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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01

with which to buy and sell gold. foreign exchange and government securities. A world wide battle for foreign markets may develop around that fund, and between Great Britain and the United
 States. The funds operation will be
 surrounded by the strictest secrecy
 with only Mir Roosevelt and Secre- tary of the Treasury Henry Mor-
 genthau cognizant of its dealings.
 Under the law they may spend from it today or whenever they
 choose and need not report for
 three years.
 Morgenthau simultaneously fixed $35 an ounce as the price at which
 the New York Federal Reserve
 bank henceforth will buy all gold, foreign and domestic, offered. Gold iloarded in defiance of administra- ton orders will not be purchased. Morgenthau may change the price at will. 1t is $14.S3 above the old gold standard price.
 President Roosevelts dramatic action placed the American dollar in a bargaining position calculated to speed international currency stabilization. It gave assurance to business and capital that the dollar now is relatively stable. MT Roose.. welt can change the value he placed upon the gold dollar, but under the
 monetary law he is restricted to g range between 50 and 80 cents.
 Mr Roosevelt affixed his sigma ture to a proclamation at 3:10 p m. yesterday. He begged the dol | lar in terms of gold, at 59.08 pei
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01
BOTTLES ARE TO
 BE UNDER TEST
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(Continued from Page 1.) the law on this subject. In Hart ford he accompanied the local sealer on some of his inspections and found many bottles not Taark- ed as to contents.
 Sealer of Weights and Measures Dunleavey is receiving the full CO., operation of the local package store owners. As the number of package stores here is comparative ly small he will not take long in his check-up.
 However, the repeal of prohibit ton has placed this extra duty on his shoulders and from now on he will have to make periodicc visits to the package stores to see that the state laws are being compiled with. He is also charged with the duty of seeing that the barrels of beer contain the regulation num- Der of gallons of beverage.
 Whlskey Is Good
 New Haven, Conn.,, Feb. 1.--- (UP) being sold in Connecticut today is just about what the label declares 1t to be, Dr D. M. Bailey, analytical chem ist at the Connecticut agricultural experiment station reported to the state dairy and food commission CT.
 Analyses of S2 brands, turned over to Dr Bailey by Commissioner w. J. Warner, revealed no poison- ous or deleterious substances and. in many cases, the brands were found to be superior to those sold in 1915, Dr Bailey said.
 A few of the brands, the chemist found, "appeared to contain very little matured straight whiskey." However, he said, this was not at- tributable to prohibition or repeal as "whiskey or such character has been an article of commerce and trade for well over 100 years" Of thirteen samples labeled flor medicinal purposes" three were found of that character. according to U. s. pharmacopeia standards, eight failed to make the grade and two were doubtful.
 one of three samples of straight whiskey, or blends of straight whiskey, was questioned"
 "The label descriptions as to Identity of products are in general accord with official understanding and accepted practice prior to pro- hibition," Dr Bailey said.
 "The question of more informa- tive labelling of whiskies has been raised and some states and munic- qualities have adopted schedules for that purpose.
 The chemist suggested waiting for some prenouncement from proper government source in order that there might be uniformity in the matter and thus avoid cenfu- sion that will result from a multi plicity of widely differing state re- auirements."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01
AN ENGINEERING
 FEAT AT QUINCY

Quincy, Mass, Feb. 1.-UP).- A rising tide was harnessed today to perform a major engineering feat-the fruit of three months of planning.
 Between 6 a. m. and 4 p. m. the 600,ton draw of the Fore River bridge, resting on two big scows, was to be borne by the incoming tide to a new position 400 feet up- stream.
 It was expected that by 4 D. m. the draw would have settled on it's new supports. In about five days it will be opened and will carry South Shore tra h for the next two ears while the new $2,500,000 Fore Riv- CT bridge is being constructed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01

ultimate advance will correspond to the reduction in the gold con- tent Stocks and other forms Of property like real estate are ex- pected to benefit from the infiu- ence.
 Q.-How will foreign trade of the United States be affected.
 A.-ExpOrts are expected to continue to improve as foreign countries ind it advantageous to buy American goods at the current low price levels.
 Q-Does the United States now have a commodity dollar" or Q rubber dollar"
 A.--No. The president is still in- terested in a managed currency" one that will have relatively un- changed purchasing power from year to year to avoid the disaster 0us influence of violent price fiuc. tuatIons. The new step is believed another move in the eventual at- tainment of the goal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01

only by She Union Pacific railroad. Operating its own gasoline sta- tions, Q farmers union exchange which sells at cost anything from a pair of Overalls to a combine, owning seats on Omaha grain ex- change and Omaha, Sioux City and St Joseph live stock exchanges, the unions business aggregates in the neighborhood of $100,000,0O0 annually, according to it's financial statements. Refunds and savings totaling more than half a million dollars annually are returned to the organizations 14,000 members. At the state convention plans were made to establish union bank, a plant to manufacture over alls and twine, and a threat was made that if the big packers per- sist in "defying the government" ;" the union will go into the packing business as well.
 Throughout the years there has been a continual conflict between the business men in the organiza- ton as typified by Kennedy and by Simpson and Reno, 1t was ex- plained. For the first time the for mer seem to be on the top.
 The business mems victory has; 1t was freely predicted, spelled the doom of the farmers holiday movement in the corn belt. The movement Is dead, Nebraska and western Iowa farm leaders de- clared. They pointed out that the strike of last summer was a spo- radio, guerrilla affair, receiving very little attention from the rank and file of agrarians in this ces- tion.
 A "thorought cleansing of the national organization was prom ised from leaders, led by c. c. Tal- bot, head of the North Dakato union, who made an unsuccessful plea to the Nebraska union to stick to the national until the cleansing could be accomplished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01
ANOTHER BLIND
 MAN WILL SEE


 London, Feb. 1.--UP) An other miracle" of surgery was re- ported today, when H. H. Watson, 20 years old and blind for 25 years, gradually began recovering his sight through corneas which were grafted on his eyes.
 The operation was performed by the noted surgeon, J. w. Tudor Thomas, at the Royal Opthalmic hospital, last June.
 The diseased cornea of Watson's right eye wIs removed and replaced with sound cornea from a living blind man who was blind from other causes. A similar operation was performed on the left eye, a sound cornea being taken from a woman afflicted with blindness from disease which had not af- fected the cornea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01
LAST MESSAGES
 FROM BALLOON
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 when it was collapsing and carry ing it's commander, Paul Fedo- sceenko. Engineer Andrew Vasenko and lila Usiskin. brilliant young scientists, to their deaths.
 The messages, according to the operator, read as follows:
 Attention-Attention = Stratostat speaking-Syrius speaking-crew of Stratostat caught in zone of atmospheric precipitation--gon. dola covered with ice-we helpless situation-falling downward-two comrades bad condition"
 The last phrase was taken to mean that two of the crew had fainted from the shock of their descent.
 Izvestia added its editorial com ment to the report that 1t was presumably true," but that care- full investigation was needed.
 The commission that to-day be- gan an intensive investigation of the tragedy, included:
 Professor Imil Chanov, head of the scientific committee that tested and sealed the balloon.
 Commander George Prokofiev of the stratostat U. S. S. R.
 Mikhaii Hin, chief of the Soviet Aviation society whcih commis- sIoned tho balloon and planned the flight.
 Mere exact information about the causes of the crash were promised after tho commission concludes ita investigation and reports on prob- The condition of the wreckage was such that investigation mag bo iHc0nciusive,
 The bodies of the baIIoohIats will arrive iT Moscow tonight and will bo met by thounands Of wOrkera ln an organized Characterization Of sorrow.
 Ted flags with black borders were flows from buildings and homess
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MORE EFFECTS OF
 GOLD MEASURE
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 Paris - Dollar drops sharply. France considers means of protect- inging her gold standard, consid- cred endangered.
 New York-Foreign exchange advanced today except for the pound sterling. The. New York stock market took the gold an- nouncement in stride, and shares were up fractions to more than two points.
 Paris, Feb 1-(UP)-Omcials of the French finance ministry and or the Bank of France conferred to. day on the economic and financial reaction to President Rooseveits devaluation of the dollar. Francois Pietri, minister of fi- nance in the new Daladier cabinet, and Clement Moret, governor of the Bank of France discussed the situation while the financial world awaited the bringing of America's stabilization fund operations. Upon assuming his office, Pietrt made an official statement affirm. ing his intention to pursue the fi- nancial policy of the former min- ister, Georges Bennett, and to re- main faithful to the gold standard. American purchases of gold con- tinued in the French market, but 1t was not revealed whether they were made by private concerns or for the government.
 Meanwhile, officials of the Bank of France were in telephonic conn munication with the Bank of Eng land, and 1t is also understood that they held conversations with off, ciais at the central banks of Switz- erland, Holland and Belgium.
 It was believed that the gold
 couatrfes agreed to defend the standard.
 Washington, Feb 1-(UP)-Tht gold content of the dollar stood at 2S.s grains for 60 years. before it's
 reduction to 15 S-2l by President
 The 25.s grain content was fixed
 in 1878. when silver was demone-
 tized.
 The dollar became q unit of money in 17S7, when the United States was on Q silver monetary
 standard. and the selver weight of the dollar was fixed at 4i2 i-2 grains. Five years later the ratio of gold to silver in the dollar was fixed at 1 to Ib, which made the gold weight of the dollar 27.b grains. The ratio was changed to 1 to i6 in 1885, and In 1887 ans
 other slight change was made. The United States adopted the single gold standard in 1873, and the del-
 lar remained unchanged from then
 until Mr Roosevelt acted.
 washington, Feb 1--(Up)--A
 new form Of money is beine
 printed by the United States eey.
 eFnmont fn carrying out ite dollar
 dovniuaflon program but thIa noW currency wlII never zee the iiGht oI day so lar ae the public Ia cons
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01
NOTED AUTHOR DIEg

Portland, Me, Feb. 1 --tUP)- Nora Archibald Smith, noted au. thor and educator and q sister of the late Kate Douglas Wiggin. died after q long illness today at q Port. land hotel where she made her winter home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01

Czachoslovakla Is expected to comply with the request of tho American Legation and ban the use of the American flag in cons neellon with trade marks and ads EaElIaInA,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01

cerned.
 The money, similar in size and other characteristics to the once freely circulating gold certificates except that it bears yellow back" will be given to the federal reserve banks for the $3,600,000,- 900 in gold which they surrender to the treasury.
 The new money is in denomina- tions of, S10,000 to $100,000. It Is in one sense a form of receipt for the gold rendered the government and will change hands between the banks and the treasury depending upon the actual gold transactions between the two agencies.
 When federal reserve banks rec uuire actual gold for settling for eign trade transactions they will be able to present the certificates to the treasury to obtain the metal Conversely, if they acquire metal they will return 1t to the treasury in exchange for certificates. They are prohibited by law to pay out the paper to the public.
 Washington, Feb 1--(UP)-The government sought to save wear and tear on its adding machines when 1t decided to fix the gold con- tent of the dollar at 15 6-21 grains of gold nine-tenths fine instead of in round numbers.
 This figure was adopted because 1t gave an equivalent price of q fiat $35 an ounce for gold to be involved in numerous transactions daily in connection with the mon- etaTy program. After deducting IA per cent handling charges and the mint charges, government statisticians figured at $35 trey ounce of pure gold would be the equivalent of I15 6-21 grains of gold nine-tenths fine per dollar. On this basis they figured the gold price of the new dollar at 59.O8 cents plus in terms
 of the former dollar of 25.S grains
 content.
 Washington, Feb 1-(UP)-No change in the present silver dollar | is made by President Roosevelt's gold content reduction in the na- tion's currency.
 New steps for silver are likely l to be taken at later date as soon
 as the gold plan gets into opera ton. The government is expected 1 to continue to buy newly mined silver at the equivalent of e4 1-2 cents for the present dollar in car- rying out the terms of the London
 silver agreement.
 The silver dollar will still con. tain 371 IA grains of pure silver. Under the Thomas amendment, the
 president has the authority to tix
 the weight of the goid dollar and
 the weight of the silver dollar at
 g definite fixed ratio.
 Washington. Feb 1--(UP)--De- bate ragged today on whether Pres.
 ident Roosevelt's dollar devaiua.
 ton in terms Of gold represented
 q return to the gold standard, Some official quarters described
 1t as "a return to an internatIonal
 gold bullion standard" That is | America will make intornatlona settlements in gold.
 However, there will Do no eifeu'
 lation of gold and soid exports vii
 be strictly regulated by the gev'
 ernment 60 in the past.
 London, Feb i-fuP)--The 14;
 bars Of eeld bought ln the LonloI |ea.elD.Den con he seId if NeW fofI for approximately gDA.Q0n ADDHl Che fs04H4H price, 19 #An @N{lMHI#4
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AVERAGE MAN IS
 TOLD SITUATION

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London. Feb i-fuPl--Ths els bara Of gold bought ln the London maFtet today ior rRp..e'xiin1n,is.'lly! |. g, <! feF approximately gyS.g0p above the f.oNGeH price. e wee eHsiHAat@q.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01

Washington. Feb 1--(UP)--A psIn,ed psm ai'h by shs unissd states yss". sos. ernmSnt in carrying out lts doiiaf devalnaflon program but this new currency. wlIl never zee the light Of AAy so lar as the public la een-
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27
Not Guilty Is Plea Of 16 In Banco CAGE

Not Guilty Is Plea Of is In Banco Case
Moorhead, Minn.-Sixteen directors,
officials and former officials Of the
Northwest incorporation of Mime
apolis pleaded not guilty in Clay
county district court, to charges OF
second degree grand larceny In con-
nection with sales CT stock. Separate
trials were granted for each. on the
demands of their attorneys, and these
will start Friday. November 80. The
bonds of $4,000 for each defendant.
approved by the court at the time Of
arraignment on September 81. were
continued and the 16 men left for
their homes, to await the next step
in the proceedings instituted by the
state commerce commission.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27

Rush D. Holt has been elected United
States senator from West Virginia on
the Democratic ticket. but being only
twenty-nlne years old. he cannot quail
ify for the place until next June. Mr..
Holt was a member Of the West Vir.
ginia Legislature, or house of delegates.
when he was tw~enty-six years old and
gained fame for his successful fight
against waste in government expenses.
His father, DR.. NJ. S. Holt, Is mayor
Of Weston, W. Va.
Smart Accessories
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27

Havana, csba, Has 100000 Fire.
Harana-A t%hree-hour blaze which
police described as incendiary de-
stroyed 80 fashionable residences at
Baracoa beach in Havana province.
Damage vas estimated at 500, 900,
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27
CHURCH NOTES
S. S. UNION

Wheeler-In school building.
Sunday School 10 a.. m.
Gospel Service IL a. m.
New Deal in Church
Sunday School 2 p. m
Gospel Service 8 p. m
Chlldren's meeting every Satur-
day at 2 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at
Calpin Church
Sunday School 10 a. m.
Gospel Service IL a. m.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27

Shooting Of -Four Hats jail Break,
Chattanooga, Tenn.-An attempt OF
80 prisoners to escape from the work.
house here was frustrated when four
Of them were wounded by a barrage
Of bullets f"om guards. The other 26
surrendered.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27
Powder Explosion Kills Eight Men.

Powder Explosion Kills Eight Men.
Los Angoles-A premature e:;plo-
sion Of $500 pounds of blasting pow
der resulted In the death of eight
men, and Is under investigation. The
explosion occurred in a rock quarry
on the southern end of Santa Cata-
lima island. The victims were trans
ferring the powder from %25-pound con.
tainers to canvas sacks preparatory
to setting a charge. Two died in the
flames and the others a few hours
later. -
Florida, ice; Coast, CHOW; MINI, Sun
Jacksonville. Fla.-Winter resorters
in Florida shivered in sub-freezing
weather while the northwest enjoyed
relatively warm breezes. Tenlpera-
lures generally over the northwest
were In the high SOS or above. In
Jacksonville, q low Of 80 was report
ed, and other Florida cities reported
freezing temperatures. Snow fell
along the Atlantic seaJoard.
S12,161,4f5 Postal Surplus Reported.
Westinghouse final surplus of
s12,1G1,415 for the postofhce depart
ment for he year ending June 80,
1884, was reported to President
Roosevelt ty Postmaster General Far
ley. The surplus was described as
the fret the department has had since
1919.
ioWan Winner of Butter Honors
Sioux Falls, S. D.-Iowa wen the
national banner for high grade butter
products in 1884 with Minnesota sec
ond and Wisconsin third. IN the an.
nual convention of the National
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27
RECOVERY BEFORE
REFORM is KEY
President Roosevelt for Econo-
mic Security Without Ad-
ditiOnal Taxes.

Washington-Prcsident Roosevelt,
declaration placing recovery ahead
Of reform cleared the way for formu
lation Of an economic security pro
gram which will not saddle the Amer
lean people with increased taxes. His
stand was taken in a speech before
200 representatives of all branches
of American economic life. 1t was
Interpreted by many as q distinct
move to the right in the face Of q
new congress looming up with dyna-
mic left wing strength.
At the same time another smash
Ing assault on unemployment from
the public works angle was forecast
by Secretary of the Interior Harold
l.. Ickes. AS possibilities he suggest
ed huge rural identification and
embarrassing elimination projects,
a transcontincntal super-highway,
drouth, soil and flood control. The
economic security advisory council Of
20 industrial, labor and social leaders
met with a special cabinet committee
to whip the social program into ten
tative shape. The group, however,
was under IN apparent mandate from
the president to limit It's COPE.
The significance Of Mr.. .Roosevelt's
apparent limitations on the prospec-
tive social program was emphasized
by Secretary Of Labor Frances Per-
kins and Secretary Of Commerce
Daniel Roer In later addresses. Miss
Perkins said fatty that the presi-
dents views would guide the cabinet
committee which is formulating the
security program and that business
revival was imperative to The success
Of this program. Roper warned
against unsound legislative schemes
and the danger Of taxes so heavy on
industry that unemployment might be
increased rather than alleviated. The
president warned against fantastic
schemes" Of old age pensions IN an
apparent reference to the California
Townsend plan.
His stand that unemployment IN
surance must be financed by contri-
buttons, not taxes, was interpreted
as meaning he favors employment
ploye contributions to the insurance
fund. Under this plan the reserve
would be built up through funds d.
rectly contributed by those actually
benefting. Suggestions had been
that the wealthy could be made
to hear tho burden through higher in
heritance and dividend levies.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27
Franlarg Privilege.

The ranking privilege is said to
have been first granted by congress to
private soldiers In the Continental
army In 1915.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27
Wealth and Figures

wealth may become so great" said
Ri Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, that
at last 1t may seem only a row of fig
ures on a slip Of paper"
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27
Miles of Post Road.

There are about 2,0UO,OOO miles Of
post roads n the United States over
which the malls travel daily.
The Fort Peck press., 1934-12-27

MIDWAY GOSPEL TABERNACLE
Midweek Services
Tuesday 8 p. m. Prayer Meeting
Friday 8 p, m. Young Peoples
Meeting.
Sunday School 1000
Morning worship 100
Evangelist tic Services 7:45
Where the Full Gospel is
preached.
You are welcome.
Evangelist j. M. Peck
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-25
OF
CHURCH Will
Be OBSERVED
St. Johns in Wilderness
Plans Elaborate Pro-
gram Sunday

st. Johns in the Wilderness,
noted Flat Rock Episcopal church
is celebrating it's centennial Sun
day with an elaborate service in
which Bishop Robert E. Gribbin OF
the Episcopal Diocese of Western
North Carolina, Biship X. G. Fin
Law of the Episcopal diocese OF
Upper South Carolina, and Rev.
VI. w. Memuninger, Atlanta rec
tor, will take part. Bishops Crib
ben and Finlay will conduct the
morning prayer service and Rev.
DIR. Memminger will preach, while
the history of the church will be
presented in brief form.
The service will be at IL
o'clock.
Plans have been laid to broad
cast the service by amplifiers:
The church will not be opened
before 1890 a. M, and the ampii-
flying system is planned in order
that all who are not seated may
hear the services outside OF the
church.
The music will be under the
direction of Mrs. A. w. Honey
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