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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
PROPOSALS ON
 HOUSING PUSHED
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NNOAstAAANNA AeVAAA NseS ee - Aia., of the house banking and cur- rency committee, began public hear ings on the federal housing admin istration amendments with Housing Administrator Stewart McDonald as the first witness.
 Chairman Robert r. Wagner. D., N. Y., of the senate banking com- mittee, summoned his group to com. plete plans for starting hearings Wednesday with indications that prominent witnesses would be given an opportunity to discuss the busi- ness problem generally and offer suggestions. Gerard Swope of Gen. eral Electric, Gen. Robert E. Wood of Sears Roebuck, Reconstruction Finance Chairman Jesse H. Jones, Federal Reserve Governor Mariner Eccles and Joseph McTnerney of New York, president of the Ameri- con Federation of Labor Building Trades, were mentioned as possible witnesses.
 Banking Commission Report
 Senate Majority Leader Alben w, Harkley, D., Ky, said he expected O report from the banking committee within week. He believes 1t prob- able that the senate will enact the amendments ct the special session, although he was uncertain that de- bate on the farm or anti-lynching bills could be suspended for such action.
 Wagner indicated that the public hearings on the housing bill aliend- ments, which he introduced, prob- ably would bring out general sug- gestions for aiding business.
 While debate on farm bills con- tinued in both houses on opposition bloc appeared to Do forming against the administration bill in the senate under the leadership, of Sen. Josh Lee, D., Okla. He has offered 0 sub. stitute measure calling for unlin- tied production of crops sold in for- eign markets.
 Wages Hours Near Deadllne
 The drive in the House for 2lS signatures on Q petition to force Q vote on the senate-approved wages hours bill neared Q deadline beyond which 1t cannot be considered by this method during the special ses- sion. A total of ie8 names have been signed, just 30 short of the required 2ie, and unless the remainder are subscribed by adjournment Thurs day 1t will be impossible to consider tho bill Dec. i3.
 Rep. James M. Mead, D., N. Y, said the wages-hours steering coil1- mittee of which he Is 0 member has about l6 or 20 representatives pledged to sign as soon as tho num- Der reaches 200.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
TEXT OF MESSAGE
 ON HIGHWAYS

(Continued from Page D for the construction of public reads, and because of the neccS. slty for taking definite steps to reduce expenditures for the pur- pose of securing Q balanced bud. get, I recommend that the Con. gross adopt the following policies:
 1. Provide for the cancellation of the l030 authorizations prior to January 1, 1888, by which date the secretary of agriculture ls required to apportlon to the various states S2l4,O ,000 of such authorizations.
 2. Limit to not more than Sl26,. 100000 per annum all public roads authOrIsa tons for the fiscal year 104O and for each of the next few succeeding years.
 Three Billion Allotted
 Since the enactment of the first fedcrai-aid highway act In 10l6. there has been appropriated for public highways, including allot- ments for emergency apprOpria- tions, more than S3,100, ,000, 900, of which amount Sl,490,O0O,00O has been made available during the last five years. This annual aver- age for the past five years of S29H, 100000 contrasts with an an- nual average of less than $lOO,- 100000 for the five-year period preceding the depression.
 There is another provision of the existing law relating to pub- iic roads which should receive considerat ation in this connection. The secretary of agriculture is re- quired to app0rtion to the states the annual UmOunt authorized for appropriation, and to approve projects of proposed state expen- ditures hereunder which shall constitute contractual obligations of the federal government regard less of the availability of appro- priatiOns for their payment and of the fiscal outlook of the treas- ury.
 Ties Executives Hands
 This mandatory provision cOm- pIetely ties the hands of the exc cutive as to the amount of road funds to be included in the bud- get for any fiscal year. While do not object to the apportiOnment among the states of such amounts as may be authorized for appr0- priati0n, I do most strenu0usiy object to the mandatory incur renee of obligations by the federal government under such app0rtion- ments without regard to its abil- ity to finance them from It's rev- enues. I therefore. recommend that the Congress take the neces- sary action permanently to elim- mate thls provision of our public ronds law.
 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. The White House. November 27,
 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
GRAVE DICCERS
 ARE ON STRIKE

New York, Nov. 30-(Up)-Mayor ?. II. Laduardia, seeking to end a strike of $50 grave diggcrs and other employees ct Greenwood cemetery, threatened today to declare an emergency and provide city workers to bury l7 bodies placed in tem- porary vaults.
 The mayor instructed Nathan Frankel, his labor relations counsel, to notify strikers that provisions of the sanitary code, requiring inter- ment within four days after death, would be enforced.
 The United Cemetery Workers union, Committee for Industrial Organization affiliate, called the strike to enforce demands for rein- statement of 100 workers allegedly dismissed without notice and for union activities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
STRAND

Performances tonight conclude the engagement of "The Bride Wore Red" and "They Won't Forget" cur- rent attractions at Warner Brothers Strand theater.
 Wednesday brings another grand show headlined by "The Life Of Emile Zola" in which one of the most notorious scandals in modern history supplies the motivation for the story. The scandal is that sur- rounding the conviction and irn- prisonment of Captain Alfred Drey- fus on Devils Island, on trumped up charge that he has sold import ant army secrets to Germany. Not only the great success of "The Story of Louis Pasteur," with Paul Muni in the title role, but also the power- full drama of Zola's picturesque ca- reer as a moulder of public opinion in France, influenced the studio in making this picture, Muni, who won the Academy Award for his Pasteur effort, also has the title role in "zo- la."
 Zola was Frances first great naturalistic novelist.
 His most sensational work was T Accuse" in which he vicious ly attacked everyone who had any part in the condemnation and Imprisonment of Dreyfus.
 He had become convinced oi the officers innocence. and witt characteristic vigor attacked the powerful military hierarchy witl all the strength at his command. 'l Accuse" was deliberately written tt provoke a libel suit.
 Joseph Schildkraut. boyhooc friend of Muni in Vienna, has tho role of Dreyfus.
 There are many noted play CTS in the cast, in addition tS Muni and Schildkraut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
BANK ROBBERS
 QUICKLY CAUGHT

Springfield, Mo. Nov. 30-(UP)- Two Arkansas men, 8 coffee shop operator and a farmer, were brought here today by Department of Justice agents who captured them and recovered more than $l3,00O taken in the robbery of the citizens bank here yesterday.
 The prisoners were Vern Moore, 30. who operates coffee shops in Rogers. Ark. Springdale. Ark. and Muskogee, Okla: and Archie Hol- brook, 35. farmer from White River. Ark. Federal agents said the men confessed that they robbed the bank. The agents found ei3.2e5 in Holhrook's barn. Although the bank had reported Q loss of ell.l34. the prinosers said they had cached oil their loot together,
 Federal men from Kanses cliy,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
CORONER OPENS
 INVESTIGATION

Bridgeport, Conn, Nov. 30.-(UP) Coroner Theodore E. steiber open- cd @ public inquest today into il- Illuminating gas tragedy which last week claimed five lives in the family of Raymond o. Yeomans, Y. M. O. A., secretary. Summoned to the hearing were officials of the gas com- pany, members of the public utilities commission, city ofilcialsand neigh bors of the family who discovered the deaths, which were attributed to e leak in @ gas main.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30

wish to offer tho name of c success full business man, one who has been 0 good Democrat, a man who has been 0 real asset to his party. ! nominate for secretary Of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee Joseph r. Mulville of Waterbury"
 Immediately A. J. Cavanaugh, Of Killingly, one of the campaign man. agers for MT. Clarie, asked for the floor. We have In our district" he said, 10 young man we knew had oil the necessary qualifications. We thought we were assured of enough votes to carry him through, but l found this afternoon that we
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
FREDERICK HOLMES
 GRANTED PATENT

Frederick T. Holmes of this city has been granted a patent for TO- tational trigger mechanism. Henry o. Newman, also of Waterbury has received a patent for production of vulcanized rubber.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30

Oklahoma City and Tulsa went to Rogers after the suspects The clue to the identity of the bandits was reported to have come from Police Chief Pat Reddick of Rogers.
 The robbery was executed with out violence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
State Senator

state Senator every two years, he should be able to find enough to carry out the terms of the act"
 Senator Lawlor said he planned to call this afternoon on Attorney General Charles J. Mclaughlin to ask for an official ruling on tho act.
 Affects Cities As introduced by the local sena- tor, the act obliges the state to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
JAP DRIVER HELD

Darien. Conn, Nov. 30 - (UP) - Mark Nagaki, 40, Japanese cook, was held today by authorities in connection with the hit-run auto- mobile death last night of Herbert Edinborough, 58.
 Nagaki was held on a charge of nanslaughter and evading responsi- bility. Police said glass from a broken headlight led to the arrest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30

voted before 1t gave them 0 hearing.
 Present Decision Upheld
 Tn rendering the decision of the board that In the future perhaps some other means could be found for the accommodation of the children, but for the present the decision and vote would be upheld, one of the delegates, whose name is being with. held, interrupted Chairman Walsh and shouted, If that is the decision of the board we will not send our children to school They will go on strike the same as those students at the high school, and they will stay on strike until we get what we want" Women ln the assembly be. came hysterical, several of the chil- dren who accompanied them began to cry and hedlam prevailed until Commissioner Harry Q. Post moved for adjournment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30

The highest inhabited place in the world is the Buddhist monastery of Ilaine, in Tibet. It is l70o0 feet above sea level.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30

Combines harvested Ti.440.00O acres of grain in Russia this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
STATE HIGHWAYS
 AGAIN IN COURT

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
FEDERAL AID TO
 STATES MAY END

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-30
Board or Education
 Had Stormy Sessio,
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not prevent because the board voted before 1t gave them 0 hearing.
 Present Decision Upheld
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The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Dining Chair s
Covers q for

Striped jaspe covers with box
pleated flounces, round or
square backs. For the seats
and backs Of chairs.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
HEARST FILES
STATEMENT

The registration statement OF
Hearst Publications, Inc, filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission here yesterday, cover
ing $22,5OO,OOO of debentures,
shows that the money to be real
lied from practically the entire
issue is to be used by the company
to refund the funded Indebtedness
of itself and it's subsidiaries and
retire certain bank loans.
The combined net income for
Hearst Publications and its sub
sidiaries including those sub
sidiaries recently acquired, before
provision for Federal income tax
was $7,479, ,885.07 for 1896 which
compares favorably with $6,620,-
234.35 for 1885, and $7.132,4 ASS. .62
for 1884.
The debentures are proposed to
mature serially $1,500,000 on April
/, 1899 and $500, 900 on April /
Of each year thereafter until 1912.
with the remaining $16,500, 900
maturing April /, 1852.
It is proposed to retire an
nually beginning April, /, 1913.
$1,650. 900 par value Of the bonds
by the operation Of the sinking
fund for that purpose.
Operating revenue Of the COM
pany and its subsidiaries consoli-
dated, aggregated $56.517.631.54
in 1896 as comnared to $40, ,806,.
271.24 in 1884 and $51 1929, ,666.6S
in 1885.
Plans call for public offering
Of the debentures at price to be
determined later.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Cruisers Pardon
JeWel Theft
Laid to BOu

NEW YORK, March 81 Q.N.S0.
The liner Aquitania arrived yes
terday from a South American
cruise with John Cronin, 16-year-
old page boy, locked in the brig on
a charge of stealing $4,000 worth
Of jewelry belonging to Mrs. r. w.
Higgins, a passenger and wife of
a Duluth (Minn) mining mag.
nate.
Ship police said Cronin con.
fessed after the gems were recov.
cred in his locker. Mrs. Higgins
and her husband declined to sign
criminal charge against the boy.
Capt. r. B. Irving said he would
be returned to Southampton, Eng.
land, where authorities will decide
what to do with him. Higgins said {:
"The boy ought to be given
another chance. 1t was a young
ster'S mistake"
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
DOCTOR SLAIN
BY BLOW, READ
JURY TOLD

SUTTON, w. Va, March 81.
A skull-crushing blow on the head
killed w. Earl Dollman, packed
courtroom here heard yesterday
in the trial of William B. Read,
25-year-old Kensington CMd.O
youth named as the bandit who
murdered and incinerated the
insurance salesman.
That Dollman'S death was
caused by the blow on the head
was atteSted to by DR.. j. C.
Eakle, who told the jury the in
jury undoubtedly" caused the
death Of the man found dead in
his burning automobile near here
on Thanksgiving Day.
Dollman was murdered, accord
ing to confessions of Lawrence
Gingell and War Joseph Kirby,
quick-trigger companions Of Read,
after he had picked up the three
youths in his automobile and Of.
fered them ride. Later, accord
ing to the confessions of Reads
companions, the insurance sales
man was slain, gasoline was
poured over his car, and the ma.
chine was set ablaze.
When asked by Prosecutor
Charles Duffield, jr., If the head
wound discovered by the doctor
could have caused death, DR..
Eakle replied:
without a doubt it did,"
Prior to DR.. Eakle's statement,
the gruesome discovery of Doll
mans cremated body was described
in court, as the State wrapped a
damning web of evidence around
Read.
The packed court room heard
Miss Marion WhitehurSt, pretty
fiancee of the alleged murder vic
tim, sobbingly identify a shaving
kit found in the flaming automo-
bile as one she had given Dollman
as a gift.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
One Dies, 40 Hurt
In French Wreck

OAK, France, Wednesday, March
31.-One passenger was killed
and 40 persons were injured,
nine seriously, when a speeding
Paris-Hendaye express train was
derailed on the outskirts of Dax
last night. The train. running d =.
80 miles an hour, was derailed
when flood waters of the Adour
River weakened the track and sent
three coaches slithering down a "a
foot embankment,
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

apartment without a license.
Building Inspector John W.
oehlmann estimated there are be.
tween l,500 and 1000 elevators in
the city, but was unable to hazard
a guess as to the number of Ii.
censed operators.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
ELEVATOR LICENSE DRIVE IS BEGUN

More than ESQ operators ap-
peared at the office yesterday and
formed a long queue in the cor
ridor outside the inspectors office.
The rush resulted from a fine i'm
posed on a colored operator for op-
Grating a lift in a Euclid st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

A rush by elevator operators,
mainly those employed in local
apartment buildings, to obtain H.
censes to run elevators, was con-
tinued today at the Building In
spector's office at the District
Building.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Admits Killing Husband

CLEVELAND, March 81 G.N.SO
Mrs. Julia Bender, 36, yesterday
confessed to police that she beat to
death her husband, Steven, AZ,
with a hammer in their apartment
early yesterday morning, Detective
Sergeant James Hogan announced.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Strike Threatened
By 1000 BARRIERS

NEW YORK. March 81 0N.s).
A strike of 1000 Brooklyn BARRIERS
at the end of April was threat
ened today unless boss BARRIERS
agree to an increase in the mini
mum wage from $22 to $25 a week.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Week S Labor Hours
SIashed in France

PARIS, March 81 INS).
A 40-hour work week for banks,
insurance houses, paper and wood
plants, and all stores except
groceries, was decreed by the
French government today.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

eltaes
a
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D.
he and
delightful Avoid dsapponmenretuse adulterated obnoxious
substitutes
months "2OT coupon" in box
by Peoples Whelans, MEgetts Drug Stores
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Woven Striped
Duck AWNING

80, SO, AZ and 48 inch widths
in green and white woven
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inch. Ready to hang.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Murquisette Cot 3
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Pretty, fresh.looking curtain
sets with ruffles in hlies
green or gold.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Summer Chair S.
Cushion Sets. -

Seat and back cushions for
wicker and other chairs. Made
Of chintz and well tufted.
Evening star., 1937-11-27
TRADE BODY HITS
VAN DUzER'SPLAN
Traffic Committee Holds
Governor Idea in Speeding
Cases lmpraCticabIe.

Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer's proposed regulation to put
governors on the automobiles of mo-
torists convicted of speeding two or
more times was branded as imprac-
ticable yesterday by the Traffic Com
mittee of the Board of Trade.
The committee, acting at its regu-
lar monthly meeting, asserted use of
the automatic cutoff device does not
permit a machine enough flexibility
to "get out Of the way of faster NOV
ing traffic" The committee also con-
tended it would be easy for the penal
lied driver to tamper with the gov
ernor.
The committee was informed Com
missioner Hazen had indicated the
Board of Commissioners would in.
vestigate the proposal.
A proposal that the Commissioners
consider adopting the Connecticut
system Of using the same automobile
tags each year, with a separate veal
marker that can be removed, will bt
referred to the Subcommittee on Op.
Grating Regulations, Col Lawrence c
Crawford, chairman of the committee
said.
The subcomittee, headed by DR.. J
Franklin Hilton. also is to be asket
to study proposal to change the
date for beginning issuance of tags
to April l.
Evening star., 1937-11-27
Richest Girl Sees
ArthurduIe With
| Mrs. Roosevelt
~ the Associated Press

3y the Associated Press.
The former Doris Duke will rub
elbows with examiners today in the
company of Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt.
Mrs Roosevelt is taking the worlds
richest GIRL" now Mrs. James H. r.
Cromwell, to the Homestead Com
munity built by the Resettlement Ad-
ministration at Arthurdale, w. Va.
Other members of the party will be
Clarence Pickitt, executive secretary
OF the Friends Service Committee, a
Quaker organization interested in Ar
thurdale, and Mrs. Malvina Schneider,
Mrs. Roosevelt's personal secretary.
Mrs. Roosevelt said they would mo-
tor to West Virginia. She said she
was anxious to see new library which
has been furnished to the community.
-Iomesteaders at Arthurdale-
than 100 families-are chiefly former
miners, many of whom had been un-
employed for several years before set
tling there. Two factories established
in the town now give them work.
Other residents are employed in CO.
operative enterprises. which include q
farm, chicken ranch, barber shop,
filling station and mountain crafts.
Homesteaders have declared that If
they can obtain third industry they
can make the community self-sus-
tanning. y
Evening star., 1937-11-27
WOOD W|L[PRES
HIS WELFARE BILL
House Member Will Seek
Hearing o Abolition of
Present Board.

Complaining of "slipShod and hap
hazard" conduct Of many District in
stitutions under jurisdiction of the
Board Of Public Welfare. Representa-
tive Wood. Democrat, of MISSOURI an
nounced today he would seek an early
hearing ON his bill to reorganize the
board.
The measure, introduced at the last
session Of Congress, would abolish the
present board and set up new group
Of three paid members. It also would
abolish the Offices of director and as
sistant director of public welfare.
Shortly after its introduction. the
bill was referred to a special subcom-
mittee Of the House District Com
mittee of which Mr.. Wood is a men,
Der. No hearings have been held by
this subcommittee, but Mr.. Wood said
developments in recent months, to-
gether with evidence that he has COL
lected, warrant a thorough investiga-
ton of the conduct of many institu-
tions under the Welfare Board.
Mr.. Wood explained he is not famil-
lar with conditions at Gallinger Hos
pital, which was transferred from the
Welfare Board to the Health Depart
ment last July l. His interest, he
declared, is in such institutions as the
National Training School for Girls,
scene OF a series Of riots recently
among the inmates.
Representative Kennedy, Democrat
OF Maryland had planned to ask the
full District Committee to investigate
conditions at the training school. His
proposed move. however, was automat-
ically blocked by the decision of Chair
man Palmisano not to hold any meet
ing OF the committee until the regular
session of Congress in January.
Evening star., 1937-11-27
FELLS
ZIRkIN FURRIER
Employe Of Store Involved in
Labor Dispute Attacked
Near His Home.

Albert Blancke. 81, furrier en-
ployed at the Zirkin store, 82l Four
teenth street, where labor dispute
Is in progress, reported to police to-
day he was knocked to the sidewalk,
cut and bruised by a man who at
tackled him as he left his home at 26
Bryant street NE to go to work.
The furrier said that on leaving his
home he saw black sedan carrying
two men parked nearby. One Of
them, he said, got out and accosted
him, saying II want to talk to you."
Mr.. Blancke said he replied II
haven't got time." whereupon the
man knocked him to the sidewalk.
The furrier said he had seen the au-
tomobile near his home on previous
mornings.
Mr.. Blancke refused medical aid
when he made his report to police,
but said he would go to his own doc
tor later for treatment Of cuts and
bruises about the head.
Evening star., 1937-11-27
ROOSEVELT STARTS
TRIP SOUTH TONIGHT
Fishing Cruise Will Precede Stay
at Warm Springs-Mileage
Record Grows.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt will leave late
tonight for his postponed fishing
cruise off the Florida coast. The
nine-day rail and water journey will
add more than $500 miles to his
recently-achieved presidential travel
record of 114008 miles.
Mr.. Roosevelt will go directly to
Miami by special train and embark
on the yacht Potomac Monday morn
ing. After four or five days fishing
he will reboard his train for Warm
Springs, Ga, to enjoy a belated
Thanksgiving dinner with the infan-
tile paralysis patients.
This is an annual event for Mr.
Roosevelt, but this year an infected
tooth caused postponement of the
journey.
The original itinerary Of the trip is
being reversed to permit the President
to regain strength by going to Florida
first.
White House officials said he prob
ably would disembark after the cruise
at or near Miami instead Of sailing
around the peninsula to land at ST.
Petersburg or Pensacola.