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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
RETAIL SALES
 ARE INCREASING

New York, Nov 23-(UP)-Re- tail sales for the first two weeks of November increased 9.8 per cent over figures for the corresponding period in 1883. the National Retail Dry Goods association reported to- day.
 The gain was, computed on store sales in approximately 70 cities and was IS higher than the increase for the first half of October. Ad- vance Christmas shopping and cooler weather were credited with booming sales.
 The south and west, still showing the benefits from federal funds 10 farmers, led the increase. Only New England Jagged. Its figures were per cent below the volume for the same period in 1883.
 The association's survey gave the following indicated increases: Mid de Atlantic States. per cent: middle west, 15; south. -16; west. 20: southwest. 13, and west coast. 12.
 Key cities reporting percentage gains or decreases were: R
 Buffalo, g.; New; York, (; Phila- delphia 5.2; Pittsburgh, 5.5; Scran- ton, Pa. 9; Syracuse, N. Y.. B.; Bos- ton, minus 4 !; Bridgeport, minus &; Springfield, Mass, minus 3; Provi- dence, K. T., 5; Chicago, 12: Gin cinnati, G.; Detroit, 20: Indianapolis. 15: Springfield, Ill, IS; Toledo, 6.5; Wheeling, w. Va. 6; Youngstown. O., 12: Kansas City,, 19; Washing ton, D. O.; Dallas. 16, San Francis co. T. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
ANNUAL REPORT
 OF PUBLIC ROADS

Washington, Nov. 23.-(UP).- The bureau of public roads re- ported to Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace in it's annual statement, today that:
 1. Construction of roads in the last fiscal year liar exceed" any previous year. 14,7S0 miles hav- ing been built with national re- covery act money.
 2. More than S36,e0O men were employed in road construction at it's peak last June. Indirect em- ployment was estimated at IA times the direct.
 3. Money was paid to state for road building as follows: Regular federal aid, $42,291,937; emergency funds, $55,669.145; public works funds, 94,000,000.
 4. Aid was extended to S7 per cent of the counties in the nation.
 5. Most important effect of the spending. Bureau Chief Thomas H. Macdonald said, was Ito increase employment"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
$25,OOO WORTH
 OF TIRES SAVED
 AS TRUCK BURNS
Machine Crashed Into the Bridge Near Shelton;
 Blaze Followed
Especial to The, Democrat)


 AAelton, Nov 23-Tires valued at $25,00O were saved from destruc- ton early this morning when a fire broke out in truck owned by the Laube Interstate Transporta- ton Co of Waterbury aftI the vehicle smashed into a cement bridge on River road, near the Shelton -Stratford town line.
 Volunteer firemen from the Pine Rock section and the Stratford fire department saved the valuable car- go of the large truck, when they answered the alarm. They were unable to check the blaze in the truck. and the vehicle was almost totally destroyed. only the rear portion of the chassis escaping the fury of the gasoline-fed fire.
 The driver of the Waterbury truck, Paul Waezkel of Cambridge, Mass, told the firemen that the gasoline tank exploded when the truck crashed into the bridge. He, after giving the alarm. helped save a. good deal of the heavy load.
 As nearly as investigators could determine the crash took place aft CT the steering apparatus on the car broke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
BRITISH DOUBT
 RUSSIAN STORY

London, Nov 2s.-UP)-Au- thorittive British quarters con slider Leon Archambaud's refer ence at Paris to Franco Russian entente as understandable" in view of the far-reaching cordiality between the two nations attained in the last two years.
 However. encouragement that Russia had promised military aid in case of an attack on France was received skeptically. Soviet quar- ters assured the United Press that the latter assertion mystified them.
 Recent indications, however. have pointed to the possible con- clusion of a close French Russian Czechslovakian accord. prelimin- ary to resumption of negotiations for an eastern peace pact embrac- ing Germany. Poland and the Bal tic States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
LAWYER HAS MADE CITY
 DEFENDANT
Attorney Wilcox Sues for O,OO0 Damages Hurt
 on Bad Sidewalk
OCCURRED AT JOHNSON AND WILLOW STREETS
Depression in Walk Where He Was Thrown and
 Badly Injured

Herbert J. Wilcox, attorney of this city, today filed suit for $1O,OOO damages against the City of Waterbury, in an action returnable to the su- perior court here the first Tuesday of next month. The suit is based on injuries At torney Wilcox suffered De- .cember II, 1883, when he tripped over an alleged defec- tive sidewalk at Johnson and Willow streets.
 He says in his complaint, pre- pared by Attorney Walter E. Mon- agan, that he was crossing the in- tersection from the northerly to the southerly. side when he came upon depression in the walk. The depression, he says, arose from the failure of agents of the city to re- place the pavement, removed near water box that was repaired.
 Snow and Ice at Place
 An accumulation of snow and ice covered the depresison so that when he walked upon it, he was thrown violently to the ground. suffering a severe blow to the back of his head, an injury to his side and sprained right knee.
 He claims he lost a salary of $3,000 he was earning as a prac- tieing attorney in the city while he was laid up. During the time he was recovering he says he was required to wear crutches for sev- eral weeks, which later were suo- stituted. by two canes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
DANBURY FUR co
 GIVEN WARNING

Washington, Nov 23.-(UP)-- The National Labor Relations board to-day ordered the Danbury and Bethel Fur company, Danbury, Conn, to refrain from requiring its employees to belong to its company union.
 The case resulted from a two months strike in the Danbury fur industry, which was settled in July. The United Hat Fur, Workers, an established union, charged the company coerced and intimidated "a large majority of its employees into refraining from voting in an election August IF, 1884"
 The NLRB ordered that the com pany should:
 l. Refrain from requiring or urging membership in the shop union.
 2. Refrain from aiding, encour- aging or assisting the shop union.
 3. Recognize and deal with the United Hat Fur Workers until em- ployes have made a free choice of another representative.
 The NLRB held that, upon set- clement of the strike, the company initiated and actively promoted a company union and had indicated to the employees that the com pany union must succeed or the shop would close down."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
CONSUMERS ARE
 DOING BUYING

New York. Nov 2S.-(UP)-- The vigorous expansion of consum- CT buying which started in Octo- Der has proceeded unchecked ana now has gained sufficient momen- tum to render it immune to va garies of the weather, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, said in a weekly business review to-day.
 Improved business sentiment "has found expression in the greater volume O. advance commitments, particularly in the consumer goods industries, where successive week ly gains have been recorded for sales since the latter part of Sep- tember, and in the revival of plans long held in abeyance for general industrial expansion" the survey said,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
FRANCE IS SURE
 ANOTHER WAR IS
 ABOUT TO BREAK
Huge Russian Army Will March With France
 If It Starts
By RALPH HEINZEN (United Press Staff Correspondent|

(United Press Stan Correspondent
 Paris, Nov 23-UP)-A promise that Russia's vast ramy would march with France if France is at. tackled in ''the next war;" echoed in the chamber of deputies today
 The debate was all of war, which speakers seemed to regard as in- evitable.
 After Colonel Jean Fabry. chair man of the army committee, had portrayed the swift horror of the next war in asking an additional war credit of $52,720,000. Leon Archimbau war budget reporter, spoke. He said:
 rope has fallen again into the old error of combining for a balance of power. But thanks to such an alliance. France today is allied with Russia, the possessor of Europe's largest army.
 Russia has pledged that her solid, well-equipped army will march with us in case France is attacked"
 It was a reference to the new French Russian treaty of mutual defense.
 Germany Is Accused
 Tn his speech. Colonel Fabry said Germany had 21 army divis- ions comprising 600,000 men ready in barracks. and would soon have
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
THREE MEN ARE
 IN THAT PLOT

New York. Nov. 2S.-(UP).-In, vestigation of an alleged Fascist plot to march on Washington cen tered today on activities of three men, the congressional committee inquiry into un-American activities indicated.
 Meanwhile an unnamed witness has testified concerning alleged transactions among Gerald P. Mac Guire. Robert Sterling Clark and Albert Christmas, counsel for Clark, g committee member said.
 The witness. an employe of the Central Hanover Bank and Trust company. testified to records and accounts of MacGuire and his asso- ciates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
Thanksgiving For The Families Who Need 1t
Uncle Sam Will Play the Role of BenefactOr on That Day for All Those in Waterbury, Who Foresaw
 Empty Tables Next Thursday

Uncle Sam, through the medium of the federal commodities division at New Haven, will play the role of uncle in fact to needy families of the city who have been facing the appearance of Thanksgiving with nothing in particular to be thankful for.
 Consignments of veal, swiss cheese, butter and beef will be sent to relief agencies throughout the state, including the Mutual Aid, for distribution to families in need be- fore Thanksgiving, according to an made at the New Haven Headquarters. !
 The first shipment of commodi- ties allotted to Waterbury under the increased distribution schedule announced this week has been re- ceived at Lincoln house. It con- sists of 15 cases of cheese and AZ cases of butter.
 Plenty to Feed All
 According to E. R. Potter. chief of the New Haven branch of the federal commodity bureau, food has been allotted in such large quantities that there will be SUD- ply on hand to feed every needy family in Connecticut during the winter months.
 The Shelton avenue storehouse in New Haven is filled to capacity and it has become necessary to find more storage space. Addi- tional quarters with a floor space of 33,000 square feet have been taken to store the commodities, which are still being forwarded by the federal government.
 Since the beginning of opera tions of the commodities division little more than year ago in this state, a total of 47,220,316 pounds of commodities, valued at $1,190.- 133 have been received.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
Final Neus Flashes
VAN ZANDT BACKS IT

Helena Mont, Nov. 23-(UP)-Comma der James E. Van Zandt of the Veterans of For eign Wars was approached by fascist agents to help Major General Smedley D. Butler establish United States dictatorship, he told interviewers here. Van Zandt said members of his organiza- tion were convinced that Butler was not entan- gled in the alleged unAmerican plot. The com mander explained that he too, had been asked by agents of Wall street, to help organize fascist march on Washington, disguised as veterans movement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
STATE POLICE TO PROBE BANDITS
 HELD IN MIAMI
May Be Connected With Wallingford A if air;
 Mix=up in Names

New Haven, Conn, Nov 23-(UP) Connecticut state police today communicated with Miami auth IT. ities in the belief four men held there were connected with the day. light holdup of the Wallingford Bank and Trust company, Oct 2. in which more than $20,000 in cash and securities were taken.
 The names of the men arrested, as reported by police here, differed from New York reports.
 In custody at Miami, it was said, were George w. Williams, Arthur Walsh, James McNey and Joseph Whalen.
 Reports from Miami said the men might be wanted in this state for robbing bank but did not give the name of the bank or town WalIngford, however, is the only unsolved holdup in several years. A list of questions was sent Mi tamispolice, 1t was understood. and if the men are returned to New York, bank employees and state DO. lice will confront them there fol Identification purposes.
 New York Bank Story
 New York, Nov 23-(UP)-Six men arrested as suspects in bank robbery and one woman arrested with them denied vehemently in the lineup today any knowledge of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
EZRA WORKERS HERE NOT HARMED
 BY NEW RULING
Changes in Wage Policy Probably Affect Only
 the South States

EZRA workers in Waterbury will not be greatly affected by the announcement at Washington that the minimum wage scale of 30 cents an hour will no longer be enforced and that the hourly rate prevailing in various communities will be the basis of EZRA wages, according to William NJ. Harris, lo- cal administrator.
 MT Harris expressed the opinion that the change in the wage policy of the EZRA was brought about largely by conditions in the south ern states, where sheet he estab- lishment of the federal relief pro- jects. plantation owners. and pri- vate concerns have had difficulty in hiring workers at wages which were formerly considered good.
 It is probable that survey will be; made here to determine whether the average hourly rate paid by industries here approxi- mates that of the EZRA, Mir liar. ris said. It is unlikely that ans more men will be given work, or that hours will be increased To- cally. It is impossible at the pres ent time to estimate the average hourly wage rate prevailing in the city.
 At Washington, relief officials said that in some cases the 30 per cent minimum rate had the effect of placing the government in the position of paying higher wages than prevailed in the community for similar labor. The wage rate in most of the southern staets is less than 30 cents an hour.
 Under the new plan, local com mittees representing business, la bor and local relief administrations are to set wage rates. The respon- sibility of an adjustment to meet local labor conditions will rest en- tirely with each community.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
AGREEMENT IS COMING SURE

Paris, Nov 2S.-(UP)-A mili- tary agreement of mutual defense between France and Soviet Russia is impending. it was indicated to- day. {
 Leon Archimbaud, reporter of the war budget. went so far as to speak of the agreement as an ac- complished fact during debate in the chamber of deputies shortly before the chamber voted a war budget for 1895 of 5,690,000,000 francs. ($374,791,000.) ~4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
POLICE SUPT IS DEFENDER OF THE
 SIGNS ON SPEED
Claims Those That Have Been Erected Are All
 Within the Law

Denial of the charge that the placing of. signs warning drivers to keep their speed at 25 miles an hour or less along Thomaston ave- nue is contrary to the Connecticut statutes was made to-day by Police Superintendent Joseph H. Mclean, who points out that he is but fol- lowing the example of the state highway department, which posts signs giving recommended speeds at many points along the state roads.
 The 25-mile-an-hour signs along Thomaston avenue, which has been the scene of several bad accidents and many near-accidents lately, does not mean the establish ment of a definite speed limit along the thoroughfare, Supt Me Lean pointed out to-day. The signs, instead. with the speed in- dicated, mean only that drivers cannot proceed at any faster speed under normal conditions if they wish to drive in accordance with a real regard for safety.
 Study of the traffic along Tholn-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
CLUE FOUND IN
 PHANTOM MURDER
Barrel of Gun That Was Used to Kill the Head=
 master

Northfield, Mass, Nov 23-(UP) Search for the phantom slayer of the Rev Elliott Speer, popular young headmaster of Mount Her mon preparatory school. was given fresh impetus today by discovery of what may be part of the long sought death weapon.
 A rusty shotgun barrel. found protruding from a bed of leaves late yesterday three-quarters of a mile from the murdered educators s campus home, inspired investigat- ors with new hope that the two- month-old mystery might yet be solved.
 While Captain Charles J. Van Amburgh, state ballistician, studied the barrel for fingerprints or other telltale clues at his state house off, flee in Boston today, state police began an exhaustive search for the gun stock, which apparently had been smashed off.
 Charge of BuckshOt
 Rev Speer was slain by a charge of doubled buckshot blasted through a window of his study the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
HAUPIMANN TO
 ASK EVIDENCE

Remington. N. J.. Nov 23-(U. P.)-Counsel for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. charged with the mur der of the Lindbergh baby. will de- mand a bill of particulars from New. Jersey within "a day TO two" it was announced to-day.
 This was considered a pre1im- mary to q motion to dismiss the indictment returned by the Hun terdon County grand jury for lack of evidence. 1t was said. Defense counsel Is expected to present this motion to Supreme Court Justice Thomas w. Trenchard next Tues day.
 Tuesday Is the day set for draw- ing the panel from which jurors for Hauptmann's trial, beginnipg January 3. will be chosen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23

Bank of Brooklyn last May-police sent out call to victims of all ma jor robberies since 1892 to view the prisoners as they sat. chained to chairs at headquarters.
 Meanwhile, police said, three of the prisoners have been tentatively identified as members of the gang which robbed the Hawley, Pa, Ma tional Bank of $39,000 last Sep tember.
 Another of the prisoners has been tentatively identified as one of the participants in the robbery of the First National Bank of Cedar Grove, N. J., on November 8.
 Two Escaped Convicts
 Two of the prisoners. one cap- tured here and the other among the four held in Miami, have been tentatively identified as convicts es- capped from the Railway, N. J. re- formatory.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23


 The revelation in court today was that the $40,000, raised by rela- lives to secure Walsh's release, was placed in a hand which appeared mysteriously through the partly opened door of room in the Cop ley-Plaza hotel at Boston.
 The. kidnapers then failed to keep their promise to free Walsh.
 It had been consistently rumored that a huge sum had been paid as ransom, but not until to-day was this confirmed and the exact amount disclosed.
 Revelation Is Surprise
 The revelation came during hearing of the appeal of George Press, friend of Walsh, whose petition for a liquor license Tn Rhode Island has been denied by the state alcoholic beverages com mission on the ground that he once was bootlegger.
 Chairman Patrick P. Curran of the commission, a prominent law yer. read to the court a transcript of an interview he had with Press.
 In this statement Press said that shortly after Walshs' disappear anoe, he (Press), man named
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
GREEK PRINCESS BUSIEST WOMAN
 IN ALL ENGLAND
Making All Plans for Her
 Marriage to the Son ' of King George
By HARRY l.. PERCY (IInifad Dress Staff C,OrrASnOnd

(OnlteU 1-rcSS StdH SOTTCSkJOHuCHtJ
 London, Nov 23.-(UP)-Prin- cess Marina of Greece, guest of the king and queen at Buckingham palace, busily superintended today the assembly of her trousseau for her wedding Thanksgiving day to the Duke of Kent, King Georges youngest. son.
 In the intervals between her work at the palace, the princess was dashing out on shopping ex- petitions and looking about for some little nest in which to live after the honeymoon, on the dukes $125,000 year anuity-something like the one at Belgrave Square, which has been suggested as suit able. It has II bedrooms. six baths. five reception rooms and an elevator.
 The pretty unassuming princess has become immensely popular
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
OFFICIALS SUSPENDED

New York, Nov 2S-(UP) liar old Barnes and Danny Ridge of New Y fork. boxing judge and ref cree respectively, were suspended indefinitely today by the New York state athletic commission as an af- termath of unpopular decisions in two bouts.
 Barnes was judge in the Olin- Rosenbloom light heavyweight championship match in which Ros- enbloom lost his title and In the FullerzJackson lightweight fight. Ridge refereed the Fuller-Jackson affair z X
 The commission gave no reason for the suspensions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
TAPEsTRY STOLEN

Boston. Nov 2s- CUP. y-Theft of "a Gobelin tapestry valued at $iO,0OO from an antique shop 0wn- ed by Lewis Joseph was reported by police to-day. The theft was dis covered by Patrclman John Fl Do- Ian when estisatsd broken window |. the shop. The tapestry! was the only thing taken by the valuable antiques behind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
MAYOR WAS STRIKE BREAKER

Pttsburg, Nov 23.-(UP)-Wiiam Nc Nair, Pittsburg's mayor, world traveller candi- date for president, wise-cracker and playboy, turned ,strikebreaker for an hour today. Truck men were picketing the P. H. Butler company warehouse. His honor rode on the only truck to leave the warehouse. He delivered load of groceries and returned, braving shouts of "scab." People have to eat, don't they?" Nc Nair said in explaining his ride
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
DIPLOMATS ARE
 IN MUCH DOUBT

Geneva, Nov. 23.-(UP).-Dip- lomats attending the league assem- bly expressed doubt that Franco- Russian agreement, had been reach- ed. They said Pierre, Laval and Maxim Litvinow have just agreed on further efforts to conclude an eastern Locarno treaty, which would preclude the. possibility of q direct Franco-Soviet alliance. Lit vinow and Laval agreed to send a conciliatory note to Poland seeking to overcome Poland's objections to the Eastern Locarno, and to make new effort to get German ad-l hesion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
FIRST BUCKET SHOP RAID

Baltimore, Nov 23.-( (UP)-Three men, ar rested here in what is believed the first federal raid under 'bucket shop" regulations of the se- curities and exchange act, were held in $3OOO bail each today for hearing December 5. In cus- tody are Harrison Knight, Edwin A. Snyder and Harry Hickman, officers of Harrison Knight conn pany. Officials charged the firms assets were less than. $1 900 and liabilities approximately $35, ,000. S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23

White Plains, Nov 23-(U.PO- Paintings by Rosa Bonheur, Tisch- bein and other artists of note were left to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by, Walter B. Beers of New Rochelle, who died November 4. according to the terms of his will filed to-day. After a number of small bequests, the residuary estate is left to a cousin, Emma Nichols, of Hartford, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
Wallingford Robbers Belieued To Be Among Gang HeLdh Nelu York
New York Police Consider It Greatest Capture of Bandits in Years-COnn State Trooper Is COn-
 vinced Some of Them Did Job in This State

New York, November 23 - (UP) - Police today rated one of the important collars in the history of the department" the capture of band of 10 alleged bank bandits rounded up here and in Miami after months of painstaking detective work.
 Only slightly subdued by the failure of witnesses to link the six men and one woman held here the crime with which they are charged robbery of the Prudential Savings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-23
WEIGHTS FOR THE FIGHT

New York, Nov 2233. .-- (UP) Yale Okun of New York, will have nearly eight pounds ad- vantage over John Henry Lewis of Los Angeles, in their 1O-round bout tonight at Madison Square Garden. Okun scaled 183 1-4 against 175 1-2 for Lewis. The veteran Olun is substituting fCr ailing Patsy Perrone of Cleveland, as Lewis Op- ponent. Perrone has the grip. s M