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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04
Merchants Marching
 Tonight In Festive
 YuIetide Observance
FuItOn's American Band, Legion Drum Corps, St. JOseph's Unit Featured in Parade Heralding COnl-
 menCement of Christmas Shopping Schedule

Waterbury's down town streets will be transformed into veritable fairy land tonight when the huge Mardi Gras, featuring a parade ot between 60 and 70 Whiffen- -poofs, is put on display Tor the thousands who are expected to be present Promptly at 7:15 o'clock, vari-color- ed lights will be turned on in the shopping districts and the big par ade will swing into step from the Armory on Field street.
 Fulton's American Band, the American Legion and St. Joseph's Fife and Drum Corps will lend the martial music necessary for the marchers. Parade Marshal George McDuff will lead score of mer- chants, representing most of the businesses of the twon at the head of the parade.
 Police Escort.
 A police motor patrol car will lead the way. When the lights are turn ed on, the streets in the general section of the city will be a blaze of lights. The bulbs of'red, green, amber, white and blue against a background of laurel entwined around electric light poles, will lend a holiday spirit to the occasion.
 The Mardi Gras will officially in- augurate the Christmas shopping season in Waterbury. Stores CO., operating in, the event will remain open on Wednesday and Saturday evenings each week from now until Dec. 21st until 9 o'clock. On the Monday and Tuesday evenings be- fore Christmas which falls on Wed nesday this year, the stores will re- main open until 9 o'clock also.
 The parade to be held here to- night is to be similar to the ones held in New York and in New Or leans at Mardi Gras time.
 Unique Figures.
 Some of the most outlandish fig ures ever seen in these parts will step over Waterbury's streets during the parade. The parade will start from the Armory, swing to Grand street, to Bank street, to Exchange Place, to East Main street, to South Elm street, to South Main street to Exchange Place to the North Main street to West Main street, around the Sailors and Soldiers Monument to Leavenworth street and back to the Armory.
 Thousands are expected to line the streets to be thrilled by the un- usual spectacle. The list of Whif-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04

Dr. L. E. Thompson, a member of the health department staff for the past four years, has rendered his resignation. Dr. Thompson, it has been learned, has accepted a posi- ton with the state department of health and will be in charge of cer- tain tubercular work at Seaside sa- nitarium in Mantle.
 Health Officer Dr. E. J. Godfrey today expressed regret upon losing Dr. Thompson, whose resignation becomes effective on the 31st. Dr. Thompson will assume his new du- ties at the state institution the first week of January.
 "Dr. Thompson's work in connec- tion with the Waterbury health de- partment was excellent" declared D. Godfrey today. T know that he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04
GRADE CROSSING CAUSED DEATHS

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 4-(UP) - Six of the 25 persons killed during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, by public service vehicles, met death at railroad grade crossings in the state, it was stated in the annual report of the state public utilities commits sion to Gov. Cross. There were 25 crossing accidents, four of which in- volved death. Five persons were killed in automobile-trolley car col- lisions and the other fatalities were divided among various classif1ca- tions of accidents.
 The commission gave a clean bill of health to railroads and traction companies, as having improved con- veyances, and properties during the past year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04

fen-poofs to march in the parade include: Five ferocious tigers, a tre- mendous elephant, a country boy who must have some from sonN. country on another planet, an old man and an old woman from a ter- rible story book script, an elongated dachShund, six ridiculous pigs, five grotesque heads on tiny bodies, a rooster that would awaken the whole city were he to crow accord ing to his size, bullet that would put to shame 8 flock of normal chickens, two animated jacks-in-the box, three giant walking fishes, three of the strangest yellow birds that ever bore wings, marvellous walking trees, two towering giraffes, a crazily performing camel, two fifty boys, a cli,na and numerous other unique caricatures of animal life.
 Merchants In Line.
 Marching with Marshal McDuf, who will represent the J. Johnson & Sons O., will be Charles J. Allen of tn Ceonnecticut Light & Power Co., Albert Cantor, of Bonwit's, Mack Brshler of the Hadley Furni- trre O., Jack Rutman, Joseph Su- genheimer of Sugenheimer's; Char les D. Nye, of Davis & Nye; Ber- nard Wilhelm, Wilhelm's; William Dwyer, F. & w. Grand; David Scannell, w. T. Grant: Nelson Kel- sey, Sears Roebuck Co.,; Merwin Bronson, filling Rubber Co.,; s. H. Greenberg. Worth's; Edward Fifz- gerald, Fitzgerald & Platt; William Van Tassel, Carl Golden, s. s. Kresge Co.; Charles Green, M. A. Green: Harry Liebeskind, Musler- Liebeskind; Harry Michaels, Mi- chaels, Inc; Ralph Paine, Rowland Hughes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04
INSPECTION LANE
 COMING BACK HERE

The automobile inspection lane crew and apparatus will return to Waterbury in about two weeks and will begin the second inspections required by law the first of the year, after first checking the few cars which have not yet received first inspections in this district.
 Answering complaints to the eff feet that a traffic hazard has been created on Freight street because of the presence of the booths, Wil- bur l.. Cross, Jr., sal dtl1at the lane would be placed in. any place ap- proved by city ofncials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04
Mardi Gras Parade Opens Christmas Shopping Sea
pr. Thompson Resigns
 Health Board Post
To Assume Position at Seaside Santarium After Jan.
 l-GOdfrey Expresses Regret at Departure

will carry out his new duties as ef- flciently as he has done in Water bury"
 During his four years on the local health department staff, Dr. Thompson served as a school medi- cal inspector and also conducted e-school clinics. His contact with the school children here has done much to fit him for his work at Seaside, it is believed, where chil- dren are the only patients.
 No action to fill the vacancy on the local staff will taken until the new board of health is sworn in January, it was stated today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04
ItSA Man s Christmas
ESTABLISHED 1885

Give him the skin you love to touch after shovine-o "Schick" shaver and oII's we'll with the world.
 The "Schick" electric shaver at SIS, is the answer of this stream line age for comfort shaving. There is no horse and buggy era to this Iotherless shover-it is sotu- roted with Q twentieth century atmosphere and outlook = and incidentally gets under Q mans skin as a Christmas gift.
 imagine q man sitting in an orm- chair reading paper held in lett hand, showing with. electric shov- CT in right hond-no lother-no honine - no preparation - just slug into electric socket - and Rhova tf#
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04
ANNIE oAKLEYs" ABUNDANT

Toledo (UP)-Toledo should be known as the pass city, in the opinion of Principal Harold E. Williams Of Libbey high school. At each high school game in the city as many as 1000 spectators are admitted free, he told a iunch- con meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04
FULL WEATHER REPORT

Boston, Dec. A. (UP) Weather forecast:
 Massachusetts and Rhode Island Generally fair and much colder to- night Thursday fair.
 Connecticut Generally fair and much colder tonight. Thursday fair.
 Washington, Dec. 4-(UP)-The U. S. Weather Bureau advised to- day that storm warnings remained displayed along the Atlantic Coast from Sandy Hook to Maine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04
COOKS FAINT AT FESTIVAL

Oelwein, Ta.-(UP)-Three cooks tainted during the "flapjack" fes-
 tival here. The event required the services of 30 cooks, l500 pounds of flour, 30 gallons om maple syrup,
 100 pounds of butter and 300 gal-
 Ions of coffee. About l5,000 pam cakes were cooked in three hours for 5000 persons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04

Central Fire Statoin in Shanghai, China, recently held "joss" when hundreds of joss sticks were burned, ritual exercises were held, and a bounteous Chinese dinner and vau- deville show were given.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04

The United States, China and Great Britain are to be connected by . tri-cornered radio telephone service, which will be inaugurated tn Fobrunxy.
Evening star., 1935-04-07

Arthur Beall. Darnestown garage
owner. She named Mrs. Lyddane as
correspondent in a divorce suit filed
against her husband several years ago,
which was dropped two days later.
Carnell and Boiand are said to have
signed statement following their ar
rest last Monday in which they claimed
Mrs. Lyddane had promised them
$4,000 for the murder of her husband.
a similar sum for the Staying of Mrs.
Beall and the keys to the Farmers
Banking & Trust Co. of Rockville.
where Mrs. Lyddane is employed as
the presidents secretary, as an ad-
ditional consideration.
They are said to have declared they
had no intention Of carrying out the
plan, but were merely uing the plot
as a subterfuge to obtain money from
the Rockville woman. Mrs. Lyddane
steadfastly denies any knowledge Of
the allegations made by the two men,
while her counselors maintain that
the story allegedly told by the men
Is the result Of o "blackmaiI" plot
evolved as the outcome of the Beau
divorce suit. Her husband has also
defended his wife.
Mrs. Boland. a pretty and slender
red-haired woman, called on her hus-
hand at the Rockville jail late yester-
day and was allowed to talk with him
for some time. with a policeman in
attendance.
Shortly afterward Boland conferred
with his attorney, John T. Mullen Of
Washington, and Mullen told news
paper men that Boland and his wife
had talked over the possibility Of rails
ing bond for his release and the wife
had left to begin negotiations.
''Boland," Mullen said. figures he
Is the goat In this thing"
Evening star., 1935-04-07
FOURTH MAN HELD
IN lYDDANE CASE
AS CHARGES GROW

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H. Pugh and detectives conducting the
investigation.
Authorities had withheld charges in
the Beall case until they talked to
Davis, a Washington resident.
On Friday the latter had told police
that a woman introduced to him as
Mrs. Lyddane" had offered him
81 500 to dispose of Mrs. Beall.
Woman Under Bond.
Mrs. Lyddane, who had been at
liberty in custody Of her attorneys
without bond. was brought in by her
counsel at Pughs request and was
placed under $4,000 bond on each
charge. The $4,000 bond was given
in the form of real estate security by
her father, James Mclaughlin, re-
tired Rockville landscape gardener.
Bonds in the amount of $4,000
each also we're fixed for Carnell and
Davis by Police Justice Donald A. De
Lashmutt, but neither was able to
furnish that amount and they were
committed to Jail In default.
Boland. said by police to be a
Washington gambler. who is charged,
together with Mrs Lyddane, with con-
spiracy to murder Lyddane. also was
taken before Judge De Lashmutt and
a similar bond was set in his case.
He likewise was committed in default.
Earlier in the day Brown. who has
q police record, had told Washington
detectives assisting in the Lyddsne
investigation, that Boland had offered
him $1,000 to murder Lyddane.
He said he refused to have any
thing to do with the proposition and
walked out on the meeting with Bo-
land The meeting. he said. occurred
in a Washington restaurant near Sixth
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Brown Questioned.
Brown, who had surrendered at Dis
trict police headquarters upon learn
ing that he was being sought, was
taken to Rockville and questioned for
several hours. Authorities refused to
disclose any phase of the statement
which he made there.
The Alexandria man was released
on $500 bond as a material State wit
ness after Pugh and police had fin
ished the questioning.
Mrs. Lyddane and Boland had been
scheduled to be given q preliminary
hearing in the Rockville Police Court
tomorrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock, but
the hearing was continued until April
20 at the request Of the woman's at
torneys after the second charge was
preferred.
Mrs. Beall. named by Investigators
As the intended victim Of the second
alleged sconspiracy, Is the wife Of
Evening star., 1935-04-07
FARM PROPOSALS
PASSAGE DOUBTED
Senator Smith Calls Com.
mittee Meeting on A.A.A.
Amendments.
By the Associated Press.

L
Despite Secretary Wallace's asser-
tion that the need for the A. A. A.
amendments was imperative" Chair
man Smith, Democrat, of South
Carolina, of the Senate Agriculture
Committee yesterday said there was
serious question" whether they
would get through this session.
The amendments. which would ex-
tend the power Of the Secretary Of
Agriculture to license middlemen
handling farm commodities. have
been sent back to the House Agricul-
ture Committee for reconsideration.
The licensing provisions aroused in
tense opposition.
Meeting Tomorrow.
Smith. who introduced the amend
ments in the Senate. said he had
called his committee to meet tomor-
row to consider them. He added. how
ever. that the public has been so
aroused over certain features Of the
bill'' that he could not predict what
the members would do. -
Wallace said recently that the
A. A. A. might have to abandon mar
keting agreements-the pacts by
which handlers Of farm products
ordinarily are bound to buy certain
quantity of a commodity at q certain
price-unless the amendments were
enacted
He promised to go to bat and stay
at bat" in an effort to get the amend
ments through.
1rked by recent downpours Of criti-
cism. Wallace also has asserted he
would attempt to persuade President
Roosevelt not to make use Of the
George amendment to the $4,Ss0, ,000,-
900 work relief bill This would per-
nit the President to use a part Of
the measures funds to pay benefits
to farmers who reduce acreage or
otherwise adjust production.
Use to Be Urged.
But, in the face Of this. George
Smith and Sizable group of legis-
lators from the South and New Eng
land plan to call on President Roose-
welt after his return to Washington
next week to urge him to use the
George amendment and lift the
processing tax Of a. q lint pound
on cotton.
Admittedly harassesd and hard
pressed. textile interests North and
South have assailed the processing
tax. They assert it increases costs
and helps Japanese competition in
the domestic market
George said yesterday Mr.. Roose-
welt would be urged to abandon the
cotton tax altogether for one year."
meanwhile using relief funds for
benefit payments.
Smith said he favored this to give
the manufacturers an opportunity to
recoup."
Evening star., 1935-04-07

So-while there are other employees
about the Capitol who have been
longer in service than McGann, there
is no one who has been longer on
one particular job. He has become
an expert in that special line And
McGann has never in all these years
had an argument or serious disagree
ment with any member of the Rivers
and Harbors Committee. He has
worked tirelessly and efficiently for
the development of all sections of
the country.
He has seen the committee grow
from II members to 26 members.
During his regime more than four
fifths Of the appropriations for Rivers
and Harbors projects passed during
the entire history of the Government
have been approved and expended
He has seen the waterways worked
into comprehensive system due to
the large appropriations during the
last 12 to Is years. where 20 years
ago the development of such a CO.
ordinated system seemed discouraging.
Started Filing System.
When McGann came with Chair
man Burton February l. 1902. the
Rivers and Harbors Committee of
the House had no reliable records.
and its files were chaotic. He had
had 10 years experience in Office work
and business systems. He instituted
a filing system and started in to build
up a library.
Representative and Senator Burton
was one Of the wonder men Of Con-
gress. He was at the height Of his
career of scme 80 years in both
houses Of Congress while he was
chairman of the Rivers and Harbors
Committee. Ten years ago in the
House he made a speech emphasizing
that there was only one reminiscence
of the IA years from 1895 to 1909 when
he was member and chairman of the
Rivers and Harbors Committee-"the
faithful service OF the industrious
clerk, Mr.. McGann. who was appointed
in 1902" All succeeding chairmen of
the committee have publicly attested
the value of the services rendered by
Mr.. McGann.
Evening star., 1935-04-07

When the first omnibus rivers and
harbors bill in five years-the longest
hiatus In the history Of the country
comes up in the House tomorrow.
there will be sitting beside Repre-
sentative Joseph j. Mansfield Of
Texas. chairman Of the committee
in charge of the bill, young
old fellow Of g. He is Joseph H Nc
Gam, clerk Of the committee, who for
80 years-longer than any man on the
committee has labored for a unified,
co-ordinated waterways system to de-
velop the matchless natural endow-
ment of this country.
Mac" has served with seven chair
men. four Republican snd three Dem
ocratic: seven years with Burton, two
with Alexander of New York, six with
Spsrkman of Florida. two with Small
Of North Carolina. two with Kennedy
of Iowa. 10 with Dempsey of New
York and four with Mansfield Of
Texas
During that time he has handled
appropriation authorizations totaling
two billion dollars OUT of the s2,443,-
80l. $50 appropriated for rlver and
harbor projects in the entire history
of the Government, to which must be
added 1884 900 allotted by the Pub
lie Works Administration.
McGann was Cleveland. Ohio.
youngster and used to peddle news
papers. He built up a wonderful
route. Of which he is still proud-more
than a half century later In fact, he
wakes up nights dreaming of the old
route.
Accompanied Burton.
After some 10 years in the marine
business and offce work, he came to
the Capitol with the late Senator and
Representative Theodore Burton of
Ohio-who in his day was one Of the
best authorities on waterways develop
ment-of international recognition.
Burton studied on the ground the
waterways Of Europe. South America
and the Orient-and took McGann on
his trips abroad He made personal
inspection of all the important water
way projects in the United States
with McGann as his right-hand man.
Evening star., 1935-04-07
Presidents Victory on Relief
Clears Way for Other Bills
Criticism, Persists on HiII-EcOnO1nic
Security Likely to Pass House Quickly,
but Faces Senate Snag.

ginis. who takes an especial inter-
est in banking legislation. has been
giving all his time to the work re-
lief bill, as chairman OF the Appro-
priations Committee. Now that that
is out Of the way. hearings before
the Senate subcommittee In charge
Of the banking bill may be expected
Action Near on Bonus.
With the return to Washington OF
the President, the Senate Finance
Committee is expected to get busy on
the soldiers bonus bill, which passed
the House few weeks ago by Q huge
vote. Chairman Harrison has been
waiting to consult the President in
regard to this legislation, to which
the President has declared himself
strongly opposed. The leaders in the
Senate have promised a fairly early
vote on bonus bill, and this may
be the next measure of maior i'm
portance to reach the Upper House
for decision.
The assaults in Congress on the
A. A. A. have become an almost
daily affair, with members from the
South and the North joining in de.
mands for the abandonment of the
processing tax on cotton, and some
If tfem decrying the whole plan OF
plowing under cotton. The matter
will be taken up with the President
by Senators and Representatives.
Evening star., 1935-04-07


i of the Roosevelt New Deal will
be discussed by Senator Bur-
ton K. Wheeler, Democrat. Of Mon
tana. in the National Radio Forum
tomorrow night at 1890 o'clock.
The forum, arranged by The Wash
ington Star, will be broadcast over a
coast-to- coast network Of the National
Broadcasting Co. Locally the address
will be heard from Station WRC.
Senator Wheeler, friend Of the
New Deal, Is chairman of the Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce.
He has long been recognized rs an
outstanding progressive and is close
student Of monetary subjects, par.
ticularly those pertaining to silver.
He is also a student Of economic
conditions and has taken an active
interest In the many new economic
policies adopted by the present ad-
ministration Senator Wheeler Is
known also as an independent, and
bis views on many subjects are wholly
his own, without difference to parties
or factions.
The Montana leader also has taken
considerable interest in social ques-
tons and in the many proposed meas
ures that have come before Congress
for social relief and for future social
security.
He plans, in his address, to review
the economic progress made from the
depths Of the deHession during the
Evening star., 1935-04-07
MELLON ART TAX
RULING Is DENIED
BY HELVERINC
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prescribed by the statute, and that,
therefore, it is not entitled to claim
exemption from income taxation.
This letter rescinds q bureau letter
dated March 8, 1888, finding, on the
basis of evidence then before the
bureau. that the trust would be
exempt from such taxation.
"If Mr. Mellon should, during the
present calendar year or In any fu-
ture year, make irrevocable gifts Of
money or objects Of art or Of any
other things of value to genuine
public educational or charitable pur-
pose, he will be entitled to claim.
and will be granted the right to make
any and all Of, the deductions on &C
count Of such gifts which are allow
able under the existing. laws"
Evening star., 1935-04-07
RAIL WAGES IN 1884
LARGEST SINCE 1881
Attributed to Pay Restorations
and Increase Of $4,000
tyAf
Employees.

Total wages paid to class one rail.
road workers were shown in statistics
made public yesterday by the Inter
state Commerce Commission to have
been larger in 1884 than at any time
since 1881.
This was believed to be due largely
to salary cut restorations and an in
crease Of 80, 900 employees in 1884.
The report showed there were l.
008,9 railroad workers who drew
total wages of $1.51s,225,601 last year
compared to $1,A83, ,SS1 1854 drawn BY
s70,s9S workers in. 1888, and $l,512.-
s21 .s7s drawn by 1,o3l,sl4 workers in
1892. -
Evening star., 1935-04-07
SHARP RISE IN GUILDER
ROUTS SPECULATORS
BY the Associated Prsss.

VIrU ItuoOVIuVNU Ib6Ss
AMSTERDAM. April 6-specula-
tors In stocks. who thought they fore
saw breakup Of the gold bloc when
The Netherlands bank rate was raised
yesterday were sent scurrying to
cover today as the guilder appreciated
sharply.
Heavy selling of shares developed
while financial circles. backed by The
Netherlands Banks firm stand against
devaluation. viewed the monetary sit
uation calmly.
They held that the fight of gold
from the guilder had been checked,
although reports from financial CEN
ters abroad said some uneasiness
continued.
Evening star., 1935-04-07
ROBERTS TO SPEAK

William A. Roberts, peoples counsel
for the District Of Columbia, will
address the annual meeting of
Georgetown University Chapter of Pi
Gamma Mu, national social science
honor society. at o'clock tomorrow
night in Copley Lounge at the COL
lege, Thirty seventh and o streets.
Mr.. Roberts topic will be the prob
lem Of disqualification.
New members of the chapter will
be presented.
Evening star., 1935-04-07
Fifty Apes Aboard Zeppelin.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Germany,
April R.-The Graf Zeppelin sailed
for South America today on its first
trip Of the season, with Is passengers.
The cargo included so apes en- route
to the Rio de Janeiro Zoo from an
animal farm.
Evening star., 1935-04-07

last two years and to present his own
analysis of the things remaining to
be done If the United States Ia to
return to q sound economic and social
footing on . plane to which he be.
neves the American people are en-
titled.