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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
MAC CRACKEN TO
 ASK PREPARING

Washington, Feb 5 -. (U.P)- William P. MacCracken, Jr, assist ant secretary of commerce for aeronautics in the Hoover admin istration little cabinet" indicated to-day he may ask for rehearing of his senate conviction on contempt charges.
 The supreme court yesterday up- held action of the senate in sen- tencing MacCracken to 10 days in District of Columbia jail on con- viction of contempt of the Black air mail Investigating committee. He planned to confer to-day with his attorneys as to whether he will petition for a rehearing on the ground his contempt was purged when he gave the committee the information, 1t desired. He has 26 days in which to file a petition. s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
REARMAMENT OF GERMANY WEARS

Paris. Feb 5.-(UP)-First steps toward effecting the Franco-British agreement on German rearmament may be taken this week end, it was indicated today.
 There was an increasing ten dency to see in the agreement. pro- viding for British French Bel gian-German aerial defense treaty, with Italy perhaps also included. the germ of the international army of which some statesmen have dreamed for years.
 Sir John Simon, British foreign minister. may come here Friday for a dinner of the British Chamber of Commerce, 1t was understood today, and remain to discuss with Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin and Foreign Minister Pierre Laval the reaction of Germany and other nations to their joint announce ment of their agreement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
SCHOOLS IN
 WATERBURY SHOW LOSS
4l2 Less Pupils in. Year From October 1883
 to October 1894
REPORT DISTRIBUTED
 IN THE LEGISLATURE
Bridgeport and New Haven Had Much Bigger
 Decrease
BY WILLIAM J. MORIARTY Especial Legislative Reportcr)


 State Capitol, Hartford, - February 5 - In the school year from October l, 1883, to October 1, 1884, the registra- ton for Waterbury showed a decrease of 412 pupils, a re- port distributed among mem- bers of the Connecticut Legis- lature this morning revealed. The enumeration was based on that of school children between the ages of 4 and 16.
 In the state for the period given above the percentage decrease was 1.9 per cent. Bridgeport's drop was more than that of Waterbury. numbering 520, while New Haven showed a decrease in enrolment of 1,705.
 According to the 1894 school census there were 351,209 children, the figure representing a steady decrease since 1929. The brochure issued today placed the blame on the declining birth rate in Connec- ticut. From 1890 to 1893 the birth rate in the state dropped 35 per cent.
 The total decrease in pupils from October l, 1888, to October 1, 1884 was 7,149.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
WOMAN DOCTOR
 IS GIVEN PRIZE

Paris, Feb 5-(UP)-Dr Edna Harde Young, American bacteriol- ogist connected with the Pasteur institute, was awarded the Guy Amerongcn prize for cancer re- search. 1t was announced today.
 Dr Young is visiting in the Unit ed States. The ward was made for a paper, submitted to the French League Against Cancer, maintain ing that chemically preserved foods aided growth of cancer cells. The amount of the prize is indefinite as it depends upon the income from n fund.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
LAWYER REILLY STARTLED TRIAL OF HAUPTMANN
Shouted He Was Going to Prove That FiSCh Got
 the Money
BY sIDNEY R. WHIPPLE

Pennington, N. J., Feb 5.-tUP) Shouted declaration of Chief De- fense Counsel Edward J. Reilly that he would prove Isidore Fisch. now dead in Germany, was the Lindbergh ransom eXtortioner, brought Bruno Richard Haupt- mann's murder trial to sharp climax to-day.
 The declaration came to startle the court room as an interlude to the droning of a group of witnesses brought by the defense to clear up some of the hundreds of dis crepancies in previous testimony.
 It was during the examination of Mrs Bertha Hoff, Bayside house. wife, that Reilly made his state- ment to the court.
 Mrs Hoff had testified that Isa-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
Final News Flashes
BOARD MEMBER SENTENCED

White Plains N Y, Feb 5.-(UP)-Clar- ence B. Graies, former business manager of the Bronxville board of education, was sentenced to 10 years in Sing Sing prison today following his plea of guilty to charges of grand larceny. The indictment charged Graves with the larceny of $500 of school board funds after an auditors ii1- vestigation disclosed shortage of $4O,OO0 h. vestigation brought out the Graves also was con- victed of larceny in Boston, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
VISITORS WILL
 GREET PRINCE

Kitzbeuhel, Austria, Feb 5-- (UPl--Visitor from all over Flu rope jammed Kitzbuehel today to greet the prince of Wales, arriving for . skiing vacation.
 The prince, travelling incognito as the duke of Chester, left Eng land by airplane yesterday. Skiers and curiosity seekers from all over the continent hastened here.
 The prince Is believed not to have skilled for many years. But he knows how, and will not have to learn on tho nursery slopes. the hills where beginners practice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
MRS PERKINS, NEW JOB

Boston, Feb 5.-(UP)-The Boston Tray eler, in copyrighted story. today, says that Frances Perkins, secretar yof labor, has been of- fered the presidency of Wellesley college at salary of $12,0O0 and has conferred with Presl- dent Roosevelt as to her acceptance of the post The reported offer follows the recent announce ment of the resignation of Miss Ellen Fitz Pen dleton as Wellesley's president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
FRACTURE BRINGS DEATH

Bridgeport, Conn, Feb 6.-UP) from q boatswain'S chair suspended from the top of Lincoln school, William R. Part ingtn, 47, EZRA worker and father of three children, suffered a skull fracture which resulted In his death last night at a hospital.
 He fell .35 feet landing on his head.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
France Explains Agreement Made With The British
Complete Pact of Mutual Defense Against an Enemy Reciprocal Assistance Against Danger of Ag-
 gressiOn-OtFer Nations May Come In

Paris February 5- (UP) = Great Britain and France have agreed complete pact of mutual defense Premier Pierre Eenne Fandn told the Chamber of Deputies today
 In declaration to parliament the accord just reached in London Germanys rearmament Flandn said
 "We have provided for reciprocal and complete assist ance between France Great Britain We believe other nations should likewise be interested removing the danger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05


 of aggression and therefore we de- cided to call for the participation of the pations which signed the Locarno pact"
 Of the London accords, Flandin said further:
 "They must not be misunder- stood. They are principles present. ed with a view to later conversa- tions, as the two governments must act together again when they receive replies to their invitations
 Outlining the reasons for the ac- cords, Flandin reiterated that Germany's secret. re-armament and withdrawal from the league of na- tions created new situation.
 We think it would be inoppor- tune," he said, ITO give any pre- text whatever to anybody to avoid
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
SMITH COLLEGE HAD FIRE

Northampton, Mass, Feb 5.-(UP)-Flames drove 31 Smith college students from historic sessions hall last night The fire broke out in the house mothers roo min the old dormitory and was confined largely to the second floor. The girls gathered tlseir most valuable possessions and fled to safety.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05

name he refused to give--she since has died-and parked near the cemetery.
 Suddenly, he testified, man stepped into the glare of his head lights and took several steps to- ward the car.
 Heier said the man appeared to leap over the wall of St Raymond's cemetery into the glare of his headlights.
 "Who was it?" asked Edward !. Reilly. chief defense counsel.
 "Isidor Fisch," was the reply.
 In that manner, Reilly followed through on his statement made this morning that he would prove that Fisch collected the Lindbergh ransom.
 Attorney General David T. Will entz forced Heier to admit under cross examination that he had been convicted of some vague of fense in connection with a cabaret his brothers operated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
AROUND WORLD RACE

Paris, Feb 5.-(UP)-An around-the-world air race in 1887 was decided upon today by the general council of the International Aeronautic Federation. Details will be worked out at meeting in Jugoslavia next September. Godfrey Lacabot of Boston represented the United States in todays deliberations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
SYKES APPROVED

Washington, Feb H.(UP)-The senate interstate commerce com- mission today voted to report fa- vorably the nominations of Chair man Eugene O. Sykes and four other members of the federal com munications commission
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Feb 5-(UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year to Feb End. compared with the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year: This Year Expenses Last Year ,675.14 $2,627, 5,505.63
 Receipts $2,O70,267, 7,S39.s9 O1.965,s16.S7
 Deficit $1,9s2.121. .s35.25 $1.s25,54s,ess.7s
 Cash Balance $2,29s,s4o,251.70 $4.346.s3e,22S.s7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
LEGISLATORS TO
 CONSIDER JUST
 1900 MEASURES
They Must Pass One Bill Every Five Minutes to
 Get Through
By GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR. limited Press Staff COrfeSpOndent)

United Press stan COrfeSpOnueHt)
 Hartford. Conn. Feb 5-(UP)- Connecticut's first tri-party gen. eral assembly, it's program shaped after three weeks of preliminary jockeying, slipped into first gear today with 1900 bills awaiting dis posal before June 5, the statutory adjournment date.
 At the pace 1t has been moving since organization Jan 9. it would be necessary to pass on bills at the rate, of one every five minutes to avoid the necessity of special session, which the governor is de- termined to call if his state reor- ganization program is not favor- ably treated.
 The string attached to the gen. erous cooperation of republicans in indorsing the reorganization
 (rnpt}n,Yad nn ParA Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05

Collinsvilble. Conn, Feb 5-(UP) Business worries were believed to have prompted Hubert KatZung. 47. an insurance agent, to end his life by hanging in the cellar of his home yesterday. His widow. two sons and two daughters survive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
Defense Witness SalD Partner OfHauptn1ann Night or The Ransom
Benjamin Ileier Testified to That Fact TO-day-Eie Recognized Fisch as He Jumped Over Wall;
 Riding With Girl, Who Since Has Died
BY SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE United Press Staff Correspondent

Pennington, N. J.. February - (UP) = Isidor Fisch instead of Bruno Richard Haupmann, lurked in St Ray monds cetery the night of April 2, 1882, and collected S5OOOO from Jafsie Benjamin Heer today at Hauptmanns trial.
 The witness said he was out driving with girl whose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
BOMB AS HAMMER

Havana, Feb 5.-(UP)-Mari0 Guerra was dead today and Pedro Torres in hospital because Guerra used a dynamite bomb as q hammer.
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Snow Early Tonight;
 Fair Cold Wednesday. Fun Weather Report Page Q.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-23
APPROVE HUGE
NAVY MEASURE
Peace Time Record Broken
by $465,286,261
Appropriation.
By United Press

By ntted Press
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The
House Appropriations Committee
this afternoon reported favorably
the new $465 1862 peace time
ecord-breaking naval budget for
the 1886 fiscal year, which exceeded
that of 1885 by S174,879 ,098.
Despite the increase, the commit
tee slaShed the Administration
projected new building program of
"a new ships in half on the
grounds that this work can be
started later under a special appro-
priation if the scheduled naval dis
armament conference is unsuccess-
full.
The bill, generally, aside from the
construction angle provides keeping
step with the second year of the
governments f1ve-year program to
build this country's sea forces to full
treaty strength by 1910.
AlrplaneS, enlisted personnel
and officer strength increases were
recommended in the bill which will
be debated on the floor during the
next few days.
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first tests until death, proved that
presbyopia is correlated with the
duration of life in such way
that the early presbyopes die early
and the late presbyopes die late"
Brainstroke and heartstroke
were the causes of death in the
persons whos proved the Signifi-
canoe of the eye change. These
accounted for about half the
5000. The rest of the patients died
of cancer. pneumonia, or other
diseases, and for these the re-
search workers could find little or
no correlation between the time
the eve lens hardened and dura-
ton of life.
ID EPORTING a further expert
IN ment under a grant from the
Rockefeller Foundation given to
the Biological Laboratory at Cold
Spring Harbor. N. Y, DR.. Bern
stein concluded;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-23
BONUS MEANS
HIGHER TAXES,
SENATE TOLD
Passage of Any of Bills
Needs New LevieS, Says
Morgenthau.

By bHlteG Press
WASHINGTON, April %. - The
Roosevelt Administration today de-
manded that new taxes be levied if
Congress passes any soldiers bonus
bill.
Henry Morgenthau Jr., Secretary
of the Treasury, told the Senate
Finance Committee that passage of
any of the pending bonus bills would
impose unexpected burdens on the
Treasury and endanger the national
credit unless accompanied by new
taxes.
The Treasury would view with
great concern he said, "the enact
ment of any bill which calls for
large additional expenditures with
out compromising additional taxes"
He said if the bonus passed, he
would submit a program for rails
ing $200,000,000 to $600,000,000
through higher inheritance taxes.
Mr.. Morgenthau applied his de-
mand even to the Harrison com
promise" bill which had been offered
with a degree of Administration
sanction. Rep. Wright Patman 3D.,
TeX). commended new taxes we're
not needed under his bill, which the
House passed, to pay the bonus
with more than $2OOO,00O,O00 new
currency.
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This shows conclusively that
the physiological aging measured
by the range of accommodation
is strictly hereditary. Our former
conclusion that the natural length
of life may become practicable if
a proper measure of the physio-
logical aging has become available,
is strongly backed by these find
ings."
Stressing the significance of the
discovery for heredity, DR.. Bern
stein said:
These implications Of natural
span Of life are especially irnpor-
tant in regard to the fact that the
natural causes of death come more
in the foreground the more the in
fictitious diseases are brought I'M
der control. The span of life in
the future will be determined
much more by that which Francis
Cation called the treasure of in
heritance' than by conditions
which lie In the environment.
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Out Again.! In AGAIN.!

make sufficient accommodation
for reading. If this aging process,
called presbyopia or "old-sighted-
ness" occurs early. the individ-
uafS normal span of life is COM
paratively short. If it occurs late
IN middle age, the individual can
expect to see a venerable old age,
unless some infection or accident
cuts short his natural lifetime.
e y
DR. BERNSTEIN told how he
- has reached his conclusions
after systematic investigation of
this means of measuring the aging
process, carried on both in Ger
many and this country.
Data on 5000 cases of pres
byopia." he said. gathered from
the University clinics Of Goettin-
gen and Leipzig by two students
from my Institute in Goettingen
and rom two private oculists, and
followed individually from the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-23
DUST BLIZZARD
HITS 4 STATES
Tons of Crime From Kansas
Swept Over Midwest;
1t Nay Be Last.


KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 3d.
Dust from southwestern Kansas
spread today over four Midwestern
states. There were indications it
was the tail ender" of the storms
which have plagued a five-state
area recurrently since February.
Dodge City was the center of the
new black blizzard" Tons of CRIME
we're picked up by a 32-mile wind
and carried over Nebraska and the
Dakotas.
Visibility was reduced to zero at
Dodge City during the height of the
blow. At Bismarck, N. D., 600 miles
north. visibility was half mile.
Although stiff wind blew over
eastern Colorado it carried little
dust The Oklahoma and Texas
panhandles reported little drifting
Recent scattered precipitation and
listing operations were credited with
keeping the dust down in some
areas previously subjected to severe
wind erosion.
Concordia. Kan, reported a "a
mile wind but comparatively light
dust. Visibility was three-quarters
of mile. Earlier in the season
such wind would have whipped
up enough dust to smother the city
in darkness. Garden City for the
first time escaped the dust.
Weekend rains were reported
over most of Oklahoma and part of
western Kansas.
Kansas State College agronomists
said that the advancing growth of
vegetation during the week since
the last major blow helped to hold
the soil in place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-23
YOUTHS HELD
FOR SHOOTING
H0LDUP VICTIM
Frankly Admit ESCapade
During Night; Seized
at SheIbyViIIe.

After a night of apparently aim
less and certainly futile crime, two
youths, both of whom had police
records before, were arrested today
and brought to police headquarters
facing the serious charge of armed
robbery.
The youths are Raymond North,
Il, who gave an address that doesn't
exist, and Clifford Norman, 10, Of
BIT E. st. Clair-St.
First details of their wanderings
came to attention of police when
Charles E. Horner, 81, R. R. 9, Box
424, reported he had been shot in
the wrist by one of two holdup men
at his filling station in New Bethel.
The assailants had escaped.
They next were heard from early
today when the marshal of Shelby
vile came upon them tinkering with
the motor of their car, and arrested
them on suspicion when he found
each had a gun.
Taken into custody by deputy
sheriffs, the boys readily admitted
they had held up Mr.. Horner, and
North admitted the shooting. They
said they had stolen the car they
were riding in Sunday night in In
dianapolis, and they said they had
between the Horner shooting and
the arrest, robbed a bakery at St.
Paul, IND, owned, Norman said,
by an uncle of his.
In the car was found a radio.
check writer, an adding machine
and a suit case full of spark plugs.
Norman said he had been sent to
Whites Institute four years ago for
car theft, and North said he is on
parole from the Indiana State Re-
formatory, where he was serving a
sentence for car theft.
The boys were not, apparently.
perturbed at all over their arrest,
and talked freely with police about
their nights adventure.
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consin, Minnesota and Missouri
fall somewhere between Indiana
and Illinois, he said.
The statement was construed by
observers to be an answer to United
States Senator Frederick VanNuys,
who two weeks ago publicly advo-
ated the return of the administra-
ton of relief to township organiza-
tons and who, in so doing, sharply
criticised the states administrative
expenditures.
There has been great deal of
nlisinformation relative to the cost
of administration of relief in In
diana" Mr.. Coy said. Il am pleased
to submit the records since Nav
1884, as revealed by the official
records of the FERA.
Il have heard great deal about
chiselers on relief. A chiseler is
despicable at any time and particu-
larly on public relief rolls. Any in
formation regarding such chiseling
when accompanied by sufficient data
to make investigation possible, will
be carefully checked, the name of
the informant being withheld.
Independent Of such information.
vigorous efforts are now under way
to remove any such chiselers from
relief rolls. Re-investigation under
rigid supervision is being in
augurated to supplement the home
visits regularly made.
Collateral visits to check the in
formation secured will be made. Our
objective this spring is to get the
man or woman on relief back into a
job. No person on relief will be per-
mitted to refuse a job at a living
wage and remain on relief. En-
ployers are urged to get in touch
with county relief officers for addi-
tional help"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-23
PREDICT ACUTE
SHORTAGE OF
HOUSES HERE
City Today Has 1900 Fewer
Dwellings Than 1t Did
Year Ago.
SURVEY Is COMPLETED
Problem to Grow More
Troublesome Within
Three Months.

Indianapolis today has approx
mately 1900 fewer dwelling places
than it did a year ago and some
real estate experts predict notice
able housing shortage within three
months.
The 1900 dwellings have been dis
mantled by owners or vandals in the
last year, and relatively few have
been built to replace them.
The indianapolis Water Co. COM
pleted survey recently that
showed 1858 vacant residential
properties of all classes in the city,
exclusive of apartments, whereas
there were 1878 vacant at this time
last year and 10,102 the year before.
There is a chronic shortage of
apartments in Indianapolis.
OF the 1858 residential properties
the water company found vacant
this year within the city limits, only
646 we're claSsed as thoroughly mod
ern and desirable.
$4,000 Families Doubled Up
Only 1907 of the remainder, the
company estimated, can be rem
dered thoroughly modern with al
terations and repairs. Some of the
others could be made attractive
with extensive alterations and con-
struction.
Thus 1853 properties could be
made available to tenants with a
minimum expense, the company
figures show. But there are now
nearly 10000 families by Federal
count that are doubled up with
friends or relatives. two families
living in one dwelling intended for
one family.
When and if industry takes back
to work the earners in these fam
lilies, and they seek separate quar-
tiers. the available supply will by no
means satisfy the demand, real
estate experts point out.
Phone Business Gains
For this exigency the real estate
men are preparing themselves as
best they can. Straws in the wind
indicate the trend is toward re-es-
Enlistment of homes. The Indiana
Bell Telephone Co. reports that
there are now operating in the city
nearly 1000 more phones than there
were last year at this time.
The building trades industries,
judged by the number and value of
building permits issued last month
as compared to year ago, are
much populated now than last year
Only per cent of available rental
dwellings in Indianapolis are un-
tenanted. and real estate experts
say this is the lowest percentage in
years.