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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
HEADLESS BODY FIRE VICTIM WAS
 NOT MURDERED

Washington, Conn, Dec 1-(UP) State police today had virtually abandoned a foul play theory as they renewed their search for the skull of Hiram P. Bellinger, S9, retired mining engineer, who per- ished in a fire here early Sunday.
 While indicating that the crin1- inal angle had not been definitely discarded, Lieut. Leo F. Carroll said police efforts were being di- rected mainly at determining the cause of the fire and locating the missing head. The ruins of the n,inutely searched for five days without success.
 Bellinger, formerly associat. ] with the Solday works at. Syracuse, N. r., was overcome by furnace gas as he sat reading in the kit chen of the home, according to ttc report of Medical Exami. t, pr Frederick ,Wersbee, an intimate friend of the victim. Dr Wersbee said death was accidental and Bel finger was either dead or uncon- scious when the fire started in an. other portion of the house.
 There were no interruptions in the funeral arrangements as re- suit of the police investigation aud services were held at the Congre- gational church here Tuesday.
 Lieut. Carroll disagreed with pr Wersbee the skull had been con sumed by the flames, pointing to the fact the remainder of the body had not been burned beyond rec cgnition. The condition of the body, he said, made 1t impossible to determine whether the head had been burned off or had been severed.
 At New Haven, Bellinger's son, Prof Alfred R. Bellinger, Yale uni- versity, discredited the foul play theory and told police he was sat- isfied his fathers death was accis dental.
 Major Frank M. Nichols of the state police said the investigation now being conducted was of q routine nature and the head may have become separated when the body was precipitated into the cell lar when the kitchen floor col- lapsed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
IN. E. A. COLLEGES
 MEETS IN BOSTON
Local Teachers Interested in 49th Annual Session
 December 7-S

Several hundred teachers in col- leges and secondary schools will gather at the Hotel Statler, Bos- ton, on December and 8, for the forty-ninth annual meeting of the New England Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools, 1t was announced today by Professor George s. Miller, Tufts college, sec- retary of the association. Cooper ating in the program are the fol- lowing educational associations: New England Junior college coun- ell; Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England; Eastern Association of Physics Teachers; New England Associa- tion of Chemistry Teachers; New England Modern Language asso- citation. The sessions of the assoc citation will open OH Friday, De- cember z, with luncheon for offi- cial delegates to the conference.
 Delegates from institutions of siding officer, Dr. Kenenth c. M. gates from private secondary schools will meet with N. Horton Batchelder, headmaster of Loomis School, Windsor, Connecticut, who will preside and act as chairman of the committee. Those from pulp lie secondary schools will be pre- sided over by Wilfred H. Ringer, principal of Brookline high school. At BIAS p. m. there will be held the business meeting for the pre- sentation of reports for the election of officers and for new business. At three o'clock, the members will have opportunity to hear Dr. George F. Zook, Washington, D. C., director of the American Council on Education and pr. Clarence A. Barbour, president of the Brown University, who will speak on "The Next Ten Years in Education, which will be followed by discus sion.
 At six o'clock there will be an informal reception in charge of tho following committee: Miss Frances l.. Knapp, Wellesley college, chair- man; Paul E. Flicker, Newton high school Stacy B. Southworth, Thayer academy, Braintree; Fl. Leslie Sawyer, Colby Junior col lege, New London, New Hamp- shire; Miss Frances R. Jordan, Radcliffe college; Miss Esther Comegys. Abbot academy, Andov- CT. At 6.30 p. m. a dinner will be served at which Dean Otis F. Ran dall of Brown university will pre- side.
 The guest speakers will be: President Tyler Dennett, Williams College; President Dixon R. Fox, Union College, Schenectady, New York; President Porter H. Adams, Norwich University, Northfield, eVermont; President Arthur A. Hauck. University of Maine; Or ono; John H. Bosshart, superin- tendent of schools, South Orange, New Jersey; Bland s. Stradley, of Ohio State University and Pres ident of the North Central Associa- tion of Colleges and Secondary schools.
 On Saturday at ten o'clock there will be a discussion under the leadership of Professor Carl c. Brigham, of Princeton University and Association Secretary of the College Entrance Examination Board, on The New Policies of the College Entrance Examination Board"
 On Friday morning and on Sat- urday the cooperating associations will hold business and social meet ings for the discussion of their problems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

final services were held and at the cemetery. Huge bouquets of fiow- CTS sent by sympathetic towns people were banked around the caskets.
 The caskets, lowered into three graves dug side-by side, were placed so that the heads of the children pointed westward-to- ward their home in California.
 Case Is Closed
 Harrisburg, Pa, Dec 1-(U.P)- The "babes in the woods" mystery that had few parallels in crime an- nals was closed case to-day, but the immensity of police work in the solution stood out to inspire future detective work.
 An estimated 5000 persons were questioned at scattered points in all parts of the country to identify the victims of the tragedy as Elmo J. Noakes, 32-year-old widower; his housekeeper-niece, Winifred Pierce, IS, and his two daughters, Devilla and Cordella and his ward, Norma, all of Roseville, Calf.
 While Major Lynn Adams state police force sent details of the crimes to eight states to teletype and distributed nearly 5000 photu- graphs of the victims and the ma terial evidence to law officers throughout the nation, they pieced together the Pennsylvania intiner- ary of the two poverty stricken adults, believed bewildered by strange love, and the three girls accompanying them.
 Investigators were sent on clues in Ohio, New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. Thou sands of telegrams, letters, long, distance telephone calls and radio broadcasts figured in the solution of the case. Police cars were driven thousands of miles to check tips" around the state.
 Authorities admitted more than 10000 persons to view the three little bodies at Carlisle, Pa, hop. ing momentarily a morgue visitors expression of recognition would yield tangible clue to identity them. With similar hope, they ad- mitted the public to the morgue at Duncansville, Pa, where the bodies of the couple were held.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
By ROBERT T. T.OUGHRAN United Press Stan CorresDOn(lent

NNhAtCu AIGSS ctuu AOrFcSDOuuCAVJ
 Chicago. Dec 1--tUP)--Three cities threw 5000 police into the search for the tiny but daring widow of George (Baby Facel Nelson and a gunman companion today believing they were seen twice last night in Niles Center, a Chicago suburb.
 Usual respect for femininity was forgotten as occupants of cruising squad cars rode with machine guns ready on their laps to avenge the staying of Inspector Samuel r. Cowley of the justice department's division of investigation and Agent Herman F. Hollis.
 Both men fell in a roadside bat tie with Nelson and a companion near Harrington. III. Tuesday. Nel- son died Of stomach wound after escaping. His blanket wrapped body was found in a prairie weed ciump in Mics Center, "Wednesday morning.
 "I'd hate to shoot n woman" said a federal agent. ~'but I'm not following Cowley and Hollis be. cause Of Ideals about women when I'm looking for a woman like that"
 Search for the outlaws e0-pound widow and the man with the cou. pie when Hollis and cowley ran them down. grew Co mammoth i0s cal proportions after q Highland Park resident. reported seeing them in q motor oar and q llilInR station operator asserted later that they bought gneoiine co his s,atien-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
Trading Dull But Prices are Higher in Short Session
FURTHER REPORT
 ON CITY CENSUS
3SI Service EstabIisll- rlent Which Took in AI-
 most Two $2,OOO,O 900

Further results of the business census conducted here early this year as part of the federal census of American Business show that Waterbury in 1888 had 381 service establishments which had total re- ceipts of almost two million dol- lars, a payroll of SB20,OO0. and gave work to S92 full time em- ployes. The figures are released by Census Director William Austin at Washington.
 Service establishments, as con. tacted during the federal census, are establishment which give per- sonal. business, mechanical repair or miscellaneous service. Carriage and trucking establishments had the largest receipts, $021,000. There were i6 firms of this type operating here last year, with 189 employees and a payroll of $280, 900. Next In line were barber shops, of which there were l2B, with total receipts of $236,00O and a payroll of s63,000.
 Theaters, which come under the head of miscellaneous service. were listed as being in number, with receipts of $655,000. Efn- pioyes, full time, numbered 9S, while the payroll total was $10s,- 900, Other arnusements were 10 in number, had receipts of $213,o00, gave full time employment to 21 people and had 8 payroll of $32.0o0.
 The personal service figures jn- clude, beside barber shops, 21 beauty pariors, 46 cleaning. dyeing and pressing shops, g funeral al. rectors and embalmers. fur rec pair shops, 8 photographic studios, s3 shoe repair establishm ents and 15 firms offering other forms of personal service.
 Under the head of business ser. vice wore the following. Adjust msnt, and credit bureaus and col- lection agencies. 4; l6 carriage and trucking agencies, ] dental Iabora- tories, and firms offering other business service.
 Under mechanical repair service were auto top and body repair shops, and 26 shops offering other mechanical service.
 There were 8 shops offering mis- cellaneous service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
QUARREL AMONG
 RELATIVES OF
 BABES IN WOODS

Roseville, Cal, Dec. 1.--(UP).-- In a strange sequel to the Babes in the Woods" tragedy of the Pennsylvania hills. relatives of the five victims today split into factions In a family feud marked by arrests and charges of "be. witehment." The dispute. long latent, swslled into a storm fol- lowing the positive Identification of the Pennsylvania bodies as those of Elmo Noakes, 32-year.old Rose- vile widower; Winifred Pierce. IS, his niece and housekeeper, and three little girls, two of them Ncakes' daughters, the third, his ward.
 Mrs J. c. Gibby, Noakes' sister. charged Winifred was responsible. T warned Elmo not to have any thing to do with her." she said. Winnie could make him do about anything she wanted him to-" The girls mother and her brothers raj. lied to her defense and claimed that if anyone had been misled, t was the girl who quit high school six months ago to enter Noakes' home to take care of the Eirls-. IF, AV ana su years. Oio. ThSy rS~ taliated by having Mrs Gibby and her sister, Mrs Winnie Chaffln, ar. rested on charges of disturbing the peace by abusing and cursing" Mrs Pearl Pierce, Winifred's inuths CT and their sister.
 When Justice of the Peace John Bass imposed a e0-day suspended sentence on the two women, Mrs Chaffin collapsed kicking and screaming. according to courtroom witnesses. Both families insisted that 1t was fear of small town gos- sip--Roseville is a .comnpuhity of less than 5,0o0--more than love affair that drove Noakes and his housekeeper to flee with the chile dren Nov. il in an automobile the tailroad yard worker had pur. chased for e46 just the day be- fore. Their flight ended when their funds became exhausted, with the three little girls apparently suf. located and Noakes and the Pierce siri shot to death In central Penn. sylvania.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
WOOL MAYRKET

Boston, Dec. 1.-The Boston wool market was quite active the past week, according to today's re- port of the U. S. Agriculture De- partment.
 The finer grades of territory wools sold in fairly large volume. Business in fieeces was moderate. Sales of Ohio and similar fieeces closed at 27-28 cents in the grease for fine Ohio Delaine, at 2S-29 cents for strictly combing 68s, eos, 1s blood. and at 29-30 cents for strickly combing 56s, 3-S blood.
 Large quantities of bulk French com ping 64s and finer territory woois sold in original bags at co., 70 cents, secured basis. Also, aver age combing 5Ss eos, # blood, ter- ritory wools sold freely at 6s.70 cents, secured basis. Average l2 months Texas wools moved in siz- able quantities at 6S-70 cents, secured basis, in original bags.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
FiDe Thousand Police Are SearchingForLittle Woman

Jacob Behn, 32, told Niles City police he observed the hunted cou- pie. with second man driving their automobile, near the center of the suburb. A man in the rear seat of the car with a small, blond woman. he said. held a machine gun on his lap and an automatic pistol lay beside the driver.
 Behn said occupants of the car observed his amazed stare and pur. sued him. Frightened. he eluded them by racing at 60 miles an hour through circuitous side streets.
 The gasoline station operator. whose name was withheld by po- lice. said after viewing photogra phe of Nelsons widow. Alvin Karps, one-time member of the John Dil. finger gang. and John Hamilton, another of the mob, that he was certain of the woman's identity but not of the men.
 Hollis was buried yesterday in Des Moines with the state of iowa paying official tribute. His youth. ful widow. mother of two small children. collapsed at his grave. screaming;
 "Take me with you; oh. take me with youi"
 Nelson will be buried today by mother and sister in suburban River Grove. 4 strong force of federal agents was ordered Co the cemetery to watch for c possible attempt of his widow Co sec the ceremony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
State Power Firms
 Pay Dividend To-day
Gain Seen in Gross Earnings - Improvement Offset
 By Added Expense and Taxes

in Connecticut, however. Only three stockholders possess more than one per cent of the oustand- ing stock. These three are a Con- necticut Insurance company a Con- necticut estate and the largest holder, the Hartford Electric Light company, which owns 9.7 per cent of the stock. Thus there is an ex- traordinarily wide distribution of ownership even outside the terri tory which the company serves.
 In his statement concerning earnings in the first three quarters of the year, MT Bird said that there had been improvement In electric sales for domestic and commercial use, and also a small increase in power sales. Sale of Kilowatt hours to domestic cus- toners, which gained steadily each month, increased by nine per cent over the corresponding period last year, while the average charge per kilowatt hour decreased five per cent. A new single domestic rate schedule was put into effect August l, he said to replace the several optional schedules previously avall- able
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
NAUCATUCK GIRL
 TAKES OVERDOSE

Miss Esther Larson, 31, of Mill vile avenue, Naugatuck, was a pa- tient at the Waterbury hospital to- day from an overdose of a seda- tive she took to produce sleep last night. Hospital antiquities report ed the girl was received at the institution in an unconscious state early this morning but that she gradually responded to treatment and is now considered well.
 Authorities stated the girl had not been feeling well and took the lotion before retiring last night. Members of the family were at- tracted to her room during the night and failure to awaken her re- suited in call for the Waterbury hospital ambulance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

During the first nine months or 1884, the Connecticut Power Com- pany enjoyed a steady improve ment in gros earnings, but the increase was more than offset by Increased operating expenses ana taxes, according to a statement by viggo E. Bird, president of the company, which was enclosed with the regular quarterly dividend of 62 1-2 cents per share received py Stockholders today.
 The company's condensed earn ings statement for the first nine months of the year, enclosed with the dividend checks, showed that the balance available for reserves, dividends and surplus was subsean- tially the same as the amount a. vailable for the corresponding pe- riod a year ago.
 Present ownership of the com pany was analysed in a statement issued today by Samuel Ferguson, chairman of the board. The com papy's S,670 stockholders, MT Fer guspn pointed out, were located in 35 states and eight territorial di- visions other than the United States, 91 per cent or 7,965 shares are held in 128 of the 169 towns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
Further Gains Made M Market Week Reuielv
Despite Thanksgiving Holiday Stocks, Commodities
 and Business Were All Very Good

buying of steel by automobile companies sent the country's steel rate higher and helped the steel shares. Tobaccos made new highs for tho year on outlook for ex- tra dividends of increased divi. dendd rates. Gold mining issues picked up and silvers held steady.
 Oil shares were steady. There was nothing new in the news from the industry to bring demand for the issues. However, there was a better feeling on the industry and 1t was heightened by estimates dividends paid by Standard oil Go units this year would exceed 1888 by 30 per cent.
 The American Iron & Steel In- stitute estimated the nations steel operations at 28.1 per cent of ca- pacity. That was a gain of a half point off the week and gain of 53 per cent over the years low made on September 4 at 1894 per cent of capacity. At this time In 1888 the steel rate was 26.S per cent. Some commentators look for a rise to 40 per cent before the end of the year.
  for the railroads have been light.
 The Edison Electric Institute is- sued q highly favorable report on output of electricity. The latest week reported was the best in ex. actly POI weeks. The total for the week ended November 24 was l,- 70s,4f3,00O kilowatt hours. q gain of 6.1 per cent over the corrG- spond period of 1888.
 A long list of companies de- clared extra dividends this week. George w. Helme Co was the fea. ture, ordering . special extra of $4.75, the usual annual extra of $2 and the regular of $1.26 a share. Those declarations brought the to- tai for 1884 to SIS. Commercial Credit dcub.ad its regular divi. dend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
FILA Survey Reveals
 Homes Are In Demand
IndustraIist Sees Housing Boom of Tremendous Pros
 portions After Questioning Typical Employees

careful analysis of the 26S, was perfectly sure we would find not less than 100 men with the per- manency of employment and wages to justify the undertaking.
 "Our plant might fairly be re- garded as an average of manufac- turing plants throughout the Uni. ted States. If such result could be obtained among the employees in our plant, multiply such a pos- sibility by all of the industries In this country and you would have a residential building program over the next five years the like ol which this country has never seen and which would far outdistance the housing boom now prevailing in England"
 This manufacturer, engaged in producing building materials. also informed the Housing Administra- tion that a gain of $50 per cent in business was registered for Sep tember as compared with the same mon'h of 1883.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
CROW INDIANS
 WANT BUFFALO


 Hardin, Mont (UP)-Inspired, perhaps, by success of its famouH experiment with importing reln. deer herds fer the American Eski- mo, the government intends Co launch a similar program on the Crow Indian Reservation.
 Superintendent Robert Yellow tail, fuil-blooded Crow leader, bee lieves e similar experiment with buffalo may work out benefleiaily for the Crows.
 Yeliowtail said he has been promised by the government SO head of buffalo cows and two buf- falo bulls from the Yellowstone Park herd.
 The park bison would be trans- planted to> the Big Horn canyon range on the reservation, and in time, Yellowtail hopes, the bison will multiply sufficiently to take care of q large portion of the Crows food and clothing problems. just ar the reindeer have for the Eskimc.
 ParadokIcally. before the white man invaded their domain, the Grows nubhlgsed almost entirely on buffalo meat, wild herbs end used the ble0n skins for clothing. if the scheme works, hlslory again will repeat" itseiks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

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 of Physicians and Surgeons, said that the best men we can find, regardless of race, creed or color, were admitted.
 pr. Harold Rypins, secretary of the state board of medical exarl- iners, said there was "plenty of room" for competent Jewish stu dents in the medical schools.
 The Wesleyan Memorandum, setting forth that Jews number about five percent of the Ameri- can population and that IT percent of the medical freshmen and 50 per cent of the applicants for ad- mission to medical schools are of Jewish ancestry, said in part:
 We are sending you this mem orandum in order that there may be no misunderstanding regarding the rather difficult situation which Xou may face if you are planning co seek admission to a medical sWhile the racial question does enter somewhat into the selection 1f students. it does not enter as much as some claim. The Asso- &IniIon of Medical Colleges reports <Hat 17 per cent of the freshmen .fHdcnts in medical schools are
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

A tremendous potential market for new homes-one that would far outdistance the housing boom now, prevailing in England'-is seen by the president of one of the country's major manufacturing concerns on the basis of a survey conducted among its own employees.
 In a communication addressed to the Federal Housing Administra. tion the official had this to say
 'First, we were anxious to find out the number of men that owned their own homes. Then looking to the announcement of the favorable terms and conditions of Title II and III (of the National Housing Act) we asked the men If they would be interested in building new home if the financing at fa- vorable rates and reasonable terms could be had under the National Housing Act. To our surprise, 96S employees out of 1000 expressed desire to build new home. By
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
BY ELMER c. WALZER TIvitxAd prnaa Einn nCia1 FsAtfnPl

New York, Dec. 1--(UPl-- Stocks commodities, and business made further gains this week des- pite the Thanksgiving day holiday.
 Trading was relatively brisk in the share market and all major averages registered small gains fol- lowing a period of profit-taking. The Dow-Jones industrial average was at the best level since April 2S and the general market was at the best level since July.
 Utility shares made substantial recovery on news an Alabama court had found the Tennessee Valley authority's sale of power in com petition with private utilities un- constitutional. The group lost part of the gains later when New York City aldermen voted a tax of per cent on utility companies.
 Railroad issues did better than hold their own. Motors were strong as the various units increased pro- duction on new models. Heavier