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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12
THREE NEW WPA BANK ACCOUNTS
Welfare Staff Uncovers Them Today; Those on
 Relief to Be Dropped :.

Three new WPA bank accounts" were discovered by members of the department of welfare staff during the past week, it was reported to- day, and steps are being taken at the present time to have the names of those "too prosperous" workers removed from the relief roles im- mediately. The names of the three persons were not revealed at the local ofAce this morning but 1t was stated that in two of the cases size- able amounts had been deposited in local banks under the names of the wives of the WPA workers. No information whatsoever was given out in connection with the other case.
 Recertification
 It was also announced at the office today that another recertification program is being carried on at the present time by the members of the stan. The set-up is similar to the original recertificatior program started here and in other state towns last autumn, the only difference being Q slight alteration in regard to the forms which are being sent
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Highways ClOgged Last Night With Greatest
 Traffic in Years OVER THREE HUNDRED
 VICTIMS IN NATION New England Had Toll of lO9-Showers Help to
 Bring Relief
tBz United Pressl

Connecticut's death toll from the current heat wave rose to 40 today as the weatherman predicted possi- ble S h o wers. Twenty-two persons died from causes at- tributable to the heat ,ver the weekend. Fig ht e n others died from Tue. lay through Friday. Highways were clogged last night with the greatest trafiic in years. Trafic moved at snail's pace on all routes leading from shore and camp re- sorts.
 One motorist took nearly three hours to travel % miles.
 Sharp electrical storms struck throughout the state Saturday night and Sunday, causing extensive dam age.
 Michael J. McWalter, 50, Hartford, was instantly killed when light ming bolt struck him late yesterday.
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ELECTRIC CHAIR
 CLAIMS SLAYER |!
Alexander T. Meyer Pays Penalty for High School
 Girl Murder

Bellefonte, Pa, July 12.-(UP)- Alexander T. Meyer, 20-year old son of a wealthy coal broker, walked calmly tot he electric chair in Rock view penitentiary early today. and diad for the staying of l6-year old Helen Mover, Modena. Pa, high school student. Miss Mover, an attractive popular girl, was attacked and slain on February il in what Meyers own attorney described as 'one of the most brutal gruesome murders of all tirne." The youth full slayer. who had puzzled prison guards by his indifference and feeling that life never meant much anyway" was pronounced dead at l:3S .. m. EDT., by Prison Physician Dr. W. J. Schwartz.
 He Said Nothing
 The Rev. c. ?. Lauer, Protestant chaplain, walked with Meyer from the cell blocE to the death chamber, a distance of approximately twenty yards. Meyer said nothing.
 Miss Mover, walking home from school, was struck deliberately by Meyers milk truck. He picked her up,, carried her to an abandoned farm, attacked her and threw her body into a 60-foot well. He visited the wall a day later, and threw several sticks of dynamite into 1t in an attempt to wipe out any trace of his crime.
 But police linked Meyer to the staying. and before they had had an opportunity ro question him fully, he admitted that Miss Mover was his victim in his determination to find . glrl-any girl-and attack her.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12
NO REAL LABOR
 COLONIZATION
Need Drastic Legislation t0 Prevent Recurrence
 of Present Mess
BY HUGH S. JOHNSON

BY HUGH S. JOHNSON
 Copyright, 1887 by United Feature
 Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction in
 Whole or Part Forbidden. All
 Rights Reserved.)
 New York City-The ugly situa- tion that we have witnessed in the management labor war and the still uglier ones that are threatened by the coming clash between c. I. O. nd the A. F. of L. make some experts il, this field feel that some kind of drastic legislation is in the offing.
 One can hardly dig deeply into the general industrial situation and not realize that unionization and collec- tive bargaining are absolutely neces- sary. Industry as an employer is largely impersonal collectivism. Ii labor is to have any voice or pro- lection at all in the fixing of wages and working conditions it must also speak collectively. An individual worker, bargaining alone, is help less. He must take what is dished out-and like 1t. I don't know any informed student fo this subject or any side of the argument who doesn't concede that much.
 No Real Organization
 The New Deal legislative struc- ture is all set to protect unionization in this, but there isn't much union- ization. Great as has been the prog ress of labor organization in the past four years, 1t hasn't been great enough. There is not much ques- tion why this is true. Employe re- sistance to outside unions has been strong enough to prevent general or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12

customary for the requiem of mu- sicians to be music. A full sym phony orchestra played Schubert's unfinished symphony at the funeral of the late Ossip Gabrilowitch, con- ductor of the Detroit Symphony, who died last September.
 It was believed that his brother and collaborator, Ira, would take the body back to New York city for funeral services at the scene of his birth, his achievements, and triumphS.
 Dies Of Brain Tumor
 Gershwin died yesterday of brain tumor. He had been strick- en last week. There was an emer- gency operation Saturday night. He was only 38 years old.
 Messages of coincidence came to the brother and to their mother and sister in New York from the musical great and music lovers in all parts of the world. Paul White
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Late NetUs
  Flashes
DRIVER SUICIDES

Winchester, N. H., July 12-(UP)-After an auto mobile he was driving side swiped two other cars, Leo Goodrum, 27, of East Vest moreland W a lk d into woods and shot himself late last night, according to po- lice. He died later at a Keene hospital.
 The automobile driven by a close friend. Clifton Woodburn of Schenectady, N. Y. All three cars were damaged only slightly. No one was injured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12
7lDenty-7 7lUo Died ODer Week-End; Eighteen On FourDays Death Roster
Rhapsodyh Blue May Be Gersh1Uin Requiem
Great Composer Died After Operation for Brain TumOr; Born of Poor Parents, He Became Genius
 in Realm of Music World

Hollywood, July 12.-(UP) Friends of George Gersh- win suggested today that tinkng piano and muted horns sician-a requiem to it's creator genius with little training and technical knowledge composed music great that it made jazz respectable throughout the world
 Whether. his family would permit it, not known Funeral arrangements had not been made. but it is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12

the recognition of the local union G. sole bargaining agency, the estab- lishment of minimum wages fol men and women and time and one- half for overtime work.
 According to Philip Brainard local organizer, the company has agreed to meet the 40 cents per hour for women and 50 cents per hour for men minimum wage regulation and the time and one-half for over- time demand.
 Other Demands Refused
 He further stated that the other demands were not granted but that the striking employees had neverthe- less voted to return to their jobs today.
 The statements of the union or ganizer were reiterated by Rodney Chase of the Chase Brass and Cop per CO, who also issued the follow. ing statement in regard to the re- sumption of activity at the Noera plant today:
 "Onicials of the Chase Brass and Copper CO. have no comments to nuke today except that they are
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MADE RECORD

New York, July 12-- (UP)-Daniel Long, 60, was in Bellevue hospital to- day with the distinction of having had the highest temperature ever recorded in a human being who sur. viyed it-109.S.
 Doctors used oxygen and buckets of ice water to force his temperature down to normal, 9S.6, after he had collapsed on the street from the heat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12
HENRY COT TON STOOD TWO UP ONDENNYSHUTE Both Played on Even Terms Up to Thirty- Third Hole THEN COTTON GOT INTO FIRST PLACE Played in DownpOur of
 Rain-36 Holes More
 for Tomorrow
BY HARRY |. JERCY United Press Stan COrrespOndent)

tUmlTe0 rreSS St9n COtreSwOn0emGJ
 Walton Heath, Eng, July 12-(UP)-Henry Cotton of England, recent winner of the British open champion ship, held a 2-up lead today over Densmore Shute of BoS- ton, U. s. P. G. A. titleholder, at the halfway mark in their 72 hole contest for the unoff1- cial match play golf cham pionship of the world.
 The final 36 holes of the match, which carries a winners prize of $2,500, will be played tomorrow.
 A crowd of more than 1000 fol- lowed today's play in a drizzling rain. Cotton was never even so much as one-hole up until after the 32nd had been played.
 They had finished the 9th, 18th and 27th holes all square.
 Cotton broke par by two strokes with a II on the first round. Shute
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12
CHINA, JAPAN IN
 FIGHTING ARRAY
Thousands of Troops Be- ing Rushed By Both
 Sides to North China
By H. O. THOMPSON United Press Staff Correspondent

Tokyo, July 12.-(UP)-Japan pre- pared to rush strong endorsements of troops to northern China today, fearing that resistance of Chinese authorities to its demands means a major crisis in Japanese Chinese re- lations.
 Emperor Hirohito returned to the capital today from his villa at Hay anna, on the coast, to take charge of the situation.
 An official news agency report from Shanghai quoted reports that Rus sian agents were offering help against Japan and that agents of the communist international were melting Chinese troops to attack the Japanese.
 Powerful Chinese Army
 Word that powerful army from central China was on the way to reinforce Chinese troops who clashed with the Japanese in the Peiping area caused grave anxiety here, and led to a decision, announced by a foreign office spokesman, that Japan required additional troops.
 In announcing the decision to send more troops, the foreign office
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12
BROUGHT ON HEAT

New York, July 12.--(UP) Isaac Wolman, 66, was prostrated by the heat. At Bellevue hospital attend ants found he was wearing heavy underwear and two paris or pants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, July 12--CUP)--Goy- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through July 9th, compared with a year ago:
 This Year Expenses Last Year $Sos,51o,447.s7 $2o3.4s1.7B7.s4 sl5s.7so.4io.4s ss4oss.sso.sc. s14s.7so.os7.ss s1os.4s5.Sszss sa.5ls,soo ,ss5.o4 soi.s54.1oo.ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12
Noera Co. Grants. Only 2 Demands. Made ByEn1ployes
ll9 Members of Waterbury Brass Workers Union Return to Employment This Morning Strike z
 Has Been Going on Five Weeks

With only two of the four most important demands having been granted by the Noera Mfg Co., 119 employees
 members of the Waterbury Brass Workers Unon local c. O. affiliate returned to work this morning to end five week old strike On June T. the workers walked out of the plant after the Chase O. subsidiary officials refused to meet which had been given all other Chase plants
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-12

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The Weather s

Occasional Showers
 Tonight, Tuesday. Fun weather Report Page Il
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The Washington times., 1937-02-02
Municipal Managing

q Municipal govern ments
should be responsible for initiat-
ing, constructing and managing
public-housing projects.
3. Coordination of municipal
and other local housing pro-
grams should be the RESPONSE
bility of the State. which in ad-
dition should supplement a Fed
eral rent subsidy and with ap-
propriate Federal aid assume re-
sponsibility for rural housing
and reSettlement.
4. The Federal Government
should make its sole financial
contribution in the form of cash
allowances toward paying rent
for re-housed low-income fam
lilies (the English SYSTEM ;
should assist local authorities in
financing their securities until
they have established their own
credit; and should provide edu-
cational and research facilities
calculated to foster education in
public-housing management.
5. Financing of local housing
projects Except for Federal and
State subsidies) should be &C
complished through the issuance
Of securities by municipal and
local hOuing authorities.
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
AID OF BUSINESS CITED
AS HOUSING NEED

NJ ~ And here is the program Of the Committee
1NO. i for Economic Recovery, made mp Of some
of the Nations most eminent leaders, is based
careful study period of many months. The COM
ttce concludes that nothing that could be done By public
pirate enterprise from this point ould contribute
materially to national progress as sound national
hone-buldino program. But the committee feels that
business finance labor and the bmlding and loan
socations all hare obligation in this connection,
7rcW as the Federal Government. Read its recommenda
tions Tomorors article No. 18 of the present series,
1r present the program of the National Association Of
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
Finance Obligations

AS seen by GER. finance should
recognize these obligations:
l. Long-term savings institu-
tions should insist on the better
type of collateral offered in
well-planned communities, in
stead of gambling on isolated
structures in unplanned com.
munities."i
2. Lending institutions gen.
orally must be so safe and build
such a high degree of conf
dence among the thrifty that
depositors will accept a lower
rate Of interest in return for a
greater guarantee of security.
3. They should then lower
interest rates to borrowers pro
portionately.
4. They should increase the
home-mortgage loan maximum
from 80 to 80 per cent, backed
by Government guarantee of
repayment (the FILA insurance
system provides at present for
lnSuance of first-mortgage
home loans up to 80 per cent of
appraised value OF any prop
erty).
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
ReUiSe Foreclosures

Obligations of State and loca
governments are outlined as:
/. Revise their ridiculous
foreclosure laws"-the quotation
is from the GERS chairman-to
protect the thrifty, honest home
owner.
2. Scrap inefficient zoning
regulations and building codes,
at present (again quoting Mr..
Freed) "an ungodly backbreak-
ing aSsemblage of racketeering
devices"
Business is asked to:
L. Create a home-building in.
dustry.
2. Provide more efficient
manufacture and distribution of
materials. owe must look to
the business man for a practical
remedy. His is the Job of re-
ducing the present cost to the
consumer by at least so per
cent?.
3. Support proper research in
home-building, not merely for
studies in special materials.
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
Labor Obligations

Obligations of labor are sum-
married. as:
l. Be ready to accept a lower
hourly wage rate in return for
regularization of employment.
2. End jurisdictional frictions
among the craft unions in the
building trades.
3. Restore and enlarge the ap-
prentice system, and encourage
the youth of the country to
learn building trades.
Obligations of Building anc
Loan Associations are viewed as:
l. Lower the depositors' in
terest rate to 21a per cent and
the borrowers interest to Az
or 5 per cent, including all
charges.
2. Keep in closer touch with
chronological progress in home
construction and with the plan
ned community technique, and
cooperate closely with Federal
and private agencies concerned
with housing.
3. Enter the field Of rental
housing as we'll as loans on
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
"PGnic Is OUer"

1--WE will never have a real
BODYBUILDING program in this
country until business realizes
that, apart from social gain,
home building is also q pOten-
TALLY excellent business PROPOSE
ton. Twenty-three million
automobiles are not in use to-
day because any business or
ganiZatiOn felt sorry for peO.
pie who might otherwise have
had to walk. They realized
that automobile transportation
would provide opportunity for
honest, legitimate profits. And
from their vision emanated
great social gain.
1--WE are crossing one VI the
most important milestones in
American history. The panic
Is over. The depression has
been halted. Business recovery
Is vigorously under way. To
these accomplishments has been
auQeQ the DrOad national &C.
ceptance of the principle that
the heritage Of every true
American is the right to live
decently, as the result of honest
effort.
"UnfOrtunately some of these
achievements have been attained
on the basis of temporary
measures that must now be
Supplanted by permanent
economic institutions. We must
substitute new private enter
prise programs which will re-
Iieve government of the need
of vast uneconomic expendi-
lures for relief and unemploy.
ment.
"There is nothing that 1
know of which offers such a
guarantee of both private
profit and social progress as a
sound national home-building
program"
(TO Be Continued
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
Cites Auto Trade

"There are many better ways
SO-called big business can help,
without actually forming over
pOwering companies Of great
magnitude. 1t would be deplOr-
able if the committees pro-
gram, which enviSiOnS an in
duStry composed of many COM
panieS, were translated into
a recommendation of a duplica-
tiOn of the motor industry, in
which three companies virtu-
ally control the entire field"
There is a measure of support
for this view in England'S eX-
perience. A first-hand study last
summer by DR.. Ernest M. Fisher,
director of the Division of
Economics and Statistics for the
Federal Housing Administration
produced an estimate that be-
tween 80 and 80 per cent Of the
first-mortgage money for hous-
ing is supplied by British build
ing societies operating on sub
stantially the same principle as
building and loan associations in
this country. The two largest of
these, the Halifax and Abbey
Road, had loans outstanding at
the time of DR.. Fishers survey
Of $430,0O0,000 and $200,000,0O0,
respectively. and of 1907 societies
operating in England, 100 held 86
per cent of the mortgage assets.
Of their success DR.. Fisher says:
at is a common opinion that
the building boom in Great
Britain could never have at
tained its present proportions
without the almost unlimited
supply of funds available from
this source"
Here are the highlights Of the
GER program for public housing
as outlined by Chairman Freed
before the United States Building
and Loan League:
/. Public housing should be
the joint responsibility of Fed
eral, State and local govern
mentS
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
Man, Al, F aces Trial
In Staying Of Baby

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Feb. 2
1.N.SO SO-Accused of killing IL
month-old Joseph Wilson in the
apartment of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Wilson, in Yonkers last
october, Alfred Jochum, A, an
eXconvict, went on trial here to.
day charged with manslaughter.
The infant had been left in
Jochum's care while the mother
went to sing Sing to visit her hus-
band. serving a sentence for bur
glary. 1t is alleged that Jochum,
annoyed by the crying of the baby,
threw it into an iron crib, fractur-
ing it's skull and neck.
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
Daughter Sees Father Kill Mother and Self
Girl, IA, Calls Help,
But Neighbor Fails
To Block Staying

FREDERICK, Md, Feb. 2.
Following a terrific struggle,
Greenbury F. Grove, So, shot and
killed his estranged wife yester-
day and then fired two bullets
into his own head.
The shooting was witnessed by
Edna Grove, IA. daughter of the
couple, who had few minutes be-
fore gone to the home Of a neigh
Dor, George w. Fawley, 80, to OBJ
tain aid for her mother.
When Fawley and the girl en-
tered the home, Mrs. Grove was
on the floor and her husband was
astride her body beating her in
the face with his fists. She held
the revolver which officers were
told she had taken from him when
he entered the house.
Fawley tried to intervene when
Grove began to wrest the gun
from his wife's hands. The aged
man, however, was no match for
the infuriated Grove and in an
other instant Grove had shot his
wife twice in the head. He rose
to his feet and shot himself.
Murder and Suicide
Three small sons of the Groves
were in school when the murder
and suicide took place.
Magistrate Walter Shinn, act
ing coroner, pronounced it a case
of murder and suicide.
Grove was to have been cited
for contempt Of court yesterday
for failing to pay alimony and
counsel'S fees of $34 resulting
from suit for divorce filed by his
wife October %.
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
Notable Support

This is the view Of such men as
Dean w. B. Donham of the Har-
ward School of Business Admins
tration. President H. S. Whereof
of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com
pany, President F. w. Lovejoy of
the Eastman Kodak Company,
President Charles R. Hook Of the
American Rolling Mill Company,
President John D. Biggers of the
Libby-OWenS-Ford Glass Company,
and of such well-known public fig
ures as Bruce Barton and How
ard E. Coffin, all Of whose names
appear in the roster Of the GER
to give the committee an alpha
betical label.
Among housing officials in
Washington the GER is known as
Allie Freed'S committee. And as
one administrator put it:
"Sure! Good program! Every
bOdy's for those things. They
are all right. But how are you
going to get them?"
And that's the milk Of the CO.
conut.
1t is at once apparent that the
GER has made a careful study not
only of the housing problem in
the United States and Of its social
and economic implications, but of
European housing practice.
In general its recommendations
follow the British program in its
final evolution. This program
places the major burden of achiev-
ing the desired objective on the
shoulders of private enterprise, but
supports it with cash and credit
and provides for larger proportion
ate loans for longer terms and at
lower rates of interest than have
been the rule heretofore in the
United States. 1t also definitely
recognizes the necessity for govern
mental subsidies, in providing low
rental homes for those whose in
comes do not permit them to live
decently otherwise.
The Washington times., 1937-02-02

bet isD, these may be summarized
as follows:
For the Federal Government
l. Establish a definite program
for participation in public and
private housing.
2. Supplement instead of com.
peting with private effort.
8. End administrative fric-
tions.
4. Through the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board encourage
mergers through which the ma
chinery for financing Of home
construction may be strength
ened, first, by larger concentra-
tions of small, ineffective units;
and in addition admit savings
banks and similar institutions to
membership in the FLHB Sys-
tenn.
S. Continue the FHA mort
gage insurance system.
6. Use the Reconstruction Fl
nance Corporation as a last
line of defense" in guaranteeing
an adequate supply Of home
mortgage credit.
The Washington times., 1937-02-02
Outline of Program

That program has been pre-
sented to President Roosevelt. Il
is based on these propositions
/. America cannot survive as
a democracy while large part
of its population lives under the
undemocratic conditions Of I'm
employment, charity and sub
standard home environment"
CThe quotation is from the COM
mittee's letter..
2. There is no better way to
end burdensome taxation than
to adopt a program which will
give employment on worthy prof.
ects to large numbers Of men,
thereby relieving the Federal
Government of its greatest drain
in carrying top-heavy relief
load.
3. A vast home-building pro-
gram offers the best single hope
of accomplishing this, while at
the same time achieving great
social gain.