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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
YMCA Still Assists
 Unemployed d Youths
Concern for Regular Members Second, States Herbert
 s. Smith at Directors Meeting

be allowed in Waterbury to pawn his self-respect because he cannot find work. When Self-respect is maintained and morale preserved his feet are on the road toward recovery.
 "Folks who are on seasy street do not realize the feelings of panic that come to a young man with no job and<no money, and often from home that is divided against itself, because it cannot stand the stress and strain of unemploy- ment. Hundreds of good young men in Waterbury have been swept away from their moorings in these four years. What more important duty faces our citizens than to at- tempt to safeguard youth against moral break-down?"
 John B. Goss, chairman of the executive committee presided in the absence of President Julius B. Smith and president, Dr Char les l.. Larkin, both o whom are in Florida.
 Tn answer to an inquiry, Chair man Goss said "There is no ques- ton but that our service to unem- ployed has cut deply into our membership receipts. Unemploy- ment, however, found Waterbury ! better equipped than any other city. We have three Y. M. c. As where other cities of our size have bue one It gives us a thrill to think of 5000 attendance at our three Y M. c. As daily, but it gives the executive committee a | oI,.J 4~ c;1 nf cIIh- scription with which folks expect wholesale program.
 "The Y. M. c. A. cannot work a miracle, the great mass of the thousands, who come into the three buildings daily are unemployed and have no money. There is money enough, however, in Waterbury to carry on this work so that the Y. M. c. A. can minister to young men who are broken in spirit and give them a chance. The Y. M. c. A. is right in the heart of this great emergency service Its duty is to provide friendly company, wholesome liesure, warmth, clean liness, pleasing surroundings and morals and ambition for the job InaL HuSL CoHie SoLle udy.
 Chairman Goss said the cold weather has cost the Y. M. c. A. $2, OO-approximately $1,000 extra for heating, etc., and $1,OOO loss in receipts. MT Goss said, "In normal times, a citizen may or may not support the Y. M. c. A., but in this crisis the duty of every ogod citizen is clear. The service hat the Y. M. c. A. is rendering to unemployed youth is the com mon responsibility of every good citizen The Waterbury Y. M. c. A. could have closed the doors of its thre buildings to the unemploy- ed and conducted a snug program | for its members. It chose to rem de rthe larger service and in doing 500 has the right to expect the fullest backing of every good ! citizen.
 ! Other directors present were
 Terence F. Carmody, Thomas F.
 Kellogg, Frank H. Bailey, Richard
 w. Goss, Arton P. Camp, Theobald
 E. Conway, Dutton Noble, Chase
 Kimball, Harry c. Post, c. Dana i Tyack, and Leon H. French. Ex-
 President Levi Wilcox is in Geor-
 gia, Clark S Judd is in Washington
 attending the code meeting called
 by president Roosevelt, Director
 Edward B. Tracy was in Kenosha
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06

(COntlnueQ rom rage |. the Dillinger gang to leave the city.
 With Sergeant Frank Reynolds whose brushes with criminals have allowed him to put 13 notches on his gun, Stege followed clues ob- tained in the Indiana state investi- gation of the jail break. A woman who had represented herself as Mrs John Dillinger was sought. She ob- tained three interviews with the cused murderer. It was believed that she provided a hideout for the outlaw.
 Revelations at Crown Point that not only this woman but a former fellow convict visited Dillinger led police to believe that the desperado had manager to rejoin surviving members of his gang of bank rob- bers and killers.
 The automobile was found in front of large north sdie apart ment house. The red lens spotlight which marked it as an official car had been broken from its brackets and tossed on the rear seat. In a pocket, police found Sheriff Hol- ley's little .32 caliber revolver which Dillinger had scorned for q sub machine gun. The gasoline tank was dry.
 Police blamed the mistake in li- cense numbers for Dillinger's safe entry into Chicago through cordons of highway police and city patrol man. They said they could not ob- tain any explanation for the mis- take from Indiana authorities.
 Hyde revealed that he had fol- lowed Dillinger for several blocks late Saturday. The desperado, ta length, parked the sheriff's auto. mobile in front of a store. Hyde parked his automobile a hundred feet to the rear and walked toward the suspected car. The driver who was leaving the automobile saw Hyde and hurriedly climbed back in and drove away.
 Woman Aided Plot Crown Point, Ind, Mar 6-(UP) John Dillinger, alleged killer and bank robber, escaped through a plot which he discussed with a woman visitor under the eyes of his guards, officials Investigating the desperado's jail break sadi today.
 Questioning of jail attendants re- vealed that two persons had visited Dillinger in addition to his attor- ney, Louis Piquett of Chicago.
 The woman gained permission to talk with the desperado through Piquett's intercession with Judge William Murray, who expected to try the murder case against Dill finger, who was charged with ma chine-gunning a policeman during bank holdup in east Chicago, Ind. A former convict, identified as Meyer Bogue, also visited with the outlaw.
 Sheriff Lillian Holley, in whose | charge Dillinger was kept, said the l woman had been identified as Elaine De Kant Burton, a friend of John Hamilton, a Dillinger gang member still at large.
 According to Attorney General Philip Lutz, Jr, who is conducting the investigation, guards siad the | woman's conversation included sig nals. One conversation between | Dillinger and her was said to have included the following scraps:
 How are you getting 76, 35, 22, 90 along these days?"
 I'm fine, S9, 56, 43, ~2S, 35."
 It was believed that the address of possible hideout was passed on to the outlaw in this way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
ALFRED E. SMITH MAKES PROPOSAL
 ON CHILD LABOR
Offers Substitute for the Present ACt-GiveS
 His Reasons

New York, March 6-(UP)-Al- fred E. Smith today offered sub- stitute for the proposed child la
 bor amendment, believing the lat ter is patterned too closely in prin- ciple to the 18th amendment. The substitute amendment, sug- gested in a signed editorial in to- days issue of the New Outlook, is
 as follows:
 "The transportation or impor~ tation into any state, territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of articles manufactured by the labor of per-
 sons under 16 years of age. in vio> lation of the laws thereof, is here-
 by prohibited"
 "The purpose of the new amend ment will be to leave the question of child labor to the states, just as the question of prohibition is now left to each state by the 21st amendment, but to prevent any
 state from sending into another
 state the products of child labor, just as the 21st amendment pro- tects dry states from importations from wet ones,' Smith Said.
 q have also suggested reducing the age mentioned in the pending amendment from IS to 16, because I consider the 18-year provision
 unreasonable and unavoidable.
 'If there is anything in history
 and experience, lte us adopt a
 child labor amendment, if we must
 have one at all, patterned after the 21st, rather than the 18th amend ment. Otherwise we shall be in for another long and bitter repeal
 campaign.
 ''The pending child labor amend
 ment gives the federal government
 complete control over the lives and daily habits. of every person in this | country below the age of 1S."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
demnation than an actual threat.

demnation than an actual threat. Slightly dismayed when the first
 burst of booing reached their ears,
 the Millens quickly recovered their composure. apparently satis1ed that the ''greeters" contemplated
 no physical harm. Someone tossed a pebble Whlch hit Murton behind the right ear. He turned and glared at the detec- tive behind him. A second pebble hit the sleuth, and Murton's glare became grin.
 By motorcade the pair were
 rushed to the jail. where they were lodged in cells No and 4 after being booked and given prison garb. Meantime Faber had been transferred from cell 13 to cell 5, and so the trio all were in "mur- derers' row." Norma is in another wing of the jail.
 Special guards were assigned to the trio. Two state troopers also were put on duty and 1t was an- nounced that as further precau- tion a machine-gunner will watch the three cells from now until the trial starts.
 The Millens arrived at the jail after the regular evening meal
 hour and, despite their protests, went to bed supperless. Irving also complained that the straw mattress of his cell was uncomfortable. Authorities revealed that MurtoD | had offered to ''tell all I know about the gangs activities if the state would immediately free his
 wife and drop all charges against
 her. They said this proposal was
 hat1y rejected.
 Ironically. Harold Searles of New Bedford, one of the state troopers who guarded the jail yesterday. was a classmate of Faber at Tech nOlogy.
 Faber was to be examined by an alienist to-day and he and the Mil- lens were expected t0 be arraigned
 in court here to-morrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
XGrieve, Bisset & Holland, Inc. ,l',,s Dial
Congressmen Were
 Against Some Codes
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, itself.
 c. c. Sheppard, of Clarks, La. of the lumber code authority, made the claim of congressional sabotage. He said congressmen had written mill owners, particu- | larly in the south, advising them not to comply with codes, but to run their mills on common sense basis.
 Armine w. Riley, deputy admin istrator, asked Sheppard for proof. | But he refused to accept 1t when Sheppard offered letters and affi- | davits.
 Don't give them to me now,
 Riley said, 1T can't take them while | these newspapermen are around. Sheppard said he would present | the evidence today. At least one
 letter waved before Riley was on
 house of representatives station
 ary::. ..,n
 back home," Sheppard told con- ferees," telling the mill owners not
 to bother about complying with the | codes and saying for them to run
 their mills in a common sense way
 and they--wouldn't get in trouble" l He expressed sympathy for small
 business, but said 95 per cent of
 noncompliance in the lumber in-
 dustry was by small operators and that the code could not survive l without their compliance. | Two men of the MIRA organiza- tion set the backfire against MT | Roosevelt's plan to make jobs by | further reduction of the work week
 and increased hourly wage sched-
 u1es. Ralph E. Flanders, of the
 MIRA industrial advisory board, l challenged the plan on grounds
 that it would increase prices. A. J. Hettinger, speaking for the
 MIRA research and planning divis-
 ion, made a more detailed attack
 on the Roosevelt plan. He waved
 aside further reductions as little
 more than joh-sharing and coun-
 selled code authority delegates to
 take the offensive - create new jobs.
 Hettinger said the work week would have to be reduced 50 per
 cent in the durable goods indus l try to absorb 6.000,000 unem- ployed in that field. Johnson agreed
 such ap increase would be 'im- practicable and foolish" Imposition of 30-hour week
 by federal statute would freeze the depresison where 1t is If not worse," Hettinger believes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
DEDHAM JAIL IS
 CLOSELY GUARDED
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(Continued from Page 1.) Readville, two miles from here, late yesterday, so the Millen bro- thers could be taken off and rush ed under extraordinary guard to DedNam jail.
 At the station, ready to balk mob violence or any desperate coup to escape, were 125 state troopers and Boston policemen, armed with machine-guns, riot guns and tear gas bombs and per- sonally commanded by state Police Commissioner Daniel Needham and Police Superintendent Martin H. King of Boston.
 Also there, as an unofficial com mittee of welcome, were some 2000 men, women and children, who pressed police lines as they craned their necks and peered through the half-light of sundown for distant glimpse of the pris- oners.
 Leg shackles had been removed. but the Millen brothers remained handcuffed to each other and to state detectives as they alighted from the train. A ghoulish hue overspread the scene as news reel men used their yellow flares, and the prisoners faces appeared ghastly as they stood blinking while the cameramen worked.
 Both brothers were hatless. Mur- tons jet-black, curly hair was partly combed, but Irving's was disheveled. Their clothing swas askeW. They were outWardIy calm and there was about them a vague air of defiance.
 From the crowd came swelling chorus of boos, jeers and catcalls. State detectives had expressed fear of mob violence. but the boos seemed more an expression of con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06

paid, will result in the veterans loosing the balance to which they may be otherwise entitled on said bonus, and
 WHEREAS by reason of the adverse conditions which said vet erans are suffering from the im- impossibility to pay said interest;
 Now Therefore, Be It Resolved That the Legion members of the William H. Gordon Post, No 50, of Ansonia, Conn, in meeting assem- bled, go on record as favoring the cancellation and waiver of the in- terest payments required on said loans so that the veterans shall be entitled to receive upon the due date of their bonus the balance of the principal due after deducting the amount of the loans made thereon;
 And Be It Further Received That a copy of this resolution be sent to the congressman of this dis trict and to the senators of the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06

(Continued from Page 1.) Bankers Trust Go, contributed $1,- 672,399 or 7.6 per cent toward a $22,019,932 loan made by J. F. Morgan & Co, to the Cleveland Ter minal Building Co. The loan was guaranteed by the Vaness Co, the holding company of the Mantis J.. & Orriss P. Van Sweringen.
 The other important loan, also in default, of $18,1Q0,000, was made to the Vaness Co, according to the statement, the Bankers Trust Co contributed $1,226,5S2 or 6.S per cent.
 The Van Sweringens controlled numerous railroads including the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Missouri Pacific, Pere Marquette, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Erie and New York and tn Chicago and St Louis.
 It was revealed that the controll- ing stock in the Alleghany cor poration, principal Van Sweringen Holding company, had been pledged to secure the outstanding loans, which were made priod to October 31, 1880. The pledged stock con sisted of 2,133,000 common shares. The total stock is 4,152,547 shares. The Van Sweringens began their meteoric rise in railroad circles in 1916, when they acquired the Nickel Plate railroad with a capi- tai of $1,000,O0O. They began their life as newsboys in Cleveland gradually working toward the top through a series of successful real estate developments.
 Is Officials Deny It New York, March 6.-(UP)- High banking officials to-day de- nied there had been a technical de- fault Tn the $40,00O,0 900 Van Swer- ingen bank loans, and said there would be no change in control of the vast railroad holdings of the Cleveland brothers.
 Interest on the loans has been met by notes, it was pointed out. Bankers said this was q matter of common knowledge as the public freports showed earnings have been insufficient to meet the payments for several years.
 "There has been no change whatever in the status of the ioans," one banking official told the United Press. "No attempt will be made to take over control tof tho roafs."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06

In a P. S. to the same letter
 Fulmer warned Watson that an MIRA compliance director soon would call upon him.
 In the other letter to Hunter, a
 mill operator, in Bamberger, s. C., the congressman said:
 s'I feel sure it will be impossible
 for you to pay the wages ana
 comply with the hours, :" set up in
 the lumber milling code.
 Armin w. Riley, deputy admin
 fused to accept the letters from
 fused to acctpt the letters from
 Clark last midnight because news papermen were present, took them immediately today and said that they were to be rushed through the MIRA mimeographing departmen, for immediate distribution.
 The MIRA telephoned Fulmer in viting him to appear before the conference on small industry codes at the Raleigh hotel to explain the reasons behind the letters.
 "We want to give him a chance | to tell his side of the story," saio Leon Henderson, code chairman o1 the meeting. M, B. Mosesohn of the whole. sale trade code authority, address. ing the code administration meet ing on the question of financing code authorities, said that contri. buttons to code authority finances must be made mandatory.
 "Firms must be prohibited from doing business if they do not alo the code authorities financially he said.
 "If the MIRA is construed to al. low shutting down on businesses TOT violation of codes, non-support ot a code authority financially mus be a major violation.
 Too many firms are getting the benefits from codes without con tributing anything. The mere fac' that a firm is working under code is an admission of benefits Jay O. Ball of the boot and shoe code authority, told of the system used by his group for financing operations.
 He explained that the boot ane shoe code was one of the early codes. He said that there were only two paid officers in the code auLnOTlIy, WAiCh 6ONSAAAS S>~S units in his industry. He said one of the greatest ob' jections / offered by individua members of the industry was con corning the possibilities for loose and unnecessary expenditures. Ht
 said this had been done away with
 however, by an efficient system ol triple checking all expenditures. Johnson's tentative suggestion
 before the employment section o' the five-ring conference was fol
 a 10 per cent increase in wages The average work week now IS ~ hours. Johnson did not commit himself to the 10 per cent plar but tossed it into the arena Of dis
 pute. , President Roosevelt opened tht conference yesterday with a de mand for immediate consideration of a. shorter work week and higher hourly wage rates to make more l jobs. He was quickly challenged | from within the MIRA organization
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
30 HOUR WEEK
 IS REPORTED

Washington, March 6 - (UP) - The house labor committee by a unanimous vote, reported favorabIy today the Connery 30-hour week bill. Committee members said they would drive for early house passage of the bill, and predicted in view of President Roosevelt's request in his NRA speech for shorter hours and increased industrial wages, it would win wide support. The bill estab- fishes 30-hour week in all indus try but provides for exemptions in emergency cases. It prohibits a worker from being employed on "side jobs" which would increase his income, and prohibits wage de- creases from present hour levels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
EDWARD L. WHITE
 SPEAKS TONIGHT

Conditions in Europe as he op- served them in his extensive trav- els as commander of the 1nterna- ional veterans organization known as the Fidac will be de- scribed tonight by Major Edward L. White, who will be guest speak CT at the monthly meeting of Cor poral Coyle post, American Le- zion. Major White was formerly commander of the local post and gained international fame when chosen head of the Fidac. His subject will lead to a discussion of national defense for the United States.
 A social session will follow the regular meeting, which is expected to be the best attended Tn years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
BROWN FAVORED IN
 $75O JUDGMENT

Judgment of $750 was entered in superior court today in favor of Harry A. Brown administrator of the estate of his daughter, Lu- cille, against Grove & Co.,, Inc: The suit was based on the fatal death of the plaintiffs 10 year old daughter, who was killed when struck by the defendants truck on the Meriden Road, Feb. 19, 1882.
 The suit said the girl was cross ing the Meriden road, near her
 home when the mishap occurred.
 The truck was operated by George
 A. Schoonmaker. Bronson, Lewis
 & Bronson represented the plain tiff. Attorney P. N. Bernstein ana Attorney Walter B Monagan ap- peared for the defendant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
REV T.L CROSBY TO
 JOIN KIWANIANS

Walter Ingram of the Kiwanis International will be the guest and chief speaker tomorrow noon at the weekly luncheon of the local club. He will discuss the progress of Kiwanis in New England.
 Attendance at weekly luncheons held at the Elton are steadily in- creasing, according to the secretary of the organization. Two new mem- bers. Earl w. Couch of the Lea Manufacturing company and Rev Thomas l.. Crosby of the Feder- ated Churches have been asked to the roster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
In New England

Boston, March G. (UP) - A forecast of fair but cooler weather for to-day and tonight promised lessening of the New England flood menace, which has already claimed three lives.
 Victims of the floods were three children, drowned in streams in Connecticut, where melting snow swelling the ice-choked rivers caused most extensive damage.
 The prediction of fair weather was most heartening, since the Boston weather bureau had said that in the absence of rains there
 probably would be no unusually severe floods. The hazard seemed further reduced by the probability that the summery temperatures of yesterday, conductive to rapid thaw, would not persist.
 Both the Connecticut and Mer-
 rimack rivers were below flood
 level, though rising steadily. In Vermont, the Winooski and North
 Branch rivers, two of the worst trolble- were reported well
 within their banks.
 Highway traffic was held up be- tween Pittsfield and Albany, N. Y., when four feet of water over- flower the roadway. At Charle- mont the Cold river sent heavy blocks of ice surging down upon q civilian conservation camp, tear ing away part of foot bridge and threatening vehicular bridge.
 The Deerfield river was rising
 slowly but storage reserviors were expected to care for its surplus. Ice jams were reported between No. 2 dam, at Indian Orchard and the mouth of the Chicopee river and at the junction of the Chico pee and Connecticut rivers. Several washouts and many flooded cellars were caused by overflow of the Ouaboag river at Palmer.
 On the coast, vast ice foes loos- | ened from the shore by high tenn peratures constituted serious menace to shipping. Long Island Sound has been virtually unnavig- l able over a wide area. Ice foes af big as lakes were reported outside Provincetown harbor and Dor | chester bay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06

A mulch of autumn leaves spaded well into the ground will partly make up for the lack of sta ble manure, and furnish your gar den with a good quality of humus. If the leaves are too dry to spade in, stack them up for a compost heap for use later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06
Joan Rood Drowns
 In Trumpet Brook
Three -Year-Od IrvingtOn Avenue Girl Caught in
 Whirlpool J. Griffin Helps Recover Body

Anxious to try out new rubber boots purchased for her by her father, three-year old Joan Rood stepped into a snowdrift on the bank of Trumpet Brook yester- day afternoon, slipped into the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-06

Good seed comes from good seedsmen. It will pay you to be
 discriminating when you select
 your dealer.