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New Britain herald., 1930-12-23
SHEPARD HOPEFUL
 FOR NEW TRIAL
Army Surgeon Believes He Will
 Eventually Be Freed

Kansas City, Kans.. Dec. 23 CR - Under the shadow of life term as a wife slayer, Major Charles A. Shepard prepared to return today to Denver and the solace of his army associates.
 Major Shepard, accused of fatally poisoning his second wife to pursue Victed yesterday by a federal court jury on a charge of first degree murder. Under the verdict, with put capital punishment" life sen- tence is mandatory.
 Sweetheart Regretful
 Miss Grace Brandon. "A, former sweetheart of the 59 year old medi- cal corps pulmonary specialist, ex- pressed regret in San Antonio. Tex, at his conviction.
 T feel sorry for him." said Miss Brandon, returning from Kansas City in a motor car the major gave her and her duties in the air corps supply office at Brooks field. 'as 1 would for anyone else in the same circumstances But I don't know of anything l can do for him now"
 T felt certain" she added. "as everyone else seemed to, that he would be acquitted. It is too bad. l intend to return to my old circle, bridge parties, theaters and other social affairs of which I am fond"
 Miss Brandon said she still was in doubt as to Major Shepard's guilt, but had said nothing "s d witness to hurt him.
 Going Back to Hospital
 Major Shepard said he expected to return to the Fitzsimmons Gen. eral hospital, Denver under $25. GOO bond pending arraignment be- fore Judge Richard J. Hopkins for sentence in Topeka, kans., February 2, when his attorneys will seek a new trial. Officers and patients of the hospital sent him sympathetic messages.
 Major Shepard wept silently As the verdict was read.
 T am absolutely innocent" he said, and the case will eventually be thrown out of court"
 The jury rendered It's verdict after three days of deliberation.
 Evidence Circumstantial
 It convicted him on circumstan- tlal evidence in which the govern. ment asserted Major Shepard was engaged secretly to Miss Brandon in the fall of 1928 while he was as signed from Fort Riley to Brooks field, Tex, as a student flight sur geon. Expert witnesses testified they found poison in Mrs. Shepard's viscera.
 The defense asserted relations of Miss Brandon and Major Shepard were platonic until after Mrs. Shepard's death and gifts he sent were merely a tribute to her as q friend. It painted Mrs. Shepard, former nurse, as a liquor addict who had hinted of suicide.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-23
CHRISTMAS, KENTUCKY,
 POST OFFICE CLOSED
Town Served On Rural Route Now From LosIisa-Santa Claus,
 Indiana, Still Busy

Louisa, Ky, Dec. 23 R)-There is a Christmas in Kentucky no longer, by order of the United States post office department.
 Indiana has a town named Santa Claus, and Kentucky has a com munity named Christmas, located about 12 miles from here.
 Last July. when it was so hot that no one was thinking of Christmas, postal authorities decided to dis pense with the post office at Christ mas, Ky, and ever since it has been served by rural carrier from Louisa.
 So there is no chance that Christ mas, Ky, in the near future will re- celve as much mail in its own right as does the post office at Santa Claus, Ind, which is annually swamped by letters from children who write to their patron saint
New Britain herald., 1930-12-23
|DYNAST'S CAREER l CLOSED BY DEATH
Last Of Powerful Bratianu
 Family Passes On

Bucharest, Rumania, Dec. 23 LPe Death has ended the Balkan histori- cal drama written by the three Bratianus, Jon, the father, and Jon and Vintila, sons, who created a Ru- manian dynasty.
 Sixty three years old, Vintila Bra tianu, the last influential member of the family which for nearly 80 years moulded Rumanian politics. suffered a stroke of apoplexy last night at his estate, Milhaeti, and died soon after ward, leaving his btterest enemy. King Carol, a clear field where he himself once had wielded power.
 Last June, when the Rumanian parliament voted 4S6 to one to en- throne the returned prodigal. Carol. as king of Rumania, the dissenting vote was that of Vintila Bratianu. This definitely marked the end of Bratianu's family rule.
 Led 1S4S Revolution
 Jon Bratianu, father, led the revo- lution of 1S4S, was instrumental in the union of the pricipalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 un- der Prince Cuza, was leader in his deposition, and in 1866 brought Prince Carol of Hohenzollern-Sig naringen to Rumania to found the present royal line.
 Jon Bratianu, the son, followed his father to power and until 1927. when he died, ruled Rumania with a high hand, foreign commentators frequently seeing in the actions of the late King Ferdinand and domi- nance of the willy premier, who with acquisition of power became stolidly conservative and almost reactionary in policy,
 Staged Carols Exile
 Slightly younger than Jon, Nintila Bratianu played second fiddle to his brother. They were accused of stag ing the exile of Carol. the crown prince, in France after he had had difficulties with his father, and had displayed personal animosity toward them. This exile led to the success sion of Carols son, Michael. to the throne when King Ferdinand died.
 Jon Bratianu died in 1927, the reins of power passing to Nintila, who later was caught on the crest of the wave of rising peasant party sympathy and resigned his premier ship to Juliu Maniu, peasant party leader. In June of that year Carol returned to Rumania, and in a bril- liant coup detat dethroned his son Michael and overnight became a power too strong for Bratisnu and his declining so-called liberal party.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-23
DEATH DETAILS RECEIVED

Shanghai, Dec. 23 LR-Details of the death of the Catholic mission ary, Father Marcus, at the hands of Chinese communist bands in mountainous southeast Hupeh prov ince have been received here.
 The Father was driven out of his parish in November but returned to resume his vestments and sacred vessels. Communists seized him when he arrived at the mission sta tion, and stripped and beat him unmercifully.
 Then they blinded him with lime and led him a short distance from the station with a rope tied around his neck with which they slowly strangled him. He was buried with out a coffin,
New Britain herald., 1930-12-23
D0WNEY SINGS SONG TO
 RECONCILE TWO FRIENDS
Stage Star Hopes Efforts Will Per suade Constance Bennett to
 Forgive Divorced Husband.

New York. Dec. 23 P-The Daily News today says that Morton Downey is doing a John Alden over the radio in an effort to reconcile Constance Bennett and her former husband, Philip Plant.
 Downeys song. My Yesterdays With You" was written by Plant, the News says, and passed on to the tenor with the hope that Miss Ben- nett would interpret between the notes. Plant has postponed a hunt ing trip to Africa. says the paper, to await results.
 Miss Bennett divorced the mill lionalre in Paris in 1929. Downey is the husband of her sister, Bar bara.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-23
URGES COURT CHANGE

Boston, Dec. B Pl-An extension of juvenile court jurisdiction on non-criminal basis to include youths between 17 and Is years of age was chief among the recommendations of the special commission on laws relative to children in it's report filed with the legislature today.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-23

For applying decorative stripes to automobiles. machine has been in vented in which a wheel revolves in a receptacle for paint, the flow of which is controlled by valve with a thumb.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
SALE OF TEXA!S
RAILWAY SEP


LAREDO, Nov. 25-tP-Report OF
an examiner to the interstate COM
merce commission on the proposed
sale Of the Rio Grande and Eagle
Fass railroad to the Texas, New Or
leans, Mexico railroad was awaited
today after a hearing here.
At the concluding session yester-
DAY, Horace Booth. general traffic
agent Of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road. said his company did not seek
to bury the Rio Grande and Eagle
Pass in order TO close the Alice rout-
ing Of vegetables and would not
close 1t until after a thorough In
vestigation had determined 1t could
be done without detriment 70 ship
pers.
w. c. Beeman, traffic manager OF
tire Texas Mexican railroad. an IN
tervenor in the action. said the Alice
route was opened TO Laredo shippers
at their request in 1922 and by link
ing with Southern Pacific freight
trains from the Valley the Missouri
Pacific had been beaten by a day.
He predicted the route would be
closed II sale Of the Rio Grande
and Eagle Pass 10 the Missouri Pac-
ilic was permitted.
The Rio Grande and Eagle Pass
IS % miles long and runs northeast
from Laredo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
A shortage OF gasoline compelled
him 10 return without landing. He

A shortage OF gasoline compelled
him to return without landing. He
arranged today to fly TO a landing
point Is miles from the scene of the
wreck and ''mushn 10 the head
waters with Joe Walsh, a woods
man.
WATSON said the terrain at the
headwate-s Of the Lizard river was
too rough to permit a landing. He
believed a visit TO the wreckage
would reveal a message or other
clues to the fate Of Burke and his
companions, Emil Kading and Rob-
ert Marten, prospectors.
The Burke party was lost while
flying from the Lard river mining
district TO Atlin. B. c., after q pros
pecting trip. They were last sight
ed about so miles south of Liarc
post. WATSON said II appeared the
plane was forced down. 1t wa:
frozen in a very narrow part OF the
river. he said.
Meanwhile on the coast OF north.
ern British Columbia. two United
States navy planes and two Canad'
iall planes continued search for Pi'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
SUMMARY

Barometric pressure continued
high over the western and
southwestern states and northern
Mexico since yesterday morning,
but fell over the Plains, central,
and far northeastern state~ EX-
cept for some precipitations IN the
Ohio valley and the far eastern
states the weather continued fair
TO clear throughout the balance Of
the country. A considerable drop
in temperature occurred this morn
ing practically throughout the Ohio
and Mississippi valleys and in the
Gulf states. with frost reported to
the middle Gulf coast and in south
central Texas. In Montana. the
Dakotas. Nebraska. and Colorado
there was a decided rise In temp
erature this morning. with readings
mostly above the freezing point.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25

lot Robin Renahan and two COM
panions. lost October Is while fly
ing north to aid in the search for
Burke. Adverse weather held the
four planes to the ground yesterday
ard prevented the coast guard cutter
Cygan. at Benin Canal Harbor. from
continuing the search.
Two Pacific international airways
rAchines. flying from Smithers. B.
c., Ell route for Atlin via Telegraph
Greek. were unreported. They left
Smitlt.rs Saturday. Communica-
ton lines out of Telegraph Greek
were down because of storms and
il was not known whether they ar
rived.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
Steamship Lines
Watching Valley

Miss Julia O'Brien returned Tues
day morning from Houston where
she has been for several days look
ing after business. While in Hous-
ton Miss O'Brien was appointed TO
Get as sub-agent In Brownsville for
several steamship lines. including
the White Star, Red Star. Atlantic
Transport. Panama Pacific. the
French Line, German Lloyd. and
Cunard.
Miss O'Brien states that agents
for all OF these companies are
watching the Valley with much
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
MISSING PILOT
BELIEVED DEAD
Wreckage Of Plane Sighted
In Frozen Area After
Weeks Of Search

WHITE HORSE. Yukon Territory.
Nov. 25-P-wreckage OF an air
plane In the headwaters of the Lard
river. was believed today to hold the
secret of the fate of Captain 4. j.
A. Burke, Canadian flier. and two
companions who were lost in that
area October IL.
Weeks Of search by airplane were
! clImaxed yesterday when Pilot E. l..
WATSON returned TO White Horse
and reported sighting the ~wreckage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25

interest. and are quite optimistic as
to the prospects for business 70 81
secured in this section.
Miss O'Brien IS connected with
the Wood and Dodd insurance Of
fees.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
Where Mark Twain
breakfaSted at 3 II. M!

WHEN Mark Twain. the American humorist. lived
w in New York, he used to wander out OF his house
on Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue at mid-dfternoor for
his BREAKFAST. This he ate in a certain French hotel
nearby which is even now a gathering place for epicures.
Its dining room. still becurtained in Nottingham lace.
has looked out over the avenue for more than so years.
Not long ago /, too, had breakfast there-but not at 8
in the afternoon And, my dear good reader, If the inn
mortal Mark Twain had ever eaten such pineapple
fritters and bacon, l don't believe he would erer have
waited SO long for them. Those slivers OF pineapple
simply srooned in a delicate batter fried to a honey
brown crunchiness.
I've found the recipe for you. You can deep-fry them
In the French fashion, IN your own apartment for Sun
day morning breakfast, If you like. Crisco is SO fresh
tasting and non-smoking that no frying odors ever linger
around to offend early afternoon guests. They can be
used. too, as an accompaniment for other meat courses
for other meals. or as a dessert by themselves.
Other fruit than pineapple can be substituted in the
batter I'm giving YOU but j wouldn't risk substituting
another fat. For Crisco is the only fat | know Of that
allows the real flavor Of any food cooked with il, or in it,
to assert its individuality. If you taste Crisco, yourself,
just as it comes from the can, you can readily see how a
fat so fresh favored will preserve the delicacy Of your
most subtle foods. wINIFRED 8. CARTER
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
SUNDAY SUPPER DREAMED EGGS

hard cooked eggs 6 slices Of toast
Save out 2 egg yolks. Slice remainder OF eggs thin and add
gently TO this cream sauce mix well 2 tablespoons Crsco with
2 tablespoons -four, I teaspoon salt, "a teaspoon pepper. l
tablespoon chopped onion. Then add gradually ? cups hot milk
and stir over a slow FIRE. Cook till thick Then add tablespoon
chopped parsley. Arrange toast on hot platter. Pour creamed
eggs over toast. Press 2 egg yolks through a sieve and sprinkle
over top for a garnish.
ALL MEASUREMENTS LEVEL. Recipes tested and an
proyedby Good Housekeeping Institute. Crscois the registered
Trademark Of a shortening manufactured by The Proctor s.
Gamble Co. cpea race.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
PINEAPPLE FRITTERS

cup -four - cup pineapple juice
liz teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon melted Crisco
Ia cups canned pineapple u teaspoon salt
cut in slivers l egg (beaten)
teaspoon lemon juice
Mix and sht -four. baking powder and salt. Add pineapple
juice, lemon juice. wellbeaten EGG and Crisco. Mix well. Then
stir in pineapple. Drop by tablespoonfuls into deep hot Crisco
$500 to 375S I. or when inch cube OF bread browns 10 90
seconds. Fry TO golden brown (about 2 minutes). Drain on
unglazed paper. Dust with powdered sugar to serve as dessert.
Serve plain with meat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
BULLETIN

First figures. lowest temperature
est night: second. highest yester-
lay: third. wind velocity at 8 a.
n: fourth. precipitation in last "a
lours.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-25
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-20
Smaller Production Is
Hyde Farmer Warning
Secretary Of Agriculture Believes
Agriculturists Must Meet the
General Market Demands

Rochester, N. Y, Nov 17-Dis-
agreeing with the theory that the
farmer can improve his lot by
greater production and lower
prices, Secretary Of Agriculture
Arthur M. Hyde, addressing the
64th annual convention Of the ma
tional grange, advocated curtailed
production to Offset crop surplus as
the best remedy for the economic
depression Of the farmer.
"The only answer to over-pro-
duction Is less production" Secre-
tary Hyde said. I'VE must balance
our crop against market demands,
producing only such amount as we
can sell at a price which covers
cost Of production, plus a profit.
More production merely means
more problems, lower prices and
greater disaster"
Despite its unhappy experience
with surplusses" he continued,
American agriculture to q large
extent Is still unorganized. No in
dustry on earth can match agri-
culture In the number and voluhil-
ity Of its advisers. Their diversity
Is one Of our weaknesses. There IL
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-20

lack of unified thought and action.
To write an effective answer to
the problems of the farm we must
have, first of all, organization. The
first object is unity of action col
lective thinking, planning and mar
keting."
Mr.. Hyde pointed out that an in
creased program of farm produc-
ton would tend to build up sur
plus which would have to compete
in world markets against competi-
tion (which no scheme of subsidy
could equalize."
"The American farmer cannot
and ought to be compelled to
meet the fierce competition of
cheap lands and lower standards in
other countries" he said.
Mr.. Hyde compared the present
period of depression with the dis
tress which followed the great ex-
pansion of agricultural activities
after the Civil war. AS a result of
this expansion, he said, supply far
outplaced demand and prices broke
to ruinous levels.
There are few if any," said Mr..
Hyde, features of the present sit
uation that do not have their coun-
ter part in that depression of 60
years ago."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-20

Totals ...................... 4,737 2,9s
Said Stearns County from tub
erculous cattle,~ as provided by
chapter 269, Laws 1923, and al
so requesting that this Board
agree to appropriate like
amounts to assist in the pay
ment of the expense of con-
Quoting each additional tub
erculin test that may be neces-
sary, which will be administer
ed until the percentage of tub
erculosis in cattle within said
Stearns County is reduced to
meet the requirements of
Modified Accredited Tubercu-
osis Free Area, and
Whereas, all of the condi-
tions and requirements of said
Chapter 269, Laws 1923; have
been taken and Compiled with,
and are hereby expressly found
to have been so taken and COM
piled with, so that this Board
is therefore, authorized to
make such appropriation and to
enter into such agreement.
'Now, Therefore, Be It Re-
solved, that this Board appro-
pirate the sum of one hundred
dollars ($1O0.0O from the rev.
enue fund to create a special
fund to be known as the
Stearns County Cattle Tuber-
culosis Fund for tuberculin
tests as provided by Chapter
269, Laws 1928, and further,
that this board levy and appro-
pirate and agree to levy and
appropriate funds to meet the
provisions of Chapter 269, Laws
1928, and to in all manner per-
form the conditions and re-
quirements of said act, and that
the Chairman of this Board
and the County Auditor of said
County are hereby expressly
authorized and instructed to ex-
ecute an agreement with the
Minnesota State Live Stock
Sanitary Board as in said law
provided.
Passed and adopted this 18th
day Of November, $780,"
w. f. Ehrnst,
Chairman of County Board.
Ferdinand Bergman,
Charles Weber,
John Nett,
Henry Michaels
Stearns County Commissioners
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-20
Hoover's Grandchildren
To Live at White House
Halls to Echo Childish Voices
Again While Father Regains
Health in South

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE huge
halls of the White House soon will
echo again to childish voice, and a
sure-enough nursery will have
to be established there.
For three little Hoovers, Peggy
Ann, Herbert III, and Joan, child
rem of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hoov-
er, Jr., are being prepared for a
transcontinental journey, with
"grandfather's house" as it's objec-
tive.
The Presidents wife is now in
Asheville, N. c., with her son Her
bert, who is winning back his
health in a mountain-top retreat,
while her daughter-in-law has gone
to her California home to bring
back the children.
The wee three will not tarry long
in North Carolina. From the White
House today came word they will
come to Washington and probably
stay on here. Three children would
be rather noisy to have constant
ly about one who isn't well, was the
judgment at the White House. And
since the children's mother has
been devoting so much of her time
to helping her husband along in his
health-building regime, it now ap-
pears very probably that President
and Mrs. Hoover will have chance
to assume the parental role again.
Peggy Ann, an interested, observ-
ant little girl of 4, with blue eyes
and slightly curly light hair, al
ready is well acquainted with the
White House. She had a birthday
party there right after the inaug-
uration. She was consulted on all
the plans, and at her request, Mrs.
Gertrude Bowman hostess at the
girls scouts little house poured tea.
Herbert III, called Peter by the
home folk, has grown to be a big
boy-as large as Peggy Ann-since
the Inauguration visit. When his
was In Washington she told
her friends they'd hardly know
Peter. He had become so very ca
pable Of taking care Of himself.
So it's Joan, the baby born last
spring, the most fuss will be made
about. And Joan Is SO very tiny
she will require a real nursery
regime, with sleeping times, and
feeding times and charts, and
height-weight-age, and all the
other scientific formulae that the
experts will recommend at Presi
dent Hoover's own child health and
protection conference.