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New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

synopsis: A myst crious figure lnown only as the Big Shot directs New York's criminal element. Phil Martin. q reporter. begins q hunt for him, aided by Shiyc Frank. q sansster. Fearing rcprisals Shivo Glres Enid Howard embryonic novelist and Martins contjdant, q picture Of the Big Shot, for th" reporter. Enid discovers the phot O. graph is Of her missing brother, She finds the Big Shot hi-jackiGg jewels a. q rival ga0gstcr's headquarters. Seeing his capture by police is inn minent. she warns him and ,a taken by the Big Shot to his hom". Enid is shot and taints. Con- ironted by the Big Shot. she claims him as her own brother, Roy. and views his denial Of Ie- lationship with incredulty. lt dawns on Enid that shcll-shochcd in the war, he may have bezn claimed by the Kanes as their son, 10 further their criminal ambition. She also learns that Martin. whom she realizes she loves, is suspected by the Big Shot and is in danger.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

l2 years ago; now I'm the boss"
 She sat tense and motionless there in the bed. lazy Myers, Sha saw his hand in this. Roy's loss oc memory exploited to wreck his life, by the man who posed as his friend.
 Roy, come closer to me-" she said in a broken way-and then, as he obcyed. >he reached out her hands, and clasping his face bo- tween them made him look into her eyes. Roy, 1 know now that you believe all you have told me. but not one word Of it is true. It is Fl a piece Of vile trickery Of which you have been the victim. Roy, vol never went over to France with the Americans; l can show you a photo graph of yourself in Canadian uni form"
 "Sure.' he said. "I guess you've got a picture all right; and l guess it must look enough like me sos it would make q swell alibi if I Wanc- ed to use it--5ut it isn't me-
 Tt is you" she insisted despcr- ately. And I could bring scores of people from Winnipeg who know you, And there's Martha, our ola nurse, living right here in New York. though shes away just now for little while. Don't you think she ought 10 hnoW you 2"
 He took her two hands from his face and laid them as though Dy way of finality on her lap. "Whv. kid" he said. i've had d dozen guys from Chicago, that used 10 pIl with there do the identity stunt you're talking about"
 He got up from the edge of the bed where he had been sitting and walked toward the door. "Forgst it. Wipe it off the slate, You couldn't have been moro than d kiJ 0: , or l3 anyhow when you last saw your brother. It's surcfirc Case of mistaken identity. I've toll you so before. Let 1t 20 at that"
 The tears were yelling back inlo her eyes. She held out her arms toward him inploringly. "Oh, Roy, listen to mc!' she pleaded wildly. Listen to me. was old enough to remember. Do you think l could ever forget you? You arc Roy How ard, and the man and woman here are no more your father and moth- CT than l am. Oh, don't you soc7 They've exploited you.
 "Izzy Myers turned you into . criminal for his own ends by mai- ing you believe you'd always been one"
 Say, cut that out" he advised sruffly. And use q little common sense. What would lazy Myers aX- pcct to get out of me ] | years ago by turning mo into a crook? You're ali wet. And don't pull anything like that on them. I've told yOu they aren't nice people and I'm no; always home.
 "You'rc a good kid, and I guess
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

connection with the shooting of President Artiz Rubioon his inaugu- ration day.
 The General Workers federation here telegraphed President Ortiz Nubio and Jaoquin Amara, minister Of war, asking release of the detain- ed mon and threatening that if their plea was not granted they would meet Wednesday and arrange for q general strike of Tampico workers and public demonstration.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
- ? THE BIC SHOT TALK ~

It was not an attractive picture that this man who had created h;s own dynasty in defiance Of society the girl who claimed him as h4r brother.
 But the hours that had followed since Enid had embarked upon her daring adventure lad reconcilal her to the fate that had carried hcc brother into the ranks Of the lar- less where today he ruled as the Big Shot.
 As she liste3ed to tho man wFo denied kinship relate the circur- stances under which he had cL- parked upon criminal carcsr. Enid found nyW hope It was born of desire 10 justify. somehow. h"r faith in her brother. that his de- gradation was the work of others. who had found him u plant tool to further their own purposes.
 She must draw him out; learn all there was to know about his crimi- nal activities. Then perhaps she could save him; perhaps it was not too late for him to turn back,
 How do you know that you came from Chicago?' she asked "HoH do you know now who you arc?"
 "Aw, say-listcn." he cjaculate1, looking at her as she lay in bed, proppcd up on pillows. ''I get you. but there's nothing 10 it I'll sdv I'm dumb all right on this memory stuff about everything that hap pened before I got done in, but tha. doesn't help you out any. Iou''c way off. I've ;old you before. You've got the wrong dope"
 There was q sudden quiet in her voice. Tell me about it--all -
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD MONDAY, FEBRUARY IT, 193o

you're straight, and I certainly owe you something for last night. if
 you don't go around asking for trouble you'll he well treated here, and you can have the run of the house until you're well enough to go away: but if you start any thinB I'm telling you! - look out for
 yourself"
 He stepped back to the door, and opened it. "Scc you later" he said, and went out.
 Copyright. Frank l.. Packard Enid concei;es q daring scheme and OVCrhCarS a conversation that
 tcrrifics her in tomorrow's install mCnt.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

Dr. Hugo Eckencr revealed today.
 "Thc question of permission to use the Lalchurst hangar has not yet been sottled.' he said. "Wc have sent a written request to the Amer ican navy department which they probably will receive this week. If the decision is favorable we hope to fly from BraZil to Lal@ehurst.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

Hlda Stumpf, American missionary, who was found dead at Kujabo early this year.
 The magistrate expressed the view that there was prima facie against Makamba, q native, who was ar rested recently on suspicion when his fingerprints were identified from among those of ten million people. The fingerprint experts deti- ntely consider that there were more than the murderer and his victim present when the crime was committed.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
Jury Returns Verdict
 Of Unknown Murderer

Nairoba, kenya Colony, British East Africa, Feb. l7.-P-A yer dict of Wiltul murder against some person or persons unknown was returned today at the conclusion of the inquest over the body of Mrs.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
What a change a
 FEW YEARS {, I have :: IEo"gn' s s

duplicates the refnemcntsofhieh priced cars-in its full-size bodies, rugged a~lcs, deep, sturdy frame and strong, silent transmission.
 Such a combination of features ~s the high-compression, high performance motor with full- pressure fabrication, livc-rubbcr engine mountings, air cleaner, aIuminum-a alloy pistons and wcathcrProof four-whccl hy- draulic brakes finds no counter part except in highpriced cars. Get your demonstration soon!
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

thew's church in the Dorchester section, died suddenly of heart di- sease in the parish rectory yester- day, few hours after he had cele- brated mass. Father Hurley was in his 18th year.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
15 HELD IN SHOOTING

Tampico, Mexico. Feb. l7 Py- Fifteen persons, among them prom incnt labor leaders, were arrested here over the weekend and sent under heavy guard to Mexico City in
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17
Graf May Visit U. $.
 On Brazilian Flight

f'ricdrichshafcn, Germany, Feb. 17 (UP)-Plans for the dirigible Graf Zeppelin to return from a flight 10 Brazil in May via the Unit cd States arc under consideration,
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

MOT so long ago, low-priced 4 motor cars had nothing in common with high h-priced cars. l here was not even d basis for comparison between them.
 Today, in the Improved Ply mouth you secure in the lowest priced field, a fulI-sizc measure 0. luxury, safety, spirited perform ancc and troublc-trcc operation that completely banishcs all the old drawbacks of low-priccd cars.
 See for yourself how com plctcly the Improved Plymouth
New Britain herald., 1930-02-17

DORCHESTER PASTOR DEAD
 Boston, Feb 17 UP)-Mgr. Ed ward r. Hurley, pastor Of St. Mat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-19
Smart Dresses Really Be
Smart Dresses Really CAN Be LOlO Priced!
Group of Fall Dresses
at 1875
for Misses and Women

You'll find adaptation of Vonne 1880 the Doubedae
Frok satin this year, instead Of putting jacket the sleeve
less ock you put the ock gumpe effect with long sleeves
You'll find doan sleeves You'll find amany of the uc
mode You'll find metal embroidery detail featured by Paou the
Fall openings And you'll find wool lace ock lightweight WOODEN
sembles-wo Fall high lights Cepes, satms and vevets too
So You See Smart Dresses Really CAN Be Low Priced
Misses, Women and Specialized Sizes for unlors,
Women Under Five Feet Four and Extra Large Women
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
Farmers Offer Starving
Va. Children as Gifts

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 49,
Children are being offered as
gifts to persons able to take care
Of them by their fathers and
mothers. according to the Rev.
Or. w. Roy Mason, associate arch
deason Of the Blue Ridge branch
OF the Episcopal Church in Vir.
ginia.
Small farmers Of Albemarle,
Greene and Rockingham coun-
ties, Virginia, subsisting meagerly
In the devastated areas. where
the drought reached intensity
during the past summer, have
come to DR.. Mason at his head.
quarters in Charlottesville, Va,
he said, and begged him to take
their children for any purposes
that pleased him. There are so
many such requests, he declared,
that he is contemplating the rem
tai Of q house In which to place
as many as possible Of these
G2&J30xeE6
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
GREEN HAT MAN
| BUYERS LIST
vAN|SHES
Isn't Now and Never Was in
Hands of Government; Some
win Breathe Bit Easier

The gentlemen on Capitol Hill
who have been worrying that the
list taken from George Cassiday.
"The Man in the Green. Hat, "
and said to reveal the embar-
RAISING fact that many prominent
in the nation had been procur-
ing Illicit liquors from him, may
rest easy.
For, it was learned today, that
list 'just amt"
Furthermore, it never was in
the possession of the Government.
And hence it cannot be read, with
the result that many Senators
and Representatives might have
a lot ot explaining to their vari-
GUS dry constituents, not to men
tion the Anti-Saloon League and
9TH bodies.
Never Saw the List
Ard fsarthermore. Roger Butts,
tie outhfsil dry agent who was
ii led III the Senate for the
purpose of trapping the Man in
the Green Hat" never saw the
f tefni list.
young Butts, 1t was learned,
tried in vain to make q buy"
frola Cassiday. But he was too
anxious and the Man in the
,sreen Hat" was suspicious and
rel ysed tc do business with him.
However. the dry agent n
some manner learned that de-
livery was to be made, and he
notified dry headquarters with
the result CasSiday was trapped.
How RumOr Started
It was this. arrest that gave
rise to the rumor that his list
had been seized, and this was
followed by the demand that
this list be made public. Hence
the confusion.
Cassiday was taken to the
police precinct house and booked,
and as is the custom. his prop
erty was taken away from him
and locked in the station safe.
And among his belongings
taken were small note book
which may or may not have con-
tanned startling information, a
small Congressional directory
and other papers.
Out Went List
R1ft Hoer;dau ean,;rod hoV1d
and as is the custom, his prop
erty was returned to him when
he was freed. And so he walked
out Of the station house and in
his pocket went the fearsome
list.
Just where this particular list
is now is a matter Of conjecture,
but one thing is certain. It just
isn't n the hands Of the govern
ment, no matter how much some
might like to have it there.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
BLAZE ENDS AIR
RECORD RACE

NEW YORK, Nov. IS I.N.So.
John s. Donaldson and Edward
Weimer, attempting to establish
i new airplane endurance rec
ord, narrowly escaped death to-
day when their plane the Amer
lean Legion caught fire off
Jamaica Bay. Donaldson, who
was at the controls, succeeded in
plotting the flaming and smok-
ing plane to earth and after
handing the ship dragged Weimer
to safety.
Weilner suffered decorations
when the plane was brought to
q landing but his injuries were
not serious.
Donaldson said he thought a
spark from radio equipment on
the plane caused the fire, ig1it-
ing gasoline which had been
! spilled iii q refueling contract
! shortly before.
The plane was completely de
stroyed.
Donaldson and Weiner took the
air yesterday afternoon and bad
planned to stay aloft 1000 hours.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
woods STUDIES
5-DAY WEEK
nternatlonal Newsreel

Although Col. Arthur Woods,
chairman Of President Hoover's
emergency commission on unem-
ployment, probably will make
recommendations designed to re-
lieve the existing situation, it is
doubtful that he will advocate
the five-day week as a national
panacea, it was learned at the
Department of Commerce today.
A report to the effect that
such a recommendation would be
made for Incorporation in the
Presidents message to Congress
next month"; gained circulation
when it was learned that a Sc
lected group of Commerce De
partment economists has been at
work for two weeks on an inten-
Sive study of results achieved in
$50 factories in which the shorter
working week has been adopted.
This survey is still incomplete
and the emergency commission
head is not prepared either to
advocate or to oppose the plan
at this time. It is felt that a
definite stand at present would
be premature, for while the
shorter work week is well adapted
to the needs of certain indus
tries and conditions it might not
be suitable to others.
More than q million workers in
81 different industries are now
engaged on the five-day week
basis, according to statistics.
About half of this number are
union workers in the building
crafts and the remainder are
non-union employees in scattered
Industries in an nf the 48 States.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
LANYE RsLAGs
GHEDFIEN
Nems

UN1oNToWN, Pa, Ncv. 10
d.N.s0 Three young daughters
were shot to death today as they
lay asleep in bed by a tenn
porarily crazed father, who then
probably fatally wounded his wife
and ended his life with a bullet
through the brain.
The dead are:
Robert William Playford, promi-
nent member OF the Fayette
county bar; his three daughters.
Pauline, g.; Margaret, 10, and
Nancy, 13.
Mrs. Nancy Playford, IS, the
lawyers wife, is not expected to
live by attaches at the Union
town Hospital.
Police believe Playford, reputed
to be wealthy. may have gone
temporarily insane because Of
business worries.
Playford was a director of the
National Bank Of Fayette county
which recently absorbed the Fay
cite Title & Trust Co., In which
he was also interested.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
TERMS
It NICE TRAP
FQRU. 5.
Former Ambassador TO Italy
Stirs Meeting; Claims lt
Would Cause Trouble Here

BOSTON, Nov. Is Q.NS0 DE.
livering a brief dramatic broad
side against the League Court,
Richard Washburn Child, author
and former American ambassador
to Italy. left 200 distinguished
men and women attending an In.
Stitute on international problems
wide-eyed with amazement today
as he abruptly walked out Of Uni
verSity Club.
Entrance of the United States
into the court, Child declared,
would mean that we would be
caught ia q nice trap
Court History Told
Professor Manley D. Hudson, az
Harvard, had sketched the history
of the World Court and told how
the judges were elected and Pro.
fessor James w Garner, uf
University of Illinois, w6s realix
with an attack on newspaper
and magazine editorial arguments
against the court. which he later
delivered, when the former am.
basyador was presented by Presi.
dent william Allan Nelson, Of
Smith College. Said Child:
'SY0m can talk abOut the Ee-
gal effect VI our adherence 30
the World Court,
''But what is eOing TO han.
pen II the LeaEus Of Nations
asks an advisory opinion af.
fecting the welfare of the
United States from . body Of
which we are member and we
do decide to get out?
'tIt would result in an uprOaEs
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
Lindbergh Shakes
Hand of BOyntOH,, Is

BOSTON, Nov. 10. G.N.S.)
Two aviators, Col. Charles A..
Lindbergh and Stanley Boynton.
Is, claSped hands on the flying
field Of East Boston airport to-
day shortly before the Colonel
and his wife took off for Prince
ton, Nj, at 1880 a. m.
Colonel Lindbergh and young
Boynton, who recently hung up a
new Junior two-way transcontin.
entail flight record greeted each
other cordially.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13

One father wanted to give
away his 14-year-old daughter
because he was unable either to
feed or clothe her, while a young
mother. offered the minister her
twins, even if it meant giving
them UP permanently.
Children of all ages, ranging
from infants to girls of IA, have
been offered the minister as per
manent gifts. DR.. Mason said,
without any condition other than
that he save them from starva-
tion. With between 80 and 40
offers of this nature so early in
the winter, he estimated that the
numbers will reach staggering
proportions before the first Of
the coming year. Many small
farmers with families, he de-
clared, have scarcely sufficient
food and money in reserve to
support them for q few months
and not enough to carry them
throuaa the w1nesA
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
U.S.DREF0RCE
TO GET 500
new men
Appropriation by Congress
Must Be Made Before Addl-
tions Can Be Made to Bureau

Employment Of 500 additional
prohibition agents has been ap-
proved by the budget bureau and
will be added to the force in the
near future If Congress makes the
appropriation for their payment,
Attorney General Mitchell an.
nounced today.
Mitchell said he expected to go
before the house appropriations
committee in support Of the appro
priations
Explains Situation
In this connection, the Attor-
ney General explained that one
Of the principal reasons for re-
calling Prohibition Director Amos
w. w, Woodcock to Washington
was to consult with him concern.
ing the prohibition enforcement
budget for, the next year.
President Hoover also desired
to consult WoodcocK, Mitchell
said, about d activities of the
bureau in the past six months.
Presumably, this consultation was
desired by Mr.. Hoover before he
prepared his annual message to
Congress!
Questioned about the depart
ment'S attitude toward widely ad-
vertised sales Of grape concen-
trates, which nature allows to be-
come wine, the Attorney General
said the department was standing
for the present on the position it
adopted in 1926, when the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals
held that person could lawfully
manufacture fruit juices in the
home. providing such juices were
mountaineering in fact"
Term Underlined
The degree Of alcoholic content
that is Intoxicating in fact" has
never been judicislly determined.
In the case referred to. the
Government declined to appeal
from the verdict, or to take steps
to ascertain just what is "intoxi-
eating in fact"
For the time being, therefore,
it appears the Government is
going to keep hands off the con-
centrate issue.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
Eberhardt, Florida
Publisher, Indicted

SEBRING, Fla, Nov. 13
q.N.S0.-Fred o. Eberhardt, pub
Usher of the Tallahassee (FlA,)
State-News, has been indicted for
criminal libel of Governor Doyle
Carlton by the Highlands county
grand jury, it was revealed to-
day.
Eberhart was one of the three
men who were acquitted at Jack
sonville, Fla, several months ago
of charge of plotting to assassi.
late the chief executive.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
Man Dies on Stand
Fiuhting Wfe's Suit

u CHICAGO, Nov. 13 (INSO
John w. Glover, 70, died in the
witness chair while testifying at a
hearing on his divorced wife's
claim for $1,000 worth Of prop
erty.
Glover failed to answer a queS-
ton asked by his wife'S attorney
yesterday. A courtroom attendant
touched him on the shoulder and
found the witness dead.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
Norris Shoals Bill
Faces Veto, Is Claim

Enactment Of the Norris bill for
Government operation of Muscle
Shoals will be vetoed by President
Hoover, Rep. Reece (R) of Tenn,
predicted today.
Mr.. Reece, defeated for re-elec-
tion although he was the only
candidate at the last election to
have President Hover's explicit
support, is a committee conferee
on the differences between the
House and Senate over Muscle
Shoals legislation.
He said the President would ap-
prove the House bill leasing the
project to private interests, but
would veto the Norris measure.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
TOLL 100
IN AVALANCHE;
NUNS PERISH
Rescue Workers Killed When
New Slide Covers Them at
Lyons; Cathedral Spared

LYONS, France, Nov. Is
Q.N.S0 "A hundred persons were
believed to have perished and
scores we're injured today when
a disastrous series of landslides
demolished dozens Of homes and
buildings in the densely popu.
lated st. Jean district of Fouv.
ieres, a suburb of Lyons.
Among the dead were 10 fire.
men and 7even policemen who
were caught by a second slide
after the first avalanche had
torn its path Of destruction down
the hillside on which st. Jean
nestles. The bodies of two women
were recovered soon after day
light.
The first slide occurred shortly
after O'Clock this morning. and
was caused by the unexplained
collapse Of q wall OF the st.
Jean Hospital. situated almost at
the summit of the hill. Through
out the night other slides oc-
CURED, halting rescue work and
causing additional death and de-
struction.
Convent Destroyed
The Convent of Notre Dame
de Simon, a large apartment
house and two block Of old homes,
each housing several families,
were destroyed by the avalanche.
Among the victims were nuns
who were sleeping in the convent
when The hurting earth brought
the structure down about their
heads.
AS the electricity supply was
cut off by the first slide, rescuers
worked by flickering Torchlight,
laboring bravely in the face of
death from new landSlides in an
effort to rescue scores of injured
who were trapped in their homes.
One Of the earliest officials on
(cOntinued on Page. 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
/ Dead, Many Hurt
In Student RiOting

HAVANA, Nov. 13 UN.SO -
One person was dead, several
were injured, and many students
were under arrest today as a re-
suit of new rioting which broke
out here last night.
Mercedes BarbaroSa, % years
old, died today of wounds re-
ceived while watching the riots
from the balcony Of her home
near the downtown district. The
exact number of injured had not
been determined today.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
.OOUers Will Greet
Coast Guard Women

Delegates to the sixth annual
convention Of the League of
Coast Guard Women viii be re-
ceived by President and Mrs.
Hoover at the White House today.
Following this they will go to
Arlington to lay wreath on
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The convention opened yesterday
at the Burlington Hotel with Mrs.
F. C. Billiard, wife Of the Coast
Guard commander, presiding.
The Washington times., 1930-11-13
Thenter Ticket Fight
May Go Into Courts

NEW YORK, Nov. Is u.N.S).
An open fight leading eventually
to the courts was forecast today
in New York's attempt to stop
theater ticket sales by specl1la.
tors.
This situation followed reSignap
tion of David BelaSco from the
League of New York Theaters.
Col. H. D. Savage. secretary Of
the league, charged Belascoa with
joining the forces of the ticket
brokers, and refused to accept his
resignation.
Savage said that Belasco had o
two-year contract with the league
for sale of tickets at his tfaeater.