New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1930, Page 11

Second Section NEW BRITAIN HERALD BUSINESS METHODS SHOW NEW POLICY Chairman of President’s Com- mittes Poins Out Change «Copyright, 1930, b ‘Washington, Dec. sighted industrial United States have come to real the importance of keeping- high standards of wages during periods of depression, Arthur Woods, chair- man of President Hoover's emer gency committec unemployvment, revealed in an with the United Press, “This change of attitude is one of the most important things about the present situation,” Woods said. “Business is trying to keep up the buying power of labor. As we §0 into the new vear, that is our most hopeful sign.” Business leaders, Woods said, are trying something new in economics| never before attempted. “In the good old days if we had unemployment the business man be- | came a dictator,” he said. “When Napoleon had unemployment he started a war. Until now the proce dure has been for every employer | to batten down his hatches, fire everyone he possibly could—cut, cut, cut “When he went to the bank he found he could get no money until | he had cut wages and fired right and left, | United Pres: )’ 24 (UP)—: leaders of the on interview Method Changes Now we are doing it differently The feeling in industry and among the bankers is that it is good busi- ness for them to take care of their people. We are in touch with hun- | dreds of leaders. They are geners 1y convinced three things are neces- sary irst, they fecl it is good busi- ness to keep people wherever th can instead of firing them indis- criminately to get costs down. When the number of work hours must be reduced the tendency is to keep the | existing unit wage and reduce the hours of emploves so that all have some work instead of many having | none at all Hunts for Jobs “Second, instead of shutting down the plant to cut expensecs, the mod- ern, business man is looking about to sce what repairs, replacements and other construction can be wise undertaken to give jobs. “Third, if an employer must let men go, it is done differently. He now looks into the position of his employes, to which can best weather a period of idleness Some have savings. Single men are laid off first. If an employe is turned an cffort is made to keep in touch with him in a friendly way. Often Yoans without interest are offered, to be pald back when the man gets another job.” RECEIVER NAMED FOR NEWSPAPERS, Memphis and Knoxville Publica- tions Run Onto Rocks see Dec. 24 (A— Nashville attor-| Nashville, Tenn., Larkin 1. Crouch, ney, arranged to furnish $25,000 bond today as receiver for Southern Publishers, Inc., holding company for stock of the Memphis Commer- cial Appeal, Inc, and Knoxville Journal. Inc. Chancellor James B. Newman an- nounced Dr. Crouch’s appointment yesterday when he sustained receiv- ership proceeding instituted by the | Minnesota and Ontario Paper com- the Nashville Trust company, and D. D. Robertson, receiv- | for the Bank of Tunnessec Chancellor Newman denied | pplication for for th Tennessee Publishing company, pub lishing the hville Tennessean and Evening Tennesse ying alleg tions of mismanagement and dissipa- tion of assets, denied by the defend- ant, “do not justify the appointment eiver of a going concern assets arc conceded in the bill to be greater than its liabilities.” The Tennessce Publishing Co., suit was brought by the M. and O. Pa- per company, later joined by the city of Asheville, N. C., and receivers for the Central Bank and Trust com- pany of Asheville. pany truste er also an civer Turin, Dec. 24 (UP)—Crown Prince Humbert attended the in-| suguration of a Christmas tree at| a school in & Turin suburb, Madon- na Di Campagna, yesterday. He wos | greeted warmly by the population. | Palermo, Dec. 24 (UR)—The bell tower of the church of Santa Maria Della Catena in the commune of Santo Stefano Quisquina was partly demolished when it was struck by lightning during a sever terday. The roof of the chapel c in under the weight of debris and several friars narrowly escaped injury. storm yes- Genoa, Dec. (UP)—Harbor | traffic decreased only nine per cent in the last eleven months, according | to official statistics published ve terday. This figure was said to be smaller than the decrease in most American and European ports. (UP)—Comman- and | Spezia, Dec. der Faggioni of the Italian nav three seamen clung to a buoy in a choppy sea off San Bartolomeo for an hour before they were rescued | Monday night. The motorboat in which they were cruising capsized after it struck the buoy, The men *uffered from exposure, | ment emergency facing the | needed [ pending. | perted the | by the | now | Tampa Aldermen Nary Mary Christmas In Merry “Xmas” Home Superior, Wis.,, Dec. P—It will be a Merry Christmas in the Christmas household when Mary Christm and Mrs, Cecil Christ- mas, William Christmas, her father, said today And not only Mary, but Cecil Christmas aand Mrs. Cecil Chr mas will join mother and father Christmas in the Christmas home. So also will Herbert A. Ronn, who last year married Mary Christmas, so now there is no Mary Christmas in the Christmas me except at Christmas. STRAUS SURVEYS BUILDING NEEDS Finds More Than $4,300,000,000 Worth Needed in U. §. New York, Dec. 24 (UP) — More than $4,500,000,000 worth of public improvements are needed in the United States at the present time and cooperation on the part of frd- eral, state and municipal authorities in getting this work started would furnish real relief in the unemploy- country, a report issude by 8. W. Straus and Company vesterday saic Based on reports of 236 leading Chambers of Commerce throughout the country, the report showed that about $1,200,660,000 of this con- truction is now going forward while approximately $3,300,000,000 is be- ing held up for various r In New York City alone, 000,000 of public construction is needed, of which 3500, ) is go- ing forward at the present time, the | report said. Public improvements to o, of actually In 172 additional the report showed, listed public im- provement needs totaled $1,900,00 000, of which $455,000,000 is under construction and $1,415,000,000 In addition, 17 states re- had minimum aggregate of which 4 ahcad and $6% only tha amount in Ch of 4 which work. leading cities, $3 needs of $7 0. 000,000 is going 000,000 delayed WETS WILL SEEK ? Pages 11 to 18 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1930. SANTA UNKNOWN INHIS OWN CITY Moslems Know Little About Good Saint Nicholas Smyrna, Turkey, Dec. 24 (P— anta Claus virtually is unknown i his own home town. It was here that Santa, or Nicholas, whose name is different i nearly every Christian country though his spirit is the in al probably was born, and it is certs that he was bishop here Yet by only a handful of Amer- icans and other Christian foreigners in Smyrna is St. Nick honored on December 25, To hundreds of thousands of Moslems that day Lrings no more hope and no more joy than any other. Just outside Smyrna, in the be- draggled little village of Dembre, are the ruins of St. Nicholas' church There, too, are the ruins of the aint’s marble tomb where he was ied in 352 A. D. Thousands of Christians made pilgrimages to the tomb until Malian merchants, 700 vears after St. Nicholas' death, had carried his body away to Italy. Peasants Venerate Tomb To the Moslem pes the name §t. Nicholas means nothing, but they are sure the tomb was that of a holy person. They still tie bits of rag on the fallen stones in the hope of fulfillment of their heart's wishes. When this little village of Dem- bre, now crumbling and dirty and ill-kept, was the great Myra of an- tiquity, Paul visited it Beyond the vil carved in stone, are the St same n g { tombs of carly Christians. NEW DISTRICTING Gochran Says System Is Unfair {0 People Washington, Dec congress are seeking congressional redistricting of cvery state affected new apportionment, in thz belief that elections of .dditional members from at large would cheat them of reinforcements. Representative Cochran, demo- crat, of Missouri, said today he would use the house as a forum to amplify a plea he is preparing to make shortly after congress sembles. The redistricting must be one by each state, Representation “Unfair” “I mean to put the country on notice,” Cochran said, “that the new representation will be unfair to the populous centers if the delegations re clected at I T In cach of representation under sus effective with the the entire delegation be eclected la tricting is lose cen- s to states which the new congre will have unless rc time, like- completed in | wise in 11 statcs gaining represent- ation. The gains would of rural gained population Cochran 59 per cent of ihe population of the country is urban, but 268 of the 435 representatives come from rural sections districts in which a majority of the votes arc in communitics of than 3,000, Unlikely to Act 1t is unlikely congress will act at this scsslon on rmy aspect of the reapportionment question, Representative Sproul, dry leader of Kunsas, said he had no doubt that redistricting will be ca out by the states immedi- fter March 4 he drys were asleep.” Sproul added, “when they passed the re- apportionment bill. They voted for it when they should have opposed it. An amendment could have been effected to provide enumeration oa the basis of citizenship.” CAST IRON DONKEY WILL 60 T0 LOUDEST MEMBER With wets hold that their expected in rapidly growing citles reduced by dry tendencles scetions which have not he said militant Presented Trophy As Gift For Their Best Brayer 24 (P—Official problem to Tampa. Fla., Dec. Tampa has a holiday ponder. A cast iron donkey appeared on the desk of the board of aldermen last night for pr ntation as a tro- phy to the “loudest braying” mem- ber. § The donkey was sent to the board through Mayor D. B. McKay Mrs. Mary J. Burkett. An accom- punying letter from the mayor r. quested “proper disposition.” T. reas- | | pawnbroker, ew Americans and other amilies living in this cor- Minor, Christmas brings to lifc many legends of Santa Cla It was in and about Smyrna that the fabulous miracles and generon deeds that made St. Nicholas the carnation the Christmas spirit of giving arc said to place. To the Christian ner of Asia in- have Aids Spinster is related, he dropped old stealthily at nizht of a nobleman whose daughters could not Thus he be patron saint of spinsters. He is the patron saint of brokers, 100, for having Llasphemous pawnbro £ C; ria. who smashed the because its presence had failed to keep out robbers. When St Nick reformed the robbers as well as the the robbers adopted Once, it three bags of into the homc« three lovely find husbands without dowri came the pa converted nt's imag him al St. Nicholas is credited with re- storing to life three schoolboys of Myra who had been murdered, thus becoming the beloved patron of | school children throughout Christe 4 (A—Wets 1 | | | | | company Henderson, board president, said he | would name a recipient for the tro- phy by the next meeting date. Argentina leads in grape produc- tion among Lalin-American nations. Flashes of Life By the Associated Fr Sedalia, dime each! 7 at his cafe. cigars and near beer. Denver—A $9,000,000 dividend by the Midwest is going mostly into one Standard Oil com- owns 99.93 per cent ich has declared an $14 a share. t cost Joe and 1y Indians, $5,- but they have been happily reunited for Christmas for $7. In successful divorce proceed ings two months ago her attorney got $3,000 and his $5. The li- cense for their remarria ind ¢ of the pe cd the ceremony for $3, Washington mebody woull oblige Speaker Longworth by ing stopwatch. He's lost the one speeches on the - Fred Kueck served Ciristmas Refining cxchequer. pany of Ind of Midwest, extra dividend Okmuig ¥ Mcl to part, w Lu justice torm- him he uses t or it has br Island Beach, n stolen Fla.—Mr. | | bergh | s rubwomen discha | universi | ni | women were fe than taken | | hard to get Mrs. James J. Tunney are to huat wild turkey during the holidays. They will be Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Joffin on apelo Island. Berlin—There are restrictions oun one Christmas color. The govern- ment has forbidden red ink on pos- ters. The idea is that they will be iess incendiary In some other hue. Englewood, N. J.—Baby Lind- is to vislt Grandpa ani| Grandma Mofrow for Christmas. Tf | Sznta doesn't bring him a plane cverybody's guess will be \Tong. Cambridge, Mass. incteen | rged Ly Harvard | v have recelved from alum- | Christmas amounts ranging| $300. The :t-te mini-| commission found the paid two cents an hour the law required. Thz reed Beach for 369 to wage from mum w university disa West Palm brought such a strange g here | t all the neighbors been calling in wonder. Loren Rowley got a fine sled. His dad, who has lived all his life within earshot of rust- ling palms, was as puzzled as Toren what the gift was. Santa got his orders mixed somehow. Muskogee, Okla.—Merry mas for “ick masons over old from Joe Wheat contractor, who is hising them: “Old men are the best. They know more, do bet- | ter work and do it mo sily.” SOVIET DESIRES BONE DRY RUSSIA Alcohol and Communism Don't Mix, Oficial Says Dec. 24 (®—The Soviet working hand in glo Anti-Alcohol society, gra: cutting down Russia's quor supply. The rapidly vodKka tell the that be are la thi -Santa’ Christ- 50 vears Moscow gover ment, ually is li- increasing prices of | story. The power | trying to make liquor with the idea that ulti- mately the Soviet republic will be without an alcoholic taste. The gov- ernment apparently is not concerned with t huge monetary loss it witl fer when the comrades give up their tippling. Last year, for in- stance, Russians spent some $75 for vod beer and wine. As one official views the situation: | “Sovictism and alcoholism do not ';u; toget We must some day have | 4 liquorless count When that will | be, it is hard to say. Like some of | our other ideals, it may be difficult to attain. But some time it will be a reality. We do not intend to en- force prohibition. We hope to st cced by education and by gradually | cutting down the supply of alcoholic | Leverages. We envision | there will not cven hat | | | | ¥ when beer in the | | republic. | | eigr The fixin's included | | taurants and cost $4 | | Georgia under perfect conditions 1| giv- | and | | wagon. Mo.—Turkey dinners, a | oot From the standpoint of the for- | r visiting Russia, there is not a | decent drink in the country today. | On his first few hours in Russia, the | ordinary tourist experiments with a shot of vodka. Once, but not twice. He almost immediately “goes on the For vodka, to the uninitiat- | ed, is chain lightning. It is also bit- | ter and most unappetizing. The beer is also scarce and not good. The | wine is a little better, but still far from being a nector of the gods. At present there are no saloons or nhtelubs or speakeasies Mild beer can had | owned hotels and res- in the various union ussia only in state clubs. PHELPS BOOSTS YALE Augusta, Ga., Dec. 24 (® — Dr. William Lyon Phelps, Yale profes- | sor, commenting on Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler's suggestion for an thietie e nations” said: “Until Yale has succceded in beating Harvard and the University of 1y change.” should not like to s A German airplane builder is ex- perimenting with a low-wing mono- planc having stabilizers at the ends | of the wing to prevent spins. ROCKNE MUST QUIT 'STRENUOUS CAREER {Notre Dame Coach Will Forego Outside Activities Chicago, Dec Rockne of 14 thousand duties, past. That was the famous Notre closest friends the advice of “'the Just how ap the Dame today bis physic worry 24 P—The Knute “a man with a a figure of the 100 strenuous life of physician and friends of divided personal op believed he would coaching and athletics at retir become Notre Dame gussed he would take of whi quite certain h ain from his 1 and devote all tion to Notre The correct. On Notre Dame football gam absence, his Dame latter belief the would consensus football coachs after of the reading an to quit far Rockne would go to ((mm_\'.‘ his 4s 4 matter on. Many from active director of Somé a year's leave majorit; were merely re- activities and atten- football. appeared return Southern December 10, Rockne | told the Associated Press that he planned to “stop writing, speaking | most from the Californla over radio and to luncheon and all the extras that 1 have | trying to handic.” been | All this extra activity, along with |the natora)l worries a football coach | has to contend with, has me fa tigued,” he said. “I've got to stop 1t or it's all going to stop me.” DEPRESSION NEARS Assistant Secretary of Gom-? | merce Reports On Trade New York, Dee. 24 ployment in Europe reac peak toward the latter part of Jan ary, when 7,500,000 persons are pected to be out of work, Dr. Julian Klein, ant secretary of com merce, predicts after cral months studyir abroad Dr. Klein, Leviathan, 0 far -been current depression, feel it now. “The sponsible ances,” Dr. dicted it, (UP)—Uner, will sis conditions i | d on the | aid France, which has lightly affected by the beginning to | who r is nditions are re- political distur “Some pre- | now, and| economi for the Klein said some are on e BOTTOM IN EUROPE clubs | some will come later.” Not All Chaos “I don't want to give the he is i Lurop ports are. off qui porters should realize that even now I arc openings 1o be found. re ventories all over Europe are c There there & H the Internat merce, who in s ing statement: eryonc ized the m cansed by in sians large naterials Unemploy manuf; to chinery ssia for Eility to Paris, the forcing ntities of grain and raw aid, 1 a that eve of ¢ a lot, L is a desire to trawn, vice ior irned said in fro at the confe enace activitics o upon ment, he said cturers to extend mors r raw materia Sons of Italy Shower Presents On Children Widows and children of members of the club) Sons rooms to en stmas t club in the was the children refreshments ly gathe on Walnu joy the s to giv :lub rooms: anta Claus. of to world first impres- rything in haos. Ex- but our ¢ In- deplet- buy, but is a lack of actual mone chai | Chamber of Con m a meet a prepared rence real- trade Rus- world £ the the , is forcing credit Is and 1 ‘No one knows the Soviets red at the last nual en by the Frank Ce- street received gifts and |said, were served. REDISCOUNT RATE " LONEST IN WoRLD | ‘Two Per Cent Figure Goes Into 1 Elfect Today | New York, Dec. 24 (P—A redis- count ratc of 2 per cent—the low- est in the history of the federal re- system and the lowest in the went into effect in the New Federal Reserve bank today. annour m that the rate E ich member banks might bor- row had been cut from 1-2 pe cent was construed by newspapers as lus to business revival and a rk of confidence in the nation’s world erc quoted as saying deral reserve’s action in viting member banks to avail emselves freely of its credit was the most constructive move possible, in view of the widespread disturb- ances in the banking field. In addition, Wall street opined, the reduction would renew faith abroad in tl sth of the New York mone: If ‘the closint of two banks had created dis- |trust in the financial center, it wae the federal reserve directors | would have taken a different step. the in Is The Time..... FOR ALL GOOD MEN AND TRUE' TO PREPARE THEIR PARTS AND KEEP SET THE STAGE FOR THE WORLD'S PREMIER PRESENTATION THE PROSPECTS OF 1931 May it be a comedy, not farcical, but one which has hanniness and brightness for its theme, wherein there is much whole-hearted laughter and an abundant joy of life predominates each scene. AS WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY It is well that our mental make-up be correct and in tune with the plot, so as not to mar the piece or prevent its near attainment to perfection. The ordeals of 1930 nmust therefore be forgotten. Look- ng ahead with confidence to better things will improve our attitude and perspective and create a determination to make the play a success. Let Us All Strain Every Effort to Put the Show Over, So that Critics in Review Will Say: “A Brilliant, Joyful Affair Indeed, a Striking Departune From its Predecessor” A Very Merry Christmas The Fair Davidson & Leventhal Go All