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New Britain herald., 1929-01-08
WITCHCRAFT IS
 PART 0f TRIAL
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he got the witch" opened the way.
 Hess today told what he claims was the cause for the slaying.
 "Blymyer said he had to get . lock of hair. The man has | spell over your parents he told me.
 He said he would dig . hole and put 1t eight feet in tho hole to take the spell of my parents"
 That conversation took place Mon. day night. November 26. and Hess said he took Biymyer and John Curry. one of tho others awaiting trial. to . woods near the Rehmeyer home.
 The next night Blymyer came back to the Hes home, Hess said.
 "Blymyer said. I need help to get tho hair. The mans too strong. I'm going down to get tho hair again. !" he testified.
 Hess' brother. Wilbert. also await. ing trial with Curry. then went with the other two and Clayton Hess to the woods.
 Clayton e, sHess on crom ex- animation by the defense, said he had first met Blymyer on the sun- day night preceding the staying.
 He testified that he met Blymyer and Curry on tho Monday night preceding tho staying in York and took them in his car to a woods near the Rehmeyer home.
 The commonwealth, in trying to sidetrack the witchcraft angle, ob- jectcd to | question by Cohen as to what Blymyer said was his intention in going to the Rehmeyer farm.
 The court allowed the question ard Hess replied:
 ''He said he had to get | q lock of hair from Rehmeyer. Rehmeyer he told me. had cast a spell over my parents.
 He was goirg to dig a hole in the ground and put the hair eight feet in the hole"
 When asked to elaborate on this Dis, let Attorney Hermann obj ct- 'l ass-in. saying This witness has scEn pretty far" | Judge Sherwood. presiding in the trial. in o,erruing the objection said to Hermann Yes. but you opened the door by allowing the word , 'wi.chN in this trial"
 If not for that, this question would not be relevant and would not be allowed"
 Hess then added, He said he wanted to break the spell on my parents"
 Further reference to the witch craft factor in the case was given by HesA On Tuesday night. Novem- Der 27. the time of the staying. Hess testified Blymyer came to the home of his parents and said:
 T need help to get the hair The mans too strong. for me. we're go. ing down to get the hair again and need help"
 Blymyer sat staring at Hess, but made no visible signs of emotion a. the witness testified.
 Hess then said Blymyer and hi. brother. Wilbert. returned to tho Hess home early Wednesday morn. ing after he had taken the two witl
New Britain herald., 1929-01-08
Curry Co Rehmeyer's the evening

Curry Co Rehmeyer's the evening before.
 He then brought Blymyer to York. On Thanksgiving night Blymyer told him, Hess said. that he did not find Rehmeyer home.
 The dogs were barking, the shut- ters were closed and believe the man was out in the woods. I didn't zee him at all." Hess said Blymyer told him.
 Cohen then asked Hess:
 Were you cautioned by any one about the use of the word witch ?"
 ''No. but I don't care to use it, and both the court and District At torney Hermann broke in That's enough, that's enough"
 Hess then left the stand.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-08
ELM BAPTIST CHIRCH

Haddop Klingberg. student at the Bethel seminary. St. Paul, Minn., will deliver a message Wednesday eve- ming at tke Film Swedish Baptist church at o'clock. The congrega- ton is holding a series of meetings this week and MT. Klingberg. who is here on his Christmas vacation. has been engaged as one of the speakers. He plans to leave the latter part of the week to resume his studies.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-08
Two Arrests Follow
 Killing of Couple

Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. SLR-Two men were arrested today in connec- ton with the staying Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. John Oser of Near Canal Fulton Chief of Police McNicholas announced. He said Youngstown po- lice had seized an automobile which has been sought in two states since the killing.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-08
Forts in Gran ChacO
 Rebuilt by Bolivia

Asunction, Paraguay, Jan. 8 R- The newspaper Fl Diario today said that travellers arriving from the dis puted Gran Chaco region claimed that the Bolivians were hurriedly constructing additional defenses at Forts Vitriones and San Juan.
 They said that troops were also Fort Robore.
 It was reported that the Pilco- mayo river was rising in some places and endangering the Bolivian Forts Esteros and Sorpresa.
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 The public vci'7ve ( Coact.nont and Miss Cora. NJ. Eeale Of the Well fare association arranged today to have her examined ns to her mental condition and 1t is probable that she vii be committed to an institution. Mrs. Rush said she was 41 years of age but she is believed to be about 55.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-08
b'3l.2'H''l. NIf'HS
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1h-sg-:--s CT tue health cfficar-
 S,., 1c Z"'Cssr.ent NrGcCs
 Notices CT aaaas. meats levied for e.-cot iIll~ra''e-',arts oa Dudley, Tarnrood. CS.'l.r, Eo-hcl and MoodF ne ,strsrt3 aye hein- served 'aday iy S"r-r-,.t '.nry J. gf-s'i. Ine fist r2y.ncnt cn ,.,e cs5' ~lcnt <; due .c1 r.-h,e Fc!rrcry lct
 Cg..-:r., T'-g'.ct q cs
 The Ccn;ral :Ic2t Mar',et at l3 North Main street. conducted by Ludgcr A. Valentine for the past ,sev- eral years. closed lsct evening and the business will be discontinued.
 The market is located in the city hall building and the lease to Val entine was renewed year ago. City Clerk Thomas E. Steele. in state ment made to the mayor and city council, explained that back rent due to the city by Valentine totaled $1.- 049.98.
 Red Mems Meeting
 Tho recently elected chiefs ol Compounce Tribe. I. O. R. M.. will be installed at a meeting to be held in the wigwam at 8 o'clock thi. evening. Harry Wallace of Wons Tribe. No. 2s. of Southington. dep. uty grand sachem for tho loca tribe, will be the installing officer
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
The Birth of London

No one can say when London be.
gan; the beginning is lost In the mists
If time. London Is first mentioned In
Il passage In Tacitus, Roman his
torian whose uncle, General Agicola,
spent most of his active military ca
reer In Britain. Tacitus describes the
Roman London Of A. d. 81 when II
was sacked by Queen Boadicea-the
British warriOr-queen.
1t Is one Of the strnngest things in
l.ondon's history, that she should first
appear at the moment when she was
sacked by British queen, and that
that queens statue should now stand
In a place of honor under the palace
Of Westminster, looking down the
Thames 1t is strange. but II marks
that peculiar position of London as
the meeting place of the races out of
which the English people were made
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
To Tran Bombing Planes

Captive balloons, bearing nets OF
piano wire that hang down as invisible
barriers for night travelling airplanes,
have been proposed as means OF
curbing bomb attacks under darkness
says Popular Mechanics Magazine
Afloat at an altitude of 1000 feet oil
SO, number of these trap-bearine
balloons would form a serious obstacle
to the bombing planes, which must fly
comparatively low and are operated
chiefly on very dark nights when they
are not SO likely to be seen. Big fins,
holding gas, keep the balloons afoat
and what appears to be huge eye in
each bag, Is the valve for the gas.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Hard to Set Limit to
Height of Buildings

One-hundredstory skyscrapers will
be as common in the city of the future
as the twenty-story building is today,
according to. DR.. George A. Bole of
Ohio State university. His prophecy
is based partly on the development of
new kind of brick, says Popular Me-
chnnics Magazine. 1t weighs only one
sixth us much as the usual varieties,
but is said to have greater strength
and fire-resisting qualities. Ordinary
brick weighs 100 pounds to the cubic
foot.
The improved form weighs but &c
pounds to the cubic foot. The new
tile will defy temperature Of $3.50
degrees for Is hours, according to re-
ports. Because of It's lightness and
strength this material will permit
higher buildings with more pyramid.
ing, thinner walls and therefore less
bulk, so that space will be saved for
practical uses.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Too Many Bowlegs;
Judge Rules on FIR

Lexington, Ky.-The family Of Jerry
Miller, residing near Irvington, Ky.
southwest of here, is the champion
bowleg family of Kentucky, according
to a revelation just made before Judge
Holland in county court. The family
has seven children and scores 100 per
cent in bowlegs.
The father was recently brought be
fore County Judge Holland by officials
of the hospital bureau and an effort
made to force him to have his younger
children operated on. to straighten
their legs. After consideration of th+
problem Judge Holland decided that
an operation was not necessary as
Mary Miller, aged fourteen, the Oldest
OF the seven. who had bowlegs TO,
several years of her earlier life blu,
has now practically outgrown this i'm
perfection.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
DR.. cALDWELL's
THREE RULES

DR.. Caldwell watched the results of
constipation for Al years, and believed
that no matter how careful people are
of their health, diet and exercise, con-
stipation will occur from time to time.
Of next Importance, then, is how to treat
it when it comes. DR.. Caldwell always
was in favor of getting as close to nature
as possible, hence his remedy for consti-
patton is mild vegetable compound. 1t
can not harm the most delicate system
and is not habit forming.
The Doctor never did approve of dras-
tic physics and purges. He did not believe
they were good for human beings to put
into their system. Use Syrup Pepsin for
yourself and members of the family in
constipation, biliousness, sour and Granny
stomach, bad breath, no appetite, head
aches, and to break up fevers and colds.
Get bottle today, ut any drugstore and
observe these three rules of health: Keep
the head cool, the feet warm, the bowels
open. For a free trial bottle, just write
"Syrup Pepsin," Dept. BIB. Monticello.
Illinois.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Jurists All Collegian.

All Of the justices of the United
States Supreme court are college grad
yates and the majority Of them have
advanced or honorary degrees from
several universities. The colleges from
which they first graduated are as fol-
lows: Taft, Yale; Holmes, Harvard
Van Devanter, De Paw and Cincin-
natl; McReynolds, Vanderbilt univer-
sity; Brandeis, Harvard; Sutherland,
University of Michigan; Butler, Garlic
ton college, Minnesota; Sanford, Uni.
versity of Tennessee and Harvard ;
Stone, Amherst college and Columbia.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Ceremony Takes Place
After 3OO-Year Wait

Washington. ceremony has just
taken place in the city Of Mantus
Italy, which was planned for the year
1910. At that time, under the city's
ruler. Duchess Maria, arrangements
were made to put golden crown
studded with jewels on the head of o
statue of the Blessed Virgin, under
whose protection Mantua had official
" been placed, says the Pathfinder
Magazine. But because of disturbed
times the ceremony did not take
place.
A second attempt was made 9
couple of centuries later and every.
thing was ready when Napoleon's
army overran the town and his sol
diers carried off the crown.
Finally another subscription was
taken up for the crown and 1t has
at last been placed on the head OF
the statue, which waited nearly 3Of
years.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
CAP !, ~
AND @A8ZV
Bells Ii a
ZEI]
WHISPERS AND ALL

Farmer Giles from the country went
into a booth to phone yesterday on his
visit to town, but couldn't get his
number.
In fact, he couldn't find the phone,
but he says he really couldn't get an
gry about it because when he came
out they handed him strip of pho
tographs Of himself London Opinion.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Natural Ga. Waste

The problem of what to do with
large quantities Of natural gas which
are going to waste is troubling the
bureau of mines.
In many areas the gas cannot be
transported for fuel and local condi-
tions have prevented its being re-
turned to the oil sands to form new
oil. The result has been tremendous
waste. The bureau is seeking some
means Of converting 1t into products
such as methanol, ammonia. formal.
dehyde and other such things which
may be economically transported to
markets.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Societv,s Hieh Aims

"roc H' was sign on soldiers
restroom back Of the trenches at
Ypres. "Toc" was the British sol
diers' nickname for "tea" and III" was
the Authorization for "house." 1t was
In this teahouse that society known
as "roc III" originated. 1t is young
mems movement with the following
ideals: TO consecrate humanity; to
conquer hate; to create harmony. II
is a protest against the old evil tradi.
tions which make world war pos
sible.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Life In Fort Mink

The spoiled son of a rich tourist
has been putting on too many airs to
suit Toofus
"What are this, guide?" asked the
boy.
"a slot machine.'
"What is it for?'
"For pennies. People deposit them
there to get rid Of Them" say Toofus,
very sarcastic.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Snubbed!

He had been lowering near his
hosts daughter all the evening and at
last his opportunity came.
"Might l ask you for the next
dance?" he asked.
'Please do" said the girl. 'I've
been simply longing to turn you down
the whole evening""
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Stung

"Boy, you look soured on life.
What's the matter? asked one old
friend, meeting another.
tits a sad tale, mate" replied the
other. Il m.rried boarding house
keeper, thinkin could quit work and
she'd support me, but she closed up
the hash foundry and made me go to
work to support her."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
The Test Of Knowledge

Mrs. Motherdear-I must say the
longer l live the more realize how
little know.
Mrs. Multkids-I know how 1t Is.
The children are getting old enough to
ask all kinds of questions.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

Count Luclsner tells Of being ordered to
take command Of a sailing vessel in 1915
to run the British blockade. The vessel
was armed and carried crew Of sixty.
It was disguised so that its real nature
could not be discovered except by most
complete examination. It was planned
that the crew were to be disguised as
Norwegians. Luckner could speak Nor
wegian fluently.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Sure-Fire Statesmanship

"Do you never repeat yourself in
public utterancel"
II do so frequently" answered Sen.
ator Sorghum. Craftsmanship has
its 'sure-fire STUFF same as the vaude-
,yilles." Washington Star.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Jones-"Well, what did you ever do?"
Johnson-"Well, married one once"
Sold |

Prospective Purchaser-I don't ex-
actly like the looks Of this car from
the front.
Salesman-But look at the back. 1t
looks good from that view, doesn't It?
"Yes, but"
swell, that's all anybody'll ever see
of this car"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Away. Some Hitch

"A hospital nurse must have fine
chance to marry a millionaire"
"Yes. dearie. But hear they re-
quire you to nurse poor patients for
several years."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Retired

"Why such hurry?"
II have a terrible lot of work to do
and nobody to help me-"
"What about the little girl you used
to have in the Officer"
"she is not able to work any more"
GLOW is that?''
"She is married now''
REALLY? To whom?"
sTo me?"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Trus TO the Name

"Sponger says he is always happy
when he is smoking good cigar"
1.-THE trouble with Sponger Is, he ex-
poets his friends to contribute too
much to his happiness"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

Accidentally an Arkansas lady cured
fits in valuable dog with Russ Ball
Blue. Many others now use 1t. New
er fails, she says.-Adv.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
One Method

'Do you read all the health hintsT"
mot ALL" answered Mr.. Chuggins.
''1n my efforts to keep out of the hos.
pital limit myself to a study Of the
traffic regulations"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

Little did our grandparents think
che day would ever come wien the
steering wheel would be the family
circle.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

New York city's new textile high
school, eight stories, will cost 81 ,9O4.
600 and accommodate $3.50 pupils.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
"He draws wonderfully"
HE looks like an artist"
"But he's an actor, dear"

Autos Days Are Numbered
It won't be long until lad
Will give a lass pain,
II he comes with motor car
Instead of an airplane.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

What the world also suffered from
100 years ago was bad jokes. Read
the old almanacs,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

The early bird gets the worm. but
ne gets It for some old bird who
doesn't come to work until ten O'Clock
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
self-carved

"What does the author mean when
he says the hero has sharply cut fea.
tures?"
"He means to Imply that he shaves
himself."-Cologne Lustige Kolner
Zeitung.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Idea for Channel Tunnel

The latest idea for the English chan
mel tunnel is that the tunnel would
begin IL miles from the sea at Monks
Horton with an exit nine miles from
the French coast. Trains would be
pulled by electric engines, at 90 miles
an hour.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

Now that the original type OF femi
nine figure has returned, perhaps the
girls can resume shooting from the
hip.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31
Look Like Small Thing.

When man has come to the turn
stiles of Night, all the creeds in the
world seem to him wonderfully alike
and colorless.-Kipling
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

"Proper Gander"
To speak Of propaganda biz"
The critics do not cease.
They say the proper gander is
The one who leads the geese.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

Many find Russ Ball Blue good tonic
for chickens. Large package at Gro.
cers.-Adv.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-05-31

knowledge is the parent of doubt.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Big League Pilots
Flash Their Offers
To Freed PLAYERS

81. PETERSBURGH, Fla, March
1S.-Big league managers in the
grapefruit belt were burning up the
telephone wires today in an effort
to sign several of the ball players
declared free agents by Commits
sioner K. M. Lands last Saturday
night because of Irregularities in
deals involving the players.
Judge Emil Fuchs, owner-manager
OF the Bostan Braves, Is said to
have offered Guy Cantrell, Washing
ton pitcher. $4,000 to sign a con-
tract with the Braves. Judge Fuchs
also was reported angling for. Mel.
burn Simons, Washington outfielder.
Cantrell has hopes of joining the
Yankees, but Miller, Huggins said
he would not attempt to sign any
of the freed players. The New
York manager was too busy worry
ing over an unverified report that
Ed. Wells. promising pitcher bought
from Birmingham. also was to be
declared free agent.
Jack Hendricks, pilot of the
Cincinnati Reds. was trying to sign
pitcher Claud Jonnard. of the st.
Louis Browns, and catcher Roy
Spencer of the Indianapolis Club,
both of whom were declared free
agents. y
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
GSTODAYS
opORT0RIAL
BuKIRK MILLER -

They don't come along every Gay week. these young
like Grange and Charles Augustus Lndbergh Gus
flash the horizon
they interesting study for all of like to delye into the
deeds o the daring
Sonnenberg heavyweight wrestling champion
the English title
Mccarthy wrestling particularly because
brought something which has been
novelty in holds
The game, matter of truth has become of bur-
lesqung legitimate article with orthodox holds
would your wrestling fan in his through
single Thus gymnastics antics acrobacs all
facial contorons suppaned
old Greeks gave IS centuries a genuine sport
the of football
He played at Dartmouth and himself AAmeca tackle fame
flying tackle principle applied wrestling that
been his wedge the of the heap The fans wild when he
filings his entire body at his opponent the wrestling addict like
his brethren the other sports being the lookout
for wrinkle The idea win be tonight
successful in effecng fall the populace will have been well
repaid for threading its way to the Auditorium.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
to the aforementioned notice.
"KENESAW Nj. Lands.
Commissioners. d"

In notifying the clubs affected in
his decisions handed last Friday,
but which were not announced until
Saturday, Judge Lands appended
quotations from the major-minor
agreement with reference to illegal
transfer agreements ard player re.
turns. This agreement requires the
commissioner to
/. Invalidate player-transfer trans
actions unless executed agreements
are filed within five days, fully and
truthfully reporting the actual
transaction.
2. Provide for imposition of penal.
ties lin case anything save the
actual consideration. terms, and
conditions are stipulated, or in case
agreements are made which are
not embodied in the document as
filed.
8. Invalidate and prohibit any
recognition of alleged rights or
claims to the services of a player
involved in any arrangement be.
tween clubs for the loan or return
of a player other than by an ap.
proved optional agreement"
4. Require that each club shall file
reserve list" of all its players; no
club may reserve a player for an.
other club and a player who is de-
liberately omitted from the reserve
list OF the club entitled to his SER
vices thereby becomes entitled to be
declared free agent.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
.Simondinger Is Due
To Renew Duties
At GOnzaga

= Ken Simondinger, convalescing
athletic director at Gonzaga High
School, may resume his duties at
the Eye Street institution shortly
after Easter. Reports from Phila-
! delphia, where Simondinger has
been confined since his long ILL.,
ness, state that his condition Is
greatly improved.
Simondinger contracted double
pneumonia while home during the
Christmas holidays and was later
attacked by dropsy.
Joseph DiLeo handled the Con-
zaga basketers for a while in
Simondinger's absence and then
Orrel Mitchell took over, the
coaching duties. Mitchell is at
present directing the baseball
candidates.