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(Continued from Page l) was about two steps away from the vault where l was about to place the payroll" Grant said.
 "One of the men was carrying machine gun. He was short, dark k-complexioned, about 26 10 28 years old and wore a brown slouch hat. He poked the ma- chine gun into the ribs of A. K. Stace, our purchasing agent, who preceded me.
 "The other man also rather young, short and dark and wearing a cap and q cardigan jacket, pushed an automatic pistol at me and commanded: Put 'em up!' So I put 'em up and dropped the money. He snatched 1t up and both disappeared. It al happened in about half minute and they disa peared in the car, driving toward Watertown. Both bandits were unmasked."
 The money was packed in en- velOpes, Grant said. the office payroll being in q canvas bag and the factory payroll fin q private case.
 Grant said four or five men, in- cluding A. J. Meserve, vice presi- dent and treasurer of the company, were in adjoining offices Ut the time of the holdup.
 ''There was no screaming or com motion 1t all happened so suddenly" Grant said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
YOUTHS KIDNAP
 AND ROB VICTIM

Brookline, Mass, Jan IS. (UP)-- Authorities to-day sought two Brookline youths who ailegedly kidnapped Maida Putnam. %. Nal den dramatic coach. robed her, then threw her into a snowbank from q speeding automobile in North Reading. Police said Miss Putnam told them she was enroute to drug store with an escort after complaining of headache at the close of rehearsal of q. play she Is coaching, when a. car stopped near the store and someone called out her name.
 When she went to the car, she told police, one of the occupants grabbed her by the throat. pinned her to the floor of the back seat and covered her mouth us the auto mobile speed away, while her es- cort, Thomas r. Ford. Jr, of Brook line, stood by helpless. The girl re- portedly said one of the youths called the other 'Dick' and after he demanded .'the dough you coi- lected from the tickets" took All the money she bad---G5 cents---and tossed her out of the speeding car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
WOOL MARKET

Boston, Jan. 18.-(UP).--Most of the current moderate demand for greasy combing domestic wools is confined to the 64s and finer grades, according to today's report of the U. $. agriculture depart ment.
 A little demand for the coarscr grades is being received by fleece wool houses. Strictly combing 56s. S-s blood, Ohio and similar fleeces sell occasionally at 2S-29 cents in the grease. Limited quantities of strictly combine 48s, sos, Ia blood. have been taken at 26-27 cents. grease basis, but as yet the outlet from this grade remains very nar- row. Topmakers, however. are be. ginning to have a little better call for tops made of sos wool.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
JOSEF STALIN IS
 BOSS OF RUSSIA AS MANY REALIZE
Ninety-eight More Feel the Whip of Ruler With
 Hard Sentences

Moscow, Jan 1S--(UP)-Joses Stalin ruled unchaIlenged through out the s.000,0OO square miles of Soviet Russia today after the addi- ton of 9S more names to the long list of those who have paid with liberty or life for the aasassinat ton of Sergei Kirov. Nineteen men were sentenced to prison terms last night and 72 men and women to exile for participation in the Mos- COW and Leningrad opposition groups whose activities, 1t Is held. made possible the conditions under which Kirov, Stalin'S old friend and co-leader, was killed.
 Two veteran Bolsheviks, once of world renown, were among the 19 sentenced to prison afetr trial be- fore the military collegium of the supreme court--Gregory Zinoviev and Leo Kamenev. Zinoviev was sentenced to 10 years and Kamenev to five. They were trie1 at Lenin. grad where Kirov was killed and found guilty of organizing counter revolution to overthrow the gov ernment. It was announced erron- eously, at first, that Zinoviev and Kamenev had been exiled.
 Those sentenced last night brought to 215 the number of per- sons who have been punished for opposition activities Snice Kirov's 5 assassination. One hundred and seventeen, including two women, have been shot. Of the 19 sem tenced to prison terms, four re- ceived 10 years, five eight years. seven six years and three five years. The sentences included con- fiscation of all property. Of the 70 persons banfshed by special council of the ministry of interior. 49, including four women, were sentenced to exile in concentration camps: the remaining 30. including three women, to administrative ex- ile--forced residence in designated areas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
Radio Preferred Had Declared DiDidend
This Helped to Boom the Market-BefOre That tiap-
 pened There. Was Little Life in Exchange

Other issues to make new highs for year or longer included American Agricultural at 55 up 7-8; General Motors preferred 109 3-4 up IA: and other Steel pre- ferred 29 1-2 up 3-4.
 Utilities were quiet and little changed. Servel was active fin the refrigerator group at new high on the movement. Motor shares ftmed fractionally and their cquip- ments met fair demand.
 Sales today approximated ESQ., 900 shares compared with 740,000 shares yesterday. Curb sales were 10S.O00 shares compared with 705.. 900 shares yesterday.
 Dow. Jones preliminary closing averages showed Industrial 102.3e up 0.44; Railroad 34.58 off 0.1G; Utility 17.36 unchanged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
ROOSEVELT TO
 ATTEND DINNER

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 18-UP) President Roosevelt has accept cd an invitation 10 attend dinner here February 22 of the Fly club, Harvard college undergraduate so- cial organization of which he was member while student.
 If the chief executive attends the dinner he will see one of his sons, Franklin, Jr., formally in- ducted into the club. Young Roose- welt is sophomore at the college.
 The president has consented to come here provided his duties al- low him 10 leave Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
LATE REALTY NEWS
MOrfungc Deeds

Alexander Charkowsky to the Chase Companies. Inc, real estate on the west side of Walnut street, $525.
 Warranty Deeds Chase Companies, Inc, to Alex ander Cbarkowsky. real estate on the west side of Walnut street.
 Quit Claim Deeds City of Waterbury to the Chace Companies. real estate on the south side of Griggs street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
Warranty Dccils

Inspector Henry E. Bruckman Of the New York police in the Bronx was called. He is the officer who found the panel in the closet with Jafsie's name on it. Wiientz showed him the panel and told him 10 relate the circum-
 stances about it's discovery.
 When got to the room where
 htIs closet was," he said, "men were clearing the room"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
CALL INVENTORy

Washington. Jan. 1S.-- -fCP).-- Public Works Administrator liar. old l.. Ickee today began prepara- ton for President Rooseyeit's new $4. .00O, 100000 unemployment drive by calling for national inventory of possible construction projects,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
BANDITS STEAL
 $S,2ooP PAYROLL

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18
HOME LOAN BONDS

Bid Asked Home Owners Loan , As 1851 101.2G Home Owners Loan 3's 1U52 .... .1OO.2s Home Owners Loan 2%'s 1940 ..... 9727 e7.30
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-18

DOW JONES AVERAGES
Evening star., 1935-05-14
LIFTING OF RAIL
SURCHARGES ASKED

By the Associated Press.
Abandonment of some emergency
freight rate Surcharges to prevent
losses to truck competition yesterday
was asked of the Interstate Commerce
Commission by a number of railroads.
The Chicago. Milwaukee, st. Paul
& Pacific Railroad Co.; the Great
Northern Railway: the Chicago. ST.
Paul. Minneapolis g. Omaha Railroad ;
the Minneapolis, st. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie Railway, and the Canadian
National Railways filed petitions ask
ing the commissions permission to
abandon the surcharges on coal from
Duluth. Mimi, and Superior, Wis.
to points in Minnesota and those
points in Wisconsin intermediate to
Superior and Minnesota points.
They contended 100000 tons of
coal were on the docks at Duluth and
Superior and that the railroads stood
to lose a large business to trucks un-
less the 15-cent-a-ton surcharge was
removed.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad and
the Canadian National Railways
simultaneously asked removal of the
surcharges on neWsprint paper from
various points in the province Of Que
bee and from Ottawa, Ontario. to
points in the United States, again
mentioning truck competition.
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SERVICE ORDERS
ARMY ORDERS.

Gibney. Capt. Jesse L., Infantry
from Fort George G. Meade, Md, tc
Kingston, r. l.. not later than June 80
Lichtenwalter, First Lieut. Leon E.
Infantry, from Fort Sam Houston
Tex, to Baltimore, Md, not later thar
September 2.
Corps, from Fort Monmouth, N j., tc
Langley Field, Hampton, Va.
Higgins. First Lieut.. Warren H, All
Corps. from Fort Monmouth, N. j., tc
Langley Field, Hampton, Va.
NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau of Navigation.
Reinicke, Comdr Frederick G., de-
tached Naval Operations, Navy De-
partment. in May; to instruction
Army War College, Fort Humphreys
D. C..
Halpine, Lieut. Comdr. Charles G..
detached u S. S. Wright in June; to
Naval Examining Board, Navy De-
partment
Kindell. Lieut. Nolan M, detached
Bureau Aeronautics, Navy Depart
ment, in July; to VI Squadron 6B
(U. S. S. Saratoga.
McKenna, Lieut.. Francis J., de-
tached VP Squadron 10F in May or
June; to Naval Air Station, Norfolk,
Va.
Civil Engineer Corps.
Spalding, Comdr Ralph D., de-
tached Naval War College, Newport,
r. l., about May Is; to Bureau Yards
and Docks.
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OFF|CERSSOUGH
IN UNIVERSITIES
Marine Corps to Get ESQ
Reserve Candidates From
Colleges.

The Marine Corps has set itself
goal of $50 students in colleges and
universities to be named second lieu
tenants In the Reserve and Maj. Gen
John H. Russell, the commandant. to-
day designated Lieut.. Col. Joseph c.
Fegan to visit some of the institutions
and explain the plan.
Col Fegan, attached to Marine
Corps headquarters at the Navy De-
partment, is a graduate of Cornell
University and has been in the corps
for 81 years. President Roosevelt is
to grant the commissions in the Re-
serve, upon recommendation of Gen
Russell, after the aspirants have COM
pleted training course. Later, the
commandant will detail other officers
to visit more than tWoscore addi-
tional colleges. including the Univer-
sity of Virginia, Washington and Lee,
Tufts. Duke, the University Of Ohio
and others.
Col. Fegan will visit these inStitu-
tionS in the coming two weeks: Buck
nell. University of Rochester, Renn-
selaer Polytechnic. Colgate and WASH
ington and Jefferson.
After passing the required physical
examination. candidates will be en-
rolled first as privates in the Marine
Corps Reserve; get six weeks train
ing annually during sophomore and
junior years, for which they will re-
ceiVe pay and will be quartered, sub
sisted, clothed and given medical at
tention at Government expense, as
we'll as being given transportation to
and from their homes to Marine Corps
Camps at Quantico, Va, and San
Diego. Calf officials today an
nounced that college athletes will be
given additional incentive in the use
Of training camps as means of keep
Ing ft during the Summer months.
Evening star., 1935-05-14
Golden Wedding Marked.

To celebrate the golden wedding
anniversary of Sir T. and Lady CAL
lender, a Thanksgiving service was
held recently at Clement Danes
Church, in London.
Evening star., 1935-05-14

JoHlN LnohINE,
Writer and Columbia professor, Is
expected to be named general
manager of the Metropolitan Opera
Co., New York. He is said to be
the logical successor to Herbert
Witherspoon, who died suddenly
Friday. Erskine recently was made
a director
Copyright, Bachrach, from the
A p
Evening star., 1935-05-14

Follow the 'Coloners' advice and EN- Joy COM
Portable Summer! You'll have to make your own
mint juleps, but we'll serve the suits''-and in
the smartest fashions. There's big assortment of
them here-from the natural oyster shade linens to
the dark and light stripe and nub effects. Better
tailored troploals, crashes and Sanforized Angora
spun washable fabrcs-patterned grays. tans,
blues Singe-breasted double breasted and sports
models Regulars, shorts, longs and stouts Sizes
IS to so in group.
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They couldn't be made cooler, so
they're made smarter This famous
seersucker fabric has been developed in
smart pattern effects-small checks
overplaids, and nub patterns. Single
and double breasted models.
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81. CITIES ATTEST
::GA|N IN BUILDING
Permits in Fifth District of
Federal Reserve SO Per
:. Cent Ahead in Value.

Detailed figures from the monthly
review OF the Federal Reserve Bank
Of Richmond, just received here, state
that building permits issued in 81
fifth district cities in March, 1885,
showed improvement over the low fig
ures reported for March last year in
both number and total valuation.
In March, 1885. 2,136 permits we're
Issued for all classes of work, COM
pared with 1.464 permits issued in
March, 1884, an increase of 45.9 per
cent Total valuation figures for
March. 1885. amounted to s3,4l6265,
an increase of 83.9 per cent over the
total of $l,857,246 for permits issued
In March last year.
Twenty-eight cities reported more
permits and 81 reported higher valua-
ton figures than for the same month
last year. Greenville. S. c. made the
best record for March, 1885. in pro-
portion to population in the report
ing cities.
Washington, Richmond Norfolk and
Charlotte saw higher 1885 figures, but
Baltimore shows lower figure for
estimated valuation. A large part of
the permits this year was for altera-
tion or repair work. with relatively
email valuation figures.
Contracts actually awarded for con-
struction work in the fifth reserve
district in March this year totaled
$11 ,185 1868. including both rural and
urban projects, compared with SIS
880.592 in contracts awarded in March,
1884, according to figures collected
by the F. w. Dodge Corp.
OF the March, 1885, contracts. s4.-
OIL, ,483, or SO per cent, was for resi-
dental types of construction. COM
pared with only l9 per cent of total
contracts for residential work in
March. 1884.
Building permit valuations in March
of this year in the leading cities in
the fifth district compared as follows
with total valuations in the corre-
spending month q year ago:
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Ne,v Booklet on Small Homes
Giues Full Aduice to Builders

Interesting Small Homes" Is the
title of timely booklet just issued
by the National Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association and affiliated or
cooperating associations as a part Of
their service to distributors and con-
sumers of lumber. The booklet con-
tains four pages of informative text
and announcements. 81 line drawings
of small houses, together with floor
plans.
These houses were selected from
plans drawn by the American Home
Magazine, the Architects Small House
Service Bureau. the subsistence home
the Interior and the National Plan
Service. Most Of the houses shown
will not cost more than $500 to
build and only few of them will
cost as much as $4,000. The houses
illustrated in the booklet are all of
popular American types and particu-
larly designed for wood construction.
Actual working drawings for any
Of the houses illustrated are available
to home builders upon payment Of
small fee.
Besides plans Of the illustrated
houses the booklet summarizes the
plan service of the American Home
Magazine, American Builder, Archi-
tects' Small House Service Bureau,
Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau, Better
Homes and Gardens Magazine, La
dies Home Journal, Southern Pine
Association, National Plan Service,
subsistence homesteads division Of
the Department of Interior, Standard
Homes Co., Northwestern Lumber
Mems Association, Northeastern Lum-
ber Mems Association, United States
Department Of Agriculture and State
Agricultural College Service.
The simplicity Of the booklet and
the conciseness and btevity Of the
essential information provided will
appeal to any prospective home build
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AND
BEAUTY PICTURESQUE
WHICH 1T is BUILT
s %
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addition there is Q chest of drawers
In cherry and Sleepy Hollow chair
In blue. The floor Is covered with
hooked and hand-women rugs.
A third bed room, q studio type,
located to the rear Of the house has
been decorated in red and white. The
pieces include an old day bed, q red
and white upholstered chair, a set of
decorated chairs and several at
tractive small tables. Hooked rugs
also are used in this room.
The house will be open for public
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lth a year ago:
Total Va
Illuminated Number Plate.

District totals s3.4l6.a65 s1.s57. GAG
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er who is wondering how to get a
good start.
The physical makeup Of the book
let is such that the printed matter
on the inside of the back cover can
be removed and replaced by an asso-
citation or an individual lumber man
ufacturer or dealer with a special
presentation. If desired. Of particular
species of lumber and other products.
The booklet is supplied to manufac-
turers or retailers of lumber in guam
tity lots of 1000 or more at an actual
printing cost of 10 cents each. which
includes the substitution Of the indi-
vidual manufacturer or dealers par
ticular text.
Evening star., 1935-05-04

Work will begin in Bethesda. Md.
next week on Washington's first all
steel framework residences, models Of
which are shown above.
The entire skeletons Of the struc-
lures are of metal frames, which can
be erected in two days or less. Pre-
fabricated materials are utilized
throuo hout.
Located at jefferson and Roosevelt
streets in Bethesda, the houses will
be built by Carr Bros, well known
in Washington real estate circles.
It is estimated that the houses
will be finished and ready for occu-
pancy four weeks after the first bolt
is frightened. They are designed and
furnished by the Berger Manufac-
turing Co. of Canton. Ohio, sub
sidiary of the Republic Steel Corp.
DueGo {. wide use of plant fabricated
materials, costs are kept at mini
mum.
Finished With Brick.
This new type house is built Of
steel frame units and finished with
common brick. Any sort of ordinary
building material. however, such as
brick, lumber, stucco or stone, can be
used.
The house is designed to meet the
demand for moderate-priced homes
created by the slowing up of resi-
Dental building during the last half
dozen years. It is authoritatively
stated that there is national short
age of at least 100000 homes.
The houses are modern in design.
The steel wall frame units are rec
tangles, 8 feet wide and of desired
ceiling height. Steel window and
door frames are shop welded into
rectangles of the same size, making
all frames interchangeable. The
frames are bolted to the foundation
and to each other. and the steel floor
and roof joists bolted to the rectagu-
lar wall frames, making complete.
rigid, steel skeleton -or the entire
house, which is encased in a 1-inch
sheathing of cork before the exterior
finish is applied.
The exterior Of the Bethesda
houses will be Of white painted brick
with stucco front Room arrange
ment eliminates all waste space and
reduces housekeeping to a minimum
| of effort.
Plumbing Stack Feature.
One of the ingenious features Of
the house is plumbing stack, box
like unit containing all water pipes,
vents and f1ues which serve both the
kitchen and the bath. The stack
becomes an actual part of the wall.
Hot and cold air, depending on the
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inspection a total Of 80 days from 10
am. until 8 pm. It may be reached
from downtown Washington by driv-
ing out Connecticut avenue to Ne
braska avenue. right on Nebraska
avenue about q mile to Utah avenue
and proceed left on Utah avenue ap.
prodmately FIVE blocks TO Barnaby
street. The mouse is located about
two blocks from the intersection Of
Utah avenue and Barnaby street.
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CROWDS ACCLAIM
S|LvERSTAR HOME
Barnaby Street Dwelling
Enters Second Week
of Exhibition.
New Type Steel Frame House Introduced Into Washington
Continued From First Page.)

red and tan coloring.
Perhaps the most beautiful indi-
vidual piece in the dining room is q
Sheraton corner cupboard which ex-
actly suits the room. Then there is
the old silver service placed on an
inlaid chest The table Is drop leaf
with butterfly leaves. There are six
chairs with pale red slip seats.
The master bed room has chintz
overcurtains with matching spreads
for the twin beds. The chintz has
white background with rose and green
flowers. There Is fine old chest of
drawers in walnut, and an attractive
dressing table. There are hooked rugs
on the floor.
The front bed room features Q
pencil bed over which has been placed
fine woven quilt which is known to
be more than a hundred years old. In
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An illuminated house-number plate
Installed where readily visible from
the street is great convenience at
night. 1t will assist visitors in To-
eating your home and probably elimi-
pate the annoyance often caused by
persons ringing the doorbell to ascer-
tain the location of some other house
number.
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Plumbing Stack Feature.

One of the ingenious features Of
the house is plumbing stack. box
like unit containing all water pipes,
vents and flues which serve both the
kitchen and the bath. The stack
becomes an actual part of the wall.
Hot and cold air, depending on the
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season, Is circulated throughout the
house from ducts built into the steel
frames. Used air is withdrawn into
inconspicuous grills and carried
through the walls, floors and ceilings,
insuring even temperature.
The kitchen is 8 feet by II feet
and has a composition floor. The IL
by 81 feet living room has four steel
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easement windows. This type win
dow is used throughout the house.
The dining room is IL feet square and
has four windows.
There are three large bed rooms
on the second floor and smaller
room which may be used for storage
or for a nursery. The bath room is
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BUILT AMID WOODLAND SETTING OF RARE BEAUTY
COMBNA
STRIKING EXTERIOR TOGETHER WITH
REFINED CHARMING PRACTICAL INTERIOR
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-28
AL Smith ASSAILS
ICKES FOR POLITICS
Comes to Defense Of Friend
Whose Resignation Il Ask
ed by Administrator

New York, Feb. 28.-(ReThe recent
silence Of Former Governor Alfred +.
Smith toward the Roosevelt admins
tration was broken Thursday by 4 de-
mandatory statement leveled at Sec
rotary Ickes for implied political
use Of PWA authority here.
Smith spoke in behalf Of his long
time friend and political protege,
Robert Moses, who now Is city park
commissioner and chairman Of the
Triborough bridge authority.
He termed marrow, political and
vindictive" Secretary Ickes' demand
for Moses resignation from one or the
other Of his jobs under threat Of
withholding further PWA funds to
complete the gigantic t45.000O 900 Tri-
borough bridge. which Is to link Man.
haitian. Queens and the Bronx.
Last fall Moses ran for governoe
on the Republican ticket and con-
Quoted Q sharp campaign against
Governor Herbert Lehman. Democrat.
Later, Ickes announced no further
bridge funds would be forthcoming
until Moses quit one Of his Jobs q
q qualification for administering PWA
money.
II cannot believe" said Smith,
r'that the president would be Z party
to the Ickes order which Is narrow,
political and vindictive: which breaks
q binding contract, and has no basis
in sound public policy. and do not
believe that any national administra-
ton can afford to withhold needed
relief funds from New York City 10
enforce such m order"