tomorrow, when a cold wave
comes in from the West.
$50 Work on Streets
About $50 employees Of the
street cleaning department were
kept at work today clearing the
cutters of downtown streets.
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, direc-
tor of highways, said it was not
necessary to use snow ploWs.
Traffic will be made doubly
dangerous tonight when low tenn
perature turns the slush into ice.
The snow began to fall at 8
o'clock, but at 4 it changed to
rain and there was 15-mlnute
downpour. The wind shifted and
blew colder, changing the rain
back to snow.
During the later morning, the
temperature rose to little above
freezing and the snow turned to
rain, which continued throughout
the morning.
Many Late to Work
Chains were brought out this
morning to free motorists from the
clutches of treacherous streets,
while hundreds Of persons driving
to their offices in creeping auto
mobiles were late for work.
The Capital Transit Company
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The Washington times., 1933-12-26
BY International News Service

New York Stock Exchange is
cooperating with the Senate Bank
ing Committee in an inquiry into
alleged manipulation of prohibi-
ton repeal stocks, it was learned
today.
The exchange conducted an in
dependent inquiry. 1t now has
turned over its data to Senate
Investigators, headed by Ferdinand
Pecora, the committees special
counsel.
Both the exchange and the
Senate inquiries we're directed
toward learning whether prices OF
alcohol stocks were doomed to fic-
titious levels by manipulation.
Stock Sails High
Market movements in American
Commercial Alcohol, National Dis
tillerS, and United States Indus
trial Alcohol we're investigated.
Senate proberS reported evil
dence of manipulation in the
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
Cuban YuLe Amnesty
Gives LibertY to Cos

HAVANA, Dec. 26 GN.SO.
Six hundred and five political
prisoners were released by Presi-
dent Ramon Grau San Martin in
his Christmas amnesty, a check-up
showed today. Thirteen of the
33 officers released after serv-
ing prison terms for their part
in the famed battle of the Ma
tional Hotel face rearrest on
other charges.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
'N|ATA HART
REPORTED
WORKING
IN DC.
Department of Justice to Aid
Probe Of World "Ring"
Caught in Paris
BY THOMAS F. CULLEN
Copyright. 1888. by International
News SerVice)


NEW YORK, Dec. 26 GN.SO.
Lydia Tschakaloff Stahl, Russian
spy and student of Chinese phil.
osophy, who is under arrest in
Paris with others of an alleged
international espionage ring, was
revealed here today as one of a
group of Europeans who two years
ago were under investigation by
the United States Naval Intelli-
gence and the Department Of JUS
tice for trying to buy secret plans
from an employe of the Navy.
Miss Stahl, posing as a student
of philosophy at Columbia Uni.
versity and devoting some time to
the Chinese branch of that sub
ject, was apparently using this to
cover her activities in the field Of
international intrigue.
Names Withheld
With several men whosee names
officials of the Department of JUS
tice refused to reveal, she was be-
ing shadowed by operatives Of
that department and of the Naval
Intelligence when they learned Of
the attempt to purchase naval
plans.
A craftsman in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard was approached and 1t
is said was offered $500 for Ger.
tain secret Specifications,
He reported that matter to his
superiors and he was instructed
to continue negotiations with the
ring. In the meantime, these peo-
pie were placed under surveillance
and their every move closely
watched by Government agents.
Officials of the Department Of
Justice are giving consideration
to the theory that some of the
other individuals arrested in
France with the Stahl woman
are part of the same group that
tried unsuccessfully to obtain con-
fidential information about Uncle
Sans Navy.
Living in a modest New York
apartment she apparently sought
in this way to cloak the real
reason for her presence in this
country.
This ring is sal dto be in the
employ of no one foreign power,
but operates as a brokerage house
for international secret inforn1a.
ton.
High Bid Taken
Getting whatever they can in
the way of data which one coun.
try might like to know about an
other, the information is then
bartered b ythe group.
The counry offering the highest
price is the one with whom they
close their deals.
Many of the Partisan members
of this coterie are school teachers,
as is Miss Stahl. This gives them
q chance to visit foreign nations
for the ostensible purpose Of con-
tinuing their studies, and through
their apparent pursuit Of knowl.
edge they are able to meet people
who may have data which they
can obtain for the international
espionage market.
It is believed that the Depart
ent of Justice will have the State
Department cooperate with the
French authorities in unearthlng
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
FRANCE IS TOLD
To PAY DEBT

PARIS, Dec. 26 G.N.SO.-De-
claring France has been isolated"
by reputation of her foreign
debt to the United States, former
Premier Edouard Herriot today
voiced new plea for payment.
Putting forth the same argu-
ments which led to his downfall
as premier when he vainly at
tempted to persuade the Chamber
of Deputies to sanction payment.
Herriot appealed to the French
public in an article appearing in
the Agence Financiere Et Eco
nomique. He said:
''I shall never cease denOunc-
ing reputation, however un-
popular I may become.
1--WE have separated ourselves
from Great Britain, whose de-
cision Ito make token pay
ments) was honest and com.
petent.
1--WE have committed q great
mistake. Some of my cOmpa-
triOts still regard it as a war
debt. But since 1926, the in
debtedneSs has been purely
commercial and it has already
been reduced by So per cent.
Opponents of payment do
not reflect upon the possibility
of another European War.
Those re-reading PreSid dent
ROOSevelt'S fOrcefuI opposition
to German rearmament will ap-
preciate why am for undying
friendship between America
and France"
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
TWO DC. Men Injured
As Car Crashes Fence

PAULSBORO, N. j., Dec. 26
Q.NSO-William Gale, So, of
600 block G st. N. E., and Law
renee Haley, 81, of 900 block
Sixth st. N. E., were injured
while returning to Washington
after passing Christmas with
relatives in Boston. Their car
skidded, crashed through fence
on Crown Point Road and landed
in Little Timber Greek, north of
Paulsboro. The men smashed
the window in one Of the car
doors and crawled out in time to
avoid drowning. They were
picked up by a passing motorist.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
Roosevelt Mail
Tops1 100000
Pieces tODate
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Mail matter received by PreSl-
dent Roosevelt since he assumed
office last March 4 has reached
the tremendous total of 1920
900 individual communications,
compilation revealed today.
During December alone, more
than $4,000 letters, kilograms
and packages were sent to the
President.
Mail received by the Chief
Executive reached a low average
in August, but increased tre-
rlendously as the year drew
toward a close.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
3 Dead, 3 Injured
In Auto Collision

SOMERVILLE, N. j., Dec. 26
GN.SO Three persons were
killed and three injured in a COL
lision between automobiles here
today. The dead: Mrs. Mabel
Ward, SIS; William Ward, %, her
son; Miss Margaret Wilson, II:
the injured: Lloyd Rachel. 20,
Matthew Marucci, 81, John Ward,
81, son.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
Too Much Christmas
Li0uOr Ends 5 Lives

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 26 G.N.S0.
Too much Christmas cheer in the
form of alcohol today was blamed
by police for five deaths in the
Pittsburgh area. None of the
deaths was due to poisoned
liquors, police said. Morgue re-
ports said the victims had all been
fatally stricken with acute alco-
holiSm.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
new BOOK DONE
BY PRESIDENT
Nv INTERNATIONAL News Service

BY International News Service
Negotiation are under way be-
tween President Roosevelt and a
book publisher to publish a new
Roosevelt book entitled "On Our
Way," it was stated at the
White House today.
The book will "carry forward
the story Of the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration," it was explained,
giving the highlights Of the Ad-
ministration inaugurated last
March 4.
Official statements, messages
and speeches of the President
will be included.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
HAVANA HAS NEW MAYOR

HAVANA, Dec. 26 G.N.SD.
Rafael Trejo today took over the
office Of mayor of Havana, sue
ceeding Alexandra Vagara, re-
signed.
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Waterbury AS Usual
Upheld Prediction
CONTINUED from Page -

over Gnnung. 1t was considered
n surprise that the vote was not
turned out larger in the 18th dis
trict.
Waterbury's neighboring t owns
stayed with the vets, also. Nau-
gatuck's vote was 2,396 for the
vets and 1874 for the drys. Mid
dlebury went 1913 wet to as dry
Cheshire stood 378 wet to 1913 dry.
Prospects wet vote was 81 to "a
for the drys. Wolcott showed 154,
wet, to 10, dry. Watertown was.
1.O1O, wet, and 201. dry. while
Thomaston stood 661, wet. and
1874, dry. Torrington went wet by
q vote of 4,S61 to 4O1.
Local wet and dry leaders to-
day appeared satisfied with the
vote. Mayor Frank Hayes anu
Town chairmen John H. Crary and
T. E. Conway, speaking for the
vets, declared that the Water
bury vote was an outstanding one
and something for the rest of the
state to look upon'too. Mrs Mabel
Preusser said that she was salts
fed with the size of the dry vote
gotten out in Waterbury, consider
ing everything, including the gen
eral existing opinion yesterday that
the vets were going to gain VIC
tory. The fact that almost 500
dry votes were registered here, she
said, showed that the dry element
in waterbury is still strong.
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PRESIDENT HAS
SENT SOME NEW
INSTRUCTIONS
Sterilization of the Dollar
and Pound Is Believed
to Be the Gist of
Orders

London, June 21-(UP)r-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's new instructions
to the United States delegation at
the world economic conference
may embody q plan for early, de
facto sterilization Of the dollar and
pound sterling, 1t was reported to-
day. Parity, 1t was reported. would
be fixed somewhere around $4.40
or $3.50 for the pound. a higher
figure than the British have hith-
erto been wiling to consider.
It would be calculated to give
sufficient room for the United
States relation program to achieve
the desired effect, or If not
achieved by indirect measures, to
give President Roosevelt room to
devaluate, the dollar by ten per
cent, which may be necessary to
get prices back to the 1926 level.
The United States delegates pro-
fessed to have received no new in
structions, but expected momen-
tarily to hear from Professor Ray
mond Moley.
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in the management fund he said,
then charge that that sum was
income and should have been re-
ported as income"
1T you believe the defendants
sale Of stock to his wife on Dec. 20.
1929, was not bona fide sale, you
must ind him guilty regardless OF
the other issue concerning the
$e66,666," the Judge said.
"And II you find that he will.
fully concealed the $666,666 as
proper income. you should also
find him guilty irrespective of the
transaction with Mrs Mitchell"
Judge Goddard took up the third
and last government charges -
that Mitchell made sham" sale
Of $500 shares Of Anaconda Cop
per stock to William D. Thornton.
president Of the Greene Cananea
company. to establish deductibe
tax loss.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-06-21

filled at any time. Volunteer
workers serving in the various dis
tricts merely had to contend with
a steady stream of voters. The
vote in the morning was light when
about 800 Ovotes had been cast at
/ o'clock, right after noon. But
yesterday afternoon voting became
slightly heavier with the result
that between i o'clock and clos
ing time, Z o'clock, over 7,o00
votes were cast. Nevertheless, the
rush expected between and
O'Clock yesterday afternoon ana
evening did not materialize as
much as was expected. Whiie
many women were noted among
the voters casting their BALLOTS
the men held the majority, accord
ing to election officials.
AS a result of yesterdays vote
the wet delegates from the local
senatorial districts to the state
convention on July 18th Will be-:
18th district, Rowley w. Phillips;
18th district, Edward P. Egan.
The defeated drys from the two
districts are: 18th, J. Russell Put
nam; 10th. C. Raymond Gaming:
Attorney Terence F. Carmody OF
this city and Watertown Is among
the IS delegates at-large to the
state convention who won In yes
terday's balloting. The entire slate
of wet delegates won. not a single
dry being accorded victory.
The second ward cast the heavl-
est wet vote in the election. me
vote there was 3,114. The fHtn
ward cast the next heaviest wet
vote. the tally there showing D.
OS7. The first ward total was
2,107, the third ward figure was
1850. and the fourth ward showed
2,167. ~
AS for the dry vote, the third
ward showed best, with $40 bal
lots in support of the candidates
against repeal. The second ward
came next with 291 votes. The
other wards were as follows: First,
95; fourth, 40; fifth, ISL. The
drv vote in the fifth ward was
considered somewhat ia surprise.
However. separate districts in the
fifth ward showed Overwhelming
wet votes.
The fifth district in the second
ward proved itself the banner dis
trict of the city. though. The wet
vote there was 1,040. The latin
district in the fourth ward came
second with 1893 wet votes. Next
came the second district In the
first ward with 954 wet ballots.
The heaviest dry vote was cast
in the seventh district of the sew
enth ward. There the tally was
1877 for the anti-repealists. The
Goth district came next, with
total of 129. In the other dis
tricts the votes ranged from 81, IN
the fourth district, down to IL In
the 18th district.
BY senatorial districts, the 18TH
elected Rowley w. Phillips with a
vote of s.1S7 over his dry OPP
ponent, ]. Russell Putnam. who
had SGT votes. The 18th district
gave Edward p. Egan. repealist.
5.25b as compared with 200 for
his dry opponent, c. Raymond
Gaming.
The 18th senatorial district cast
more wet votes and more dry votes
than did the 18th district. The
18th district voters turned out In
larger numbers. too. than did those
of the 18th district. Therefore.
Phillips majority was 7,490 over
Putnam while Egan's was 5.O55
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George H. Bassett
Has Resigned
Continued from Page ~

Perry is a director of the First
National Bank of New Haven. with
which institution he became asso-
ciated years ago. He is native
of Williamstown. Mass, and u
graduate Of Williams college.
He entered the employ of the
Farrell Foundry & Machine COM
pany at Ansonia as an office boy
in 1889 and in 1880 retired as
president of the concern.
In submitting his resignation to
the governor. Bassett expressed
PLEASURE in having been "for the
past two years a member of your
official family and "I wish to &C
knowledge the courteous interest.
tho helpful advice and the whole
hearted support you have given me
in the administration of this de-
partment during a period filled
with most unusual banking prob
lems."
In replying to Bassett, Governor
Cross wrote:
with very great reluctance I
accept your resignation as bank
commissioner of the state of Con-
necticut to take effect on July 1.
The work which you have done as
bank commissioner since your APP
pointment to that office 2 years
ago has been OF incalculable bene-
fit to the state during q banking
crisis of the. first magnitude
throughout the country.
ITO you the state is immeasur-
ably indebted for your skilful SUI
pervision of our banks. II Con-
necticut has suffered less than
many other states of the union
during the crisis, it is because of
your wisdom and judgment in
meeting difficulties one by one as
they have arisen"