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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
RELIEF WORKERS
 MAY HAVE STRIKE

New Haven, Conn.,, Sept. H. (UP)-State Works Progress nd- ministration officials have been given two weeks by union organiz- CTS to bring the wage scale to the same level as in New York City un- der threat of a strike of more than 200 relief workers on two city projects.
 The projects. reconditioning the municipal airport and installing sewers. recently were transferred to WPA from EZRA.
 The strike threat was the first heard since the Connecticut Fed eration of labor. at its annual con- vention at Danbury last week. pledged itself to "carry ma per- manent fight to establish the pre- vailing union scale of wages on relief projects and support any strike movements resulting from wage disputes.
 Union officials ordered the men to remain at work until a decision has been made at Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
he supervisor as expense money.

the supervisor as expense money. For collecting the occupational license tax alone, the supervisor gets $2OO,000 a year.
 Altogether, Mrs. Tharpe gets $S50,000 year to pay for tax col lections. She spends it as she wishes. There is 8 law providing that private firm audit her books. But the legislature never appro- priated for such audits, so she does the auditing herself.
 She makes public statements of her accounts, but they reveal .noth- ing to anxious taxpayers, whose burden has increased 30 per cent in the past year under Long. Sometimes the statements say tersely: -
 Disbursements, all funds :"
 Some fo he rfunds are designed for state or local bondholders, and she pays them directly. The state treasurer gets only percentages and surpluses from her collections.
 Joined Long at 17
 Mrs. Tharpe joined Senator Long dS 6SCEcIdFy dI tIlo dSc OL It. oAc was pretty high school graduate. just out of business college. He was public service commissioner. When Long moved into the state execu- tive mansion in 1928, she went along, still his private secretary.
 Two years later when Secretary of state J. J. Bailey died, Long ap- jointed her to the vacancy. She was the first woman to hold high state office in Louisiana.
 For a week in 1892 after Long was elected to the senate, she act- ed as governor of Louisiana. in the absence of two higher ranking executives.
 She was married to and divorced from James Terrell several years ago, and married William Allen Tharpe, secretary of the Louisiana tax commission, at Los Angeles on August 20, 1884.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
FIVE PUNISHED
 IN FAKE LOTTERY

Springfield, Mass, Sept. H. (UP).-Four men and woman were fined a total of $1,S50 in dis- trict court today on charges grow ing out of promotion of a fake sweepstakes lottery. The defendants were arrested Aug. 24 when police seized 47,000 $1 tickets on the Canadian swepestakes lottery for the benefit of the non-existent Montreal post graduate hospital. Police said $2O,000 already had been collected by the promoters. The lottery offered prizes totaling $l, 100000.
 Dr. Joseph Chausse,- 4S, of Mon- treal, alleged ringleader, did not appear in court. His counsel pro. duced a letter from Montreal physician testifying to Dr. Chausse's illness.
 Judge Ralph s. Spooner con- tinued Dr. Chausse's came to Sept. 26 with the understanding that he will be fined $1,200 on charge of promoting littery and $100 on at statutory count.
 Dr. Chausse's reputed sweet heart. Miss Isma W. Fischer, 27, also of Montreal, also will be fined $100 on q statutory charge Sept. 26.
 The other defendants, all of whom pleaded guilty, were fined $150 each for promoting a lottery. Trey were realino Morel, 35. Mon- treal, vocal teacher; Vincent Nevin, 31. Jersey City, N. J.. and Horace Desilets, 25, of Holyoke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
REV. CHARLES E.
 COUCHLIN VISITS

Hyde Park, N. Y. Sept. 11-(UP) - The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin was a visitor at the summer White House here yesterday and remained for lunch with President Roosevelt, Marvin H. Mcintyre, secretary to the president, said today.
 Last night Mcintyre denied the report the Detroit radio priest had been a. visitor. Today he said he was as surprised as anyone when he was informed that Father Coughlin actually had had a dis cussion with the president.
 Father Coughlin, the secretary explained, was brought to the sum- mer White House by Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the securi- ties and exchange control commits sion.
 '"The engagement" McInyre said, twas made by Kennedy, who tele- phoned the house and said he wanted to bring Father Coughlin with him."
 Mcintyre declined to speculate on what the conversations were about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
ALLEGED DRUNKEN
 DRIVER FIGHTING

(Contipued from Page 1.) him act as if he were drunk. Then Boudreau declared thath in addi- ton to having been injured in the crash, he has lived for many years with silver plate at the top of his skull and that any shock af- fects him, Judge Mascolo con- inued the cases till tomorrow to secure more medical testimony.
 Arrested August 9th
 Boudreau was arrested August 9th by Patrolman Richard w. Kenny and Patrolman Joseph Col lins, after his car had run into a parked truck, owned by Joseph Stango of 10 St. Paul street, on North Main street, opposite Hill street. He was charged with driv- ing while under the influence of liquor.
 Stango, the owner of the truck, said that the noise of the crash brought him out from the lunch room where he was eating, and that he saw Boudreau sitting in the front seat of the car, a 10- year old boy, his grandson, beside him.
 Wouldn't Show License
 Boudreau, Stango said, refused to show him his license until the policemen came, he staggered when he got out of the car, and he told Stango that the accident was the fault of Stango. When Stango pointed out to him that his truck was parked at the curb and not moving, Stango testified, Bou- dreau still insistde that Stangos trucks had run into his car.
 Patrolman Kenney testified that Boudreau was under the influence. Another state witness was Frank Russo of 63 Garden Hill road, passerby, who declared also that Boudreau was intoxicated.
 The state witnesses all said that Boudreau's shirt was covered with blood from nosebleed.
 Effects Are the Same
 Dr. Hinchey, called by the de- fense, testified thaht the effects of a brain concussion are similar to those of over-indulgence in liquor. He was unable to state, he said, whether Boudreau had received a concussion severe enough to daze him.
 Boudreau testified that he had one drink. but that he was sober. He said the lights of another car blinded him, and his car ran into the rear end of the truck, after which he remembered nothing till next day.
 The doctor who cared for Bou- dreau when he suffered skull fracture in a fall some years ago will be heard tomorrow,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11


 London, Sept. 11.-UP)- Ethiopia has completed plans to cut Italian water supplies as soon as war starts, the Daily Chronicle Addis Ababa correspondent re- ported to-day.
 An Armenian engineer, the cor respondent asserted, is on the northern frontier-whence the main attack would come--arrang- ing dams to divert streams and rivers.
 The correspondent said also that a supply of rifles, machine guns and ammunitoin had arrived from Belgian source. The consign- ment had been held up because of Belgium's arms embargo, the cor respondent said, but was shipped to another country for export on then was landed and taken across British Somaliland. Most of the supplies, the correspondent said, were dumped at Harar, 50 they could be distributed on both the northern and southern fronts.
 Ethiopia's Plans
 Adds Ababa, Sept. 11.-UP)-- Rumors that the Italian attack will come Sept. 24 "leaves the gov ernment unmoved." a communique from Emperor Halle Eelassie said to-day.
 The report that Ethiopia will at tack the Italian frontier on that day Is without foundation and contrary to its consistently paci- fic attitude," the communique de- clared.
 Tse official statement was con- sidered an attempt to quiet the population as much as possible, the same reason for which the re- gently planned sham air raids were abandoned.
 Trucks rumbled throughout the night along the road to the rail- road station. The rumble was &C., companied by unconfirmed reports that an arms shipment from an unknown source had arrived and was being transferred to arsenals
 Large silver withdrawals con tinue steadily from the Central bank here as individuals, firms and certain foreign missions lay in monetary supplies for an an ticipated long siege.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
INDEPENDENT COP
 ARE OFF MACHINES
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(Continued from Page 1.) group, who have arisen in protest against the high-handed and dicta- torial tactics of Publisher Pape and his steering committee" re- fused to comment today on the news from Hartford.
 The petition of the independent republicans was filed with Town Clerk Dora A. Egan in accordance with the state statutes. Town Clerk Egan certified as to the eli- gibility of those who signed the petition to do 50 as they were all electors.
 Petition Defective
 The attorney-generars office, in it's opinion filed was Secretary of State Satti, admitted that the names of those on the petition were legally there. However, Deputy Attorney-General Mclaughlin held that the petition was defective in that it did not comply with section 1883 of the cumulative supplement, acts of 1893, in that the list of nominees for office did not accom- pany the petition bearing the names of the electors asking for a place on the voting machines. To- days ruling was in conformity with a previous one handed down by the attorney generals office on August 1st, last.
 Pape-republicans were jubilant today. They were prepared to ride uh nI vnntIhliNQ e of the city who have objected to the dictatorial tactics of the "steer- ing committee" which Is controlled by Publisher Pape and which meets in his office to pick the slate of candidates for public office in the coming city election.
 Convention Tomorrow
 Incidentally, the g.o.p. city, town and school conventions will take place tomorrow night at party headquarters. The Pape gang is "up a tree" as to some of it's pro- posed candidates. Reports still persist that Claim Agent Frank Bailey of the Connecticut Company will not accept the nomination for controller and that a spirited race is on for the place between Lieu tenant-Colonel Roy Rice and Floyd Rasmussen. The Pape gang is still trying to hand-pick candidate for city sheriff. Feeling runs high because the Pape gang have de- cided that Albert Taller is to be given the g.o.p. nomination for reg istrar. Battles on the floor of the conventions are stil possible des- pite the fact that the delegates to the city, town and school conven- tiOns are hand picked one, a la Pape.
 Members of the republican or ganization in the 11th and 18th voting districts met last night at the office of Town Chairman F. w.. Palomba and discussed plans for rallies in the Brooklyn section.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11

NSOhLAhuSu II OlL d6S 4sl to name Roosevelt delegation. He was pledged to oppose MT. Roosevelt next Year.
 Farley's silence under question ing virtually confirmed the report that he shortly would resign as postmaster general to conduct MT. Roosevelt's reelection campaign as national committee chairman. He held his'> first press confer ence yesterday after crossing the continent twice during vacation journey to Hawaii.
 On his return to the United States Farley read that conserva- tive democrats were planning to bolt, that William Randolph Hearst was inclined to favor some intra- party movement against the New Deal and though Alfred E. Smith would be likely presidential can- didate.
 No Real Third Party
 'I never thought there would be a substantial third party move- ment," was Farley's counter to all inquiries about conservative rumb- lings.
 T haven't been back long enough" he continued under a barrage of questions, Ito find out about thingS in New England. Of course we lost four states in New England last time-six altogether"
 They were Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermont. Connecticut, Penn sylvania and Delaware. The ad- ministration suffered harsh defeat last month in a Rhode Island by- election.
 But we are going to have in 1936 another sweep like 1882" the democratic chairman insisted.
 What do you honestly think" a skeptical reporter asked.
 "I honestly think Roosevelt will carry Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania" Farley replied. "He is stronger right now in Kan sas than he was in 1882. l think he could beat Governor Landon, Senator Borah or anyone else out there."
 VIII Not Resign
 Hyde Park, N. r., September Il - NOEJ - III d lOub -NtoeahSO sS'o phone conversation with the Sum- mer White House executive offices today, Postmaster General James A. Farley emphatically denied pub lished reports that he would resign from the cabinet on January s.
 "As Mark Twain once re- marked" Farley observed, "the re- port of my death is greatly exag- gerated. There is nothing to it My resignation never has been ser iously discussed" Are you going to discuss it in the near future. he was asked. "The time has moi arrived for me to say anything about that. That is up to the president" Tn throwing cold water on the story which appeared in morning newspapers, the postmas- ter general again quoted Mark Twain: Always do right. This will gratify some people and as tonish the rest"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
Italy HurIs Defiance


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 Rome, Sept. 11.-UP)-Pre- mier Benito Mussolinfs supreme gesture of defiance to the powers, test mobilization of the full civil and military strength of the nation, will be made without warn ing some time between Sept. 20 and Sept. 25, 1t was understood to- day.
 Signal bells and sirens, and the roll of drums in village squares, will announce to men and women, boys and girls that they are to proceed immediately to designated stations for duty.
 It Is expected that Mussolini will make the mobilization the occa- sion for an important speech to be broadcast to the world.
 It will coincide with the gradual diminution of torrential rains which have made morass of great portions of Ethiopia, and have formed life giving protec- tion to Philippians awaiting attack by the most efficiently equipped army ever assembled. War With Anybody The mobilization plan was elo- quent of Italy's attitude in what has become a European crisis. It is pointed toward certain war with Ethiopia, and war with any other nation that wants it.
 There is no interest here on tho surface in to-day's debate in Ge' neva.
 {, Troop ships are leaving for Eas l Africa, more and more men art the armed forces up to 100000 men by October l, and between i 15,000,000 and 10000, Italians are making ready for the mobilization order.
 It was reported on reliable authority that mobilization of an ] other division for East Africa was imminent.
 Total Fighting Forces The order will bring to 120,000 the regular army force detailed for East Africa-eight divisions of which three are already in the colonies and the rest en route or ready to sail. Five fascist militia divisions have been formed for the Ethiopian war and another is being formed - total of 90,. | 900 men. Of the fascist divi. sions, three have sailed, the re. mainder will leave soon. The to- tai of 210,000 regulars and militia. ! men will reinforce thousands oi the permanent colonial force ir Eritrea and Italian Somaliland.
 With the increasing tension fir the diplomatic situation, attacks on Great Britain were renewed The newspaper Il Tevere, in ( blistering editorial calls Lort Strickland, former premier of Nal. ta, gangster for a suggestion thai the Suez canal in event of wal might be blocked by some casua
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(COntluueQ from Page 1,) books and no outsider may see her accounts. She turns part of her money over to the state treasurer at her pleasure. and dishurses much of 1t as she pleases, inde- pendently of him.
 Agents of Madame Supervisor watch state borders for cigaret and gasoline bootleggers; raid suspect cd saloons for untaxed liquor; spy on tobacco merchants to see that they place tax stamps on their wares.
 At Command of Long
 Appointed by Governor o. K. AL len at Senator Longs command, Mrs. Tharpe always remained in the background and was forgotten in the first surveys of conditions after Long's death.
 The office of supervisor is unique. Before Long, it was q minor auditing agency, operating on . $15,000 Q year appropriation. In converting Louisiana into Q dic- tatorship, Long saw the need of a hCW SyotcAh VI nhdhCAhb' 4pc CiSCt- ed treasurer was bound by too many constitutional restrictions.
 In May. 1882, Long selected the supervisors office as the founda- tion of his tax machine, and he had E. A. Conway. then supervisor. exchange jobs with Mrs .Tharpe. the secretary of state, in whom he had implicit trust.
 Supervisor Was Boss
 Then, as the Long administra- ton began to enact new taxes and revise old ones. it turned them over to the supervisor instead of the treasurer. la every tax bill, the legislature, dominated by Long, estimated the proceeds and set aside an arbitrary part fthem for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11

al acts of nuprevolted aggression" l"
 This phrase, believed to have been agreed upon texually with Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. was the keynote of the speech and was interpreted as a direct warn- Ing to Italy that it must back up It's threats if 1t meant them.
 Gave Hint to France
 He hinted to France also that if it wanted Britain's close friendship ' if must join it against war.
 Hoare spoke slowly and so dis tinctiy that every word was audi bie in the galleries, crowded to the limit. Usually such speeches must be heard, if at all, by ear phone amplifiers.
 He finished after 64 minutes, as spotlights blazed on him.
 In the final portion of his speech he appealed directly to Italy not to resign from the league. Re- ferring to the vacant seats of Ger many and Paraguay, recalling that Japan had resigned, he said:
 There are too many empty chairs at our table now. We want no more"
 For the first time, in public. he appealed. without mentioning names to the United States, Ger many and Japan to cooperate with the league in the emergency.
 Lacks Strong Membership
 ''The league from the outset has lacked the membership of certain powerful nations and since 1t has lost the membership of others. This lack of universality inevit- ably introduces an element of un- certainty as to how far we can count on world wide support of the work of organizing and main- taining peace"
 Here he reflected the fear that if the league tried to penalize Italy, America, Germany and Japan might supply arms to it.
 In this connection also he re- affirmed that Britain was not go- ing to be the worlds sole police man.
 "If the burden of the covenant is to be borne," he said, it must be borne collectively"
 All uurlHB HIS SpeecH, tHc tdH, lean, somber Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy leaned calmly back in his chair, occasionally dangling his monocle in his hand.
 At once came the following authoritative comment on the speech:
 France-Most loyal!
 Italy-Most unconciliatory!
 So strong were Hoare's words, and 50 impressive his quiet deliv- cry, that delegates began at once to speculate whether Britain might even resign from the league if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
RAN TO DEATH

Boston, Sept. Ii - (UP) - A Brighton boy was Killed and his companion critically injured today when they ran down an embank- ment and were struck by Boston elevated railway repair truck. Frank Jubett, 6, died instantly. Paul Killlea. also 6. suffered in- ternaI injuries. The truck was re- pdrtedly driven by William O'Brien of Roxbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
Great Britain Has
 Taken The OfensiUe
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France and other powers deserted the covenant.
 British Cabinet Needs
 London, Sept. 11.-(UP)-All members of the British cabinet available in London were sum moned by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to-day to an emergency meeting at No. 10 Downing street.
 It was understood they dis cussed the Italian Ethiopian situ- ation.
 The meeting lasted two hours. Those present included J. Ramsay Mcdonald, Sir Bolton Eyres- Mon- sell, Sir Philip Cunliffe-L Lister and Malcolm Macdonald, as well as Sir Robert Vansittart, permanent un- der foreign secretary. and Sir Ed- ward Ellington, air chief marshall.
 Sir Samuel Hoare's speech at Geneva also was understood to have been discussed. Well-in- formed quarters interpreted the speech as an invitation to the powers for a ''shohwdown" on the colonial question.
 Test Contentious
 It was believed the question might be taken up shortly at a conference in Geneva. The British contention that the question is purely economic, as against the Italian contention that 1t is poli- tical, would be tested.
 Some quarters considered Sir Samuel's speech as a brilliant and unprecedentedly important con- cession to Italy. The latter has for years sought unsuccessfully for at least 6 discussion of the redis- tribution of colonial domains un- der the cloak of revision of war treaties.
 It was pointed out that Bri- tain and other colonial powers have hitherto persisently avoided discussion of a subject fraught with possible unpleasant revela- tions. Hoare's offer reverses that attitude entirely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11
Cut Italy's Water Supply

incident-such as a ship collision as a penalty against Italy.
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YOUNG WOMAN IS
 PRESENT BOSS

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JAMES A. FARLEY
 VERY CONFIDENT

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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-04
CHANGES URGED
IN BANKING BILL
Business Men and Bankers Agree
in Directing to Political Con-
troll Over Banks.
AMENDMENTS ARE SUGGESTED
Political Domination Of Federal Re.
serve Board Declared to Be
Undesirable for Depositors
as Well as Their Banks.

WASHINGTON, D. G. Business
men and bankers alike who have ap'
peared before committees OF Con
gress to present views regarding the
Banking Act of 1895 have found com
mon cause for criticism In those pro-
visions which they agree would create
the means for undesirable political con-
troll over the Federal Reserve system
and thereby over individual banks
throughout the United States. Ihey
have made the point that this undesir'
able condition would affect depositors
in banks even more than the banks
themselves.
This view has been stressed In crltl-
cisms by the Chamber of Commerce OF
the United States, and the question OF
partisan control over banking was the
central theme of statement presented
by r. S. Hecht, President of the Amer
lean Bankers Association. who ap'
peared before the Senate Suh-Commlt
tee on Banking and Currency hearings
here. Mr.. Hecht declared that his or
ganization is actuated by desire to be
helpful to Congress Gin enacting effec'
tive and workable banking legislation
in the interests of all our people,. he
said in part:
"If 1t is finally decided that 1t Is nee
essary to carry this legislation through
at this session. we are strongly OF the
opinion that special care should be
taken to keep our credit control ana
banking mechanism free from any sort
OF political considerations.
I'm making this statement l do not
wish to appear to question the pro
priety Of the Governments exerting
certain amount Of control over banking
operations 30 far as they affect the ma
tion's currency and general monetary
policy. Nor do we object to broad pow
era Of supervision over the operation Of
our banking institutions because OF the
semi-public responsibilities they carry
, But when It comes to such matters al
the granting Of credit and the makini
Of investments by our banks, these ar
, questions Of business policies that sure
" should not be under the sole eontro
, Of o board SO constituted as to be de
pendent upon partisan or political con
siderations under any administrator