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Montana labor news., 1933-03-16
BLAME DEPOSITORS
AS BANK SYSTEM
COLLAPSES

NEW YORK-(FP)-With a howl
going up from the bankers that it was
all the depositors' fault, the banks of
the nation have collapsed and for the
first time in history America is with
out any banking service except that
offered by the untouched Postal Saw
ings System. Private banking has
failed; social banking goes on un-
touched.
Certain facts stand out:
1. Before the panic came, conf
dence had been undermined by the fail
ure of 20 per cent of all U. S. banks
with losses in the billions, by revela-
tions of illegal loans to ~racketeers like
the insults, by revelations of million
a-year bonuses to bankers like Nit
chell of Manhattan's National City
Bank.
2. Depositors have every right to
expect that funds deposited in a
checking account shall be withdraw
able on demand. Such funds are pre-
sumed to be invested in 30 to 9O-day
loans to business men, loans which can
be l~iquidated practically at once, not
put into bonds, mortgages and other
high-profit, slowly-maturing invest
ments. Bankers too eager for big
profits 'froze" their depositors' as
sets in 1929 so that they could not
liquidate them (turn them into CASH
in four years. That's the reason the
banks are closed-bankers' greed, not
depositors' panic.
3. Clearing House Certificates, the
new kind Of money we're going to be
using, are the same as an individuals
check except that they are "signed' by
banks. They are as good as paper
money as long as you and everybody
accept them, just as any other piece
of paper would be disable as currency
as long as it is accepted. If and
when general acceptance stops, of
course they fail.
a. Workers should not worry about
getting money from their savings and
checking accounts so much as what
the closing will do to jobs. Retail
trade has dropped as much as rs per
cent in some Michigan towns where
the holiday, as the bankers joyfully
call it, has lasted a month. Employ
ment is falling in all lines to new
starvation levels. The bankers fail
ure hasn't hurt bankers but it will
bring suffering to millions in work
ers' families in the weeks ahead as
payrolls collapse.
8. Initiation is likely to come. That
is, prices will go up faster than wages,
spectators will win, workers lose.
New York Socialists adopted a pro
gram calling for the extension of Pos
tai Savings to include checking ac-
counts and for the federal government
taking control of the banking system.
During the first night that New York's
banks were closed stickers mysterious
ly appeared on bank windows all over
the city bearing the slogan, CLOSED.
Socialism VIII Keep Them Open.
In New York on the morning the
banks closed headlines still blared the
statement there would be no holiday.
Montana labor news., 1933-03-16
LOCAL SUSPENDS
LABOR GEAR"

JERSEY CITY, N. J.-(FP)-The-
odore M. Brandle and his executive
staff, known as the czars of Jersey
labor, were formally notified by the
secretary of the Jersey City IRON
workers Local As that they have been
officially suspended as representatives
of the local.
The international union has ordered
local union meetings suspended, but
the court of chancery, which appoint
ed Police Judge Lenihan receiver for
the local, ordered them continued.
A vote to request Brandle to resign
had been passed, S59 to l, by the
local.
Montana labor news., 1933-03-16

Chicago papers had carried the same
promise the night before.
In Chicago, the Amalgamated Trust
& Savings, the labor bank, wanted to
stay open but officials would not even
let the bank accept offered deposits.
A special room was opened in the
Chicago postoffiee for new Postal Saw
ings deposits.
Montana labor news., 1933-03-16

take effect at once, rather than at the end of the pres
ent fiscal year.
There appeared no doubt that Congress would quickly
vote the President full power to reduce wages according
|ly, and to lop off a large proportion of the veterans
budget.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

The country seems to have been
taking its prohibition repeal straight.
Jackson News.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15
DELAWARE LEADS IN
CARE OF AGED INDIGENTS
County POOrhOuSe System Abolished
As New Welfare Home Is Opened

Delaware is a step ahead of its
sister states in caring for its aged
indigents. Nearly 1000 individuals
are now taking benefit from its old
age pension system, and last month
three county poOrhOuses were closed
with the dedication of the new State
Welfare House.
With it's limited area and small
population, Delaware is exceptional
ly well adapted for social expert
ment, and it is doubly fortunate in
having a number of citizens blessed
with intelligence, social vision and
executive ability. They have labored
steadily and harmoniously for those
unfortunate enough to reach years
of dependence, and who, under an
Older and more shortsighted regime,
would have found in a county poor
house their only refuge. At one
time the paupers of Delaware were
forced to wear flannel brassards on
their right arms. PIX" for instance,
signitied a pauper of New Castle
County.
Now, under Delaware's existing
pension system, the able-bodied may
lind comfort and security in their
own homes, and the physically in
capable have sanctuary in the We'll
fare House.
Among those largely instrumental
in bringing this reform to pass is
Alfred l. dupont, who spent his
time in investigating old-world pen
sion systems and himself provided
aid for Delaware's aged INDECENT un-
til the State should take up the bur-
den. During that time he set up a
fund out of which annuities were
paid to all eligible persons for whom
there was no other support. Now
SSS INDECENT infirm are sheltered in
the Welfare Home and about 100 are
on the waiting list. This is in ad-
dition to those who receive pensions.
Mr.. duPOnt's philosophy has been:
THE state has a responsibility to
the old who are entitled until the
day they die to a small portion of
the wealth which they have assisted
in creating"
In dedicating the Welfare House,
Governor c. Douglass Buck said:
This is a notable day in the his
tory of Delaware, a day which the
citizens of our State can always re-
call with pride. Today marks not
only the consummation of that splen-
did. piece of legislation passed by the
State Legislature two years ago. but
it marks also the tangible expression
in bricks and mortar of the ideals
and hopes and aspirations and pray
ers of high-minded men and women
for countless years"
Delaware Welfare House will, per-
haps. afford an example to those
states where the county poorhouse
marks the end of the trail for those
who have endured and suffered with
out the favor of fortune. These poor
homes are still a blemish on the
American scene.-From Literary Di-
gest.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15
REES BELIEVES
APOLOGY IS DUE
GOVERNOR BUCK
[Continned from Fhst Paqel

over adjournment occurred also was
a topic much debated. 1t appeared
to be the sentiment of the members
that in March next, there will be no
further need for legislation for re-
lief and that they can adjourn sine
die Immediately after they convene
if they so desire. That the next ses-
sion will be brief seemed to be a
foregoing conclusion because the
members will be serving without pay
as the thirty days of the special ses-
sion for which they are allowed a
salary have already expired and the
meeting in March will be u part of
the same session which was tenn
pOrarily ended last Friday. II is
also possible they will have to serve
in March without their mileage al
lOwances because of the condition
of the general fund of the State
which is said to be about depleted.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

creamed Chicken and Mushrooms
in Toast cases-Brown IL cups
diced cooked chicken or veal in 2
tablespoons melted butter. Add 8
tablespoons flour and blend we'll.
Adds1 medium can Cream of Mush-
room Soup and cook until thick,
stirring constantly. Add sliced egg
whites from hard cooked eggs
and heat just long enough to warm
eggs through. Salt and pepper to
taste. Serve in toast cases or hot
biscuit, and sprinkle with the egg
yolks which have been put through
a sieve. Garnish with watercress.
To make the toasted cases-care-
fully slice tops from hard rolls, re-
move as much of the center as pos
sible, and brush the cases inside
and out with melted butter. Place
in oven to become crisp and brown,
and serve hot with the meat filling.
Turkey Fruit Salads pr d
halves of canned pears with soft
white cream cheese. Cover with
other halves of pears, and coat the
whole pears thus formed, using
macaroon crumbs or ground nuts.
This is to form the body Of the
turkey. Make the tail by cutting
sIic of pineapple in half and
fastening each half, using tooth
picks, to the slender end of the
pear. For a neck, cut round pieces
of apple about an inch long with
an apple corer. Put a toothpick
through each, allowing the end OF
the toothpick to go entirely through
the apple. On one end place a
whole cherry, and a strip of cherry
to represent the head and comb
of the turkey. Stick the head into
the body. Place the turkey on bed
of lettuce. Serve with Mayonnaise.
Turkey Salad EeIairs-To cup
boiling water add II cup butter and
1 cup -four, being sure the water
is boiling at the time. Stir while
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15
BE YOUR OWN FIRE INSPECTOR

An article in Safeguarding Amer
lea Against Fire suggests that each
person be his own fire inspector. 1t
is not a difficult job, and requires
only little time plus a little knowl-
edge. A couple of hours spent in
searching for fire hazards on ones
property, and planning a program to
eliminate them, may save thousands
Of dOllars-and something much
more valuable still, human lives.
A good place to begin the inspec-
tion tour is in the furnace room.
Thousands of disastrous fires result
from defective or dirty heating
equipment. Clean out the furnace
before it is put to winter service.
See that non-burnable containers
are provided for ashes. Have the
various parts and connections in
Spected for possible faults. Protect
any combustible material which must
be near the furnace, with asbestos
Make certain that rubbish and papers
and waste are not allowed to accu-
mulate nearby.
The electric wiring is worth look
ing at next. It's safe-if it has been
installed by a licensed electrician,
and has not been allowed to dete-
riorate. Many hOuseholders, how
ever, haven't had it examined since
the day it was put in-many others
have committed the very dangerous
practice of making amateur extern
sions and additions. If you're at all
uncertain about it, call in an expert.
Whatever his charge is, it will be
cheap in view of the protection for
person and property you will receive
in exchange.
Keep your eye out for oil or rain
soaked rags that have been dropped
about in corners. Thousands of
spontaneous combustion fires occur
annually because of them. They !
should be kept only in closed metal |
cans.
Another ordinary household haz- !
ard is gasoline. 1t is often care
lessly stored, in unsafe containers
and close to flame. It's use as a
household cleaner is simply an in
to disaster with r. S. V.P.
written in the corner.
Finally, turn your attention to the
house itself. Has it properly in
stalled fire-stops? Are fire extin-
guishers handy and in good working
order? Is 1t really fire-resistive, and
up to underwriters standards?
Get going on that inspection tourl
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

AN effective centerpiece that will
last for the entire holiday sea
son is a Christmas tree as illustrat-
ed here, made Of a roll Of clear
transparent Cellophane. Tiny gum
med stars decorate it's branches and
a large red or silver star is pasted
on top. The tablecloth. of the same
shiny material, has a center red
strip which shows in contrast
against the silvery tree. and clear
strips on either side, the strips be-
ing fastened with gummed tape.
The tree is made by beginning
with a circular piece Of cardboard
eight inches in diameter, as base.
This is covered first with white
crepe paper and then with the spark
ling transparent material. For the
tree trunk use thin stick Is inches
long and about the size of pencil,
cover it with white crepe paper and
fasten it to the base with gummed
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15
GREENWOOD
Greenwood VI. Z. Church Notes
Rev. Robert Z. Green, Minister

Church School, 9.45 a. m. Divine
worship, 10.45 a. m. Special Christ
mas music will be sung during the
service. Mr.. Green's subject will be
THE Message of the Anglers Song.
Evening Worship. 7.30 p. m. This
service will be sponsored by the
Young Peoples Council. There will
be a Christmas Candle Light pro-
cessional by a chorus of young peo-
pie. A pantomine entitled "One
Night in Bethlehem" will be present
ed. Special instrumental and vocal
Christmas music will be given. Mr..
Green's subject will be "A Gift to
the Child Jesus" Christmas hymns
will be sung during service by the
congregation. We invite YOU to
worship with us.
Ten Days till Christmas.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

evening. no great damage. was done.
The chicken supper at Bethel Sat
urday was well attended and a good
sum was realized.
The holly season is about over
and prices have been low, but every
little bit helps these days.
There will be a bazaar at the
Christian Church Saturday evening,
many useful things which make nice
Christmas gifts will be on sale;
also ice cream and cake. Come out
and have a good time.
Mrs. Cora Cooper is in the Emer-
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

Modern Home Decoration Servics
tape. The tree branches are made
Of squares Of the transparent ma
terial which are simply pinched to-
gether at the center. crushed down
and fastened to the trunk with thin
wire or heavy linen thread. There
are five sets Of branches. four to
a set. the size of the squares in.
creasing gradually from 4 inches at
the top to II inches at the bottom.
The tiny tree favors which cover
a nut or mint dish are made of
5h inch squares of red. pinched
together in the center and pulled
down through the hand to give a
tree form.
For the candlestick ruffles. use a
strip OF the clear material about
10 inches wide and 40 inches in
length. Shirr it over a knitting
needle, replace the needle with a
string, and tie the ruffie to the can
dlestick base.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15
LONGS CROSS ROADS

Some young folks went on a gun
ming trip lately and Miss George
Townsend was fortunate enough to
kill a nice wild goose.
The PIT. A. met Monday evening
and a large number attended. The
first, second and third grades did
the entertaining which was enjoyed
by all.
A chimney fire was at the home
OF Mrs. Howard Stevens Saturday
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

comes bad weather. Care can hardly
travel and it will also give many
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Long and
daughter visited Mr.. and Mrs. Rod
ney Campbell and mother last week.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15
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gency Hospital, Milford.
There is a rumor that the roads
in this community are going to be
some slagged and others graveled.
Let's hope this will come to pass for
the roads are miserable when it
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

THE hodaysthe young folks schooeveryone home
Chstmas At this entertaining friends interest
and in demand than at
December party may
pictures COoru Salads hot dishes and festive
variety unlimited opportunity delicious party
parties will
holiday entertaining
Creamed Chicken and Mushrooms in Toast Cases'
Hot Buttered Rolls
Turkey Fruit Salads Drop Cookies
Mns
Turkey Salad Eclairs* Vegetable Salads
Stuffed Spanish Fresh Cucumber Pickles
Buttered Rolls
Poinsettia Cake*
Homemade Candy
indicate recipes are
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

Public sentiment is everything
With public sentiment nothing can
fail; without it, nothing can sue
ceed. Consequently he who moulds
public sentiment goes deeper than
he who enacts statutes or pronouncs
decisions. He makes statutes and
decisions possible or impossible to
be executed. Abraham Lincoln.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

so you think you have a forgiv-
ing nature?"
yes. must have. 1 go back to
the same dentist"
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

Our minister says the automobile
is a menace to religion"
Perhaps the poor fellow owns a
secondhand car"
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-15

ladding the flour, and cook until
the material forms a ball and has
a tendency to cling to the spoon.
than Opaque in appearance. Re-
move from fire and add unbeaten
eggs, one at a time, beating until
smooth after addition of each egg.
Drop on baking sheet, shaping in
rectangles 2x4 inches, and bake at
1000 f. until puffs are dry and
quite firm to the touch. When cool,
split on side. Fill with Turkey Salad.
Turkey Salad-Mix 2 cups diced
cold turkey, " cup chopped Stuffed
Manzanilla Olives, 1 cup chopped
celery and 2 teaspoons Worcester
shire Sauce. Salt and pepper. to
taste. Add tablespoons In ia
Relish and Y cup Mayonnaise. Mix
thoroughly and chill.
Poinsettia cake-Cream together
4 cup butter or other shortening
and 1 cup sugar. Add 2 we'll beat
en- eggs and beat vigorously. Sift
together ~ cups flour, 11s tea
spoons baking powder and " tea-
spoon salt, and add to butter mix
ture alternately with II cup sour
milk. Dissolve 2 squares bitter
chocolate in u cup boiling water,
add 1 teaspoon soda, cool slightly
and add to the cake batter. Add
teaspoon vanilla and pour into
an oblong shallow pan that has
been creased and Toured, and bake
in a moderate oven (about $500 F.)
for about 25 minutes. Frost with
boiled icing and, using a damp
cord, mark the frosting into squares.
Place small piece of nutmeat in
each square and, radiating from
the nut, place strips of maraschino
cherry to represent poinsettia pc
tails. Use about six or seven strips
of cut cherry for the petals of each
flower. When finished, each square
has poinsettia on it, and the cake
looks beautiful.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-13

Edinburgh, Scotland, will open 1900 garden plots, nearly four times the number last year, for the DOT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-13
Editor Stone of
 Winsted Dead
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was made editor of the paper, and seven years ago he was named general manager of the company. which also published the Winsted Herald and the Richfield County Leader. weeklies. Stone had been i'll since last September. A widow, two broth- CTS, Harold and Lester Stone, of Winsted. and a sister, Mrs John Mccarthy, of Waterbury. survive. Stone began his nature yarns 20 years ago, when reporter on the Winsted Citizen, and those he liked best he mailed to the New York newspapers. They immediately caught on, and he had ready market for his oddities. The old New York World and the Herald | Tribune were among the papers eager to find spot for his stories | Press services picked them up and carried them over the country, and l the dateline of Winsted became 1 known.
 Offers to go to the New York | papers were spurned by Stone. and he also refused to write for a sym dicate.
 III JuSt SIudll tOWH Hldu, Stone used to tell his associates
 on the Citizen. "I'd get lost down there, and besides there would be no material there for these little yarns"
 Writing for syndicate failed to appeal. It was too much of a chOre.
 Stone was born in Winsted 5S years ago, and started as an office boy on the Citizen when he was eight. The surrounding country furnished him the material and ideas for his stories.
 A squirrel. waving it's bushy tail merrily as it hopped about the stone yard. would be an idea, which Stone evolved into a story of squirrel that famed itself with it's tail when hot.
 Stones particular hobby was a summer colony at Highland Lake, near Winsted, which he developed and where he lived eight months of the year. The lake furnished story material, too. It was from it's waters that the Irish setter of the Catholic family always caught a fine bass or pickerel each Friday for his masters dinner.
 It was on a Fourth or July that Stone discovered chicken which had just laid a red, white and blue egg. The ice house fire furnished another topic. for as Stone report ed it, the heat baked apples on the trees nearby and they were served at lodge supper,
 When Orrin Woodin's COW was butchered all were astonished to hear ticking, Stone reported. It was Woodin's watch. lost nine years before, and still running strong inside the COW. It was two hours slow. Stone said. The watch, a stem-winder. was kept running by the action of the cows berathing. he wrote.
 A farmer who picked his chick ems with a vacuum cleaner. and the hog adjudged to have been a deaf mute because 1t was born without ears and didn't squeal when killed were among the count less stories that flowed out Of Stones office for a score of years
 Stone will be buried here near the hills and lakes where he spent his life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-13
BRINGS NINE TO COURT
LEGAL BEER BY F SPRING SAYS
 HOUSE SPEAKER
Rainey Asserts Congress Will Meet Again in Three Weeks and Beer Will Get Action

New York, March 13-UP)- Legal beer by spring was predicted by Henry T. Rainey, speaker of the house, when he came to New York with Majority Leader Joseph W. Byrns to attend dinner of the Eighth Assembly District Tammany club.
 Rainey said he expected the special session of congress to ad- journ Wednesday and reconvene in three weeks to consider unemploy- ment and farm relief, beer, and possibly further banking measures. He thought legal beer would have a stimulating effect on business, but did not believe in a "cure-all for the depression"
 President Roosevelt's economy measure was certain of passage, speaker Rainey said. The plan to restore banking stability approved last week by congress is "controll- ed imitation" and the issuance of new money will enable people to pay their debts, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-13
Speech Given Last
 Night Clears Things
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banks except that they get their licenses to resume business from the state authorities, and these au- thorities have been asked by the secretary of the treasury to permit their good banks to open up on the same schedule as the national banks.
 "I am confident that the state banking departments will be as careful as the national government in the policy rdating to the open ing of banks and will follow the same broad policy" MT Roosevelt again emphasized that If your bank does not open the first day, you are by no means justified in believing that 1t will not open. A bank that opens on one of the subsequent days is in ex- actly the same status as the bank that opens tomorrow"
 MT Roosevelt thanked the people for the courage displayed during the financial crisis, but warned they must not be stampeded by rumors or guesses."
 "Let us unite in banishing fear" he pleaded. we have provided the machinery to restore our financial system; 1t is up to you to support and make 1t work"
 Explaining the situation which made it necessary for him to de- clare the banking holiday, MT Roosevelt said:
 "We had a bad banking situa- tion Some of our bankers had shown themselves either incompe- tent or dishonest in their handling of the peoples funds They had used the money entrusted to them in speculations and unwise loans
 'This was of course, not true in the vast majority of our banks, but it was true in enough of them to shock the people for a time into a sense of insecurity and to put them into a frame of mind where they did not differentiate It was the governments job to straighten out this situation and do it as quickly as possible-and the job is being performed"