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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-09
Copy-Cat?

COpy-Cat?
 So 1t appears after ell that the Herald Tribune was not so much inspired as 1t was . kidnap- per of Mir. Paul Blocks three rnonthS' old brain child. The humor of the situation is inevit. able when comparison Is made be- tween the Herald Tribune and MT. Paul Block. The former repre- sents a connpanionate marriage between the Tribune, an historic, aristocratic. Socially-elect Upper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-09
Cooperation?

CO-OperatiOn2
 Last week the New York Herald Tribune, the archetype of Toryism in American journalism, had Q brilliant Idea. It was that the Burest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-09
T est Your Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-09

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, 'He was neither willing to forgive me nor my sister,; say, ''He was Iinwill- ing to forgive me or my sister,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-09

Goopyrlshf, lnse, by United Fea~
 tnre Syndicate. xne)
Evening star., 1936-01-08
TODD WITNESSES !.
TO CLOSE INQUIRY.
Los Angeles Grand Jury
Summons Last in Effort =.
to Solve Death.
By the Associased Press.

0y INC hbcOClatcu FECoo
LOS ANGELES, January "a will
o. the wisp pursuit of murder theories
in tie death of Thelma Todd neared
the end today as q grand jury sum-
moned the last Of its witnesses.
Reliable sources connected with the
prolonged inquiry reported the jurors
apparently had failed to establish any
basis for the possibility of foul play
and were convinced the film COM
edienne died by accident or self-intent.
Miss Todd's body was found De-
cember Is In the garage where she
kept her motor car Carbon monoXide
poisoning was given as the cause OF
her death. Police held she was the
victim Of an accident.
Virtually the only witness Of i'm
portance remaining to be called was
Roland West, former film director and
Miss Todd's partner in a sidewalk cafe.
He already had told part Of his story
to the jury.
"It looks as if the jury expects mo
to provide a dramatic climax" ne
said. II vii! tell anything they want
to know about my own life. But they
cannot force me to besmirch Miss
Todd's character. I am determined,
at all costs. to protect and honor her
memory"
Evening star., 1936-01-08
RAIN is FORECAST
FOR D. c. TONIGHT
Norfolk. k.Washington Boat Seized.
ules Resumed After Fog
Delay.

The Weather Bureau today forecast
rain tonight and probably tomorrow,
with little change in temperatures.
The mercury got within one degree of
freezing early today and was only a
few points above at noon.
Dense fog on the Potomac yester-
day interrupted schedules of Norfolk
Washington passenger boats and de.
layed the Northland for eight and a
half hours The fog had cleared to-
day, however, and regular schedules
were resumed.
Capt. George H. NOVEL; of the
--orthland encountered the heaviest
fog in years early yesterday en- route
from Norfolk and dropped anchor OF
Colonial Beach until the visibility i'm
proved.
The boat had no wireless and rela-
tives and friends of the 125 passengers
and crew besieged the Office of the
company with inquiries Many feared
the boat had been in a collision.
The passengers themselves, how
ever displayed no nervousness over
the delay, Capt NOVEL; reported. The
Northland. due at am. arrived at
$3.50 pm
Weather men said the fog was due
to the condensing of warm air over
the cold surface of the Potomac, now
I filled with drift ice. Ii
Evening star., 1936-01-08
NEUTRALITY BILLS
ARGUED D|NPRVATE
Senate Committee Drops
Plans for Public
Hearings.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee decided today to expedite con-
sideration of the administration neu-
trality bill without public hearings.
Chairman Pittman announced after
the meeting there had been a general
discussion Of both the administration
bill and the slightly more drastic Nye-
Clarke measure and that Secretary
Hull would appear Friday to give his
views.
Borah Wants Information.
Senator Borah Of Idaho. ranking
Republican member, said he was in
terested in finding out whether We
are going to abandon the right to
trade with belligerents'
Under both the administration and
Nye-Clarke bills, commerce with bel
ligerents. in commodities that may be
helpful in prosecuting a war, would be
restricted to normal peace-time levels.
However. the administration bill
would permit the President to fix the
periods for determining normal trade
averages The Nye-Clarke measure
would make the average the five years
preceding q proclamation that q wal
existed
Pittman Favors Elastic" Act
Pittman said the administration
provision was better because it pro-
vided elasticity"
You've got to take normal periods. -
he said.
The House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee listened today to further explana-
tions of the administration neutral
ity bill, then agreed to an open ses-
sion tomorrow, at which Edwin M
Borchard. professor Of international
law at Yale University. and Frank H
Simonds, author, will testify.
Evening star., 1936-01-08

impressions as to his views concerning
bank credits Of belligerent governments
In contradistinction to public loan
f1oated in this country:
There is a decided difference be-
tween an issue of government bonds,
which are sold in open market to In
vestors. and an arrangement for easy
exchange in meeting debts incurred
in trade between a government and
American merchants.
"The sale of bonds draws gold from
the American people. The purchasers
of bonds are loaning their savings to
the belligerent government, and are,
in fact, financing the war.
THE acceptance OF Treasury notes
or other evidence OF debt in payment
for articles purchased in this country
Is merely a means of facilitating trade
by system of credits which will avoid
the clumsy and Impractical method OF
cash payments As trade with bel
ligerents is legitimate and proper. it is
desirable that obstacles. such as in
reference with an arrangement oi
credits or easy method of exchange
should be removed.
THE question Of an arrangement
of this sort ought not to be SUBJ
mitted to this Government for Its
opinion, since 1t has given its view,
on loans in general, although an ar.
rangement as to credits has to dc
with a commercial debt rather thar
with a loan of money.
The above are my individual i'm.
pressions of the conversation with the
President, who authorized me to give
them to such persons as were entitled
to hear them upon the express under
standing that they were my owr
impressions and that I have no au.
thority to speak for the President ol
the Government"
Appended were notations that the
substance Of the conversation had
been repeated to Willard Straight
whom Morgan identified as "a gentle.
man we were using to get informa-
tion," and r. L. Farnham, who, Van.
derlip said, was an employe OF the
National City Bank.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
THOMPSON, EDITOR
AND AUTHOR, DIES
Authority on Latin America
Served Here as Cor
respondent.

Wallace Thompson. editor chief
of the magazine Ingeneria Inter-
nacional and formerly prominently
connected in this city. died yesterday
at his home in New York He was So
In 1884, Mr.. Thompson was WASH
ington correspondent on N. r. A.
affairs for the McGraw-Hill Publish
ing Co., Inc. At one time he wrote
on Latin American affairs for the
Associated Press here and also worked
for the United States Daily. He was
American delegate to the Pan-Amer.
ican Standardization Conference here
, in 1927.
Mr.. Thompson was member OF the
Cosmos and National Press Clubs,
fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society. corresponding member oi
the Hispanic Society Of America anc
member of the Century, Explorers
Ends of the Earth and National Art
Clubs OF New York.
Lived In Mexico.
Widely known as an editor and
author. Mr.. Thompson went to New
York in 1908 to become assistan.
editor Of the magazine Modern
Mexico. In 1904 he became editor oi
the Mexican Herald in Mexico City. a
position he held until 1910. In the
latter year he was appointed political
correspondent for the Kansas City
Journal. and from 1911. to 1918 was
Paris correspondent for various Aneri-
can newspapers.
In 1914 he returned to New York
and became managing editor Of the
magazine Town and Country. Later
he held similar position with
Popular Science Monthly. In 1917 ne
was a member of the Doheny Research
Foundation in Mexico. In 1918 he
served in the War and State Depart.
ments here and then was appointed
United States vice consul at Monterey
Mexico. In succeeding years he wrot'
a number of books on Mexico and 1t.
people. Mr.. Thompson also had con
tributed many articles to magazines.
| He was a native of Topeka, Kans
and was graduated from Washburl
College there in 1908.
He is survived by his second wife, tn
former Nancy Clark Dixon Coffin. an,
q son by his first marriage, Ian Thomp
son, now living in Juneau, Alaska.
One of Mr.. Thompson's last request
was that his body be cremated an
the ashes scattered over the Ande
Mountains of South America.
Evening star., 1936-01-08

ing members Of the committee In
charge Of the particular bill under
consideration at the moment and
aides to the leaders.
The House Speaker and the
President of the Senate (who is
Vice President of the United
states), each occupies an elevated
dias. Many Of the Senate desks
are relics of the old Senate cham
ber.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi
uses the desk of the former Presi-
dent of the Confederacy. Jefferson
Davis. Senator Glass Of Virginia
uses that of Calhoun and Senator
Hale of Maine sits at the desk once
occupied by Daniel Webster.
These famous old desks are To-
Gated on both the Democratic and
Republican sides of the chamber.
They still are equipped with sand
busters the old equivalent OF blot
ting paper.
Boxes for snuff, once generally
used, still are in the Senate cham
Der, near the Vice Presidents dias,
but are there for exhibition pur.
poses only.
Evening star., 1936-01-08

orders, except under a guarantee from
the Morgan Co. that If the war ended
before the delivery Of the rifles pay
ment would be forthcoming anyway.
Lamont insisted there was no guar
antee requested of the Morgan firm,
nor given by it.
Policy Change Discussed.
Most of the hearing yesterday aft
ernoon was devoted to discussion OF
change in policy affecting loans to
belligerents. under which Morgan &
Co. and the National City Bank were
allowed to conduct negotiations with
the allies for credits" as distin-
guished from general loans"
1t was brought out that William
Jennings Bryan, then Secretary OF
State, first told the Morgan firm on
August Is. 1914. that loans to bel
ligerents are inconsistent with the
true spirit of neutrality" Because Of
this admonition Morgan cabled his
Paris affiliate that negotiations for a
loan of $l0.000,009 to s20,000,000 to
the French government were can.
| celed.
Later, however. after q conference
with President Wilson. memorandum
was written by Robert Lansing. then
counselor in the State Department
drawing a distinction between gen.
eral loans" and credit loans" so tina!
resumption of financial negotiation,
with the allies no longer was out
lawed.
Chairman Nye stressed that thi.
memorandum never was made public
to the press, but the substance of II
was conveyed to representatives of the
Morgan firm and the National City
| Bank.
French Warrants Issue.
On October 9, 1914. Frank A. Van.
derlip wrote Ambassador Jusserand
that the National City Bank was ready
to negotiate $40 100000 issue of one.
year French Treasury warrants to be
sold in the United States, providing
the Government did not object.
Two weeks later the National City
Bank wrote Counselor Lansing it was
disposed to grant short time credits oi
European governments, both belliger.
ents and neutrals. and would do sc
unless the State Department specif.
cally objected.
The reply to this apparently came
indirectly through Jusserand, who, two
days afterward, wrote the National
City Bank:
Il think it is appropriate for me tc
confidentially tell you that from in
formation. the accuracy Of which
cannot doubt. you will find the com.
petent authorities ready. not Of course
to grant permission which is neither
asked for nor wanted, but to abstain
from objections. I need not repeat
but you certainly feel and know how
I appreciate all you do"
Morgan explained to the COMMITTEES
that when the Government turned
itself loose, we turned ourselves loose
with regard to foreign credits.
Lansing Memorandum.
The Lansing memorandum, under
date of October %, 1914, follows:
From my conversation with tn.
President gathered the following
Evening star., 1936-01-08
HILDEBRANDT SUPPORTS
TOWNSEND PROPOSALS
South Dakotan Protests Omission
of Name From Publication
of Congress Backers.

BY the Associated Press.
After a check-up Of sentiment In
his district and careful consideration
of the whole matter" Representative
Hildebrand, Democrat, of South Da-
kota has decided to support the Town
send old-age pension plan.
He said 50 today in protesting omis-
sion of his name from a list Of con-
gressional supporters published in the
Townsend Weekly. His answer to q
QUESTIONABLE from the weekly must
have been misplaced, he thought.
"I have for many years been an
advocate of old-age pensions and So
cial welfare legislation generally" Hill
debrand explained.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
ROOSEVELT GIVEN
PEACE RESOLUTION
Southern Methodist Bishops
and Churchmen Present
Plea Against War.

Three bishops and nine other prom
inent churchmen Of the Southern
Methodist denomination called at the
White House this morning and pre-
sented to President Roosevelt reso-
luton urging the executive and legis-
lative branches Of the Government to
make every possible effort to keep the
United States out of war and restrict
warfare among other nations.
The resolution was passed yesterday
by 1000 clergymen and laymen at
tending the annual meeting of the
General Missionary Council at the
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Epis-
copal Church South. 1t expressed
deep concern over various events
and movements which seem to
threaten the world"
Led by Bishop Mouzon.
The delegation, headed by Bishop
Edwin D. Mouzon, Charlotte, N. c..
was received by the President shortly
after II am. 1t included Bishop A.
Frank Smith, Houston, Tex; Bishop
John M Moore, Dallas. Tex; DR.. W.
Angie Smith, pastor of the Mount
Vernon Place Church; Rev. DR.. w.
r. Bryan, Galveston, Tex; DR.. w. P.
King. editor of the Christian Advo-
cate; Rev. John c. Hawk, missionary
in China; DR.. E. c. Beery, presiding
elder of the Washington district: Mrs.
J. w. Peary, president of the Women's
Missionary Council; DR.. Elmer T..
Clark, Nashville, Tenn; DR.. w. G..
Cram, Nashville, secretary of the
Board of Missions, and DR.. Ivan Lee
Holt, st. Louis, president of the
Federal Council of Churches.
The churchmen in their resolution
expressed no opinion upon any of
the Presidents specific recommended
tions on neutrality. I'VE follow the
One who came to bring peace on
earth and we believe His way the
right way for men and nations" they
declared.
Pledge Peace Support.
ITO the President and Congress on
whose shoulders rests the responsibility
of developing and applying methods
and agencies of securing peace, we
extend sympathy and pledge support
in their efforts to this end. We de-
sire TO urge upon them as their first
duty the banishment from the world
of the scourge of war. We commend
them to God for guidance and shall
pray without ceasing that their ef-
forts to this end shall be crowned
with success"
In the sessions of the Council at
the Mount Vernon Place Church this
morning DR.. A. w. Beaven. president
Of the Colgate Divinity
School, Rochester. N. Y. urged in
creased support for the foreign mis-
sionary movement as the greatest
invasion for the purpose of good will
ever undertaken by people Of one cul-
ture in the territory of another" He
said that the Christian minister is at
the center of achievement in the move
ment.
Dr. Beaven shared the speaking pro-
gram with Bishop Moore, Bishop Paul
3. Kern of Greensboro, N. c.: Mrs.
Ethel Shuler Smith, missionary in
Africa, and Rev. D. L. Belts, mis-
sionary in Brazil.
The Council was addressed last
night by Hirosi Saito, japanese Am
bassador. and DR.. John r. Mott. pres
ident of the International Missionary
Council.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
STRIKE OFF, CURRENT
RESTORED IN 80 TOWNS
Agreement Reached Between Mis-.
souri, Company and Workers
Brotherhood.

By ths Associated Press.
wARRENSBURG. Mo. January g.
Electrical service was restored In 80
Western Missouri towns today after a
strike had been called of at three
power plants of the Missouri Public
Service Co., which has headquarters
here.
F. H. Luecke, president, announced
an agreement had been reached with
the newly organized International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local Union at Clinton. A strike had
been called at midnight at the Clinton,
Pleasant Hill and Nevada power
plants because of the recent discharge
of three workmen.
Luecke said the company had agreed
to take back two Of the workmen and
to find q place for the third.
Evening star., 1936-01-08

ElOill ! IL oO 4 otSp
Co., for shells. s9s,13s,375; Baldwin
Locomotive Works, for locomotives
and shells. S55.73l,2s5; Hercules Pow
der Co., for munitions, s6S.946, ,468:
Remington Arms U. M. C. Co., for
munitions, s63,844,3l4; Remington
Arms Co.. for rifles. 100000 900;
United States Steel Products Co.. steel
supplies, s123,778,28s, and Washing
ton Steel & Ordnance Co., shells,
s59,S34, 900.
Morgan Neglected"
After Lamont had volunteered an
swers to long series Of questions by
the investigators, Raushenbush turned
directly to Morgan and inquired:
by the way, are we neglecting you,
Mr.. Morgan?"
mo. not at ALL" Morgan replied,
with something of a start. Il don't
feel that way about it at all. I enjoy
listening in"
When general laughter by commit
tee members and spectators had died
down. Raushenbush said: Il was just
wondering whether Mr.. Lamont has
been answering questions which you
might wish to answer yourself"
Morgan said he was willing to an
swer any question and caused more
laughter when he inquired: Let's see
now-what date are we discussing?"
Haushenbush then proceeded to ques-
ton Morgan regarding his firms
World War munitions contracts.
Arms Contracts Read.
Today's hearing opened with the
reading into the record Of several
arms contracts negotiated for the
British Government in 1915 by j. P.
Morgan & Co., its purchasing agency.
Raushenbush brought out that two
s6,500,000 rifle purchases in the
United States we're handled by the
Morgan firm early that year.
Cablegrams were read regarding in
quiries made by Morgan, Grenfell &
Co. at London as to ability of Amer
ican arms concerns to manufacture
rifles and ammunition for Great Brit
ain. j. P. Morgan & Co. replied that
Remington was equipped to manufac-
ture British-type arms.
RauSenbush asked If it wasn't true
that American rife manufacturers
were not very anxious to get the
British business.
Says u. S. Firms Wanted Job.
Lamont said he did not believe this
to be fact-that the Americans were
after all the business they could get.
The committee investigator read q
letter from one rifle manufacturer to
j. P. Morgan g. Co. indicating unwill-
ingness to negotiate certain contracts
and inquired of Lamont If the letter
was not proof that Morgan g. Co.
was pressing the rifle manufacture
ers," to supply Britain with arms. La
mont pointed out that Morgan g. Co..
as purchasing agent for Great Britain,
naturally was desirous Of filling the
British orders for arms.
Raushenbush and Lamont debated
to mutually conceded "stalemate"
as TO whether Morgan q Co. had been
asked to guarantee an American firm
an extra order Of 100000 rifles for
s6,00O,00o If the firm expanded its
plant to manufacture an initial 200.-
900 rifles.
Raushenbush was trying to show
that American FIRMS were reluctant
to proceed with the British rifle
Evening star., 1936-01-08
A. U. Citizens to Meet.

The regular monthly meeting of the
American University Park Citizens
Association will be held this evening at
o'clock in Hurst Hall of American
University A report on transpor-
tation problems is scheduled for dis.
cussion. Following the business meet
ing movies of the Chevrolet plant and
the Presidents Cup regatta will be
shown.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
31,887 MILES OF ROAD
Agriculture Department Reports
Work Completed in 1885.

The Agriculture Department report
ed yesterday that on November 80 a
total of 1887 miles of highways cost
ing S532, 1888 1922 had been completed
from 1884 and 1885 public works allot-
ments totaling 1894 100000.
Under construction November 80
were 1853 miles to cost an estimated
total Of $88,775,841, while 289 miles
to cost ST. .391 .663 from the 1884 fund
and S7,348,3 1857 from the 1885 fund had
been approved for construction. A
balance of approximately s15,00o,o00
remained available for new projects.
Evening star., 1936-01-08

No. chairman Nye 0eft) and
Stephen Raushenbush, chief in
vestigator for the Senate Munitions
Committee, comforting before to-
days session. "A. P. Photo.
No. 2-Thomas w. Lamont,
George Whitney and j. P. Morgan
go into a huddle before the hearing
is resumed. A. P. Photo.
No. 3-Flanked by his personal
bodyguard and Lieut.. James of the
Capitol Police, Morgan is shown
leaving the hearing yesterday.
Secret service men also were as
signed. thanksgiving Photo.
No. 4-These members of the
committee conducted the question:
ing. Left to right: Senators Nye,
Clark and Vandenberg.
"A. P. Photo.
Evening star., 1936-01-08
Lessons in
La,cn1aking
Is. The Dividing Aisle.

DEMOCRATIC members sit on
the right of the presiding OFF,
Ger and Republicans on the left in
both Senate and House. A dividing
aisle separates them.
Seniority governs the choice Of
seats in the Senate. Members OF
the House sit wherever they can.
However. two long. red tables in
the center on each side are re-
served for the majority and minor
ity leaders, the chairman and rank
Evening star., 1936-01-08

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, January s.-The secre-
tary of Vickers. Ltd, great British
munition makers, denied fatly be-
fore the Royal Commission on Private
Manufacture of Arms today that his
company was a member of "an inter-
national ornaments ring"
j. Reid Young, also chief account
ant of the company, said such views,
while no doubt quite sincerely held,
are based on a complete misappre-
hension of the actual facts"
Great Britainis leading arms max
ers were summoned before the COM
mission. reconvening following a re-
cess, within 80 hours after j. P. Nor
gan began his wartime financing
testimony before a United States
Senate Investigating Committee.
Denies Armament Ring"
Young told the commission:
''It Is desired to state now that
Vickers, Ltd, its subsidiaries and as
sociates are not members of an inter-
national armament ring; neither dc
they control any foreign companies
| whatsoever by shareholding, by the
nomination Of directors or by agree
ments."
Sir Herbert Lawrence, chairman oi
both Vickers, Ltd. and Vickers-Arm-
strong, Ltd, testified that Sir Basi
Zaharoff. so-called mystery arm.
salesman, had taken no part in ac-
tivities of Vickers or its associates
since 1924, except for retaining ar
interest in a Spanish company.
vickers, said Lawrence. looks upor
itself as highly equipped specialist
In the armament field, devoting its at
tention to the more complicated anc
specialized forms of arms and leaving
the manufacture of such items al
shells and rifles to other countries.
New Gun Revealed.
He declared demand from abroad
has resulted in the development of al
anti-aircraft gun which has proved It
preeminence," but added, Our owl
government, If 1t wishes. can get full
advantage of this development"
Referring to the Vickers statemen
that Sir Basil Zaharoff had not beei
connected with the company sine
1924, Sir Philip Gibbs. novelist an
member of the Board of Inquiry
quoted letter written by the "mys
terry man" in 1925.
In this letter. Sir Philip sale
zaharon referred to my firm c
Vickers"
Young admitted the vickers' for
eign armament investments includ
as per cent Of Japanese ordnanc
and ship building firm. 81 per cen
Of one Spanish armament compan
and % per cent of another, and 131
per cent of a Rumanian armamen
firm.
However, Comdr. Sir Charles Craver
managing director of Vickers-Arm
strong, told Sir John Bankes, chair
man of the commission: I'VE hav
no control Of these companies In an
way"