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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
MOScOzV Letter
BY EUGENE LYONS

Moscow - (UP) Stili con- fronted with widespread thievery In state organizations. tho govern ment has made it clear that last years law making the theft ot state property punishable by death still Is In force.
 August marked tho anniversary of that startling law, which snuifed out at least hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives. The press and official comments on the anniver- sary left no doubts that the de- cree stands unaltered and that the menace 1t was calculated to stamp out still Is considered serious.
 Not Vegetarian
 Incidentally, the anniversary served as an occasion to empha- size that the Soviet judicial sys- tenn has not suddenly gone "vege- tarian," as Communists like to phrase 1t. Despite certain limita- tions put on the vast powers of the G.P.U., the dictatorship of the proletariat retain, its teeth and it's carniverous tastes.
 The establishment of an All. Union Prosecutorship, with Ivan Akulov at the head, was rightly
 
 interpreted as a curb upon the G.P.U. It is no secret that orders were issued to the G.P.U. soon thereafter obligating the dreaded secret arm of the Soviet regime to obtain arrest and search warrants from the prosecutor before arrest ing suspects.
 MeticuIous Justice
 Akulov has a reputation for metriculous justice, but not for weakness. His first act in office was to order the arrest and trial of a number of directors of factories producing agricultural machinery. Their negligence and sabotage, t was charged. seriously hampered the sowing and reapii,g this season. In particular. they were accused of sending to the land about5. oOo combines lacking essential parts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
DINING AFTER REPEAL
(New York Herald -Tribune)

(New York Herald -Tribune)
 Along with the other changes and reversions to normal-social, legislative and economic-that will accompany the repeal of prohibi- ton will of necessity come an aI- teration, and that for the better in the gastronomic habits of the nation. This will be especially true in urban regions where the speak easy, hide-away and quasi-p private club have usurped the functions or the old-time legitimate hotel. pub lie restaurant and cafe. Just what form the change will take. human nature and tastes being variable. 1t is difficult to foreteli. but that It IS certain to result in better table fare at lower prices for the general public Is virtually certain. Before prohibition Arssrica was famous as a nation of good and generous dining, whether one's fancy in- ciined toward the supremacy of the haddock and apple pie of New
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20

Efforts to enlist the aid of Former Mayor and Lieutenant. Governor Clifford B. Will. son of Bridgeport in the g.o.p. nomination for mayor in that city are unavailing. He won't run, he says. And that's that. Evi- dcntly the republicans will find it as hard to get candidate to overcome the Socialist power in the Park City, as the democrats do. It begins to look as if one of our large cities will desert the traditional banners of republieanism or democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
Why Argue The Point

The vote of Idaho and New Mexico yes terday further strengthens the belief in the nation that it has repented of its ways and is desirous of mending them. We refer to the favorable vote for repeal in the two western states. Their action brought the total of states in favor of prohibitions death to 3l. just five away from the necessary ti,ree-fou.ths necessary fov ratification os an amendment. We read recently that as soon as the last state has voted for repeal court
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address hins, care Of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
FOX RAIsERs BUSY

Herrill, WIS. (UP)-Fromm Brothers. Inc. fox breeders famous for their million dollar shipments of peits from here to New York, fought forest fires away from their preserves, added 320 acres to their present range covering two full sections, and announced a 13M per cent increase in wages for 10 employees all in the same week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
So They Say

So.caiied practical men boilc,e that they run tho world. but they are mistaken. The ideas which b0oks.-Henry !. Monckcn,
 It Is noteworthy that farmers of 50 are just as willing to take up new methods as the younger men. as shown by the rcadIneks with which they are adopting tho sug- gestions Of county agencies in tho national recovery movement.-- Professor II. (. sherman of Co. ium bia University.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
Shades of the Limberlost and Gene Stra,-

Shades of the Limberlost and Gene Strat
 ton Porter The swampy area in Indiana made famous by the Limberlost stories may shortly become lake providing the bill appropriatng $lS,000,000 for the Wabash river flood control plan it is approved by Congress next year. Mrs Virginia Jenekes. Indiana representative. is one of the most ardent supporters of the plan and she IS also working to preserve for all time the Limber- lost or ''loblolly'' region, as the natives call it. Geologists have often conducted expe- ditions through the tremendous swamps which are so totally different from remain ing Indiana or Ohio terrain. It is surmised that the region at one time was mighty canyon through which the Wabash flowed. Through some trick of nature the river was damned and its waters diverted. The can- yon was first lake and ultimately wild morass. a chain of five small lakes occupying the center. Due to this change the fauna and flora of the region are completely differ cnt from the rest of the state. Mrs Porter made it nationally famous and was respons-
 ble for the creation of Limberlost Me-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20

mcrial Association now interested in the flood control plan. Maybe mere mention of this will send many person scurrying to the library or to dust-covsred shelves to resurreet ''The Girl of the Limberlost' or The Harvester.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
Playing Bridgc---Isiind

Playing BridEc--Blind
 Tho now braIfle bridge book. put out by tho American He'd crogs. seems to answer q real need among the blind. New York has dozens of blind bridge clubs. At the Light house, center Of work among tic blind in Gotham. therc ig n lively bridge club which gives n party once month. There have been Al many as 100 guests. One of the fayopite prizes is q two.dock pack. ago of bralile playing cardg.
 At the Lighthouse, bridge isn't tho only or even tho fay0rite game. however. They have brniile chcr. kers. dominoes. crossword pnszica. chess, backgammon. parchesi and many other old favorltcs. Also they offer swimming, roller skating. dancing and oil manner of parlOr gamcs for their rccreationai cyon- ingg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
WAIT FOR THE CONVENTIONS
.,,, vorp IIerald.Tribune,

(New York Herald-Tribune)
 It is important that the public should distinguish between vote to ratify repeal and ratification. On top of Missouri's verdict yes- terday's newspapers were point
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20

High tide at Milford Thursday Scptem Der 2l. l2;30 p, m, daylight time; lo' tide, o;57 p. m. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20

One thing the beer business doesn't seem to have thought of is campaign to press into service all the loving cups eluttering up the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20

A real stable prosperity might be base on fve.eent ice cream soda.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
Literary IIandIwork

LftcFufy AfhhuiWUFk Authors seems to get tremendous satisfaction out of doing things with their hands Floyd Dfll, whose new book, Home Coming" Is out this fall. does exquisite cab. inot work. He has made some handsome tables, cabinets and chairs for his new farm, near Win chester, N. If. Stuart Chase. economist, has c workbench with Q fuii set of carpenters tools in tho basement Of his place at George town, Conn Maurice Hindus. author of books on Russia, always likes to tackle c huge wood pile. when "upset" or thinking hard. He will put in ten.hour day nc it, working with tho rhythmic pre-. eislon Of q seasoned wood chopper. and maintains nothing on earth is quite so good for mental relaxation Joseph Wood Krutch takes out his hand. work in grooming tho seven or eight alley eats that he has raised. Hc wouldn't give n snap of his finger for Il Persian or any other Kind of fancy cal, But he has q passion for ordinary garden cats. They oil seem to bloom Into creatures Of beauty m. der his care and feeding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 7:24. daylight time, tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
Breaking Even

Uncle Sam. too, seems to be turning d corner, During the first half of August
 from the first to the seventeenth. his or dinary' government expenses of Sl23,732,. 900 were met by income, with S90.000 to spare. This was made possible mainly by excise taxes-on beer, cigarets, gasoline and so on--whieh increased markedly from July.
 This is not saying that the government is yet. meeting all expenses from current in- come Emergency expenditures, result ing from the depression and to be amortized over long period were $83.920000. That rate would put us couple of millions more in the hole, in year. But even there is some gain. We are starting to climb out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-20
PIN AII | NEW I l YORK
By JULIA BLANsHARD

nI WOAAA 1A<kAA@0AAnNt0
 New York-september home- comings prove that increasing numbers of notable New Workers find the best way to spend the summer is to get back to the land and go as native as possible.
 Professor John Dewey has rec turned from a little cabin in the Nova Scotia woods, where he and daughter live in almost primitive manner, cut the wood for the fire- stoye, haul water and relearn the pleasure of early American doing things- s-for-themselveA Max Eastman is back. from Martha's Vineyard, brown as an Indian after days spent in the nude on the lonely stretches of beach near his Norman Thomas is in town again, after Q summer spent at his Long Island farm where he raises chickens and cocker spanieis Anne Parrish 1s in her Park avenue apartment after being Q New Jer- -. Louis Bromfleid went com- pieteiy native on his farm in Senlts, France, whore he raises his own vegetables, fruit and berries, has chickens, sows and even harvests nay ..>
 A New York newspaper
 woman, just returned from Los
 Angeles, tells . story which re.
 veals tho appreciation her
 craft receives om tho west coast
 At tho last meeting of
 tho Copy Cats newspaper
 womcn's ciub) they were pre-
 scntcd with . handsome gift
 by La Dessa Gibson, owner and
 manager of the Wcstwood Me-
 ni6riai park Miss Gibson
 gave the girls whole ccmc-
 tcry lot, with space for eight
 graves. In accepting the gen.
 crous present, tho girls thanked her, very seriously,
 for her "fondncss for us which
 extends beyond the gravc!"
Evening star., 1933-10-17
DALI firm NAMED
DEFENDANT IN SUIT
D. c. Man Charges He Lost 1888
as Result of False State
ments.

Declaring he was defrauded of S5,883
as a result of false statements made to
him concerning Senator Elmer Thomas
of Oklahomr and Curtis Dali son-in-
law of the PRECEDENT, Arthur p. Dono-
van. 1924 ParkTood place. today filed
in District Supreme Court a suit for
damages against the brokerage firm Of
Fenner. Beane g. Ungerleider In which
Mr.. Dali is PARTNER.
Defendants named were the % part
ners in the firm. which has ofiices in
New York and at 807 Fifteenth street.
Donovan said that prior to last July
7 he had an account aggregating $4,489
in stocks and cash with another firm.
Or July 6, he said, he met John d.
Mothershed. washington representative
for the defen liant firm.
Mothershed, the suit alleges, induced
him to transfer his account by making
two false statements. The first was
that Senator Thomas, author OF the in
fiation bill, was customer OF the de-
PENDANTS, and that II stocks went down
he would induce President Roosevelt to
put the imitation bill into effect. thereby
checking the fall of the market. The
other ailegedly false statement was that
Mr.. Dali, one of the partners. could get
information from the White House con-
cerning Government policies affecting
the stock market before any other
broker, thereby placing his firm in a
better position to protect its customers.
Relying upon these statements. Dom
oyan said. he transferred his account.
stipulating that it should be handled
in a manner to protect him from losing
more than $1,000. He also said 1t was
stipulated that no stocks be bought
for his account without his consent.
His suit charges that Mothershed failed
to abide by these agreements and that
he suffered . total loss of $5,SS3. The
suit was filed through Attorney Edwin
c. Dutton.
Evening star., 1933-10-17
|MASONS TO HONOR
! BISHOP FREEMAN
Thirty-Third Degree Will Be
Conferred Friday by
Scottish Rite.

William N. Doak. former Secretary
of Labor and Right Rev James E. Free
man. Bishop of Washington, will re-
ceive MaSOnry's highest honor Friday
night when the thirty-third degree will
be conferred upon them by the Supreme
Council Of the Scottish Rite. Southern
jurisdiction. They are two of four
Masons chosen "at large" in the South
ern Jurisdiction by the grand COM
mander, John H. Cowles, for the honor
and were named with the other nomi-
nominees from ca ch State in the juris-
dition at an executive session of the
Supreme Council today at the Scottish
Rite Temple, Sixteenth and streets.
The others chosen at large are DR..
Joseph Fort Newton. Philadelphia. and
Christian F Kleinknecht. Washington.
The four Washingtonians nominated
from the District to receive the thirty
third degree are Carl H. Claudey.
Charles c. Coombs. past grand master
of the District of Columbia; Melville D.
Hensey and DR.. William L. Robins.
The next highest honorary degree,
that of knight Commander of the Court
of Honor. will be conferred upon eight
Washingtonians. Besides the bishop,
those nominated at large by the COM
LldIluci arc cllIlci IuoWOit 1NoSCio hiio
Leslie Dunn Waudby, and the five NOM
mated from the District are Ralph H.
Gauker, Arthur B. Hayes, jr Chevy
Chase; Albert R. Merz Homer S. Pope
and Dr. Hector G. Spaulding of the
Law School. George Washington Uni
versity Also nominated for the honor
| at large was Jacob H. Tatsch, New York
City
The Council named, in all, 189 to
| the thirty-third degree and 373 to the
K c. c. H.
Today was the second of the week
| long biennial convention of the council,
| and while the members of the Supreme
Council were IN their deliberative eX-
ecutive session, Scottish Rite Masons
| OF lesser rank followed no set program,
but fraternized in the temple and about
| the city
Tomorrow night the investiture of the
Knights Commander of the Court of
Consistory of Washington. Like all
| other sessions of the convention, it will
be held at the temple
The Supreme Council will confer the
| thirty third degree Friday night at the
| temple.
The closing sessions are to be held
Saturday
Last night an organ recital and re-
ception were held at the temple for the
delegates and other Masons of the city
| with their wives. Edmund S. Ender,
Baltimore. was musician
About 400 visitors are registered for
the sessions.
Evening star., 1933-10-17
SCENIC HIGHWAY
PLANS DISCUSSED
Representatives of Three
States Meet in Office of
Senator Byrd.

Representatives Of Virginia, North
Carolina and Tennessee were meeting
in the Office of Senator Harry F. BYRD
at the Capitol today to draft recon-
mendations requested last week by Pub
lie Works Administrator Ickes for con-
struction Of great scenic highway
across the ridge of the Blue Ridge
Mountains from Virginia through North
Carolina to Tennessee.
Confirming Senator Byrd's report that
the public works administrator ap-
peared favorably inclined toward. the
project, Secretary Ickes today declared
that Senator Byrd had proposed what
appeared to him to be "a grand scheme
for scenic highway"
Secretary Ickes' apparent interest In
the project gives the proposal of the
Virginia Senator backed up by officials
OF the two neighboring States, a first
class chance of approval by the Public
Works Board at an early date.
The meeting today at Senator Byrd's
office is expected to result in the draw
ing up of an actual request for the
project to be submitted in the formal
manner to the Public Works Board.
Senator Byrd's proposal is that Sky
line Drive, which now extends along the
crest Of the Blue Ridge Mountains from
Thornton's Gap, just above Luray, Va,
down to Swift Run Gap. distance of
more than 80 miles, be continued along
the top Of the mountains linking to-
gether by scenic route the two great
est of the three Eastern national parks,
the proposed Shenandoah National
Park and the Great Smokes National
Park. which lies along the boundary Of
North Carolina Tennessee.
The road would extend approximate
ly 400 miles and it has been estimated
that the cost would be in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000, 900.
Evening star., 1933-10-17
CAPITAL TRANSIT co.
PROMISES SYSTEM
OF FREE TRANSFERS
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the uniform policy Of the old companies
of paying fair wage to those who work
for us. We do not propose to discharge
any workers on December l. Economies
in operation must follow the merger
and to accomplish them some pay roll
reductions must be made unless our
business substantially increases. Re
as result of economies will be brought
about gradually and with as little dis
turbance as possible"
Extracts From Speech.
Other important extracts from Mr.
Hanna's speech are:
The company is financially sound, its
aggregate bonds and stock are less than
values which have been fixed in the
past, and its bonded Indebtedness rela-
lively low. What its earnings will be
cannot be prophesied. but economies,
relief from some of the burdens the
merger grants, with a reasonable in
crease in the number of passengers will
insure its financial stability . -
Whether or not busses will ulti-
mately supersede surface rail lines is a
matter for future engineering develop
ments to determine. At present rail
service is more efficient and satisfactory
for handling heavy traffic
The name Capital Transit Co. was
chosen definitely to signify that this
new agency stands ready to furnish
mass transportation facilities to the city
OF Washington. using whatever vehicles
may be best adapted to the par t'ular
service required and which may meet
with public approval.
"A double-track surface railway can
readily carry 5000 seated passengers
per hour in each direction; a roadway
80 feet between curb5 will accommo-
date 2.s00 vehicles per hour. each of
them carrying an average of IT pas
sengers. These figures prove that two
additional 80-foot streets would be in
sufficient to carry in individual vehicles,
either private cars or taXicabs, the num-
ber of passengers now carried on one
double-track street railway line
The three local transportation sys-
TENS still carry approximately 10000
passengers per day, or about 40 per cent
Of the total number of persons coming
into and leaving the business center
In other cities of comparative size, mass
transportation vehicles carry from 60
to 80 per cent"
MI. Hanna was introduced to the club
by President Walter D. Barkdull.
Evening star., 1933-10-17
KIDNAP STORY PROBED.
Part Heir to 100000 Says No Ransom
Was Paid.

CHICAGO. October II CP.-William
Walton Hall was reunited with his fam
lily today while Federal and State au-
thorities Investigated his story Of hav-
ing been kidnapped by three men who
first demanded ransom of $4,000 and
later reduced 1t to $1,000, only to re-
lease him without obtaining anything.
His bedraggled appearance when he
appeared at q tavern late last night
bore out the truth of his story, rela-
tives said, despite earlier assertions by
his business partner, Harry De Lisle.
that he doubted If the 3l-year -old law
student had actually been kidnapped.
Later Federal agents took Hall, part
heir to s200,000 Freeport, ILL.,. estate,
and his attorney, ]. G. Latimer. to
headquarters for questioning.
The story told by Hall was that the
trio approached him last Friday night
as he was driving away in his automo-
bile after attending class at the Kenth
College of Law and forced him to ac-
company them tc a house where they
held him prisoner until shortly before
he appeared last night.
when he spent all day Sunday impress
ing upon the lone jailer left to guard
him the seriousness of the crime Of
kidnapping Last night. he said, the
other two returned. blindfolded him
and put him out of their machine after
driving around less than All hour.
Evening star., 1933-10-17
100000 WORKERS
RETURNED TO JOBS
DURING SEPTEMBER
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awarded on September Is. and the in
crease in employment resulting from
these contracts is not reflected in the
September employment tabulations."
The statement continued:
THE gains in the pay rolls in the
II groups surveyed indicate that ap-
proximately 100000 more was paid
out in weekly pay envelopes in Septem-
ber than in August.
Measured from the low point OF
March. 1888. the bureaus September
employment figures show an estimated
gain of more than 2,700,00O workers in
the industrial groups surveyed over this
six-month interval and an increase of
nearly $64, ,000, 900 in total weekly wages
dispersed in September over the weekly
pay roll aggregates of march"
Employment in all industrial groups
except building construction In the Dis
trict of Columbia increased 54 per
cent during the month of September,
with corresponding increase of per
cent in the pay roll total, according to
the figures
The District figures showed total of
GIT establishments with 81 1861 on the
pay rolls. The pay roll total was
S707, SOB.
Evening star., 1933-10-17
.Ex-NAT IS SENTENCED
ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Ray Morgan Given Three Months
on Complaint of Baltimore
Woman.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

oPcCldI D!SpdlCi 10 Inc otaT.
BALTIMORE, October 17-Ray Nor
gan. former second baseman for the
Washington Senators, today was SEN
fenced to three months in the House OF
Correction by Judge George A. Softer
in Criminal Court. after he was con-
victed on an assault charge
Mrs. Anna M. Creagh. who said she
operates confectionery store here. was
the prosecuting witness. She charged
Morgan attacked and beat her last Sep
tember after he and another man
had been drinking at her place.
The woman declared Morgan hit her
lin the mouth and nose" and threw her
on the floor. Later. after she had sent
her young son for policeman. she said
he kicked her and the other man. a
bulky locomotive engineer, of the steps
of her house as he attempted to leave.
Morgan denied striking the woman
Saying he was drunk, he declared she
was intoxicated also and had fallen
down several times. He declared that
when he tried to leave the house. he
had fallen down the steps into Mrs.
Creagh and the other man. Morgan
was represented by Samuel s. Levin,
attorney.