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The Washington times., 1930-12-09
DENVER WOMAN
CONVICTED Of
KILLING GIRL
Mrs. Pearl 0'Laughlin Now
Facing Life Sentence in.
Death of Stepdaughter

DENVER, Dec. 9 d.N.S.).-Mrs.
Pearl O'Laughlin today faced the
prospect Of life imprisonment
after a Jury in District court
last night found her guilty Of
numbering her 1O-year-old astep-
child, Leona.
After celebrating four hours,
the Jurors returned a verdict of
first degree murder and Mrs.
O'Laughlin was given a life term
In prison.
Walks Back to Cell
The comely young 1 wife re-
ceived the jury's verdict with
little show Of emotion and walked
from the courtroom to her cell
llnassisted.
Mrs. OLaughlin's attorney,
John M. .Keating, was given 80
days In which to prepare a motion
for q new trial. Keating indicated
that he would take an appeal to
the Colorado supreme court should
his plea for q new trial be denied.
Body Found I'm Lake
The child's body was found in
a lagoon in city park, october II.
Analysis Of the vital organs dis.
closed that the girl had consumed
ground glass with her food, thus
causing her death. The prosecu.
ton charged that Mrs. O'Laughlin
had placed the glass in her food.
Her husband. a detective, was
taken i'll last October and prose
cutors charged he, too, was suffer.
ing from ground klaSS.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
MAKES FIRST ARREST

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Dec.
9r-Sheriff Curtis Hopkins, Of
Prince Georges county, appointed
last Tuesday, made his first ar
rest yesterday when he appre-
hended John Wedge. Is, colored,
on a charge of stealing chickens
from the farm of Mrs. Wesley
Crawford.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
Wild Man of BOrneO
BrOuuht Into Court

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Dec. 8
uN.So-The original Wild Man
Of Borneo' who .''ladies and
gentlemen, was captured in Africa
and is very ferocious," will appear
in Judge Frederick M. Peasley'S
court here in q much tanner
role when he is called on to
tesGlfy in a 12-year-old suit in
which, it Is charged, he was
stolen from his discoverer, Nor
rls HepSton, who is suing the
R1ngling Brothers, Barnunn and
Bailey Circus.
For the loss of his wild man"
Hepston is seeking $1,000 dam
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
Cash in News Tips for Christmas Money---$50 Weekly

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stories about children and animals and for stories that lend
themselves to interesting pictures.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
Credit situation Poor

Ithaca \. '. Aug 20 tP-Careful study ot tho credit problems of farmers with the view Of improving the service 70 tho advantage of both 'ha farmer and tha financial institu- tons supplying thc credit was rec- commended here today hv Professor 4 C Black e Iowa State college speaking a- the International Con ference of agricultural economists at Cornell university.
 He sad that compared Ti'h the field of marketing farm maraCn- mont and prices Of farm products, credit problems Of the farmer have been neglected.
 Tn early days land was free and farm in1pler enrs were cheap" Prof Black said Farmers could Eet only small loans from local money lend r'-s ar hiS rates of interest and pre- farred 70 expand slowly ard stay out ot debr for this reason
 He described the o-tahushncnts of the federal Farm loan system in .7-f. for -r- +rsr -3na providing az rcuturc with 2 system ot credit for l-s own needs. He said the low in- 'ares- rates and long time loans met with lmr.e ediate response but that con7a 7arativelv little has been done to improve short time credit.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
New Chapter Added to Story Today
 In Muriha's Insurance Litigation

A solre taclas acton was begun today. through A.,or7sy Andrew $. Aharou.z2. agairst ,hs John Han cccG Life Insuran.e 10 Of Boston. tor Louls and Wlncartv Marcin- hc7shl rlalrtlfs n prevtous case asainst tha estate ot the late Thom as Murtha, who were awarded S75 and costs but who could not collect because all money in the estate consisted Of the life insurance nolicy. and debtors could nol col Ioct under :he state insurance laws, without proper legal action.
 The present action is agal1s' the insurance company and damages Of i2oo is sought, 275 belng the amount awarded the Marcintov5Eis Ny the city court. and the rest rep resertIrg costs Of bringing sul's. The 275 represents rent owed the plaintiffs by the Murtha family
 Stll another scire facias acton ls 70 ne brough. against the insurance com pany. for Mrs. Deborah Murtha, nother-ir-law of Mrs. Clara Mur- tha. widow of Thomas Murtha. who committed suicide last January q, who will have 70 sue the insurance company if she wants to secure a judgment Of 5440 awarded Aor iH the city court on July 17 for caring for the only child, q minor, Of her son and his wife The wife and the child over whom bitter wrangle was held are now in the far west and will probably never be seen in New Britain again. There will prob ably be about $500 coming out Of the insurance policy, but as the lat ter is at present under garnisheA The widow will have 10 bring action n the courts 70 have the garrishee lifted. and then only after her nother-in-lav claim has been paid,
 Thus. from January q. when Hf1rths died rom drinking roIson bccause h.S 7Ife h.d left ltm the day previous until perhaps late th.7 fall tho affairs Of tho MGr.ha family will have heon aired frequently.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
POLICE NAB THREE
 WITH RUM CARGO
Imported Liquors Seized Said
 to Be Worth S4O,OOO

North Kjngstown. R, I, Aug. 20 0-P) - Choice imported liquors valued at S4on00 and two motor trucks sad 10 be worth a total of $7.0do were seized and three alleged rum runners Were captured by state .I Ioopers and federal prohibition gents harc today.
 l. vas the biggest liquor haul made in Ehole Island in several months.
 The three men in charge Of the trucks who were arrested gave their names as Joseph P. zilch of 14o Grant street, Boston; John Brown Of New York, and Frank BArmarget of 42 North Square, Boston. They were taken 70 Providence and were to be arraIEne1 late today before L g Commissioner Fred Otis.
 The con'-aha-1. including wine cordials and cAancpa apparently rad JaHn landed r-oul boat q few hours earuer near Wichford, 20 nm,cs from Providence on the west shore Of Narra Earse'r Bay. favor l-e 'a1iing place for rum smugg!ers.
 A the time of 'ho seizure. the two trucks were proceeding on the Boston Post road toward Providence. The trucks both bearing MassaChu- r@''s r1 sIstration plates, were regis rorea under the namfs of Samuel WalnNrjgh' Of Berkeley. T. l, and John 4. Ferguson Of A+tehoro, Na~
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
ALLING REQUESTS
 HIGH COURT ACTION
Wants Superior Court to Act on
 Levitt Petition

Hartford, Aug. 20 The attorney generals office today asked the su- perior court to pass upon the charges by Prof. Albert Levitt Of Bedding regarding enforcement Of the grade crossing law rather than to require that the attorney general compel the public utilities commits sioners to appear in court to show cause why they should not be re- moved from office.
 The attorney generals office told the court 1t had made a thorough investigation of the allegations to determine whether there existed any substantial reasons for the taking 0; legal steps to remove the corn- missioners from office and as a re- suit of this investigation found the following allegations of statements were manifestly untrue: That the railroad have not removed single grade crossing under the provisions oi section 3710 for the past five years; the statement that the net earnings of the railroads in Connec- ticut since 1924 as reported by the public utilities commission are clear profit: that had the rall- roads removed or applied for the removal of at least one grade cross ing each year for every 50 miles Of road operated by them in this state, there would still have been "clear profit" to the railroads of nearly S4.O0o. 900 in 1925, over S6,OO0,Ooo in 1926, s7,o0O,oOO in 1927 and over s14,00o,oOo in 1928; that the tinan- cial condition of the railroads war ranted the removal or application for the removal of at least one grade crossing each year for every 5 miles of road operated by them Tn this state; that the public utilities commission failed to enforce and obey the grade crossing act; that the public utilities commission have been guilty of material neglect ot duty
 The attorney general in his peti- ton holds that as the representa- tive of the state or NonheCLlCut dhu the people thereof on the grounds of public policy he should not Dc called upon to bring against the commissioners of the public utilities commission a complaint which seeks to oust them from their office based upon charges which he well knows to be untrue and furthermore nc should not be compelled to bring such a complaint upon the receipt of a writing signed by one hundred or more electors of this state, en- tertainns allegations which nc knows to be manifestly untrue un- til he has been granted an oppor- tunity to attack the allegations of said writing on the ground that they are manifestly untrue.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
SEARCH FOR BLACK l ABANDONED TODAY
Baltimore Publisher, Lost at
 Sea, Given Up as Dead

New York, Aug. 20 P}-search by airplancs for the body of Van Lear Black, who vanished from his yacht sabalo off the New Jersey coast on Monday evening, was abandoned to- day.
 Three planes which pressed tho hunt for the Baltimore publisher for three hours this morning reported that there was such a strong tide out to sea and that ocean currents were moving away from shore in such volume that little hope remained for the present that the body would be found near the coast line.
 Coast guard boats, engaged since yesterday with planes, the Sabalo it. self, and the naval dirigible Los An- geles in the search, were still stand ing by today but Paul Patterson, editor of the Baltimore Sun, of whose publishing company MT. Black was chairman of the board, said that the yacht was about to leave the site where the publisher was missed at about g o'clock on Monday evening after having appar- ently fallen over deck rail from his craft.
 A report of the accident was made today to the New York office of the steamboat inspection service by Captain Kelley of the Sabalo, who was asked to return tomorrow with one other witness to complete tho formality of recording the tragedy. Captain Kelley was accompanied to- day by the chief engineer Of the | yacht, A. w. Hay.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
ATTORNEY CALLS
 POLICE CHIEF LAX
Claims Irregularities Existed in
 Central Falls for Years

Central Falls, R. |, Aug. 20 CP) Attorney General Benjamin NJ McLyman announced today that he is convinced that from evidence at hand there have been serious irregu- larities in the matter of law enforce ment in Central Falls over period of years"
 The attorney generals statement followed the suspension of Poilce Chief James Mccarthy. by Mayor J. Adelard St. George two weeks ago. At that time the mayor charged that the police chief was dcrelict in his duties and that he had failed to clean the city of vice.
 There has been friction between the two city officials since the mayor suspended Mccarthy last January on charges Of accepting graft money. The chief vigorously denied the charges at that time and was rein- stated. The following week the mayor handed the chief a list of Fl addresses which he declared housed vice of many kinds The latest sus- pension followed McCarthy's failure to clean up these places, according to the mayor
 In addition to charging that law enforcement in the city was a fall ure, the attorney general stated that there was evidence of laxity in prosecuting continual Vioators of the laws.
 T am satisfied" he concluded, that protection from prosecution has been purchased by payment Of large sums of money 10 police heads and political leaders"
 The matter will be presented to the September session of the Provi- dence county grand jury.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
POLICENEN'S TEAMS
 IN BASEBALL TILT
NeTideD and New Britain Play
 in This City Today

Far weather favored the Nsw Brtta.a and Meridsn police depart rse7t baseball teams thls afternoon when they staged the first of the an .ust tao-game series for supremacy oa the aiamcHl < large crowd wa expected a Willow Brook park, G7- rludsnc several hundred loyal Narj- den fans.
 A. o'clock -hlz svrulre tae plaE- ITS Of both teams. local and MeridS7 city officials and prominent resi- dents, will gather 7t the E.ks' club CT Washington street for dinner. 1t is expected that hstwean -1" and 2h0 vllI attend. and th"~e arsl hr an in- formal program presided over Jy rnief " e Hart of 'ha local deParr- mem
 Am,r~ tra %ev Britain ror-ee- r' '-a usrr 4aro members os '=r I-- nIo Toltoa Usrarruen' orzanIzrd Hs Nat-r gg@}5E for duty a' Wash l-gtoo 0at... They '.or1 S-'s'7 "f tre regular police apartment Transporra'lon Nas f1rrJsted rhe g. boys ny the Patterson -ChoTrolet Co.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20

relief committee yesterday, the president pointed out that although acute conditions have been reported from about 800 counties, with crops almost completely ruined in many, the real peak of distress will come during the winter,
 Meanwhile. with the federal com mittce named and three Of the state organizations completed, the relief program is expected 10 be in fui operation shortly under the general direction Of Hyde, who was named by Mr Hoover as chairman Of the naUoral committee.
 Then the first move will he to call the banker members Of the state committees 10 Washington 70 confer with Henry NJ Robinson. Los Angeles banker who has been appointed ia the federal committee 70 organize and coordinate Credi- facilities The bankers will hay before them definite recommenda- tion= from the 1lrlous stato com mltrass as 70 tho amount Of credi. required and where # ls needed
 Ore County Tn Six Affected
 Already the damage caused hv 'hs drought has required 5S2 coun- 'les. nearly o0 DOT cent ot the 3.672 counties in -he Tinted States. 70 oa certified for special freight r7te rc- hes Some Of the finest farm ard stock areas IT tha world are 1n- rlGded lu rhe sacrons requiring emergency rates for transporting feed and livestock. and Hyde sail the list of cou--ias would grow
 Virginia. TlEaols and Kansas arA rho thrco states which have their rrhef organizations completed and under way
 I7 adintor to Hfdc and Robin son. inc o.her members Of the r3- uonal organization are Chairman Lc1ge of tho farm board, Paul Best or Of he Federal Farm Loan Bu- r-au Roy A Young O. the Federal Reserve Board. Chairman Payne Of The Eod Crcss, F. H Ashton Of tho AmerJca7 Railway association and Cndarsocrct Of Treasury Mills.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
HOOVER SUMMONS
 DROUGHT WORKERS
Relief AppointeeS to Meet for
 First Time Late Today

Washington, Aug. 2o CP-Presi- dent Hoover called the first meeting of his national drought committee for late today at the White House The meeting Is for the purpose Of organization and consideration Of preliminary steps IT the drought rs- lief program.
 All members Of The committee, except Henry M Robinson. Los Angeles banker. will attend rho meeting
 The department Of aerlclIrHre ra- rorted today that whlie rams this week had hrou-ht ntar=rls3 relief 10 mary localltls-. numerous sec tons 7ere largely -7~aNeysd
 Deterioration Of the corn crop was sad 10 have been checked in most sections by frequent showers and cool weather. hrl- matar.a! lm- provemeat in tha dsvelO7ren- 'liI apparently he l.mtod
 Harvest Of small grams is now largely completed
 .Temreratures Nera moderate in the eastern cotton 0elr. but eontIn- ned abnormalIy high .n inc west while local showers ware rather general east Of tha NtissIss.qni rlver. In the western halt the drought has been mostly intensified by continued htch temperatures and lack or rain.
 Pasture Land Revived
 Moderate TO heavy showers oc- rarred during -he week over large areas of the more droughtE sections cf the country" the report sad. These have brought material re- lief to mary localities especially in revivInE pasture lands and umprov- ing late truck crops and gardens where they were not 100 Tar gone. n repl-n!ShinE stock water. and n some areas benearin= corn The soil in many places has become suft!- ciently nols' for the resumption Of blowing. especially n tho western wheat het'
 -..Ex-ans,ve areas are. however. largely unrsIeycd. These includ" most Of Ono Nov York, Michigan. Minnesota. much Of Mortanr eT- treme western Tennessee, southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana, and most Of Oklahoma and Texas In these sections crops continued 10 deteriorara. but n the middle At lantic area rte-e was some relief hF light, local showers. and much cool er weather
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
CHANGE DATE FOR HOOVER
 ADDRESS AT CONVENTION
President Will Speak to Legion Men On October 6 Instead of
 October s

Washington, Aug. 20 Pl-Presi- dent Hoover decided today to de- liver his address before the Ameri- can Legion convention in Boston October instead of October $.
 The decision followed consulta- ton with Legion officials, His ad- dress will open the three-day con- vention.
 After the address Mir. Hoover will board a special train for the south. On October he will deliver another address at the 150th anniversary of the battle of Kings mountain. Cn- der the original intinerary MT. Hoover had planned to go to Kings mountain first and then to Boston.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
Negroes Would Adopt
 Red-Haired White Baby

Chicago, Aug. 20 UP)-The petition of a negro couple to adopt . red headed white baby whose parents do not want him was before Judge Edmund K. Jar ecki today.
 There request for the baby, Jo- seph Julian, months old, was made by William Linder, con- tractor, and his wife. Mary, who has cared for the child since birth.
 The baby, according to the pe- tition, is the son of Joseph A. Murphy and Mrs. Rose Julian, q widow. His mother, Mrs. Linder stated, does not want him and the father has disclaimed respon- sibility for his support.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
LOW BACTERIA COUNT

Memphis. Tenn. (UP) - The municipal swimming pool here has fewer germs per cubic inch than the water most people use for drinking. Carroll Walden. pool su perintendent claims The bacteria count has been as low as zero sev- eral days and never goes over 40. The Y. S. government allows count of 3.06o for swimming pools and 100 for drinking water.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
JUST0 DESCRIBES
 ARGENTINE STAND
Says Country Will Soon With
 draw Pan.American Membership

Williamstown, Mas, Aug D. P-Argentina will withdraw from the Pan- American Union "as soon as the new generation gets the reins of government in its hands, or perhaps before" Lioorio Justo, former chan cellor Of the Argentine embassy at Washington, told the general confer ence on Pan-American problems at the Institute of politics today.
 MT. Justo. son of former minis ter of war. Ausustin Justo, said he founded his prediction on the lack of equality and sincerity In rela- tions between the United States and his country.
 Before the war, he said, the peo- pie of Argentina were friendly to- ward the United States, but when the United States instituted an az gressive policy in the Caribbean area and revised old doctrines for its own benefit. we began to realize our position in the western hemisphere"
 With the rise of the United States to this outstanding position in the world. Argentina's point of view changed. MT. Justo declared, and Argentina felt "entirely the artificiality of the Pan-Americanlsm which lacked sufficient foundation to endure the change Of the situation '
 Predicts Withdrawal
 We have no interest in what Is called an-Americanisln, and con- sequcntly I can assure you that as soon as the new generation gets the reins Of government in it's hands pr perhaps before Argentina will with draw from the PanAmericdn union" he said.
 We left the League of Nations because we felt that it was an en- tirely new European institution and why are we going to stay in that at Washington which is purely a United States institution? When a new association Of nations Is cre- ated on a democratic and universal basis, We will join it, but we have l nothing to gain meanwhile, from regional leagues or unions of nu- tions,"
 Mir. Justo said that Argentines admire the United States but believe that so long as the relations of the two nations are not based on equality and sincerity the amity be- tween the United States and Argen- l tine can never be true" He said the majority of his people look upon the United States policy in the | Caribbean ''as a violation of inter- national law and a threate" to Ar genuine security.
 Called Liability
 Miss Sarah Wambaugh, former member of the League of Nations secretariat and adviser to the Peru. vian government in the Tacna-A Africa controversy. declared insistence of the United sttaes alone for arbitra- ton of disputes in Central and South America lis in fact a liabil- ity."
 She referred to the Tacna-Arica dispute and said the motives of the United States were constantly inn pugned. first by one side, then by the other
 The Paris peace conference or the League Of Nations, had either been allowed to function, nigh, however have found solution, ' she said, which would have spared the cost both human and financial 10 the parties in interest and have saved the United States from diplo- matic humiliation and reproaches ul partisanship."
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
HOUSEBOAT TEST CASE

Memphis, Tenn, (UP) - City are going to court soon to find out if residents of house. boats in the Mississippi river here are violating the city zoning ordi- nance because they do not have certificates of occupancy. The of- fcials promise an extensive nov ing day along the water front If the city wins it's case.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
( arolina Cracker"
 Finds Hills Arid

ranh-rv. North Carolina, An=us- -n lP,-It's dry i'll them thar hills
 Inc Mart" Ashhy, well in hls seventies, trudged seven mIres 70 Dsunury ro beg q jug, m t with water, and lug it hack home.
 The worst drought in fifty valrs." hn sad. adding that his spring had gone dry
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
MIXED BATHING BAN

Under penalty of expulsion from their respective religious communi- ties all Orthodox Jews of Bratislava and environs have been forbidden by the Bratislava conference of Rab- bis to frequent any bathing estab- lishment where mixed bathing of men and women together IS permit ted
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
Attempt at EXtortion
 Revealed in Hartford

Hartford. Aug. 29 tUP) - Police have revealed an attempt 10 eXtort 55.o0o under threat of death from Wilbur C. Walker. Hartford man4- fsrrurer and former rolye comm.s- aio1c--
 Tne h.2el,mailer, rho wrote It. 7ra'a I~ster 70 Walkers buslnazr Of five. rldod q police trap a Middle 'o~-n Sa'arIa.. r vas dlzcIosad
 Walker nas engaged 3 rriva'e de- .ectlve 70 Investigate independent Of police.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
JUST SLIGHT OMISSION

Little Rock, Ark. fUP) - State Senator Henry Hollingsworth Of Bearden did lot of campaigning in his race for congress for nothing. Shortly before the primary election it was discovered he had failed to pay his poll tax, eliminating him from the race.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
OWNS OLD BOOK

Memphis, Tenn. (UP) - Christ L. Adair owns a book published in May 2, 174S-"Meditations and Con- temptations" by James Hervey of Lincoln College. Oxford, published by Bible & Crown" in St. Paurs Churchyard, London.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
UNUSUAL MURDER CAUSE

New Orleans, La, UP)-There's going to be a murder trial here soon because q man objected to his shirt. The stepson, Peter Gendusa, 23, is charged with killing Anthony stepson's using electricity to iron a Lopez, 38, in the argument.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
FARRELL TAKES LEAD

Indian Wood Club. Orion, Mich, Aug. 20 LP - Johnny Farrell of New York whizzed over the Indian Wood course with brilliant 6S, four under par, to take the lead in the Western Open IS hole qualifying round today.
New Britain herald., 1930-08-20
sEEPAGE FORMS MINERALS

New York tP-Rare minerals found in pitchblende, the substance from which radium is extracted, are formed by surface waters seeplrs through the pitchblende vein.