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NEW MILK LICENSE PLATES ARRIVE HERE | Issued By Milk I Control Board Under New Law Must Be Displayed on Right Side of Trucks and Wagons—Triangular in Shape—Must Also Be Displayed in Stores Where Milk Is Sold New license plates for milk dMltn la and around Waterbury have begun to arrive. They are be ing issued by the State Milk Con trol board and under the law passed by the 19!! legislature must be displayed on all milk delivery trucks and In stores. The plates contain serial numbers. The new plates are triangular In Shape, bearing in red letetrs on a white field the words "Milk Con trol License,” followed by the dealer’s number and the words “to June SOth, ’34. Under the law the plates on trucks must be on the right hand side. In stores they must be in plain sight near the counter where milk is sold. According to the regu lations of the Milk Control board dealers requiring more than a single plate will be given plates upon which the number is followed by a letter and. In some cases, two or three letters. The Milk Control board is being fought by the local Independent dealers. At the present time injunc tion proceedings nre pending in the superior court to prevent the board from enforcing the new law until a supreme court decision has been rendered on the constitutionality of the set. Business Men Of City In Assembly (Continued from Page 1) At Another meeting to be called within a few day*. Originally echeduled for the Chamber of Commerce hall, the meeting waa adjourned to the al dermanlo chamber when the at tendance turned out to be beyond expectations. Mr Sugenheimer pre sided and the general provisions of the national recovery act, as they apply to the business houses of the city, were explained by Ralph Paine, of the Howland Hughes Co. Higher wages, uniform closing and an ultimate Increase In the general buying power of the com munity Is the aim of the recovery system, it was declared. Uniform hours of working are also included In the plan. The entire body passed a vote, upon the motion of Charles I). Nye, directing that a telegram be sent to Washington to General Hugh Johnson, national recovery administrator, notifying him of the unanimous support of the retail merchants and other business men of Waterbury. , Appointment of the special committee of 10 or more Is ex pected to be made by to-morrow. Also, a committee of 100 or more men and women, similar to the "four-minute” men who operated during war times, will be named by the end of the week. This latter body will hHve the task of spegking In all sections of the city, urging the consumers of the city tp patronise only those stores wh'ch have Joined In the move ment to cooperate with President Koouevelt’s recovery plan. . Buyers will know who has voted to cooperate In the plan be cause all stores and other business horses, as soon as they give their pledge, will receive from Postmas ter A. N. Colgrove cards and ••stickers,” the same to be dis played on front windows and In side the places of business. These cards and "atickera** are now on their way from Washington, D. C. Tomorow or the next day, in addition, the local mall men will distribute to every place where peroons are employed letters direct from President Roosevelt, calling upon all the employers to join In the recovery plan. Mr. Paine, who has Just re turned from a meeting of the I largo retail merchants of the country In Philadelphia, declared that the leading houses of the na tion have voted to Join In the movement. He explained that the largest problem In participating In the plan possibly lies before the merchants. However, he said that It is up to evrybody to cooperate. Richard Fisher of the R. F. Worden Company, who was also scheduled to address the gather ing, was unable to do so because lie had to go to Washington, D. C. He is a member of the national committee of ice cream manufac turers, now working out a code. Waterbury, dclured Chairman Sugenheimer, was one of the first cities In the country to send a mes sage assuring cooperation to Gen eral Johnson at Washington. Mr. Paine stated that every line of bus iness has a very rigid code ahead and while It will not be easy at the first to conform to the code It muat be done. He distinguished between the emergency recovery code and the general blanket code. He explaind, further that over-production brought on the present situation and that over-production la still going on. Mr Palno explained three plans. t' one calling for a minimum of $12 a week and a 48-hour week for store employes; another calling for a minimum of $12 for 40 hours; and a third of $14 for 52 hours. The problem, he stated. Is. one for the merchants to Iron out. The government cannot come In and study everybody's troubles, he added. Mr Paine -pointed out how the president closed up all the banks and then told them to open up If they could. He described how he took drastic steps towards the factories, too. Now ho is letting other lines of business work out their problems and then calling upon them to join in a national code, ho stated. The president, he explained, has decided to let public opinion be the boss Of everything. If the business houses do not come Into the plan nnd cooperate then it will be up to the public to take the proper steps to punish the slackers. "Get aboard" was the cry of Mr Paine. Discussing the question of constitutionality, Mr Paine point ed out that when the question of a cqde was first discussed Inform ally the legality was doubted. However, President Roosevelt came In with his recovery act and then told the employers of the na tion to go ahead. The president, he added, does not claim the plan is perfect, neither does he know where it will ultimately end. Nev ertheless it Is a good plan and one needed In this emergency. Those who do not get In "under the wire,” he stated, will have to suffer the consequences of publle opinion, Mr Paine declared, in pointing out that In Tils opinion President Roosevelt is perfectly right in what he is doing in this emergency. He urged all merchants to put an extra payroll in their books and employ somebody. While it will come out of tho merchants' pockets now, he Bald, It will come back in the long run. "Let's stake the country this much," he urged. Mr Paine explained that all bus iness men can "get aboard" now, udopt a code and thon protest the question of, say, a $12 minimum nnd a 48-hour week. He said that the local merchants should have their code adopted by next Tues day, leaving thorn the whole month of August, then, to work out any protest that they may have. The possibility of fixing uniform hours of opening and closing, of cutting out evening work, such as on Saturday or of adopting a "stagger plan" for employes were touched on briefly by Mr Paine. He explained that it is the desire of tho national recovery administra tion not to cut back beyond 52 hours a week for business hours. This, therefore, would provide ex tra work for somebody as the present employes would be work ing 40 to 48 hours a week, t.s the case may be. The body was read a statement from the First National Stores to the effect that this chain system would conform to any code adopt ed locally. F. W. Heckctt, speak ing for the Watorbury's Independ ent Grocers’ association, stated that a 52-hour basis might work a hardship on confectionery stores and the like. He was followed by Mr Nyo who declared that what was needed immediately was a "patriotic expression of approval" of the national plan. His Idea was adopted in the form of a motion. K R. Stevenson declared that the recovery 'plan “must succeed.” He amplified this by adding that it “will and must succeed.” He urged whole-hearted cooperation. Albert Cantor explained that the ANNOUNCEMENT APOTHECARIES HALL CO. Announces the adoption IN ALL OF ITS DEPARTMENTS The N1RA COPE . ■ ■—ai.■■m'cr..'.:=3ssa=eag33s==gsssssastteafls As Formulated and Requested by PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Effective July Si, if)) AIR DEFENSES IN T0K10 BEING PUT UNDER TEST City Was Darkened as the Crowds Surged Through Streets and Aerial Plans Were Tried Out Toklo, July 21 — (UP) — A night of darkness In downtown Toklo preparod ths city today for a four-day program of aerial de fense maneuvers starting August 9. The rehearsal, which plunged the "Olnsa,” Tokio's shopping district. Into darkness as throngs prome naded, Was well calculated to keep allv« the nationalist feeling that has flamed through Japftn for the past two years. • Night life halted as the lights went out for the first time In the history of Olnsa street. All traf 11c stopped. The signal was given that “enemy” planes were ap proaching. Army t reservlete, youngmen's associations, young men’s training groups and other youths and adults patriotic organ izations mobilized with precision and speed to “defend” the dark ened city. President Shlokawa of the assembly of Kyonashl Ward. In which the Ginsa Is located, was In command. code exempts such stores as drug stores as far as the closing hours are concerned and expressed the opinion that confectionery stores and the like would be considered In this -class. He declared that most of the South Main street merchants have agreed on 9 o'clock opening and 4 o’clock closing, with a 46-hour week, allowing an hour and a half to employes for lunch. Ho said that nv« more hours a wesk could be clipped off, If nec essary, by leaving different clerks oft an hour earlier each day, bring ing tho total working week down to 40 hours. However, he said, the South Main street merchants are agreeable to a 62-hour week. Harry Michaels moved for the appointment of a committee to Iron out the matter and report back later. He tfrged setting a definite, stipulated code for Waterbury and advocated strongly a uniform open ing and closing hour. “Let every body cooperate,” he said, “and let public opinion be the policeman.” Then, Mr Michaels said, we can op erate and conduct oiir business in a respectable and fair manner, with every respect for our competitors. He pointed out, though, that every different line of business should have a different code Of hours, as the case demands." The special committee to be named will take this into consideration. Samuel Greenberg asked a ques tion which brought forth the In formation that at least a tempo rary code should be rea<ly by Tues lay with the month of August to make any protests. Harry Hebe-' nklnd ajso made several helpful suggestions. Secretary Frank Green of the Chamber of Commerce stated that Tohg H. Goss, who is Connecticut chairman of the NIRA, will be back from Washington, D. C., tomorrow and that he will then take steps to call a state-wide meeting at Hartford to find out Just who has joined In the recovery movement and who hasn’t. The local busi ness houses, factories and so forth will be represented at the meet ing. • Samuel Kramer stated that even If It hurts everybody should step Into the “big push” now. He de clared that his Arm has already completed plans so that it will be ‘aboard” Tuesday morning. He pointed out that the gas business, ivlth hours, dally, running <rom 18 :o 24 hours, has one of the biggest problems to face on the question of i 48 or 62-hour week. Postmaster A. N. Colgrove point 'd out tho various government posters that will be Issued and liscuBsed the steps the post office pere will do In Contacting with :hose joining the recovery move ment. Dennis J. Scannell of tho W. T. 3rant company pointed out that his chain store concern. Is ready to co pperate 100 per cent with whatever code Is finally adopted here. The committee, which will be tamed tomorrow, is expected to re port back within a few days after jroup meetings have been held. I. P. Kellogg, president of the Apothecaries Hall Company, an lounccd today that beginning next Monday his firm will adopt a code >f wages and hours for employes In cooperation with the national recovery act. The wages will be raised materially and a 40-hour week will go Into effect on Mon lay. "Wo are adopting the rec pmmendatlons of President Roose rclt and the NIRA to the letter,” leclared Mr Kellogg when talked with. The new code affects all departments of the Apothecaries Hall Company, retail. Jobbing, manufacturing and wholesaling. ’i\ WEALTHY OIL MAN HELD CAPITIVE BY KIDNAPERS Kidnaped from hla home bjr two machine gunners, Charles jP Urschel, left above, millionaire oil operator of Oklahoma City, Oku became the center of a wide search throughout the southwest as mem bers of his family offered rahsoin for Ida release. W. R. Jarrett, uppet right, Crschel’s friend, was abducted with the wealthy oil man but wai released after an hour. Below Is Vrsehel’k palatial home where he anti Jarrett were seised while playing cards. President Not Much Worried Over Jobs (Continued from Page 1) found congenial personally. A number of them brought him great grief. « The problem worried Hoover. Shortly before he left the White House he confided to a friend that patronage would cause Mr Roose velt no end of trouble. He predict ed congress would nag the presi dent, take up all of his time, keep his mftid off of war debts and other problems. President Roosevelt turned pat ronage over to Postmaster James A. Farley upon whose judgment and loyalty he could depend. Be yond a general understanding that there was to be no brasen pie FAMED WESTERN WHALE FOUND IN CREEK BED First Observed By Lewis and Clarke in 1805 Seaside, Or*. (UP)—Bones of a whale, believed perhaps to be the one observed by Lewis and Clark on their exploring venture In 1800, were dug up from a creek bed near here recently. Along with the whale bones were partly fossilised bones of a huge land animal larger than any roaming this part of the country now. The identity of the whale bones Is vouched for by their dis coverer, R. A. Price, but the ani mal fossils are puxsllng. It Is Price’s theory that the whale was Stranded In the creek more than 200 years ago, just about thet lme Lewis and Clark were encamped along the coast. It Is noted that members of the early exploring expedition made a special trip heret o view the whale, or “ecola” as It was called by the Indians, stranded in a comparatively small stream. History relates the Indians w*re so Impressed by the sight of the gigantic animal* that (hey 'named the creek “Ecola,” which meant to them "big fish.” Of the animal bones, there Is a ball joint 12 Inches in diameter, and a shank bdne seemingly to belong with It. Several interested groups are reported planning to excavate further In the creek bed, hoping to find the remainder of the skel eton. Trade Shows Expect 100,00 to Visit Chitago Chicago. 111. (UP)—With a Cen tury of Progress acting a* an added attraction. 37 trade shows sched uled to take place here within the next three months are expected to attract more than 100,000 mer chant buyers here whose aggregate purchase!) will reach the $100,000, 000 mark, Furniture manufacturers held the first season, on June 2$. The high peak of the buyers at tendance, however, will be reached In the month of August when 14 separate trade shows are held! all centering around the an nual Chicago fall market opening artd the interstate merchants coun cil oonventlon. < t $300 damagkh asked Damages of $200 are claimed In a suit instituted today by Ralph Devine against Harry UampHler, administrator. Attachment paper, were filed this morning in the town clerk's office. Property on Collej street Is Involved. counter rush, that selection* hat to be not only democrats but com petent democrats, and that ap pointments were to be held bach until congress did Its share in put ting through the emergency plan details were left to him. This was Where the matter rested until President Roosevelt- stepped in a few days ago to extend the civil service. There was an imme diate flurry of rumors to the ef fect that Mr Roosevelt and Farley were at odds. That Is not the case, Farley is subjected to heavy pres sure Job holders and would like tc move faster. But he recognise! that the sound way to pass out pat ronage is with the long-range re sult in mind. He also recognise! that in Mr Roosevelt’s notion re garding postmasters, the way is be ing prepared for possibly indefinite tenure of democrats once they gel their jobs. In regard to the civil service. Ml Roosevelt has done these things: 1. He has ordered that clerical and other routine jobs in the new emergency agencies be filled first from duly qualified persons who have passed .civil service examina tions and wno have been dropped from other departments for econ omy reasons. 2. He has ordered that the civil service protection be taken away from persons who were "blanket ed” in by Mr Hoover. By execu tive orders Mr Hoover brought some 2.600 employes under clvi service without examination. They had been appointed under repub lican administrations without ex aminations as political patronag! and then were by a stroke of th< pen made civil service employes giving them permanent tenure. 3. He has ordered first, second and third class postmasters, hith erto appointed outright, to be filled by civil service examinations, wit! the option of selecting one of th< three highest. That gives som< latitude. Also the three highest may bo declared ineligible withlr the Judgment of the postmastei feneral. It Is a compromise be ween rigid civil service and plug tree methods. It is purelya method of selectlor and does not give the appointee: civil service status which would make them permanent employes. 4. Mr Roosevelt also stated h( would seek legislation to bring th( first, second, and third class.office: under the regular civil servlc: rules which apply nwo to fourtt class offices which number 32,60< Out of a total of 47,700 poatofflees This has been recommended by other presidents but congress neve: showed any enthusiasm at losing this political patronage. However Mr Roosevelt has Such grea strength in congress now that if h< presses the mattbr he can win Home democrats are objecting. Bu the wiser ones see that if demo oratlc postmasters are placed un der oivil service, they will be abl: to stay under a republican admin Istratlon or else the republica; party will have to take responsl blllty for breaking down civil serv Ice in that field. Both Silk Mills in Willimantic Closed To-daj Willimantic, Conn, July 28 (UP')—Operation* at Willlmantl Silk Inc, and Its subsidiary, Knb 811k company, came to a eomplet standstill to-day whan the 800 /nei and women employed In the tWi plant* failed to appear for work. Last week the 400 Weavers wen on strike for increased wages, an< to-day they persuaded the otne employee not to go to work. Th new striker* have net yet mad demands for Increased ptty, bu their spokesmen isald a pro rat Increase for all would be de mended. - Offensive of the President Moves (Continued from fin 1.) found Jobe etnee Iteroh. The navy deportment prepored to open bide on construction of SI warships, beginning o building program that will provide Jobe for 18,000 men. ructions of the oil end lumber Industries continued to wrangle over their codes. Johnson pressed for surly settlement of the contro versies. Hearings began on the men's clothing code. Groin exchanges were ready to put into effect a series of voluntary reforms to curb speculation. The government stood ready to step in and take control If the self-im posed restrictions fall to stabilise the markCtp. BY H. O. THOMPSON (United Press Staff Cot respondent) Washington, July 18.—OJP)— The drive to end unemployment advanced to-day on a mounting tide of national support so neat that Recovery Admlnletrator Hugh Johnson confidently declared vic tory was aseurred. "The country is at laat aroused.” Johnson said. "It is an irresist ible march. Nothing will even hamper theepreeldent's program.” The government printing office, working three shifts, Was rushing to all parts of the nation millions of copies of the voluntary agree ment which all employers are asked to sign. Within the next day or two they will be placed in the hands of every businessman. Thousands of telegrams contin ued to pile up here, pledging abid ance by these agreements, fixing a 811-hour week and minimum wage of 40 cents an hour for Industrial labor and a 40-hour week and $12 to 116 minimum for office and store employes. “They all! are pouring in,” Johnson said in an ad<)resA "and they present a cross section of em ployers, great and small, so thor ough as Of itself to iniurs success. . . . The power of this people once aroused and united In a fixed pur pose Is the most irresistible force In the world.” John was beset by many prob lems and disputes, but He viewed them as only "minor annoyances" along the main rdad which he it oonfldent will lead to re-employ ment of 6,000,000 men by Labor Day. Controversies continued to rage In conferences over the codes for the oil and lumber Industries. Johnson, continued to exert pres sure for quick agreements. He was faced also with demshda that he intercede to avert further difficulties between capital and la bor in the textile, steel And bitum inous cdal Industries. The labor advisory board hat received hundreds of complaints ol action against union employes In a variety of industries. The com plaints fall Into two groups: 1. Alleged widespread discharger in the cotton textile industry, now operating under a code of fall competition. 2. Charges that idany union mer are being discharged In the coa! arid steel industries, and in many cases being evloted from their homes. ‘For the first group the advisory board Is counseling stow action or the theory that a revolutionary change such as the textile cod< will require some time to become really effective. For the second group the advis ory board is urging that Johnson take Immediate action. Complaints before the labor board declare that steel and coal employers, not yet under codes are preparing for company union systems by discharging worker: who belong to outside unions, not ably those of the American Feder ation of Labor. Donald Richberg, counsel of the LABOR SECRETARY IN PENNSYLVANIA Frances Perkins isn’t the only woman Secretary of labor. Hera’s Charlotte Carr, who holds that dtle in the cabinet of Governor Gifford Plnchot of Pennsylvania. Four Gunmen Hold Up Police Car (Continued from Pace 1.) Harper, It, who was under sen tence of 25 years for armed rob bery. A state-wide search fOr the kill ers was started. Dudley gave the alarm, being able to drive the car despite his wounds. Harper was Jerked from the automobile in which he was being taken tovthe penitentiary as It came to a halt under the mur derous fire from the four gang sters. The youthful prisoner was placed In the attackers’ automobile, which raced toward Charleston. The gunmen's car crept up on the officers’ automobile, traveling In the came direction, without warning a volley of 'ehots struck the car. Shamblln slumped In his scat, fatally wounded. Dudley, pain fully wounded, stopped tne car. Three of the killers seised Harper and started back toward Charles ton. Discovery of Harper's body In Huntington cams after police searched an automobile they had seen two men leave hi an alley. Harpers' family idchtllfiod the body. Harper was sentenced to tbs penitentiary at Moundsville, on a charge of robbing a Charleston shoe store, pleading guilty. He had beeii rearrested after an es cape from the Canawha county jail as he awaited trial. NRA, also took icognisance of re ports that industries were hastily organising company unions. “This attitude," he said, “Is pro vocative of discord and dispute at the very time when the utmost of oooperation Is highly necessary In the publlo Interest." Johnson promised that difficul ties in Interpreting and applying the general voluntary agreement for all industries would be cleared up as quickly as possible. He em phasized that "nobody needs any special fixer to get anything from the president’s,recovery administra tion. This administration Is not going, to ‘go red tape.’ Any man can get a hearing and can say what ho has to say, in his own words. |n hts own way, and if ha does that he will get what everybody else gets — a square deal.’* Wiley Port b Given Tributes i.» wu abandoned when it wM that the canyon of lower way waa too narrow to accommo date the win* apread of the round the-world plane. The eity’a greetings were ex tended to Poet by MayorJohn IV O'Brien. Two yearn ago Poet, with hla co-pilot. Oatty. waa decorated with the otty‘'e medal by James J., Walker. * After the elty hall reception th« flyer waa guest of honor at a luncheon of the Advertlaln* dub. Poat revealed yesterday that twice on hla aolo flight he was ready to "ball oat" of the Winnie Mae, "One waa between Moscow and Novosibirsk, when I went up to 21,000 feet but oould not get above the clouds." he said. "I came dowu through them till I was only 206 feet up before I oaw the ground. The other waa In Alaska, when I went up again to 20,600 feet and was atill In oleuds. 1 knew I had only 1.000 feet margin above the,; mountain tops and that was not very much. Both tlmSs I mas all ready to jump. But I think go much of the old Winnie Mae that 1 hated to leave her." The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, host to the flyer at & luncheon yesterday, presented him with a scroll which hailed. hla "technical knowledge* flying skill, dauntless perservance and su preme endurance.” MoUlsons Still Rest New York, July 26—(UP)—The flying Molllsons—James and Amy —planned to leave their beds to day where they have spent most of their time since the crash at Bridgeport, Conn, that ended their trans-Atlantic flight from Pendine Sands, Wales. Molllson's head was still bandaged and his ankles were stiff, but he thought he’d be able to get about: The flying couple planned orig inally to try for the long distance record by.flying to Bagdad after reaching New York, and although loath to give up the plan, feared It was too late now. "It would take until late In Sep - tember or October to get a new machine ready,” Molllson sold. He indicated, however, that they might be able to borrow a plane In which they could fly to Chicago and California. The flyers were visited yester day In the hotel suite where they are convalescing by George Pal mer Putnam, who, on behalf of his wife, Amelia Earhart, invited them to stay at the Putnam home in Rye for several days. They ftc ceptdd. Other visitors were Clyde Pang born and Clarence Chamberlain, also trans-Atlantic flyers, with whom the Molllsons exchanged stories of flights to far corners of the world. lindbcrghs Surrey Oodthaab, Greenland, July 2$— (UP)—Colonel and Mrs CJiaflee A. Lindbergh were engaged to-day In a survey of little known Green land. They took oft in their seaplane yesterday for Holstensborg, further up the west coast—their first halt on a series of exploratory flights in which they plan to cover the long coast line of Greenland and to fly over the inland Icecap, ris ing from 8,000 to 10,000 feet. The Lindberghs took fuel for 16 hours’ flight and provisions and water sufficient to last a month. CRAMPS CAUSED IT ’ Derby, Conn, July 26.—(UP) An attack of cramps was believed to have caused the drowning late , yesterday of Irving Begallo, 22,1 of Bridgeport. eH was swimming 1 in Stevens’ Cove when he went down In very deep water. There wilf be NO ADVANCE in price, while, our present stock but new merchandise coming be higher. Requirements DOLLAR BEDROOM SUITES »1 from ml np Warehouse , *• DINING SUITES from Storage Warehoum W bow u ( Refrigerators Only a few S(K Aff yt at ... 9a*vv Colonial Stt* $13.95 Gas Ranges . .gFXgkil FLOOR LAMPS IS.95 QUALITY m» LOWEST PRICES-iTERMS A Small Deposit Will Hold Your Selection for* Later Delivery. Thrifty Shoppers Buy Here HAINES >'/-< /V r/\in/r/ fnr/tifi/r<’ f/oi/st 59 GRAND SfiM Store Closed Tues. P. M. July and August Open Wed. and Sat "Evenings, i