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WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1935
SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE
ESTABLISHED 1681 VOL LUL No. 251
Jimmy Walker Is
Expected To Sail
Home Thursday
Booked on Liner Manhattan, But He Is Not Sure—-Will
Start His Law Practice Again When He
Lands in New York
BY HENRY TOSTI RUSSELL
(Copyright, 1935, by United Free*)
London, October 23 — (UP) — Jimmy Walker, former
New York Playboy mayor, will be back within walking dis
tance of Times Square as fast as he can get there, he told
the United Press today in an exclusive Interview.
“I don’t know whether I’m running for president of
the United States or in front of Ethiopian bayonets, but
I’m running. In other word*, I
I don’t know what I’m running for,
but I’m running."
Asked about a report that he was
booked to sail from Southampton
tomorrow aboard the liner Manhat
tan, Walker said that he did not
know whether he would make the
return trip on that ship.
He Is Undecided
His Indecision, he explained, was
largely due to his unwillingness to
leave his mother-in-law here alone
to deal with the consequences of the
fire a few days ago In his thatched
cottage at Dorking.
Walker derided reporta that he
would soon be throwing his hat
back Into the political ring. He’s
going home, he said to resume law
practice in the city where he wc»
his greatest triumphs and sufferer
his most crushing reverses.
Jimmy has no ambition to succeed
the late Will Rogers as chief wlse
cracker of the United States.
“Any man with sense enough to
be worthy of that Job”^ he said,"
(Continued on Page 8.)
CITY BUDGET IS
BEING PUNNED
Department Heads Notified
to Get Their Tentative
Figures Prepared
Preliminary work On the city's
budget for 1936 has already gotten
underway. Executive Secretary
Thomas P. Kelly stated this morn
ing. Actual work by the board of
finance on the coming year's finan
cial schedule, however, will not start
until the middle of next month. De
partment heads have been notified
to get their tentative figures ready
as quickly as possible.
To date several tentative depart
mental budgets have been received
by the offlce of Mayor Frank Hayes.
The only large department so fai
to file figures Is the school depart
ment. The tentative budget of this
department was presented to the
school board at Its last meeting.
No Budget Increases
Increases In budgets v>lll not be
allowed for 1936, all depu-tmental
heads have been notified by Execu
tive Secretary Kelly. He will whip
the 1936 budget' Into shape before
It goes to the board of finance and
considerable slashing of figures sub
mitted by department heads Is anti
cipated. The only Increase In
budgets to be allowed will be In
cases where mandatory expenses de
mand higher appropriations for 1936
than for the current year.
Can’t Tell The Rate
It is Impossible to state at the
present time whether the tax rate
will be lowered, raised or left as it
Is right now, Secretary Kelly said
No doflnite data on this subject is
available, he explained, until all the
tentative departmental appropria
tions have been submitted and gone
over.
It Is expected that by the time
Mayor Hayes gets back to the city
at the ehd of the month all depart
ment heads will have filed their pro
posed 1936 figures so that he can
give them a preliminary perusal.
HOMES BURNED IN
BIG BRUSH BLAZE
Los Angeles, 0*1.. Oct. 33.—(UP)
—Fire swept through *n extensive
section of Southern California to
day destroying homes, injuring
scores of persons and causing a
damage which probably wjll exceed
$1,000,000. Hardest hit were the
fashionable wooded Altadena dis
trict neav Pasadena and a region
near Malibu Beach, 20 miles north
west of Los Angeles, where many
Hollywood film stars have summer
homes. »
Hospitals reportsd that 100 men.
mostly COO workers, had received
treatment. A number were reported
seriously burned.
The special California forestry
medical corps set up an emergency
hospital at the Arroyo fleco division
headquarters, to treat the fire fight
ers.
By noon It was astimateu that at
least 00 homes and summer cabins
in the Malibu Beach and Altadena
district were destroyed.
Near Beal Beach) the huge fac
tory which produoes Dr. Ross doe
and cat food was In flames. De
struction of the plant would entan
s loss of at least $000,000, it was
HARRIS SCORED
FIRING OF HELP
Puts Thirty-Four Men, Let
Go Yesterday, Back on
New Jobs Today
Granted special permission by
the state FERA, William M. Harris,
local relief administrator, today as
signed 34 men discharged from the
Leavenworth high school Job to
various other FERA projects In the
city "until such time as the WPA
In Waterbury Is able to provide for
them.”
The men were discharged by the
WPA yesterday afternoon, because,
according to a statement credited In
the morning paper to a WPA
spokesman, "the Job was 60 per cent
complete."
Mr. Harris explained that the
procedure by which he Is enabled
to give the men employment Is lr*
regular. "It merely proves," he
said, "that Miss Little (state FERA
administrator) has the Interests of
the workman at heart far more
than a relief administration which
summarily releases a large group of
(Continued on Page 4.)
MUCH ADO ABOUT
NOTHING AT ALL
Supt. of Police McLean
Does Not Like Stories>
About “Mad Dog”
Police Supt. Joseph H. McLean de
clared today that he saw no reason
for criticism of his department or
Dog Warden Coleman O'Laughlln in
the handling of the "mad dog" case,
which called for a front page story
In an afternoon paper yesterday and
was the subject of an editorial head
ed Lax and Laggard" In Its morn
ing associate today. Readers of the
article and editorial In question were
of the general opinion that the mat
ter was welcomed by the two news
papers as, In the editors' opinion, an
opportunity to “take a rap” at the
local police department and the
dog warden.
Story That Caused It
Yesterday’s story proclaimed that
Mrs. W. L. Larkin of 116 Bucking
ham street called police headquar
ters late Monday morning to report
that she feared her chow dog, which
was In thfc yard, had gone mad and
that It might menace pupils of the
nearby Drlggs school. The article
says that she asked that a policeman
be sent up to shoot the animal, and
that she made repeated calls to the
city hall and the street department,
(Continued on Page 4.)
ROOSEVELT PAID
TEN DOLLAR FINE
Worcester, Maas., Oct. 23.—(UPt
—Hermit Roosevelt, Jr., grandson of
the late President Theodore Roose
velt, pleaded guilty to a speeding
eharge and paid a 110 fine at a spe
cial session of district court here
today.
He had been arrested after al
legedly traveling at 70 to 70 miles
an hour on the southwest cutoff In
Auburn.
Asked by a newsman If he were
actually going at that speed, young
Roosevelt, a Harvard sophomore,
said:
"I really don’t know. The dash
light was out and I couldn’t see
the speedometer."
“Why were yoy In such a hurry?'
he wok asked.
"I was a week late for classes al
ready,” he explained, “and 1 had
to get back. This Is my first of
fense, you know.”
DIDN’T WAIT
Boston. Oct. 38.—(UP)—Joseph
Blarney. Boston tobaooo merchant,
committed sulolde to-day as federal
agents sought to arrest him In a
roundup of alleged tobaooo bootleg
XMli
Blarney, who slashed his throat
with a knife, was taken to City
Ruin Left In Wake Of Montana' Quake
Typical of the ruin wrought by the quake which $kused more than $2,000,000 damage and claimed two
live* In Helena, Mont., I* that »hown at this home, where the occupant* narrowly eacaped with their live*
when the *tructure collapsed. More than 000 buildings were damaged In the Montana capital, a city of
14,000, and the Red Cross has taken over the relief of scores of famlllest. Hundreds of Helena residents fled
In terror Into the open country ao shock followed si.ock.
NEW HAVEN ROM!
IN BANKRUPTCY
Directors Filed Petition to
Reorganize—Was *Re*
fused $9,000,000
New York, Oct.,33—(UP) — The
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad company today announced,
following a meeting of director,
that a petition for reorganization
under Section 77 B of the bank
ruptcy act had been filed In federal
court In Connecticut.
A statement Issued In connection
with the announcement said direc
tors had taken the step reluctantly*
and only after the company had ex
hausted every possible means of
meeting Its obligations.
The Interstate commerce commis
sion yesterday refused the applica
tion of the road for a new Recon
struction Finance Corporation loan
of 15,000,000.
Revenues Dropped
Directors said revenues had
dropped from $142,000,000 In 1929 to
approximately $70,000,000 In 1935.
"In 1929 and 1930 the company
retired $29,649,000 of funded debt.
$22,149,000 of which came from cash
and current assets and $7,500,000
from bank loans," President Howard
8. Palmer said. %
“The company has borrowed $20,
175,000 during the depression to
cover in part deilcits In lncofne,
equipment trust Installments, addi
tions and betterments to the prop
erties, etc. It also obtained $5,250.
000 In connection with the
government unemployment program
for repairs to equipment and, for
new rail, most of which Is still un
paid.”
Oldest In Country
The original company from which
the present road grew was one of
the oldest railroad companies In
(Continued on Page 4.)
Democrats File Their
Election Expenses
Cost Them $16,372.94 to Win Late Election—Left
Balance in Treasury—The Republican Fiasco
Still Continues to Worry G. 0. P. Leaders
MOVIES ARE TO
QUIT HOLLYWOOD
William R. Hears* Heads
Protest That Taxes Are
Much Too High
By HENRY A. SUTHERLAND
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Hollywood, Oct. 23.—(UP)—A gen
eral exodus from California of bigj
money men and women was feared
today after announcement by Pub
lisher William Randolph Hearst,
that he would quit his native state
to avoid heavy new Income taxes.
Through the movie magazine, the
Dally Variety, Hearst said the new
California Income tax, scaling up to
IS per cent, added to federal Income
taxcN, surtaxes and other levies,
would take 80 to BO per cent of his
1 Income.
A check of Incomes here showed
that many film magnates, screen
stars, and wealthy retired easterners
might And themselves In the same
situation.
Film Industry May Quit
A cflrrollary local fear, and one
freely adverted to by Hearst, was
that the film Industry might pull
up stakes and leave Hollywood, pos?
jslbly for Florida.
Hearst campaigned vigorously
(Continued on Page 4.)
Final News Flashes
naval STUDENT FLYERS KILLED
Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 23.—(UP)—Two
naval student flyers were killed and another
saved himself by spectacular flying after two
navy planes collided in mid-air today. Lts. R.
F. Coates and N. J. Pusel, of Pensacola, were
crushed to death as their craft crashed 1,000
feet after the accident. Although the wings were
sheared from his plane, Lt. C. S. Willard, pilot
of the other machine, managed to save his life.
He suffered a broken leg and othef injuries as
his disabled plane struck. The collision oc
curred during maneuvers over Fort Barrancas
reservation.
SEN; MALONEY HURRIES TO CAPITAL
Hartford, Con., Oct. 23.— (UP)—U. S. Sen.
Francis T. Maloney left for Washington today
to persuade the government to immediately ap
propriate $6,000,000 to Connecticut for com
pletion of Class A and B highway projects. He
had a list of 84 road construction jobs, reprer
senting almost every section of the state, the mar
jority of which were in Class B. Failure to make
an allotment to finish the work, he said, would
result in a serious delay in the dtate highway pro
gram.
JOHNNY REVOLTA IN LEAD
Twin Hills, Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 23.
— (UP)—Johnny Revoltr, of Milwaukee, took a
commanding four hole lead over Tommy
Armour, of Chicago, as they reached the half
way mark today in their 36-hole final match for
the national. PGA championship.
Waterbury’s democratic organiza
tion spent $16,372.94 to attain vic
tory In the recent city election, a
report filed with Town Clerk Dora
A. Egan today disclosed. The finan
cial report, compiled in accordance
wltfe the state election laws, was
prepared by Dennis J. Clancy,
treasurer of the democratic town
committee.
Receipts during the campaign
amounted to $16,777, Indicating that
the ticket headed by Mayor Prank
.Hayes received great support, finan
cially. At the end of the last elec
tion here In 1934 the democratic
treasury showed a deficit of $18.71.
The treasury now has a balance of
$404.06.
Will Have Good Start
This affords the democratic party
an excellent start In Its campaign
to once more swing the city Into
the democratic column In next
year's state and national election,
according to Town Chairman John
H. Crary.
Mayor Prank Ha;es was the
largest Individual contributor to ihc
democratic campaign fund during
the recent election. The Italian
Men’s Democratic club led the way
among the various organizations
raising funds to help finance the
campaign.
On the otlicr hand, today In the
town clerk’s office still reposed the
two conflicting financial reports of
the republican finances of the re
cent municipal election. As pointed
out yesterday, Town Chairman
(Continued on Page 4.)
DOLLARACCOUNTS
APPROVAL NEEDED
Connecticut Manufactur
ers Await Sanction for
Liquidation of Claims
. /ashlngton, D. 0., Oct. • 23.—
Manufacturers In Qonnectlcut who
ha .e dollar accounts outstanding
against consumers In Brazil must
await approval of the commercial
trade treaty with the United States
by both houses of parliament be
fore their claims can bo liquidated,
according to Information furnished
today to Senator Lonergan by the
state department.
Senator Loncrgan explained that
(luring recent negotiations for the
Brasilian trade treaty under the
reclproeal treaty program, liquida
tion ol dollu. accounts In Brazil
were blocked. An agreement for the
liquidation of these accounts was
subsequently negotiated directly
with the Brazilian government by
Interested American firms acting
through the nation foreign trade
council. It was understood, Senator
Lonergan was Informed, that the
counoll agreed to an agreement by
whlcn liquidation of blocked funds
should become effective simultane
ously with ratification of the trade
agreement. The Brazilian constitu
tion require- that both houses ol
parliament must pass upon com
mercial treaties, ana they have not
yet taken action upon the trade
pao*i
TWO NEW DESTROYERS
Boston. Oct. aa-(UP)—The keels
ot two new destroyers • 11 be laid
m part of Monday’s navy day pro
gram, It was announced today ai
Boston navy yard. A naval cross oi
honor also will be awardee to Lieu
tenant • Commander Stephen D
Rose, a member of the second Byrd
Antarctic expedition. The destroy -
Talbot and
Great Britain Turned
Down Offer—Basis Of
Settlement Not Liked
BALDWIN FEARS
TROUBLE AHEAD
British Prime Minister in
Speech That Warns pf
Threat t#o Peace
BY CLIFFORD L. DAY
(Copyright, 1938, by United Prpss)
London, Oct. 23—(UP)—Troubled'
times in the International field are
likely next year and Britain finds
It necessary to Increase her detence
forces, Prime Minister Stanley Bald
win told the house of commons to
day, continuing the three-day for
eign affairs debate.
“In the interests of world peace,'
Baldwin told the crowded house,
“It Is Imperative that our defensive
forces should be stronger than they
are today."
He then announced that parlia
ment would be dissolved on Friday
and a general election held on No
vember 14. As the government
benches cheered the announcement,
Baldwin explained: ,
Might Be Worse
"A lull In International affairs
seems to have arrived, whereas If
wc postponed the election until
January, we might find the country
(Continued on Page 4.) #
COULB NOT BOMB
HAILE'S PALACE
British Flyer Says Italian
Airmen Would Have to
Go Too Low
BY REYNOLD)* PACKARD
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Djibouti, French Somaliland. Oct
23—(UP)—It would be Impossible
for Italian army aviator^to bomb,
Emperor Halle Selassie's palace at
Addis Ababa without diving low
enough to qpme within range of an
ti-aircraft guns, Charles French,
British commercial aviator declared
today on his return from a round
trip flight between this seapoif and
the Ethiopian capital.
Very Poor Target
“Addis Ababa Itself offers a poor
target from the air," French In
formed the United Press. "It's mere
ly a circle of huts around a tiny pin
point,-consisting of the palace and
a few stores and hotels.”
• The British flyer, whose flight
was the first made between Djibou
ti and Addis Ababa since the open
ing of hostilities, expressed the opin
ion that the rugged topography of
Ethiopia offers fewer difficulties to
Italian army flyers than has been
generally believed. *
No Difficulties
“It is not true,” he said, ' that
Italian military planes would en
counter difficulties In the moun
tains. They are not inassgd rang
es, but great pecks scattered fat
enough apart so that an airman can
fly between them.
“Although there are not many
good landing places, there are gen
erally level patches where forced
landings could be risked. 1 flew
practically the entire distance at
12,000 altitude In case any antiair
craft gunners, unadvised ot rny
night, might mistake me for an
Italian bomber. I saw practically
no signs of habitations from which
I Judged that Italian bombing can
not do much property damage."
THIRTEEN-YEAR
OLD SMUGGLER
Middletown. Conn., Oct. 33—(UP>
—Adventurous 13-year-old Joseph
Le Blanc, who smuggled himself out
of a quebec orphanage In an ash
can, across the border In a case of
oranges, and sold newspapers In
Boston before heading west to real
ize his ambition to become a cow
boy, has fallen by the wayside.
The lad arrived here aboard an
automobile freight and the driver
turned him over to Chief of Police
Charles A. Anderson.
He said he fled the orphanage at
Bedford Mines three weeks ago,
“hopped a freight across the border"
after concealing himself in a fruit
case and was working his way to
New York to Join a rodeo, bound
for California. When he made the
mistake of telling the truck driver
his plans.
The lad was almost famished
He gulped a quart of milk In almost
a single swallow and waded through
a stack of sandwiches.
He said he did not want to go
back to the orphanage and Chief
Anderson, undecided Just what to
do, sent him to a detention home at
Hartford until a better disposition
can be mad* of hi" naan.
Italy Wanted Ships Withdrawn From Mediterranean,
as Italy Took Away Troops—Premier Laval
Had Hoped for Some Success
Rome, October 23 — (UP) — Great Britain was un
derstood tonight to have rejected Italy’s request foran
immediate, appreciable reduction of its Mediterranean fleet
concentration, “pending a closer approach to a general
settlement.” , „ .. . .....
Well-informed quarters believed the negotiators still
are far from agreement, in view of the fact that the British
apparently have found Premier Benito Mussolini’s projected
basis of settlement unacceptable.
ETHIOPIANS ARE
EAGER TO SCRAP
Warriors Are Begging
Their Emperor to Let
Them at Italians
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE
(Copyright, 1935, by United Frees)
Addis Ababa. Oct. 23.—(UP)—
Warriors of the northern Ethiopian
armies estimated by Ethiopian
sources at perhaps 1,000.000 men.
pleaded with their commanders to
day to let them storm the Adlgrat
Aduwa-Aksum line, held by 180,000
Invading Italians.
Emperor Halle Selassie was re
ported to be reserving decision on
whether to give the order for his
troops to take the offensive In o
battle which might determine the
fate of the entire northern half
or his empire.
He realised an attempt to drive
the Italians back Into Eritrea would
be a stupendous military gamble,
perhaps the decisive gamble of the
war with his country's future as
the stake.
Clamor to Take Risk
But his fighting men clamored
for him to take the risk and some
of the more hot-headed chieftains
added their pleas.
As these pleas were weighed In
the royal palace, the betting was
that the final decision would be to
join battle with Mussolini's legions
when they reach Makale. 60 miles
south of their front lines.
The capital rejoiced over reports
brought In by native runners that
16 members of the advance Italian
unit were killed on the south
eastern Ogaden front by the ex
plosion of mines which they had
planted themselves, intending to
lure Ethiopian troops, led by Tabte
Mikael, into the trap. An Italian
soldier, acting as a decoy, tripped
over the mine trigger, exploding It.
Even more Joyful demonstrations
greeted another report that three
Ethiopian machine-gun crews, op
erating from a roadside ambuscade
near Ualual mowed down 400 Ital
ians advancing under command ol
General Rodolfo Grazianl.
The commanders of the northern
troops concentrating around Makale
and eager to start a big push against
(Continued on Page t.)
DIPLOMATS WAIT
FOR MUSSOLINI
France and Great Britain
Want to Know Reaction
to British Speech
By LOUIS F. KEEMI.E
(United Press Cable Editor)
A ten-day truce in the European
diplomatic Held prevailed today.
With Prance and Britain anxiously
awaiting Premier Benito Mussolini's
reaction to the speech of Sir Sam
uel Hoare, British foreign secretary
An open bid for peace, the speech
nevertheless was an Implied warn
ing to Mussolini, designed to force
his hand. 31r Samuel, insisting that
the Ethiopian war must be hulted
without fighting In Europe, math
twe important points:
1. Britain has no Intention ol
lighting Mussolini alone, or of tak
ing Individual action such as a
b'oekade or closing the Suez canal
3. As a corollary, action to stop
the war must be collective, the Im
plication being that If the powers at
Oeneva decide on force, Britain
will act with them.
Asked To Do Something
Sir Samuel pointedly invited Mus
solini to do something about it be
fore Oct. 31, when the league fixe:
a date for application of the finan
cial and economic penalties already
voted, suggesting that If Mussolln
comes to terms before then. It may
no be necessary to enforce evei
the economlo penalties.
It all depends on what terms Bri
tain will require. They probably
will be stiff and there Is grave dan
ger that MuisoUni will not offer
(Oonttauad on Page 4.)
It was feared that a reported re
quest by Mussolini to Prance and
Britain that they delay application
of sanctions at Geneva to facilitate
the negotiations would be refused.
-feome observers believe Mussolini
Is postponing the projected Italian
push southward from Eritrea pend
ing diplomatic exchanges.
Military experts, however, think
the general staff merely Is waiting
for Gen. Rodolfo Grazlanl’s army
to push further northward towards
Harar from Somaliland so the two
armies combined could simultan
eously meet the largest Ethiopian
concentrations at Dessye and Harar
respectively.
MUSSOLINI REQUEST
Rome, Oct. 23.—(UP)—Premier
Benito Mussolini has requested
Prance and Britain to delay apll
(Continued on Page 8.)
TWO BIG ARMIES
READY TO FIGHT
Nearly Million Men May Be
Soon Battling on the
North Section ^
BY HARRY L. PERCY
(United Prat* Staff Correspondent)
London, Oct. 23 - (UP) - Die
patches from the northern front la
Ethiopia Indicated today that the
Italian and Ethiopian armies are
almost ready for the first great bat
tle of the war and that It will stBft
within two weeks.
The correspondent asserted also
that a squadron of Italian armored
cars captured several groups of
Ethiopians .In the Bulel valley roads
near Oorrahel on the southeastern
front.
The position and disposition of
the Italian army Is well known —
on the line running westward from
Adlgrat through Aduwa to Aksum,
with outposts In front to guard
against raids from the hills.
Dispatches today to the News
Chronicle and Exchange Telegraph
from Addis Ababa reported In some
detail the purported disposition of
the armies which It is known Ethi
opia Is pushing northward along
every road and caravan route for
the first real stand.
Ethiopian Front Is Long
It was predicted that the Ethi
opian front, defended only In por
tions at mass strength, would ex
tend roughly for 180 miles from
east to west through Tigre Prov
ince.
Ran Mula Oetta, war minister. Is
on the way to the front from Addis
Ababa to take supreme command.
He has as colleagues Ras Kaasa,
ovemor of Oondar and Sellall prov
inces. perhaps the country's strong
est military figure, and Ras Slyoum
who has had command In the north
from the beginning.
Estimates of the Ethiopian
strength varies from 330,000 to near
ly 1.000,000. The first figure Is believ
ed more nearly correct.
The News Chronicle correspond
ent reports that Ras Kassa with
(Continued on Page 4.)
TREASURY BALANCE
WaxhliiKtnn, Oct. 23—(UP)—Gov
ernment expenHea anil receipt* (or
tlie current IImcuI yen I' to Oct. 21
iin compared with II year ago:
Thin Venr Kxpenac* I.net Year
$2,434,470.700.37 32,0211,620,336.00
FtaceliM"
11,167.334.103.32 31. I 60,297.206.50
Di> licit
11,207,143,003 03 3073,223,090.10
1‘iihIi Ilulnm e
(1,613,103.001.03 (1,871,200.003.61