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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
President Makes One Good Insurance Risk
Immunity From Accident or Any Other Untoward Event Than Many of Predecessors

New York, May 1O--(UP)-- Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the opin- ion of expert insurance nctuarios, !j In far stronger position from the standpoint of health and im- munlty from accident or any other untoward event than many of his predecessors.
 Word from London today that ''considernbie" insurance had been taken out with Lloyds, against any unfortunate event connected with tho president was mot by assur- nncc from the New York agont for Lloyds that no policies had been issued of this nature in America.
 London insurance, at the rate of Ave per cent against MT Roose- velt's death by accident or assas- slnatIon, was regarded as particu- larly low in view of his high office.
 Tho premium of 2 i-2 DOT cent against death by natural causes, particularly In view of his age and the weight of responsibility was dication of his present good health and stamina.
 A premium of i2 3-5 per cent against the presidents incapacita- ton from any cause. was viewed as mot excessive" for any executive, even of a large industrial concern. particularly when the insurance term Is to run over only n stated period of time--four or eight years.
 Announcement of tho English rates, therefore, twas viewed in the main as m expression of belief that the president Is due for q completed term of office marked pY increasing good health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
GREENWICH MAN
 IS RESPONSIBLE
Coroner Decides on Auto Accident in Which Two
 Were Killed

Bridgeport, Conn. May lO--UP) Fast driving and excitement caused the automobile accident at Greenwich Sunday in which Leon- ard NJ. Holley, 3l, Greenwich, and Margaret Oliver Smith, 27, New York city, lost their lives. Coroner John J. Phelan said in a formal finding to-day. He held Holley responsible for the fatalities.
 Two other occupants of the car, Richard W. Meaney. Greenwich. and w. Prescott Hubbard. New York city. were injured when the machine got out of control, over- turned and struck a stone wall.
 The finding stated Holley had become excited over an argument with a nursemaid at the home of Gerald Dunne. where the four had visited. because of the incessani footing of the automobile horn by Miss smith. who was waiting in the car to bo taken home. In his haste. the coroner said. Holley lost control of the car after they had travelled about a mile
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
POLICE AND FIRE SQUADS FOUGHT
 TO SAVE BABIES
All Through the Mig h { Members BattIed..They
 Look Like Miners

New York, May f0.=CUP)- stalwart officers Of tho police em- urgency squad. working in relays, bent over tho cribs of two small babies to-day, and In regular ca- dcnco swung their tiny arms up and down while oxygen was poured, hour after hour, into their weak l"ngs.
 All through the night, In the small home of Mr and Mrs Peter Barry of Brooklyn, the emergency crew fought to save two six-month old twins, Ross and Roy Barry, from death by pneumonia. Tho policemen had taken over the bat- tie from q gus company crew which was exhausted by 36-hour vigil.
 The children caught severe colds on Monday. Within few hours. the attending physician, Dr Jo- seph GIassman, decided that with out oxygen treatment their cases were hopeless.
 A gas company crew was sum moned, and until 9 D. m. its mem bers kept life In the small bodies. The children continued to sink, however, and Dr Glassman sum moned the police emergency crew most versatile of all tho citys protective agencies.
 When the squad, under com. mani of Sergeant George Young CT, arrived at the house. they dis covered the oxygen supply was low.
 Motorcycle police, their sirens shricking, brought an adequate supply and the policemen settled down to the long monotony. Ono by one, each took his turn at swing ing the children's arms, while their companions guided the oxy- gen nozzies.
 Twelve hours after they took over the job, Dr Glass bent over one of the cribs and smiled. One child had passed the crisis. he said. Hope was held for the second.
 The policemen grlnned and con- tinued their ceaseless operations. Dr Glassman explained that it was impossible to risk transfer. ring the twins to hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
WRIT OF HABEAS
 CORPUS IS DENIED
Judge Sparks Does Not Want His Court AttraC-
 tive to Petitions

Chicago May 1O.--(UP) Judge Will M. Sparks of the United States circuit court of appeals today denied a writ of habeas corpus to reduce the $200,000 bond demand ed for release of Samuel Insull from the county jail. Judge Sparks in denying the writ and ordering, that the 74-year-old fallen utility monarch remain In jail un- tiI his friends obtain the $20O.OOO bail said: 1T do not want to make this court of appeals attractive for such petitions"
 Judge Sparks, who consented to hear the habeas corpus petition to- day after Insults attorney, Floyd F. Thompson. had gone on a "shopping tour" of the federal court chambers. said the aged prisoner was entitled to no action by the court of appeals until he had "exhausted the possibilities of the lower courts"
 Thompson. former chief Justice of the Illinois supreme court. ar gued that the one-time multimil- lionaire's friends could raise bond of only S15O, on the two federal indictments and $50 . 900 to cover two state indictments charging embezzlement.
 Insult, confined to the hospital ward of the county jail, was not in court.
 ! By agreement with United States Marshal H. c. w. Laubcnheimer. Thompson and the prisoners son. Samuel InsulI. Jr, arranged to have him remain In the jail because of his weakened physical condition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
STORM TROOPER
 SENT TO PRISON

Berlin, May 10-(UP)--Walter Fichn, 29, q Nazi storm trooper, convicted of planting" evidence of communistic sympathies in the home of his superior. in order to get his job, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment at hard labor and ten years loss of civil rights, it was announced today.
 Fiehn, it was said, was assistant gardener at Trinity church here. He pust communistic literature, at- tacking the Nazi government, in the head gardeners home. He de- nounced the victim to his storm troop headquaraers, and the head gardener was arrested. Fiehn got the job, and held 1t until his recent exposure. The gardener mean while was at a concentration cnmn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
VOLIVA CHANGES
 RULES ON ZION
City Houses More Nuts and Long Haired Fools
 Than Any Other

Zion, Ili.. May 1O.-(UP) .wil. bur Glenn Voliva. fighting overseer of the Holly City" of Zion, today issued a manifesto lifting the ban on smoking. The edict, shattering q rule rigidly enforced for many years, stunned his thousands of de- vout followers. He also abolished the twelve apostles of the apostolic Christian Catholic church and an. nounced the seven of them would be given position as assistant over. seers.
 "zion is in for some very heavy judgment" declared voliva, who breaches that the world is fat and that the millennium is not far off. I'm not going to damn a man for taking q pill or smoking a cigaret. This city houses more nuts and long-halred fools than any other place of it's size in the world"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
Final Neze,S Flashes
SHE MADE JUDGE BLUSH.

Flushing, N. Y., May 10.-(UP)-Laura Ingalls,, who recently made 17,O00-mile solo flight around South America, appeared before Magistrate Benjamin Marvin in Flushing court today to answer summons for passing red light. The magistrate asked her why she had not appeared Tuesday, the date for which the sum- mons was issued "Your honor," she said, Eff the officer who gave me the ticket was as good looking as the judge with whom had the date, judge blushed and suspended sentence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
CONFESSION OF
 FABER BLOCKED
Judge N ark e d It For Identificatioli..the Trial
 Then Proceeded
ny MARTIN KANE


 Courthouse, Pedham, Mass, May 10-(UP)--An attempt by the state to introduce as m exhibit at the Faber-Millen murder trial tho signed confession of Abe Faber was forestalIed at least temporar- fly by defense objections today.
 After Q sIx-day sanity hearing. Superior Judgs Nelson P. Brown ruled late yesterday that Faber's confession, duplicating himself and his co-defendants, Murton and Irving Millen, in the Ncedham Bank killings, was admissible as evidence.
 Subsequently State Detective Jo- seph l.. Ferrari recited Faber's verbal confession to him. But when the government sought today to offer as an exhibit Faber's detailed confession. covering several type- written pages, which was dictated and signed by him, Attorney Wil. liam R. Scharton objected.
 Judge Brown ruled that the con- fession might be marked for iden. tincation and offered again as an exhibit after the defense hnd had an opportunity to examine 1t.
 Court was 42 minutes late in opening today, as the trial neared the end of It's fourth week.
 In the confession Faber told:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
SAM VECCHI0 IS GIVEN SEVEN TO
 TWELVE YEARS
Local Racketeer Pleaded Guilty to Assault With
 Intent to Kill

Sebastian Veccio, also known as Sam Vecchio, 70 was sentenced to serve from seven to 12 years In states prison when he pleaded guilty to charges of assault with intont to murder and accepting money immorally gained by q fo- maIo, before Judge Edwin c. Dick enson m superior courtI today.
 He was described as Q "racke. teer" by States Attorney Lawrence l.. Lewis who recommended that the accused be severely dealt with
 VecchIo was closely guarded by deputy shoriffs nd city detectives, who had been tipped off that the accused might attempt to escape by jumping through n window.
 Shooting of Bradsh0w
 VecchIo was sentenced for the shooting of Charles Barshow at his
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10

the payer In default because the Johnson Bill forbids loans to m. tions in default Tn wholo or In part"
 The ruling was given In response to inquiries from envoys of several European debtor nationg who have called at tho department within tho lest 26 hours seeking a olarifica- ton of tho Johnson Bill. Among those who have called were tho envoys of Germany, Italy, France, and -Slovakia.
 It was learned authoratively that officials informed them the United States stood ready to listen to any proposals for debt revision which they might bring. lt was under stood also that tho United states would welcome token payments on account, but that contrary to pre-. vlous practice. it could not con- hlder' that such payments cleared tho dobtor or de efault
 Attorney General Honor s. Cummings, at the instance of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
WARSHIPS WILL
 VISIT SIBERIA


 Geneva, May f0--(UP)--Little Liberta, African republic founded by American negroes. has been se- iected as the. possible object of . naval demonstration by American, British and French warships, It was said authoritatively today. Working through the League of nations, the powers have long sought to make Liberia cease all legged inhuman treatment and vir. tuaI ensIavement of Kroo tribes men:. and to accept . financial re- constipation plan they recon. mend.
 Now, 1t is said. the three powers named have agreed to consult here through the league council. on the best way of "cracking down" In general Hugh Johnson fashion on the little republic. Dispatch "f warships. it was said. was regarded at present as the best and cheap est means of impressins Llberlan authorities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
HARD BOILED DRY MAN WILL CLEAN
 STATE OF KANSAS
Has 5000 Agents s and $7,O0O,OOO to Do the
 Work Right
BY FREDERICK q. OTHMAN United Press Staff COrreSDOndcntl ]

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 Washington, May i0-fUP)--A Kansas democrat who wrote "The Trial of Jesus from n Lawyers Standpoint" today set 3,600 fed- 6rnl agents to enforcing prohibi- ton repeal.
 Arthur J. Meilott Is his name; acting deputy commissioner of in. ternal revenue In charge of alco- hol Is his title; "moro work and less talk" his motto.
 Personally he is q teetotaier. He smokes cigarots, sale Of which once was against tho law in his home Etate. Hos been school teacher, lawyer, prosecuting attorney and judge in Kansas City, Kas. He has s7,000,000 to spend, about half the sum prohibition cost yearly at its peak but about the same as was appropriated last year. His $500 experienced assistants are headed by Capt William Randie Sayles, hard boiled naval officer. Meliott's job is administrative.
 Tho new bureau is divided into two sections: tho permissiye, which has to do with perfume, hair ton. les ana similar businesses, and the enforcement. which Is exactly what tho namo indicates. Sayles Ia in charge of tho latter.
 The prohibition agents under Mellott are stationed ht 12 division hendquarters. They will operate much as tho oid.timo prohibition agents--with one important dlffer- once.
 That difference, Meilott hopes, concerns public opinion. Many cit- izens during prohibition defied the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
POLICE PUZZLED
 OVER MYSTERY

Boston, May 10 (UP)-Poiice were puzzled today over the disap- pearance of Thorndyke Five, 25. Holibrook garageman.
 Five, who is married and has one child, vanished from Holbrook Tuesday morning. Yesterday his widowed mother, Mrs Louis E. Five, received a telegram from him stating that he was enroute home from a businesse trip to Chicago.
 Police Commissioner Eugene c. Huffman, a friend of the family. went to South Station last night to met the train mentioned in the telegram. He was accompanied by six detectives who had been given a description of Five. The missing man was not seen, however.
 Authorities believed the tele- gram might have been a hoax.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
PRESIDENT HAS SIGNED THE BIG
 TAX MEASURE
Feature of the Bill is Less Taxes For Little Eel.
 lows To-day

Washington, May 10.--(UP). ).-- President Roosevelt today signed tho 1884 revenue bill which eases the burden on small income tax payers and Is calculated to raiso $417,000,000 yearly.
 The President signed the bill in the presence of the chnirmop of tho fiscal committees of the senate and house.
 The tax law signed by President Roosevelt is designed to raise $4f7,. OO0,000 In new revenue, close loop. holes which in tho past have been tho avenues of widespread tax avoidance, and to lessen tax burden on smaller incomes.
 The married man with an in- come of S26,000 or less will find hls income tax reduced next year, The difference Is proportionately gronter In tho smaller brackets. A married man with no dependents having q net income of S6,000, for instance. will pay ss0 instead of s100.
 surtax and estate tax rntes are increased, tho theory of tho law being that man who works for his living should Do taxed less heavily than the man whose in. come is derived from incomes or inheritanees,
 An example of this is tho surtax rate which ranges from { to 50 per cent on net incomes of from 5000 to $1,000,000. The prior law ranged from per cent to 3i per cent, with not income subject to surtaxes only at SG,000 or more.
 The income tax provisions start with 1884 incomes, that is, with returns duo next March 16.
 The increased estate taxes arc
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
KIDNAPERS ARE BACK AGAIN IN
 THE SPOTLIGHT
Little Girl Not Heard Fr0ni-Rich Broker is
 Seized Near Home
(Dy United prcssl

The six-year.old heiress 10 an Arizona cattle fortune and n wealthy Beverly Hills stock broker were In tho hands of kldna pers 10. day in tho far "eA4
 Parents of dark -haired Juno Nobles, c, waited anxiously in Tucson, Arixonn. for further word from her abductors,
 TWO men interrupted a gay swimming party to seize William c. Gettle, ~, Beverly Hills, Gail. fornia, broker. The kidnapers climbed q high wall guarding Get. ties Arcadia estate near Los Angeles and carried him away,
 The abductions were the first major ehses in tho west since the Kidnapping and laying of Brooke Hart, San Jose, last autumn, Tn that case a mob wrested two al. legodly confessed kidnap .slayory From authorities and hanged the pair.
 The persons holding tho Robles girl for $1b,000 ransom notified the family that sho Is alivo.
 No ransom demand had been made In tho Gettle seizure, but DO. lice were expecting one.
 Tn Havana, police searched for Francis Oley and Percy Goary, suspects in tho o'Conneii kldnap. Ing at Albany.
 A German named Max Wellin was arrested in Santiago, Cuba, and held, according to tho police, for alleged compllcity in another kid. naping plot. Authorities discount cd possible connection of Wellin either with the o'Connell or Lind- bergh kidnapers.
 Gettlc Abduction
 Los Angeles, May i0.-(UP)-- Two masked kldnapers dcficd tho iron .grilled gates and high walls of an exclusive Arcadia estate to kidnap William r. Gettlc, ~,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
FOUR FIREMEN
 BADLY BURNED

New Britain. Conn. May 10.- (UPl--A strong backdraft swept flames through hallway of a three-story house and severely burned four firemcn and a civilian here last night.
 Tho blaze started In q rubbish pile in a closet. Victor Davis and Captain Fred smith were taken to New Britain hospital. and Charles RonaIter and Louis Hubert, were treated at tue scene. The owner of the house. Stanley Pilkonif suf- fered burns on the hands and arms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
STATESMEN OF
 EUROPE ARE NOT
 IN HAPPY MOOD
France and Great Britain Are Split Over Selling
 Planes to Germany
DY FREDERICK KUW

London. May i0.-(Up). Al over Europe today statesmen sad. ly rvoclalmed the end of disarmn. noAt efforts and conferred to shift the blame on each othor. old fashioned warlike alliances were being fixed up as sale of munitions 10 future enemles proceeded.
 Many times disarmament has been pronounced dead, only to stag. ger weakly up from the grave. This timo agreement seemod gem erat that death was q fact and that 1t could Do revived only in a new incarnation.
 Great Britain was reported to have reconciled itself finally to failure, last of tho great European powers. The cabinet, agreed yos- terday to propose m aircraft lim- itation treaty in place of Q general disarmament treaty, but decided
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
AWARDED PRIZE

New Haven, May l0--(UP)- Charles Lewis Frambach, Jr., New York city, today had been awarded bronze medal presented Yale college by the French ambassador, for the winner of a French speak Ing contest held under auspices of La France Coloniale."
 Frambach competed with Ed- ward A. Raymond, Litchfieid, at Hardness hall last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
ELEVATOR IN THE
 CITY HALL MUST
 BE LOOKED OVER
Officials Stop Running It Until Inspector Gives
 It Examination

Fearing serious injury in the event of m accident and possible loss of life, an order has been is- sued sued psrmanently s.,,as si elcsing the ele. . tho arrival of an Inspector from the firm which installed the sys- tenn, 1t was learned today. The elevator has been out of service for over a week, but 1t was stated that repairs were needed, hence the sue- pension of the service.
 Tn tho City Hall today 1t was learned that the elevator had boen acting irregulariy for some time and that the condition of the we. hicle became 70 bad that it became necessary to suspend all service en. tirely.
 Executive Secretary Thomas F. Kelly, when talked with todays stated that an inspector will ar- rive here some time next week and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
TRUSSED UP BANK EMPLOYES

Webb City, Mo- May 10.-(UP)-A gang of robbers, who cut their way into the Webb City bank during the night, trussed up five employees who arrived for work today, waited for the time lock on the vault to open and then escaped with $15,O0O. Lee A. Daugherty, cashier, was the only employe not tied up as he walked into the bank. He was forced to open the safes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10

At the same time Secretary of the Navy Claude Swanson reveal. cd that ono of the Macon's mos tors went out of commission dur. Ing the rnaneuvers. It is being replaced at the Miami, Fla, base now, ho said.
 Statement of Swanson.
 Swanson, replying to inquiries to tho effect that the U. '. Macon and rigid airships in general are con. sldored q failure, made the Sol. lowing statement. t
 "Tho Mncon's mission in the Caribbean naneuverB consisted of scouting operations to determine the locality of various units of tho enemy. Sho sighted several units of tho enemy forces--submarines destroyers, cruisers and finally airs craft carriers and made reports was Of great value to the blue iieot. eral enemy planes and theoreticai. cd to return to her base. Many troyed and ordered into port.
 ''Upon her arrival at her base Ut Miami the Macon reported that one of tho eight engines was out of commission and that . replace. mont, of this engine was going for- ward. This replacement has now been accomplished but such re.' placement was not essential to tho operation of the ship as there roc
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
MOTHER OF COACH SAVED

Wellfleet, Mass, May 10.-(UP)-Though suffering from a leg injury, Mrs Ethel Stubbs of Cambridge and Welldeet mother of Coach Jo- seph Stubbs of the Harvard college hockey team, home here today. Mrs Stubbs who was alone in the house when the fire broke out, hobbled to the home of sister, half mile away, and called firemen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
PAMPERED SON OF RICH

Chicago, May 10.-(UP) - Henry K. Chapin, Jr, heir to large estate built from Mich igan copper mines, today protested in court that he had only $4 to meet his Boston-bred wifes demand for $545 in back alimony The wife, Mrs Josephine Bruce Chapin, declined the $4 offer and described her estranged husband as "a pampered son of the rich'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
Markets Al e Glance

Stocks rally after serious break, many reaching pre-
 v0us closing levels. Bonds irregular; U. s. government issues strong. Curb stocks irregular after early decline. Chicago stocks mixed Call money per cent. (. Foreign exchange lower. Wheat up AZ cents; corn up 1A to 1H oats higher. Cotton rallies after 50cent break to small net gains. Rubber of 25 to 36 points. Silver futures up to of B points, Bar silver of M at 44M cents an ounce Copper SH cents pound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
Token Payments From WarDebtors WU Be Default
State Department Rules That European Nations Will Be Considered in Default if They Only Pay Part
 of Great Debt They Owe United States

Washington, May 10 - (UP) - The State Department ruled today that future token payments by European debtors of the United States will constitute default
 State Department officials have so informed diplomatic representatives of European debtor nations the United Press learned today
 Officials informed diplomatic nquirers that token or partial payment could not be accepted without regardinr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
800 STUDENTS ON STRIKE
Xenia, O., May 10. (UP)-Stril

Xenia, O., May 10. (UP)-Strike of SOO stu dents at Wilberforce university negro school, became so unruly today that university officials appealed to the sheriff's office for aid. Classes were suspended when the striking students be- gan smashing windows and overturning furni- ture in protest against demoton of Howard D. Gregg, popular school official
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-10
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. May 10--(UP)--sov- ernment expenses and receipts of compared with the correspondlne period of the previous fiscal year:
 This Year Expenses Last Yenr $6,044,1S5,243.97 s4,429, ,727.28S.77 sa.5s7.s4o.os si.sss. .sos. .sss.ss ss.44s.s45,2is.is s2,72s. .ss5, ,ss5.ss Cash Balance ..... $2.f7s,l52.iI4.77