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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08

New York, May B--(UP)--pos- slbillty oe some silver monotiEntlon leginiatlon and an Influx Of foreign buying brought . sharp comback in the stock market, today, after i6 days oe declining prices.
 stocks at tho cloBe showed gains of 1 to 6 points, the biggest gains coming in silver mining Issues, At- ter Q mld.segBion break had cnr- ried prices near the lows ostap' iiBhed yesterday. Commodities al. 50 were whirled up. Silver futures at one time showed gains of aI.. most 2 cents an ounce but los! part of tho gain. Wheat rallied from an early low of cent . bushol to show not gains or more than . cent . bushel, as reports came In of continued drought lp the farming areas. Cotton showed about GO cents . bushel advance after Q decline earlier of . like amount.
 Foreign buying was noticeable at mid session. orders came In For leading industrial stocks from var. iouB European trading centers. Somo leaders which had been un- der particular pressure, such ns chemical shares and outstanding industrials, were In chief demand.
 An approach to favorable silver action In Washington maintained the excellent strength tho market had shown on the outside buying, and silver issues started running up. U. $. Smelling jumped from . low of a7 3.4 to 41 3.s for 3 3-8 points gain. International Silver after dropping to . years low of 90 1.2 came back to a3 Ia for 2 Ia points gain.
 fclsowhero in tho list gains wore marked. American Telephone, un. der particular pressure of lato, suddenly came to life and raced to i12 for 2 i-2 points net gain. American Can was i.4 points higher at %. U. $. Steel dropped near It's years low and eamo back to show l 3.4 points gain ct 4s 3.S.
 Nails were active and higher, New York Central gaining 1 3.4 points at 20 i.B after dropping to It's years low of 27 i.s. Baltimore and ohio was l i-4 higher at 24 i.4 and Pennsylvania showed l i.4 points gain at 32.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
CRUEL HOAX WAS PERPETRATED IN
 KIDNAPPING CASE
Mexican Story Was Found to Be Untrue-Greater
 Fears for Girl

Tucson. Aris, May e- (UP) - Department Of justice agents to- day branded as q cruel hoax q pur' ported solution to the Kidnapping Oi Juno Robles which took three of. ficors into Mexico and aroused hope that the child would he returned to her family. The fate of tho little helresg to tho cattle fortune of Bernabo Robies, her aged veal. thy grandfather, again became tho object of appreBenslvo speculation Whether Bho was dead or alive 70. mained Q question department oi Justice agents would not or could not answer as they returned hero from tho border town of N0gnleH They did say, however, that what they thought yesterday was a golu. ton to tho Kidnapping had collapsed. Tho so-called c0nfcBslon by m American kidnap suspect which h. gpircd q widespread search into tho Northern Sonora wflds, they said, was q fake.
 One remaining hope that Juno still would Do found alive depond. mission Into Sonora by Chief Dep. tty VhVts nttGs Vthts and two federal agents drove Into the rugged interior Sunday and up. on returning seven hours later, the roputy stated with assurance that tho girl was still alive and would Do returned soon. A few hours later ho again crossed tho border Into Mexico and today still wal missing. The misleading informa. ton was believed to have been clio. itcd from Q "eonfesscd kidnaper.' T an American who otherwise was not identified.
 Tho negress operator of a Fort Huachuca cafe told officers tho man entered her cafe with small girl who refused to eat. Sho later .repudiated her story and was given q suspended sentence for mlsload. ing investigators. Another slender hope stiil remained that Al Aguirrc, a friend of Bernabe Robles would find some trace Of tho girl on his current trip into Sonora.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
Many Corporations
 Report Big Profits
One Hundred and Sixty.Six Concerns Make Aggregate
 of f$153,Sl4,O 1000 for First Quarter of 1884

New York, May s--The extent co which business has recovered from the depths of the depression @ clearly illustrated by the quar-. terly reports of earnings issued by Corporations thus far in the new year. A compilation of the first quarter statements of i66 corpu. xations shows that these compan- ioD, in the aggregate, reported net earnings of S153,814,o34, as com. pared with only $16.is0,S16 re- ported for the first three months of last year, according to q recent survey Thus, while many people @tili look forward to the possibility of q general recovery In business, the extent to which their hopes have already become a reality, states the firm, appears to be over. ghadowed by the course of events which center about tho nations capital.
 As was to be expected, based upon trade advices, the automobile companies recorded the greatest Improvement among the industrial classiflcations, having increased their net income from $22O,00O in the first quarter of 1893 to over 924,222,000 in the first quarter of the current year. Automobile nc. cessory companies show n similar, though less spectacular trend. hay. ang converted an aggregate loss of over t1.500,000 last year to q profit of over s4,o0o.000 in the current year.
 Next to the automobile compan. les. the oil and chemical groups make the best showing. The nine petroleum companies included In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
AIR MAIL FLYERS RESUMED THEIR
 ROUTES TO-DAY
Privately Owned Planes Got Away After Three
 Months of Rest

Newark, ". l., May 8.--(UP)- Tho first privately flown air mall shipment In three months--morc than half q ton mainly of stamp collectors missiycs--hurtled Cali. fornia. ward today as United Air Lines miliion.mile crack pilot Bob Dawson and others sought 10 match tho army corps farewell speed gesture.
 With four routes in private hands the army service wHB pro- pared to return all routes to pri- vato companies under tho postofiicc departments new contracts prob. ably by Friday.
 United Ar Lines, taking over tho major transcontinental route from Newark to oakland, Cal, was tho first with plane In tho air. Pilot Dawson roarcd away at l:lb a. m. In Q huge twin.motorcd Docing with i.t09 pounds of mall, seven passengers and determination to potter tho nrmy's record time over tho samo route onstbound set yes. terday. Pilot Jack Knight stood ready to grab tho controls At Chl. chgo, 2. Hamilton Lce--scnior Rir mall pilot of tho world--at Omaha. IT. II. Collision at Cheyenne, Harry Huking nt Salt Lake City. All have more than . million miles to their credit.
 While tho main raco was this first flight, tho lines launched its daily scheduled of thrco conti- mental round trips and three extra between Newark and Chicago.
 Tho army's outstanding dramatic winR.fiip of farewell to emergency mail flying service was to zoom 800 pounds of mall from Los An. gclos to Newark airport-2,732 miics--in 13 hours, ca minutes. Three planes rclayed the iond. The timc was declared to have better that of Captain Edward V. Ricken- hackers spectacular flight between tho same terminals February 10, n gesture of private lines to con- tract cancellation. Rickenbackcr'a trlp was in ono plane. Ills time was i3 hours Ave minutes, but ho mndo only three stops and cut or 27o miles. while the two army Martin bombors and m Ala Ut. tack plane made Ave stops.
 Other routes assumed today by private companies were: Seattle, Wash.San Diego. Cal: Scattle-Salt Lake City. Utah; Salt Lake City San Diego,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08

For more than an hour the silver group and Mir Roosevelt discussed further use of silver as q metalic reserve.
 They also explored the policy of having 25 per cent of the monetary value of metallic reserves in silver form.
 The following statement was is- sued by the White House in cx- planation of the conference:
 At a conference between a num- Der of senators. the secretary of the treasury and the president, there was further discussion Of two points relating to the further use of silver as q metallic reserve for the United States.
 More specifically. the possibil- ity of nationalizing silver in the same manner in which gold has already been nationaliZed through the purchase of existing free stocks at n limited price was explored.
 "rhe meeting also explored the ultimate objective or national pol. ley of having 25 per cent of the monetary value of the metallic re- serves of the country in the form of silver"
 It was made clear at the White House in q verbal explanation of the brief statement that no dcci- siOns had been reached on matters of legislation and that further conferences would be held.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08

the compilation report net income of S4,74O,000 us compared with q deficit of $s,l7l,0O0 in the first quarter last year, while the ten chemical companies reported net income of $22,i92.0OO against t9,. 4S5,00O year ago.
 Irregularities naturally prevail In every period of recovery and these arc clearly evident when one com. pares the showing of the various industries. Thus, while the automo. bile. chemical and oil groups reg. istered healthy recovery, as did many other industries, there are numerous groups which were able to do no more than reduce the slxu of their deficits. Tn tho heavy in. dustricB group, for instance, repres scented by the building, machinery, steel and railroad equipment divi. sions. the machinery group was the only ono able to work Into black figures.
 Tho performance of the food companies is particularly interest. Ing. This group suffered less from as Q resulted profited less from the recovery. Fifteen companies in. cluded in this group, an excellent representation of tho industry, showed net profit of si9,s0s, ,000 for the first quarter of 1884 ns com pared with $i7,3S5,o00 for the first quarter of 1888.
 Tho earnings of tho i66 compan. les, as compiled by Eastman, Dil. lon & Co.,, for the first quarter of 1884, as compared with the core. spending period last year, grouped as to industries, follow;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
FIFTEEN PEOPLE
 WERE INJURED M IN EXPLOSION J
Grain Elevator in St Louis Blew Up-No Deaths \. Were Reported

{ St Louis, May s-tU.P.) -Fif- teen persons were injured, some possibly fatally. to-day in m ex. plosion and fro nt the 2,000,0oO the Continental Export Company, The elevator is ono of tho largest in the world. It was unconfirmedly reported that two persons were killed.
 A portion of the elevator. which is situated on the banks of the Mississippi river, was blown into the stream and fioatcd away.
 Approximately 100000 bushels of corn, wheat, oats and rye were stored in the elevator, Property damage was heavy. Julius Mayer vice. president of the company sped to tho scene to investigate.
 "I thought 1t was an earth quake," Mrs Anna FlannaSan. who lives withi? n block of the cle vator, told the United Press.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08

LTOUl A'ukC intrigue against her.
 As part of the move to rid tho court of Mime Lupcscu, the move to effect n reconciliation between King Carol and his divorced wife Queen Helen has been renewed with vigor.
 Premier Georg Tatarcscu, Ru- mania's playwriting premier. Is re- ported to he quietly promoting the reconciliation. Dowagcr Queen Marie is n member of tho British royal house. Relations between her and the British family cooled after her American viAt. attended as it was with what was regarded as unquccnly publicity. But former King George of Greece. who is Queen Helen's brother, Is on good terms with the British royalties and Is reported to have been dele- gated to work on them to aid in reconclllng Helen and Carol.
 There have been several reports that the revolutionary plot" which led to the conviction of seven army officers in Isucharest was staged 10 eliminate Col Precup, one oi Carols most loyal followers, be- cause of hig persistent and annoy. ing efforts to alienate Carol and Mime Lupescu.
 1t was said that Precup-who flew Carol to Bucharest to take over the throne from his son Michael in one of the most dra- matic coups In history--was unre- lcnting in his opposition to Mmc Lupescu.
 After final earnest appeal tc Carol to send her from Bucharest 1t was reported. Carol told Precup: You and 1 arc through" Carol is 70. Mmc Lupcscu is 34 For i2 years they have been oe. voted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
Waterbury Produce Market
Furnished by Connecticut Department of Agriculture
 B. P. Storrs. local agens)

Dandeiions were very liberal at the Meadow street market place Monday morning and only n part of the total brought in sold out, going mostly for 25 cents bushel. Asparagus was increasing In supply and selling lower, mostly $f.50 to spinach made up the bulk of tho total on sale. very little shipped.in stock on sale.
 Rhubarb sold well. going mostly Lunches. i"r U .o Broccoli f n rapo w was more more freely offered hut continued to sell largely for unchanged prices. Scal- lions were liberal and low priced, mostly 20 cents dozen punches.
 Texas onions were arriving In carIots. selling usually for $1.50 per bushei. Strawberries from south ern states were not quite as high. Cabbage and western iceberg iet- tuce were holding firm and high priced.
 The tone of the egg market has appeared to be recovering from the extreme weakness of last month. Ncwlaid Fancy grade prices were advanced ono cent Monday to 26 cents a dozen by leading distrIbu- tors of this grade in this city.
 FRUITS: Apples. Fancy McIn- tOsh 2.25-2.SO bn., Haldwins 1.05' 200 bu.. No. Mcintosh i.S5- 2.15 bu., BaIdwins f.2S- 50 b''., iii' graded. Baidwins .55-f.2O bn., western boxed 2.5O.3.0O bu.; straw berries. shlppcd-in .f4-.10 qt.
 VEGETABLES: Asparagsss, native f.25-1.7B dog. buns, southern x.SO. 3.25 crate; beans. green 5.OO-5.xa bu.; bcefs .6O-.65 dOx. buns.: brOt'- coll rape. native .J5.f.OO box; cab- haze 3.OO-3.2S crate; carrots .50- .55 dOx. buns., old washed i.x5. f.5O bu.; cauIifiOwer 2.4O-2.5u crate; celery hearts .65- 20 dog. dandelIons .2O..3O bu.; kEIe .00-.Jn box; lettuce. native hOtbed .5S-.bn dOx.. western Iceberg 5.OO.S.xa cratc;. onions. new f.50. 50 bus; Darsnips, washed f.OO.f.zb bu.; i,cppcrs 2.BO-3.25 crate; potatoes, oId f.OO-2.fO cwf., new 5.5O-6.O0 bbl.: rndIslBcs .3O..40 dOx, buns. rIsmbnrb. native .05s.7S dog. bus.s.' scaIIi0ns .2O..25 dog. buns.; spin' acf, native .5S-t.OO bu. :. ...... POULTRY PRODUCTS: Conn cges x,er dox.; NcwInid Fancy .x6i spcclaI .z3-.25; Extra .2f..21' Gathered .s8-.2O; NewIatd medium .22; Special medium .ie-.z0; exsra medium .fo-.t6; western .ib..xx live. fowl roIorcd .f8-.s0 b.. Leg horn .fe-.f5 h.; br0llcrss It0ck' .20-- -.1s h., Reds .i8-.2f Ib., Orn9' .fe-.22 D.. EcGhorn .Ss-:se sn. drcssed. fowl .22-.2S lb.s broiicr' LIVESTOCK AND sTEATs Hut cher asack. c0ws .D2s.04 Ib.s cnIvc' .08-.o9 Ih.s meats. l,eef .its.ia su' l veal .fi-.l8 lb., lamb .zo-.z3 sn' pork. IoaHs -1e..14 iA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
MERGER OF GREAT SHIPPING LINES
 LS PERMITTED
British Court Refused to Enj0in Cunard and
 White Star Lines

London, May a-(UP)-Thc court of Chanccry today refused to cnj0in the Cunard and White Stai shipping lines from merging. and dismissed tho suit brought by r A. S. Franklin of New York, hcnd of tho International Mercantile Marine company, to prevent tht merger.
 Franklin Bought tho injunction on tho ground that the merger dIt not properly consider tho interests of minority stockholders and thal tho giant new liner no wbeinn built at Clydebank, Scotland foI tho Atlantic trade would be . lin. bility, not m asset.
 Tho merger, long planned, was effected with the aid of the British government and 1t was said ofii- cially when the sut was br0ugh, that all concerned were confident 1t was air tight legally.
 The, chanccry court held that tho Mercantile Marine company, aa represented by Franklin, was le. gally unqualified to impeach the methods of the merged oceanic Navigation company since the Mer. cantile Marine held no shares in the oceanic company for the White Star.
 The International company sold the White Star limo to q British group for $35,000,000 in 1920 Merger of the White Star and Gun. ard companies finally was perfect. ed in February. AS part of tho agreement the British governmcn, agreed to advance up to f3,000, ,0Ot ($i5,30O,000) to aid In completion of the giant new liner "Cunard No 534." now half finished. Work wai suspended long time.
 It was expected that the govern. ment altogether would advance the company f5.000,000 ($25,375,. 000).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
SERGEANT HAS
 TO FACE TRIAL

Schenectady, x. Y., May B. tUP)-Police said to-day they had been asked by U. $. army officials at Boston to detail Armand Be- hanger. 28. an apparent amnesIa victim. on a charge of being ab- sent without leave.
 Bclangcr. a sergeant. is confined to Ellis hospital where physicians were attempting to re-establish his memory.
 Mildred Silva, 25, Of Winthrop, Mass, who said she and Belanger arrived in Albany last week to be married, remained here pending the youths' recovery. Bciangcr disappeared from Albany Sunday, the day the marriage was to have taken place, Miss Silva said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
HOUSE ASSERTS
 CONTROL IN THE
 FUND SPENDING
Will Supervise Part of the Appropriations - But
 Others Untouched
nr EnWARn W. LEWIS

(UnItc0 Press BtAm COrreBpUBucutD
 Washington, May s.--(UP)--Tho house took back control over s300,- 000,oO0 In permanent automatic appropriation today, giving warn. ing to tho White House of . power. full attempt to carFnark the ei.eO0,. 900, GOO President Roosevelt is ex. pected to ask for relief purposes.
 The prcsldont'B estimate of funds needed for direct relief, work.relief and construction projects was said to Do ready for submission. It will Do carried In the deiclency bill.
 Chairman James F. Buchanan of the appropriations committee was among house leaders anxious to have congress assert itsolf again in its constitutional appropriation right, and earmark tho funds.
 The permanent appropriations repeal bill was passed by the house yesterday without q dissentins vote. It turns back to congress in some instances after . lapse since 1900, the power to appropriate funds annually for sl7 different purposes, which hitherto have been "back door" withdrawals from the thVubuFys
 Tho enthusiasm with which the measure was rushed through tho house in one hour, indicated the in. tent of many members to fight for return of q complete hold over to whom and for what purposes ap. propriations may 70. Tho. special session saw congress surrender this power because of tho economic emergency. Now tho demand for its return has begun to mako itself felt.
 Despite the significance of tho reform bill" 1t failed to touch on 92, 1000, ,00O of annual recurring appropriations Tho Si,S00, ,000, 900 for debt refundlng and similar treasury items will go along as it is. So will approximately es00,. 100000 in processing taxes.
 Tn addition tho bill cautiously avoided q political nareup by not providing for annual control by congress of permanent appropriR. ton items for agricultural exten- sion work, land grant colleges and vocational education.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
UNDERTAKERS IN
 GRASP OF LAW


 Suffeld. Conn. May 8. (UP)- Two undertakcrs were under charges here to-day for allegedIy transporting the body of a Sufiield woman 10 Massac husetts and back into Connecticut without n permit.
 Dominik Kozikewski. ChIcopee, Mass, and his cousin. stanley Ba- r0wski. New Britain. were ordered to trial Saturday after their arrest late yesteday by County Detective Edward ]. Hickey.
 kozikewski was charged with having taken the body of Mrs Michaelina Zienkowicz to his es- tablishmcnt Friday where 1t was cmbaimed and to have returned 1t to New Britain where Barowski allegedly faisIfied the death record in stating he was the embaimer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
WOOL. MARKET

Boston, May s--(UP)-The Dos- ton wool market was almost gtag- nant today, with prices soft. Ohio and Michigan types of fleece wools were tending lower. Territory woois werO Q bit more steady.
 Tho U. s. Agriculture depart. ment said. Lowering country prices on fleece wools In the early Bhearing sections are causing Q further case in Boston spot quota. tlonB for ohio and similar wools. New graded strictly combing bes, M blood and 4ss, sos, M blood ohio and similar bright foeces are being offered ct 34 cents in the grease. old woois arc being held at < cents hlYier than prices on the new wools. The lower quota- tions on fieeces, however, are not attracting much interest from buy. CTS. Quotations on western grown wools arc steady and unchanged from last week ovon though thore is littlo current demand"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
CODE PROPOSED FOR TELEGRAPH
 COS OF NATION
Johnson Is Very Liable to Run Into Mess of
 Trouble

Washington, May s-(UP)--F'or the first time since the institution Of the NRA, Recovery Administra- tor Hugh $. Johnson today had underway n proposal to impose upon an industry-the i've billion dollar communication Riant- q code of fair competition. The pro. posal was expected to draw vigor- ous protests from certain branches of the telegraph industry for which Johnson proposes to estah. liSh n code through the aS yet un. used arbitrary powers of the NRA. Lengthy negotiations seeking to set up code In the usual manner preceded Johnson's move in which he made public draft of the pro- posed code and called for a hear. ing for May l6.
 The actual imposition of such n code must come from the presi- dent who as yet has given no in. dlcation of what action he will take. Johnson's announcement was merely the first step toward "cracking down" on the industry In the style of which he has often spoken but never actually been forced to act.
 The proposed code not only would regulate wages and hours but also seeks to control rates and other means of competition through the interstate commerce commission. It is this feature of the code whlc his considered cer. tain to be the center of violent controversy.
 Four major communications companies are effected by the or. der. with some minor interests. These concerns are the American Telephone and Telegraph Co.,. Western Union. Postal Telegraph, and Radio Corporation of AmcrI- ca. Except for Postal Telegraph the companies have opposed any code. Under the proposal sub mitted by Johnson the code would estab blish trade practices. regulate child labor and supervise wire | rental nniicie9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
WATERFRONT INFANT
 SERIOUSLY INJURED

Isabelle Pedroncelii, 10 months old, iS in Waterbury hospital with q fractured skull tn is afternoon after falling from n hayioft In tho barn in the rear of her home on Echo Lake road, Watertown. The chiid's parents said she was att tempting to feed hay to one of the cattle In the barn when she fell, striking her head on the floor. Her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
YACHT IN TOW
 OFF SANDY HOOK

New York, May 8.-UP)--The auxiliary yacht Aitair was taken in tow off Sandy Hook to-day by n coast guard cutter which found her listing badly, her sails blown away by n nIghtlong gale.
 The Altair, bound for Southport, Conn. from the West Indies, was lowed to Sandy Hook hay where she was found tO be leaking badly.
 Two vessels. both with sails and auxiliary power. are listed under the name Altair in the register of yachts. One is owned by Albert isemos of Providence, R. l., and the other by Frank F. Larkin of Hampton Roads. Va.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
CRUSHED TO DEATH

Berlin. Conn. May s-(UP,- Crushed beneath a heavy truck he was trying tc lift on q jack, Primo vitaic. 22, New Britain. was in. tured fatally last night. His body wns wedRed between the body and chassis of the truck. He had been employed by . Waterbury cpn- tracing company since lass Erie day.-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-08
SlKORSKY HAS
 BEEN APPOINTED

Kingston, IL. l., May s.--tUP)-- Igor slkorsky, famedi airplane de- eigner and Dr Charles ]. Fish. di- rector of the Buffalo Museum of Science, were appointed to the Rhode Island State college faculty to-day. effective July 1.
 Hikorsky will teach aeronnuti- caI engineering, and Dr Fish, ex- ecutive secretary and senior ge- 0logIst Of the International i'nnHa- maquoddy Fisheries commission. will become professor Of botany.
 The aviation course Is expected to become ono of the most com Uleso offered by American colleges.