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New Britain herald., 1930-12-10

sunny the three-Iegged young Muskrat, had bumped his nose. He had bumped it hard against some thing hard and it had startled him 90 hat Ge had very nearly let go all rle air he VAS holding in his lungs wIle ne swan under water, In vain he tried to put his nose out for fr"eh air. The Smiling Pool had top. d hard top or roof, or else he was having d had dream y" turned barE 10 tho bottom, s~8m down 10 Inc undorHa.cr entrance 10 the un- derNatar uau that led up 10 the comfortable room above water 1n Jerry Mu-krat's house, and there drew a long breath Of fresh air. How good ]. was, My. my, what relief it was not 10 have to hold hls brt atn any longer.
 His father, Jerry Muskrat. vas asleep. 50 was his mother His sister was awake and to her Stumpy eX- ~tedjv told of his queer experience. 80 tho smiling Pool has got top, a hard ,OD on it.' he concluded.
 His sister >awncd. "(io to slcop- sad she "You'vc been dreaming. to to sleep and when you awake agatn youn find the smiling Pool is, just as lt always Ua- naen.' .iae yawned twice and then calmly went to. sleep,
 -S.umpy couldn't No sir h. couldn't go to sleep. He wanted 10. He tried to. It was ot no use, He was too excited to go 70 sleep. He kept thinking about that hard top on the Smiling Pool and wonder ing where it had come from and who had put it there and what 1t was for. Hc did wish his father woull awaken Two or three times he started 10 go back out into the Smiling Pool. but each time his courage failed There vas some thing queer about the Smiling Pool He had had hard work 10 get back before losing his breath that other time and he really didn't dare try it again No, sir. Stumpy really iidn't dare go out in the Smiling Pool again. He had a feeling that he might not get back.
 At last Jerry Mushrat Nawned and stretched ,"Ive great news whispered the young Nuskrat eN- citedly. "Fye been outside and what do you think has happenrd?'
 ~"What?" asl-rd Jerry, beginning io na iD+.r,.Str1
 "The Smiling Fcoi has a top. 9 hl rd top cried the excited S;Umpy,
 Jerry stopped yaWning and look
 e.l at his crippled son with que,
New Britain herald., 1930-12-10
Harry, the Lion Tanner

| Line forms to The right, please - and don't crowd"
 Harry, the Lion Tanner
 Sorry, old dear" his wife laughed. as. at whispered word from ms. she hurried. with me, toward the kitchen. Can't get avay. to kiss you today the coffee pot Is calling me But good hunt lne,"
 Her husband took three strides rom the place he had selected. and. pausing at my mother-in-la s chair. he grasped her hands, and pulled her along with him to po- sitIon beneath the mistletoe. Then he bent and sravely saluted her with a Kiss, which, 10 my amaze meut. she accepted smilingly. Lillian and l wasted no seconds in indulg- hs our amused surprise. for fear she might catch us looking at her, but once sately in the kitchen, Lil- Han clutcbsd d chaIr-back and bent double with laughter
 lElA iilE '4OAl ttltlt'.tr sAlt E9tl tii and jun-pcd percepttbly as her laugh was echoed from the dining room door--We had come through the hall
 "Ha, ha," Katie Eurglcd-I had seen to f that she and Jim listened 10 the second carol singing as well as me first. Nil nefcr saw any ,trg % tocry as dot in all my whole life. Dot old roma4s she keeck out her heel and grin ven she get kiss cd. shoost as eef she Nos seeXteen, Cnd any oder time sine bite any hodys head off who get fresh laedle hit. Dis Christmas Eve beez- ness great stuff"
 Tt surely 1S.' I responded. chok- lnSi,. and with meaning, for LIl- ljan. by q pinching clasp Of my arm as she indicated the table Of goodies Katie had SO paInstakingly prepared for our midnight lunch, had pre- vented me from summarily reprov- ing my unconsciously impertinsnt little mad
 This layout Is great stuff, Katie" Lillian said and my little maid haamed
 "I tink maybe efer> body hoon- gry," she said
 Midnight supper
 You thought correctly" Lillian ! informed her, "Madge. may I offer q word of advice? Don't let those crazy youngsters. scatter all over the house with this food Ma&e them all eat in the dining room . They can come and get it from here. ! but tell '"m they cant go one step beyond the dining room door Yours for preparedness" an swcred. smiling. and she moved toward rhe door.
 i 'I sec you'~o all ready. kati~, ' i she said. so I'll start The procession moving. Pm going 10 SC. that it keeps moving. too out into the night. Otherwise therolI be no rest for rho chataIaine Of the farmhouse i tonight"
 (Contnued Tomorrow 1 CO-y-rfoI. r4"n n,. \rWSuaDer
New Britain herald., 1930-12-10

salt. Cut in the fat and add the nul. When soft dough forms, pat t out and fit over apples. Make holes in top and bake 25 minutes in mod crate oven.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-10
IEI.SH nLRSINIMD\S

If yoC slice few D the big, vel low Japanes@ p"rsirnlnons and serve them with cream, they make a delicious dessert.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-10

Leftover fruit gelatin which has been used for dessert can be served on lettuce and topped with salad dressing or mayonnaise and served as q salad.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-10
JERRY MUSkRAT HEARS THE
 NEWS
By Thornton W. Burgess

srft well inc news and it is clear Hon little quite worth while "e
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 -JerrN M4shrat
New Britain herald., 1930-12-10
CAREFUL MEASURING

When cooking by recipe, you must remember that even meas ures are meant. A level cup of flour. level teaspoon or table spoon of this or that Hcaping an one ingredient polls the balance.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-10

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New Britain herald., 1930-12-10

Thrift for thr,ft's sake - Herald Classified Ad Dept.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-10
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New Britain herald., 1930-12-10

oo that smile, And what other sweet young lady show oothsome grin like this at the of six months Miss kat Maryland Carney of Sacramento Cafand, said befoc just six months od-aready has the privilege of grit ting her teeth and chewing gum at when most other
 babies are chewing lustiy away at teething rings.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-10

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New Britain herald., 1930-12-10
Loves Reawakening The Story of Wfe's Triumph Owe" Jealousy
 By ADELE GARRISON

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Evening star., 1930-12-09
Sale of Louisiana
To L. S. Believed
Idea of Napoleon
State Department Treaty
Editor Denies Jefferson
Group Framed Plan.

Contrary to the popular conception,
1t was Napoleon Bonaparte who orig
inally suggested the Louisiana Pur-
chase, Hunter Miller. editor of treaties
OF the State Department, declared last
night IN an address before the student
body Of Columbus University School of
Law.
1.-The idea Of JefYerson's administra-
tion," the speaker declared. was that
we might purchase New Orleans itself
as an outlet for the navigation of the
Mississippi. In 1903 there was q
brief interval OF peace between Great
Britain and France; Livingston had
been instructed to approach Napoleon
on the question of New orleans.
"Napoleons answer. in substance,
was this, why not buy it alp
Livingston, 1t seems, did not at first
appreciate the magnificent opportunity,
but James Monroe, who arrived at the
critical moment in Paris as our other
representative, did. The bargain was
struck for 80,000000 francs. or just
$15,000,000, and before Christmas the
territory had actually been turned over
by proceedings at New Orleans first
France to the United States"
The Jay treaty of 1795 between the
United States and Great Britain was
termed by Mr.. Miller as probably the
most hated pact ever made by this
country. He added, however, that 1t
proved unusually wise as the years
passed.
Mr.. Miller was introduced by Edwin
C. Wynne, another State Department
official and q member of the Columbus
faculty,
Evening star., 1930-12-09
'BETRAYER OF GANG
IS SHOT TO DEATH.
Star State Witness in Bank
Robbery Staying Murdered
in Social Club.
BY the Asaociated prns.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 0.-Twenty-
one bullets punctuated the last remarks
yesterday of Nicholas Cheeks" Luciano,
betrayer Of "the Diamond gang"
Luciano, %. was the only one Of six
perpetrators of a $43,600 Brooklyn rob-
berry seven years ago, in which two bank
messengers were slain, to go unpunished
for the crime. His testimony as star
witness for the State helped to send
three OF his confederates to the electric
chair and the two other to prison for
life.
His body was found on the floor Of
deserted social and athletic club" on
the lower East Side this morning by q
policeman, who heard the mufIied sound
OF shots and the barking Of two chow
dogs. AS he hurried to the place sew
eral men raced out of the club and
drove away in an automobile.
The proprietor returned after the
smoke had cleared and told police Luz
ciano had been drinking with group of
men and women when two young men
strobe up with drawn revolvers and
opened fire on him.
Evening star., 1930-12-09
CITIZENS TO URGE
ROAD HOUSE LAW
Latest ARRAY at SuitIand
Brings Move for Iron
clad Statute.
BY a staf Correspondent of the Star.

by stan correspondent OF the Star.
SUITLAND, Md, December 9.-Re-
newal Of agitation for q more effective
road house law, or more vigorous en-
forcement Of the present one, loomed
yesterday as the most important effect
Of the latest affray at the Iron Lantern
Inn, formerly the Green Gables, local
road house, in which a Washington
policeman was badly beaten and his
brother shot early Sunday morning.
While Maryland and District of Co.
lumbia authorities yesterday launched
an of1cial investigation into the affair,
the people of Prince Georges County
discussed the matter quietly throughout
the day, determined that the shots
fired in the road house here and in
other similar establishments elsewhere
in the county during the past two years
VIII have an echo in the halls Of the
General Assembly when it convenes next
month.
TImeliness Cited.
THE one good feature Of the latest
road house episode Is its timeliness,
coming as it does just before the Legis-
lature convenes," it was said at the
court house yesterday.
Because the local road house has been
the scene OF several sensational affairs
In the last few months, the people of
this community are very bitter" against
1t. according to officials Of the Suitland
Citizens Association, of which George F.
Won OSterman Is president.
James Bland, treasurer Of the associa-
ton, said several protests had been filed
at Marlboro, but conditions failed to
improve, possibly because Of a loop
hole" In the road house law adopted by
the last Legislature.
Although modelled closely after the
roadhouSe law of MONTGOMERY county
and carefully studied by the Prince
Georges delegation before adoption, the
local law has failed to curb roadhouse
operations.
Joker In Law.
The joker seems to be the provision
that only those establishments where
dancing Is conducted for profit more
than one night q week shall be classi-
ned as roadhouses and required to OBJ
tain license. When the law was put
INTO eject the owners Of several estab-
lishments filed applications for permits
to operate roadhouses.
The county commissioners set a date
Tor hearing on the applications, but
someone promptly found the "joker"
and all applications were withdrawn.
The theory was advanced that no
charge Is made for dancing, the money
which the patrons Of the establishments
pay being for food or entertainment.
Yens Christensen, q Coast Guards
man, the chief victim Of the fight In
the Iron Lantern Sunday was still in
Providence Hospital, Washington, to-
day being treated for a bullet wound in
his leg. His brother, Patrolman Lauritz
Christensen OF the Eleventh precinct,
was severely beaten but left Casualty
Hospital, Washington, after treatment.
Police were told that q group OF men
assaulted the brothers, who had at
tended the inn with two young women,
wnen 1t was revealed that Lauritz was
a policeman.
Chief Deputy Thomas H. Garrison Ia
conducting the county investigation.
Evening star., 1930-12-09
SAYS SHE LOVES HUSBAND,
BUT is FORCED TO SUE

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, December 9.-Pro-
testing that she still loved him and
that she was forced into taking the
action, Mrs. Ralph de Palma, wife Of
the famed automobile racing driver,
filed separate maintenance action
against her husband yesterday, after
% years Of welded life.
The noted drivers wife tainted In
her lawyers Office while being inter-
viewed. II don't know what Is the
matter" she cried. He forced me to
do it, and we were so happy for nearly
% years"
Mrs. de Palma said her husband
called her by telephone and asked for
his freedom. She charged De Palma left
her last March 8. They were married
in Newark, N. j., June 80, 1909.
She alleged De Palma earns approx
imately 81 300 monthly by racing and
through royalties and other sources.
She asked for community property in
Los Angeles, $500 monthly and $4,000
attorneys fees.
Evening star., 1930-12-09
END Of DEPRESSION
HELD NOW AT HAND
Col. Leonard P. Ayres, Busl-
ness ForeCaster, Declares
Slump Has Reached Bottom.
BY the Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, December 9.-The bot
tom of the business depression is at
hand, according to all the "old signs and
symptoms, and recovery next year
should be expected, Col. Leonard P.
Ayres, vice president Of the Cleveland
Trust Co. and internationally prominent
business forecaster, said today.
He made this forecast in his annual
address before the Cleveland Cham
Der Of Commerce.
Recovery Not Rapid.
He cautioned, however, that 1t "is al
ready clear that We are not warranted
in expecting a rapid recovery"
THE purchasing power Of an impor-
tant part Of our population is still seri-
ously restricted by the paying down of
debts incurred in unsuccessful stock
speculation" he said.
Another reason for delay in business
recovery Is that although we have an
abundant supply of credit I'VE have not
developed any new wave of constructive
enterprise" such as canals, railroads,
war materials, highways and automo-
biles. These activities have usually
come from men of courage who took
float bond issues for financing expansion
and Improvements"
Most Effective Force.
"Such new construction Is the most
effective force making for business re-
covery because the wages that are paid
produce a prompt restoration of the
power of the workers with
out resulting in output Of new goods,
which the workers must buy If work Is
continued" he said.
He continued that "it now seems
likely that business recovery will begin
as combination Of many minor i'm
provements and that it will be accom-
panied by the developments that
normally occur In such q period. These
should include rising trends for short
term interest rates, bond prices and
stock prices and advances before the
end Of the year in wholesale prices and
industrial employment. Some increases
over 1880 seem probable In building con-
struction, iron and steel output and the
production Of automobiles"
Evening star., 1930-12-09
SAYS MAJORS WIFE
DIED FROM POISON
Army Medical Officer Testi-
fies for Prosecution Against
Accused Army Man.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Kans, December g.
Col. Edward B. Vedder, attached to the
Army Medical Corps Laboratory in
Washington, testified at the murder trial
of Maj. Charles A. Shepard TODAY that
chemical analysis had revealed poison
caused the death Of the defendants
second wife, Mrs. Zenana Shepard
Col. Vedder said he made the ANALYSIS
Of Mrs. Shepard'S viscera in Washing
ton following her death at Fort Riley.
Kans.. in June, 1929, in what the Gov
ernment charges was q poison plot car
ried out by Shepard. an Army Medical
ofncer, because Of his infatuation for
stenographer Of San Antonio, Tex.
THE final test showed globuleS Of
metallic mercury to the amount of two
or three grains" Col. Vedder testified.
Mercury in the body tends to eliminate
rapidly, and 1t Is extremely possible that
much already had been eliminated. I
think she died Of mercury poisoning"
Sergeant Summoned.
An intimate picture of the defend
ants family life was in prospect today
as the Government summoned Sergt. j
e. Gresser to testify.
Sardius M. Brewster, district attor-
ney, In announcing GreNSer would be
summoned said Maj Shepard had en-
trusted his private mail to the nom
commissioned offlcer when the defend
ant attended the funeral Of his wife in
Los Angeles. Sergt. GreSser is chief
laboratory clerk at Fort Riley, Kans..
where Mrs. Shepard died in June, 1929.
GresSers appearance, the district at
torney indicated. would turn the trial
into new channels, paving the way for
the appearance Of Miss Brandon.
Other Officers Testify.
Two officers who took the stand yes
terday testified that in their opinion
Mrs. Shepard died from a slowly acting
poison. They were Maj Paul r. Haw-
ley, chief medical of1cer at Fort Riley.
and Ma. M. E. DuFrenne, Fort Omaha.
Nebr., who attended Mrs. Shepard dur
ing her illness.
Maj. Hawley, however, under defense
questioning said that the woman's con-
dition could have been brought about
by alcohol.
Evening star., 1930-12-09
DOCTOR DENIES LIVING
CELL HAS BEEN MADE
Cleveland Scientist Declares Re
ports Of Creation Not at
All Authoritative.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, December e.-Reports
that DR.. George W. Grille, noted Cleve-
land surgeon and scientist, has produced
artificially q living one-cell organism
were categorically denied by the doctor
yesterday
DR.. Grille said that while experiments
have been made. no definite result has
been reached. mo statement has come
from me or from the clinic on the work
that is being done" he said. Somebody
gave out some information that is not
at all authoritative"
1t was reported that DR.. Grille. in his
experiments. has mixed the dry powder
gained by burning brain tissues of ami
mails with other elements, and a mass
was obtained which somewhat resembles
living cell. I'VE have not reached a
point where we can tell whether our
experiment is q success or a failure" the
doctor said.
II cannot tell how long 1t will take us
to reach a definite answer in our expert
ment," the scientist said. "It Is a search
into the unknown and nobody can pre-
dict when such results will be reached" !"
Evening star., 1930-12-09
IMPENETRABLE FOGS
SHROUD LONDON AREA
King Forced to Cancel Day of
Shooting-River and Coastal
Traffic at Standstill.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 9.-Another of
the thick, impenetrable fogs which have
visited London so frequently during the
past 10 days lay over the metropolitan
area today, blotting out landmarks and
hampering communications.
Railroad, highway, river and coastal
traff1c was at q standstill over a large
section of Southern England. At South
anpton. four outward-bound steamers
for channel ports were unable to leave.
Two inward-bound coastal steamers
were forced to anchor all night In
Southampton Roads.
King George suffered inconvenience
from the fog and had to change his
plans for the day. His majesty had
planned to drive to Windsor today to
shoot on the preserves for the first time
since his illness in 1928, but was forced
to abandon the trip because OF the fog.
Evening star., 1930-12-09
SUGAR PRODUCING
CONFERENCE OPENS
All Countries With Surplus
Seek to Restore Health
to AiIing Industry.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS. Belgium, December O.
Representatives Of eight countries which
produce every year almost 10000, 900
tons more sugar than the people of
those countries can eat gathered today
to consider ways of restoring that great
ailing industry to economic health, and
they gathered with every prospect of an
early success.
Producers from Cuba and Java, the
two greatest sugar producing and eX-
porting countries in the world, agreed
yesterday In Amsterdam to a restriction
program suggested by the Cuban-Amer-
lean Commission, and the two delega-
tions have come here as allies to dis
cuSS world agreement with other eX-
porting countries, including Germany,
Peru, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Belgium
and Poland.
Conditions Are Optimistic.
That all these countries are repre-
sented at the international conference
was considered bright augury for sue
cess by the JavaneSe and Cuban dele
gates, who pointed out that if any of
the countries had not wanted to join
q plan for limitation, they would have
stayed away form this conference. let
the others sign the agreement and then
reap a golden harvest by dumping their
SUI plus ulUU b1IC IOuAtA 1Co ACSIAANpCA Ny
the pact.
But every country which produces
more than it consumes is represented
here, and the conferees believe that
success is just around the corner.
Countries, which consume more than
they produce, including France, the
United States, Great Britain, Italy,
Spain, Russia and others, are not rep
resented but they are still vital fac
tor in any agreement.
Non-ExpOrters May Confer.
II production restrictions in the great
exporting countries should result in a
slight increase In the price of sugar,
the nonexporting countries might de-
eide to increase their production and
60 into the export business, thereby up
setting stabilization plan. For this rea-
son, after the present conference
reaches an agreement. some future
world conference, including representa-
tives of the non-eXporting countries,
probably will be necessary.
The So-called Chadbourne plan, how
ever, is so drawn as to discourage nom
exporting countries from entering that
field, and If a full agreement is reach
ed here further parleys may not be nee
essary at least in the immediate future.
Today's session was merely formal
beginning and the delegates were not
expected to get down to serious consid-
Grafton of the worlds overfiowing sugar
bowl until tomorrow.
Evening star., 1930-12-09
KIDNAPPING SUSPECT
CLAIMED AS HUSBAND
Accused Man Denies Woman Who
Was Deserted in 1925 Was
Married to Him in 1908.

~ the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December "a mid
dle-aged man held here as the kid
naper Of Eugenia Cedarholm, heiress,
three weeks ago, was identified yes
terday as Edward Lawrence Hall Of
Cook, MINI, by a woman who said she
was his wife whom he deserted five years
ago. The accused man denied her
story.
The woman, Mrs. Nettie z. La Mar
Hall, said she and the man held were
married at Brownsville, Ind, in 1908
and have six children, the eldest 81. Her
husband, she charged, deserted her in
1925 and nothing was heard from him
since a month after he left until she
saw the picture Of the captured man In
. Minnesota newspaper.
Before she saw the accused man, DO
lice say, she gave an accurate descrip-
ton, which included q mole on the
cheek and q twisted eyebrow.
Mrs. Hall said her husband served
four-snd-one-ha term in pris-
on for a second-degree assault on a
Minnesota lumber man.
She Is a trustee in the Cook, MINI.
Congregational Church, Is president of
the Ladies Aid Society, and of the
American Legion Auxiliary of Cook.
Evening star., 1930-12-09
PRISON ESCAPE REVEALED

COLUMBIA, g. c., December o LP.-
State prison officials yesterday revealed
that Mills Moore, serving a life sentence
for murder, escaped in some undeter-
mined way from the penitentiary last
Tuesday
Moore not only made good his escape.
but took with him money from the
prison canteen. in which ne was en-
ployed, they said.