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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-14

BeechWood Creo60te In Just the
form you need 1t and, in addition,
there are six other medicinal elee
mentS that aid nature to heal In.
famed, irritated membranes and
throw OF germs.
Your own druggist guarantees
CreomulSion by refunding your
money If you are not relieved after
taking dependable CreomulSion as
directed. Beware Of the cough from
common colds that hang on. Always
keep Circumcision in your home
ready for instant use.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-14

Hoffman severely. Others de-
fend his attitude.
Mrs. Ana Hauptmann, the priS-
oner's wife, is quartered at O
Trenton hotel and sees Haupt-
mann as often as prison rules
will permit. She quoted her bus
band as saying
"Why did Jafsie go away? He
knows the truth. I want to
talk to him."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-14
Horses Swim All Day

The only horses that swim all
day for a living are those which
pull the ferry boats across the
OxuS River in Central Asia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-14
N. r. r. E. still Grows


The drive Of the National Fed.
Grafton Of Federal Employees for
100000 members and 1000 lodges
by the time of the 1897 conven.
ton at Springfield, ILL.,, continues.
Gertrude M. Mentally, secretary.
treasurer, today announced three
new local unions at Nashville.
Tenn; West Los Angeles, Calf. +;
and Pomona, Calf. The new
units are composed respectively Of
cuStodial, Veterans Administra,
ton and Agriculture workers. Miss
McNally said: ..-...
eve are making excellent
progress in our campaign to
achieve 100000 members by the
time our organization gathers
In Springfield, ILL.,, In 1887, for
the 29th Jubilee Convention Of
the N. r. F. e. II our present
pace Is continued-and there is
every reason to believe that IL
Will be-We viii attain the goal
we have SET"
Yesterday the Treasury local
showed motion pictures Of the
Coast Guard Service at its
monthly meeting at TO Four
teenth st. N. w., while tonight
the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing unit is scheduled to meet
at the Willard Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-14
WORKERS
SEEK BETTER
CAFETERIA
BY J. EARLE A1osER

Employees Of the General Ac-
counting Office are hoping that
construction Of their new build
ing along Government Row" will
mean installation Of an adequate
cafeteria, and from all indications
1t probably will.
At present the G. A. o. cafeteria
is probably the worst in the Fed
eral service locally. from q stand
point Of efficiency and its need
for serving a force numbering
well over 1000. Yet, apparently,
nobody is to blame except the un-
usual conditions under which
Comptroller G e neral McCarPs
staff must work.
Occupying a space Of but 50
square feet, the cafeteria is liter
ally swamped by hungry workers
during the midday, and more than
half Of the Commute lunch pc
Rod is required for q customer
to receive service because Of the
Jam that occurs. Seating space
is at q minimum because the
cafeteria is crammed into q tiny
corner of the old Pension Office
patio" and many workers merely
get their food and retreat to some
other part Of the building to
eat 1t.
Because Of some oversight,
Ehare is no drinking water avail
able in the cafeteria proper. That,
according to disgruntled employees,
must be drawn from one Of the
drinking fountains that line q. A.
O.'s outside corridor, which circles
the building. Further, it Is said.
a recent order has prohibited buy
ing Of coffee except at lunch time,
although Q worker can spend As
much time as he wisheS-during
office hourS-if he buys coca cola
or some soft drink ct the counter.
The entire trouble was caused
by the work forced on General Ac-
counting by New Deal emergency
agencies, whose disbursements
must be checked carefully. With
thousands Of vouchers requiring
a check, and requiring space for
filing before and after they are
checked, the cafeteria was pushed
into its present half-SiZe space.
Contrast
In abrupt contrast Is q. A.O.'s
branch office at 119 D st. N. E.,
where two cafeteriaS In the base
ment serve workers fully, In addi-
tioY1 tn, numerous eating places
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-14
Senator Capper Speaks

Senator Cspper Speaks
Senator Arthur capper issuet
the following statement today il
regard to Civil Service Week
now being observed throughout
the country in commemorative
of establishment Of the Civi
Service Commission in 1883:
81 believe the scope Of the
merit system should be Is
wide as possible. I believe that
Civil Service examinations
should be open freely to all
qualified persons, and that
college or any other formal
training, however desirable,
should not be regarded by any
means rs essential except
where special training must be
required.
'Tn other words, the largest
possible number Of candidates
should be permitted to COM
pete for Civil Service positions,
to the end that the best
qualified persons may be OBJ
tanned to fill them, and for
those who are in the service,
the opportunity should be
open for promotion to the
highest positions on . basis
Of ability alone.
National Civil Service Week
will perform . great service il
it has the effect Of bringing
strongly to the public con-
sciOuSness the facts that the
Government employs able and
conscientious men and women
to do its work; that this work
is wen done; that the en-
plOyeS are by no means over.
paid, some indeed are under.
paid, and that the public gets
good value for every dollar
it pays for the performance
of those functions which are
under the supervision and con-
troll of the Civil Service en-
ployes."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-14

Contrast
In abrupt contrast Is q. A.O.'s
branch" office at 119 D st. N. E.,
where two cafeterisS In the base
ment serve workers fully, In addi-
ton TO-, numerous eating places
along the block.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
District Changes NO Help 10 Sen. LauOlor
Editorial Writer in Morning Paper Evidently Does Not Know Laws of State, City in Regard
 toVOting Precincts

Democratic Town Chairman John II, Orary today termed the editorial in this mornings Republican the work of O writer entirely tinac" OuaintOd with the laws of the city md atate setting up locAl X voting precincts and state senatorial dis. trlctS. The Republican ,a edltgrlAl charged that Senator Jos9fili II LaWlor personally opposes tho plan to divide local voting districts Do. cause no "perceiyes for himself 2 special advantage In the present district Sotup."
 Senatorial Lines stand
 "ThO board of aldermen of tho city of Waterbury hes no authority to upset senatorial district lines" Town Chairman Crary declared this morning. "Tho proposed plan Of TO. dlUtricting has only to do with local voting districts. Even if they are cut into fifty pieces the senatorial district lines will stand.
 ",rhe legislature sets up the sena. tOrial district lines 50 I cannot see how tho Republican editorial writer can sec any interest on the part Of Senator Lawior In opposing the lo- col redistricting plan 50 as to save his strength In the 18th senatorial district. The same voters will be in the 18th district no matter how many pieces the voting precincts are cut up into."
 Needs Further Study
 Monday night the democratic side of the board of aldermen pre-. vented passage of . motion aniend- Ing the local ordinance defining the number of voting districts in the city. Under the plan of Alderman George Kingston, republican, the number of voting precincts would be increased by five and oil of them would bo renumbered. Alder. man George R. 0uilfoile, democrat. ic leader, explained to the board that further study of the redistr!ct- ing plan is advisable. It Is possible, he said today, that when. the next committee report is made ten in. stead of five districts will be rec. commended for cutting up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
LABOR FORCES IN
 SERIOUS CRISIS
American Federation Con. venes Today - Green,
 Lewis Fight Probed
By JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press etafs CorFespon6ent)
 washington, July e.-(UP)--Asner- ican Federation of Labor leaders gathered for Q momentous execu- tive council meeting today faced with failure of preliminary efforts to compromise an internal conflict threatening . 00-year record of solidarity.
 on the eve of c long-awaited cam. paign to linionise the nations great steel industry, le members of the council weighed the edvisability of e ''showdown" with rebel labor chief tains on Fundamental issues which may decide whether organised work ors In the United States shall pre-. sent c united front or . dual labor movement
 Widening Split
 Emphasizing the widening split among the leaders we're prelimi- naries to the councils meeting, inc cluding: president William Green of the A. ?. of L. hinted in 6 strongly worded statement that the federa- ton might withhold financial and organization support from the rebel- llous campalgn Of John L. Lewis to organize one big union in the steel and other industries in opposition to the federation's craft union pole icy. George M. Harrison, chairman of 6 special committee seeking to compromise the quarrel with Lewis committee for industrial organiza- ton, admitted failure 50 far in eff forts to heal the breach with the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
TONY YAvAISIS
 ON NDANCERLIsT
Officials Are Investigating
 Cause of Accident; Fell !. From Truck

Police and WPA officials today launched c joint Investigation into the accident in which Tony Ya. VaisiS, 8, of 7o0 Bank street, waS critically injured late yesterday morning when he fell from Q dump truck on the East Mountain road. YAvaiSis' name was still on the danger list ct St. Mary's hospital today, and authorities said his con. dition was highly critical. The driver of the truck, Adolph Dubicki, of 307 Washington avenue, iA in technical custody as . prisoner of Deputy Coroner Walter w. ginytho. He was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detective Sergeant Henry John-
 Fl Slight ynjuraes
 lNAncther AnRn who alAp was hurled from tho truck, Clro DiAearta, %, Of 70 Ridge street, suffered only slight injuries and is not ia any danger. Five men were in the truck at the time of the accident. Tho vehicle is owned by Charles DiBiass, Of i0S Charles street, end was being uused in the water main project oil yzarperB Ferry read. The vehicle was heading for the sandpile near the East Mountain road ct the time of the Inishap. I've T0pplsd Off
 Seeking, the sandsnile, wliose To- cation h0 was not sure Of, Dublcki suddenly swerved the truck to the right, and the two men tOppled off. Yavaisis was caught in the wheel and dragged along the ground De. fore the heavy vehicle was halted. yavaisis suffered punctuTes of the left chest, 6 severe jew injury, c possible skull fracture, and injuries to the arms and legs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
HEAT WAVE FOR
 CITY INCREASES
Mercury Jumping in Dem. Ocrat Recording Ther.
 nlOmeter-NO Hope

Record breaking heat held the city within It's throes today. Yesterday the midwest suffered c strong heat wave and ct noon today the E1ers cury was ct o4 above zero in the shade right here hi Waterbury. Thermometers exposed to the sun registered temperatures ct 100 above and over. The Democrat rec. ording thermometer showed that the mercury rose sixteen degrees In tho thermometer in twelve hours, At midnight last night the reading was 70 degrees above as against 04 above ct noon today. At 3 o'clock this morning the thermometer had dropped to 74 degrees but had risen to 76 above ct c o'clock this morn. Ing.
 Mercury Jumping
 The reading ct 6 o'clock th!S morning waS 70 above. The rner. cury then made Q great rise tho reading at Q o'clock, on hour later, being eD above. It was expected that the heat would grow more in. tense during the afternoon and the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
MIDDLETOWN IS AFTER MILITIA
Mayor ,YVill Ask Governor stO Send Troops Into
 Strike Zones

lGiddletowss, Conn. July e--(Up) -.Akayor Leo 3. santangelo said to. day that should fresh disorders break out among Kelnington. Rand Company strikers and additional state police were refused, he would call upon Governor Wilbur |. Crogs to send . company of State Militia into the strike area.
 Tho governor, 1t was learned, ordered his executive secre- tAry, Philip Hewes; State Police Commissioner Anthony Sunderland and Major Frank M. Nichols to sur. vey the strike conditions and 70. port to hilia by telephone ct hlg sum. Snef home ct Lake gufiapee, N. H.
 Hewes, at Harsscrd, said the sov- Orncr told him ilo was leaving i'm. Snediateiy" for the capital and would arrive late this afternoon 90 as to keep h personal touch with the situation.
 No Question of Winning
 'Yts not c question of winning or losing the strike" Mayor gan- tangOio said "As maintaining lew and order in Middietown. 9tcnings and attacks on the homes of workers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
RELIEF RUSHED
 TO DRY. STATES
President Orders Officials to Get Busy--Money
 Shipped In
BY RUSSELL TURNER FinltNA RrAaa Stan CNEreAn0ndentl

NShhbWGNh hUUD 9VeShA OSasSNP Oss@O--~s
 Washington, July e-(UP)-Act- ing on President Roosevelts report of widespread want and suffering, works progress administration of- ficialS today opened relief rolls to iT0,000 farm families in drought. stricken northwestern states. Farm. CTS whose crops have been ruined by weeks of record.high tempera. lures and lack of rain, turned to 70. lief agencies to prevent starvation of their families. WPA rolls were swcllod At tho rate Of 0,000 Q day. Department of Agriculture offic- laiS designated 07 emergency coun- ties" in five northwestern spring wheat states Into which President Roosevelt ordered immediate cash relief poured to alleviate human and livestock suffering.
 Cash for i70,000 Families
 Tn addition to immediate cash re, lief for i70,000 families being added to relief rolls In the DakotaS, Mins Flesota, Montana and Wyoming, MT. Roosevelt promised 34,000 other families would Do added as soon as the program can be' extended to ins cludo them.
 Despite widespread destruction of crops, sending wheat prices to a record high since August, i0S4, President Roosevelt and department of agriculture officials gcoffed at suggostionS of Q possible food short. age or any sharp increase in prices. Although . probable spring and winter wheat production of 000.000.. 900 bushels-26, ,000, 900 below annual average consunption-- was seen, Q carryover of i2O, ,00o,0o0 bushels from last year will be ample for domestic
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
LAST TRIBUTES
 TO COMBELLACK
Laid to Rest Today in Riv. , erside-Celebrities in
 Attendance

Funeral services for Nicholas Pop" Ccmbeilack, managing direc. tor of the Waterbury Boys club for more than two-score years and Do. loved boy guidance worker, were held At a o'clock this afternoon ab St. .JOhpA church. A hushed throng oi a6auciateB, friends and relatives heard the funeral prayers read by Rev, Peyton Williams, assistant rec. tor of the church. Rev. pr. John ". Lewis, who iS III in Maine, was ui. able to attend but forwarded Q glowing tribute to his late friend.
 "pop" died in England iate iii June and his body Was brought to this country on tho liner queen Mary. HO died at Cornwall, England, scene of his boyhood days, death coming while he was on . holiday visit to his native land.
 Celebrities Present
 Celebrities from many fields ats tended the services. Among the dig. nltaries present were: Judge John v. Mc0rath and Judge Edward Mas. colo, Prosecutors Charles Sumfna and John ThoTlis, City Court Clerk Irving Pasternak, Miss Kathleen Crowley, juvenile probation oflcer; Probation Ofilcer Emil Hummel, who succeeded Mfr. Combeliack in that post; Police supt. William J. Roach, Chief Inspector Joseph Stevens, Peter DeOicco, court interpreter; Daniel Mahaney, assistant city court clerk; President David Meth and Secretary Prank Green of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Also present were many members
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
CAMP AICN HAS .5TAKENaONALIEE
James A. Farley Glyen Leave of Absence to
 Lead Democrats
BY LYLE Q. WILSON

United Press stsff Correspondent)
 washington, July e--(UPl-CaEii- paign inuSketry rattled today on tho social security and farm relief fronts as Postmaster General James A. Farley prepared to leave the ceb- inet to direct Presldent RooseveltB recollection strategy. Farley has been granted cabinet leave without pay from August 1 on." He will concentrate on his two other jops, chairman of the democratic Eiatlon- al committee and of the New York State Central Committee. Governor Ali M. Landon, republican presiden- tlai nominee, forced the social 50. curity issue with his message to q special session of the Kansas lesiS- islature. The legislature was sum" moned to draft . state ccnstltutio. al amendment which would permit Kansas to participate In whatever federal social security system
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
Final Ne.us Flashes
INTERNATIONAL CROOK ARRESTED

Washington, July 8-(UP)-Arrest of WIZ liam Elder Mead by federal bureau of investiga- ton agents at Omaha Neb., was announced to- day by Attorney General Homer &. Cummings who said Mead is being questioned in connec- ton with the William Bremen Kidnapping case Cummings said Mead 59, is an international confidence man whose criminal record dates back to 1896. Cummings said Mead has oper- ated throughout the United States and England Meads fingerprints, Cummings said, were muti- lated by- the same Chicago doctor who per formed similar operation on John Dillinger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
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MEr,n nnaPONsTBLEl

aArtfogd, conn, July e-(UP)-- A coroner's finding today held Ed- ward seitx, gl7 Fairfield .Pll, Yon- kers. N. F.. cFinaInally responsible for the death of Robert Montgoni- cry, @. Altcona. Pa. in an autcnao- bile accident June ( st Enfield.
 Montgomery was riding in the the rumblhe seat of 6 car opertaed hy Heltz when it leGe the road on a curve and struck pole. Coroner Frank N. HzoAly sald EeitS was drlv- ine at tan excessive rate Of speed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08

an attempt to organize the indus tSyis workers, and c request for an investigation made earlier by PreSis dent Roosevelt himself. Cummings said no decision will Do made fe. garding possible action by tho dc. partmen6 against the steel cosn- paniesN until oil information is anaiyzed.
 He said he conferred today with John Dickinson, assistant attcrs Sey general in charge of the anti- trust division, regarding the alleged iaonopoliStic practices. The attorney general said he would make Q. full Statement" concerning difnculties facing the department in taking any action against the steel co,n- peiaieg, but indicated 1t would Do at least . week before it will Do pre-. pared.
 To Search Files
 No said that he had asked oil government purchasing agencies,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08

He said his plants would con- tinue to operate on an open shop basis, and I'll close them down come pleteiy rather than give into the union. But, don't believe that will Do necessary.
 "Of the eight plants now cperat. Ing, six of them are producing ga ob per cent capacity, or better"
 Night Shift Planned
 He disclosed that Q night shift would be inaugiirated at the lccal factory Thursday, employing 600 workers, In addition to Q full force of 800 on the day side.
 Regarding tho situation ct Ncru wood, O., where violence broke out yesterday, Rand said he not only would decline to meet union of@ ficials, but "there is no further use of discussing closed shop with me.
 "We had . formal discussion & few days before tho strike was
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
Sidelights

(CopyrIght lOse by United Press)
 Aberdeen, @sAD., July e.--tuP)ss w. W. Young bet he could fry ASl okg on Che sidewalk. The egg lay on Che concrete for three hours but didn't cook. Az young paid off, . spectator lsId . theFmOEie. ter on Che sidewalk afid it reg istered iA0 degrees.
 Fort Knox, Kyy July s-tUP)-- BOldiers At the army post gre limited to two baths . week. They haye Co carry water to tho pest In tanks for two weeks.
 Joliet, IlI., July S--(UP-"At least" moaned thirsty Joliet res- idents, i've have something to be thankful for" Brewery drivers who went on strike ln Che mern. ing returned to work at neon.
 Oak Park, Ill.,, July S-(UP)- With Che temperature ranging between % and 100 degrees, dry pavements were ordered sanded by street superintendent William Barry. Automobiles were sklddlng on asphalt 90 liquid it oosed Into gutters.
 DIsmaFh, ". D., July S-(UP)- Poultry ralsers cooped up their ducks when temperatures scared over 100 degrees. Several farmers reported ducks collapsed from the heat when they were allowed to roam In the sun.
 Rock Island, Ida, July 0--(UP) --Charles Brennan established 8 now high in wheat prices when he accused an Erie farmer of naulcts ing him of 60 bushels Of the grain. He demanded Sl04 damages more than S2.0e . bushel.
 Des Molnes, Ia, July e-(UP) Exclusive Des M0ines country clubs reported today many mem. bers slept last night on the grounds beneath the trees, trying to escape the intense heat which abatCd but little ct sunset.
 Evanston, Ill., July S-(UP)-- Chicago motorcycle police were called off the streets on the north side when sandelles in clouds 50 hot weather flew in clouds so dense they blinded drivers. Thea aters turned off their lights to avoid attracting bugs, and street sweepers were ordered out during the night to clear the pavements.
 Highland (Ezell), Mich, July 6. --(UP)--Resldents looked ct the thermometer today and agreed that Highland is shOtter than hell" Last winter when the temperature dropped to l7 below zero "heII" frOze over and Che residents, dlsliking the publicity,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-08
DROUGHT WEARS
 CATASTROPHE s !
Crops, Livestock, Men Ars Dying g-Scenes of DesO-
 Iation in Dry Zone
BY WILLIAM r. McILRATH lCopxrIghl, l02a. bx United PEeasI

BY WILLIAM r. McILRATH Copyright, loSe, by United PFsssy
 Chicago, July e--(UP)-!The gFeae drought that already has become one of the major catastrophies cf American histoFy-S0 Fainless days of i00.degree hoat--entered It's second month today with crops, livestock and men dying in It's grip over half the United States and Canada. From Montana to tho CArolinAS, and from northern Mis- sissippi to beyond the Canadian boundary. the scorching sun burned the countryside to desolation in which 100000 farm families need immediate aid to live. Reports Of devastation by drought and iIa- sect plaques came from 20 states. In five of these crops are burned beyond hope of saving them. In the other 22, only rain - in great quaii. titles will have the grains and cattle on which hundreds of ahous- ands of owners must depend for iives liliood during the winter months.
 Crops Die En Fields
 In the worSt-stricken areas, usus ally fertile soil Is parched and cracked. Wheat and oats sowr this spring are brown, brittle stubble. Corn was withered and curled, pass ture.iand hes been scared Into brown expanses of dry grass. The heat alone has taken iS0 lives from prostration and drowning in the last five days. Weather forecast- CTS predicted only useless, scattered showers for at least the next 2& hours.
 ln Grain Sections
 The drought area within the United States Is 6 pear-shaped re zion reaching from the Rocky
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