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New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
DEFENSE COSTING
 FULLY A MILLION
Ford Tax Case One of Most
 Expensive Ever

Washington, Feb. 5 (UP)-A mill lion dollar defense is being present. ed in the $ss,ooO.oo tax assessment case before the board of tax appeals.
 No expense is being spared to win tho case for Senator James Couzens. republican, Mich., and 10 other de- fendants who sold Henry Ford the minority stock in his company in 1919.
 Attorneys for Couzens and his as- sociates will receive more than $750,- | 900 for their services. while witt nesses will be paid another $25o.- I 900 for delving in to the history of the Ford Motor company in order to place a valuation on the stock as of March l. 1913.
 John w. Davis. former democratic candidate for president, l. said to re- ceive $1.000 a day for every day he spends in court and an additional $10O,O0 retainer fee. The leading attorney for the defense conducts half the examinations of witnesses and the remainder of the time twirls gold pen knife attached to his watch chain,
 Davis during one of tho sessions, nodded. One of his clients asked him whether his salary was on while he slept. The eminent counsel as- sured the client that his money stopped only If he stopped breathing.
 Joseph Davies will receive well over s1O0.000 for his services for the defense. Judge Arthur Lacy. Of De- troit. counsel for Couzens, Is not working for a fixed fse.
 Lesser legal lights are to receive bountiful sums when the case Is end- ed in addition to fat retainers al- ready pocketed. 1t is understood.
 Witnesses for the defense have been working on the case for years. All are experts in their lines and are being paid accordingly for their services.
 The prosecution. however. Is limit ed in expense money. The federal attorneys receive less than sS.000 a year for their services.
 Hearing on the valuation of Ford 1 stock will be resumed Monday. when the defense will continue its efforts to show that the stock of the firm in 1913 was worth much more than the $3,5Oo valuation placed by the gov ernment.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
RUSSIAN COTTON CROP

Moscow, Feb. (UP)--A cotton crop of 1,o54,o0o,OOO pounds Is re- ported from the Mid-Asian cotton fields of the Sovient Union, about 66,000,000 pounds above the 1925 crop. The acreage under cotton cul- tivation in 1926 was ten per cent above the 1925 acreage. The Mid Asian cotton plantations, including Turkestan, are the principal source of the Soviet cotton used in Russian extile mills.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
Scovill Mfg. Company
 Presents Its Report

Waterbury, Feb. } CP) - Scovill Manufacturing Co.,. brass manufac- turers of this city and elsewhere re- port net surplus for the years 1926 of nearly sS,000,000 and a total surplus of s4,5S3,170 in annual re- port issued yesterday. Total surplus in 1925 was s9,246,395, but regular and extra dividend requirements ab- sorbed over S7,Oo0,OOo during the past year. The statements shows assets of s34,252,706 as compared with S34,322,522 for the previous wear,
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
CONGRESS RUNNING
 OVER ESTIMATES
After Economy, Goes on Spend-
 ing Orgy

Washington, Feb. (UP)-After having economized closely for the last few years, congress is now go ing on little spending spree.
 A tabulation of appropriation bills made by the United Press today, showed congress has gone Sl,lS7, S4i over budget estimates in providing funds for the army and navy. state, justice. commerce and labor anu agriculture departments.
 Through dint of early stringeni saving, however, the total of all ap propriations planned for next year ls S3,449,992 under the budget esti' mates-largely because S3,269, ,l50 was Topped off the treasury depart ment appropriation bill
 All of the regular bills either have been passed or are on their way to- ward final adoption.
 Congress has gone over Ye bud get estimates in the following cases: State, justice, commerce and labor departments $4S0.S10; war depart ment $224,S56; navy $l02,959; agri- culture S296,S16 and the first defi- ciency bill, sS2,500.
 Congress has cut the budget esti- mates as follows: Congressional de- partments s46,541; District of Co., lumbia s109,623; independent offices sso,S33; interior department sl,l5l,- 6S6 and treasury and post office de- partments s3.269,15o. .....
 These big slashes were made early in the session before the rivers ana harbors bill was passed and before expectations of tax reduction went aglimmering.
 In all, congress has slashed $4,- e37S33 from the budget estimates and added sl,1SIS41. leaving 1t favorable balance of S3,449,992. This, however. is not as great as in previous years and there are possi- bilities that the balance will be still further reduced,
 It is expected that all the meas ures except the second deficiency bill which has not yet been framed, will pass both houses by the end Of next week.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
CHAMPION AT 60

The chest of Robert Dunbar, eS years old Eyeleth, Minn.. curler, is weighed down with more trophies and medals than repose upon the bosom of any other devotee of the pastme. Dunbar is called Napoleon of the Rink" and the title is still justified for he has won three sue cessive Minnesota curling champion ships since he was 60. A native of Nova Scotia, he weighs only 145 pounds, but he has record of throwing the Is pound shot 45 feet
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
AID PRO TENNIS

Amateur tennis players will be permitted to play In exhibition matches with professional players under the interpretation placed on the rules by the Australian Tennis Council. There will not be any ob- jection to such contests pending the introduction of new rules, but the net proceeds must be used for tennis purposes and the expenses of the amateurs controlled strictly by the State Association.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
WOMAN LEADS RAIDERS

Huron. S. D., Feb. R1-Sheriff Lydia D. Larsen, South Dakotas first woman sheriff yesterday conducted her first two liquor raids. She cap tured three moonshine stills and made one arrest. She was assisted by two of her deputies, a federal agent and two deputy state sheriffs. Sheriff Larsen said she enjoyed the thrill of the search for moonshine plants.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05
FORTUNE SMILES AGAIN

Muskogee, Okla, Feb. 5 QP)-Un- kind fortune which during the past several years reduced Miss Alice Robertson, one time congresswoman. from a position of comfortable wealth, to a state bordering on pover- ty apparently turned for her today when million foot gas we'll was brought in on her farm just outside Muskogee.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

During Miss Bertha E. Waddell's career as teacher in the conner cial department of the Senior High school she has spent considerable time on extra curricular activities. At the present time she is secretary of the Parent and Teachers associa- ton and has been class adviser for the junior class for several years.
 She is nativ of New Britain and was graduated from the Senior High school after studying in the public schools here. She attended Bay Path institute and upon her gradu- ation she accepted a position in Southington. She taught in Thomas ton before returning to her home city.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-05

The city of Detroit was photo graphed recently from a distance of PIC miles, aviators using a new 45- pound lens, inches thick.
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Evening star., 1927-05-10
FREAK STORM HITS ARKANsAs
10 Killed i'm Several Counties; Others
Are Untouched.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May 10 N).-
Arkansas today surveyed the ruins
of dozen towns, laid waste by ii
series of tornadoes which yesterday
swept the State from end to end,
leaving 70 persons dead and $50 in
jured in it's wake.
From Strong and Norphlet in the
south central portion to Walnut Ridge
and Hoxie in the northeast, where
the terrific winds leaped over into
Missouri to deal death and destruction,
to Poplar Bluff. a map of the State
looked like a giant checkerboard, one
county swept by the storm and the
next one northward untouched in al
most faultleSs regularity.
First making its appearance in
Arkansas at Strong and Norphlet, in
Union County, where % We're killed
and at least 4S injured. the storm
began it's leaping course through the
State. At least SO were injured in this
county.
The tornado then skipped Calhoun
County, directly north, and dipped
into Cleveland County long enough to
take eight lives and injure from Is
to 20 persons at Randall, Rison and
kingsland.
Storm Skips Other Counties.
The twister skipped Jefferson Coun-
ty and struck Lonoke County, where
the death list included one at Car
Isle. an aged woman who had sought
shelter from the downpour of rain in
a filling station. A farmer and his
son died in Prairie County, adjoining
Lonoke on the east. Small storms
branched off and made a destructive
.detour into Monroe and Phillips
Counties, where many houses were
wrecked and trees blown down,
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 50
Evening star., 1927-05-10
NAVY BEGINS SEARCH.
Two Tugs to Scour Sea and Bays
North of Boston.

BOSTON, May 10 OP).-The start of
the American Nays search for Capts.
Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli.
missing French transatlantic flyers.
began at ESQ am. today when the
naval tugs Wandank and Mohave
cleared the Charlestown Navy Iard
for a hunt that will take them as far
north as Sable Island.
DELAYED throughout the night by
thick fog that blanketed the entire
coast line, the tugs got under way
the moment weather reports showed
the fog was lifting.
The Wandank, a powerful, 1ast,
1,0O0-ton craft, carrying crew OF 80
men. was expected to take an. on
shore course on the northward run.
The Mohave, a somewhat smaller
boat, was scheduled to keep closer to
shore, paying particular attention 10
bays and inlets along the upper
reaches of more deserted coastline.
There was little prospect this morn
ing that any airplanes would JOIN IN
the search until weather conditions
should improve, as the thick fog along
the New England coast made 1ying
extremely hazardous.
Evening star., 1927-05-10
STORMY ATLANTIC
COMBED FOR TRACE
Of MISSING FLYERS
Nungesser and Coli Nearly
Day 0Verdue--LinerS Main
tain Lookout.
CHANNEL SEARCHED
BY CRAFT OF FRANCE
Three Weeks May Pass Without
Word if Fishermen on Grand
Banks Saved Them.
Br The Assoclated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The bleak stretches of the stormy
Atlantic are being combed today for
the missing aviators, Capt. Nungesser
and Capt. Coli, now 19 hours overdue
at New York on their fight from
Paris.
Fifty-eight hours had passed at IL
o'clock this morning since the Nv hlte
Bird lifted her wings from the tylng
field at lie Bourget and not one
authentic word of the planes where"
abouts has come from any source.
Steamships are searching the seas
as they cross between the continents
the liners Westphalia, Cameronia and
George Washington reporting by wire
less today that they were keeping a
lookout for the Frenchmen.
Navy Tugs Search.
The United States Government has
cent out two big Naval tugs-the
Wandank and Mohave-to scour the
waters that lie between Boston and
Cape Sable, one of the legs OF the
course to New York. Heavy fog
blinded the lookouts.
French destroyerS, sub-chasers and
seaplanes cruised about the Englsh
Channel in the belief that the flyers
NAV have been forced down In that
waterway. Off the coast of Ireland
ships on their courses hunted for the
missing airmen.
DAYS may elapse before any definite
information comes of the aviatorS. II
forced down off the Grand Banks and
picked up by fishermen, three weeks
or more may pass before the news OF
their rescue is received.
Paris is in gloom over the darkening
news that no word has come Of the
French war aces.
Evening star., 1927-05-10
AMERICAN FLAG is LOWERED
WHILE PARTISAN CROWD JEERS
US. Accused of Sending Deceptive Weather
Reports-New York Paper Is Charged
With Belittling Feat.

The crowds which hung about the
streets until the early morning hours
were thoroughly angry, and there was
some evidence of anti-American senti'
ment. Not only did they burn copies
of the newspapers which had deceived
I I'm into the belief that the aviators
had won, but gathering in fro: OF
, the office of LIE Matin hooted ani
ieered and demanded that the Ameri
can flag, which had been hoisted
alongside the French tri-color, be
pulled down. The authorities at first
refused, but when the attitude = the
C: ovid became more menaCing, both
flags were lowered.
Some one passed the word that de
ceptive American weather reports had
sent Nungesser and Coli off, when in
fact conditions were not propitious for
the attempt. This increased feeling to
the extent that a number of Ameri
cans expressed the hope that the Bel
lanca plane would not attempt to
the present juncture.
Crowd Charges Suppression.
There was another manifestation IN
tn, early hours in front of the office
of the Paris edition of the New York
Herald Tribune in the Avenue de
rOpera, where shouters charged the
paper with deliberately withholding
confirmation of the aviator4' arrival
merely to belittle the French achieve
ment. The scene was an angry one
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-05-10
By the Assnriated Press

BY the Associated Press
PARIS. May 10.--Paris today was in
the grip of mixed feelings of anxiety
over the fate of the French trans
atlantic flyers. Nungesser and Coli, and
resentment against the newspapers for
their overoptimistic reports of last
night, which went so far as to an
nounce the arrival of the plane at
New York and describe the welcome
there.
Police were stationed today at some
of the newspaper offices to prevent
trouble. Some of the offices had suf'
fered broken windows and other marks
o. the crowds disapproval.
F'iv. of the papers which published
especially optimistic reports, one OF
them even describing the welcome a.
corded the aviators by the New York
crowds, today printed formal state
ment saying they had only repro
duced "dispatches which had been con
firmed by official statements from the
ministries of war, commerce and in
terror"
L. S. Flag Pulled Down.
The reports of the aviators' recep'
ton were based, they declare, on an
official statement from the ministry of
interior, posted in the Chamber Of
Deputies, announcing the exact hour
of the arrival in New York" and de.
scribing 1.-The delirious enthusiasm of
the crowds"
Evening star., 1927-05-10
NEW SEAPLANE RECORD
MADE BY NAVAL FLYER
Lieut.. C. G. Champion Climbs 49,
455 Feet at Hampton Roads,
Beating Frenchman.

Lieut.. Carleton c. Champion, U. S.
N, has established a new world record
for seaplanes by climbing to 33,455
feet, at Hampton Roads, Va, May 5,
the Navy Department officially an
nounced today.
The previous record, 81 900 feet
was made by French flyer several
days previous to the Champion flight.
The record-breaking flight was one of
a series of tests which have been go
ing on at the Hampton Roads sta.
ton for several months. Lieut.. Cham.
pion. who is attached to the Engine
Section of the Bureau of Aeronautics
here, flew Wright-Apache pursuit
plane with 400 horsepower air-cool.
ed engine.
Several months ago Lieut.. Cham
pion made an attempt to break the
altitude record for land planes. but
the super-charger apparatus did not
function properly and he failed. Later
the ship was equipped with pontoons
and 1t was as Seaplane that the
record of May was made.
Evening star., 1927-05-10
WELFARE SURVEY
BEGUN BY EXPERTS
Efficiency Bureau With Other
Agencies to Examine All
D. c. Activities.

The Bureau of Efficiency has
launched far-reaching survey into
the welfare, correctional and health
agencies of the District of Columbia.
Primarily the survey will make a
study of the needs and problems of
the District Governments activities,
but it also will go into all other
agencies of the city. public and
private, which have contractural or
other relations with the District well
fare work
In disclosing the nature of the sur
vey today, Herbert Brown. chief of
the Bureau of Efficiency, and Howard
Gill, investigator in charge, announced
that every public and private, re-
ligious and non-religious organization
doing welfare or correctional work in
the city had been invited to cooperate.
Much Cooperation.
While the bureau, under it's author
ity from Congress, can legally go into
only the governmental agencies ard
their contacts throughout the city,
there has already been received such
cooperation from the other social
agencies. it was explained, that the
survey promises to be the most COM
prehensive of its kind ever attempted
in the city.
The Bureau of Efficiency is being
assisted by experts from the Public
Health Service of the Treasury De-
partment. Dr. w. G. Fowler, health
officer. it was explained, has welcomed
the survey. and offered full~assistarce
in the inquiry into his health DEPART
ment
The Bureau of Efficiency is proceed
ing under authority of Chairman
Madden of the House appropriations
committee and during the Summer
will prepare a mass of documentary
evidence with conclusions to present
to the committee.
While Mr.. Brown was guarded in
his disclosure of what particular diff
Continued on Page ,, Column A.
Evening star., 1927-05-10
SECOND COLLAPSE
HITS MRS. SNYDER
Woman and Gray, Found
Guilty in n Minutes, Face
Sentence Monday.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 1G.-Mrs. Ruth
Snyder. the steely blond of the
Snyder Gray murder trial, suffered a
second collapse in her cell today.
Physicians attended her for nearly
an hour after she tainted, during
what they termed an attack of hys-
terical epilepsy.
Gray ate his breakfast in compo-
sure this morning.
The doctors, describing Mrs. Sny-
der's attacks today, said that such
epileptic attacks often precede in
sanity, and that they had no doubt
that frequent recurrence might
produce insanity.
Mrs. Snyder was Gained during the
night by sedatives. She was awak-
ened with other prisoners in Long
Island. City Jail, but did not eat break.
fast, and after weeping for some
time passed into hysteria. The
physicians said it might be necessary
to take her to a hospital.
Mrs. Snyder. with her corset sales
man paramount, Henry Judd Gray, is
scheduled to be sentenced to die in the
electrict chair for the murder of her
husband.
The iron nerve that supported her
through the three weeks ordeal of
the trial and which did not fail her
last night when she heard the jury''s s
verdict cracked when she reached her
cell in the county Jail.
After attendants had worked over
her for half an hour in an unsuccess-
full effort to restore consciousness, two
physicians were called from a hos.
pital. Her jaws were tightly set and
her fists clenched.
Consciousness was restored after an
hour, and then she was in a serious
nervous condition.
DR.. di Rosa said her symptoms re.
(Continued on Page 2 Column 81
Evening star., 1927-05-10
FIGHT TO PREVENT
NEW LEvEE BREAKS
Thousands Still Menaced in
Lower Louisiana Valley
by Mississippi.
By the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, La. May TO-
White-capped billows of the Missis-
sippi River cut deeply into levees
along 50-foot front north of Baton
Rouge yesterday, and last night and
today hundreds of laborers were sand
bagging the weakened spots.
Along the Bayou des GLASSES levee
600 citizens were fighting the flood.
AS the situation there hourly grew
critical, emergency measures were
concentrated In that section.
Throughout the lower valley ten
sion was increasing and patrols were
considered out of danger. Thousands
Of persons in the valley between
New Orleans and Old River were
still menaced, however.
Seepage Causes Damage.
In addition to the waves at Bayou
des CLASSES, seepage was causing
damage at MoreaIville Waves were
reported TO be splashing over the top
of dyke there.
The crest Of the Red River passed
Alexandria and slight recession was
noted. The Ouachita crest has passed
Monroe. In the Tensas Basin, waters
pouring through the Cabin TeeIe and
Winter Quarters crevasses steadily
increased in volume. Newellton was
reported from to feet deep in
water, and st. Joseph also had more
than 2 feet.
Herbert Hoover. Secretary of Com
merce: Dwight L. Davis, Secretary of
War. and a group of New Orleans
bankers discussed plans for rehabili-
tatfon of the flood devastated sec
tions of Louisiana yesterday. They
said that plans were being formulated
for a finance corporation to furnish
funds for the rehabilitation of, farm
ers. Similar organizations are being
formed in Mississippi and Arkansas
Plan Evacuation.
Plans for the evacuation of the
population of the southern Louisiana
parishes in the path of flood
through the Bayou des CLASSES have
been completed by authorities in
preparation for a levee break in that
region.
With new demands on their re-
sources caused by tornadoes i'm Ar
kansas, almost at the door Of, flood
relief operations in that State, Ameri-
can Red Cross officials in Memphis
awaited developments in Louisiana.
Red Cross chapters in eight Louisi-
ana parishes We're ordered to prepare
for disasters. West Baton Rouge
Iberville, Assumption, La Fourche
Ascension, st. John the Baptist, ST
Charles and Jefferson were the
parishes in the danger zone.