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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
CITY BUDGET IS
 BEING PLANNED
Department Heads Notified to Get Their Tentative
 Figures Prepared

Preliminary work on the city's budget for 1938 has already gotten underway. Executive Secretary Thomas P. Kelly stated this morn- ing. Actual work by the board of finance on the coming years finan- cial schedule, however, will not start until the middle of next month. De- partinent heads have been notified to get their tentative figures ready as quickly as possible.
 To date several tentative depart mental budgets have been received by the office of Mayor Frank Hayes. The only large department so faf to file figures is the school depart ment. The tentative budget of this department was presented to the school board at It's last meeting.
 No Budget Increases
 Increases in budgets will not be allowed for 1e36, all departmental heads have been notified by Execu- tive Secretary Kelly. He will whip the 1938 budget. Into shape before 1t goes to the board of finance and considerable slashing of figures sub- mitted by department heads Is anti cipated. The only increase in budgets to be allowed will be iil cases where mandatory expenses de- mand higher appropriations for 193t than for the current year.
 Can't Tell The Rate
 It Is impossible to state at the present time whether the tax rate will be lowered, raised or left as Il is right now. Secretary Kelly said No definite data on this subject Il available, he explained, until all the tentative departmental appropria. tons have been submitted and gone over. s
 It Is expected that by the tims Mayor Hayes gets back to the city at the end of the month all depart. ment heads will have filed their pro. posed 1036 figures 50 that he car give them Q preliminary perusal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
HOMES BURNED IN
 BIG BRUSH BLAZE

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 23.--(UP, Fire swept through an extensive section of Southern California to- day destroying homes, injuring scores of persons and causing Q damage which probably will exceed $i,000, ,000. Hardest hit were the fashionable wooded Altadena dis trict nea. Pasadena and Q region near Malibu Beach, 2S miles north west of Los Angeles, where many Hollywood film stars have summer homes. VI
 Hospitals reported that l5o men, mostly eco workers, had received treatment. A number were reported seriously burned.
 The special California forestry medical corps set up an emergency hospital ct the Arroyo seco division headquarters to treat tho fire fieht- CTS.
 By noon 1. was estimateu that ., least 50 homes and summer cabirs in the Malibu Beach and Altadena district wer0 destroyed.
 Near Zeal Beach, the huge fac. tory which produces pr. Rogs d0p and cat food was In flAmeG De striction of the plant would entail . loss of at least es0o,OOc, it VII said, \ l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
MOVIES ARE TO |QU|T HOLLYWOOD
William R. Hearst Heads ]. Protest That Taxes Are
 Much Too High
By HENRY A. SUTHERLAND

By HENRY A. SUTHERLAND United Press Staff Correspondentl
 Hollywood, Oct. 9. -(UP A gen. eral exodus from California of big money men and women was feared today after announcement by Pulp fisher William Randolph Hearst, that he would quit his native state to avoid heavy new income taxes.
 Through the movie magazine, the Daily Variety, Hearst said the new California income tax, sealing up to Is per cent. added to federal income taxes surtaxes and other levics, would take 30 to 90 per cent of his income.
 A check of incomes here showed that many film magnates, screen stars, and wealthy retired customers might find themselves in the same situation.
 Film Industry May Quit
 A corrollary local fear. and one freely adverted to by Hearst, was that the film industry might pull up stakes and leave Hollywood, pos, sibly for Florida. @
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
TWO BIG ARMIES
 READY TO FIGHT
Nearly Million Men May Be Soon Battling on the
 North Section
BY HARRY L. PERCY United Press Staff Correspondent)


 London, Oct. g = (UP) - Dis- patches from the northern front in Ethiopia indicated today that the Italian and Ethiopian armies are almost ready for the first great bht- tie of the war and that 1t will start within two weeks. NJ.
 The correspondent asserted also that a squadron or Italian armored cars captured several groups of Ethiopians in the Bulei valley roads near Gorrahei on the southeastern front.
 The position and disposition of the Italian army is well known -- on the line running westward from Adigrat through Aduwa to Aksurl. with outposts in front to guard against raids from. the hills.
 Dispatches today to the News Chronicle and Exchange Telegraph from Adds Ababa reported in sone detail the purported disposition Of the armies which 1t is known Ethi- opia is pushing northward along every road and caravan route TOT the first real stand.
 Ethiopian Front Is Long
 It was predicted that the Ethi- opian front, defended only in por- tions at mass strength, would ex- tend roughly for l60 miles from east to west through Tigre Prove ince.
 Ras Mula Getta, war minister. Is on the way to the front from Adds Ababa to take supreme command. He has as colleagues Ras KasSa, overnor of Gondar and Sellali prov inces, perhaps the country's strong est military figure. and Ras Siyoum who has had command in the north from the beginning.
 Estimates of the Ethiopian strength varies from 330,000 to near- ly 1000, ,000. The first figure Is believ- ed more nearly correct. 3
 The News Chronicle corresponds ent reports that Ras KaSsa with
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
DIPLOMATS WAIT
 FOR MUSS0LINI
France and Great Britain Want to Know Reaction
 to British Speech
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press Cable EditOr)


 A ten-day truce in the European diplomatic field prevailed today. With France and Britain anxiously awaiting Premier Benito Mussolinis reaction to the speech of Sir Sam uel Hoare, British foreign secretary
 Al open bid for peace, the speech nevertheless was an implied warn Ing to Mussolini, designed to force his hand. Sir Samuel, insisting that the Ethiopian war must be halted without fighting In Europe. made two important points:
 l. Britain has no intention Of fighting Mussolini alone, or of talk Ing individual action such as Q blockade or closing the Suez canal 3. As a corollary. action to stop the war must be collective, the i'm. plication being that If the powers at Geneva decide on force, Britain will act with them.
 Asked To Do Something
 Sir Samuel pointedly invited Mus. solini to do something about 1t be- fore Oct. si, when the league tixe' date for application of the finan. cial and economic penalties alread, voted. suggesting that If Mussolin comes to terms before then. 1t ma, no. be necessary to enforce ever the economic penalties.
 It all depends on what terms Bri' tain will require. They probabl, will be stiff and there is grave dan ger that Mussolini will not offel
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
COULD NOT BOMB
 AAlLE'S ] PALACE
British Flyer Says Italian Airmen Would Have to
 GO Too Low
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Djibouti, French somaliland, Oct 23-tUP)-It would be impossible for Italian army aviatorss to bomb Emperor Halle Seassie's palace at Adds Ababa without diving low enough to come within range of an- ti-aircraft guns, Charles French, British commercial aviator declared today on his return from @ round- trip flight between this seapor1 and the Ethiopian capital.
 Very Poor Target
 Adds Ababa itself offers poor target from the air" French in- formed the United Press. "It's mere- ly circle of huts around tiny pin point. consisting of the palace and a few stores and hotels"
 The British flyer. whose flight was the first made between Djibou- ti and Addis Ababa since the open- ing of hostilities. expressed the opin- ion that the rugged topography Of Ethiopia offers fewer difficulties to Italian army flyers thsr has been generally believed.
 No Difficulties
 Tt is not true" he said. that Italian military planes would en- counter difflculties in the moun- tains. They are not inasssd rang es. but great peaks scattered far enough apart so that an Airman can fly between them.
 Although there are not many good landing places. there are gem erally level patches where forced landings could be risked. l flew practically the entire distance at l2,000 altitude in case any untieair- craft gunners. unadvised of my flight. might mistake me for an Italian bomber. I saw practically no signs of habitations from which judged that Italian bombing can- not do much property damage"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
Democrats File Their
 Election Expenses
Cost Them Sl6,372.94 to Win Late Election-Left Balance in Treasury-The Republican Fiasco
 Still Continues to Worry G. 0. P. Leaders

Waterburys democratic organiza- ton spent $l8,372.94 to attain vic- tory in the recent city election. a report filed with Town Clerk Dora A. Egan today disclosed. The flnan- cial report. compiled in accordance with the state election laws, was prepared by Dennis J. Clancy treasurer of the democratic towr committee.
 Receipts during the campaign amounted to $l6.777, indicating that the ticket headed by Mayor Frank Hayes received great support, ,finan- cially. At the end of the last elec- ton here in 1884 the democratic treasury showed deficit of $187l. The treasury now has balance of $404.06.
 VIII Have Good Start
 This affords the democratic party an excellent start In it's campaign to once more swing the city into the democratic column in next years state and national election. according to Town Chairman John H. Crary.
 Mayor Frank Hayes was the largest individual contributor to the democratic campaign fund during the recent election. The Italian Mems Democratic club led the way among the various organizations raising funds to help finance the campaign.
 On the other hand, today in the town clerks office still reposed the two conflicting financial reports of the republican finances of the re- cent municipal election. As pointed out yesterday, Town Chairman
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
BALDWIN FEARS TROUBLE AHEAD
British Prime Minister in Speech That Warns of
 Threat to Peace
BY CLIFFORD L. DAY

Copyright, 1885, by United Press) London, Oct. 23-(UP) Troubled times III the international field are likely next year and Britain finds 1t necessary to increase her defence forces, Prime Minister Stanley Bald win told the house of commons to- day, continuing the three-day for eign affairs debate.
 Tn the interests of world peace, Baldwin told the crowded house. 1t is imperative that our defensive forces should be stronger taan they are today"
 He then announced that parlia- ment would be dissolved on Friday and general election held on No- vember IA. AS the government benches cheered the announcement, Baldwin explained:
 Might Be Worse
 "A lull in international affairs seems to have arrived, whereas If we postponed the election until January. we might find the country
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
Final Netvs Flashes
NAVAL STUDENT FLYERS KILLED

Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 23.-1UP)--Two naval student flyers were killed and another saved himself by spectacular flying after two navy planes collided in mid-air today. Lts R. F. Coates and N J. Pusel, of Pensacola, were crushed to death as their craft crashed 1000 sheared from his plane, It. c. s. Willard, pilot of the other machine, managed to save his life, He suffered broken leg and othey injuries as his disabled plane struck. The collision oc- cured during maneuvers over Fort Barancas reservation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
NEW HAVEN ROAD. IN BANKRUPTCY
Directors Filed Petition to Reorganize-Was Re.
 fused $9,OO0,00O

New York, Oct. l23-(UP) The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company today announced, following a meeting of directors, that 6 petition for reorganization under Section 77 B of the bank ruptcy act had been filed in federal court in Connecticut. 2's..l A statement issued in connection with the announcement said direc- tors had taken the step reluctantly and only after the company had ex- hausted every possible means ot meeting its obligations.
 The interstate commerce commits sion yesterday refused the applica- ton of the road for a new Recon struction Finance Corporation loan of $5.000, ,000.
 Revenues Dropped
 Directors said revenues had dropped from $l42,000, 1000 in 1929 to approximately $70,000,000 in l935.
 Tn 1929 and 1880 the company retired $29,84o,000 of funded debt, $22. .149, 900 of which came from cash and current assets and $7,500, ,000 from bank loans," President Howard s. Palmer said.
 The company has borrowed $20,- 175,000 during the depression to cover in part deficits in income, equipment trust installments, addi- tons and betterments to the prop critics, etc. It also obtained $5.250,- 900 in connection with the government unemployment program for repairs to equipment and for new rail. most of which is still un- paid"
 Oldest In Country
 The original company from which the present road grew was one of the oldest railroad companies in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
MUCH ADO ABOUT
 NOTHING AT ALL
Supt. of Police Mclean Does Not Like Stories
 About Mad Dog"

Police Supt. Joseph H. Mclean de- clared today that he saw no reason for criticism of his department or Dog Warden Coleman OLaughlin in the handling of the mad dog" case, which called for front page story in an afternoon paper yesterday and was the subject of an editorial head ed Lax and Laggard' in it's morn- ing associate today. Readers Of the article and editorial in question were of the general opinion that the mat ter was welcomed by the two news- papers as, in the editors opinion, an opportunity to take rap" at the local police department and the dog warden.
 Story That Caused It
 Yesterdays story proclaimed that Mrs. w. L. Larkin of ll6 Bucking- ham street called police headquar- ters late Monday morning to report that she feared her chow dog, which was in the yard, had gone mad and that 1t might menace pupils of the nearby Driggs school. The article says that she asked that policeman be sent up to shoot the animal, and that she made repeated calls to the city hall and the street department
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
TWO NEW DEsTRoYERs

Boston, Oct. 23--tUP)--The keels oi two new destroyers Il be laitl as part Of Mondays navy day pro gram, 1t was announced today at Boston navy yard. A naval cross oi honor also will be awarded to Lieu tenant Commander stephen D Rose, q member of the second Byrn Antarctic expedition. The destroy CTS will be named shc Talbot and A6rkford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
HARRIS SCORED
 FIRING OF HELP
Puts Thirty-Four Men, Let Go Yesterday, Back on
 New Jobs Today

Granted special permission by the state EZRA, William M. Harris, local relief administrator, today as- signed 34 men discharged from the Leavenworth high school job to various other EZRA projects in the city until such time as the WPA in Waterbury is able to provide for them"
 The men were discharged by the WPA yesterday afternoon. because, according to 8 statement credited in the morning paper to g WPA spokesman. the job was 60 per cent complete"
 MT. Harris explained that the procedure by which he Is enabled to give the men employment Is ir- regular. Tt merely proves" he said, that Miss Little Estate EZRA administrator has the interests oi the workman ct heart far more than Q relief administration which summarily releases Q large group oi
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23

- I'm running. In other words. l I don't know what I'm running for, but I'm running"
 Asked about a report that he was booked to sail from Southampton tomorrow aboard the liner Manhat- tan, Walker said that he did not know whether he would make the return trip on that ship.
 He Is Undecided
 His indecision, he explained, was largely due to his unwillingness to leave his mother -in-law here alone to deal with the consequences of the fire a few days ago in his thatched cottage at Dorking.
 Walker derided reports that he would soon be throwing his hat back into the political ring. Hea going home, he said to resume law practice in the city where he w . his greatest triumphs and suffere~ his most crushing reverses.
 Jimmy has no ambition to succeed the late Will Rogers as chief wise- cracker of the United States.
 Any man with sense enough to be worthy of that job, he said" ,"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
SEN: MALONEY HURRIES TO CAPITAL

Hartford, Con, Oct. 23.-(UP)-U.S s. Sen Francis T. Maloney left for Washington today to persuade the government to immediately ap- propriate $5,0OO,OO0 to Connecticut for com pletion of Class A and B highway projects. He had list of 84 road construction jobs, repre- senting almost every section of the state the ma jority of which were in Class B. Failure to make an allotment to finish the work, he said, would result in serious delay in the state highway pro- gram.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
DIDN'T WAIT

Boston, oct. 23.-{up) --Joseph slamey, Boston tobacco merchant. committed suicide to-day as federal agents sought to arrest him in q roundup of alleged tobacco bootleg gers,
 elamey, who sIashed his throat with q knife, was taken to City hcspitaI, but was pronounced dead on arrival. s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Oct. 23--(UP)--Goy- ernmcnt expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year to Oct. 2l as compared with year ago: rhis Year Expenses Lnat Year $2,434.t7o, ,769.37 $2,029, ,620 0.3b6.G0
 Receipts $i.1G7.3s4.i06,32 si,l56.297 .2G6.t0
 Deficit sl.2s7,l45.eoa oS ss7s,sss.o9o 10 si.5ia,ioa, ,ooi.os $i,S7i.aoo. .sos.si.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
Great Britain Turned
 EDo,vn Offer Basis OF Settlement Not Liked
italy Wanted Ships Withdrawn From Mediterranean, as Italy Took Away TroOps-Premier Laval
 Had Hoped for Some Success

Rome October 23 - (UP) = Great Britain was un- derstood tonight have rejected Iays request for an
 immediate appreciable reduction of it's Mediterranean eeG concentration pending closer approach to general settlement" .,,
 Well-nformed quarters believed the negotiators still are far from agreement in of the fact that the British apparently found Premier Bento Mussonls pro1ecteu hasis of settlement unacceptable aM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
JOHNNY REVOLTA IN LEAD

Twin Hills, Oklahoma City, UKla., Uct. z5.
 - (UP) Johnny Revoltc, of Milwaukee, took a commanding four hole lead over Tommy Armour, of Chicago as they reached the half way mark today in their 36-hole final match for the national PGA champicnship. ss ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23

It was feared that reported re. quest by Mussolini to France and Britain that they delay application of sanctions at Geneva to facilitate the negotiations would be refused. Some observers believe Mussolini is postponing the projected Italian push southward from Eritrea pend- ing diplomatic exchanges.
 Military experts, however, think the general staff merely is waiting for Gen, Rodolfo Graziani's army to push further northward towards Harar from somaliland 50 the two armies combined could simultan- eously meet the largest Ethiopian concentrations at Dessye and Harar respectively.
 MUSSOLINI REQUEST
 Rome, Oct. 23.-(UP)-Premier Benito Mussolini has requested France and Britain to delay apli-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
Jimmy Walker Is .Expected To Sail Home Thursday
Booked on Liner Manhattan, But He Is Not Sure-Wil Start His Law Practice Again When He
 Lands in New York
BY HENRY TOsTI RUSSELL (Copyright, 1885, by United Press)

London October g - (UP) = Jimmy Walker, former New York Payboy mayor will be back within walking dis tance of Times Square as fast he get ere he told the United Press today in an exclusive interview
 T don't know whether I'm running for president or the Tinted states or in front of Ethiopian bayonets but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-23
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Evening star., 1935-01-08
HOTEL ELEVATOR
FALL" |SPROBED
Prominent Agricultural Off.
CiaIs Shaken Up in Ward
man Park Lift.

Fall of an elevator at Wardman
Park Hotel last night. severely shaking
up a group of prominent Agricultural
Department officials. was being inveS-
tigated today by District government
inspection officials.
Members of the party, who had at
tended a gathering at the apartment
Of Secretary and Mrs. Wallace, re-
ported today that they had not been
injured, but still felt the effects of
their drop.
Hotel officials without Report.
Officials of the hotel said they had
no report up to noon today of the
accident. All elevators were running
today, they said. declaring that it
must have been only slip" and not
q real fall" The hotel management,
when informed by The Star of the
accident, started an immediate inves-
tigation.
The party which was in the elevator
included Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture M. L. Wilson and Mrs. Will
son. Dr. Mordecai Ezekiel. economic
adviser to Secretary Wallace, and
Mrs. Ezekiel: DR.. Louis H. Bean,
economic adviser to the A. A. A., and
Mrs. Bean; ]. D. LeCron, assistant
to Wallace, and Mrs. LeCron; Ferner
Nuhn Of the A. A. A. information sec
ton and his wife, Ruth Suckow, au-
Evening star., 1935-01-08
FUSION DEMOCRATS
PICK five FOR JOBS
Appointments to Posts Held by
Organization Due in Mont
gomery.
BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY stan correspondent OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, January g.
Recommendations for the appoint
nent Of five Progressive Democrats to
positions held by Democratic organiza-
tion appointees were to be made to the
Board of Montgomery County Com
missioners this afternoon by the Spe-
cial Patronage Committee of the Pro-
gressive Democratic faction.
They include Edwin j. Gray Of
Edgemoor for building inspector in the
western suburban district, Harry M.
Williams of Poolesville for police court
clerk, Peyton NJ Mannar of Potomac
for county sanitary inspector, and
Jack S. Eaton of Chevy Chase and
Frank P. Welsh of Wheaton as mem
bers Of the Liquor Control Board.
The recommendations are made for
positions which have been assigned to
the Progressive Democratic faction
under the recent division Of county
jobs between Republican party and
Progressive Democratic factions under
the county's new Fusion administra-
ton.
1t is understood that the Fusion
wing controlling the county board
would appoint Gray and Williams this
afternoon. It was said that action
on the three other recommendations
probably will be deferred for a few
days to allow the county commission
ers to examine the qualifications of
the men.