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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
Business ReDielU For Week Is Encouraging
Shoe, Leather and Cotton Textile Well Maintained; t Retail Trade in About All Lines Increased

| The rayon mills are busy, but the current demand is rather spotty. "ShOe wholesalers are receiving a good volume of reOrders for fill- in purposes. and manufacturers are receiving sufficient new orders to keep up their production to quite high point. Repeated demand for all grades of leather, and quota tions now age being marked up. The hide market is firm with con- siderable activity.
 Sales of local chain stores are up about 13 per cent. over last year. Retail sales during the cur rent week have been well main tained. Sales of furniture at retail have been good. but manufacturing at present is rather slow, and the mills are buying comparatively little hardwood lumber. In other manufacturing lines there has been a slight increase in the call for hardwoods but there is little activ- ity in flooring.
 'The retail lumber yards still have fairly large stocks of all grades of lumber on hand, which are not moving out as fast as ex- pectcd, and wholesalers report new orders light. Heavy building ma terial prices are advancing. but the volume of business is moderate.
 "The demand for machine tools is active and electrical machinery and speciality sales are consider ably up. Better deliveries have re- suited in an increase in automo bile sales, and the demand for tires and supplies is broadening"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
STOLE WOOLENS FROM FACTORY

Manchester, N. H.. April 19- tUP)-Four men pleaded not gull ty when arraisned in district court today in connection with thefts of cloth from the Amoskeag Manu- facturing Company
 Francis x. Harlan, 23, and Ed ward Peterson, Jr., employed at the textile plant, allegedly stole more than 1000 yards of woolen suitings, valued at $1.62 to $1.95 per yard. Hugh K. Gile, 5S, former tailor, allegedly received and dis posed of the stolen goods. The three men were held under $500 ball each for the September term of superior court.
 Harold E. Rogers, 34, charged with stealing $35 worth of woolen patterns, was held under $200 bail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
Market Trading Very Light In Afternoon
Stocks Moved IrreguIarIy and in Narrow Range-BOt
 tom Dropped Out of Chicago Grain Market

issues were down shorpIy, ana American company issues reacted downward sympathetically. Silver issues were lower for a time, but they rallied when it was learned the President had agreed to meet with representative of the silver interests. Copper issues were steady most of the day. Auburn automobile was a weak feature. At one time it was down 4f7-s points at A 1-4. National Lead lost more than points In light trading on failure of the re-
 gently predicted stock split to dee
 velop at the annual meeting Of the
 company today.
 Crucible Steel Preferred rose n point to a new high for the year on
 a statement directors would be
 asked to pay some of the accumu-
 lated dividends if business cOntin-
 ued to hold up. Brooklyn-Man- l haitian Transit was active ana
 strong in tie fractions. Gains of 1 to points were made by Hazel Atlas Glass, U. s. Rubber First Preferred, and American Smelling.
 Steels firmed late in the day. Rails ! were higher all day on indications of another rise in car loadings.
 Motors. except Auburn, were slight ly higher.
 Chicago, April 19-(UP)-The
 bottom dropped out of the grain
 market today on the Chicago board of trade.
 Amid wild scenes on the floor,
 various grain futures fell the limit permitted by exchange retulations. At the close wheat rallied from the flows of the day and finished 2 7-8 cents lower for all deliveries. 1 Corn was up 3-8 to 1-2 cents and
 oats were unchanged to 1-S cents
 lower.
 May wheat closed at 74 7-S. July
 a 75 and September at 76 IA
 cents.
 | The pit of the board of trade
 again was the scene of riotous ac-
 tivity as brokers screamed and sig
 naled frantically in their efforts to
 place orders.
 | It was the eighth consecutive
 day of declining prices in grains. | Wheat for May and September
 for the season. with the exception
 of one day last October when May
 wheat sold at, Fl 1-2 cents.
 The breath taking decline mar
 rowed drastically the variance be-
 tween prices here and in Liverpool
 which Secretary of Agriculture
 Henry A. Wallace said yesterday
 must be eliminated before Ameri- can grain can make headway in
 the world market.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
SOCIETY GIRL
 GETS ESTATE

London. Apr. 19-(UP)--A so- ciety girl artist model, daughter of Q Sussex Vicar, today inherited the entire fortune of the painter for whose love she dehed conven- tion.
 The lirl Is Margaret St James. who was bequeathed the $75,000 estate of John Martin Bickerton, c weli-known surgeon who turned painter several years ago and won notable success. sffT ls
 Biskerton and Miss St James fell deeply in love. Bickerton's wife promised q divorce, but withdrew at the last moment.
 Despairing of legal marriage. Bickerton and the girl took up residence together. So deeply did he feel his inability to marry her that he committed suicide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
AIR MAIL ROUTE BIDS SUBMITTED
 BY MAJOR LINES
Will Be Opened Friday Despite the Confusion
 of Problems
BY RONALD G. VAN TINE Limited Press Stan Correspondent )

Washington. April 19-(UP)- Post office department officials went ahead today with plans to open bids tomorrow on temporary contracts for IT commercial air mail routes unperturbed by new tonfusion in the situation.
 Major aiYlines, still fighting can Cellation of their old contracts by Postmaster General James A. Far ley were making haste to qualify for the new service.
 Bids will be opened to morrow on 90-day contracts in accord with President Roosevelt's desire to take army planes and pilots out of the air mail business. Farley will be authorized, if necessary. to add eix months to the initial operating period.
 Meanwhile, senate and house leaders disagreed bitterly over leg lslatson embracing the presidents recommendation for appointment of a commission to study aviation problems and draft a permanent government air policy.
 A house committee prepared to write a new bill. removing all clauses restricting the business of l5nea whose contracts were can ceilGd on collusion charges.
 Senate leaders insisted upon pro- visions requiring reorganization of all airlfnes whose representatives participated in alleged "spoils con- ferences'' with former Postmaster General Walter F. Brown in 1930.
 Reorganization requirements are Included in the specifications for bids on the 90-day contracts. Sev- eral major lines have announced that they would qualify and be in . position to start service within 30 days after the award of con- tracts.
 The senate air mail committee continued its investigation, and summoned First Assistant Post master General W. W. Howes to testify today about his cOnversa- tions last year with representatives of independent companies which sought contracts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
Foreign Ancestors
 Buy c. s. Securities.
England and France Substantial Purchasers First
 Quarter of l934-France Sold on Balance in I933

New York, April 19--The ques. ton as to whether English or French investors are either buy ing or selling American securities on balance is always matter of interest in American investment circles. This is due to the fact that the long range view of fore- ign investors and baukersf relative to the trend of events in the Unit ed States, is very often looked up- on as more accurate gauge of our economic conditions than the views of our own investors and bankers. The latter are often toe near the stage to absorb all of the changes taking place in the af- fairs of our own country, which al present give the appearance of being kaleidoscopic.
 Because of the interest display ed in the attitude of foreign in- vestors toward American securitieS one of the largest wire houses holding membership in the New York Stock exchange, has made q study of the sales andr purchases made through the firm for the ac- count of customers of its London and Paris offices. This study re- veals some very interesting facts.
 Briefly, 1t shows that while the operations of French investors and traders through this house are on a more active scale than those of the British, the latter, with the exception of a brief selling spell during and shortly after the, bank holiday of March, 1883, have been tseady purchasers on balance of American securities since the be- ginning of last year, with purchas- es being exceptionally heavy dur. ing the first quarter of 1884. The French also have been accumu- lating American securities on a substantial scale during the first
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19

quarter of this year, but the rec- ords show that In 1893 France sold small amount on balance. taking the years transactions as q whole. y
 The detailed figures show that. during the full year 1883, pur-, chases of American. securities by British investors exceeded sales by 42.6 per cent. Buying by the Brit isa during the first quarter of 1894, the study reveals, was steb- ped up considerably, for in this period purchases exceeded sales by iO6.1 per cent. French investors during 1898 sold 5.7 per cent, more American securities than they pur- chased, but in the first quarter of 1894 their purchases exceeded sales by 32.6 per cent.
 The detailed figures show furth, CT the varying attitudes of the French and English investors and the manner in which they indivi- duaily reflected developments in this country during the past fif- teen months. In January and Feb ruary of 1893, both England and France purchased our securities on balance. In March of last year, however. France sold rather heav- fly in comparison with total vol ume, but from April to mid-July was again accommodating stocks. England, on the other hand. sold on balance in March, April and May of 1883, but the amount sold on balance was negligible com pared with purchases.
 About mid-July, however, or just before the American stock market established its 1893 peak. France, the study shows, started selling our securities on a large scale and continued selling until nea rthc close of September. While France wa selling throughout the market crash of the late summer of 1883, English investors were buying on Q considerably largef scale, and in no month since June, 1893, have English sales of Americans" ex- ceeded purchases. Their purchases during the July break of last year were unusually heavy, although their acquisitions in October, 1883. were the largest for any month of that year. Thus, while British purchases of our securities have exceeded sales in every month since last June, Franch purchases have exceeded sales in every month since last October, with exception ally heavy buying from both coun- tries, as stated, since January l of this year. Whether or not the recent buying reflects the revalua- ton of our dollar is a matter for conjecture, but 1t does reflect in- creased confidence in our own af fairs on the part of foreign in- vestors.
 All calculations presented above are based upon the actual number of shares of stock bought and sold and not on the dollar valuation of securities traded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
BIC UPTURN IN
 BICYCLE TRADE
68,OOO Units Sold First
 Quarter of l934-Only 32,00O in l933

Bristol. Conn, April 19.-The up- turn in the bicycle industry which got under way early in 1898 has continued into 1894 and is rapidly gaining momentum, 1t is indicated in figures released by Cycle Trades of America today which show that sales for the first quarter this year more than doubled those of the same period last year.
 The total for the, first three months of 1884 was 6S,0OO units, compared to 32,000 in the corre- spending quarter of 1893. This years sales in January were 21,. 900, in February 22,000, and in March 25,000. These figures com pare with respective totals in 1883 of 5000, 5000. and $1G,0O0.
 Total sales for the year 1883 were 408.697, an increase of 63 per cent over the 249,500 units sold in 1892.
 The current increase as well as that of last year Is attributed in large part to sales made to girls and women who have come to re- gard the bicycle as a pleasant means of keeping trim figures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
DaDe Kom,onen Wins
 The Great Marathon
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yards between Hopkinton and Bos- ton. ssa. l1
 Third at South Birmingham, the first timing station, Komonen climbed into second place at Ma tick, held that position at sWelles- ley Hills, the halfway mark, and went into the lead at AuburndaIe, increasing 1t substantially between there and the finish. .....
 Billy Steiner of the German American A. C., New York, a fa- vorite, who led the field over the first half of the course. came in third. His time was 2:40:29 1-5. PICK UP Three
 The distance between the early finishers was by far the greatest in many years.
 Pawson. the Pawtucket, K. l., gardener who established a course record in winning last year, was forced by stomach cramps to drop out today near Newton Upper Falls after covering more than two thirds of the distance. %
 Pat Dcngis of Baltimore. Md. hho was among the first 10 during the first six miles, also was forced out by cramps.
 Komonen, who finished second two years ago and seventh last year, was remarkably fresh as he broke the tape this afternoon. The only refreshment he asked was q shower. Ills feet bore no blisters and he showed not the slightest distress.
 After the three leaders came:
 Fourth = Alex Burnside. Mon. arch A. C., Toronto, Ont. 2:44:32.
 Fifth = Kari Koski. Finnish American A. C.. New York. 2:44:62,
 Sixth--Gordon A. Norman. Unit cd Shoe A. A. Beverly. Mass.
 William F. McMahon. Fairlawn A. C.. Pawtucket. R. l.. 2:45:19.
 -Eighth-Percy wyer. Monarch A. C., Toronto, 2:46:08 1-5. Ninth--David Fagerlund. Fin- nish-American A. C.. New York. Tenth-Wiliiam P. Moiioy. No. Medford club, 2:48:56.
 Eieventh--Mel Porter, German American A. C.. New York 2:4s:be 3-5.
 Twelfth--John D. sempie. Bey. erly, 2:51:o4 4-5.
 Thirteenth = Paul De Bruyn Cerman-Amegicasi A. C., New Yori u former winner, 2:5z:44.
 Fourtentfi - Augustus Johnson Lansing, Kans., negro, 2:65;59x AZ Fifteenth ehafiAa Weaeh. &qf4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19

Boston, Apr. 1s-CUP)-shoe leather and cotton textile trade is being well maintained in New Eng fnnd, but the wool trade is quiet and mills are receiving little new business. Dun & Bradstreet. Inc, reported today in the weekly bus lnegB review.
 Tn the woolen piece goods mar Iet,g the review said, "there is rome activity in materials suitable for mems and women's summer wear, but orders for the heavier fabrics for fall and winter are slow fn coming to the mills. Prices of raw wool remain unchanged, al- though the turnover is very small. Prices in wool tops are trending downwards. Deliveries on old con- tracts are moderate. and new or- ders are scarce.
 There is increased activity in all lines of cotton goods and the mills have booked a considerable volume of new orders during the past two weeks. Prices have been revised upward slightly. Gray goods are active at firm prices. Worstcd and wooden yarns are slow. Cotton spinners are very busy, and are re- ceiving good volume of orders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
DELEGATION ON SILVER TO WAIT
 ON PRESIDENT
Senator King of Utah to Head It-Slver Hopes
 Not Bright
BY LYLE c. WILSON

(COpyr1Ebt 1D34 Dy Cnhteu E,feSS) }
 Washington, April l9.-~(UP)- Senator William H. King, a., Utah led a delegation to the White House to-day to win President Roosevelt to the silver cause, but best informed congressional opinion was confident the chief executive would be able to kill all mandatory silver Legislation at this session.
 The Dies bill is conceded a pos sible exception.
 Administration leaders have in- formed interested congressman that Mir Roosevelt probably would not veto permissivc silver legislation.
 That means congress is free to vote new discretionary powers to Mir Roosevelt. He would accept them but without specific order tot use them.
 The section of the Thomas amendment of the agricultural re- lief bill passed last year permitting MT Roosevelt to issue $3,000,000,- 900 of treasury notes has not been utilized.
 King has a White House appoint mcnt at 3 D. m., for himself and a group which he said would include Senators Thomas, William E. Borah. T., Ida, Henrik Shipstead, f.-l. Minn. Alva B. Adams, d., Colo, and Pat McCarran. d., Nev.
 The Dies bill. on which admin istration attitude Is uncertain, passed the house two-to-one. It offers a 25 per cent premium on foreign silver spent here for ag- riculture surplus commodities. The senate agricultural committee has reported favorably to the senate on the bill with an amendment for mandatory standardization and re- monetization. of silver.
 There are pending in house and senate or before committees sev- eral silver purchase bills and a plan by Senator Pittman to utilize silver to pay the soldiers bonus.
 Mir Roosevelt evidently opposes all these measures. He wants to postpone further silver rehabilita- tion pending outcome of the .IIon- don conference agreement designed to halt debasement and raise silver prices
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
RY ELMER c. WALzER

lOMMEu ELG08 IT AA0shASANa ae.AAsNS-
 New York, April l9-stocks moved irregularly today with deal ings light. Grains, especially wheat, fiustuated widely: cotton at one time was off $1 bale. Bonds ad~ vanced.
 Early afternoon saw wheat drop sharply with the May, and July po- sifions off the limit of fiuctuation for single day-5 cents bushel. If later rallied.
 Cotton broke more than dollar bale. It, too, rallied. Stocks were only momentarily affected. Silver and rubber were unperturbed.
 Measured by the averages, the stock market did practically noth- ing. Small gains in rails and stead iness in utilities were offset by a mild decline in the industrial average.
 arcs. Gold mining shares were weak from the start on announce ment of imposition of 10 per cent tax on gold by the Dominion Tof Canada. Canadian gold mining
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19

Medford club, 2:56:33. n.s
 Sixteenth - Clarence De Mar, Keene, N. H., schooImaster and sevcntime winner. 2:56:52. De Mar, a favorlte, finished strong and re- ceised a great ovation from the crowd, at the tape.
 seventeenth-- -"Bricklayer" Billy Kennedy, Port Chester. N. Y., the 1917 winner, 2:59:58 3-5.
 Eightenth-Harry T. sherman, Cumberland, R. l., 3:02:50.
 Nineteenth = Paul R., Casano North Medford club, 3:O3:27.
 Twentieth-Anti Jaaskela, fin. nish A. C., Toronto, 3:03:47 1-6. Twenty First - Jean Berthelot, Millrose A. A.. New York, 3:04:22,
 Twenty-Second- = Rohnyt Mayne Monarch A. C., Toronto. 3:O4:53.
 Twenty-Third = Charles Breder- son. Fairlawn A. O.. Pawtucket, R. l., 3:05:00.
 Twenty Fourth = George Rol. land, New York, 3:06:27.
 Twenty-Fifth = Albert (Whitey) Michelsen, Millrose A. A, New York, 3:O6:4O 1-6.@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19

Boston, April 19--"The day of indiyidualism in agriculture has gone, so far as marketing is con- cerned. In It's place must come re- gional and commodity coopera- tion," Harry R. Lewis, Rhode Is- land commissioner of agriculture and chairman of the agricultural committee of the New England Council, declared in a statement is- sued at New England Council headquarters here today.
 Any program for upbulding New England agriculture through providing better merchandising fa- cilities must provide for more in- telligent and far-reaching coopcra- tion among producers. so that both buying ana selling can be conducted on q cooperative basis. and the great costs and losses of dlstribu- tion be reduced" the speaker de- clared. Quoting statistics to show the increase in distribution costs. he declared these mounting costs to be "a millstone around the necks of farmers throughout the county" Pointing out that the heavy transportation coss handicap producers of agricultural products in the south and west in selling their goods to tho New England market, Commissioner Lewis said that in the final analysig. these costs would act as q tariff in favor of the local producer, if New Eng land farmers Iearn to market their products comparatively and thus achieve sufficient volume of commodities to interest the large volume buyers. such as the chain stores. The individual farmer, marketing his own limited output, cannot get together sufficient vol est the large volume distributor" he said. "Hence the need for the concentration of the products of q number of farms through cooper atfyc action, if local growers are to compete successfully with organ iZcd producers from distance"
 New England Is recognized to- day as the most advantageous market for food products in the entire country, because of large volume of demand and relatively high prices" Commissioner Lewis said. This market belongs by right of location to the New Eng ldUU IdTIHcT. I1c Cdu IIulutdIn U for his products If he will study market requirements, organize and merchandise his products more efficiently. and appreciate that it is quality products which bring the best price and for which there Is most consistent demand. It is in such. products, properly identified, standardized, and protected, that the real future of New England agriculture lies.
 To develop program for the more efficient marketing of New
 England farm products, farm marketing conference Is to be held under auspices of the New Eng land Council at Hotel Statlcr. Bos- ton, May 16 and IT,. MT. Lewis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19

(Continued from Page 1.)
 My daughter. Mrs Audrey Han cock, Indianapolis. had brought her family here for Sunday. They often come over on Sunday to cook my meals because my two small children aren't old enough.
 Tt wasn't any particular family reunion. John just happened to drop in.
 John fin Good HumOr
 'He Joked with his step-brother and sister, Francis and Doris, and was in good humor.
 John likes home cooked meals He is farm boy and likes to get { back here once in a while for good meals. We had baked ham the Sun day he was home"
 Chicago, April 19.-UP).-Mel- win Purvis, chief of the federal bureau of investigation here, to- day issued formal statement denying that John Dillinger walk ed out of restaurant the night of March 9 when federal agents entered the place to arrest his sweetheart.
 The desperado's sweetheart, Ma rion Evelyn Freschetti, told her attorney and newspaper men yes ferday that Dillinger was sitting beside here in the restaurant when the agents entered but became sus- picious of them and sauntercd calmly out the door.
 He saw her placed under arrest she said. and drove away in hlz car
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
FORECASTS PAINLESS FAN DANGERS

Fresno, Cal-UP)-If Emory Radcliffe, member of Fresno State colleges staid and conservative faculty is any perpendicular, Sally Rand and her fan dancing con- temporaries had better look to their laureIs. Speaking before q lunch. con club here. Radcliffe said Amer ica is rapidly acquiring European tastes with regarid to liquor and the theater, and predicted, Tit won't be long until we have plenty of fan danccrs--without any fans"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-19
TAMMANY HALL
 NOT PEACEFUL

New York, April 19.-- -UP)--Re- volt in T'ammany hall against John F. Curry's hard, unyieldlng leader ship mounted to such strength to- day that his reign virtually was certain to end within A hours.
 Expulsion of the man who with an autocratic hand championed Tammany's cause through an in- ternal crisis resulting from the last presidential campaign was expect cd at a meeting of the executive committee tomorrow night. The committee of six, formed under the banner of "Curryism must go." an- nounced they had gained control of sufficient votes to insure' his defeat.