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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
Constitution And
Bylaws Of Post
To Be Amended
Provides Definite Date for Nominations and Elections
Candidates for Commander Must Also Have
Served Junior or Senior Vice-C Commander Before
Being Eligible

horses" step into q spirited contest
and romp of with the honors after
"dirt soldiers" have sweated and
shaved for years to keep the posts
colors flying as q signal OF progress
and efficiency. The day Of urging
the masses" to rise up and pre-
vent the "autocratic silk stocking
element" of the post from taking
command has also disappeared,
providing a certain resolution Is Of
ficially endorsed next Tuesday eve
ming at meeting OF the post.
The executive committee has
placed Its stamp of approval upon
the recommendation of the COM
mittee on amendments to the con-
stitution and bylaws.
Among several recommendations
to be passed upon at the coming
meeting are two of outstanding
Importance. One provides for the
nomination of officers on the first
Tuesday and the formal election on
the third Tuesday OF September,
1t also stipulates that only men,
bers who have first served as jun
Tor or senior vicecommander arc
eligible for tho office of comman-
der, This IL expected to put the
quietus on slam.bang campaigns
In the future. A member seeking
the highest honors of the post will
be obliged to work at least two
years for recognition.
The changing of the election
dates from November to Septem.
Der will place Corporal Coyle post
In line with other state chapters
In starting q new year.
Delegates to the state convention
to DO held In New London next
month will be chosen at Tuesday
evenings meeting. A large attend
ance Is expected to BIO present to
name the delegates and the alter
mites.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
LEGION TO END ''DARK-H0RSE" ELECTIONS
SPECTACULAR FIRE AT
LYNN TO-DAY AND
WOMAN DEAD

Lynn, Mass, July 7-(CP)-
A e2.ycnr.Old woman was
burned TO death and seven per-
SONS, including her son and SIX
fircmcn, were more or less Sc
vcrcly injured, when q mystcri-
Gus fire lcvcllcd a combination
store and tenement house ON
North Federal street here carly
today.
The dead woman was Mrs.
Mary Blair, who was trapped
ON the second floor. Besides her
son, Fred, 33, those taken TO
Lynn hospital were; Firc-Capt.
Fred GoOiridgc, Flrc.licutcnant
Henry +, Hayden and fircmcn
Eric j. johnson, Harold John.
son, Joseph Cavanaugh, ana
william COrbctt. None OF their
names was ON the danger list.
Mrs. Blair's three daughters,
Mary, louise, ard Rose, cs.
capped injury.
More than n dozen flrc.fght-
crs, including three district
chiefs, were trapped In the
wrcckagc when the roof cOllap-
scd as they searched the debris
for other possible victims. All
either cxtricatcd themselves or
were extracted without serious
Injuries, though some required
frst.aid treatment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07

New York, July - Interests
associated with The Equity Cor
poration, Of which David M. Milton
IL president, have acquired all Of
the stock interest, formely con.
trolled by C. Foster Coombs and
Frank y. Edwin, In United Found
ers Corporation.
As O result Of this acquisition,
representatives OF Tho Equity
group OF companies will probably
DO elected to tho board Of diree-
tors of United Founders Corpora.
ton to succeed Coombs and Err
win, 1t is expected that these rep
resentatlvcs will be Ellery G. Hunt
ington, Jr, and Albert Fink Milton.
1t IL understood that Louis H.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
JOHN CALLAHAN
SOCIETY POSER
GOES TO JAIL

New Haven, Conn, July 7-(u,
p)--John j. Callahan, nllas. H.
Montgomery Van Dcrp0cl, q plum
ber'a son who bluffed his way into
PENNSYLVANIA society ~ the son or
months jnil sentence to-day after
being convicted OF ovadlng pay
ment Of bills for wearing apparel,
He also was ordered TO pay u $3.50
fine.
Callahan, whose romance with q
Germnntown, pa, society girl end
I'd abruptly when the girls father
learned his identity. had anticipat.
cd d suspended sentence IN view OF
his promise TO make restitution 70
four merchants who had repaired
his shoes and permitted him 70
"charge" for suits and neckties. Ho
was wearlng ono Of tho suits. q
grey tweed when Judge Joseph
Wclner Imposed sentence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
Dealings In Market
Late To-day Went
At Furious Pace
Electrical Equipment Stocks Scared to New Highs and
Led the Drive in Last Minutes-Dollar Dropping
Sent the Market Into Frenzied Activity

I'M 1 SIS; Case 100 "a up S-4;
General Motors % IA up 50; New
York central IS Ia up S-S;
Pennsylvania ~ la up 2 Ia; and
Union Pacific 1ag up "a. These
issues receded and then rallied to
within q point or 30 OF the highs.
oil shares were in demand most
OF the day. A long list made new
highs in active turnover. Utilities
moved up and down with the mar
ket and closed higher In most In
stnnces. Allied chemical moved
4 point range In a Arm chemical
group The wet" group absorbed
heavy profit taking as did the tex
tile group. notably ceianese Cor
poration.
During the early dealings wheat
shot UP to new highs for the year
July wheat hit 800 Ia per bush.
eI, dropped to % SIS cents and
closed ut 90 "a Off ! Ia cents
Others made corresponding losses
while corn declined ! la TO 2 Ia
cents. Cotton lost about 81 q bale
and then rallied from the lows. Bar
silver made a small gain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
Kidnapers Are
Growing Bolder
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where In Wisconsin came stimuli
taneous with announcement OF
tho chief Of police at IT Paul that
he knew Hamm had been hold at
Lake Geneva, Wis.
The United Press' informant Dc.
cinred that the five Hamm Kid.
napers were seen on Chlcagot
northwest side o week ago Thurs.
day, two days before Factor waf
abducted. Il was said that tho Kid.
napers started trailing Factor
from the Arlington trace Track.
Knowing that Factor was guard.
cd by members OF the old Capone
syndicate, the outsiders are said 10
have called In q number Of rival
gangsters to help them.
1.-THE syndicate was told tc
keep out OF this case or Factor
would be killed." the United Press
informant said.
Another point Of similarity be-
tween the NJ Paul and Chicago
kidnapings ~ that Factor III a
stockholder In large Chicago
brewery,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
Craig Wood and
DensmOre Shute
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(CoHtlHucu ITOHl FuRe 49,
But one by ono most OF the
leaders failed to come through,
leaving the way clear for Wood to
come In with n 7b against a strong
headwind, and for Shuto.te make
another par 70. Tho winds were
almost OF gale force during Shuto'a
incoming round.
40 Shute and Wood Will meet In
a 3G-hole play-off tomorrow. In any
event the British title Will travel
overseas once again just rs II has
every year since A. q. Havers won
for Britain In 1923.
Faaterbrook kept alive the
British hopes until tho very end OF
his final round. Out In 81, he need
cd q 30 TO tie the two American
leaders. With four holes to play ht
needed to get 4 Mt each, but fall
ed. He really lost his chances III
tho 14th where no took q by go.
Ing into the Kitchen" bunker. and
had u on the t7th.. He came &c
the 18th needing birdie three tt
tie, but couldn't make It.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
Dollar Crashes
to Lowest Level
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the old blue chips smashed
through their previous highs OF the
year and longer, while the ticker
Jagged nearly half an hour behind
because OF tho tremendous activity.
The bond market whirlcd up
ward ma low.prieod and speculative
rnilroad. Industrial and public util-
ity issues were bid UP to their high
est prices In two years ana more.
Wheat and corn prices at CHI
cngo chaikod UP new highs for the
season before proft.taklng was In
duccd by moro favorable crop re.
ports from the grain belts. At New
York, the cotton market rose rs
cents O bale and then easod off as
ouick-turn traders cashed In on
their paper profits.
Baruch Called In
washington, July 7 $50 CUP -
Bernard M. Baruoh. widely regard.
cd M one OF the most influential
Roosevelt backstage advisers. sud-
doniy appeared at the White
House today during o conferences
over financial matters.
Governor Eugene Black OF the
federal reserve board and Dean
Acheson, acting secretary OF treas.
ury, were the other participants In
the conference.
Exceptional interest was attach
ed 10 the conference because II
came as New York quotations
showed tho American dollar had
dropped In value to the lowest
point since the Civil war. Whether
this was the main subject Of the
discussion was not Indicated In ad'
vance.
President Roosevelt held long
conference yesterday with Black
and Aches0n.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
EQUITY CORPORATION GROUP
BUYS into UNITED FOUNDERS
Stock Interests Formerly Controlled BY Coombs and
Erwin Acquired BY Equity-No change. in Ac'
tive Management Foreseen.

seagrave, president OF United
Founders Corporation since Its In
ception In 1929 and of American
Founders Corporation since 1929.
Will retain his interest In United
Founders Corporation and Will
continue to occupy his present .po-
sition as head OF the Founders
group. While no change In the
active management Of United
Founders Corporation Ia expected
to follow this acquisition OF stock
interest by Tho Equity Corporation
and Its associated companies, q
close working arrangcmcnt be-
tween the arrangements of the two
groups of companies Is contem-
plated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
CONVICT MADE
THEM CORRECT
PRISON RECORD

White Plains. N. y, July O.
(Up) Frank Codoluto. sentenced
to prison In 1928 on four first de-
gree larceny charges complained
that Il was his recollection no was
sentenced TO "on1y 40 10 90 years"
yet his commitment papers spocl-
Ned was 10 serve from so to 90
years.
Supreme Court Clerk Edward
Meaney today clarified the problem
In letter. saying:
"rhe records show TINT you were
sentenced TO serve from So TO 10
years"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
YOUTH LOST HIS
LIFE IN LAKE
AT WEST HAVEN

West Haven. Conn, July =
(Up) - beloved seized with cramps
while swimming IN Phipps lake,
John Weber, 10, was drowned lato
yesterday. Companions on shore
heard his cries for holp but were
unable 10 rench him. Four others
esenped u similar fato at Milford
and savIn Rock. Herbert Morris.
g, or Now Haven. waded beyond his
depth at Milford and was rescued
BY bnihcrs who revived him.
a party OF three chung 10 an
oveiturDcl saiibOat off Bayin Rock
for nearly an hour last night until
10 their MD, Doris Eckert, 50,
Tsester Hc1rs. 20. and John Mez.
zap0ttc. 20. al OF West Haven. suf-
fered from exposure and cxhaus.
fioD Their boat had been cap
sized by q gust OF wind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07

The old fashioned battles OF the
"bnllot box" which have featured
annual elections of officers of Cor
pornl Coyle post, American legion.
are about to be tlcketed for the
discard. No more will dark
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
STATE BANKS CALLED

Hartford, Conn. July 7.--UPt
IA call for report on the coBdi-
ton Of state banks. ~ OF June 3Otb
was sent out to-day by Waiter Per.
ny, state bank commissioners,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-07
N. Y. Bank and Trust Stoke
iTe a. q. 3rtgss 90

bid Asked
Bank Of Manhattan 80 30
Bank Of ". \. &"rrust 800 4lO
Bankers Trust ...... ~ "
Cent Hanover Bank ~
Trust ............ 144 l0l
Chase National Bank - S7
Chemical Bank n Trust ~ -
Corn Exchange Bank u ~
Empire Trust ........ SSM SSM
First National Bank 1900 1900
Guaranty Trust 80. Nv SSs
Irving Trust ...... 22N 24N
La ayers Mortgage -. z
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-18
FORGOTTEN, NOT BoYcoTTED

This is General Johnson's idea of dealing with
those who refuse or fail to align themselves with
He would not enjon the patriotic people of this
country to arm themselves with boycotts and pro-
coed into their market activities with view of
hostile demonstrations against those individuals
and firms which have not affiliated, but he does
advise his countrymen to pass the slackers up to
forget them, ignore them, not to do business with
them.
In essence, therefore, the boycott will be en-
ployed, silently passively but effectually if his
counsel is followed.
And, of course, sentmentally this attitude may
be defensible, but only, if then, when thoroughly
discriminating judgment is acted upon.
Not all who have not displayed the sign of the
Blue Eagle merit public obloquy and contempt
Some are innocent and undeserving of even the
mildest manner Of criticism for the very good rea.
son that they not poSitoned to enter into this
program. They have their own peculiar circun.
stances to consult and these, out of the very ma
ture of their cases, prevent many individuals and
some corporations from enlistng with open loyalty
with the legions who are marching under the new
captaincy.
As Mark Sullivan points out in his analysis Of
the matter, overzealousness on the part of loca
committees may be carried to excuses in then
attempts to coerce the businesses of their respec
tive communities into the NRA. He fears the lapse
of this admiration into what Carlyle once called %:
government Of busybodies," the worst Of all gov
ernments and one that in the end defeats the pur
pose that may virtuously be in mind
This is clearly to be avoided by local communi
ties in which such zeal will more likely .displa,
itself and by whom the administrators whole pla1
may be brought into neffectiveness not only, bu
actually into disrepute by an unwise handling o.
this delicate question: Charlotte Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-18
BEHIND THE SCENES IN
x. IAZz;S::;]H=.lElGTON
WHIN pOnNEY- Of IICAER
WlIh RODNEY puIGHEB

ONE thing every administration
~ official agrees upon: IT,.
The plain people of the country
are still solidly behind Roosevelt
and may be counted upon to sup.
port him in any venture he is like
ly to undertake.
That's important because nearly
everyone expects further measures
of government control. Washing.
ton may find itself in serious con.
flict with powerful segments Of
finance and industry.
The facts behind the end Of the
coal strike in Fayette County, Pa,
as privately reported here, bear out
the inference from hundreds of
thousands Of letters and kilograms
to Washington that the president
retains unprecedented popularity
The miners who returned to
work after MIRA Labor Advisor Ed
McGrady appealed to them in
Roosevelt's name weren't inter.
ested in the national mediation
set-up or the members of its board.
They put their trust in Roosevelt
alone, believing he was their best
possible bet.
The U. S. Steel.owned Frick Co.
had spread word that it wouldn't
come under any MIRA coal code.
The miners told McGrady they
knew Roosevelt would compel the
company to come in.
TT seems quite worthy Of note
that the first conference on hogs
called by the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration was held in
the Palm Room of the Hotel viii.
lard. Representatives Of producers,
m ark ct ing agencies, professors,
wholesalers and butchers were
there. They brought no hogs.
IcnnvriRht. 1874. NEA Service. Inc.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-18
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
RACING AT TRYoN

Among the communities of the, North Carolina
mountains Tryon is unique. We know of no other
town that has residents who came from so many
parts Of the United States and Canada. They have
built attractive homes in Tryon and have given it a
standing few communities possess.
Some time ago the people of Tryon and POLK
county held an election and voted to encourage the
establishing of race track near the town. No
doubt the thought of those favoring the proposal
was that 1t would bring many visitors who would
spend considerable sums of money during the rae
ing season. They seem to have lost sight Of the
probability that persons from other states who
came to Tryon to find rest quiet, health and SOCIAL
advantages might prefer to live somewhere else if
the town is to be overrun by people who freouen,
race tracks and make their livelihood by patroniz
ing the betting ring.-Spartanburg Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-18
/ sponsible for the present state of

sponsible for the present state of
affairs.
Our people themselves are to
blame. Those so in favor of
cutting the teachers last year did
not realize that the children
would suffer too. I rode II
miles a day last winter on a
school bus, we stopped at inter-
walls all along the way to pick
up children out of the rain, sleet
and snow, hot or cold, we crowd
ed them two deep into over
crowded worn-out busses, with
WORKOUT engines and bad tires.
l have even known buses (out
in this county, to go to school
every day for a month or longer
without brakes. The principal
and teachers were unable to rem
edy this fact, the superintendent
could not help it the state legis-
lature had tied their hands by an
inadequate appropriation of
school funds. This year the APP
preparation is smaller compared
to the heightened term 1t is
evident the legislature elected by
the peoples and supposed to be
representative of the people car
ried out the will of the majority
in cutting the schools. 1t is not
surprising the school officials, in
face of the present laws are
handicapped.
"Poov economy is worse than
no economy at all" 1t seems to
me that the child's comfort and
education should come first. Why
economic at the expense of the
child? I can't imagine a real
"honest to goodness" teacher
wanting the children to have to
take the dangers of the highways
unless the teacher wants to bring
home to the parents the condi-
tions of their schools as result
of their neglect to stand by the
schools. See that in the future
the schools get fair deal from
the politicians we elect and send
to Raleigh.
Sincerely yours,
L. Y. MCDONALD.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-18
WHEN ECONOMY HITS

The new state school law demands that school
bus transport all pupils who live as far as two
miles distant from the nearest school house.
The implication is that such buses are forbidden
to haul children who live within that distance of
their school And upon this inference the state
school commission is proceeding in drawing its
rules and regulations.
School buses will not be supposed to stop for
children accessible by these two miles to the schools
they attend.
And from one end of North Carolina to the
other bowls of rebellion will reverberate. The peo-
pie are not going to like such order and chances
are it will be generously if not uniformly violated
Where school truck is passing along highway
with children walking to school, no matter whether
two miles near or closer and such truck is not al
ready loaded nine times out of ten the driver IS
going TO pick these children up, rule or no rule.
1t is human nature and such disregard Of this rul-
ing unhappily, will be supported in public senti-
ment even though it should not be.
All of which is another way of remarking that
the people want economy in North Carolina, econ
omy in every branch of government, economy Iii
their school administration, economy even in bus
transportation but they prefer it at the expense of
the other fellow
When their own interests are involved, when
their own children, in this specific instance are in.
volved, they rebel against PRONUNCIATION of rules
like this which deprive them of riding in a COM
Portable bus to their school during wet, snowy,
cold and rough weather.
The Mecklenburg county board of education,
endeavoring so to arrange its transportation syS-
tenn to comply with the states requirements, ran
clearly afoul of such sentiment at its Monday
meeting.
There were not only outright protests, but
general feeling among principals school commit
teemen and board members, that while the rule for
economy in bus transportation was an essential
element in the money-saving scheme of school ad-
ministration it would meet at with the hos
tility of the people, displayed in such practical
form as to make it impossible to control the issue.
What the state school commission is trying to
do is to eliminate bus transportation costs where
they admit of elimination. That board has only
SIC 600 600 to expend all over the state to operate
all the schools for all of eight months for each of
the next two years.
Last year it cost the state more than $2,100,00o
to haul children to school for six months and if
the same ratio of expenditure is set up for eight
months, the cost would approach 100000, and
to that extent the amount available for other edu
cational purposes would be fatally reduced
The people in whose interest this sentimentaly
unwise clause put into the school bill must
operate thoroughly in fulfilling the requirements
for economy, otherwise, the whole program will be
upset and vitated, and the schools of the state
made to suffer in other vitality important depart
ments of their observation-disclosures Observer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-18
HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS

He who picks up newspaper these days, chances
from page to page and losses it aside with the re-
mark, There's no news in the paper today" is
turning his back on some of the most sensational
history ever put on record.
We are living in a revolutionary age Changes
are being made almost hourly that affect the rank
ana ME OF the population. The news of the day
may have direct bearing on your job, your in
come, your taxes, your hopes and your future
FAILURE TO keep abreast of the times may prove
costly IN dollars and cents not to mention the loss
OF satisfaction that comes in losing touch with the
march of events. ''' '..a
These are stirring days and the man who does
not take daily newspaper or who fails to read
the one ne does take, is not keeping his eyes on
the paths being followed to radically different fu-
ture. The news Of today will hold big place in
the histories written in the days to come-The An
derson Is. CO. Mail
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-18
MALLoRCA PREFERS TO REMAIN
ITSELF
(Bv BRUCE CATION

Theodore Pratt, the young American
writer who was expelled recently from the
Spanish island because the Mallorcans
didn't like some things he said about them
in a magazine article, has returned to the
United States complaining that Mallorca
has lost its big chance to cinch fat share
of the worlds tourist trade, ::
Mallorca is a pleasant little Mediterra-
mean island where folk live much as they
did in the days Of Columbus. During the
depression American and English travel
ers found it pleasant place to stay, par
ticularly so since its scale of prices was alb
normally low AS Mr.. Pratt remarks, the
island had 'the greatest chance in her his
tory to become a permanent world tourist
center"
However, the chance seems to have
gone. The Mallorcans saw that all tourists
were exceedingly rich, by Mallorcan stand
ards, and prices began to go way up. Fur
thermore, as Mr.. Pratt points out the MAJ
lorcans tried to deal with foreigners with
the customs, ways of thinking and stub
born point of view of practically medic
val age" AS result, the tourists are dis
iiiusioned and the big rush is over.
Now all of this wouldn't be worth dis
cussing at any length if it were not for the
fact that Mr.. Pratt's complaint illustrates
so perfectly a point of view that has be-
come all too common in the modern world.
According to this point of view, an on
rush of tourists is the highest blessing that
any out-of-the-way and picturesque spot
can desire. A way of life that has remained
unchanged for centuries, and that has pro-
vided its simple people with real happi-
ness and COntentment, may be destroyed
in the procesS-but that is minor matter.
Let the dollars pour in and all is well, no
matter how the existing framework of So
ciety is twisted out of shape ..,s
This sort of thing has happened all over
the globe. 1t has debased such an earthly
paradise as Tahiti, it has rubbed the CLAM,
our off of Bali, it has helped to spoil Afri
can desert towns and Swiss mountain ham
lets and American seaports and Asiatit
trade capitals 1t has ruined the lives Of
innumerable simple and trusting people.
Now, at last, we find spot which seem!
to be having the good fortune to escape
from it. Mallorca, by chance or by design
is cold-shouldering the tourist trade.
And there is type of mind to which
this seems nothing but blind stupidity ant
q vast misfortune!