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Evening star., 1937-02-08
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.
IS 4 NATION Is q detour to ar
~ rive at a great man." said
~ Nietzsche. A detour is a
way to arrive at Supreme
Court, says Roosevelt.
The Presidents message on the re-
organization of the Federal judiciary
Evening star., 1937-02-08
People Have
"Last Court
Rights
Could Settle the Issue
Of Supreme Tribunal
By Ballot Box.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
TAD President Roosevelt laid In
- advance before leaders Of both
1 houses of Congress his pro-
- L posal to increase the size OF
the Supreme Court, most Of them
would have advised against it. Now,
torn between political loyalty and con-
victions, these leaders find it embar-
Evening star., 1937-02-08


cl twice needed
Evening star., 1937-02-08

Solinl, offsetting any possible ad-
vantage the British may have at
tempted to obtain through the Brit
ish-Italian agreement, that Hitler
is contemplating sending him now
on further diplomatic missions.
Goering is packing his many
uniforms to go to Warsaw and see
how far the French millions loaned
to the Polish government have in
fiuenced Col. Beck's policies. He
may also go to Great Britain
should Secretary Eden indicate al
Fr,. eniorin~
Evening star., 1937-02-08
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Ex-Associate Justice ].
H. Clarke Furthers
World Peace.
BY LEMUEL PARTON.

<HE well-bred Oriental says gra-
ciously. How old you are look
ing today!" The idea appar-
ently being that one rafez
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
French Premier Has Made Startling Financial Moue

CT the value of the franc to 25 to the dollar. Yesterdays rate was 22.4O to the dollar. Stock and commodity exchanges were closed by finance ministry decree until further notice. Payments in gold or foreign exchange were suspended.
 The cabinet, meeting in a formal council of ministers under Presi- dent Albert Lebrun, approved the details of the emergency finance powers bill as perfected by Finance Minister Georges Bonnet, recalled from his post as ambassador at Washington to be Frances financial savior.
 A four-page ministerial declara- tion to be read in parliament this afternoon also was approved.
 Police moved on the BourSe In strong numbers, to enforce the or der closing exchanges. They chased off 5000 brokers agents who tried to transact curb transactions to be negotiated by London representa- tives.
 As the agents went resentfully away members of the chambers be- gan assembling to hear the govern ment demand for emergency power
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
FIVE NEW HAVEN
 STRIKERS TAKEN
Gloss Rubber Company Supt. Two Others Were
 Licked Near Plant

New Haven, Conn.,, June 29-(UPl Five c. I. O., strikers at the Duro Gloss Rubber Co.,, were arrested to- day after the plant superintendent and two others were severely beaten as they tried to enter the strike bound factory. Edward G. Geenty, president of the factory c. I. O., unit, was charged with intimidation. Charged with breach of peace were four other strikers, Fortunate Palanze, Frank Fusco, James De- russo and Ralph Merillo. All will be arraigned in police court Wednes- day. Beaten were Supt. J. c. Ram stedt and his son Carl, and Ralph Merelo, a maintenance employe.
 Tickets Closed In
 A crowd of pickets closed in an Ramstedt's automobile as he was about to drive into the yards and threatened him If he persisted in returning to work, police were told. The Ramstedts remained in the car and pickets lunged at them through the open windows. Finally they ran. Merelo, similarly attacked, got out of his car to defend himself and was rescued by police. He was severely bruised. The 85 workers at the plant walked out yesterday when President Harry Cox agreed to their demands for wage and hours revisionS but refused to ap- prove 8 closed shop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
CAPITOL POLICE
 . FORGE THROUGH
Ten Men Will Lose Their JObs-Director Hurley
 Is SIasfing Expenses

Hartford. Conn, June 20 fUP)- The capitol police fore of ten men established less than year ago tc patrol the capitol and state office building, was abolished today by state public works director Robert A. Hurley. Discontinuance of the force meant saving of $36000 a year, which will augment a saving of $70,000 a year resulting from the dismissal last week of 46 sWeepers, cleaners and janitors in the capitol grounds department. The general assembly Topped off $37,7so from the departments budget and the dismissals more than offset this reduction.
 Shifts Departments
 Hurley continued his shifting of departments to make room for his own personnel and economize on space in the state office building. The commissioner of agriculture was shunted into smaller quarters and the education and health of fices were expected to be revised next. As a phase of the reorganiza- tion program, Comptroller Charles c. Swartz sent notices to all de- partment heads that their petty cash reserves should be turned over to his office. It was estimated $64,- 900 was outstanding. The amount will be turned over to the general fund. Hereafter all department heads must requisition their needs every three months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
Thirteenth Life Claimed h Steel Strike Trouble

Beaver Falls, Pa., June 29.-(UP) The seven-stateS steel strike claimed its 18th life with the death here today of George Mike, fatally injured late yesterday in a disturb ance at the struck Moltrup Steel Products Go. Mike, hit by pro- jectile from tear gas gun in the hands of a deputy sheriff, was the first fatality of the steel strike in Pennsylvania. Ten died in rioting near Chicago, and two in Youngs- town, Ohio. Deputy Sheriff Jay Jackson, who handled the tear gas gun, was held in the Beaver county fail as Dist. Atty. Robert E. Mo- Creery promised an immediate in- vestigation.
 News of the death of Mike, 39, who died at 6:35 a. m. in Provi- dence hospital, was received in silence by the picket lines which remained at their post ta the Mol trup plant throughout the night. There was no disorder and it was reported that only nine men re- ported for work with the 2 8. m. shift. The Moltrup company did not resume operations khis morning, but two other strike -harassed plants, the Union Drawn Steel company, and the Ideal Foundry and Machine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
CONTRACT ISSUE
 IN STEEL STRIKE

Chicago, June 29-(UP)-Hear- ings by the national labor relations board on the contract issue in the steel strike turned today toward a definition of the aims and methods of the steel workers organizing com mittee. Counsel for the Inland Sheel corporation, named in an S. w. o. 0. complaint as violator of the Wagner labor relations act, sought to establish the union as 8 labor holding company" s. w., O. c. witnesses, principally Regional Director Van A. Bittner denied that. The s. w. O. C., Bittner said, is the organizing and bargaining or- ganization for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, affiliate of the Committee for Industrial Organization.
 Bittner was the principal witness in yesterdays first session of the hearing of the S. w. o. c. complaint. The hearing, if appealed, may de- velop into another court test of the Wagner act, on the issue: Does collective bargaining in good faith require employers to sign con- tracts?" The s. w. o. c. called its strike to demand that four inde- pendent steel companies sign such agreements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
BY RALPH HEINZEN

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Paris, June % (UP) - Premier Camille Chautemps took to parlia- ment today his demand for emer- gency powers to combat a grave crisis in the national finances, and announced he would demand that both houses end their debate on his proposal by noon tomorrow. It was announced that ChautempS, new leader of the popular front government, would seek autocratic financial power until August 31 under five headings:
 CD To restore soundness to the treasury.
 CD To fight speculation in the franc.
 (0 To effect economic recovery. (4 To balance the budget. (5) To defend the franc.
 Chautemps kept secret the details of the plans he and his ministers worked out, and agreed upon unanimously at a meeting before the opening of the day in parlia- ment. But it was gossiped without confirmation that for one thing the l government might if necessary low
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29

company, both subsidiaries of the Republic Steel Corporation, operat- ed. No disorders were reported at those plants as men went to work.
 The three companies had decided to reopen yesterday after being closed for almost month as the CIO called strikes to obtain union contracts. As violence flared late yesterday at the Moltrup plant, the three companies did not attempt to bring in men at the II p. m. shift yesterday. Mike sustained a frac- tured skull when he was struck in the head with a tear gas projectile as he fought with other pickets to prevent six men from returning to work. Morris Malinger, CIO strike leader, was struck in the leg by an- other projectile from the same gun in the hands of the deputy sheriff, who said the weapo nwas discharged accidentally.
 Joseph Timko, sub-regional di- rector of the steel workers organiz- ing committee, branded Mikes death as plain murder"
 We shall insist that charges be preferred against that deputy sheriff," Timko said. Every mill in Beaver Valley has signed or is sign- ing contracts. The bloodshed is on Moltrup's head"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
Strikers OF Noera Co.
 Wiu Continue Fight
Held Meeting This Morning Decide to Battle on Until Management Accedes to Demands
 pany Refusal Scored

Striking employees of the Noera Mfg. O., meeting this morning at Workmen's Circle hall on Spencer avenue, voted to continue the strike until the management accedes to their demands for 8 raise of five cents an hour and improved work ing conditions. In statement today Alex Cashin, organizer for the Wa terbury Brass Workers union, 8 CIO affiliate, declared that an at tempted back-to-work movement instigated by the company had fail ed completely.
 The strikers were told at the meeting that with the Waterbury Buckle Co, strike ended, the union would concentrate on an early set clement of the Noera dispute. Un- ion funds gathered in recent weeks will be available to finance the strike.
 Ready to Negotiate
 The company's refusal to begin negotiations was hit today by MT, Cashin. He said: 'Mr. Brainard Philip Brainard, also CIO or ganizer), the shop committee and I have been ready and willing to negotiate any differences of opin- ion with the management of the Noera Mfg. Co.,, or the Chase com- pany. However, the management has shown a strange indifference and unwillingness to cooperate.
 "The Wagner Act" he said, guarantees to employees the right to bargin collectively through repre- sentatives of their own choosing. But it seems that the company in this
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
WOMEN INMATES l GAIN FREEDOM

Bedford, N. Y, June 29-(UP)- State police and prison guards searched the WestcheSter Hills to- day for the "toy-gun girl bandit Norma Parker, and three other in- mates of the state reformatory fol women, who escaped last night. The prisoners escaped just before dark while they were being returned te their cottages from the mess hall Prison officials did not know how they had gotten over 8 seven foot barbed wire fence. Early today nc trace of the women had been found
 Those who escaped were describ- ed as Nellie Gutowski, alias Norma Parker: Anna Somper, Jessie Smith and Sylvia Fox. All were serving andeterminate terms for misdemean- DTS. All were from New York city rheir ages range from 19 to 25.
 Nellie Gutowski, (Norma Parker) whose brief but spectacular crime Eareer ended Hast February when she was caught in an attempted lholdup of a New York, Broadway restaurant, became known as the ~toy-gun girl" when police discov- Ered that the only weapon she had used in a series of restaurant rob- berries had been 8 cap pistol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
EXAMINATION FOR
 STATE POLICEMEN

Hartford, Conn, June 29. (UP)- Notices went out from the state personnel director today that first competitive examinations under the civil service system would be held Thursday, July 9, for junior grade state policemen.
 Creation of state highway patrol will add 50 men to the force July l It was expected there would be about 4,000 applicants for the jobs. There. were 23 vacancies to be filled in addition to manning the highway patrol.
 The examinations will be con- ducted by Personnel Director Harry w. Marsh, who will prepare 8 list of eligibles from which State Police Commissioner Anthony Sunderland will make selections to fill his quota.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
WEBBING PLANT
 TO BE REOPENED

Pawtucket, R. l., June 29-(UP)- The Hope Webbing company plant, scene of an eight-week strike, will reopen tomorrow, President Charles A. Horton announced today. Horton said he would recognize the Inde- pendent Marrow Fabric Workers union, victor over c. I. O.'s Textile Workers Organizing Committee in a National Labor Relations Board election, as sole collective bargain ing agency for 600 employees. En- ployes will receive 10 per cent wage increase and a 40-hour week.
 On June II Horton granted recog- milton to the Fabric Workers union and reopened the plant, but only '15O, too few to operate 1t, passed through c. I. O. picket lines. SubSe- quently the company's directors vot- ed either to liquidate the company or move the plant.
 The election yesterday was con- ducted without -Horton's coopera- tion, but with announcement that the independent union had defeated T. w. O. C., 287-243, he immediately announced temporary reopening" of the plant subject to the directors formal approval.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
 Blasts Set in Mountains That EncircIe Bethle.
 hem Steel Plant DYNAMITE IS USED
 TO SMASH PIPE LINE Terrorist Leader Sought in Warren, O.-NitrO-
 Glycerine Used
BY ROBERT sHUBEHRT

BY ROBERT SHUBEHRT
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 Johnstown, Pa,., June 29. - UP) - Two explosions ill mountains which encircle Johnstown cut off Bethlehem Steel Corporations main water supply today and hampered operations at the company's big Cambria plant, only Bethlehem unit affected by the steel strike. The explosions, apparently of dyna- mite, occurred as the plant was be- ing restored to normal operation. Whether all activity in the eight mile-long plant would have to be suspended was not determined by the company immediately. s. D. Evans, management representative, said that we are trying to get our feet on the ground ourselves" As company emergency crews rushed to the scenes of the explosions, 10 miles from here, to repair the shat tered pipe lines. Governor George H. Earle at Harrisburg ordered Major Lynn c. Adams of the state police to begin an investigation at once with the idea of finding the perpetrators"
 Thousands of Gallons Needed
 The thousands of gallons of water which pour through the pipe lines daily are necessary for full operation of the Cambria network of mills, where strike was called by the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion on June II. Regular shifts
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
|ROOSEvELTS TO MEET DU FONTS
Rehearsal of Nuptial Plans Carried Out Today in
 Christ Church
By RUBY A. BLACK

(UnltGU freSS StdH OOTTcSpUHucHtJ
 Wilmington, Del, June 29.-CUP) Two curly-haired, impetuous youngsters, composed themselves to- day and listened solemnly while the Rev. Frederick Ashton, rector of lit tie Christ church in Christiana Hum dred, talked to them about the spir- itual obligations they will undertake tomorrow. They were Franklin De- lano Roosevelt, Jr., 9, son of the president, and Ethel yDu Pont, 21- year old daughter of the Eugene Du Fonts, whose marriage will Ink the nations first family and its No. 1 industrial clan. The minister's talk preceded rehearsal of the wedding ceremony by the bridal party and a full schedule of social events, among them a pre-nuptial celebration of young Roosevelt's farewell to bach elorhood which will be given by his fellow members of Harvard's Fly club tonight at the Du Pont estate, Owls Nest.
 Miss Du Pont Looks On
 Neither of the principals will par ticipate in the rehearsal by the wedding party. In difference to tra- dition and superstition, Miss Du Pont will not walk down the white satin covered aisle of Christ church, which her ancestors founded. until the strains of the professional from Lohengrin give her the "cue' to- morrow.
 She will, however, watch the re- hearsal. in order to be ready for her part in the "White-and-green" cere- mony.
 The couple acquired the wedding license yesterday at Owls Nest, thereby disappointing large crowd which had gathered at the office of Frank E. Haley, old-line republican justice of the peace who for 40 years has supplied licenses to the Du Fonts. -s
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29

of 1,500 persons to the jail, prepared for lynching. "This jail won't be strong enough to hold him if the officers get him." they yelled. Eu- gene Williams, deputy Los Angeles district attorney, went outside to face them. Nov it won't do any good for you people to gather here" he shouted. "We'll take care of the killer when we catch him. You can back us up when he comes to trial. Please go home."
 Half of Them Disbanded
 About half the crowd disbanded and the rest milled all night about the jail, in an angry, muttering mood, with no prisoner on whom to wreak their vengeance. Williams ordered that any further persons held for questioning in the case be rushed immediately to the county jail in Los Angeles.
 Possible new clues were a torn and blood-stained towel, several pages from a sex magazine and a number of California and Arizona license plates which were found in a pile under a bridge in the Bald win hills. Walter Burdette, the avi-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
MAINE WORKERS
 NOT GOING BACK"
Strike Called Off, But Few Return - Election Pro-
 tested By Plant Owners

Auburn, Me, June 29-(UP)-The D3-day Auburn-Lewiston shoe strike ended Sunday, but only a handful of strikers had returned to work today. Nearly 1000 strikers sought jobs yesterday. Fifteen were hired and the remainder returned to the soup kitchen that has been main- tained for nearly three months by c. I. O's United Shoe Workers of America, sponsors of the strike. President Thomas J. O'Byrne of the Lewiston Auburn Shoe Manufactlr- CTS association said no discrimina- tion would be shown against strik- CTS, but asserted most of their jobs already had been filled. c. I. O. Organizer Daniel K. Collins an- nounced that the soup kitchen and commissary would be continued un- til a majority of strikers have found work.
 May Fight Election
 Meanwhile, O'Byrne and II other manufacturers considered 8 possi- ble appeal from the order of the na- elections in their factories next tional labor relations board for month to determine collective bar gaining agencies. The manufactur- hours yesterday, but adjourned CTS met with counsel for several without reaching a decision. They will meet again at cal lof counsel. Dr. A. Howard Myers, New England director of the national labor rela- tionS board, has tentatively set the elections for July 6 to 9. Employes as of March 24 will be eligible to vote.. It was the order for the elec- tions that led strikers to vote to re- turn to work. Originally, they had sought 8 IS per cent pay increase, 9 40-hour week and a closed shop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
Trains To Carry
 Niar,tic Troops

Hartford, Conn.,, June 29- (UP)-Passenger cars of the New York, New Haven & Hart foard Railroad will again be used to transport National Guard troops to and from Camp Cross, Mantle, this year, i: was revealed today following a pro- test against a program inaugu- rated a year ago under which transportations were made by trucks.
 The railroad claimed that in time of war it was expected to furnish transportation of army men, and that it was entitled to some of the business of trans porting troops to camp during peace time.
 The office of Adjutant Gen eral William F. Ladd made the announcement regarding re- sumption of rail service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
EUROPE DELAYS
 SPANISH CRISIS
Great Britain, France Play for Time; German and
 French EnvOys Firm

London, June 29.-(UP)-European powers played for time today in 8 Spanish civil war crisis that threat ened to spread into general conflict Representatives of nine powers, in- cluding the big five of Britain France, Germany, Italy and Russia met at the foreign office today for 8 show down which many believed might disclose whether Europe was headed definitely toward war. Bri- tain and France, seeking an end oi delay, proposed that they take over complete control of the neutrality patrol off the coasts of war-torn Spain, thus filling the gap caused by the withdrawal of Germany and Italy.
 Germany, Italy Disagree
 Joachim Won Ribbentrop and Dino Grandi, the German and Italian del- egates, refused to agree to the plan in accordance with their instructions. It was decided to adjourn until Fri day. Meantime delegates are, to refer
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29

But 1t was a zero hour two years late for that other contingent of Waterbury Scouts who were equip ped to attend a similar encamp- ment called off by President Roose- welt in 1895 because of a disease epidemic. And it was zero hour of disappointment for two Southbury Scouts, Jack Metcalf and David Hicock, quarantined at their homes where they had been exposed to measles and had caught them only few hours before the millennium of the trip to the Capital.
 Fifty Never There Before
 Fifty of the 61 Waterbury Scouts who entrained today never had been to Washington, city of me- morial to the tradition which forms much of the Scout inspiration. But Vernon E. Abel, district com missioner and scoutmaster of Troop 2, veteran of 27 years of scout work, makes his seventh visit to the Capi- tai of the nation.
 Many shared in the preparation 50 that Waterbury's representative youth might make brave showing when they take their place in the unit encamped by the Potomac Once again, as she did only two years ago, Mrs. H. s. Dillon Brad ley made specially embroidered pennants and patrol flags for the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
Late News Flashes
HYDE NAMED

Hartford, Conn.,, June 29 - (UP) - Major Alvan Waldo Hyde, Hartford, to- day succeeded Joseph w. Alsop, Avon, as chairman of the state public utilities commission. Alsop remains as a commissioner under a plan adopted a year ago to rotate the chairmanship each year. The other com missioner is Col. Edwy L. Taylor, New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-29
DUBLIN MAYOR

Dublin, June 29-UP) Alfred Byrne was re- elected lord mayor for an Swear term last night at a meeting of the city corpor- ation. The Fianna Fail party of Ramon De Valera n innate d Mrs. Tom Clarke for the post.