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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12
LEWIS POLITICS
 TO BE ATTACKED
By JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Denver, Oct. 12-(UP)-American Federation of Labor leaders, armed with powers to expel inSurgent un- ions, opened today the third phase of their offensive against John L. Lewis by seeking to destroy his po- litical alliances.
 The plan of battle was based upon thunderously approved grant of authority by the 57th an- nual convention for the executive council to oust ten rebel Committee for Industrial Organization unions.
 In adopting an aggressive plan of action, the A. F. of L. high com- mand first asked for and received authority to deal with the c. I. o. unions at it's own discretion. Then it announced plans for nation- wide organizing campaign centered in c. I. O. Strongholds.
 Today it sought to undermine the possibility of any political or gov- ernmental aid to the Lewis orga- nization. The resolutions committee set up the National Labor Relations Board as the first object of attack, on the grounds that it had been prejudiced in favor of the c. I. o. A vigorous attack on the board was intended by convention leaders to end the alleged favoritsm or lead to congressional action for custer of the board.
 At the same time, the convention expected report today from its credentials committee on seating Charles P. Howard, president of the Typographers and c. I. O. secretary. It was believed that the convention would uphold the demand of the Carpenters union that Howard be barred.
 The resolutions committee vigor- ously condemned the labor boards attitude toward the federation.
 We find that the thirst (of the c. I. O. for power is being carried into cities and counties and states over a wide area" the committee reported. And we find, finally, that 1t is being carried into national institutions and to the very door of the White House."
 William Green, A. F. of L. presi- dent, appealed to the rank and file of the c. I. O. unions to return, to the federation-a possibility which the A. F. of L. high command in- dicated they were strongly counting on.
 Come backl Come back!" the federation president shouted.
 Come back with no strings at- tached and bring your theories to be settled on the convention floor in man-to-man fashion"
 The A. F. of L. council will meet late this week upon adjournment of the convention to decide whether any or all of the rebel unions will be busted immediately. There was a wide difference of opinion among council members as to the advisa- biilty of expulsion.
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 One bullet, members of the party said, penetrated window of one car.
 In the party, in addition to the assistant air attache and the con- sular attache, were Consul General Herbert Phillips, Wing Commander H. s. Kebb, air attache, E. Hall Patch, British embassy financial ad- wiser, and Lieut.. Francesca Ribezzi of the Italian navy. Hall Patch was present when Japanese planes at- tackled the British ambassadors car.
 The incident today was regarded all the more seriously because it was learned that the British embassy notified Japanese authorities that the cars were leaving Nanking for Shanghai. In the previous incident Japanese insisted that there had been no such notification.
 Also, as the Italian navy lieuten- ant joined the British embassy con- ference on the attack, it was believed that an Italian protest was likely.
 It was believed certain that Great Britain would protest to Japan, even though no one was wounded in the attack. Only recently did Bri- tain call closed" the dangerous in- cident precipitated by a Japanese airplane attack on the automobile in which Sir Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen, British ambassador to China, was drivtng-along the same roads from Nanking to Shanghai on August 26.
 Sir Hughe was gravely wounded. He arrived at Manila October 8, on his way to the Philippine mountains to recuperate.
 The attack on the British embas- sy cars overshadowed not only the savage fighting on the Shanghai front but a second important devel- opment.
 This was the allotment by Nelson T. Johnson, American ambassador to China, of $l0O,00O appropriated by the American Red Cross to Chi- nese relief.
 An advisory committee including 0. R. Bennett, Yarmouth, Me-, representing the American banking group here, was named to assist in the distribution.
 Fighting on the Shanghai front increased in tempo. Both the Jap anese and Chinese high commands had massed men behind the lines for what both said would be the greatest offensive of the war. Both armies awaited drier terrain after the long days of rain.
 We expect to blast them out with in 48 hours," Q Japanese source said.
 Throughout last night and the early hours of this morning artil-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

those of Sergt. Richard Rivers of State Policeman Paul Minneman, and innumerable bank robberies and holdupS were attributed to the gang. Its operations centered chiefly in the midwest, particularly Ohio and Indiana.
 Brady and his henchmen robbed the Kay Jewelry store at Lima, O., on March 19, 1886, of $35,OOO. This robbery and transportation of the loot across the Ohio state line into Indiana brought federal agents in- to the chase.
 Shot Way Out
 A month after the robbery Indi- annapolis police surrounded the home of Q physician where Geisking was being treated for a gunshot wound received in the Lima holdup. The gangsters shot their way out of the trap, killing Sergt. Rivers. Geisking was captured.
 Six days earlier the gang had shot and killed Edward Lindsey, a clerk in PiQua, O., grocery store.
 Three months later Brady, Shaf- fer ard Dalhover were trapped by Chicago police and returned to Indianapolis. All but Geisking were taken to the Hancock county iaiI at Greenfield, Ind, on a change of venue. They escaped after slugging Sheriff Clarence Watson. '
 Killed PatroIrnan
 At the end of the first year of their depredationS they held up the Carthage, Ind, bank and killed Patrolman Frank Levy in Anderson, Ind, as they attempted to rob the treasurer of the Elks Club.
 In April of this year they were identified as the bandits who held up the Farmland, Ind, bank and escaped with approximately $1,OOO. Robbery of the Centerpoint bank, ten miles southeast of Brazil, Ind, also was attributed to Brady.
 Last May 25 three men held up the Goodland, Ind, bank and ob- tained $2,500. Matt Leach, then captain of the state police, said the bandits were Brady and his hench- men.
 The gang was involved in shooting fracas in August with off, cerS at Baltimore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12
CRY
 TO BRING REPLY
By ARTHUR F. DEGREVE United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Stan COrreSpOndent)
 Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 12-(UP) Leaders of the committee for in- dustrial organization drafted a reply today to a new threat by the Am erican Federation of Labor to ex- peIl the g rebel" unions which joined John L. Lewis in on Fedora tion policies.
 The reply was expected within 4S hours in the form of resolution expressing indifference" to the threat and blaming the Federation again for the split in labor's ranks that has aligned the advocates of craft unioniSm against the support CTS of industrial unionism.
 Lewis, who is directing the exe- cutive meetings of the c. I. O. leaders. already had declared that his unions were no longer part or parcel" of the Federation, and that the c. I. O.'s attitude toward ex- pulsion threates was one of "com- plete indifference"
 He refused to comment on the Federation's Denver convention em- powering the A. F. of L. executive council to expell the rebel" groups, and only smiled when asked to com- ment on the speech of A. F. of L. President William Green, in which Green declared that the executive council would continue to maintain a patient" policy toward the c. I, O. unions but would revoke the charters of the more obstinate"
 Lewis silence was observed by other c. I. O. leaders. Sidney Hill man, head of the textile workers organizing committee, said he was mot interested" and that it makes no difference" He and Lewis long have contended that the c. I. O. unions left the A. F. of L. com- pletely when they stopped paying per capita dues.
 Lewis and his aides see no hope of an immediate peace and are go- ing head with plans to set up the 0. l. o. as a permanent organiza- tion.
 It was considered probable that the c. I. O. reply to the Federation's latest expulsion move may be de- layed until Lewis had had an op- portunity to confer with Charles P Howard, head of the Typographical Union and an officer of the c. I. O., who attended the Denver conven- tiOn, He Is flying here.
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ton of these two customers. The chief said he would check with Washington.
 I heard nothing more about it till last Tuesday when the same two men came back and bought another AS automatic, another clip, and an- other box of bullets.
 When I reported this to the chief, he said he had just received descrip- tive circulars of several wanted men from Washington. When I looked at them spotted the one named Dal- hover immediately as one of my cus- toners.
 Then I realized that my customers had been Dalhover and Brady-and police told me Brady was Americas s public enemy No. 1.
 Last Friday the G-men came and we made arrangements to hide them in the store because Dalhover and Brady, on their second visit, had mentioned that we'll be back"
 We carried on our business as usual, trying not to show any ex- citement. This morning my clerk, Jim Seeley, had just started to sweep the sidewalk out front when I recognized Dalhover among six other customers.
 At a prearranged signal, the G. men walked up to him and began questioning him. Then the shooting started. ...
 It was the most exciting few min- utes in my experience since World war days when I did some flying. Somehow the bullets didn't stop me from getting out my movie camera and keeping it going till I had 30 feet of 16 millimeter film.
 I don't know but I suppose I'm in line for the $1,50O reward, $500 on each of the men shot or caught.
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\SOLAVALluCu 4LOLn EdSG 4) their finance companies, to expand sales at the expense of true thrift, is not past" he said.
 Bennett cited the Federal savings and loan associations as an example of the "clumsineSs" of the Federal Government in banking.
 Though the law specified that associations should be created only where existing services were inade- quate, he said, the body admins. tering the law "flouted the opinion of Congress" and deliberately created federal savings and loan associations in New England and New York where existing agencies , are adequate or more than adequate
 He contended the government demonstrated its clumsiness in the Federal Housing Administration by pushing the plan in sections where state organizations could supply funds at lower cost to the borrower.
 "There is nothing clumsy, one may be sure, about the methods ot manufacturers and merchants whc have elbowed their way into the savings field with their installment payment plans :. . they saw some. thing in that field they wished |. and they leaped into that field with a glint in their eye and a grim de. termination"
 Gravest development of install ment buying, Bennett believed, was the effect such salesmanship was having upon "the popular concept of savings"
 True savings faces the future and recognizes its uncertainties, in- stallment buying stops its ears and blinds its eyes to all but present enjoyment"
 He suggested that the presence Of life insurance companies in the savings field be accepted in spirit of resignation"
 The only way to "carry the battle" to life insurance companies, he said was "by some such device as say. ings bank life insurance"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

lery, naval guns and machine guns were roaring. The firing was more furious than at any time since the battle started August 13. Each hour reports from the front-all sectors from the North Railroad Station to the north end of the long line near the Yangtze mouth-told of an at tack or a counter-attack in some new sector. Much of the fighting was hand to hand, some in the nar- row streets of northern Shanghai. But still it was not the "big push."
 Fifteen Japanese planes rained bombs on the Shanghai-Woosung railroad just north of the interna- tional settlement.
 Chinese fired heavily with artil- lery and machine guns on Japanese warships and reinforcement trans ports in the Whangpoo river.
 Chinese showed no signs of re- treating. The new Chinese artillery brought here for the big fight smashed shells Into Japanese con- centrations steadily-silencing them. selves only when Japanese airplanes were seeking to "spot" them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12
MINERS DONATE
 $6,OOO TO GUILD

Denver, Colo, Oct. l2.--(UP)-- John P. Frey, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, res- olutions committee, told the annual convention today that the United Mine Workers headed by John L. Lewis had contributed $6,O0O to the American Newspaper Guild.
 Tt might be difficult for the ofa- cers of the guild to say many lin- kind things of the CIO." Frey added.
 And 1t is possible to conceive that they might tumble 6 little bit when writing of the A. '. of l.. and fall to give us all the credit we are entitled to-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

Washington, Oct. 12 - Numerous Catholics, Negroes and Jews who might otherwise forever have been obscure are now coming more or less into the news because the New Deal was embarrassed by revelation that Roosevelt's first supreme court ap- pointee once belonged to the Ku Klux Klan.
 Jerome A. Cooper, Jew, has been chosen by Black as his law clerk. Miss Anne Butt, Catholic, is the new justices secretary. Leon SmalIwOOd, designated by the court as his messenger, is 8 NegrO and a Catholic to boot.
 Assuming no religious arguments break out in the Black offices which would be just too bad-this set-up would seem to help bear out Blacks radio assertion that there is no intolerance in his soul. At any rate, those groups, the hatred of which won infamy for the Klan, will have representatives in strategic spot where they can kep careful eye on the justice in case he should ever again yearn for white robe.
 There is also a list of eight Catholics and four Jews for whom Black has obtained or helped Ob- tain federal jobs in Alabama and Washington, one paying $9,0O0 a year. To date none of these pub lie servants has resigned.
 President Roosevelt, meanwhile. has had luncheon with Cardinal Mundelein at Chicago. And down to the Virgin Islands as federal judge does William Hastie, an able Negro who will take the place left vacant by Albert Levitt, who sought to get the Supreme Court to expel Black. If you overlook these incidents, one gathers, the administration will be disappointed.
 
 Jew Backs Black
 One of the very first if not the first case which Justice Black will hear argued before the court will be argued by distinguished Jewish
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

lawyer n 8 m e d Jerome Frank. It so happens that Frank, who was an outstand- ing figure here in earlier days of the New Deal, is a friend of Blacks and be- 1ieves he should be on the court because of his liberal record in the Senate.
 Frank, in @ fluat with Go. licitor General Stanley Re ed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

Nearly 5000 homes in France have been equipped for the use of gas in portable liquid form.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

will be presenting the govern ment's end of the Duke Power case involving PWA's right to lend and give money for the erection of municipal power plants.
 Reed himself was the Presidents second choice for the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Van Devanter and was not eliminated until almost the very last moment before Blacks appointment. Un- doubtedly Roosevelt now wishes that he had appointed Reed instead of Black. As the solicitor general addresses the court, Black will know that Reed will know it and others will know it.
 Might Not Have Happened
 Furthermore, if it hadn't been for the Supreme Courts previous hand- ling of this same Duke Power case, Roosevelt might never have made his sensational proposal to enlarge the Supreme Court, the whole bit- ter fight and resultant mess might never have occurred; Senator Black might not have been appointed in a smart move to out-fox the oppo- sition and the Klan issue might have remained dead and buried.
 On December IA, 1886, the Su-
 preme Court remanded the case
 to lower courts on the basis of g
 One-wOrd technicality.
 The case involved PWAs right to lend money to Greenwood County s. O., contested by the Duke Power Company. Power company litigation as to his right already had delayed 56 such power projects for two years. The whole New Deal power policy was involved and Roosevelt always consistent on that issue, de- cided right at that point on an early showdown with the court Perhaps he would have made the decision later anyway. Perhaps not
 The Duke case probably will be
 argued early in November.
 Copyright 1887, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

Not all species of mosquitoes at- tack man. Some attack birds only, and many species do not suck blood at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12
i. BEHIND THE SCENES M
 WASHINGTON
wH RODNEY 0uTcHER-1 Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

One of the Very First Cases Justice Bla k Hears Will Be Argued by a Distinguished Jew ish Attorney Blacks Friend ), and by the Sec- ond Place Man on Su- preme Court Appoint HnenE List.
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TESTER TELLS
 HIS OWN STORY

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6 JAP PLANES
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U. s. AGENCIES
 CALLED CLUMSY

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-31
BUSINESS TRENDS
MIXED OVER SOUTH
AS OLD YEAR ENDS
Merchants Say Holiday Pur-
chases Will Help Smooth
Out Mid-Fall Lull
for Them
UNIT. SALES BIGGER,
CASH OUTLAY LESS
Several Southeastern States
Report Higher Tax Collec-
tons; Christmas Mailings
Heavier; Unemployment
Drain To Be Heavy in
North Carolina
UNIT. SALES BIGGER,
CASH OUTLAY LESS
CBv The Associated Press)

(By Inc ASSOC1c1IOu AN
Mixed trends marked reports OF re-
tail trade, industry and agriculture IN
the South today as 1887 books were
closed.
Many retail merchants expressed
belief holiday purchases would neip
overcome the effects of a mid-fall luli'
Others said unit sales equalled or sur
passed the 1886 Christmas volume, but
the cash outlay was somewhat less be-
cause of a slight decrease in prices.
Birmingham steel operations were
about the national average and 1851
production about ten percent greater
than in 1886.
Several southeastern states reported
higher tax collections. In most OF
them, farm income was generally
larger than in 1886, although produc-
ers in many cases spent more money
than ordinarily to grow and harvest
the bumper yields.
Likewise, there were observations
that general trade had slackened at
times during the last half of the year,
and industrial unemployment lncreas-
ed in some areas.
Newspapers have recorded pro-
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-31
GIRL BELIEVED PAL
OF PAYNE ARRESTED
Taken By Federal Agents in West
Virginia and Will Be Return
ed to Rock Hill

Charlotte, Dec. 31.-(AP)-Federal
agents said today a girl arrested IN
Hartland, w. Va, as the campaign Of
Robert S. Smith, slayer of Ian.
cester policeman, would be brought t.
Rock Hill, S. c., for trial in March.
Edward Scheidt, agent in charge OF
the Charlotte office of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, said the girl
taken into custody yesterday, is Juda
Ellison, alias Joan Murphy. She is
charged with violation of the motor
theft act
Arrested with her Scheidt said, was
q girl booked as Nita BloodwOrth. He
said both the women were known as
sociates of Bill Payne, notorious Mort!
Carolina desperate and members OF
his gang.
Scheidt said the Ellison girl was
the "red-haired" companion witt
Smith, an escaped convict the morn.
ing of July 4, when he shot down the
police officer, Frank Sowell, neal
Lancaster, S. c.
Smith tried recently and sentenced
to life imprisonment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-31
Murder, Piracy On
High Seas Related
In Yachts Crimes

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. 81 (AP)--
Murder, piracy and retribution on the
high seas-a stranger than fiction
story written with the blood of two
men-was unfolded to government
agents early today by six haggard sur
vivors of a cruise on theschooner
yacht Aafje.
Dwight Faulding, 40, Santa Barbara
hotel man, and the Aafje's owner, is
dead, his bullet-riddled body dumped
overheard somewhere off the southern
California coast.
Jack Morgan, the man accused OF
his Staying by the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation, also is dead. Two youths
told Chief FlBI Agent John Hanson
thew threw Morgan into the sea after
five terror-stricken days under his
made rule.
The Inflated cruise was marked by
death on the very afternoon the i'll
fated Aafje sailed out of San Pedro
December 20 for Catalina Island, q
miles away.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-31
j. s. NEUTRAL|TY|S
AG|TAT|NG CAPITAL
Referendum on War Has
Strong Advocates, But
1t Will Not Pass
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

Washington, Dec. 31.-Wffen the
World War broke out in 1914 I am
convinced that not one American i'll
1000 believed that the United States
would be involved in it.
Sentiment was that it was crazy
struggle, which we had nothing to do
with and had no more inclination to
break into than any sane person
would have to jimmy an entrance in
to a lunatic asylum, as a volunteer
patient. President Woodrow Wilson's
neutrality proclamation had almost
unanimous popular Endorsement.
very few folk said we were making a
mistake to be so pacifistic at the out
set-that we would stand a better
chance of keeping out of the en-
broglio by asserting ourselves sternly
Immediately. But they were mere
voices crying in the wilderness. And
then. after all, we got into the thing.
This time, with about as nasty a
situation simmering, our overwhelm-
ing inclination seems to be to- try to
remain neutral by assuming threa-
tening attitude. Our few pacifists are
accused of being dangerous, by being
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-31
Japanese Peace Offers
Sent To China Through
German Intermediates
Chinese Devastation Squads March Out of Tsingtao
After Destroying Japanes Property There; Dozen
New Fires Are Started by Departing Chinese

Shanghai, Dec. 31.-(AP)-Reports
that Japanese peace overtures were
being conveyed to the Chinese gov
eminent through German channels
gained ground in foreign official cir
cles today.
The reports were Germany's ambas-
sador to China, Oskar Trautmann,
will present the proposals to the Chi
nese government. The German ambas-
sador to Tokyo was said to have re-
ceived them from the japanese gov
eminent for dispatch to Trautmann.
Meanwhile, Chinese devastation
SQUADS marched out of Tsingtao, leav-
ing undefended the once-rich North
China seaport, marked for conquest
by advancing Japanese armies.
A corps of foreign vililantes, armed
with clubs, tried to maintain order in
the city, from which an exodus Of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-31
First Quarter To Be About
on Present Basis, With
Momentum Gaining
Steadily
FEDERAL SPENDING
TO BE CONTINUED
Balanced Budget Unlikely
in Two Years; Farm Out
look Fair and Prospect Is
for Less Labor Disturbance
es; More Jobs By Fall;
Realty Active
BY ROGER w. BABSON,
Copyright 1887, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.

Babson Park, Mass, Dec. 81
We are not entering a major de-
pression; 1898 will see a reSump-
ton of the upward trend which be-
gan in 1888. The first quarter may
be pOOr-much worse than the
early months of 1887; but later in
the year 1 look for substantial
revival. Do not confuse this cur
rent sharp recession with major
depression! PayrOlls, prices, stocks
real estate, and jobs should all be
on their way to new highs by the
end of 1888.
This December presents a 7trenFer
dous contrast with a year ago. Then
the old year was riding into the his
tory books on a great wave OF OPP
timism and hope. Good times" la.
over the horizon of 1887. The darl
years of 1929-1935 were drowned ou
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