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Smyrna times., 1931-09-09
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Frederick NJ. Barton An
nnunces Services for Sunday

On Sunday next at st. Peters
Church there will be the celebra-
ton of the Holy Communion at
7.30 a. m. Church School will be
at 10 a. M, and morning prayer
and sermon at IL a. m. The sub
ject on which Rev. Barton viii
speak will be Doing For Others" "
Smyrna times., 1931-09-09

Swimming Hole, Lake Como, Ends
The Swimming Hole" at Lake
Como, operated by the Town, who
employed 'Dink" McClain as guard
ended Labor Day. 1t was a popu-
lar recreation center.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-09
Claim Thousands of Dollars Loss

The Kent growers claim that the
situation has resulted in a loss OF
thousands of dollars to them. They
resent the fact they say, that a
member of the State Board of Ag-
riculture should have had any
thing to do with bringing about
this result. The meeting at Cam
den Monday night promises to be
largely attended.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-09

Continued on Page Four
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
ARREST IN POOL ROOM ROBBERY
MAKING UP THE
 ANNUAL BUDGET
Not Possible to Regulate Taxation to Suit All
 the People
REQUIRES COURAGE

Making up the budget for the different city departments is big job. The work is now in hand and, those who have to do with 1t will not have many spare moments from now untfl the end of next December. Heads of departments are anxious to secure liberal appro- priations, but 1t becomes the duty of the board of finance to prune things down so o:that the sum total of all will not make an excessive rate of taxation. ss B, islsi,
 This is the place to regulate tax | ation, but if you object to raising funds for certain kinds Of improve ments you are sure to be criticised and charged with8biocking the pro- gress of the city. Usually those who talk of doing this, that and the other, and carry their point are among the principal fault find- CTS about extravagance, high taxes and so forth. This is one of the principal reasons why 1t is difficult to secure the service of many good men on city boards. They shrink 1 from the criticism that comes to officeholders, no matter how well they do their work.
 A But the budget has to be made out and one of the essentials nec- essary to fit men. for the job Is not to be too timid, but say No" and stick to it when they are convinced that an effort is being made to push them beyond the point where their own judgment directs them to call halt. The city appropria- tions never were large enough tc meet everything people wanted done, and as result there has always been many petitions on the waiting list. This is true, of every
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

Arthur Jones, 29, of 241 Abbott avenue claims to have taken many a .rap'' in prize fights, but the rap that the police are endeaVor- ing to have him take as the result of q robbery here last evening comes under the classification ol foul punches" to him.
 Jones spent three dollars of his money in an effort early to-day to apprehend two colored youths who robbed Washington Rogers, owner of pool room on East Hawkins street of $57. He knows their names. will know them when he meets them, but was unable to recollect to-day in just what part of Ansonia they lived.
 Rogers claimed that two of his supposed friends held him up late last evening and at the point oi a gun relieved him of his money A shot was fired in the excitement but no one was injured. Rogers claimed that he had spent the day with three men and had had sev- eral drinks with them. Jones was one of the party. but he denie' very strenuously that he was in or into custody by the police he of fered to take them to any part oi the state in search of the missing men. The authorities thanked Jones for his intentions and expec that such an exhibition of inter est will not so unrewarded. Jone'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
FOREST 90 HER CENT or

Harrisburg. Fa. Forests cover 90 per, cent of the entire area of McKean County, the Pennsylvaala Department of Forest and Waters reported. There are 56b.oo0 acres of woodland in the, conntry, .lk largest county forest acreage fin tf3e state. Potter. County has 5 fO, ,0Q o. Clearfield 5oo'ooo and Centre 4 et.z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
DEMoxsrTAgIoN WAS EEAn

| Milford. Conn-"You open tn Elittie door ana pull the lever her like fhis." said School superintend ent Carl Maddocks. as he explain ed-the fire alarm to- the new gram
 mar, school principal A few min
 utes later three. pieces of fire ap' |:parafps drew up in front of ths
 building and Superintendent Mad. docks did more explaining.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
COUNTY COURTHOUSE BEES
 FURNISH PRISONERS HONEY

Oroville, Cal, (UP)-Butte coun- ty was in a position to-day to go into the honey business, and coun- ty jail prisoners demand honey with their hotcakes.
 Harold Wickman and jail trust. ies have just removed three pounds of honey from an old chimney in the roof of the court house build. ing after the bees had been dis. possessed by burning an old sack
 Another raid is planned on tho county apiary" when the bees re plenish the supply. ,a z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
CREEK RETARDS SAVE
 FISH FOR IZAAK WALTONS

Star, Neb. UP)-Flood waters of Steel creek no longer destroy the good fishing grounds.
 Retards, anchored to trees along the creek bed, are used by the fish as a place of refuge when the creek goes on rampage. washing fences and all instructions away.
 Retards were installed as an ex- pertinent and have proved satisfac- tory,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
MILLIONS OF MILES OF WIRES SERVE NATIONS TELEPHONES

During the last five years the number Of telephones in the United States has increased from 16,y36,- 000 on January l. 1926, to 20,201, I 000 on January I, 1881, while the total miles of exchange wire have increased from 46,027,000 to 69,-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
Police Hold Jones Who Denies Hand
 In $57 Stickup
Claims Two CoIored Youths From AnsOnia Robbed
 Washington Rogers, Owner of East Hawkins v Street Pool ROOnl-Search to Continue

was assisting the police, to-day ill
 an effort to apprehend the two
 youths who got away with Rogers $57. The hold-up was staged about 9 o'clock last evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

2os.ooo. Adding the miles of toll wire. there was at the Beginning of the present year "a total wire
 mileage of s3,110. 900. The average number of daily conversations, in- cluding both exchange and toll. amounted to 67. .s00.000 for the year 1925, while for the year 1880 the corresponding figure was s3,- 52O, ,O00. {
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

brotressive community, so fhat there Is no reason why 1t should cause surprise in Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

Registrations of used passenger
 cars in Singapore, British Malaga,
 this year are greater than for new machines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

Rufnania now has 9,545 square miles sof beach vorests.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

two days Of the storm. Members of
the crew thought 'it was all up"
they said, but we're kept busy try
ing to quiet the passengers.
Thomas Brown, pantry steward,
first to reach Mrs. Rogers after she
was injured, told the United Press:
"A terrific wave struck the stern
quarters of the ship and burst a
door. Water rushed into the alley
way. waist high, and swept a num-
Der of us of our feet. Mrs. Rog-
ers was caught by the full force Of
the wave and disappeared beneath
the water.
'I grabbed her and took her to
her cabin. She was unconscious
from a heavy blow against a steel
door"
A steward from the frst-class
salon told how the passengers in
first class were swamped in the
dining room as waves broke over
the ship and water rushed down the
main staircases.
''The majority of the passengers
were in the dining salon when
water poured down the stairs and
covered the room to the depth of
foot" the steward said.
1--WE though the ship had found
cred. She lurched heavily. We
thought surely the end had come,
but then she righted herself.
1.-The captain ordered concerts to
calm the passengers. But there was
no keeping them calm"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22

over the differences in wages paid
the two men as contraSteS with the
differences in their education.
The accused man insisted TODAY
that he is not guilty of the crime.
He denied a verbal confession of
the killing. as charged by Mallette
Preparations for his defense,
therefore, went forward rapidly with
relatives in Ohio, New York and
Illinois cooperating to save the
minister's son from conviction on
the first degree murder charges
fled against him.
Nixon'S father, the late DR.. Har-
mon Nixon, had been pastor of
several Ohio Baptist churches.
The family moved to Evanston in
1922 where his brother, and his
mother, Mrs. Eva Nixon, live.
Another brother, DR.. j. w. Nixon,
Rochester, N. Y, plans to direct the
defense Of the accused slayer.
Nixon served overseas in the
ambulance corps, taught high school
at Louisville, worked in a Chicago
bank, then drifted east to a farm
as "hired man."
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
EXPECT REPORT
OF PREPARATIONS
BODY IN z DAYS
France, Belgium Object;
Group to Favor Continued
: Moratorium.
BY SAMUEL DASHIELL-
United Press STAFF Correspondent

BASLE, Switzerland, Dec. 22.-
Report of experts, expected to leave
final decision on Germany's capacity
to pay reparations to an inter
national conference early in 1882,
was near completion today.
The committee representing Ger
manys principal creditors and
neutral nations worked until this
morning to have the report ready by
Wednesday.
The French and Belgian delegates
made wholesale objections to the
committees plans, and Emil
FTancqui, chief Belgian, threatened
to leave the conference and return
to Brussels.
Unless unforeseen objections arise,
however, the report may be for
warded to interested governments in
ample time for formulation Of d
debts and reparations policy which
governmental delegations will pre-
sent at the next conference, prob
ably at Lausanne. Brussels and The
Hague have also been mentioned as
possible meeting places.
1t was understood that the COM
mittee's report of about 10000
words would insist that a repara-
tions solution remain strictly within
the provisions of the Young plan
and stress need of continued
moratorium as its only direct rec
concentrations. Definite methods for
alleviating the world crisis thus
would be left to the international
conference.
Conference observers believed that
the report would not exactly reflect
the committees analysis of the
world crisis nor the real feelings of
the committee members, especially
the neutral delegates. The latter,
led by Holland and Switzerland.
had insisted that the committee
give an expert rather than a polit-
ical diagnosis of the situation.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
pride MURDER
PROBE REVEALS
MYSTERY MAN
Farmland Suspect Son of
Pastor and Holder of
Phi. D. Degree.
ByUnited Press

By United Press
BEDFORD, N. Y, Dec. 22.-Re-
pudiation by Robert Nixon, S5, of
his alleged murder confession, has
revealed the principal character in
a tragic farm drama here as a Den
ison university doctor of philosophy,
a son Of a prominent Ohio minister,
as a school teacher, bank clerk and,
finally, as an humble farm hand.
Nixon, according to Police Chief
Frank Mallette, confessed Sunday
to the hammer murder of Peter
Steuben, his boss, a man of no edu-
cation receiving $100 month and
board, as compared with Nixon's
$75-a-month wage.
The killing, Mallette claimed, was
the result of Nixon's resentment
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
PASSENGERS ON
GIANT LINER IN
PANIC IN STORM
One Woman Is Killed When
Mountainous Waves
Hammer Vessel.
By United Press

By United Press
GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec. o.
Scenes of terror aboard the liner
Tuscania, when heavy seas bat
tered the ship throughout two days
and caused the death of a woman
passenger and injury of thirty-six
others, were described today by
passengers and crew of the ship.
The dead passenger was Mrs.
Sarah Rogerts of Coleraine, Ire
land, returning from a visit to the
United States. She died from a
hemorrhage after she was knocked
down by wave and dashed against
a steel door in an alleyway in the
third-clasS section.
The captain of the Tuscania
stayed on the bridge throughout the
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
PAGE s.

counting the days receipts when
the trio, brandishing revolvers, or
dered him to unlock door and
admit them.
While one of the gunner stood
guard at the door, two others bound
him to a rail around transformer
in the rear of the Office.
One of the trio knocked Handlen
unconscious with a blackjack.
Handlen was found. by his wife,
Madelon, nearly half ali hour later.
He was reported recovering today
from a severe head wound.
The robbery is the second at the
office this year. In July, Handlen
was bound and gagged by two men
and robbed of sos.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22

Girls Fast Color Print Dresses CSC
Girls RayOn Pajamas, Vests, Boomers Etc., 19c to 39c
Girls RaincOat Sets, Sizes 7 to IA STAT
Girls Boxed Combination Gift Sets, 15c to 39c
Girls 2Piece Upper Suede Suits STAT
Girls Wool Jersey and Velvet Dresses, $1.87to$2.97
Girls RayOn Plated and Fancy Hose 121ac
Girls Outing Flannel Gowns 39c and 44c
Girls Blanket BathrObes, Size d and s 97c
Girls Boomers, Sizes 7 to IA :. 1Oc to 23e
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22

GIFTS for the HOME!
Turkish Towel and z WashcIoths, Set 47c
Fancy RayOn Pillows ........ .44c to 89c
COIOred Hem Sheet and PiIIowcase, Set S1.39
72x84 Plaid Blankets 59e
Brass and Cast Iron Smoking Stand S1.OO
Green Enamel, 81 Turkey ROaster -. 74c
24x48 Chenille Rugs Truman. 59c
Fancy Velour S1.00 Pillows ....... 35c
Bridge Lamps, Complete ....... &c
Rayon BedSpreadS S1.19 to S2.39 l
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Fumes From Auto XIII

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Dec. 22.-
Carbon monoxide fumes from the
exhaust of an automobile caused
the death of Albert A. Hauk, SIS, in
the garage at his home here. He
was a salesman for st. Louis
casket company. His body was
found bY a daughter.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
HOODLUMS SLUG
MAN, TAKE S27O
0nnie HandIen, Lawrence
Traction Clerk, Victim.

Three bandits slugged a clerk In
the Lawrence traction ticket Office
Monday night, tied him to railing,
and escaped with $270.
The clerk, Onnie Handlen, "a, of
Lawrence, was alone in the Office
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Suffered Terribly With letter
Two Years. Healed by CutiCura.

II suffered terribly with for years my face
back scalp and arms The itching and burning and could
sleep night My clothing the breaking
caused Disagreement
II tried different without advertise
for Cucura Soap and Ointment purchased after
using three cakes Cuua Soap and two boxes of Cuc Ointment
Twas completely healed Sgned) 1242 Imperial
Cleveland, Ohio
Soap Ointment and SOC TaIcun Sold eyewhere Sample each
Address: "Cu6eurs Laboratories. H. Maiden. Mas"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22

By United Press
ROOSEVELT FIELD, L. T., Dec.
ga honeymoon plane today
awaited Miss Alicia Patterson ana
Joseph Brooks, who are to be mar
ried in New York Wednesday.
Miss Patterson, daughter of
Joseph NJ Patterson, publisher of
the New York Daily News, is IL
censed pilot. Her fiance, a former
All-America football star, also is a
f1ier.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-22
Attempts Suicide: in Hospital

AIVCAlpVS 5UICIut, III I1OspIIdI
Mrs. Ethel Seilof, 36, of 13915
North Illinois street, is in serious
condition today at city hospital
from poison she swallowed Monday
in suicide attempt. No eXplana-
ton was obtained by police.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
.iIRPIANF NEWS

NAT No 3. Pilot Mirow, took off this morning bound for Deer ing and kotzebue. having as pas sengers for Deering A. Y. C0rdo- vado and Jack Douglas. The plane will bring Mrs. E. E. Platter son down to Nome from kotzebue
 Pilot Jones of the Alaskan Air ways arrived in Nome about one PM today from Fairbanks after having stopped over night due to weather at the Golovin field. He carried as passengers in the Sttn- son cabin plane, MT and Mrs. Clarke Bassett. A large mail was also carried.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly ap- pointed School Tax Collector for I931 in conformity with Chapter 20. Alaska Session Laws, 1919.
 All male persons between the ages of twenty-on= ari fifty years. except soldiers, s4.io.s il U. S. Navy or Revenue Cutter Service. volunteer firemen, paupers and in sane persons, are subject to tax in the sum of Five (S5.OO) dol lars.
 Should you be living in Alaska cu rr prior to the first Monday in April, 1931, said tax shall be due and payable on said first date and shall be delinquent after May 1st. 1881. Should you arrive in Alas ka later than first date above mentioned. tax will be delinquent thirty (3O days after your ar rival. or within ten GO) days aller notice IS gwen you
 All persons. firms or corpora- tions, employing labor shall fui- nisn a list of employees to the collector and are authorized by law to deduct amount of tax from wages of employees.
 Fines and imprisonment are provided by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furnish list of employ ees
 Dated Nome, Alaska, May, 1st, 1881. NJ. J. WALSH,
 School Tax Collector for
 Nome School District.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
PANGBORN & HERNDORS
 TO KEEP TRYING

TOKYO. Tuesday, Aug. 3-4 (AP) and Pangborn awaited favorable weather at Khab arovsk. Siberia for a continuation of their round-the-world flight.
 Rengo News Agency dispatches said the plane had suffered dam aged wing when they landed Mon day at Khabarovsk. The wing was repaired.
 The iiers announced they would take off for Nome as soon as the weather was favorable.
 The Rengo Agency quoted the fiers as denying the New York re- ports that the round the world flight record attempt had been ab- andoned.
 At 9:30 am. Tuesday, Tokyo Time. they were a half a day be hind Post and Gatty. but each ad ditional hour at khabarovsk length ened this margin.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08

ways plane. Accompanying him was his bride of two weeks. Mrs. Bassett was formerly Miss Mar garet Helseth of Seattle.
 The marriage ceremony took place Tuesday. July e1st at Fair banks, where Clarke flew to meet his bride. General Manager Ar thur ". Johnson and Mrs. John son. acted as best man and brides maid. The young couple. who ap- pear, to sourdough Nomeites, to be ideally suited for each other. spent their honeymoon at Circle City OH the Yukon river. before taking the plane for Nome. They will be at home to their friends at the house formerly occupied by B. B. Mozee, on the corner of First Avenue and C street
 Clarke evidently pulled "a fast one" when he went to Fairbanks to be married. Just the same we'll bet the personnel of the Air ways in Fairbanks, saw to it that he Was properly entertained.
 Lots Of luck, Clarke.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
MONDAY
HERNDON X P.ANGBDRN
 GIVE UP FLIGHT

TOKYO. Aug. ,, lAP'-Pang- born and Herndorn arrived at Khabarovsk. Siberia. at $50 PM or 1O:5o NJ Pacthc standard time. after a 12o0 miles flight from Chitu. through heavy rains, They left Chita at 5:$0 F NJ, or G.3O A M Pacific standard time. They were two hours and fifty eight minutes behind Post and Gatty', time at Nhabarovsk, but the latter two were mired in the mud there where they spent 26 and one half hours Their next stop was Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
FORD LANDS FAIRBANKS

FAIR BANKS. Aug. f. (AP)- The Ford refueling plane landed here from Ruby at 8:15 local time Monday night. Mattern and Green CT explained that after they had landed at Ruby to take On more gas. they found it impossible to take of account of fog.
 Robbins and Jones said they would not attempt another flight to Tokyo this year ou account of the lateness of the season. Both men were down-cast over the sec ond failure to reach their objective. They said they intended to stay here day or two before going south.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08

sad that one or more contacts would be made between here and Unalakleet, trausserlus another aO0 gallons of gas. The planes would then proceed onward from Unaiakleet and the ratueler would transfer the remainder Of the gas load before return1g to Unalak leet.
 The weather bUre49 at Seattle said indications were that the fiess would have tai winds much of the way down the Siberian coast and also along the kurile well. toward, Tokyo.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
GIVE UP PACIFIC HOP

DUTCH HARBOR. Aug. 4. (AP) The north Pacific flight to have been undertaken by Seiji Yoshi hara. the young Jap. has been de- fnitely abandoned for this year. representative said here today They bid farewell to Unalaska af- ter a three-months stay, sailing on the koyasa Maru. They said they expected to accomplish the flight. from Tokyo to Seattle and San Francisco next year.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08

FAIRBANKS. Aug. 3. (AP)- Later-Robbius and Jones explain ed that they had become separat- cd from the refueliug plane in the heavy fog ou the lower Yu- kon. No word was received uu- til some time later concerning the whereabouts of the refuelins ship with Matteru and Greener aboard. but news finally came that they landed at Ruby.
 Robbins said he c;rcled over Fairbanks for threa hours waiting for the Ford refueler to show up and make contact in order to still make the nonstop flight
 Both Robbins and Jones were terribly disappointed. because the weather was reported to be good at Unalakleet and they could have completed refueling, The fiers never reached there.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
LINDYS MOVING ALONG

OTTAWA. Aug. 4, tAP)-A wall of static which has been sep arating the Lindberghs from the outside world for many hours, crum pied down. and it was learned they had landed at Baker Lake. at 500 pm Eastern Standard Time yesterday. They were preparing to leave today for Hunter Bay. a distance of $50 miles to the west ward. Commun ication was final ly established through the Dept. Marine Radio.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
HERNDORN & PANGBORN SAFE AT KHABAROVSK
Have Given Up World Flight: Plan Going to Tokyo; May At
 tempt Tohyo-Seattle Flight, Nom
 Stop.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5, (AP,-- Pangborn and Herndorn head quarters here received a wire sign ed Herndorn, which announced their intentions of making non- stop Tokyo-Seattle flight They will have an extra gas tank built in Tokyo.
 Moscow dispatches said it was still raining in khabarovsk, and that the niers plan on flying to Tokyo as soon as weather permits. They will stay there about a week Panborn is slightly ill.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
ABANDON WORLD FLIGHT

NEW YORK, Aug. 3, (AP)- 4 cable from Pangborn and Hern- doin to their representatives here said they had abandoned their present attempt to lower Post and Gatty's record, because they had damaged their plane. Reports are current they may attempt Tokyo to seattle nonstop flight.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
DOX HOPS OFF FOR NEW YORK

RIO de JANERIO. Aug. 5, (AP) The German seaplane DO-X hop ped of from here at 6:36 am. to- day on her long delayed flight to New York, with Lieutenant Clar- ence H. Schildahuer, U. s. Naval officer, in command, with ten pass engers aboard. They arrived here in June after flight across the South Atlantic. They will stop overnight at Bahia.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
CHAS. FRANK SENTENCED
 THIS MORNING

Chas. Frank. convicted Of nur- der in the second degree. of Jos. W. Sparrow, of Nome. was senteu- ced in the District Court this morning. by Judge G. J. Lomen. to 45 years in the peuitentiary. He was committed to the McNeal Island Penitentiary near Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
NEAR MURDER

GENOA, Italy, Aug. 3, (AP)- A bomb exploded in a street here a few hours before the arrival of King Victor Emmanual and Queen Elena, for the launching of the new ocean liner Rex here. The explosion shattered glass in the Society Building and brought about a panic which en- sued for hours.
The Nome nugget., 1931-08-08
BURNED TO DEATH

VANCOUVER. Aug. 4, APP James Hassard. aged seventy-six, was burned to death while fight ing forest fire near Auraum Sid ing On the Kettle Valley Railway.