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Survey Of The
Nation Shows
Good Results
Recovery Act Has Already
Began to Function and
Appeal of the President
is Bearing Good Fruit
— Thousands of Men
Streaming Back to
Factories in the Cities
of the Middle West
EAST AND~FAR
WEST PREPARING
(Copyright, 1938, By United Press)
Spurred by the quickening busi
ness pace and activity Of the na
tional recovery administration,
thousands of men aro returning
to work dally, a United Press sur
vey of nation-wide conditions
showed today.
it corresponding decrease in the
burden of public relief rolls was re
ported. Though no general figures
were yet available as to the effect
ot the general code for Industry
submitted by President Roosevelt,
s. number of cities advised that
there had been sharp increases in
employment in the past 10 days.
As a direct result of the presi
dent's message this week, two large
Chicago oorporatlons issued a call
to the emergency relief commis
sion for 2,800 workers. More than
80,900 families have been removed
ssiXStmiSmm
the March total was 208,843
families. This month only 148,000
families were dependent upon
emergency support. It was pointed
out that part of the reduction was
duo to seasonal employment upon
(Continued on Pago 8.)
JOE JUDGE HAS
BEEN SIGNED BY
BOSTON RED SOX
Veteran First Baseman Let
Out By Brooklyn Will
Fill in While Alexander
is 111
Boston. July 27—(UP)—The
Boston lied Sox to-day signed Joe
judge, veteran first baseman, who
was given his unconditional re
lease a few days ago by the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
Judge is expected to fill in at
first base for the Red Sox until
Dale Alexander, slugging first
sacker, recovora from a leg Injury
suffered In sliding at a game in
Philadelphia several Weeks ago,
Since Alexander’s injury Manager
Marty McManus and Bob Seeds
have held down the first base posi
tion for the Sox.
To keep the playing roster down
to the 23-man limit, the Red Sox
will release Fred Muller, spare in
flelder,' on option to the Montreal
club of the International League
Muller was ceured -recently from
Seattle in the cbast league.
Judge for years was regular first
baseman for the Washington Sen
ators.
FOUR NAZIS GET
OFF LIGHT FOR
MURDER DONE
Attempted to Kidnap Jew*
1sh Theatrical Man and
Man and His Wife Losl
Their Lives
Konstanz, Germany. July 27.—
(UP)—Four Nazi youths were sen
tenced to three months in hrlsor
to-day for an attempt to kldnat
Alfred and Fritz Rotter, Jewls)
theatrical producers, which causer
the death of Alfred Rotter and hii
wife Gertrude. Maz Witt, drlvei
of the motor car In which the at
tempt was made, was one of thow
sentenced. A fifth Nasi was sc
quitted.' The sentences were th<
minimum allowed by law.
The Rotter brothers, chain then
ter owners, went bankrupt in Bar
lln and fled to the principality o
Lichtenstein. With Alfred's wifi
and a Mrs KoifT. a Belgian, the:
went on an excursion- In the coun
try April 6. Returning to Vadus
capital of the tiny principality
seven Nazis halted them and trie*
-to force them Into a motor cor
There was a fight. Fritz was push
td into the car. The other threi
Jumped down a sleep embankmen
end Alfred and hla wife wen
killed. Mrs WoMt was ssrloualy In
Jured. Six of the youlha fled acroa
the Austrian frontier and were ar
rested at the request of the L1ch
lenstein government -
BUSINESS MEN
OF NATION ARE
READY TO ACT
$,000,000 ol Them Will
Receive the Code Agree*
ment of the Govt Before
Week End
BY H. O. THOMPSON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)*
Washington, July 27 — (UP) —
Voluntary agreements to shorten
working hours and establish mini
mum wages were placed In the
hands of employers throughout the
country today. Attached to the
printed, forms, was a personal mes
sage from the President of the
United States urging prompt sig
nature and compliance with the
re-employment drive now going
forward with all the fervor of a
war time appeal to patriotism.
Postmen were given the task of
distributing the agreement forms
to every one of the 6,000,000 large
and small employers In the nation.
The agreements provide a work
(Continued on Page 2.)
At Woi
So
BIGAMIST DID
NOT APPEAB IN
COUNT TO-DAY
Banbury, Conn, JGly 27.—
(CP)—Francois Ie Hoi, mid
dle aged music teacher charg
ed with bigamy, failed to ap
pear In city court for trial to
day and his $1,000 bond was
forfeited and a warrant for his
arrest was Issued. Helen Bar
ensod Be Rol, who married
him In 1015, and Stella Juren
skl Uc Hoi, whom the music
teacher allegedly married In
102B without first obtaining a
divorce, sat aide by side In tlie
courtroom, tlie former holding
the latter's baby.
An early marriage, made by
lie Rol In 1003 ended In dl
over In 1014, a year before he
married Miss Darensod. The
bond for Lc Rol had been
posted by Br Sophia Tenllcld.
35, Connect Unit’s first licensed
woman physician.
The Flying Mollisons Plan New Air Adventures
The crack-up at Bridgeport, Conn, that ended their trans-Atlantic flight Is only a “temporary set
back” to the flying MolUsons, Jim and Amy, shown at their New York hotel rending telegrams of consola
tion and congratulation. As soon as their Injuries heal, they say, they plan to take to the air again in
attempt to set a distance record. __
id’s Fair"
She Stated
Couldn’t Go By Plane Be
cause It Would Cost Her
Money — David Warns
to Stop Throwing
Stones or He Will Hurl
Some Himself
Baltimore. Md, .Tuly 27—(UP)—
The money came from Angelus
Temple, ao Almee Semple McPher
son Hutton decided to-day to leave
at 3:10 p. m. for Chicago, where
•he Intends to do some preaching
at the World’s fair.
Cash from Los Angeles had been
awaited anxiously by Sister Almee
since her arrival from Paris aboard
the liner City of Havre yesterday.
As soon as she got here, she
phoned her Pacific coast lieuten
ants of tho four square gospel for
funds.
A telegram arrived meantime,
said Attorney Wllledd Andrews,
from "an ofUclal of the Chicago
World’s fair."
The official, Andrews contln
(Contlnued on Page 8.)
Final News Flashes
CUT ROPES OF BALLOON
Brussels, Belgium, July 27.—(UP)—The
ropes of Professor Auguste Piccard’s balloon, be
ing prepared in a Liege factory for his next
stratosphere flight, were found to be cut half
through today. It was believed if the discovery
had not been made, a disaster might have oc
curred. i
NEW HAVEN HEADQUARTERS
Washington, July 27.—(UP)—The Home
Owners Loan Corporation today selected New
Haven as its Connecticut headquarters. It will
be in charge of Peter M. Kennedy. State
branches will be established in Hartford, Wa
terbury, Bridgeport and New London.
CLOSE MILLS IN WILLIMANTIC
Willimantic, Conn, July 27.—(UP)—Offi
cials of Willimantic Silk Inc; and its two sub
sidiary companies here, today decided to close
the plants indefinitely. More than 800 men and
women employed by the three plants are on
strike. _
HOSPITAL SUPT. FROM WEST
1 New Haven, Conn, July 27.—(UP)—Sidney
; G. Davidson, superintendent of Butterworth
hospital, Grand Rapids, Mich, has been named
superintendent of Grace hospital here, it was an
1 nounced today. He will succeed Harry V. Whip
ple, who will remain as treasurer.
RECOVERY ACT
Educational Committee is
Named and Speakers
Are Ready to Talk to the
City Consumers
Waterbury’s special educational
committee which will cover the en-'
tire city addressing various groups
on the worthiness of the move
ment here to bring about co-opera
tlonal Industrial Recovery act was
named today with Mayor Frank
Hayes as the chairman. Business
heads, bank officials, factory exe
cutlvlties, leading merchants, civic
leaders and others prominent In
the business life of the city are In
cluded in the committee. The body
hamed, In other Worjls, represents
practically every walk, of life in
Waterbtiry.
As soon as word Is received from
General Hugh Johnson, director of
the NIRA ut Washington. D. C.,
the campaign committee will meet
and lay out definite plans for
(Continued on rage 4.)
BALBO DELAYS
FLIGHT UNTIL
NEXT SATURDAY
Didn’t Like to Get Away on
Friday — Forced Down
Plane Has Rejoined the
Armada
Shoal Harbor, N. K,, July 27 —
(UP)—General ItalO Balbo studied
ocean charts and weather reports
to-day while the crews of his
Italian seaplane fleet refuelled and
overhauled their planes for a take
off on the homeward trans-Atlan
tic flight.
The start will be deferred until
Saturday In deference to the super
stition that Friday Is unlucky, tt
was reported. It was originally
planned for to-morrow.
There was some doubt whether
Balbo would take the planes by
way of Valentta, Ireland and Am
sterdam, Holland, or Marseilles.
France, or by way of the Azores
Islands and Lisbon, Portugal.
(A Rome dispatch said the Ital
ian air ministry believed winds
would dictate Balbo'B choice of
(Continued on Page 2.)
Brutal Slayer
of Cleveland
Girl Punished
VIege, Switzerland, July 27 —
(UP) — Heinrich Walther, con
victed of attempted rape and the
murder of Miss Jerane Storrs Iber
shoff, of Cleveland, Ohio, and
Ware, Mass, was given the surpris
ingly mild sentence of 16 years
Imprisonment.
The VIege canton In which Wal
ther was tried Is one of the few
that still exacts the deaths penalty,
as a general rule. In murder coses.
Miss Ibershoff, a brlllant mlth
College Junior, was murdered while
she was on a summer vacation
hike in Swltscrland.
OWN REQUIEM
President Roosevelt at
Last Minute Threw
Some Cheer Into Ses
sion
BY HARRY FLORY
(United Press Stuff Correspondent)
London. July 27.—(UP)—Presi
dent Roosevelt Intervened drama
tically at the final plenary session
of the world economic conference
to-day to say forcefully and earn
estly that It was not a failure and
that It was not dead.
Delegates were paying little at
tention to the succession of speak
ers, reading, some of them with
bitter sarcasm, what they thought
were funeral orations for the con
ference.
Ramsay MacDonald, British
prime mlnatcr and president of the
conference, rose between speeches
and announced that Cordell Hull,
(Continued on Page 4.»
PATRONAGE FOR
DEMOCRATS WHO
WEREFAITHFUL
That Seems to Be Rule and
Senator Huey Long is
Offered Up As Disloyal
Example
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
(Copyright IMS by United Press)
Washington. July 27.—(UP)—
The Roosevelt administration is
Just now getting around to the
case of Senator Huey P. Long, tho
democratic "bad boy” of the sen
ate.
The Irrepressible Louisiana sen
ator declined his independence sev
erat times In tho last session. Sunny
Jim Farley, postmaster general
und chief patronage dispenser, has
been sharpening his axe for some
time. Now the resounding whacks
are being heard.
Long came to Washington to
find out where he stood. The first
answer was appointment of one
of his political opponents, Paul
Habans. as Louisiana state man
ager for the Home Owners Loan
corporation, a good Job which car
(Continued on Page.4.)
American Who
Was Arrested
TellsHisSide
Marseilles, France, July 27—
(UP)—Paul Earl Peterzell, of New
York, said to-day he had reported
to the American consul at Bar
celona his mistreatment by a
member df the Spnglsh civil guard.
Five Americans were impris
oned for weeks on the "Paradise
Island" of Mallorca, for striking a
civil guard.
Peterxel) said that on arriving
at Barcelona from Palma, Mallor
ca, he complained that a package
had been stolen from his motor
car. Civil guards, he said, de
tained him and threatened to
handcuff hint.
Smedley Butler Has
Plan To Sweep Them
Out Of Existence
4
FATHER CRYNE
NEW PASTOR AT
ST. PATRICK’S
Popular Priest in This Sec
tion of the Diocese is
Advanced By Bishop’s
Appointment
Rev Eugene P. Cryne, pastor of
the Church of St John of the Cross,
Mlddlebury, and formerly attached
to the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, this city, hns been
named pastor of St Patrick’s
church In Brooklyn by Rt Rev
John J. Nllan, bishop of the Hart
ford diocese. In addition, Rev
John E. Ryan, assistant pastor at
the Church of the Sacred Heart,
this city, has been named pastor
of the Mlddlebury chrch to succeed
Father Cryne.
Both changes, which are made
public in this week's Issue of the
Catholic Transcript, represent ad
vancements for the two popular
clergymen, it Is felt. Father Cryne
goes to St Patrick's to fill the va
Let President Roosevelt Declare Modi
fied Form of Martial Law and the
Rats Will Take to Cover Said the
General
THEIR RACKET WOULD STOP
INSIDE OF ONE MONTH
By PAUL COMLY FRENCH
(Copyright. 1933. by Inltcd Press)
Newtown Square, Pa, July 27—(UP)—The kidnaping
racket now sweeping the nation could be stopped within a
month, Major General Smedley D. Butler said in an inter
view to-day. *
“Let the president of the United States declare a modi
fied form of martial law—superseding civil rights and civil
courts only in cases of gangsters and racketeers—and well
soon see the end of the rats who live on ransom money,”
Butler told the United Press.
Under Butler’s plan of “modified martial law” there
would be no need to call out the armed forces of the country.
“The president merely would designate a marshal in
each section affected by racketeers with power to arrest all
criminals on sight,” he said, “immediate trials would be heu
before a prpvost court, which would be conducted like a nt
*sr
GIVEH THE DEATH
PEHALTY TO-DAY
Walter H. McGee Sen=
tenced to Be Hanged
For Abduction of Mary
McElroy, Daughter of
Judge McElroy of
Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo, July 27.— (Ui’>
—Death wns decreed by a Jury
hero to-day for Walter Jf. .McGee,
convicted of the ransom kidnap
ing of Miss Mary McElroy, daugh
ter of Judge H. V. McElroy, city
manager of Kansas City.
The jury returned a verdict find
ing McGee guilty of plotting and
leading the abduction, and recom
mended that he be hnngcd for
the crime.
The recommendation Is manda
tory under Missouri law.
TJie verdict of the Jury was tho
first' case in which the death pen
alty has been Invoked in the war
against kidnapers.
McGee received the verdict
without emotion. He was seated In
the courtroom with his mother and
sister when . the members of the
Jury filed In to report their find
ing to Judge Allen C. Southern.
Keenan came here from Wash
ington to aid the state In the case.
He will return today to the capital.
Washington, July 27—(UP) —
Satisfaction with the conviction in
the McElroy kidnaping case was
expressed today by Attorney Gen
eral Cummings.
‘‘The verdict Indicates how peo
ple feel about this problem," sgld
Cummings. “I hope that the press
so far as it can, will give publicity
to convictions and solution of
crimes of this kind.
(Continued on- Puge 8,»
CHARLES ULM IS
DELAYED IN HIS
FLIGHT ACROSS
Australian Preparing to
Start Over Seas When
Machine Collapsed and
Service Men Hurt
Portmarnock Strand, Ireland,
July 27—(UP)—The undercar
riage of Charles Ulm's plane
"Faith In Australia," collapsed sis
It was being refuelled on the beach
to-day for a flight to Harbor
Grace, N. F.. and New iTork. Sev
eral persons were pinned under
death the wing of the plane and
slightly Injured. They were sent
to a hospital. Police and soldiers
attempted to save the plane from
incoming tide.
Ulm and his companions were
inspecting the runway sonie dis
tance from the plane when its un
dercarriage collapsed while it was
being moved to avoid tile incom
ing tide. One ground mechanic's
leg was broken and another re
ceived serious head injuries, it
was expected the machine would
be taken to Baldonnel and repairs
completed In a few days.
1IANGKI* IN CKf.I
Manchester, N. H.. July 27—
(UP)—Jailed for his refusal to pay
alimony to his divorced wife,
Michael Pieiech, 58. committed
suicide by hanging himself
Twenty Four Business
And Gang Leaders Were
Indicted In Chicago
Chicago. July 27—(UP)—Twen
ty-four business, political and
gang loaders Including A1 Capone
and his successor, Murray Hum
phreys. were named In an Indict
ment returned to-day charging
conspiracy In the (Cleaning and
dyeing, laundry and carbonated
beverages Industries here.
The Indictments followed close
on announcement of a super-cab
inet of federal state and local law
enforcement agencies to fight crime
and all forms of racketeering.
Alderman Oscar F. Nelson, re
publican leader In the city council,
headed the list of political figures
named In the Indictment. Dr B.
M. Squires, nationally known ex
pert and head of the Cleaning and
Dyeing Institute, was also listed.
The indictments contain 23
counts which are charged general
ly against all those listed. The
uounts charged conspiracy to boy
cott, conspiracy In restraint of
trnde. and conspiracy to commit
malicious mischief bv various means
including acid throwing and bomb
ing.
They were voted after the grand
jury had heard the testimony of
588 witnesses who testified as to
racketeering in Chicago industries
over a period of months.
Bonds ot $10,000 wero set in
each case.
Nelson was floor leader for Wil
liam Hale (Big Bill I Thompson,
when the latter wns mayor. He is
one of the few republican leaders
of the period who have survived
the democrutc machine built up by
the late Mayor Anton Cerniak.
The Indictments were returned
before Chief Justioe John Prystal
skl of the criminal court. They re
presented one more move in the
long tight against racketeering in
Chicago business.
That the investigation covered
activities of gangsters over a pe
rold of years was seen by the In
dictment of Capone who has been
in the Atlanta federal penitentiary
for a. vear and a half
The essence of the former mu
rine general's plan would come
when the racketeer faced the court.
“The suspect would be asked to
show how he honestly earned the
money which permitted him to live
in expensive apartments and drive
high-priced cars, “and when ho
couldn’t show an honest Job for the
past few years, he would be auto
matically sentenced to a tropical
island for an Indefinite sentence."
There would be no appeal, no
high priced lawyers, no long drawn
out litigation under the Butler
plan.
"The only appeal would be to
the president of the United States,”
he said.
“Local and state police forces,
for obvious reasons, are powerless
In combatting kidnapings and fed
eral authorities are greatly handi
capped by Inadequate laws and
small forces of Investigators.
“Most kidnapers are cither old
time criminals with police records
or bootleggers and gangsters.
“A real federal force of Provost
marshals, operating under the dis
trict marshal, would huve a little
trouble In bringing in the criminals
and gangsters within a month. And
the action of the provost court
would be swift and sure, un-influ
enced by political considerations.”
"That such a method hue prece
dent und is effective is clearly
shown by the marino guards on
mail trucks In 1921 and 1928," he
continued. “In 1926. in a five
month period, bandits killed 14
mall clerks and stole $9,000,00.
When the marines were sent to
guard the mall under a modified
form of martial law the robberies
stopped instantly."
DETROIT RELIEF
IS DWINDLING
Detroit, July 27—(UP)—Between
100 and 150 families are being re
moved from welfare rolls dally, re
lief officials estimated today, as a
result of re-employmeiit.
Despite heavy decreases In relief
demands during June, the total
number of dependeitts rose in July,
presumably because of an Increase
In the number of aged und Infirm
persons whoso outside incomes
have come to kn end.
HKUOGNI»EK Ul'HSI.V
Madrid. July 27—(UP)—The
Spanish government, at a meeting
of the cabinet presided over by
President Alcala Zamora recog
nized Soviet Itussia to-day.
TREASURY BALANCE
Washington, July 27—
treasury net balance for July 2.'>
was $845,157,356.64. *