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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
MAY AGREE ON GOLD

New York, March 7.-(UP)- Steadiness of the dollar in terms of the franc and pound for the last three weeks may involve tempo- rary understanding among tho United States, Great Britain and France, that will lead to confer- ences for return to an international gold standard. according to New York foreign exchange experts.
 Trading in foreign exchange vir- tually has come to a standstill.
 "I could handle all the foreign exchange transactions made in the financial district for day in less than a half hour" one foreign ex- change trader told the United Press.
 Yesterday up to noon only 75.- 900 pounds sterling was bought, he said, and other currencies have been having correspondingly light turnover.
 Bankers are discussing return to an international gold standard.
 We have got to get back to a; definite basis" one said today. If the leading currencies were re- turned to gold basis, business would have a foundation on which to build for return of real prosper ity."
 Few believed the government was operating its $2,000,000, 900 equalization fund designed to stabilize the dollar in terms of for- eign currencies in ratio conn mensurate with gold at $35 per ounce.
 The mere presence of that vast fund was considered of such psy- chological force as to preclude any heavy speculative operations tha. would bring the major currencies out of line. There is no way of telling accurately what Is being done with the fund. however, since all dealings are secret.
 If some sort of agreement has been arrived at for temporary stabilization, 1t was said France would be in a better position to remain on the gold standard A short time ago when gold was leav- ing France in large amounts her currency was in danger, according to the experts, and abandonment of gold seemed imminent. Now the gold flow seems to have been checked by rise in francs of suf- ficient to eliminate profits from gold import.
 Today the proud sterling was a. $5.07 3-S, and the French franc 6.58 cents. These currencies have been fuctuating around today's levels since February 19. At 6:58 cents for the franc, the dollar is worth $1.00 3-4, on the basis of the new parity with gold at $35 per ounce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
Church Burned
 Nuns Rescued

Philadelphia, March 7- (UP)--A four-alarm fire to- day destroyed the Church 0f St Magdalen De Pazzi and for a time threatened more than a block of residence buildings. Police, who res- cued ten nuns from the blaz- ing building, aroused several hundred residents of the neighborhOOd and warned them to leave their homes. Eighty Italian girls in an or. phanage fin the rear of the church were led 10 safety by nuns shortly before the building was transformed to n roaring inferno. The tall churck steeple was ready to fall at any moment. Bremen worked with one eye cooked toward its tip. Policemen and hospital internes set up a temporary field hospital about a block from the build- ing, and more thah a score of firemen were treated for minor cuts and wounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07

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 ion to force competitive bidding the 100 planes 'procurable under he PWA allotment. Woodring cad a memorandum from Foulois .sserting that his testimony before
 n appropriations committee had Aeen distorted.
 T want to make it clear" Foul ois said, that my answers to questions before the committee con- cerned only the change in procure ment.
 'Didnt it occur to you that mis- understanding might occur" asked Chairman William N. Rogers, dem, N. H.
 "No sir" replied Foulois, T had no intention of asserting that speci- fications for the planes were changed by the assistant secre- tary."
 / Rogers then read excerpts from the printed testimony which defin- itely left the impression, he said, that Foulois meant that specified tions had been changed lowering the cruising radius. speed and ceil- ing of the craft.
 EOulOlS duHlltteu lfliI WHSiI Hc checked the original testimony for corrections he made only typogra- phical changes and did not attempt to claify the meaning.
 Both Foulois and Woodring den- fed knowledge that Army aircrop officers at present, while on leave, are employed by private compan- ' ies.
 Rogers read a radiogram sent to the chief of the material division at Wright field, Dayton, Ohio, on February 21, few days after the subcommittee had asked for the names of any officers who while off duty were employed by private planes firms.
 The radiogram informed the chief of the committees request and concluded "A negative report is desired if appropriate--Foul ' Did you send that" asked Rog- CTS.
 '"I don't remember ever sending such a telegram" replied the air corps head.
 "What do you think it meant 9 .s. eI haven't the slightest idea what it meant. There are two officers ir my office authorized to use my name. I will have to ask them."
 Foulois admitted under ques- tioning that 1t was dangerous precedent" to have others author ized to used his name but explain. ed T have to send around 800 oI 800 telegrams or radiograms a day"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07

In si m,ultaneous session in five audfhoriunns the group meetings have considered CD employment; (2) costs and prices; (3) produc- ton ohs ses; (4) code administra- ton, ;tn,d (5) small enterprises, the purpose in each instance be- ing to he<ar and discuss complaints and suggestions, oral or written or bot ii. Each meeting is presided oyGsr by an assistant or divisional administrator, aided by members of the three regular advisory bo ards, namely for industry, la- bo r, and consumers, and of the SD ,cial review board in behalf of srnuSll business units and also rep resen taktives of the MIRA legal, re- searclb and planning and compli- ancG divisions. On account of the large attendance, speakers usually { q orlfined their remarks to 15 n1in- | u tt.s.
 GIT pup 1 instantly developed into an insttnsely interesting session on emp loyment and related subjects, with such notables participating as 1 .C1arence Darrow, noted criminal .lrWyer, as chairman of the review board; William Green, president of the A. F. of L., advisor for labor:
 
 try, and Mrs Mary H. Rumsey, rep resenting consumers, with various tsrss~istants.
 sthe members of the review boi srd, to look after the interests of sIU all business enterprises, were seb ected by Senator Gerald P. Nye, of North Dakota, upon invitation of National Recovery Administrators Hugh s. Johnson, but, as General ;. Johns suggestion, they were ap- { pointed by President Roosevelt. q , S>yant them to be absolutely inde- peTs1ent," explained General John- son, ''so they do not have to report to me. I want everything to be on an independent basis.'
 Another indication of the deter- mination of MIRA to inspire confi- da,sae was the generals designation of Leon Henderson, leading critic of MIRA, as director of the MIRA division of reserach and planning and also as co-chairman of group 5, considering the effect of codes on small business and minorities. rfEsg gderson came to General John- soM'si attention because of the az i grcgsfveness of his criticism of the jailed open-price provisions in spre of the codes, and he was -.sked weeks ago to prepare a re- rogt on the subject, which he did Collaboration with 30 or 40 other nl .keting experts. He was pro- 1et c'r of industrial economics at JN University of Pennsylvania and ' G g'pegie Tech and is on leave alonn his post as director of con-
 ner research of the Russell Sage r+ Hndation. He was engaged by Nernor Clifford PinchOt, of Penn gay Eania, as deputy secretary of the nlmonwealth in charge of re- 1. gment and employc insurance, e' in preparation of the state bud-
 Although Clarence Darrow's re-
 sw advisory board has quarters
 the Department of Commerce
 Hiding, they are responsible di-
 utly to the president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
WOLCOTT

Mir. and Mrs. Harry R. Bergen and children, Richard and Betty, were Sunday guests of Mrs. Ber- gems parents, MT. and Mrs. Sidney Hart in Plymouth.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Winkler of Waterbury were Sunday guests of MT. Winkler's parents, MT. and Mrs. Martin Winkler in Woodtick Center.
 MT. and Mrs. James Bergen and William Ball motored to West Ha- ven Sunday and visited Mrs. Ber- gen's parents, MT. and Mrs. Argus Ball.
 Miss Jean Collins of Middlebury was the weekend guest of Miss Laura Hungerford of Woodtick Center.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis Moss of Woodtick Center were Sunday guests of Mrs. Moss parents. MT. and Mrs. Napoleon Blanchard of Prospect.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles H. Tyrrell of Woodtick Center were Sunday guests of Mrs. Tyrrells parents, MT. and Mrs. John Hoffman of Water bury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
EVERY SECTION SHOWS CLEARINGS UP

New York, March 7.-February ended with a. sharp gain in bank clearings, according to Dun & Bradstreet. Inc. For the first time in many months, each of 21 cities covered by the report, from Atlan- tic to Pacific and from the Can adian border to the Gulf. showed substantial gain over last year. For the entire group the increase for the final week of February over last year was 30.5 per cent or from $4,O64,351, 1000 to $5,303,309, ,00O. It is significant that the gain during the week in New Tor kcity, 30.2 per cent was below the national average or from $2,859,992,000 to $3,735, 5,252.000. Inasmuch as there were no clearings in Detroit a year ago, due to the bank holiday, the current report uses comparisons with the preceding week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
CONVERSATIONS
 WERE ANNOUNCED

The fo flowing compensation agreements were filed today at the office of Commissioner James M Lynch: Chase Companies, Inc. and Edward Butler of 66 Beacon street finger injur,' s9.b4 weekly: Plume & Atwood Mfg. Co. and Beatrice stenous of 125 Drayer avenue, thumb injury. $5.5S weekly; Ro- man Catholic Ce meteries. Inc. and James Carroll of S94 East Main street, foot injury, $1s.6O weekly; Mattatuck Mfg. Co. and Mary Greenwood of 21 Cooke street, finger injury, S5 weekly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
ALI Glasses Present At Open Forum OF NRA
Wore Than 2,2OO Delegates Register Attendance for ELsacbal Code Hearings Now in Session Mar. 5 to 8

Washington Several thousand citizens in all walks of fe from famous ndustralsts marketing experts labor leaders, and economists to individual and work
 ers baved the snowstorms to accept NRAs invitation to par cae in the public conferences that started Tuesday and continuing for the epocha code hearing March to Twentyfour hours before the preparatory meetings opene than 2200 delegates had registered attendance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
JUDGE ELLIS TO
 HEAR DIVORCE ACTION

One divorce action is slated for hearing before Judge Arthur F. ELS at the short calendar session of the superior court Friday morn. ing. The suit is brought by 1nez Obare Callahan against Leroy K. Callahan. The decree is sought on desertion and cruelty grounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
JANUARY DEPT.
 STORE SALES UP

New York, March 7.-Specialty and department stores in the United States showed aggregate gains of 39.6 per cent in sales dur ing January over the first month of 1888, according to statistics published by Lehman Brothers. Mail order houses showed gains of 36.3 per cent; 5-and-10-cent stores TIA per cent: drug stores, 1S per cent; and groceries 5.7 per cent. The first 24 chain store system to report showed an aggregate gain of 14.3 per cent over hte corres- pon ling month last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
ASSAULT ALLEGED IN
 HOUSE QUARREL

Joseph Cocchiola, 30, of 9S6 South Main street, was arrested by Lieutenant Matthew Balanda and Detective Copnie Shanahan this morning after There had been q quarrel at his home. He is charged with assault and breach of the peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
BEAUTY CONTEST
 FOR BUCK GOATS

New York, Feb 7-(UP)-A beauty contest for buck goats will be held on the Central park mead ow March 24, the. winner to be crowned MT Book Beer 1884"
 The competition is sponsored by the Brewers board of trade. which plans to impose the winners like ness on placards to adorn places where book beer is sold.
 Any male goat may me enter ed,' said nofficial of the board, whether is be Toggenburg, Schwartzenburg- -Guggisberger, AL pine. Angora, Angle Nubian or scrub breed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
Foreign EXchange

London, March 7-(UP)-The open market gold price dropped five cents to $34.75 today.
 The dollar was fairly steady at $5.07 1-4, to the pound.
 The gold rate was lowered four pence to 136 shillings 10 pence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
AUTO SLIGHTLY DAMAGED

A car owned by J. J. Renttner of 5S Oakland avenue caught fire after backiiring, this morning. An alarm was answered by Engine : at S;0s. T
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07

Paris, March 7-UP)-The doi- lar opened around usual recent. levels today with the franc at 15.20 10 the dollar (6.579 cents franc) The franc opened yesterday at 15.19 (6.583 cents) and closed at. 1922 1-2 (6.568 cents).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
.lRMY AIR CORPS
 CHIEF REFUTES IT

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07
Dealings Fell of H
 The Last FelU Minutes
Prices Rallied Again and at the ClOse-GOld Whining
 Issues Held Best of All Groups

with the pound at that level. Yes terday the pound was at $5.06 5-S when the price was fixed.
 Gold sales were ASA bars worth E1,270,000 or $6,442.075.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-07

HOME LOAN BONDS Home Owners Loan Corp As 1851 ...... 96% 97
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-03
AFRICAN RECOVERY NOTE

HEARTENING news is reported from
Africa by Science Service. Elephants in
Uganda are twice as numerous as they were
twenty-five years ago, when Kiplings tale of
the Elephants child made US personal friends
Of al elephants.
The child's "satiable curiosity" got him
many spankings, and provided him with
trunk, through an incident involving the BIZ
colored python rock snake and the crocodile
in the great green greasy Limpopo river. all
set about with fever trees.
With the trunk he was able to pluck bananas
all the way home across Africa, and when he
got back he used it for revenge on all the dear
relatives who had spanked him for his "sati-
able curiosity"-his hairy uncle the baboon.
his fat aunt the hippopotamus and the rest.
But there is a disturbing note in the cur
rent dispatch that the goriIlas in the Ksyonsa
forest are not living up to their regulations
for savagery. A huge old male gorilla stared
calmly at white invader. without charging
or even scowling. Gorillas We met in the pages
of Paul du Chaillu's thrillers Of boyhood never
behaved like that
The lions. however, are still raiding the
Uganda villages. and the pygmies stin range
the forests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-03
A START

IN Atlanta Harold L. Ickes, secretary of in
terror, assisted in blowing up two Squalid
shacks. The ceremony was important. 1t was
the first actual attack by the government
upon a great internal enemy the city sIum.
Secretary Ickes was starting two low-cost
housing projects in Georgia's capital under
PWA's Emergency Housing Corporation. The
two projects will cost $4,000 900, of which the
government will furnish a third as an out
right grant.
One project for whites will provide COB
apartments. to rent for $50 per room per
month; the other for Negroes GIT modern
apartments to rent for $3.50 per room.
These slum-clearance ventures are part of
a government program involving the spending
of s147OO0OOO on thirty projects in thirty
three communities.
This program has been delayed for year.
1t should be remembered, however. that the
administration was pioneering with new prob
lens and personnel. that it had to fight civic
inertia, legal red tape, real estate spectators.
1t also is true that the program, at best,
scratches only the surface. We should be
spending billions, not millions; rehousing mil
lions of families, instead of thousands But
just as the government has tackled the evils
Of child labor. sweatshops. of low wages and
long hours. so now it has begun the slow task
of providing decent homes for those who need
them most.
1T is strange" Secretary Ickes said, that
the tearing down Of miserable shanty, long
unfit for human habitation, but which, never
theleSs. until recently has been the home for
human souls. should be such milestone at
this supposedly advanced stage in the civili-
zation of our country. I hope it will prove to
be only the first of many on a long and broad
highway leading to that fairer and juster
social order for which We have been striving
since the dawn Of history"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-03
AMERICA AT PLAY

ZACH year. about this time, the American
II nation sits down to prove to the rest OF
the world that its greatest salvation from the
worries Of the day is its love for the two pre-
dominant sports, baseball and football.
No matter what the immediate political
permit US to relax, breathe easily. and look
and economic problems may be, the world
series and the opening of the football season
with more jovial and optimistic eye upon
whatever difficulties face us.
In few other countries does this psychology
exist. True leveral nations have their national
sports, but nowhere does the spirit of play
appear as ebullient and overwhelming as in
the United States.
Perhaps on the other hand South Ameri-
cans get more fun out of revolutions, and
Europeans out of war preparations, than we
do out of our national games.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-03

the wrong side. In nearly 10 per cent
driver had driven completely of the roadway.
In nearly per cent the cause could be listed
only as reckless driving.
Nov the thing to notice, as the insurance
company statisticians point out. is that all
these causes, Jumped together. are practically
synonymous for needless. needless haste"
They are the sort Of ofIenses that are COM
nnitted when driver is in such big hurry
that he fails to tend to his knitting.
And if you total those percentages you'll
find that they account for approximately 90
per cent Of all fatal accidents in which any
blame attaches to the driver.
1t is often, and truly. said that the intoxi-
Gated driver is as dangerous as maniac with
a gun. Yet these figures show that fewer than
5 per cent of the fatal accidents can be laid
to drunken driving.
The overwhelming maiority-90 per cent
is caused by simple, everyday haste.
The drunken driver. dangerous as he is,
isn't in it as a public menace with the driver
who is in too big hurry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-03
SOUNDS RALLYING CRY
FOR CONSTITUTION

By Harley L Newton.
George Washington in his fare
we'll address said:
This government, the offspring
Of your own choice, adopted upon
full investigation and mature delib-
Grafton, completely free in its prin-
ciples, and containing within itself
provision for its own amendment,
has a just claim to your confidence
and respect"
This government as founded by
our revolutionary forefathers, did
claim the confidence and respect of
mankind to such an extent that for
eign people copied the Constitution
of the United States as a model of
perfection when laying the founda-
tons Of new governments.
But now we have a class ow per-
sons who say:
The Constitution is IN cd,
musty, WORKOUT document, that mas
long out-lived its usefulness, and
should be discarded"
The Constitution Of the United
States is the supreme law of this
land, and Is one of the greatest
works written by man. and woe be-
tide this nation when it abandons
the precepts Of this immortal docu-
ment.
This nation Is facing the greatest
crisis Of its existence, the foundation
Of government Is being Slapped and
undermined, and unless officials ex-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-03
SPEED! SPEED, SPEED

MERE is nothing on which people disagree
much more widely than on the question.
What causes automobile accidents?
Every one has his own pet theory: and usu-
any-human nature being what it is-we
are inclined to blame those particular faults
OF which we know we ourselves are never
guilty.
But there isn't such great deal Of room
for argument, after all A lot of painstaking
work has been done in tabulation and analysis
of fatal traffic accidents. and the things which
cause such tragedies are pretty clear.
Ststisticians Of the Travellers Insurance
Company recently drew up a table covering
fatal trzfac accidents for 1898. as officially re-
ported by the various states.
They found that in more than 80 per cent
OF the fatal accidents in which drivers were
found to be at fault. a driver had been exceed
ing the speed limit. In Is per cent of the
cases. . driver had been on the wrong side Of
the road. In Al equal number Of cases. driver
had taken the right Of way when be was not
entitled 10 IL.
In upward OF per cent. driver had been
guilty Of cutting IN" passing standing street
car. passing on 8 curve or hill. or passing on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-03
TAXATION AND HEALTH

A N idea that has been gaining Roadway
n is that of group disqualification involv-
ing the payment of definite sum every year
by persons who may receive all necessary
hospital care during the year at no additional
cost.
There are strong objections to this plan
by some of the interested organizations how
ever, and so an alternate idea Is suggested in
the form of federal aid for voluntary hospitals.
But the snag proponents strike here is the
question. How will the government get the
necessary funds for such federal aidP"
A per cent manufacturers sales tax is
proposed by Franklin s. Edmonds past presi-
dent of the National Tax Association. 1t win
produce $1,000, 100000, he says, and could be
distributed among those states that would
cooperate in the federal aid plan and would
also promise not to tax sales in any other way.
The hospital program is an endeavor to
maintain the health of the people, but would
not the additional burden of taxation offset
that effort?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-03
DIGGING UP DIRT
ABOUT DEMOCRATS

By Margarete Garrity.
You seem to ridicule only the Re-
puhlicans and to all appearances,
get a big wallop out of it.
There is no doubt about the jack
son administration smelling bad
and none either doubts the same
thing about Duvall, but since you
said Duvall didn't last long as a Re-
publican mayor, that reminds me
that a Democratic mayor named
Ert Slack finished two and half
years of what started out to be four
years of Republican rule.
Don't you remember this same
Democratic mayor appointed a chief
of police named Claude Worley, who
made money so fast that he rented
safe deposit boxes as big as dresser
drawers to hold it all, but who is
now serving six years in prison be-
cause he cheated the federal gov
eminent out of income tax on this
same money.