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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
169. .OOO VISTT CLEyELAND

Cleveland, (UP1-Mark EgaH, manager of the Cleveland Convell- tion and Visitors Bureau, said in a report that 26 conventions during the first quarter of this year brought 169,00O visitors to .Cleve- land and that future conventions booked to date would bring S0O,0OO more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

l. Was Russia an ally of Ger many during the World War?
 2. Which state is nicknanaed "Old Dominion?"
 3. Who composed the light opera, '"The Chocolate Soldier?"
 4. Where is Mt. Mckinley?
 5. Who was the author of the Constitution Amendment abolishing the Lame Duck" sessions of Con- gress?
 6. On which of the great Lakes is Cleveland, Ohio?
 2. Where is Woodrow Wilson buried?
 8. Who founded the University of Virginia?
 g. Name the two principal rivers of Oregon.
 10. Are children born of Chinese domiciled in the U. S., American citizens?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
A Thought for Today

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereOf.-Matthew 6:34.
  Every detail is hateful, but it gives wisdom. Publius Syrus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

papers for the members lobby, consumes 100000 pounds of ice and has a washroorrl laundry bill of $2,8O0 Six bills are pend- ing in congress for an unefnploy- ment census, four in the House and two in the senate. The cost of such account is estimated by authoriteis at $15,0O0, 900, requir- ing @ staff of 10000.
 Copyright, 1897, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

WASHINGTON, May 12. = Secretly, William Green is trying to patch up reconciliation with the c. O. Those few who know about it consider it the most unornentous development in recent labor history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, Both leaves of the bridge raise at Once"; say, "rise,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets 1042 D. m. daylight timel. Sun rises 5:38 a. m.; sets 7:59 p. m. tday- light ,time). All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
Test Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
BLAST PER|LSH0TEL DISPUTE
u. ). BUILDING FLARES ANEW

Whether the Mayflower Hotel
is to be restored to the control
of it's stockholders may be de-
cided before the end of the week
as the result of the proxy vote
of more than $4,000 stockhold-
ers in a meeting yesterday.
Under the reorganization plan
which the United States District
Court approved three years ago,
after the hotel had been placed
in receivership on the combined
petitions of first and second trust
bondholders, a voting trust of
three persons was set up to man.
age the hotels affairs.
Present voting trustees are Will
liam L. Beale, vice president of
the American Security and Trust
Company; Stanton C. Peelle, local
attorney, and Mrs. Mabel Walker
Willebrandt, who represents a
group of bondholders.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Rep. Norton Will Name
D. c. Group Today

With the entire personnel of the
House District Committee expected
to be appointed today, Represen.
tative Mary T. Norton Cd, of New
Jersey, chairman of the House
District Committee, was expected
to call her group into session Mon
day and appoint subcommittee TO
consider the various phases of the
Fiscal Relations Committee report.
It is believed possible that hear
ingS on the proposals contained
in the report may get under way
as early as the latter part of next
week, since all members appear
anxious to get an early start on
the problem and determine what
Justification the Fiscal Relations
groups can give for their drastic
recommendations.
Late yesterday, j. L. Jacobs, di.
rector of the Fiscal Relations
Committee study, conferred with
Mrs. Norton, and it is known that
his aides have in the past few
days visited various members OF
the House District Committee.
Although the visits apparently
had no definite meaning, several
of the members said that during
the conversations the aides had
hinted they believed joint House
Senate hearings on the recomend'
ations would be more feasible
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
JAIL LABELED
DANGER BY
FIRST LADY
Mrs. Roosevelt Cites
Age, Crowded Cells
As Real Menace

Describing the District Jail as
"a danger to the community,
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, follow.
ing a tour of the prison premises
today, declared that larger and
better facilities should be pro-
vided.
During her tour, which took in
practically the entire prison, Mrs.
Roosevelt was accompanied by Po-
lice Court Judge Edward M. Cur.
ran and Superintendent Thomas
M. Rives.
None Speak
Although the 691 prisoners in
the Jail knew of her visit, not one
of them spoke to the First Lady as
she walked through corridors and
cell blocks.
Mrs. Roosevelt pointed out that
there are two principal faults with
the jail, and both of these are out.
growths of the lack Of space. The
two most serious elements in the
local Jail are the lack of adequate
facilities to separate diseased
prisoners from healthy ones and
to segregate first offenders from
hardened criminals.
Inadequate Room.
Commenting on the administra
ton of the penal institution, she
said:
"The administration is doing
as good a job as could be done.
The Jail is too old and is in
adequate in space" Asked
whether she had tasted of the
prison food, she said that she
had not, but that "it looked all
right"
The best feature in the jail, she
found was the block where the
women prisoners are held.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14

Robert E. Minor, 435 Delaware
Ave. S. w., AZ miles.
Daniel H. Rittenour, 1706 Mime
sofa Ave. S. E., 40 miles.
Fifteen-day suspensions we're:
John w. Conway, 1923 Fourth
St. N. w., 38 miles.
Lewis M. Duncan, 1909 Six
teenth st. N. W., 38 miles.
William H. Forney, 913 Potomac
Ave. S. E., 36 miles.
George A. Gardiner, 704 Third
st. N. W., SO miles.
Rupert L. Hopes, 314 East
Capitol St., 38 miles.
WILDER L. Humphrey, 1915 Fern
st. N. w., 38 miles.
Bennie G. jackson, 1921 Church
St. N. w., 81 miles.
Harry A. Janzig, POLL Sixteenth
Rudolph johnson, 7l9 Thir-
teenth st. N. E., 38 miles.
Sara K. MartZ, Silver Spring,
Md, 40 miles.
William J. Monticone, 4305
Brandywine st. N. w., 35 miles.
Joseph E. Royston, lib Twelfth
St. N. w., 38 miles.
Continued on Page 20, Col. q
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EXPECT 1000
TO CALL AT
WHITE HOUSE
Major Brown Contem-
plates Little Trouble
Tomorrow

Metropolitan, United States
Park and White House police to-
day completed preparations for
the scheduled march tomorrow Of
1000 members of the Workers
Alliance on the White House, the
United States Chamber Of Com
merce and the Capital.
The full force of all three agen-
cies will be on hand for the demon
stration, it was disclosed, but little
trouble is anticipated.
No Speeches
At a meeting of Major Ernest
w. Brown, Col. Ed Startling, Of
the White House force, and Capt.
Patrick j. Carroll, of the Park
police, it was decided that the
alliance marchers may make all
the noise they want" Speeches,
however, will be "out" inasmuch
as the permit issued the paraderS
does not provide for oratory.
According to the permit, the
marCherS will mobilize at the Fed
eral Auditorium near the Labor
Building on Constitution Avenue.
At 1870 a. m. the march will
get under way, proceeding west
to Fifteenth Street, north to E
Street, west around South Execu-
tive Avenue and to West Execu-
tive Avenue, where the line will
halt while a committee of five
attempts to present petition to
President Roosevelt at the White
House.
/ After the White House visit, the
march will resume north on Jack
son Place for another halt at the
United States Chamber Building
where the committee will repeat
its performance.
/ From the Chamber of Com
merce Building, the marcherS will
| proceed east along H Street to
Madison Avenue, through East
Executive Avenue, thence east on
Treasury Place and east on Penn
sylvania Avenue.
/ Keep Off Capitol
The permit will not allow the
mass demonstration to pass be-
yond Pennsylvania Avenue and
Third st. N. w.
It is the announced intention
of the marchers to make their
way into the Capitol itself, there
to personally present to the leg
islatorS demands that proposed
relief expenditures of $750,0O0,-
900 be boosted above the billion
dollar mark.
Capitol police said, however,
that if this is to be done, the
marchers will have to make their
way into the Capitol grounds in
small groups.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
u. 5. ENGINEERS
IN SESSION

Delegates representing 100000
American civil engineers today
heard themselves described as
"sociotectonics."
The word was coined by Perry
A. Fellows, assistant chief w. P.
A. engineer, in an address before
the joint seventh annual conven-
tion of the American Engineering
Council and Engineering Society
Secretaries at the Mayflower
Hotel. He said engineering had
been "socialized abruptly and in
escapably" by the vast public
building programs carried or
throughout the country.
Sessions will end Saturday, with
elections of officers. Incumbent
president of the American Engi-
neering Council is Audrey A. Pot
ter, of Purdue University, a Wash
ingtonian, and Frederick M.
Feiker, of 2137 Bancroft Pl. N. W.,
is executive secretary.
Members of the Washington So
ciety of Engineers constitute the
assemblies committee on arrange
ments and are, c. L. Jennison,
chairman; C. D. Anderson, H. G.
Ayers, B. j. Peterson and Paul
Wooton.
Modern social and technical
problems will be discussed by au-
thorities, including Senator Joseph
C. O'Mahoney, who will speak to-
morrow night at the engineers
banquet on Interstate Regulation
of Business by Federal License" J."
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
p AutOiStS' Permits
Are Suspended

Twenty-Five motorists had their
District operating privileges sus-
pended today by the action Of
the Board of Revelations, Sus-
pensions and Reservations.
John C. Coumaris, of 1928
First st. N. w., drew 45-day
suspension for operating his ve-
hicle A miles an hour.
Thirty days suspensions were:
Carl H. Barlow, 1901 Connec-
ticut Ave. N. W., 48 miles.
Clarence P, Clarke, TIC E St.
S. E., As miles.
Oscar G. Edwards, ITO Fifty.
third st. N. E., A miles.
Gaylor L. Garbrick, $500 Four
teenth St. N. w., as miles.
Henry G. Giovanitti, 2121 New
York Ave. N. W., As miles.
Chester D. Hanson, 928 New
York Ave. N. W., AZ miles.
James w. Haynes, 6301 Seventh
st. N. W., 40 miles.
Lloyd j. Houchins, 494 F st.
S. W., 48 miles.
Charles w. Isaacs, 3218 Wiscon-
sin Ave. N. W., AZ miles.
Charles A. McKenney, 1928
Rhode Island Ave. N. w., 40 miles,
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Ken Murray
Says:

Old Mother Nature certainly
has been putting on a stu
pendOus, colossal, SuperprOduc-
ton out in southern California
where, for the first time in
years, they have been having
severe snow storms -. / under
stand the ice was so slippery
that anyone would think the
movie colony was going in for
SitdOwn strikes.
Picture stars are said to be
more worried about Overex-
pOSure than at any time since
diaries went out of fashion.
Naturally the natives of Holly
wood couldn't be sure whether
the snow was real, or whether
Paramount was merely trying to
remake Byrd at the South
Pole"
It is also reported that this
Is the first time there has been
any frOstbite in this section Of
the country in d 'cOOn's age {.
OF course, this doesn't include
the number of people frozen to
death in movie houses every
summer.
All in all, with so much ice
around, the traffic is bound to
be very dangerous in Hollywood
Even when the weather's
fair, those movie stars are
always Skidding into churches.
Copyright, 1897. McNaught
Svndicafa InC.O
The Washington times., 1937-01-14

Serious danger of explosion
was averted by workmen on the
roof of the south building of the
Department of Agriculture under
construction at Twelfth and c
Street Northwest, when they
quickly extinguished the flames
from the hose of an acetyline
tank which blew off" this after
noon.
Four engine companies and four
truck companies responding to the
fire alarm found the flames al
ready extinguiShed.
Foreman on the construction job
said the tanks of explosive gas
were being used in connection with
the installation of a heating plant
in the new building. The tank
holders were burned and the roof
slightly scorched. Damage was
estimated at $50.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
FCAA|DES HOLD
FIRE DRILL

Activity ceased for IS minutes
yesterday at the Farm Credit
Administration as approximately
1850 employees evacuated the old
Southern Railway Building, Thir-
teenth st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
N. W., in the first fire drill con-
Quoted in the building since 1t
was taken over by the Federal
Government in 1929.
Responding to gongs on each
of the eight floors, and following
fire regulations issued by the
Farm credit Administration,
clerks, secretaries and executives
closed the windows in their rooms,
grabbed important papers. put on
coats and hats, eXtinguiShed
lights, and hastily left their Of
ficeS.
Following directions printed in
red ink on white placards posted
on door jams, employees on the
sixth, seventh and eighth floors
decended to the street by four
swift-moving elevators which, in
conformity with the new fire drill
rules, removed persons from the
top floor first. Those on the five
lower floors left the building by
the fireproof stairways.
Chief Clerk w. S. Hinman eX-
planned that lifts were used TO
evacuate part Of the personnel to
eliminate congestion on the stairs.
Capt. R. D. TruSsell, fire mar
shall of the National Parks Serv-
ice, branch Of buildings, who is
custodian of the building, was
present at the drill. After occu-
pants had left the building he
made a thorough check on each
floor to see If regulations were
carried out. He estimated that
evacuation was made in six min
utes.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
MONEY
PLEA BACKED

Supporting the Board of Public
Welfare's recommendations for an
$830,OOO deficiency appropriation
to bolster the local relief program
for the remainder of this fiscal
year, a delegation of the Wash
ington Council of Social Agencies
will call upon the District CommiS-
sioners tomorrow at II a. m.
The welfare board made its rec
ommendation to the city heads
last October. The board urged
the appropriation to aid needy
families who are In the employ
able class, and ineligible for relief
during the winter months and to
increase the relief now afforded
to cases in the unemployable class.
A controversy over the recon-
mendation was stirred up by Rufus
Lusk, president of the Washington
Taxpayers Association, who wrote
to the Commissioners recently and,
in a strongly worded statement,
urged disapproval of the boards
request. The Lusk statement
evoked a reply from Frederick w.
McReynolds, chairman of the
board, who branded the Lusk state
ment as misleading and untrue"
in several respects.
The council voted to support the
boards recommendation and the
delegation was slated to appear
before the Commissioners last
week, but the hearing was post
poned due to illness of Commits
sioner Melvin C. Hazen.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Pension Conference
Called by Townsend

DR.. Francis E. Townsend, who
conceived the old-age pension plan
bearing his name, has issued an
invitation to 100 members of Con-
gress to attend a conference on
general welfare" at the Senate
Office Building Saturday morn
ing.
Purpose of the meeting, DR..
Townsend explained from his
room at the Lafayette Hotel, is
to form a nonpartisan bloc to fos-
ter enactment of a general vel
fare act" embodying the principles
of his pension plan.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14

statement was the first issued
by any local officials on the
recommendations by the Budget
Bureau for the 1888 fiscal year
budget and the report OF the
Jacobs fiscal relations committee.
At the same time, Commissioner
Hazen said he, had instructed MAJ
Daniel j. Donovan to break
down" the Jacobs report into a
brief resume of the recommends
tions for legislation and other
matters. Both the taxation prob
lem and the Jacobs report, ne
said, will not be taken up by the
city heads until after the inaugu-
ration.
The only experts whom Com
missioner Hazen named, who will
be called in to confer on the tax
problems, are Edward F. Colladay
Republican National Committee,
man for the District, and Robert
V, Fleming, president of the Riggs
National Bank. Commissioner
Hazen said:
1--WE know that we have to
raise taxes in the District, but
we still dnO't know how much
must be raised. We know that
we are facing a $1O,OOO,OOO
deficit by the end Of 1888, but
until Congress fixes the amount
of the Federal payment we will
not know just how much in
taxes it will be necessary to
raise. If Congress approves the
Jacobs report, we will have to
make up the full S1O,OOO,OOO
deficit. If the Federal payment
is $4,000, 900, the deficit will be
cut accordingly"
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Controllers Name
Goodwin Chairman

The National Capital group Of
controllers have named j. c..
Goodwin, assistant controller of
Woodward and Lothrop's, as
chairman of the payroll COM
mittee Of that organization, it
was announced here today.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
HoIdup Nets 81 Cents

Only one crime of violence was
reported to police during the
night, and that netted the thugs
only 81 cents.
Warren Martin, 16, of 1851 Cliff
ton st. N. W., reported to police
he was walking near his home
when three colored youths jumped
him and stole the change.
The Washington times., 1937-01-14

zen today de-
clared that a
group of ex-
pertS on tax
and fiscal mat
terS W i'll be
called upon to
advise with the
C o mmiSsioners
on the city's
financial prob
lens.
The H a z e n
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
HAzEN PLANS
STUDY OF TAX
PROBLEMS
Increase in Local Levy
Certain, He Says, But
Amount Is Unknown

Resigned to the fate that Wash
ington residents must bear an in
crease in tax rates, Commissioner
Melvin c. Ho-
The Washington times., 1937-01-14
Women to Meet

WOmSn 70 WeeI
The U. S. Grant Circle Ladies
of the G. A. R. will hold a public
installation meeting at the
Raleigh Hotel tonight at 8 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01

New Haven, Sept. 1.-The suspen- sion of the Q. I. o. unions from tho Connecticut Federation of Labor will not affect the work of Labor's Non- Partisan League of this state, Albion A. HaFtwell, national organ- iEer, said today tn announcing the inauguration of drive to obtain the afiiliAtion of A. ?. |. and o. l. O. unions with the league. At state headquarters here it was announced that the Meriden Central Labor, which represents fifteen A. Y. h. unions, has recently afiliated with the league.
 Uniflcatlon Aim
 we do not anticipate that the %. cent suspensions of Q. !. Q. locals by the executive board of the Con. nectiout Federation of Labor will interfere with our work in this state, because the Non-Partisan League is not Q party to jurisdictionel disputes between different groups in the las Dor movement" MT. Hartwell said. ''fts sole purposes iS the unifying Of oil workers, including tho ,unorgan- iEed, behind c common progressive program of political action that will protect the living standards and welfare of American workers and farmers"
 Tn each city" MT. Hartwell oon- tinued, i've are receiving the sup. port of both 0. I. o. and 4. Y, L.. unions. The proof of the interest Of the A. Y. L. unions lies not only in tho action taken by tho Moriden Central Labor and other A. '. |. bodies, but in the resolution adopted by tho last convention of the Con- necticut Federation of Labor, which said that labor must utilize its great political power in It's own interests and instructed its executive board to contact Labor's Non.Partisan League, and It's New York branch, tho American Labor Party, for tho purpose of forming Q branch of tho American Labor Party in this state.
 "rhere is no question but that In due time tho unions of this state, together with the farmers and other progressive groups, may have their own party. It may work within tho wing of the democratic party which supports President Roosevelt and the New Deal, or it may take some 0ther form. At present. however, tho league recognizes that its primary purpose b to assist, by every logiti. mate means, In the improvement Of wages, working and living condl- tions of workers and farmers. It of-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01
SIMPSON NOT IN
 GOOD CONDITION
Alleged Policeman Slayer Is Waiting for Doctors
 to Operate

Norfolk, Mass, Sept. a-(UP)- FAcing possible death in the eloo- trio chair if he recovers, Edward P. Simpson, 80, prepared today to un- dergo Q delicate operation for r0. naoVal from his neck of . bullet 70. c0ived in Q gun battle with Newton
 eimpson, alias ewarts, rested on A oct In the Norfolk prison colony's hospltal ward this morning. H0 was brought here yesterday from East Cambridge jail whore h0 had been guarded since his arrest sats urday on c charge of murdeging Patrolman Henry c. Bell of New. ton.
 hlS xleso at hostile crowd that shouted "kiilOrl" and "xAtl" As he was taken from Hast Cambridge jail.
 Operation Delayed
 Because of the prisoners condl. ton, doctors have delayed tho operation to remove c lead slug that entered gimpson'a loft shouid- CT and buried itself In hls neck near tho carotid artery. A rib also must Do removed and blood drained from tho pleural lung cavity. Six physi. oians hold c consultation this inorn- ing preparatory to tho operation. Authorities said the operation douhtless would cause postponemeft Of gimpson's ArrAignment, sched- uiod for Sept Q, on indictments charging firDt-deRree murder of Bell and murdeyoug assault on Officer Lawrence 4. Murphy, now recover. Ing At e hoapltai,
 10 tho question, "shAll we opoT. atOPv simpson dojoctedly replied.
 q don't care what happens, It's ell one with mo whether ! dio on tho operating table or In the chaiF. They haven't made any secret Of my chances either way"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01

corrigibillty charge.
 Police report thet wo boys hwave confessed to entering the home oe Mrs. Rose N. Kane, 90 Cole street. twice within the past week. About $2O in cash was taken in the breaks.
 Investigation started Monday when a fried of the family Joseph Brennan, saw Q youngster in the house striking matches to see his way, Brennan entered through the rear door but the lads made their escape.
 A continuance to Sept. I7 was given Mike Kovel, As of 50e North Main street, charged with breach of the peace.
 A continuance to the 18th was given Ferdlnando LaudisL co, of Brooklyn charged with obtaining money by false pretenses. The case has been pending since last Deeeua- Der, Laudisi being charged with illegally securing funds from an Italian society here several years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01

ond phase of it's program, according to Mfr. Hartwell. The first is the set- ting up of branches In the principal cities of the state. This has already been done in such cities as Hart ford, Bridgeport, Meriden; and branches are now being organized In New Britain, Stamford, Plainville and other towns. A careful survey is being made of the possibility of supporting candidates with Q de. cidedly pro-labor record or when advisable of entering labor candi- dates in certain municipal elections. Tn Bridgeport, which Is the most highly industrialiEed city in the state, c committee of Labor's Non- Partisan League is now surveying the political situation to decide its policy in the coming municipal elec- ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01

Antonio Napoli. a. of es Maritime avenue, charged with failure Co grant the right of way, paid s for A nolle.
 A continuance to Monday was given Salvatore MAngini, Ss, of Mon. roe street oakville, charged with failure to signal. Sergt Joseph Nc-