davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-19
'0ne-Man Bank BaCkstops City
 for 15 Years

DUNKIRK, N Y., April 19. = David s. Wright's faith in his home town has saved city employees from 'payless paydays,' several times in the last Is years.
 Whenever city officials find tax es coming in so slowly that they are unable to fill out the payroll, they apply to their .'one-man bank" for financial aid.
 And Wright always comes through. He has made emergency loans es- timated at more than $100,000 to the city and proudly boasts: T haven't lost cent"
 Many thoroughly sound corpor- ations," the city's unofficial bank CT explains, "are compelled from time to time to borrow money for their payrolls. Money coming in and money going out does not al- ways coincide in quantity even in the best regulated business"
 His loans to the city usually are for short terns-six months to a Iyear-and bear interest. Invariably they are the result of slow tax col- Ilections. When receipts pick up, the money is refunded.
 Wright and his brother, Reuben, own a large seed company. e>--
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-19

The postoffice department ham, died 359 fraud cases last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-19
Meighan's Estate
 Over Half Million

MINEOLA, N Y., April 19. - Thomas Meighan, motion picture star who died last July in his home in Great Neck, left net estate of $577, ,790.10, it was disclosed in the filing of a transfer tax appraisal.
 Meighan left four-fifths of the estate in trust to his widow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-19
NEW | OWE TEAM IS HICHLICHT FOR GORCEOUSHU
Lionel Barrymore Lauded for Lifelike Portrayal
 ofAndrew Jackson

With brilliant acting perform ances from such screen headliners as Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Melvyn Douglas and James Stew art. The Gorgeous Hussy" opened yesterday at the Capitol Theatre IS one of the finest pictures to come
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-19
Pie Eater, 2, Is Stranger to
 Stomach Aches

SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 19.-- When John J, Worthington, hotel manager, reached 72 his birthday cake was a pie-pie No. 4380, he es- inmates.
 For 60 years, he says, he has eat- en at least one piece of pie day usually about midnight-and had two cups of coffee with it. He never has had insomnia or indiges- tion
 Favorite pie, Deep dish apple.
 Favorite cook: Mother, first; i; wife, second.
 The postoffice department han dled 359 fraud cases last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 3i - (UP) Governor Gross was hopeful today that the New Year would see . res- toration of business activity such as was under way before the recession started in the fall.
 In his annual New Years message to the people of Connecticut the chief executive said he regretted" the falling of in employment and income, but he optimistically' obs served that it is generally agreed. however, since the economic factors involved are different from those existing in 1929, that the conse- nuences cannot be so severe.
 This is my hope in the strength of which extend to the people of Connecticut greetings for the New Year and best wishes for their health and happiness"
 As to the year now drawing to c close, the governor said:
 "The year 1887 will long be re- membered in Connecticut because of the enactment by the general as- sembly of important legislation coEl- corning the reorganization Of the executive branch of the state g0v- ernment. The chief results Of this IegislatlOn were the creation of the budgetary control of state fin- |ances by the govern0r. A merit sss"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
10000 Jobless Persons ln
 State To Be Helped Monday

"The act was passed for men and women who have to work daily for their liviihood and nov that some of them gre jCbless we intend to make sure they receive all tine bene- Ats from t that the legislators in- tended they should"
 Benefits will be available to all totally or partially unemployed per- sons, registered with the depart ment, who has earned wages for any three consecutive months during the first three quarters of this year.
 The insurance fund vas created by assessments on payrolls of em- plOyers of i've or more persons. Those who employed less than fiye persons were not required to con- tribute and their wcEkers were not entitled to benefits.
 Also excluded from benefits were agricultural labor, domestic service in private homes, government or marine personnel, service already covered by compensation lawA na@ie or political service, casual labor, emi- rloyment in ones family and service for charitable Og non.pDoht orDnn- |izntiong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
Covernor Cross ls Hopeful
 OfBusiness In Coming Year

tenn of employment, centralized purchasing, Q department of public works, and Q full.time council charged with the preparation Of an orderly legislative program for each incoming general assembly. This new machinery Is working well and should, as Q step toward the more businesslike administration of gov ernment, prove to be of real benefit to the people of Connecticut.
 "Of great significance too was Q provision by the 1887 general as- sembly for the issuance of bonds to fund an accumulated deficit of the state and to continue the program. held in abeyance during recent years. of building new state insti- tutions. The need of additional facil- ities for our mentally i'll and defec. tiyes, our tuberculous patients, and our needy veterans Is so great that action can no longer wisely be post poned.
 "The year was also marked by preparation on the part of the la- employment compensation division of the Labor Department for the payment of unemployment benefits during i03a. according to ieglsia- ton passed at the special session of the general assembly in November. io36. The effect of this legislation win ha watched with interest"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
FORMIDABLE AIR FLEET FOR CHINA
Being Built in South as New Army Trans Planes
 Shipped In
BY WELDON JAMES (Copyright l037 ky United Press)

Canton, China, Dec. 3i-(UP)- China ts building ID . new and formidable air fleet in addition to training . big army in the south, t was learned today. Three aviation factories already gre itl operation . few miles inland from Canton, al,d they gre now turning Out from three to four planes . day. These fac. tories, t Was learned, gre under the supervision Of eight American avia. ton experts whose Identity remains secret
 Getting Agany Planes
 But China is aiso getting Aitleti- can, British end Russian aiypianeS by two routes which the Japanese have little hope Of seyering-the American and British planes thfoughh Hei- -Phong, port Of French Indo.C China, and Osl by railroad to Yunnayl, nearly 700 miles back couil. try from Canton, and the Russian ones through Mongolia to Lancbow ifs the northwest, 500 miles inland from Japan's westeFnmost lines m Ghansi province.
 It was learned that supplies Of all sorts coming by both routes gre in' creasing ct an astonishing rate.
 Planes from the airplane factory
 (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 3I = (U.PJ --The State Labor Department was geaYed today to expedite the applis cations of approximately 4o,eO0 jObiess persons who viii be entitled tO bene1jt under the Unemployment COmpensaticn Insurance plan which becomes operative Monday.
 With ei6,6OO,O GOO to the states credit in the national treasury, a. 100000 has been requisitiCned to provide for immediate needs. Beiles fits viii reach 6 maximum Of SIS a week for 6 period not exceeding i3 weeks in one year, and core. spending relief viii be afforded those only partially employed.
 Temporary registration bureaus have been provided in armories. town halls, school auditcgidnns, and at Thompsonviiie, 6 cafeteria VII Do utilized.
 we in the Department of La- bor", Commissioner Joseph M. Tone aaid today, believe we are fully pre- pared to deal with she task of com ponsatlns eligible persons wlso are unemployed through no fault os ihslg 0wn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
PRESIDENT GAVE
 AN EXPLANATION
Not All Men of Wealth, But Malefactors of
 Great Wealth

Washington, Dec. 3i-(UP)-pres' ident Roosevelt today used the wordi of Theodore Roosevelt to explain that administration attacks on biB business are aimed only At certain 'malefactors of great wealth" and not at all men of great wealth.
 He cited the quotation as Q New Years parable and mentioned no names, despite persistent question. ing in e press conference.
 MT. Roosevelt was asked whether he agreed with the speeches of Rob. ert H. Jackson, assistant attorney general in charge of anti.monopoly activities, and Secretary of the Inc terior Harold L. Iickes, assailing bis business.
 Roosevelt Episode
 He declared the questions remind- cd him of the episode Theodore Roosevelt created by a speech many years ago.
 The president recalled that the former Roosevelt called certain in- dlviduals "ynalefactors of great wealth."
 He added that certain clements charged Theodore Roosevelt with
 (Cont!nued on Page O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
DOUBLE MURDER
 THEORY AT LYNN

Lynn. Mas, Dec. 3i - W.PJ - A dOuble-muyder theory in tne sllOtglin deaths of Q 0O-year-oic house painter and his 4S-year- old wife was investigated today. Alter discovery Of the bodies yesterday Medical Examiner Nathaniel F. Breed said Andrew F. Spaulding fatally shot his wife then ended ms own fife. Each died from a wound beneath the heart.
 Later, however. Warren J. Lander. |22-year-old son of Mrs. epaulding by Q former marriage, told police that the i2-eauge shotgun used ID the double Killing was not owned Dy any member of the family. This prompted Chief of Police Inspector William N. Kane to order an in- vestigation.
 Rlngerprints on the gun. found between the two bodies. were to pc taken today and compared with l@pauldingi&
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
AIderm an PerrielLo
 Breaks GOPHarn,ony
Doesn't Like Result of Caucus That Put c. Arthur Dubois in Line for Presidency Could
 Lick Caucus With Aid of Democrats

Hope of harmony and on orgaiis igation. dictated board Of aldermen went bye.byo for the Republicans today,
 There was the caucus last night end tho choosing Of Alderman c. Arthur DuDois as party candidate for tho boards presidency, come Monday morning. Town Chairman ]. warren Upson sought unity.
 But today, Alderman Patrick M. POTrielio delivered his ultimatusa, which ig, in effect:
 Carries Fight To Beard
 "I will carry the fight to tho meeting of the full board. ! do not feei that the sentiment Of . few persons is sufficient to bury the fact that my service to the party entities me to confederation for tho presidency Of the board"
 Which means that Alderman Per- rielio, # the seven Democratic members ct Mondays meeting sec sit, can and viii De the new pres- ident Of the board. Tn effect, he will be c Republican leader elected by Democrats over opposition Of his confeFeres in the c. Q. ?.
 To HesF Mayer
 Thus, the special meeting Of the board of aldermen called for ii o'clock Monday morning the meet. ing which viii accompany the cefe- mony Of inauguration Of Mayor Frank Hayes for his fifth term as mayor, is afs iinpFedictable program.
 Under normal circumstances, City Clerk John ?. yttzmaugice would caiI the meeting to order, swear in the aldermen, who then would ap- point . president pro tempore.
 (Oonkiniied on Page @
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
NO PAPER TOMORROW New Years Day
CHINESE WILL
 MAKE ATTACKS
Start Offensive on Three Fronts; 24O,0OO Guer.
 rillas in One Zone
RY RnWARn w. REATTIE

8x EDWAkU We @&AxEAE
 United Press Staff CoFrespondent)
 Shanghai, Dec. 3i.-(UP)-Chi. neSe troops were reported today to to be organizing c gigantic three-front offensive In shansi prov. ince, with separate armies attacking the Japanese from south, north and west. Little has reached Shanghai in recent weeks of the details oS fighting in Shansi, which is the northwestern front, though 1t was known tat . powerful, veteran army was arrassing the Japanese there. The basis of the army is the eighth route army, once the Chinese Com. FsluniBt army. Reports today said thatt he Chinese were so encour. aged by their successes in guerrilla warfare that they planned . real, organised offensive.
 Attack North, West
 Gen. Gnu Teh's Communists would attack from north and west, It was said, and the army of Gen. Yen Hsi.Shan, model governor" of Shansi province, from the south. All three armies would seek to close on Taiyuan, the principal capital. Dc. tailed reports said that the Chinese were causing the Japanese trouble ali over the war area. On the front between Shanghai and Nanking, h
 tContinued on Page 2)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
MEMBERSHIP OF C|TYBOARDSTO BE DETERMINED Supervisors of Public Vel, fare, BrOokside Home to
 Be Given Public
 PROMINENT CITIZENS
 ON POLITICAL CHART William h. Dunleavy, Geo. Mulligan Mentioned for
 Brookslde Home

on the eve of the greatest upset in city office and board personnel in sixteen years, in terms of political shift, Mayor Frank Hayes remained silent today concerning numerous appointments which he is certain to make sometimes between Monday and the last Of next week. Among these appointments, besides the numerous memberships ot tho city commissions, are the posts of supervlsor of public welfare end Supervisor os Brookside Home. both a Do made after forming es tho now board of public welfare. There ia the director os personnel, to ne annointed after tho slaayog's meslt SyGtem committee starts function
 Ieaa.a aAAvNaaAA Asa RAmA o1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
Anaerican-4BattaHon Rushed 10 Help Spain
They Enlisted IS Months Ago to Aid LoyaIists- s-Now in Front Ranks to Try to Stop Rebes-Latter
 Seem Sure of Victory
BY HARRISON LAR0cIEE lUnited Press Staff C0FEesponAeMl

(UWitUu kEgBD DtsEk VWEkesHvHUSHV
 Hendaye, TFench-e Spanish yront- fer, Dec. 9i-(UP)-epanish Loyal- ists rushed the crack American bat- talions of the International voiun- teors into their front lines today to stem the Nationalist attack on Te. ruei, now developed into Ofle Of the biggest battles of the civil war.
 Men of the Abraham Lincoln and ether battaiions, who ie months ago, ct home iii the United States, were clerks, mechanics, teachers or stu. dents i1 schools and now gre among the best fighting men in the world, were sent into the lines six mics northwest Of TeFuel ct wtat was expected to Dc the most critical point of the Mationaiist attack.
 U. ?. Writer There
 Harold Peters, United Press Staff Correspondent with the Lcyaiists, SEW the Americans 90 Into position. Where in the earlier days Of the war, when they helped to save Ma drid, they hardly had rifles, the Americans today had tanks aisd ar.
 (Continued on rase 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
NEW DEALS HELP
 TO UNEMPLOYED
VIII Start in Twenty'one States T0fnorrow-Pot
 of S5OO,OOO,OO0
nx HILLIER KREIoHpAUM

EHNM4H9E3fV A09~hg4 A fFynlSad PFess etaM Correspondent)
 Warrington, Dec. Si-tvP)-Tht New Deals iengsraage program to proyide for tho uiieIipioyed VII start n 9i states and the District of Columbia tomorrow, affecting ap' s,roximateiy i2,000,000 workers.
 With q Dot" Of approximately NBco. .0Oo, 600, these political jurssdic:. tlcns will serve as { proving groumo u for the admin!stratiopg plans tcI aiisyIatlng unemployment The susidl have beeii collected during the past tWc yeafs under tho provisions oi tiss Gccial Security Act and VII sarvs ss q so-caiied "cushicn" sos thcse who lose their jobg.
 Up Co SIS Fer Week
 Unempioysd will receive compen- satlon ,ip to SIS per week over pe. Siode araging up to .i6 weeks. Doth tae Wages paid, ard the tiIne fof which they gre paid depend upotl ti,a worker's salary and the amount loi time he worked during the past
 " TTynsmplcyment compensation pay. snent1 begis after . waiting period of iron, two to three weeks. depend. is,e oIi state legislation. The state anspioyaent services, meanwhile. wy t0 fisld jobs for the unemployed; ' tiney aye iinsuccessfuj, the benehi payments start.
 I2,0oo, ,eoo On Lists
 AupgoxlnSateiy i2,O0O, O,000 woFkeri viii ise protected in the 22 tuTisdics tions md the state 6f Wisconsin which already has started paying
 <r,as.kl,,ssaN Nsa Page nl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
WATERBURY HAS. V.
 HOLIDAY SPIRIT
No Signs of Depression in City; Many Celebrations
 Are Planned

Waterbury tonight will celebrate what observers predicted would DO It's gayest New Years Eve since re. peal. Little evidence of the busi. ness recession Was to be seen as Waterburians spent freely, and pre-. pared to spend more tonight in preparation for the gals occasion.
 Restaurants and night clubs in and near the city reported that reservations were even more mum. erous than last year and were ex. pocting moro than capacity busi. ness. Parties in haiis, club rooms and private homes viii Do held by the score tonight as the city bids farewell to the old year and usheFS in the new.
 Note Of Optimism
 4 note Of optimism was in the cir as the citys residents prepared to greet the new year. Buginegs nl Waterbury has been slackeniSlg, but predictions ere that things VIII take c sharp turn for the better after the first Of the year. Business men and workers joined in the hope that this expectation might De realized. =.
 The religious note of the day viii not be forgotten. Special services Will De held in churches ell over the city. For Catholics, the day k . holy day of obligation, and most churches will follow thsir regular Sunday schedule of masses. After. noon and evening services will De held in some churches.
 w Police Are Ready
 Police were ready for the annual New Years Eve accidents, put hopeful that drivers would follow their warnings to extreme care
 (Continued on Page O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
FRANCIS PARSONS
 OF HARTFORD DIES

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 3i-(UP)- Funeral services will be held Satur. day for Francis Parsons, 66, prom. nent member Of one Of Connecti. cuts oldest families, who died last night after 6 short illness.
 Parsons was c lawyer, banker and writer. He was member Of the Yale Corporation, Connecticut His. torical Society and state sculpture commission, and early in his career Was c legislative correspondent and state editor for the Hartford Courant.
 He was c director Of several in- surance firms and formerly was ylce. chairman Of the board of di. rectors of the Hartford National Bank and Trust co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31

gers ana heeoeo intO tne Soutn Seab. He ruled with c gun until one og the men aboard sneaked up behind him and brought him down with Q marlin spike. Then they tossed him overheard.
 AS . sequel, the six survivors - two men, three women a1d Q child were left adrist in the boat, which they could not handle, with food and water nearly gone, no radio to summon aid, and whose only salva. ton was the chance passing Of some ship or plane.
 Naval Flyer Found Them
 A naval flyer on patrol saw them, sloticed the sos gcraWled on c sail, and notified the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard cutter, PerBeus, lowed the yacht Into San Pedro harbor last night and the Department of Justice took command.
 The Afsje belonged to Dwight Taulding, Q Santa Barbara hotel owner and sportsman. It was char tered for the trip by Jack Morgan who, federal agents said, shot Tauld- !ng and tcok command. ,,.,.......
 Morkafy WIse, on expectasit mother, was one Of the passengers Her nurse, Miss Elsie Derdan, was another. Tauldings friend, Mrs. Gertrude Turner, and her son, Rob. ert, 6, also were aboard. The other two were George sternack Q guest, and Robert Horne, Q photographer, who often accompanied Faulding on yacht trips.
 Morgan Stole Supplies
 t had been Morgan's plan, since he had no money, to steal his proviS. Ions ct ports that he passed, or take them by force, federal men DO. iieved. Apparently he was making for some South 6ea Island where his wife could give birth to the child, But no one knew what was in ms mind, and he was thrown Into the sea, either unconscious or dead, for his ynutiny. The federal men had not obtained oil the details today, but this was the tentative story
 Morgan was Q houseboy at an apartment building, 46 years old, an (fYos,kin,lAd ofl Page A)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
LILLIAN COTE IS
 SENT TO HOSPITAL

Putnam. Conn, Dec. 3i-(UP)- aeyen- -year-old Lillian Cote, tiisc0n. scIosss fer % days since she was strs,ck by sn automobile. gas trans, ferFeA today to St. Yrancis hospital Tartfogd. where specialists consulted csl raeans Of srosisi1g her from her
 psspste her long period of uncon. sclosisnass, Lillian hes improved riysically, according to DE. J. A. Le- Fain1e. WIso has attended her since sIle Wss admitted to Day kimpaII hospital Dec. 2. .,.... for airn0st q month. Today, bundled m isianksts and accompanied by her nrnfnnr. slis made the 1e-miIe auto mscSiIe lglp without apparent dls- oonn1oyk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
Secretary of Interior lckes Follows Asst. Atty. Gen.
 Robert h. Jackson POWERFUL INTERESTS OBSTACLE TO ECONOMY Sixty Wealthiest Families Are Named Outright as
 Blocks to Business
BY LYLE 0. WILSON United Press Staff CorrespondentD

(Unite0 Press starr CorresponuensI
 Washington, December 3l - (UP) = Naming names now in counter attack against recession and de- Ynands that the administers ton relieve business of some of its tax and regulatory bur- dens, New Deal spokesSnen have indicated the nations wealthiest and most power iul families as obstacles to economio progress. M
 Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes last night broadcast what ap- pears to Do ono of Q series Of ad- ministratlon attacks on monopoly wealth and big bush ness.
 He was preceded by less than . week by Assistant Attorney General Robert F. Jackson who, in two speeches, charged that monopolissic bushes shad precipitated recession and suggested that . financial olig- garchy was conducting . strike us copital to coerce the New Deal.
 Congressional Show Down
 Washington varieusly interprets these speeches but there s general agreement that they foretell Q con. gresisonal showdown on New Deal legislation which foundered in the special Sesison and on Q new pros gram to restrain big hupsiness by federal control, perhaps by Eequir- Ing federal license for interstate cor. porations senate.Tepublican leader Charles |. MeNary, said that the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
CONTRACTOR HAS
 DISAPPEARED

Centerbrook, Conn, December Si. - (UP) - State Police broadened their search today for Louis pieretti. 64, contractor, automobile dealer and airplane inventor, who disappeared early Wednesday after leaving home to 90 to New London.
 Authorities feared he might have been assaulted by 6 hitch.hiker, or abducted. They disclosed that he had been secretly working on . new type of airplane with his brother, although his invention was not asso. ciated with hls disappearance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
ANTI-NAZIS

Berlin, Dec. 31--UP)- Anti-Nazis, bringing their under cover fight into the heart of Germany, have held a secret convention in Berlin to discuss methods conducting Q flight for freedom" foreign cOrres- pondents were informed to- day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
BUSY STORK

Hartford, Conn., Dee. 3l -(UP)-- The stOrk made his 18th visit Co Mrs. Sa. bastian A. Gilberto, 43, to- day, leaving . 10-pOund 4. ounce boy. All but one of her children are living.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
Late Netl,s Bulletins
CANTON SILENT

Hong Kong, Dec. 31- Communications to Canton were interrupted late today and 1t was be- leved there had been Q se- were Japanese air raid on the city. No details were obtainable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-31
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. Dec. Si-tUP)-Gov. ernment expenses and receipts for tho current fiscal year through Dec. 20 compared with year ago; Thla Year Expenses Last Yeag S3,777,i77,563.5a s3.biHsoS.s3i.bi
 Receipts
 s,i5i,l65,laO.s5 Ss.i&o.5is,5os,is ss25.7i2.ss2,ei si,s7s.ssi.saas ss
 Cash Balance s2,os2, ,5so. .sAe.T5 si,sso, o,sss.os7.ss