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any other geographical factor, but as
they are most needed in the solution
of the social and economic problems
affecting some special area Through
the Federal Subsistence Homesteads
Corp, which is the operating agency
of the division, the Federal Govern
ment buys land for the projects,
builds the houses, inStalls such utilities
as water, electricity, and sewage
systems, builds roads. sets up schools
where they are needed-in short,
creates complete modern rural
urban community.
When the time comes for home
steaders to occupy their homes, the
cost of the project is totaled up and
divided fairly among the individual
homesteads. The homesteader then
signs contract under which he
agrees to purchase the homestead
over a 30-year period, with interest
at 3 per cent on unpaid principal. The
cost Of an individual homestead aver
ages about $4,000. This embraces the
land, the house, outbuildings, share
in any community facilities, and we
usually include seed and fertilizer,
essential farming and gardening tools,
a small flock of chickens, perhaps a
pig or two, possibly horse or COW.
All these things are included in the
amount which the homesteader agrees
to repay. AmortiZed over 80 years with
interest at per cent, the monthly
payment which the homesteader must
make comes to $12.65 for a $4,000
homestead
62 Projects Approved.
To date, 81 homestead projects have
been approved, of which 43 have been
publicly announced. The So projects.
when completed, will accommodate
approximately $500 homestead fami-
lies. We have purchased land for 80
projects. Approximately 1,100 houses
are completed, under construction, or
under contract, on % projects. We
have allocated approximately $19,000,-
900 out of our $25,000,000 revolving
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where, as though the word had been
passed around the country, the phrase
Is, 1T is like a dream come true, to
think that at last we are to get a
chance to have place Of our own"
A Home at Last.
I shall always remember the mother
Of family who stood in the investi-
gators Office in a gingham dress, faded
with many wearingS and washings.
II would wear this dress every day
and wash it every night, all the rest
Of my life" she said, 'in order to be
able to buy one of these homesteads. 4"
And she meant it, for she and her
husband had scrimped for years to try
to buy home, only to see their small
savings time and again swept away by
some illness in the family or some dis
astrous period of unemployment.
I only wish that we could help all
the people who appeal to US.
They tell us sometimes that the
Federal Government shouldn't be con-
ducting such an enterprise as this.
They tell us we have made mistakes,
that in some cases our errors have
been costly. We admit certain mis-
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THE simple method pictured
IL here is the way many doctors
now treat colds to relieve the aches
and pains colds bring with theml
You can relieve nearly any cold
you get by taking BAYER Aspirin,
drinking plenty of water; and, if
throat is sore, gargling with BAYER
Aspirin Tablets stirred in water.
This is recognized as a remark
ably safe, sure, QUICK way. For
it wiU relieUe an ordinary cold almost
as fast as you caught it.
Ask your doctor about this. And
when you buy, be sure that you get
the real BAYER Aspirin Tablets.
They dissolve or disintegrate al
most instantly. And thus work al
most instantly when you take
them. And in a gargle, Genuine
Bayer Aspirin Tablets disintegrate
with speed and completeness, leav-
ing no irritating particles or grit
tiness.
BAYER Aspirin prices have been
decisively reduced on all sizes, so
there's no point now in accepting
other than the real Bayer article
you want.
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out of jobs, lines of hungry men and
women began to wind up to the relief
station doors The top-heavy struc-
ture which had been built up swayed
perilously Had it not been for the
man who came into Office on March
4, 1888, it might have crashed.
Short Work Hours.
What is the outcome going to be?
One thing seems apparent. We are in
a new era of shorter working hours,
There are hundreds of thousands of
urban workers still to be re-employed.
There are an estimated 100000 per-
sons who have been held back on the
farms during the depression, but who
are ready to flow cityward again as
soon as the barrier of unemployment
is removed. Where and how are We
going to take care of all these people?
Are we going to promote a system
which will see them all gathered into
towns and cities again, once more en-
tirely dependent upon wages? Isn't
there some better answer to the prob
lem? We think that there is.
The man who is wise as we'll as
thrifty deposits his savings, not in
one bank, but in two. That is the
chance we are trying to give to some
thousands of our citizens. For sub
sistence homesteading offers two
avenues of livelihood 1t is combi-
nation of rural and urban life. COM
bination of payroll employment on
the one hand, and of part-time farm
ing and gardening on the other. For
those hours in which a worker can
not earn an income through payroll
employment, it provides a supple
mentary method Of earning a sub
siStence income from the soil.
The authority for a program of
subsistence homesteading was given
by Congress in a section of the ma
tional recovery act. A $25,000, 900
revolving fund was provided. Presi-
dent Roosevelt chose Secretary of the
Interior, IckeS as the man to admin
lister this new program, and Secre-
tary Ickes delegated the job to the
Division of Subsistence Hopesteads,
which he created in his department.
Low Income Group.
Naturally, there was no need TO
help the man who could obtain as
sistance from private sources. So we
have sharply limited our efforts to
assisting families with annual incomes
of less than $1,000. We are trying
constantly, under the express orders
of Secretary Ickes. to make our pro-
gram so increasingly efficient that We
can extend aid to persons with a
lower and still lower income. We
have got to the point where we can
provide homesteads for families with
as little as $500 or $500 a year, and
We hope to be able to hold out a
helping hand to persons with still
less money than that
What We do is to set up communi-
ties consisting of from twenty-five to
one or two hundred individual sub
Sistence homesteadS. These COM
munities or projects, as We call them,
are scattered throughout the country,
not in accordance with State lines or
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houses completed and an equal num-
Der nearing completion, and the first
homestead families are occupying
their homesteads. They are different
people. They have learned new trades
and crafts. They have learned
masonry, carpentry, plumbing, cleo
trio light fitting. They have learned
modern farm methods and the mod
ern care of livestock. Some Of the
men are making furniture; the
women are canning and weaving and
making their own mattresses Soci-
ologistS call this the "self-help"
method of rehabilitating people-and
no wonder
These fine Tennesseeans, with lit
tie direction and financial aid, have
hope and new chance in life.
They had to have a school because
the local schools were unable to take
care of all the homestead children.
The homeSteaders held a community
meeting, and decided to pitch in and
do the work themselves. Every man
contributed so many hours of labor
and the school was built.
Living in Barns.
At CroSsville they put up their barns
and lived in them while their houses
were being built. It was in one of
these barns that one of the first home
stead babies was born last Fall The
family had just moved in. after months
of jobless, hopeless poverty. They had
no furniture. Their chairs and tables
and wardrobes were old packing boxes.
And 1t was in a straw-flled packing
box that the newborn baby was
Graded. To one who looked in the
stable door upon that courageous little
family came inevitably the thought Of
another stable. centuries ago, in lit
tie village in Judea.
Another picture I like to recall is
that of another homestead family on
one Of our Mississippi projects. The
project was on the route of the Pres
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takes. We admit that they have cost
money. l know Of no agency, public
or private, which can engage in a new
enterprise and not have first costs
(Continued on Eleventh Pa0e0
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
LAST PERSON TO
 SEE LlNDBERCH BABY TO TESTIFY
Betty Cow, the Nursefnaid,
 Expected to Prove the Most Interesting
By JANE DIXON United Press Stan CorrcspOndent)

Remington, N. J., Jan. 4.-(UP) Betty Cow, a Scotch nursemaid, will be the next important witness for the state of New Jersey in its prosecution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the murder of the Lindbergh baby.
 Betty Cow was the last person to see the Lindbergh baby alive. Young Charles was suffering from a cold. On the advice and under the supervision of his mother, Anne Lndbergh, she cut out a baby shirt from a flannel petti- coat Mrs indbergh had worn as an infant. Nurse Cow ran up the seams of the tiny shirt with green thread. The green thread was from spool her mother had sent her in a sewing basket from Scotland.
 Now the tiny garment the kid naper made into a shroud is a link in a chain of evidence that may send 8 man to the electric chair. Anne Lindbergh has iden- tified the small homemade shirt. Betty Cow will identify her own handiwork and seal the identifica- ton with the green thread identical with that which came in her sew ing basket from Scotland. Miss Cows life since the discov- cry of the empty crib, has not been easy. As the one person clos est to the kidnapped baby, next to his mother, she was the first sus- pect. Overnight, from an incon- spicious young woman in domestic service she became a public char acter with a question mark after her name.
 During a vacation at the Dwight Morrow estate, the home of Mrs Lindbergh's parents in Maine, Bet ty Cow met a personable young sailor, Henry Johnson. He was ashore from the Yacht of Thomas Lamont where he was a seaman.
 She and Johnson went dancing and romancing. Summer holiday came to an end. Betty returned with the Lindberghs and her young charge to the Morrow home in Englewood. But they didn't for get one another. Johnson went to the home of his brother in East Hartford, Conn. Thence he came to call on Miss Cow in Englewood.
 They had a rendezvous the night the Lindbergh baby was Kidnapped. Snf teiepnOneu HlIl LHdL SLlc WOulu not be able to keep it since she had to go to Hopewell to look after little Charles. Johnson was not at home when she called. He tried to reach her by phone later at the Morrow home in Englewood and failed.
 When the news of the baby's disappearance flashed across the world, detectives went to work, They traced telephone calls. OF ficers appeared outside the home of. Johnson's brother. They found the autom obile the sailor had been driving. On the floor was an emp ty milk bottle.
 It took the surprised sailor two months to prove that milk bottle had nothing to do with the disap- pearance of the baby.
 Johnson was exonerated but the cloud had not been lifted from Bet ty Cow.
 When the hunt for the kid- naper settled down into quiet in- yestigation, Miss Cow returned to Scotland. When the law gathered in Hauptmann she returned to continue. her service to the Lind berghs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
By ELMER .. wALzER

NJ New York, Jan 4-(UP)---A ma jority of stocks declined today fOl- loving delivery of President Hoobe- velt's message to congress.
 Railroad shares received a bit of attention when the president ,an- nounced Transportation regulatory bodies would be, combined under one head, They later sAkgkd from the highs but behaved better than other groups. Utilities were ad- vefseiy affected by indications the holding companies would come in for fuEther government regulation,
 Farm equipments declined q point or mofe. Leading autonio' bile shares Sagged while the low grade issues of the group gained slightly. Steels were fractions to q point lower. Silvers declined point or more. Fertilizer issues continued strong and small gains were noted lin special issues. Raik road equipments were up with the carriers.
 U. s. Steel touched 30 and then slipped back to 38 3-S off S-8 for the day. Small losses were noted in Wkstingt ouse Electric, American Can, General Motors, Chrysler: Western Union, National Distillers and Du Pont.
 The grain market did practically nothing for the day. Wheat closed off Is to up IA point; Corn up IA to off IA; Oats unchanged to up 5-8, and Rye unchanged to off 1-8., Cotton futures were ur'-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
SENATE IN MASS
 IS DEADLOCKED

Boston, Jan. 4.--(UP)-The Massachusetts senate, still dead- locked over election of presid etit, was to meet briefly today, hut has abandoned efforts to reach an agreement until Monday.
 A, democratic filibuster which started over division of committee chairmanships when the new sem ate was called to order W6dnes- day still was in progress.
 Precedent was established yesy terday when the senate failed to attend the inaugural qf Governor James M. Curley.. Ordinarily, the Gubernatorfal oath is administered by the senate president. But. be. cause the senate had not yet or- gaiiized by Inauguration time, Cur ley went ahead with the inaugural and was sworn in by secretary, of state Frederic w. Cook under un- preeedented circumetancee.
 By law a session of the upper house today is necessary, but load ! CTS said 1t would be Of a purely perfunctory nature, and after the senate IA called t0 order 1t will adjourn immediately until Monday under an agreement between rec Dublicans and democrats.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
DEMOCRATS TO
 CONTROL BUDGET

Hartford. Conn, Jan. 4-(UP) Democrats today were prepared for the first time in the states his. tory, to take complete charge oi the budget for the next biennial, which will be submitted to the general assembly shortly after Ii conyenes Jan. 9.
 The republican board held it's f. nal meeting late yesterday with many items still to be determined. Whether there would be and dras- tic revisions by the democratic majority. which takes office next Thursday, remained to be seen.
 Coy. Wilbur L. Cross is anxious to make provisions for an institu- tioning program, for which he has asked the Federal government for $i0,O00.g0O. This item may be left blank, pending Govern mental approval and indorsement of the legislature.
 The republican board made no provisions for salary increases, re storation of the salary cuts of 1883 and for additional employees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
BANKERS TRUST
 REPORTS GAINS
Total Resources Show Big Increase as of Those
 a Year Ago

New York, Jan 4-S. Sloan Colt president of Bankers Trust com pany, today made public the an nual statement Of the bank as of December 51, 1894, including com parlsons with the end of the pre- ceding year.
 The total resources of Bankers Trust company as of December 31, 1884, were $997,326,106.65 as against $737,2D2,420.04 on the same date year ago. The capital of $25,OO0.000 and surplus of $50,- 000,00O remain the same. The un- divided profit account was $12.- 018,747.65 as compared with $10,- O30,598.9O last year. Contingency fund totaled $16,922,710.01 as against $15.S49,892.45 a year ago. Deposits of $882, 98S,O3O.8 com pared with deposits of $611,725,- 753.74 a year ago. Holdings of U. s. government securities were $437,811,600 as compared with $e42,478,351.52 on, December 31, 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
BOMBING CASE IS
 TAKEN BY MASS.

New Haven, Conn. Jan 4. (UP) -Investigation of the bombing of four Massachusetts and Rhode theaters last month. which led to detention of two men here for questioning, to-day and shifted temporarily to Boston.
 At the latter City Herbert p. Logan, 34, an actor, and formerly of Torrington, was held in $20,0OO bond. charged with possessing m internal machine. Police said he related he had been hired for $2bO to fire the theaters and they are seeking a George Howard who Lo- gan said negotiated with him at a New Haven beer tavern.
 Philip R. Varnsdals, 45. Hamden. and John Mongillo. 35, West Haven, motion picture operators, are under S15,OOO bonds each on technical, idleness charges here and were questioned by Boston detec- lives yesterday. They returned to Boston last night to further inter- roeate Logan. promising "sensa- tional' developments after they ar- five here late to-day to complete their investigation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
approaching bullying would react against the defense.
 Esw4nrsAAA aN MnRHnNU HOVpnA

aDpEO0CHlHB Duiiyhhk WSbAN AS0kS against the defense.
 Extcrdcd to Morrow Home
 Reilly's attempt to duplicate the Llndbergh servants extended to the Morrow home in Englewood.
 ''Did you know" he asked Lind- bergh, that there was chauf- feur named Ellinson in the Mor- row home-a man of Scandinavian extraction?"
 "Yes, I knew that" Lindbergh replied.
 "And did you question him about where he was between 10 D. m. and a. m. on the night of the kidnaping?"
 "I' questioned him, but I can't recall what he told me"
 Reilly hinted that Violet Sharpe, hbusemaid in the Morrow hone who committed suicide, was going out with Ollie Whatley, the Lind beFgh butler, when they were off duty.
 Lindbergh said he knew nothing about 1t.
 Reilly's questions regarding Lindbcrgh's occasional carrying of gun created short-lived excite ment. Reilly attempted to show that the colonel had come into court armed. It had been known that Liildbergh. for his own pro- lection, has often carried a re- volved.
 Colonel Willing to Answer
 Justice Thomas w. Trehchard would have sustained objections to Reilly's questions along that line, but the colonel indicated his de- sire to answer them.
 Very we'll" said the. justice, "you may answer the question"
 T am not armed" Colonel Lind- bergh said simply.
 Lindbergh explained that there was a conflict of authority on the fiyst night when Jersey City, state and Newark police were at the estate. Several days later the state police took entire charge of the case, Lindbergh said.
 Justice Trenchard called recess at 12.27, and after the jury filed put. the jaff1ned courtroom was cleared.
 There were at least 100. more Spectators than on any previous day. t3l At least 100 stood for more than two hours---aolpe against the wall at the rear of the bench.
 No Session Saturday There will be no session of court tomorrow. Justice Thorhhs w. Trenchard said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
Some Market Issues Affected by Messae
New York Bank Stocks
 Net Small Gain 1884
Weighted Average of Seventeen Leaders Ranged From
 39.69 to 57.45 Per cent-CIOsed at 44.O0

New York, Jan 4--After having reached in the spring of 1884 lev- eIE close to the 1888 peak, New York City bank stocks declined in the latter part of 1884, but closed with a moderate net gain on the year.
 The weighted average of seven teen representative issues opened Jan 2 at the years low of 39.69 and on April 26th reached the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04

years high of s7l5. compared with 1888 high of 62.1s on Jan 10, 1893, Subsequently, however. a declining trend developed which carried the average down to 4O.33 on Septem- Der 18th. The close on December 31st was 44.O9. a net gain of Ill per cent over Jan ?. 1884 and 2h.e per cent over the 1s33 low on De- cember 26, 1888. The range for the year was as follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
RaillOay Shares Fell
 From, The High Places
Utilities Were Also Very Much Exercised Farm
 Equipments Dropped SteeIs Lower

changed to points higher. The dollar was unchanged in terms of Sterling and Sterling curren- cies, and higher in cold units.
 Bonds were featured by further activity in domestic corporation is-
 sues which advanced; by another
 decline of wide proportions in Brazilian issues, and by a dip in United States Governments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
UNDERWORLD IS
 GIVEN NEW BLO LOW

Kansas City, Mo, Jan 4.--tUP) The governments campaign against gunmen and racketeeEs, and those who live on the fringe of the underworld, scored another victory today when six persons charged with conspiring to free a prisoner were found guilty. Ehe defendants were accused of hatch- plot to liberate Frank Nash The plan that resulted in the bloody Union station massacre. in which Nash and four officers were slain. Among those convicted were two women. Mrs Elizabeth Galatas and Mrs Ester Farmer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
Acr As LEApER

Washington. Jan 4.--(UP)-Ed- ward T. Taylor, Colo, will act as democratic house leader until Rep William B. Bankhead, q. Ala. re- covers from an attack of intestinal influenza, Speaker Joseph w. Byrns announced to-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
ON NEW FLIGHT

Los Angeles, Jan. 4.-(UP)--Col Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pang- born took off early to-day for Gin cinnati and New York in the plane in which they flew from London to Melbourne. They planned only a short stop at Cincinnati before proceeding to New York. /
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04

Los Angeles, Jan 4.-(UP)- Warner Baxter remained under a physicians care to-day for, treat ment for a black widow spider bite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04

unless the colonel would state his present belief
 Q. Did you ever have the be- lief that Curtis was in contact with the kidnapers and didn't you so testify at the time of the Curtis trial?
 B e ore Lindbergh replied, Wilentz forced Reilly to read his Curtis testimony. Lindbergh then said T believed 1t then, but later I found out he wasn't telling the truth"
 Q. Did you ever have $50, 900 ready in plane to send to De- troit for the purple gang? A. No, had the $B0,p00-but never came near sending 1t to Detroit or anywhere else except where 1t was sent.
 Q. Were you in the Morrow home a short time before the sui- eide of Violet Sharpe? A. Yes. c. Did you ever suspect Violet Sharpe? 4. don't think so.
 c. Isn't 1t true that she was questioned by state police and that she took a vial of poison when she l was told they wanted to question her again A. Yes she took a vial of poison. O. Was one of the servants in the Morrow home Red Johnson? ? A. No.
 Q. Was he friends with Violet Sharpe? A. don't know that he 1 was.
 c. Betty Cow was not in this country when Hauptmanh was arr rested was she? A. No.
 Q. But she was brought back?
 Q. Was any effort made to bring Red Johnson back to the United States? A. I don't think l SO.
 The court at this point declared Q five minute recess. Examination Ended FleminHton. ". J.. Jan. 4.-OPl -Cross examination of Col Charles A. Lindbergh ended at 2:45 ?. m. He ended his testimony without be- 4 ing subjected to redirect exatnina- : tion by tine prosecution.
 Hauptmann Never FiiHciied The face and posture of Bruno Haubtmanfl were studies In stblid- ity throughout the morning of sem sations.
 When Lipdbergh charged him with being the Bronx oxtortioner, he watched the coionel's face in- ltently. but did not move muscle. He sat. staring hyphoticaliy through his deeh-sunken blue eyes. absolutely motipnless. His. arms were folded tightly over his chest. There was never flushing of blood in his checks nor did they take on additional palior when he heard himself described as the ex. tortionei.
 There was a question in the minds of the spectators as to the effect of Reilly's close questioning Ibf Llndbevgh. General opinion. founded on the fact that the aylA- tors sharp replies to the Brooklyn lawyer in the rnhtter of the statt police brought applaudtng mur- Imurs from the audience of towns. people. seemed to bo that anythiHf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-04
BANK STOCK RANGE

High, Jan 10th. .6219 Low, Dec 26th ........................3 3506
 Bear Market Low May 31, 1892 ..........................