OCR Interpretation


The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, August 22, 1933, Image 1

Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

Persistent link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014085/1933-08-22/ed-1/seq-1/

What is OCR?


Thumbnail for

Fusion Ticket Of Much Promise Is Very Muck Dece
The Weather
Probably Rain Tonight
and On Wednesday
Complete Weather Report Pace S.
.Individual—Fastest Growing and Most Popular Newspaper in'Waterbary and the Naugatuck Valley—Progressive
CLOSING
STOCKS
Last Minute News
ESTABLISHED 1881 VOL U, NO. 197 mbmbkrci&$&tbi8Sea0 of WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT. TUESDAY. AUGUST 22. 1933 circulation^book. open * EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS
REQUEST LETTER SENT HOOVER
OVER DETROIT BANK SCANDALS
m
Retail Stores
Backed To The
Limit By NRA
General Johnson Told
Delegates at Session in
Capital To-day That
Raising of Wholesale
Prices Would Be Stop
ped and the Chiselers
Punished —“We Will
Take Care of Cheaters,”
Johnson Said
WILL HELPEVERY
MAN IN BUSINESS
BY HAROLD O. THOMPSON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
New York, Aug 22— (U.P.)— Re
covery Administrator Hugh S.
Johnson promised the nation’s re
tail store owners to-day they would
be backed by the NRA in resisting
undue wholesale price advances.
“Speculative pricing in goods is
not needed,’ ’he said at a meeting
of 400 representatives of the retail
trade on a code of fair competi
tion.
“Speculative pricing is Just a
sign of those old habits which will
ruin any plan for recovery,’’ he
continued. "It will nearly kill the
gc»sc which lays the golden eggs.
“Such seasoned campaigners as
yon retailers know what price
structures should be. You should
resist advancing prices by manu
facturers and we will back you up
within our limits. Here again it is
part of our duty to the people to
prevent a runaway market."
Johnson called upon the trade
for constructive action and left a
■word of warning that “cheaters
and chiselers" would be dealt with
(Continued on Page 8.)
SHEPPARD WILL
NOT STOP FIGHT
ON THE REPEAL
He Has Been Told His Poli
itcal Career May End If
He Doesn’t Let Up in His
Campaign
Dallas, Tex, Aug 22—(U.P.) —
Morris Sheppard, senior United
States senator from Texas, to-day
disregarded warning that his fu
ture political career hung In the
balance because of his war against
repeal. The tight-lipped senator,
author of the 18th amendment, Is
bearing thfe brunt of the dry cam
paign in Texas. He will continue
his fight until the eve of the state
wide election next Saturday. Only
once has Sheppard been defeated
on the wet-dry issue. In 1917, Shep
pard sustained President Wilson In
his veto of a war-time prohibition
amendment. Late rthe lower house
of congress over-rode the pres
ident’s veto
Sheppard has been rebuked by
the national and state democratic
party tor his part in the recent
campaign in Texas. Postmaster
General James A. Farley indicated
his disapproval and that of the
administration. James E. Ferguson
husband of Governor Miriam A.
Ferguson and nominal head of the
state democratic party, called the
morotcade.which is sweeping into
each of the 32 state senatorial dis
tricts, a "monkey show.” Now
there are rumblings In Texas
against the little, gray-haired sen
ator. His senatorial term expires in
1936, two years after that of sen
ator Tom Connally. Many feel that
Ferguson will enter against Shep
pard and attack his repudiation of
the national democratic party
plank to legalize beer and and re
peal the 18th amendment.
PANGBORN WILL
! TRY NEW GLOBE
CIRCLING TRIP
i _
i It Will Be Non-Stop and
New Machine Is Now
Being Built in New
Jersey
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 22—(UP)—
Clyde, Pangborn, trans-Pacifle-fly
ers plans to attempt a globe-gird
ling flight on a non-stop basis, he
said today. Fuel will be taken on
while the ship is in the air.
The flight will begin next sum
mer. A plane now under construc
tion, described as of startling de
sign, will be used. It is being de
signed at Keyport. N. J.
"The plane will have a top speed
of 200 miles per hour, an da fly
ing range of 8,000 miles," he said.
He plans to take on fuel only
•t Moscow and Chita, Siberia.
Pangborn said he would be accom
panied by Bennett Griffin, Miss
Rosetta Valenti of New York city
t radio man.
REPUBLICANS
HAVE LOST ONE
CANDIDATE
Sherwood L. Rowland
Notifies Editor of the
Democrat That He Is
Not in the Race
Th© race for nomination on the
republican ticket for Mayor nar
rowed down to three possible con
didates today with the announce
ment of Sherwood L. Rowland,
prominent insurance man of this
city, that he is not a candidate for
the office. In a communication to
the Democrat, Mr Rowland states
he appreciates the spirit of the
advances that have been made by
his friends in requesting his en
trance into the race, but he adds
that he has not been, and is not
now, a candidate.
His communication reads as fol
lows:
“Editor of the Democrat:
“The Waterbury Democrat of
Saturday referred to my name
under heading, ‘Four Cornered
(Continued on Page 4.)
VETERAN SUPT
OF POLICE DIED
VERY SUDDENLY
Michael H. Crowley of
Boston Had Two Heart
Attacks and Died Early
To=day
Allerton, Mass, Aug 22—(UP)—
Michael H. Crowley, Boston’s vet
eran superintendent of police, died
at a private hospital here early to
day after suffering two heart at
tacks.
The noted police official, who
was 67 years old. was first stricken
aboard the steamer Pemberton en
route from his office to his summer
home at Hull. He was removed
to a hospital where the second and
fatal attack occurred shortly be
(Contlnued on Page 4.)
LEGION RANKS
BADLY SPLIT
BY FACTIONS
Convention Opens Thurs
day at New London—
Walter Angle Has Two
Rivals for Job He Seeks
New London, Conn, August 22—
(UP) — The ranks split with fac
tional fights over the election of
favorites, the State American Le
gion convention will open here
Thursday for a three-day session.
Officials alrady are here, complet
ing last minute preparations, and
the Influx of 15,000 visitors and
delegates is expected to start to
morrow.
Auxiliary organizations of the
American Legion are to hold their
convenions here In conjunction
with the parent organization. The
40 and 8 also will be in conven
tion. Principal business sessions
will be held at the Garde theater.
One of the outstanding fights for
election centers about the selection
of a success or to Kenneth F. Cra
mer, Wethersfield, who is not a
candidate for reelection as national
executive committeeman Colonel
Anson T. McCook, Hartford, and
Joseph A. Treadwell, Danbury,
(Continued on Page 4.)
HOOVER CALLED
IN THE DETROIT
BANK SCANDAL
Cannot Be Legally Sum*
moned But He Is Re
quested to Appear and
Give Some Aid
BY JAMES C. AUSTIN
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Detroit, Aug 22 — (U.P.) —
Former President Herbert Hoover
will be requested to accept a sub
pena to testify before the grand
Jury investigating bank failures
here.
Circuit Judge Harry B. Keldan
and Prosecutor Harr.- S. Toy de
cided to make the request, at a
conference last night.
The grand Jury has no power to
enforce its subpenas outside the
state but offlclrl.i are "hopeful Mr
Hoover will co-operate and volun
(Contlnued on Page 4.)
Final News Flashes
NEGRO WAS GOOD DIVER
Evansville, Ind, Aug 22.—(UP)—Prentice
Irvin, 28-year-old Hopkinsville, Ky, negro,
gained freedom in court here by diving three
stories into a tree. Officers were preparing to
return Irvin to jail on grand larceny charge.
Landing in a young tree, he jumped 25 feet to
the ground and out-distanced his pursuers.
BEAT RECORD AND DIED
Essen, Germany, Aug 22.—(UP)—Ruth
Lietzig, 19-year-old swimming champion, died of
exhaustion today in a hospital, after breaking her
own 72-hour endurance record. Miss Lietzig,
taken from the water after she had passed, by a
fraction of a minute, her old record, was hurried
to the hospital in a vain attempt to save her life.
STABBED HIM TO DEATH
Chardon, 0., Aug 22.—(UP)—Because her
husband, James Snabel, bought liquor with the
85 cents she gave him to buy a plow point, then
choked and beat her when she remonstrated
against the extravagance, Mrs Anna Snabel, 45,
stabbed him to death, she admitted today.
PERMANENT GUARD FOR JOHNSON
Washington, Aug 22.—(UP)—A perma
nent guard has been stationed in Administrator
Hugh S. Johnson's outer office. The guard is
Ralph E. Dunston, a 200-pounder. He formerly
was a sergeant in the department of commerce
building guards. _
HARRY FRAZEE ESTATE SHRUNK
New York, Aug 22.—(UP)—The estate of
Harry Frazee, former owner of the Boston Red
Sox and theatrical producer, was reduced from a
gross of $1,152,390 to a new of $283,688, princi
pally by debts, according to a transfer tax ap
> praisal filed today.
■.
Iron Nerve On a Steel Job
Crowds stand breathless in Chicago’s Loop when steelworker Joe
Reaster does his stuff. Typical of the iron-nerved men who hold their
lives literally in their hands when they erect steel, Joe intersperses
daring antics with his work on the Field building, Chicago’s largest
office structure, as the beams reach for the sky. Here he is, clinging to
a girder almost literally by his toenails.
UNEMPLOYED
REGISTRATION
DISCONTINUED
Work Had Started at City
Hall When Word Came
to Cease—The Govern
ment Is Covering It
Registration of the unemployed
of the city started this morning at
the City Hall, but was suddenly
discontinued with an announce
ment that the federal government
was completing a plan and local
efforts would not be necessary.
A staff of clerks seated at desks
placed in the main corridor of the
city hall enrolled nearly 200 persons
before orders were Issued to dis
continue the work. During the two
hours the clerks were at work the
number of applicants indicated
that the plan was a popular one
and had been well advertised.
The task of checking up on the
unemployed of the city will be
staged under federal supervision in
the near future.
(Continued on Page 4.)
SEVEN KILLED
WHEN TRUCK AND
TRAIN CRASHED
Lumberton, N. C., Aug 22—(UP)
—Seven persons were killed and
live Injured, four critically, when
a tobacco truck from Deep Run
crashed into the side of a Seaboard
Airline passenger train at Fair
mont road Crossing near here to
day.
All of the dead and injured were
riding on the tobacco truck. Re
ports said brakes on the heavily
laden transport failed to hold go
ing down the hill to the crossing.
Rodles and wreckage were
strewn along the railroad right-of
way for three hundred yafds. The
train. No. 14 of the Seaboard Air
line, was not derailed.
TAMMANY MAY
CALL AL SMITH
TO GIVE HELP
Surrounded By Enemy
Forces the Tammany
Leaders Are Being
Pushed Hard on Election
By SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE
New York, Aug 22.—(UP)—
Facing strong opposition tor the
first time since the days of John
Purroy Mitchell, Tammany Hall Is
making strange gestures of friend
ship toward the most powerful man
in New York democracy, Alfred E.
Smith.
The leaders of Tammany believe
Smith can help them win the fall
election in which they propose to
run Mayor John P. O'Brien for
re-election against the combined
forces of all the democrats who are
outside the wigwam and the re
publicans who are out of office.
Smith, who once "reformed”
Tammany, to the disgust of the
boys in command of the precincts,
(Continued on Page 4.)
LINDBERGH AND
WIFE MAY START
OVER TO EUROPE
New York, August 22 — (UP)—
Colonel and Mrs Charles A. Lind
bergh are studying the possibility
of flying to Europe from Iceland
where they have nearly completed
their survey ' of flight conditions,
advices to the Pan-American Air
ways said today.
The period of good flying
weather in the . Arctic is about
over.
Colonel Lindbergh still is unde
cided, it was believed, whether to
return to the United States by
Greenland and Labrador, the route
by which they flew to Iceland, or
to fly to Denmark. From Den
mark, he might return by steamer
or even by air. via Lisbon, Portu
gal, and the Azores.
Palestine Is Terminus
For Wandering Jew Says
The Zionist Executive
Prague, Aug 22—(UP)—Pales
tine is "not a station on the route
of the wandering Jew, but a ter
minus." the 18th world Zionist
congress was told today by Prof
Selig Brodestsky, Zionist executive
and head of the organization's po
litical department.
Dr Brodetsky reviewed the rela
tions between the Jewish agency
and the British mandatory power,
and demanded statehood for Pales
tine.
"It must be a land for the Jew
ish nation,” ho declare* "where
we shall have the status of a nation
with the national freedom without
which the life of a nation is
meaniijgless.”
Referring to the present predica
ment of German Jews, he said that
Palestine today has room for 100.
000 Jews, and within the next few
generations, perhaps within the
next decade, it can contain mil
Referring to recent reports by
Sir Lewis French on Palestinian
land development and the British
decision to advance a loan of J2,
000,000 pounds sterling to Pales
tine, Dr Brodetsky said he feared
the project would favor only the
Arabs, because of the general be
lief in Great Britain that the Jews
can "look after themselves."
He branded as “base calumny”
the accusation that Jews are dis
placing Arabs, and demanded agri
cultural parity for both races, as
well as greater Jewish participation
in public service and public im
provements.
Jews, he said, contribute 50 per
cent of the Palestinian revenues,
although they constitute only one
fifth of the population. He ex
pressed a hope that the govern
ment would not Institute new re
strictions on Jewish acquisition of
lirnSL
Prosecutor Made An
Appeal To Former
President T o Appear
FUSION TICKET HAS
BLOWN AWAY INTO
UTTER CONFUSION
Reliable Information early yes
terday afternoon from the so
called Fusion headquarters indi
cated that the combinaiton of mas
ter minds, which have been for
some time formulating the politi
cal strategy of this group, are suf
fering from a severe case of am
nesia. In common with all pro
found thinkers throughout the
ages, their deep concentration on
the ideal has led to a startling neg
lect of the practical, with the re
sult that their battle-lines are now
in a state of severe disorganiza
tion, while the former air of smug
ness which prevaded the headquar
ters has given way to an atmo
sphere of deepest gloom, in which
are floating many recriminations.
Slipup on Charter Ruling
And all because they entirely
overlooked Section 67A, Chapter
38, of the Public Acts of Connec
ticut. 1931, which expressly pro
vides that the list of signers to
the nomination petition must be
filed with the secretary of state
not less than six weeks before the
date of election and MUST ALSO
BE FILED WITH THE TOWN
CLERK 18 DAYS IN ADVANCE
OF THAT. As the city election will
be held six weeks from to-day, a
little simple, if belated, arithmetic
divulged the interesting fact that
{Continued on Page 4. 1
JOHN GOLDEN HAS
TWO STROKES LEAD
IN GOLF CONTESTS
Held That Advantage al
End of 54 Holes—Billy
Burke Has Probably
Shot Himself Out of the
Tournament With Bad
Scores
New Britain, Conn., Aug. 22—
(UP)—Johnny Golden, Wee Burn
professional seeking the Connecti
cut open title for the second con
secutive year, held a two stroke
advantage at the end of 54 holes
todaq.
Golden added a 75 today to his
total of 144 for the first day to
have a low gross of 219. He had
started out with a five stroke lead,
however, and his failure to shoot
the brand of golf he did yesterday
was endangering his chances.
Gene Kunes held second place at
the Noton Rest with a total of
221. He had a 72 this morning.
Dom Socolli, Torrington,. and Bob
by Grant, Wethersfield, both ama
teur, provided the chief thrills of
the day.
Socolli held third place with a
total of 222, while Grant was two
strokes behind him after a round
in which he bagged seven birdies.
He shot a 70 and Socolli a 72.
Grant started out by going over
par on the first three holes. After
that he settled down to shoot sen
sational golf.
Billy Burke, former national
open champion, apparently shot
himself out of the tournament
when he took a 76 to add to his
already large first day score of
162. His aggregate was 22S
strokes.
PUBLISHER AND
EDITOR IS LOST
SOMEWHERE
Coshocton, O., Aug 22—(UP)—
Disappearance of F. S. Wallace,
editor and publisher of the Co
shocton Tribune, was disclosed to
day by members of his family aft
er a two-day search had failed to
reveal his whereabouts. Wallace
was last seen at about 1:00 a. m.
Sunday when he left the Tribune
office after the Sunday edition had
gone to press. Employes believed
he was going to his home, but he
did not.
Robert B. Wallace, a son, has
directed the search for the missing
publisher. Wallace has owned the
Coshocton Tribune for many years
and is well-known throughout the
southern part of Ohio. He had been
111 several years, members of his
family said. _
..
COSTELLO ACT
NOT ALLOWED
IN MARLBORO
Marlboro, Mass. Aug 22—
(UP)—Mayor Charles A.
Lyons ruled today that Mrs
Jessie B. Costello of Peabody,
acquitted recently of a charge
of poisoning her hnsband, may
not appear as an attraction at
Uyonhurst ballroom tomorrow
night.
At the same time the mayor
refused the Pastime theater a
permit to present the motion
picture “The Seventh Com
mandment.’’ He said the entire
clergy of the city agreed with
him that the picture was of “a
depressing and Immoral char
acter.”
Refusal to abide by cither
ruling would result in revo
cation of license, the mayor
warned.
LOST PAINTINGS
HEARD FROM AS
. A NEW RACKET
City Editors of Montreal
Papers Get Half of One
and a Demand of Re
ward for Others
Montreal, Aug 22—(UP)—Some
thing new in rackets came to light
here today when the city editors
of two local papers each received
through the mail half of a paint
ing which, with 15 others, was
stolen from the spring exhibition
at Montreal Art gallery several
months ago.
Accompanying the mutilated
picture was a note written in block
letters stating that if the owners
of the paintings wanted them back
they would have to pay 25 per
cent of the catalogue value, which,
according to the thieves, was “a
fair price.”
Both the packages were posted
in Brockville, Ont, yesterday.
The note stated that if the ran
som was not paid, the artists would i
get their pictures back but—as :
“hand-painted jig-saw puzzles.”
Negotiations were to be conducted
through advertisements in the
New York Times.
The 16 pointings were stolen In
the spring from the local art gal
lery one night after it had closed.
They were cut from their frames. ’
Most of them were by local artists. .
Markets At a Glance
By UNITED PRESS
Stocks dull; prices rally with grain market.
Bonds irregular in dull trading; rails ease.
Curb stocks quiet and irregularly lower.
Chicago stocks irregular in quiet trading.
Call money 1 percent.
Foreign exchange lower.
Wheat rallies on strength in rye; corn and oats
firm.
Cotton steady around previous closing levels.
Rubber dips 10 to 14 points in dull trading.
For Final Stock Prices See. Pago 8
Believes Hoover Has in
His Possession Cer
tain Facts About De
troit Banks — Mean
while Senator Couzens
Keeps Up His Revela
tions — Comptroller of
Currency Under Hoover
Could Have Saved the
National Bank Debacle
BY JAMES AUSTIN
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Detroit. Aug 22—(UP)—The
letter dispatched to former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover today invit
ing him to appear here before the
bank grand jury follows:
The Honorable Herbert Hoover,
Palo Alto, California.
Dear sir: Officials of a public ju- 1
dlclal inquiry into banking prac- ■
tices in Detroit, having under ex- I
amlnation as one of its phases the
closing of all banks in Michigan on :
Feb 14, 1933, desire earnestly your
presence as a witness. This invita
tion to you, to appear and to tes
tify concerning the attitude of the
administrative agencies of the fed
eral government, is respectfully
extended by myself at the request
and on behalf of Judge Harry B.
Keidan, presiding at this inquiry.
May I suggest to you. as indica
tive of the nature of this judicial .
examination, that while its purpose
is the discovery of crime, necessar
ily, in the public interest, it must
be concerned with a full and com- u
plete presentation of all facts bear
ing upon the closing of these
banks, whether they concern pri
vate or governmental enterprise.
It is, further, the opinion of of
ficials attendant upon this pro
ceedings that you have in your
possession certain facts which
might render your testimony as a •
(Continued on Page 8.)
MEDALIE WENT
BEFORE GRAND
JURY TO-DAY
New York Prosecutor Was
; to Reveal Names of
Politicians Who Were
Backed By Underworld
New Tork. Aug 22—(UP)—U.
S. Attorney George Z. Medalle, the
soft-spoken republican prosecutor
of this democratic stronghold, went
before the county grand jury In an
extraordinary proceeding today to
give evidence of the sub-servience
of several powerful politicians to
gangsters and racketeers.
The score of his revelations, it
became known, had only been hint
ed at in his testimony before the
senate racket committee when he
said he knew at least four political
leaders under underworld control.
Before he entered the grand jury
room, it was reported, he had
brought enough evidence to war
rant “the indictment of hundreds.”
The inquiry, unique in that it wa*
started by the grand jury over the
head of the district attorney’s of
fice, opened in an atmosphere of
mystery.
Before Medalie was summoned.
District Attorney Thomas C. T,
Crain, aged Tammany sachem, en
tered the grand jury room with two
of his assistants. Why he was
called was not revealed.
“We were invited in,” George
Hastings, one of the assistants,
said later. Then he added, "and in
vited out.”
The grand jury had indicated its
intention to proceed without aid
from the district attorney’s office
which had refused to initiate an
inquiry into the charges of Medalie
and Chief Justice Frederic Ker
nochan of the court of special ses
sions. Kernochan also was sum
moned but is out of the city.
TREASURY BALANCE
Washington, Aug. 22—(UP)—1
treasury net balance for Aug
was $1,226,521,321.78.
*i6fsre*eo u 5.

xml | txt